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Carrying him was much harder then he thought. He shifted the body over his shoulder, silently spewing curses. If he was any normal boy, he would have fallen - crumbled beneath the weight; but he was obviously no normal boy. Why was base so far anyways? Danzo and his paranoia getting the best of him again. He would've eaten a bit of the man on top of him but he had his orders, direct from the head. Such a shame as well—he licked his lips, wondering what his 'mentor' tasted like. Would he taste like the last one? Tender all the way to the bone...sadly, he sighed.

"Bring Kakashi to me!" He remembered Danzo saying heatedly, "he knows too much."

He knows too much , he mocked silently in his head, it's not like he told him anything; or at least if Kakashi keeps his mouth shut then nobody will ever know. He once again shifted the larger man to displace the weight as he walked towards a dark twisting staircase he had just 'happened' to come across in the middle of the Konoha forest. Of course, anyone following him would be dead immediately. He thought upon it for a moment while looking down the secret entrance. Now that he thought about it, a lot of his meals growing up came from intruders. Not that it mattered anymore anyways, they were probably long forgotten by their families and anyone else who cared.

Shaking off his thoughts, he made his way down the stairs. Twisting and turning as Kakashi's feet slid behind them. He inwardly winced, waking up with raw toes and bone wasn't the most ideal...however if it betters his chance of getting a taste then he was all for it. Getting to the base of the stairs, he walked forward, forward - no lefts, no rights - forward till he reached a door.

Opening it up and stepping into an elevator, he hit the one and only button. From there, it carried him further and further away from the surface. No, chime, no squeaking cables, no elevator music, no nothing. He just stood in silence as they were carried down. Feeling the contraption stop, he let his teacher slide off his back. The sound of the Kakashi hitting the floor of the room that he had just entered echoed loudly and winced and took a quick glace around. A dark place with only one cliche light—not a spot of dust to be seen.

"Very good, I see he's unharmed," He knew Danzo was referring to bite wounds and not battle wounds, not that he could help it, "Put him in the memory chair," Doing so and strapping the older male in he turned to leave but Danzo held him back by saying, "Not yet, I want you to be present for this,"

That was weird Danzo never let any of them stay during these sky forsaken sessions but that was an order. Making a point in letting his silent sigh become herd, he sat on the stone floor, eyeing both men. The old man hobbled over to Kakashi and tightening his wrists and ankles to the chair. Then he placed a wired contraption on the white haired man's head, his forceful pushing woke obviously very very confused, Kakashi kept quiet intent on finding out the intentions of his captors. He looked on bored as Danzo paced back and forth in front of Kakashi.

Soon, Kakashi grew annoyed of the cloaked man in front of him, "Umm... hello,"

He watched as Kakashi convulsed and struggled in the chair. He knew what was happening...after all he was no stranger. You talk...pain from nowhere, you move too much...pain from nowhere, Danzo wanted it...pain from nowhere. The sadistic old man would crank it up every time the person got used to a level till the person was open to anything. He licked his lips, imagining the tender flesh slowly being roasted from the inside out. He wasn't a fan of cooked meat, but anything will do to keep his hunger at bay.

He noticed that Kakashi had figured the movement part out and was doing his best to keep still. Seeing that Kakashi had gotten used to level, Danzo cranked it up a notch. Kakashi coughed blood at the fifth level and everything stopped. The scent of blood hit his nose and his stomach howled before a thought crossed his he coughed blood, Danzo didn't do anything to stop the pain. Keeping it to himself, he stood and walked to unstrap Kakashi from the chair and laid him on the stone on the floor after getting a sharp look from Danzo

'On the floor' the silent order had been shouted between the two of them.

Keeping a careful eye upon the leader of the village, he backed away into a corner of the room like a spider. Why was he staring him down? What did he do? He shuffled as quickly as he could though his memories, yet nothing stood out to him...he decided to question it.

"What did I do?"

He noticed Kakashi was losing his grip on the reality in front of them—soon Danzo would have succeeded in suggesting different memories for the masked male. Still, he was sure Kakashi would keep quiet about what he had been taught. Although, something in the back of his mind told him it was a lie.

"What did you do? You are obstructing the rise of our village by investigating what you shouldn't know!" The old man growled. "I want nothing but the best for this village. Konoha will become the land of fire then the elemental nations and then it will be come the world!" All this was said with true emotion, Danzo might have been an old devil but he knew he thought he knew what was best for his beloved village. "As a child..."

He tuned out the rest of the rehearsed speech. He needed to escape. His punishment was coming soon he didn't want to be inside the small room when it did. He closed his eyes as he could feel invisible waves of betrayal coming from Kakashi's unconscious body. When he opened them, Danzo had wind chakra coating his cane was going in and out of different parts of his torso. It was upon striking his head, he let out a scream. Chakra sliced through his flesh, as it whipped back and forth. His skin was peeling in layers and nothing in that moment would ever be as bad. Thinking that thought too soon, he felt heat being directed towards him.

Shit. He thinks. He's getting ready to be burned.

Punishment...he wouldn't be punished unless Danzo thought he was teaching Kakashi. That would put Sakura and Sasuke in trouble, if Danzo's thoughts didn't match with actions. His world was filled with pain as Danzo threw him around the room in a brutal punishment session. He was numb...oh, so numb. He figured it was done once he heard his body echo against a stone wall—unfeeling to anything a final question filled his mind.

Why is he smirking?

He lost consciousness as Kakashi's smirk ingrained into his memory from a body that was just waking up from a long slumber.


"Naruto...Naruto can you hear me?"

He could feel the question running inside his mind. Who was that? Was that voice female? What was—gah! Moving isn't the best of options right then. His body was on fire—did he get hurt? Last he remembered he was with Sai running on towards an enemy base. Did they get attacked? Oh, no—Danzo will have a cow if he found out they were captured again.

"Naruto if you can hear me, open your eyes."

Okay, now that was just weird. These people knew him, but he couldn't recognize their voices. Was Captain playing another trick on him again? Skies forbid that happen—he would be tied to another pole upside down again! Then again, it got him out of cleaning duties so maybe it wasn't as bad as he made it out to be.

"Can you hear my voice, Naruto?"

Well duh, of course he could. It wasn't like he couldn't hear, if only he could open his eyes and call out the bastard of the Captain. Oh, but calling Captain bastard wouldn't go by well...he groaned.

"Sasuke! I think he's waking up!"

Sasuke? Who's Sasuke? Does the female voice mean Itachi's younger brother? He would like to spar with him some day. He shook his thoughts away, groaning at the quick flash of pain that surged throughout his body. Groaning once more, he slowly peeled his eyes open to see a white room bathed in a soft orange glow. He was in the hospital...great.

"Naruto, you're awake!"

His eyes quickly shifted to the two members in the room—one male the other female.. His body immobile as his instincts were set on the highest degree, a he tried to shift away from them. "W-who are y-you?"


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