Stream of past

I See the Future Crumbling Before My Eyes

Sakura was sitting inside the Senju compound, in the main house. She was reading a scroll that belonged to Senju Butsuma, Tsunade's great grandfather. When Sakura was here, she usually studied whichever scroll Tsunade threw at her, however sometimes between practice she would read old clan records, it was very interesting to her to read about the lives of those before her. It was how she found out that Tsunade was named after Hashirama's mother.

"If you're done reading about delusional old men, then I have something for you." said Tsunade, entering the room.

"What is it shishō?" asked Sakura, putting the scroll down.

"My grandmother, Mito Uzumaki, while she was mostly known for her sealing prowess, was also really proficient at wielding the sai. She wrote everything about using the weapon in this journal. Since you decided to use sai as well, I thought it might come in handy." She threw the journal at Sakura. It was old, with a dark green leather cover, kikyo flowers drawn onto it. When Sakura opened it she found the pages yellowed already from age.

"Oh wow, thank you shishō!"

"You're welcome brat. How are the sai training sessions with Ibiki going?"

"They're going good. Well as good as any lesson with Ibiki can go." looking conspiratorially she lowered her voice dramatically. "He's still pissy about me making fun of him in the Land of Tea, so he is being extra harsh in training."

Tsunade snorted. "That just means you'll be twice as good at wielding those weapons. Now get up, I wanna see how good you've gotten."

Tsunade and Sakura walked to the training field in the Senju compound where they each picked a spot at opposite sides of the field. Sakura had her sai in hand and crouched low before coming at Tsunade with speed. She thrust the sai forward at Tsunade's face, making her walk backwards as she dodged, before the Sannin got annoyed, caught her wrist and threw her away. Sakura flipped while in the air and maneuvered herself to land on her feet. Kicking the ground to create a dust cloud, Sakura ran at Tsunade on silent feet, channeling water chakra in her sai to give them range and cutting power. Coming from a low point, she swung one of the sai at Tsunade's throat and used the momentum to swing the other at her abdomen. Tsunade jumped away and kicked the ground creating an earthquake. Instead of jumping away, Sakura let the ground open up under her to hide. While Tsunade looked around in the dust cloud for her student, Sakura appeared from under her, one sai aimed at her throat, while the other slashed her wrist after Tsunade blocked a hit that would have pierced a kidney. The blonde took Sakura's arm and twisted it behind her back while simultaneously kicking her feet from under her. Just like that, it was over.

"I see you've gotten better. Almost took my kidney with that last trick." said Tsunade, releasing her.

"Thank you. Ibiki taught me how to use chakra nagashi to add water nature chakra to my weapons. I also came up with a new jutsu."

"Oh? Well let's see it."

Sakura moved a bit away from Tsunade and used one handed hand seals while still holding her sai. "Sai Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu!" and above her head in an arc appeared 7 sai made of water that moved forward with speed. When they hit a tree, they exploded.

"Interesting. I'm guessing you can choose whether they explode or not?" asked Tsunade.

"Yup. And I can control them to go in any direction I want. The problem is they use quite a lot of chakra, but I think that will be fixed once my reserves grow bigger."

Tsunade nodded. "I see. Well your reserves have grown a lot since you came here. How many Suiryūdan no Jutsus can you do now?"

"Two, back to back. After that I tap out."