Welcome to another chappie! It may be my last post for a while, so hold on tight.

Well, I guess I'll reveal two of the cast's past...So let's do this! Yosh!

Disclaimer: Like the likelihood of there being world peace, me owning Naruto is impossible...


Naruto's POV:

I didn't feel too good. I felt worse than the day when I saw that my wound was turning green. Whatever day that was. But this wasn't a feeling of nausea like last time, this was a feeling of fear. After Sasuke had given me that pill, I had woken up in what seemed like a wannabe doctor's room.

It was a room that looked similar to my room, but had been modified with a lot of medical things. I couldn't even name half the instruments in here! I couldn't have been too far from the circus because I could still hear the circus music, and I wasn't past the posts if my collar was any indication.

My head was pounding. Hard. And even worse, my wound was throbbing simultaneously with my head. I was given pills the first day I had woken up to help ease the pain of both my head and burning wound, but it sure as hell wasn't aspirin. Regardless of what it was, it worked really well. It made me numb though, and as soon as I took them, I fell asleep almost immediately. I really wanted to know if my wound was worse or not, but it was wrapped with bandages, so I couldn't see whether or not it was still green.

It must have been a week since I had been at work, but the ringmaster made it very clear I was not to leave this room alone. What was his problem? He even locked the door to make sure I stayed in. Everyday, if I wanted to leave the room for anything, I was to wait for him between shows to escort me. It really sucked when I had to use the bathroom. Especially when I had to go really really bad, but he wouldn't be back for a long time.

I was starting to feel incredibly claustrophobic, and the fact that my left arm was strapped onto the weird cot-like bed while being stuck in a small room only made it worse. I couldn't tell what the tubes were for, but from the looks of it, they were feeding my body liquids. Strange, clear liquids. I hoped they weren't inserting my body with drugs and poison. That was just what I needed, another problem to deal with.

Lately I have been having nightmares. It was the same thing everytime, the yelling and the damn white rabbit that wouldn't go away. It was something I was hoping to forget as soon as possible, but it kept haunting me over and over again. Maybe all the medication was bringing back these stupid memories.

I wish I could just forget, but my self conscious wouldn't let me. Only Kiba would have been able to help me through this, he was after all the only one who would understand, but he was gone.

Kiba…

I still couldn't believe that bastard could do such a thing to an innocent person. My best friend was gone, and it was me who fed him to Choji. The thought sickened me, and I felt dirty. But now there wasn't anything that I could do about it, except to forget, and that was almost as painful as reliving the betrayal that I have committed towards my best friend.

I really wished we hadn't come to this circus, I had a bad feeling about this place right away. If only Kiba had heeded my warning, we would both be alive and safe at home. Well, he would be safe at home, it was a different story for me. Home wasn't what I would have called a place of peace.

It was all the white rabbits fault. If only it hadn't come into my life, none of this would have happened. I would have had a loving home, had a lot of friends, and most importantly, my mother would have been alive.

Thinking about it, if I was to go back home now, it would be a lot worse than this circus. And I supposed Sasuke wasn't that bad. He did, after all, offer a home to the cast. So Hinata was a princess? It seemed so strange, but I guess now that I thought about it, Hinata was very refined for someone in this time. So well mannered and well brought up. You just didn't see attitudes or people like that these days.

It wasn't any of my business, but I really wanted to know how the others got stuck here. I was told many times, they were here for their own personal reasons. Did they all have a bad past like Hinata's? Were any of them born that way? That was the way I thought about it, but was there a chance that all of them faced a great traumatic moment like Hinata had?

It angered me when I thought about Hinata's poor past. She had many things that others would kill for, looks and money, but it was all snatched away by her parents. Why did people like that even exist? How could someone do that to their own child?

Sasuke had a sort of soft side when it came to the cast, and because of it, I guess they were lucky even though they had to humiliate themselves every show. But soft side or not, I have yet to see it in person. So in my prospective, Sasuke was still a stupid prick.

Sasuke's POV:

It must have been the fifth or sixth time they have come to snoop around. They weren't going to find anything though. I have planned everything with excruciately well thought out detail. To outdo my cunning, they would need a genius. They would need Shikamaru, but I was sure those cops wouldn't get a word out of him. It didn't matter how much Shikamaru knew about what was going on, or how much he hated me for it. What mattered was how much he feared what would happen to him and the other freaks if they lost their caretaker.

They were looking for the two 'missing' teenagers that had come to this circus and never returned. And once again, they wouldn't find anything. One teenager was dead and eaten, the other was hidden very well. It seemed like a blessing that the blonde would fall ill and be unable to perform any of his normal duties around the circus right when the police had decided to do their investigation. Talk about good luck.

"Mr. Uchiha." I glared at the young male officer making his way towards me.

"Well, did you find anything to satisfy your suspicions?" I growled irritatedly. It had been a long day, and I didn't need them to make it drag out even longer.

The officer shook his head, "no. Once again, you come out clean."

"Obviously. Now if you would please leave my circus grounds, I must attend to important matters." I said icily. He nodded swiftly, and handed me a poster with both Naruto and Kiba's faces on them.

"The least you could do is make copies of these and place them around your circus to help find them." I waved him impatiently away, and watched as he made his way back to the rest of his police buddies to leave.

I let out a sigh of relief, really these people were such a pain in the ass! "Can't they go and deal with other problems in the world?" I snarled under my breath.

"Well, I think you have committed more than enough crimes for them to be here."

I chuckled, "and what about you Shikamaru? You are guilty of murder."

The sides of the brunette's mouth twitched with hate, "but you are guilty of so much more. Kidnapping, rape, and second degree murder. And there is so much more, even I don't have the time to name it all."

I smirked at the rag doll freak, "just stay out of my business. What happens in this circus, will forever remain in this circus." I turned away from Shikamaru and, crumbling the stupid poster and tossing it onto the floor, began to make my way towards my next mission: checking on my dear fox.

Naruto's POV:

I think I might have figured out where I was. It was definitely not where I would have expected to be, and judging from the dusty smell, it was somewhere I didn't want to be. I did wonder why I couldn't see much light in this room, there weren't any windows so I wouldn't expect there to be. In fact, if it wasn't for the small lamp in the corner, it would be dark as hell in here. No, there was no doubt that I was in a building underground.

But why? What was that ringmaster planning? It was more mischief for sure, and I was most likely going to be on the receiving end. Well, whatever was going on, it sure was quiet right now. The day's shows could not have been over already, could they? How long had I been asleep? Nothing was making any sense, but it didn't matter. I was sure all would be revealed in time.

"Why the hell is it always me getting the short end of the stick?" I muttered lazily, rubbing my sore head. The medication might have worked to put me to sleep and out of pain, but damn! After I woke up, it was just worse! What was wrong with me?

"What would you do if I told you, you were dying?"

Dying? He was just kidding though, right? I didn't feel good at all, but I was not dying, was I? No, impossible. I think I would have known if I was dying. It was my body after all, my life. There just was no way. That stupid bastard was just trying to get on my nerves as always. He sure had a dark sense of humor, and I wasn't laughing. No, not laughing at all.

I jumped a little at the sound of the door being opened. Of course it would be that stupid prick. No one else probably knew where I was. "I see you are in a good mood, as usual," the ringmaster teased as I glared at him.

"Shut up! You know very well I am not in a good mood." Where the fuck am I, and why do I have to stay in here?"

Sasuke just put on his usual annoying smirk on his face, "no real reason, it is really just for you to get all healed up. You did after all go through a long long operation a couple of weeks ago." I knew that I had gone through an operation as I was in the drug influenced sleep, but I didn't know what it had been for. I would have asked the teme, but I didn't want to grace him with my curiosity.

No, that would only provoke him even more. If that was even possible. "So tell me. How are you feeling today." I really just wanted to beat the shit out of the ringmaster. And if I could, I would, but this guy was way too strong. I really did not want to get punished again. That was something I just didn't need right now, or ever.

"None of your business." I growled. He just gave me that chilling smirk, no reaction at all towards the negative vibes I was sending him.

"Well, don't worry, tomorrow you'll be able to work again. I suppose you want to know the story of the next freak?"

Fucking bastard! "They are not freaks! They are people, so stop putting them in categories!" I snapped angrily. Why did he always have to label them? Why couldn't he just see that they were people just like anyone else? It pissed me off so much!

Sasuke's POV:

I shrugged and sat on the edge of his cot, "do you want to know the next story or what?" It didn't matter whether or not he said he wanted to know. I could tell he did, so I would just tell him.

"I'll tell you both Choji's and Sakura and Ino's story since they are both short. Which do you want to hear first?" The blonde just glared at me, carefully watching my every movement, he probably wasn't going to talk very much. Especially because he was so pissed after being stuck day by day in this underground room. It was for his own protection anyways.

"Fine. I'll tell you Choiji's story first." I racked my brain for that story, it had been awhile since I actually thought about any of the freaks stories. "Choji came from a normal hardworking family, but as for where he lived, I don't know. He never confided that to me, nor have I bothered to ask. The reason this story like the next one I'm gonna tell you is so short is simply because I just don't know everything." I stopped and looked to see if he was following or if he was lost. He seemed a bit confused, but not enough to ask any questions.

"What I do know about Choji's past life is, both his parents were in serious debt to the Yakuza. It appeared as if they had taken a big loan to pay off the other debt they owed to the bank, but when they were unable to pay back the Yakuza, they were killed. Choji had no siblings, no family besides his parents, and to Yakuza, he was useless.

They wanted to kill him, and probably would have, but the leader had a different idea. Why kill someone who could have been a perfect test subject. You see, the leader was not only a gang leader, but a brilliant scientist. Famous as well, so famous that I'm sure even you have heard of him, but that is a story for another time. Anyways, Choiji was taken and used to find the eating habits of mankind. But it wasn't as normal as it sounds. He was starved for days, and once he was fed, it was human flesh taken from the Yakuza's victims. The human flesh is just like any other meat in the word, but those who have actually consumed it say it is juicier and better than cow or pig. Once you get a taste of the forbidden fruit, you will always crave more."

The blonde didn't react, he did not even look surprised. Maybe he expected this. "I welcomed Choji here at my circus and fed him what he craves, but I won't tell you where I get it." I smirked at the disgusted look that came on my fox's face.

"Ready for Ino and Sakura's story?" Naruto nods a little, unsure if he really wants to know more. "Very well. Ino and Sakura, as you can probably tell, are pretty close, but they didn't always know each other. Both of them came from different places, different families, but were brought together by the same thing; the debt of their family. Just like Choiji's parents, Ino and Sakura's parents had done some business with the Yakuza and were unable to pay off the debt. So both families, to avoid getting killed, sold their daughters off to prostitution. I don't have to tell you that they were raped and beaten everyday, but I guess the life of being a prostitute wasn't for them."

"They failed to do their duties correctly, so the Yakuza had a new, more crueler plan for them. To be used to see how well two people fused together would function. Unfortunately, the same scientist that had worked with Choiji worked on them. So of course, they functioned perfectly, and when they came to my circus, shortly after Choiji, I treated them with as much respect as I could. Ino and Sakura were the last people to come to this circus, besides you of course."

"Wait, what about Shikamaru?" My fox asked.

I chuckled, "I think I'll let Shikamaru tell you his story. It isn't my place to tell you." That was a story I'm sure that rag doll would rather tell himself. I got up from the edge of the cot, "but I hope you learned something from both of the stories."

Naruto frowned, "and what would that be?"

"Never mess with the Yakuza."

I turned to leave, but the blonde called out, "wait!" I looked back at him, waiting for him to continue. "What was that scientist's name?"

I sighed, "maybe another day I'll tell you."

Naruto's POV:

I watched the stupid bastard walk away. Why couldn't he answer my question? I need to confirm my suspicions that the scientist wasn't who I thought it was. 'No, it couldn't be him. I would have known if it was.'

I sighed. So Choji, Sakura, and Ino also had a sad past. It was heart rendering. Why, no, how could anyone do something so cruel? It was sick how people would hurt others for the hell of it. This world had some serious problems. It wasn't right, was not logical, but what the hell could I do? No one could do anything.

But what was up with Shikamaru? Sasuke had said Ino and Sakura were the last besides me to join this circus. Where the hell did Shika come into the picture? Sasuke wasn't going to tell me, that was for sure. But I couldn't muster up the confidence to ask Shikamaru about it. It wasn't my business anyways.

I never thought I'd say this, but I was glad that I would be able to go back to my duties. I was dying under here, it was small and dim, and I really needed to breathe fresh air.

And scene. Lol, well that is it for Chapter 5, and maybe next chapter I'll reveal Naruto's past and the deal with that rabbit. :D

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