Chapter 4: Closing in on Sasuke Part 1
Scene: Konohagakure (I apologize for not giving out the full name all this time. As soon as I post this, I'll be editing all previous chapters so they have the correct location name.)
Characters: Naruto Uzamaki, Jiraiya, Kakashi Sensei, Fifth Hokage Lady Tsunade, Captain Yamato, Sai, Lady Hinata Hyuga, Shikamaru, Shiho, Neji Hyuga, Shikaku, Shizune, Kiba and Ino.
"Damn that snake Orochimaru!" Naruto swore angrily in one of his rare displays of angry emotion. "What in the name of Lady Tsunade does he want Sakura for?" Then he blushed as he remembered she was in the room. "Don't think you are the only one upset Naruto." Lady Tsunade replied. "At this time swearing is really quite appropiate, at least until we get a lead on the correct direction to find Sasuke Uchiha."
"Neji and Lady Hinata, can you use your Byakugan to find Sasuke's trail?" Naruto asked them cautiously. "Yyes Narutochan," Lady Hinata answered. She was still a bit shy around him (due to having a secret crush on Naruto since childhood), but now she could defend herself well that he had shown her how to follow his path to being a shinobi. "Double power Byakugan!" This secret ability of the Hyuga Clan was what made them so scary in battle for it allowed them to track the flow of chakra all around. Neji and his cousin Lady Hinata focused for a long while and finally locked onto Sakura's chakra flow. "30 miles west, heading in the direction of the Land of Sound." Neji said cautiosly.
Almost everyone winced. They had good reason to do so. During the "Sasuke Retrieval Arc," Naruto along with Neji, Shikamaru, Choji and Kiba had faced their personal greatest battles to that date against The Sound Ninja Four. Though they defeated their enemies, with backup from Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro of the Sand Village, Sasuke managed to not only escape to Orochimaru but he had also learned how to unleash his Cursed Seal of Heaven to the second stage so that he was able to defeat Naruto though protected by the Nine-Tail Fox's chakra shield. Afterwards, everyone of them but Shikamaru required healing by Lady Tsunade herself as a result.
"Everyone be extremely careful." Lady Tsunade warned them all. "Sakura must not be harmed in any way or else I will personally reduce to Chunin rank again whoever of you is foolish enough to harm, even if it is by accident while fighting Sasuke, Kabuto and Orochimaru. I am sending Jiraiya, Kakashi Sensei, Captain Yamato and Shizune to oversee that you follow my orders. This is an S ranked mission. Now move out!"
An S ranked mission! This was the most dangerous level of a mission to be sent on. Immediantly the groups split into the following teams: Jiraiya leading Naruto, Hinata, and Ino; Kakashi leading Neji, Choji, and Shikamaru; Yamato leading Sai, Shiho and Shikaku with Shizune relaying all info back to Lady Tsunade herself.
At the same time many miles away...
"Ughhhhh" Sakura moaned as she slowly woke up. The last thing she could recall before being knocked unconscious by Sasuke was that she had been working by herself at the Konohagakure Hospital when Naruto? asked her a question. After that her memory was blurry.
Looking around, she was shocked and dismayed to realize that she was cleavegagged with a Sound Village silk cloth and hogtied lying on her back and further struggles made it clear she was also chained to a huge tree trunk. Sasuke

was a few feet away, tending to a campfire.
"Glad to see you finally awake Sakura," he said with the notable indifference of emotion he was known for. "I know you probably are very mad and want to talk, but under no circumstances can I remove your gag. Due to this mission, you would be too talkative and speed is the only thing that will enable me to get you to our final destination."
That being said, he immediantly used his Mangenkyo Sharingan to put Sakura into a trance. That done, he easily took advantage of her unconcious mind being distracted to ungag her long enough to feed her some ramen noodles. Afterwards, Sasuke released her from the tree only and used multiple traces of Chidori to complete muddle the direction they might go before he grabbed her over his shoulder and procceded on his way. Soon they would be at the lair of Orochimaru!