Before you read this, I am in no way a chess expert, so I don't know all of the special moves that chess players use. I'm sorry about that, but I will try my best to get them right.

Also, I do not own Naruto

Chess. A sport for the tactical mind to fight against each other in a non-lethal way. For many years this game had been a favorite of few. Its goal was to destroy the king and take his subjects as your own. To conquer the game board in a tactical way.

Not anymore.

Now it's a dangerous game played by many that relies on the strength of both the mind and the body. At first it was law that no man was to be killed in this game, but as time pressed on, underground groups began a series of tournaments that were fight to the deaths.

Sasuke opened the door to the chess store. This was going to be his first and only chess set. He wasn't like those rich bastards who kept buying more and more chess sets to show off their wealth even though they never actually played in any of the tournaments.

"Welcome sir," a shady looking man came to greet him.

He ignored the man and looked around the room at all of the queens encased in glass boxes.

"Allow me to show you around sir," the man said motioning for Sasuke to follow. Sasuke grudgingly did so as the man pointed to the different queens. Most of them tried to flirt with him through the holes that allowed them to breathe, but Sasuke ignored them and moved on.

By the time they got to the back of the large store, he was very disappointed in the weaklings that this shop had. He was just about to turn and leave when he noticed one of the glass boxes was shattered. "What happened to that queen?"

The shady shopkeeper turned to glare at the box. "Damnit!" He glared at the box for a moment longer before he turned to Sasuke and said. "If you'll wait here, I'm afraid I have to round up a stubborn queen."

Sasuke didn't know why he stayed when the shopkeeper left, but he was curious as to what the chess set was called. He moved forward to look at the golden nameplate. "Kyuubi," he said the name he saw out loud.

"Yea?" a voice asked behind him.

Sasuke turned to see ocean blue eyes staring at him. "Do you work here?" he asked as he looked the boy up and down from his golden hair and sun kissed skin down to his black combat boots.

"Ya culd say dat," he held out a hand covered from knuckle to elbow in black fishnet. "De name's Naruto Uzumaki."

Sasuke just stared at the hand for a moment until it dropped from his view and he had to look back up at the piercing blue eyes. "So ya're too good ta shake are ya? Well dat's too bad. I actually thought ya might be diffrent from all de otha rich bastards. So 'ow many sets do ya 'ave already? Or maybe ya're a newbie. If dat's de case ya shuld know dat none of de chess sets come with a king an' if ya aren't gonna be de king ya 'ave ta 'ire one."

Sasuke stared a moment longer with shock that this man would talk to a paying customer like that. Then his shock slowly melted into anger. "How dare you speak to me like that! I'll have you know that I only plan on getting one chess set that I will be the king of!" He had to stop when he saw the man grin widely at him.

"I guess you're not a pompous bastard afta all," Sasuke opened his mouth to ask what he meant, but Naruto continued anyway. "I mean all de pompous bastards wuld'a neva let me get a rise out of 'em. I think I might like ya. What's yer name?"

Before he knew what he was saying he answered, "Uchiha Sasuke."

"Neva 'eard of ya," Naruto shrugged startling Sasuke. "I 'eard'a Uchiha Fugaku. 'e was a cold bastard wasn't 'e? 'e went missing along with 'is wife and first born some time ago didn't 'e? Dat was around when de underground tournaments first began wasn't it?"

"How do you know so much about my father?" Sasuke demanded. "It was put in the news that he died of natural causes."

"My da' was good friends with yer's," said Naruto. "'e created an' trained the Kyuubi chess set in 'opes of usin' 'em to 'elp find 'im. Unfortunately, when da' was killed, de queen was captured an' taken ta dis god forsaken place. All 'is pieces came 'ere too."

"Why haven't they escaped yet?" asked Sasuke. They seemed very capable of doing so if their queen kept getting out of his glass box like this.

"We need a king. We want ta destroy de underground chess games dat led to de death of my father," growled Naruto, "and de disappearance of yers." For a moment Naruto stared at him as though he was thinking really hard until he seemed to come to a sudden realization. "I know! You can buy de Kyuubi chess set an' den we can werk togetha ta take down de underground!"

Before Sasuke could answer the sleazy shopkeeper yelled. "There you are!" while grabbing Naruto's arm.

Naruto quickly ripped away from the man and his lips drew up in an animalistic growl. "Don't touch me!"

"How dare you!" screamed the shopkeeper as he moved to punch Naruto, but before he could he felt his arm being twisted painfully behind his back.

"What are you doing?" hissed Sasuke.

"I'm sorry sir," he cried out. "I'm just trying to put the queen back in his place. Please let me go."

Sasuke let the man go to allow him to fall on the floor. The man scrambled to his feet and went to grab at Naruto, but Sasuke smacked his hand away. "Don't touch him!"

"But-" the shopkeeper tried.

"He's going to be mine," interrupted Sasuke, "and I don't want you to touch what's mine."

"You want to buy the Kyuubi set?" Sasuke nodded. "I wouldn't do that if I were you. They never listen and they never do as their told."

"I don't care," Sasuke took out 5 hundred-dollar bills and threw them at the man. "This should be enough."

"Are ya really buyin' us Sasuke?" Naruto asked happily.

"Just so that I can find my father," answered Sasuke.

Naruto nodded happily. "Come on," he grabbed his arm and started pulling him towards a door that read Employees Only.

"Where are we going?" asked Sasuke.

"We're goin' ta get my friends so we can leave." When they reached the door, Naruto tried the knob only to find that it was locked so he kicked at it with one swift jerk of his leg and the door swung open to reveal a long hallway lined with large cells that each had 14 people. The people looked miserable and very sick in the dirty cells.

Finally they came to the end of the hallway to find the most well kept area. The people inside seemed to be much healthier too. "Hey guys!" Naruto practically yelled as he lifted his hand in a wave.

"Yo Naruto!" another boy with a white dog sticking out of his loose black jacket said. "What'chu doin' back here?" he paused for a moment, "and who's this guy?"

"Dis guy," Naruto jerked his thumb over to Sasuke, "is our new king from now on."

Suddenly the lock on the door clicked open and a blood-red haired man stalked out to glare straight into Sasuke's eyes. "Is he trustworthy?"

Naruto wrapped his arms around one of the arms covered in a skintight black sleeve. Sasuke felt the strong desire to rip Naruto away from the man, but he fought back the urge by clenching his fists by his side. "Ya know I wuldn't pick a king without trustin' 'im."

"You trust everyone," the guy with the dog said.

Naruto just stuck his tongue out at the man. "As much as I hate to agree with Kiba," said another man with long black hair and pale skin, "how are we to know if he's really trustworthy?"

"Don't ya trust me?" Naruto pouted.

"We trust you," said the redhead. "We don't trust him."

"Why not?" asked Naruto as he let go of the boy so he could look at the three men.

"He hasn't gained our trust," answered the longhaired boy.

Naruto sighed as he looked between them. "Well we can start with introductions," he suggested.

"Fine," muttered the redhead. "My name's Gaara and my sand would love to have another bastard's blood on it." He was wearing a skintight black long-sleeve shirt with a grey bulletproof vest that only had one strap to hold it up. That back of the vest held a huge gourd made of clay. He also wore a loose pair of black tripp pants that were so close to the floor that his black combat boots, the same ones that all of the Kyuubi set were wearing, was covered. He had pale skin and green eyes, but what really caught Sasuke's attention was the love tattoo that he had on his forehead.

"Dat's gross," Naruto said as he stuck his tongue out at Gaara's blood comment. Sasuke, however, realized that the comment was actually a threat for him.

The guy with long black hair stepped forward and wrapped his arm around Gaara. He had pale skin and eyes that were practically white. He wore a short sleeve black shirt and black jean pants. He also wore a headband over his forehead. "My name's Neji," he said, "and this is my cousin, Hinata." He jerked his thumb at the girl who had the same skin, eye, and hair color. She wore a loose black jacket that completely covered her figure and a pair of black shorts that reached her knees.

"And she's my girlfriend," said the one with the dog as he took her hand in his making her blush. He had dark brown hair and brown eyes as well as tan skin. He wore a similar jacket that had a hood lined with white fur. He also wore black shorts, but instead of being tight on his skin like hers, his were loose. After a shy muttered word from Hinata he realized he hadn't introduced himself and proceeded to do so. "I'm Kiba," he pointed to the white dog that was resting inside his jacket, "and this is my dog Akamaru."

Two girls who were holding hands to his left stepped forward simultaneously. The one with the blonde hair and blue eyes, though they weren't nearly as vivid as Naruto's, spoke first. "My name is Ino," she said as her perfectly manicured fingers let go of the pink haired girl's hand and wrapped around the slim waist pulling the girl closer to her. "And this is my girlfriend."

"Sakura," said the pink haired girl. She had bright green eyes and her hair was pulled off her pale face using a black headband. She wore a black dress that included a turtleneck and it reached to halfway down her calf. Extending from under her dress to below the top of her boot, which reached just below her knee, was fishnet stockings. Hers and Ino's boots were the only combat boots that were different from the rest. They both wore boots that tied up the front with a three-inch heel in the back. Ino also wore a black dress that stopped in the same place, but she wore a low V-neck. It also had a hole in the middle to show off her stomach that came very close to touching the V-neck. Under the dress she wore a fishnet shirt that reached down to wrap around her middle fingers like a ring of fabric. A black satin ribbon pulled her long hair back.

"My name is Lee!" shouted the boy with the black hair styled in a bowl cut. He was wearing black long-sleeved muscle shirt and a pair of tight black jeans. A belt with silver studs was wrapped around his waist.

"My name is Kakashi," smiled a silver haired man. At least Sasuke thought he was smiling. He couldn't quite tell through the black eye patch and mask that covered practically all of his face. He wore a black muscle shirt with a turtleneck and a dark grey bulletproof vest. He also wore loose black jeans.

"'e's de oldest outta all'a us," Naruto whispered in his ear, "but 'e's also a pervert."

"I heard that," Kakashi said.

"I don't know what ya're talkin' 'bout," Naruto grinned. "I didn't say nothin'."

"Troublesome," sighed a boy with black hair pulled into a ponytail on the back of his head. He wore a loose black shirt and loose black shorts. "My name is Shikamaru," he yawned as he jerked his thumb to his right to point at a large man with brown hair that wore a dark grey shirt with a black jacket, black shorts, and a weird black headband that only covered some of his hair. "This is Chouiji," then he pointed to a man on the other side who wore a loose black jacket with a collar that was high enough to cover his nose, a black pair of shorts and a pair of round sunglasses, "and this is Shino."

"None'a dem talk much," Naruto whispered in his ear again. "Shino's too mysterious, Shikamaru's too lazy, an' Chouji's too busy eatin'."

"You know Naruto," said the another girl in the cell, "you can't tell a secret to someone when everyone can hear you." Naruto pouted at the girl and crossed his arms in front of him like a child. "I'm Temari," said the girl. "I'm Gaara's older sister and Kankurou," she pointed to the other boy standing near her, "is my other littler brother with his girlfriend Ten Ten." She wore a sleeveless black dress that had a small black jacket. She also wore the same boots as Ino and Sakura. On the other hand Kankurou was wearing a black jacket with the hood, that seemed to have cat ears, up over his head and he wore a loose black pair of pants. He also had tattoos on his face that were dark purple lines. He wore a big package on his back like Gaara's, but his was covered in bandages. His girlfriend wore a Chinese style black dress that had slits up to her thighs on each side so that she would have room to move her legs.

"And dis is Sasuke," Naruto said a she wrapped his arms around one of Sasuke's arms. All of the pieces tensed simultaneously and Sasuke had to wonder why they trusted him so little. "Come on ya guys," Naruto whined, "I wanna get outta 'ere."

As they walked past the cells they were met with glares from the pieces and were given the same treatment from the queens when they made it into the main room. "Dey're just jealous," Naruto smiled as he remained hanging on Sasuke's arm.

They made their way through the store to the shopkeeper where Naruto finally let go of his arm to talk to the man. "So I got a question fer ya," he said.

"I don't have to answer you," the shopkeeper said. In the blink of an eye the man was the captive of a wooden puppet that had pointed needles sticking out of it with purple slime dripping off.

"As I was sayin'," Naruto said as though nothing had happened. "I was wondrin' where dat little village you were talkin' 'bout earlier dat's ruled by Gatou is."

"I won't say anything," yelled the man, but when the needles got closer to him he finally broke. "Okay! Okay! I'll tell you."

Naruto smiled as the man told them all the information that they wanted to know. When the man was finished he was dropped onto the floor where he promptly fainted. "I feel bad," said Naruto as he looked back at the queens still in their glass boxes, "for leavin' 'em 'ere."

Ten Ten nodded her head and pulled out a large weapon that was shaped like a large windmill. She threw it and with a thin strand of wire she controlled it as it shattered all the glass boxes. At the same time the back door burst open to allow the pieces to rush out.

"Time ta go," said Naruto as he grabbed Sasuke's hand and rushed out of the room. As they ran, Sasuke began to wonder how he allowed himself to get sucked into the strange group.

Here, I want to mention that I do not plan to go along the Naruto storyline, but I wanted to use the fight with Gatou as a take off.

Thank you for reading. If you have any questions, comments, or requests, please send me a message and I will read them all. Flames are accepted and used to make my stories better.

I've decided to post all of my neglected stories. I hope you like this one.

I do have the next chapter written, but I don't want to post all the stories and their chapters at once, so I will post the next chapter in a week or after I get five comments.