FINALLY! I apologize for the late update, but now that I'm in college I should have more time to upload.
Anyways...alot of people have been asking me about the reaction back in Konoha, so I decided to add this before the time skip.
I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING EXCEPT THE PLOT!!!! STOP SAYING I DO!!!!!!
"Come on Kiba. If you haven't found the scent yet then you won't."
"I will…just give me time."
Hyuuga Neji sighed. "I gave you time, and you didn't find them. If we don't get back to Konoha soon, they will label us as missing nin."
"I know," Inuzuka Kiba said sullenly. "Come on Akamaru."
They walked back to Konoha and were met by two other shinobi.
"Any luck?" Nara Shikamaru didn't have to be a genius to realize the answer.
"No."
"But what happened to them?" Uzumaki Naruto said. "It's not like Sakura-chan, Tenten-chan, Ino-chan, and Hinata-chan would just get up and leave."
"I don't know, but what I do know is they are not within the borders of the fire country, meaning they are missing nin." Neji started to walk towards the Hokage tower.
"Wait! You aren't going to report them, are you? You can't!" Naruto glared at Neji.
"Naruto, I have to."
"But we're talking about Hinata, Sakura Tenten and Ino! They are our teammates! You can't report them!"
"Naruto!" It was Shikamaru who raised his voice this time. "None of us want to do this, but we have to. If we don't we'll also get in trouble, and Tsunade is expecting Neji and Kiba to either bring them back or confirm their missing status."
"But…" His retort fell short as Kiba raised his hand. "Fine…you're right."
Dejectedly he walked away from the group.
"I'm going to follow him, to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid," Shikamaru said.
"Right."
Shikamaru left, leaving Kiba and Neji again.
"Lets go, Kiba."
"Hai." They walked to Tsunade's office and after a seconds hesitation, Neji knocked.
"Enter."
They walked in to see Tsunade and Shizune talking quietly. "So?" Tsunade turned to the two chuunin.
"There is no sign of Haruno Sakura, Yamanaka Ino, Hyuuga Hinata, or Tenten anywhere in the fire country," Neji told her.
Tsunade sighed. "I see. It seems like I have no choice, but to label them as missing nin."
"We understand," Kiba said.
"How is everyone taking it?"
"So far only Shikamaru and Naruto know. Shikamaru understood, but Naruto flipped out."
"I knew he would." They fell silent for a few minutes. Finally Tsunade spoke. "Thank you for doing this for me. It couldn't have been easy. You guys can go."
"Hai." They both bowed before leaving the office.
When they were gone Shizune turned to Tsunade. "Are you sure we're doing the right thing? We could just send some ANBU out to look for them."
"I have no choice. It is only a matter of time before the council finds out, and if I don't do anything about it there will be even more problems. I just hope they are safe."
Shizune nodded, and left to file the appropriate paperwork, leaving Tsunade alone to drown her worries in sake.
I know it was short, but I wanted to get this up.
So the boys are showing remorse...
I am putting up a new poll concerning this story. I want to know who you guys think should end up with the girls in the end: Akatsuki or Konoha. Please vote. You can give me your answer in a review if you want, but I really want you to vote on the poll as well because there is no guarantee your vote would be counted otherwise.
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