A/N: Thank y'all for the feedback! Yeah…I've gotten an obsession for the Naruto game: Narutimett Hero! Yay! Here's Chappie 5! YAY!

Chapter 5: Labyrinth

Sand. Sand, sand and more sand. This is all Naruto saw when he awoke. He looked around but saw barely anything. Torches hung from the plain walls and barely illuminated the room he was in. The ceiling was pitch black and the floor was covered with sand. He saw an opening in one of the walls but it was too dark to look into. From all he could tell, it could have led to the ocean and he wouldn't know.

But who brought him here?

He stood up but found himself regretting it. A pain shot through his head giving him an unbearable headache. He collapsed onto the floor and was thankful for the soft sand that broke his fall. His chest hurt, probably the stunning point he had been hit at. Where was he? The torches didn't help to explain anything.

Footsteps. The blonde heard footsteps, a patting sound echoing and bouncing off of the walls. Louder and louder it became, closer and closer. Soon, he could hear his own breath, deep and heavy. Worried shots of air that ran through his body. There was somebody drawing nearer and nearer. He clutched the sand that lay beneath him, preparing for the worst.

The footsteps stopped suddenly.

"What do you feel, kitsune?" asked a deep, mellow voice from the darkness, "Loneliness? Because you better get used to it. You'll be in here for a long time."

"I'm sorry, Naruto-kun," came another voice. Sweeter, sadder.

After the voices only silence followed. A silence that swallowed the poor blonde whole. Yes, he did feel lonely. An emotion he hadn't felt for a long time. And he didn't want to get used to it again.

"Let go of me, Sasuke. I must find my brother." Said a persistent blonde girl, shrugging the raven-haired boy's hand off of her shoulder.

Sasuke was just relieved. Thank goodness nobody had seen her yet. But what had she been doing all this time? And where in the world was Naruto? Wherever he was, Sasuke was glad he was safe. Or so he thought.

"May I have a word with you?" he asked harshly, stalling for time.

"Quit stalling, Sasuke." She had seen right through him, "I'm busy right now."

She began to walk away but Sasuke would not let her go. He actually had plans to talk to her anyway. Might as well do it now. He would stop Yososhi with a subject not to be treaded upon. He was going to unlock doors not meant to be unlocked, open Pandora's box. But he had to know.

"I have to talk to you," he began to say before hesitating, "Tell me about Rikodamau-sensei,"

Yososhi stopped in her tracks at the name she heard. She seemed to be in a trance-like state and Sasuke knew that he had revived many dead memories for her. But they had to get it over with. He needed to know what happened.

"Tell me."

Haruno Sakura awoke on the floor. She lay there, confused for a moment, before she remembered what had just happened. Someone had been waiting outside her bedroom door, waiting to take Naruto.

Sakura contorted her face with disgust. A stranger had been standing in her house. Or so it seemed.

Now she had to figure out what to do. Of course, she would have to tell someone. She decided that the first person she had to tell was tell Tsunade, a mother figure for Naruto but also the Gondaime Hokage of Konoha. She would definitely be able to help. She quickly made her way outside of her house and began to walk hastily to Hokage Tower. In her worry, she had forgotten all about finding Sasuke's loved one.

Kiba had been training in his usual training grounds practicing the synchronization of his attacks with his loyal dog, Akamaru. Even during the warm summer, he kept his even warmer sweater on.

It was when he sat down under the shade of a tall tree that Akamaru began to bark vigorously.

"What's wrong Akamaru?" he asked his loyal friend.

A few barks and ruffs later, Kiba once again stood up and took a defensive position.

"Come out," he said threateningly.

Out of the shadows of the surrounding forest immerged the figure of Hyuuga Hinata and in her arms was an unconscious Neji.

"Oh," sighed Kiba, relieved that he didn't have to fight, "Hello, Hinata. What brings you here?"

His tone was happy but he looked up to find the Hyuuga's face troubled and worried.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

She looked up at him with sad eyes and instantly he was at her side.

"Kiba," she said under her breath, "I've done something wrong. We must rescue Naruto-kun."

A/N: Yes, Hinata has done something terribly, terribly wrong. And who is Rikodamau-sensei? Stay tuned to find out Sorry for the short chapter. I'm pretty busy nowadays. Reviews are always nice:)