Chapter 13 Peril in Wave country

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but I wish I own Sakura and Ino (blushes while grinning like a pervert).

River near wave country (water country territory)

After a couple of days traveling they have arrived at the border of wave country, they were now on a boat heading to their destination which near the great bridge that leads to wave country. The journey was quiet unsure what will they meet once they arrived, Ino was quiet because Ryo was quiet not losing his concentration of curse she knew not to lose focus or let her guard down you never known when you will be ambush. Seiryu was one of the people who were quieter than the rest, although he was glad to finally arrive at their destination he was worry for his teacher Genjuro. He knew very well how strong he was and yet he has never called for help before, until now which he believed something serious might've happened while Genjuro was on his own mission to slay the demon the people of wave country have assigned him. However they never realized that Sakura was even quieter than Seiryu, ever since they arrive at the boat port to arrive to wave country she has been in deep thought. Coming back to wave country reminded her of her first mission with team seven, her jade eyes glared back then she was the weak and useless Sakura remembering that she didn't do a thing to help in the mission.

It was always the same she ended watching the back of her two teammates Naruto and Sasuke as they fight the big battle while she was helping guard the bridge builder Tazuna, even if her role was important to keep the bridge builder save to this very day she consider to be a weak nuisance in that mission which was their first C rank mission. She thought it was just a simple escort mission but she never expected to meet up with A rank missing nin Momochi Zabuza, of course he wasn't the only dangerous opponent but his partner Haku whom she thought he was even stronger than Zabuza with his speed skills and bloodline limit. In the end the mission was successful with sacrifice made as Haku died protecting Zabuza and he died trying to stopped Gatou's men from killing the people of wave, her eyes softened she realized that Haku and Zabuza weren't bad people. They were just ordinary ninjas who left their village and tried to survive, but in this world the life of a ninja was never easy as you're always fighting for your life and it was never an easy life to live. She sighed and tried to relax the rest of the journey on the boat, it wouldn't be long before they reach wave.

Ino gaze at her best friend worry because she hasn't said a word since they left mist, she could tell that she was worry about the mission knowing that this wasn't going to be an easy mission. She smiled as she saw the blue leaf headband that once belonged to Naruto tied around her right shoulder, Sakura told her that every time she wears the headband it's like Naruto is with her helping her fight. At least she was feeling better about Naruto's death she wasn't blaming herself more like she usually does, but deep inside she still feels guilty for his death. They continued traveling while the rider of the boat was pedaling, they could see the boat checkpoint far ahead looks like they were almost there. Suddenly Sakura felt a bad feeling like something was definitely wrong, she hated this feeling but maybe she should pay attention at her intuition it might save her life.

"There it is the boat checkpoint if you continue traveling ahead you will arrive at wave" the rider of the boat said.

Ryo nodded" looks like we have finally arrived I hope we made it in time"

"Excuse me?" asked Seiryu getting the attention of everyone while he looks at the boat rider" do you know if anything has happened at wave?" of course he wanted to know if there has been any incident involving the demon Genjuro went to kill.

"I really don't know since I'm from a village farther ahead than wave however" he paused as the group was paying attention to him, they were almost at the checkpoint" I have heard rumors from traveling merchants saying that the economy have crumble and it's not a place to make business anymore"

Sakura was in deep thought she remembers that it was the same situation when she first came with her team (did someone else like Gatou have taken control of wave?)

"We better hurry" Seiryu said.

The boat finally reached the checkpoint and they got off" well this is as far as I can take you just ahead you'll reach wave country"

"Thank you" Seiryu said as the man left on his boat.

"Let's get going Seiryu the sooner we arrive at wave the sooner we can find Genjuro-sama" Sakura said.

"Right let's go"

They started walking the port while some were a little nervous about arriving at wave, namely Yamanaka Ino she was still unsure about the part of a demon but she still pretended like she wasn't bothered. They continued walking ahead while Sakura was feeling restless by the minute, that feeling that something was awfully wrong was getting bigger with each step they take. She wasn't the only one but Seiryu and Ryo were feeling uneasy about this, whatever it was waiting for them when they arrive at wave it seems Ino was the only one who wasn't having a bad feeling. They have arrived at the entrance of the bridge that leads to wave country it was the same bridge the builder Tazuna completed, back on Sakura's C rank mission with team seven. Sakura saw the sign that was clearly saying the name of the bridge and she couldn't but smile at the name the people of wave have given, Ino along with the boys got a look while the Yamanaka was shocked at the name rather than happy like her pink haired friend.

(The Great Naruto bridge I should it know Tazuna will give it that name, after all Naruto was consider a hero by the people of wave for his courage I wish you could see this Naruto the people of wave have given you the respect you deserve when Konoha failed to acknowledge you back then) Sakura thought with a smile, of course she knew that was all in the past the villagers of Konoha have finally given respect to the blond ninja after his death thanks to Tsunade who told the truth about Naruto.

"Hey what's going on why does the bridge has Naruto's name?" asked Ino.

"The bridge is called the Great Naruto Bridge for your information Ino" Sakura said with a smirk.

The Yamanaka was shocked" no way so they actually named this bridge after Naruto"

"Yup Naruto gave the people of wave hope that's why they see him as a hero" Sakura said.

"Wait a minute Sakura you can't be talking about the same Naruto who was your teammate right?" asked Seiryu.

The pink haired kunoichi looking at his friend with a smile" yeah I told you that I was here in wave with my team when I was a genin we were protecting the bridge builder from Zabuza, the people have recognize Naruto as their hero and I guess they decided to named the new bridge after Naruto"

"Whoa that Naruto must've been amazing to have a bridge named after him" Seiryu said.

Sakura giggle while Ryo was still looking at the name of the bridge" what a great honor must be to have a bridge named after you, only a true hero will be given such honor" he suddenly imagine that the bridge was name after him (yeah the great Ryo bridge cool)

Seiryu sweat dropped" Ryo you just dreamed the bridge with your name on it didn't you?"

"Hey it's nice to dream you know besides I think the bridge with my name sounds nice, I can see it now the Great Ryo bridge"

"I think that name sounds nice too Ryo" Ino said agreeing with her crush with a slight blush on her cheeks.

Sakura rolled her eyes at her best friend trying to do whatever she can to have him in her Yamanaka pawns, she smirked slightly" Ino I think you can a find a better sentence to impress Ryo than that it was very lame"

Ryo looked at the bleach blond while she was muttering billboard brow with a small blush on her cheeks, soon she grinned evilly at her upcoming comeback" you're one to talk Sakura you should take your own advice with the special someone"

Sakura was now glaring at her giving her a warning look that says if you spill the beans I will pound you" Ino pig shut up" she muttered loud enough for her to hear.

Ino went closer to her glaring at her" I have to get my revenge on you forehead for what you did to me at that inn remember taking my clothes and leaving me naked at the hot baths call this pay back"

Sakura gritted her teeth knowing very well what she had in mind, telling Seiryu her sudden crush on him" not now Ino pig we are on a mission we can settle this later okay"

Ino crossed her arms in annoyance knowing that she was right" fine later"

Seiryu and Ryo were watching the two kunoichis arguing while glaring at each other with a sweat dropped on the back of their foreheads, they have never see friends acting like them.

"You know Seiryu I have never seen best friends act like those two, they sometimes acted like best friends then they acted like they're sisters then they acted like they were enemies I just don't get it" Ryo said.

"Sometimes friendship can be complicated I can tell that Sakura and Ino are the best of friends for a long time, maybe since they were little"

Ryo nodded as he continued to see the two kunoichi's glaring at each other before returning to normal, he chuckle seeing the sight amusing (it's like they were never arguing in the first place)

"Let's go already" Sakura said while the group nodded.

As they started running on the bridge someone was watching from the shadows far away, his eyes fell on Sakura a smile was formed on his hooded face (so she has come after all I knew staying here will eventually make her to come since she's training at mist, it's time to test her strength)

Sakura kept her gaze on the road ahead and as she got closer to the village of wave her intuition was getting worse, the feeling that something was very wrong was becoming clearer like she knew something bad has happened to the village. She started thinking about the people of wave and Tazuna, Inari and Tsunami they are just kind people that are trying to live their lives every day like any other person. The thought of something happening to them was unforgivable to Sakura, after her team helped Tazuna finishing building his bridge so the people of wave can have a better economy life and all of the sudden something unfortunate happens to all of them.

She shook her head erasing any negative thoughts from her mind (please let them be all right) she touched Naruto's headband strap on her right shoulder (Naruto give me strength)

They finally arrived at the entrance to the village and what they found was quite shocking, they were staring at the village of wave but it was completely empty. Everywhere they looked there was no sign of any villager or merchant anywhere in the streets. They started walking the streets of the village finding the scene very strange, where was everyone surely they must be someone around. Ever since the great Naruto bride was build wave was able to trade with the other countries helping their economy a lot, they have enjoyed a great economy boost as they have earned a lot of money from trading their products. However right now the village was empty, wave was an essential place for merchants to sell their goods but there were no signs of any merchants anywhere. For the group this was truly the definition of weird, expecting to see the village full of people they find it completely empty.

For Sakura it was bad or it could mean that something awful has happened (please I hope this bad feeling I had its nothing but a mere superstition)

"Okay where is everyone?" asked Ino looking around.

"Yeah this whole place looks like a ghost town" Ryo said.

"This is not normal for a village especially wave its one of the five nations biggest trade centers thanks to the bridge they build, let's be on our guard something is definitely not right here" Seiryu said.

Sakura nodded" you don't have to tell me twice" (damn looks like my intuition was right after all)

"Stupid feeling it's annoying me" inner Sakura grumbled.

As they continued to walked they were being followed from behind, of course as ninjas they know better when they were about to have a sneak attack. They walked a couple of streets before realizing that they were still being followed, Seiryu looked at the three giving them a gaze that it was understood as a signal to attack and they nodded in return.

"On my mark" Seiryu whispered.

Ryo took a couple of shurikens from his hostler the same with Ino, Seiryu draw a kunai from his pouch and Sakura have quickly reached for a couple of kunais from her own pouch, they took a corner on the last street still no sign of nay villager. Once they have realized that they were still being followed by someone it was only a matter of seconds before making their move, Seiryu gripped the hold on his kunai and the group was ready to attack on his word.

"NOW!!!"

They all threw their weapons at the same time hitting their mysterious follower and they gasped, the kunais and shurikens hit what it seem to be a large soldier made of rock. Obviously the weapons have no effect on it since he was of hard rock the group was still shocked at the sight of the being before them.

"What is that thing?" asked the shocked Ino.

"It looks like a rock golem but I thought they were supposed to be like giant size not regular size" Ryo said.

"If you call seven feet tall regular size" Ino said with a gulp the rock golem was taller than all four of them put together.

"Be careful golems are strong and has a high defense shurikens and kunais won't harm it, we have to use brute force on it" Seiryu said.

"Right but I want to know if this thing is the cause why the whole village is so deserted" Sakura said.

"Most likely" Seiryu said.

"Yeah it's not every day a rock golem comes to a village" Ryo said.

"Oh not it's coming straight at us" Ino said with a gasp.

The golem charged at them ready to punch them but it never came, Sakura reacted quickly and charged her fist with chakra punching the rock golem turning it to dust. The group was shocked at Sakura's strength, Ino knew that Sakura has become really strong even stronger than Tsunade but she was still shocked at the fact that she destroyed the rock golem with just one punch, and to think this used to be the same shy girl who used to cry a lot talk about a huge change. Seiryu and Ryo had their mouths wide open they are still not used to seeing Sakura's insane strength, especially Seiryu who has been training her teaching her water element ninjutsu. These were the times they were glad she was on their side Sakura dusted her hands getting rid of the dust she got for pulverizing the rock golem.

"Everyone okay" she said looking at the group.

"Yes we are thanks to you Sakura and your high reflexes" Seiryu said.

Ryo went to the pile of dust that was the remains of the golem, he picked up some of the dust tracing it with his fingers" a rock creature I never seen anything like it and this doesn't look like a jutsu"

"Of course not they aren't any earth element ninjutsu that can create actual rock type creatures which means" Seiryu said trailing off.

"Do you think that this could be the work of elemental magic?" asked Ryo.

"Elemental magic?" asked Ino.

Seiryu nodded while Sakura was staring at him giving him all her attention" sensei told us about this, basically its actual attacks base on the elements however unlike elemental ninjutsu they can be performed without the need of making hand seals"

"So whoever is behind these things he already has an advantage against us since we performed jutsus with the need of hand seals" Sakura said.

"Can they attack with magic faster than we can finish making the hand seals?" asked Ino.

"Yes they can it all depends on how fast one is in making hand seals" Seiryu said.

"Unless it was the fourth Hokage man he was faster than anything, he could performed a hundred hand seals in less than five seconds he was so cool and even if I am from mist the fourth Hokage was my hero he wasn't called the yellow flash for nothing" Ryo said with shiny eyes.

Sakura and Ino were looking at him with amusement looks in their eyes, to think someone from another village will considered the fourth Hokage as their hero when it should be the other way around. In truth the fourth Hokage has many enemies and a lot of people wanted him dead, but here was somebody from another hidden village who admire him as his hero. Sakura went to deep thought thinking about the fourth, just thinking him reminded her of Naruto his son to think he was the son of the hero who saved Konoha from the Kyubi and yet they treated him so badly. She clenched her fist she was one of them who treated him the same way, she will never forgive herself for everything she has done to Naruto until she can avenged him. Ino and Seiryu noticed her look but didn't said a word, Sakura shook her head she didn't want to think about the Uchiha traitor it will make her stressful and in a bad mood.

"So what are we going to do now?"Ryo asked.

"We have to find the villagers they must've fled when they saw that rock golem and sensei must be with them too" Seiryu said (I hope) he thought worry that nothing has happened to his teacher.

"All right then should we split up?" asked Sakura.

Ino gulped gazing at the opposite side of the street" um…guys do you think that there should be more of those rock creatures?"

"Probably why?" asked Seiryu looking at the Yamanaka's direction and gasped seeing over ten of the rock golems running towards them.

"Because they are coming here" Ino said.

"Crap run!" Seiryu said as they started running.

Sakura gazed from behind them and saw there were more rock golems after them than before (this is not going to be easy) "Seiryu what are you planning to do?"

"There's too many of them we can't fight all of them at once, we will decrease their numbers by splitting up you and Ino take another route me and Ryo we'll take another route"

"It's risky but we have no choice" Ryo said.

Sakura nodded" got it"

"Be careful you two" Seiryu said.

"We will you guys too" Sakura said.

They saw an intersection the perfect place for them to split up once they passed the intersection they took different routes. Sakura and Ino took the left side while Seiryu and Ryo took the right. Even if they were in a serious and tight situation Ino couldn't help but tease her best friend.

"Aw Sakura you didn't give Seiryu a goodbye kiss"

"Don't start with me Ino pig" the pink haired chunin said annoyed.

(It's so fun to tease her) Ino thought with a smirk.

Meanwhile Seiryu and Ryo were running reaching a sea port, they were well aware that they were still being chased by the rock golems. However things weren't so bad it seems that when they split up with Sakura and Ino the golems have also separated to have better chances in fighting them Ryo looked back at his friend with a smirk on his face deciding to tease him.

"Hey Seiryu how come you didn't gave Sakura a goodbye kiss?"

"Shut up Ryo" said an annoyed Seiryu.

Ryo smirked knowing that Sakura had a crush on Seiryu because Ino told him, of course he gave her his word that he wouldn't say anything but sometimes it was very tempting to tell him. Then again Ino told him if Sakura find out that he knows she was going to kill him, knowing her strength she was capable of doing it with just one single punch. They finally reached a wide area in the docks both unsheathed their swords ready to fight them, the rock golems rushed at them with impressive speed even if they were heavy.

"Here we go Ryo no holding back" Seiryu said.

"Right I doubt my arrows will harm their rock solid skin we'll have better luck with our swords and paper bombs"

The rock golems charge at them and both vanished and slicing through them with their swords, Ryo decapitated two golems while Seiryu killed three turning into small pieces of rock. More of them charge throwing their powerful punches but the two were faster than them killing them before they could reached them, they notice that they were close to the water and they smirked at each other like they have read their minds.

Both formed the same hand seals" WATER STYLE WATER DRAGON JUTSU"

The two water dragons hit the large numbers of rock golems destroying them, the two gazed at the remaining golems they were ready to fight them.

"So far so good" Ryo said.

"Let's just hope Sakura and Ino are doing all right" Seiryu said but deep inside he knew they were going to be fine.

In another place in the village Sakura and Ino were still running from the rock golems, thanks to Seiryu's plan of splitting up the golems have reduce in numbers giving them a good chance to win against them. Ino was first as she took her bow and arrows, she was going to test her archery skills thanks to Ryo she shot the arrow hitting the solid skin of the golem but it didn't gave a scratch on its skin.

"The arrows doesn't seems to harm them"

"You'll have to use any paper bombs and explosives kunais at your disposal" Sakura said.

"What about you?"

The pink haired chunin raised an eyebrow" what do you think?" she clenched her fists.

"Right I forgot about your inhuman strength" Ino said with a smirk.

"Hey don't say that" she grunted finding it insulting although it was true she was trained by Tsunade whose strength was considered quite inhuman.

Sakura charged her chakra through her arms and legs and started using her taijutsu punching and kicking them, with each hit the rock golems they shatter to little pieces or rock. Ino took the opportunity to use some of the jutsus Ryo taught her and taking the knowledge that the numbers were against her, she saw that the village was surrounded by water giving her the edge she needed.

She formed the necessary hand seals" WATER STYLE WATER CLONE JUTSU"

From the water came four Ino water clones they took one explosive kunais throwing at a couple of golems destroying them in the process, at the same time Sakura has taken Ino's strategy and used her shadow clones to take out more golems. Even if the rock golems were fast for their weight both kunoishis were faster than they, the fight continued for a couple of minutes until they were all defeated once they were beaten the kunoichis released their clones vanishing while Ino's turned back into water.

"Looks like they never stood a chance right Sakura.....huh Sakura what's wrong?" she said seeing that the pink haired kunoichi was staring at the ground of the small pieces of rock that remains of the rock golems.

"I don't know Ino I have a bad feeling, something is not right"

"What are you talking about we defeated them"

Sakura continued to stare at the ground while from the distance of the village the hooded figure was watching his eyes never leaving Sakura's (you got that right my child it's not over yet)

Suddenly the two kunoichi gasped as they saw the pieces of rock lifting from the ground, slowly they formed together and in a matter of seconds the rock golems were hold once again. Ino was too shocked to say anything while Sakura just sighed at the sight.

"I should it know it was too good to be true somehow I had a feeling that something like this would happen"

"What do you mean?" asked the Yamanaka.

Sakura didn't answered her instead she charged at the first rock golem nearby crushing to pieces but it went back together like nothing happened, even if Ino has already seen it she was still shocked at the outcome.

Sakura got near her" that's what I'm talking about the rock creatures can rebuild themselves again no matter how many times we destroy them"

"Then it's hopeless to fight them if they will keep putting themselves back together, I bet Seiryu and Ryo are having the same problem too" Ino said.

"Right there's no point in fighting them let's find Seiryu and Ryo"

Ino nodded following Sakura as they left while the rock golems were chasing them, Ino looked back seeing that they were being followed" Sakura what are we going to do now?"

"We'll find Seiryu and Ryo and we'll do what he suggested we'll search for the villagers and Genjuro-sama, we haven't seen any dead bodies yet thankfully they must've escape safely from the rock creatures.

"Right then what about the rock creatures we can't stop them" Ino said as they continued to run from the golems.

"We'll have to hope that Seiryu or Ryo knows how to stop them for good"

With Seiryu and Ryo

Another golem was chopped down by Seiryu sword while Ryo have decapitated another one, they have been fighting the rock golems for a whole hour and they still couldn't decrease their numbers. Each rock creature was brought to pieces, although it was getting annoying that they destroyed them and more of them show up.

Ryo panted" you know Seiryu I'm beginning to wonder why these things will keep on coming"

Seiryu sweat dropped at his comment seeing that the golems were rebuilding themselves again" really maybe they have the ability to pulled themselves back together"

"Yeah that's what I was going to say" the mist jounin said with a slight grin.

Seiryu sighed (damn these things, no doubt about it that this is earth magic which means that whoever is responsible for summoning them he must be strong, for them to have the speed to attack and the regenerating abilities that is)

Ryo saw the golems fully put together and they were ready to attack" um….Seiryu I'm open for any ideas or suggestions"

Seiryu sheathed his sword" we have no choice it's pointless to keep fighting them, let's regroup with Sakura and Ino then we'll continued to search for the villagers and sensei"

Ryo nodded as they left the rock golems however they were now following them not letting them get away" do you have any ideas on how to beat those things without getting back together?"

The black haired teen shook his head in disappointment" none whatsoever but I believe sensei might know a way that's why we have to find him"

"Right then we'll find Sakura and Ino and try to lose the creatures" Ryo said while looking back at the group of rock golems chasing them" I hope we lose them"

BAM

The two teens gasped hearing the loud noise that sounded not too far from their location they took a turn at the docks increasing their speed.

"What was that, it sounded like an explosion" Ryo said.

Seiryu smirked a little" I think I know come on Ryo"

It took them a couple of minutes to head to the location where the noise was heard and once they got there they were quite shocked, the whole place in front of them was a huge crater and it was surrounded by tiny pieces of rock that belongs to the golems. They saw Sakura who was panting while dusting her gloved hands, next to her was Ino who had her eyes widened at the sheer strength her best friend possess it also help her realized that she was a real bad ass in fighting.

(Whoa I better not try to make her upset or I will find myself in a crater too) she gulped at the thought.

"I should it know it was you Sakura, you're very noisy when you're fighting" Seiryu said with a smirk.

The pink haired chunin just smirked back at his comment knowing he was right" I have to do it, I realized if these things can pulled themselves together again every time they get crushed then I thought that crushing them into the smallest o pieces will take them longer than usual to pulled themselves together"

"That is a good observation and effective too" he said seeing the small pieces of rock trying to put themselves together but it wasn't faster than they do regularly.

"Let's get out of here there's more of them following us" Ryo said.

They started running while making sure that the other golems didn't find them, Sakura gaze at Seiryu" do you know how to stop them for good?"

"No but I bet sensei knows let's lose the rock creatures and continued searching for the villagers, I'm sure that sensei must be with them"

"Yes that makes sense these things must've attacked wave making the villagers to escape, we will have to find if they have some kind of shelter to hide from invaders" Sakura said knowing very well that wave doesn't have any ninjas and the village militia is not strong enough to take on enemy ninjas from other villages, much less magical earth creatures that can move faster than they weight.

They continued running trying to leave the docks little did they know that they were being watched. From one of the rooftops a stranger appeared wearing a black hooded uniform (AN: like the ones the members of organization 13 wears from Kingdom Hearts 2), he has watched everything including Sakura's performance against the rock golems.

(Impressive let's see if you can stop this) suddenly the stranger's right hand glowed orange releasing a strange energy.

As the group took another corner they were met by a large group of rock golems, just before any of them whined or cursed the rock creatures have merge together in an orange light. The group gasped at the sight before them now they were staring at a giant rock golem ten times bigger than the size of the regular one, the only they could do is to watched in shock as the rock creature made a loud growl.

"Oh you've got to be kidding me" Ino said.

"Whoa looks like they have merged into a super size king golem" Ryo said.

"And I bet it will be the same result by destroying it just like the regular ones" Sakura said knowing that they couldn't destroyed for good.

"Good luck Sakura that thing is huge" Ino said.

"Damn we don't have time for this" Seiryu said.

(We have to do something and fast) Sakura thought.

"LOOK OUT!!!" shouted Seiryu seeing the giant golem throwing at punch at them.

They dodged it while the punch caused a large crater in the ground they were amazed at the strength the rock creature possess, completely different from the regular size golems.

"Looks like he's stronger and faster than the regular ones" Ryo said.

"It must be when they merged together they must've added all of their strength and speed" Sakura said.

"Great as if things couldn't possible get any worse" Ino said.

"Don't say that Ino" Sakura said.

The giant golem was about to throw another punch when suddenly his left arm was cut, their eyes widened when his other arm was cut off too eventually the giant golem was cut down to pieces. They saw the one responsible for the destruction of the creature, Seiryu and Ryo smiled seeing their teacher Genjuro.

"Sensei" Seiryu said.

"Genjuro-sama" Sakura said.

"I'm glad to see that you all made it here I knew I could count on you" Genjuro said smiling at his students.

"Are you all right sensei?" asked Ryo.

"No time for that let's leave this place before he regenerates" he said looking at the pieces of the giant golem outing themselves together.

They left running leaving the rock creature putting himself together, the hooded stranger appeared beside the giant golem. With a wave from his right hand the giant golem vanished, he kept his gaze on the path where the group left" it seems playtime is over for now, the next time we will meet face to face Haruno Sakura"

Minutes later the group has left the village, Genjuro looked at the empty village before continuing running on the road ahead.

"Sensei what have you've been doing all this time?" asked Seiryu.

"Yeah we thought something might have happened to you since you have never called for back up before" Ryo said.

"I apologize for worrying you but I needed all of you here especially you Sakura, it's been a while you certainly have grown since the last time I saw you" he smiled gazing at the pink haired kunoichi.

"It's good to see that you're safe Genjuro-sama" Sakura said.

"Oh so Ino is with you too I'm glad I hope you're familiar with medical ninjutsu" Genjuro said.

The bleach blond nodded" yes I am familiar with medical ninjutsu but I'm not as good as Sakura" she whisper the last part loud enough for Sakura to hear, she smirked realizing that she has admitted that she was better than her at something looks like they will still some rivalry in them after all these times.

"Why do you need Sakura and Ino?" asked Seiryu.

"I guess it will be best if I tell you from the beginning" Genjuro said as they continued to run" the people of wave were attacked by a demon Hydra to be exact"

"Hydra?" asked Sakura.

"It's a sea serpent an A rank demon and a dangerous one too, the people of the village were attacked by it destroying some of their precious cargo into the sea"

"Cargo, we did saw a couple of cargo ships destroyed when we were running through the docks" Ino said.

Genjuro nodded" the people of wave sent a request for a mission to mist and I accept it to eliminate Hydra, however things went a little complicated when I arrived the villagers were escaping from the attack. However they were not being attacked by Hydra but…."

"They were attacked by the rock creatures" Sakura finished for him while Genjuro nodded" do you know about them Genjuro-sama?"

"About the rock creatures, I heard rumors about them they are the work of elemental magic different from elemental ninjutsu the one who summoned them must be a strong magic user to cast such creatures, they were strong and they were fast for their weight I can say this much were not dealing with any regular spell caster"

"Could the rock creatures and the sea serpent be somehow connected?" asked Ino.

Everyone turned to Genjuro who only shook his head" I hardly doubt it Hydra and the rock creatures are two separate things, Hydra is a wild demon and it's impossible to tame or control but the rock creatures they were definitely under the control of someone whoever this guys is he has great power. I want to know what they were after"

"What do you mean sensei?" asked Ryo.

"The rock creatures were attacking the villagers but once they escape the village they stood still without moving from their spot, it's like they were waiting for someone to come to the village"

"They were waiting for us?" asked Seiryu.

"I don't know but this gives more reason that they were being controlled by someone, as for the villagers they are taking shelter in a cave in a forest not too far from our position we'll be heading there" Genjuro said.

"Are they any wounded among the people?" asked Sakura.

"Yes they are some who needs medical help that's why I wanted you to come here Sakura, I have managed to administer first aid but I'm no medic ninja they need the proper assistance"

"Right me and Ino will treat them as soon as we arrive" Sakura said while Ino nodded.

"I'm counting on you two, as for Hydra I have located its location in a lake a few miles from wave Seiryu you'll be accompanying me to the lake once the villagers have been treated"

"Right sensei"

They finally enter a forest which Sakura recognize, she smiled at the sight of the forest it was the same forest where she learned the walking tree exercise with the rest of her team. Those were one of the memories she has treasured as a member of team seven, when they were still a team with a strong bond when Naruto was still alive and when the traitor was still good or before he went power crazy and a future murder. They have finally reached the cave as soon as they entered they saw the villagers of wave, Sakura notice that some of the people were wounded with slight injuries others were in needed of immediate medical attention.

"Ino attend the people with small wounds I will handle the severely injure"

"Right"

Sakura formed a cross hand seal" SHADOW CLONE JUTSU"

Four Sakura clones appeared while Genjuro was impressed at her quick way of thinking.

(Using the shadow clone jutsu to healed the wounded very clever looks like Tsunade-sama has trained Sakura well)

"Everyone split up and attend all the people that you can heal" the real Sakura said.

"Right" the clones said in unison as they split up.

While the clones were doing their job Sakura spotted a familiar young boy who seems to be eleven years old, she smiled she recognize Tsunami's son Inari he was on the verge of tears. When she went to him she gasped seeing Tazuna who was bleeding from a wound, next to him was his daughter Tsunami who was in tears just like her son.

"Everything is all right the medics have arrived" Genjuro said.

Tsunami and Inari looked to see Sakura smiling at them" hey Tsunami Inari how are you all doing?"

Both of them smiled seeing one of their friends who was Naruto's teammate.

"Sakura is that you?" asked Inari.

"Yes it's me Inari don't worry Tazuna we'll be fine"

"Please Sakura save him he's bleeding a lot" Tsunami cried.

Sakura nodded and got to work on Tazuna as she began to heal his wounds with her green chakra, Genjuro Ryo and Seiryu were watching as Sakura and her clones were healing the wounded along with Ino. It only took them thirty minutes for them to treat all of the wounded, Ino finished since there wasn't many people with lightly injuries and Sakura was also done she dispelled her clones. Everyone was watching with amazement in their eyes Genjuro was impressed with Sakura's medical skills Ryo just whistled at the sight and Seiryu was gazing at her with admiration reflected in his emerald eyes, he was amaze by her talents and her strength with her kindness and self determination she was truly a woman worthy of the name kunoichi. Sakura saw the smiles of Inari and Tsunami seeing that Tazuna was going to be all right, she was happy to see them like this it was a whole lot better than seeing them crying. She remembers how sad they were when they heard that Naruto was dead, to have the one person who gave them courage and hope to their village dead it was truly a painful blow to the people of wave. And to think he was killed by someone who was considered as his best friend, the thought made her so angry and disgusted.

Ino went to her" everyone has been healed it's a good thing we made it in time otherwise I don't think they would've been lucky"

"Yeah you did great Ino"

The Yamanaka crossed her arms" don't flatter me forehead you're the one that did all the work, you're the big medic"

"Come on Ino pig don't get jealous next time I will give you the spotlight"

"I'm not jealous I just feel like I did little"

"Even the smallest task has a big meaning no matter what is the situation" Genjuro said while gazing at the people" Sakura will they be all right?"

"Yes they'll be fine Tazuna will need some rest to recuperate so don't worry Tsunami and Inari"

"Yes thank you very much" Tsunami said.

"Thank you Sakura" Inari said.

"I guess now that the people have been healed sensei and Seiryu will head out to the river where Hydra is right?" Ryo said.

"Right Ryo I need you to stay her with Sakura and Ino to watched over the people just in case if those rock creatures appeared again"

"Got it sensei"

"Well we better get going let's go Seiryu"

"Right"

"Wait Seiryu" Sakura said smiling at him" be careful you too Genjuro-sama"

"We'll be fine Sakura" Seiryu said with a smile.

Genjuro nodded and they left the cave, Ino got neared her with a smirk" you forgot to give Seiryu a goodbye kiss"

"Shut it Ino pig" Sakura said annoyed with a slight blush on her cheeks while Ino and Ryo were smirking at the scene.

To be continued

Looks like they are some mysteries to be solve here like who is the hooded stranger and what does he want with Sakura only time will tell. Please review and see you next time farewell.

Next chapter: The sea serpent vs. the wolf

Here are the results on the polls:

Should Sakura have a weapon?

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No-1

Should there be lemons in future chapters?

Yes-3

No-1

The bloodline poll won so Sakura will have a bloodline limit which I have forgotten the suggestions that the people have given me, sorry but I have been focusing on my other stories sorry that I have forgotten. However I remember one bloodline suggested by Kamasimon here it is.

Hayasa (it means speed in Japanese)- basically Sakura can move faster than any human or thing in the world not just her body movements are super fast but her brain patterns are fast too so in other words she can think faster than the average human, to put it simple it's a perfected version of the fourth Hokage's flying thunder god technique.

Please I need more suggestions for a bloodline limit it will make it easier for me if you just send me a review with your answer. I also need suggestions about a weapon for her I was thinking a short sword, but I really want your opinion on this send me a review with your answer. Thank you and see you on the next chapter of the story.