"Ah, Kakashi sensei why do you have to come along too. If not for you then I could have…" Naruto was whining however, just as he was about to say anything more Kakashi on the side step closer and close his mouth, preventing him from saying anything further.
"Let's not talk about that here, we'll be aback in Konoha soon enough," Kakashi said with his typical single eye smile.
Sakura on the side too just nodded at this, her mind wasn't this time on the Naruto Baka, making trouble. Sasuke was roaming in her mind, though it wouldn't be something new but this time it was different. She was thinking about Sasuke becuase not long ago both Naruto and her stumble into him.
They wanted to talk with him but the boy just ran away. She had no idea what kind of mission Hokage have given to Sasuke but she had a bad feeling seeing Sasuke avoiding his own team and running along with that orange haired man.
'Ain't Shikamaru's cousin supposed to be with Sasuke right now. What's going on ?' Sakura of course knew that Sasuke wasn't the only one who went on this mission. Shika was also there, little did she knew that it was all a made up story by her beloved Hokage Sama.
They were currently going back to the village after doing an important mission from the Hokage. Though Sakura believed that it wasn't as much of a priority task as she seem it out to be, what possible it could be that she needed both of them to deliver a letter to the bother.
She had her suspicions that Hokage only gave this task to get Naruto ont of her skin and have some peace time.
But now, things seem different, becuase no sooner they arrive at the border than Kakashi sensei appears there, he comes to escort Naruto and herself back to the village. Though she believed that he was especially here for Naruto.
Something was strange, first Hokage wanted Naruto out of the village and now she want him in the village as soon as possible. The slight hint of hurry and tenseness around Kakashi didn't go unnoticed by her.
"Do Hokage Sama need something from us ?" Sakura asked feeling like there was more to Kakashi's appearance there.
"Hmm, maybe. We'll know after we reach the village." Kakashi said and slightly increased his speed.
They were already hopping on trees faster than a normal pace, this was certainly unnatural…
However, she kept her mouth shut and followed Kakashi until the village wasn't there. Even after seeing the Village Gate they didn't stopped and directly went for Hokage office.
—-
"You saw Sasuke ?" Tsunade asked in surprise, she was anxious about Naruto due to what happened to the Seven Tail Jinchuriki, however she wasn't expecting for both Naruto and Sakura to meet Sasuke on the road.
"Was Shika with him ?" Tsunade immediately asked.
"No, he was with some unknown man with orange hairs but Shika wasn't there with him."
"What did he say…" Tsunade kept on asking.
"Nothing, he just ran away after seeing Naruto and me. He acted as if he didn't wanted to be associated with us…" Sakura said, a hint of dissapointment and sadness coming to her.
"That Bastard teme. The next time I see him, I gonna give him a piece of my mind." Naruto seeing Sakura down busted out with curses for Sasuke.
Tsunade didn't bother with her fellow blond antics, her mind was also racing, a thought that maybe Shika and Sasuke were targeting the Jinchuriki came to her mind, but a relief also came when she heard Sakura saying that Sasuke mostly avoided them and even ran away.
This proofed nothing but still this put her mind to ease. "What else happened ?"
"Nothing, he just ran away and though we wanted to go after him but we still continued with the mission." Sakura said.
"Yes Granny Tsunade, why you put me on a useless mission like that, I could have dragged back that teme by now if not for this useless…" Naruto started shouting but a big fist fell on his head, stopping him from making more noise.
Feeling slightly better after getting someone to hit, Tsunade who almost vanished from her place to came near Naruto to hit him went back to her seat and sat down.
"Okay you both are dismissed, Kakashi you stay."
"Hai…"
As soon as the kids were out, Tsunade looked at Kakashi, "Kakashi, there is something I want you to do. You'll go with Kurenai's team and search for the whereabouts of Shika and Sasuke." Tsunade said making Kakashi frown.
He frowned, becuase there was no reason for Hokage to say this until and unless both of them were defective or she lost contact with them.
"Hai…" But Kakashi didn't asked anything nor Tsunade wanted to explain to him about Kurenai's team getting a scent of Shika where Fuu when missing.
"I'll be on my way then…"
"Sigh, what's that kid upto now ?" Once Kakashi was outside the office, Tsunade slumbered down to her desk with a tried sigh escaping her mouth.
—-
[Land Of Waters]
A portal opened and soon two figures came out of this portal. One was a boy and another was a girl. This were Shika and Karin who get teleported from their base in the land of Snow to directly to the land of Water.
"Why do you have to bring me as well. I'm not that strong or anything. Why can't I just stay back at the base." Karin Whine, she seems a little fatter now that Shika thinks about it, surely she hasn't been keeping up with her training and eating all sorts of junk food while alone in the base.
At least now that Fuu is there, she might control herself.
"I told you, I need your sensory ability to locate the three tails who most likely will be here in the land of waters," Shika replied as he saw the mist covered area around him and sighed, Besides the hidden mist technique and abundance of water to use water style, he didn't like this place a bit.
Well there was Terumi Mei as well if he had to count things he did like about the land of water but lets not go there.
"Tch, soo boring." She smack her lips making a tick mark form on Shika's head. He knew why she was acting like this, those two girls have turn into Ninja variants of BFF. Meaning the base have became there gossiping spot with all sort of snacks and teas.
If Shika was worried about anything else beside the increased expenditure of the base in Karin's hand then it has to be Karin being a bad influence for Fuu.
'Sigh, is this how a boss starts to think when he hires employees…'
"Come on, get to it. The faster we find this Biju the faster you will be able to go back to the base." Shika improvised.
Karin glare at Shika but then she sat down and close her eyes, opening her mind eye of Kaguya technique to see all around her. Karin's sensory range was second to none, not even Bayakugan could match her in this regards.
Maybe only Naruto with his sensory range with his Sage mode and Kurama powers could rival her.
But Shika notice that she was taking too long to pin point the Biju. It shouldn't be a problem pointing out where the Biju was seeing a Biju's chakra is incredibly potent for a sensor, especially as capable as Karin, to miss it.
'This could only means that we are out of range.' Shika sigh, He knew that this gonna be a problem.
Even Three Tails being in the land of Water was a expectation and calculative prediction on his part, he didn't knew his exact location.
"I can't find him." Karin soon open her eyes and with a frown on her face, she shook her head.
"Don't worry, we got time and a good travel." Shika smiled and formed a hand sign. Immediately his shadow morphed and from it came out of the giant bird.
It was Nue but this was bigger than it's typical size, Shika put more chakra in it to make it capable to carry two people and give both of them enough space to sit.
"We are going to fly again." Karin's eyes shone. It's been so long since she fly up on Nue.
Shika first let her fly back in the Chunin exams and since then she was hooked.
"Yup, but no sightseeing for you miss, you gotta help me find the damn Biju," Shika smirked and got up, pointing to Karin to do the same.
"What…! No fair. You have him all the time you want. Why are you so stingy." Karin pouted, trying to get her way like most of the time, Shika mostly indulge her seeing there was no harm but today it was work so it was a big no.
"Sigh, I'll let you fly it later on, now get up. It gonna take time to find that damn turtle." Shika activated his Rinnegan for a second and using the attractive force on Karin he pulled her closer to her.
"Kyaa…." A very girlish scream came out of her which make Shika Smirk before he took both of them to the skies.
—-
[Land of lightning]
Unlike both Haku and Suigetsu who could take some time to reach the land of Earth and then the hidden Rock, both Kimimaro and Guren where already in the land of Lightning and very close to the hidden Cloud.
They almost immediately reach to the village, however, now the question is how to warn the Raikage about the Akatsuki…
"What do you think ?"
"Maybe leave a letter to him, however, I don't think that he will take it seriously either."
Now both Kimimaro and Guren were perplexed, not sure how to approach this situation.
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