"We're almost there," Itachi announced to the group, as he led them to the Hidden Sound Village, where Orochimaru was.

They were told in vague detail why they were going to the Sound Village.

Flashback:

"Why would he want us to go to the Sound Village?" Sakura asked, as she read the letter Sasuke addressed to Itachi.

"Because of a secret that was kept from you, Sakura, and you, Naruto. But this secret is more important to Sakura," Itachi answered as he looked at the pinkette.

"Me? Why me? I'm just me, useless," Sakura asked, and when the work useless left her mouth, it looked like Itachi was kinda angry at the comment.

"You're not useless, you were just trained wrong, there's a difference," Itachi said as he went faster.

All conversation died out after that.

End of Flashback.

As the gates of the Sound Village came in view, Sakura got nervous.

Why was this secret so important to her? How did Sasuke and other people know? And how did this secret involve Orochimaru? And why did it involve Naruto?

All these questions were running through her mind, and when they reached the gate, Orochimaru held his hand out for a handshake, and everyone shook his hand but Itachi.

"I'm leaving now," Itachi said as he turned around and took off.

Sakura looked at Orochimaru and he smiled, it wasn't as creepy as in the past, but it was still creepy.

"I was told that there was a secret that involved Naruto and myself, May I ask what it is?" Sakura asked, as she looked at the snake man.

"Yes, you may ask, but first let's go back to my building," Orochimaru answered as he turned around, along with Karin, Jugo, and Suigetsu.

Konoha;

Tsunade was sitting at her desk, and wondering how the Sasuke files ended up in her desk. She had never seen them before!

Hell, she didn't even know he was being held, she thought they let him go after finding out that he "killed" Orochimaru.

She didn't know he continued to be held at the ANBU Headquarters, or that the other members of Konoha 11 seen him regularly.

As she read the reports, she became disgusted.

"Shizune, please get me Danzo," Tsuande said with anger.

The brown haired assistant immediately left to get the man her mistress requested.

As she waited for the man, she thought of ways she could kill him, and get away with it.

As the man walked into her office, she was standing up and in his face in seconds.

"I thought I made myself clear! I said to let Sasuke go!" Tsunade yelled and Danzo glared at her.

"He was a wanted criminal, Lady Hokage," Danzo's voice was calm, "You were too emotionally attached, given your mother-daughter relationship with Sakura Haruno."

"I was making the right decisions for the sake of the village!" Tsunade yelled at him, and then she almost lost her temper when he turned away from her.

"I've asked the council to appoint me as the Sixth Hokage, in the wake of your obvious favoritism," Danzo said as he exited her office.

As she watched him go, she couldn't help but hit something.

She turned around and planted her fist into the wall, and when the wall bursted, and fell, she sighed and went back to her desk, as Shizune got some people to clean up the mess.