Chapter 8: Escape: Act 2
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Naruto tried for another escape only to get only a few feet from his captors.
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Start date, November 10
Next morning, Moran was in the room Naruto was in. He watched the healer look over the boy.
"His fever is down, but he has lost a lot of weight since I last saw him. Has he eaten?"
"No. When can he be moved?" Moran asked
"You can move him anytime you want, but he will not be able to walk."
"That is fine with me." Moran said
Moran stood up and walked out of the room. The women walked in with soup, hoping the boy would eat. She saw the doctor sitting there, thinking.
"What is the matter?"
"I don't get how the boy lost so much weight, even without eating the past few days."
She sat down in a chair and brushed Naruto's forehead. He woke up and looked at her, with unfocused eyes. She brought a spoon to his mouth and poured the broth in. He swallowed it. She did it a few more times, before he fell asleep. He's only eaten half of the soup. She looked at the doctor.
"Do you have any ideas why this is happening to the boy?" she asked
"I have none." he said
The doctor got up and left the room. She followed him, putting the bowl in the sink.
-captured-
Two days later, late at night, Naruto woke up. He still hurt all over as he sat up. He moved out of the bed and winced when he put weight on his leg. He limped to the door. He opened it up enough to look out. He saw five people in the room, talking. He saw that one was the women that had been looking after him. He shut the door and walked back to the bed.
He grabbed the clothes that someone got for him and set them on his bed. He managed to get the bandages bounding his arm free. He hiss in pain as his arm fell to his side. He almost cried out in pain, when he moved his right arm up to pull on the shirt. He slipped on the boots, frowning at the large size of them. He looked around, trying to find something as a weapon, but found nothing. He walked towards the window, passing a mirror. He glanced at his reflection and moved off.
He stopped and went back to the mirror and looked at his face. His mouth fell open, seeing that his eyes were fully slit like a cat's. He closed his mouth getting angry at the fox. He moved back to the window and opened it. He got outside and closed the window. He looked around, bit amazed at his sight. He took off at a run, ignoring the pain as he jarred his body. He almost made it to the forest when he felt a presence. He turned around and his world turn black.
Moran looked down at the boy and gave a sigh. He picked the boy up and walked to the building. He entered and looked at the people in the room.
"We will be leaving tomorrow; it seems the boy is well enough to travel. I will be taking him with me now."
The women stood up.
"What will you do with the boy?" she asked
"Nothing, besides tie him up and put him to bed. Goodnight and thank you for your help."
Moran left and went to his room at the inn. He laid Naruto down on the bed. He took a length of rope and tied Naruto's ankles. He picked him up and set him on the floor, throwing a blanket over him. He walked out of his room and grabbed one of his men.
"We will be leaving tomorrow, tell everyone."
The man nodded and left. Moran went back to his room and went to bed.
-captured-
Four jounin moved through the trees as a fast rate. They were followed by ten genin and one chuunin.
"Kakashi-sensei, slow down" Sakura yelled out
He stopped on a tree limb, looking back at the group.
"We are almost to the port, you can rest then."
He moved off and the group followed him. Sakura got angry at her sensei. They arrived at the port an hour later. They port was farter south, then where Naruto was taken. It was safer, far from Sound territory. A man greeted them and they were taken below deck.
"It will take us two weeks to get to Moon, by then word will be know of the boy that was kidnapped." the man said
"That is fine with me." Kakashi said
The one chuunin and genin gathered in the room they were given. It was a tight fit with all of them.
"I can't believe we had to go. Why would anyone want to kidnap Naruto?" Sakura asked
"I don't know, but this is great. We get to go to a new country." Kiba said
"The Hokage looked very worried for Naruto when she assigned us to go." Neji said
"What do you expect; Naruto gets special treatment by the Hokage's. He always got away with the pranks he played." Sakura said
"No, that's not it." Shikamaru said
They looked too him.
"She is worried like mother would be." he said
The group stayed quiet as the ship moved out to sea.
-captured-
Next morning, Naruto woke up with a headache. He opened his eyes and found himself on horseback, with his wrists and legs tied to the saddle. He squeezed his eyes shut as his head started to pound. He felt the horse stop. He opened his eyes and looked to his right as someone rode up to him. He looked into Moran's face, swaying, fighting to stay sitting up.
"I don't like it when people run from me. You run again, and I will not hesitate to break both of your legs and arms."
The man rode off and the horse Naruto was on began to walk again. He looked forward to see it was Mike that had a lead rope tied to his saddle. He felt that another collar was on him. He tested the bonds around his wrist and found he had no wiggle room. He looked to his legs and found his ankles were bound to the stirrups. He felt himself go lightheaded and his head slumped forward, blacking out.
End time, November 13