Hinata and Arihiro continued their search as well as Neji and Hanako. It was getting dark and they had yet to find any clues on the people that had disappeared. Neji reached up and touched the radio in his ear.

"Hinata-sama, come in."

"I read you." She replied.

"Report back to the main gates, we'll set up a camp outside of the village." Neji said.

"Right. We're on our way." Hinata replied.

Neji and Hanako turned around and took off back towards the gate. A few minutes later the four of them arrived at the main gate.

"It's getting too dark to see anything. We'll set up camp outside of the village that way we don't disturb anything." Neji said.

The other three nodded. They turned and began to walk through the gates. To their surprise they came face to face with a platoon of Rock Ninjas.

"Looks like we've got some uninvited guests." Arihiro said.

The Rock Ninjas drew their weapons. The four Leaf Ninjas prepared themselves for battle. The Rock Ninjas charged at the Leaf Chuunins who stood battle ready. The members of the two villages clashed with the sounds of kunai and shurikens hitting each other. Hanako was kicked into the steel wall that fenced in the village. She was knocked unconscious from the impact. Arhiro was thrown into a nearby tree. He too was out cold. Hinata and Neji were all that were left. The two Byakugan users stood back to back taking out anyone who got close to them. Hinata's attention faltered when she saw something strange inside the village. That allowed somebody to hit her on the head with a weapon, knocking her out. Neji turned and saw what had happened.

"Hinata-sama!"

He too was hit at the base of the neck with a weapon. He hit the ground hard. His Byakugan was still activated before he lost consciousness. He saw the same thing that Hinata saw in the village. It looked human but it had no chakra within it. He lost sight of it when his Byakugan deactivated and he finally lost consciousness.

Satori awoke feeling that something was wrong. It took him a few seconds to realize he wasn't home. He was still at Ino's house and in her bed none the less. He then realized that Ino was cuddled up next to him. He and Ino had fallen asleep while talking.

"I don't mean to leave, there's something I gotta check out." He whispered.

He very carefully slipped out of the bed. He opened the window and sat on the ledge. He looked back at the sleeping Ino.

"Thanks for the advice." He whispered as he leapt out of the window.

Satori jumped from rooftop to rooftop still getting that wrong feeling in his stomach. He was headed the Hokage's house. He knew it was late but he needed to ask the Hokage if he could go after his team. He pretty much knew what her answer was going to be but he needed to try anyway. He arrived to her house and pounded on her door. A light came on and shone through the door's window. Finally Tsunade opened the door.

"Satori, do you know what time it is?"

"Sorry, Hokage-sama, but I need you to give me permission to go after my teammates. I have a bad feeling that something bad has happened to them."

"Neji is with them so I doubt anything is wrong."

"I understand that but I just can't shake this bad feeling."

"I'm sorry, Satori but the answer is no. I just can't let you go off on your own just on a gut feeling."

"But Hokage-sama…"

Tsunade put her hand up. Satori stopped talking and lowered his head.

"I understand your feeling but you have to understand my standpoint. Go home and get some sleep."

"Yes, Hokage-sama." Satori said reluctantly. He then jumped away. Tsunade stood there for a moment thinking, then she went back inside.

Satori jumped from tree limb to tree limb heading for his house.

"Oh I'll go home but I'm not going to be there long." He thought to himself.

He finally arrived to his house and crept inside. Tenten was asleep in her bed when she felt something nudge her. She slowly opened her eyes and saw her twin brother Satori standing there.

"What is it, Nii-chan?"

"Hey, I'm sneaking out to go after my team. I've been having this bad feeling that something has happened to them. Do you want to come with me?"

Tenten sighed and rubbed her eyes.

"Have you asked the Hokage?

"Yes but she said no."

"Do you have anybody else?"

Satori shook his head.

"Alright…I'll come along."

"Good, hurry up and get ready. I've gotta grab some things out of my room."

Satori went to his room while Tenten got ready. 10 minutes later they stood on their door step.

"Ready?" Satori asked.

Tenten nodded.

"Ok. Let's go."

The two of them began their own mission. They were walking along the path that took them to the Konoha gate.

"Hey!" A voice said from behind them.

They looked back to see Kakashi, Shuji, Tsuku and Ronin. Kakashi was leaning against a tree reading a book while the other three were sitting at the base of the tree.

"Kakashi-sensei?" You need to stop sneaking up on people." Satori said.

"Hello, Ninja." Kakashi said pointing to himself.

"What are you doing here, Kakashi-sensei?" Tenten asked.

"Well, I was about to ask you the same thing." Kakashi said. Satori started scratching his head and Tenten struggled for an answer. Kakashi noticed their backpacks.

"Well, noticing your backpacks and being fully armed, I'm just assuming that you are going after Neji's team on a gut feeling."

"Wow, he's good."

"Plus Hokage-sama told me."

Tenten and Satori pointed at Kakashi.

"THAT'S NOT AN ASSUMPTION!"

"You do realize that if you leave without authorization you'll become a nukenin (missing-nin) and ANBU members will be after you. They'll catch you and bring you back and punishment will be severe."

"So let me guess you're here to stop us. Well, if you do stop us and my feeling was right then it's going to a burden not only on the Hokage's shoulders but on your's as well." Satori said.

Kakashi smirked.

"Well, I was getting ready to tell you that the Hokage has allowed this mission to proceed."

Tenten and Satori both smiled. The six of them walked out of Konoha.