A/N: HERE IT IS!

For all those who enjoyed Of Kittens and Criminals and were dismayed when it was deleted, I dedicate this story to you all! Like I promised, this story is surrounding Sakura and the Akatsuki in the most bizarre situation. That's right, Sakura (and her lovely Inner Self) have been put in charge of the Akatsuki turned toddlers! :)

I got the idea from the MANY Harry Potter stories that involve one of the main characters turning into infants, however, here, there are some twists. ENJOY!

Disclaimer: sigh This is very tiring to write. I don't own ANY anime, at all.

Sakura wondered just how bad her luck really was. She looked at her teacher in disbelief, and couldn’t help but wonder if this was payback for hiding her sake.

“Shishou, with all due respect, why the hell did you chose us?!” Sakura and Inner Sakura asked.

Smiling at her polite and blunt comments, Tsunade laced her fingers together, and settled her chin on them. But, no matter how cheerful she looked, there was an evil look in the female Hokage’s eye that Sakura didn’t like.

“Why? It’s very simple. I need someone I can trust, who is taught the art of medicine, and is tough enough to take charge, yet gentle at the same time. I mean, this is the Akatsuki turned toddlers we’re talking about here.” Tsunade said with a smirk.

That’s right. Haruno Sakura, 2nd head medic, taught by the Slug Sannin herself, and her almost exact clone, from her temper to her strength, was being given an S-rank babysitting mission, and the kids? Why, none other than the Akatsuki themselves. Let’s explain the situation.

ANBU received word that the Leader of the Akatsuki and his partner were finished with the S-rank gang, due to the other member’s lack of ability to capture all the Jinchuuriki. It was rumored that he got rid of them, and went out in search of new members for a new gang, and, it looked like those rumors were true, but, not to the point that you’re thinking. A squad of 10 was sent to one of the newly abandoned bases, and what they came upon was to startling to put into words. In one of the abandoned rooms, that looked like it was used for meetings, were 8 small figures, all dressed in miniature Akatsuki robes. Yup, the once most notorious gang of S-class criminal’s were now toddlers. Baffled at what they were to do, because their orders said nothing about eliminating children, the squad picked them up and high tailed it to Konoha, and presented the Hokage with their findings. At first, Tsunade wanted to order them to kill them, but, upon looking into the large, innocent eyes the chibi Akatsuki members held, she didn’t have the heart. She inwardly cursed the Akatsuki leader, not for the first time, for choosing whatever Jutsu it was that turned his former subordinates into toddlers.

And this was where Sakura had entered. Tsunade had called her saying it was an emergency, and Sakura, being the slightly naïve young woman she was, high tailed it to her masters office, only to find that she was now being put in charge of a bunch of toddlers that for the past few years had been hunting down her best friend, and almost killed her and her other teammates more the once. She wanted to shout, and show her master she had a temper rivaling hers, but, knew it would be futile. Sighing, she let her head drop.

“Alright Shishou, you win. Where are the brats?” She asked, causing Tsunade to get on a grin.

“Follow me.”

Sakura was being led through the ninja academy, which was oddly empty. It was midday, and a Wednesday at that, meaning that school for warriors should have been filled with young kids and older ninja. When she asked Tsunade about this, the blond woman said they closed the school so they wouldn’t endanger the students or any of the staff when they kept the Akatsuki in one of the classrooms. Because, regardless of their status as toddlers, they were still S-class criminals and they didn’t know what they were capable off. Sakura agreed with that logic, and remained silent as they continued down the deserted halls. After a few minutes of taking many turns and backtracking a few times through the empty school building, Tsunade stopped in front of door guarded by two ANBU on either side of frame. They stood at attention at the sight of the two kunoichi, and bowed at the waist while they entered, not straightening until both women were inside the guarded room and the door was securely shut.

The sight that Sakura came upon was both disturbing and cruel. The walls were painted with bright vivid color of different fairy tale scenes, from magical castled with dragons and princesses, to dark forests with unicorns. Around the floor were fluffy and equally bright stuffed animals, and plastic toys that made Sakura wonder if they were originally thought of as torture devices. Scattered amongst these toys was no less than 7 toddlers, each in a dipper and a black shirt with a single Akatsuki cloud on them playing with the objects around them. Sakura wasn’t going to even ask where they got the shirts. Even more disturbing was that an entire squad ANBU ninja, fully adorned in their battle uniforms, masks, katanas, and all, were seated on the bright blue carpet, playing with the children in a very serious sort of manner. Two of them were building tall columns of blocks, and the toddlers in front of them would knock it down with a giggle, while another was playing with a Barbie doll with the young toddler in the orange mask. Sakura could feel their embarrassment, and by the grinning look of her master’s face, she knew that she as getting revenge for something, most likely paper work and too many games of ‘Hide Tsunade’s stash of Sake’.

“Shishou, you’re cruel.” Sakura said with all seriousness.

“Why thank you Sakura. Now, let’s meet your new charges, huh?” Tsunade replied with a smile.

With a single wave of her hand, each ANBU member picked up a toddler, and stood in a straight line, their feet spread apart equally in an obvious military stance, while slightly struggling to keep hold of the kids. Tsunade and Sakura went to one end of the line, and stood in front of the young male ninja with the Eagle mask on, staring straight forward while trying to stop the blue skinned and haired toddler from climbing over his shoulder and grabbing his katana.

“Sakura, this is Kisame, formally of Mist, and one of the 7 Shinobi Swordsmen.” She said, before moving down the line to the next ninja.

Another male, slightly taller than the last with a smiling monkey face was holding a small boy with a vividly orange mask on his face with one hand, balancing him on his hip, while his other hand tried to stop the boy from grabbing his mask.

“Tobi, unknown village or status.”

The next person in line was a woman with a rabbit mask, who was standing very still, not having any trouble holding the small child with the long black hair, who sat quietly with a curious look on his face.

“Uchiha Itachi, whom you know quite well I’m sure.”

Another man with a rat mask held a small silver haired, violet eyed child at arm’s length while the boy thrashed madly, trying desperately to get down.

“Hidan, the immortal Jashin priest. He is also masochist, so, be careful with him.”

The next ANBU bore a dragon mask, and like the man before him, had a child who was thrashing madly, except, this one was blond with blue eyes, remaining Sakura of Ino, and was being held up by the collar of his shirt.

“Deidara formally of Iwa, kidnapped the Kazekage and is a pyromaniac with the aid of his bloodline.”

The second to last female and member in the line was visibly struggling with the dark skinned boy in her arms that had haunting green eyes and weird threads, so much that she had a kunai out and wasn’t bothering with her stance, and her mouse mask was partially askew, showing off the annoyed grimace on her face.

“Kakuzu formally from Waterfall, and even though he appears to be a toddler, he is actually well over 100 years old. Has an odd love for money and things of value and will kill to get the cash he wants.”

And finally, the last ANBU ninja with the butterfly mask held a strange black and white boy in her arms, who also appeared to be having a plant growing attached to his shoulders?, and shifted him every so often because he apparently wanted to eat her.

“And finally, Zetsu, the strongest and notable leader of them eight. He possess a split personality like you, however, where you are more of a vegetarian, he is a cannibal, possibly the side effects from the Venus fly trap on his shoulders.” Tsunade finished with a smile.

Sakura noted this small fact with interest, and stored it away for later.

“So, you ready to being your most dangerous mission yet?” Tsunade asked with a manic like grin, to which Sakura returned.

“Definitely!”

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