A.N- Sup. I'm updating just for the heck of it and for something to do. So, that's why. Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the story & characters I make up.

Naruto walked into his house and headed to the kitchen, where he wrapped his arms around his wife's waist.

"Hey." he said.

"Hey." she answered, turning around to give him a kiss.

"Where's Emi? I've got a surprise for her." Sakura eyed him suspiciously.

"How much did you spend?" she asked, knowing he loved to spend at their daughter's expense. He grinned at her.

"Nothing. I'm going to teach her Rasengan." His wife smiled.

"Think she'll be screaming and yelling thank-yous when you tell her?"

"Oh yeah. So where is she?" Naruto looked around but did not see his daughter. Sakura shrugged.

"She told me she was going to show you her headband and come home. But I haven't seen her since this morning. Did she see you?" Naruto nodded.

"She said she was going to see Hiroki and then come home. Maybe she went to train?" But Naruto dismissed this thought quickly. Emi would have gone home, tell her mother where she was going, then go train. Sakura shook her head.

"I'll go ask Hinata if Emi ever stopped by. You stay here in case she comes back. Ichiro's taking a nap in his room, so don't wake him." She kissed her husband on the cheek and went in search of her daughter.

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While she was walking, Sakura bumped into Neji. She apologized and said,

"Neji, have you seen Hinata or Hiroki or both today? Emi told Naruto she was going to see them." Neji nodded.

"They came over today to train. In fact, Emi came, too. But Akimichi Yukio came and said that you needed her. Why, didn't you?"

Sakura paled as she remembered Jiraiya-san's words.

"Oh my God, shit, I need to go, thank-you Neji!" She called over her shoulder as she raced home.

When she got there, the sight that greeted her was a suprise indeed. She saw a very mad but also very sad, on the verge of tears even, Matsuri, a comforting yet mad Temari and Shikamaru, and two enraged kages.

Naruto heard her approach and looked at her hopefully. Sakura shook her head sadly.

"Neji said she stopped by but 'Akimichi Yukio' came and said that I needed her. Which I didn't."

She looked at them with tears in her eyes.

"Do you think..." Gaara nodded, knowing what she was thinking.

"He took Fumiko, too." His face was as impassive as usual, but he was feeling disgusted. The Kazekage took out a piece of paper. On it was a single name:

Kabuto.

Matsuri finally let a sob escape. Temari put a hand on her shoulders as Gaara wrapped his arms around her waist.

Naruto was mad. Angry. Enraged. Shikamaru looked at his Hokage and said,

"Should we alert the Hyugas? Or the Inuzukas?" Naruto shook his head.

"You can if you want. But I'm getting my daughter back. Are you coming, Sakura-chan? Gaara?" The two nodded.

"Us, too!" The six ninja turned to see Inuzuka Hiroki and Hyuga Mamoru running toward them. Naruto looked doubtful. The cousins must have seen this, because their pleas persisted.

"Please, Hokage-sama! Let us go, please! I can't let Fumiko down!"

"Or Emi!" he added hastily after Gaara gave him one of his infamous stares. Hiroki nodded. Naruto sighed.

"Have your parents agreed?" he said, knowing full well that Neji, Tenten, Kiba, and possibly Hinata, would, their Hokage, tear him apart if they found out that he let their kids leave the village on such a mission with out them knowing. When the boys nodded, he consented.

"Alright, Hiroki with his Byakugan and Haku (Hiroki's puppy) in the front, Mamoru, also with Byakugan, next, Then Sakura, Gaara, and me, alright?" The selected nodded.

Sakura turned toward Temari, Shikamaru and Matsuri.

"Can you watch Ichiro while we're gone?" They nodded.

"Good." Naruto said. Then the five left the village to find the missing girls.