"He's been that way for about two hours…he won't speak to anyone." A doctor informed Kakashi as he looked in the window of the white door, the following morning.

Naruto had been found by a guard unit training in the forest, passed out and dehydrated. When they tried to ask the boy what happened, Naruto would look at them with emotionless eyes, though the ninja's could see a war raging within his tiny body which held so much sorrow and hatred. "I'm going to give him some space…otherwise how is his wound?"

"It's very minor and no vital damage. The fox should help him heal it in a day's time."

"Well, I'll come back in in a few hours. Please update me if anything happens." Kakashi said turning to leave as the doctor bowed to him.

"Hai, I will keep you updated sir. Pleas-"

Kakashi turned to see Naruto walking out of the room with his normal clothing, his hands in his pockets. "Let's go Sensei…I want to train before the big fight…" Naruto merely commented before walking down the hallway, Kakashi following after him.

"Naruto…you know I'm very proud of you right?" Kakashi commented after they left the building.

"For what sensei?"

"For not giving up yet…"

Naruto turned and looked at Kakashi with disgust, his eyes narrowing in anger. "I won't give up until I bring that bastard home!"

Taken back by this comment a bit, Kakashi waited till Naruto started to walk until he followed. Right now, he wasn't so sure about Naruto's sanity level. Sighing slightly, the blonde looked over his shoulder at Kakashi. "Sorry…I'm on edge…"

"Didn't have to tell me that!" The silvered hair man said patting his pupil on the back lightly, emitting a smile from the boy's face.

"You watch…I'll bring him back…." Naruto said before stopping at the forest edge.

Kakashi suddenly realized what the boy was about to do. "You can't go after him alo-"

"Sensei…don't test my sanity….I'll break you in half if you try to stop me…." Naruto said lowly and with the most mature voice that Kakashi had ever heard.

"You…Naruto, you love him don't you?" Kakashi asked finally, laying a hand on the boy's shoulder.

The creamy pale skin of the boy's face turned pink as he glanced back at Kakashi, but only gave a short nod of his head.

"Sasuke…besides you was the only one whom actually accepted me for whom I was. He called me Dobe and shit but still…after a while it seemed like I suddenly had an older brother to look up to and love. He scolded me plenty of times but never abandoned me in times of need….he looked at me like a comrade and not just the nine tailed fox….Don't you get it? If it hadn't been for him….I might have never gotten this far…"

Kakashi smiled lightly and nodded. "Then go bring him home so you can continue with that road will you?"

Naruto smiled, giving Kakashi a thumbs up. "Don't worry, I'll do it for sure…Believe it!"

And with that, the blonde entered the deep forest in search of his beloved friend, his blue eyes adapting to the sudden darkness from the branches as he ran, jumping a weaving in out of the way of plants and animals alike as though he had lived in the forest his whole life. "Don't worry sensei…I'll bring him back."

Meanwhile

No sooner had the young blonde entered did Sasuke soon emerge from the shrubs with a few Sound ninja as well as his master Orochimaru. The ghostly white being looked down from the tree's at Kakashi, a smirk forming upon his face. Sensing the fox was far enough away, Orochimaru dropped behind Kakashi, whom had been so busy being worried about Naruto, his own mind was clouded. However, this didn't stop the Jounin from dodging a sword that was swung at him from behind. "Orochimaru!"

"Sharp as ever Kakashi, the copy ninja." The snake hissed as his followers fell in line behind him.

Kakashi's eyes widened at a certain dark haired boy whom stood before him. "S-Sasuke!"

The boy's face was paled and the marks of the curse seal had already traveled up his body. The boy said nothing as he walked over to stand by his new Master. "Kakashi, you would be a lovely addition to my collection…how about doing me a favor and joining?"

"You obviously don't know me that well if your asking that question!" Kakashi inquired.

"Oh, I'm going to make an offer that you can't refuse." The snake whispered.

No sooner had he said this, was Sasuke behind his sensei, slamming him to the ground from behind and holding back his hands. Caught off guard on how quick the boy was, Kakashi struggled to look at his once pupil. "Sasuke…why?"

His focus suddenly snapped back to the shadow of the snake that was kneeling by him, a strange tube of liquid in his hand. "This is my finest venom yet. It doesn't poison your body, it poison's the mind so that your under my control. Beautiful isn't it?…Drink up Kakashi." The older man hissed before slipping the Jounin's mask off and forcing it down his throat.

Kakashi felt his world spin and finally go black with the finally groan of "Naruto…"

Meanwhile

The blonde was a few hundred meter's away, following the scent of Sasuke again. Finally spotting a cloaked figure, Naruto raced for it. "Sas-"

The blonde stopped dead in his tracks as Kabuto's face peered out at him from under the dark cloak. "A shame isn't it? We had Sasuke sleep with this and wear it today. He then rolled around in some plants to get rid of his scent on his body and…well you get the picture."

"Where the hell is Sasuke, Kabuto?" The blonde shouted, not wanting to play games anymore.

The Genin chuckled darkly down at the fox boy. "He's probably destroying the village by now…but enough talk. I'm to catch and keep you here until Lord Orochimaru returns." The boy explained, taking out a few kunai from under the cloak and throwing them at the blonde.

Naruto jumped and hid behind a tree, as the sound of the weapons piercing the bark, could be heard behind him. 'Damn it, I got to finish this quick!' Naruto thought as he allowed his red chakra to consume him. Running out from the tree, the boy growled and jumped at Kabuto. "Foolish…"

Back flipping away from the boy, he allowed another kunai to grace the side of the boy's check; a thin line of blood trailing down from the scratch it left. However, he had underestimated Naruto's speed. Even as the wound was inflicted, Naruto didn't take his eyes off his target and thus pinned the boy to the ground and held him there with a clawed hand on his throat. Kabuto struggled against the boy's grip, finding it unbelievable that the boy could hold him down with such little struggle. "Your dead!" Naruto cried as his claws sunk into the man's neck.

He cursed however when he heard a loud pop. The man had been a clone all along, just to by Orochimaru time. Naruto growled again and slammed his fist into the ground.

He was in such a rage that he didn't realize the storm that had formed while he had been fighting. His mind flooded with pictures of Sasuke, and moments they had been awesome together.

'Your not hurt are you…scaredy cat…', 'Don't slow me down…dead last…', ' I didn't ask you to save me so why? How should I know idiot….my body just moved on it's own…'

'Let's do it Sasuke.

Right…' 'Sasuke….Sasuke…..'

"SASUKE!" Naruto screamed, as lightening struck down a tree.

Picking himself up, the boy rushed toward the huge light that had suddenly come from the direction he had come in. Reaching the end, Naruto fell on his knee's at what he saw. His village was in flames, snakes were devouring people, and Tsunade was hung on the gate post. 'Welcome home Nine Tails' was splattered in blood on the outside of the wall.

"No….." Naruto cried as he ran into the village, the blood of his fellow villager's staining the very ground that he ran on. The blonde only stopped in horror when he spotted the rookie nine now fighting there Jounin instructors and killing them; the younger ninja's having a faded look in their eyes. Naruto stopped when he heard a familiar shout. "Iruka sensei!" The boy cried out as the man was beheaded a few yards away from him by Naruto's own sensei. "….What….WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!"