Gaara
stepped on his sister's foot.
"Ow! What the heck!" she
yelled.
"Look." He said in his usual low but dark voice.
Temari motioned her head in the direction his fingers were pointing
to. There was a kid, Gaara's age, sitting behind a tree eating.
"So
what? Are you hungry? Want me to buy you a Big Mac too?" she
taunted.
He glared at her. " That's a Whopper, idiot,
and don't you get it he's the kid on the news."
Temari took
this in consider, and finally said, getting up from the bench, "Let's
go check him out."
The park was quiet, but Naruto
could still hear the kids yelling, the dogs barking, and the birds
chirping…but there was-
"AAAAHH!" he screamed automatically
when he turned around. Directly behind him stood the two most
creepiest people he's ever seen. One was about his age, 16 or 17,
and had red hair. His eyes were blue like Naruto's and yet very
dark. The scariest thing was this kid had no eyebrows and had what
looked like a bucket on his back. Next to him stood a girl a little
older then the red head. She had blonde hair and was looking normal.
Except the fact that she had a stick half the size of her body
hanging on her back.
He ran for
it.
Sakura
paced her cell.
She was powerless.
She was bored.
She was
lonely…well, in a way.
"So Sasuke…Where do you live?" the
girl named Ino, Sakura's cell mate, asked the guy in the cell next
door.
"For god sakes, Ino, he's not interested…leave him
alone." Sakura hissed, annoyed.
Sasuke, along with
Kakashi, were in this prison this very second, sharing the same fate
as Sakura. Somehow she was put in a cell right next to theirs, with a
girl named Ino.
Stupid as it can
get, Ino wouldn't stop flirting with Sasuke. And oddly, Sasuke has
been acting a little…emo. He doesn't talk, just
glares, and when the food slips under the caged door he eats it very
slowly.
Kakashi explained that your
powers aren't gone permanently, explaining the every day procedure
of the police coming in the cell with a needle filled with a
substance that takes away your power for 10 hours.
The
cages were not like the ones you see on Prison Break or any other
shows. It had steel walls in the front and on the side with small
holes instead of bars. Maybe a way to communicate.
The
cell also had beds…a toilet…and that's about it.
The food
tasted weird, usually some chicken soup and bread with water for
dinner and for breakfast- scrambled eggs bread and a tap of jelly. No
lunch…
Before finding refuge- if that's what you called it- in the cage, Sakura was forced to take a shower, no complaints there.
All in all…everything was just great…tch.
--
The greatest
flaw of this whole thing was not being with Naruto. Even though she
chose that path, it hurt her. He meant so much to her, she realized.
And she really did love him. Whatever he was doing right now, he
better be doing it with caution. She didn't get into this mess for
nothing.
"Ow!
Ow! OUCH! Stop it!" Naruto yelled at his attacker, "PUT ME DOWN!"
"Shut up! You're too loud, or else we'll get caught." The
girl hissed.
Before Naruto realized it, he was hooked
in the air by his ankle. How? He didn't even know. All he could see
was the two creepy people upside down.
"Are
you Uzumaki Naruto?" the girl asked.
"Huh? Are you here to
arrest me?"
"No! Idiot, are you Uzumaki Naruto?" she
yelled.
"Y-Yes…" he admitted.
Suddenly he was dropped
onto the ground. "How did you do that?" Naruto yelled.
"That
was sand. My brother here, Gaara, works with sand. My name is Temari,
and I work with Wind." She said.
"Ooooh. I
get it. Ok…so you guys are running from them too?" Naruto
asked.
"No. We haven't been caught yet." Temari said.
"They
don't know anything of our existence." Gaara added, in his dark
and dull voice, sending chills down Naruto's spine.
The
sun was starting to set, and the park was empty. Naruto, Temari, and
Gaara hid deeper into the shadows to avoid whoever was left out
there.
"So what's with that stick on your back,
Temari?" Naruto asked her as he tied his shoelace.
"It's
not a stick…it's a fan."
"Huh?"
"It helps me use my
power. You'll see one day."
Naruto nodded and looked at Gaara,
"What's that bucket on your back?"
Gaara stared at Naruto.
"Die." He muttered turning away.
Temari leaned in, "He can
get really creepy, just tone down on the questions. That bucket is
filled with sand, just in case he has none around."
"Uh…huh."
"So where are you headed, Uzumaki?" Temari asked
him once Naruto got done explaining his powers.
"I…don't
know." Ever since Naruto woke up on the beach to find no Sakura, he
became lost. Usually with her around its 'Do this, go there, stop
there', this kept him on track. But now with his goal of finding
her, he didn't have that guide. And he barely even knows where she
went.
"Do you have a heading?" Temari
interrupted his thoughts.
"Actually…I'm looking for someone.
She's like us…so I am guessing she's been captured."
"Where
did she leave you?"
"In Ohio."
Temari sighed, "Well
then, if she happened to get caught she would be in the Eastern
Headquarters."
"Eastern Headquarters?"
"In New York."
"Oh." Naruto eyes wondered off to Gaara who was standing by a
tree staring intently at a bunny.
"That's where we're
headed," she continued, also looking at Gaara, "our brother was
captured and sent there. We plan to save him."
The bunny sniffed
the air and walked towards Gaara's feet. Gaara made a sudden move
with his hand and a pile of sand emerged from the dirt and grasped
the bunny. Moments later the sand disappeared leaving a dead corpse.
"Damn."
Sitting
on her very uncomfortable bed, Sakura stared at the empty
ceiling. Two weeks has passed since she left Naruto. One week and
four days has passed since she was placed in this cell.
'Come
on…' she thought, 'If their gonna kill me, or do wutever to me,
hurry up. This is soo boring.'
In the cell to her left, she
heard Shikamaru sigh: "What a drag."
Seriously…what a drag.
Ino had taken a nap, Sasuke was in the corner of his cell
mourning, Kakashi was reading… (They let him take the book along
after some brief…persuasion.), to her left, Shikamaru was faking
sleep, and his cell mate, Chouji, was eating his dinner.
Sakura
fought back some tears, 'Man this is how I'm gonna live for the
rest of my life.'
Suddenly foot steps were heard from the end of
the hallway. Was it cleaning time?
She jumped off her bed and
walked over to the front. Lee the janitor was here! He had his cart
of cleaning things and was walking down the aisle towards her
cell.
"Hey Sakura!"
"Hey Lee!"
"I brought you
some food, you must be hungry, and I doubt that stuff they gave you
would make you full." He said.
"Oh my god, thank you! "
she said as he handed her some Panda Express.
"No need to thank
me." He narrowed his eyes, "What's your time?"
"Huh?
Umm…7:30." When someone asks you that question there referring to
the poison and how long it has been in your body. The poison lasts 10
hours then your powers are back. At 9 the guards come in and inject
another 10 hours in your body. "What time is it really?"
"10:30."
She nodded.
"Well, I should get going, my master would be
very mad if he finds out that I'm not cleaning. After all I do have
to surpass him one day."
Swallowing an Orange Chicken, Sakura
said good-bye. Turning around she came face to face with Ino.
"Again?" she hissed.
"Jealous
much?"
They
wouldn't let him run. No matter what he told them.
"Ill meet
you guys there, come on your so slow."
"No." Gaara
snapped.
"I can get there like in 2 hours…it's gonna take
weeks if we walk like this !" he cried.
"Cry."
"Ugh…
Don't you guys have anyway of running fast?"
Gaara and Temari
exchanged looks. Something was up.
"Well…we can. But its hard
work…and its not as fast as you are but it's pretty fast."
Temari said, uncertain.
"Ok…we are in Pennsylvania know…it'll
take how long to get there?"
"About…One day." Gaara
said.
"Good! Let's do it! Come on!"
"It's not THAT
easy. We need concentration." Temari yelled.
"Ill give you it.
Ok, so…" he stared at the other two who stared at him.
"CONCENTRATE!"
Naruto sat on the tree reading a map of
the prison that Gaara had up his sleeve. If Sakura was in there, she
would be in the second floor where everyone else was. The first floor
had rooms that took care of things such as, cameras that were video
taping 24/7, the bomb/tracker that were in the prisoners, the
cafeteria for the guards and all the unnecessary stuff. The third
floor was where things got dangerous. That's were the police did
the experiments. Whatever they did in there, it was SERIOUSLY
off-limits.
If he was to break in, Naruto had to take
care of the guards at the gates, and in the prison. Then all the
cameras, and then the steeled doors.
Right now, Gaara and
Temari were concentrating…if that's what you call standing around
doing nothing.
"Are you guys done yet!?" Naruto
yelled below.
"I guess." Temari called back. Naruto jumped
down, and walked towards them.
"So how are you gonna do this?"
he asked.
"We jump on trees." Gaara said simply.
Naruto
had no nerve to ask questions so he replied by an "Okay…you go
ahead."
Temari went first. With one jump she landed perfectly on
a tree branch, on the second she launched herself five trees ahead.
And so on, Gaara went next much faster. Naruto watched dumbfounded.
He shook his head, "Hey! Wait for
me!"
(One
Day later)
Shikamaru hasn't been tagged yet.
Today, it was his turn.
Sakura was tagged, Sasuke, Kakashi, Chouji
and Ino too.
"Aren't you nervous?" Sakura asked
Shikamaru.
"I don't care."
"Its gonna hurt."
"Did
it hurt you?"
"Umm…no…but…there gonna drill you open and
put a bomb in you!" she cried.
Shikamaru shrugged.
"Aren't
you the slightest, teensiest worried?"
Shrug.
"I think I'm
more worried about it then you…" she said in disbelief.
"How
troublesome."
They
were there. After 5 hours of hard running…and tree jumping. Naruto
stared at the gloomy building.
He, Gaara and Temari were standing
far from the prison. There plan to invade the place was all set, and
organized. They knew the whole place inside and out, thanks to an old
friend of Gaara.
As he stared at the
guards, Naruto thought of the consequences he would be facing if he
did one mistake. He could get careless and run off looking for
Sakura, which was the main point of this whole thing for him.
"Ok.
I'm going." Gaara muttered next to him.
"Be careful."
Naruto whispered after him.
Gaara stepped into the lights, the men haven't seen him yet, and that was okay. His gourd was opening and the sand slowly poured on the ground. Those men had no clue…stupid guns…weapons that meant nothing to him…this was gonna be easy.
"All done."
"Geez Gaara…you
didn't have to kill them." Temari said, as if it was the most
normal thing ever.
"Kill? You killed them?" Naruto
spat.
"Get over it…Okay; good thing there is no windows on
those buildings…ok go Naruto." Temari told him.
Naruto nodded
and switched on his speed mode and ran towards the doors. He summoned
a clone and left it there while he ran off in the distance. A couple
minutes later Gaara and Temari emerged with the police uniforms on
them. They grabbed Naruto's clone's arms and opened the doors.
There were a couple of police men hanging around. A woman on a desk
stared at them.
"What's this?" she asked.
"We
found the boy, Uzumaki Naruto, hanging around here." Temari said
with a deep stern voice.
The lady stared at him, "Oh yeah…"
but her eyes looked over at Gaara and Temari. "I don't think I've
seen you two around here before."
"Top Secret, Orochimaru
assigned us these positions."
The lady's eyes widened. "Oh,
right. Move along."
Naruto moved around as if he were trying to
escape. Gaara nodded at the lady. They took Naruto into a
room to 'prepare him for a cell'.
"Ok…so the camera room
is around the corner." Temari said. "Gaara you're going there
to take care of everything there, and I'll take care of Naruto."
Gaara nodded. He held out his hand and the gourd emerged out of
it by sand. "See you. And don't mess up. !"
The
clone of Naruto nodded.
Gaara walked out of the
room.
Gaara
calmly walked out and looked left and right, police men from ages 20-
40 walked back and forth. He fixed his hat, gun, and gourd which was
hanging on his shoulder. Turning the corner, Gaara searched for the
Camera room, which monitored everything going on in the building. He
found it and saw that it was unlocked.
God, these people are
idiots.
Entering the room he found 3 people sitting on chairs
reading, eating, and sleeping while the cameras rolled.
This is
so easy.
Summoning some sand from his gourd he
ordered it across the room. All three piles of sand wrapped itself
around there neck and within seconds…all dead.
Gaara
walked up towards the big screen where all 20 cameras showed him what
was going on in that area.
His job was done…sort of.
The real Naruto got his signal and ran
into the building as soon as the doors opened. Nobody saw him of
course. He locked himself in the room Temari and his clone were in.
"Ok, I'm headed towards the cells, Temari you
ready?" he asked.
"Yep."
"Let's go."
They
headed out this- time the real Naruto as the fake captive. His clone
hung by.
Naruto (the clone) ran for it. He headed upstairs,
also relying on Gaara fixing the cameras. He passed many guards who
took sudden notice of the gushing wind but shrugged it off.
The
place wasnt as heavily guarded as he thought it would be, but he knew
if he stuck around to much he would get caught.
Finally the cell
aisle.
Naruto walked down the long hall, passing many
sleepy captives. But many were awake. Temari and his real self were
busy dealing with any one who came by, so Naruto took his time
looking for Sakura, and there brother Kankuro.
"Naruto!"
Naruto turned his head to find himself face to face with Kiba and
Hinata.
"You guys? Wow…told you, you would get
caught!"
"Naruto! What the hell are you doing here?"
"Looking
for Sakura…"
He noticed that Hinata was crying.
"She down
over there." Kiba said with a hint of excitement in his
voice.
Naruto started to jog. He was getting excited also…she
was here. He finally confirmed that. Soon jogging turned to running
as he quickly looked for his love.
"Sakura!"
Sakura
heard the voice…but it wasn't Lee's or one of those guards. It
was the voice she was longing for…the voice she was longing for
weeks.
It can't be…
Great she was starting to hallucinate.
"Sakura!"
"Is that Naruto?" Kakashi whispered in the
cell next to her.
They were hearing it too? Sakura quickly got up
and before she could control her senses there he was in front of her.
Her Naruto.
