[ocean fang]

"Brilliant!" Ocean smiled "I think that should work perfectly. Now hold on..."
She took out a paper and began wrighting on it. Then she bent down to Lily and showed the note to her. It read " Tsunade you may already know of the gobi and the akatsuki's visit but keep naruto heavily gaurded, he is in danger"
"I need you to carry this note and slip through tsunade's window then place it on her desk. Please don't get caught and be back befor twelve,this gives you two hours. This seems so risky. Lily when your gone me and the other members shall plot out a way to help the akatsuki in a way that nobody gets hurt. I wish I knew about the mission sooner. Perhaps then I could have said no..."
Ocean looked at her group deep in worry. She was traveling a dangerous path right now and the least thing she wanted was to get her friends involved.

[Roxianna]

"Too late now for regret.  All we can do is keep to our agreement and try not to get killed."  Rista looked at all of the other members.  Then, turning to Lily, Rista said, "Keep to the shadows.  There are other animals out there who will hurt you, considering it's rather cold out and food's getting scarce.  And if you run into others you know, ((Roxi's note:  ~coughcough~others~coughcough~)) make sure your first priority is that note."   Rista knew Lily to be...a bit unfaithful...to the group.  But she was good help, and a good friend, so Risata didn't copmplain.

[drachoth]

Kitsueki's eyes twinkled at the sound of danger, but she saw the worry in Ocean Ace. "Don't worry about Lily, she knows not to run away from us, especially in a dangerous mission like this."Kitsueki glared at Lily. She didn't like Lily as much as some of the others did. To her Lily was like an annoying little sister that you can't get rid of. And when Lily is in trouble, she'll run away and blame it some other poor sap. "And don't worry about me, you know I love this kind of stuff. At least Pien gave us a little time to prepare."Kitsueki began to pack the essentials. Extra kunai, some food pills, etc.

[Ghostlily]

Lily glared back at Kitsueki, sticking out her bright pink tongue at her. But it went back in when she grabbed the note in her mouth.
"Leave it to me," she mumbled, the words a bit mixed in her mouth. In a flash, she was out the door and running, her stride quite quick for someone her size.
'Okay,' she thought. 'I find the village, give Tsunade the note, then get my backside outta there in one piece.' Groaning to herself, Lily realized she'd have to first sneak to the village and avoid both the Akatsuki and any random ninja, and then make her way inside without being seen. A random cat with a note in its mouth wouldn't be hard to miss. Lily groaned once more, but pushed aside these thoughts, increasing her stride and pace.

[ocean fang]

Ocean Ace nodded at lily befor she left then turned began to pack for the mission.
"Obviously we don't want to do any harm to our allies." She said quietly to the other members
"Problem is we have befriended people from both the akatsuki and the villages. Maybe, If we just do as told we can avoid problems, and hey, what are the chances of Pien acually getting alhold of naruto? I mean theirs alot of strong ninja in the Leaf village..."

[Roxianna]

((Hm, yeah, I'm gonna be sorta mean, sorta funny, to Lily right now.  Just so you know this, I actually started laughing when I first thought to do this, just because I know this will sort of irritate you...))

Sakura walked down the street, her training for the day just about to begin.  Although she had much work to do for Lady Tsunade, but that didn't mean she was going to neglect herself and not take some down time.  '

As she was walking, Sakura notice a strange black cat runnign down the street.  Think only of how adorable it was, Sakura quickly ran over to it and scooped it up in her arms.  "Why, would you lookit that!  A cutesie little kitty out here on it's own!  That's certainly not safe for you!"  As she stroked its head, Sakura noticed a note clamped in it's mouth.  "Hm?  What's this?" she said, about to pull it out of the cat's mouth.

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"Yes, you're right Ocean Ace.  The Leaf will have to take care of it's self now."  Rista thought about the difficult posision that they wer being put in.  "Nothing we can do about all of this now."  Standing up, Rista walked over to the closet where she kept her bag of supplies and used the vine to strech up to her room and grab a few extras for her.  She tied her materials to her side and thought carefully about what to do next.

[drachoth]

-{Seeing how Naruto is usually found around Sakura, he decided to join *ebil grin*}-

Naruto noticed Sakura out of the corner of his eye. "HEY SAKURA-CHAN!!!" He ran to go see what she was doing with that black cat. "Where'd you find that cat?" Naruto began to rub the cats ears hopping that Sakura will see how caring he can be. She might even start to like him, if he shows his loving side.

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A thought came into Kitsueki's head."I'm sure Tsunade will know exactly what to do, and where to hide Naruto, or at least keep him safe from the akatsuki."
but I know we'll never be able to do this without trouble. You just might not want to believe it.
She slipped a pack over her left shoulder, and sat in an over sized recliner. "We might as well rest a bit before we go out." Kitsueki began to listen to some music, but not loud enough to disturb the others.

[ocean fang]

Shino Had been up on the tree above the others watching Naruto and Sakura grab the cat up from its own buisness.
"You should really let streys be..."He called to them.
He leaped down from the tree branch and looked at them both for a quick second.
"Really now, How would you like it if some gient monster leaped you up from your privacy and began rubbing your belly?"
He shook his head in a disapointed matter as he pittied the poor cat.
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Ocean Sat back down on the coutch and went through her items checking everything to make sure she had it all.
"How do you thing lily is doing now," She asked "I mean it's been about thirty minutes sense she left. I'm not worried but I'f I saw a cute black cat on the street I'd probably smother it in hugs."

[Ghostlily]

"Meeooowww!" Lily yowled through the paper in her mouth. Not Sakura. Not her. And...Oh God, was it..? It was! Naruto...
'No no no no no nonononono....' Lily's ears now laid flat, her tail flicking. She wanted down. Now. She didn't want to use claws though...Lily sighed, knowing she wouldn't be able to get out of here easily. Then she turned her ears toward a new voice. Hmm...there was pity for her in that voice. And she'd play on that pity.
Turning her green eyes on Shino, she let out a pitiful yowl. Oh how she wanted out of here.

{Jerk...-pokes Roxi-}

[ocean fang]

"It really dosn't look happy..." Shino said
He politely grabed it from sakura's arms and placed the shadow pelted cat on the ground. He knew sakura would be mad at him, but being an animal person he couldn't let the poor thing suffer.
"Besides cats have very sharp claws so I wouldn't suggest messing with it to much."

[Roxianna]

Sakura frowned.  "What do you know?  It's not a bug.  It's a cat."  She stuck her toumge out childishly.  "But yeah, you're probably right."  Sakura sighed , and almost started ot walk away when she remembered.  "Oh!  it had a note in it's mouth.  We should probably get that."  Sakura dashed at the cat, trying to grab it so that she could read the note.

[Ghostlily]

The moment Lily's paws hit the ground, she began to dash away, but not before giving Shino a grateful look and a parting "Meow!" She still had the letter in her mouth, and wasn't about to give it up. And there was no way she was stopping now.

...Of course, that was before she missed the first step on the stairs and went flying down.

"Crap!" Luckily, Lily was able to close her mouth before any more words came out. The paper went bouncing on past her and down the stairs, still tied up in a roll.
'This isn't my day,' Lily thought, shaking her head to clear it of any cloudiness.

[drachoth]

Naruto shook his head. Here he was trying to get Sakura to finally like him and Shino steps in and takes the cat away. Naruto turned his head around as he heard a loud thumping coming from the stairs.
"Heh, heh...Maybe we should make sure the cat is okay."
Wait did the cat just say something?!?! No..his mind must be playing tricks on him. But Naruto had an urge to go see where the cat is going.
"Let's follow it. You know...to see where it goes."
He awaited a response from Sakura or Shino.

[Roxianna]

"Err...well...okay, I guess."  Following a cat?  Naruto was so weird sometimes.  "At least we'll be able to tell if that note gets to who it belongs.  If it didn't...well, I suppose I'd feel personally responsible.  But if this cat is trained, it should be able to get it where it needs to go.  You never know.  Maybe it's just a request to borrow a cup of sugar, or something stupid like that."  Jumping to the trees, Sakura posistioned herself in order so that she could see the cat, but it couldn't see her.  She'd be able ot jump from branch to branch, but also keep her eyes on the cat.

[ocean fang]

Shino chased after them, giving a dissapointed sigh as he did. As soon as he got the oppertunity He spoke to naruto and sakura.
"Okay, so I may be more of a bug person but the saying gose, curiosity killed the cat. You know, it could have been sent by somebody to send a message. People send animals to do it all the time. In that case it's probably best not to interfear. Who knows it could just be a friendly letter ment for a friend."
He looked at the the faces of the two at chaseing ninja. Obviously they wern't entertained and he was becoming a nusince.