Sakura woke up early the next morning. Everyone from the party was gone except Temari and her group. She had gotten permission from Gaara to go on vacation for awhile, so she was going to stay with them. Sakura got dressed in her normal clothes, and left before anyone was awake. She was headed to Tsunade's office to answer the strange letter she had left. It felt to be good to be back in the village. Sakura quickly made her way to the Hokage's mansion. Sakura walked up the stairs and knocked on the door to Tsunade's office. Tsunade was alone. Yugao and Shizune were no where to be seen. Tsunade seen her and grabbed her without warning. She led Sakura to her bedroom and pressed her ear to the door, waiting. When Tsunade was sure no one was listing she turned to Sakura. "Listen closely Sakura, and please try to save your questions until the end." "Alright Mistress Tsunade, what is it?" "I've spent the last few months running down the leads on the information we got from Tayuya. I've discovered some interesting and concerning things, most of which I'm going to keep to myself. The reason I called you here, is that we found Sasuke. Not only that but he is with Orochimaru." Sakura opened her mouth but Tsunade held up her hand. "I can't actually authorize a mission, not on such vague information as this. But you live in a house full of strong ninja. And if you happened to see a map that may be lying on my bed, and act of your own volition..." Sakura walked over and looked at the map. She knew the area where Orochimaru's hideout was. "It was nice talking to you Sakura. I wish you luck. Please, just be careful." Sakura nodded as she left the room. She wondered around the village, lost in thought. Going after Sasuke would be a huge task. But maybe she could finally convince him to come back. She suddenly started sprinting. Sakura barely registered the trees rushing past her. She made it home in record time. Once she was there she gathered everyone in the kitchen. Temari, Tenten, Matsuri, Sari, Naruto, Hinata, Ino, Anko, Karin, Tayuya. Everyone in the house. "Guys I need to ask you for something. Something important. I want you to agree, but I won't force you, feel free to say no, because it will be dangerous. I want to go after Orochimaru and Sasuke, I'm going to need help to do this. So who is going with me?" Everyone had agreed without hesitation, it made Sakura happy almost to the point of tears. Everyone was running around the house, grabbing gear, and weapons. They were ready to go in about an hour, Naruto was in a big hurry to leave. Sakura didn't blame him. Once everyone was ready, they headed out. The whole group headed for the sand nation. Once Sakura had described the area to Temari, she recognized it instantly. It was a small area hidden in the shadow of a mountain. The journey there took about two days. Then it took them another day to find the entrance. There had been a small group of sound ninja outside guarding the entrance. They were weaklings, and easily dispatched. They went inside the underground complex. It was dimly lit by candles, and the passageways snaked in a disorienting way. After awhile they came to a large circular room. It had ten different passageways that all went in different directions. "I guess we're going to have to split up. Searching all of these would take far to long." Everyone agreed, and they all took their own path. Sakura knew that splitting up usually led to trouble, but searching all of those passages as a group would have taken most of the day. And Orochimaru rarely stayed in any one place for more than a few days or weeks. Sakura made her way along the dimly lit passage. There were no doors, or turn offs. It was a long winding path through the center of the mountain. Sakura was a bit worried that she hadn't encountered anyone inside the strange complex. Finally she got out of the narrow passage. She out into what looked like a big central hall that was lit by Braziers. She suddenly sensed someone behind her, and she lashed out. It was another one of the sound grunts. She quickly dispatched several others. She much have been getting close if there were guards. She heard laughing behind her. Quiet laughing, that sounded almost like a hiss. She turned and saw him standing here. Orochimaru. He was a legendary Sannin. She knew that she would have no chance against him in a fight. "Sasuke, take Kabuto and finish preparing for our departure." She saw him there. He looked so much older than the last time she had seen him. His open shirt exposed his muscled chest, and she got very wet. He smirked at her as he turned away, and vanished into the dark room. Orochimaru stuck his hand out toward her and dozens of white snakes sprung forth from his arm. Sakura tried to dodge but there were to many. One of them grabbed her ankle. She tried to slash it with her kunai but another grabbed her wrist. She tried to pull that one off but again another grabbed her other arm. Once one was wrapped around each of her limbs, they snapped taunt. Pulling her up and spreading her out. She was now spread eagle several feet off the floor. Snakes started to wrap around her thighs, her waist, even her neck. Orochimaru laughed as the snakes starting coiling further up. She felt their heads working their way under her shorts. She felt the tongue of a snake tickling her face as it got close to her mouth. "Crap." Sakura said. "I've seen enough Hentai to know where this is going." Right as the snakes started probing her tender bits. A sharp gust of wind cut them in half. Temari and the rest of the group came charging in. Naruto, with an army of clones, charged at Orochimaru. Orochimaru only made an annoyed sound, then vanished. Sakura hit the ground and started ripping the snakes off of her. She threw then onto the ground and started stomping on them. She vaguely registered a bunch of voices asking her if she was alright. "Yes, I'm fine. Thank you guys, another minute and I would have and snakes in some very uncomfortable places." "Come on I seen Sasuke leave this way, lets go." Sakura led them through a door, which led to another chamber, it was large, but no quite as big as the second one. Inside there was a single woman standing in the center. The woman had long black hair, and was wearing a sound village headband. Sakura though she recognized the woman from somewhere." "Weren't you in the chunin exams? Your name was Kin right?" Sakura only vaguely remembered her, and she had gotten older since then. "I'm surprised you remember me. But I'm afraid I can't let you go any further. Lord Orochimaru entrusted me with stopping you." "You? He left you all alone to face off against the ten of us? You realize he just left you behind as a distraction right?" "Fool, Lord Orochimaru trusted me. He believes in my abilities." Sakura sighed at her ignorance. Naruto, having taken advantage of the dialogue, hit Kin in the back of her neck. She fell to the ground unconscious. "I sorta think she looks like a horse. What do you think?" "I think if we braided her hair, and gave her some nipple rings with little bells on them. She would make an excellent Pony." Ino said enthusiastically. They spent a few hours searching the hideout, but there was nothing. Orochimaru and Sasuke were long gone, Sakura had missed her chance. They collected Kin and left. Sakura used a drug from her medical pouch to keep Kin sedated during the journey home. Everyone was feeling a little down, despite the prize they were bringing home. Kin woke with a start. She had a duty to fulfill to lord Orochimaru. She tried to move her arms, but they were trapped behind her back. She tried to stand up. But it was difficult. She looked down at her feet and noticed the hoof boots. When she got to her feet she noticed the bells jingling from her sore breasts. She couldn't talk because of the bit gag in her mouth. And then she saw Sakura, Smirking at her. She tried to scream at her. The mocking, condescending look pissed her off. "Well it seems like you're in a bad mood. I guess you can just stay in your pen for today." Without further warning Sakura turned around. She opened Tayuya's pen and pulled her out by her leash. Sakura pulled a little stool over and helped Tayuya sit down. Sakura grabbed a wooden brush off of a hook on the wall. She sat on another stool behind Tayuya, and started brushing her long hair. Tayuya moaned happily as she was pampered by Sakura. Kin glared hatefully at her the whole time. Kin thrashed around inside her pen, trying to her her arms out of the arm binder. She was blushing the whole time, as she was nearly completely naked in the leather chest harness. "What do you think about taking your Mistress out for a ride today?" Tayuya nodded eagerly. Sakura led Tayuya outside and hooked her up to the cart. She then ran inside to get Ino. When Sakura came back she help Ino up into the cart, then sat down next to her. Sakura gave Tayuya a light tap on her ass with the crop, and she took off at a trot. Ino snuggled up against Sakura. It was starting to get warmer, it was mid February and the worst of winter had passed. Sakura stroked Ino's hair as they rode through the forest. Tayuya seemed to be enjoying herself as well. She pulled the cart with minimal effort. Kin struggled to get free for a few hours. Eventually she tired herself out. She laid down on the soft futon on the floor of the pen. And in a few minutes she drifted off to sleep. She woke up the next morning, and again Sakura was staring at her. Sakura gave her a kind smile, for no reason. It kind of pissed Kin off, but she kind of liked it to. Orochimaru never smiled at her. "Would you like to come out of your pen today?" Sakura asked walking close to the door. Kin nodded eagerly. Sakura unlocked the door and pulled Kin out by her leash. Kin didn't resist her, which made Sakura smile. She led Kin over to the strength tester. She tied Kin to the device. Once she was hooked up Sakura gave her a slap on the ass with her crop. Kin started pulling the bar. Sakura wasn't surprised by the results. She handled setting eight pretty well for about the average time. She was very average. Sakura pushed her down on a stool. She went to a chest in the back corner and pulled out a pair of ten pound weighted boots. Sakura Strapped the ten pound hoof boots onto Kin. Once they were on she got up and let Tayuya out of her pen. She led them both outside. "Are you ready for your run Tayuya?" Tayuya nodded eagerly. "Would you like to run as well Kin?" Kin shook her head. "So your going to let Tayuya beat you and not even put up a fight?" Kin growled and walked closer to the track. "That's better. Tayuya I want you to run the full course. Kin I want you to use the halfway cut off." Kin bolted without waiting for Sakura to say go. Tayuya sprinted off after her. Tayuya passed Kin before they were out of sight. Sakura thought it was impressive since Tayuya's boots were much heavier. Sakura sat down under the big tree to wait for them. Everyone was inside, still recovering from the mission. They weren't actually tired. Just a bit emotionally unstable after their failure. Sakura knew how it felt. She felt the same way, but she had to keep a brave face on. Tayuya came back before Kin. But Kin was right behind her. Kin was barely walking by the time she reached the end of the trail, and looked like she was about to collapse. But Tayuya was still bursting with energy. Sakura led them back to the barn. She ungagged Tayuya and locked her in. She put Kin inside her pen and pulled her up to the gate. "If I take your gag off are you going to behave?" Kin nodded. Sakura removed her bit gag and smiled at her. "Tayuya beat you pretty bad today, even though she had to run twice as far. Are you going to work hard for me and become stronger?" "Defiantly Mistress, I won't let you down. I'll beat Tayuya and show you how strong I am." Sakura patted her head. "Good girl. Now you both get some sleep. I'll come check on you in the morning." Sakura locked up the barn and went inside. She was tired, she needed to sleep. She rushed up to the bedroom. Ino was on the bed reading a bondage magazine. Sakura plopped down next to her. "Can you do this to me?" Ino said holding up a picture of a girl who had been mummified in duct tape with a Hitachi stuck to her tender bits. Sakura knew that the girl was wrapped in plastic wrap under the duct tape to stop it from ripping out her hair. Sakura thought it would be fun. She would have to make a run to the kink shop. "Sure Ino, as soon as I can get to the kink shop. If you see anything else in there you want to try, just let me know. Now cuddle with me while I fall asleep." Ino set down her magazine and put her head on Sakura's chest. She enjoyed listening to Sakura's heartbeat while she fell asleep. Sakura kissed the top of Ino's head, and laid her head back on the pillow. It wasn't long before she drifted off to sleep.