User blog comment:DazzlingEmerald/Dream World Story-line/@comment-25202104-20150302005908

Rashiko met Sayuri when she was the Hokage. She helped him get recognized by the villagers treated him like an outsider. After she helped him, he solely vowed to protect her, and to do anything she asked. After joining the ANBU, he discovered she went missing, and he felt that it was his duty to find her, for everything she's done for him.