And led the entire group of S Class Criminals up the stairs by passing the secretary who was sound asleep and down the hall to the Hokage's office knocking on the door they wait with baited breath and then "Enter" Tsunade bellows angrily from within and Sakura opens the door and the 5th Hokage gives a sigh of relief before tensing at the person standing next to the pink-haired teen "Itachi Uchiha" Tsunade whispers her honey brown eyes scanning over the rest of the people with the girl as the door closes and a sound proofing jutsu goes up afterwards.
"Why are you here" Tsunade asks staring hard at the last remaining Uchiha "Lady Tsunade please let me explain" Sakura speaks up and Tsunade realizes that it was Sakura standing close to the Uchiha and not the other way around "Of course brat but you better make it quick" Tsunade snaps "Has Sasuke's grave been dug up recently" Sakura enquires questioningly "How the hell did you know that brat" Tsunade stands pushing her chair back in her haste "Ah well I'll explain that later but I know who did it" Sakura smiles sheepishly before announcing seriously and Tsunade glares harshly.
"Pray tell Sakura how you know who did it since you've been out of the village" Tsunade asks angrily causing the girl to hide partially behind Itachi "Like I said I'll explain later Lady Tsunade but what's important is we stop him before anyone else can be harmed by this man" Sakura frowns deeply 'If we don't act know it will be too late' she thought briefly before slipping out of her thoughts and staring Tsunade down willing the woman to believe her so that Itachi's name could be cleared and be revered as a hero instead of a criminal.
"Ok Sakura, who is it" Tsunade slumps back down in her chair rubbing her temples with healing chakra as a headache forms "Danzou Shimura" the girl announces bluntly causing Tsunade to groan at the mention of the man who hated her 'Of course it would be him he was the one who first accused Sakura' Tsunade thought "For whatever reason I'll believe you, Kakashi, Yamato apprehend Danzou and place him in a cell and Izumo go fetch Inoichi Yamanaka" Tsunade orders grabbing a bottle of sake and taking a swig swishing it around in her mouth before finally swallowing it.
The three men race off to do as their Kage had ordered while Tsunade addresses the room again "And who are the rest of you" she asks rolling her eyes when none of them introduce themselves "Ok Sakura who are they" Tsunade instead asks Sakura who grins cheekily "They are the Akatsuki" Sakura introduces not giving away any names which pisses Tsunade off who stands and stalks over to Sakura and nearly gets away with whacking the girl over the head 'If it was for that damn' Tsunade thought before "SAND" she snaps pressing her lips together and glaring exasperated.
"Yes Lady Tsunade Sand" Sakura snickers hiding behind Itachi again childishly peeking around him amusement in her emerald eyes 'Oh how I enjoy riling this woman up' Sakura laughs mentally Inner agreeing with her "S-a-k-u-r-a" Tsunade grinds out slowly between clenched teeth drawing the girl out of her thoughts "Yes Lady Tsunade" Sakura enquires innocently causing Tsunade to roll her eyes and sigh before sitting in her chair again "Quit the innocent act I'm sure no one believes it" the woman sighs again before gazing at the group again hoping to gain answers instead of being mouthed off to again.
Finally the orange haired one introduces himself along with the rest of his orginization "Pein how are you involved in this" Tsunade asks when the woman named Konan announces something about revenge "Danzou ruined the life off one of my friends" Pein says simply not elaborating any further Tsunade was about to ask more questions when Kakashi dropped in the office coming through the ceiling "Danzou has been apprehended he seems to think he has done nothing wrong" Kakashi announces when Izumo comes flying through the door "Inoichi will meet you there" he breathes breathlessly almost falling over in exhaustion.
"Good let's go Sakura and you as well Itachi Uchiha the rest of you make yourselves comfortable" Tsunade barks out the order before walking briskly from the room leading the two to the underground cells where Danzou and Inoichi were waiting for them when they arrive Tsunade places Sakura in front of Inoichi "Check her mind to validate her information" the blonde orders before staring at Danzou angrily through the bars on the cell "What is the meaning of this Princess Tsunade" Danzou asks angrily he had been sleeping when all of a sudden Kakashi and Yamato came barging in.
He had let them take him because he didn't think that Tsunade would have anyway to prove that he had done it but seeing the girl that Tsunade had been fiercely defending Danzou had to admit he was beginning to get worried and then when Inoichi Yamanaka appeared he knew that he was truly screwed especially since Tsunade had ordered Inoichi to check the girls mind "I should have known that you were up to something" Tsunade angrily snaps at him and he could tell she was refraining from open the cell door and beating him into submission without fear.
"Whatever do you mean" Danzou snaps back defending himself while hoping that the pink-haired girl couldn't prove whatever information she had given the Hokage and thats when he finally notices Itachi Uchiha 'If he's here then I'm truly done for' he thinks and Danzou slumps in defeat "That's what I thought" Tsunade smirks triumphantly upon seeing the expression on Danzou's face at the sight of Itachi Tsunade had to admit that she had shifted to the side to allow the man to be seen just so she could see Danzou's expression apparently Danzou finally realized how dire the situation was.
"It's looks bleak for you Danzou anything you'd like to add" Tsunade asks haughtily the older man wisely remains silent as Inoichi takes Sakur over to a chair and has her sit in it "Sakura-san I'm going to enter you mind now" he smiles kindly at the little girl his daughter seemed to dislike so much before doing a few handsigns and placing his hand on the little girls forehead closing his eyes in concentration he suddenly found himself floating throug the girls mind he had just began his search when the memory he was searching for appeared before him.
"Is this what your looking for Yamanaka-san" he looked up to see Sakura 'Wait no that's not Sakura' he furrowed his brows in confusion before deciding to ask "Who are you" he asks enquiringly "I'm Inner" the girl walks over to him as land appears "Inner" Inoichi asks confused "I'm Sakura-chan's Inner self her repressed negative emotions the stronger those emotions get the stronger I get to" Inner explains suddenly "Are you her" Inoichi asks curiously "No I'm myself Sakura doesn't control me" Inner responds "Say Sakura-san was having trouble in a battle could you lend her chakra" Inoichi asks.
He had noticed that this Inner being had chakra and he wanted to find out more about this creature that seemed to live within the confines of Sakura's head "If she was in dire need of it then yes Yamanaka-san I could lend Saku-chan some of my chakra" Inner speaks softly twirling around in the field of flowers that suddenly appeared "How long have you been here Inner-san" Inoichi speaks up when the girl remains silent for several minutes "I was first formed when Saku-chan was upset by Shino-kun" Inner giggles childishly throwing her arms in the air and spinning.
"I didn't make contact with her until she was seven though but my appearance was way different back then" Inner admits picking a flower and sniffing it delicately "What did you look like back then" he asks filing away all the information in the back of his head "I had dark purple hair and dark forest green eyes" Inner giggles as a breeze ruffles her long white hair "Why those specific colors" Inoichi furrows his brows again "Oh because well it's none of your business why" Inner was apparently getting tired of all the question and disappeared taking the landscape.
When everything had disappeared the only thing that remained was Inoichi and the memory he needed to search when he was done gathering the information he reversed his jutsu and suddenly he was back in his own body "Are you ok there Inoichi-san" Sakura asks when he pales and sways on his feet "Oh I just met Inner" he grimaces before walking from the room in order to vomit when he was done he wiped his mouth and brushed his teeth before reporting what he found to Lady Tsunade "I've got the proof we need" Inoichi hands over a scroll.
This scroll held all the information he had gathered while in Sakura's mind searching through the memory 'What did you do to him Inner' Sakura calls out to the girl 'I didn't do anything Sakura' Inner appeared in a swirl of purple chakra it was crackling like lightning around the girl 'Are you sure' Sakura asks sighing in relief when the girl nods before disappearing again when Sakura pulled out of her thoughts Inoichi was invading Itachi's mind he appeared to be very deep in the man's thoughts because sweat was dripping off of him like a downpour of rain.
A few minutes later Inoichi opened his eyes and walked over to a desk and began writing furiously on a scroll a few minutes he sets down the pencil and walks back over and hands the scroll to Tsunade before sitting next to her "Are you ok Inoichi-san" Sakura asks softly "Of course Sakura-san" he gives the girl a soft smile before falling silent watching Tsunade read the scrolls growing angrier and angrier with every word "Danzou I'm not even going to take the time to punish you seal off his chakra and give him to Pein" Tsunade orders grimly.
Kakashi does as Tsunade had asked placing chakra sealing cuffs on the man and dragging him from the cell and back to Tsunade's office where the rest of the Akatsuki were still waiting when they re-enter the office Hidan grabs Sakura up squeezing her in a tight hug "Hey bitch" he whispers before letting her fall on the ground while Sakura pouts up at him rubbing her sore bottom "Prick" she mumbles under her breath the word was mumbled so quietly that Hidan didn't hear it of course he was also distracted by Danzou who was begging for his life.
"You rest of you will stay in the village Konan and I have business to attend to" Pein orders before taking Konan's hand and grabbing Danzou's shirt collar disappear before Tsunade's eyes who sighs but kicks the rest of them out of her office but before they could leave "Itachi your name is cleared the rest of you we will figure out now get out of my office" she orders slumping in her chair when the door closes as they hurry out of her office not wanting to witness her legendary temper and face the womans horrible wrath in fear.
"Well now what" Hidan huffs when they exit the building and they all turn as one to look at Sakura for directions "Umm well I can't take you to my home for obvious reasons so maybe a friend of mine could keep you for the night" Sakura giggles sheepishly before leading them through the town to an apartment complex taking a deep breath Sakura begins pounding on the door a few minutes later a blonde head pokes out of the apartment "Sakura-chan" Naruto mumbles sleepily rubbing his eyes and blinking sluggishly when he see's the girl standing outside his apartment.
"Hey Naruto can we crash here for the night" Sakura asks really quick causing the boy to blink quickly "Umm sure Sakura-chan" he answers slowly before opening the door wider so that all of them could enter his house an hour or so later they were all situated on the floor uncomfortable pushed together as Naruto's bedroom was small while someone slept on the couch and Sakura slept next to Naruto already fast asleep 'This is not my idea of fun' Hidan pouts but wisely remains quiet as they settled down and doze off for the rest of the night.