Team 7 was finally at the Sand Village. They went to the Kazekages office to ask for the address of Gaara and his siblings. The Kazekage gave them the address and they left the office. When they got to the house, Kakashi knocked. No answer, He knocked again and there was still no answer.

Sasuke checked the door knob. It was unlocked so they all walked in. Kakashi headed towards the living room, Sasuke checked all the bedrooms and Sakura checked the Kitchen and Dining room. All checked under papers, carpets anything that would give them a clue on where they were or how Naruto was.

After a few minutes of looking around, Sakura found a piece of paper on the kitchen table.

"Hey guys, I found something!" Sakura called out. Sasuke and Kakashi emerged from their rooms and stood in front of Sakura. She read the note out loud.

"If looking for Uzumaki Naruto, we have gone to get him. We were coming back from the Kazekages office, and saw Naruto and Gaara running down the streets. Two men were behind him. One of them had a fish like appearance and a huge sword on his back. The other looked like an older Uchiha Sasuke, with longer hair. Both wore a black cloak with red clouds on it. We have headed North to follow them.

Temari and Kankuro."

Sasuke anger got the best of him as he clutched his fist

"Uchiha…Itachi!!" He yelled as he ran for the door. Sakura took hold of him, but he tried to break free. Sakura strength was no match for him. Kakashi stood in front of the door.

"Right now is not the time to be worrying about your brother, Sasuke. Akatsuki has Naruto and Gaara, and if we don't get them back, they will both die." Sasuke and Sakura flinched. "Now calm down." Kakashi said, as he opened the door and walked out. Both following.

Once outside, Kakashi took out a summoning scroll and summoned his dogs. Pakkun stood on top of the big dogs head and asked.

"Hello Kakashi. Who do you need us to track this time?" Pakkun said

"Hey ,Pakkun. First, I need you guys to track down Temari and Kankuro. This is their house, so the scent shouldn't be a problem. Then, we need to find Naruto and Gaara, once we've caught up to Temari and Kankuro."

"Okay, lets go boys!" He said, and they all disappeared in different directions. Kakashi turned around, and said.

"When one of them barks, we follow them. Understand?"

"Hai!" They said, waiting silently for one of the dogs.

….."Waaaoooh!"

"Bingo!" Kakashi said, and the three of them went to find Temari and Kankuro.

Kankuro and Temari were still jumping from trees, following the kidnappers of Gaara and Naruto. Kankuro had sensed people following them.

"Hey Temari, were being f-."

"I know, for a while now, they have. Let's stop. Maybe it's someone looking for us or Naruto." They both stopped, leaning against a tree. About 10 minutes of waiting and they heard a dog bark. Then, they were surrounded by about 5 dogs, Kakashi, Sakura and Sasuke. Temari and Kankuro looked at Sasuke like he was a ghost of something. Naruto had told them he would be dead. Sasuke sighed.

"The dobe probably told you Orochimaru took over my body. As you can see, that's not the case. When these two and Shikamaru came to get me, I killed Orochimaru." Sasuke explained.

"Wait, Shikamaru helped you guys out?"

"Yeah, he even killed Kabuto, Orochimarus right hand man." Sakura said. Temari smiled, not knowing Shikamaru was so… cool. Temari then told them the story, as they followed the dogs who were following Gaara and Narutos scent. Kakashi had to explain who the two people were, chasing Gaara. Even the names of them both.

Temari looked at Sasuke, who looked like he could kill someone. 'So that was his brother' She thought. All five of them, and the dogs ran for about 45 minutes until they saw them. Itachi and Kisame had stopped to take a break. Naruto and Gaara were unconscious for the most part.

Nauto was lying face down, with Gaara horizontally on top of him. Both of them looked like they had just been dropped. They also had many, many bruises, cuts and wounds that were very deep. You could see the blood all over the ground.

Sasuke was about to jump up and run in, when Sakura held him down.

"No," She whispered very quietly. "If you go in now, you won't be helping Naruto."

"My brother is right there, Sakura. I can't just sit around here and do nothing!"

"No! We'll go in and ambush them. Then you can… so whatever." She told them. Sasuke just sighed and listened to the plan. While Kakashi and company were talking, Sasuke thought…

'Itachi, you die today!'

I am SO sorry it took me so long to update. I hope you guys will forgive me. If you guys have any good ideas for the story, I will defiantly consider them for the next chapter. Thank you guys again for being to patient!

Crystal