Sorry I took longer than normal, but school's about to start, and I've got books bigger than the dictionary to read.

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Say What?

Nyoko's a what? She can't possibly be a missing nin, and a S-class one at that. Okay, so maybe she could be a missing nin; she did leave the village without authorization. But still, there's no why in hell Nyoko could ever do something that earned her a spot in the S-class bingo book.

" The look on your face tells me you don't," Tsunade-sama said. No, ya think?

" No, I wasn't aware of that," I told her softly.

" Well you do now," she said, tiredly, "And I'm guessing you would like me to tell you what's going on, right?" I nodded.

Tsunade-sama opened her mouth to say something, but instead a long yawn forced its way through. I've never seen her so tired before. Her eyes weren't as bright as they usually are, she was yawning a lot, and worst of all she was actually doing paperwork, at will. Nyoko must've worn her out, and now she's trying to finish to sneak in a little nap. That or she's trying finish so she can go out and gamble some more.

She stopped yawning and continued, " As I was saying, about Nyoko's crimes, seven years ago she murdered over seventy innocent people, including her parents and younger sister. She won't explain her actions"

My heart skipped a beat. I never thought Nyoko could ever be responsible for an innocent person's death, let alone her own family's.

" And for this reason she should be executed," Tsunade-sama continued. Wait-should?

"Tsunade-sama what do you mean, 'she should be executed'?" I asked curiously. Shouldn't Nyoko be punished for what she's done? Not that I want her to die, but still…

" When I said should, I meant that she won't be killed," she replied, not really answering my question.

" But, why? I asked, trying to pry a legitimate answer from her.

Tsunade-sama sighed deeply, " Sakura, Nyoko's going to tell you everything you need to know," that was not the answer I wanted.

" How is she-" I was interrupted by a puff of smoke.

It was the Anbu agent from before. Once again scaring the mess out of me. Stupid Anbu sneaking up on people.

"Sakura, this Anbu is going to escort you to Konoha's Interrogation Center to see Nyoko. She has requested to see you,"

" About what?" I asked.

" You'll see," was all she said.

Not wanting to waste any time, I bowed politely and exit her office, Anbu at my tail. I walked out into the hallway to see Naruto and Kakashi-sensei. I could tell that Naruto had grown impatient, because he was shifting from side to side. He stopped when he noticed me, and he smiles. I swear he's got the brightest smile in all of Konoha.

"Sakura-chan! You finally came back. What took you so long?" he's also got the loudest voice.

" One, Naruto, I've only been gone for ten minutes, and two, none of your business," I snapped.

Naruto crossed his arms, and his happy face turns into a pout, "You don't have to have an attitude about it Sakura-chan," I can't help but smile at him; the look on his face is too cute. Wait, Naruto and cute, in the same thought? This Nyoko thing must really be getting to me.

" I'll see you later Naruto," I said in a nicer tone than before. I walk past him, but he gently grabs my wrist. I look into his eyes. He has sad look on his face, as though he's done something wrong.

" I'm sorry Sakura-chan I didn't mean-"

" Naruto, it's alright you didn't do anything," I told him, calmly, " If anyone should be apologizing it should be me. I shouldn't have been so rude,"

The Anbu tapped me on my shoulder, signaling that it was time to go.

I smile at him, reassuringly, and he reluctantly lets go of my wrist.

" See you later," I say once more. He nods his head, as a silent goodbye.

I walk out the door, this time the Anbu in front of me. Meanwhile, I could have sworn I say Kakashi-sensei's mask move. I think he was smiling. At what, only he would know. I just hope it wasn't at the little epidemic Naruto and I had.

The walk to the Interrogation Center was …a little quiet. Okay maybe it was a lot quiet. I guess it's an Anbu thing. But then again it's hard to talk when you're jumping from roof to roof, trying to avoid the occasional bird from become your lunch.

When we arrive at the Interrogation Center I wasn't too impressed with its apparel. It was a small dark building, with barred windows. If it weren't for the big bold letters that read K.I.C., and the size, I would've thought it to be the Konaha's prison. But hey, what could you expect from a place that people could drive you crazy in a matter of minutes.

I walked in hesitantly behind the Anbu. The inside was even darker than the outside. We walked down a hall full of doorways. I supposed that each door lead to an interrogation room. I heard a frightening scream come from one of the rooms. The Anbu seemed unaffected, but I was scared out of my mind. I didn't let it show though, that'd be unprofessional of me, being a ninja and all.

We finally arrived at Nyoko's room. The turned to face me, and nodded his head. Then he poofed away, leaving behind a cloud of smoke. I coughed and swooshing the smoke away. I'm really starting to dislike this guy.

I take a deep breath preparing to enter the room. A million questions were going through my head. What did she want with me? Does it have anything to do with last night? Why did she kill those people? Why'd she come back?

That last question I wasn't so sure of. I'm just assuming she came back willingly, hence the whole argument between her and my father.

I brace myself and finally walk into the room. There sat Nyoko tipped lazily in her chair, to the point it looked as if would fall. She was gazing up at the ceiling, as though she was daydreaming. She tugged a bit on her dingy black bandana that held back her short brown hair. Then she noticed me.

" Hey Sakura! What's up?"

" What do you want?" I asked coldly.

She put on a pretend look of hurt, " Why Sakura, how rude of you. I don't get a 'hello' from my dear younger cousin? I'm hurt," she was playing with me, and I was in no mood for games.

" What do you want, Nyoko?" I repeated myself adding more coldness to my voice.

" Well Sakura, I just wanted to talk to you about last night," she said, coolly

This is it. I'm finally going to get my question answered. Well, one of them at least.

" What is it?" I asked impatiently.

She chuckled a bit, " I wanted to talk to you about your bloodline,"

The fifth chappie! Hope you enjoyed it, especially the little NaruSaku moment. You know what to do, REVIEW! (heh that rhymes XD)

Royelle