It had been easier then expected to catch the boy alone, a welcome development after the trouble Kankuro and Temari had taken to get the two dog nins so far away from Konoha. Bribing, coaxing, and no small amount of intimidation had finally convinced a warlord from the mountain country to send a faux mission request to the leaf village to track down some lost explorers. The fake mission had to be carefully thought out to require the skill of both a Jounin and Chunin, but without the danger to need more. Getting just the right two shinobi had been a bit more difficult. Kankuro could have spied on the village, looking for a time when all other Inuzuka candidates were out on missions, but there wasn't time. In the end, the sand nins had decided to take the chance of inserting a clumsy lie into the mission request about the client having heard about Tsume's skill and only wanting to work with her family. Kankuro had worried about it being too suspicious, but his concerned proved to be unwarranted as within a day of the request's arrival in Konoha, both of the desired targets departed the city just as planned. Now three days later, the sand nins had them right where they wanted them, separated from one another and far removed from any aid.