While the group was travelling to Tanzaku town Orochimaru was having a chat with Baki and it wasn't going well "I want that little pink-haired bitch dead Baki tell Gaara he's the one who's going to do it" Orochimaru threatens gold eyes narrowed into slits "Orochimaru I'm afraid that, that is no longer possible" Baki sighs not wanting to hurt the one thing Gaara protected "Why the hell is it not possible" Orochimaru snarls "Gaara cares for her and Sakura-san is the only one who can control Gaara" Baki shrugs helplessly smirking at the arrogant snake summoner.
"Are you telling me a little pink-haired girl can control Gaara to the extent that said boy protects her" Orochimaru grasps a handful of Baki's jonin vest and shakes the man violently "That's right Orochimaru which means our deal is off" Baki pries Orochimaru's hands off of him and turns and walks out the door "You'll regret betraying me Baki of the Hidden Sand" Orochimaru's threatening voice comes from behind him but Baki continues walking away deciding to do what he should have done the first time Orochimaru approached the Hidden Sand Village with a offer.
Changing his direction Baki heads right for the Hokage tower "Excuse me is the Hokage busy" he asks the secretary "I don't believe Lord Hokage is in any meeting right now" she looks up at him eyeing his headband warily "Is there anyway I could speak with him now" Baki asks urgently hearing the Sand-nins words something in his tone made the secretary pause for a moment "Of course just go up those steps and to the end of the hall" she gestures allowing him by and Baki quickens his pace hoping to warn the Hokage of Orochimaru's presence in the village quickly.
Knocking on the door to the Hokage's office Baki waits for admittance a moment later a voice from within calls out "Enter" and he does so "What is it" Hiruzen eyes the man curiously as Baki gazed around his office before focusing on himself "Lord Hokage I hate to admit this but The Hidden Sand and the Hidden Sound villages were planning a coup de ta" Baki sighs out causing a flurry of activity to happen and Baki found himself bound by shadows "What is the meaning of this" Hiruzen stands his face etched in fury at the words Baki had just spoken to him.
He was about to have the man thrown in a cell when realization dawns on him "You said were what happened to change that" Hiruzen sits down gesturing for Shikaku to release Baki who sits in a chair that was in front of his desk "I'm sure you know about this but Gaara has a tailed beast inside of him and up until we came to this village he was emotionless and cared for no one" Baki explains feeling sick at what the Kazekage had planned with Orochimaru "Go on what happened that would cause you tell me about this attack" Hiruzen asks noticing Baki grow pale in thought.
"It changed because of Sakura-san" Baki looks straight at Hiruzen "Ever since we met her Gaara has gained a protectiveness over her that he has never given to anyone else and because of that Orochimaru wants her dead essentially Sakura Aburame ruined Orochimaru's plan to take over the Hidden Leaf Village" Baki says dead serious staring at Hiruzen fear in his eyes "You don't have to worry Baki, Sakura isn't in the village right now and we'll make sure she is protected when she comes back" Hiruzen soothes Baki 'I am definitely getting to old for this' he thinks.
"What do you mean Sakura-san isn't in the village" Baki asks in confusion "Yesterday Sakura, Naruto, their sensei Anko Mitarashi and two others left the village to go find Tsunade Senju and bring her back here you see I expected an attack of some sort to happen I just didn't think that the Hidden Sand had a part of it" Hiruzen explains "Let Gaara go after her please I don't think it's a good idea to separate the two" Baki pales further images of utter destruction and ruin flashing through his mind at what Gaara would do when he found that the pinkette wasn't in the village.
"Are you sure it's wise to let him go alone and it would take at least 2 days for the boy to catch up with them" Hiruzen raises an eyebrow at Baki who stares back at him "I shudder to think of the destruction that Gaara could cause when he realizes Sakura-san is no longer in the village" Baki represses a tremble of fear as he tells the Hokage his thoughts who sighs "Fine but you and the other two genin on your team must go with him" Hiruzen finally relents dismissing Baki with a wave who heads out of his office to go find the genin team he had been assigned to.
While Baki was searching the village Temari was trying to get Gaara to come down out of the tree he was sulking in "Come on Gaara and lets go to your favorite teashop" Temari calls out sighing in exasperation when the boy just continues staring blankly ahead "Gaara stop sulking what would Sakura-chan think if she saw you" Temari tries again "I'm not sulking" came floating down to her but Gaara still didn't move an inch "She said she'd be back didn't she I'm sure she didn't mean for you pout the entire time she's gone" she tries this time sighing tiredly at Gaara.
"I'm not pouting" Gaara sinks further into depression causing Temari to stamp her foot in agitation "Gaara you come down right now and stop this nonsense" she threatens but even that doesn't faze the boy "Gaara I'm gonna give you to the count of three if you don't come down I'll tell Sakura when she gets back that you didn't behave and then she'll scold you again" Temari yells throwing her hands up in frustration beginning her count down when Gaara appears before her and she flinches back in shock upon noticing the absolute fear etched into Gaara's eyes.
"Please Temari you can't tell Sakura I'll behave I promise" he drops his pale green eyes onto the red ribbon tied around his wrist 'Awww that's just to cute' Temari struggles not to laugh as she tries to find something else to talk about now that he was finally listening to her "Did Sakura-chan give you that ribbon" she asks when they walk through the village towards the tea shop they all frequented this being the first time they had gone with Sakura of course "Yes she said it was for luck" Gaara speaks up as they sit and order 4 sets of dango and 2 green tea's.
While they were waiting for their order Kankurou comes into the shop "I see you got Gaara out of the tree" he says as he sits next to Temari who nods "What did you say to him cause I tried everything" Kankurou nearly threw his hands up in the air "I told him that if he didn't come out of that tree I would tell Sakura-chan that he didn't behave himself while she was gone" Temari whispers in her slightly younger brothers ear "You should have seen his expression it was pure terror" she giggles softly when Kankurou grins and grabs a stick of dango from their order.
"Hey get your own Kankurou" Temari quickly snatches the stick out of his hand and eats it smirking when he stares at her pouting "Fine" Kankurou sulks but orders his own set of dango and his own green tea a while later after they had eaten and drank their tea the three siblings sand and exit the shop only to stare in shock as Baki comes running down the street nearly passing them in his hurry before skidding to a halt a few feet away "Pack up we are leaving the village Sakura-san is in danger" Baki breathes hands on his knees as he tries to catch his breath.
"What do you mean Sakura is in danger" Gaara speaks up his voice full of the fury he was feeling and a fleeting look at his face said even more his lips were pulled back in a snarl and hatred filled his eyes for the person that dared threaten the one person he wanted to protect more than himself "I broke Sand's deal with Orochimaru and the Sound Village" Baki breathes standing straight now this caused the two older sibling to stare at him in shock "You mean we aren't going to attack the village anymore" Temari lets out a relieved sigh when Baki nods at her.
"Oh thank god I don't think I could have done it anyway especially since we got to know Sakura-chan and her idiotic teammate Naruto" Kankurou speaks the words all of them were thinking "We have permission from the Hokage to leave the village and go after Sakura to protect her from any attacks Orochimaru may orchestrate while she is out of the village" Baki explains further which makes the sand sibling take off in the direction of their hotel to immediately begin packing Baki following behind them at a fast pace to do the same.
'I knew I should have followed her and then she would be safe' Gaara snarls in his thoughts passing by a group of genin who give him nearly the entire street to walk on as he walks having chosen to instead of using his sand to travel places like he usually did Shukaku agreed with him 'It's to late for that all we can do is catch up to her and make sure she stays safe' the one tailed demon speaks rationally for once 'Gaara didn't you give her some of your sand' Shukaku asks suddenly causing Gaara to curse and pick up his pace to catch up with his siblings to tell them.
Only to be stopped when the boy called Shikamaru steps in front of him the blonde girl Sakura fought and their other teammate trailing behind him "Hey Gaara have you seen Sakura lately" Shikamaru asks Ino had been bugging him for two days to find Sakura and he thought who better to ask than the boy Sakura seems to have gotten close to and more often than not was found hanging out with "She isn't in the village" Gaara says simply having no time to waste and sidesteps the group of genin and continues on his way to the hotel they had been assigned to.
"There you are Gaara" Temari says as his older siblings step out of the hotel with Baki behind them and holds out a pack for him to take "I know how to get to Sakura without taking the time to try and catch up with her" Gaara announces "How" Kankurou furrows his brows shouldering his pack "Before the forest of death I gave her some of my sand for protection it's around her wrist" Gaara explains gesturing for the four before him to grab hold of some part of him and then he would transport the group as a whole to where ever Sakura currently was with his sand.
Back with Orochimaru "Dosu I have something I want you to do for me" Orochimaru smiles at the Sound Nin it wasn't an ordinary smile either it was one made of pure hatred and Dosu nods "Of course Lord Orochimaru" he bows his head following Orochimaru to a place outside the village so that they could speak freely with one another without the fear of being overheard by someone they didn't want hear whatever they would be speaking about "What is it" Dosu asks while Orochimaru gathers his thoughts to tell him whatever it was that he wanted him to do.
"Your match is against Sakura Aburame correct" Orochimaru asks hatred leaking into his words "Yes Lord Orochimaru" he says in affirmation "During your match you are to kill her" Orochimaru says decisively fury in his gold eyes "Of course Lord Orochimaru for I am your servant and I will do as you wish without question" Dosu bows lows repressing a shiver of fear as Orochimaru walks away chuckling darkly heading back to his teammates he thinks of several scenarios that would lead to killing the girl his master apparently hated deeply if his words weren't enough.
What neither Dosu or Orochimaru knew was that someone had overheard their conversation Kakashi Hatake had been taking a quick nap in the tree they had been standing below and had woken up and masked his chakra when he felt two chakra below him his eye had widened when the younger of the too addressed the older one as Lord Orochimaru and lets not forget to mention their plan for Sakura Aburame the pink-haired girl everyone seemed to care for and Orochimaru and the Sound Genin were apparently plotting to kill her during the final rounds.
To say Kakashi was furious at the plot to kill the girl who called him her senpai was a clear understatement and in a swirl of leaves he appears in the Hokage's office startling Hiruzen with his abrupt entrance "What is the meaning of this Kakashi" Hiruzen shouts startled at the amount of fury Kakashi was showing in his onyx eye "Are you aware there is a plot to kill Sakura Aburame" Kakashi speaks deliberately slow "I was to some extent and you don't have to worry she will be well protected" Hiruzen speaks soothing another shinobi this time one of his own.
"How can you be certain" Kakashi asks sitting in a chair when Hiruzen gestures for him to have a seat "You aren't the first shinobi to come into my office today to ensure the protection of young Sakura" Hiruzen sighs blowing out a puff of smoke which Kakashi waves out of his face "Baki of the Hidden Sand requested to take his team out of the village to go find her and I'm sure young Gaara will not let anything happen to her" Hiruzen says finally "Now Kakashi aren't you supposed to be training the young Uchiha" he asks smirking when Kakashi flounders in surprise.
Seeing the obvious dismisal Kakashi gives Hiruzen a two fingered salute before disappearing the same way he came swirling in to go find Sasuke and drag him off to train finding the boy already at a training ground he shows him the handsigns to chidori after having Sasuke show him his awakened Sharigan and when he does Kakashi gestures for Sasuke to practice which he does so while Kakashi leaps up into another tree to watch and relax while also reading Icha, Icha Paradise his beloved orange little book that Sasuke thought looked absolutely stupid and dumb.
Meanwhile after travelling the entire day the group of five had finally reached Tanzaku town Naruto was about to begin complaining when Sakura lets out a shriek of surprise from behind and as a group he and others turn to look only to find Sakura nose to nose with "Gaara" Naruto shouts running over to the trip and finding himself flat on the ground because of Gaara's sand "That was mean" Naruto sits up rubbing his nose while Sakura points and laughs and said boy smirks at him "Don't rush at me like that" Gaara chuckles attaching himself to Sakura's side.
Anko was about to jump to Sakura's side and pull her away from Gaara when she notices how relaxed the red-head was standing next to her pink-haired student and decides to just leave it be "Hey Sand boy don't you dare hurt her or you'll be dealing with me" she instead threatens before stalking over to Baki who had been staring in astonishment "So what brings you this far out of the village" Anko asks him who snaps to attention "I got word from valuable resources that Sakura-san was in danger and I got permission from the Hokage to come out here" he explains.
Understanding flashes through Anko's brown eyes when Baki lowers his voice so that the person in question wouldn't hear "Explain later for now we have a mission of importance" Anko waves him off walking over to Ibiki and telling him that she was going to find a hotel and to have him get the kiddies help out with searching for Tsunade before disappearing around a corner "Alright you brats I don't care how you conduct your searches but we need to get a move on finding Tsunade so go search" Ibiki stalks off after Anko after commanding the group to start.
Gaara was a little offended that the woman who was obviously Sakura's sensei would imply that he would ever hurt Sakura "Sakura I'll search with you" he tugs on her hand pulling her in a different direction away from the group sighing at Gaara's moodswings Sakura giggles twining their fingers together in a totally platonic way and walking along side him so that he wasn't pulling her arm out of it's socket "So what are you doing here anyway Gaara" Sakura asks curiously when the boy remains silent after walking past several food and toy booths in town.
Suddenly Gaara stops and grasps his shirt right where his heart was and turns his head to look at her with obvious pain in his pale green eyes pulling them to a stop Sakura gasps "Gaara what's wrong" her gut clenches in worry as she leads them over to a bench "Why does it hurt so much" the red-head asks as Sakura makes him sits down on the bench "Why does what hurt Gaara you need to tell me so that I can help you" Sakura creases her forehead in even more worry when Gaara rubs his chest through his red shirt "Here" he points but doesn't elaborate.
"Your heart hurts" Sakura asks eyebrows furrowed in concern and puts a glowing green hand over his heart hoping to find out what was causing her friend so much hurt "Yes, whenever I think about you getting hurt my heart throbs so painfully" Gaara gasps out staring up at her tearfully which causes Sakura to throw her arms around his shoulders and hugs him tightly sobbing and laughing all in one breath "Oh Gaara you silly boy" she pulls away sniffly lightly.
Back with the others Naruto had paired up with Kankurou and Temari went with Baki none of them realizing the scene unfolding on the other side of the town between Gaara and Sakura while they searched for the elusive Sannin none of them realizing that Jiraiya had slipped off to stare at women bathing the minute they had arrived in the village which he always called research but he was really being a peeping tom and it was only a matter of time until he was caught by several women and as per the usual he was chased and had things thrown at him.
-Back in the Leaf Village-
Shikamaru was exhausted Ino hadn't believed the red-head when he had said Sakura wasn't in the village and so she had made Chouji and him search the entire village including going looking for Gaara who like Sakura was no where to be found all of which caused Ino to shriek in fury balling her hands into fist and rage around the village and all the way to the Hokage Tower to ask the Hokage where Sakura was but was denied entrance because the Hokage was in a very important meeting so now she was throwing a tantrum and beating the hell out of a poor tree.
"What a drag" Shikamaru sighs out laying down on a patch of grass to do his favorite thing in the world cloud watch remembering his academy days when Sakura would join him when they had recess and they would sit there and doze off which brought up another question Shikamaru thought 'I definitely know I like her but the question is does she like me' he contemplates folding his hands behind his head and watching weird shaped clouds drift by as he though 'There is no way she likes me' Shikamaru concludes feeling jealous at the thought of Sakura not with him.
He is abruptly pulled out of his rather confusing thoughts when a screeching blonde lands on top of him "What the heck you troublesome woman" Shikamaru yells holding Ino's hands away from his face and standing up "Spar with me" Ino snaps shaking with suppressed rage "Go find Asuma-sensei you troublesome woman" Shikamaru counters promptly dropping Ino's hands and taking several steps away from her who was now visibly vibrating with fury at the lazy pineapple headed boy "Shikamaru" Ino grinds from between clenched teeth stalking forward.
Shikamaru gives a weak laugh and abruptly disappears right as Ino lunges at him who shrieks again as her target flees from her on the other side of the village Kakashi realizes he had forgotten to tell the Hokage about Dosu and what he was told to do during his match with Sakura before shrugging and deciding that he had more than enough time to tell him about it before settling back against the tree and watching Sasuke try the chidori again right as Ino Yamanaka comes flying into the clearly clearly furious and punching and cursing at a pole.
-Back in Tanzaku Town-
Sakura was about to tell Gaara that he didn't have to worry about her especially since he was always with her when a black-haired woman approaches "Hey is he alright" she asks looking between the two teens worriedly "Yes, ma'am Gaara will be ok" Sakura jumps up from her seat on the bench at the sight of the stranger and stands in front of Gaara protectively "Hey it's alright no need to be afraid I'm a medic nin and I'm fully qualified to treat people" Shizune raises her hands to show she didn't mean harm to the two kids who were clearly shinobi from two different villages the pinkette being from the Hidden Leaf like herself and the boy from the Sand.
"Your a medic nin" Sakura perks up stretching from her protective stance "Yes I was taught by Lady Tsunade herself" Shizune boasts proud of her Shisou before freezing guilty "Oops can you forget I just said that Aieeeeeeeeeee" Shizune backs up and trips over a rock "Owwwww" Shizune complains rubbing her sore bottom looking up when a shadow falls over her "You said Lady Tsunade we are here actually looking for her" the girl chatters excitedly while pulling Shizune up from the ground and not letting go of her arm while searching for someone.
"Why are you looking for Lady Tsunade" Shizune asks trying to pry the pink-haired girls hand off her arm but fails spectacularly "Lord Hokage wants her to come back to the village to help out in the hospital" the girls speaks up after a few moments "Please take me to Lady Tsunade" the pink-haired girl turns suddenly a cute pout on her lips and her emerald eyes wide and innocent and Shizune falls for the act "Alright I will just stop looking like that by the way my name is Shizune" she sighs out when the look proves to be to much for her to handle and starts walking.
'Cha you go Outer' Inner cheers while Sakura bites her lip trying to retain her innocent act and not burst out laughing 'Man this lady is a sucker for an innocent face' Sakura snickers internally while following Shizune and tugging Gaara along by his hand as the black-haired woman leads them to a private hot spring "Oh right Shizune-san my name is Sakura and this is Gaara" Sakura smiles sweetly before gesturing at Gaara "She's in there but be careful Lady Tsunade is in a foul mood" Shizune warns which Sakura promptly ignores and heads inside to pay for her short visit.
Hearing splashing on the otherside of the curtain that blocked her view Sakura was mentally cursing herself as she realizes her current predicament 'Why didn't I drag Shizune in here with me' Sakura lamented at the fact before taking a deep breath and opening the curtain charges through only to be met with the larger pair of breasts she had ever seen "HEY" Tsunade shouts when a pink-haired girl rams right into her breasts "I'm sorry Tsunade-san" the girl mumbles peeling herself out of from between her breasts and backing away laughing weakly.
'Damn it I told Shizune not to tell anyone I was here' Tsunade sighs calling up her chakra so that she could knock the girl out pausing when the girls emerald eyes stare at her innocently "Did you need me for something you obviously came here looking for me" Tsunade asks instead "Ah yes Lord Hokage wants you to come back to the village to help out at the hospital something is about to happen and we need all the help we can get" Sakura explains sensing the older womans waning patience and her rising anger if the twitch by her eye was any indication at all.
"I'm sorry kid but I'm not going back now please leave so that I can get back to my relaxation" Tsunade dismisses her with a wave of her hand causing Sakura to gape at her "Lady Tsunade the village is gonna be in danger we need your help" Sakura tries again being persistent and this further irritates Tsunade "Brat I don't care I left the village a long time ago" Tsunade turns her glaring honey brown eyes onto the brat that wouldn't leave her alone "Please Lady Tsunade I won't stop bugging you until you agree to return to the village with us" Sakura glares right back not relenting at the glare holding her ground against the older female who was being rebellious.
"Why you little snot nosed brat" Tsunade stands up again after sitting down and walks over to Sakura having had enough of the girls attitude and whacks her right over her pink-haired head causing her to fall to the ground groaning and holding said head and then as Tsunade watches her hands glow green and the lump that Tsunade had given her was healed and the girl was jumping up on her feet and glaring at her again "Lady Tsunade I'm sure you have valid reasons for leaving the village but we need you" the girl snaps at her tired of playing Tsunade's game.
But Tsunade was no longer arguing with her she was staring at her in amazement "Who the hell taught you medical ninjutsu you little brat" Tsunade was suddenly very close to her and it made Sakura uncomfortable "I taught it to myself" Sakura takes a step back "And my name is not brat it's Sakura" she glares "That's impossible you executed that jutsu perfectly someone had to have taught you" Tsunade announces grabbing Sakura's wrist and pulling her into the changing room to get dressed before pulling her outside where Shizune and Gaara were still waiting.
"Shizune have you been teaching this girl medical ninjutsu" Tsunade pulls Sakura forward to stand in front of her "No Lady Tsunade" Shizune answers in confusion "I'll ask you again who taught you medical ninjutsu" Tsunade pins Sakura with her furious honey brown eyes again "I already told you I taught myself during the second part of the chunin exam" Sakura shouts drawing a crowd of bystanders who were watching the fight in interest but also keeping their distance from the two clearly volatile kunoichi none of them daring to approach and intervene.
Tsunade went to slap Sakura again when she swung through air looking around she found the girl standing behind a red-head who had a snarl on his lips "If you dare touch her" Gaara threatened in his eyes the argument had gone on long enough "And Sakura was telling the truth she taught herself during the second part of the chunin exam" Gaara snaps tensing when the blond-haired woman comes towards them "Hold it there brat I'm not going to hurt her" Tsunade represses a shiver of fear at the look in Gaara's eyes and holds up her hands to show him she was serious.
"I'm sorry kid I didn't mean to take this argument so far" Tsunade directs her gaze onto Sakura who was staring at the red-head a soft look in her eyes a far cry from how she looked a few minutes ago when she was arguing with her "It's alright Lady Tsunade and I apologize for Gaara here he's a bit" here Sakura trails off tapping her lip with a finger in thought before shrugging "Different" she says simply grinning cheekily when the boy turns around pouts at her "Sakura" Gaara sulks grabbing her hand again and twining their fingers like she had done to him earlier.
Tsunade smirks seeing an opportunity to tease the two teens "Are you two together" she asks watching in satisfaction as Sakura turns a bright red and squeaks "No Lady Tsunade, Gaara is special to me yes but we aren't like that" Sakura coughs out glaring at the older female for even implying that she was with Gaara like that who only appeared to stare blankly at Sakura who knew better Gaara was extremely confused and had no idea what either female was talking about and she promised silently that she would explain later even though it would be difficult.
While all of this was going on between Tsunade and Sakura the other seven were wandering around on the other side of the village still looking for Tsunade "Where the heck is this Lady" Naruto complained for the 18th time in the last 4 hours causing Kankurou to glare "Naruto seriously shut up and keep looking" he sighs hoping that his threat would work but of course "If Sakura-chan was here she would whack me over the head or glare" Naruto spouts causing Kankurou to stare at him weirdly 'Ok those two have a weird friendship' Kankurou thought.
Jiraiya was searching every casino and bar while Baki and Temari were wandering around aimlessly having no clue as to what Tsunade looked liked or even where she liked to frequent "I wish we had asked Sakura-san for information on Tsunade-san before she and Gaara took off" Baki sighs out causing Temari to snicker at him from behind her hand but ultimately end up agreeing with him and while they were wandering around Anko and Ibiki were searching through every hotel Tanzaku town had growing irritated before ultimately deciding to give up for the day.
Sakura had led Tsunade and Shizune to the hotel that Anko had entered and given her shinobi ID over to be inspected before being given a key and directions to the room she had been assigned "It looks like no one is back yet" Sakura laughs sheepishly before offering to get some food after taking down both womens orders she drags Gaara out of her room by the hand and runs right into "ANKO-SENSEI" she yells excitedly "I found Lady Tsunade she's in there" Sakura lowers her voice before hurrying down the steps of the hotel and out onto the street again to get the food.
After getting the food Sakura and Gaara walk back to the hotel and drop it off in Anko's room before exiting quickly and entering her own Gaara trailing behind her realizing this Sakura shifts awkwardly "Sakura what did that woman mean earlier when she asked if we were together" Gaara asks his red eyebrows furrowed in confusion and Sakura sighs out internally cursing Tsunade "Well she meant if we were a couple" Sakura answers scratching her head struggling to find the right words so that it would be easier to explain too Gaara what being together meant.
"What does being a couple mean" Gaara asks again Sakura having expected this gestures for Gaara to sit down "Well it means we would do things other people wouldn't who aren't a couple for instance holding hands like earlier, I'm not saying it always implies people are together because friends do it to also they would share kisses always want to spend time with eachother and most of all it would mean they love each other, the kind of love they would feel is different than what we feel" Sakura explains hoping Gaara got it this time because it was getting awkward again and she was feeling really uncomfortable now with the entire conversation.
"Kisses what are those" Gaara asks his interest peaked now causing Sakura to let out a long suffering sigh "It's basically where boys and girls press their lips together" Sakura rubs her temples only to squeak in embarrassment when Gaara quickly leans forward and presses their lips together before quickly leaning back "Gaara" Sakura blushes a dark red her entire face covered in it "Are we a couple now Sakura" Gaara asks cocking his head to the side in confusion and this caused Sakura to smile at the boy before shaking her head causing Gaara to frown.
"Gaara you're one of my precious friends" Sakura starts before trailing off as she wrings her hands together nervously while staring at him sadly not wanting to hurt Gaara's feelings and lose the friendship she had with him "But I already like someone else" she finishes clenching her eyes shut waiting for Gaara to get angry at her a minute later she feels a hand on top of her head and she slowly opens her eyes to peer into the pale green of Gaara's eyes "It's ok Sakura I some what understand" Gaara smiles at her softly and this causes Sakura to burst out crying.
Fear enters his eyes as his pink-haired friend latches onto his shirt burying her head in his neck all the while crying her heart out he hadn't meant to hurt her and Gaara honestly wasn't sure what exactly he had said to make her cry like she was all of the commotion brings her purple-haired sensei to come crashing through the room and seeing her pink-haired student in distress turns her glaring brown eyes on him "What the fuck is going on in here" Anko seethes frustrated that Gaara had broken his promise to her and had made Sakura cry.
"Anko-sensei it's not Gaara's fault" Sakura pulls away sniffling but smiling causing Anko to blink in confusion "If it's not his fault then why the hell are you crying" Anko snaps "Ah well about that, it's not really important now" Sakura squeaks out her blush deepening causing Anko to stare at her before throwing her hands in the air and storming out of her assigned room "By the way your rooming with the blonde girl" Anko throws over her shoulder slamming the door behind her causing Sakura to burst out laughing this time and turn to Gaara and apologize to him.
That night Sakura couldn't sleep so she started writing a letter to Hidan asking more questions about his religion and such and why he wore a black cloak with red clouds on it and also why his finger nails were painted a dark blue cause it was such a girly thing to do before signing her letter in a way he would recognize and summons Tomo "I have a favor to ask" Sakura holds up the letter "Anything Sakura-sama" Tomo squeaks out "You remember the guy from yesterday Hidan-san can you take this letter to him" she asks and Tomo flies rapidly up and down before allowing Sakura to strap the letter to his tiny body before taking off into the night while Sakura layed down and finally fell asleep a couple of hours later he found Hidan sitting next to a giant blue man and promptly drops the letter in the silver-haired man's lap.
"Sakura-sama asked me to give that to you Hidan-san" Tomo squeaks out disappearing with a puff of cloud "Who the fuck is Sakura" trailing in the wind Hidan looked down at the unassuming letter trying to figure out if he had met anyone by the name of Sakura lately but he couldn't recall so with Kisame prodding at him to just read the damn letter he opens it and nearly drops it in surprise at the contents chuckling Hidan reads the letter out loud to Kisame who stares at him in confusion.
*To Hidan-san*
(I'm sure your wondering who I am already so I'll just ask my question first before clueing you into my identity since I'm sure you've already forgotten me I wanted to ask you more questions about Jashin such as what do you have to do to become a member and where do I acquire the ritual items I'm very curious about trying it out also do I have to sacrifice people all the time or can I choose my own targets also how do you become immortal is it something that comes with becoming a Jashinist or did you do something special to attain your immortality statis.
Anyways moving on what the hell is up with that cloak of yours I know you explained briefly about your group but you didn't really tell me and another thing didn't you know painting your fingernails in nail polish is girly and why on earth would you do such a girly thing like that even I don't do that anyways that's all the questions I can think of for the moment and write after I sign this letter I plan on going to sleep so goodnight Hidan-san and I hope you enjoy your night doing whatever it is you usually do.)
*Signed: The Fucking Bitch*
After reading the letter out loud Hidan's violet eyes widen in remembrance 'Of fucking course it has to be that pink-haired fucking bitch' Hidan thought smirking "Hey Kisame I have somewhere to go probably won't be back for a couple of days" he hops up transporting himself to Tanzaku town taking off his cloak and head-band to be less conspicuous finding a small hotel and checks in to wait for morning to arrive until he could find a way to approach the little bitch that had the guts to send him a letter and call him girly for painting his fingernails and all the other things.
The next morning Sakura is pushed out of bed she lands on the floor with a loud thud letting out a small ooof as she does so looking up she realizes it was her sensei who had done the act "Sensei is there a reason you pushed me out of bed" Sakura asks questioningly as she stands and brushes herself off "I'm glad you asked pinky guess what your doing today" Anko smirks freaking Temari out who had awoken when Sakura had landed on the floor "Training" Sakura asks smartly grinning cheekily when Anko glares at her "Just for being a smart with me your training is going to be especially hard" the purple-haired woman snaps "I would expect no less of you Anko-sensei" Sakura skips by her on the way to the bathroom to dress for the day.
"Why you cheeky little WHY COULDN'T I HAVE GOTTEN A NORMAL GENIN TEAM" Anko screams probably waking the entire hotel while Sakura laughs hysterically from within the bathroom "Ahahahahahahahahaha I'm sorry Anko-sensei lets go train and then you can beat the hell out of me" Sakura grins innocently at her and Anko rolls her eyes "There is no way I believe that innocent act Sakura you learned from me after all" the woman smirks causing Sakura to let out a giggle before following her out of the hotel and out of the town everyone following them.
"It's been awhile since we've sparred pinky so I want to see some improvement" Anko says settling into a loose fighting Sakura doing the same across from her and thats when they hit the first road block everytime Anko went to attack the sand around Sakura's wrist would rush to her defense "Can't you control that sand Sakura" Anko stops suddenly glaring at her "Hehehe sorry Anko-sensei I'll try" Sakura says and walks right over to Gaara determination clear in her eyes and everyone watched to see what she would do when she stopped a pout clear on her lips.
"Gaara I can't train when your sand comes rushes to my defense maybe while I am training you could take it off and put it back on immediately after" Sakura flutters her lashes at the boy while smiling sweetly who sighs and grasps her wrist removing the sand with that done Sakura runs back to Anko and jumps right back into training without missing a beat and that's how the rest of the day was spent and when it was over Sakura walked back over to Gaara and held out her wrist to which he reattaches his sand "Thanks Gaara" Sakura hugs him quickly in thanks.
Sakura was about to start forward when she felt a presence hiding in the tree's "Hey you guys go on ahead of me and that means you to Gaara I want to explore some I'll be fine" Sakura flashes him a quick smile and waits until everyone had re-entered the town Gaara dragging behind everyone in an obvious sulk "Hidan-san I know your there why don't you come down now everyone is gone" Sakura calls jumping to the side when the silver-haired man falls out of the tree right where she had been standing frustration clear on his face.
"The fucking hell you fucking bitch how the fuck did you know I was there and don't give me some bullshit about having seen me because I was fucking hiding real well and I was fucking masking my chakra to" Hidan flies into a curse filled speech as soon as he hits the ground which causes Sakura to go into her second laughing fit of the day "I'm sorry Hidan-san but you weren't masking your chakra as well as you thought or either my chakra detection skills are getting better" she laughs causing Hidan to growl and stalk over to her threateningly.
Right as he's about to smack her on her head sand comes up and stops him "Bitch I swear" Hidan sighs before dropping his hand to instead pull the girl to stand next to him and drags her up into the tree he had been hiding in "So what brings you here Hidan-san" Sakura asks when her arm is let go "Your fucking letter you bitch the one you sent me with your bug friend" Hidan curses again "Ohhh that's right I almost forgot about that" Sakura laughs again before falling silent as she looks the silver-haired man over finally realizing that he was missing a few items.
"So your interested in Jashinism so for a few hours each day at the end of your training session with your sensei meet me here and I'll teach but be prepared because it's not easy" Hidan says smirking when Sakura stares at him "Hidan-san I think that's the first whole sentence you've said around me that doesn't have a single cuss word in it please don't do that again it's creepy when you don't curse" Sakura shivers slightly "Alright bitch I'm gonna teach you how to pray to Jashin now so listen up" Hidan tells her holding up his pendant and to begin praying.
"Jashin, Lord of Slaughter hear my prayers I offer you pain of myself your faithful servant" here Hidan cuts off and pulls out a kunai and slices his wrist allowing blood to bubble and then drip off his wrist down to the ground below "The blood you so desire of my evening ritual" Hidan cuts his other wrist allowing it to do the same "Today I bring in a new follower" Hidan stops again this time holding out a pendant exactly the one he was holding to Sakura who was staring in morbid curiosity.
"Fucking bitch take the pendant" Hidan thrusts it into her hands before turning on the branch to face her "Do as I fucking do" he orders and Sakura nods "Let it be known that this day forth Sakura Aburame is my understudy" here he nods at Sakura who takes the bloodied kunai from him and slashes her own wrist while threatening the sand on her wrist not to stop her when the blood begins pooling on her darkened clothes Hidan jerks her wrist over the side of the tree causing Sakura to hiss in pain at the movements.
"Bitch" Hidan says warningly and Sakura laughs before falling silent as Hidan continues the ritual "Jashin Lord of Slaughter if you accept your new follower give me a sign" he finishes while taking Sakura's unslashed wrist in his hand and the kunai carving the circle with the upside down triangle into her skin a few minutes pass when Sakura notices her skin glowing red and she hisses in pain before unimaginable pleasure floods through her making her feel faint and then a soft pop and a scroll lands in her lap.
"Well done young Jashinist your first ritual is complete but be warned you will not be immortal until you have proven yourself" a dark malevolent voice fills the air as the sky darkens around the two "Everything you need to know about your new religion is in that scroll along with a few special items from myself" the voice finishes with a dark chuckle before the sky lightens again "You must have impressed Jashin fucking bitch" Hidan chuckles after a few minutes noticing that the symbol on Sakura's wrist was healed and scarred.
"That was Jashin" Sakura squeaks out which Hidan ignores "By the way Jashin accepted you as my understudy so I guess you could count me as one of your sensei's now too bitch" he smirks causing Sakura to gape at him "Well don't just sit there open the fucking scroll and see what Jashin gave you" Hidan orders and Sakura scrambles for the scroll in her lap pausing for a moment when she realizes her wrists were healed and does a handsign on the scroll that reveals the items within.
"Cool" Sakura stares in amazement at the scythe that looked eerily reminiscent of something that she couldn't recall at that exact moment it had one sharp double edged blade on it with what she guessed was Jashin's symbol all over it and the whole thing was her favorite color dark green with pink cherry blossoms on it along with the circle and upside down triangle looking closer she noticed her name inscribed along the bottom of the scythe in a lime green this time with pink cherry blossoms at the beginning and end of her whole name.
Besides the scythe she got senbon needles also dark green tiny cherry blossoms etched into each one along with a new set of kunai and pikes in all different sizes of course all of the new weapons were dark green and had those cherry blossom etched into each and every one of them the piece to resistance was the short sword the blade itself was a pitch black but the hilt was again dark green and had blood red cherry blossoms on it instead of pink and of course her name etched in lime green with the blood red cherry blossoms at the beginning and end of it.
Along with all of this she got a book on Human Anatomy which she would read later and two more books on Jashinism itself of course she couldn't forget the two dark green pendants with Jashin's symbol also getting a bunch of medical supplies which she had no idea what to use them for and to top it all of she got a new outfit which Hidan made her try on almost immediately after he had seen it she watched as he walked around her before whistling lowly "Jashin must of really fucking liked you fucking bitch" he cusses in awe.
The heeled boots were a deep forest green with red trimming around the edges and of course they had blood red cherry blossoms etched into them along with her clan symbol the socks she wore were replaced with blood red socks with dark green cherry blossoms etched into them moving up instead of her regular light outfit she now wore knee length shorts the same color of her shoes and a thigh length skirt the color of her socks the shirt she wore now was left partially open revealing her stomach and it was pitch black like her blade with lime green trimming.
Of course it also had the now expected blood red cherry blossoms and the Aburame clan symbol etched into it Sakura also now had a leather trenchcoat a blood red with lime green trimming and dark green cherry blossoms and that completed her new outfit Sakura also found hair bands and hair ties in the same colors of her new weaponry and outfit "Geez fucking bitch I which I had a fucking outfit like that" Hidan smirks ruffling her pink hair when he pauses and gets closer.
"Bitch you might want to pull out a mirror and fucking look at your hair" Hidan's eyebrows furrow in surprise which causes Sakura to look at him in concern before doing the same the minute she looks at her hair she realizes why Hidan looked like he did "The fuck is that" she curses ignoring Hidan's smirk because there on the tips of her bangs the pink had been bleached out and was now a light silver much like Hidan's hair "Bitch congratulations welcome to Jashinism meet me here tomorrow" he waves and disappears chuckling as curses follow him.
Cursing Sakura sighs before replacing the outfit with her regular one not wanting to let anyone know just yet about her new religion before taking off into town realizing how dark it had become the next day the process repeats but this time she has some questions for Tsunade who was a little put out that she had been hooked into returning to the village "Hey Lady Tsunade I have some medical questions I want to ask you" Sakura walks right up to the blonde woman who stares down at her curiously with a nod.
"If you were facing off against someone who used sound as their primary weapon how would you protect yourself from being affected by it even if you plug your ears your still affected because of the water in your body how would you stop that from happening" Sakura reels off immediately after getting the go ahead from Tsunade to ask her questions "Use your chakra control to prevent that brat I'm sure you can figure the rest out by yourself" Tsunade answers flippantly not wanting to admit she was curious.
"How hard is it to learn about human anatomy" Sakura asks again wondering how long it would take before Tsunade snapped at her "It's difficult go read a book and stop bugging me about it brat" it took a few minutes but Tsunade had finally had enough and snapped storming off to go to a bar while Sakura was dragged off for another day of training and afterwards she waited for Hidan to show up while she was waiting she replaced her clothes with the ones Jashin gave her and put on her pendant and left one of her new kunai out while staying alert.
A few minutes later she felt Hidan's chakra in the tree and so Sakura jumped up in the tree to stare at a smirking Hidan "So what did your friends say when they fucking saw your hair bitch" is the first words out of his mouth "They asked me what had happened and I told them I decided on a change so I dyed the tips of my bangs silver and they accepted it no other questions asks you fucking prick" Sakura snarls at him "I wish you had fucking warned me about that" Sakura snaps at him pouting holding up her hair lamenting that it wasn't all pink now.
"Sorry Bitch but you got to fucking admit you look fucking good in that outfit" Hidan smirks proud of his apprentices choice of language "Yes, I love this outfit it's so comfy" Sakura grins "Let's get on with the ritual I read a bit of one of the books pertaining to it and I want to try some things out" Sakura huffed bouncing lightly on the branch in her eagerness "Calm down fucking bitch your gonna break the fucking branch" Hidan cusses right back which stills Sakura who still stared at him eagerly waiting for him to say something else.
"Why don't you fucking start the ritual tonight bitch" Hidan smirks causing Sakura to laugh in glee "It's my pleasure fucking prick" she smirks and holds up her dark green pendant "Jashin Lord of Slaughter hear my prayers I, Sakura Aburame offer you my blood in my second ritual" here Sakura pauses and slashes her arm dragging the kunai from her wrist to the inside of her elbow setting off millions of pain receptors using the new information she had gained from the human anatomy book she had read last night when she couldn't sleep.
"I offer my body for your pleasure" she switches hands doing the same as she did with the other arm "And my servitude until you deem me worthy to become a full member of your religion" she stabs the kunai into her stomach "I pledge my life to you in gratitude for accepting me as your loyal servants understudy and I will spend every moment I have to please you and him" Sakura cuts off again driving the kunai into each of her legs and shoulders spilling more blood before handing it over to Hidan so that he could finish their evening ritual until tomorrow.
"Jashin Lord of Slaughter I, Hidan offer you my blood my body and life to continue serving you Lord Jashin free our mind of the pain and give us pleasure" Hidan finishes cutting the same places Sakura had before being filled with the mind-numbing pleasure as the pain fades moaning loudly while Sakura pants softly as they pass out simultaneously a few minutes later they both wake up Sakura healing her wounds when done she almost offers to heal Hidan when she watches in awe as his wounds close up.
"Do your wounds heal quickly because of your immortality Hidan-san" Sakura asks while changing out of her outfit behind a tree while Hidan watched the sun go down further "That's right bitch I won't be here tomorrow so it's up to you to fucking perform the ritual yourself" Hidan answers before disappearing from the clearing as Sakura came out from behind the tree shaking a fist at him "Why you asshole" Sakura mumbles walking back into town as the sun sinks below the horizon her stomach rumbling loudly indicating that she hadn't eaten since lunchtime.
And thats how the next 6 and a 1/2 weeks went Sakura training during the day with either Ibiki or Anko while Jiraiya dragged Naruto off to train as well the other 4 sparring lightly with one another or going off for training when they got bored and by night Sakura doing her now nightly blood-letting ritual with Hidan checking on her every few nights after gaining permission from his leader to do so until finally it was time to return to the Leaf Village with Gaara's help of course as he transports the entire group back with his sand.
"I for one am glad we are back home" Sakura sighs out happily before skipping off "Just make sure you rest up Naruto, Sakura" Anko calls as the two head home after weeks of rough training "Of course Sensei" they call back before speeding off in opposite directions after a few minutes Sakura arrives home for the first time in what felt to her forever speeding passed the welcoming committee Sakura flies into her fathers office to hug him tightly.
"I'm home" she mumbles against his large overcoat clinging tightly for a moment longer before finally releasing him and sitting down in a chair in front of his desk "Welcome home Sakura" he ruffles her hair glaring at the silver "I think it's finally time for you to learn how to summon Rora" he ignores the silver bangs for the moment "Are you serious dad" Sakura perks up "Yes, now you will tell me what is that in your hair" Shibi glares again "Oh that I decided to dye the tips silver" she grins sheepishly.
"I suppose there is nothing wrong with a little bit of change every now and then but don't make it a habit" Shibi ruffles her hair again before calling a maid in to his office "Here Sakura this scroll is now yours" he hands the summoning scroll over to Sakura who stares at it in awe this being the first time she had seen it since she was five "I expect you to take good care of that Sakura but for now learning the summoning jutsu will come at a later time for now you should rest the final rounds are quickly approaching" Shibi smiles.
"Thank you Father I will treasure this scroll until it's time for me to pass it on to my own children" Sakura holds the scroll close "I'd expect no less of you my child" Shibi pats her head again before ushering her out of his office so that he could finish up his work uninterrupted while Sakura headed to her room to drop off her pack and head out so that she could practice summoning Rora in hopes to convince some Aburame elders who still didn't think she was good enough to be a part of the main Aburame family.
After practicing for several hours Sakura looks up dripping with sweat and pulls out her scroll she had gotten from Jashin promising that after the chunin exams she would make the full switch and wear the clothes she had gotten from him permanently because she knew it would please him before heading deep into the forest where her hideout was and creates the symbol on the ground in her blood and beginning her now nightly ritual bleeding as much as possible and passing out from pleasure before healing herself and putting on her other clothes and then heads back home.
And thats how Sakura spends the last week and a half doing her rituals and practicing on summoning Rora until finally the day comes Sakura wakes up early the morning of the final round and dresses holstering her weapons and wearing her pendant grabs a small breakfast and heads out the door with Shino who was also part of the final rounds grabbing Naruto and not finding Sakura anywhere the group as a whole heading straight for the domed arena lining up next to one another unaware that not everyone would get to fight that day Orochimaru planned to attack.
When all the contestants arrived the two from the first fight were told to stay on the ground which was against Naruto and Neji while the rest of them were told to go and wait up in the stand for the fight to begin when the final round contestands were safely out of the way Naruto and Neji glaring at each other the proctor for the final round Genma Shiranui raises his hand before swinging it down between the two boys "Begin" he shouts jumping out of the way and with that the final rounds of the chunin exams began.