Warning: Character death

In the week that followed, the estimated period of time that Jiraiya-sama needed to completely get rid of the fuinjutsu on Torune-san 's, Fu-san 's and Sai 's tongues, Sakura would visit them and Shin-kun every other day. The first time she saw Sai in his shared cell with Shin, Sakura had been ready to use her monstrous strength and

twist

the bars, rip them apart and take both boys as far away as possible.

The way he had looked at her, with something akin to relief or hope under the blank stare, had almost brought her to her knees. An image had popped into her head, of a nightmare she'd had many months ago, and for a moment she had forgotten how to breathe.