A/N: Here it is the third chapter.

Me and my rantings: as I write this, it is 10:30 in the morning. I just woke up, after sleeping for like 8 hours and lying in bed for three, thinking this up. For breakfast, I'm eating a plain krispy crème doughnut, a fudge pop tart, and chicken flavored ramen. After I'm done typing this up, K-chan will go over it and edit it for me. She's going to be my editor. So I won't make any mistakes. She offered it after reading a certain someone's review.. To that person: sorry if I make mistakes. When I write my stories, I'm usually half-awake and out of it. And, my computer doesn't check all the mistakes.. Ermmm and I type with one hand! That's it for that person…. Umm, thanks for the reviews people! I'll go back through and make the chapters longer and better. If I get around to it… (This was two pages typed.)LEAVE COMMENTS!I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK..ACTUALLY I WANT TO KNOW... SAME THING...

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Shadow Talk

Where am I? Naruto asked himself as he slowly opened his eyes. It was dark, very dark. He frowned as he attempted to raise his hand to his mouth to stifle a yawn. His eyes widened; his hands were chained to the floor! No problem the future Hokage can't deal with. The idiots chained me up in simple chains; what fools! All I have to do is concentrate my chakra in a single spot around my wrists and I'll be free!

The instant he tried, he regretted it. It turned out they weren't regular chains, and the instant he reached for his chakra, the 'chains' sent an electric shock through his body, leaving him in pain and shock. To the left of him, a voice laughed.

"I've already tried that Naruto. It doesn't work."

"Gaara! Where are we?" Naruto cried out as his blue eyes frantically searched the darkness for his friend, but to no avail.

Gaara sighed tiredly. "I think we got captured and we're in some sort of dungeon or prison. But I'm not sure."

"You think huh? Well I think so too. Any idea on how to get out?" He asked, thinking.

"No. I've been up for about an hour, and it's hard to tell since there isn't any light, so I can't track the Sun," he replied.

"An hour! You've been up an hour? Why didn't you wake me up?" Naruto asked, angry.

"Because frankly, I like you better when you're quiet."

"Same here," another voice said quietly.

"Hey, who's that?" Naruto whispered. His eyes were finally getting used to the darkness.

"That's the person who caught us," Gaara replied.

"Really? Why is he down here?"

"No idea, why don't you ask," Gaara replied.

"Okay. Hey, boy! Why are you down here?" Naruto yelled.

Gaara sighed and mumbled under his breath, "I wasn't serious."

"What did you call me? I'm not a boy; I'm a girl, thank you very much. And you can stop yelling, we're only four feet away," the girl replied.

"Really? You're a girl? Sorry. Why are you down here?" He asked, curiosity taking hold of him once again.

"Because, stupid, this is where I live," she replied, somewhat sadly.

"You live down here? In a place like this? How horrible!"

"Oh, just shut up."

"But why? Why would they keep you in a place like this? Don't you have a home?" He could see her now. She was in the cell directly across from his; her knees were up, her arms wrapped around them. Her head was resting on them, orange eyes tired but still filled with…he couldn't describe it in words, but if he could, he would say it was suffering. Her platinum blonde hair was shoulder length. He could see a tattoo of a dragon curled around her neck.

"No, I don't have a home. Monsters have no need for them," she replied.

Gaara's eyes widened as he butted in on the conversation. "Monster? What do you mean by monster?" He asked, eyes narrowed.

"You should know, since you two both have them in you."

"Have what in us?" Naruto asked, lost.

For once, the orange-eyed girl looked at him. "Biju. You two just stumbled upon another Jinchūriki without knowing it."

"A Jinchūriki? What's that?"

"Power of the human sacrifice. That's what it means, Naruto," Gaara explained

"Oh..." Naruto said quietly, eyes downcast. "But why do they keep you here?"

"That's what they do with monsters, don't they? Keep them locked up in cages until they're needed," she replied.

"But it's wrong!"

"So is sealing demons inside humans, but they still do it."

"Yeah but keeping you caged up still isn't right."

"Oh just shut up. You have no idea what it's like to be caged up for your whole life."

"Actually I do… kind of," Naruto said sadly.

"Oh? How so?"

"Well, I know for a fact that neither Gaara nor I have ever been caged up, but it sure feels that way."

"Really?"

"Yeah…I've always been allowed out, but I never knew my father, or anyone else in my family for that matter. I never had any friends; everyone steered well away from me and I never knew why."

"Well isn't that a sad story."

"Naruto, just drop it, she isn't going to listen."

"No Gaara, listen to me. She will listen, because she's just like us-"

"I am not just like you two. Look at yourselves, chained up like feral dogs-"

"Oh, as if you're doing any better!' Gaara interrupted.

"Please, just listen," Naruto pleaded.

"Why should I?"

"Because, if we work together…maybe we can get out."

"You may have somewhere to stay, but I don't."

Naruto smiled. "That's no problem! You can stay in Suna or Konoha!"

Gaara looked at him, eyes wide. "Now wait just a second. Who said she can stay in my village?"

Naruto ignored him. "Please, just think about it."

"Fine. What is it you want me to do, oh great noisy one?" She asked, giving in.

"Well that was quick…no arguments really…" Gaara said trailing off confused.

"It's hard to have any spirit when it's beaten out of you. You're right, I do want to leave."

Naruto gasped. "You've been beaten?" He asked, horrified.

She turned around to face him. "Welcome to the country of death, boys, make yourselves comfortable, cause we aren't leaving 'til early in the morn, if at all."

"What? Why in the morning?" Naruto asked, outraged.

"Because at night, creatures, monsters, roam the land, destroying and devouring any living thing they come in contact with. They are near impossible to defeat."

"Land of death, eh?" Gaara sighed, looking up at the dark ceiling that loomed overhead.

"Hey, I got a question," Naruto spoke up.

"Yes?"

"Well, why is your cage so ermmm..."

"Weak looking? Because they figured I would have nowhere to go, so what was the point of leaving?"

"Well, you can stay at one of our villages! Yeah! Believe it!"
"You're weird, you know that," she said smiling, sliding to the ground, eyes closed.

"Trust me, you have no idea," Gaara said, glancing over at his 'friend'.