Code Blue

Note: First story, decided to go with a used plot with new twists. If this hits off, then I'll make more original stories.

Enjoy.

- Prologue, The Unforgiving Treason -

Lying on the ground, Rin clutched a blond child close to her chest. The battle with the Kyuubi was over, and the damage was done. It would be a few minutes before anyone would fine them, seeing as how she had been blown quite a ways away from the battle. All that was left, was to say what really happened to the Third. It was the last thing she would do, before she left her home village for good.

I hate that it came to this, but there isn't anything left for me here... not even Kakashi-kun. The thought saddened her. She really could have imagined living the rest of her days with Kakashi. However, in her mind, the memory of Obito always ruined the thought of starting a relationship with her old teammate. The pain of loosing him was still there, and refused to go away.

She headed for a tree on the side of the path. The smell of her blood would probably be able to attract Konoha's trackers in minutes, but for now she needed to let the boy be as comfortable as possible. Caught up in thoughts about her responsibilities, Rin didn't even notice the person sneaking up behind her.

"So this is where you landed."

A ping of dread went through her heart as Rin's head slowly turned behind her to gaze towards a dark figure in the distance. Gritting her teeth, she held the blond bundle tighter and flipped on her stomach, slowly crawling away from the person on her elbows. Rin was no fool, and she that she could not be caught. Doing all that she could, Rin continued to scrape along the ground. As she moved she tried to ignore the frantic cries from the child in her arms. She had an idea why the man was after her, and her thoughts reflected her panic. I can't let him get too close to me.

"It's pointless you know, I can tell that your legs are in horrible condition."

The male's voice was almost taunting. Rin cursed softly as she flipped back around, continuing to crawl along the dirt. Every bit of her conscious screaming the fact that she did not want to be caught by the man. The damp soil dirtied her hands and clothes as she traveled along, but she did not mind it. There were more important things at the present time.

Her anxiety grew as she heard his soft footsteps crinkle the leaf litter as he slowly trailed after her. Rin knew she was in deep trouble, he was able to walk and all she could do was simply crawl as fast as her hands could take her. Panic turned to desperation as she began to realize that there was no way she could escape him. Not only that, but with her exhaustion, Rin knew that there was no way she could fight him either. Thinking quickly, she continued to crawl while doing the only other thing she could think of, praying. Please... Kami, please, save me!

Her eyes slowly swerved around a bit as she crawled. She saw that the man was keeping a decent ten feet away from her, trailing carefully at the same speed she was crawling. He wasn't rushing this, he was waiting his chance. He did not want this to go wrong. She saw the clearing they were in brighten a little bit, and realized that the moon was becoming visible...

Becoming visible in the moonlight, the man's upper body was revealed. His face was seen as an almost bored, but amused smile. Moreover, the identity of Rin's pursuer could be identified as the ex-root commander, Danzou. The man seemed relaxed, like he knew the outcome of their encounter already, and his aim was set entirely on the blond boy in Rin's grasp. "You are the second of his students, and the only other one that knows the truth." When she stopped scrambling his smile changed into a soft smirk. There was all the confirmation he ever needed. "I see my hunch was correct. Now there is no way you will leave this grove alive."

Rin rolled over on her back and propped herself up on a tree. Her breathing had increased and her muscles were tired. There wasn't much that she could do at this point. Danzou approached, and lightly pulled a wakizashi out from one of his pockets. "I do hate to dirty my own hands, but I think I'll make an exception." He gripped the handle tightly, and tossed towards the girl.

Her eyes shut tightly, as she leaned over to protect the blond boy in her arms. The weapon struck her stomach, sinking into her flesh and making her cry out in pain. She pulled the weapon out quickly and winced when it left her abdomen. Flinging it to the side, She frantically tried to gather chakra for her healing techniques, but she just wasn't able to gather enough to do any real repair.

"Damn bastard, how could you do this?"

"For the good of Konoha, I will do what's necessary."

"You... don't know what your doing. You won't get away with this..." Rin's eyesight began to blur, and she could slowly feel the life fade from her body. Stomach wounds like hers could take over ten minutes to fully kill her, ten minutes of complete agony to be exact. However, she figured he would just kill her outright. He must have had some honor left in him.

He walked straight over to her and knelled down. Scooping up Naruto in his arms, Danzou looked down towards Rin with a contemplating look. She had confidence that he would put her out of her misery, even though the secret would be lost forever. Rin wished it didn't have to come to this, but even she did not want to suffer so painfully in her last minutes on earth.

"He will be trained as "root", and I hope you enjoy your last moments."

Rin's eyes widened in shock as she saw Danzou slowly walk way. Unbelieving, Rin could only muster new hatred for the man as he walked away with The blond boy. Tears came to her eyes, but she willed them not to fall, there was more that she had to do now. Her sensei did not will such a sacrifice to be wasted, and she would not fail him.

Digging into her pocket, Rin only hoped that she would not be too late. There was a lot that needed to be done, and she had only ten or so minutes to complete it. Maybe it seemed like a lot longer than was needed, but when the pain started to kick in, Rin knew that she needed every second of the ten minutes. All the while, she was praying that she would be saved before she left for otherworld.

-

Behind his desk, the third Hokage lit his pipe. Three days after the attack, and once again he was back in the seat he had retired from. Stress had set in as he tried to make heads and tails of the attack, especially the strange disappearance of the fox. None of this makes sense... If Arashi killed the fox, why is it that there is no corpse?

"Hokage-sama!"

The Third's head jerked upwards to see a jounin burst through his office door. He held a scroll in his hand, plus the poor cretin was panting from being out of breath. The brown haired jounin walked over towards his desk and draped the scroll across his sight, revealing what was imprinted inside. And to say the Hokage was surprised, was an understatement.

"What is this? Rin?"

"We found her a few minutes ago, she was murdered by a stab to the stomach... She suffered for more than fifteen minutes before dying from her stomach acid." The Jounin lowered his head and closed his eyes. Even though he did not know the girl personally, the sympathy he had for her was remarkably strong. "We would like you to take a look at the printing we did of the crime sir."

"..."

With the lack of response, the jounin looked up to see the Hokage gazing over the open scroll. He was clearly shocked and appalled by the printing, but there was also a great deal of confusion clear and present on his face. He was trying desperately to piece together everything he was seeing, but it was just too strange.

The printing was a vague, but accurate portrait of the scene from a bird's eye view. There was a slide track leading from the edge of the print, to the tree in the middle, accompanied by footprints that bore no distinctive markings. What was bizarre however, was where Rin's body lied. It seemed that with a kunai, Rin had carved out a message in the mud.

"What does "code blue" mean to you?"

The jounin jumped and looked around the office. "W-Well, I... don't know. Maybe we should check Konoha's records?"

"That would take forever... we have other pressing matters... But we will keep an eye and ear out for whatever Code Blue could mean."

"Y-Yes sir."

"You alright?" The Hokage raised an eyebrow as he saw the unusually anxious jounin. "You not only look haggard, but very restless. Is there something else that you need to report?" When the question had been asked, the jounin calmed down a little, but became very serious as he looked the Hokage in the eye. "Something else that adds to the mystery?"

"Uchiha Sasuke... has been kidnapped."

"W-What?"

The Hokage's eyes shot open as he gripped the edge of his desk. The news was definitely not what he expected, and if it was any other day, no one would have even believed it. "Your telling me... that someone sneaked into the Uchiha residence. Bypassed multiple sharingan users and police officers, and then took the clan's head second son?"

"Y-Yeah, and he didn't leave any traces either..."

"That's impossible, there has to be something at least."

"The windows had a few prints on them, but other than that, nothing was even a bit disturbed in Sasuke's room."

The Hokage shook his head and leaned back in his chair. Everything was not going well and now he had the aftermath of the Kyuubi and a missing Uchiha. "Make sure to keep the family calm, and be quick to call Hatake Kakashi here." The jounin nodded before bolting out the door, keen on finding the young white fang for the Hokage. "Come down..."

At the command, a black-clad ANBU dropped from the ceiling, knelling in front of the Hokage's desk. "For the remainder of this special mission, you will be known as Yamato." The ANBU chuckled as he slowly stood up, taking off his mask.

"Heh, so which one do you want me to find?"

Before the Hokage could answer, a knock at the door caught his attention. After rolling up the scroll on his desk, the Hokage let the person in. The person that entered was Kakashi, who briskly walked over beside Yamato, taking a quick sidewards glance towards him. He was still clad in his jounin uniform from the battle, and looked more than a bit tired.

"Kakashi, Yamato... This mission is crucial and will take all of your free time from now until its completion." Both of the ninja tensed as the Hokage continued, as if they knew what he asked of them. "Kakashi, your mission is to try and track down the young Uchiha Sasuke, To begin with, get Itachi to give you a basic description and smell. He is definitely not moving on his own."

"Yes sir," Kakashi immediately answered.

"Yamato, you have the hardest job. I want you to track down the Kyuubi container, the only thing you can go on is the bijuu chakra I'm afraid, as we don't know who has it inside of them."

Raising an eyebrow, Kakashi turned his free eye over to Yamato. The look on the other ANBU's face told him that Yamato knew something he didn't, and as such, Kakashi spoke up."What do you mean by container... Hokage-sama?"

"Oh, you can't tell Kakashi-kun?" Kakashi slightly growled as he closed his eyes, Letting the Hokage continue on with his explanation. The fourth couldn't defeat it, so he sealed it away in hopes that it would be able to die in time. We know that the boy must have some relation to the fourth, but as to exactly who he is? We don't have any idea."

Yamato sighed and crossed his arms over his chest. "If that's the case, then could you give me the records of all the kids born today?" The Hokage blinked until his eyes widened. Smirking, the Hokage got up behind his desk and looked out towards the hospital.

"I commend you Yamato, I probably wouldn't have thought of that."

Kakashi raised his eyebrow again as he looked between the two men again. "Am I not understanding this as well?" The Hokage quickly turned around and smiled at Kakashi, making him a bit uncomfortable. I don't like that look at all... I may only be fifteen, but I'm already a jounin.

"Well Kakashi, I'm not entirely sure why, but Arashi-kun spoke of using a newborn child for the seal, which is why it's now a forbidden technique. He said that nothing else would do otherwise." Grumbling about his lost successor, the Hokage thought about what Arashi did. He really did wonder if he gave up someones baby for the technique. It just doesn't sound like him...

"I see..."

Continuing to stay in his thoughts, the Hokage couldn't think of any answer to his question. Yet, the priority was to find the Uchiha child at the given time. "Yamato, go to the hospital and ask for the records," the Hokage said at last, "you have your orders, you're dismissed!"

The two nodded and then disappeared in a blur. Both went their own ways, and until further notice, that was all they could do in their free time.

Getting back in his chair, the Hokage filled and lit his pipe again, wondering what would happen in the next few days. I'll report the Kyuubi as dead to avoid any complications... But the incident with young Sasuke will be a problem. If our enemies get a hold of the sharingan... it could turn out very bad for us. The Hokage sighed as he went over the printing again, the other thing he dreaded, was telling Kakashi what happened to his friend.

-To be Continued-

Note: I'm assuming that the deal with Rin is that her current whereabouts are unknown. Danzou. probably had enough skill to hit an unmoving target with one eye and one arm. More or less...