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Chatper 9

Chapter 9
"Tsunade-sama! A team just returned!" Shizune opened the office door and found the fifth Hokage, sleeping. Shizune sighed. It was true that Tsunade hadn't had much rest since teams were send off to search for Sakura, but still, falling asleep at work wasn't ok.

"Tsunade-sama! Wake - UP!" Shizune screamed. Shocked, Tsunade woke up.

"I didn't stole those cookies, I swear! I was just-... Shizune?" Sleepy, Tsunade looked up. "What is it?"

"Shikamaru Nara and three others just came back." Shizune said. "Send them inside." Commanded Tsunade, while rubbing her eyes. Shizune left.

Shikamaru, Ino, Kiba and Chouji entered the office. "This wasn't really a team, was it?" Tsunade asked. "What's wrong?" "Hokage-sama, our teams have found Sakura's location." Shikamaru said.

Immediately, the Hokage didn't look sleepy anymore.

"Tell me everything, Shikamaru."

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"Itachi!!" kicked the door open and ran in. Sakura looked up, shocked. "Ssh! He's asleep!" She whispered. She had finally been able to heal Itachi's eyes. Which meant: He could see. But he couldn't use his Sharingan. When he did, his eyes started to bleed.

Sakura looked at Deidara. "What's wrong?..." "No time for sleeping, yeah! I lost them, I lost them!" Slowly, Itachi came up.

"You... What?" He asked. Sakura heard the anger in his voice. "Well, I was watching them, yeah, but then they were suddenly gone, yeah!" Nervous, Deidara stared at Itachi.

"Deidara... You idiot..." Itachi said. "Itachi, everyone makes mistakes-" Sakura started, but he interrupted her. "We can't afford mistakes. We'll distract those who are watching us and leave to the town. Kisame knows we'll be there." He got off the bed and Sakura quickly stood up. "I'll help you." She said, not in the mood to argue with him about leaving.

"I'm sorry, Itachi, yeah..." Deidara mumbled. Itachi didn't say anything to him at all. "Sakura, help me with packing my stuff. Deidara, pack yours and Kisame's. You have one hour." Deidara left quickly. "Itachi," Sakura started carefully. "Why don't you just sit down while I pack your belongings? That would be a lot faster..."

Itachi grunted and sat down in his chair. "There are bags in the closet." He said. "Put all the files from my desk in it. And every single book. And all of my clothing. Nothing can be left behind." "H- Hai." Sakura tried to keep up and stuff everything into bags quickly, but failed miserably.

"Err, Itachi..." She said. "I only have half of the files in your bag. Please slow down." Itachi didn't answer anymore, so Sakura just took it as a yes and continued packing.

After all the files and books, the bag was more then full, so Sakura took a new bag and started to put Itachi's clothes in that. When she picked up some black shirts, she saw a little, red book hiding under the clothing. It was made from leather.

Sakura recognised it at once. When she had found it for the first time, Itachi had come, very angry, and took it from her. She felt Itachi gaze drilling in her back. Quickly, Sakura did the book in the bag between the clothes and tried to ignore it, but couldn't.

A lot of questions came up in her mind.

'Why is he hiding it? What is written inside? Is it even his or was it a gift? Why is it so important to him?' 'I want to KNOOOOOOOOOOW!!!' Inner Sakura cried out. 'Me too, but I'm not going to look.' Sakura said back in her mind, while still packing Itachi's clothes. 'If we can know he'll show it to us.' 'But what if it are plans to kill someone we know?' 'That isn't any of our business!' 'Of course it is!!' "...Sakura?"