SPECIAL NOTICE! EDITED! THIS CHAPTER HAS BEEN EDITED! Thank you~ ^^

17 year old Sakura waited patiently at her teams usual meeting place. "Stupid Kakashi sensei. He must be reading that perverted book of his. And Naruto...don't know about him but...THIS IS RIDICULOUS!" She said. "I've been waiting for half an hour!"

"Well, you won't have to wait anymore." A voice coolly stated.

Sakura turned around and saw the Hyuga prodigy standing in front of her.

"The hokage has requested you to meet her at the office. It is a very urgent matter."

Without another word, Sakura ran to the hokage's mansion at her full speed. The Hyuga prodigy could only stare after her. 'I don't think she will hold back on this.' he thought walking away.

At the hokage's office, Sakura burst in. She was breathless and she saw that Naruto was already there. "Naruto? You are already here? Why didn't you tell me?" Sakura yelled.

Naruto gulped nervously. "It's n-not what you think Sakura chan! I was called here s-so...so..." He tried to explain. "SHUT UP!" Sakura said landing a bone breaking punch on his head. "YOWW! OWW! OUCH! SAKURA CHAN! THAT HURT! YOWWW!" He screamed.

"Servs you right you air headed idiot!" Sakura growled.

"Woah ugly. Calm down." Sai said coming in. A vein popped on Sakura's forehead and she turned around and glared at him.

As Tsunade entered her office, the first thing she saw was Naruto and Sai on the floor with bruises. Sakura was 'Tsk' ing them. "Sakura. Did they fight?" Tsunade ask. "Of course not. they got on my nerves. the Jerks." Sakura said.

Tsunade sat down on her chair not seemingly amused. And that was strange considering how she enjoyed Sakura beating her her two male teammates.

"The reason I called you here is urgent. Infact, I don't think you will refuse on this. I want you 3 three to go to retrieve...Uchiha...Sasuke."

Sakura and Naruto gasped but didn't say anything.

"There has been multiple signs of him around the farthest border of the village of wind." Tsunade continued.

"This is your probably the 1st 'S' ranked misson you'll ever get considering the possiblities of chuunin survival. if you accept this, Sakura will lead the mission."

"What?...Why me?" Sakura asked.

"Because you are extremely familiar with the village of waterfall and because of your 'powers. In the meantime, here are 6 pills that I invented to increase your stamina and chakra to extreme levels for 64 hours. Take one for this day and you should be able to get to the village in no time." Tsunade said giving her a packet. "But take care not to eat more than one...at a time."

"18 pills...so that means 6 for each of us." Sakura murmured.

"Yes. Now go and bring back your teammate. this may be one of the lucky chances." Tsunade ordered.

"Hai!" the 3 said.

"Oh and one more thing. Wear these ANBU suits. Under my command, after this mission, even if you do not succeed, will be considered ANBU." Tsunade said giving them the suits.

"Yes ma'am!" Naruto grinned happily at this. "LET'S GO GUYS!"

At the village gates, Sakura put on her new ANBU mask. Naruto's mask was fox as he chose and Sai was leproad. However, Tsunade gave her a peculier designed mask almost similar to Haku's but different designs.

"Okay squad. Did you take on the pills?" She asked.

"Yes Sakura chan!" Naruto said. Sakura turned to him.

"From now on, refer to me as, 'captain'. Is that understood?" She asked.

"Y-Yes! Captain!" Naruto said.

"Let's move then!" Sakura said.

"Hai!" Said the other two and went after Sakura took off.

:A while after Sunset:

Naruto coughed. "H-Hey Saku-I mean captain. Can we take a break? It's also cold and we have been travelling with no breaks for 12 staright hours." He said, sounding tired.

Sakura narrowed her eyes behind her mask. 'It was rather cold the past 6 hours. Which means we had crossed the border a long time ago. We must be close.' She thought.

Not hearing Sakura's reply, Naruto uttered a low sigh. Sure he wanted his best friend back but he was travelling non-stop for 12 staright hours not even waiting to catch his breath! Sai looked at him.

Suddenly Sakura stopped. "We'll rest for the night and move by morning. We'll need the energy." She said.

Naruto gave a yawn and collasped on the ground. "Sleepy sleep..." He murmured. Sai also lay down and fell asleep instantly. Sakura sighed and sat down to rest as well.

Whoosh.

A pair of eyes watched them. Raising her hand, the watcher did a single seal. Her eyes were on the pink haired ANBU.

Sakura woke up suddenly and looked around. 'I'm sure I heard something.' She thought. She looked at Naruto and Sai. Both were still asleep. 'Maybe I'll go check.' She thought standing up and walking towards the woods.

As she walked, she felt unusual. She could put her finger on it but then she saw a bird in the sky. 'Hold on a sec. Why isn't it moving?' Sakura thought alarmed.

She also looked around her. The trees had stopped, there was no wind and a flying squirral was suspended in the air. "What is this?" She asked no one in particular. However, there was an immediate response.

"The time had stopped." The voice said. Sakura gasped and when she turned around, she saw a misty figure. An extremely attractive woman with black hair and eyes and a pale, smooth complexion. The only thing weird about her was that...her feet didn't touch the ground...

Sakura didn't know what to do. She just stood frozen to the ground. The figure sighed. "Right. Here I am. A freaking, crazy, scary ghost appearing right infront of you and scaring you out of your pants.

Scary? Nope. She wasn't scary or freaky. Just weird. Plain weird. Sakura gulped. "Who are you?" She asked.

The woman put on a serious face. "My name is Amaterasu. I am...the founder of the ninja world." She replied.