Naruto Demise – Chapter 2

"A-are you absolutely positive they are here?" Tsunade said in an awestruck tone.

"Yes,"replied the man, "a villager reported it two of them toward the village. I had two of my men look in on it….." his voice trailed away in silence.

"And what happen to them?" Lady Tsunade said, eyebrow arch looking at the ninja in front of her.

The ninja took a breath and replied, "They were both killed by the intruders. The citizen, who reported the two men walking toward the village, was attack along with my men and is now in a coma. It seems that the villager was tortured for information about the boy. When we arrived on the scene the villager was still conscious and told us that they were after the boy. Our fears were confirmed. My men confronted the intruders and were killed as a result," the shinobi finish with a great, heavy sigh.

Tsunade stood up from her desk and walked to the window behind her. She looked down at the hidden leaf village, wondering why they would go so far to come and him. Crossing her arms, she sighed and turned around and went back to her desk. Leaning back on her chair she picked up a piece of paper in front of her and started to read at it. It was describing what the Akatsuki did to the Jinchuriki after it was captured. Oh god, she thought as she read the paper.

"Shizune!" Tsunade yelled, "Go and check on the villager! And send word to Kakashi about this! Go now!"

"H-hai!" said Shizune as she ran out of the office right past a very confused Sakura who was heading down the hall way to see her master. She looked to see a distraught Shizune run past her. She quickly moved before being trample by the young women in haste to follow her order she was given by the hokage of the village. What the hell was that about? Sakura shrugged her walking shoulders and kept walking along her way.

The Anbu turn his head toward the hokage once more.

"The others think we should just give the boy up. It makes sense too. He's a danger to the village. So it would be better to just hand him ove-!" The black op wouldn't be able to finish because Lady Tsunade just smack him across the face that sent him across the room hitting a wall. Lady Tsunade pulled her fist back to her side. Breathing heavily, she walked towards the ninja and grabbed him by his shirt.

"What the hell is a matter with you?" she screamed in his face. "He is one of the strongest ninjas in the whole village! He never gives up and he has way more love for this village then me! If I could decide he would be the Hokage instead of me! And if you ever suggest that we should hand him over to those…those...bastards!" she spat the last word as if it were poison on her lips. She bent lower to the fear stricken shinobi and whispered, "Suggest that again and I will kill you without mercy." She dropped him on the ground. Standing to her full height she kicked him across the room with out hesitation.

He crash by the door, making a deep crater there as he slump down on the floor, mask falling off, revealing his real face full of terror.

"Now get the hell out of my office!" yelled Tsunade. She started to move toward him once more, he started to scramble for his current position, grab his dog mask, and disappeared right on the spot.

Tsunade was breathing heavily as all that she had just been told sunk and in and left her fear-stricken of what might happen to Naruto. Tears slowly slid down her face and her mind came up with many possibilities of what they might do to him if they caught him. All the ideas involved him being hurt beyond help or treatment, or worse…..

After a while, Tsunade calmed down and went to her to her desk, she opened her desk door and pulled out a bottle of sake and with a sigh took a heavy drink from it.

Just then the Sakura chose this time to knock on her door.

"Come in," said Tsunade tiredly, as she quickly put the bottle of sake away.

Sakura came in not knowing what had just took place in the room. "I'm sorry I'm late, I got held up while getting those items you requested," said Sakura as she laid the paper and scrolls on Tsunade's desk. Tsunade finally looked up to look at Sakura. Sakura was shocked to see her master's expression.

She looked weary and tried, as though she just ran a very long distance. Sakura, now noticing the deep carter in the wall gasp. "What the heck happened?" she asked in shock.

"Thank you Sakura," she whispered, ignoring the question that her student just asked. She picked up her tea that Shizune brought for her before the whole episode took place. She took a sip as she leaned back on her chair. Sakura understood what that meant she turned to leave.

It suddenly dawned upon Tsunade that the girl who was currently dating the boy who they were discussing a short while ago, was leaving.

"Wait Sakura!" she said in a rush

Sakura turned around as her hand was just about to turn the door knob.

"Yes?"

"Have you seen Naruto lately?"

Surprised at her master's sudden question, she replied, "Yes actually. I just saw him a little while ago. He said Jiraiya wanted to see him or someth- Is there something wrong Lady Tsunade? " Sakura asked the women in front of her horrified expression.

Lady Tsunade was in shocked. How could this happen right after she had just been informed that the Akatsuki had just arrived? Plus, hadn't she just sent that pervert on a mission that took almost 3 days to get there yesterday? This was not good. Naruto could be alone with an Akatsuki member right now being tortured or already be…no she wouldn't think about that now.

Sakura was getting worried now; the look upon her master's face was driving her insane with curiosity.

"What's wrong?" she began to ask, but her master interrupted her with a question of her own.

"How long ago did you last see him?" she asked with urgency nit caring how or what she looked like at all. She didn't care what happen to anyone at this moment; all she cared about was that they find him before they do.

Now getting more nervous, Sakura eyed her teacher nervously as she saw the color slowly drain out of her face, the horrified expression still on her face. "What's wrong?" she repeated again.

"How long ago did you see him?" she almost yelled, standing up from her desk getting more and more agitated that her student wouldn't answer the simple question.

"About 25 maybe 30 minutes ago, now will you please tell me why that is so important why I tell you that?" Worry was now starting to overcome her now. What happen to him? she thought to her self as she stared at Tsunade with a worried expression.

Lady Tsunade was mentally debating whether to tell her student, the girl currently dating the boy in question, that the people who have been after him for more than eight years, may have or already have, took him away to extract the demon inside of him. She sighed and made her decision.

"The Akatsuki maybe here in disguise planning to take Naruto away," she paused getting up from her chair to look out her window once again sighed and continued, "or have already have."

Sakura stood motionless, breathless, as the words sunk in.