A short time later, Azumi, Ishida and Masaki stood in front of Tsunade.

"I have a mission for you three." Tsuande said. "You three are to go to the Sand Village and report to the Kazekage."

"What's going on?" Ishida asked.

"I'm not sure myself. He requested the presence of a Leaf team. Your mission is to report to the Kazekage, figure out why they needed our assistance then report back."

"Yes, Hokage-sama." The three said in unison.

Tenten walked past her brother's room casually looking in and to her surprise she saw Satori still asleep. She leaned on the door frame and crossed her arms.

"Nii-chan. Are you going to sleep all day?"

Satori slowly opened his eyes and looked at his sister. To his surprise he found a note in his hand.

"What is it, Nii-chan?"

"A note from Azumi."

"The team and I had to go to the Sand village. I came by to tell you but you were still sleeping and I didn't want to disturb you. You looked so peaceful sleeping so I decided to leave you a note. I'll be back in a few days. Love, Azumi."

"Gotta love her." Satori said.

"Come on, Nii-chan. Let's go get something to eat." Tenten said.

Satori got up and realized that he was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday. He shrugged and grabbed his Chuunin vest and his sai belt and walked out of his room. Tenten walked beside him.

"It's your treat." She said.

"Oh it is?" Satori said with a smile.

Satori put his sister in a headlock but almost immediately released her. He kept his arm around the back of his sister's neck. He leaned over and kissed the side of his sister's head. Tenten smiled as she and her brother walked out of the house.

Satori and Tenten walked down one of the business streets of Konoha. They were trying to decide which restaurant to go to.

"Satori. Tenten." A voice called.

The two of them looked over and saw Shuji, Rock Lee, Hanako and Junshin at an outside table of a nearby restaurant. The twins walked over to their friends.

"Satori look, Shuji brought us roll cakes and steamed bread." Junshin said.

Without hesitation Satori appeared next to Rock Lee and grabbed the one that Rock Lee had just grabbed.

"No, you thief." Lee said.

"The chocolate one is mine." Satori said.

"Now, now you two. No fighting." Shuji said.

"Nii-chan, let Lee have that one." Tenten said with a sigh.

"Come on Fuzzy Brows, this one is mine." Satori said.

Rock Lee looked distraught. Satori had never called him Fuzzy Brows before. He was taking after Naruto. Satori took advantage of Lee's error.

"Now's my chance." Satori said snatching the roll cake out of his hands.

"My roll cake."

Satori then munched it down in front of Rock Lee.

"Shuji-san, can I have the steamed bread?" Junshin asked.

"Have you guys not eaten?" Shuji asked.

"No." They all said in unison.

Shuji grabbed a menu and tossed it to them.

"If you all decide under a minute I'll treat you all."

"Really?" They all asked.

"Yeah." Shuji said.

"Why?" Hanako asked.

"Because I should be joining ANBU soon. I put in my application for the squad and there is no reason why they shouldn't allow me to join. Once I'm on ANBU I'll be getting paid more. I'll definitely know by later today."

Shuji got a waitress's attention. The waitress came over with her notepad and pen ready. Shuji was the closest and was going to place the order.

"I want miso ramen." Satori said running over hugging Shuji.

"I want dumplings." Tenten said running over hugging Shuji.

"I want chashumen." Junshin said doing the same thing.

"I want kanitamadon." Rock Lee said copying the others.

Shuji was being hugged from all sides.

"Um…I want Gomoku Tanmen." Hanako said standing there.

Shuji tried to push off the other four. All four of them repeatedly said "I love you" to Shuji.

"I'd like all of those please." Shuji said.

The waitress took down the order and walked off with a perplexed look on her face. Hanako stood there blushing.

"Maybe I can…just like everyone else." She thought.

"Shuji-kun…I…um…" She said.

"Don't think about it too much." She thought again.

I…too…lo…"

"Say it quickly without meaning." She thought.

Shuji turned his attention to Hanako as she was trying to speak. He looked at her intently and then realized what she was trying to say. He slightly blushed. Seeing Shuji blush made Hanako blush. Satori noticed Hanako blushing.

"Shuji! I love you." Satori yelled while picking Shuji up and lifting him into the air.

"Wh…wait." Shuji protested.

Satori threw Shuji into Hanako sending them both into the wall. Hanako opened her eyes to see Shuji's face close up.

"Shuji's face is close to mine." She thought to herself.

Hanako saw Shuji, Rock Lee, Tenten, and Junshin standing around her.

"Shuji-san." Junshin said. "Satori is escaping."

They all looked over to see Satori running away with all of the roll cakes laughing in triumph.

"He's taking the roll cakes." Rock Lee said.

A few days later, Azumi, Ishida, and Masaki arrived at the gates of the Hidden Sand Village. The guards of the entrance knew of their arrival and let them pass. Kankuro was there to greet and escort them to the Kazekage's office. Minutes later, the three Leaf ninjas stood in front of Gaara the Kazekage.

"We're here at your request, Kazekage-sama." Azumi said.

Gaara reached down and then pulled out four Leaf forehead protectors. The eyes of the Leaf team widened.

"Where did you get these?" Masaki asked.

"We found them along the shores where a battle between one of our border patrols and an unknown assailant." Kankuro said. "We also found forehead protectors from Cloud, Grass, Waterfall and Horizon."

"We've lost contact with our border patrol that engaged this group. There were no bodies from either side." Gaara said.

"Could this be Akatsuki related?" Ishida asked.

"No. The Akatsuki are one group that kills whoever gets in their way. They don't take prisoners." Gaara said. "This group is different."

"What can we do?" Azumi asked.

"Report back to your Hokage. Tell her to be on full alert with this group. It would appear that this group recruits its members from other villages." Gaara said. "I will send Kankuro to escort you to the border."

Kankuro led the Leaf team out of the village with his own team.