"I thought I told you specifically not to come bothering me" Pein snaps his pencil as he hisses out his sentence glaring at the two idiots that had entered his office "We aren't here to bother you Pein-sama" Sakura bows wincing at the snap "We just came to visit the village that's all" Hidan assures him "Fine but if I get so much as even a word from my people that your causing trouble your out of here" Pein snaps dismissing them angrily and they scramble out of his office without another word.
"Sakura if he kills us I'm blaming you" Hidan announced when they left the building and walked through the rain to a hotel "Don't worry so long as we don't bother him I'm sure we'll be fine" Sakura calls over the rain "I think maybe we should start looking for people with bounties on their heads we're kinda running low on cash" Hidan explained when they were settled in their hotel room "Your right" Sakura stared at her wallet it still had plenty enough to last her through the next couple of years.
But if she wanted to keep buying gifts for each of her friends she would need to start taking down rogues that had bounties on their heads and cashing them in for some quick money "Yeah good thing I have an updated list of rogue ninja's" Hidan pulls out a bingo book and together they search through the book but all of them were either A class or S class rogues and to high for Sakura to go after "Maybe we can talk to Pein" Sakura suggests dreading going back into his office and bothering the man.
Sighing Hidan nods and so they head back out into the rain as they enter the building he squeezes his eyes shut in hopes that Pein wouldn't murder them for knocking on his door again he could feel the heat of Pein's rinnegan eyed glare as they stepped in to stand before him "What are you doing here again in my office" Pein grinds out between clenched teeth "We were hoping that you could put us to work" Sakura asks softly causing Pein to stop glaring at them in confusion "Well why didn't you just say so" he sits back smirking.
"There's a list of things you could do and of course you'll both be payed" Pein digs through his stack of paperwork before emerging with two separate lists "Here Sakura-san do all of those things and I'll make you an honorary member of the rain village" he hands one sheet of paper to Sakura before handing the other over to Hidan with out a word dismissing them again they head back to the hotel each reaching through their own list as they bed down for the night after deciding they would start the next day.
The next morning Sakura and Hidan head off in different directions to begin their work Hidan leaving the village to hunt down contacts and Sakura heading towards the hospital to teach some newbies some medical ninjutsu "Hello my name is Sakura Aburame and I'll be your teacher for the next couple of weeks" she introduces herself feeling nervous and a little intimidated by all the stares "Sakura-sensei" a woman at the back of the room raises her hand in question "Yes" Sakura clears her throat sweating a little.
"How old are you" the woman asks "I'm 14 but that doesn't mean anything someone can be 14 and still be stronger than someone who is say 25 years old" Sakura starts off the lesson with something that Kakashi had told her once before writing on the chalkboard explaining the mechanics of medical ninjutsu to the class of medics to be "Now to demonstrate this lesson we'll be practicing with a melon" she pulls a kunai out before slashing the melon making a long thick gash in the rind.
"To be a medical ninja you must have excellent chakra control so will Jin, Saki, and Nel come to the front perform the handsigns of the jutsu and heal this melon" Sakura called out the names on the list "How does healing a melon help us learn medical ninjutsu" someone exclaimed angrily from the back of the room the same woman who had asked her old she was "It helps us establish the proper amount of chakra we need to heal someone" Sakura explains again but it was clear the woman wasn't satisfied with that small explanation.
"Fine I'll say this bluntly, to little chakra you'll heal nothing, to much chakra you risk hurting your patient more I won't risk anyone in this class hurting someone by accident if you don't like the methods in which I'll be teaching your free to leave" Sakura snaps letting some of her chakra escape to intimidate the woman who thought she could run her mouth off at her "I'm sorry sensei" Maki cowers in her seat making some people laugh at her "What's the matter Maki scared of a little girl more like a walking piece of cotton candy" a guy laughs loudly.
A second later he lets out a yelp of pain when Sakura jabs his wrist rendering it useless for the moment "Lesson #2 know exactly where all the pressure points are" Sakura snickers as the man who had insulted her pink hair jumps back and stares at her warily while holding his wrist as Sakura goes back to the front of the room as Nel closes the gash on the melon "And that everyone concludes the lesson" she claps her hands praisingly while inspecting the melon before nodding at Nel in satisfaction.
"I expect everyone to read the material and tomorrow there will be a test on what you read" Sakura warns causing everyone to groan as they pack up their stuff and exit the room when her impromptu students were gone Sakura sat behind the desk and pulled out a sheet of papers opened her medical text book and started making test papers for each of her students 15 sheets later Sakura shuts her book stacks the pile neatly on the dest for tomorrow grabs her bag and locks up the room.
Exiting the small building Sakura looks up finding it way later than she had planned she hurried through the streets back to the hotel room where Hidan was waiting for her "What the hell took you so long Sakura" Hidan ruffles her hair and she swats his hand away "I'm sorry, I had to make up test papers for my class" she huffs out sitting on her bed and pulling out a book to read "What, Pein has you teaching a class of brats that's just priceless" Hidan laughs loudly falling back on his bed.
"No you dolt he has me teaching a class of adults medical ninjutsu" Sakura rolls her eyes when he laughs even more "Oh my god that's the funniest thing I've ever heard of a kid teaching adults I bet their pride was shattered into a million pieces" Hidan laughs even harder holding his gut as he rolls off the bed and onto the floor "I don't think they'll mess with me much" Sakura snickered remembering what she had done to the guy who had insulted her hair, calming down Hidan stares at her curiously.
"Someone insulted my hair color so I taught them a little lesson about pressure points and what they can do to someone" she shrugged nonchalantly "Damn I'm sure you'll whip them into shape in no time" Hidan whistled when she explained to him what she'd taught them already "I only have a couple of weeks to teach them the basics the rest they can learn on their own" Sakura huffed again before leaning back on her bed and reading more of her book as Midori jumps into the bed and snuggles next to her.
"What's the matter Midori" Sakura asks when the wolf stares at her "Mistress someone is coming" Midori warns, over the weeks her tracking abilities had improved to the point where she could just tell that someone was headed their way and sure enough their hotel room door slammed open and Pein stomped in "I told you to teach them medical ninjutsu not threaten them" he seethed the guy she had used as an example smirking arrogantly behind Pein "I didn't threaten them I taught them a lesson" Sakura shrugged.
"I won't let someone insult me but I didn't threaten him I just showed him what hitting a pressure point can do he got feeling back after 3 minutes and the lesson went well I don't know what Akane told you but he obviously left out a few details" she glared at the male who takes a wary step back when Pein turns his angry glare on him as well "She's just a kid your really gonna take her side over mine" Akane complained "For disturbing me Akane you'll have to work twice as hard" Pein snaps before calmly shutting their hotel room door.
When Sakura woke up the next day Hidan was already gone and she only had 15 minutes to cross the village and get to her class when she arrived she simply handed out the tests and sat behind her desk "You have an hour" she announced without looking up from her book 30 minutes into the hour half of her class had turned over their tests and there were only a few people left 20 minutes later with 10 minutes left the last one called out that he was finished so Sakura set her book down to stand up and collect the tests.
Grabbing the last one off Akane's desk she heads back to her desk and sets the tests papers on it before pulling out a sealing scroll and unseals the melons within from the corner of her eye she catches Pein leaning against the doorframe as she sets a melon on each of her students desks "While I grade your test papers I want you to practice weaving your chakra into this melon until it heals you have to make the gashes yourselves" Sakura instructs when she sits down in her chair Pein finally enters the classroom and walks over to her.
"Your handling this extremely well" he leans against the edge of her desk "Well it's definitely strange and a lot different than what I've been doing for the last year alone but hey I consider this vacation" Sakura laughed softly while opening her book to get started on grading the tests "What have you been doing with Hidan" Pein asks in confusion "Training we've been to just about every village except for 3 of them" was her response as she grabbed up a pen and started marking down the grade circling what the person had gotten wrong before setting it aside.
"That explains it you hold yourself differently, like you've gained experience that you didn't have before" Pein guessed and Sakura nodded setting aside another graded paper suddenly an idea formed in Peins mind "When your finished I have something I want you to do for me" Pein smirked when she glanced at him warily "Ok what about teaching them" Sakura points before writing the next test that had less than perfect marks "I'm sure they can survive a 20 minutes without you" Pein looked around and the class nodded eagerly.
"Well can you let me finish grading the papers" Sakura rolled her eyes in amusement "Now you know how I feel whenever someone interrupts me" Pein stood up straight and stared down at her while Sakura smiled sheepishly several minutes later she stood up tests graded wrote on the chalk board then handed the tests back upside down "Don't look at them until I leave and when I come back your all getting a lesson in reading" Sakura quipped before following Pein out of the building and back to his office.
"So what is it you want me to do" Sakura asked curiously as Pein began going through a long set of handsigns before placing his hands on the wall at the back of his office "You've improved on medical ninjutsu correct" Pein asked instead of answering her question as the wall parted allowing them through "Yes, Cee from the Hidden Cloud Village taught me a lot more than just simply healing cuts and bruises" Sakura told him a moment later growing tense as the wall closed behind them and they were shrouded in darkness.
"What I'm about to show you Sakura is a carefully guarded secret kept by Konan and myself you must give me your word that you won't tell anyone about this especially Hidan" Pein stopped suddenly causing Sakura to bump into him looking down at her his face set into a serious expression "Do I have your word" Pein asks again turning to take Sakura by her shoulders and give her a little shake "Yes you have my word Pein" Sakura squeaks out growing frightened at the glint in his eyes.
Releasing her Pein gives a sigh of relief and relaxes before turning on the light in the room closing his eyes he waits for Sakura to notice and then "Oh my god are you ok" like he had predicted Sakura's first words about his main body were those of concern "Don't feel sorry for me Sakura-san I've been like this for a long time" the red haired man in the corner of the room spoke before coughing "Who are you, how did you know my name" Sakura asks slowly approaching him.
"My name is Nagato or as you know me Pein as for how I know your name well I think my first answer should be enough for you" Nagato chuckles softly as he coughs again "How is that even possible" Sakura asks curiously "The chakra receivers in Pein's body allow me to move around" Nagato explains to the curious girl "So you mean all those piercings aren't just for show" Sakura turns to stare at the piercings speculatively "No" Nagato answers finding no other way to explain the piercings.
"Cool" Sakura gasped out in awe as an idea forms in her own mind "The reason I brought you here is I want to be able to walk again and I think your just the person to help me" Nagato explains again chuckling when Sakura stares at him in shock "I don't know" Sakura stared at him sadly picking out all the things she saw wrong with him and that was just on the outside she had no idea what was going wrong on the inside "I'll try but don't expect to much out of me" Sakura finally said after several minutes of silence.
"That's all I wanted to hear" Nagato chuckled having Yahiko's body ruffle her hair in a rare show of affection "That's kind of creepy but so oddly cool" Sakura stared in fascination 'Two men so different but still the same' she thought wondering what else could be done with the chakra receivers "Where did you get all the piercings done at" she asks when they had left the office and were headed back to her class 15 minutes later "A small shop here in town" he responds missing her smile as he turned and headed back to get started on paperwork.
Entering the class she found her students hard at work some had sweat beading on their foreheads as they weaved healing chakra into the melons "Ok everyone take a break I still have to have a talk with you about reading the material" Sakura set her face into a disappointed expression "When I said read the material I meant it just because I'm a kid I still know more about medical ninjutsu and if you guys don't do your very best I can't pass you in two weeks time" she scolds making some of the adults depressed.
"We're sorry Sakura-sensei" they recite in unison "Now I'll give you one more chance to read that material so tomorrow expect another test your dismissed" Sakura waves them out of the room as they pack up taking the melons with them to practice leaving Sakura alone in the room again as she makes up even more tests when she was done she pulled open a notepad and started jotting down everything she had noticed wrong with Nagato making a note on the side to remind herself to give him a medical examination.
Hours later she exited the building and ran right into Pein jumping back she knocked her head against the door she had just closed and with a groan she healed the bump "What is it" Sakura yawned out tiredly "I need you to give me a medical exam tomorrow" he stated simply "I already have that put down but thanks for the reminder" she gives him a smile "What time do you want me to come by" Sakura yawns again rubbing her tired eyes "Around noon make your class short tomorrow" Pein orders before disappearing.
When she got back to the hotel Hidan was already asleep so she quickly took a shower changed her clothes and passed out the next morning Hidan shook her awake yelling her name "I've been calling your name for 20 minutes" he scolds rubbing his hair with a towel "I've been so graciously given the day off by Pein so I'll be coming with you" Hidan snickered out oh yes he really wanted to meet the people his apprentice was teaching "You can't make fun of them for being taught by a kid Hidan" Sakura cuts his thoughts off packing her bag.
"Ruin my fun" he ruffles her hair that was getting longer again Sakura quickly changed in the bathroom before the two took off in the direction of her classroom along the way she started a conversation with Hidan that had him boiling in frustration "So, I've decided I wanted to get piercings any ideas what I should get done" Sakura asked innocently "Absolutely not I've tolerated the tattoo's to a certain degree, I can handle you cutting your hair, hell I can even handle you getting another pet" Hidan shouted.
"But there is no way in hell your getting piercings" he finished with a nod thinking the conversation over "Hidan please these won't be just simple piercings" Sakura begged her bottom lip jutting out and quivering while she gave Hidan her puppy dog eyes "No" he crossed his arms not relenting this time "Please" she whined childishly that look of pleading growing until he throws his hands up in frustration "FINE, but please for my sake just get the minimum of 5 piercings I don't think I could handle anymore than that" he stresses.
'Man your so mean using your cuteness like that Saku-chan' Inner appears for the first time in months causing Sakura to trip over her feet and slam into Hidan who grabs her in a hug to steady her 'What the fuck Inner you couldn't have chosen a different time to appear' Sakura seethes when she notices the girl looked completely different again with her short purple hair and forest green eyes 'Sorry Saku-chan but I've been busy'' Inner stated making Sakura scoff and leave the conversation.
"Thanks Hidan" Sakura hugs him back before entering the classroom and finding her students already hard at work weaving healing chakra into the rind of the melon "Take a break we've got that test remember" Sakura smirks as a couple of the adults sigh before handing out the new tests "Half an hour this time and then your free to go at noon I'll be showing you a new jutsu as well" Sakura announced loudly writing on the chalkboard again as she sat in her chair while Hidan sat in a regular chair at her side.
Opening her book Sakura thought of all the ways she could get Hidan to leave her to her own devices at noon when the timer she set went off she automatically stood and collected the papers showed them the chakra scalpel and then sat to grade the papers when 11:30 hit she stacked the graded test papers neatly satisfied with the amount of progress they had showed and then passed them out before releasing them early "Hey I've got something to do so I'll meet you later at the piercing shop" Sakura told Hidan.
"Sure brat see you later" Hidan reached over ruffled her hair and then left the room several minutes later Sakura rushed out speeding through the streets trying to avoid Hidan at all costs she had most of the night creating a daily routine for Nagato and she wanted to give him that medical exam right away a few minutes later she flies into Pein's office out of breath "Just give me a sec" she panted out not some much out of exhaustion more like fear at being caught a few seconds later she straightened up.
When she stood next to Nagato again 15 minutes later she started running a medical diagnostic a losing more and more confidence in her healing abilities as more things than she imagined popped up in her initial exam several minutes later she pulled away and wrote down everything she found in her notepad before letting out a long sigh "Nagato-san" she spoke softly alerting him that something was seriously wrong "What is it Sakura" he wheezes out worried that this may be to much for her.
"To put it bluntly unless you start on this routine I've set up for you it will almost by physically impossible for you to walk again the first thing is you have to get healthy again" Sakura bit her lip harshly making it bleed as she point blank told one of the strongest Ex S Class Criminals in the world that if he didn't get his life straight he would be stuck as an invalid for the rest of his life "How long will this take" Nagato asks closing his eyes in fatigue "2 months just for the start I would think it would take 3 years at most" she told him.
"Well then Sakura I suggest we get started on that" Nagato opened his eyes again staring at her in determination "First we need to get your lungs healthy and a simple procedure can fix that" Sakura wrote down a few more notes in her pad before getting close enough to place her now glowing green hands on his frail chest and proceeded to heal his weakened lung enough where he was no longer coughing or wheezing "Oh I feel better already" Nagato sighed out in relief when he didn't cough again as Sakura pulled away.
"So what's he diagnostic doc" Konan giggles as she enters the room and finding Sakura hard at work healing Nagato's muscles and ligaments removing bone fragments and mending the bone to a point that it would no longer be painful wiping sweat off her forehead Sakura closes her eyes in concentration as heals old burnt skin before clearing his clogged heart veins and healing Nagato's intestines and bladder before finally pulling away 3 hours later "Well most of the problems are fixed" Sakura checked off some things on her notepad.
"Konan can you promise me something" Sakura asked seriously "Of course Sakura-chan" the blue-haired woman stared at her curiously "Nagato-san needs to eat a lot more healthier I'm going to make a list of things he needs to eat and drink on a daily basis for the next two months of course I'll come by everyday and check on him but he needs to build up muscle mass before we can move onto the physical training part of this process" Sakura rattled off instantly when she had Konan's full attention.
"I promise" Konan remained straight faced as she gave Sakura her word nodding Sakura followed Pein out of the office and down the street after getting directions from Pein to the piercing shop Hidan and Midori joined her halfway when it gave her another idea so when they reached the shop Sakura beckoned Midori in startling everyone in the little shop at the size of the wolf "How may I help you" the man asked shaking slightly in fear as Midori settled her crystal blue eyes on him.
"I want to 6 piercings one of them will be for her on the right ear" Sakura grinned when Hidan groaned but filled out the paper the guy handed over "And what would you like done" the guy asks "I want my lip pierced the left side my nose on the right my left eyebrow pierced my right ear pierced and my belly button pierced" she rattled off instantly already having decided where she wanted everything to be at while she was working on Nagato "You sure you can handle the pain pinky" a tough bulky looking calls out arrogantly.
"Trust me you don't want to make a bet with her" Hidan warned when Sakura opened her mouth but quickly snapped it shut giving him a sulk as the guy who would be doing their piercings leads her and Midori into the backroom to get started "Midori you go first" Sakura laughed when the wolf threw her a fearful look "Mistress" the snow wolf growled warningly but sat as still as possible as her right ear was pierced and a balled ring was snapped in and the left over blood was wiped away free Midori nipped Sakura's wrist in reprimand.
"Ouch" Sakura said dully no longer affected by pain after that ritual she did back in the grass village she no longer felt pain it was like her whole body was numb she still felt exhaustion and everything else but it was like all her pain receptors had been shut off as she got all 5 piercings without a hiss of pain handing over some money and with Midori at her side left the shop with Hidan as they headed back to their hotel room Sakura took a quick shower dried off and then flopped on her bed feeling that exhaustion.
The next 2 weeks pass by in relative silence in peace as Sakura gives her students the ok and send them off into the world with instructions to continue working on their medical abilities of course every day of those two weeks Sakura checked in on Nagato and found him doing a lot better now that he had a proper diet of food he was gaining weight his body filling out like it needed to such as like now she was checking him over for the 15th time she was satisfied with amount of progress Nagato was making.
"Well Nagato-san your overall body health has been increasing so as long as you continue eating right you can start physical training just small amounts 15 minutes a day" Sakura stated happily her confidence had started coming back when Nagato started showing improvement with that said she handed over small dumbells and ankle weights for Nagato to practice with for short increments daily "If you continue improving it might be just 2 years and you'll be up and walking around like nothing ever happened" she smiles softly at the man.
"It's only thanks to you Sakura that I've made any improvements so Konan and I have agreed to give you this making you an honorary member of the rain village and because you've worked so hard I'm making you an advisor this way it will be easier to explain to Hidan where you're going everyday just tell him that your working directly under Pein" Nagato holds out a hidden rain village headband and Sakura swiftly replaces it with her leaf headband as she ties the new headband around her neck.
"I'll treasure it well" Sakura bows her head before jumping into the role of fitness instructor as she showed Nagato exactly what he would have to do to gain muscles in his arms and legs 15 minutes later Sakura left the office feeling extremely proud of herself as she headed down the streets towards the hotel she was unaware that she was being followed until "I know your there" a moment later Jiraiya and Naruto appeared one staring warily and the other rubbing the back of his head sheepishly at being caught.
"We were just passing through" Jiraiya held up his hands smiling innocently as she tackled Naruto in a hug "I'm just happy to see Naruto again" Sakura squeezed the blonde tightly before releasing him "Yeah the brats been bugging me about seeing you again, you and that fellow Hidan are extremely hard to track" Jiraiya cried rivers of tears as he explained his dilemma "Sorry" she smiled at the Toad Sage.
"Well say goodbye Naruto we only have a year and a half left to shape you to being a decent shinobi" Jiraiya ordered and with that the two disappeared and Sakura headed back to the hotel finding Hidan and Midori waiting for her the latter feeling a little cooped up so Sakura gave her permission to go hunting outside the village when the snow wolf was gone Sakura explained the new headband and what she'd be doing before flopping down on the bed to fall asleep.
The next morning Sakura woke with a stretch found a note from Hidan on the table that told her he would be gone for the entirety of the day and then took a shower washing her hair and everything else before choosing her outfit for the day locking up the hotel room door with her key Sakura dropped it off at the front desk and hurried down the streets for her first day as Pein's advisor, approaching she felt a somewhat familiar chakra and when she entered Pein's office she dropped her bag in shock "Shikamaru" she squealed tackling him.