Ranger24: I want to finish this up before the one year anniversary of me starting this fic. I want to have this done before I start anymore new fanfics. Or continue on with BSA, unless the rest of season 4 starts before I finish this. Enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 34: Hard time
Disclaimer: I own nothing. (Dosen't mean I don't pwn!)
Naruto's head felt fuzzy when he woke up. He was in a stone jail cell with one window leading up to the street. Outside he could hear the hustle and bustle of a city. For some reason he wasn't bothered with any of this and just sat down on his straw mat bed. He lay there for hours as things began to piece together in his brain. He was in Gilead. He tired calling Cortana but…
'We are sorry,' said a woman's voice. 'You have zero signal strength, please try again later.'
'Okay.' Naruto thought sitting back down on his bed. He sat there on his mat staring at the ceiling until a bowl of soup and a pitcher of water was pushed inside of the cell. The soup tasted awful and the water had an odd smell about it. But after eating and drinking he fell asleep almost instantly.
Hours later he awakened to a great commotion. He made his way clumsily over to the barred doors and saw a large group of soldiers making their way down the corridor. Naruto watched them go by for a bit before he got bored.
He was about to sit down when there was a sudden gap in the lines. There two soldiers were dragging a young woman. Her hair was flung down over her face, but Naruto instantly realized it was the same person from his dreams. Then as one of the guards shifted his weight to get a better hold on her a bit of her hair was pulled away from the side of her head revealing pointed ears. Naruto felt his breath catch in his throat. She was an elf!
Naruto stared at her for a moment before a man with pale skin and black hair that ran past his shoulders turned from the lines and smirked at him, with deathly yellow eyes. Naruto recoiled instantly. A shade! So help him a god damned shade!
The shade bore into Naruto with his gaze before rejoining the rest of the lines. Naruto's mind began racing. What was a shade doing here? Why hadn't the soldier's killed it on sight? Was the shade in Xemnas's service? Naruto's head buzzed with questions as he lay back down on his sleeping mat.
A short time later another bowl of soup and another pitcher of water were pushed through the bars. Naruto was about to start eating when he realized what might be the cause of his powers not working. Ranger had told him of a drug that could suppress magical abilities. He now guessed it was probably in the water and the soups broth.
Although he was very hungry he poured the water out through the bars and shoved his soup out with it. He then lay back down on his bed hunger clawing his stomach.
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The next day Naruto's stomach still grumbled and growled. When the breakfast tray came in it was followed by the leader of the guards, a man with blue eyes and brown hair that hung down to the base of his neck stepped inside.
"Hi there." He said.
Naruto didn't speak, as his stomach would probably grumble if he opened his mouth.
"My name is captain Butch Flowers. I'm the head guard here. If you need anything just ask, because there is nothing more important than the condition of my prisoners. Is that clear?" Captian flowers said.
Naruto still didn't answer.
"Well anything you want to talk about?" Captain Flowers asked.
Naruto kept his lid shut still. The captain left soon afterwards.
As Naruto sat in his cell his mind began to clear faster. He also began to remember words from the ancient language. Unfortunately when he tried to use them he got nothing. He quickly ditched the meal out the window. At lunch time he was listening in on the guards when he caught a familiar name.
"So Grif who's your sister?" Said a guard who had a red cross painted on his shield, the sign of a medic.
"Look man stop trying to get into my sister's pants. Besides, she's in Dras Leona." Said Grif, a fat soldier with brown hair, five o'clock shadow, smoking a cigar, and looking annoyed.
"Oh yeah, I met her." Naruto said nonchalantly.
"Hey shut it you! You're in the joint!" Grif said waving the sword he had at his side at the bars. But then he glanced at the door as the medic left.
"How is she?" He asked.
"Umm… She seemed okay." Naruto said.
"Oh good. Is she working at a brothel?" Grif asked.
"No she's working at an inn." Naruto replied.
"Oh good." Grif said turning back to his guarding.
At that moment Captain Flower's voice could be heard from the hall.
"I'm sorry sir, but my orders say nobody is to see the prisoner without the king's permission. His messenger's are on route to pick him up." Said Captain Flowers.
"Really? And who is to stop me from just talking to him now?" Said a calm, but unpleasant to the ear, voice.
"My order's came from the king himself!" Captain Flowers protested.
"I will deal with the king." The voice replied.
Then door at the end of the corridor opened and in entered the shade followed by the Captian. Naruto tired to stay calm as the shade approached his cell and he turned to Grif.
"Unlock the door." He hissed in a snake like voice. Grif half shaken with fear unlocked the door to the cell and the shade stepped inside.
"Well my young rider. Hello." He said smirking.
Naruto quickly slurred his voice.
"Who… who are you?" He said trying to sound drunk which was a lot harder then it sounded.
"Who am I?" The shade mused in a mocking tone. "That's not all that important. Who are you?"
"I'm Naru…" He started but the shade waved his hands.
"No! Not that name, don't you have another one? That you only use in certain circumstances?" The shade asked.
Naruto instantly knew what he was up to.
'He want's my true name to control me,' he thought to himself. 'Trouble is I don't even know it.'
He considered saying he didn't know it but that would probably not satisfy the shade. He figured then that he'd need to make up a name. He quickly pulled something together, but he decided he'd try to scare the shade a bit so he screwed around with words a bit.
"Ranger told me it once… it was…"
He screwed up his face in a look of concentration. Then he opened his eyes brightening them.
"Dusunadvar Fyreyor." That meant almost literally, death of the shadows.
The shade seemed troubled by this but he quickly wiped it away.
"Well I guess I have nothing more to do here. But I'll be back tomorrow." The shade said turning to leave. Then he noticed to Naruto's horror the full pitcher and bowl of soup that was his lunch!
"Captain!" He snapped at Flowers, who sprang to attention, hand instantly going to his sword hilt.
"Yes sir?"
"The boy hasn't eaten his meal yet." The shade hissed eyeing Naruto.
"Grif! Has the prisoner eaten?" Flowers said to Grif.
"Well if you mean breakfast, then yeah. You guys got here before he started lunch." Grif said.
The shade stepped out of the cell followed by Flowers and Grif locked the door.
"Make sure he drinks and eats." The shade snapped.
Then Naruto heard him whisper to flowers.
"Up the dosage. Just in case."
Flowers nodded and the two of them left. Grif shuddered.
"Damnit I feel like a year of my life get's shaved off every time I see that guy." Grif said slumping against the wall.
"Why do you guys word for him?" Naruto asked.
"Well it's either that or he'd kill us. He's one of the king's tops." Grif muttered.
Naruto sighed and sat back against the wall. He had to escape, and make sure he brought the elf with him. He ditched his lunch when Grif wasn't looking. Grif didn't seem to care much about his job and spent most of his time smoking in the corner. Naruto then poured his water out the window. This time he was sure Grif saw him but didn't move to stop him.
Naruto then lay back on his bed and thoughts of the elf filled his mind until dinner came. Grif didn't even bother with him as Naruto chuck his soup out the window followed by his pitcher. His thoughts again strayed to the elf as he fell asleep.
Ranger24: Next time, Jail Break! Read and review.