Author's Note: This chapter switches from Kakashi to Tenzou in POVs. You just have to watch out. The page breaks should help you out xD sorry bout that.

What. The. Hell.

That's all I can think as I wake up to find myself on the ground completely and utterly alone. What am I doing out here? What am I covered in? And where the hell is Tenzou? If he thinks this is some kind of joke then he's got another thing coming.

"Tenzou!" I shout into the air.

No reply.

"Hey! This isn't a joke!"

Some birds flock out of a tree but still no answer.

I try to calm down and take a look around. Where the hell am I? It looks like I have been uprooted from our camp and deposited way out in the middle of the forest. How would I have not noticed? Genjutsu maybe? Who knows. I don't have time to think about it, I need to find Tenzou.

I try to get up, and I can't. There is a sticky substance all over me keeping me stuck to the ground. It takes me a good 30 minutes before I can manage to get it off me and get on my way back to finding the camp. When I get there, it is completely destroyed. I am horrified. What on earth was I doing all the way on the other side of the forest while this was going on?

"Orochimaru…" Is all I can manage to mumble out.

I try to open my eyes but it's not like that does me any good. It is so dark and damp wherever I am that I might as well keep them closed. I can hear what sounds like medical equipment around me. I'm not liking this.

"Well, well, look who's finally awake," a voice says.

I immediately start to get flashbacks from my childhood. The voice from my nightmares… could it really be right here before me? The medical equipment is going haywire. I realize I am having a panic attack and try to calm down. It doesn't work.

"I'm so very happy. Looks like you haven't forgotten me after all," the man smiles at me as he comes into view.

I realize now who he is. How did I end up here? Where is Kakashi-senpai? Why did he let them take me?

"Now, now, there's no reason to get upset. I'm only going to observe you."

I stare at him in disbelief.

"Okay. Maybe that was a lie. Now that I know you're still alive, and I was successful in my experiments, I am going to dissect you for my research," Orochimaru says very casually, while licking his lips with his snake-like tongue.

I immediately start trying to wriggle my way out of my restraints. How is this happening to me?

"I wont let you do this. You wont get away with it," I say trying my best to keep my voice stable.

"Oh but you see Tenzou, I already have. Kakashi has been taken care of. I am afraid he wont be coming for you," and then after a moment, "You are all alone."

He must have injected me with something because I suddenly started to lose my fight with consciousness. All I can do now is pray that Senpai is coming for me. And hope that he makes it in time.

"Oh come on!" I yell as I grab my head in frustration.

It shouldn't have turned out like this. One minute we were sleeping and then the next this? It makes no sense! I can't even tell which direction they went. I can feel a hole in my chest forming at the thought of not being able to get to him in time.

"Summoning Justsu!"

"Yo."

"Pakkun, I need your help," I almost plead at him. It's enough to make me want to laugh. Look at what Tenzou has reduced me to.

"You look a bit distraught, Kakashi. What's going on?"

"They've taken him. They've taken Tenzou."

"Who? Who's taken him?" Pakkun asks.

"Orochimaru."

Pakkun stares at me in disbelief for a while. He knows I already know what he wants to say. I can't worry about being too emotionally invested in this. I have to save him.

"What do you need me to do, Kakashi?"

"Tell me which way I need to go."

"Alright. Give me a second," he says as he starts sniffing the ground. "That way. About 30 miles."

"Thank you, Pakkun. I owe you one."

"Just be careful, Kakashi."

"I know. Dismissed!" I say as I release him and rush off in his direction.

I need to get to him. I have to save him. I have to let him know… I promised.