Pairing(s): SasuNaru,NejiGaa, and one-sided SaiNaru
Rating: M
Warning(s): Yaoi, Shounen ai. Possible lemons in later chappies?Don't like, don't read!
Disclaimer: I do not have the right to claim or lay claim to any of the Naruto characters.But, that doesn't stop me from playing with them!

italics -flashback/thoughts.

Naruto's head hung low, his blonde bangs covering his eyes.His wrists were bound together, his arms pinned above his head to the stone wall behind him.Experimentally, he tugged on his restraints, a small hiss of pain echoing as the metal cut into his skin.Old wounds re-opened in his wrists as his attempts became more persistant.

His teeth bared as the pain became more prominient, but he refused to stop.Gaara...Gaara was gone.Who knows where they could have taken him?What were they doing to him?They were probably hurting him!

His only useable blue eye glared at the dusty floor before him, his other eye covered by a plain white bandage that encircled his head.Red stains defiled the whiteness of the bandage, obiviously the wound having bled through.

"I hate this...why am I so useless?"The blonde glared harder at the floor,"Gaara...where are you?"

Naruto's face immediately shot up as a blood curdling scream shot up and into the air.Azure eyes widened in fear,"Gaara!"

A low growl escaped low in the blonde's throat, azure eyes flickering to red and back again.His nails grew longer in response to his anger, his scar marks on his cheeks lengthening.A red misty aura gathered around the blonde, and he immediately tugged on the shackles.Naruto's mouth opened in shock and pain as the shackles automatically reacted to the aura, sending an electric shock through the metal.

The blonde slumped in exhaustion, all signs from his previous overworked state gone.

"Now,now, Naruto-kun, we don't want you getting so worked up, now do we?"A voice penetrated Naruto's cell,but the actual figure remained hidden,"I'm sure your...friend...is okay.For now, at least."

Azure eyes strained in the dark, glaring at the corner where the voice was coming from.When he spoke his voice was controlled, faint and hoarse,"Who...are you?"

The silent figure sneered in the darkness, "Wouldn't you like to know?" A low chuckle escaped from their lips.

Naruto shook his head, his eyes drooping in fatigue,"Who...are you!?"

Mocking laughter was the only reply the exhausted blonde got.

"Dobe!"

Naruto's face was solemn, he seemed lost in thought.He was currently glaring at an innocent blade of grass, his eyes darkened to a deep dark blue.

"Naruto...?"
"Oi, Dobe!"

Sasuke glared at the non-responsive figure, his patience running thin.From beside him, Neji looked worried, his usually expressionless eyes staring worriedly into blue ones.Gaara sat beside the blonde his pale hand reaching up automatically to grasp the blonde's shoulder."Naruto...?"

Sai smirked.How to get an non-responsive blonde to become responsive?Crouching on his kness in front of the blonde, Sai clamly reached out a hand and placed it on the blonde's cheek.Grinning stupidly, he slowly dragged his thumb over the blonde's lips and back over his cheek.Leaning in towards the blonde's ear, he whispered,"Hey, dickless, you alive...?" He pulled back, but was not surprised when the blonde didn't even blink.

Sai smiled even more when he felt the combined glares of the boys surrounding him, burrowing into him.His dark eyes flickered to Sasuke, who was glaring even more heatedly than the others, and, briefly smirking at him, Sai leaned in again towards the blonde's face. His hot breath fanned across the blonde's lips as he abruptly leaned in and placed his lips on Naruto's slightly opened ones.

Naruto blinked,and just as his eyes widened and narrowed in anger, three different sets of hands all grabbed the back of Sai's shirt, pulling him off the blonde.The blonde shakily stood up, his attention solely focused upon the sprawled out man laying before him."Sai, I'll ask you this once.What the hell did you think you were doing?"

Sai replied innocently, his head cocking to the side,"I was merely waking you up from your daydream,Naruto-kun."

"Did you have to do what you did?"

"What?" Sai's face flashed fake hurt,"Did you not like it, Naru-chan?"

Naruto immediately roared in annoyance, and took a running step towards Sai.But before he could pounce and cause any lasting damage, arms wrapped around his waist from behind, and held him in place.He thrashed immediately, but the arms only tightened. Neji and Gaara blinked in amusement, small smirks on their faces.

"Sa-Sasuke!Let...me...go!"

"No." And because of the light tinting of red on his cheeks, Sasuke immediately buried his head in the back of the blonde's neck.Naruto immediately froze, not used to the action of someone burying their face almost affectionately into his neck.His heartrate immediately spiked, and Naruto felt his face go red.

Sai glared at the Uchiha from the ground.Neji and Gaara only exchanged a brief glance before Neji spoke,"So, Naruto, tell us, what were you thinking so intently about?"

The red immediately drained from the blonde's face,"I was thinking about when Gaara and I were captured."

"What do we have here, un?"

Deidara smiled from his hiding spot, his eye focused on a group of kids fighting in a field.

"'Blend in', huh?Look, look, Deidara-sempai!I see little Uchiha, I see him, I see him!" Tobi cried from his seat beside the blonde.When he spoke he had immediately jumped up, screaming it to anyone in the vicinity.

Deidara glared, and immediately pushed Tobi down with a rushed command of, "Shut up, Tobi!"

"But...but..."

The blonde only glared harder.Well, at least Itachi woud be happy.They had found the Nine-tailed and the One-tailed all in one place, they had even found Sasuke.It was almost too good to be true, who would have thought they'd all be in the same place?And all together?

"SASUKE!!"

Deidara winced, and his visible eye widened as he watched Tobi stand up and wave to the youngest Uchiha.His hand reached up, and he yanked him down ignoring the brief 'ahh' that issued from him,"You moron!What the hell were you thinking?"

The blonde watched as Sasuke's head whipped up, and onyx eyes searched the area.The boy's body was tense, stiff.Deidara grimaced when he was easily distracted by the Nine-tails tugging on his arm and dragging him off.

Tobi cocked his head innocently," But, Tobi thought we were looking for him too..."

"We are!"
"Then why don't we just go up and talk to him?"

Deidara rolled his eyes,"It doesn't work like that!"

"Where's Deidara?"Itachi asked, his voice low.

"He should be arriving soon, he didn't go too far away..."

A loud creaking noise was heard, then the door burst open and Tobi's loud voice rang loud and clear, "FIRST!FIRST!FIRST!" Deidara strolled in behind him, looking extremely annoyed.He paused, though, to smack Tobi over the head, then looked up to address all the glares being sent his way.

"Gomen for being so late, but I'm pretty sure you'll forget about it in a minute,"Deidara paused, then fixed Itachi with his stare,"Itachi-san, I have something that may be of interest to you..."

Itachi raised an eyebrow inquisitively.

"I have successfully located the area of the Nine-tails and the One-tail,"He smiled victoriously,"And alittle something else..."

"I found him first!" Tobi proclaimed, butting in on Deidara's speech.

Deidara twitched, but continued,"Yes, we have also located the position of your little brother..."

Itachi smirked, his eyes gleaming uncharacteristically,"Really?"

"I found him first!Tobi is a good boy, yesss?"

A/N: Ack!Oh, no!I feel so bad, Im getting into Naruto and Gaara's past a bit by bit in each chapter, but...I keep forgetting about Sasuke and Itachi!We don't really know anything about them yet, do we?Alas, don't worry, I'll get to them soon!

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