The smell of burnt flesh reached Tayuya's nostrils, she spat at the strong taste it formed in the back of her throat. Her mission was successful, in that they were able to take down the current hokage. The corpse of Naruto lay a few meters away from her. The battle that ensued had ravaged her home base, but her primary mission was still completed none the less. She hoisted herself up holding her side. The gash on her stomach was deep, without proper treatment she was going to bleed out. She left the base and began to wander the forest. Finding a clearing some distance away, she found herself watching her boss surrounded by Ninjas of the Sand. His power was not so weak as to fall here, but Tayuya was curious as to who was leading this attack against her. She was soon answered by the hand of Shukaku crashing down upon her boss. The sand swirled around him till the form of a hand grasping him appeared. "You are the powers in this forest that had hurt Temari are you not." The boss responded with a smirk and said, "Oh, she was an obedient child screaming and crying, apologizing to her gaara-sama, saying how she wishes you would forgive her as she serviced my memb…Gaaaah!" The snapping of his bones and squishing of his organs was the last sounds his body made. Gaara steps out of the shadows, blood dripping off the tips of his hair. "Take Temari back to Sunagakure, and get her treated. Then I would like you to alert Konoha of the Hokage's death. The newly appointed Hokage will have to reform the bond with Sunagakure, be it marriage or the blood pact. Either way we must hurry, with the news of a new Hokage, Konoha's enemies will surely want to strike now more than ever." Gaara stood in the middle of the clearing. He takes the gourd off his back and slams it onto the dirt floor. As the gourd hits the floor it bursts into the sand that always surrounds gaara. "Leave me now; I must cleanse this area so no one knew we were here." The squad at his back disappears in the blink of an eye with Temari. Tayuya is unsure of what is about to happen but turns tail and run. Whatever it is, it will most likely kill her. The ground shook so deeply the trees began to sink a little. Tayuya was trying to pick up the pace, but her injuries were slowing her down. Tayuya ignored the pain and ran as fast as she could, she soon passed out from the blood loss.
Gaara had returned to Sunagakure, his body wrapped in scars and gashes. The plan to overthrow the rogue ninjas had been pushed forward due to this one emotion of love for his sister; he would live with the physical pain. Just as long as Temari was safe he would be held responsible for his rash actions. A knock at the door made gaara focus his attention to whoever was out there, "Speak," he commanded. "Gaara-sama, it's me Naruto." Gaara opened the door and glared at him. "You're not supposed to show your face, you're supposed to be dead remember." Naruto closed the door behind him and leaned against the wall. "I know but I heard who they were going to replace me, the person you're going to have to marry." Gaara shrugged, "I told you I do not care, the most important thing at this moment is that we eliminated the threat that would have cost the Hyuuga clan their honor." Naruto paced back and forth, "I know, everyone would agree that taking care of Hanabi's rogue actions was something we had to do in the shadows, but I feel bad about Hinata. To think she will never know what happened to her sister." Gaara stopped him there. "We already agreed with the actions we have taken, there is no going back. Until Konoha can reclaim its former power, we cannot let the world know the last jinchuuriki is alive." Naruto moved to the window and exhaled. "I love her gaara-sama." Gaara patted him on the shoulders, "I know the feeling."
Tayuya awoke suddenly; unsure of where she was and how long she had been asleep she began focusing on her surroundings. It was an underground cavern, the walls were smooth and there was one entrance/exit. She tried to pull herself up, but the pain of her injuries was too severe. Hanabi walked in and told her to rest. Hanabi explained that she found Tayuya under a sea of sand. Tayuya explained what she had seen, from the death of the hokage to the execution of the boss. Hanabi listened intently while changing her bandages. When she heard everything she finished with Tayuya's bandages. She then told Tayuya of their retaliation against Sunagakure. "Tayuya-san, I need you to bring Temari back to our side. Think you can do that for me." Tayuya could not disobey her master and answered with a simple nod.