Konnichi wa!

I don't really know where this idea came from. It's going to be a little three part series that I just wanted to get out there.

It's a tad confusing I think, but it should work :D

I hope!

Please enjoy!

Shackled in Chains

Link One – Chains of Friendship

"Naruto…"

The thought floated – hazy – across his mind. He ignored it.

"Naruto…"

Barely a coherent thought.

"Naruto…"

A little more urgently this time.

"Naruto!"

Azure orbs snapped open and Naruto sat up in his bed, looking around his small apartment frantically.

"What?" He exclaimed to the empty room. "What – who said that?"

"Naruto…"

It was barely an elegant whisper of his name in his mind, but he recognized the graceful voice.

"Sa…"

"Save me, Naruto…"

"Sasuke?"

"Save me!" The voice was softly urgent – pleading and far away.

Naruto leaped out of bed.

"SASUKE!"

Hurriedly pulling on his clothes, he grabbed his headband and rushed out the door, not even bothering to lock it.

He raced around the city of Konoha, searching for a person he hadn't seen for ten years.

Stopping for breath on the roof of a building, he gasped out,

"Sasuke," he panted to the air. "Sasuke – I know you're here – I heard you – where are you?"

"Naruto…" The voice was further to the left – to the Hokage tower. Naruto leaped that way.

"Sasuke!" Naruto repeated the name under his breath. "Where are you – tell me!"

"Save me, Naruto…" The name held pleading in every letter. The blonde gritted his teeth and urged his legs to go faster.

The soft voice led Naruto to underneath the Hokage tower – to the secret dungeons below it that only Anbu officers were allowed to enter.

Naruto silently walked along the gloomy, stank hallways.

"Sasuke…" he breathed, looking around.

"Naruto." The voice was close now – incredibly close – and it led Naruto to a huge steel door, bolted and impossible to open from the inside. Naruto – using his Chakra – opened it, and curiously watched with a touch of urgency as it swung inwards.

His eyes widened.

There was a person sitting at the far wall, but the fact that it WAS a person was barely able to be deciphered. Endless chains and shackles were attached to the person, a metal chain-mail-type armor wrapped around the person's upper body, and Naruto could see the other's hands had been fit inside wrist shackles, which were welded into the metal covering the chest, that were created especially for those wrists, forcing the other to cross their arms across their chest in a defensive manner. Every tip of the other's fingers were covered in small metal bowls, fitted snuggly around the fingertips as long, thin tubes ran from each finger to a device above the other's head.

Their legs – from the knee down – were wrapped with metal as well – not a single shred of skin could be seen save for the back of the hands and a shred of the face – forcing the other's legs to press together. A huge metal block encased the other's feet, hiding them from view. Tubes identical to the ones on the fingers ran upwards to the same machine.

Shackles also were attached to their arms, hiding the skin from view. The same thing with the upper legs – Naruto couldn't even tell if the other was wearing clothing or not, let alone what gender they were.

A mask providing the other with anesthesia was pressed into the mouth and nose, and a metal sheet – molded to the other's face and forehead – was pressed into the other's eyes and forehead, wrapping snugly around the other's head. Black hair cascaded down the metal-covered shoulders in waves, draping over the multiple chains and tubs and metals around the other's body. All of the tubes led upwards to that same, strange machine.

The other's face was tilted downwards, to their left. All of the metal glowed slightly in the dim lighting, making the other seem like they were smoldering with an iridescent radiance.

Naruto could only stare at the figure, wondering how long they had been there.

"Who the…?"

"Naruto."

The voice was closer than it had ever been before, and Naruto jumped, looking around.

"Sasuke?" He asked the stone room. "Sasuke – where are you?"

"I'm here."

Naruto's eyes widened in realization and he turned back to the figure, who hadn't moved – couldn't move – an inch.

"Sasuke?" He breathed, taking a few steps closer to the figure. "Is that you?"

There was silence for a moment.

"Yes."

The blonde's eyes narrowed.

"Save me, Naruto."

"No Naruto – I can't," Tsunade said. Naruto glared at her.

"And why not? How long has he BEEN there, Tsunade? Well? HOW LONG?"

"THAT'S NONE OF YOUR CONCERN!" Tsunade roared, slamming her hands onto the desk in front of her, and making Naruto take a step back – the fifth had never been roused to anger so easily. Apparently, this was a touchy subject.

She immediately calmed down, slumping back in her chair and sighing.

"He's a danger to both himself and all around him. Apparently, you didn't realize WHY he was chained up in the first place."

The fire died from Naruto's eyes, and was replaced with curiosity.

"What – why? What happened?"

Tsunade's reply was bitter.

"Ever since he left for Sound, he has been gaining more and more power. Because he used up his Chakra so much, his body found a way to nearly quadruple the amount of Chakra it produced. It will keep producing Chakra even if Sasuke's body hadn't used any. Therefore – eventually – if his body doesn't do anything to ease the pressure in his system, he will either eventually explode from the inside out, or the Chakra will force itself out in a huge eruption of equal proportions. Either way, people for hundreds of miles of the Uchiha would die."

Naruto's eyes widened as Tsunade continued.

"He has no way to control his own power. The very amount of Chakra in his system has severed his brain connections with his body – he can't even control his own body anymore."

"But what about food?" Naruto demanded. "Food, water, going to the bathroom – what of them?"

"Sasuke's amounts of Chakra are so great that it's being converted into life energy even as we speak. To help control the amount of Chakra, some of it is turned into life force. But the body can't change the Chakra fast enough. Even now, the medics have guessed that at the rate Sasuke's body is producing Chakra and transforming it, he can live up to four thousand more years."

Naruto was at a loss for words.

"That's… AMAZING!"

Tsunade shook her head, unimpressed and still bitter.

"Perhaps. But Sasuke's Chakra is providing his body with everything it needs to survive – nutrients, energy, oxygen – everything. Sasuke literally has NO NEED for food, water, or bathrooms anymore. His Chakra takes care of all of that."

"But he knows he's chained up!" Naruto protested. "He talked to me – he told me to save him! He knows he's locked away!"

Tsunade snorted.

"Impossible Naruto! Sasuke's Chakra levels have caused him to become so out of touch with reality that he's probably forgotten who any of us ARE! There's no way he could have made a connection with people outside of his own little world!"

That's not true. Naruto thought. He DID speak to me – he DID!

"You still haven't explained about the chains – or the anesthesia," he commented.

Tsunade sighed again.

"The chains were especially formed to wrap around his body and connect to the Chakra points, assisting in the Chakra level control. We take the Chakra and put it into special containers, incase we need an emergency Chakra transfusion. We've discovered that Sasuke's Chakra is able to mold and shift to suit anyone's Chakra signature. The anesthesia is to keep his bodily functions out of control, and to keep his mind from becoming less than stable."

"So he's a medical tool?" Naruto asked. "A medical tool that you use? You drain him of his Chakra?"

Tsunade merely looked at him.

"Sometimes," she replied softly. "How do you think that we were able to fight off all those Sound ninja with that one forbidden Jutsu three years ago? You know any forbidden Jutsu needs nearly limitless amounts of Chakra, and this one was three times more powerful than the other forbidden Jutsus YOU'VE come across. I was the only one performing the Jutsu – I just used Sasuke's Chakra to assist me."

"So he IS a tool!" Naruto roared. "Dammit Tsunade – he's been a tool ever since he was eight years old – WHY do you have to do it TOO –?"

"Because if I don't, Sasuke will DIE!" The fifth bellowed. "Even now the chains around Sasuke are becoming weaker and weaker as they have to drain more Chakra. If ANY sort of outside stimulus causes him to awaken, the chains WILL shatter and then we'll all DIE! I can't ALLOW you to see him, Naruto! If he awakes because of you, we're all DONE for! THAT'S why I didn't tell you about him! THAT'S why I kept him here for seven years and didn't tell you! It would only end in disaster! Sasuke can't CONTROL his own body anymore Naruto! He's completely and totally HELPLESS!"

Naruto was shocked into silence at the sudden roar. Sasuke? HELPLESS?

There were no sounds from either side, after a moment.

Tsunade seemed to realize what she had done.

"Naruto –"

"I'm sorry for barging in, Hokage-sama," Naruto swiftly cut her off, giving her a stiff bow before turning and leaving, resisting from slamming the door on his way out.

Tsunade slumped into her chair again, burying her head in her arms.

Awe – CRAP…

Naruto reemerged in the huge stone dungeon, Tsunade's words echoing in his ears.

Can he really NOT control his own body anymore…?

"Naruto?" Sasuke's voice breathed to him. Naruto swallowed and walked forward.

"Yeah," he breathed to the room. "Can you hear me?"

"I can hear your thoughts. I can. What's troubling you?"

Naruto's eyes widened and he looked away. Sasuke sensed his discomfort.

"Oh… not exactly what you were looking forward to, is it?"

"It what she said true?" He asked thickly. "Are you really helpless?"

There was silence between them for a moment. Sasuke's body remained still.

"…Yes – she speaks truth. It wasn't my decision. My body began producing more Chakra to meet my demands, and now… it can't stop. She was right though. Right now, this machine IS the only thing keeping all of us alive."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Naruto asked bitterly. "Why didn't you talk to me before this? Why did you wait SEVEN FUCKING YEARS?"

"My Chakra gave me telekinetic abilities in response to my isolation," Sasuke replied. "However, I didn't discover it until recently, and it's taken me a while to find out how it worked. I'm sorry Naruto – if I HAD a way to speak to you from the very start, I would have – you know that."

Naruto swallowed.

"Yeah… but how?" He asked. "How do you talk to me?"

A mental chuckle tickled the inside of his head.

"It's based on the bonds we share. If there is a powerful bond between us, I can find you more easily. You were the first person I saw, and I spoke to you immediately."

"Bonds?" Naruto repeated. Then he smirked. "So we DO have something between us."

The inside of Naruto's head grew pleasantly warm – was Sasuke smiling?

"Yes – we DO have something between us. A bond that was never broken. We're bound by a chain, Naruto."

The blonde grinned.

I will get you out!

"Yeah," he replied. "A chain of friendship."

I swear!

End Link One – Chains of Friendship

Yep – three part series.

Still don't know where this came from.

But I remember wanting a scenario were Sasuke was completely helpless and blind, wrapped in chains and totally disoriented.

Thank you, Imagination, for coming up with something so fast:D

Sasuke is SEXY wrapped in chains. XD

Please review! I know it's weird, but…

Hey – I'm notorious for coming up with strange ideas. XD

And the Jutsu that Tsunade used... No idea. There probably ISN'T one. But I don't know.

And the forbidden Jutsus Naruto has come across... again, no idea. Let's just pretend we ALL know what I'm talking about, okay? XD

Please review!

Ja ne!

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