The three teammates awoke the next morning to a loud knocking sound reverberating on the room. Sakura, who slept on one of the beds by herself while the other two shared a bed, was the first to get up and answer the door to reveal Shizune holding her stomach.
"Oh my gosh!" Sakura gasped as she helped the woman into the room so that she could take a seat. "Are you alright?" Sasuke immediately helped Sakura while Naruto watched on worriedly.
"It's Tsunade," she gasped.
"What's wrong with Tsunade?" asked Naruto.
"She went to go meet Orochimaru," Shizune answered. "I tried to stop her. I think she's going to join his side."
"Damn it," Naruto growled as he grabbed his weapon's pouch and placed it in its place. "We were supposed to have more time than this." He jumped out the window to where he knew Tsunade would be without even looking back to see if the others were following.
"Sakura," Sasuke said as he readied himself to follow Naruto. "You go tell Jiraiya about this." He only waited for Sakura to nod an affirmative before he took off to follow Naruto. He knew he wasn't going to be able to catch up to Naruto's inhumanly speed, but he didn't want to leave Naruto alone for any longer than was absolutely necessary. Even though Naruto could beat Orochimaru all by himself, Sasuke had the feeling that this wasn't going to be just as simple as that.
Sakura quickly pulled Shizune up so that she could take her to Jiraiya's room. She knew that Jiraiya would trust her right now so the only way for her to get him to listen to her was by using Shizune. Shizune went willingly because she thought that Jiraiya was the only man who could save her mentor. It wasn't true of course, but she had no way of knowing any better.
The whole walk was very slow because Sakura had to help Shizune the whole way. They even had to stop several times for Shizune to rest for a few minutes, but Sakura didn't care. She was in no hurry. She was actually hoping that by the time they got to where Tsunade was the whole battle would be over. That way Sasuke and Naruto could fight without any distraction of Jiraiya trying to join in. That definitely wasn't what they needed at them moment.
When they finally got to the room that Jiraiya was staying in, they found that he was passed out on his bed. Both of them could immediately tell that he had been drugged. Probably something to do with Tsunade. Shizune walked over and shook him awake as best she could.
"Wake up," she said.
"What?" Jiraiya said groggily as his eyes opened slowly. His mind was still very clouded by sleep and he only barely registered that it was Shizune who was shaking him awake. "What's wrong?"
"Tsunade-sama went to go see Orochimaru," Shizune said as she helped him sit up.
"What!" Jiraiya yelled even though he could barely do anything else.
"And Uchiha-san and Uzumaki-san went to look for her," she said.
"What!" Jiraiya yelled again. "We have to go find them."
"Not like that," said Sakura. "You can barely stand. You'll only get in there way."
"Look Sakura," Jiraiya growled. "I don't care how strong you think that you and your friends are. There is no way that you can beat Orochimaru on your own. Not even I can do that and I am one of the legendary sannin."
"I said not like that," Sakura said. "I can make a drug that will cancel out most of the affects of the one that Tsunade gave you, but it will take a moment."
"Since when have genin known anything about medical ninjutsu?" asked Jiriaya.
"Since I decided that my friends needed a medical nin by their sides," she said as she began to take the ingredients she would need out of the scroll that she always kept with her. This one was different from all the ones that all three of them carried to hold onto items. This one was made specifically to hold her medical supplies and nothing else.
"Fine," Jiraiya agreed unwillingly. He had no other choice. If he didn't take the medicine, then he would not be able to fight Orochimaru, and that could put everyone in danger.