A/N: whoah it's been too long, our computer was being… gay, put simply. I wouldn't say I've been procrastinating writing this story; it's just that our computer is being dumb. I hope you enjoy it; I really am liking this chapter so far. This is where my writing talent is going to show through, but with Naruto characters! I seriously wanna start another fic but I don't think I should because I'm not finished with this one… and hell, this one hasn't even gotten to the good part yet! Yeah.. I hope you like this! And I'm also starting to get curious if I should change the rating because of this chapter… tell me if I should so I don't get in trouble.

Chapter Five:

Until Sunrise

"You will die here," The voice was familiar but angry, signaling superior seriousness. A revealing flicker of red eyes glared at Naruto. "Your fantasies disgust me."

"You don't know what my fantasies are!" he yelled back, gritting his teeth.

"I do. And I an show them to you right now." The voice remained seriousness, tainted with disgust.

"My dream it to become Hokage! And I will!" Naruto shouted with the clench of a fist.

"You have another dream. You just don't want to admit it to anyone, not even yourself," the voice told him.

"Then what is my dream, you supposed fucking genius?" Naruto asked with indignation.

"Then let me show you." A bright flicker attracted Naruto to the glistening, crimson eyes that were before him and he felt as though he were falling…

He stood in pitch-black darkness that had swallowed him, gazing upon a figure of himself and someone else…

The person was Sasuke. He could tell now. He watched, listening…

Naruto's eyes became annular with a taste of horror as he watched the fake figures of Sasuke and him…

"Don't tell anyone about this," Sasuke whispered as he fidgeted under the bed sheets, revealing his muscular, naked upper torso with sweat trickling from it. He wrapped his body up in the cotton sheets, gasping for air as he climbed off of Naruto.

"I won't, don't worry," he replied back, softly. "It was fun, wouldn't you say?"

"Yeah," Sasuke replied.

The actual Naruto covered his ears, wincing, with a nasty gut-wrench of his stomach. "Stop this!" he cried desperately. "Fucking stop this! This isn't my fantasy!" he wailed.

"Yes it is, but you don't want to admit it to yourself. This is what you want, harbored deep down."

"Stop it!" he screamed again, cradling his head in his hands. "That isn't true!"

"It is. You are in denial. I know this by using my Tsukayomi."

"Shut the fuck up, you fucking bastard Itachi!"

A small murmur of laugher left his lips as a soft moan protruded from the scene in front of Naruto. "What if I told you that this was real?" Itachi questioned. "What if I told you that this was to happen in the future?"

"Then I'd kick your goddamn ass for being such a fucking liar!" Naruto screamed.

"It wouldn't be a lie. It is in the future. You know you like this." Itachi sneered at him with a sudden glimmer from his Sharingan eyes. Naruto remained silent with seething fury.

"But also…" Itachi began. "What if I told you that Sasuke feels the same way?"

Naruto looked up at him, his brilliant blue eyes round with a taste of shock. "How would you know?" he demanded.

"Tsukayomi."

"I don't give a damn about some freaky-ass technique that you can do with your deformed eyes!" he shouted.

"But as I said, you will die here. You will not take Sasuke away into your idiotic fantasy."

"Wait a minute---" Naruto began.

"He isn't yours to take. Now die."

A shimmering kunai dagger flew towards him quickly, avoiding time for a reaction, and it pieced him in the chest. Blood flickered through the air as a silent scream dared to ring from his lips. He collapsed onto the ground, choking upon his own blood, gurgling for help as the world faded into a distant, hazy mist.

Naruto awoke with a start, his eyes circular with a real taste of fear. It was now nighttime, he noted, due to the velvety black sky. He sucked in a breath of the humid air as let it back out, trying to clear his thoughts. His arms and legs were still bound by the rope and Kyoru's chakra and he struggled to grasp freedom.

"Oi, Sasuke!" he shouted, squinting in the darkness to see. The night remained silent. "Sasuke!"

Again, there was nothing.

"He glanced around again to see nothing.

"Ano… Sasuke? Did you leave me here!"

A gust of new silence occurred.

He struggled again, flopping around on the ground like a fish out of water that was completely desperate to obtain moisture, failing on getting anywhere.

"Dammit!" he whined. "Dammit! I'm stuck and I'm hungry! Dammit!" His complaints didn't get him anywhere.

" Maybe if I scream louder he will hear me…?" he wondered, smirking. He drew in a deep breath… "OI! SASUKE! YOU BASTARD! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!"

Again, there was nothing.

"Arrgh! That bastar-"

His voice was cut off.

"Konbon wa, Naruto-kun." He quickly looked around skeptically to see Kyoru standing in front of him, his brown hair covering the expression of his eyes.

"ARRGH!" Naruto wailed. "YOU'RE THE ASSHOLE FROM BEFORE!"

"Why thank you," he replied with a mild grin. "That's one way you could put it, I suppose."

"Here's another way I can put it! Get this fuckin' rope off of me!"

"Naah. Not at the moment. You can die by the restriction of my chakra, just like how your friend is dying by the dirt crushing him!" Kyoru told him.

"Ehh? You foul bastard!" Naruto roared.

"I know, aren't I?" he replied, and flashed a quick smile.

"Did Kakashi-sensei send you here to test us or something?" Naruto wanted to know.

"Kakashi? Oho… I annihilated him so easily that you wouldn't even know. He didn't send me here, I chose to come here on my own."

Naruto glared up at him, his vivid blue eyes stamped with vehemence. "You better be lying. If you aren't, I will beat your ass to a bloody pulp!"

"It doesn't look like you will get that far… you're still tied up. I'd love to see you get out of this situation alive."

"Gah! Shut the hell up! No one asked you!" His brows formed into a fuming scowl and Kyoru was taken aback.

"That's right… this is the kid with the Kitsune inside of him… I better be careful," he thought to himself, admiring Naruto's angry glare. "This should definitely be interesting. If I torture him, I wonder if he will show the Kitsune?" He grinned to himself, his lips twisting into an awkward smile.

"Where's Sasuke? What didja do to him, ya prick?" Naruto yelled. Kyoru neared him and smashed him into the stomach with his foot.

"Shut up. I don't have time for all of your nonsense babbling." Naruto gasped with the impact and flopped around to get free from the rope's grasp. "We will make this slow and painful or quick and easy. I want your Kitsune spirit. Hand it over or else."

"It's not like I can just pull out my second spirit, dumbass!" he yelled at him, still struggling to breathe.

"Then I will torture you until you find a way to show me the power of the Kitsune."

"Wait a minute-" There was nothing Naruto could do as Kyoru grabbed him by his neck tightly, causing a choking sound to slip from his lips.

"I'm hoping you understand, because if you didn't, that would be a shame."

Naruto struggled to get free, but the rope tied around him prevented independence. "Don't struggle, that will make it all worse, Fox Demon child," Kyoru snarled to him. The grip on his neck tightened and Naruto's eyes became wider, feeling the stabs of pain attack him relentlessly. His neck felt as though it was going to break.

"H-help…" he managed weakly, choking out the word. He knew he was going to be tortured until sunrise, or even after. That is, if he was still alive to be tortured.

"Shut up now or I will burn you to death!" Kyoru screamed. Naruto silenced himself quickly, afraid and vulnerable.

"Let him go," a voice demanded somewhat softly, but it was angry at the same time. Both turned to look and see what it was. In front of them stood Gaara, his black-rimmed eyes narrowed with fury. He extended his right arm, his eyes flaring chaotically. "Don't make me kill you," he sneered to Kyoru. "Because I will."