"How is it going Naruto?" Kurama asked as Naruto had been quiet for 15 minutes.
"Better than what it was but I still can't reach it...I'm so close-ttebayo." Naruto told him, he was getting a little frustrated now.
"I'm sure you'll be able to do it." Kurama encouraged. "If you're closer than what you were that means it's working."
"Mmm, you may be right." Naruto said before an idea struck him and he turned to Kurama quickly, "what kind of seal were they using dattebayo?" He asked excitedly.
"As far as I could tell it was a standard chakra seal, why?" Kurama answered slowly.
Naruto smiled confidently, sat down and crossed his legs. Kurama looked at him with a smirk as he realised what Naruto was thinking, "I hope this works." Naruto said before closing his eyes and taking a deep breath.
After 20 slow minutes that Kurama never thought would end, Naruto opened his eyes and smiled triumphantly. "My Sennin Mode works!" Naruto cheered, doing a little happy dance. "Wish me luck Kurama." Naruto said happily.
"Good luck Naruto, and be careful." Kurama said, admiring the young man he'd watched grow up.
Naruto concentrated hard, focusing his nature chakra in order to push him to the surface, when he finally made it he opened his eyes slowly. He was in a room...and he wasn't alone.
"So you managed to wake up? Tch...Doesn't matter, you can't move anyway; I've made sure of that." A man with a mask, not unlike Kakashi's, said.
"What do you want with me?!" Naruto asked irritably.
"You'll see soon." The man answered, he punched Naruto across the face; splitting his lip. "Now sit there quietly and shut up!" He said and walked out of the room.
Naruto spat the blood out of his mouth and tried to struggle against the wires, even with his Sennin mode, he couldn't break free and the chakra wires dug into his skin painfully, causing more blood to stain his white t-shirt and orange pyjama bottoms.
Naruto could feel Kurama's anger coming from deep within him but he didn't want to risk going back in case his kidnapper came back. He looked up when his kidnapper entered the room but he wasn't alone as four other men entered the room.
"What do you want from me? I want to know why you felt the need to take me dattebayo!" Naruto asked them all with an angry look, trying to struggle through the chakra wire and gritting his teeth in pain.
The red haired ninja smirked and stepped forward. "Well it's simple; we need your chakra, we've researched you Uzumaki Naruto. As an Uzumaki, you have a lot of chakra and since you have the Kyubi chakra; you would have immensely more."
Naruto looked at them in frustration, "why do you need MY chakra?" He asked.
"Well we have this machine that operates on chakra, one of us needs to be donating our chakra while someone else operates the machine but it takes so much chakra at a dangerous level. Normally we would take turns but you see...we are preparing for an attack and if we are overwhelmed, we all need to be at our best to defend ourselves. So...you will be in the machine while we are free to use it and attack or defend ourselves as well." The red haired man explained so calmly it was like he was discussing the weather.
Naruto glared, he wanted to talk to Kurama but he was sure that he couldn't do that if they were still here. "What happens when your attack is over? Do you let me go?" Naruto asked curiously, playing along.
A dark haired ninja shook his head before speaking. "This machine we are using suppresses a certain type of chakra of a shinobi when they are near it; we fully intend to use it at maximum power. It is also a great weapon, capable of blowing up anything within a ten mile radius, and as my friend here has said; the machine absorbs chakra at a dangerous level. We don't think you will survive what we have planned; Uzumaki and Kyubi chakra may be good but it's not that good." He said without remorse.
"You won't get away with this-ttebayo!" Naruto growled angrily, Kurama's fury was burning inside him.
"Of course we will. Despite the fact you won the war, you're still a Jinchuriki and as far as we know, Jinchuriki are generally shunned by their own villages and when they go missing; nobody tends to care." The man with the mask said with confidence.
Naruto thought over those words, he decided to play dumb and not let them know that people were coming to rescue him. He let a defeated expression play on his face and he looked down, knowing that the men would think they had broken him.
When they walked out of the room, Naruto closed his eyes and appeared in front of Kurama.
"Are you okay Kurama?" Naruto asked him worriedly.
"Am I okay? Naruto you are in serious trouble here if the rescue teams don't get here soon." Kurama said angrily.
"I know but at least they don't know there are rescue teams coming so they're not in any rush; that'll buy them some time." Naruto said, thinking over everything they had told him.
"I'm going to speak with Gyuki and Bee and let them know everything that's happened, go back up to the surface just in case and come back if something happens while I'm away." Kurama replied with a serious face.
"Okay, see you soon." Naruto told him. Naruto pushed himself to the surface and found that he was still alone in the room, he slumped down in his bonds and hissed as it irritated some of the wounds which were still bleeding. The only reason he hadn't felt weak from blood loss was because of Kurama's presence; he had always been a fast healer and his skin was trying to repair itself but the wire kept cutting into him every time he moved.
He sighed as his mind travelled to thoughts of Hinata; they had been dating for over a month but had become extremely close, especially after everything that happened with Toneri. He had noticed that he had been having very strong feelings for her for a week now, even stronger than what he had felt all those weeks ago and he wasn't quite sure what it was. Three words had been playing around his mind and every time they met up; he would have an overwhelming urge to say them to her but he was worried he'd scare her off, even though she had said something similar to him when she almost died trying to save him from Pein.
He hoped that his friends would rescue him in time; he didn't want to die before he told her. He shook his head irritably, he couldn't think like that and he just had to play along with whatever his captors wanted for now.
"Where are we now Shikamaru? Akamaru seems to think we're pretty close." Kiba asked as they ran after the two dogs, which were showing signs of slowing down.
"We seem to be close to the Kaminari village, I don't want to get too close though. We still need to report to the Raikage-Sama before we make an attempt on the village for our mission." Shikamaru explained cautiously.
"Do you think they might have taken Naruto-Kun there?" Hinata asked worriedly.
"It's possible, Shino send a few of your insects to see if he's there. Try not to send too many though; we don't want to be detected." Shikamaru said as he turned to Shino. Shino nodded in response and sent 5 insects out to follow Naruto's trail, after 5 minutes the bugs flew back and climbed back into Shino's coat.
"Naruto is in there. There is also a group of 10 rogue shinobi, they seem to be working on some machinery and my insects weren't detected so they must not have a sensory type." Shino reported as he was able to communicate with his bugs.
"Is Naruto-Kun okay?" Hinata asked anxiously.
"He seems to be, they could only get a quick glance as they were trying to avoid detection; one of the ninjas were walking towards the room they're keeping him in." Shino told her, trying not to worry her.
"Okay, let's get to the Cloud as quick as possible. The sooner we get there the sooner we can retrieve Naruto." Shikamaru said quickly. Everyone nodded and headed towards the Cloud village, taking extra care to not be detected as they passed the Kaminari village.
As they entered the Cloud village they were greeted almost immediately by Omoi and Karui. "Come with us quickly, you need to speak with the Raikage-Sama urgently. Bee-Sama has new information on the 'situation.'" Karui said to them before leading the team as quick as they could to the Raikage tower.
Hinata followed quickly, trying desperately not to think of the worst. When they entered the Raikage's office, Bee was worriedly telling his brother something; it must have been serious since it didn't sound like he was rapping.
"Raikage-Sama, the shinobi from the leaf are here." Omoi informed A.
"Raikage-Sama, we are here to help you with the Kaminari village, however, as Naruto is missing; the mission has altered slightly." Shikamaru began.
"Kakashi has informed me about Naruto; Bee here has been in contact with Kurama and has shared the information with me." A replied seriously.
"Well I would like to report that our ninja dogs have traced Naruto's scent to the Kaminari village, I thought it would be best to report to you first before we went to investigate." Shikamaru informed him.
"You were wise; we need to figure out a strategy. However, they are using a machine which affects our chakra, I was informed that it can also cause an explosion within a 10 mile radius but I'm not sure what else it can do. They are intending to destroy this village and as Raikage, I cannot allow it. Bee informed me that they took Naruto for his chakra and are unaware of your rescue operation as they don't believe that the village would care for its Jinchuriki...I must inform you that they intend to use Naruto to power the machine, it needs chakra to work but it absorbs a lot of chakra, they would have been able to use it effectively if they take turns however, due to their attack, they want to be fully capable of fighting individually...I also have to tell you that they don't expect him to survive the attack, they intend to use all his chakra." The Raikage explained, he was angry at the situation, he would never admit it but he liked the kid.
Hinata felt her heart drop, she looked down and clenched her fist. She refused to get upset, she was a lot stronger than she used to be and she was going to prove it, she swallowed the lump in her throat and after a deep breath she looked back up with her head held high.
"That means we don't have a lot of time, I need some time to think over what to do and how to disable this machine without hurting Naruto. Shino do you think you could send a few of your insects over there to take a look at it, I need to know what it does and what would be the safest way to disable it without hurting the person inside." Shikamaru explained, 'this is gonna be troublesome' he thought to himself.
"Don't be too long, the attack could come any day now and now that they have Naruto, I'd say their plan has accelerated." The Raikage told them. They nodded and walked out of the room.
So yeah I wiki'd about Shino being able to communicate with his insects :3 I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter ^=_=^