Sakura sat on the swing in the park, kicking her feet back and forth in order to gain some momentum. She still had her jacket on, but was dressed lighter than when she came to this village for the first time. It was significantly warmer than it was that day.

Celia sat on the swing beside her, and Wylie sat on top of the monkey bars. Mina and two other cousins, Kousei and Nino, sat in the sand.

Nino and Kousei were Kaizo, the eldest's, sons, and they looked a lot like Mina with black hair and blue eyes. They were older than her however, Nino being twenty and Kousei being twenty three. 

"I can't believe you're leaving today." Mina pouted. "It's been so fun with you guys. These old farts are boring." She gestured to Kousei and Nino.

Nino chuckled. "She's right, you guys should stay longer. It was great having you around."

Wylie jumped off of the monkey bars and went to lean on the play structure instead. "We've been gone for long enough. Lord Seventh was generous enough to let one of his jounin and one of his anbu both go on leave, but to extend our absence would be plain disrespectful." Wylie explained, causing their cousin's eyes to widen.

Kousei was the first to speak up. "You're an anbu?" Wylie nodded. "And you're a jounin?" Celia nodded. He turned to Sakura whose attention was turned towards her feet. "What're you Sakura? Head of anbu? If Wylie and Celia are so highly ranked, and your chakra signature is stronger than theirs..."

"Huh?" Sakura looked up, taking a few second to process what Kousei was asking. "I dunno. Rogue maybe? I still have a Konoha residence certificate, but I'm not officially affiliated with any villages at the current moment. I exited the Konoha ninja system because I want to be free to go anywhere I want without any restrictions due to hostilities towards the Leaf Village. However, my loyalty still lies with Konoha, and I'm close childhood friends with the Hokage, so he lets me take on a few S-ranked missions here and there. It's a win win situations, I get paid, and he get something done that most of his ninja aren't capable of doing."

Kousei and Nino stared at her for a few seconds before Mina interrupted. "Auntie Sakura is so strong! And you're so young too!"

Sakura raised an eyebrow at her. "Mina, I'm thirty five."