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Absolute Devotion

Chapter 8: Secrets Told

You've opened me to so many different endings…

Weeks drawn by, Sasuke and Naruto grow suspicious of Sakura not wanting to leave the hotel room. Countless times they ask, she replied with the same answer. "We know he's in the City there's no need for me to leave, besides you two wanted me to rest it's been ages." But this time, Naruto and Sasuke challenged her.

"Sakura, it's been three weeks. You can't keep using the same excuse. You know something. Tell us."

"I don't know what you mean."

"You've seen him haven't you? Kakashi, you've seen him."

"Well yes that one night…" Her words were cut off.

"No, I mean recently. He's come here. What did he say?" She avoided the question; she had already made her promise. "Fine, don't tell us… your team mates, I thought you trusted us."

"Seriously, Sakura-chan we want to find Kakashi as much as you. If you know something, please tell us. So we're not going out into the city looking for no good reason." They had a point.

"Fine, he did come here." Naruto gasped in shock, granted he knew sort of. Sasuke scowled in disappointment. "He told me not to say anything though. So…"

"We don't know anything, continue."

"He was here on a mission and was caught up in it. He said it wouldn't take long and he wanted me to wait here."

"That's it? Just to wait?" The blond questioned her; it was slightly crazy to think their leader would say something like that.

"Yes."

"Hm..."

"I was right then?" Naruto looked at Sasuke, "I was right about him being on a mission."

"So it seems, we'll need to have some choice words with Tsunade-sama when we get back."

"Yeah really sending us out and not telling us anything."

"It's possible that she knew where he was to begin with, which really irks me."

"Kakashi, he was surprised that Tsunade-Shishō didn't say anything to us as well. I'm wondering if she didn't know all the details."

"Highly doubtful, she's the Hokage. She should know everything, it's suspicious."

"Yeah, suspicious" Naruto echoed Sasuke's words.

"So, there's no point in going out and looking for him day after day then. I take it he'll just show up here then?"

"That's what he said."

"Good, I didn't want to keep going out anyways. This place is too cold." Sakura couldn't help but laugh at the Uchiha; he didn't like cold weather and was usually the first to complain about it. "So we'll just ride this out, there is nothing we can do to help him then?"

"None, he said he didn't want us getting involved."

"Damn it! I want to help Kaka-sensei!"

"Hm… as do I. Get this over with and we can go home."

"But…"

"Try not to worry, Sakura, we won't tell him you told us. So we'll look for him."

"But where, Sasuke?"

"That is the question, Naruto, where." Sakura could see the wheels turning with in Sasuke, he was planning something. She knew once her boys got the inkling to do something they wouldn't stop, that's why she told them, at the same time she knew they would stop at nothing to find him. Which was a small relief to her; she was anxious and worried at the same time.

That night the two boys went into the city searching again, this time they got some answers

TBC