A/N: Sorry guys but I've decided if I do a main pairing in this story, it will be Gaara x Naruto ^^ doesn't mean I will because I'll probably fail at it XD. I may do some small pairings because with the idea I have it will be funny...well hopefully. That will probably be Sakura x Lee but if you think it should be different please tell me ^o^.
"A prank?" Gaara looked at Naruto to see if he was joking. When he realised he wasn't he looked away and thought about it for a second. His mind registered that it might be interesting to do something different for a change instead of following the same routine. He looked back at Naruto, "What did you have in mind?"
Naruto's grin became even bigger before he became serious and looked around to make sure everyone else was still asleep. "OK, here's what I thought. Lately the security around here has become lax, you've noticed that right?"
Gaara nodded. He had noticed. Lately there were only one or two guards that came to check on them every hour or so when they were sleeping. When they had first been brought here there had been a guard stationed at all times in the corridor to make sure none of them made a break for it.
Naruto nodded back before continuing "Well, I think the reason for this is that they don't think any of us will try and escape now because we're used to it here." He grinned again. "So, I think we show them what we can do, show them how rubbish their security has got." He suddenly looked apprehensive. "So what do you think?"
Gaara thought for a moment. "If it's a prank, that means we'll be coming back right? It will just be to show them that we could escape if we wanted to?" He saw Naruto nod and carried on thinking. He was indifferent to everything that went on here now; he neither liked nor disliked it here. If they were caught trying to escape they'd probably be killed, but maybe because of that risk it would be exciting. An evil smirk flitted across his face for a second before it returned to his normal look of indifference. "You've got me interested, so what do we do?"
Naruto laughed quietly, happy that Gaara was willing to do this with him. "Don't worry, leave it to me. We'll leave tomorrow night. Be ready, OK?"
Gaara looked slightly puzzled. "You don't need me to do anything?"
Naruto shook his head and put a finger to his lips, a light was just coming around the corner at the other end of the corridor. The guard was making his rounds. "Just be ready tomorrow" he whispered.
When the guard got to their cells, they were both back in bed pretending to be asleep, to the guard it just looked like it did every night. He would never know that only a few seconds ago, they were planning a feat that would change everything.
The next day Naruto and Gaara acted like nothing had happened. They didn't speak to each other, just like all the other kids. So that they wouldn't arouse suspicion. But Gaara kept an eye on Naruto, to see what his next move was. What was he going to do so that they could escape tonight? What could he do? Gaara couldn't think of anything that would work. They'd have to be quiet, make it look like nothing had happened for when the guards came round, sneak out of the base. It just wasn't possible.
Gaara sat down for breakfast in the big hallway. There was one table set out for all the children, he was at one end and he could see Naruto at the other, sitting next to the youngest member of the group, a young girl. Gaara looked down as a tray was placed before him. The food was always different and testing would begin afterwards. The food was full of different chemicals and nutrients each day to see how they affected the children. Today it was some kind of soup, it didn't look very appetising but Gaara started eating without even worrying about it.
He heard a small splash and a scream at the other end of the table. He looked up to see what the commotion was. The girl Naruto had been sitting next to was standing up and backing away from the table. The boy opposite her was covered in the soup she had had before her and was looking very disgruntled. Two of the scientists came rushing over and started asking questions, blocking Naruto from view. Gaara suspected that Naruto had had something to do with what had happened but said nothing, wondering how this would help them later.
After that the day carried on as usual, the routine setting in once again. After breakfast the tests began, the IQ tests first. These tests ended, Naruto already starting the day with new bruises. Then the light exercise then began. Monitoring the pulse, the blood pressure as they did basic weight lifting and running. A small break before some weapons training, for accuracy. And then the group was put together again and led to the arena, where two of them would be put against each other in battle.
Gaara looked at Naruto wondering what would happen if today they were picked to enter the arena and fight. Just because they were now friends didn't mean they could just say no to fighting each other, they would be seen as weak and killed. He turned to the scientist as he got ready to read out the names of the children to fight today. He relaxed when he heard the names read out. Neither him or Naruto were fighting today, it was the girl that had screamed earlier and the boy who she had tipped her soup over this morning. He watched the fight commence before becoming bored and looking to see if Naruto had made any progress for their plan later. He saw Naruto wince down at the two children fighting, almost as if he felt guilty. The boy won but only marginally, he didn't have the strength to kill her, he was close to passing out himself. He heard a small sigh of relief and turned to see Naruto, which confused him. Why would he care what happened in this fight? Gaara shrugged and left it at that, maybe he'd ask him later if they had time.
Gaara waited until the guard had done his first rounds of the night before getting up out of bed and going to the bars separating the cells. He watched Naruto do the same and they both sat down. "So did you do whatever you needed to?"
Naruto grinned and pulled some keys out of his pocket. "Yep, we're ready to go." He stood up.
Gaara grabbed his arm and pulled him back. "Mind telling me how you got them? We need to talk out how were gonna do this anyway."
Naruto nodded slightly. "Fine but we have to be fast. We can't risk there being guard nearby." H looked around to make sure everything was OK. "I caused the commotion earlier, when the guy came over to see what was happening, I swiped the keys out of his back pocket. He didn't even notice." Naruto laughed quietly.
Gaara shook his head; the security really was poor at the moment. "So that's why you looked guilty at the fight earlier, because you had caused everything this morning." Gaara stopped for a second and looked Naruto straight in the eye. "What did you do to the girl?"
Naruto laughed nervously. "I found out awhile ago that she has a fear of bugs." Gaara looked at him in disbelief. "What? Not all of us had our emotions changed." He winced. "Sorry, didn't mean to say that. Anyway they may change her now." He shook his head trying to rid himself of the thoughts. "Anyway I found a spider in here yesterday, so I grabbed it this morning." He pointed to a corner of the ceiling. "That's its web there. I put it into her soup this morning."
Gaara snorted and stood up stretching. "Well, I wouldn't have expected that. Which is good because hopefully they haven't either. So what's the plan for now?"
Naruto went over to his cell door and slid one of the keys into the lock. The lock and key had a corresponding number which made it easier for the scientists to open the cells, but also at this moment made it easier for them to get free. He walked around to Gaara's cell door. "Well actually, I thought we could make it up as we go along."
Gaara stood up and walked to the door as Naruto opened it and walked out beside him. "So you made a big plan for earlier but haven't actually thought this far ahead?" He looked at Naruto smirking slightly.
"Quiet you." Was all he got as a response.
They snuck down the corridor staying close to the walls so that they stayed hidden in shadows. It also meant they were further away from the other cells and hopefully wouldn't wake anyone else up. They made it out of the corridor, down past the testing rooms and the arena and came out next to the hall where they had eaten earlier.
That's when it all went wrong.
The corridor they were in had three doors, the one they had just come through and two opposite each other. Through one door was the hall. Through the other was the exit and in Gaara's eyes, their ticket to freedom. The only problem was that the light from a torch was coming through the glass in the doorway, meaning the guard had started his rounds again. Naruto was about to speak but Gaara covered his mouth and pulled him over so that they were hidden completely in shadows. For the moment anyway.
The guard entered the corridor and went straight over to the door to the hall and unlocked it. He stood in the doorway shining his torch in making sure there were no intruders. Quick as a flash Gaara was behind him. He hit him in the back of the neck, making him fall unconscious without a sound. Gaara stopped him from falling and dragged him into the hall fully and laid him on the floor.
"What are you-?" Naruto went silent as Gaara looked at him sharply. He followed Gaara out of the hall and watched him lock the guard in. "Why?"
Gaara looked at him, "You do realise that if we're seen trying to escape we're dead right?"
Naruto paled "Maybe we shouldn't do this." He stepped back, this idea seemed bad to him now. Like he'd made a really stupid mistake.
Gaara shook his head. "We'll be fine now." He looked over at the other door. "Come on, let's just get outside its only one more corridor." He saw Naruto agree and walked crouched through the door. At the other end was the doorway to freedom and halfway along was the reception area where people signed in, a light was on inside. He looked round at Naruto and put a finger to his lips and Naruto nodded. They crouched lower and slid across the wall going under the little window of the reception. They stayed crouched until they got to the door and silently opened it, slipping out.
Gaara breathed in deeply, it felt good to breathe fresh air again. He looked around and saw the fencing around laboratory but also the area that lay beyond it. It was wasteland but it stretched for miles around. Though he didn't show it, he felt that if he crossed that fence he would be free, and now that he could taste that freedom there was no way he was going back in that laboratory.
He looked around at Naruto who looked scared and nervous. "It's so big." He whispered. He looked at Gaara. "We should go back now."
Gaara closed his eyes and breathed in again. "But it's so refreshing out here." He looked at Naruto. "Why don't we just leave?"
Naruto looked shocked. "Leave? That was never the plan." He looked around again at the area as if he was thinking about what it was like out there.
Gaara realised this was his chance; Naruto's curiosity was getting the better of him. "Come on Naruto. Think of the adventures we could have." He felt strange like he was truly excited but he didn't know how when his emotions had been taken away. He decided not to think about that at the moment. "You're not scared are you? Not that it matters, I'll protect you if you want." He walked forward and held his hand out to Naruto.
Naruto snorted. "I'm not scared!" He strode forward purposefully and Gaara knew that he had won, they were going to run away together. Even though Naruto tried to look fearless he grabbed Gaara's hand as he passed. He looked embarrassed and muttered. "Can't lose my friend, can I?" Trying to make an excuse for it.
Gaara chuckled slightly as he felt Naruto squeeze his hand quite tightly. He knew that Naruto was really scared of the outside world. Most memories were taken, so you forgot just how big everything was. He looked up at the night sky, at the twinkling stars, before continuing forward. "Let's go then."
An alarm sounded. The guard had been found. Quickly Gaara pulled Naruto up to the fence and then let go of his hand so that they could climb. They scaled the fence, the barbed wire at the top ripping into their hands and then their legs and feet as they pulled themselves over.
"Ow" Naruto winced as they jumped down and landed on the other side, his feet bleeding.
"No time, sorry" Gaara grabbed his hand again and they were running fall pelt across the land. They stumbled at points and pulled each other up so that it didn't slow them down. It was lucky they had had so much training otherwise they would have had to stop and that wasn't an option at the moment.
Awhile later they made it to a road where they stopped for a second, panting. It felt good to be on tarmac instead of the small stones and sandy area they had been running on. They both looked the way they had come and saw that the outside of the laboratory was fully lit up.
"Wow, so this is what it looks like from the outside." Naruto mumbled. Other than the lights, the place looked derelict from the outside. Like it hadn't been used in years. He looked down at the road they were on. "Why do you think there's a strip of land that isn't as painful to walk on?"
Gaara shrugged. "It's probably got a purpose of some sort." He looked around at Naruto who was looking over Gaara's shoulder stunned. "What?" He spun round and saw two lights coming towards them. He squinted seeing a metal frame behind it.
"What is it?" Naruto whispered.
Gaara grit his teeth and pulled Naruto behind him. "I don't know but whatever it is, it's not good." He heard Naruto squeak and looked around seeing another one coming up behind them. He growled slightly. The things stopped a few metres away from them. A man got out of the one in front causing Naruto to gasp and to tighten his grip on Gaara's hand again. This made them both wince from the cuts along their hands.
The man walked forward slightly, Gaara couldn't see him properly because of the light directly behind him, and so he didn't know if he recognised him or not.
"What are you two doing out here so late at night?"
A/N: Sorry it took so long to write this . It was really hard but hopefully it wont take as long for the other chapters!!!