A few minutes later, Sakura and Ino were walking into the maternity ward, where Ino's cousin was sleeping peacefully in bed with her newborn in her arms. Apparently, since Ino was the clan head's daughter and her cousin was only a civilian, it would be fine to skip asking for permission.
Yeah, right.
"By the way," Ino said innocently. "I heard Sasuke finally killed his brother…"
The village had widely publicised Itachi's death to bolster morale.
"Mhm," Sakura said distractedly, mentally rehearsing the chakra circulation pattern as she took aim, squinting at the grey blur in front of her. "I'm pointing at the right person, right? What if I miss? Can a baby's hands make the Shintenshin Jutsu's release seal?"
If she missed, it could take several minutes for her spirit to find its way back to her body. But when the Mind Body Switch Technique landed, there seemed to be neither a time limit on the possession nor a range restriction. Unless she was mistaken, she would be able to stay in the other body for as long as she wanted and stray as far as she wished from her original body.
After the Gokage Summit in the original timeline, Yamanaka Fū had managed to maintain control over Ao even after his physical body had crossed back into the Land of Fire, while Ao remained behind in the Land of Iron.
"There isn't a release seal; you just have to let go," Ino said lightly. "So, did anything happen between you two…? Sasuke must've been in quite a celebratory mood after all that…"
Sakura blushed furiously.
"Ooh, something did happen, didn't it?" Ino said teasingly, making lewd gestures with her fingers, forgetting that Sakura couldn't quite see them. "Don't tell me you two finally…"
"Look, do you want your breasts back, or not?" Sakura hissed, keeping her voice low so as not to wake Inoko-chan. "If so, shut up and let me concentrate!"
Ino carefully prised the baby from its mother's arms and laid it in the crib beside the bed, then murmured for Sakura to begin. Forming a window with her thumbs and forefingers and making herself comfortable on the bed next to Inoko, Sakura took point‑blank aim at the sleeping woman's head…
"Mind Body Switch Jutsu!"
A sound oddly reminiscent of an owl's hoot rang out in Sakura's ears as her spirit rushed into Inoko's body.
"Ouch...!" Sakura yelped, eyes fluttering open. "Oof, this feels really odd…" she sang. "Oh— my voice sounds all wrong... laaaa~ liiii~ luuuu~ leeee~ loooo~!"
Sakura's gaze fell on her original, mindless body lying at her new, temporary body's side, and her eyes widened. Her breasts were positively enormous! From this angle, they looked even larger than they ever had in the mirror. She couldn't resist reaching over for a quick grope… somehow, they felt even softer this way.
"If you're almost done molesting yourself," said Ino, snapping Sakura out of her delusions. "How does it feel? Feel like a mum yet?"
Sakura pushed herself into a sitting position in bed.
"It feels… kind of peaceful, like everything's going to be all right, but it hurts like hell down there…" she said slowly. "Happy, and contented, and a bit sleepy too… but then again… didn't you say you and your cousin stayed awake through the night?"
Sakura paused and cupped Inoko's breasts.
"These aren't nearly as heavy as mine, but somehow, they still feel heavy…" she said, squirming uncomfortably in place. "Tight and tingly, like I've got to pee… makes me want to crawl out of my own skin…"
"Ok, that's enough touching," Ino said sharply, grabbing Sakura's wrists. "Come on, give me your best shot!"
Sakura closed her eyes and internalised everything she was feeling. The splitting pain, the peacefulness, the aching tightness… and she weakly slapped Ino's washboard chest. Ino looked down… and nothing happened.
"Oh, right… it's a Kekkei Genkai. You probably need to be in your own body for that, eh?" Ino said, eyes flitting back and forth between Sakura's and Inoko's bodies. She looked torn. "Ngh… hrm… Oh well, I can always blackmail you again when I want my breasts back!"
Ino spun and took aim at Sakura's original, discarded body.
"Mind Body Switch Jutsu!"
Ino's body went limp and keeled over.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Sakura screeched at Ino, lunging for her own body as it sprang to life and twirled away; but a sudden spasm seized her, pain flaring through her crotch as though she were being split in two. "Gyah!"
With a groan, Sakura fell back on her pillow.
"Gyah!" Ino yelped as her cousin's pain rippled through Sakura's original body. "You dumb cow, stop trying to move Inoko's body, you'll only end up hurting yourself too! Do you want the lower half of someone who's just given birth!?"
Sakura most certainly did not.
"Why… take… my body…!?" Sakura groaned through gritted teeth.
"Well, you ruined my chances with Sasuke when you stole my boobs!" Ino gasped through the pain. "So, I'm taking your body, breaking up with him, and this way, we'll be on equal footing when you give me back what you owe me!"
And just like that, Ino commandeered Sakura's body and bolted out of the maternity ward, neatly dodging a nurse down the corridor who'd come running to find the source of the shouting. Ino was surprisingly agile and precise for someone in a nearly blind body, but then again, Sakura reasoned, Ino could still use her sensory abilities even while inhabiting another's form— she didn't need eyes to see.
"WAHHH!"
The shouting had woken Inoko's baby, and its wails quickly filled the room. Sakura felt a sharp sting in her nipples in response to its cries; the front of this body's hospital gown was beginning to dampen with milk.
"As if I'd let you do that, you whore!" Sakura hissed, as she rolled over in bed and took aim at Ino's body on the floor. "Mind Body Switch Jutsu!"
Since they were friends and comrades, supposedly, Ino trusted that Sakura wouldn't do anything life-threatening to her helpless, discarded body to force her to return, and she was correct… but Sakura wasn't above swapping to Ino's body to give chase!
"Wait, what am I doing all of this for?" Sakura said, smacking Ino's forehead in realisation. "Sasuke left the village last night, I've got nothing to worry about!"
A sly grin spread across Sakura's lips as she reached into her pocket and pulled out Ino's bulging wallet. While Ino tore around the village looking for Sasuke, Sakura would be stuffing her friend's body with all the fattening sweets Ino's own, hard‑earned money could buy, and when this was all over, she'd give her exactly what she wanted… Akimichi clan breasts, and plenty of them!
Sakura let out a wicked laugh and dived out the window just as a furious nurse burst into the room, shouting something about the noise. The nurse leaned out after her, hurling expletives as Sakura vaulted over a shrub by the hospital entrance and vanished into Senju Park, still cackling like a woman possessed as she went.