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Trapped...

Blank Room - Unknown

"There isn't a way OUT!" Naruto shouted, his voice echoing around the area. "We've been in here for possibly days and there's not even an inkling of a way out..."

"I actually agree with him..." Bakura simply said, rubbing his ear slightly, trying to stop the ringing.

"Yes...We've been in here for some time now and it seems like this place has no end to it..." The Pharaoh added.

"Well this is just great..." The Uchiha said before shaking his head in disbelief. Of all the missions, this had to be the one where he was stuck with two strangers...And an overactive, yellow ball of energy, known as, Naruto. Things couldn't possibly get any worse, can it? The Uchiha shook his head, remembering the situation he was in.

"What if no one finds us?" Naruto started, "We can be trapped here forever...FOREVER!" He put both hands on either side of his head. "And if we're trapped here, there's no more training...How am I supposed to get stronger and become Hokage one day if I'm in here?!"

"What are you talking about, Hokage...?" The Thief King asked, turning his attention to the blonde haired one, named Naruto.

"I am curious myself here..." The Pharaoh stated, folding his arms and looking over at the boy. "You've been going on and on about being...Hokage...ever since we've been pretty much stuck in here. Is it a huge deal or some sort of title?"

"Tch, It can't be that huge of a deal..." The Thief King said, shaking his head with his eyes closed and arms crossed.

Naruto immediately snapped his head up after hearing this. How does these two not know the importance of being Hokgae?!

"Not a big DEAL?!" The boy shouted, jumping immediately over to the two clueless men. "Being Hokage is everything! It's not just a title, it's an honor to even be ONE of them!" He continued his little speech, walking around them a bit. "Everyone looking up to you, Always protected those you care about and actually matter..."

"Oooh, so like a ruler or a king of some sort.." The Pharaoh added.

"Yeah!" Naruto replied, "A very powerful one, one that does good for the people and not abuse the power for their own selfish goals."

The Thief King simply rolled his eyes after hearing this. He was only half listening to what the blonde haired boy was saying now at this point, especially when he started talking about an unselfish king. When that day finally comes, will be the day the Thief King would start getting bored of raiding and looting.

"I see...No wonder it seems so important to you..." The Pharaoh nodded in respect a bit.

"Of course it is..." Naruto frowned slightly, his gaze now focusing on the ground. "But now...If we're stuck...forever..." He trailed off, words left hung in the air as it the area became long and silent. It stayed like this before the Uchiha cleared his throat, folding his arms and getting the other three's attention.

"Well, if I knew that all it took to bring down your spirits was being trapped here in this place..." He shook is head disapprovingly, "Pathetic. The Naruto I know wouldn't have given up so easily like that."

"...Sasuke..." Naruto started. Bakura simply cleared his throat, looking the other way.

"At least it was a nice change in attitude while it lasted...And as much as I enjoy the look, should we actually try and get out of here. There's no way I'm going to believe that there really isn't an exit."

"I actually agree with that...There has to be some way out...A hidden passage, secret entrance or exit...Anything." The Pharaoh said, looking around the area a bit as he started walking forward a bit.

Naruto soon snapped out of his thoughts a bit as the others agreed and started to get to work. The Shinobi silently watched the three scattered around in different areas, looking closely with each step and seeing if anything was off or different for even the slightest of moments. It didn't take long before the blonde haired boy joined the search along with the others.

The four continued their search, covering the entire vast area for what could be considered hours...Maybe even days straight if time existed in this place. Soon they all decided to take a break, sitting in a small circle. Naruto, arms crossed and cheeks slightly puffed out and his eyes shut in little slits. Sasuke sitting with his elbows propped on his lower thighs a bit, hands closed, fingers intertwined and face leaning into the fist a bit with his eyes closed. The Pharaoh had his back turned and sitting with one knee up a bit and the other leg outstretched as he looked up, lost in his own little world it seems. Finally, Bakura was laying on his back with and arms folded behind his head and his eyes shut. They sat like that, silent...No one making the move to speak.

"Ninjas...huh..." The Pharaoh started, breaking the silence at last but not facing them entirely to speak. He simply looked over his shoulder as he continued, "So what is it that you guys entirely do...? Do you have special powers and talents that set you a part from ordinary people?"

The Uchiha simply opened his eyes a bit, looking at the Pharoah with an unreadable gaze as Naruto opened his eyes and blinked, cheeks no longer puffed out while he started to speak,

"W-Well...Anyone can be a ninja if they truly want to be one...Doesn't take power...other than how much you really want to do your best and help others that need it."

"Basically sheer determination then dobe..." The said, shutting his eyes.

"Stop calling me dobe, it's Naruto..." Naruto gave a slight groan, shaking his head in frustration before continuing, "Anyway, Yes. We go around protecting our village as well as other villages that are in need of our help...Especially in most dire situations."

"Tch, you would go to such lengths to try and protect other villages...What if they turned on you, would you turn your back on them, fight back whenever the opening is just right or continue to help them.." Bakura said this more as a statement than a question. The Pharaoh simply glanced over at him before looking back at the blonde.

"Well..." Naruto looked up in thought a bit, "Well, that's actually happened before. We've had rouges from other villages attack us without warning...Rulers from the villages deciding to declare war or take over once they soon realize that we're at our weakened states...But we still help them if they need it."

Bakura let out a grunt, rolling onto his side, "A waste of time...Completely pointless.."

"Hey!" Naruto jumped to his feet, looking at The Thief King. His hands were in fists and his eyes were narrowed. "Nothing that we do is completely pointless, you just don't understand.." He growled a bit.

"I don't understand?" The Thief King replied calmly, slowly sitting up into a sitting position. The Pharaoh glanced over a bit, "What makes you so sure of yourself, you little brat." He slowly stood up, shutting his eyes, "Just because shared my opinion with you, doesn't mean you have to get so bent out of shape about it..." He crossed his arms, turning his head a bit, "Such a pain."

"You want to say that again..." Naruto said through clenched teeth. The anger within him was swelling with almost every word this guy said to him. He didn't see what his deal was, but it was making him very angry; Saying such things without a care as if the whole matter wasn't even important. His fists shook slightly from the burning urge to punch this guy right in his face and make him see how important it is. He was just about to take that first step forward before that familiar tone broke him right out of his trance it seems.

"Naruto.." The Uchiha said, a bit of a warning tone in his voice a bit, "Calm down, he's not worth the time...Can't just go around and pick fights...After all, we are going to be in this place for awhile and until we find a way out, we're stuck with these two."

Naruto immediately turned on Sasuke, eyes narrowed and the anger still welling inside him still. He opened his mouth to say something but the Uchiha cut him off.

"Just give a rest dobe..." Sasuke said, slowly standing to his feet. He stuck a hand in his pocket a bit and looked over slightly, "You've heard much worse before...on and off the missions. You shouldn't always get so worked up just because you heard something you don't like." He turned his head a bit, no longer looking at Naruto. "Instead always using that big mouth of yours to constantly shout and make a fuss, try actually doing something about like you've always been saying." Sasuke turned, heading off in a direction, "I'm going to keep looking to see if we might have overlooked something...I'll be back." The Uchiha simply said, walking off and not even glancing back.

"Your...friend certainly is an interesting one..." The Pharaoh simply said, looking off in the direction that he saw the raven-haired boy headed off to.

"Tch, He's not anything special...He's just a kid like that one right there." Bakura simply said, turning his back as he started to walk off.

"Watch it pal.." Naruto said through clenched teeth. "Don't just be going around saying what you want about somebody when you don't even know them all that well."

"As if I need to listen to a loud mouth." The Thief King simply said, still walking off.

Naruto growled slightly, fist clenched before letting out a slightly agitated grunt. "What's with that guy.." He looked over at the Pharaoh, "How can you possibly put up with someone like that?"

Atem simply shrugged, shaking his head as he did so. "I've been trying to figure that one out for Ra knows how long...It's starting to become a bit of a pain for me now.."

Bakura stopped in mid-step after hearing that. He didn't say a single word for awhile before some words slipped through his lips. His tone was flat, holding no emotion.

"A pain..?"

Both Atem and Naruto looked over to where Bakura was standing. Back facing them still. They had to admit, they were slightly surprised that he was still around, they thought he would've been gone by now.

"You think I'm the pain?" Bakura slowly looked over at Atem, paying Naruto no mind. He didn't care about that stupid, hyperactive little brat. Right now he was practically furious with Atem, making anything else that wasn't involved, simply meaningless and put off to the side.

Atem was speechless for a bit. He soon shook that feeling away, narrowing his eyes and fixing Bakura with a cold stare, "Yes...A. Pain."

"Oh I'm the pain? I'm the PAIN?!" He started walking over to the Atem, again, not caring for Naruto's presence.

Naruto looked over at Atem before turning his attention back on Bakura, eyes narrowed a bit. He really didn't understand the deal with this guy, if anything he was starting to act more and more like a huge pain, his clenched his hands into fists as they shook slightly.

"Hey! What's your deal anyway!?" Naruto started, taking one step forward, eyes still locked on the Thief King.

"What's my deal?" The Thief King said, anger swelling up within him slowly. "Of all the places to get trapped with, I get trapped here with him!" He pointed towards Atem as he kept going, "And not only that, but the Gods thought it would be funny to not only stick me with him, someone I truly found pure hatred towards, but with some brats as well. Not to mention one being the most major pain in the world!" He spat, eyes locked and narrowed at Naruto.

Naruto looked over Atem for a moment before looking back at Bakura again.

"Listen pal, I don't know what the issue is...But we're stuck here so we mind as well be trying to work together and find our way out so we can return to where we belong. Like Sasuke said, we have no ti-"

"Shut up!" The Thief King said, clearly already near his breaking point. He didn't like this kid, he didn't like the situation he was in and he definitely didn't like being in the same place with the one he despised the most. So much has already happened and all happening to him too nonetheless.

"Why...Is this truly some sick and twisted plans that the Gods had set up?" The Thief King thought.

"What did he ever do to you!?" Naruto snapped. He was really getting heated up now, it was only a matter of time before he might not be able to keep his attitude in check.

"As if you would know!" Bakura snapped. "Since childhood, I despised this man, this so called Pharaoh..." He gave a cold glare at Atem as he said this. Silence in the air as it grew heavy and thick between them.

"What have I truly ever done to you.." Atem looked over at Bakura, eyes narrowed. The tone in his voice was flat but there was anger following right behind. "If you're still upset about what happened in the past, I have already told you...That wasn't even my doing, you should despise my father instead of taking it out on me.."

"Past...Father...?" Naruto thought, looking between the two men. He was getting lost from this conversation. He didn't know what these two were talking about.

"W-Wait a minute here, What happened..." Naruto started, "Was his father the reason why you're the way you are?" Naruto soon looked over at Atem, not saying a word.

"Again, this has nothing to do with you...Stay out of it." Bakura practically spat. He had his own fists clenched.

"Hey! I'm just trying to understand what this is all about here. If we're stuck in here and since that's the case, I should at least get the basic idea of what your issue is and why you're being a jerk..." Naruto said, folding his arms. The anger was still there but he didn't feel that urge to punch this man like he felt before."

"If only I can just figure this out...Even if it's not much...There's just got to be a good reason that..." As Naruto's thoughts began to trail off, Atem was already saying something.

"Look, what my father did...I can't change any of that. It's already in the past, it's done and it's over with..." Atem said. The Thief King simply gritted his teeth in response, clenching his fists even more tighter. Atem wasn't even bothered, let alone aware of it as he continued.

"But just because he was my father, doesn't mean that I'm going to be completely like him even after his death." Atem said, facial expression unreadable and giving away no emotions. It seemed like even his anger had left, leaving no presence.

The Thief King growled slightly in anger, "And what makes you so sure of that..." He spoke, clenching his fists even tighter, a few droplets of flood dripping through his fingers a bit.

Silence hung around the area, not even a single breath could be heard. It was like, everyone was holding their breaths. It stayed like this until finally, Naruto broke the deadly quiet silence.

"So...what exactly happened..?"

What happened...?