A/N- I knowww I know. I dont even know how long its been since ive updated. But dont worry, ive already getting the second day down. It's srsly hard to try to keep up what like what, 8 people are doing at once? Its draining. So. its going to be jumping back and forth, but try to work with me. Um lets see. If you have some questions about this, dont be shy to ask. I'll gladly explain to the point where im not spoiling. :).

Now. Lets get this on the rode?

DISCLAIMER- I do not own naruto.

An hour before…

"We need to find him, so we can have him by trail comes." Sakura said stone coldly, getting fed up with them going back and forth.

"We don't have enough evidence." Tsunade said, moving files to different piles on her desk.

"Oh, because Ino saying it out of her own mouth isn't enough proof?" She fumed, spitting out the words.

Tsunade looked up, her eyes staring hard at Sakura, "Watch your tone. Rules are Rules Sakura."

Sakura turned around. She was turning her back on all rules just then, and she knew it. Tsunade growled after her, "I did not dismiss you."

"No Lady Tsunade, your didn't. I'm seeing myself out." Sakura spoke coldly, slamming the door behind her.

Ino lay down on the doctors bed, breathing shallow and unevenly. Everything was being monitored, wires on her forehead, temples, and veins, even deep inside of her nose. Neji watched her carefully, byakugan eyes monitoring her chakura. He stood, back straight and arms crossed, next to the bed, running his eyes up and down Ino's body carefully. At times he would mumble some words to himself, but never loud enough for others to hear. Other than that, he was silent, as always.

Ten-Ten bent over low, filing through papers on the desk, looking closely and piling them into different piles. Next to her was Lee, handing her folders she asked for, usually coaching him on where exactly to grab the files. Lee obediently did as she asked, her every direct order, and also did it was speed. A couple of times Lee needed to run back up stairs and grab something from different doctors and in offices, and he was always back before 3 minutes were up.

Temari was on her cell phone, talking with Lady Tsunade and updating on their progress.

"Yes ma'am, we've been here for some hours now…Oh, how many hours exactly? I don't know ma'am, it's been kind of busy and I've lost it, but sure it hasn't been more than two, maybe it's been three…Sakura?.." Temari paused and looked over at the doctor, sitting at her desk and staring at the table with coffee in her hand, and lowered her voice, "She isn't in the best position to talk right now m'lady… No no, it's that she is very busy at the moment… I'll be sure to let her know… Um, no ma'am, I can't think of any way we might need help. If maybe, if possible, you can sneak some files and see if you can find anything on this…Yes, that would work greatly if that is possible… Not necessary, I will send the information to you… Thank you. Good day m'lady."

She closed her flip cell phone with a slap and leaned against the wall with her arms crossed, and sighed, closing her eyes. After a moment, she opened them and looked back at Sakura, who was in the same position. Again, Temari sighed, and unfolded her arms, walking towards Sakura.

"Sakura," Temari said carefully, standing behind her and placing her hand on Sakura's shoulder. Sakura looked up at her, and Temari took in how tired she looked, "I've called Lady Tsunade, she says she is trying to help in any way she can. She also said that in thirty minutes we should have some ANBU files that should be very useful." Temari paused, and she looked worriedly at Sakura, "She also says take it easy. Alright?"

Sakura nodded and turned back to the table. The movement made Temari's hand slide from her shoulder.

Temari stared at Sakura for a moment, then turned and walked away, phone already dialing to make the many calls she had left to go.

"Lady Tsunade approved of us to find Yamanaka. Send Kiba and Naruto." Sakura mumbled, but Temari heard loud and clear, nodding to herself and dialing a different number.

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Lady Tsunade looked at the yellow package on her desk, marked with deep, bold, black letters, 'Confidential' on the top. The ANBU stood in front of her desk, head bowed respectfully.

"This showed up this morning. They apologize for it being lost in the mail; I guess it had been lost for awhile?"

Lady Tsunade opened it and filed through some of the papers and cursed under her breath, "This would have been much more useful if we had it in the first place, and they hadn't gotten this lost. Make sure you get someone to get this to Ten-Ten, a doctor in the hospital; she is going to need these. Also, make sure we are working speedy and efficiently with the ANBU files we have on Mr. Yamanaka forbidden work."

"Yes ma'am.

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Naruto sat downstairs on the chair as he waited for Kiba, who was getting ready upstairs. He was accompanied with Kiba's mother, who was a wolfish woman who, Kiba says at least, scared her husband away. She barked with laughter and smiled with all her teeth, more friendly than dangerous, when she handed Naruto a cup of tea.

"Naruto! How long has it been since you and my son were playing on the play ground and barely passing school?" said rather loudly.

Naruto chuckled, taking a sip of tea and bowing his head once in respect, "A very long while Ms. Inuzuka, seeing as we are now twenty and those were days when we were ten."

barked out a laugh and nodded, "Yes, you both are grown now and are new generation of Ninja's, so the old folks can finally give it a rest."

Naruto smiled, shaking his head, "Old folks? I see nothing but outstanding ninja's taking the much needed rest after years of work."

She barked and roared with laughter, and stood up, pinching Naruto's cheek once and quickly, stinging only just a bit, before saying, "Only twenty and talking as a wise man. Take care of my son, Uzumaki Naruto."

As she patted his shoulder with a smile, Naruto looked up, defiance in his eyes, "With my life Ms. Inuzuka. But seeing as Kiba is as bad and reckless as me," He continued with a grin, "I think someone needs to be looking out for us!"

She chuckled and walked away, shaking her head, muttering 'Reckless young' not doubting what Naruto just said at all.

Just then Kiba came down, a white back pack tight against his back. Naruto stood at the sight of him, slinging his black backpack over his shoulder and bending down to gulp the rest of his tea.

"Ready to go?" Kiba asked, looking around the kitchen, as if checking he had everything.

Naruto stood straight again and nodded firmly, "Let's head out."

Kiba nodded in response and took the lead in heading out of the house, not before stopping in front of the living room door, peaking his head through and smiling at his mother, "I will be back soon mom. Try not to get into trouble, will ya?"

Naruto heard his mother laugh and give him a wolfish grin, "I'll be good, promise."

Kiba smiled in relief and gave Naruto a weary look, but with a small smile and kept walking, heading out the door. Akamaru padded his huge body to Kiba, barking happily and wagging his tail.

"That's right, we're heading out. Ready to go?" Kiba talked to Akamaru, who barked and let his tongue roll out as he opened his mouth with a doggish smile. Kiba smiled back and nodded, then turned his head towards Naruto, "Things have changed for some reason, so we are now in charge in finding . We need to go to Temari, look's like they have the tickets already booked and ready for our flight."

The blonde nodded firmly, tightening his head band, "Good, so we know where he is?"

Kiba shook his head, then shrugged, "But, if you don't know where to start, why not start in the beginning? Seems like some files finally reached Lady Tsunade and she made a quick call to Temari. The files told all the hospitals Ino has traveled to and transferred to. We are going to the first one."

Naruto scratched his head, then nodded, "Alright, so where to first then?"

Kiba gave him a wolfish grin, and instantly, Naruto saw Kiba's mother in that smile, "First stop is Tokyo."

"Alright!" Naruto yelled in confidence, "Let's get him!"

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Sasuke stood patiently at Hinata's door, leaning against the door entrance.

Hinata stood, nodding, with the cell phone on her face as she listened closely. Soon, she spoke a soft 'yes' and closed the phone. She looked up at Sasuke and said confidently, "Thing's have change. Naruto and Kiba are taking our position. Me and You are going to be looking for information. Temari said we need to go to her and receive our tickets for our destination, which looks like we are starting in…Matsudo."

Sasuke sighed, "Oh jeeze, that's a big city."

Hinata nodded as she continued to pack, "But if I am correct, there is one of those Gentek company buildings there, and it also seems like they found some files that state Mr. Yamanaka was working in that city at one point of time."

Sasuke closed his eyes and let his thoughts flow through his head, "It is good we started this early, we should be their in the city by five in the afternoon."

Hinata spoke softly, "Yes. That gives us time to grab a hotel and head out right after that."

Sasuke agreed, "We have no time to waste, we have investigate as soon as we can. Only six days left."

"Yes." Was all Hinata's reply. Finally, she stood and looked at Sasuke with confidence.

Sasuke smiled slightly at her, and stood straight also, "Ready?"

She nodded, and they left the room.

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Shikamaru held the cellphone to his face and listened patiently and carefully as Temari spoke in top speed, she must be very busy.

"Even though Naruto and Sasuke's group has changed objectives, you pretty much are the same, just more in depth. Not only are you putting all this into a presentable case, you need to also keep up with the information. We are going to you ask certain questions about information that we can't exactly remember, or even have time to remember. We will all be running around, and we will probably be calling you every single minute for every question we have. Are you up to that, Shikamaru?"

He smirked as Temari said his name, as if he were standing in front of Lady Tsunade being informed about a mission he was about to be on, "Yes Temari, I am capable of that."

"Good." He could hear the smile in her voice, "This requires you to not be so lazy, so be on your toes."

"Yes ma'am." He mocked.

Temari chuckled, "Good bye, and good luck."

And with that she hung up.

Shikamaru looked back up to the ANBU standing lined up before him, with only one out of line, directly in front of him. He looked at them with his bored expression that looked more hard than laid back. He waited expectedly for the ANBU to report. They knew he didn't like to wait, and as the leader of ANBU at just of age twenty, he could make their lives a living hell for that mistake.

"Well?" Shikamaru asked, folding his arms.

"Sir! We are still looking deep within our files, but it is going to take at least another thirty minutes to an hour."

Shikamaru shook his head calmly, "No, we don't have that time. You cut that time in half, or we will have a problem, understand? You work these men hard." Then he stopped and chuckled at the ANBU in front of him, "You know men is just a common way to say all of you ANBU, right?"

The ANBU nodded, and took off her mask, smiling at him, "I know sir, I've gotten used to it."

Shikamaru nodded, then taking his hand and waving her away with a slight smile, "Just didn't want to get beat up by the other women ANBU. I hope you get me those files soon, or life will be hell. Dismissed."

And with that she, and the rest of her team, disappeared.

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Kiba looked at his phone while he waited in the airport line patiently, staring at the text, "If you have any questions, ask Shikamaru."

He looked up and looked at Naruto, who was looking at his phone and looked up also, "You got the same thing?" He asked.

Naruto held up his phone so Kiba could see the text, "The ask Shikamaru one? Yeah, I got it."

Kiba nodded and handed the lady his ID. She stared at the Akamaru, who was giving her a doggish smile, and then looked to Kiba, "Sir, we don't allow that large of pets."

Kiba waved her off, "We have a pass, and a personal jet, it is alright."

Naruto roared with laughter when Akamaru barked and the woman worker jumped two feet in the air in response, holding her chest as if she might have a heart attack.

Kiba laughed along as the worker passed them through with a scowl.

Naruto continued to laugh, but stopped slowly when he saw familiar people in the distance. He nudged Kiba and pointed, and slowly Kiba stopped laughing and looked where Naruto was pointing, then grinned.

Sasuke looked at the ticket in his hand, standing in the middle of the hall as people walked steadily, or quickly, by. Hinata stood next to him, arms right under her breast as she crossed them across her body.

"Ticket says F 27. Looks like those are the personal jet ways." Sasuke told Hinata, looking at her with a smile.

Hinata smiled and nodded, "Hai. Tsunade mentioned not having time for regular planes. It'll cut our time in half."

Sasuke nodded and pulled out his phone and saw he had a text. Seeing the sender was from Temari, he opened it.

"If you have any questions, ask Shikamaru."

Sasuke showed Hinata, and she nodded, "I've just received the same thing."

"Hey! Sasuke! Hinata!" He heard a familiar voice yell and looked up, seeing Naruto and Kiba with a huge Akamaru walk up at a steady pace, both of them grinning.

"Hey you two, what are you doing here?" Hinata asked, beating Sasuke to the punch.

"We are flying out," Naruto explained, "We are heading to Tokyo to find Mr. Yamanaka."

Kiba nodded, "Yeah. Where are you guys heading?"

Hinata kneeled down and scratched Akamaru's head, who wagged his tail happily, "Long time no see Akamaru. Wish I had a treat for you."

"Matsudo" Sasuke said, patting Akamaru once with a smile, "Hey Akamaru."

Naruto nodded thoughtfully, "That's a big place, but then again, so is Tokyo."

Sasuke sighed and agreed, "We have our work cut out for us this time," He complained. Hinata stood straight and smiled at Kiba, "But we have to get going, our flight is going in about twenty minutes, and I think its going to take at least ten to walk through this place."

"Yeah," Kiba said, rubbing his head, "All the way to Gate F, right? For the personal jets. We could walk together, ours leaves in about thirty, so I guess me, Naruto, and Akamaru could grab a bite before the flight."

Hinata smiled, "Alright then, let's go."

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Temari paced back and forth, phone at her ear, "What do you mean it's going to take longer to get those files? We don't have time to spare, much less thirty more minutes."

"I know it's a drag, but they can't work any faster," Shikamaru apologized, "Even at the top speeds, it's looking about another thirty to an hour, that's if everything is a breeze."

Temari groaned and rubbed her forehead, "Fine. I guess we can't change it. But instead of watching your ANBU men work, why don't you go to Tsunade and take in some information. Also, ask for some Hokaga files. I doubt we'll be able to get some, but maybe the Third wrote some thing about Yamanaka."

Shikamaru sighed, "I'm on it." then hung up.

Temari closed her phone and continued to pace, thinking about her next move.

"Ten-Ten," She called across the room. Ten-Ten shot up in response, "How are those files, proving useful?"

"Yes, these are brilliant. They tell all the things they've already tried on Ino, and also give detailed descriptions and dates, even time, about Ino's attack. If we analyzed this closely, we could even time these attacks!" Ten-Ten was very excited about her knew information after an hour of looking at files that helped little to none.

"Great. Um. Why don't you get those copied and give the originals to Sakura. Give the copies to Shikamaru; he should be able to find a pattern in time."

Ten-Ten nodded and turned back around to the table. She grabbed the files and gave them to Lee, giving him instructions that Temari couldn't hear, and Lee ran off just a second later.

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Ino sat in the darkness, holding her knees against her as she closed her eyes tightly. She mumbled to herself, not daring to open her eyes, "It's alright. It's almost over. It's almost over. Sakura will be so happy. Sakura. Sakura."

Her heart suddenly started to hurt from the absence of the girl. She missed her, so much. She was the only one that seemed to make the pain go away. Only one to make her smile, and have her heart speed up when she laughed lightly.

"Please. Please. Wake up." Ino whispered quickly, sweating from fear. She didn't want to be here anymore. She wanted to go back.

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Sakura thought to herself, sipping her coffee and analyzing the table and all its flaws. She thought about the plan of how she would explain Kiba and Naruto going for Yamanaka without real orders. How she could possibly put into logic of Sakura stealing the money and the private jets.

She stared hard at the crack on the table, lies floating by.

She closed her eyes, breathing out silently, thinking harder. Suddenly Ino's smiling face popped into her mind. Her heart strings pulled and she took a short, quick, in take of air, opening her eyes quickly. Her heart throbbed, and her hands became into fists from the pain.

Now. She no longer cared about Tsunade's reaction.

She didn't care about anything, but saving Ino.

She gritted her teeth together at the thought of Ino laughing, smiling…kissing Sakura up her neck…

Unexpectedly a hand was on her shoulder, and she shot out of her own world, snapping her head upward to see Ten-Ten standing next to her. Her brown eyes looked sad, and that made Sakura's heart sink in panic.

"What? What's wrong?" She asked quickly, standing up.

Was it Ino? Was she ok? Did her condition get worse?

Pay attention. Whispered the voice inside of her. She looked back at Ten-Ten.

Ten-Ten frowned slightly, "You've been stressing too much…"

Sakura plopped back on her chair, taking a gulp of coffee. What an emotional rollercoaster, and all for nothing…She will be alright when Ino woke back up… If she woke back up…

Don't think like that.

Sakura shook her head, sighing.

"Sakura, didn't you hear me?" Ten-Ten said carefully.

Sakura looked back up at Ten-Ten, "Huh?"

Ten-Ten shook her head, "I said, I've been reading over those files. One of them…I think you should read it." She stopped suddenly, handing Sakura the piece of paper.

Sakura took it, still holding her coffee and scanning the paper carefully.

It seems to me that Ino is always awake during these "attacks".

She stated, "I hate being there, all alone. There's nothing there, and I have to sit there in the darkness till my body wakes up again."

Critical. There seems to be a pattern. Emotions are the most dominate way to trigger these attacks, though at times they happen randomly.

***Special Note***

xxxNow this is strange. Unlike other sessions, Ino seemed reluctant to sharing what happened under her last attack. Struggling for words. Eyes always falling to the floor. She is pausing a lot.

xxxOVERALL NOTE. She is lying about something. Something happened during that she does not want to say allowed.

*Reasons

xxxAshamed?- She speaks as if she is at fault. The voice she is using, levels going up and down.

xxxFear?- I believe this is more accurate, though shameful must be a part. Her voice quivers to the slightest. She Is either scared of sharing because someone is threatening, or whatever had happened…She is scared of herself?

Critical

xxxShe let slip that she was very angry when the attacked occurred. Said, "The anger took over and I didn't realize what I was doing."

xxxWhat did she do?

xxxUnknown.

xxxBody language shows that she is in fact scared of whatever happened. And shameful.

Maybe for not controlling what has happened?

xx**Side note. Try to answer these questions.**xx

Sakura stared at the paper, then quickly turned her head towards Ino.

She was awake during these attacks? That makes no sense…

Maybe…To control?

Maybe this is how the project worked? Maybe that was what Yamanaka was aiming for. The trigger, control your body from the inside? Which makes complete no sense.

"I know. It's weird. I hardly understand it all," Ten-Ten said, interrupting Sakura's thoughts, "I was thinking maybe you could understand it better. It looks like it's a psychiatrist notes. Maybe the person she was seeing for help for what was happening?"

Sakura continued to stay silent before suddenly looking up, "Does this guy give a name?"

Ten-Ten nodded, "Yes, it was on the yellow folder."

Sakura stood up, quickly moving around the room, looking around. Finally she yelled for Temari, and she popped her head around the corner, "Yes?"

"You need to get someone on getting that psychiatrist! We need them. He is a witness and can use him for the case."

Temari nodded, "Ok. What's the name?"

Sakura turned to Ten-Ten and pointed impatiently, which caused Ten-Ten to speed over to Temari.

Sakura stared at the paper in her hand again, then walked quickly over to the doctors bed in the middle, "Neji, take a break."

Neji nodded and asked no questions, closing his eyes and causing them to go normal before walking away quietly.

Sakura stared down at Ino, who was breathing evenly. She watched her features carefully.

She is still awake in there. Her inside whispered.

Her heart squeezed in response. She leaned down, not feeling a bit foolish, as she came to her ear and said softly, barely audible, "Ino…"

Now. What do you think?

Btw, thank you for the folks who have taken their time to comment. I am grateful. I get really excited everytime i have a new one :D.

Now i am going to try to be updating sooner. I cant help it cuz i always write part of the story, then delete it all cuz i dont like it! I cant help it :( jus sometimes i feel like it doesnt flow right.

Yes yes. I know. It makes the process longer, but its worth it for a decent story right?

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