Chapter 2

Kakashi made his way to the bridge where the three of them always met. He needed to leave as soon as possible it was going to be a two day journey to get to the Sound. The longer Sasuke was there the longer he was at Orochimaru's mercy. There was no telling what had happened to Sasuke in those six months and Kakashi didn't want to leave him there any longer. Kakashi got to the bridge and sure enough there was Naruto and Sakura standing there waiting for him. They turned around and looked in his direction as they heard footsteps.

"You're late!" they both yelled together.

"Yes I was speaking with Tsunade-Sama we have a mission."

"Finally it's been a few weeks since we've been on one. It's about time." Naruto said

"What's the mission Kakashi-sensei?"

"A retrieval mission for Sasuke."

"What! They found the Sound?" Naruto asked

"They have located the Sound and it's just the three of us going in to get him. Now before you go and get your gear you must understand that we are going to the Sound. There is a very good chance we will run into Orochimaru this mission is dangerous and if you are not up to it then say so now."

"I'm getting Sasuke out of there and back home Sensei." Naruto said

"I'm going to I wasn't there to bring him back last time I'm not missing this time." Sakura said

"Alright then go get your gear and meet me at the front gates. Be quick it's a two day journey to get to the Sound."

They both nodded then headed off in the direction of their homes to get their gear and be ready to go. Kakashi did the same he headed home to get all of his appropriate gear that he might need as well as some medical supplies. There really was no guarantee what shape and condition that Sasuke would be in. Orochimaru was known for his experiments even though he wanted and needed Sasuke's body for the transfer that didn't mean he wouldn't put him through experiments or ridiculous training to break him down and make it difficult for him to fight back. He really had no way in predicting if Sasuke would be ok or not on any level. Not only that they all were just assuming Sasuke went to the Sound after the fight with Naruto they didn't actually have any proof they could get there only to find out that he never went. This mission was questionable at best.

Letting out a sigh Kakashi finished grabbing the few things he needed and headed for the bridge this was one meeting he wouldn't be late for. He was the first one there ten minutes later Naruto and Sakura came walking out together. Kakashi had to admit they did look determined and he was hoping he wouldn't let any of them down. If he had to make the choice between saving them and Sasuke he would save them. As much as it would kill him to leave Sasuke there he couldn't risk the lives of two ninjas for one. Especially when that one made the decision to leave and betray the village.

When Naruto and Sakura were standing there in front of him he quickly gave a look over to make sure they were ready. After being confident that they were all set he gave them a nod.

"Let's go."

Orochimaru starred down at a bloody Sasuke on the cold cement floor. They had been training for hours upon hours now and Sasuke was getting nowhere. It had been six months of this shit and he was just getting weaker and weaker. He kicked Sasuke right in the ribs as hard as he could sending the boy flying across the floor into the wall.

"You're weak and pathetic. After all this time you still can't master a simple technique as sending your chidori through your body. You're a disgrace to the Uchiha name."

Sasuke was full of pain all throughout his body. The technique wasn't as simple as Orochimaru thought. Orochimaru expected the world and more from him he didn't give him the chance to figure it out he would just start hitting him while he was trying to concentrate on his chakra.

"You're weak and you need to be punished for this display of disgrace."

Orochimaru walked over to Sasuke and grabbed him by the hair and dragged him over to the metal table in the room. He strapped him down Sasuke's struggles were nothing to him. Orochimaru turned around and picked up a scalpel and turned back around to him.

"You waste my time with your weakness and as such you will make it up to me by spending the night with me."

Two days it had been two long days traveling to get to the Sound. No one really spoke to each other on their travel only when they needed to. They were all in their in world and mind trying to figure out just how this would play out. They all missed Sasuke that much was sure Naruto had to admit though as he kept thinking about the situation he was getting angry at Sasuke. He felt like it was his fault that his friends had gotten hurt six months ago when they went after him and he would be his fault if any of them got hurt on this mission. He had caused a lot of physical and emotional pain to more than one person by his actions so yes he was discovering that he was very much so angry at Sasuke for doing all of this, and he wasn't sure how long that would last for.

Kakashi stopped them and told them to just wait. They were right at the entrance for the Sound now and now the mission really started. Kakashi debated whether or not they should wait for night to come or risk going in during the day. The problem was he didn't know what the activities were like or schedule for that matter. They were underground their nights and days could have been reversed he didn't know. Kakashi decided that they would take the risk and wait till night time at least if they got Sasuke out it would be easier to hide at night then in daylight and most of the ninjas should be asleep or in their quarters at the night time.

"We will hide and wait till nightfall before we go inside most of them should be asleep and not walking around inside."

They both nodded and they took cover behind some trees and watched the entrance. Maybe they would get lucky and Orochimaru would leave.