A/N: Okay, I've decided that I won't write the fifth chappie until at least obtaining 20 reviews for this story. I need to know if people are interestedJ Here's the fourth! Go Yondaime!

Chapter 4: Gossip and Abduction

Sasuke stayed at the river long after Yososhi was gone. He seemed to find a strange but welcomed peace being at the river. It soothed him to be able to feel calm. Not to be bothered. It was a place away from the total chaos of the city and when he was there, he could imagine that the world was, even for a moment, civilized. He sighed to himself and dipped his hand into the cool surface of the water. It was warm, having been under the sun for so long.

He sat there, with his hand in the water, and wondered to himself if Naruto would be alright. He wondered to himself if Yososhi would actually take his advice and stay away from the blonde boy or if she was as obnoxious or as stubborn as her brother. If she actually did decide to reveal herself, what would Naruto do? Surely, he would go into a frenzy. Maybe even become more insane than he was at the present time, if that were even possible.

Maybe he should go and watch over the blonde, guard him. Well, that was the excuse he would give to himself for being with his blonde teammate.

After much contemplation, he finally decided that he would do it. He would stay by Naruto's side and watch over him.

Eventually.

For the present moment, he just wanted to spend only a little more time in his own civilized, peaceful world by the riverside. Only a moment before he went to go search for Naruto.

Tsunade sat in her office, seemingly doing some important paperwork, how focused she looked. In reality, she was actually writing out her schedule, keeping track on how much time she should spend on her nails and what time she needed to be home to watch her favorite soap opera.

She was just about to arrange the time she would get her hair done, when her office door flew open and in stomped a determined, loudmouth blonde, panting for he had ran all the way to Hokage Tower, yelling "TSUNADE-SAMA!"

His sudden, not to mention loud, entrance caused Tsunade to jump in her seat.

Great, I forgot what time I should arrange my hair appointment!

She thought to herself.

"Go away you orange baboon. I was just in the middle of classified and important paperwork. I am Hokage you know."

The teen stood still for a moment before getting down on his knees, clamping his hands together and saying:

"Tsunade-sama! I have a favor to ask you! Please listen! Please, please, please, please, PLEASE, with ramen on top! Please?"

After the pleading came the next step of his persuasion plan. Big, round, blue and unbelievably adorable puppy dog eyes. Those eyes, irresistible eyes they were, were what caused Tsunade to give in. That and the fact that he had called her Tsunade-sama. The pleading was unnecessary.

"Fine, fine" said a reluctant Hokage, "I will put off my important paper work. But only for a minute. Now, let's hear what you have to say and it better not be 'Tsunade-sama, will you please treat me to ten buckets of ramen?' like last time because you know how that ended up. I doubt you want to relive the answer."

Yes, Naruto did remember the time he asked for that favor. It ended up with a bump the size of Russia on his head and many painful bruises. Well, he did interrupt 'a very important meeting.'

"THANK YOU!" he said, so loudly that Tsunade had to cover her ears.

"Well, get on with it!" Tsunade said irritably. She truly did want to write down the time for her hair appointment.

"Um..uh…" began Naruto, unsure of how to start. Ease into the subject, maybe? "Can you, by any chance, let me see the personal files of the residences of Konoha?" Well, obviously Naruto, being as direct as he is loud, doesn't have any skill in easing into a subject.

Tsunade was at a loss for words. Instead, she just stared at the teen as if he were crazy, which he probably was.

"Hmm…let me try to phrase that differently," said the crazy teen as he thought about another way to say it, "Can you go check if there is anybody in Konoha by the name of Yososhi?"

"No." came the reply.

But Naruto was determined.

"Why?" he asked, not allowing himself to fail the investigation.

"Because the files are all the way over there," said the Hokage as she pointed across the room to a locked filing cabinet, "It's not even in reach. Besides, that's confidential information that I'm not allowed to reveal." She put on a very stern face.

"But I need to know if Yososhi lives in the village!" Naruto said as if Tsunade could understand.

Time to bring out the ultimate weapons: Puppy dog eyes.

He waited for her to waver for quite a while but she did not give in. Finally, he reluctantly gave up, his eyes tired from enlarging themselves for too long.

"Fine Baa-chan. I didn't want your help anyways." Reverse psychology never worked these days.

Naruto let out a small grunt before exiting the Hokage's office. As soon as the door was shut, said Hokage began to laugh.

­This is the filing cabinet containing personal files.

And she looked to a filing cabinet beside her, only inches away and very much, indeed, within reach.

As soon as the discouraged teen walked outside of Hokage Tower, he was met by an ever stoic yet ever so hot Sasuke. It seems that Sasuke did manage to leave his calm world and go find Naruto. But, as you should already know, things aren't always what they seem.

"S-Sasuke?" the unbelieving Naruto stuttered.

Earlier that day…

Sakura stood in front of her bedroom mirror, brushing her bubble-gum pink hair. But in an instant, she grew tired of brushing her hair. There was nobody to impress anymore. She walked to her bed, face downcast, lied down and just sighed. Everything was going wrong.

Yesterday was a hard day for her. She had been rejected by her beloved Sasuke. Again. Well, she had grown quite accustomed to that bit but what he said after the rejection was what really made quite an impact on her.

"Listen to me. I'm in love with someone else."

To know that she didn't even have a chance anymore was what really shattered her world. Indeed, there was nobody to impress anymore. Throughout the whole day, she spent the passing time sulking. But at the moment, she had run out of tears and another feeling kicked in to replace the sorrow.

"Listen to me. I'm in love with someone else."

This newfound emotion was definitely the powerful motivator of jealousy. 'Someone else'? What did he mean by that? Who was his loved one and more importantly, what did she have that she, herself, didn't? How dare somebody else steal her beloved Sasuke away from her!

Yes, her jealousy definitely brought her a fair amount of determination and she was going to find Sasuke's supposed 'loved one' no matter what it took.

She thought and thought about a plan and about whom Sasuke would love more than her. Soon, one word popped into her head:

Naruto.

"S-Sasuke," the unbelieving Naruto stuttered.

He gained his composure and proceeded to put on his fake attitude that he would often display for his dark-haired teammate.

"Sasuke-teme!" Naruto yelled loudly, "Are you following me! Trying to sneak attack me, eh?"

"Just follow me, dobe." Sasuke said as he proceeded to walk away.

"Why?" he asked but unfortunately wasn't heard as Sasuke proved to be out of earshot.

Curiosity getting the better of him and feeling a need to stay beside Sasuke, Naruto complied and ran up to Sasuke.

"Are we there yet?" the blonde asked, irritating the dark-haired teen. He had been asking this question non-stop for ten minutes straight.

"YES!" the annoyed one yelled.

It seemed they were right in front of Sakura's house and this made Naruto slightly nervous.

"What are we doing here?" he asked to his companion, who had already passed the small gate and was heading for the front door.

"Just follow me." Sasuke said, sternly.

Naruto had reached the front door by the time Sasuke pulled out a set of keys from his pocket and began to unlock the door.

'Why does he have keys to her house?' Naruto thought to himself.

They both entered the front door and each second, Naruto was getting more and more nervous. Their journey continued up the stairs and Sasuke led him to Sakura's room. 'Strange, he seems to know this place pretty well.'

The room was empty when they had entered. Naruto took a quick look around. It was a neat room, very organized. He heard the door shut and turned around, but Sasuke was not what he saw.

Instead, standing in the stoic teen's place was none other then the pink-haired Sakura, wearing a menacing, almost threatening grin, which made Naruto even more nervous than he already was. Sakura, the master of illusion, had lured Naruto into her room. But for what?

And all the while, they hadn't realized that a cloaked figure stood outside the doorway, eavesdropping in on the conversation and watching them through the door.

A/N: Well, that's it for today. Did you like it? Hate it? Give me feedback because I had an alternate plan for this chappie! Read and review please!

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