The day Sakura turned six, she received a new set of shuriken from Anko, and a new set of kunai from Ibiki. Oh- and an addition of one and a half more kilograms to all nine of her weights, making a total of 40.5 kilograms (approx. 89.3 pounds). And yes. They were heavy. Sakura was in her room, enjoying a break from training and happily arranging all the items. The katana Kisame had gifted her earlier in the year hung horizontally over her bed, and the scroll he tied with it was unraveled and pinned to one of her walls.
Turns out, it was a water jutsu scroll filled with information and background of the Kirigakure no Jutsu, Mizu Kamikiri, and Mizu Bunshin. They weren't the sort of jutsu that were considered extremely powerful or top secret, but they were a great start. For her at least. She didn't quite understand two of them, but she was convinced that she could achieve the Mizu Bunshin rather easily. Sakura smiled to herself as she hopped off her bed and headed out the door. She immediately spotted Anko who was walking back home with a few grocery bags in her hand.
"Good morning, Anko-san!" she exclaimed. Sakura ran up to the older woman and tackled her in a wide armed hug. Anko laughed and hugged the girl back.
"Mornin' to you too, kiddo. So, what are you doin' out here? Aren't you supposed to be relaxing with the only day Ibiki'll give you off?" she asked. The girl shook her head.
"That's so boring, Anko-san! I'm going to go train with those shuriken you gave me. Thank you for those too!"
"That's like the fifteenth time you've thanked me." grinned Anko, "Anyway, if you're gonna train, be careful out there."
"Ok! I'll see you later then!"
She ran off.
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After about five minutes of running to the usual training grounds, she stopped at the outside of the hot springs to catch her breath. She wasn't used to the extra weight yet, and it was tiring her out more than usual. She leaned against a nearby tree to catch her breath. Sakura looked towards the hot springs and saw a man crouching at one of the walls with his face pressed against it.
"A... perv?" Sakura mumbled. She pushed herself off of the bark and walked up to the strange man.
"Uh... mister? Are you supposed to be doing that?"
"If you must know, I'm doing research, now hush" he whispered, "They might hear you!"
His didn't look away from his obvious peeping. High-pitched giggling spilled from his mouth as he pressed himself more into the wood wall.
"Oh Mika-chan, what beautiful assets you have~!" he giggled. Sakura puffed out her cheeks. She might not know what this creepy guy was doing, but it looked wrong. Really wrong. So the girl took in a deep breath, then-
"PERVERT IN THE HOT SPRINGS!" she screamed. A collective amount of shrieks filled the women's side. Water splashed around, and soon, it was completely empty. The weird man sighed irritably and stood up.
"Do you realize what priceless information you cost me, little brat?"
"Do you realize that you're a really big perv who has no life but peeping on pretty ladies?" she rebutted. His eye twitched.
"...Big perv...?... No life...? I'm guessing that you have no idea who I am!!!" he exclaimed. He suddenly struck up a pose.
"I am the extremely awesome Jiraiya! I am the Toad Sage, one of the three great sannin! I am- wait a minute! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?! I WAS JUST GETTING TO THE GOOD PART!" he screeched. Sakura was already walking away from boredom at the weird guy's speech. Jiraiya scowled at her retreating back and huffed.
"Such disrespect from a midget..." he grumbled. Even if she was some brat, he could sense she was something else. He could see those weights that she wore. The girl was a kunoichi in training even at such a young age. And it was enough to get him intrigued.
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Sakura walked to the training grounds with a giddy air about her. Along the way, she bumped into someone she hadn't seen in a very long time.
"Tenzou-san!!"
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