~March 12, 12:47 pm~
Still searching, Sasuke and Naruto stop by Sakura's house to look for any information that would give them a lead to where she might be. They stepped out of their car and onto the brink that took them up to her front door.
KNOCK KNOCK!
Kimiko: Yes? How may I help you?
An older woman opened the door; maybe in her mid-40's or late 30's. She stood there greeting the two young men. Her hair was pulled up into a bun; she was wearing a white pinafore that occasionally had a stain here and there.
Sasuke: Yes, we are looking for Sakura Haruno.
Kimiko: Miss Haruno is not here, she is at school. As should you boys. You are much too young to be out.
Naruto: We were, but she never came in today, and we became worried.
Kimiko: "Oh dear, come in come in…" She said as she motioned to them.
Naruto: Do you have any idea where she would be?
Kimiko: No, I don't. She took off running out of the house this morning when I told her that her father wasn't coming home on the expected date.
Sasuke: What way did she go?
Kimiko: I really have no idea.
Naruto: Dose she go to any place special when she's upset?
Kimiko: Yes! There is a park just a few blocks from here. Her family and I would always go there for parties and picnics. She loves it there more than any place in the world.
Sasuke: "Thank you, we'll be leaving now." He said as her got up from the bar stool.
Kimiko: Yes, but please can you make sure that Sakura-san gets home safely?
Sasuke: …
Naruto: Yes ma'am, we will.
Kimiko: Oh thank you so much young man.
Opening the door for themselves, Sasuke and Naruto walked back down the steps and back to their car. Pulling out of the driveway Sasuke spotted two blurry figures standing behind the car and pressed on the break.
Sasuke: What the hell?!
Naruto: What?
Hearing a knock on the driver side window, Sasuke pushed the button to roll it down and poked in a head full of blonde hair.
Ino: What are you doing here?!
Sasuke: Leaving.
Ino: Why are you here?
Sasuke: Geese, do you need to know everything.
Ino: Look if you hurt Sakura I-
Sasuke: She's not here if that's who you're looking for.
Ino: Then where is she?
Sasuke: I don't know.
Ino: Don't give me that bull shit.
Sasuke: "Oh my god." He said as he mumbled under his breath.
Ino: So? Where is she?
Sasuke: I said 'I don't know.' Geese woman are you deaf?
Hinata: I-Ino-chan…I really don't think t-that he knows where Sakura-chan is.
Naruto: "Is that Hinata?!" She said pushing his way to the see out of the window.
Hinata: H-Hello Naruto-kun…
Naruto: Hey Hinata! Do you know the park that is a few block from here?
Hinata: Y-Yes.
Naruto: Do you think that you can take Sasuke and me there?
Hinata: Y-Yes, I c-can do that.
Naruto: Sweet! Get in!
Ino: Don't mind if we do.
Sasuke: "You idiot what do you think you're doing?" He said whispering to Naruto.
Naruto: Relax, their show us where that park is, we drop them off at school, then we come back. It's as simple as that.
Sasuke: Except that what if something happens on the way? Like we find Sakura and she's hurt? How would you explain something like that? Baka…
Naruto: Oh, Yeah, I didn't think about that.
Ino: Are you going to drive or what?
Sasuke: "…" Sasuke said nothing as he pulled out and fallowed Hinata's directions.
Hinata: Now take an l-left at the next turn please.
Sasuke: Got it.
Naruto: So Hinata? What time are we going to meet up at the movies Saturday?
Hinata: 7-7:30…
Naruto: Cool, do you want me to come and pick you up so that I can know where it is the next time?
Hinata: "S-Sure…Naruto-kun." He face became red.
Naruto: Sweet. So who is Sakura going to be going with?
Hinata: I have n-no idea.
Naruto: What if she takes Sasuke-teme!
Ino: I don't think so!
Naruto: Why not?
Ino: Sakura would never take him, and besides she's going to ask Gaara to go with her.
Naruto: Who's Gaara?
Ino: Its Temari's younger brother.
Naruto: I didn't know she had a brother.
Ino: Two.
Naruto: But what if he can't go?
Ino: Then we'll find someone else.
Hinata: I don't think t-that it's such a b-bad idea if Sakura-chan takes S-Sasuke-kun to the movies with u-us just for one night.
Ino: No, I forbid it.
Hinata: W-Why?
Ino: Let's just say that Sasuke hasn't had my blessings yet.
Sasuke: God why can't 'that' just be dropped?
Ino: You played with her!
Sasuke: No I didn't!
Ino: Then do you like her?
Sasuke: …N-no…But-
Ino: Then you played with her!
Sasuke: She doesn't like me either!
Ino: How do you know?!
Sasuke: I just do!
Ino: You're not her best friend are you?! Does she tell you everything?!
Sasuke: …
Ino: That's what I thought…
The whole car was silent in shock. Hinata, still not knowing what happened between Sasuke and Sakura the day before; had finally spoken up in her soft and tender voice and spoke:
Hinata: T-The Park is just up ahead Sasuke.
But he had said nothing as he pulled into an empty space beside the curb. All stepping out of Sasuke and Naruto's black Aubi R8, the four teenagers went off in different directions to look for a sign of their missing friend, or at least, a single clue.
Sasuke Thinking: What a worthless girl. Why is she blaming me for everything? I may not care about Sakura but it's still my job to protect her. Even if I don't like this mission, it's the one that I was given and I can't refuse it.
Ino Thinking: What a jackass! He's totally playing with Sakura and he doesn't even care. Typical guy for you, they want one thing and they don't give up until they get it. But he won't get shit, and I'll make sure of that.
Naruto: "Hey guys! I found something by the swings!" He called out.
The first to arrive, Ino, came up from behind and pushing him out of the way grabbed Sakura's backpack that was placed on the ground.
Ino: Why is just her backpack here?
Hinata: "Ino-chan what d-did you find?" She said as she was the second one who came running.
Ino: Just her backpack…
Hinata: And no Sakura…
Sasuke: "She's probably back at school by now." He said walking in from behind a tree.
Ino: Without her backpack?
Sasuke: Probably just forgot it.
Ino: No likely.
Sasuke: How so?
Ino: I guess that you don't know Sakura very well.
Sasuke: …
Ino: Plus TenTen or Temari would have called us by now if she was there.
Sasuke: Never know.
Naruto: Let's just go check to make sure that she's not there.
As the four teenagers picked up the extra school bag and walked back to the car, Sasuke pulled Naruto aside by his shirt collar, from the girls, who stayed a good distance in front of them and so that they would not notice.
Sasuke: Please tell me you just didn't give them the bag.
Naruto: I'm not that stupid teme. I checked it out before I gave it to them.
Sasuke: And?
Naruto: Nothing in the bag, but I found something interesting aside of it.
Sasuke: What do you mean?
Naruto: Did you notice the makings under the swing?
Sasuke: No?
Naruto: Well there was a whole mess of different marks there and it was in a different shape than regular marks when someone gets off a swing.
Sasuke: Where are you going with this?
Naruto: Since sand holds shape, what if Sakura had a struggle? Of there were some sort of drag mark?
Sasuke: Hm…
Naruto: I would have to agree with Ino: I really doubt that Sakura had forgotten about her bag.
Sasuke: We shouldn't be assuming the worse right now.
Naruto: We need to come back when the girls aren't here.
Sasuke: We'll drop them off at the school and come back.
Naruto: Yeah.
~ March 12 2:14 pm~
Back on the campus Sasuke and Naruto told the two girls to take Sakura's backpack into the office while they went to go park the car.
Sasuke: Did you see anything else from swing?
Naruto: I didn't give it the best first look. But of what I did see, no, nothing at all.
Pressing a button on the steering wheel a hidden compartment appeared from the dashboard. In it was two, fully loaded handgun glock's. And a silver metal brief case that was full of investigation tools such as baggies, rubber gloves, and markers.
Pulling back into the free park the two got out of the car and began to investigate the scene. Naruto, who pulled out the gloves started with the sand trying to figure the markings. And Sasuke who looked a few feet away for any more clues.
But his thoughts were just not into the investigation, they were somewhere with long pink hair and soft, sweet tasting lips. The thought of Ino's word rang in his head and would not leave. It was piercing his heart like a newly sharpened dagger. Bursting back into reality by the word of his friend:
Naruto: I've got it!
Sasuke: What the hell are you talking about now dobe?
Naruto: Look at the pattern.
Sasuke: "…" His eyes slightly began to widen for what he was thinking.
Naruto: It's a body shape.
Sasuke: But there's no blood.
Naruto: The body is curled, so either Sakura could have only been knocked out and taken or the way she was laying the blood didn't have time to form.
Sasuke: No other blood trail. So she couldn't have been hurt.
Naruto: I hope not.
Sasuke: "I pulled this off a tree over there." He said as he handed his blonde friend a baggie with a few strands of red hair inside.
Naruto: There could be hundreds of different DNA here.
Sasuke: But see this? The skin isn't around the top of it, which means it was pulled out of the head and not just fell out.
Naruto: We'll send it to Kakashi and the other boys back at the lab.
Sasuke: Make sure that it's a top priority.
Naruto: What will we do in the mean time?
Sasuke: anything we can do, keep looking.
*****To Be Continued*****