When the enlarged group reached the village gates the guard jumped forward with a loud whoop giving Sakura a bow "Sakura-hime, I'm very pleased you've decided to grace us with a visit" this caused the three new people in the group to blink in confusion and stare at Sakura for an explanation "Oh well, I'm an advisor here in the Rain Village they call me that because it's what Pein introduced me as" Sakura blushed bright red in embarrassment "As long as you don't let it go to your head" Hidan laughed remembering Pein's words from all those months ago.
Once they got into the village loud cheering erupted from the citizens as they spotted the Cherry Blossom on their way to visit the Leader of the Village when Sakura opened the door she wanted to shut it almost immediately because there sat behind the desk was Nagato but she took a deep breath instead "Don't worry Sakura, people know about me now" Nagato was quick to put Sakura at ease when he noticed her fearful expression "Hello Hidan it's been a long time" he greeted the silver haired man who stared in confusion and Nagato let out a laugh.
"Uh no offense but who the hell are you" Hidan wanted to pull Sakura away from the new person "I'm Nagato or as you have known me Pein" Nagato introduced himself, a few minutes later it clicked for Hidan and he threw an accusing glare at Sakura "So this is the true reason you wanted to come back" he let out a sigh "Damn I swear you have more secrets than I've lived my entire life" he sassed and Sakura dropped to the floor laughing so hard that she was crying "I'm sorry Hidan" she hastily wiped the tears away.
"So Nagato-san how have you been" Sakura instantly went into medic mode when the red head threw her a sheepish smile "I've been doing great but it seems in the recent weeks my cough has been coming back" Nagato admitted and Sakura gave him a look full of disappointment "Have you been eating properly" she scolded him when his cheeks flushed in embarrassment "No, I've kinda deviated from your list of healthy foods" Nagato sulked in his seat feeling like a child getting scolded by his parents or worse his doctor "That wont do" Sakura huffed, and Nagato slumped further.
Sakura noticed his sulky expression and wanted to roll her eyes but she reigned in the desire instead she went behind the desk and went through the hand signs for the jutsu and quickly gave him a check over clicking her tongue disapprovingly when she had to heal some clogged veins and heal his intestines once again before checking his lungs over and healing them as well when she saw some fluid that wasn't supposed to be there and then pulled away this time the disappointment was clear in her eyes, Sakura geared up to give Nagato one last scolding.
"I'm severely disappointed in you Nagato-san" she started placing her hands on her hips "You promised me that if you had any problems that you would get in contact with me and not once in the recent months have I heard a peep from you" Sakura continued missing the conversation going on around her between Hidan and her aunt and uncles "She has a way of making people feel like a child doesn't she" Suzumebachi asked trying very hard not to smile but her lips were twitching in amusement as Nagato leaned his head on his desk with a groan.
"Yes, yes she does" Hidan sighed also trying not to laugh as Sakura continued on her rant meanwhile Konan was full on laughing she had a feeling this would happen when Nagato started complaining about not getting eat any sweets like he was used to and so she had given in and went to buy him some sweet dumplings of course it just had to be a few weeks after he had stopped eating as much healthy foods that problems started appearing again and it just had to be that day of all days that Sakura chose to show up.
"So we'll be staying a couple of weeks so that I can make sure you start eating properly again" Sakura finished her rant and noticed that Nagato was pouting "I don't mean to be pushy but since you asked for my help in getting better I have to make sure you stay healthy" Sakura gave the older man a brief hug and a bright smile and Nagato nodded in understanding everything she had said was of course right and he certainly couldn't get angry at her for doing what he had asked of her, so he gave her a smile.
Knowing that she wasn't asking she was demanding they stay for a couple of weeks Hidan nodded his acquiesce and so they rented rooms at the hotel they had stayed at all those months ago while Sakura took on some paperwork that Konan felt she could handle and checked in on her old students seeing that they had made amazing progress and all of them were doing well so there was no need for her to worry the one thing she hadn't missed though was getting wet everywhere she went and so she pulled out her umbrellas she had bought.
2 weeks later Nagato had started eating healthy again with a slight adjustment to the diet Sakura had given in and allowed a small snack in that was equal parts healthy and sweet nodding at his improvement she felt that it was time to move on again so she bid Nagato and Konan farewell and the enlarged group payed their rent and left the village headed to snow country they were going to make a small stop and visit Mifune and so a few days later they showed up at the building and quickly visited everyone and then they left.
