While Naruto, Sakura, and their two apprentices were staying with Haruna in the Land of Vegetable back in Konoha things continued to move on at regular pace without them. The only ones that really noticed or even care that Naruto and Sakura were missing were those that were closest to them. Ino, Tsunade, Sakura's parents, Ayame, Teuchi, Hinata, and most of the what who were now being called the Konoha 11 were amongst those that actually cared Naruto and Sakura were gone for the right reason. However there were others whose intentions were not as good as they did miss the chunin and her genin teammate but not because they care for them. Part of the council mostly those influenced by Danzo were pushing to have the two made into missing nin and the whole looking for Sasuke defense was starting to run thin. Since news of Sasuke killing Orochimaru and Naruto was being spread around the Ninja world at the moment.

At the moment one Kakashi Hatake stood in front of the Memorial Stone where he was reflecting on his own genin team. Of which the Copycat Ninja was consider to be the only member left alive as all of his teammate were either dead or consider dead, yet rather then simply thinking back on his team that he was assigned as genin. He was also thinking of the team he was the Jonin instructor for and how things might have turned out differently if he did not leave two of his students to their own devices. Sure he took good care of his team while they were out of mission however when it came to simply training them , that when he had pretty much abandoned them. He probably taught them only a few things together as team of which one would be tree walking and water walking for Sakura (who pretty much mastered tree walking on her first try). When it came to getting further training he either passed over them to train Sasuke (that being the case with Naruto during the Chunin Exam) or he was passed over for another person (Sakura chose to get training from Tsunade instead at least trying ask him first).

Kakashi was about to leave from the Stone when he noticed that Shuzine had arrived and apparently had something to tell him. Since Sakura had gone missing, Ino or her take his pink hair student's place as being the one to deliver messages from Tsunade-sama to those that were part of the Konoha 11 or their instructors.

"Tsunade-sama has requested your presence as it has something to do with your teams both past and present" she told him.


Right Outside the Hokage Office's …

Kakashi stood outside the door have just made here wondering about part about this summon from the Hokage being about the genin team he was once a part of rather then the leader of. What could she possibly say about them as they were all gone with him being the only one left.

Opening the door he notice that Jiraya was also there as well standing near by Tsunade with windows around the Hokage's office closed despite it still be the middle of the day. This was done to make so that no one could spy on what was about to talk about, however take to a clever genjustu it appeared as if the window were still open to those looking at the building from the outside.

Once he was inside and the door was closed, Copycat Ninja stood before the two Sanin waiting to hear whatever they had to say to him.

"Kakashi the reason I brought you here is contain within this folder" Tsunade told him as she toss it over to him.

Opening it up and taking one look at the first picture cause him to almost cause the folder to drop from his hand due to the shock of it all. For the picture he saw was with the folder so far were all of photos of a statue best off of his long lost and presumed dead teammate Rin.

Kakashi was about to ask what's the meaning of this photo but urged to continue onward. Upon doing so he was even more shocked as there were few more pictures of the Rin statue but after that there were only pictures of a flesh and blood twelve year old that was dead ringer for Rin with Sakura and green hair boy around her age with yellow eyes.

"We have reason to believe that this girl is the real Rin who went missing twenty years ago and not just some look alike as stories seem to match up with reports of what happened during your mission to the Land of Moon" Jiraiya said.

"As until that mission it was thought impossible to turn someone to stone yet that was clearly proven wrong as multiple people were turned completely stone by Ishidate's petrifying gauntlet. We unsure just how petrifaction process went with Rin but it would explain why she just vanished along with her team and their bodies never found" Tsunade reported.

For it was not all fun in the sun during those that week or so they stayed there waiting for Kakashi to recover from overusing his Sharingan…again. Sakura still had work to do as she was told (via message bird from Tsunade) to gather various pieces of the petrified remains of people. It was so they could be examine them and possibly come with way to reverse the process as you never know when you might run across an ability like that again and it was best to be prepared. For the next time it might not just wear off if only a part of the person was petrified.

"If Rin was statue for twenty years why has not there been a sign or reports of her statue being found until now?" Kakashi asked

He and a team of Jonins thoroughly looked over the area Rin had went missing all those years ago mutiple times and found nothing. Well that was true as they did find a pile of rumble which he now was guessing could have been her teammates for that mission

"Apparently she was picked up by a private collector and kept in a private art gallery until their death, then she was to placed on public auctions. She was then stolen by two mysterious thieves thought to be ninjas from the methods of extraction and how they managed to run away so fast despite their heavy load. The mention of one the thieves having super strength and later Rin appear with Sakura leads me to believe Sakura was one of the two that stole her" the blond Hokage told.

"Okay so Sakura helped steal her then how she back to normal in other pictures as I sure she does not have any experience with dealing undoing petrifaction just in seeing it" the Jounin asked.

"That other kid in the picture her. He mostly undid the petrifaction as despite how he looks now that kid is very skillfully when it comes to Kugustu. I would not put it pass that he has method to undo petrifaction too as apparently their way to control statues like golems" Jiraiya told him.

"Its for this reason that I have called you here today, Kaskashi. Guessing this is the real Rin then she probably under the thought that she as a missing nin from being gone from the village for over two decade. Though due the circumstances of her case and the discovery of being able to turn someone to stone being proven true. Its possible she can be excused from her extended absence from the village thus avoid being made into a missing nin. However this will only apply as long as she is brought back with Naruto and Sakura who also probably think that they too are missing nin when there not" Tsunade said.

"So you want me to go after them then?" Kakashi asked as he was not going to loss this second chance he had see Rin again or bring her home just like how he was not going allow his two former students to become missing nins like Sasuke.

"Of course as you and select few other will make of the team which approach Naruto and his group. They are under the wrong impression that they are missing nin for reason beyond their control. Unlike Sasuke who left for power and revenge, their reasons were different. They left to either save a teammate who has top secert info on the village and its Hokage being Tsunade's apprentice, were captured by an enemy, or subjected justu leaving them unable to return. So to convince them otherwise we need to send people they trust and will listen to if given the chance" Jiraya said.

"These people being?" Kakashi asked curiously.

"You, Iruka Umino, Ino Yamanaka, Yamato, and Hanabi Hyuga. The five of you will make of the team that I am sending to get the four of them to come back to Konoha. As almost all of you have a deep connection with them thus if you approach them in correct manner. It possible they will listen to you however you must be careful as none of them are stupid. It also possible that Naruto, Sakura, Rin, and their fourth traveling companion might see this as trap where we are using those closest to them in attempt to capture them" the Godaime Hokage informed him.

"Which is why I want Pakkun to travel ahead of you guys carry this scroll along with him. With this it should help ease their possible fear of us sending you five out take them out as missing nin instead of just to bring them back to Konoha after a long mission" Jiraiya told Kakashi.

"Sure" the silver hair Jonin argeed as summoned Pakkun then told him what to do.

Kakashi was about to leave when he some things came to his mind at the moment.

"Why are we going on this mission when Jiraiya has already seem to have made contact with them once before would not it be easier if he did this" he asked.

"There something else I need to check on at the moment that prove to be a problem for us later on down the road" the Frog Sanin replied.

"Also I understand about Yamato as although he has no real connection to Naruto or the others. It might be possible for him to control Kyubi's charka using the ability only known to be possessed by First Hokage before him. Though why send Hanabi along with us? Why not send her older sister Hinata or Neji if the Byakugan is needed" the Jonin asked.

"Its for the green hair kid who goes by the name Ryo as I have gut feeling that he might react not so much to Hanabi herself but her overall appearance judging from something I remember seeing in book during my travels over the years" Jiraiya told him.

'That and this might confirm something else that been bugging both me and Jiraiya lately about Hanabi' Tsunade thought to herself as her fellow Sanin and Kakashi left the room.

That being about rough one year before Naruto returned to Konoha, the younger Hyuga Heiress went missing and just when she was about to be considered KIA almost a month later. The younger Hyuga Heiress was found approaching the gates of Kohona in daze before passing out. She awoke three days later with no memories of what happened to her during the entire time she was missing but somehow developed a love of ramen, turtles, and sudden interest in learning all she could about Naruto as well the tailed demons.


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