Heno Heno Moheji

Beta'd by Black Sparrow

Tsunade felt a headache coming, how long had she been working on that damn paperwork? And now an ANBU operative had dropped by, just great.

"Chunin Haruno was found unconscious a few hours ago close to the ANBU outpost 35," the masked shinobi said without greeting or any other platitudes.

"Wasn't that the kunoichi that was separated from her team on the outpost run? What happened?" Tsunade asked curious, she could vaguely remember the mission report and some Chunin Corps members.

"We aren't sure yet… she had a note on her person though… it's from Hatake Kakashi."

"WHAT? Well give it to me!" Tsunade barked impatiently.

To ANBU outpost 35,

I found something that belonged to you and decided to return it. Little pink haired Baby Chunins really shouldn't run around in the big bad world without the right kind of backup, they could trip over Iwa missing nin for example. Tell Sakura-chan to pick up some medical jutsu and work on her taijutsu or at least pick up another weapon.

PS: That Genjutsu on the fifth window could use some work and the traps between the sixth and seventh tree to the right have apparently not changed since I left, you guys are getting predictable.

Heno Heno moheji

"That fucking brat is making fun of us!" Tsunade grounded out caught between disbelief and anger… and had he really signed that note with a scarecrow sign?

"What is Haruno's condition?"

"She is still fighting the after effects of a poison/ anti-coagulant mixture of unknown origin. The medic that saw to her said that her body holds traces of a standard anti-venom in her blood stream and that the wound was expertly taken care of. Her body didn't show signs of sexual penetration, forced or otherwise. The only other ailment is her nearly completely exhausted chakra system; she had been apparently running on fumes for the last few days."

Tsunade's brow creased, something niggled in her mind.

"Can you please bring me the mission report of her team," she said to Shizune before she turned back to the ANBU in front of her. "That's all… oh and have somebody check over the traps around the ANBU outposts and whatever Hatake meant with that Genjutsu."

"Hai, Hokage-sama."

Tsunade sat back down on her chair behind her working desk; something was off about this mission. Didn't those Chunin say that they lost her when they had been separated by missing nin on their way back to Konoha? Why the hell did she then have chakra exhaustion for at least a few days beforehand? The more she thought about it the more she became angry; those Chunin had lied to her. Already frustrated about the humiliation she had felt thanks to Hatake's note Tsunade didn't feel very charitable and assigned a Yamanaka mind reader to Haruno's teammates. She wanted to know what had happened and she felt slightly vindictive.