Note: sorry for having to wait so long, I never meant for the time between updates to be so long but a lot of things have happened in the last year and prevented me from writing. I'm still trying to get back into the grove that I had when I first started this story, so updated will be unpredictable but I doubt that I'll go this long without updating again. Three people reviewed for the last chapter so I just wanted to give a shout out to TEAM SasuNaruHina, ankwhat and CoverGirl7210 for the reviews. Now I think it's about time this chapter got started, enjoy! And sorry again for the wait.

IMPORTANT!: my name was previously heart hidden in ice but I have changed it to Queen of Creatures because the old name didn't fit me after what has happened in the last year and for the fact that I'm no longer a moody 15 year old. I will be 18 in November and I wanted a more mature name. Thank you all for understanding.

Disclaimer: no don't own Naruto *silently cries* but Sasuke now does and I'm fine with that! (Insert insane fan girl smile)

~~~~~~~~~~sneaky little jutsu~~~~~~~~~~~~

All over the village the birds took flight as they fled in fear of the loud scream that ricocheted around the village.

"NARUTO!, GET INTO MY OFFICE NOW YOU LITTLE BRAT!" lady Tsunade was seething with anger. Just yesterday she had told Naruto that she had a mission for him and he was to report to her at 9AM sharp!

It was now 12.

Sakura, hearing the Hokage's scream for Naruto, decided to go in and try to calm her down so she wasn't so murderous for when he finally arrived. If he ever did.

"M'lady, I'm sure he'll be here soon. You know Naruto, he's probably freaking out because he slept in and is on his way right now" Sakura soothed.

"You better be right Sakura, for Naruto's sake at least, because if he doesn't show up I'm gonna make sure he only gets D ranked missions for the rest of his life!" Tsunade screamed while bringing her fist down onto her desk with enough force to splinter it.

'It's a good thing I got her desk re-enforced, otherwise we would have to replace it again' Sakura thought. "Ah, don't you think that's a little drastic? I mean Naruto is very strong, wouldn't it be better to have him doing actual missions? And if you do that then you'll also have to put up with his complaining"

"Huh, I guess you do have a point, ok then I'll only give him D ranked missions for a month but I'll tell him that it's for life! Maybe that'll teach him to be on time."

"Yes M'lady, I'll go tell him now and bring him back here. Then you can give him the mission" Sakura, thinking the best way to calm the raging Hokage down was to get Naruto, started to back out of the room. Once she was clear, Sakura breathed a sigh of relief "Naruto so owes me one" she said as she headed to Naruto's. Once there, she knocked on the door and yelled in; "Naruto! Get out here, did you forget that you were supposed to be given a very important mission today. Now the Hokage says you will only get D rank missions, so you better get out here and to her before she decides to not give you any missions at all." Sakura waited for a few minutes, fully expecting to hear Naruto falling out of bed and rushing to get ready. When that didn't happen she started to get worried. "Naruto, are you in there?" still no reply. "Naruto, I'm coming in." Sakura took a step back and kicked in the door before stepping inside. Naruto wasn't there, the bed wasn't made, there was scuff marks on the floor and his weapon bag was carelessly thrown in the corner, something Naruto would never do. Sakura came to only one conclusion, Naruto had been kidnaped.

But the question was, by who?

~~~~~~~~~~sneaky little jutsu~~~~~~~~~~~~

Once Sakura had figured out what had happened, she rushed back to the Hokage to inform her. The Hokage went pale when she heard what Sakura thought had happened, and for a moment she wished that she wasn't Hokage so that she could run out and search for Naruto herself. But Tsunade knew that she had a responsibility to the village and so she couldn't do what she so desperately wanted to. She took a deep breath and forced herself to act like the Hokage she was and not the concerned friend she so desperately wanted to be.

"Sakura, this is no small matter you've brought to my attention and the leaf village would look foolish to the other villages if we sent out a search party only to find that Naruto wasn't actually kidnaped. Now, can you tell me with absolute certainty that Naruto was taken?"

"Yes M'lady, I can." Sakura said without hesitation, the conviction in her voice making Tsunade sigh.

"Very well, then I'm assigning you and Kakashi the task of locating and retrieving Naruto, and I'm making it an S class mission." Tsunade's voice softened now that she had done her duty as Hokage concerning this mission, she could now let her concern for Naruto show through. Sakura turned to leave when Tsunade stopped her with a softly spoken request. "Sakura, don't fail. Bring Naruto back."

"I don't plan on failing this mission M'lady, I will bring him back. And no matter who took him, they will pay." With a nod from Tsunade, Sakura left in search of Kakashi to brief him on their mission.

~~~~~~~~~~sneaky little jutsu~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kakashi was shocked when he learned that Naruto had been kidnaped from the village, and without anyone even realizing anything was wrong. Kakashi started to get a sinking feeling in his heart, for someone to be able to get in undetected and get out with Naruto undetected meant that they had insider knowledge of the village's security. That ether meant that there was a mole in the village or someone from the village had kidnaped Naruto, and considering his strength it was someone he trusted. And in Kakashi's mind, that just made it worse. Turning to Sakura, he filled her in on his suspicions. Sakura paled as horror sped through her.

"I didn't even think of that" she whispered out. Kakashi nodded before sighing.

"Well for now it won't do any good to speculate, lets head to Naruto's and we'll see what we discover first before we jump to conclusions" with a nod from Sakura, they headed towards Naruto's apartment. A few minutes later found the two of them outside of Naruto's kicked in door.

"Well that rules out the possibility that Naruto trusted his kidnaper, if they had to break in then he more than likely thought something was strange and refused them entry." A weight started to lift from his heart at that conclusion.

"Um, sensei. I'm actually the one that kicked in the door."

The weight that had lifted off of his heart now dropped back on with all the momentum and power of a bolder falling off a cliff due to the added weight of disappointment, as if fate had simply wanted to be cruel.

But his only response was to sigh before walking inside, with Sakura following close behind. Once inside, Kakashi looked around to see the signs of a struggle that had tipped Sakura off to the kidnaping, but had a hard time finding them since Naruto's apartment was covered with its usual mess. This time Kakashi kept a firm hold of the hope trying to invade his heart, not wanting the disappointment to crush him further.

Turning to Sakura, he simply asked "why do you think Naruto was kidnaped? I can't see anything that would point towards that conclusion."

Nodding, Sakura listed off her reasons. "The bed isn't made, there are scuff marks on the floor and his weapon pouch is over in the corner."

Kakashi frowned, and looked at each thing Sakura had pointed out. "While the unmade bed could mean the kidnaper came at night, wouldn't it be more likely just another sign of how messy Naruto is? And the scuff marks on the floor are a good indicator of a struggle but the thing is, there are scuff marks all over the floor. And as for the weapons bag, it seems as if he was just lazy and didn't pick it up. Add in the fact that there are no kunai or shuriken in the walls or holes that would point to a kidnaper cleaning up, I don't think that Naruto was kidnaped Sakura, he's probably out getting something to eat at Ichiraku's" Kakashi finally let the hope and relief he had been holding at bay rush into his heart.

"Usually I would agree with you sensei, but I've been here more then you have. Naruto may be messy but he always makes his bed, even if he's running late. And the scuff marks have always been all over the floor, but they have never been on the left side of the bed. Naruto doesn't even walk on that side to open the window, he just leans across from the bed. And you know how devoted to training Naruto is, well lately he's been sleeping in his ninja cloths and weapons bag so that he can get back to training faster in the morning and can always be ready for an emergency! And even when he doesn't have his weapons bag with him it's always on his nightstand, not on the floor! Please sensei, you have to believe me, something happened to Naruto, I just know it." Sakura looked pleadingly at Kakashi.

Kakashi sighed, he knew he couldn't just leave Sakura to worry. "Ok, I'll summon Pakkun and we'll see what he can sniff out." Sakura nodded so Kakashi flashed through the required hand signs before biting his thumb. "Summoning jutsu" he called out as a marking appeared on the floor then disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Once the smoke cleared, it revealed Pakkun sitting in front of them.

"You called Kakashi" he asked. Kakashi nodded.

"There's a chance Naruto might have been kidnaped, can you just check the room for any foreign scents."

"Will do." Pakkun then turned around and proceeded to try and find a different scent. After nearly checking the whole room Pakkun spoke up. "I don't think Naruto was kidnaped, the room just smells like Naruto and garbage, nothing more." He then put his head down and continued searching.

"See Sakura, no one else's scent apart from Naruto's. There's nothing to worry about."

Just as Sakura was about to reply she was cut off by Pakkun. "Oh boy, this doesn't look good." He said in a grave voice while sniffing around the window.

"What doesn't Pakkun?" Kakashi asked, not really sure if he wanted to hear the answer.

"He wasn't here long, so the scents pretty faint, but I would know that scent anywhere." Just as Kakashi was about to reply, Sakura cut in.

"Who's scent is it Pakkun?" she demanded. He turned to look at the both of them as he reported his findings.

"Sasuke's"

The hope and relief Kakashi had just been feeling evaporated away like a drop of water on a hot summer's day, and was quickly replaced by crushing fear. Making his heart as heavy as it has ever been.

~~~~~~~~~~sneaky little jutsu~~~~~~~~~~~~

So that's finally finished. I hope you all like it, though I doubt anything would make up for the two year long absence. I'm sorry that Naruto and Sasuke didn't make an appearance in this chapter, but don't worry! From what I have outlined, the next chapter should be all about them :D

Story stats

Words- 1727 (not nearly enough for the wait, I know)

Views- 846

Fav's- 12

Follows- 21