Capture and Escape

Disclaimer: I don't know why anybody should bother to put one of these up. I mean, it's pretty clear I don't own Naruto, because if I did Sakura would be dead (sorry Saku-fans), it would not be shown on Cartoon Network, and most of the male cast would wake up sore in the morning!!! lol

A/N: I don't know what happens in this particular part of the story or if Sasuke even comes back again. I've read too many fanfics and now every time I watch the show, I expect Naruto and Sasuke to make out. Big disapointment. Anywho, I hope I at least make it somewhat realistic. And now, we begin...

I stopped and looked up before me at the village gate. I smiled and extend a hand to push open the giant wooden door that seperates us from Konaha, our home. Just a little bit furthur and I'll finally have him back. After all of these years we'll be together again.

My anxious smiled faded as I heard soft footsteps behind me. Instinctivly my hand reaches for a kunai as my body turns towards the source of the noise. I gasp in surprise at the circle of Anbu surrounding us, and I can't help but to stare at the hypnotic red swirls painted in a delicate contrast to the flawless ivory colored masks. My trance was instantly broken as I heard a pained sound to my right and I turned once again to see two of the Anbu struggling against my companion and another starting to perform a jutsu to restrain the tratirous nin.

I cry out and lunge toward his attackers, kunai raised, only to be confronted by a fourth Anbu who whispered a jutsu I knew all to well from the sound village spy, Kabuto. My limbs felt heavy and my eyelids began to close. I struggled against the jutsu influence, but was overcome by the urge to give up and fall to the ground in a deep sleep. With my last waking moment, I looked up to see bright blue flashes as chakara twined their way around the resisting ninjas' wrists and I uttered one last word before uncounciousness won.

"Sasuke..."

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Thursday. It's been one week since I was finally able to convince Sasuke to leave Orochimaru and return home with me. I was so close to completing my task, but then the Anbu intervined. After years of the same horrible lonlienes I knew when I was a kid, I was going to have my best friend back. But no. Those horrible interlopers had to come and ruin it all! But what's even worse, I have no idea where they took him. He could be locked up in some dark cell or being brutally tortured or he might even be... No. I refuse to think about that possibility.

I notice that my feet have stopped moving and I awaken from my daydream. I look up and stare face-to-face with an iron door about seven feet high. A dozen question leap to mind about this strange place. Why was it in the middle of the forest? What's its purpose? Why isn't the lock on the door closed? What's inside?

Curiosity won me over as I cautiously tried to remove the open lock and pry open the door. I was instantly hit by cold air escaping through the opening I created. I stepped inside the dank room, waiting for my eyes to adjust to the darkness. I let out a sharp gasp of surprise at the figure I notice against the wall. I run towards the still body and bend down.

"Sasuke," I mumble and his head moves to face mine. His cool, black eyes stare at me as his face remained unemotional. My range of vision has widened and I stare down at his uncovered chest and saw angry, red welts scarring the Uchiha's perfect skin. Gingerly I reach out my hand to see if they are indeed real. As my fingers make contact with flesh, Sasuke flinches away. My heart breaks at the grimace of pain that wrapped itself around the Uchiha's mouth.

"Sasuke, what did they do to you?," I ask, as I notice several bruises blotched across the skin and the outline of ribs. Clear signs of abuse. "Who did this to you?"

He only looks away, trying to escape my questioning gaze. His lips start to move, but they produce no sound. I stare helplessly at the broken figure before me, and he manages to make his voice into a low whisper.

"Naruto... Leave. Now. Before they come back..."

"No, Sasuke. I'm going to get you out of here."

He tries to let out a low growl to intimidate me, but the strain on his dry throat causes him to harshly cough. I cup his chin and turn his head so he will be forced to look at me and I see tears hovering on the edge of his eyes, ready to fall."I will get you out of here Sasuke. Believe me. And, so help me god, I will rip apart anyone who comes in my way until they are nothing but a bloody mess."

I smile, trying to comfort him, but my gesture of kindness only causes a tear to slip over the edge, leaving a shining, wet path in its wake. My heart catches in my throat and I work on removing the chains bounding him against the wall. Concntrating chakra into my hands, I pull on the chains, careful not to hurt him, until I feel the links give out before my stregth. I help him to his feet and lift him onto my back so he can rest. I walk out the door and make my way into the forest, where I know he'll be safe. I make my way across branches and feel myself as a female voice calls out to me.

"Hey, you! Stop right there!"

Not pausing my long leaps from branch to branch, I turn my head back to see a kunoichi in a cat-shaped Anbu mask following me. Fear grips me as I realize that if she catches me, She'll take Sasuke away again. I can't allow that to happen, so I increase my speed and watch the trees fly past me in shapeless hues of green and brown.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Haha! This is the end of Chapter 1!!! Sorry it's so short. And if there's any typos. If you tell me, I'll try to fix them!!! Reviews are welcome and flames are used to burn Mrs. Hatcher's house down!!! (She's my crazy, old art teacher!)

I'll put the next chapter up if I get, let's say... five reviews? That's not to much to ask for, is it?