As the next day passed by, Sasuke was becoming more and more restless. Even though the blonde was just as scared, he tried to keep Sasuke calm. "I'm having a shower, dobe." He said quietly. Naruto nodded. They had managed to clean up a bit, and the apartment was looking much better now. The blonde sat on the sofa and turned the television on. He didn't have as many channels as Sasuke and the blonde thought enviously of Sasuke's much larger TV. He stretched out on the sofa and yawned, flicking through another few channels. "Stupid teme." he grumbled. The uchiha's nervousness was rubbing off on him now. "Mmmf!" Naruto jumped as he felt someone cover his mouth. He hoped to god it was Sasuke playing a joke. Unfortunately for the blonde, it wasn't. "If you want Sasuke to live, I suggest you don't make a sound." Came a calm, unhurried voice. Naruto didn't say a word when the hand moved away. Even before he turned around he knew what was coming. "Now, Kisame is going to make a distraction. I have sent a clone of myself with Kisame so they will think they have us both and wont believe you are in danger." Itachi said.
"Fuck you!" Naruto hissed, jumping past Itachi. The older Uchiha was much faster and he grabbed Naruto. "That's funny." Itachi did sound slightly amused. "You're
The first person to say that to me…and live." Naruto struggled and shouted for Sasuke. "Wrong move, Naruto-kun." Naruto yelped as Itachi slammed his head against the wall. Naruto suddenly felt dizzy and sick. He fell unconscious and slid down the wall. Itachi picked up the blonde and quickly left the house. This was one of the rare times that he couldn't help but smile; he was imagining his brother's face when he realised Naruto had been snatched from right under his nose.
Sasuke went frantic when he found Naruto was gone. When he was sure the blonde wasn't in the house, he opened the door and was shocked by the scene that greeted him. Exhausted anbu, some terribly injured were fighting Kisame and Itachi. Sasuke was relieved; if Itachi and Kisame were there, they couldn't possibly have Naruto. Then, suddenly, Itachi disappeared in a puff of smoke. A clone. "You idiots! That's a clone, the real Itachi has Naruto!" he screamed. His yelling wasn't heard; they were far too busy fighting Kisame. Eventually, he retreated; Probably to where Itachi was waiting. Sasuke quickly explained the situation to the hokage. She sent some shinobi after them immediately and allowed Sasuke to follow after. "Follow them and bring Naruto back. I'd leave myself, but shizune would have a fit. Besides, if any other villages got notice of the fact Konoha didn't have their hokage it could end up in another war. I'll send Kakashi along after you as backup." Sasuke quickly left. He knew, when he saw his brother, he would kill him. With Naruto, who would already be there, Itachi would have less chance of beating them both. He just hoped Naruto would be able to fend Itachi off enough until he got there.
When Naruto woke up, he found himself in a small room. He rubbed his head, groaning. Then he remembered what had happened and groaned louder. "Damnit! How could I let myself be caught? I'm so useless…" he grumbled.
"Talking to yourself, Naruto-kun? I don't want the mother of my child going insane." Naruto's head snapped up. "Mother? You watch who your calling a girl!" Naruto hissed, jumping up and trying to attack the Uchiha. Suddenly he gave a small squeak and was pulled back. The blonde noticed he was wearing a collar. He tugged at the leather, onto to receive a sharp pain in his hand. "Ouch!" Itachi almost laughed at the blonde's naivety. "It's a chakra enforced collar. I don't want you running away before I'm finished, do I?" Itachi said in a low voice. Naruto glared at him. He had only got rid of his last collar and now he had another one? "Anyway, you calling me insane? Look who's talking!" the blonde snarled at Itachi. The Uchiha smirked at Naruto. "Yes, your right. I hardly doubt I'm completely sane, but at least now you'll know the reason if I suddenly kill you." Naruto bit his lip nervously. Itachi had to be, even including lee, the weirdest person he had ever met. "I have a strange feeling my annoying little brother will be along soon so we better get this done quickly." He came towards Naruto. The blonde stalled for time, asking the Uchiha the first question that popped into his head. "Done quickly? Won't you just kill Sasuke when he gets here?" he asked. Itachi stopped, much to Naruto's delight, and thought for a moment.
"I'll make you a deal. If you carry my child and return him to me when he is born, I will let you and Sasuke go back to Konoha." Naruto frowned.
"What makes you so sure the baby would be a 'he'?" he asked, his eyes narrowing. Itachi shrugged. "I don't want a female. If it did happen to be a girl I would simply kill that baby and try again for a boy. You better hope its male, hadn't you Naruto-kun?" Itachi stepped forward. 'Kyuubi! A little help here!' Naruto shouted to the fox.
Itachi seemed to know what the blonde was doing, almost like he had predicted it. "Don't bother. Lets just say before you woke up you had a little accident with Kisame." It took Naruto a moment to work it out. Then he remembered; it had happened before. Kisame had that sword that sucked up chakra. Great. Forgetting the fact it was protected, Naruto tried again to pull the collar off to make an escape easier. The sharp pain surged through his fingers and Naruto stopped, deciding he needed a 'plan b'. "I'm not doing anything with you, bastard!" Naruto snarled. Itachi pushed the blonde on the bed, the chains coming from Naruto's collar stretching automatically. Itachi must be controlling them with his chakra, Naruto noted dully. The Uchiha reached into a drawer and pulled out a vial of something. He handed it to Naruto. The blonde looked at what had just been placed in his hands. "Drink it, now." Were all the instructions he got. Naruto refused immediately. "I know Sasuke will be coming. If you don't drink that, the second he comes through that door, he is dead." Naruto pulled the small cork from the bottle and drank the strange smelling liquid in one go. It tasted horrible and the blonde shuddered as the bitter taste lingered in his mouth. He had an even worse time when Itachi kissed him. The blonde pulled away, spitting. "What the hell?" he screamed. Itachi began pulling off Naruto's clothes, not giving the blonde a chance to get away.
Naruto fought back furiously. "Stop resisting. I've been very patient with you Naruto-kun but now your starting to piss me off." Itachi said through gritted teeth. Itachi ripped off Naruto's orange trousers, and was about to touch the blonde's boxers when a large blast of red erupted around Naruto. The Uchiha was thrown back across the room. 'Take that!' Kyuubi snarled.
'I thought you couldn't…I mean, when did you get your chakra back?' Naruto quickly asked the fox. Naruto could tell Kyuubi was smirking. 'Lets just say fish-guy underestimated this fox!' Kyuubi replied proudly. "His name is Kisame." Naruto said out loud. 'Whatever, now I have to get us out of this situation!' Kyuubi told the blonde. 'Yeah, because its totally my fault.' Naruto snapped back sarcastically. 'Look, whatever fish-guy did has made it so you can't control the chakra. But I seem to be able to this time, so hold still. If you move, I might cut your throat.' Naruto didn't move an inch, wondering what the fox was trying to do. He watched, still keeping still, as a small red line appeared around his throat, slicing away the collar. As soon as the leather snapped, the chakra disappeared. 'Whew. That was difficult.' Naruto had forgotten about Itachi, but his conversation with Kyuubi was cut if abruptly as Itachi pounced on him, snarling. "That's it. My patience has run out." He hissed dangerously. Even though he didn't have the collar on, being pinned under the much larger Uchiha was making it hard for Naruto to breathe, let alone move. His wrists were grabbed and pinned above his head with one of Itachi's hands. Naruto whimpered; it didn't look like he was going to be able to get out of this. His boxers were roughly pulled off and to his horror, noticed that Itachi, at some point, had already undressed. "No, wait!" he said quickly. "Can't we slow down a bit here?" the blonde asked desperately. 'There's only one way Naruto…' Kyuubi said quietly. Naruto felt sick as Itachi kissed him again. 'What? Tell me!' he thought back, anything was better than this! 'I wouldn't suggest it, but it's the only way to get you out of this situation.' Naruto closed his eyes as Itachi moved his head lower. "Stop!" he cried out weakly. 'Release my seal completely.' Kyuubi said quietly. 'I'll take over and kill Itachi.' The fox said. 'It's the only way.'
Naruto gasped; release the seal? He and the Kyuubi hadn't always been on the best of terms. In fact, there was a point, where the fox completely loathed Naruto and only even saved him because she would die with him otherwise. Then, the fox would try and persuade and on occasion trick Naruto into releasing the seal. Fortunately, the fox had never succeeded. Now Kyuubi was almost like a mother to him and he felt mean to still doubt the fox. It could have been a trick all along. All this time she was merely still plotting, pretending to be friendly until the opportunity came. If he did release the seal, he would be entirely at the fox's mercy. There could be no guarantee the fox would allow Naruto his body back. I mean, would Kyuubi have a few moments of precious freedom, then wave them goodbye to be locked back into the cage which confines her? 'Come on, kit!' Naruto noted the desperation in kyuubi's voice. Was this good or bad however? He couldn't tell if it was desperation for him to release her to help, or desperation as she was so close to being handed the thing she wanted most. Itachi seemed to enjoy the fact Naruto was quite unresponsive. He didn't know it was because he was having an inner battle. 'What are you waiting for? Release the seal!'