"Ayo, you will leading your old squad to retrieve Kabuto," the Third Hokage told Ayo. "Kabuto broke out of jail and was last seen heading to Land of Sound."

Ayo nodded and led her team – Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura – into the hallway. She carried the mission scroll in her hand.

"I'm guessing the Third Hokage wants Kabuto alive," Ayo said. "I have a drug we can use to render Kabuto unconscious most of our trip home."

"Are you saying we drug his drink?" Sakura asked.

Ayo nodded. "The drug tastes like sake, so Kabuto will think it's a shot of sake."

"What do we know about Kabuto?" Sasuke asked.

"Kabuto is a medic-nin and Orochimaru's right-hand man," Ayo answered.

"We can feign an injury and have Kabuto heal us," Sakura replied. "To repay him, we give him 'sake'."

"How about some senbons to your testicles?" Ayo asked.

"No thanks," Naruto and Sasuke answered.

Ayo and her team got on the road. They camped out to save money on hotels and caught fish and wild rabbit for food.

In the Land of Sound, Ayo and her team found Kabuto in a bar. Ayo bought a hotel room and had Naruto and Sasuke sit on the bed. In a split second, Ayo threw senbons impaling Naruto's and Sasuke's testicles. Naruto and Sasuke bent over in pain.

"What did you do that for?" Naruto asked.

"Sakura suggested we feign an injury," Ayo replied.

Ayo and Sakura went to the bar and spotted Kabuto talking to the Sound Five – an elite group of ninjas.

"Help!" Sakura cried. "Our teammates are injured. We need a medic-nin."

Kabuto heard Sakura's cry for a medic-nin and rushed over. "I am a medic-nin. Where are your teammates?"

"They are in the hotel room," Ayo replied.

Ayo and Sakura came back with Kabuto. Kabuto wanted an anesthetic to numb the pain.

"How about sake?" Ayo asked.

"There's bootleg sake readily available," Kabuto answered.

"This is the real deal," Ayo replied. "How about you try it yourself?"

Kabuto took the bottle, drank it, and yawned. He laid down and went to sleep.

"Naruto, Sasuke, did you forget Sakura was a medic-nin?" Ayo asked. "I hope this cures Naruto of his crush. And Sakura, we do need Sasuke's and Naruto's manhood intact."

While Sakura worked on her teammates, Ayo sealed Kabuto in a scroll. When they returned to Konoha, Ayo informed the Third Hokage and Jiraiya.

"I asked Jiraiya to come and seal away Kabuto's chakra," the Third Hokage explained.

Ayo and her team were paid for the mission.