Finding a Bit of Trust: Chapter 2

Sitting back with her cup of sake, Tsunade swirled her saucer slowly as she watched the last of the Rookies and their senseis leave. Shoving her hair out of her face, she settled back as she thought of the slim fox who was currently resting in her side room.

She hadn't wanted to but she had told all of those who cared about Naruto in some fashion about what had happened. The blow out had been…more then she had expected. Even Lee, the usually very calm shinobi, had wanted to tear Sakura into rather tiny pieces. It had not been a pretty sight all around.

Sighing and shaking her head, Tsunade stood up, putting her cup down and walked over to her window, staring out of it as she smoothed a bit of hair back out of her face, frowning unhappily. Ignoring Jiraiya, who was currently staring at a sake cup in his hand, she pushed back a bit of her hair before turning to her old team mate.

“We're gonna have to warn people about what happened, make an announcement to the shinobi and the such,” she drawled softly, playing with a bit of her blond hair.

“I know. I just don't like it,” the male snorted, shaking his head and letting his head fall back onto the back of the couch, sighing softly in displeasure. “Why him though? Is it because he dragged Sasuke back kicking and screaming? Or is it more?”

“I have a feeling it wasn't just the whole Sasuke thing but something else,” the blond woman snorted, moving to sit once more. Her student had been acting oddly for the last few months, but she had been to busy to really see what had been going on with her, and it worried her that she had been so blind as to not see her now ex student was so…cruel. Especially to her own team mate, even though she had always been rough with Naruto.

Sighing again, Tsunade let her head drop back onto the back of her chair and moaned softly in despair, knowing that she had seriously fucked up with Naruto on that aspect.

“Gods, was I blind to my own students,” she groaned lowly, Jiraiya finally looking up from his sake cup and gazing at her with curious eyes.

“Why do you say that?” he asked, draining his cup as Tsunade once more reached for her own.

“I say that because I should have seen this coming from a mile away and I didn't because I was caught up in trying to clean the damn council out,” she snarled, drinking the sake down in one swoop. Shaking her head again, she pressed her hand to her forehead and sighed softly, her body finally going lax as she thought of the small male in her personal side room for late nights at the tower.

“Well, we'll hopefully find out why she went after Naruto once Ibiki gets done with her,” Jiraiya promised, jerking when the door to Tsunades office opened and said man strode in.

“When I get done with who?” the interrogation expert asked, raising an eyebrow at the two Leaf Sannins.

“You haven't been down to your office have you?” Tusnade asked, getting a head shake.

“No, not yet. I have been busy looking for a few people with some men,” Ibiki stated, thinking of the council members that had tried to run for it. They were currently in cells, chakra cuffs to stop them from going anywhere. “I just got back to drop off the keys and the report,” he told them, holding up said items.

“Just stick it on my desk,” Tsunade huffed, shaking her head at the scarred man, as she eyed him closely. “Before you go back to your own building, Ibiki, since your ANBU haven't told you, there has been a situation with Naruto.”

“Sakura decided that he would make a good test rat and gave him the ears and tail of a fox,” Jiraya cut in knowing that his old team mate would have danced around the subject, pissing Ibiki off. “You need to find out just why she decided to do that to him seeing as she did it on purpose, knowing exactly what would happen to him.” Ibiki blinked several times at Jiraiya as he drank another dish of sake down easily.

“I see,” he hummed, his eyes taking on a hard glint. “I will be back with that report in no more then a week.” With that said, he turned around and strode out, the two Sannin watching his movements. They didn't call out to him to tell him to keep her sane or even in one piece; they knew that Ibiki had a soft spot for Naruto and the pink haired menace had just gotten on the mans bad side.

“Think we'll be able to stick her together enough to turn her into a brood mare?” Jiraiya drawled darkly, thinking of ways to torture the one who just fucked up big.

“I don't care. If we can't, she won't ever be a ninja again, won't have the use of said chakra if I say anything about it and she'll end up shunned anyways,” Tsunade said, snorting lightly.

In a building surrounded by thick walls and strong sealing seals, Ibiki strode into the room where Sakura was currently sitting, struggling against the chains that held her.

“Hello, Sakura. You and I are going to have quite a bit of fun,” came the pleasant voice of the large man, eyes glinting as the woman before him shrunk back with wide eyes.