Naruto looks into the forest, the trees looming over him. He sighs and adjusts the metal and cloth headband on his forehead. He sends waves of chakra to his feet and begins to walk up the tree. He stops halfway.
Just shut up for once! What the hell do you know about it? It's not like you ever had a family in the first place! You were on your own right from the beginning, what makes you think you know anything about it? Huh? I'm suffering now because I had those ties, how on earth could you possibly understand what it feels like to lose all that?
Sasuke had said those words...Naruto shook his head and kept moving up the tree. He put his foot on a thick branch and kicked off. Soaring through the leaves was much harder with thoughts running through Naruto's head. Please be okay...okay...okay...o-Gah!
"N-Naruto?"
"Kiba?"
"Sasuke! He needs help! Aka-Akatsuki! They-"
Naruto left before the brunette could finish. He had a single thought. Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn! He burst through a thicket and landed gracefully on the grass below him. "Itachi!" he yelled, unsheathing a kunai hidden in a pouch under his jacket. "Itachi-fucking-Uchiha!" he yelled once more, anger rising in him. The leaves rustled and he spun to his left, throwing the kunai blindly into the trees. He heard nothing, except the odd breath-coming from him, of course. He quieted himself and listened.
There was a sound in the northeast direction, so Naruto took off. He was stopped mid-run by what seemed to be a hand grabbing his shirt. There was a force pulling him and pushing him, and soon he felt as though he was in a land of darkness. He noticed he was tied to something, and he looked around frantically. A ninja appeared in front of him and pulled out a long sword.
"Mangekyou Sharingan." the black-haired ninja mumbled. He started to push the cold steel into Naruto's stomach. Naruto yelped out in pain, but no sound came out.
He cried silently, in fear he would never see his beloved again.
