sai was still on bed rest, after carrying sakura all the way home. they managed to get back to the village, but sakura was unconscious, and naruto was behaving more strangely than usual. according to the report, the team had been trying to infiltrate a rogue camp, but were found and defeated. kakashi had not gone because he was on reconnaissance in the wind country, looking for signs of sasuke, who had defected nearly two years ago.
the team assigned to the mission was team seven, made up of naruto, sakura, and sai. It was 10:00 in the morning, and lady tsunade, the hokage of the hidden leaf village was just finishing reading a report on a mission that had gone badly.
