Well this one seems to be getting a little attention, sooo lets start chapter two immediately. And… someone could have told me that I messed up on the title lol! But here it is! READ and REVIEW… This chapter was a little hard too write lol O.O pressure!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

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Two years have passed since Naruto's escape; Konoha's military power has since doubled with the presence of new foreign elements. The sound ninja had strengthened its borders; war was drawing ever so close.

A raggedy looking boy race through the village dipping and dashing between the civilians. His clothes were old and he had a dirty look about himself. His hair was a dusty black color matted down and flying every-which-way. The war was making times hard here in the once glamorous, Village hidden in the Leaves. The people had thus become broken and few. The only way too truly support one another was through the military. The Hokage stopped giving the shinobi missions; instead they were adapted by the military officials. This made the village's wealth more concentrated. Dante taxed the assignments with numbers that sometimes towered thirty percent. The surplus capital was used to found war preparations.

The boy cut into The Ichiraku Ramen Bar, and stopped breathlessly in front of the shop's owner Teuchi, his daughter Ayame, a little ways past them serving the customers bowls of ramen, peered at the poorly dressed boy with a twisted face.

"Hello what will you be having today?" Teuchi asked smiling.

"I have a coupon with me, it says I get two bowls of ramen for the price of one."

Teuchi took the crumbled up piece of paper from the boy and skimmed over its words.

"This coupon is for a special type of ramen. We do not have any prepared right now. Do you mind waiting a minute?"

"I am really in a hurry!" the boy caught a sharp look from Ayame and recoiled his gallantry.

"Yeah I can wait…"

"Thank you, very much."

A few minutes passed by before a thick bowl of ramen noodles was placed in front of the famished youth. The only other customer, one of Dante's generals left the shop rubbing his stomach.

"Good as always Teuchi," He bellowed merely laughing as he exited the shop.

"Damn it! I thought he would never leave," the boy said jumping up from his seat. He hopped behind the bar and ran into the kitchen.

"Thanks for the ramen Teuchi-sama!"

"Man he didn't pay again!" Ayame yelled lifting the pile of dirty dishes onto a trolley.

The young boy made his way to the back of the miniature shop. He grabbed the handle to a stove that read out of order and opened it. The inside was dusty and held a rotten smell but he stomached it and slid the bottom back to reveal a small passage-way. A latter appeared in its wake. He climbed down into a tunnel like path crouching as he went. It took a long time and his body was severely sore from the journey but soon the passage began to expand and the boy was able to stand and walk. He came to a large wooden door with a brass knob and knocked in an erythematic fashion.

"Who are you?" Asked a young voice behind the door.

"It's me, Sakura," the disguised girl said in a whisper.

The door opened up and Sakura pored inside. She looked Hinata up and down. She had on a uniform for the flower shop. The flower-shop-girl disguise was effective in dodging Dante's goons. Her hair, which came past her shoulders now, was pulled back into a tight bun, and she had brown contacts in her eyes.

Sakura and Hinata had gone into hiding shortly after Naruto left the village. They had since fourth been charged with treason, and marked as missing-ninja. They worked with a small resistance group managed by Tsunade as spies, and field agents. Their main objective was to sack Dante and restore Tsunade as Hokage, even if that meant going through the council.

"Where is Tsunade?" Sakura asked shedding the tattered wig and tossing the scruffy clothes to the floor. Sakura had changed with time. She had a nice figure, was taller and in better shape. She put on a pair of white shorts and a pink tank-top tying her bubble-gum pink hair down. She pulled on a pair of dark blue sandals and short blue gloves.

"She went to meet Jiraiya. She said she would return tonight," Hinata said taking out her contacts and letting her hair down. Hinata had blossomed from a shy young girl into a beautiful young woman. She took off the flower shop uniform and threw on a long purple dress that matched her purple hair. She still fashioned her forehead protector around her neck. A large black backpack added to her look.

"Anyway what did you find out? Did you hear anything about Naruto?" Hinata asked fumbling with her hands. Her feelings for Naruto have magnified over their lost time and she swore that if she got another chance, she would find a way to stay by him. Hinata had found strength lodged into her pain.

"No…I'm sorry Hinata, but I think I have a lead on Orochimaru."

"Shikamaru had an informant in the Sound village, that said he had a good idea where Orochimaru's base was," She grabbed the dirty clothes and pulled a small scroll from it's pockets.

"I did a little research and the best place to construct anything would be around this area," A small red circle marked the spot. Sakura's reasoning was very good. Orochimaru's base was likely hidden underground so he would need a large expanse of dry land. The area she mapped out, centered away from any bodies of water, is perfect.

"The thing is, I have to act on this A.S.A.P. I don't have the time to wait for Tsunade to get back."

"But what about our orders?" Hinata asked worried.

"Hinata this is something I have to do. This is my first solid lead to Sasuke since he left Konoha. I will not pass it up."

"Then I want to go with you!" Hinata shouted. Sakura stopped looking at the girl surprised.

"Why?"

"I am tired of just being here! I am tired of training. I want to get out there and find Naruto?" She said looking directly into Sakura's own eyes. She understood all too well Hinata's pain.

"Fine. Well take the underground passage out of Konoha and travel by foot from there. We leave now. I'll write something to Tsunade and let her know what we are doing and where we are headed. I know she won't like it but it's time we made our own choices Hinata."

"We will bring sasuke home Sakura and Naruto too."