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Since she did have the day off, Tsunade told Sakura to head back home and see if she couldn't find any clues that would help them find Kakashi.
"I'll talk to Izumo and find out what these ninja's looked like. Maybe when Kotetsu wakes up, he can give us some information too. For now we'll just have to rely on Izumo and what you find back home." Tsunade-sama said.
"Hai." Sakura said and left the hospital.
Slowly Sakura entered her house, her arms crossed as she rubbed her right hand up and down her left arm. It was scary that she was a shinobi and hadn't even noticed that someone else had come into her house, let alone that they had kidnapped her husband. She felt cold. Walking through the house, she had to keep telling herself it was so that she could help find her husband. If she had her way, she'd probably just be searching the streets some more, or out searching every nook and cranny until she could find him. Walking into the bedroom took almost all her courage. She thought herself silly when she couldn't even walk through the doorway. Sighing, she forced herself over to the windowsill and looked around. Frowning slightly, she didn't see anything and nearly gave up when she turned to her left and saw a bit of cloth. Reaching down, she picked up the piece of cloth and stared at it a minute before she brought it to her nose and smelt it. It smelt familiar to her, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
"Perhaps Shino could help me." Sakura stated out loud.
With a nod to herself, she set off in search of the ninja. Unsure as to where he'd be, she thought to start at his house, but she wasn't sure where the Aburame clan lived. With a small sigh, she went about the village in search of Shino, or someone that would know where he was.
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"I told you fools not to hurt him! Look at him! He looks like he's about to die!" Tomayoko yelled at the ninjas that brought Kakashi in.
"He was like that when we found him." Kunio said.
"Be quiet for once in your life Kunio." Iwao yelled.
Kunio glared for a moment, but kept his mouth shut.
"What happened?" Tomayoko asked.
"He's unwell. Unfortunately, he would neither allow us to care for him and there was the deadline." Tadao responded at Iwao's encouragement.
"Kakashi, can you hear me?" Tomayoko asked.
Kakashi for the most part could hear, unfortunately his fever had risen and he could hardly tell where he was and who he was.
"Maybe they'll just kill me and get it over with. Why is it so hot in here? Where's Sakura? Can I go home now?" Kakashi thought to himself.
"Get out of my sight!" Tomayoko yelled. "Anlee!"
A small, browned haired and brown eyed girl showed up to the door. She was wearing a purple cotton kimono and her feet were bare.
"Yes master?" Anlee answered.
"Is the room made up? I need blankets, water, medicine, and anything else you may think we'll need. Help me get him to the room first. We need to get his fever down. He's so hot and not in my usual good way." Tomayoko commanded.
Kakashi groaned and tried to sit up, but Tomayoko held him still.
"Don't worry, we'll get you all fixed up and we can continue where we left off." Tomayoko said softly.
Kakashi turned his head slightly and was sick. He'd hoped to never see, hear, or think of his guy again, yet here he was, once more, in this situation. He wasn't sure how he was going to get out of it this time.
"Sakura… I love you." Kakashi thought and blacked out.
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Sakura moved about the village and was starting to give up when she spotted Shino standing at the end of the street.
"I was told you were looking for me?" Shino asked in his mysterious voice.
"I was. I hoped you wouldn't mind helping me with a task." She wasn't sure if it should be out that Kakashi had been taken.
"What is the task?" Shino asked.
"I found this in my room and I was wondering if there was a chance that you and your bugs could possible trace the whereabouts this may have come from, maybe where the rest of it has gone?" Sakura asked.
"I suppose, though wouldn't Akamaru and Kiba be better suited for this? Also, may I ask the purpose of this?" He asked.
"Oh, umm… you see." Sakura halted in her explanation as she wasn't sure whether he should know all the facts or not. "Perhaps we should visit the Hokage."
"Alright. Lead the way." Shino requested and followed Sakura as they went.
Sakura wasn't sure if Lady Tsunade had left the hospital yet, so she opted for searching for there. Happy that she was able to find her on the first attempt, she quickly ran over to the Hokage and sought to speak with her.
"Sakura? I thought I told you to go home. What are you doing here and what is Shino doing here?" the Hokage asked.
"Lady Tsunade, I've asked Shino to help with our task. I found a bit of cloth in the window and I was hoping that we could use his help in finding where the rest of this cloth went. I haven't told him anything, and I wanted to make sure it'd be ok by you first." Sakura said.
Lady Tsunade thought about it for a minute.
"I suppose that would be a good idea, but why didn't you trouble Kiba? He may have been useful though I suppose Shino could be the best choice." The Hokage paced a bit thinking to herself. "Alright, Shino, what I have to tell you is under no circumstance to leave this room. You are to tell no one and we're making this an A rank mission."
Shino merely nodded his head in understanding and waited to hear more.
"Kakashi has been kidnapped. We are going to need your help to get him back. If Sakura here is correct, hopefully you will be able to trace the whereabouts of where he's gone by using the cloth she found."
Sakura moved towards Shino and held out the cloth for him. Shino took the cloth and called upon one of his insects to get the scent. Once the bug had it, it quickly started for the window in the room and was on its way out.
"It has the scent and is heading the way it went. We will need to hurry." Shino said.
The Hokage nodded and quickly made her way out of the room. She made her way to the front desk, Shino and Sakura in tow, in search of someone that could help them bring Kakashi back. Seeing Genma flirting with Ino, she called his attention to her and had him follow her out the hospital. Looking up and down the road, she searched for one more person that could join the team.
"What's going on?" Genma asked.
"I'll tell you in a minute. Where is that girl?" Lady Tsunade asked out loud.
Just then Naruto walked by with Hinata talking adamantly about something. Just as he was getting to the good part, he looked up and waved at everyone.
"Granny ba-chan, Sakura-chan…!" Naruto called.
"Stop calling me that. Hinata, I need to see you in my office, if you'll follow me." Lady Tsunade said and the group continued walking.
"Can I go?" Naruto asked.
"You're not needed this time brat." The Hokage stated.
Naruto pouted and headed and get himself some noodles.
"Umm… S-Sakura-chan? W-What's going on?" Hinata asked.
"Lady Tsunade will explain once we reach her office." Sakura said and followed everyone into the building once they'd reached the Hokage tower.
"Everyone inside." The Hokage stated as she showed everyone to her office and then closed the door after herself once she too stepped inside.
"I've called you all here today because I'm giving you a mission. This will be an A rank mission. What I'm about to say is under no circumstance to leave this room. Do we understand?" She asked as she looked at everyone.
Once everyone had nodded their understanding and looked serious enough to take on the mission, she continued.
"Kakashi has been kidnapped. His whereabouts are unknown. Shino has a bug tracking him as we speak and time is of the essence. Find him and bring him back. Genma, I need you to lead this expedition seeing as you're Jonin level." Genma nodded.
"The rest of you have your abilities and I'm sure you'll need them in order to find Kakashi. The village is counting you on. Dismissed!"
The group nodded and turned to Genma once they'd left the building.
"Alright, so we're not just messing around. Grab what you can within ten minutes and meet back at the gate. Go!" With that, everyone disappeared.
Sakura returned to their home and looked around sadly. Shaking herself, she quickly set to work packing a bag and headed out the door within the allowed time. The gates were just opening to allow the group out when she arrived. Not taking any chances, Genma quickly gave out assignments. He had Hinata and Sakura at the sides watching and Shino was leading, while he took the back. Shino was out front seeing as he was the main person tracking down Kakashi.
"Don't worry love, we're on our way." Sakura said silently.
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