Naruto woke wet from the morning dew, and freezing because his body had been left in the cold all night. "Sakura-chan!" he said running off to find Kakashi Sensei. It was early, the morning was still new, so he would be at the memorial stone near the training fields. With lightning speed Naruto moved weaving in and out of the trees, his anger pumping his legs harder. "Kakashi Sensei!" Naruto shouted when he landed behind the sliver haired Jonin.

"Naruto, I rarely see you before six AM." Kakashi said clearly surprised. "What's up?"

"Last night, Sakura-chan was kidnapped by some guy!" Naruto shouted.

"What? Naruto come with me." Kakashi said as they took off for the Hokage tower. When they walked in the Hokage was just walking into his office.

"Ah, Kakashi, Naruto, what can I do for you?" he asked.

"Sorry to bother you so early, but Naruto said that he saw Sakura Haruno, the female member of squad seven kidnapped last night." Kakashi said. Sarutobi ushered them into the office. "Okay Naruto what happened?"

"I went to go find Sakura-chan. It was close to one in the morning, and when I went to check on her at her house her mom said she didn't know she was back from the exams. Well then I got really worried, 'cause Sakura-chan was hurt really bad. Anyway when I found her she was on a bench down by the river crying, I think Sasuke Teme really hurt her this time. So I talked to her, and I was going to walk her home, when I kinda yelled at her for taking what Sasuke Teme said so literally. Well she started to cry so I held her, and when we pulled apart someone hit me really hard in the back of the head and I fell down. The next thing I know Sakura-chan is asleep in this guys arms and he said that she didn't belong to the village anymore. He kind of looked like and older Sasuke Teme, and I think I heard Sakura-chan call him Utichi or something like that." Naruto said pacing the room.

"What could he want with Sakura?" Kakashi asked. "It doesn't make sense."

"It makes perfect sense Kakashi." Sarutobi said. Kakashi looked at him confused, and Naruto was way out of it. "Sakura had always had a talent for genjutsu, under the teachings of Itachi Uchiha she could become a very powerful kunoichi. Also her chakra matches Tsunade's almost perfectly. Itachi realizes this, and he is probably planning on training Sakura under him to become someone that should be feared."

"Wait Uchiha? I thought they were all dead?" Naruto asked.

"Itachi is Sasuke's older brother, Naruto, he's a criminal. Go get Sasuke." Kakashi said. Naruto nodded and left.

"Kakashi I am gong to send you along with one other squad after them, and place the chunin exam on hold. See if Pakkun can track them form the river. Kakashi nodded, and went to the river, while he waited.

Sasuke woke up a little more than pissed. Someone was banging on his door, and he was about to fire ball their ass when he regained the voice. "Naruto!" Sasuke stormed to the door and threw it opened. "What the hell do you want Dobe?" he asked

"You have to come to the Hokage's with me right now." Naruto said pulling Sasuke with him

"And why do I have to do that?" Sasuke asked pulling his arm away.

"Sakura-chan was kidnapped last night by your older brother." Without a word Sasuke went flying to the Hokage tower leaving Naruto to follow along after him.

"Where the hell is he?" Sasuke asked throwing the door to the Hokage's office open so fast and hard he nearly through it off the hinges. Sasuke's partial Sharigan was activated, and his temper was up high enough to make his chakra seem as strong as Kakashi.

"Sasuke please calm yourself, a hot head will not help bring Sakura back." Sarutobi said turning away from the window to look at him. Squad Ten was also in the room, and they were all looking at him a little strangely, well the guys were, Ino was almost drooling.

"I don't care about Sakura, Itachi is out there. He was here in the village; this is my chance to kill him." Sasuke said. Naruto was clenching his fists, and both of the Sarutobis looked up. The Nine Tail's chakra was coming through in Naruto. "He could kill Sakura, and I wouldn't care, all I want to do is kill him."

"Shut up." Naruto said. His head was bowed, and everyone was now looking at him. "You bastard!" Naruto leapt forward and hit Sasuke in the jaw, and sent him flying into the wall, cracking it a little.

"What the hell was that for?" Sasuke asked standing up. He wiped away the blood that was falling down his cheek.

"How can you say those things about Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked. "All she ever did was care about you, and you say that she could die by your brother's hand and you wouldn't even feel the least bit sad or pissed off?" Sasuke scoffed, and Naruto's head snapped up, and launched at Sasuke again but before he could get to Sasuke Shikamaru and Choji grabbed him to hold him back. "You sick bastard!"

"Sasuke-kun." Ino said. This was the first time Sasuke had even noticed her in the room. "Sakura was my best friend, then we were rivals because we both like you, but . . ." Ino trailed off. Her shoulders started to shake and tears dripped to the floor. "We may be rivals, but we still love each other like sisters." Her head shot up and she glared at Sasuke. "How can you say those things? She's your teammate! That should mean something if nothing else!"

Asuma placed a hand on Ino's shoulder. "Ino, its okay we'll find her."

"No it's not okay." She said shrugging away from him. "No one has seen what Sakura has given up for Sasuke. No one has seen what she's gone through. But I have. I've seen everything." Ino's voice was quiet and everyone was looking at her. "Sakura always took things too far, and whenever I tried to help or tell someone she would make up an excuse. The problems she has at home doesn't help either."

"Ino what are you talking about?" Shikamaru asked walking over to her side now that Naruto was settled down.

"Sakura's father abuses her. He'll come home drunk and beat her and her mother. Sometimes he rapes her." Ino's words were coming out in chokes because of the sobs. "But she didn't say anything because she didn't want pity, and she didn't want Sasuke-kun to think she was weak."

"Ino are you sure?" Asuma asked.

"Yes, and that's not all." Ino said, her legs were shaking, and they would no longer support her weight. She fell, but Shikamaru caught her and slowly eased her to the ground. "Sakura and I get together on the weekends and train, but when we would work solo she would work herself to exhaustion. She would use clones and she would push to hard. That's why she was always sore or covered in cuts and burses. There was no way that was coming from Kakashi Sensei's training; he spent too much time with Naruto and Sasuke for Sakura to look the way she did. Then in the forest, she cut her hair, it was so long, and now it's not even touching her shoulders. There was a rumor when we were kids, that Sasuke-kun liked girls with long hair, but she cut it to prove herself, I never would have been able to do that." Ino turned her head and began to sob on Shikamaru's shoulder. "And now she could be dead and Sasuke-kun doesn't care, how can you be so heartless?"

"She's not dead Ino." Everyone looked up, no one had sensed Kakashi come in. "Itachi wants her for something, he's not going to kill her, we just have to look for her." He said walking to stand by Naruto. He placed a hand on his shoulder and gave a reassuring squeeze.

"Kakashi was Pakkun able to pick up anything?" Sarutobi asked.

"He was they left in the direction of the Sound country." Kakashi said leaning against the wall. "If we leave now, I think we might be able to catch up to them."

"Very well. Asuma, Kakashi you have your order, now go." The seven Shinobi all took off with a flash of movement.