Anii stood by the gates of Konoha, the stars shone brightly in the sky, but nothing could brighten up her heart at this moment in time. She wanted to know why Iruka and Kakashi were telling everyone that she was lying, she didn't understand what she had done to deserve it. She felt bad about leaving Naruto with the three of them, and she was certain that he'd now believe them as well, but there wasn't anything else she could do. All she hoped for was that Sasuke had believe her and not them, and would join her. Anii wanted company for the long journey, and if the journey was a dangerous as everyone was saying, the extra hand wouldn't hurt either.

"Excuse me miss, are you lost?" Said one of the guards.

"No, I'm waiting for someone." She said back sweetly with a smile.

"Little late to be heading out?" He said walking over next to her.

"I want to leave quietly..." She said looking behind her.

"I understand, don't want to make a fuss. How long are you going to be gone for?" He asked following her gaze.

"I don't know yet, however long it takes me I guess." Anii didn't know why, but the guard was just so easy to talk to.

"Be careful out there wont you. Who knows what you could run into." He said with a smile, "I'm Genma by the way."

Anii smiled, "I'd tell you my name. But there's probably a wanted warning or something on me."

Genma smiled, "So this is why you want a quiet get away then."

"Anii!" Shouted a voice from behind them.

Anii turned around and saw Sasuke running towards them.

"Oh, I guess you know my name now." Anii said with a slight laugh.

"So you were waiting for the Uchiha." Genma said looking at the two of them.

"We good to go Sasuke?" Anii said looking towards the gates.

Sasuke shook his head."I think I know why they were turning everyone against you."

"Oh? Why?" Anii said, as Genma turned back around and re-joined the conversation.

"What's going on here?" Genma started, "You don't really have a wanted warning about you do you?"

Anii shook her head, "Not yet anyway. Once I leave I might have one about kidnapping though."

Sasuke shook his head, "Anii, this is serious."

"Sorry." Said both Anii and Genma, they looked back at Sasuke and composed themselves.

"I did some research in some more recent books about Amegakure, and I might have also done some eavesdropping." He said looking up and Genma. Genma put up his hands and played the 'I'm not telling anyone'.

"Sasuke, go on... Please." Anii said wanting to know more.

"Anyway, over the past few years, the Hidden Rain Village, the one we're going too, it's run by a man call Pain. I know it sounds pretty skeptical, but with him a lady, with blue hair and get this, she wears a paper rose in her hair." He said, watching Anii's eyes open wide as a gasp escaped her mouth.

"You think she could be..." She said not knowing what to say.

"I do. One problem." Sasuke said, looking at the ground.

"How did I know you were going to say that." Genma said getting interested, even though he didn't really know what was going on.

"Pain and this lady, Konan are part of the Akatsuki."

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- Hokage's Office -

"Iruka, Kakashi how did your plan go?" Tsunade said taking a sip of sake. She wasn't happy that they got involved after she asked them not to, but if it was going to save some lives, she was glad they did.

"It worked better then you could have imagined." Kakashi said with a smile.

"Sakura believed us." Iruka said proudly, "But that wasn't so hard."

"And the other two?" Tsunade asked, eyeing them off.

"Sasuke no. Naruto, I'm not sure what happened there. He was unsure." Kakashi said looking at the ground.

"So we still have two people going with her?" Tsunade asked, shaking her head.

"One. Naruto wasn't sure, but he wouldn't have gone. I think we convinced him enough. Anii even admitted to her own guilt." Iruka said with a smile. Although Anii had said it in a sarcastic manor, he thought it might have been enough to make Naruto believe it.

There was a pause before Tsunade spoke up again, "Are they leaving tonight?"

"Sakura said they were." Kakashi said looking out the window.

"Wouldn't Genma have notified you if two young ninja's were hanging around the gates?" Iruka asked, thinking back to the rules.

"It's a tricky situation, he has the choice to notify, but only if he thinks he needs to." Tsunade said with a sigh.

"Do you think they know who it is?" Kakashi asked turning to face the other two.

"I believe so. I heard some news that Sasuke was doing some research." Iruka said, shaking his head.

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Anii stood there silently, she had heard about the Akatsuki and the terrible things they did, but it wasn't this that scared her. The thing that scared her was the idea that she could be meeting her sister. The sister who she guessed she hadn't seen for the better part of ten years. She worried that her sister wouldn't remember her, or that when they got there, it turned out she wasn't family at all.

She shook the thoughts from her head, she wanted to believe that her memories were true, so she could prove to everyone that she wasn't lying.

Anii turned to face Sasuke, "We heading off now?"

Sasuke nodded, "Genma, say nothing."

Genma nodded, "Good luck you two. Keep safe."

And with that, Sasuke and Anii headed off towards the Hidden Rain Village in Amegakure.