Chapter 2: Fox Found Missing
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Kakashi finds that Naruto is missing, when the blond did not meet for their team meeting. Naruto sees his captor for the first time and is unable to flee.
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Start date, October 7
Next morning, Sakura and Sasuke were waiting at the small bridge they use as their meeting spot. They had been waiting for the past hour for their sensei to arrive. Naruto had not shown up, which made both glad. An hour later, Kakashi arrived. Both scoffed at his excess, yet they were glad he was somewhat early.
"Sorry I am late; I was up late, trying to get a mouse that was eating my cheese."
Kakashi noticed only two of his students arrived as Sakura yelled out liar.
"Where is Naruto?" he asked
"Who cares, what are we going to do today?" Sakura asked
"We have a few missions that were giving to us, but we need Naruto. Come, let's go get him."
"Why should we, he is a pain and a klutz. He should be removed from our team." she said
"Sorry Sakura, he is part of our team, until he passes to chuunin or is removed by the Hokage's order."
Sasuke just snorted.
The group left and went to Naruto's home. Kakashi knocked on the door, which swung open. It stopped halfway in its arch, when it hit Naruto's forehead protector. Kakashi looked across the room, and into the bedroom. From what he could see, the bed was made, but the foot of it was mess up, like someone had sat on it. He saw that the curtains drawn shut. He knew Naruto would about always keep his curtains open.
He drew out a kunai and walked in cautiously. He looked at what stopped the door and saw it was the blonds' forehead protector. It still had its knot in the cloth. His nose twitched as he tasted a copper tang in the air. He looked to his left to see blood splatter on the wall next to the door.
A large splat of blood was where the light switch was. He walked further in, stepping over Naruto's discarded clothes. He stepped softly, keeping himself prepared, if the intruder or intruders were still around. He stepped down, but brought his foot away. He knelt down, picking up a necklace. His visible eye widen when he saw it was the Shodai's necklace.
He got up, putting his weapon back in its place. He looked around, seeing one of the windows by the bed was open, from the flapping of the curtains. He walked to it, stepping on glass. He looked at the bed and saw that someone stepped on it. The size of the foot was way too big to be Naruto's. He looked where the person had sat. He figured the person was waiting for Naruto. He walked back to the door, picking up the forehead protector. He looked at the two at the door, looking around in Naruto's home.
"We have to go to the Hokage now." Kakashi said
He shut the door and speed off as fast as he could. The two followed him.
-captured-
Tsunade was sitting in her office, doing some paper work. She let out a grunt of disgust as she started on the never ending piles. She jumped when the doors to her office were thrown open. She looked down the long path to see Kakashi and two of his students enter at a fast walk. She saw that Kakashi had a forehead protector in his hands.
"Hokage-sama, I think Naruto was kidnapped." Kakashi said
Her eyes went wide. Sakura and Sasuke did the same, but Sasuke regained his composer.
"What do you mean?" she asked
He told her what he found.
"Are you for sure?" she asked
He handed her Naruto's forehead protector, then the necklace.
"I found these on the floor. The necklace, I am not for sure about." he said
"It is his, I gave it to him when he and Jiraiya came looking for me. He is the reason I am here."
She grasped the necklace in her hand.
"I want Ibiki and Anko NOW!" she yelled to the guards by her office
The two moved off in different directions to find the two. Tsunade stood up and walked out of the room. Team seven followed her. Sakura let out a small scream when Ibiki appeared next to her, moving towards the Hokage. Anko appeared, racing down the hall and moved next to Kakashi. Tsunade walked down the hallway to a door at the end.
"What is the emergency?" Ibiki asked
"Naruto has been kidnapped. Get teams sent out when they are ready. Start trackers from his house and move to find him."
She entered into the room with Kakashi stopping his team. He walked in after Ibiki. Tsunade sat down at a table, with a glass orb in the middle. She gathered her chakra to the orb and focused on Naruto, but his image would not show up. She slammed her left hand on the table, almost upsetting the orb.
"He is not in the village, he is too far away. Move out!"
Ibiki and Anko left in a puff of smoke. Kakashi followed Tsunade back to her office. He stopped long enough to dismiss his team.
"I don't want to see her angry again." Sakura said
Sasuke ignored her, thinking it was his brother who kidnapped Naruto. He clinched his fists getting angry. He left as Sakura was about to ask why would anyone want to kidnap Naruto.
-captured-
Naruto woke up again to light shining in his eyes. He was still cold. He looked around seeing he was somewhere he did not know. He sat up, winching in pain from his chest. His head still hurt as he closed his eyes, to keep the light out. He moved to stand up, but found the chain only allowed him to sit up.
He looked at the end, to find it was attached to the floor, like it belonged there. His head moved to his left with a snap as the door was open. He winced in pain when he did that. He heard chuckling from a man. He looked up to see a large built man. Compared to Zabuza, this guy was bigger and taller. His face had many scares over it. His hair went to his shoulder blades, and it was bound at the nape of his neck. His hair was black, while his eyes were a dark brown. The man had a dark tan on him. He wore a gray shirt with black long sleeves. His pants were black, along with his shoes. He had a weapon hostler attached to each of his legs. The man had a small bag setting on his shoulders.
Naruto moved back from him, but was stopped short by his restraint. The man reached down and grabbed Naruto's left arm and pulled him to him. Naruto struggled to get free from the man. He yelled let go, but found he had no voice. The man chuckled as he jerked Naruto closer to him.
"As you found, you are not able to speak. If you have not tired yet, you can't even gather your chakra. All your tenketsu points are sealed off. I will advise you to do as I say, and I won't hurt you, much."
He gripped Naruto's wrist with great strength. Naruto cried out in pain, but it was still not heard. The man removed the bandages to see that the wound was not longer there, but a scar. He raised an eyebrow at this and released Naruto.
He stood up and started a set of hand seals. A seal glowed brightly on the collar. Naruto felt himself grow tired. He shook his head trying to clear it, and to keep awake. It did not work as the man put more chakra into the jutsu/seal. Naruto's head fell forward and the rest of him followed. The man caught him and slowly brought him down to lie on his stomach. He tied Naruto's ankles and wrist again. He did another set of hand seals, and the chain came loose from the old floorboards of the building. He looped the chain around Naruto's arms and threw him over his shoulder.
He stepped out of the building, scanning the area before he jumped to the trees. The sky was filled with dark clouds, about to release a fall shower. The wind picked up, blowing fallen leaves around the man as he made his way through the trees. He estimated he was at least four days walk from the village. He smiled at the speed he could travel. He knew it would take Leaf sometime to figure one of their own was taken.
He jumped to another tree as the rain started to fall. It was cold and he felt the boy shake from under his hold, but ignored it. He let out a small laugh, thanking the rain as it washed away his trial if they had dogs track him.
-captured-
Ibiki lead a large group of chuunin and jounin to the east gate as the Inuzuka that tracked led the way. They followed the sent out into the forest. They split up in six groups, with four in each group. They fanned out to catch the kidnapper if he ran from one group. They found through the dogs of the Inuzuka's that it was one person. They kept in contact via radios.
Within the first hour outside the village walls, it started to rain. It was light, which would help hold the sent, if it did not rain long. It was not to be. The rain started to fall harder as they moved, until they had to stop, because of the howling winds, and stinging rain. They made camp and waited out the storm that came. Ibiki fumed, not finding the man within their search. He believed they were at least two days walk from Konoha and that the person responsible must have taken Naruto within the past two days.
-captured-
It rain all day, with the wind blowing. The man did not stop, thinking it was wise to keep moving. It was dark before the man stopped. He found a small cave and entered. He set Naruto on the ground. He reached into one of his scroll pockets and pulled out a scroll. He opened it up, felling for the third seal. He gathered his chakra to his finger, rubbing it over the scroll. He tilted the scroll so what came out, fell to the ground.
What fell sounded like wood. He replaced the scroll and fumbled around for items released from the seal, and set logs together. He did three hand seals, gathering chakra to his lungs. He breathed in and blew out a tongue of flame, catching the logs on fire. He rearranged them and allowed them to burn as he made his way back to Naruto. He left the blonds' bonds on.
He brushed his fingers over the marks on Naruto's face, getting the debris off. He saw the marks on the cheeks and was puzzled about them. He let out a snort. He got up and walked close to the entrance of the cave. He looked out at the night, it was still raining.
He walked back inside to his bag. He took out a change of clothes and changed. He laid his wet clothes close to the fire to dry. He smiled thinking he was doing well by brining the boy back. He let the thought die as he took out a can of food and ate it. He went to sleep after turning his clothes on the other side to dry faster.
-captured-
In the morning, the Leaf ninjas took off to search for Naruto. They lost the sent trail during the night, but the trackers found signs of someone that recently passed through. They kept in the six groups, hoping to find Naruto.
-captured-
In the office of the Hokage, Tsunade was pacing back and forth. She did not go home to rest; she was too worried about Naruto. She did not know if it was the Akatsuki or Orochimaru that had him. She held the necklace in her hand, afraid to lose it, like Naruto. She glanced at the portrait of the Fourth on the wall, her heart sinking. She looked to Shizune as she walked into the room, followed by people she did not want to meet with, representatives of Moon.
She let out a sigh. She has been in charge for about three months and a lot has happen. One was Sasuke running to Orochimaru for power. He was stopped, but at the cost of Naruto having some of the villagers hatred gain in strength. Some that had changed stayed, but many returned their hate, blaming it was Naruto's fault for Sasuke running away.
She looked at the three men and gave them a small smile as she sat down at her desk.
"I am sorry gentleman, but now it not a good time."
"What is the matter Hokage-sama?" the lead man asked
She frowned at him.
"One of our own was kidnapped."
"We can wait for our meeting."
"I thank you very much; I will have a guard take you to your hotel." She said
A guard came in and took them. Tsunade resumed her pacing once they were out of her office. Shizune walked up to her.
"They will be doing their best. Why don't you go home and rest? Homura and Koharu-san said they can take over for you."
"I know, but this does not help much. I was going to tell Naruto the truth. It was all ready going to be trouble." Tsunade said
"He would understand. You had a right to stay away. You and Jiraiya had a lot to deal with. You did not know of him truly."
"No, it is not right. We left him to defend for himself. Sarutobi only could help from afar. He grew up alone and has no sense of what a family should be like. If his father could haunt us, he would be yelling at us, asking why? I ignored every message from the Third. That idiot knew of him, but did not stay to take care of him." Tsunade said
"You were not there much for his father and he grew up with people not knowing he was your son."
"I know, but…"
Tsunade sat down hard on her chair.
"We should have been there for Naruto."
She started to sob as Kakashi walked in. Shizune walked him out, shutting the door behind them. She gave the guards orders to let no one bother the Hokage. Kakashi let out a sigh.
"She is not taking this very well is she?" he asked
"No, she is not. I sent word for Jiraiya-sama. He is going to blow."
They walked into a small storage room. Shizune sat down on some boxes.
"I think this matter should have been said earlier, but Sarutobi was right. He would have been targeted by many enemies. He should have been brought up differently." she said
"I know. I now wish I took him in, but what was a fourteen year old to do with a baby?" he asked with a grin
"I hope they find him. This will not do her good; she just got out of her depression."
"We just have to wait for word. Naruto is going to be a problem once he finds out and the others, I don't know." he said
The two left to do what they could. Kakashi went to the memorial stone and looked at the ones he lost. He hoped he would not have to see anyone else's name on it soon.
End date, October 9