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A/– Here it is the next and longer chapter of the story. :)

Sakura's POV

We all headed back to our rooms to prepare for the night. I changed into my favourite pair of baggy black jeans, a long sleeved green fishnet shirt, and a black t-shirt. I grabbed a bag and stuffed a notebook and some writing utensils. I pulled on my sneakers and headed out the door.

I met up with Neji, Ino and Tenten outside my door. We waited another 15 minutes before everyone else showed up. Downstairs we waited while Sasuke and Gaara made sure that Gai-sensei was in the children's hall trying to keep some order.

From the base of the stairs we headed to the dining hall. Here the windows were larger and easier to go through. Neji and I went first. We were going to split up into different groups. Naruto and Hinata were going to return to her place. Ino and Lee would check out the store, they would be helped by Gaara and Kankuro, Shikamaru and Temari were grabbing any recent papers that they can, and Sasuke and Tenten would head back to her house.

It was Shikamaru's idea to break up that way we could cover more ground. Everyone had thought that Neji and Hinata should head back together, but Shikamaru had the idea that going with someone who doesn't now the house as well may point out things that our eyes may slide past because we are used to them.

Neji and I left as soon as we were out the window. No one was to wait to make sure everyone else got out, or they may be caught as well as those sneaking out at that time. Gaara and Kankuro were to be last since if they were they only ones caught and couldn't get out of it, there was less chance of every plan being carried out.

I had lived in this part of town forever. I grew up playing on these streets during the daytime, and as I got older running along them at night to sneak over to Ino's or Tenten's houses, or to sneak back into mine. The house I grew up in was a 10 minute run from the Konaha Orphanage. I was used to the path because Tenten's place was on the other side of the orphanage. It seems weird now that we would meet along its walls when we were heading out for the day.

As predicted there were no lights inside the house, but that didn't mean that there was no one there. I looked over at Neji, "We should check through the windows first. If we see no one, I will check the locks to see if they are the same. If they didn't change them we can get in with the hidden key. No one can find it unless they know what they are looking for."

"Sounds good, I will take the left side of the house and you can take the right. Is there anyway to get to the second floor from here."

"Yeah. I can show it to you after we check the main floor."

A quick sweep of the outside, and peeking in through all the windows showed no sign of life in the house. I met with Neji at the back. He had also seen no signs of life inside. At the back of the house there was a tree. I was basic climbing to the top, but you are still away from the house. From there I pointed out the rope that ran from the house right by the tree. It was used for hanging clothes, but I had reinforced it so that I would be able to reach the second story from it.

We split up again to peek through the windows. This time I took the left side due to the way the roof changes. We meet back by the clothing line, neither of us had seen anything. "Here, we can go in through my old room. I had it set up so I could easily open it from the outside."

"Sounds good. Can you show me how to open the window, just in case we need to come back sometime and you can't join who ever comes."

"Yeah, it's simple. Right here, there is a small space. Hidden in the space is a small knife. You take the knife and position it at an angle, like this making sure it is between the two pieces of wood, and shake the window slightly. Listen and you can hear the lock open."

He watched me carefully as I opened the window, listening for the sound of the lock opening. Once the window was unlocked it would be basic pushing the window open carefully. We both jumped inside, Neji closing the window after him. The room was in the same condition that I left it in, nothing had been moved, except my clothes were all gone. I knew nothing would be found in my room so I left through the door.

In the hallway, Neji turned on the flashlight he had brought with him. I opened the door to my mom's old room. I rarely went into the room while she was alive and it felt weird knowing the I was entering her room now. Unlike my room her stuff had been moved. I could tell, my mother was a neat-freak. Her room was always as clean as the rest of the house. Now, it was a mess. "Someone has definitely been through here. My room hasn't been touched but the way this room has been messed up screams that someone had done this."

Neji nodded and started to look through the stuff. I walked over to the closet. My mom had told me in the closet was a compartment on some kind. She told me that if she never had the chance to show me herself, to find it. I tapped on the walls in the closet, nothing was hollow. This closet had solid walls running along it. "What are you doing Sakura?"

"My mom told me about a compartment in the closet when I was younger. It was part of every story she told me. At the end of every story she also told me that I would have to see the compartment one day, no matter what. I thought that she was joking, that it was nothing important, but know I'm thinking that it is true. I can't remember the stories though, only this part."

"Well, that's enough for now. If you remember any part of the story pass it on. Those stories may contain more information then you originally thought."

We continued to look through my mom's stuff finding nothing. From her room we headed downstairs. The house was normal down there. After seeing my mom's room I nearly expected it to look like a bunch of animals had run through the house or something. We still did a basic search of the room, looking for anything out of place. I grabbed the few newspapers that were sitting in the drawer, left from where I had put them the morning I entered the orphanage.

Finding nothing we went to leave, going back out my old window. We reached the room, Neji headed for the window but I stopped. "You don't think they've searched my room yet. I mean sure they grabbed my clothes, but they wouldn't have to look hard to find any of it, right?"

"I would assume not. Why?"

"What if the closet was my closet, not my mom's. It seemed as she planned for something like this, so why would she hide anything in her room. Neji turned back from the window and over to where I was standing in front of the closet. I opened the door. A few boxes holding my old outgrown clothes were left. I knocked on the back wall. It was hollow.

Neji and I looked around the edge of the wall seeing if there was anyway to get in. "Do you remember her saying anything about how to get to the compartment?"

"No, although one of her favourite sayings was if you can slide to the top, there will be a prize waiting. It never really did make sense. Now it kind of does. We need to slide the wall upwards."

I got on my knees to push from the bottom while Neji pushed up higher. The wall slowly began to move. When it reached about halfway from the floor it became easier, stopping just before it all went above the ceiling. Inside the little room were some papers and folders. I grabbed what I could and stuck them into my bag. There was also a box that when opened revealed some pictures. I stuffed that into my bag as well. The room was big for the amount of stuff it held, but mom may have planned to put some more stuff in there one day.

Neji headed back for the window, opening it and climbing through. I stopped next to my bed and crouched down. From underneath there I pulled out another box of pictures. They were my own, but you can never tell what information a small picture can hold. After I was out the window Neji closed it. "I guess we have to leave it unlocked and wish no one notices."

"Nope, you take out the knife and swipe it this way through the wood. It just locks the window. I adjusted it so that it would only work one way, remember that."

I replaced the knife and stuffed the box of pictures in my bag. We both climbed across the clothes line and went back down the tree. From there we ran back to the orphanage to show everyone what we found.

A/– It will be another short while before I am able to update again. I have to go on a trip this weekend, and after my return I plan on getting my copy of Breaking Dawn, cutting off all outside contact to the world until I finish it. :)

There will be 4 more chapters about this night, Ino's place, Tenten's place, Hinata's place, and the gathering of information. So review and look for more updates. :)