The Next Day - Tatsuyu's POV

I sit in Lady Tsunade's office reading while she works and talks with Shizune, when someone knocks on the door.

"Come in." Lady Tsunade says to that person and Sakura walks in. "Ah, Sakura, what can I do for you?" Lady Tsunade asks her with a smile.

I look at her for a brief second before I go back to reading.

"Lady Tsunade, I have a request." Sakura says to her.

"Go on." Lady Tsunade says to her.

"I want you to take me on as your apprentice." Sakura says and I smile amused as I read.

"Why?" Lady Tsunade asks her.

"Because, I want to be of use when Naruto tries to bring Sasuke back." Sakura says to her.

I just smile as I read. "Lady Tsunade, I believe you have time to teach both of us, I can coach her while your busy, after all, I'm getting to an advanced state in my Nin-Jutsu studies." I say to her.

"Gah!" Shizune and Sakura say shocked that I actually spoke for the first time in forever.

"True, alright, but training is going to be difficult, you need a considerable amount of chakra control and concentration, this training is going to be brutal, are you sure your up for it?" Lady Tsunade asks her.

"Yes." Sakura says to her.

"Then we start immediately!" Lady Tsunade orders us.

I look up. "Alright." I say as I get up from my position.

"Follow me." Lady Tsunade says to us.

"Nu, uh Lady Tsunade, you still have work to do." I say to her and she scowls at me while I just stare back calmly.

"Well too bad, I can finish that later." Lady Tsunade says to me with a smirk and I sigh.

"You better." I say and Shizune nods in agreement and we walk to another room and Lady Tsunade starts explaining on what Sakura needs to do.

"You'll also be training with Tatsuyu in basic Tai-Jutsu and major chakra control." Lady Tsunade says to her and Sakura nods and looks at me.

"We don't start yet, Lady Tsunade isn't finished explaining yet." I say to her and Sakura nods.

Lady Tsunade finishes explaining and I walk to the door of the room.

"What now?" Sakura asks us.

"We start on chakra control, we start with the basics and build up physical endurance with exorcise, then spiritual endurance by focusing your chakra into a dead fish." I say to her and Lady Tsunade nods.

"And I'll be supervising and so will Shizune." Lady Tsunade says to us.

I look at her and I slowly nod. "You should be working though." I say to her.

"We all need breaks sometimes." Lady Tsunade says to me.

"You just had one and hour ago that lasted an hour." I say to Lady Tsunade and Shizune nods.

"Well too late, I already decided." Lady Tsunade says with a victorious smirk.

I just walk to a training field with Sakura behind me and Lady Tsunade Shizune behind her. "Alright, physical endurance, run 10 laps around the entire area, I'll be running alongside you trying to keep at your pace, even though I'm used to training with Lee and Guy-Sensei." I say to Sakura and she nods.

"What do we start off with first?" Sakura asks me and I deadpan.

"Stretches." I say to her and she nods. I basically do gymnastic stretches while she's just shocked and does normal stretches.

"Your such a show of Tatsuyu." Lady Tsunade says to me.

"Uh huh, then you don't want to watch Guy-Sensei and Lee stretch." I say to Lady Tsunade and she raises an eyebrow.

I finish and Sakura looks ready to begin.

"Normally I check my time on each run since I run around the village in the morning with Guy-Sensei and Lee. I'm going to do that now to see how long it takes to run ten laps with your current speed, each day, every morning, you are going to join me and Guy-Sensei on our runs since Lee is still recovering, every morning your to push your limits with your speed with us and from there your endurance will increase rapidly, after the running, you'll work on your chakra's endurance, you have the ability to flood more chakra into your reserves, you have to learn how to control it so much that just walking on a tree is the easiest thing in the world, or standing on water perfectly with out using hand signs or even thinking of using you chakra, it has to ne natural and perfect." I say to Sakura and she nods.

"Lets get started." Sakura says upbeat and by the 6th lap, she's already out of breath, I glance at her as her pace slows.

"Keep it up, its the only way to get better." I say to her and she nods and keeps up her normal speed and after we're done, she's out of breath and a bit light headed.

"Now what?" Sakura asks me.

I toss her a water bottle and she catches it confused. "3 minutes break since your still a rookie." I say to her and her eye twitches.

"This is amusing." Lady Tsunade says to Shizune.

"Get to work!" I say to Lady Tsunade sternly and she rolls her eyes and goes back to her office with a sweat dropping Shizune behind her.

I wait for Sakura to recover.

"And the time for that, was 30 minutes." I say to her and she just gawks.

"What? I thought it was shorter than that." Sakura says to me.

"Watch me, I'll do 30 laps below 10 minutes." I say to Sakura and she just nods and I do the 30 laps in record timing. "5 minutes and 89 seconds." I say and she stares at me shocked.

I teach her the basics of Chakra control and she gets the hang of it, really quickly.

"This is boring." Sakura says to me as she sits on a tree branch.

I sigh. "Your getting cocky, now continue going up that tree until you make it to the top." I say to her and she pouts. "Now." I say and she growls annoyed and jumps down next to me and attempts to hit me, but I duck and I grab her arm, flipping her into the ground. "Sakura, don't even try it." I say and she just huffs and gets up and continues working while I watch.

"HOW YOUTHFUL!"

"Hello Lee." I say not turning to look at him as I watch Sakura progress.

"Your training Sakura-Chan?" Lee asks me and I nod.

"The basics of chakra control and Tai-Jutsu and then further into her training I'll be delving her into deeper more concentrated chakra control, she's Lady Tsunade's apprentice now and I have to do this because Lady Tsunade has no patience for the easy stuff." I say to Lee who nods and watches with me while cheering Sakura on.

I cross my arms over my chest as I watch her calmly, analyzing how much chakra she's using and I frown.

A couple weeks later.

I stand in Lady Tsunade's office, listening to Naruto fight her on a mission and I just watch.

6 Months Later

"NANI?" Someone yells and I look over at Naruto and Kiba.

"Keep it down would ya?" I ask as I crouch behind a bush, watching the people pass by with a smirk.

"Why did I even get stuck on this mission?" Kiba asks me.

"Don't ask me, your the rookies I'm babysitting for Lady Tsunade since you guys were complaining about lack of missions." I say to him and he grunts while Akamaru yaps at me. After a while the target passes by and I watch while the two boys sit behind me. "Now." I say and we jump out and surround the target, which, is a cat, again.

Naruto grabs her and she screams and claws him and Kiba who's trying to take her from Naruto.

I sigh in annoyance and I grab the cat by the scruff and I place her in my arms gently and she calms down.

"WHY?" Kiba and Naruto yell pointing to me.

I blink. "Cats like me." I say to them. "Anyways, lost cat Tora, found, again." I say and the boys nod as they glare at the cat and the four of us plus Tora head to the Hokage office and I knock.

"Come in."

We walk in and I hand the cat over to the Daiyamo's wife and she squeezes the life out of Tora while I take my share of the pay.

"Ok, want another mission Tatsuyu?" Shizune asks with a smile.

I look at her and shake my head. "I'm dealing with two idiots and a puppy, not a chance, I'm going home to relax." I say to her and Shizune nods.

"Alright, see you tomorrow." Shizune says to me with a smile and I just nod and walk out the door and I head back home and I shower and change into my pajama's and I see TenTen sleeping on the couch and I lay on top of her, getting comfortable as she groans under me.

"Tatsu, you weigh a ton." TenTen mutters and I just start reading whatever she fell asleep too.

TenTen pushes me off her and I land sitting up on the ground still reading and she takes the book away from me and I walk to the kitchen. I start making dinner and she eventually helps me and once we're done we sit at the counter and eat.

"So, how did your missions go?" TenTen asks me.

"Eh, your training?" I ask her.

"Lee was killing us." TenTen says to me.

I nod and finish eating. "Well, I'm going to bed, dealing with Naruto and Kiba was tiresome." I say and TenTen nods.

"Same here, even Guy-Sensei couldn't keep up." TenTen says to me.

I wash our dishes and we head to our rooms and fall asleep.

Whenever Naruto Leaves the Village (My Mother got to this point and she binged the series with out me!)

I stand in Lady Tsunade's office and I look at her, Jiraiya and Naruto.

"Tatsuyu, you have a choice, go with Jiraiya and Naruto or stay here." Lady Tsunade says to me.

"I'll stay here." I say and she nods.

"You heard her, no get going you two." Lady Tsunade says to the two boys and they nod and head to the gates. "Alright, get back to your training." Lady Tsunade says to me and I nod.

I head back to the training grounds and I see everyone gone and I just go back to my training.

"TATSU! FIGHT ME!" Lee yells and I look over.

"Fine." I say and we engage in a Tai-Jutsu battle while Guy-Sensei, TenTen and Neji watch us as we don't tire out.

"I don't understand how she's able to keep up with his enthusiastic fighting style." Neji says to them and the two nod.

I dodge Lee's kick and I appear behind him and I kick him in the back and he flies forward, slides on the ground, turns around and runs at me and I dodge his attacks with a bit of trouble.

"She's barely able to dodge now." Guy-Sensei says observing me.

I twist my leg around Lee's and I flip, making him hit head first into the ground and I pin him down.

"Give?" I ask Lee.

"Give." Lee says and I nod and get up. "Good job Tatsu!" Lee says enthusiastically as he gets up and gives me a thumbs up.

I sweat drop and so does Neji. "Yeah, thanks." I say and I watch their training for a while before I grab my stuff and I head home.
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