Sakura stopped on a tree branch as she listened for any movement. She was currently facing the most unpredictable and fastest ninjas on the planet. Not to mention the Mind Transfer Jutsu which could be used on her at any time. While her goal wasn't to defeat them but escaping from them was another thing. She debated whether or not she should turn tail and flee, facing the wrath of her master's fist as soon as she arrived at their secret meeting place or face her three most important people and get her ass whooped and identity revealed. Neither seemed like an option as they both ended in her demise. But she had to pick and thus decided to do both of them, run away from them whilst making sure to engage in battle as sparse as possible.

Avoiding to close her eyes as she usually did when chakra sensing for she feared she would be attacked, she expanded her senses and soon enough, she had all their locations. Sasuke was a hundred meters east from where she was whilst Naruto was on her west with the same distance locking her in a position where she couldn't move sideways as she would encounter one of them. Ino was a little bit farther north which made it difficult for her to go any direction as going back was not a choice unless she wanted to face her friends back there. Her mind went over a thousand escape plans.

Being the ever attention-seeking blonde she knew, Naruto was mostly likely to attack first with his Shadow Clones. Sasuke would be waiting for her in a trap they would've made and Ino would be in the background to use her clan's signature jutsu at the precise moment. She took out several kunai and sent them flying in Naruto's direction as she jumped down from the tree. The kunoichi heard the projectiles hit the tree with dull thud. She counted a second and heard the signature pops of a hundred clones being formed. In a matter of a few seconds, she had been surrounded by Naruto clones.

"Take the Apprentice!" the original shouted somewhere in between. "You got it boss!" the clones replied in unison. Sakura cracked her knuckles and her fists and legs flew everywhere at a fast pace. One by one, the clones quickly disappeared in loud poofs. Somewhere in a tree, the original Sakura watched as her clone took down Naruto's clones. The original heard a tingle coming from her left and immediately, she jumped, several shuriken lodging on her previous position. Another round of shuriken came her way and she deflected them. They changed their directory and came back flying at her. She took threw two kunaj and managed to hit all the shuriken by hitting another shuriken after hitting the first.

Her breath hitched in her throat as she took in the sight of the person worth a lifetime of her love. The sight of Sasuke never failed to make butterflies prance around in her stomach, not to mention he was dressed in a jounin attire, something she had never gotten to see in her previous timeline. After all, she had all her memories from day one until her early thirties so she knew the Uchiha inside out and missed being intimate with him in any way possible. But right now was not the best moment to ogle at him, he was her enemy after all. The said Uchiha glared at her, his Sharinga spinning wildly at her. The two made eye contact and she did not flinch from staring straight into his Sharingan, no one could beat her with genjutsu.

"Uchiha," she greeted. "Hn," he replied. "Same reply as with every other Uchiha," she said as though tired. "Turn yourself over before I force you," he said. Those words alone brought back some lewd memories which had happened somewhere in her twenties she had buried in her heart a lifetime ago. "I'd like to see you try," she challenged him. The two had a face off before they disappeared in a blur only to reappear moments later, their kunai clashing. One of the rare moments she had used this level of speed was when she had fought Shin Uchiha. She could do this all day long. The two exchanged blows as they clashed with their kunai before switching to taijutsu. She had to take him out as soon as possible so she could escape, she thought as she ducked under a punch. Sasuke made sure to avoid getting hit by her as one blow could disarm him. She was the Slug Princess's apprentice after all.

Sasuke jumped away from her, forming the hand seals for a fire jutsu and blew out an ernomous fireball at her. She performed a quick but strong water jutsu which collided with his fire, creating a massive amount of steam which covered the whole area. Utilising this chance, she sped towards the Hokage Mountain as she did not bother to check if he followed, she just needed to get out of there. Physical and chakra exhaustion was increasingly taking toll on her body. She sensed her two boys following closely behind her, though they did not seem to be in a hurry which was a blessing. She did not need them tailing her like mad. She felt a pin prick at the back of her mind. Suddenly, she found herself facing Ino in her mindset. In a haste to break away from the jutsu, she threw a hard punch at the blonde, ultimately knocking her out of her mind before she did anything. All this happened in a span of five seconds.

She heard a dull thud and guessed that her blonde had fallen down from wherever she had been. She did a silent prayer of thanks as she felt the two chakra signatures following her come to a stop beside a third chakra signature, Ino's chakra signature.


"Glad to see that you made it back alive in one piece," Tsunade said with a wide smirk as her apprentice dropped unceremoniously into their cabin hidden in the Hokage Monument. "Shishou..." the girl said as she tried to catch her breath. "Tsunade-sama, why did you do that?" Shizune asked as she made her way to the battered girl. She helped her take off her orange mask. "You know, you could've used an Anbu mask or a more normal mask," the dark-haired woman deadpanned. "I like to be the mysterious type," the pinkette replied breathlessly. "She was slacking off and I needed to give Jiraiya some chase," the busty blonde replied Shizune's earlier question. Shizune nodded her head in sympathy as she began healing the pinkette.


And I'm done with this chapter. Sorry for not updating for so long, my computer wasn't working, I've been lazy on all my stories but today I decided to update all my stories, starting with this story. Hope you like the chapter. Thank you to all who are following and favourating this chapter. Any grammatical errors are mine.

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