"It has been more than three weeks since Sasori left on his mission..." Pein started, getting everyone's attention. Yuzuki and Deidara sighed uncomfortably, realizing where this was going. "Yes...and his last message to the base looked rather rushed" Konan added quietly. "For those reasons he will be declared as missing, but not yet dead" Pein said. Yuzuki frowned, but went back to sharpening her weapons. "We will be searching for any clues about what may have happened, if we don't find anything by tomorrow one of you will be sent on a...rescue mission of sorts" Pein finished before disappearing into the hall and presumably into his office. Deidara sat on one of the kitchen stools, begining to discuss who would go the next day.
"What do you think happened to Sasori-Danna?" Deidara asked "I think he was captured, it would be quite difficult to kill him in a battle, if anything he might just be injured" Yuzuki answered, putting her weapons away. "You're right...where was he supposed to be going to steal those gems? yeah" "The village hidden in the shorelines" "I've never heard of it before, un" "Are you kidding? No-one has, the village was founded a year ago at most" Yuzuki replied matter-of-factly. "Do you know anything about it?" Deidara inquired. "Actually, I went there a while back, not very comforting...I feel bad for anyone captured by them" Yuzuki paused "Two of the few reasons the village stands out is its means of torture and its rigorous training methods" Yuzuki finished. Deidara frowned.
"If you have been there before its probably a better idea for you to go, yeah" Deidara said nervously "I would love to go again, they sell great weapons and the gates are easy to sneak through" Yuzuki shrugged.
~~~Time skip~~~
"I'll contact you half-way through the mission and again if I find Sasori" Yuzuki informed before leaving the base. Eventually, after three days, Yuzuki arrived at the targeted village, whose gates were conveniently left unguarded. The white-haired kunoichi managed to blend in with the people of the village perfectly without her cloak, which was now stored in a scroll inside her small backpack. After long hours of memorizing her map and deciding to wait until the next day to search the village, Yuzuki fell asleep soundly in the room she had booked for a week at a small inn.
Morning came and Yuzuki simply took her backpack and left for the village, enjoying the warm temperature that seemed to blanket it. After a short search the kunoichi spotted the 'Kage's building where she assumed prisoners were held. An hour of listening intently to the guards' conversations from her spot in the shadows confirmed her assumption. Deciding to wait untill night-time, Yuzuki took a relaxed stroll through the shops, ending up with around twenty more kunai knives stored in the same scroll as her cloak and a little glass figurine for every member of the Akatsuki stored all together in another scroll.