Pakura's steps were still a little unsteady when she followed Yūto back to Konoha's main camp.
Looking at the familiar Konoha Camp before her, she felt a jumble of emotions.
A few days ago, she had still been Sunagakure's captive, but now she had to stand here as a rogue ninja.
"Stop spacing out." Yūto turned back and tugged her sleeve.
"If that wound on your waist isn't treated soon, it'll start festering. I'll take you to see Tsunade."
Inside the medical tent, Tsunade sat with her legs crossed, calculating Yūto's manuscript fees.
When she looked up and saw Yūto bring Pakura in, her pen dropped straight onto the desk.
"You really did lure this woman back?"
"What do you mean, lure?" Yūto pressed Pakura onto the examination bed.
"Those bastards in Sunagakure treated her as a disposable pawn. If I hadn't arrived in time..."
"All right, all right." Tsunade roughly lifted Pakura's bloodstained vest, her brow twitching at the torn flesh around the wound.
As she treated Pakura's wound, she explained the current battlefield situation to Yūto.
"Sunagakure did break the agreement, just as expected. Hiashi led a force to drive back their raiding troops this morning."
Pakura abruptly clenched the bedsheet at those words. She finally knew why her village had sold her out.
Catching sight of her reddened eyes, Tsunade suddenly felt a pang of jealousy.
Without realizing it, she pressed harder, making Pakura grunt in pain.
"Be gentler, Lady Tsunade!" Yūto anxiously paced beside them.
"She's going to give our Uchiha some homegrown little geniuses..."
"Shut up!" both women shouted at once.
Tsunade did it out of jealousy, while Pakura was a little embarrassed.
Tsunade viciously poured chakra into Pakura's wound, though the healing was astonishingly fast.
"Thank you." Pakura moved her healed waist and offered