So sorry for the long wait, a lot has happened to me, and I would apologize for that but I kind of don't want to. The reason for my absence is on my profile, but to summarize my dad died unexpectedly, and I just had no motivation for anything for a long while after that. Sometime I would wright, but I just couldn't bring myself to post any of it thinking they I want good enough, or just simply not to my liking. So I have a lot of different drafts, and other stories that won't be posted for a while. So yeah.. That the bare bones arrived in, I would read my profile if you want more information.
I went ahead and over the past few days edited all my completed works and all of the chapters of this story. So if I have edited a chapter or story it could have something like this in the beginning of it 02/0?/2025.
Also it might not be stated with this scorpions that both Sai and Sakura are always with them. If it doesn't state otherwise the scorpions are always on top of their heads. Some times I just don't know how to write that into the story where it would make sense it doesn't seem out the blue.
Also to make up for my lack of updates I made this chapter really long so I hope you enjoy!
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Sakura rubbed her temples as she sighed. She couldn't quite believe that her and her siblings were roped into this disaster. The disaster being looking for one Senji Tsunade Konahas ranway Princess, and one of the Legendary Sannin. In all honestly after reading though Tsunade's file Sakura couldn't blame her for leaving, osing almost everyone she loved must have been hard. Sakura couldn't imagine it not fully or truly. But that does not change the fact that She and her siblings were roped in to help out another of the Legendary Sannin Jiraiya, and his apprentice Uzumaki Naruto find Tsunade.
Hinata blams the Clan Leaders more specifically the Hyuga's Clan Leader Hyuga Hiashi, Sai blams the village Elder Council wanting to get them out of the village do to their heritage, and Sakura blams Papa Ibiki and Mama Anko because the would do something like with for shits and gigles. In truth it was a mix of all 3 though they 3 Scorpio siblings didn't know that, and they won't find out each other back in the village.
Sakura was petting her scorpion as they walk down a dirt road. She looked over to her right to see her brother with his scorpion on his head drawing something in his scroll while walking. -In all honestly she found that her brother could do that rather impressive- Sakura then looked over to her left to see Hinata was walking calmly with her hands clasp in front of her as she calmly and serenely took in the surrounding. Sakura looked in front of her to see Jiraiya leading the way boisterously talking to Naruto, and as for Naruto he was soaking. He had tryed to talk to her and Hinata, but both of them had ignored him for the most part. They only ever acknowledged him if it was something important.
Sakura sighed again she couldn't wait to be home, and she didn't know how long it would take before she could be home. They had five weeks, and she was getting tired being around the two ideas known as Jiraiya and Naruto. She looked around her again there wasn't really much to do, and she wasn't in the mood to talk.
She couldn't stop herself from reminiscing on different things. One of them being the day she meat her old team 7.
_•_ Flashback _•_
Sakura walked up the stairs to the rooftop with her 2 new teammates behind her arguing. Once they were on the roof they take a set. Naruto was in the middle with Sasuke is to his right, and Sakura herself to his left. With the silver hair man standing in front of thim.
"Ok so introduce yourselves!" The man said in a bored voice looking at his book.
"How do we do that? You do it so we now how!" Naruto asked Sakura had to fight a eyeroll and Sasuke just scuffed.
"Well.. my name is Hatake Kakashi, I like a few things, I hate a few things. ummm I have a few hobbies, and I don't have a dream at the moment." Hateke explained before he pointed at Saskue. "Your turn emo." Hateke said to which Sasuke scoffed and looked slightly offended.
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke, I don't like many things, and I hate most things, my hobbies are training... my dream is not a dream but, a promise, I will rebuild the Uchiha clan, and kill a certain man." Sasuke responded his hands interlaced with his chin resting on them as his eyes were down cast and serious, his voice was serious.
'Oh dear Papa Ibiki is going to have a field day with this when I tell him.' Sakura thought with a sweat drop before her tension returned to her maybe Sensei.
Sweat drop Hateke ponted at Naruto next "your turn orange" was all Hateke had said.
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto! I like ramen, Sakura-Chan, and her brother Sai sometimes, I Don't like how long it takes to what for ramen to make, Sasuke-tame, and sometimes Sai, my hobbies are playing pranks I guess... and my dream is TO BE THE NEXT HOKAGE!!" Naruto yells the last part as he jumps up and points at himself.
'Well that is better then Mama Anko predicted.' Sakura thought to herself hiding a smile behind your hand discreetly.
"Your turn pinky." Hateke said gesturing to Sakura. She would feel her eyebrow twitch at the nickname.
'Here we go time to act... yay!' Sakura thought as she mentally rolled her eyes at. "I'm Scorpio Sakura! I like My brother, and.." She faked blush and giggles as she looks at the Uchiha. "I don't like bullies, prank, people who underestimate others, and abandon their comrades.. and Ino-pig." Sakura responded she felt bad about acting like she hated Ino-san when she really doesn't. "My dream is.." She does a nother fake blush and giggle as she takes another peek at the Uchiha. "And because the head of T-n-I!" Sakura explained the last part truly excited it was her real dream one that her brother shard with her.
"Ok!" Kakashi clapped getting the attention of his maybe students. "Meat me tomorrow at training ground 7!" Kakashi said with fake happiness that only Sakura picked up on. "O! and don't eat breakfast!" Kakashi said before disappearing in the cloud of leaves.
Sakura stretches out her senses to make sure he had really left before speaking.
"Eat breakfast tomorrow because, he is probably going to be late again!" Sakura said happily as she jumped to her feet, she paused for a second hiding a grimace. "Oh! Sasuke-kun would you want to go get something to eat with me?" Sakura asked with fake hope that neither boy picked up on, eternally Sakura was hoping he would say no.
"Hn." Sasuke said throwing a sneer in her Direction before leaveing.
Sakura faked being disappointed on the outside, but one the inside she was doing a happy jig.
"We can go eat ramen together Sakura-chan like a date!" Naruto yelled excitedly as he grabbed her arm.
"We can go get ramen but, only as friends ok Naruto?" Sakura said then asked as she really didn't mind Naruto, but she didn't like his crush on her.
Naruto nodded crazily as he said "Yeah Sakura-chan at least we can go as friends!"
_•_ End of Flashback _•_
A part of her remember that day with fondness, but I hope that she had, had for her old team had long since left her. She used to go out and eat with Naruto after almost training session, but she has been avoiding him sins the leaving me behind in wave happened. She wasn't quite ready to face the hurt that he, and the others two gave her quiet.
Sakura looked over when Sai bumped against her to notice that they were outside of town's bar. She shuck herself, she must have been really deep in thought to miss the fact that they arriving at a town let alone walking through said town.
Sakura walked into the bar just behind the others. When she looked over and saw who they were searching for. She tapped her brother who looked at her then at the direction she pointed. She then made her way over to Tsunade as her brother got the attention of the other three.
She took a seat across from Tsunade and another wamon Sakura recognized as Katō Shizune, Tsunade's apprentice. Both women look startled to see her sitting calmly at their table, before the other four joined her causing Tsunade to tents and glare at Jiraiya.
Sakura listened with half an ear as they tread to answer, and in doing so they made a bet with her. She's been feeling off for the past few days, and she's not quite sure what it is. She leans against the back of her seat watching carefully as everything unfolded around her. As ever one want to the hotel rooms for the night Sakura senses something off in the air. She looks to the right, and her eyes meet a pair of dark red spinning eyes. Old memories flash before her eyes.
_•_ Flashback _•_
A young Sakura around the age of 5 was wondering around on her own with only her scorpion as her companion. Well not fully one of her parents are always nearby her so she wasn't worried. Her Otouto was sick and her other parents didn't want her near him in case it was contagious, and Hinata had Clan business to deal with.
Sakura hummed softly as she walked before she stopped abruptly when she bumps into someone. Before she hit the ground she felt arms wrap around her catching her and her scorpion. She looks up to meet a pair of the prettiest onyx eyes she has ever seen. Sakura could feel a blush come across her cheeks.
"Are you all right little one?" The young boy he couldn't be older than 10 or maybe 11.
"Y-Yes Th-Thank you!" Sakura found herself squeaking out as the young boy let her go. She tell her scorpion closer to her chest, and she looked up at him through her lashes.
"I'm Scorpio Sakura and this is my companion!" Sakura squeaked lightly as she introduced herself holding up her scorpion lightly for the boy to see, watching him closely for his reaction.
The boy's eyes softened as he smiled lightly. "I'm Uchiha Itachi, it is nice to meat the two of you." The boy now name Itachi responded kindly as he crouched down to eyesight to the two.
"It's nice to meet you too!" Sakura responded happily as she bounced lightly in place.
'Did I just make a new friend!?' Sakura thought to herself half giddy as she bounced.
_•_ End of Flashback _•_
_•_ Flashback _•_
Sakura was sitting at a tea shop by herself, she was around the age of 7 know, and her scorpion was on the table next to her. Her brother and Hinata were busy doing something else. Sakura sighed lightly as she ate some dango, it was her favorite sweet treats since Mama Anko introduced it to her.
Sakura looked up when she heard the sound of cloth moving, only to see Itachi standing next to her table.
"Would you like to take a seat Weasel-kun?" Sakura asked arguably one of her best friends as she gestured towards the seat next to her.
With a soft smile that seemed to release some of his tension he took a seat next to her. Her and Itachi have been meeting up semi-regularly for the past 2 years, and have become rather close.
Sakura slide some dango over to Itachi already well aware that it too was one of his favorite sweets. Sakura studied him it was clear that something was bothering him, and Sakura was wondering if she should ask. She watched as he picked up her scorpion, and set them in his lap as he petted them. As he thought over his words carefully before he spoke up.
"Nymph-chan... would do you still... care... for me, even if I was forced to do something I did not want to... That would be beast for the villiage... " Itachi spoke so quietly that she barely heard him, but she could see that this was deeply troubling him, and she hated seeing him hurt in anyway.
"I could never hate you Weasel-kun, I will always love you one way or another." Sakura responded with the no hesitation as she reached out lightly, and touched his hand gently.
Her eyes sincere and honest look a look in which he returned. "I to will always care for you one way or another." Itachi responded just as gently and honestly I see flipped his hand clasping the fingers together.
_•_ End of Flashback _•_
"...Weasel-kun..." Sakura whispered softly as she locked eyes with him again she couldn't fight a soft smile in which she could see from the distance he returned, before he vanished when people walked past blocking her view of him.
She found a soft tug on her arm and she looked over to see Hinata, who had a concerned and worried look on her face. "Are you right? and who is Weasel-kun?" Hinata asked studying her face closely.
Sakura check her head with a soft smile as she turned her eyes to wear a Itachi once stood. "You don't need to worry about it, but we should go and check in on Naruto." Sakura responded before gently pulling Hinata and her brother towards Naruto's hotel room.
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Sakura and Sai threw up a iron sand wall as a explosion goes off and the shaking the grand. Sakura and her brother look to Hinata who's byakugan was already on and taking in their surroundings.
"Orochimaru and Kabuto are in combat with Lady Tsunade and Jiraiya." Hinata reported as she watched carefully.
"Naruto-san you need to stay here if they need reinforcements my siblings and me will give it to them." Sakura responded as she got any position ready to fight.
Naruto flinched lightly at Sakura's cold and detached voice as it goes to open his mouth before he could say anything Sai interrupted.
"You left a comrade behind, in a maybe still hostile area. You do not get a say in this matter." Sai said his voice cold and harsh as he didn't even bother looking at Naruto.
"Which plan should we use?" Sai asked his older sister as his younger sister was already focusing on the fight outside.
"How about Plan Giant Snake?" Sakura asked looking over at her brother who tilted his head thoughtfully before shaking it.
"That would have worked if it wasn't for Kabuto." Sai responded as he took out his beast scroll.
"Then Plan Slimy Snake?" Sakura offered actually focused to keep the iron sand up as a another explosion went off.
"That too would have worked if it wasn't for Orochimaru." Sai explained as he pulled out his inks next.
"Then why not combine the two into Plan Giant Slimy Snake." Sakura suggested fed up as she threw her hands up.
Sai looked thoughtful again before he nodded his head. "Yes that should work. Know path one or two?" Sai said in agreement before he asked.
"Do you ever have to ask path two." Sakura responded with the role of her eyes.
"Well I do know how you love your options, and we are ninja so path one is always an option." Sai said simply as he started to draw across his scroll preparing different type of beasts.
Sakura gave a light chuckle at that her brother always knew her so well.
"Lady Tsunade is down due to hemophobia." Hinata spoke up a little worriedly snapping her siblings out of their banter.
"Hem-Hemopho-Hemophoba?" Naruto tried to pronounce confusion written all over his face.
"The phobia or fear of blood." Hinata responded simply as she stood straight next to Sakura, Sai on Sakura's other side.
"Ready?" Sakura asked looking at each of her siblings out of the corner of her eyes.
"As we'll ever be." Both Sai and Hinata said in unison matching smirks on their face before it went into a deadpan mask.
Sakura rolled her eyes lightly as a smart came across your face. "Here we go."
Iron sand shot outs knocking both Orochimaru and Kabuto off their feet sending them flying through the air.
"We must leave, we can not list the ones coming for Naruto coming during or after this fight. We do not have the power know for that, and we will not have enough chakra for after. We Ned to leave!" Hinata spoke in a quick hissing whisper to both Jiraiya and Shizune as Hinata looked over Tsunade.
Sai's Beast animals leaped from his scroll and helped his older sister hold back Orochimaru and Kabuto. Both twins knew that they couldn't keep this up forever but hopefully long enough to buy the other's time.
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Sai, Hinata, and Sakura glared at Naruto as they made their way back towards Konoha. He had disobeyed orders and interrupted the fight. He wasn't even being punished for it if anything he was being rewarded.
"He'll never learn his lesson, he's going to think he can interrupt or do anything and get away with it. Ever one his being so lenient with him and I can't see why." Hinata this is quietly to her two siblings as they walked. Causing both to shoot a amused look at her, "oh hush." Hinata responded to their looks.
"In all seriousness it could be due to his parents, what's sealed in him, or is upbringing." Sakura responded just as quietly as they continue to walk.
"It shouldn't matter. Yes he said it tragically so far, but that shouldn't give him a free pass on breaking the rules and laws." Sai said enough the looks he was given he continued. "Yes there are time that doing so is needed, expected, and allowed but this certainly hell isn't one of them." Sai responded with a irritated twitch of his hand.
Both Sakura and Hinata found their agreement as they walked.
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Sakura found herself and her scorpion pinion that was walking next to her a little ways from camp that night. She wasn't on night watch that privilege belonged to her brother, but she just couldn't sleep. Sakura found herself in a clearing not too far from camp. Looking up at the night sky above her with the full moon.
With a forlorn sigh she laid back on the grass. "What as you sighing in such a manner Nymph-chan." Came a oh so familiar voice, that Sakura could it help but smile at as she set up.
"Weasel-kun!" Sakura whisper yelled as she stood up and threw herself at Itachi.
Itachi couldn't bite back a chuckle as he wrapped his arms around her. He was glad after everything he did she still cared for him.
"How are you Nymph-chan." Itachi asked as he lightly held her in place.
"I'm doing very well Weasel-kun. How are you? and where is that... companion, of yours?" Sakura responded happily looking up at him before she tilted her head and asked, she drawled the word companion as if it was as if it wasn't interesting bug of some kind.
"I could be better." Itachi response honestly he could never bring himself to lie to her, never to her. "As for Hoshigaki he is busy doing something elsewhere." Itachi couldn't fight back the poisonous in his tone or the lights smirk on his face.
Sakura could guess at what Hoshigaki was doing, and she couldn't fight back the giggle that escaped her mouth as she tried to cover it with her hand.
Itachi was rather please that he still was able to make her laugh his expressions softened at her. After a bit they just stood there, and silence before Sakura looked up through her eyelashes at him.
"Did you hear about my old team." She found herself asking softly a little scared and what his reaction would be.
Itachi could feel his eyes darken as he remembered back to that report he was given. "Ah yes I heard what happened. I will admit that I'm quite glad you have a life that form Momochi and his apprentice. I fear what would have happened if they were not there." Itachi spoke softly as he admitted to a fear he had since he heard about what had happened.
Sakura's face softened as she looked up at him reaching out and gently cupping his face. "There is nothing wrong worrying about someone you care for." She told him softly as she stared into his eyes a look. She could see an emotion in them that she's never seen before one she didn't quite understand.
"My foolish brother and the other two truly have no idea what they've lost. When they do they will regret it." Itachi spoke to her softly as he rested his forehead against stairs.
They stayed like that for an undetermined amount of time, before he took a step back looking at her.
"We should part our ways now we do not wish for the other is to suspicious." Itachi admitted softly as he looked towards the sky noticing it was closer to midnight.
Sakura followed his gaze though she hated to admit that he was right.
"I'll miss you Weasel-kun." Sakura responded Softly As she turned her head to look at him.
"And I you Nymph-chan." Itachi responded as he reached out and poked the middle of her forehead.
Sakura blushed at the action, but gave him a shy smile. "Will I see you again?" Sakura couldn't stop herself from asking a slight hopeful hint to her voice.
"Perhaps." Itachi responded calmly though his eyes hope the same hint of hope as her voice.
She has always been able to read him so well. Even when he decided to start calling her by that ridiculous pet name.
_•_ Flashback _•_
Sakura was alone playing in the water in the forest with her scorpion on a rock nearby, when someone landed next to her.
"Weasel-kun!" Sakura said happily as she spun to face him.
"Hello Nymph-chan." Itachi responded with a soft smile.
At the pet name Sakura's face when bright red. "Wh-Why did you call me that!?" She ask completely and utterly baffled, only to get a soft charcoal in return.
"You call me Weasel-kun so it's only fair that I call you something in return." He responded and Sakura could clearly tell that he was utterly amused.
"Yeah but why Nymph!?" Sakura whined as she splashed lightly in the water, trying to hide her ever growing red face.
"Well it either that or Fairy-chan." He responded and quickly dodged out of the way knowing the reaction that would have given her, and sure enough she tried to tackle him.
Sakura could tell he was utterly amused at the situation much to her annoyance. She glared at him as she thought, before she smirked as she walked over towards.
"Mh Weasel-kun why do you have to call me something so cute?" She asked looking up at him curiously, she could see as his cheeks and ears read and lightly.
"Humm perhaps I'll tell you one day Nymph-chan." He responded simply with the poke to her forehead causing her to glare at him once more.
_•_ End of Flashback _•_
Sakura sighed lately though she had to stop smile around her face as she curled around her scorpion in her sleeping bag.
'I do really miss spending time with you Weasel-kun.' Sakura thought to herself as a light blush came across her cheeks as she closed her eyes and fell asleep. Unaware that her brother was watching her closely wondering at what he could have possibly missed that could put a look like that on his sister's face or rather who.
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Targeted Amount for this part: 1000
Amount Reached: 3,811
Story Total: 24,458
