Chapter 21

Kakashi bolted into Tsunade's office not caring who was in there. Kakashi had to admit he was relieved that Tsunade was alone in the room. Other wise she would have given him a lecture of his life. Tsunade gave Kakashi a look of pure annoyance she as never a fan of people just barging in like this.

"I'm going to assume you have a good explanation for this Kakashi. Or at least you better."

Kakashi's voice was soft and almost weak like.

"Sasuke"

Tsunade had her head down the hold time she finally looked up to see him. His one visible eye was red, he appeared to be shaking slightly and he held something in his hand.

"Kakashi come sit down and tell me what happened."

Kakashi made his way over to the chair across from the desk. He sat down and placed the objects on the desk. Tsunade can see that there is blood on one of the pieces of paper; as well as it held Kakashi's name on the front of it. What peaked her interest was the DVD and tape recorder.

Tsunade didn't wait for Kakashi to say anything; she grabbed the two pieces of paper and began to read them. She read the one from the man with the camera first. She didn't read the one from Sasuke instead she hit the play button on the tape recorder. Kakashi remained quiet the whole time Tsunade read the letter and listened to the tape. Once she was done hearing the tape she looked up at Kakashi confused now more then ever.

"Now it sounds like you on the tape but I know you would never say that about Sasuke. What's happening and what is on that DVD?"

"I didn't have that conversation I don't even know who that man is. On the DVD are Sasuke and the two men. I watched it but you can't see who the men are the camera never shows their faces. Sasuke strapped down to the kitchen table and their raping him. The other letter is from Sasuke I found it on his bed when I got back this morning."

Tsunade picked up the other letter and began to read it. Her heart sank in her chest when she reached the part about how Sasuke was forced to do those things on the tape. She couldn't believe that this was happening; after everything that Sasuke had been through already he didn't need something else to break his heart. Tsunade took a deep breath and tried to collect her thoughts. She knew that she didn't want to look at the DVD. If Kakashi watched it and said you couldn't see the men then she would take his word for it.

"We need to find him; the men came over the night I left for the mission. If Sasuke left that night he would have been caught in that storm. Judging by how the kitchen looked he wouldn't have gotten far before the storm hit."

"Alright take Neji, Shino and Kiba with you. I'll send a team over to take pictures and collect evidence. I'll also have a team go around and see if we can get something out of the people that bought the DVD."

"I'll find the others and we'll head out. I'm not coming back until I find him Tsunade."

"I know, I know. I hope you find him soon and before Snider and his men do. Go"

Kakashi left the office and went to head for the other's houses. He was hoping it wouldn't take long to find them. The sooner they left to find Sasuke the better off they would be. He had to make sure Snider didn't get to him again. He promised Sasuke that he would never have to feel that man's touch again he couldn't break that.

Kakashi had to find Sasuke and let him know that it wasn't him on that tape. That he loves him and would never say that about him. Just like he would never betray his trust and use him for sex; he was like a son to him he would never do that to him. Kakashi ran towards Neji's house hoping to find him there.

Thirty minutes later Kakashi was standing at Konoha's gate with the three members of his team. He was pleased that the weather kept everyone inside their house. He hadn't told them what was going on yet he wanted to only discuss it once when everyone was together. The only thing he told them at their house was it was a high ranking mission of urgency.

Kakashi took a look at their curious faces and took a deep breath. He wasn't sure how to explain this, he certainly couldn't release that much information for Sasuke's sake.

"Alright this is how it's going to work; I'll tell you the information that you need once when I'm done we leave and no questions asked. Do you all understand?"

The three of them looked at each other and then nodded. They knew that they couldn't waste time with asking why they weren't allowed to ask questions.

"I left two nights ago to go on a mission Sasuke was left alone. It wasn't the first time he was left alone I've done almost ten missions now. Every time I come back Sasuke has the door locked and he hasn't gone anywhere the time I've been gone. This time the door was unlocked and Sasuke was gone. There was a note, a tape recorder and a DVD left on the kitchen table. Long story short two men came the night I left; they tied Sasuke to the kitchen table and tortured and raped him. They did this for seven hours and video taped the whole thing. The tape recorder held a fake conversation of me and one of the men they played it for Sasuke. The tape had me calling Sasuke a whore and speaking about how I was going to hurt him. Sasuke in the state of mind he was in after everything Snider and the men did believe what he heard. He left after the men were finished. Snider is looking for him and he is out there extremely injured and out in the storm. We are not coming back to Konoha until we find him is that understood?"

The three of them nodded their head. They couldn't believe what Kakashi had told them. After everything Sasuke had been through already he didn't need to go through anymore pain. They hadn't really seen Sasuke since the incident with Snider. According to Naruto and Sakura he didn't like going outside much. He didn't know how people would react to what happened; if they would treat him any different. Shino released his insects to follow Sasuke's scent so they had somewhere to start. Once they caught a trace of Sasuke the four of them were off. They traveled in silence for each had their own minds racing and what just happened to Sasuke. All they could do now was hope they found him soon and he found shelter from the storm.