You know what I hate when you save the two different stories under the same name. Okay let's try this again here is hopefully chapter 12 for nightmare.

Chapter 12

Shikamaru walked through the front door of his home. He was exhausted, starving and in desperate need of a hot shower. He had no idea how he was going to get the images out of his head from the past week. He was able to hold it together to get them out and back safely thanks to Kakashi, but he didn't know what would happen when he finally sat down in the quiet. His mother and father came running to the front door. His mother instantly ran up to him and gave him a huge hug and it seemed like she was never going to let go and for Shikamaru in that moment he really didn't want her to. When she finally did his father gave him a hug as well.

"Come sit down and tell us what happened."

"I'll make you some food you looked starved." His mother said

Shikamaru just gave a nod and walked over to the couch his clothes were still damp and he was sure he would hear some comment about it later from his mother. His father sat down on the chair next to him he looked his son over. He was wet, he looked exhausted, and he had some bruising that he could see. They were gone for a week which wasn't that long of a mission considering he went to the Sound.

"So what happened?"

"It was horrible. We left too late Sasuke was already in the Sound by the time we caught up…I don't even know what I'm allowed to tell you."

"Shikamaru you know I would never say anything and I'm sure no one will give you a hard time for telling your father what happened on a mission."

"When we got there he was down in this room chained up to a metal table. He was beaten, had a stake through the palm of his one hand and he had his mouth stitched closed. We were able to remove the stake and stitches but we couldn't get the restraints off in time. The man that took him showed back up we fought him, but he was too strong and before we realised it we were locked up in a cell in the same room. We didn't even know how long we had been there for apparently it was a week. He was tortured the whole time right in front of us. When the man finally left I tried to get Sasuke to talk we all did but he couldn't stay awake any longer he was in too much pain. We came up with a plan that when the man came back Shino would use his beetles to get the key so we could get out of the cage."

Shikamaru took a deep breath in and slowly let it out. This was getting harder and harder to tell his father the closer it got to what Orochimaru did. He really didn't know how he would even tell his father what he saw. How do you describe watching a comrade get brutally raped and completely break down. Shikamaru's father placed a hand on his son's shoulder to help him he could tell something happened and it was becoming difficult for him to continue.

"The man he unchained Sasuke and said that Orochimaru was back and it was time for him to be alone with him. We didn't get a chance to do anything before he left with Sasuke. When he came back he opened a cabinet and reviled a television. We thought what we had just saw was horrible but it was nothing compared to what Orochimaru did to him."

Shikamaru put his head in his hands the images kept coming back to him and he found himself wishing he knew how to forget. His father knew what was coming he really didn't need to hear his son say it. They saw Sasuke get raped and that was something that really held no words of comfort.

"How did you escape?"

"Shino got the key and we fought as hard as we could. Once he was down he left got Sasuke out, but when he left the Sound there was a huge storm. We finally found a cave to hide in Shino went to find help he found Kakashi. We tried our best to help the bleeding he was bleeding out from his one lung we did our best to stop it and to keep him warm. He was in so much pain when he woke up we didn't know if we should keep him awake or let him sleep. Finally we figured if he was sleeping then he wouldn't feel the pain. Kakashi knew we couldn't wait any longer so we wrapped him up as much as we could to protect him from the rain. Now he's in the hospital and we don't know if he'll make it through the night."

Shikamaru was now in full tears just remembering everything that had happened in a week. His father moved over to the couch and gave his son a hug and held him as h cried. This was all too much to ask for children to go through. Tsunade really should have sent adults to get Sasuke they would have been able to handle the situation.

"I thought he was going to die. He went through so much pain there's no way someone can survive that much pain. He's going to die and we couldn't help him."

"Shhh you did everything you could do. You got him out, you got him to survive till help came and you got him to the hospital. You all saved his life it'll be okay he survived this long he'll survive through the night and the next one after that. You just have to have hope and give him time he'll survive this you all will."

"What if he doesn't?"

"You can't think like that. Just stay positive I know it's hard but after you get some food and sleep you'll feel better. It's just going to take time."

A few minutes later his mother walked in with some hot chicken noddle soup and crackers. He had been gone a week and she didn't know when he ate last so she didn't want to upset his stomach. After eating he thanked his parents then headed to take a long hot shower before he went to bed. The whole time in the shower he couldn't stop thinking about Sasuke and what kind of pain he is in. If he woke up at all, if he was scared and in unbearable pain. After a good half hour of hot water on his sore and tired body he got out dried off and put on clean clothes. He then said good night to his parents and went into his room. He curled up into his warm comfy bed and was surprised at how fast his fell asleep.