A/N: Ugg...I'm so sorry this has taken awhile ^^; (that's all I ever seem to say isn't it *sighs at her own uselessness when it comes to updates*) But anywho~ the next chapter, hope it's ok =^-^=

*fingers crossed* I shall have more chapters up this week as next week I have no internet access so please keep a look out~

Kakashi sighed. Today was not his day. Not only did he get a call from Gaara saying one of his 'charges' as Jiraiya liked to put it had gone missing and then the subsequent call that had alerted him that Naruto was hurt and was being brought over to the station for a statement but he also then had to find out that it was Sasuke who had been with him and was now asking questions. "Of all the people you could have been with Naruto..." He shook his head, wondering how he was going to get through the next hour or so as he walked into the station, having had the evening off, and saw Sasuke making a beeline for him.

"What's going on, Kakashi?" Sasuke stood in his way, arms crossed.

"You were there, you tell me." Kakashi smiled at him before manoeuvring himself past, it wouldn't do well to be trapped in a corner by Sasuke, he was a smart kid and Kakashi had realised that long ago.

Sasuke pouted as he followed Kakashi. "You know what I mean!" He stopped as he noticed Kakashi's serious look as he pushed through the police station and wondered whether he'd missed something, or if Naruto was seriously hurt. Sasuke stopped, doubting what he had seen, could it have been shock? Naruto certainly tried to shrug it off, maybe he didn't know what Sasuke had been going on about. "Hey...Kakashi, is Naruto OK?"

Kakashi paused at the fear in Sasuke's voice, having never heard him worry about someone before. He turned, trying his best to smile. "Of course he's going to be fine. It can't have been that bad an injury if he's been brought straight here instead of to a hospital. But as I said before, you were there, so you tell me, do you think he's going to be OK?"

Sasuke nodded, though the doubt still showed on his face. "But I thought I saw something that's impossible."

Kakashi smiled tiredly, knowing that they wouldn't be able to hide the secrets they'd been trying so hard to keep. He ruffled Sasuke's hair, receiving a glare for the action. "Let's go and see Naruto and then we'll talk about it, OK?"

It didn't take long for the two of them to reach the back room in which Naruto was. He grinned up at them as they came in, the grin looking too normal against the amount of bandages he had wrapped around his middle. "There you two are! I was getting bored by myself."

Sasuke glared at him, annoyed, his worry for his friend disappearing as he saw how happy he was. "Oi, Naruto-"

Kakashi stopped him with a gesture before walking over to Naruto, his face once again serious. "Naruto, we're going to have to tell Sasuke the truth now, are you OK with that?"

Naruto's grin waned as he nodded slowly, refusing to look up at Sasuke now. "OK, but can we wait for Gaara? He's on his way."

Kakashi smiled encouragingly. "Of course, how long do you think he's going to be?"

Naruto tilted his head, thinking it through. "He got a phone call from here telling him what happened about 5 minutes ago."

"Is someone going to pick him up?"

Naruto shook his head at the question about to answer further but was stopped by Sasuke interrupting.

"Great, he's not going to be here for another half an hour at least." Sasuke pouted, crossing his arms as he flopped in a seat near Naruto.

Naruto frowned, shaking his head again. "No, he'll be here much sooner than that."

A clatter of doors made them all turn around as Gaara burst through. Gaara looked around at them all before standing up straight, looking as normal as if he'd just strolled there at his own pace.

Sasuke blinked before looking down at his watch. "Are you sure you rang him only 5 minutes ago?"

The policeman with them nodded, his face incredulous. "It could only have been 10 at the most."

Sasuke turned to Kakashi, his arms crossed again. "Right, now I've seen two impossible things today. So, will you just get on with it and tell me what's going on?"

Kakashi sighed before nodding and standing up. "Fine but there's one last thing I want to do first." He gestured to Sasuke to stand up and took him to the other side of the room, putting down the chair he'd dragged over as well. "If you don't mind sitting over here." Before Sasuke could answer, Kakashi turned and gestured for Gaara to go and sit beside Naruto, who promptly did so and at the same time checked up on him to make sure he was OK.

"Kakashi, what are you-"

"I'm just taking precautions, Sasuke." Kakashi turned around and sat up on the table between them, not being bothered enough to grab himself a chair. "I don't want anything getting out of hand."

"Out of hand?" Sasuke frowned, perplexed, having not thought that this 'talk' could result in anything.

Kakashi nodded. "So if you don't mind, please stay on that side of the table and..." He looked over his shoulder at the other two. "...you two please stay on that side." He looked fixedly at Gaara making it known who he was actually talking to. "I don't know how this talk will go and I'd rather it didn't turn out violent."

Naruto grinned, though he was slightly worried, not understanding how their talk could get violent. "K, we'll stay over here." He tightened his hand around Gaara's under the table to make sure he'd stay put.

Kakashi smiled. "Good." He clapped his hands together. "Right then, let's get on with this then." Kakashi looked over at Sasuke, his smile waning slightly. "I hope that you can keep what is said here a secret Sasuke, though it is going to be hard for you to hear."

Sasuke glared. "Just get on with it Kakashi, you know I can keep a secret and deal with...things."

Kakashi nodded. "Right, I'll go with the blunt approach then. These two came from the U&U lab."

Sasuke froze, his eyes widening. "What?"

Before Kakashi could answer, a voice spoke up behind him.

"U&U?" Naruto tilted his head, not understanding.

"Oh yeah, sorry." Kakashi laughed, embarrassed at forgetting. "The U&U lab is what the place you were in is called out here."

"Out here?" Sasuke sat, his mind refusing to connect the links as he shook his head. "They worked there?"

"No, Sasuke." Kakashi sighed, knowing how hard this was. "They lived there as...test subjects."

Sasuke shook his head, standing up, the chair falling behind him. "You're wrong. That can't be right. It was a research centre...on animals."

Gaara glared. "Are you calling us animals?" He tried to stand up but Naruto's hand tightened around his and pulled him back.

Sasuke's eyes widened, feeling slightly guilty at the angry look on Gaara's face and the hurt one on Naruto's. "No, I'm not..."

Kakashi put up a hand to silence them all. "Sit down, Sasuke." He turned again to look behind him. "That's not what he meant Gaara. Everyone outside of the lab was led to believe the test subjects were animals and that the place was looking for medical breakthroughs."

"So, what was happening there then?" Sasuke had sat back down again, looking at his feet as he refused to look up at any of them.

Kakashi sighed. "They were testing on humans and as for the purpose..." He frowned looking behind him again. "We're still not sure ourselves."

"This isn't a joke is it? Others joining in on your conspiracy theory?"

Kakashi shook his head. "You've seen what these two can do and you still think that maybe this is all a joke? And you know I wouldn't joke about something like this...especially not with you."

Sasuke looked up again, his eyes going to Gaara and Naruto for a split second before turning to Kakashi. "What is it exactly they can do? Or should I say, how?"

Naruto piped up then, slightly impatient and annoyed at the fact that they were being ignored in a conversation about them. "We can do a variety of things but each of the kinds tested on had a different ability from the others. I heal easily whereas Gaara has speed for example. He can go so fast at points that all you can see is dust and sand." He smiled for a second before it disappeared, his face slightly pained. "So, how we got them was through...I think they said it was genetic changes." He frowned for a second; trying to remember the conversation he'd eavesdropped on. "Though other things were through experiments like..." His glance shifted to Gaara, wondering if he should say anything.

Gaara saw the look and sighed, continuing for him. "Like the fact that I don't have much emotion or memories from before I went in there." He looked over at Kakashi, alliterating this point without even meaning to. "Are we done yet?"

Kakashi looked over at Sasuke. "Any more questions?"

"Why didn't you tell me?" Sasuke hadn't looked at Naruto while he had spoken, a point that Naruto had noticed and he still remained to look away from him, choosing to stare at the wall instead now. "You know I had a right to know."

Kakashi frowned as he thought. "We thought it best not to tell anyone, it is an investigation after all and I was worried how you would react."

"You told me about your theories quickly enough before." Sasuke glared at him.

Jiraiya, who at that moment had decided to check up on all of them, frowned from the doorway. "Kakashi, how much did you tell him?"

Kakashi sighed exasperated. "I didn't tell him willingly. He eavesdropped on a conversation and then wouldn't leave me alone until I told him."

Jiraiya looked amused. "He made you tell him?" He shook his head. "But still, you shouldn't give information out, you know that."

Kakashi pouted. "He was a persistent brat...still is to be honest." He grinned at Sasuke. "And anyway, it wasn't information because you decided at that time that my 'conspiracy theory' wasn't worth investigating."

"Alright, alrig-"

Sasuke stood up, cutting off the conversation between Kakashi and Jiraiya. "I should get back. Thanks." He walked off without looking back.

"Wait, Sasuke." Naruto watched from his seat as he was ignored, anger bubbling through him at the way his friend was brushing him off. He stood up, ignoring those around him who told him that he shouldn't be moving around yet and walked quickly after Sasuke.

Kakashi sighed, watching Naruto walk off before turning to Gaara who was also standing up, ready to leave, though not in as much of a hurry as Naruto. Kakashi frowned at the look on his face. "Gaara, you OK?"

Gaara looked at him, nodding slowly before shuffling off towards the door.

Kakashi's frown deepened. "Gaara, I think we should talk, you don't look right."

Gaara shrugged. "Whatever, I'll be outside." He disappeared through the door, his face dejected.

~Meanwhile~

Naruto caught up with Sasuke just as he went outside. He grabbed him as the door closed behind them, pinning him to the wall, his eyes angry and hurt. "What? Are you suddenly too good for us? Are you disgusted by me and Gaara? Are you..." He couldn't continue. His heart hurt from the fact that he'd been brushed off so easily by his friend as if he meant nothing, as if he was just someone to walk away from without a backwards glance.

Sasuke shook his head. "No, that's not it. I just need to get my head around everything." He struggled weakly in Naruto's arms, still not looking at him properly.

"Why? What is there to think about?" Naruto didn't understand at all what Sasuke could be thinking, all he knew was that it was hurting him a lot.

"The U&U lab..."

Naruto stopped his inner thoughts to listen properly, confused at what Sasuke meant. "Huh?"

Sasuke finally looked him in the eye, seemingly plucking up the courage to, his eyes showing a multitude of emotions to Naruto. Guilt, confusion, pain flashed through before Naruto's eyes. "The U&U lab...was run by the Uchiha family...my family." Sasuke closed his eyes as if ready for Naruto to hit him.