Sasuke woke with a jolt, something ice cold had just hit him, putting him in shock. The fact that he couldn't see anything didn't help, he had been blindfolded.

"wakey wakey Uchiha" a creepy kind of voice beckoned, the child's heart-rate went from high to abnormally high, where was he? Why was he blindfolded? Who was this guy? Where was his father? It was time he tried and asked these questions out loud , but when he tried, he found that his mouth had been gagged, Sasuke struggled against his bonds, though he would never admit it, he was scared……

(Back in Kohona…..)

Mikoto tried her best to calm herself, perhaps he had left early for the academy? She grabbed her coat (abit chilly outside) and walked….ok…more like ran, to the school.

"ahh, Mrs.Mikoto, come to pick up Sasuke's written homework for tonight?" Iruka sensei asked politely when she walked into his class, it had not yet begun and some of the kids were still just arriving.

"what? You mean he's not here?!" the mother couldn't help but feel her stomach drop.

"no, your husband, Mr.Uchiha called in this morning saying Sasuke would be out sick for a few days, is something wrong?" the well-intentioned teacher asked.

'Maybe he's with Fugaku then, ya, surely that's what's going on' she thought to herself, telling her body over and over again that there was no reason to panic, yet something deep down just didn't feel right.

(FF to when she reaches the police HQ)

"hello ma'am, how may I help you?" the receptionist at the front desk asked perkly when Mikoto walked up to her.

"I need to speak with my husband, Fugaku Uchiha"

"yes ma'am, right away" the girl stood up and walked to the back of the building where the man's office was, she knocked on the inside of the doorframe and told him his wife was waiting for him out front, considering that only once in a blue moon Mikoto ever came to the HQ by herself, he was sure and drop everything he was doing to come out.

When she saw him coming down the hall Mrs.Uchiha practically ran up to her partner.

"where's Sasuke?" she asked, her eyes pleading for a positive answer

"I'm going to take a guess and say he isn't at the academy?" he joked, but it went unappreciated by his mate.

"but…then why did you tell his teacher that he was going to be out sick?"

"what are you talking about? I've been busy all morning with paperwork, I never called Iruka"

Mikoto's chest started pounding, what was going on? Where was he? Where was her baby?!

(back to Sasuke)

Things had been irritably quiet, all he could tell was that he was in a forest somewhere, but some of these animal noises he was hearing didn't sound familiar, not familiar at all.

"this the runt?" a gruff voice asked out of nowhere, Sasuke jumped.

"yes, quite a beauty, aint he?" the voice form earlier asked, it was starting to sound vaguely familiar to Sasuke, he just couldn't remember where he had heard it before.

"yes, true, very true……..here's my deal, I'll try and take him around my usual rounds, if he sells you get a 45 percent cut, take it or leave it" Sasuke's eyes widened under the blindfold, what was going on?! What were they talking about selling him?

That's when the bonds around his wrists and feet loosened slightly and he was allowed to drop to his knees, his body tired and cramped from being in that position for so long.

Everything that happened after that was a blur, he remembers the sound of metal on metal clanging, some restraints placed on his forearms that itched quite terribly, and a terrible smell, another thing he sensed was that he was riding in or on something, he just couldn't tell what as of so far.

'somebody' he cried out a silent prayer, 'please, anybody, save me…..'