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  Anko, Genma and Daichi left the vilge around 9:am and were quickly making their way to the st known location of the missing nin turned spy 'Ko Yamanaka'.

  Genma, Anko and Daichi were moving in a close triangle formation with Daichi a few feet ahead of the other two ninjas.

  The team leader Genma began to address the mission. "Alright. This is our objective. Orochimaru has attacked the Anbu team that was sent to monitor Kabuto. That meaakiraordinary precautions. So our ces of finding his spy Nam is slim. But that doesn't mean we 't iigate his whereabouts."

  "So are we going to the Fire Capital first?" Daichi asked.

  "No. We are going to the pce where Mizuki met Ko. The Hut a few kilometers ahead of the capital. Obviously he won't be there but if find some clues that help us track him down, then we're that much closer to Orochimaru." Genma said to the two.

  "But don't we need a tracker ninja for that? Like someone from the Inuzuka or the Aburame ?" Daichi asked as he looked at the team leader.

  At that time Anko had a grin. "Hey. Why do you think I'm here?"

  Daichi turned his head to look at the female Jonin.

  "I may not be from Inuzuka or Aburame but I'm a pretty good tracker too."

  The Genin nodded and turned his attention back to Genma.

  "While Anko iigates that lead, you and I will be heading to the capital . We're going to iigate Nam. If we find anything useful we follow up… If not, we head back to the vilge."

  Daichi was slightly tense as he heard the st part. 'I o find some leads. I 't go back to the vilge. Not without sensei and Shizune.'

  As they travelled through the trees Anko and Genma g the boy who was slightly ahead of them.

  "You know, I heard about what happened with Mizuki." It was Anko who spoke. She didn't address who she was talking to but the three knew.

  Daichi held no sympathy for the former academy instructor. "He should have taken my offer. Things would have gone a lot smoother then."

  A few moments ter Genma spoke. "I still remember that moment when Yondu asked you that question… Do yret finding out the answer Daichi?"

  The Genin was silent for a few moments as he thought about it. 'The morals and rules I learned in my previous life won't help me here... Still, I won't abandon them pletely. But now I know that I'll break those rules in times of crisis.'

  "No." Daichi replied after giving it some thought. "I found out who I am. And I know who I am and when to not go over the edge… So to answer your question. No. I don't regret it… After all, this is who we are…"

  "You're not like the enins are you?" Anko asked with a slight questioning look. Not that Daichi could see.

  "No, I'm not."

  "Why did you even learn such a method of torture?" It was Genma who asked Daichi this question.

  "Well, that method wasn't written down. But most of the informatiarding it was doted and I simply recreated it out of intellectual curiosity. Mostly... Using the simplest method to cause damage to the human psyche in the shortest time."

  "Did Lady Tsunade know?" Anko asked.

  Daichi had a small smile as he remembered that day when he discussed this with his teacher. "Yeah. Who do you think gave me the tips to make it more effective?"

  As the two Jonin were silent, Daichi spoke again. "We came up with it mainly to uand what kind of damage it could do to the mind so we could create healihods to reverse the effects. But after recreating it, we came to the same clusion as the people from the Land of Water. This method was too cruel. So we simply put it away. I hought I would have had to use it on someone."

  As they jumped through the trees Daichi turned his head to look at the female Jonin. "Anko sensei. Orochimaru was your teacher, right.?"

  The Special Jonin's face scowled as she nodded. Unhappy memories flowing into her mind. "Yeah."

  "Do you think he would really experiment on Lady Tsunade? His own former teammate."

  Anko was silent as she remembered the memories of her childhood. How she spent time helpieacher with various tests and how finally she became the experiment itself.

  "That bastard has no morals. He would do anything to achieve his goals… So yeah. If Lady Tsunade was iakehere is a good ce he's gonna turn her into his b rat." Anko replied to the boy.

  Daichi ched his fist and slightly gritted his teeth.

  Anko looked at the Genin and her eyes softened. "I'm sorry Daichi."

  Daichi only nodded as he kept moving forward.

  "We'll find them. And remember. Lady Tsunade isn't some average kunoichi. You know that don't you? She is one of the Legendary Sannin too. If anyone survive Orochimaru it's her." Genma said, trying to reassure the boy.

  Daiodded as he looked at Genma with a small smile. The trio was quickly moving through the forest. They were moving much faster than normal and Anko was impressed that the Genin could keep up at such speed without showing any signs of fatigue.

  'His speed and stamina are certainly above even some ins.'

  As they jumped through the thick forest of the Fire try Anko looked at Genma. "Orochimaru should know that we'd be looking for him. What do you think his strategy would be?"

  Daichi also gnced back at the team leader at that question.

  Genma was silent for a few moments before he spoke. "He would defiry to keep a low presen the few days. Maybe even spread false information on his location. Try to fuse us to buy himself time for whatever it is he's doing."

  "By that logic, he would definitely build fake bases. Maybe to keep us busy or spread our resources thin." Anko also gave her thoughts.

  Daichi internally sighed as he heard their theories. 'Yeah. All those sounds like things I'd do if I want to distract the vilge.'

  And then a thought he feared the most came into Daichi's mind. 'And if she's not in the try then…'

  "If Orochimaru took Tsunade sensei and Shizu of the try then we might be in serious trouble." Daichi spoke and the two Jonins also grimaced at that thought.

  "If the reat nations find out then things will definitely get ugly. And if they capture them… This is such a mess…" Genma couldn't help but sigh out loud about their situation.

  The trio slowly increased their pace towards their destination. The soohey find something the better.

  Leaf vilge - Root base.

  Around 10 minutes after Danzo left the Hokage building he reached his Root base.

  His mind was still on the words the Hokage spoke.

  ''You will never bee the Hokage of the vilge."

  Danzo's fists ched in anger as he thought about what Hiruzen said. 'How dare he? After everything I did for the vilge… This is how he treats me?'

  Danzo kept his cold gaze as he walked through the dark halls of his underground base. He reached his private offid sat down in silence.

  A few moments ter he looked at the shadows in his room. A ninja Bbu gear and mask appeared. He half k in front of the one eyed leader.

  He is sed in and of Root.

  "Lord Danzo."

  "It seems our suspis are correct. Hiruzen has Tao and Enji. They're in Anbu custody being interrogated." Danzo spoke looking at the masked ninja.

  "That's strange. I haven't heard anything from our spy in the Anbu division." The sed in and replied looking down on the ground.

  Danzo leaned bad tiles his gaze to the single bulb in the room. "Hiruzen built a top secret wing fhly cssified operations and enemies. It was built after the Uchiha massacre. Only a few people even in the Anbu know about it. I only came by that information through sheer luck. And I only know of its existenot its location or its operational leader."

  "And the spy in the root?"

  "Yes. It seems my old teammate has bee quite resourceful. There is a traitor amongst us. The people capable of bypassing even the tingencies we put in pce against sufiltration tactics is very small."

  "Does the Hokage know about my identity?"

  "No. I'm sure he's aware of your existe nothing more than that…" Danzo let out a small breath of air as he looked down at his ninja.

  'If Hiruzen knew your identity he would definitely be shocked. And moreover he would inform Kensei. If that happened he would stop at nothing to try and kill me…'

  "Right now, we have bigger s. Orochimaru attacked Tsunade and her appre night at the border. As to why he did such a thing, it's unknown…"

  "His movements were strange during the st several months… This must have been the reason." The masked ninja spoke.

  "Yes. I think I might have a way to identify the spy. Draw him out into the open. I need you to do something."

  After inf the Root ninja of his pn Danzo went te hall and summoned several high level members of his anization. There was a table in front of him with a rge map of Fire try and several pces were marked on it.

  "Last night Tsunade Senju audent Shizune were attacked by Orochimaru." Danzo looked at the Root ninjas assembled and spoke.

  That information shocked the Root agents. They knew how important Tsunade was to the vilge despite her absence.

  The Root Leader tinued. "I have been studying Orochimaru's movements for the st several months and have e up with three locations where he might have set up a base. Your task is to iigate these locations."

  The ninjas nodded. At that time one of them spoke. "Lord Danzo, are we going to share this information with the Hokage?"

  Danzo looked at the Root ninja with an expressionless face. "I will but not at the moment. There is still much work to be done. You have your assigs."

  Danzo didn't o say anything further and the ninjas vanished. As the ninjas disappeared and made their way to the exit, all but one of them deviated from their route.

  The masked ninja moved deeper into the base and quickly opehe mission record se. He quickly found intelligen Orochimaru and memorized them. He was the spy Hiruzeo infiltrate the root forces.

  The Anbu looked at the intelligend he couldn't help but frown behind his mask. 'If this intelligence is correct, Orochimaru would have two more bases hidden in the Land of Fire. There is no way Danzo would have missed that… Which means… He's deliberately trying to hide information.'

  Hiruzen's spy memorized the information and quickly left the room. Instead of heading out of the vilge, he took a secret entrand went straight to the Hokage to report the situation.

  What he didn't know was there was someone hidden in the records room. Someone who saw everything the spy did.

  The sed in and of the Root.

  He quickly reached Danzo's offid firmed the identity of the spy. Danzo nodded his head and a small smile was on his face.

  "The news of Orochimaru attag Tsunade would be shog. I knew Hiruzen's agent would know the sequences if something happeo her. He just couldn't take the ce that I might have hid more information that could help them." Danzo spoke with a ing smile.

  "But now the Hokage will know you're keeping important information to yourself."

  "Not if I give him that information and some more." Danzo looked at his agent and the small grin disappeared from his face. "This is also my ce. I'm not giving up. It's time to wake them up. Our sleeper agents."

  "Should I give them the order sir?"

  "Yes… Tell them to prepare for war. While Hiruzen is busy trying to find Tsunade, we're going to take trol of the vilge."

  Danzo gave the order and his right hand man nodded and disappeared.

  'I will bee Hokage of this vilge. Just you wait Hiruzen. That position is mine...'