A/N: Requested story by Darastrix.
Warning: Violence, language, homosexual relationship
Prologue: Capture and recapture
Naruto's POV
"Sakura, Sai?" It's dark and cold, my hands run over the ground beneath me, in hopes that I'll bump into Sakura's unconscious body. However all I feel is cold metal and when I come to the edge my hands travel up to find bars surrounding me. I'm in a cage…alone.
Where's Sakura?
My fist connects with the bottom of the cage and I let out a low growl. The last thing I remember was going out with Sakura, and Sai, on a lead that Sasuke had been spotted in the Fire country near the border of Sound.
Kakashi and Tsunade were talking before we entered her office and were given the mission. They seemed to be talking about the state of the world and how Sasuke fits into the declared Shinobi war. Akatsuki has been lying low, however, during this quiet time the great Shinobi nations still haven't come up with a definite plan on working together. Even if we all have the same goal. But, for now Tsunade was kind enough to still let us collect Sasuke and deal with Akatskui separately, it would be our first mission on our own. After all it was still with our own country and we thought we wouldn't have much to worry about.
As I look around in the dark room, I see that we were wrong.
I don't really remember what happened, just that we were ambushed and outnumbered. How pathetic, I thought our team was better than this, all the training I went through, I thought I could handle myself and get Sasuke back. Another thing I was wrong about.
An eerie creaking noise grabs my attention and I'm on full alert. I try to raise my chakra to prepare for defense however pain surges through me. The cage is rigged with a chakra suppressant jutsu.
The room fills with light suddenly but I do not flinch. I glare dangerously at the two men entering the room, which I can now see resembles a small cave. Even though I can't use my chakra doesn't mean I'm just going to roll over, I try to muster as much malicious energy I can. Like an animal trapped, and ready to rip someone to pieces.
However my anger does nothing to deter the two men who chuckle lightly and step closer to my cage.
"This is the Kyuubi" the older looking man asks with a small smirk while his eyes study me.
"Yes sir, we've confirmed it, this is the Kyuubi's vessel."
"We should be able to get a pretty good amount of money from Akatsuki, since they want him so badly." The name laughs again and reaching between the bars, I spit in his face in response.
"You little shit!" he roars and shakes my cage tumbling me around. "You better behave or you'll get your ass kick. We can still sell you with a bruised and damaged body, you'll be dead anyway once Akatsuki is through with you!"
I just continue to glare, not paying any attention to the threat, though I know it's true.
"Prepare some chakra suppressant shackles and get in contact with Akatsuki, let's see how much this little brat is worth." With that the men start to walk away and I'm soon left in the dark again.
Kiba's POV
"Naruto is missing?" Hinata gasps out softly, a hand coming up to cover her mouth.
"He and his team have been missing for a week now. They were sent on a basic mission and there should not have been any complications, we haven't heard from them, so we are assuming the worse."
Hinata lets out a worried sigh and holds on to her jacket. I pat her on the shoulder and give her a toothy grin.
"If its one thing Naruto can do, it's take care of his own ass." I tell her reassuringly, but her smile isn't completely void of worry.
"Yes, but we still need to send someone out there to find them. You are the best tracking team for the job since you are all familiar with Sakura, Naruto and Sai, their scents and chakra signatures, as well as appearance of course." Tsunade points out, and it makes sense that she would choose us. With Hinata's eyes, Shino's bugs, and Akamaru and I, we're sure to find them.
"Do you accept this mission?"
"Of course," I speak for my team. Hinata nods happily, and Shino gives an affirmative grunt.
"Good, please leave as soon as possible, we don't want to waste anymore time."
We are dismissed and Hinata comes up to hang on to my arm giving me a worried look. Hinata is like a little sister to me and again I give her a reassuring smile and pat on the shoulder.
"He'll be fine," Shino chimes in with his low voice.
"I just worry; I know Naruto is strong but…" She trials of.
"But you have a major crush on him and you can't help but worry about the idiot."
"Kiba!" Hinata turns reed.
"What' its' true, you even told him so!"
"Naruto's to dense to get the hint. Even when Hinata told him how she felt." Shino informs.
"You mean he didn't answer you?"
Hinata looks at the floor and let's go of my arm to fumble with her jacket zipper.
"Well that's all the more reason to drag his dumb ass back here, safe and sound." I say happily and swing my legs over Akamaru who agrees with a low bark, before nudging Hinata and giving her hand a small lick. Hinata giggles and pets Akamaru on the head.
"We should see if me and Akamaru can pick up his scent." I announce.
"No we should just go to the last place team seven was known to be." Shino says. "And then we can pick up the trail from there."
"Fine, let's go."
We waste no time and start to head towards the border between Fire and Sound country. Hinata keeps an eye out as we move towards the last known place Naruto and his team was.
We soon come to an artificial clearing, which has obvious evidence of a recent battle "this is where they must have been captured." I point out.
I take a long breath and let the many scents enter my sensitive nose. The over powering smell of blood causes me to snort out in disgust, and I cover my nose.
"What is it?"
"Nothing, but blood…" I mutter out and continue to smell the air. Akamaru has his nose to the ground as well. Then I pick up something that smells like something familiar but that is not covered in blood. I follow that smell and brush leaves and bushes away to try and find the source. I soon find small strands of pink hair and something black.
I pick up the black string and pull the object out from under the shrubs and pink tresses.
"Naruto's necklace." Hinata comes to stand next to me.
"Naruto wears a necklace?" I question never having paid much attention to Naruto's fashion statements. Since most of his fashion will give you a headache.
"Yes under his jacket, sometimes when his jackets unzips I've notices it." Hinata says with a light blush.
"I'll send out one of my bugs to see if there is a hide out or something suspicious nearby. It looks like an ambush; I don't think they're too far away." Shino explains and I notice one of his small bugs flutter away in a random direction.
"That's a good idea; the smell of blood is disorienting me. The scent is going all over the place and I don't know if it's blood spatter or an actual trail." I say conversationally.
Hinata continues to look around the clearing using her Byakugan. Akamaru comes up to sit next to me whining slightly, and I absently pet his head.
"Yeah it does seem like a pretty bad battle huh, Akamaru." I mutter out and he whines again mournfully obviously not liking to be around so much blood and the smell of gore.
Shino's bug comes flying back and sits on his shoulder, my teammate is quiet for a moment taking in the information the bug has to offer.
"Sakura?" Shino questions.
"What?" Hinata and I ask in return.
"Sakura's body is on the floor a couple of miles from here, she's still alive just unconscious. She must have escapes." Shino informs while taking off in the direction his bug came from. I offer Hinata ride on Akamaru and we catch up with Shino, running alone side him until we find Sakura half buried by twigs and leaves.
Hinata steps out in front of use checking her pulse and breathing before using some healing jutsu to try and wake her. The pink haired girl stirs and lets out an agonizing moan of pain.
"Sakura?" Hinata ask softly and brushes her tattered and messing hair away from her face. She looks bad with a bruise on her arm and a black eye, alone with many chunks of hair missing.
"Hinata? W-what are you doing here?' She looks up and winces.
"We were sent to find you and the others, what happened?" I ask.
"I…I don't know I…it happened so face."
"How where you able to escape, do you know where the other are?" Shino questions.
"I…I know, but I just can't remember in what direction. I was held with Sai in a room, they took Naruto somewhere else, but I'm sure it was somewhere within the same building."
"That's fine I'll just follow your trail backwards and find were you ran away from." I say. "Hinata stay with Sakura and keep an eye out, me and Shino are going to find the others."
Hinata nods and I tell Akamaru to stay with the girls just in case something happens. Hopefully they'll be safe, if Sakura wasn't found yet, then I'm sure they will be.
Shino and I tread slowly and quietly as we retrace Sakura's escape route. It's a little erratic but we soon come to a small opening in the side of a rock bed.
Shino's bugs scout out the environment first, and we sit tensely watching the opening for any movement. When Shino's little black spy comes back we make our move. We head toward the opening, and I'm surprised there aren't any guards posted there.
"Sai is close by, Naruto is further down the structure." Shino informs me in a whisper as we keep close to the shadows.
"I'll go find Naruto, you get Sai and come meet up with me as soon as possible."
"I think we should stay together we don't know what we're up against." Shino says in a flat voice.
I glare at him, "I can handle myself, besides it'll be faster if we split up and if one of us is spotted there's still a chance the other wasn't, but if we stick together and we're spotted that's it."
Shino nods slowly in agreement and I give a triumphant grin. We split up, and go further into the cave like structure to find Naruto.
It's quiet and deserted, and it's unsettling that I haven't come across anyone so far. I keep on high alert, using my nose. I soon catch a familiar scent and rush down the corridors following it.
In the distance I hear footsteps and I slow my pace, getting ready to spring a surprise attack. Laughter echoes throughout the hall.
"The boss really can't stand the kid. I hope he'll still be worth something to Akatsuki even in his current state."
"The boss knows what he's doing."
I press myself tightly against the rocky wall and the footsteps come closer. Once the two are near enough I knock one into the other before pinching a nerve to silence them. I walk down the corridor they came from the smell of blood starting to wafer into my nose.
I hear some noises like groans, and chuckles before a door slams shut. I hide away in a nearby alcove and wait to see if there's anyone coming towards me, but the footsteps become distant and I deem it safe to move on.
The smell of blood becomes stronger and I grow ridged when a whimpering cough tickles my sensitive ears. It couldn't be…
I come across a metal door, and hear heavy breathing behind it. I look through the small window of reinforces glass but see nothing but inky black shadows. I listen for a while and the only noise is the heavy breathing and occasional pained sob coming from the other side.
My heart tightens as I open the door and my eyes narrow. I'm ready for anything, even thought I doubt that whoever is in here will do me any harm. I part of me hopes that it's not Naruto who's letting out theses agonizing moans.
He's stronger then that!
I close the door slowly behind me and the noise stops. I still can't see through all the darkness and fumble around to find some sort of light switch. When my finger tips tumble over something and a sudden artificial light shocks the room, my heart stops.
Not from the sudden light but from what I see in front of me.
"Naruto!" I growl out and go to the boy withering on the floor in front of a cage I'm sure he was occupying earlier.
I touch his shoulder and he winces, opening his eyes and looking up at me. A wave of nausea comes over me but I fight it back.
"Sai?" he questions, his eyes blinded by the amount of blood pooling in them and spilling over the edge like tears. His face has bruises that are dark and puffy; he looks absolutely horrible.
"How could you let them do this to you?" I ask gruffly.
Naruto looks confused for a moment. "Kiba, what are you doing here?"
"Saving your ass what do you think? Now what happened?" I question looking over his body and finding a pair of leather straps glowing slightly with some jutsu. I touch them but they do not harm me.
"They are there to suppress my chakra, started off with metal but after having them cut into my flesh and losing too much blood they decided leather would be better." Naruto lets out a bitter laugh.
"What do they care, look at you!"
"They wouldn't want me to lose too much blood, can't trade me in then." I use my teeth to tear through the tough leather.
"What do you mean trade?"
"They wanted to hand me over to Akatsuki, they got a hold of them today… Maybe we can get some info—"
"My only mission is to bring you, Sakura and Sai back to Konoha. Forget getting information on Akatsuki." I grumble out and lift Naruto up onto my back. His hands hang limply over my shoulders and his head rest against the back of mine. I hold on tightly to him seeing as he can't get a grip on me.
"Let's get out of here." I mutter under my breath and Naruto cough violently behind me. I can feel the small spatters of blood hit my neck.