HELLO PEOPLE OF THE WORLD(s)!! I've got a new chapter again already! Life rocks!

Story Summary: After a year of being in prison for a crime he didn't commit, Naruto is transferred to a High Security Research Lab. The scientists are cold and the tests are torture, but after meeting a shy girl his age with a strange ability can he forget his own pain to help someone with pain even greater than his or will it be too late.

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"Aw man." Naruto thought sitting up. "Why does it feel like I've been hit by a train?" He looked around and the memories of the day before came flooding back. He was now in a new cell, chained to a wall and aching all over. He looked at the cuffs he was bound by, one on his neck, and one binding his hands behind his back. Both were attached to the stone wall of his cell by about 4 feet of chain. He was then snapped out of his thoughts as he heard footsteps coming his way.

"Such a pretty face really, it's too bad she's a test subject." A voice said slowly creeping closer.

"It's her own fault." Said another. "It's not our problem that she refused the masters generous offer."

With that the two men stopped in front of the steel barred door, opened it, and walked in. They chained an unconscious girl about his own age to the perpendicular wall and left. Naruto stared at her dumbfounded; this girl was extremely underweight and wore nothing but the ragged remains of a tee shirt and some long pants. Her short brown hair hung matted in her face and her skin was so pale that it seemed like she hadn't been out in the sun for years.

Naruto swallowed hard; was this his fate too? Was he to spend the rest of his life in the confines of this prison never again to see the light of day? His thoughts started to wander off to the life he once had. His friends and mentors, his house and the hokage, at this point even his earlier years when he had been shunned and outcast by everyone in the village sounded like a gift from heaven.

Naruto looked back down at his new cellmate and was trapped in two ice blue eyes that mimicked his own staring him down. The eyes were full of the fear and hatred that could only be built up after many years of hurt and abuse; there was no sign of life in them. They were oddly familiar.

Naruto swallowed again, still trapped in the girls trance. He opened his mouth to speak, but no words came. This girl seemed so familiar, like a past version on himself only worse.

"Wh…who are you." He shuddered surprised by the fear in his own voice. She gave him a quizzical look.

"Tori." She said softly. "And you?"

"Uzumaki Naruto." He replied. "Where are we?"

Tori thought for a moment. "Somewhere in Demon country I guess." She answered propping herself up against the cold stone wall.

"What is this place?" He asked.



She hesitated before answering. "A tailed demon research facility." She said under her breath half hoping he wouldn't hear. If he was here then that would mean that he too had a demon sealed inside of him.

Naruto's eyes widened and he felt knot form in the pit of his stomach. This couldn't be real; all the stupid fox had done was caused him pain and right when he thought his life was turning around this. Now he knew why the girl's eyes were full of nothing but loneliness, because she too had also gone through the pain that had once consumed his life; that was why her eyes were so familiar.

Tori must have noticed his surprise and looked away ashamed.

"So does that mean…" Naruto started but cut himself off. She gave him a small smile and nodded.

"Gobi no houkou. Gogi the five tailed dog demon." She said sympathetically. "With each tail another element is controlled and another little piece of myself is lost. You?"

"Kyuubi no kitsune." He stated bluntly. It wasn't a topic he liked to talk about.

Naruto stared out into space and started to wonder what his life would be like if he wasn't a Jinchuuriki, but he knew he would never know.

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It's funny how much you can get done sitting at home doing nothing. It's not like I have a life or anything. Anyway thanks for coming back!