A few minutes earlier when Ayame had fallen asleep in the tree, Kabuto was on his way to the village and was almost there. He could see the gate from where he was. He had received a tip that a young lady with black hair was traveling with two Leaf ninjas. One was old with white hair and the other younger with blonde hair and in an obnoxious orange and black outfit. The younger one had to be Naruto, which meant the older one was Jiriaya. Which meant somehow Ayame had met up with them and must be at the Leaf Village.

Kabuto stopped. Something shiny caught his eye and was glinting from a tree near the gate. He couldn’t tell what it was from the ground, so he climbed a tree up to equal height as the shine. He stopped to see what it was.
He couldn’t believe his eyes! There was Ayame in that tree asleep and alone. The shine was coming off her new Leaf headband. It was perfect, he could grab the girl now and then get her to tell him where the scroll is. If he was lucky he would be back to Orochimaru by sunrise tomorrow!

His luck then ran out as an Anbu Black Op officer approached her. He would have to wait and plan, Obviously Tsunade had planned the brat’s protection well. With the Anbu Black Ops guarding her, she would be almost untouchable. Almost.....It was time to Kabuto to use his old Anbu Black Ops disguise.

Wow....that was short....