Sakura walked along the path to the Hatake household. She thought she would surprise Rin and Shinta with some cookies. She arrived at the door and knocked on it three times. No answer. She reached with her free hand, to the ledge of the door, grabbing the key hidden there. She unlocked the door, slipping inside. "Rin, Shinta?" She said, uncertainly, looking around. It was the afternoon already and they should be up. She walked along the hallway, sliding open the door to Rin's room. No one was there, remains of Rin's packing the night before were evident. She heard a bird caw and for a moment time stood still. She ran to the window, looking out up into the sky. "Oh not now, tell me not now. This can't be, they couldn't have." She muttered to herself, swinging outside of the window. Landing on all fours she set off for the Hokage tower. She met Sasuke on the way.
"Any idea why?" He needn't say anymore. They both knew something was wrong. He just wanted to know if Sakura had any other information.
"Rin, she must've run away." She answered swerving her head to the side to find Shikamaru on her other side.
"Asuma's in a frantic frenzy, Kurenai is crying and they're both at the Hokage tower. Shinta's vanished." Shikamaru said, with no air of whether or was a question or not.
Sakura decided to answer it anyway. "They left together, faking a sleepover. Those two…they're going to get in trouble." She said, worry apparent in her voice.
"Gee, you think?" An accompanying bark announced Kiba's arrival. He had a grim smile was on his face as he kept ahead of the group.
They all arrived at the tower, making their way of the flight of stairs leading to the meeting room. Everyone was here except Naruto and Kakashi whom were in the hospital, Anko who was on a mission and Iruka, who was still at the Academy. Tsunade had many papers strewn over her desk, Shizune's face told all that she was worried and frightened and was hoping Tsunade wouldn't be too angry.
"So, what's this about," Ino whispered to Chouji. He shrugged and looked to Shikamaru. Shikamaru just kept his attention to Tsunade.
"As some of you may know, Hatake Kakashi is in critical condition and in need of a rare cure. I have sent a few ninja to gather the cure, and asked them to do it quickly. There is no luck so far. Now we have another disaster on our hands." Tsunade started, clasping her hands together. Jiraiya sat on the sill, awaiting the news.
"Hatake Rin has left our midst with Sarutobi Shinta to retrieve the cure for Rin's father." She continued, breathing calmly.
"What? How? How would she know what cure to look for?" These were the questions the whirled around the crowd.
Tsunade raised a hand to silence everyone. "Rin must've come into my office when I was visiting the hospital and snatched the papers of the cure." She said, looking to the crowd to see if anyone seemed to know of this. "Now does anyone have any information on this matter?" She asked.
"Um, Rin told me that she was going to have a sleepover at Shinta's…" Sakura said, realizing her mistake. She then remembered that voice, Rin's but like Sasuke's once.
"Shinta told us that he was sleeping over at Rin's place," Asuma said, still holding onto Kurenai.
"Well, that's interesting," Jiraiya said, putting his hand to his chin in mock thought. "They're pretty smart kids," He finished.
"Oh, I saw Shinta and Rin near the place they first met," Tenten said, hoping that would help a little.
Sakura remembered Rin's face when she was asking to borrow Sasuke's old clothes. She had told him that night and he had just shrugged. "Rin…she wanted to borrow Sasuke's old clothes," She said.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Rock Lee asked.
"His…clothes from the Chuunin exams," Sakura continued, trailing off. It was a sore spot for everyone in the room.
"Well, that changes things. She is going to turn into…Sasuke from back then." Tsunade said. She gave Sasuke a 'no offence' look.
"Yeah, that would be bad, I mean Sasuke nearly took out half the village," Jiraiya said, not giving a 'no offence' look.
"So…now what?" Hinata asked, looking at Tsunade.
"I want Hyuuga Neji, Nara Shikamaru, Inuzuka Kiba and Akimichi Chouji to set off as soon as possible to retrieve Hatake Rin and Sarutobi Shinta." She said, sounding official.
Chouji looked to Shikamaru in worry. Minus Naruto that would be the same team to get Sasuke.
Shino kept silent; for once he wasn't out on a mission. Okay that wasn't entirely true. He was about to leave for one when the signal came.
"You all are dismissed," Tsunade said. When the door opened Tsunade looked up. "Oh and do not tell Uzumaki Naruto about any of this." She finished, opening a secret compartment for storing her sake.
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So do you think I'm doing this well? Review for me please and let me know. Plus I think I should switch back to Rin and Shinta next chappie, right? Sorry for having such short ones.