-Sakura POV-
'Ok Sakura now's our chance Tobi has given us free reign of the building and we should scope the area out' Inner tells me once Tobi had sat back down and started working on his paperwork once again "Hey I'm gonna go look around I promise I won't bother anyone" I ask hoping that he would buy my excuse.
"Fine just get out of my sight brat" he grunts not looking up and I slip out the door breathing a small sigh of relief 'Cha we are so going to get out of here' I grin at Inner's enthusiasm walking down the hall to the left opposite of where I had gone the first time I was let out of the room.
'Alright Inner time to start taking notes on which hallways are the right ones and which aren't can you do that' I ask suddenly worried that it might be too much 'I can do it Saku-chan don't worry' she soothes before concentrating on her task as I walk through the underground base.
'Ok Sakura turn left' Inner says suddenly and I jerk around towards the left and start down the hall 'Why the left Inner' I ask in confusion 'Because someone was down the other hall' she answers smartly 'Geeze thanks for the warning Inner' I mutter under my breath at her.
'You should thank me' she huffs out and I smile 'I don't know if I could survive if I didn't have you here with me Inner' I tell her hoping that it would convey my feelings of gratitude 'It was nothing' she says suddenly shy and I roll my eyes at her mood swings 'And I thought I was bad' I giggle in my thoughts.
'SAKURA WATCH OUT' Inner shrieks a moment to late and I slam into someone shaking my head I look up and stare into gray ringed eyes "I'm sorry" I grumble standing up and brushing myself off "HEY HANDS OFF" I jerk away from him when he reaches out to grab me.
"Then you better turn yourself around" the guy says darkly and I stare at him in shock "Who are you" I ask suspiciously "No one you'd like to know" he smiles and I shrink away from him in fear before stopping myself "Yeah right your just like the rest of the people here" I tell him sticking my tongue out childishly and turning on me heel and running back down the hall.
'Sakura what the hell possessed you to do that' Inner groans and I shrug 'I'm getting tired of being ordered around like some dog' I tell her 'You're just going to get us in trouble' inner sighs tiredly 'Hey did you memorize the halls we went down' I ask and she nods 'I did' she smiles 'Good' I grin.
Sighing as I tune back in to reality I wander down the halls back towards Tobi's office glaring at the door before opening it and walking in closing it behind "Back so soon" Tobi says standing in front me when I turn back around "Yeah there was nothing here that could capture my interest" I answer smartly.
I watch as he tilts his head and steps a little closer but I stand still not willing to back down this time 'I won't be intimidated this time' I tell myself glaring at him with as much anger as I can "Is that so" he asks raising his hand and placing it on my head 'Ok this is scary' I gulp.
"Perhaps we could find you something to do then if your so bored S-A-K-U-R-A" he enunciates my first name slowly and I shake my head "No thanks I think I'll just sit in the chair" I huff out before walking over to said chair and sitting in it petulantly crossing my arms and sighing.
'Damn it I gave in to intimidation AGAIN' I groan in my thoughts "Hey" Tobi calls out and I look up in surprise "You aren't going to sleep in that chair are you" he asks and I shake my head before following him out of the office and in the opposite direction down several halls into a room.
"This is where you will be staying" he commands pointing to the small bed in the corner of the equally small room and I sigh "Fine" I grumble under my breath before entering the room fully and sitting on the bed as Tobi shuts the door 'Alright Sakura once night hits we are out of here' Inner says determinedly.
-Kakashi POV-
'Damn it I can't just sit around and wait for someone to tell me we have a lead I'll just have to go out and get a lead myself' I growl in my thoughts sitting up in the bed and performing the summoning jutsu for my ninja hounds "Alright Pakkun I need you to pick up a scent for me" I ask him.
"Where is this scent" Pakkun asks and I nod over in the corner where some of Sakura's baby clothes were still there after several years "Got it" he barks out orders to a few of the other hounds before taking off with the rest of them following behind and I follow along a little distance behind them.
After a few minutes he stops and sniffs a certain area before howling and taking off in a new direction 'What was that all about' I ask myself in my thoughts before skidding to a stop once I realize that the hounds had left the village 'Son of a bitch' I curse turning around and heading back home.
"Did they find anything Kakashi" Yamato asks once I walk through the door "They did but the scent led out of the village" I snarl sitting down in a chair and closing my eye in exhaustion "I just hope we find her soon who knows what who ever has her could be doing to her" I grimace at the thought.
"Don't worry Kakashi Sakura is a strong girl and she's smart enough not to do anything stupid" Yamato tries to sooth and I nod realizing that he was right but it made me no less worried than before 'You better be alright Sakura' I pray hoping that nothing had happened to her.
-Kiba POV-
"I'm home" I call out wandering through house towards the delicious scent that was wafting out of the kitchen "Welcome home Kiba, Sakura" my mom calls out from the kitchen and I blink in confusion "You mean Sakura isn't already here" I ask scrunching my nose up.
"No I thought she was with you Kiba" Mom says walking out of the kitchen and looking at me "She told me that she was spending the day with a teammate and I thought she'd already be back by now" I shrug "I'm sure she'll be here soon though" I supply knowing that Sakura didn't like to be late.
'You can say that again' I chuckle in my thoughts "Well then get cleaned up for supper" mom says going back into the kitchen and I do as she says after an hour I come back downstairs and sit at the table only when I have been given my plate do I realize that Sakura still wasn't back yet.
"I'm gonna go look for Sakura Ma" I say pushing my plate away suddenly not feeling all to hungry "After you eat Kiba" she says pushing my plate back towards me and I sigh before eating the food anyway "OK Now I'm going to go Look for Sakura" I tell her jumping out of the chair and out of the house before she could tell me no.
-Sakura POV-
'Alright Saku-chan it's time to get rolling' Inner screeches and I cringe 'Calm down Inner' I shush her before concentrating on creating a believable genjutsu before cloaking myself and exiting through the door 'Which way Inner' I ask and she points down the left hall and I run in that direction.
Breathing deeply in fear as I rush through the halls as quietly as possible I finally make it back to the hall where that guy had stopped me earlier spotting the giant rock that stood in my way I groan 'Now what do I do' I ask Inner and she shrugs 'The only thing we can do is create another genjutsu' she points out.
Doing so I layer it all over the hallway and the rock before sitting down against the cool wall in thought 'Ok so I know that there must be a way out so maybe it's a complicated set of handsigns' I think to myself for several minutes before holding my breath as I realize that someone was standing in front of the rock.
'Hey Sakura look he's going through some handsigns' Inner points out before memorizing them but before we could go through them ourselves the rock moves out of the way and the guy slips out of the cave 'Follow him Sakura' Inner shrieks and I do so right as the rock begins to move back into place.
Waiting for a few minutes until I was absolutely sure that the guy was gone I release the breath I had been holding before tearing off in a random direction 'CHA' Inner yells pumping her fist in the air 'We sure showed them' she laughs sticking her tongue out childishly.
'Now's the hard part Inner getting home without getting caught' I point out and she pouts 'Killjoy' she grumbles and I giggle softly after a few hours I stop to catch my breath 'I think we are safe for now so long as we keep our chakra hidden' I pant out 'Your right' Inner huffs out.
'Come on Sakura just keep going' Inner coaxes me as I run through the night and as the sun breaks over the land I feel exhaustion creep up on me 'NO SAKU-CHAN you have to keep going' Inner shouts and I blink slapping my face lightly so that I could stay awake just a little longer.
'Hey what's that' Inner asks and I look ahead seeing a warmly dressed person "HEY" I yell out waving my arms in hopes to catch the persons attention "HELP I NEED HELP CAN YOU HEAR ME" I scream falling onto my knees in the warm sand after a few minutes the person reaches me.
"Are you alright kid" he asks holding out a hand and I take it allowing him to pull me up "I was taken from my village by a bad person and I need help" I pant out feeling the heat and the exhaustion creeping up on me once more "Hold on there kid I'll get you out of this sun" the guy tells me but by that point I had already lost the battle and fallen into a deep sleep.
-Kakashi POV-
It had already been one whole day that Sakura had been missing and I still didn't have any leads "I'm going out to get permission to go looking for her myself" I tell Yamato "Good Luck Kakashi I'll join you later" he says as I walk out the door and turn in the direction of the Hokage tower.
Walking along the road I reach it in a matter of minutes I stare upwards before heading inside and up to Lord Hokage's Office "Lord Hokage it's Kakashi there is something I wish to ask you" I call out knocking on the door and waiting for permission to enter "Come in Kakashi" Sarutobi calls out from with in the room.
Entering I notice that Orochimaru was in the room as well and I stop to glare at him for a few moments until Lord Hokage clears his throat "What is that you came here for Kakashi" he asks and I sigh turning away from Orochimaru so that I could get my thoughts in order.
"I wish to go out looking for Sakura I've already sent my ninja hounds on her tracks" I say simply not really wanting to beat around the bush "If you allow him to go I'm shall be going as well she's my sister and I have a right" Orochimaru speaks up from the other side of the room.
"I know that she's your sister Orochimaru but I can't allow you to go along with him you are going to be facing some serious charges here" Sarutobi tells him and I chuckle in my thoughts "I realize that Sensei but I have to I just have to this is all my fault" he bursts out and I look at him in surprise.
"What do you mean it's your fault?" I ask him darkly "It's the group I was with before I left them so that I would never have to hurt Sakura" he frowns "WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE OROCHIMARU" I yell out finally having enough of him beating around the bush.
"They are called the Akatsuki" Orochimaru sighs out and I sit down in a chair breathing deeply "Oh god no" I snap out standing up in flurry and without waiting for the Hokage's permission "I'm going whether or not you allow me" I tell him before exiting the office and heading towards the village gates.