A/N: Hey there my readers. I hope that you like this chapter of my story. It's a little bit confusing and I'm sorry but it will all be explained in the chapters to come and it will make sense.
So anyways. I think that's pretty much all I have to say.
Wake Up Call
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--Six days after Naruto followed Sasuke and Itachi--
Sasuke had just arrived back. There was no welcome party and there was no one who was particularly or even remotely intrigued by where he had been. That had been his first clue that something was wrong. He didn't acknowledge it until he saw that not one of his fan girls had asked where he had been for the past week.
'Sasuke-kun, you sure put up a good show to get rid of Naruto,' one girl had said.
Show what show? He'd been gone the whole time. How much trouble could Naruto get himself into in a week without him in the village? Was it some sort of scheme? Why wasn't anyone doing anything to get Naruto back? Did they really not care where the Kyuubi vessel was? Were they just happy to get rid of the blonde boy? Could he have run away on his own?
Sasuke contemplated these thoughts for a second. He thought about what he was going to say so that it didn't seem like he was in love with Naruto. He undoubtedly was, but he didn't want all of Konoha in an uproar. Or at least the girls anyways.
'I didn't put up a show to get rid of Naruto,' Sasuke answered the previous statement from that horrid fan girl. He reminded himself that this was for Naruto, he needed to know that the blonde boy was safe and that he hadn't gotten himself killed.
'But you did. You yelled to the whole of Konoha to hear. You tried to convince him to go after you when a strange man in a long dark coat with long hair in a ponytail came and 'kidnapped' you away. Now that I think about it he looked quite a bit like you,' the girl said putting a hand on Sasuke arm. 'Now that the brat is gone you won't have to go after him and we can spend more time with me. You did promise you know,' the girl said looking up at him desperately. There was a look in Sasuke eyes that told her she should get off. He wasn't looking at her or anything. Just glaring at something in the woods. Whatever it was she pitied it. She had never in her life seen the love of her life looking at something with the utmost disgust.
'So Naruto is gone?'
'I just said that, Sasuke. Now we can have more-'
'No, I never promised to spend time with you. Just tell me which way he went.'
The girl looked like he'd just hit her. 'I'm sorry Sasuke I wasn't paying attention to which way he went. I didn't think it mattered as long as he left,' the girl said blushing a little but her eyes showed nothing of embarrassment over the fact that she didn't care about the blonde boy.
'How could you talk about an innocent guy like Naruto like that? He's from your own village too. You should be ashamed of yourself,' Sasuke said glaring at the girl making her cower away from him.
'You talk like you're in love with the boy or something,' the girl said laughing.
'What if I was? What if I loved Naruto? What would you do about it?' Sasuke said giving the girl an even more evil look. If that was even possible.
'You… love… him?' the girl stopped laughing in a moment. She didn't know whether to take it as a joke. Once she saw the look he was giving her she realized it wasn't. 'Oh… well that's pretty cool…'
'I'm sick of you,' Sasuke said as he turned and walked away.
'Does that I mean I don't have a chance?' the girl said trying desperately to keep him with her as long as possible. Sasuke ignored her and kept walking. He was going to talk to Tsunade about this. Having Naruto going missing and no one bothering to go after him was not right. Even Tsunade wouldn't stand for it. What was up with people? What had happened while he was gone?
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Sasuke walked up the steps to the Hokage tower. He was going to give her a piece of his mind.
'Oh, Sasuke, you're back how lovely to see that you weren't injured,' Tsunade said as he walked into her office and gave her his usual icy glare.
'Injured?' Sasuke asked her. How could he have been injured with Kakashi and a whole bunch of Chuunin with him on the mission?
'Yes. So where is Naruto?' Tsunade asked him smiling. She always looked forward to seeing the bright happy boy.
'Naruto? That's what I came here to ask you about. Everyone is saying that he followed me but I was onthemission you assignedand I just got back so that is not possible,' Sasuke said a concerned look spreading across his face.
'You mean that you weren't kidnapped and Naruto followed someone else?' Tsunade asked slowly. She had thought that Naruto had gone and followed Sasuke. She had thought nothing of it. Naruto was old enough to take care of himself. She had been wondering when he was going to get back but she had been very busy this week as well.
'I have not been kidnapped recently so it was probably a set up so that someone could lure Naruto away from the village. If he was lured away, someone going to those lengths would not let him easily escape. Naruto cannot take care of himself in those kinds of circumstances,' Sasuke said pacing. He hadn't realized it until he had stopped talking and when he finally did he stopped facing away from Tsunade. He was close to tears and he didn't want the woman to see him crying over Naruto.
'I get it Sasuke and you don't have to hide from me,' at this Sasuke whipped around. 'It's okay to be worried about Naruto. He is important to you. If you want, I could assign you to the rescue squad along with ninjas of higher rank then you.' This question was followed quickly by a nod. Sasuke was only too eager to go help his lover (if that's what he could still call him).
'I'll help as long as we leave to go get him as long as we leavesoon.He might already be dead or hurt. If you don't have a team assembled by nightfall I'm leaving without help,' Sasuke said turning and walking towards the door.
'How much does the boy mean to you Sasuke?' Tsunade said analyzing the Uchiha's response.
'A lot more then you could ever imagine.' With that he was out the door and down the hall while Tsunade was shocked. She hadn't expected the boy's response to be anything like it had been. She sat there for a moment and then called for Kakashi and the other Jounins. She couldn't just have Sasuke go all by himself if even Naruto wasn't safe.
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Naruto was tired he had been trying to get out of the shackles for a good two hours. He had been making so much noise that a guard had to come in twice to make sure that nothing was happening to the boy. He had chuckled when he saw the boy struggling with the chains and went back out to his post.
Naruto had felt a deep hatred for the guard who had laughed at him. He had been laughed at so much these past few days and he was sick of it. He was now determined to get out of the restraints that held him to the wall and he was going to kill everyone that had laughed at him. Including a very alive Itachi.
--Flashback--
Naruto was running through the woods trying to follow Sasuke and Itachi. He was starting to lose them but would find them again and follow them faster then before trying to catch up before Itachi got any reinforcements. Naruto finally reached a certain spot in the woods, he felt truly alone and he wondered why he was doing this.
'For Sasuke,' his mind would tell him.
'But Sasuke lied to me these past few days. Why should I follow him and rescue him?' His mind fought back. It had been like this for hours and he just wanted his mind to take a break it was hard enough to concentrate in general, it was no wonder he hadn't found Sasuke and Itachi yet. His mind was distracting him.
Naruto closed his eyes and cleared his mind. When he was sure that it was clear enough he scouted around the area to see if there was any danger. He didn't like what he felt. A lot of chakra coming his way. He didn't know the waybackout of the forest so he ran away from the direction that the chakra was coming from. He didn't care where he ended up he just wasn't up for fighting right now.
Naruto soon found himself coming up onto a village. One that looked quite familiar. Surely he wouldn't use the same hideout twice, Naruto thought but headed for the building that he had been locked in before.
When Naruto reached the building it looked oddly deserted and Naruto was about to turn back before he heard someone walking towards where he was and he also heard a moan coming from inside the building. It sounded kind of like Sasuke when he was in pain. Naruto walked in and was amazed that he found a door open and when he looked inside there were two people in the room but he couldn't see their faces.
'Itachi…' Naruto heard someone who sounded a lot like Sasuke say.
'Sasuke this won't hurt a bit,' Itachi said.
Naruto was confused. Sasuke? Itachi? What was going on?
Naruto walked in and took a breath to talk when the door closed behind him and he was consumed by the dark. Now Naruto knew part of what was going on. He had heard two poofs when the door had closed. He could only guess that it was a trap that Naruto had fallen into. Sasuke had said not to follow him, that it was a trap. He'd heard but that didn't stop him from following, trying to save the boy he cared about.
Naruto knew better now. He vowed never to go after Sasuke again if he survived.
--End of Flashback--
Naruto could feel the cold wall against his bare back. It sent shivers down his spine to feel the cold. It was never ending and no matter how long he was against the wall it would always suck the warmth out of him.
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--To be continued--
A/N: So... did you like it? Was it any good? Please tell me. I need reviews people. I don't have very many and if I don't get atleast 5 reviews for this chapter I mightthink about stoppingthis story. I have so many other things and other stories to work on this is just taking up precious time for them. I need to know if it is worth my while to write.
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Shimizu Asuka