Even though the following day was sunnier than the previous, the residents of Konoha weren't happy in the least. Everyone gathered for the funeral of Shiranui Satori. He was buried next to the grave of Kuriyama Azumi. Satori's family stood at the base of the grave with Junshin, Hanako and Aoba. All of Satori's friends stood behind them. Tears began to stream down Tenten's face. Junshin placed his hand on her shoulder and held her close. Aoba placed his hands on the shoulders of Hanako who was trying so hard to hold back her own tears. Shuji stood by with is teammates adjacent to Hanako. Yukino was nearby but wasn't showing any emotion. Tsunade had her head lowered. Tenten walked up and placed a flower on her brother's grave.

"Goodbye, Nii-chan." She said softly.

Junshin looked around and noticed that a certain person wasn't there. He was looking for Okureru Hiroshi wasn't present. He was the last person to see Satori alive. He was the one that went on a two man mission with Satori to Hidden Waterfall and he wasn't around for the funeral.

"That's strange." Junshin thought.

The crowd began to disperse and Satori's family was the last to leave. Tenten returned home and sat in her room. Junshin had accompanied her home and sat with her. She sat in the chair in her room and Junshin stood behind her. He lightly rubbed her shoulders and kissed the top of her head.

"How you holding up?" He asked.

"I'm fine, I think. I noticed you were looking around as if you were looking for someone. Who were you looking for?"

"Okureru Hiroshi. He went on that mission with your brother and the last to see him alive. I found it odd that he wasn't at the funeral."

"That is a bit odd. I wonder if Hokage-sama would know."

"Let's go see her and find out." Junshin said.

The two of them got up and headed for the Hokage Building. Tsunade sat at her desk filling out paperwork. She stopped when someone knocked on her door.

"Come."

Tenten and Junshin entered and approached the Fifth Hokage.

"What can I do for you two?" She asked.

"Hokage-sama, I noticed that Okureru Hiroshi wasn't present at the funeral today and I was wondering if you knew why." Junshin asked.

Tsunade hesitated for a second before answering. "Yeah I do. He never returned to the village after the mission."

"Was he killed too?" Tenten asked.

"I don't think so. The only body was Satori's and it was only his blood on the ground."

"Then where is he?"

"I believe he has defected to another village. I currently have ANBU looking for him as of right now there have been no results."

"Why do you think he has defected?" Tenten asked.

"It's been discovered that he's been doing things for Danzo but we don't know what exactly. And we all know Danzo's view of Konoha. We haven't been able to prove it 'til now."

"How did you prove it?"

"I contacted Shibuki at the Hidden Waterfall Village to inform him of the mission. I then sent Hiroshi and Satori to deliver a document to Shibuki. It was a fake document stating a stronger alliance between Leaf and Waterfall. I told them the importance of delivering the document and if it wasn't delivered then the alliance would fall. Shibuki contacted me and informed me that the document wasn't delivered. It would appear my plan worked but I didn't plan for this outcome."

"Satori died for a fake mission." Tenten said slightly agitated.

"It wasn't a fake mission. It had its purpose." Tsunade said.

"All it did was weed out a traitor at the cost of my brother's life." Tenten said with her voice slightly rising.

"That is the life of a ninja." Tsunade said with a calm voice.

"DON'T GIVE ME THAT BULLSHIT!" Tenten said slamming her fists down on the desk.

Junshin reached over to grab her but she shook him off. Tsunade continued to look at Tenten, allowing her to release her anger.

"MY BROTHER IS DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR THEORY!"

"And what if he would've died when he fought those two Akatsuki members? What then?"

"He would've died protecting the village." Tenten said.

"He still did. He died on a mission whose purpose was to find out if Hiroshi was a traitor thus protecting the village."

"We don't even know if Hiroshi is truly a traitor." Junshin said. "Maybe they were ambushed and Hiroshi was taken prisoner."

"That is a possibility but as of right now Hiroshi is considered a traitor until proven otherwise." Tsunade said.

Junshin looked to Tenten who had her head lowered. Junshin could see tears falling from her face onto Tsunade's desk.

"I can't believe this. We don't even have complete proof if Hiroshi is even a traitor."

"Tenten, go home and calm down. We will find Satori's killer and bring them to justice whether it being Hiroshi or not." Tsunade said.

Tenten reluctantly nodded and turned to leave. Junshin put his arm around her and began to walk with her.

"Take care of her, Junshin." Tsunade said.

Junshin nodded as he and Tenten left the room.

Tenten and Junshin sat in Tenten's room. Tenten sat on her bed and leaned against the wall. She was huddled together and her head was sunk into her knees. Junshin held her close. He didn't know what to do. He's had family members die too but this was different. He wanted to tell her that it'd be alright but that was too cliché. All he could do now was hold her close and let her know that he was there for her. Tenten ended up falling asleep in that position.

"She's going to be sore in the morning if she stays that way." He said to himself.

He laid her on her bed and lied down next to her. He stared at his girlfriend as she slept and he too eventually fell asleep himself.

Meanwhile, Yukino and Tsunade stood over Satori's grave. Yukino did the seal of the Ram.

"Release." She said.

Moments later a hand shot from the dirt. Then the other shot up. They both grabbed the ground and then Satori's head emerged from the ground. He pulled himself from the ground and sat there on his hands and knees coughing.

"Well, that was annoying." He said.