Three years have passed and there has been no change in the state of Konoha. Zaria hasn't been back to Konoha since she warned Tsunade about Madara's plans. Today her and her friends were training preparing for the potential war. Takada and his team were taking a break from their training. Haru was flipping threw a new edition of the bingo book. As he was looking through he saw a familiar name Sasuke Uchiha. He cocked an eyebrow as he read it. Takada seemed to notice the expression.

"Hey does Zaria happen to be related to a guy names Sasuke?" Haru asked his team mates. Takada shrugged his shoulders.

"Yeah that's her younger cousin" Mizune replied. Takada and Haru both looked at her.

"Well does she know her cousin is now considered an s-rank criminal?" Haru questioned. Both of them looked at him with shock. Takada snatched the book from Haru to look for himself. To him the picture looked familiar.

"Wait I've seen this kid before. When me and Zaria went to speak to a jonin she knew from Konoha three years ago he was there with two other genin whom I guess was his team" Takada said remembering who Sasuke was. "She told me she hasn't had any contact with anyone in Konoha since then" he continued.

"So then I doubt she knows" Mizune stated.

"We should probably go show her" Haru suggested. Both his team mates nodded. Takada placed the small book in his back pouch to take to Zaria.

Zaria was doing target practice with Raiden while Satoru and Daisuke watched. Zaria had precise accuracy when it came to her shuriken jutsu, but she still liked to practice different throwing techniques. Raiden asked her to help him since his throwing is quite sloppy. As it was Zaria's turn to demonstrate Takada and his team mates showed up. Raiden growled when he spotted Takada.

"What are you doing here Takada?" Raiden growled.

"Rai I would like to go a day without arguing with you" Takada stated with annoyance.

"Whatever" Raiden commented at he turned his head.

"Zaria we need to tell you something?" Haru states. Zaria looked at him confused. Takada took out the book and handed it to Zaria.

"Why are you giving me a copy of the bingo book?" Zaria asked confused.

"Page four" Mizune replied not really answering her question. Zaria opened the book and flipped to page four. The second she did her eyes widened when she saw the picture of Sasuke. She dropped the book in disbelief.

"Zaria what's wrong?" Satoru asked worried. Raiden picked up the book to see what bothered Zaria so much. He saw the picture of Sasuke for himself.

"No way!" Raiden exclaimed still looking at the page.

"What is it Rai?" Satoru asked as he had one arm wrapped around Zaria.

"Sasuke Uchiha is considered an s-rank criminal now" Raiden responded. Satoru didn't believe him.

"That's impossible, give me that" Satoru stated as he grabbed the book from Raiden. He looked at the page and it was true. Sasuke was really an s-ranked criminal. Zaria felt overwhelmed with feelings and collapsed to her knees.

"Hey Zaria! Are you Okay?" Takada asked as he tried to comfort Zaria. Satoru looked over and saw Zaria sitting on the ground and rushed to be by her side.

"Honestly I think I'm going to be sick" Zaria responded looking a bit pale.

"It's okay Zar just breathe" Takada guided. Zaria took his advice and took deep breaths. Satoru rubbed her back to try and sooth her.

"When was the last time you even saw Sasuke?" Takada asked.

"When you and me went to Konoha to warn Kakashi and the Hokage about Madara" Zaria replied.

"So you haven't seen him in over three years" Takada stated and Zaria nodded. Satoru was confused. If they were related how come they didn't stay in contact?

"You haven't spoken to Kakashi either?" Raiden asked looking down at her. Zaria shook her head.

"How about tomorrow we make it a mission to go to Konoha and find out what happened to Sasuke. He couldn't just randomly decided to become a criminal" Daisuke suggested.

"Yeah I agree with Daisuke-sensei. Something must have happened while we were gone." Takada stated still sitting with Zaria. He placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. Zaria had a good idea why, but she was hoping that it would have never come to this. She didn't want to openly say what's on her mind though. She just simply nodded and hoped that Satoru wouldn't pick up on her anxiety.

"For now I think you need to go rest" Daisuke commented. "You seem a bit overwhelmed with this new information and I don't want you doing anything rash in this state" he continued. Zaria whipped away a tear and nodded. Satoru and Takada helped her stand up. Takada let go of her while Satoru still held onto her.

"Come on. I'll take you home" Satoru whispered to her. Satoru and Zaria leave the group to go home. Zaria was silent during the walk home. Satoru could tell Sasuke had an impact on her.

"Hey don't worry. I'm sure it's a misunderstanding and Sasuke's actually innocent" Satoru said trying to cheer up Zaria. He saw that it didn't help. She still had that pout on her face. Satoru gave her a kiss on her temple hoping that would help. Her cheeks had a slight blush, but that was about it. "When we go to Konoha tomorrow we'll find out what's really going on." he then stated.

"Yeah I guess" Zaria responded with a raspy voice breaking her silence. She knew of his intentions so there was nothing innocent going on. Sasuke had finally been corrupted just like the rest of her clan. They finally reached her house and both walked in and took their shoes off. Tosen was in his study reading scrolls that he kept on his shelf.

"Tosen I'm home" Zaria announced quietly. Tosen looked up and saw the sad expression on her face and was concerned.

"What's wrong Zar?" Tosen asked. She didn't want to burden him with her problems so she just shook her head.

"It's nothing" she responded as she walked away and up the stairs to her room. Tosen looked at Satoru hoping he would give him an answer. Satoru walked in Tosen's study and sat down next to him.

"You know who Sasuke Uchiha is right?" Satoru questioned.

"Yeah he's one of Zaria's cousins" he responded.

"Well today we found out that he's considered as an s-ranked criminal" Satoru stated. Tosen didn't look surprised at all.

"I see so he's finally going into action" Tosen responded. Satoru looked at him confused.

"What are you talking about?" Satoru asked really confused. Clearly Tosen knew something that he didn't.

"You heard about the Uchiha Massacre right?" Tosen questioned.

"I've heard bits and pieces of it" Satoru responded.

"Well a long time ago, probably the same year that you met Zaria. There was an incident back in Konoha. That night the entire Uchiha clan was murdered. Other than Zaria there was one survivor, Sasuke Uchiha. The one who managed to slaughter everyone was Itachi, Sasuke's older brother" Tosen explained.

"What does that have anything to do with Sasuke being a criminal?" Satoru asked not really following Tosen's explanation.

"Itachi is currently a member of the Akatsuki and according to what Zaria has told me, Sasuke plans on killing Itachi in order to get his revenge" Tosen continued to explain. Now he understood Sasuke's reasoning. Satoru got up and decided that he should go comfort Zaria.

"Thanks for your help Tosen. I appreciate it" Satoru said before leaving the room. He went upstairs and walked to Zaria's room. He knocked on the door.

"Zaria it's me can I come in?" Satoru asked. Zaria opened the door. He noticed Zaria's eyes had become red and puffy. Satoru walked in the room and she shut the door behind him. "So you knew the reason already" Satoru then stated. Zaria quietly nodded her head. He wrapped his arms around her in a tight embraced. Zaria was a little surprised. She was happy to have Satoru here to comfort her when she needed it. She knew one day Sasuke was going to go after Itachi. She just never thought that this would be the route he'd take.