Stream of past

Package Deal: Snakes and Torture

The next day, team 7 meet at training ground 3 to officially begin preparing for the last round of the exams. Sakura was very calmly ignoring Sasuke and Naruto arguing and read a new medical scroll brought from Mist that just arrived yesterday. What were the boys arguing about? Well Sasuke and Naruto were having a very intelligent and mature argument whether soup and stew are drinks or not. 

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DOBE? SOUP IS NOT A DRINK, IT'S FOOD!" yelled Sasuke.

"Yes it is! Hear me out: they're liquid. You swallow without chewing. That's a drink." said Naruto.

"You can't fucking order soups at cafes, as a drink. They're under the food section. Therefore soup is not a drink."

"That's because they're COWARDS! COWARDS THE LOT OF THEM!"

"Soup is for EATING!"

"SOUP IS A DRINK AND SO IS STEW!"

"If this conversation keeps going I'm gonna go stew in despair..." said Sakura, having listened to them talk about this for almost half an hour.

"You might say stew is not a drink because it has chunks you can't swallow. However so does ice water, which is a drink. Therefore so is stew!"

"Wh- Only the water is a drink you moron! Don't tell me you only drink the broth and leave the chunks there like a picky baby."

"Says the guy who picks out the onions...A drink can have chunks and still be a drink, but it's part of it. In a stew the broth is a diluted version of the chunks used to make it!"

"This is getting us nowhere..."

"Then let's ask Sakura-chan." They both nodded before looking at Sakura determined. "Sakura-chan, is soup a drink?"

And without looking up from her scroll, she answered "It's a sauce."

"WHAT?!" raged both boys.

Luckily for the sanity of team 7, Kakashi just appeared and managed to distract them with his tardiness and the fact the 3rd round is in a month and they need to prepare.

"Since all of you are up against tough opponents i've taken the liberty to assign all of you teachers. Sakura, your teacher is going to be friend of mine, her name is Anko and you'll meet her tomorrow at training ground 7 at 9am."

"Wait wait wait! Anko? As in crazy lady second round proctor Anko?" exclaimed Naruto.

"Yes Naruto, I want both of my students to have equal footing meaning I need to pick equal trainers in skill." said Kakashi.

"Who's training Sasuke?" asked Sakura.

"Me." deadpanned Kakashi. "As for you Naruto, I need you to polish your skills in the basics department so I assigned Ebisu to train you."

"WHAT?! The closet pervert? No fair! How come Sasuke and Sakura get cool teachers and I'm stuck with good old boring Ebisu..."

Kaka-sensei merely ruffled his hair. "I'm sure you'll learn great things with him Naruto."

After this team 7 went to one last Ichiraku ramen before they parted ways, since Kakashi was taking Sasuke out of the village to train. They said their goodbyes to Sasuke and Kakashi at the gate (Naruto acting like they were sending them to war or something) and went on their way. Once Sakura arrived home she found a note pinned above her bed with a kunai.

I'm expecting you tomorrow at 7 am sharp for training. 

Training ground 66. 

Don't be late.

~Anko

Oh joy, a psychopath broke into her house undetected, how wonderful...

...

Next day at 5 am, Sakura was up and doing her daily routine, unfortunately she didn't have time to do her usual laps around the village, so she'll just have to make up for it later tonight. She left the house at 6:30 and managed to be there at 6:50. Three minutes later and hundreds of Senbons were hurled at her. She dodged all of them by going to the side before a snake appeared behind her, ready to bite her head off. She skillfully maneuvered herself in such a way that she managed to kick the snake in its jaw and closed its mouth, then she punched him with a chakra infused fist and sent him flying several meters through multiple trees. Just when she thought it was over, water chains appeared from the ground, ready to grab and immobilize her. She dodged the chains swiftly before she punched the ground, creating a crater and making all of the chains pop from the power of the blow. Suddenly a smoke bomb was thrown into the clearing and that's when she saw it. The snakes and chains were a distraction, the real purpose was to prepare a massive seal around the pinkette. By the time she realized this, it was too late, as the seal was activated and the genin was trapped, literally frozen as the seals stopped movement.

Sakura tried to look around, find out who did this...Was it Kabuto? Did Orochimaru order this? What was happening-

The pinkette was snapped out of her internal panic as a laugh echoed into the clearing.

"Bwahaha- Oh god this never gets old. Torturing genin with shit like this. Though I am impressed, most genin get caught immediately by the secret snake trap or the water chains. This one's a really interesting cookie, eh Ibiki?" said a smug Anko.

Ibiki merely hummed.

"What the fuck!?" said a confused Sakura.

"Hahahahahahahahaha, and she's got quite the mouth too, this is gonna be fun." Ibiki rolled his eyes at Anko before going to disrupt the seals, thus freeing the medic.

"Seriously, what the fuck."

 "Alright, alright easy there princess. As I'm sure you already know, I'm anko and this is my assistant trainer Ibiki. And a month from now on, we're in charge of you, as we'll both be training you. That shit show from you just witnessed was our punishment for you for showing up earlier than 7."

"....Both of you? Hey wait a second earlier?"

"Indeed, in a real battle, going earlier than planned can lead to devastating casualties especially if unprepared. From now on you'll learn to do things at the exact time." said Ibiki.

"Exactly princess, so next time you better think twice before showing up early. When I say 7 I mean 7, not a minute early not a minute later. Got it?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Good! Now as you know your opponent is tough as fuck, not to mention an Uchiha. But not to worry because I'll make sure you're so fast not even that fancy Sharingan of his can save him. Ibiki here is in charge of Jutsus since you both have a water affinity."

"Not a lot of people know this, but aside from torture I'm also very adept at water jutsus. The water chains is a creation of mine made for immobilization but can also be very useful in battle." said Ibiki.

"I see...when do we begin!"

"Hah, like your spirit princess, however Ibiki here said that both of us at once would be "too much of a strain on your baby body" so we made a schedule. You're training with me on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays while Ibiki has you all to himself on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Sundays you're free to sleep. This is for the first 2 weeks. The last two weeks, it's mostly the same except on Wednesdays and Saturdays you deal with the both of us at the same time. Fun right?"

"...right."

"Bwahaha, oh this is gonna be great!"