The Turning Point

Chunin Exams Part 2

The wait for Tsunade's return had made Sakura anxious to say the least and her own preparation for the Chunin exams was less than… satisfactory.

Bluntly speaking, the training was inane.

Sakura went over the stamina exercises she had been given by Tsunade, practiced the very basic healing techniques she had been taught and worked on her martial arts skills.

But over the two days since the announcement of the exams, she had begun to question her abilities and if they were really enough to keep up with her own team. Not to mention beating the other genin competing.

Letting out a loud groan, Sakura felt her body give way beneath her and she fell to the ground in an awkward upright position breathing heavily.

"Ugh. I'm getting nowhere and I only have three days left!" the pink haired ninja exclaimed loudly, throwing her kunai knife on the ground.

She hadn't seen or heard anything of Sasuke or Naruto since the examination announcement. Suddenly it dawned on her.

"Two days… Practicing for two days… Someone was… TSUANDE-SAMA SHOULD BE BACK!" Sakura yelled loudly, dusting herself off she lept into the air and sped towards the hospital.

Tsunade felt as though she was a collected person, generally. Sure some may say that her temper wasn't the sweetest, that her patience did not have the longest fuse and it was entirely plausible that she overreacted sometimes.

But actions deserved explanations and Tsunade assumed that when she walked in the hospital doors and found one of the nurses attempting to inject a needle filled with pain medication into the jugular of a patient, the rightful action was to pick the nurse up and hurl her across the room with a violent roar which reduced the rest of the staff to cowering messes.

Breathing heavily Tsunade surveyed the damage; if it was even possible the hospital looked worse than when she left.

"WELL, DON'T JUST STAND THERE COWERING! CLEAN THIS PLACE UP!" the medical ninja bellowed at the staff who began stacking files and allocating patients to rooms as though their lives depended on it, which if Tsunade had her way it would.

"U-umm L-Lady T-Tsunade?" The head nurse called out in a high pitch squeaky voice.

"What? What do you want!?" Tsunade answered menacingly.

"W-what about C-Chou?" she asked pointing towards the nurse Tsunade had thrown across the room who sat up dizzily.

"Well let's see, oh wait I know you should take her to a hospital. You know one with staff who do their jobs correctly and doctors who actually understand medical procedures SO CLEARLY NOT THIS DAMN HOSPITAL!" Tsunade screeched loudly and stomped towards Chou.

"Walk it off sheesh I could have thrown you much harder and further if I wanted to" Chou stumbled to her feet unsteadily and quickly rushed straight passed Tsunade and out the hospital doors almost flattening Sakura in the process.

"Shishou! You're back!" Sakura called out to Tsunade between breaths.

Tsunade turned to look at her genin student and gave her a small wave. Sakura surveyed the damaged hospital and swallowed a little fearfully, surely Tsunade-sama couldn't have done all this… Right?

"Hello Sakura. I'm glad to see you returned from you mission safely" Tsunade said in an eerily calm voice.

"Thank you Shishou, I uh should have known you would be busy with the hospital. Perhaps I will come back tomorrow?" Sakura said quietly, motioning towards the door.

"Nonsense, I want to hear all about you mission and obviously you came down here for a reason. No doubt to speak to me about the Chunin exams that you've been given a choice to participate in" Tsunade replied, absently glaring at the nurses.