Before Yahiko, Nagato, Konan and Sakura knew it two months had passed and they were leaving their cave returning the left over food to the people they'd stolen it from and setting forward "So what do you think is gonna happen" Nagato asked, he still rather shy and un-confident.

But with his friends, especially Sakura by his side, he was more than happy to leave their shelter with them, Chibi trailing behind them, "Well a lot of things could happen Nagato, we could die, starve, freeze, get sick, and lots of other things I won't name" Yahiko ticked off his fingers.

Sakura's brows climbed into her bangs "Sounds like someone woke up on the wrong side of their bedroll this morning" she snickered avoiding the slap on the back of the head the older boy tried to give her by spinning out of the way eyes twinkling with her mirth.

Konan giggled use to their normal antics already "Ignore him Nagato-kun, Yahiko-kun's just sore because he had to make a formal apology to the people we stole from" she whispered in the red heads ear bringing a small amused smile to his lips.

"Really Yahiko, you had to apologize" Sakura gasped as if she didn't already know, she'd been the one to make him do it, Yahiko threw her a glare and crossed his arms as a pout formed on his lips, "Lighten up Yahiko-kun" she giggled patting him lightly on the shoulder and darting away from him.

He gave her the stink eye and huffed "Whatever" Yahiko sulked like the brat he was, silence blanketed them after that as they left the hidden rain village behind trekking towards the distance where the hidden stone and leaf were fighting.

She knew it was incredibly dangerous, but with how much she'd been practicing, her meditation, stretching her muscles every day, using chakra to expand her chakra coils, Sakura felt as if they were ready and she'd be able to protect them.

Also she'd been teaching Chibi some commands, having bought a book on one of her walks, after pretending to find some ryo that in all actuality she had placed before hand to make it seem like she'd found it on her own and that they'd gotten lucky.

Well that's what Yahiko believed anyway so that was the story she was sticking with, by now Sakura couldn't keep track of the many lies she'd told over the course of the last two months and three weeks, and whenever she tried, it made her head hurt.

Anyway back to what she'd been getting at, so she'd taught Chibi some commands from the book and now at her order if she thought they were in any danger the pup who was slowly getting bigger, would either attack or run as fast as he could.

Yahiko tapped the pinkette on the shoulder and Sakura gave a jerk in surprise "What's the matter" she swiveled her head around to peer at him, he pointed ahead of them and she twisted her head to stare in the direction he gestured only to grimace.

"We should probably put our helmets on" Yahiko suggested, before them was a green mist that couldn't be anything other than poison, the others quickly did as ordered and they started forward cautiously, for they didn't know what they would encounter.

Slowly Sakura found herself being the one leading the rain orphans through the poison cloud, she didn't dare call Yahiko out for it, if he wanted to be scared then that was fine with her, she was immune to most poisons and this was a normal one, the others didn't know that though.

Anything was dangerous out in the real world especially for little kids who didn't know how to do much on their own, it was only after constantly teaching them to rely on her and each other that they learned and still they had the mindset of an innocent.

While she wanted to scoff and what not, Sakura held her tongue, she'd once been like that to, ignorant of the world, only focused on being with her precious Sasuke, now she knew better, and soon they would as well.

An hour later after trekking through the poison, Yahiko unhooked his helmet from his head and took it off "So what exactly was that stuff anyway" he asked, he was certain that Sakura knew what it was since he looked in her direction.

Konan and Nagato also looked intrigued and Sakura flashed them a small smile keeping alert of her surroundings, it was never a good idea to be caught off guard especially if there was a war going on "Poison, one of the more common and while I can make some antidotes" Sakura trailed off.

"I don't have the necessary tools to do so at this moment, part of being a medic ninja is to know you're poisons and antidotes" she finished staring around warily, "Anyway let's keep moving" Sakura turned and led them forward once again.

Yahiko was silent after that but Konan piped up "You sure are determined to become a medic nin huh Sakura-chan" she skipped along relaxing somewhat never knowing that they were closer to danger than they ever had been before, but Sakura knew and that's why she was getting them out of the way.

However "Yeah" Sakura smiled ruefully looking at the sky, though it was raining all the time, she had come to love the Rain Village, though it was still second to the Leaf Village, someday she'd be able to go there, wearing a different headband yes, but she'd protect it no matter what.

"Maybe when we find a ninja that will teach us I'll learn Medical Ninjutsu to" burst out of Nagato suddenly and Yahiko snorted in laughter until Konan whacked him over the back of the had for making fun of the red head causing the orange haired boy to sulk and the bluenette to nod.

Sakura rolled her eyes "That's nice Nagato-kun, you should all learn a little medical ninjutsu, that way in case of an emergency you'd know what to do, say like Yahiko-kun got hurt, we could heal him together" she said as an example.

The orange haired boy stared at her in consideration "You know that's not such a bad idea either, it's settled then, we'll all learn medical ninjutsu along side Sakura-chan" he pumped his arm in determination and Sakura smiled inwardly in amusement.

He really really reminded her of Naruto sometimes though he had some of that arrogant cockiness Sasuke liked to use and a laid back attitude from Kakashi, it was like Yahiko was the pre-incarnation of all three of her former teammates, minus Sai and Yamato.

Seeing as she had no choice but to go along with it Konan nodded along with Yahiko's declaration, it might not be to bad if it saved Yahiko's life someday, "I just thought of something, how do we get someone to train us" she tilted her head to the side in confusion.

"I wouldn't worry to much about that right now Konan-chan, just focus on finding a potential" Sakura shifted her shoulders peering through the rain warily, she had this really bad feeling "HIT THE GROUND" she shouted suddenly.

Yahiko dragged Konan and Nagato down with him, while Sakura hit the dirt with a loud thud, Chibi cowered into her side as a barrage of weapons sailed over their heads "WHAT'S GOING ON SAKURA" Yahiko shouted over the noise.

"No Clue" she shook her head, how the hell had they, of course they were surrounded on all sides, when the weapons stopped Sakura pushed up on her feet helping Nagato to his while Yahiko covered Konan "Run in that direction" she pointed towards the treeline.

None of them hesitated and took off like the devil was nipping at their heels, Sakura wasting a couple of extra seconds to scoop the cowering pup in her arms and adding chakra into her legs, to get ahead of the rain orphans and lead them to safety.

Twenty minutes later, the sounds of fighting died down and the four of them came across a cave which they immediately took shelter in "That was a close call, if Sakura hadn't been with us, we'd have all been skewered" Konan shuddered plopping down on the ground tiredly.

"I thought my heart was going to beat right out of my chest" Yahiko admitted pressing his fingers to his neck feeling his accelerated pulse and Nagato just trembled until Sakura wrapped him up in a comforting hug.

"How did you know we were in trouble" the red head managed to ask after several minutes and they calmed their racing hearts, Sakura flopped down next to Konan setting Chibi next to her, the pup scampered to the other end of the cave and licked his fur.

In a clearly rattled tone "It was to quiet that usually indicates enemies in hiding" Sakura exhaled shakily, if she'd wasted just an extra minute longer trying to figure out all of them would be dead, and the world she knew would be lost completely.

Konan shook scooting over as close as she dared and trying to act nonchalant pressed the pinkette into her side as if she was giving her a hug, Sakura knew though but kept her mouth shut, then suddenly Yahiko was laughing.

"You know for all I say I'm the self acclaimed leader of us, you sure know how to lead people Sakura-chan" he was bent over hands on his knee's as he laughed as the fear faded lightening the mood up drastically causing all of them to collapse in a fit of laughter.

Nagato smiled to himself, his friends were great, they all worked well together "Yeah Sakura-chan, when you shouted at us, I don't think I even paused to think about why you were shouting I just did as you said and then wham all those weapons" he joined the conversation.

"It was kind of funny I guess, but still very, very scary" Sakura leaned back as the tension drained from her body leaving her feeling a little weightless, that had been way to close for comfort and she'd have to be careful not to make that kind of mistake again.

"No kidding that was beyond terrifying and I thought seeing my parents die was scary, that was even more so" Konan piped in with her own comment, she was to young to die, she didn't want to die, she wanted to survive and show those stupid adults from the rain village up someday.

Sakura breathed a silent sigh of relief and lay back completely, she was exhausted, moments like that always left a person feeling tired "We should rest before trying to venture out again" she suggested already closing her eyes.

Yahiko and Nagato sat down against the wall and Chibi climbed into the red heads lap as they all took a two hour nap, when they woke it was around lunchtime and they all worked together to make a meal, no longer was it just Sakura doing everything and her emerald eyes lit up in happiness.

Once lunch had been devoured, Sakura poked her head out of the cave stretching her senses as far as they could go "What do you think Chibi-kun, is it safe" she questioned when she felt nothing for miles around, Chibi pawed at the ground.

"Yeah me to.." Sakura turned around "Let's stay here for the next couple of days then venture out, by then the fighting in this area should die down and they should move on to a different area" she stated easily sitting back down to meditate.

Not one to complain nor would he start now Nagato took his turn to meditate with Sakura since Konan had gone last time closing his eyes and relaxing, it was a great technique that kept them calm most of the time unless one of them purposely antagonized another, meaning Sakura and Yahiko.

Konan and Yahiko kept watch eyes peering out of the cave trying to determine if anyone was heading their way through the pouring rain, it was difficult, but Sakura had more than proved she wasn't easily distracted even while meditating.

While living in the cave on the mountain a handful of shinobi from the hidden stone village had stumbled across them, it had been the first time Konan had decided to meditate alone with Sakura, both he and Nagato keeping watch.

-Flashback-

The man, shinobi, had trudged into their cave, then his eyes had immediately narrowed and demanded them to leave, upon feeling his chakra and hearing the mans voice, Sakura had flew up out of her spot quicker than he'd thought possible.

And kicked the man straight in the chest, they'd all heard the snapping of bones from the force of the kick, and the shinobi had been sent flying out of the cave "This is our cave" Sakura put her hands on her hip "And no one is going to tell us to leave" she nodded curtly.

He'd stood daring to enter the cave again and the pinkette had given him a sound thrashing, no doubt confusing him until he ran screaming down the mountain, Konan was still lost to her meditation, so Sakura had calmly sat down and started her own meditation again.

-End Flashback-

To say he'd been confused himself was the understatement of the century, Yahiko frowned "What do you think Konan is this really the right thing to do" he gestured around him to the bluenette standing at his side, and she faced him.

"Not sure Yahiko-kun, but if by learning how to be a shinobi is the only way we can survive, then I'll do it" Konan said in an unsure tone of voice, she was hopelessly lost, and they'd be even more lost if Sakura wasn't with them, by some stroke of luck, the kami had given them hope in the form of Sakura.

Having expected such an answer from the bluenette Yahiko flashed her a grin "Yeah" his brown eyes wandered to the other side of the cave to find Sakura and Nagato still deep in meditation "I bet one of these days those two are gonna get together" he whispered mischievously.

Konan pressed her hand over her mouth to stifle her giggles "Nagato does seem to care for Sakura-chan a lot" she murmured back softly not wanting to let the two in question know they were being talked about, not in a bad way though.

Yahiko nodded "Definitely, we'll just have to root them on right Konan" he pumped his arm in determination and Konan smiled widely leaning against the cave entrance, the area around the rain village sure had a lot of caves.

Thirty minutes later, Nagato stood leaving Sakura to her meditation as he joined the other two in keeping watch, "Anything" he asked swiping his bangs to the side to see better, Yahiko and Konan shook their heads at the same time "That's good" Nagato smile in relief.

Ten minutes later Sakura came to and they busied themselves with setting up camp for the next couple of days so that they didn't have to do it during dinner, and on the morning off it was all easily sealed away in her scroll again.

"So where to Sakura-chan" Nagato grasped the pinkette's hand in his own as she led them forward, it was weird Yahiko was usually the one to take the lead, but now he was letting Sakura take over, perhaps he had no idea what he was doing and that's why.

Sakura hummed softly stretching her senses out, the fighting had indeed moved on and she quickly chose a direction "How about we go that way and see where it takes us" she decided, Yahiko and Konan nodded in acceptance and they trekked forward once again Chibi trailing them.

"Oh that reminds me, when you first yelled us I remember Chibi letting out a whine, why did he do that" Konan skipped forward to stand next to the pinkette and Yahiko got as close as he dared hiding behind the others not that he ever would admit to it.

Her eyes rounded "You remember all those commands I've been teaching Chibi-kun, his senses are better than mine and he could feel the danger in the air, that's why just before I shouted he let out a whine to let me know" Sakura explained easily.

Konan felt her jaw dropping in astonishment "I never even knew you could teach a dog something like that" she murmured in awe, and Sakura flashed her a smile facing forward again as they walked through the forest, all of them on high alert for any danger that may be lurking around in case.

Yahiko pouted, "Do you think we'll find any more dogs out here" he asked innocently, and Konan sent him a disbelieving look, Sakura shrugged but didn't tell him that it was probably unlikely that they'd run across another pup, Chibi had just been lucky to run across them that day.

Instead all four of them kept walking straight in the direction Sakura had said they should go, whether it would lead them to Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru, she didn't know, but one thing she did know was that she would always believe in miracles, because they happened every day.