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"Talking"

'Thoughts'

"Demon/Jutsu"

Warning may be some bad grammar I had to rush to get this one written I've been busy lately so yeah slightly sorry.

Chapter 2

"Well I'm not in Kansas anymore that's for sure." muttered Naruto to himself darkly. He knew that the chances of an escape were almost non-existent as he was only four but what confused him the most was why he was still alive, his parents always told him how the ninjas from Iwa might try to take him because of what his dad did to them in the war but he knew that was a lie. If Iwa got hold of him they would kill him that was no secret, they really did hate his dad that much. These thoughts depressed Naruto as he realised he never would get to see his tou-san again nor would he get to see his kaa-chan. The two people who meant the most in the world to him, who had supported and helped him through all his life, he would most likely never see them again. Hell he wouldn't even get to see his new imouto when she was born. Soon tears started to fall from his eyes and on too the hospital gown he was still garbed in but Naruto didn't care he was in deep thought 'Will tou-san and kaa-chan be ok without me? Do they even know I'm gone? Will they find me? Are they even looking?' The negative thoughts didn't do Naruto any good as shortly after thinking them the tears increased and his body was raked with sobs.

Nearly forty minutes later Naruto managed to calm down and stop thinking about his family, it was a tough mental battle but Naruto decided the only way to stop himself going crazy was find out himself which meant he would escape his captor by whatever means. Naruto was snapped out his thoughts when the door to his cell creaked open and a figure stood in the doorway, it was impossible to see any features as the figures body was covered in the shadow created by the door frame but the creepy vibe he gave of didn't help atmosphere at all.

"W..w...w.w..who are you?" Naruto stuttered out hoarsely.

"Kukukukukuku, well aren't you a brave one Naruto-Kun, too be able to talk up like that in such circumstances. I knew i was right to choose you for my little experiment."

"What experiment? Where am!" Naruto demanded with a sudden rush of authority coming over him.

"Hmm I guess i should explain what's happening to you Naruto-kun shouldn't i? Well to start I'll introduce myself since I already know who you are Naruto-kun. I am Orochimaru." Spoke the newly named Orochimaru with almost untold glee before he stepped out of the shadows into the light. Now that figure was visible it was clear that it was a man with extremely pale skin and waist-length black hair. He had a long face with pronounced cheekbones, golden eyes with slits in his pupils and purple markings around his eyes which somewhat reminded Naruto of a snake. He was dressing in plain grey garbs with black pants and a thick purple rope belt tied in a large knot behind his back along with blue tomoe-shaped earrings, with a black polo neck under it.

Seeing the man in front of him and hearing introduce himself sent chills down Narutos's spine. His father and uncle Jiraiya had told him lots of stories about Orochimaru, how he was a vile traitor who did sick experiments on people for his own gain. One time when he was alone with Jiraiya, Jiraiya had told him the story of why Orochimaru got kicked out of the village and how he experimented implanting genes into newborns which resulted in them all dying. To say Naruto was scared would be like saying Tsunade was flat chested. What was worse was now Naruto knew, He knew that whatever happened to him from now on would be painful and almost likely kill him but he couldn't let that stop him. 'I have to get back too tou-san and kaa-chan' Naruto thought with defiance although in the back of his mind he couldn't help but feel that task was now beyond him.

"And i have taken you for an experiment of mine. I wont tell you what it is but i will tell you it will make you stronger than anyone else my little pet fox."

"Why me?"

At this Orochimaru gave a look that said "Are you for real?". "Simple you are a Uzumaki and the Uzumaki clan are known for the long life force and will to live, making you the perfect test subject."

"What about after the experiment?" By now Naruto had given up on defiance and even bravado he just wanted to know what was going to happen.

"Why you're going to work for me and do everything I say?"

"No. I would never work for you!" shouted Naruto finally growing a backbone.

"Kukukukuku but Naruto-kun you don't have a choice." Before Naruto could reply to that statement Orochimaru had crossed the distance and gripped Naruto harshly by his throat stopping him from breathing. While Naruto was chocking a string of kanji had flown from Orochimaru's palm and on to Naruto's throat before winding and twisting to form a seal in the shape of a collar around Naruto's neck. Seeing the seal had formed Orochimaru let go of a purple-faced Naruto allowing him to splutter and catch his breath.

"W..w...w..what was that for?" Spoke a still panting Naruto

"that was to form a special seal so you will never betray my orders Naruto-kun and do you know why it will stop you from being disobedient?" Asked Orochimaru with sadistic glee.

"No, why will it stop me?" by this point Naruto was scared, he was smart enough to know whatever it was, would be painful for him

"It's quite simple every time you disobey me this will happen." Orochimaru branh his hands up in front of him and formed a snake seal, as soon as Orochimaru formed the hand sign the seal around Naruto's neck started to glow and the pain started.

To Naruto it felt as if he had fire coursing through his veins, every heartbeat just seemed to spur on the pain. His insides seemed to protest to his body and sent fluctuating spikes of pain through him to spite him for housing them. The pain could only be compared to that of surging river, flowing and engulfing the system uncaring of the damage only about completing its own wants. Eventually it all became too much for Naruto and he slipped into the gentle embrace of unconsciousness.

Seeing Naruto unconscious and knowing he would have learnt his lesson about obedience, Orochimaru left Naruto in the cell carefully locking the huge iron door behind him. In the hallway he was greeted by his various research assistance that just seemed too be able to crawl out of the woodwork at a moments notice.

"Orochimaru-sama was it wise to introduce the child to such pain so early on." spoke one of the few researchers brave enough to voice their own opinions.

"Yes it was, the boys eyes held nothing but defiance despite how scared he was and that is dangerous, it needed to be stamped out if he is going to be of use to me." Orochimaru stated with a steeled glare at his researchers to show that he was not amused by their questioning.

"Hai Orochimaru-sama." stated the researcher while he bowed his head submissively. After a few moments the researcher raised his head to see that Orochimaru had disappeared, turning his head to face the other researchers the dabbled in mindless chatter about Naruto and the experiment he would face before coming to the main question. How would Konoha react?

In Konoha

The village hidden in the leaves faced a normal day ahead of it, no surprises and defiantly nothing out of the ordinary. Just a simple day where everybody could go about their business and focus on their lives without all the doom and gloom that usually accompanies the ninja world. Well that was all except those now within the Hokages office, the usually cheerful, pleasant and warm natured office now seemed nothing but cold, melancholy and glum affair. After the kidnapping of one young Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze two days ago the fallout had been tough on the Uzumaki-Namikaze family and those close to them. The public had still yet to find out of the predicament that plagued the family as the kidnapping had been kept a strict secret. Those who knew that the Naruto was abducted from the hospital had each taken the news in different ways some harsher than others.

Jiraiya had taken the news the easiest, while he felt grieved that Minato and Kushina had to bear the pain of loosing a child his focus was fully on the new-born Mito and the prophecy he had heard from the elder toad. The toads told him how a child would be the key to achieving peace in the future and in his mind that had too be Minato. The fact Naruto had been kidnapped confirmed in his mind that the child had too be Mito, The more he thought about it the more he realised that the child of prophecy could never have been Naruto. While he may never have been that close to Naruto he did have a few memories of the child and they all consisted of him asking for stories or reading books, nothing that could produce a world shattering ninja in his opinion. While Jiraiya was many things he was not suicidal so he kept these thoughts to himself while the family got over their grief.

Tsunade was one of the people who the news had hit the hardest. Having no family of her own Naruto had taken care of her maternal feelings by spending time with her and filling the hole on her heart that had been caused by the death of her brother Nawkaii and lover Dan. She and Naruto had sent a lot of time together when Minato was busy at the office or Kushina had to attend to something, so to her Naruto was less of a godson and more of a son. Now that he had been taken she had promised herself that she would deal her untold rage to the person who had taken him when she found them. Sadly now all she could do was throw herself into work at the hospital and drink her sorrows away while Shizune picked up the pieces of her life and put them somewhat back together.

Minato took it like many would think a father would in this situation, he took it with biblical rage. When the hospital staff had told him Naruto was missing he immediately had all anbu squads present in the village scouring the land of fire for evidence of kidnappers while Jounin scoured the inside of the village from head to toe trying to find if he was being hidden somewhere close. Those close to Minato knew that if one of the other hidden villages had pulled this of he would declare war and be among the ninja on the front lines. Unfortunately for him his conversations with the council about his sons disappearance had resulted in the disbandment of the civilian counsel and the removal of all the laws he did not approve of to show he had the power and despite the council attempts to stop searches they would continue, well up until today.

Jiraiya, Minato and Hiruzen Sarutobi stood in the Hokages office discussing the latest development in the kidnapping of young Naruto. Hiruzen also known as the god of shinobi was the third Hokage before he retired and handed the reigns over to a younger Minato. Hiruzen was well-known for being the student of Tombimaru Senju, the second Hokage and being the sensei of the legendary sannin; Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru. Now Hiruzen was Minatos most trusted advisor on all matters in the village replacing the former member Danzo who was now nothing more than a civilian. Hiruzen was a light-skinned man of below-average stature with a small goatee and short spiked hair both gray in color. He also had a few lines running vertically under outer corners of each eye, that reached his cheeks. His old age showed on his face through a few key features on his such as; his pronounced cheekbones, a prominent crease across his forehead, a few wrinkles, a wart near his left nostril, and a few liver-spots. Hiruzen still wore the official Hokage uniform, since Minato refused to wear it, — consisting of the customary hat and haori, along with a red, full-length kimono that was tied using a white sash.

All of the men had grim faces as they stared at the single piece of evidence that could be found from the dead Anbu that had been stationed at the hospital to watch Naruto. The killer had managed to put the Anbu in an almost unrecognisable condition due to the severity of the mutilation they faced, this alone clued them into the fact that who ever took Naruto was at least an S class shinobi. Rummaging through the various parts of what use to be Anbu members the investigating team found nothing until last night, when they looked at a severed arm. The arm was ordinary and held no clues but clutched tightly in the hand, which was only connected to the hand through a few ligaments, was a white snake with yellow eyes. As soon as this piece of evidence was shown to Jiraiya and Hiruzen they were able to tell who had taken Naruto, it was now just a case of explaining the situation to a distraught Minato.

"How you holding up gaki?" Jiraiya asked attempting to break the ice, only to be met with a disapproving stare from Hiruzen.

"How do you think?" Minato asked with an emotionless stare.

Coughing to gain attention and stop any pointless arguments from happening Hiruzen waited till both men focused on him before speaking up. "Minato forgive Jiraiya he's just being an idiot." At this Minato nodded in agreement while Jiraiya huffed before crossing his arms in front of his chest in protest. "However were here for a serious reason not some jovial attempt to cheer you up."

"Yeah, We recieved the report from Anbu headquarters about the bodies and one of the severed arms hands held a piece of evidence." Jiraiya spoke in a serious tone all traces of his usual silly, perverted exterior gone he was now in business mode.

"What evidence?" spoke a slightly sceptical Minato

Jiraiya walked without ceremony to the desk and placed the lifeless body of the all white serpent on the young Hokages desk so it lay among the mountains of paperwork.

"Whats this? Minato spoke clearly unimpressed by what had been presented before him.

Hiruzen took a deep breath he knew that what he was about to say would be hard for a parent to listen too. "Minato that snake is a rare species that can only be found in a select number of places around the world and only a few people have live specimens of them. Its rare for it to be used by a shinobi and we all know only one man can use them in an attack."

At this point Minato already knew where the conversation was heading and who the person Hiruzen was hinting at but with almost every fibre of his being he wanted nothing more than to be wrong. He that if it was the person he was thinking of he would have to abandon the search parties and give up hope because he was a master at staying hidden the chances of finding him and by extension Naruto were slim to none.

Jiraiya knew from the atmosphere surronding the other two members of the Hokage's that if he didn't have the stones to speak up and say the bastard traitors name, no one would. "Orochimaru got him."

Minato didn't argue or try to refute what the men were telling him he knew that was the only person the snake could come from and he was smart enough to realise they only found it because Orochimaru left it for them to find. After a few moments Minato took in a deep breath before putting his head on his desk and letting it out. Minato was anything if not sharp and he knew that telling him Orochimaru took Naruto wasn't the point of the conversation, the point was for him to stop looking and give up. While it may seem inconceivable to some people that a father would willing give up on their child, they have to remember that the fact he was with Orochimaru meant whatever experiment he was doing on him would most likely kill him and even if it didn't they had no way of finding him. Orochimaru had managed to stay hidden from all five great nations for years, even Jiraiya the owner of probably the greatest spy network in the world couldn't capture a whisper about him.

"You want me to give up don't you?" spoke Minato without even lifting his head off his desk.

"Its for the best Minato we both know that, we're just wasting the villages manpower looking for him now." at this Hiruzen shot Jiraiya a sharp look, it seems after all these years his student still hadn't learnt how to speak about sensitive subjects with any sort of tact.

After a few minutes of awkward silence Minato rose from his seat behind the desk and looked at Hiruzen and Jiraiya before saying in an emotionless tone "Guess ill tell Kushina the news."

That sentence managed to make the temperature in the office drop around fifty degrees and plaster sombre looks on the faces of the other two members of the Hokages office. Kushina took the news that little Naruto had been kidnapped extremely hard. She had spent the first six hours after the news doing nothing but cry and wail about where her sochi went. The sight of one of the worlds most powerful kunoichi whimpering to herself while she was red eyed from crying and sporting the usual tirade of tear streaks was enough to convey and draw empathy from all but the most heartless of people. When her six hour break down had somewhat subsided Kushina tried to leave the hospital and go look for Naruto herself, despite having given birth one day prior, and she would have had it not been for Minato knocking her unconscious less she do more harm to herself. When Kushina woke up from blacking out she demanded Mito stay with her at all time out of fear she would be taken as well, it didn't take a genius to see she needed some help and that her attachment to Mito could become unhealthy if she didn't receive aid soon.

Minato quietly walked to the door while the other two breathed a sighs of relief; one from Jiraiya because he wouldn't have to be the one to tell Kushina and one from Hiruzen because the Anbu and Jounin wouldn't be run into the ground looking for a man they had no chance against if they did find. When Minato stood in the frame of the door about to walk out he turned and said "But do not think this village is not still searching for Orochimaru! Jiraiya will be doubling his efforts as of right now. Understood?" The whole sentence was said with so much authority even Hiruzen the survivor of two ninja wars and the man who use to command entire battlefield of shinobi nodded. Not waiting for a reply Minato stepped outside of the door before disappearing in a yellow flash to tell his wife the cause of their pain. That Night the sobs of a mother over her lost child would be heard throughout the village and those who heard it would not be able to help but shed a tear for the sheer amount of pain they would feel in those cries.

After Minato had left the Hokage's office there was still an air of depression of gloom around the two members inside, who were both in their own deep thoughts. Deciding to talk about what he thought the proverbial elephant in the room was Jiraiya asked "What if he can manipulate the nine tails."

Hiruzen stayed silent for a few minutes contemplating it, the damage and terror his former golden student could do with that kind of power would be terrible and unimaginable. Orochimaru had always been sick and twisted so the number of uses he could find for the raw destructive power of the nine tails would be immense. The only thing he could find hope in was the fact that the raw destructive power of the nine tails was almost impossible to tame. "Lets hope if he tries it kills him." With that said Hiruzen left the office leaving Jiraiya alone in his own thoughts about his ex teammate.

'I wonder what Naruto will do if he finds out about the fox?' after musing on that thought alone Jiraiya left the Hokages office intent of figuring a training regime for Mito when she gets older.

Meanwhile in Naruto's mindscape.

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

The constant dripping sound seemed to attack Narutos ears and force him awake. Raising himself from his prone position Naruto was shocked to find that he was now no longer chained up in the cell where he had passed out from pain but somewhere entirely different. Looking around Naruto could only describe the environment he found himself in as bleak. He was in some sort of large sewer system that seemed to stretch out for miles, the walls that made the large system he was in were a dull grey colour will a multitude of cracks dancing along the walls like wisps in a breeze. The floor of the sewer was covered in eerily clean water that reached up to Narutos ankle. However, the oddest thing about the entire situation was the light, unlike conventional lighting strung across the ceiling the light seemed to shine through the floor.

After taking a few minutes and some deep breaths to compose him self Naruto looked around the sewer deciding what to do, should he stay where he was or look for a way out. Naturally being a four year old the curiosity proved to much so Naruto decided to explore the sewer system and find out where he was and if it was some kind of sick trick from the snake.

Naruto had wandered about aimlessly in the tunnels of the sewer for what seemed to him like hours, the endless twists and turns almost seemed to almost be mocking him. After a couple more minutes Naruto was pretty much ready to give up on finding anything, 'This place is empty and endless. URGH!' as soon he had thought that sentence he felt a pull in his consciousness. It seemed as if the space around him wanted, no demanded he move forward and along the route it had designated him. Unable to resist the strange metal pull he felt Naruto walked along the winding passages that made up the sewer until he came upon a rather large room.

Unlike the rest of the rest of the sewer the room Naruto just walked into was massive, one could easily fit the Hokage monument inside with minimal effort, well if you could actually move it that is. However unlike the other rooms he had gone into when he was wandering around lost this one had something in it. Standing only a few meters in front of him were a pair of giant golden gate that managed to touch the dizzying height of the ceiling. Like everything else in the sewer Naruto was in these gates seemed odd too, that was because instead of a lock or chain they heavy golden doors were kept shut by a single piece of paper with the kanji for seal written on it.

Deciding he had come this far Naruto walked up to the giant gold gates intent of finding out what was behind them. As he arrived in front of the giant gates Naruto was forced stop as a giant blood red eye, that had a black slit like pupil popped open from the darkness behind the gate. The eye just stared at him unblinking. Every instinct in Naruto's possession was screaming at him to run from what ever lay in the darkness but after he had heard Orochimarus plans he knew being scared was not an option for him anymore, so he just stared back at the eye holding its gaze.

After a few minutes a deep rumbling sound made its way out of the cage. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO HOLD MY GAZE WITH ONE AS FIERCE AS THAT BEFORE AND YOURE SO YOUNG. HA I THINK I MAY HAVE JUST GAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR YOU JAILOR." The voice that spoke was rich and deep, it basically commanded all attention and respect much like a king.

"Who are you?" Although his voice sounded fine Naruto was, for lack of a better phrase, scared shitless. The voice was loud he just knew whomever it belonged to was large and powerful. Extremely large and powerful.

"Who am i? Why I am the Kyuubi No Kitsune. The great and powerful Nine-Tailed Fox strongest of the Biju." Roared the voice as a mountain sized fox stepped into the light, its orange fur seemed to dance in the pale light of the sewer while the black markings around its eyes only seemed to accentuate the demonic red eyes that seemed to gaze into your soul. Its mighty nine tails seemed swayed violently behind it in an impressive display as they were many times larger than the foxes body. Lowering its head down the great Kyuubi lowered itself down so its head rested upon it's front paws, from this position Naruto could only pale at how the Kyuubi's teeth and claws were impossibly sharp and massive.

After that rather impressive introduction Nartuo felt as if he was about to have a heart attack, having read through his entire clans library he had read many stories about the fox in front of him. He had read how the mighty fox could crush mountains and create tidal waves with nothing but a simple flick of his tail, a lesser being would have fainted from shock by now but Naruto was... Well Naruto so he soldiered on.

"Why are you here?" While Naruto knew the question was innocent enough he could only hope it wasn't a sore spot from the fox.

The Kyuubi just let out a thundering a laugh which caused Naruto to slightly shake and loose his balance for a moment before the fox brought one of his massive tails up and poked it through the bars of the golden gates so the tip lightly tapped Narutos forehead.

As soon as the tip brushed his skin Naruto felt a tingle go through his being before his mind was assaulted by an onslaught of the foxes memories. The sudden rush caused Naruto to drop to the floor panting for breath, the situation from the sealing up until know was known to him, however the method was less than pleasant.

Panting on his hands and knees, Naruto brought his head up to look the fox in the eye before smirking and saying " I have a proposition for you."

End.

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