Temari sat in bed with her head in her hand, watching the birds outside fly around. She could not believe what happened. She let the Uchiha get away with Shikamaru. Why did she not realize that he wasn't behind her sooner. How could she allow that to happen. She was stronger than that.

'Shikamaru? What could the Uchiha possibly want with a lazy bum like you … Shikamaru?' She was going to get him back, no matter what the Uchiha would do next time … Temari was interrupted from her thoughts. Outside was Naruto and Sakura running toward the Hokage's office. Something was up and she was not going to be left out of it. This is why she had stayed in Konoha was the last three weeks. She was going to get Shikamaru back.

Naruto and Sakura made there way to the Hokage's office only to find Jiraya, Kakashi, Ino, and Shizune waiting for them. " Good, you two finally made it, Now I can …." Tsunade stopped when she saw Tamari nearly break down her door. She looked like she hadn't slept in days, and she was all out of breathe. " Hokage-sama if this is about the Uchiha and Shikamaru then I want in!"

Tsunade only sighed, she knew their was no talking her out of this. " Very well, listen all of you. We did some digging and found out that while Orochimaru was fighting Naruto, Sasuke disappeared. One of his spies , Michimo, reported to him that Sasuke was here in the village. The body that Orochimaru was in started to reject him. We think that his fight with Naruto had to do with it. So after all that work he put in to Sasuke it was time for him to pay up ."

Tsunade paused after seeing Naruto and Sakura's face. They really hated the idea of Orochimaru doing anything to Sasuke's body. Tsunade took a deep breath in and out , then continued . " Orochimaru was scared that Sasuke had gotten away, so without thinking he attacked, and well Naruto finished him off." She looked around, " Now, we think that Sasuke and Shikamaru are somewhere in the rain, a city called, Falicon. Falicon is one of the biggest cities in Rain, so finding them will not be easy." Temari looked confused.

" Do we know what the Uchiha wants with Shikamaru?"

" No… we really know little about what is happening"

"OK , so off to Rain and then to Sasuke and Shikamaru, this time I will bring them back!" Naruto exclaimed out of nowhere.

Naruto covered his eyes as the sun peered though the clouds written sky. Naruto, Sakura, Ino and Temari walked into the enormous limestone in crested gates that lead in to Falicon. Tsunade was right Falicon was the biggest city, any of them had every laid eyes on.

There were rolls among rolls of builds, thousands of people walking. There was a unique river, beginning in the heart of Falicon and coursing northward for what looked like miles and miles. Thank to this river, an area several miles wide on both banks of the river was capable of producing abundant harvests. Falicon was the heart of Rain Country. There were merchants and artisans all engaged in active trade up and down the Falicon river.

Naruto, Sakura, Ino and Temari all looked stunned as they walked round. Falicon was so beautiful that they forgot all about Sasuke and Shikamaru. Falicon's artisans displayed unusually high standard of craftsmanship and physical beauty and produced an incredible variety of goods: stone dishes; beautifully painted boxes made of clay; wooden furniture, especially of Lebanon cedar; gold, silver, and copper tools and containers; paper and rope made of papyrus; and linen clothes.

They had been in Falicon for about fifteen minutes looking around at all the many different stands that lay around the river " We're a day early," Said Ino " We're supposed to meet our source at 10:00am tomorrow morning outside the temple Night. I suggest we find the temple Night now, then find a hotel near it." every one nodded in agreement. Just then a man dressed in purple robes walked by passing out free maps of Falicon. Temari gabbed one , and opened it up. They looked at it. The temple Night was right in the middle of Falicon.

" FOR THAT I WILL MAKE YOU MY SLAVE !"

Everyone turned, including Naruto, Sakura, Ino and Temari, to look and see what was going on. An old man was yelling at a young couple. The old man had three guys around him that looked like bodyguards. The bodyguards who had a sword walked closer to the young couple.

The girl look to be about twenty and had long dark red hair. She was a short skirt that came low in the upper area. The guy also looked about twenty and was dressed like a merchant, khaki pants, with a long-sleeved blue shirt.

The old man looked pissed off. The young man reached out and wrapped his hand around her wrist possessively, she had a worried look on her face. " Let her go," the old man said through gritted teeth. " She's Mine now !" The bodyguard with the sword unsheathed it.

" She will never be yours," the young man said rather irritably. he didn't look but he knew everyone was quietly watching him. glancing over his shoulder he saw that the other bodyguard was standing right next to him, he hit him on the back of his neck with the handle of his sword in what looked like a flash. The big bodyguard lay on the ground unconscious. Everyone's mouth dropped open. The old man had the must confused looked ever.

" Leave now before I kill you" was all he told the old man. The old man looked like he was about to say something but was too scared so he merely walked away. Once he was out of sight, the young girl broke free of her lover's arms and walked out to him.

" Thank yo…" She stopped when the man body glowed blue and then fell down. Ino walked over to her laughing.

" That was fun she said"

"WOW Ino that was too cool , I did even see you form any seals."

" Yeah, your not as useless as I thought" Said Temari.

"WHAT WAS THAT?" Ino yelled.

"YOU HEARD ME?" Temari yelled back.

" WHY I SHOU…" She was stopped when the young girl walked in front of her. " I did not know what you did but… Thank you so much" She said. The young man behind her had his head down. Naruto saw that look in his eyes. That looked that said, ' I couldn't do anything but watch, I'm useless.' that was the same look Naruto had when he had to tell Sakura he couldn't save Sasuke.

" Come on Naruto we are leaving" Sakura yelled shaking Naruto out of his daydream. They walked along the strip looking at all the different stands as they made their way to Moso Inn. The map says it is the closest to Night temple. As they walked many people called out so them.

'Come try this '

Or

' we have the best this and that .'

" COME TRY MY NEW SPICEY RAMEN!" a man dressed in all white like a chief called to Naruto. It was like he knew Naruto loved ramen.

"Fuck" was what Ino, Sakura, and Temari all said at once, as Naruto ran full force to the ramen stand. Mouth dripping with drool, Naruto smelled the sweet smell of Ramen. The man fixed Naruto a bowl.

" Here you go Kid " Naruto looked like a kid in a candy store, eyes bright and wide open with the biggest smile ever. " Naruto we don't have time for this!" Ino yelled.

" We have to …"

" It's ok" Sakura remembering all what Naruto been though, and how far he went to get Sasuke back.

" Now kid, Falicon has the hottest spice so eat it slowly." Naruto pay the man no mind. " Itadikimasu!" was all Naruto said and in two seconds The Ramen was gone. They all had a face that said "what the Fuck." The man , Ino, Sakura, and Temari no one had ever seen anyone eat that fast before. They never knew it was humanly possible.

Out of nowhere Naruto's face turned red. Then redder. " AHHHHH!" as he started jumping up and down holding his neck.

" Naruto are you ok ?" Ino asked. The man laughed. " I told him to eat slowly, Falicon spices aren't for the weak."

"Water!" Naruto yelled as he took off running for the nearest well. They all were staring with an unbelievable look on their faces. The air around Temari started to feel cool. She turned to look and saw …

" UCHIHA!" Temari yelled with pure hate in her voice. Then she took off running. Ino and Sakura both looked confused. " You go after Naruto and I'll get her" Sakura quietly said. Then the two ran off. Ino ran after Naruto for what seemed like an hour, when he finally found a well. He damn near drank all of it. And sat down and gave a really big sigh.

Ino finally made it to him then stopped to catch her breath. " BAKA!" she yelled at him once he was done. Naruto looked up at her with a confused look on his face. " Nani?"

"YOU MORON" she was now pointing at him." Temari saw Sasuke…"
" What … where ? …When?" he yelled while looking around trying to spot Sasuke. " I don't know you ran off and I had to come after you no telling where they are now." Naruto sat back down with a somber look on his face.

Ino felt sorry for him, then remembered what Sakura had told her. She walked over and sat down on the side on him. " It's ok we're going to find them both." Naruto looked at her somewhat taken a back , why was she being nice to him does she want something.

They both got up and surveyed the area. They were closer to the river than before. Plus they were now surrounded by stands with people selling things such as fruit trees, dried fish, and wheat. They were all kinds of lost. Falicon was so big it was going to take them weeks to find every one.

"SHUT UP … JUST SHUT UP"

Everyone was now looking at a girl who looked about twenty years old pointing all in this guy's face who looked about twenty also. He saw everyone now staring at them, so he grabbed her arm forcefully into a dark alley way. Once they were done everyone went back to what they were doing. " That's the couple from before" Ino said. Naruto and Ino decided to follow them to make sure the girl would be ok.

He smashed the girl on the back of a wall. " Red, what do you think you are doing trying to make a scene in front of all these people."

" Get the fuck off of me" She said then spit in his face. He wiped it off with his hand.

Smack!

He slapped her out of nowhere. " Look at what you made me do to you." He rubbed her face with his hand he smacked her with." What your fucking problem anyway, red?"

" What's my fucking problem … Two kids come here show off a little power and your ready to give your life to them.. What about us, huh Mike."

" Red these kids have all kinds of power working for them we can go places, become people and not just nobodies like we are now , but be really important people . And I for one am going tomorrow that Uchiha kid…"

" Sa…suke" Naruto finished what Mike was saying as he and Ino came out of their hiding place and was now facing what looked like a really good clue to finding Sasuke….