"Are you confident that you'll ensure that all the terms of this treaty are kept?" the dark-haired teenager asked. "Yes. We'll make sure that we keep the terms of this treaty, that is if you do the same," the pinkette said. They were currently seated at the back of Asuna's Pub, near the window in case they needed an escape route. The place was filled with drunkards and sluts of all sorts but it provided the perfect cover. Plus the noise made it hard for anyone to hear what they where saying. The genjutsu made it appear like two drunks having a drinking contest. "You can count on it. We'll be keeping the terms of this treaty. I'll go with this document to the Tsuchikage so he can sign it then come back for another meeting," Kurotsuchi said with a grin. "Thank you for attending this meeting," Sakura said with a low bow. "Same here. Thank your Hokage for me," the Ame ninja replied with a bow of her own. The medic nodded with a smile. "Er, you might wanna get going. I think your search party is looking for you," she said as she wringed her hands. "Thanks for the heads-up," the pinkette replied. The Tsuchikage's granddaughter replied with a nod before disappearing in a gush of wind.

She massaged her temples. The diplomatic meeting had been time consuming and nerve wrecking but all in all, it was a mission successful. And now for her other mission...

Sakura took out an orange mask with a swirl design she had asked Shizune to find for her. It had the exact same design as Madara's aka Tobi aka Obito. It also covered her mop of pink hair. It was exactly what she wanted and would be perfect for this mission. No one would guess her identity, despite the fact that Obito was the one who used this mask. It had two eyeholes revealing her viridian eyes. She had already been dressed for this very same reason. She was dressed in an all black ninja attire. Placing the mask on her face, she sensed their chakra signatures. They had been carefully concealed but a lifetime's worth of experience taught her to trace even the faintest chakra signature. She made sure to check that her hair had been covered, revealing only the top part of it. She applied a henge which dyed her hair jet black. She looked at the window to see her reflection. The medic looked like a female Obito without his usual Akatsuki robe. 'Time to get going,' she thought.

Removing the genjutsu she had placed around the table, she opened the window and jumped out. As soon as her feet touched the ground, a barricade of kunai and shuriken was sent flying towards her. She performed a quick Earth style mudwall jutsu, most of the metal projectiles being blocked. She took out her kunai and deflected the few that had escaped past her defense. Jumping over the mudwall, she raced towards the forest which would provide cover and allow her to use her signature moves at ease. Jumping on a tree branch, she dodged seven other kunai which were coming at her at alarming speeds. Turning to face forward, she saw her first two opponents who were standing on different tree branches. 'TenTen and Hinata,' she thought. 'Bad combination,' she added as an afterthought. Their fighting styles could blend well enough to try to injure but not enough to do catch her, which was what they were trying to do. They were probably a bait.

"You know what we want so why don't we skip introductions and get straight to the point?" TenTen as she shifted her weight to one leg. The black clad ninja stared at her unflinchingly. "We have the Apprentice now. We're yet to engage in battle so hold your horses," the brunette whispered into her earpiece as she glanced at the Hyuuga heiress who was staring at the Apprentice with a determined expression. They were both dressed in the attires they wore during the Fourth Shinobi War. The three stared at each other unmoving for a long time. A twig snapped and all hell broke loose.

The Apprentice lunged towards them in the blink of an eye and TenTen only had a few seconds to duck her head to avoid a kunai swipe that would sliced her neck off. The Apprentice sent a fist at her and she blocked by crossing her forearms. The force of the blow pushed her backwards with a grunt at the edge of the tree branch. She struggled to regain her balance. She saw her knee flying towards her and it connected with her stomach, knocking the breath out of her. The Apprentice had already moved to Hinata by the time she was falling off the tree. She landed smoothly on the ground. Thank Kami she hadn't used chakra otherwise she would've been out cold.

Sakura threw a fist at the Hyuuga which she dodged by moving her head briefly to the side. She threw another and it was blocked by the dark-haired girl's forearm. With her Byakugan activated, Hinata sent her palms flying but they were all dodged. She grit her teeth in anger when the Apprentice sidestepped at the last second, her palm connecting with the rough bark of the tree and its splinters pierced her delicate hands. They continued to trade blows, blocking and dodging, throwing their own in return as they moved from tree to tree. Punch, kick, duck, swipe, two punches, jump back. TenTen threw several metal projectiles now and again, looking for an opening and also hoping to distract her so that Hinata could land a blow on her.

Sakura narrowed her eyes through her orange mask. She had to end this battle as soon as possible, she thought as she threw several shuriken at Hinata which were only a distraction. She still had many more battles to come. Perfoming a quick Kawarimi, she moved behind the unsuspecting girl. Hinata, caught off guard, turned around to see a fist flying towards her.

"Lights out."

The punch connected with her face, rendering her unconscious for the rest of the night. TenTen ran to catch her before she connected with the ground. She caught the Hyuuga heiress and placed her on the ground, her face bruised from the blow. Eyes darting up sensing the descending chakra signature, she saw the Apprentice's fist coming down towards them. She only had a few moments to jump away with the kunoichi in her arms before the ground exploded, sending chunks of debris and trees flying everywhere courtesy of the black clad medic.

The shockwave sent the duo careening backwards. They were lucky that they weren't swallowed by the ground. TenTen's back connected with a tree, ultimately stopping her momentum. She slid down breathlessly onto the forest floor with the unconscious kunoichi still in her hold. "The Apprentice has moved past the Kunai and the Sun. Move to Phase Two," she whispered fiercely into her earpiece. She was starting to take deep breaths before Sakura knocked her out with a chop to the back of her head.


Quickly halting at the last moment, she avoided four kunai which had been thrown at her. She had taken to running by the ground. Looking up, the medic noticed Lee and Neji who were standing on the same tree branch dressed in the same attire as her previous contestants. "Tsunade's Apprentice," he greeted. She only stared at him. "Yosh, it is an honor to meet the apprentice of the Legendary Sannin Tsunade. I shall enjoy this moment as I capture you to lead us to our Hokage!" the green clad ninja exclaimed with a million watt smile and a thumbs up. 'Oh boy,' she thought with a sigh. Now this was a tag team she did not want to fight. Given their abilities, they posed a challenge to her.

Her eyes darted to Lee. She was going to take him out first. She took several explosive tags attached to kunai and hauled them towards the duo. They jumped away as they detonated and she threw two more in between them. They exploded and they jumped away from the explosion, creating distance between them as she had wanted. She dived towards Lee with a kick. He dodged and countered with a punch of his own. She caught his fist in her hand and punched his face before kicking him in his stomach with chakra induced strength. It wasn't enough to knock him out, just enough to disorient him. The bowl cut ninja was sent careening backwards and she followed closely behind him. As soon as his back collided with a tree, she was already upon him. She placed two fingers on his forehead and he slumped forward. The genjutsu had started to take effect.

One of Lee's weaknesses was genjutsu and she had used a simple but complex genjutsu on him. In his mind, he was still fighting her but he wasn't going to figure it out until someone released him from it. 'Now for Neji,' she thought as an idea popped in her mind.

Neji was rushing back to Lee. He hadn't known that the Apprentice had placed more explosive tags onto tree trunks. He saw them through his Byakugan. They were like a landmine, with the explosive tags being planted all over the place. He hadn't noticed one on the ground. He set had it off as soon as his foot made contact with it, also detonating the rest of the explosions. He had escaped by a hair's breath. It was an obvious attempt to separate the two and unfortunately she had been successful.

And now as he saw his comrade slumped against a tree, with his Byakugan activated, he saw a genjutsu had been placed on him. There was no use in trying to wake him up. He had to try to capture her by himself. He searched for her, his eyes darting all over the place but couldn't see her, not even the faintest of her chakra signature. That was impossible unless... "Kai," he muttered and he saw his environment shift. "You were pretty quick to detect the genjutsu," she said with a smirk in her voice. "So you can speak," he replied. She countered with a snort. "Let's see if you Hyuugas live up to your name. It's a shame I knocked out your heiress pretty quickly," she spoke with a hint of a teasing banter.

He replied by lunging towards her with his palm outstretched. She sidestepped at the last second and his palm connected with the air. They exchanged blows fluidly, almost as if with the same fighting style. He grunted in pain as one of her fists grazed his shoulder. That was definitely chakra clad. "You must be wondering why I can easily dodge all your attacks," she said as she swiped her leg and he stepped backwards to avoided being hit. "It's not everyday you get to train with a highly developed Mangekyo Sharingan," she spoke as she ducked under his palm. "After all, the Byakugan is washed out imitation of the Sharingan," she drawled out lazily. Neji saw red. That was the exact same thing Sasuke had told him and it grated on his nerves. His attacks now flew at her at an even faster pace but she dodged and blocked them easily.

"My, my, Neji. I never knew you were this hotheaded," she teased him. He smirked under his breath. He had discovered her blind spot and so when she saw a second late to move to her left, as he had anticipated, he performed his clan's signature taijustu moves. "Eight Tiagrams Technique!" he spoke as his palms struck her.

"Sixteen Tiagrams!"

"Thirty Two Tiagrams!"

"Sixty Four Tiagrams!" he shouted as he placed the final blows on her battered figure. He struck her in her stomach, sending her colliding backwards into a tree which snapped in half. He smirked victoriously as he made his way towards her. He saw her form laying down unconscious on the ground which immediately poofed into a cloud of nothingness as he reached out to touch it. He blinked once. He blinked twice in disbelief.

He'd been played.

"The Apprentice has moved past the Green Beast and the Tenketsu. Proceed to Phase Three," he grumbled into his earpiece. Gosh, he'd been played!


'Sorry Neji. I know that was a blow to you pride,' Sakura apologized to an imaginary brooding Neji as she raced from tree to tree. She knew that facing him would come back to bite her in her rear. She still had more combatants to face so she had to conserve her chakra and energy as possible. Adding extra chakra to her clone so that it would receive his attacks for moments longer than normal had been worth it. She had already been winded due to fighting using taijustu so much.

She stopped and jumped down to the ground. "Come out now. You don't have to play hide and seek," she called out. Immediately, four figures jumped down to land a hundred metres in front of her. 'Shikamaru, Chouji, Kiba and Akamaru,' she said inwardly. Her mind had already begun planning her escape. Taking out three explosive tags attached to kunai, she threw them at the group. 'Kiba and Akamaru will definitely be the first to attack followed by Chouji. Shikamaru will be in the background to capture me with Shadow Paralysis Jutsu,' she thought as she created two clones. Her clones ran towards the three ninja plus ninken as she retreated to the background.

Taking out three stink bombs out her kunai pouch, the clone threw them at the dog user. She had prepared them for this very reason. It would disrupt their olfactory receptors and render them unconscious within seconds. Shizune had specifically created them for her. It was unfortunate that Kiba thought they were ordinary smoke bombs because as soon as the two of them padded through the cloud, they dropped unconscious. The clone threw two more stink bombs at them from good measure.

Meanwhile, her other clone was engaged in taijustu with Chouji. Swapping positions with the original, the clone awaited to make its move as it searched for Shikamaru's chakra signature. The first clone had joined the original in fighting Chouji. "Spinning Boulder Jutsu!" the chubby ninja shouted as he transformed into a boulder and spun towards Sakura at a fast pace. Sakura cocked her chakra laden fist backwards as she raced towards the spinning boulder.

'SHANNARO!!!' she shouted in her mind as she punched the boulder backwards just as she had done with Chiyo all those years ago. The first clone came flying from behind with literally a tree in its hands and slammed it into Chouji. It had been ordered by the original to do so. The spinning Chouji flew into several trees, knocking them down before finally crashing into a giant boulder. He was out cold by the time he slid bonelessly to the forest floor.

Shikamaru watched from the bush he was crouching behind as the Apprentice kneeled on the ground breathing hard, trying to catch her breath. He had watched her literally hit Chouji with a tree effortlessly. Now was his time to make his move. Forming the handsign as quickly as he could, his shadow raced towards the masked ninja. He felt a tug at his leg. The next thing he found himself dragged into the ground and only his head remained above the ground. "Troublesome," he muttered as he rolled his eyes. All of the jutsus to be used on him... He hadn't even felt her chakra signature, not even once. She was definitely something else. 'And troublesome too,' he added. "The Hound, the Gyoza and the Cloud have been defeated. Proceed to the final phase," he muttered into his earpiece, not even bothering whether they heard him or not. He had get out of this hole and wake his unconscious teammates then carry them back to their meeting place if they didn't. "Troublesome woman," he sighed miserably.


Done with this chapter. Hope you enjoy it. I'm surprised that people are following and favouring this story. I thought people didn't like it.

Anyways, Sakura isn't defeating Konoha Twelve, or is it Eleven? She's merely knocking some of them out cold, incapacitating or simply running away because she knows she won't be able to defeat them all by herself. Call it evasion skills. I hope I'm making it clear. Next chapter, she'll be facing her teammates and her best friend.

Thank you for your support. Continue to review, I appreciate it.

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