Depending on a rival chapter 1

"Naruto, I need your help!" Sakura gasped trying desperately to drag air into her lungs.

"What is it Sakura that you need to pull me away from my ramen?"

"Sasuke needs your help, he's in danger!" She took of lightning fast.

"What," Naruto chugged the ramen and chased after her, "how could the all powerful Sasuke be in trouble?" He spat out, you could hear the poison in his voice, referring to her earlier words in the park. For all the answering he was getting he could have been talking to a wall. They rounded the corner at top speed and almost ran straight into Sasuke. Naruto smirked.

"He looks fine to me." Sakura fixed him with a death glare.

"Look more closely." Studying the Uchiha's body he still couldn't identify the problem, he wasn't bleeding and nothing seemed to be broken, it wasn't till he realized that the man was barely standing that alarms went off in his head.

Why, if Sasuke's not bleeding, did the alley stink with the thick scent of blood and burned flesh?

"Sasuke what happened, a moment ago you had been bloody and now u look just fine?"

"He must have made you see something that's not real. As I'm sure you can tell, I am just fine." Sasuke answered calmly. Sakura seemed convinced but bells were still going off in Naruto's brain.

If the person who made Sakura see things was here then there would have been a battle and yet there is no sign of one but, if the person wasn't here why didn't Sasuke break the illusion himself?

"Sakura come here for a second." Looking up she meant Naruto's gaze, not understanding the mistrust she found in them. Deciding it was better just to see what he wanted she walked up to him. Naruto bent slightly so that he could whisper in Sakura's ear. The movement caused blush to spread across her face but she didn't move away.

"No matter what happens you have to play along. Now start giggling." He spoke while straightening. Naruto turned to Sasuke and winked.

"I'm sorry about our plans to hang out but, I have to spend some alone time with someone." Sakura, taking this as a cue to blush, thought of all the embarrassing things she'd ever done until she felt her face grow hot. Knowing that a blush was spreading across her face she added a girly giggle. Sasuke held his fist out for a dap.

"Have fun man."

I knew it, this can't be the real Sasuke!

Sasuke turned just in time to see Sakura's fist pull back before he was knocked into a wall, leaving a dent as he slowly slid down.

"What the hell was that for?" He turned to Naruto for an explanation, only to take his right hook in the face. Sprawled out on the ground unable to move he looked up.

"Where is Sasuke?" The strength in the pink haired woman's voice said more than her words, as she glared death and destruction at him. He looked at Naruto for help and only found hard, angry, cold blue eyes looking back.

Well shit they saw through my transformation.

"Out of your reach." He said before disappearing.

Damn it, as soon as I finally bring him back someone takes him away.

His whole body shook as he sat huddled in the corner of the cell.

"What's wrong with you?" Sasuke's asked the shaking man. The man didn't reply, only sat there shaking.

"They drained him of his clan's ability and with it took his sanity, as he was already hanging on by a thin thread before the drain."

Sasuke looked toward the sound of the voice.

"He may be crazy but at least he was strong enough to survive. Both form a mental and physical point of view the drain is hell." The lady spoke. There was only moon light and so it was hard to make her out.

"You should rest, tomorrow is going to be your first day as a Kalan prisoner."

"But…Wait who are you?" the new captive's voice suddenly filled with miss trust.

"There is time for that tomorrow, now rest." The hidden lady's voice was still sweet but now also had the edge of a commander in it. Deciding that if she had wanted him dead he would be already, Sasuke found the least vulnerable place in the cell and promptly fell asleep.