Note: This new semester I have a lot of really difficult classes, al least in my opinion. I will try to keep up with updating as much as possible, though. I 100% will update at least once a week, probably every Thursday (for my time zone). I hope you all will continue to be patient with my slow updating until my next break rolls around. In about four months, I will be on summer break. Hopefully, I'll be able to go back to daily updates then.

Thank you for your review Suzuya107. I hope you enjoy the chapter

Note: I don't normally ask since I know it can be annoying to read, but please review if you can. I'll only comment on reviewing in this chapter so it doesn't get on anyone's nerves. It really gives me the motivation to update and gets me excited to write. Feel free to review with ideas for the story too! One of my main issues for updating is simply that I'm so uninspired at times. Though I have a general idea for where I want the story to go, reading suggestions is always nice because I get new ideas to add to the story. If you have the time, please, tell me what you do and don't like so I know what you all want to read.

Last Note: I'm introducing one of my favorite characters next chapter that thus far hasn't made an appearance in this fanfic~ Any ideas?

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Sasuke woke up to feel himself in an uncomfortable position. His arms were bound behind his back, his body tied to a chair. He tried to move his legs but found them tied up as well. Sasuke did notice his sight wasn't blocked, at least. That meant they didn't know of his Uchiha background. His mouth, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky-- it was tied tightly with some sort of cloth.

Since moving around was out of the option, Sasuke settled for glancing around and trying to stay calm. That was right. He needed to remember the training he had learned from his sensei. When being held by enemy ninja, it was best to get a look at your surroundings. He needed to find any possible exits.

Looking around, he only saw two possible exits. One was the main door, and the other was a side window most likely used to intimidate the one being interrogated by the high fall down. It was clearly a room used to interrogate enemy ninja. The room was white, blood crusted around every corner, but it looked old. It was clear they rarely had to interrogate others anymore-- most likely due to the fact the villages were in a time of peace and most rouge ninjas were strong enough to not get captured.

The blood was unsettling for the young teen, the moonlight hovering in through the window is the only source of light. Sasuke clenched his eyes, knowing he should try to keep quiet and not alert them to him waking, but it was a lot to take in. The blood scattered around, the full moon's light filling in, and the dull ache in his head reminded him too much of the massacre. He knew logically that it was all in his head, but the head injury he had undoubtedly got from being knocked out made him especially sensitive.

Sasuke squirmed a bit in his seat, trying to will his mind to ignore the blood and moon but to no avail. Soon enough, his attempts to staying quiet with the panic were destroyed. He twisted and turned in his chair, grunts, of course, leaving his cloth stuffed face in the process. It seemed that whatever he did, he couldn't get out of the chair. They had taken his weapons and drained his chakra. He was helpless.

Slowly, the struggling turned into full-on panic. He reeled his body as far from the chair as possible, eyes glowing a fearful red. Two tomoe circled his pupil rapidly, breathing becoming labored as he yelled muffledly through the cloth. He growled and hissed, hitting his foot against the floor beneath to make as much noise as possible. He just wanted out of this room, damn it!

Eventually, someone did step in. It was the boy from earlier, though now he looked much more tired and worn out. He scowled at younger ninja who was making such noise in the middle of the night. "What the hell do you think you're doin', little punk? First, you and your buddy break in and kill the kage, now you can't be bothered to keep your mouth shut until sunrise? Who the hell do you think you are?" he hissed, grabbing Sasuke by the bangs of his short, dark hair to force him closer despite the bindings.

Sasuke grimaced at the tight hold, looking up at the older teen with nervousness. The lights had been switched on, and suddenly he wondered if subduing to his fear would lead him to his death. He was near during the time of the Kage's death-- he could very well be blamed for it. He couldn't answer the other's question, of course, so he settled for simple clenching his fists to help calm him down.

The sound of a lighter voice knocked him out of his blank stare up at the older teen. He painfully turned his head in the older teen's grip to see Temari standing at the doorway with crossed arms. "Brother, don't go roughing him up yet. There are a few things I need to clear up first." he relaxed lightly at her words, though he quickly returned to his stiffness as she pulled out a kunai and put it to his throat. He grunted in panic at that, though nodded a bit. He wouldn't say anything to put his village in danger, but he'd rather get the shit beat out of him without being gagged.

Temari pulled the gag from his mouth, allowing him to clench his sore jaw for only a split second before she began her questioning him. "You're Sasuke Uchiha, aren't you? You were in that batch of kidnapped kids from all those years ago. You disappeared along with our brother. It only makes sense, seeing your eyes" she concluded, turning his face back and forth in her hands to look into his eyes.

Sasuke nodded. It wasn't like it was something he could deny, anyway. She removed her hands from his face. "How do you know Gaara, and why did you call him your brother?" she stood over him, arms crossed as she questioned him.

The Uchiha lightly clenched his fists once more, straightening up as good as he could in the chair. Well, it was already out of the bag. "Gaara and I are not brothers by blood. We are simply close and refer to each other as brothers. I've seen the old articles in the newspaper detailing what they think happened to us. It's right. The same person who took Gaara, took me." closing his eyes briefly. "I can tell you're worried about him. Gaara is safe and happy with us. That much, I can assure you, but I won't speak of any other details of the people who took us.

Temari's eyes seemed to soften at that. Her little brother was safe, after all. Kankuro was the one to interrupt the silence, still seeming annoyed, bit now with a mix of pain in his voice. "Why won't you tell us anything else? Do they have you bugged? If you're worried the captors will kill you, Suna can offer its protection for you and the other children. You just need to tell us where they are."

Sasuke mused a bit, "You really don't listen well. I said Gaara was happy. All of us are. Our 'captors' treat us better than most of our parents ever did. They would never bug us."

Temari gave the younger teen a frustrated look, "If they take such good care of you guys, why did that man leave you behind? If that's the case, wouldn't he be punished for what he's done?" clearly not believing a word he said so far, or rather, having a hard time accepting it.

Sasuke's eyes turned downcast. He mentally scolded his foolish actions. He chose to not fight them all. He had disobeyed his sensei. He had chosen to not listen. He did not do what he did out of spite, he did it to strengthen him. He coldly spoke, "I've said all I'm willing to say. Take it as you will." his eyes narrowed slightly.

No matter what they did, he wouldn't become angry enough to spill information on his family. For their safety, he had to stay quiet until he was able to escape.

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Konan was seething. "You left him where?" she hissed, storming towards an oh too calm Tobi.

"Konan~ It isn't Tobi's fault! Sasuke was a naughty boy. He didn't listen to Tobi and stayed with the enemy!" he threw his hands up in false innocence.

The masked man was honestly surprised at the rage that was unleashed upon his as he returned. He had expected Konan and Nagato to be angry. He had expected Itachi and Kisame to prepare to kill him for what he had done. Hell, he wouldn't be too surprised if Deidara cussed him out.

He hadn't expected the zombie combo to pull their weapons and pin him to the wall. He hadn't expected Sasori to have his puppet up and ready to strike him at any moment. He certainly wasn't expecting the glare he gained from Zetsu, who stood off to the corner with his arms crossed. That wasn't even counting the children, either.

Hinata was sitting on the couch, crying gently as she was soothed by Karin and Naruto alike. Both the Uzumaki sent him accusing glares for the absence of their brother. Gaara was part of the group cornering him, along with Neji who was glaring him down, Byakugan blazing. "You didn't even try to help him! Those wounds hardly look like they would have slowed you down to the point you had to abandon him!"

Tobi opened his mouth but got not a single word out as he felt large hands wrap around his throat. He stared wide-eyed at a looming Kisame. The sharp growled, "Sasuke might have joined you because he wanted to be stronger, but that gives you no right to abandon him." which meant a lot, coming from the man who had killed off many teammates before for simply slowing him down. "You swore you would do your best to keep him safe. You swore it the moment you signed those papers agreeing to be his sensei, damn it!"

Seeing Itachi suiting up by the door, Tobi had to admit he was a bit relieved the Uchiha hadn't picked a fight with him. He was pretty sure he could win, but it wouldn't be without cost when it came to Itachi's love for Sasuke. Though, it was also a bit nerve provoking to see him so obviously ignoring him. Nagato lightly put a hand on Itachi's shoulder, "Itachi, we're all upset by this. We shouldn't rush in, though. They'll be expecting us to return. Especially if Sasuke isn't able to stay quiet. Which, I wouldn't blame him if he couldn't. He's in a terrifying position between life and death if he's quiet."