Pretty soon after Kakashi and Pakkun got away from Konoha, the tracks turned east instead of north. Kakashi jumped to a branch and looked around, searching for chakra remains.
" This could be a trap." He said and Pakkun nodded.
" Do you smell anything unusual?" kakashi asked as he got back to the ground level.
Pakkun sniffed the air for a moment.
" Just Rin, that snake bastard and someone who uses senbons." Pakkun said and Kakashi too noticed a metal senbon in the ground.
" Kabuto..." Kakashi whispered.
" Is it poisoned?" Pakkun asked.
" Yes and it has been used. It has been used to get us here." Kakashi growled and stood up, he didn't need a dog's nose to smell blood all over the senbon.
" It's Rin's." Pakkun said after sniffing the senbon.
" Lets go back." Kakashi said, he had something in his mind.
" No, no, no, NO!" Tsunade yelled to a blond haired boy and two other genins.
" Tsunade-sama, Kakashi is our sensei." Sakura said carefully.
" Yes, he is, but he is also a jounin and can take care of himself. You three on the other hand are genins and uncapable of keeping yourselves alive." Tsunade said.
The Jounins had gathered to the gate and were ready to leave.
" Gaki, you're slowing us down." Genma said and was faced with a furious Sakura.
" You stay quiet, senbon baka."
" Tsunade-sama, this is our chace to revenge Sandaime, we want to be part in it." Sasuke said and Tsunade looked at him and then at Asuma and Gai.
" Are they capable to stay alive?" She asked.
" They can stay in the back with someone. Then help, if it's needed." Asuma said and Tsunade nodded.
" Okay, but remember to stay alive." Tsunade said as she turned to the genins.
Kakashi stopped on his tracks. They had gone back to the place were the tracks had turned east. Pakkun had found another, carefully hidden chakra track. It was for sure Orochimaru's.
" What is it, Kakashi?" Pakkun asked and looked around.
" We're being followed." Kakashi said.
" Who?"
" Friends." Kakashi said with a light smile and continued to jump from tree branch to the next. They were now heading north. Towards the Sound Village.
" There are two tracks of Kakashi. Heading different ways." Kuromaru said. Tsume looked at the Hokage.
" There's a senbon pointing towards north. And I detect Orochimaru's chakra too, faint but it's there." Jiraiya said.
" Let me see that." Genma said and took it from the Sannin.
" For medical or poisoning use. Kabuto's." He said and handed the senbon to Tsunade.
" Poisoned." Tsunade said as she smelled the metal. " Something to stop chakra flowing and making the person unable to use chakra. Kuromaru, who's blood is this?" Tsunade asked and the fuge dog sniffed.
" The girl's." Kuromaru said and looked at the Hokage.
" Kakashi has left us a sign where to go." Tsunade said and they left north.