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Come What May

[War]

War…war never changes.

Whether it be on the battle field of war

Or battle field of life

War…war never changes

~Original piece

Naruto felt himself coming out of sleep- his eyes feeling heavy. His whole body hurt and he could barely sit up. Once he was able to gain his bearings he surveyed his surrounding- quickly finding he was locked in a cell. He crawled to the cell door, with some difficulty due to his hands being tied, and peered through the bars to scan the dimly lit hallway.

"Nara…Sai…Second Captain Hyuuga?" Naruto called softly. He heard shuffling from down the hall and hoped it was one of his crew.

"So you're up." A woman's voice reached Naruto's ears. He looked up at her piercing scarlet eyes that held no emotion. "It's about damn time." She looked to her side and nodded- a moment later another guard came and opened the cell door. The man- looking no older than twenty- with silver hair in a ponytail pulled Naruto roughly to his feet. He was dragged through hallways and corridors- people going by him in blurs. Finally, after feeling like he was going to topple over, he was pushed into a chair- his hands bound to the arms of it.

They must have injected me with something for me to feel this out of it, Naruto thought, struggling vainly against the zip ties.

"Naruto Uzumaki," The silver haired man started, gazing at a file in his hands. "Age 26, married to Sakura Uzumaki, no children, teacher at Konoha High School." The man's gaze turned to Naruto. "You lead an interesting life Uzumaki."

Naruto didn't reply, his eyes trained on the man in front of him. He was trained to not respond to any questions in the event of being held hostage. He would rather die than to leak information about his country- not that he knew that much to begin with. He was one of the lowest ranked soldiers, so he knew limited amounts vital information. I can't be killed here though, he reminded himself. Sakura needs me…I need to get home to her.

"Your records say you are an excellent marksman," The man continued to say. "By the looks of it, your higher-ups wonder why you don't enroll fulltime. I think they want you to do something bigger than the FCR."

Naruto continued to stare blankly. When was this man going to get to the point? Finally he did when he said: "It seems I have bored you. Let's get to the point shall we? It's simple really, you just tell me everything you know about what your base is planning and you might live for a little while longer."

"You're talkin' to the wrong guy," Naruto scoffed, twisting his wrist within the zip ties as his flesh started to bruise. "I'm not a captain you know."

"I'm sure you know something though," The man said, moving towards a table with objects Naruto could not see. He heard the clanging and ticking of metal and could only imagine what they could possibly be. "Or at least some vital military information."

"How the hell would I know anything?"

"Well, you are the son of the General Minato Namikaze," He replied. "A fine general he was back in the day. I've read up on him- he single handily raised the Fire Country military to the status it is now as the head General of Defense. Pity he took a bullet to the head."

Naruto could feel his blood run cold. He never knew his parents and he never heard anything like this from his aunt and uncle. His father was in the military? Not only that, he was head of defense? Why hadn't anyone told him that? He was told his parents died in a car accident- now he finds out his father was shot. If that was the case, then how did his mother die?

"By the looks of it you knew none of this," the man stated, gauging Naruto's reaction and expressions. "I guess you really don't have any valuable information. I figured since you were the son of a great general they would treat you like royalty and tell you any information you wanted." He sighed as if he had just wasted his time. "Oh well, guess I have another POW to play with."

POW…that's what I am now? Naruto asked himself as he was lead back to his cell. This can't be happening…this can't be.

"Kabuto, I didn't hear any screams this time. I'm sure this guy wasn't that easy to break," The same woman with scarlet eyes said, helping the man escort Naruto back to his cell.

Kabuto sighed, "He didn't know anything. But, I'm sure maybe I can get something- at least a password to the base doors or something."

Naruto was pushed into his cell, the door locking behind him. He glared up at his captives who simply smirked and walked away from him. I need to get out…I can't be stuck in here forever. He then felt his heart break at the thought of his wife getting a phone call from Kakashi or Itachi, what are they going to tell Sakura?

MIA…possibly will be missing forever…sorry for your loss…he was an excellent soldier. Sakura felt like she was dreaming. Her husband couldn't possibly be taken hostage- not when she had a child on the way. She refused to believe he was dead and did not make a move to start any funeral planning like one of the captain's suggested. If she didn't have a body to bury there would be no funeral arrangements.

She shakily went through her shift at the hospital until she was finally able to collapse onto her living room couch around nine that evening- tears running down her face. She wanted Naruto to hug, to kiss her and tell her everything would be alright- would she ever be able to hold him again? She gazed at their wedding photo that sat on a shelf over the TV. If he's really gone, I won't marry again. No one could replace him, and I could never love anyone more then I love him, she thought.

"Our military is a joke…most of them don't come back…" Sasuke's voice suddenly rang in her head. She squeezed her eyes shut trying to will his voice away. Naruto would come back…he had to for the sake of her sanity.

Her cellphone rang, and she was tempted to let it go to voicemail, but when she saw it was Scarlett she knew she had to answer. Her voice cracked when she answered: "Hello?"

"I'm here, buzz me up."

In a matter of a few minutes Scarlett was sitting next to Sakura on the couch- setting tissue boxes, chocolate, and an envelope on the coffee table. No words were said for almost an hour- only the sound of crying could be heard.

"Scarlett…" Sakura finally whispered. "I'm pregnant."

Scarlett's eyes widened before filling with sorrow, fresh tears running to her eyes. It would be Sakura's luck to find out her husband is MIA and she's pregnant. "Sakura…how far along are you?"

"I don't know…I just took the test today."

Scarlett sighed, trying to gather her thoughts. Though both of them could have a break down, she knew she had to be the stronger one until Sakura could get a handle on her emotions. "Do you want me to call Ino and Hinata tomorrow? I'm sure they'd want to know what's happening." Sakura nodded, feeling too exhausted to answer. "We'll call your parents soon after that."

Sakura nodded again before standing up and trudging to her bedroom, curling under the sheets with Naruto's army sweatshirt clutched in her hands. She heard Scarlett move around in the living room, turning off the lights before she laid down the couch. In the dark Sakura tried to imagine Naruto next to her, finding some comfort in it. He was alive, she was almost positive, Naruto didn't just give up- he was a fighter.

He'll come home and we'll raise our child together, she thought. He has to come home…

Naruto was hungry and cold. He kept himself in the corner of his cell, clutching a small picture of Sakura in his hands. He had no sense of time and no way to tell where the rest of his squad was. As he was about to doze off he heard the door at the end of the hall slam open.

"5, 53, 36!" He heard a voice that sounded like Sai's. He shoved the picture back into his uniform and moved towards the door while deciphering the code Sai just shouted. 'There were torcher devices and the enemy was going to toy with them' is what he had gathered so far. "26-!"

A gun shot ran throughout the small space. Naruto's eyes widened as he watched Sai's body fall to the floor in a heap- blood pooling around his head. Naruto clutched the bars of his cell and tried to break them in pure anger and agony. Sai was his comrade, his friend, and someone he trusted. How was it possibly for someone so important to suddenly be ripped away?

"Who the hell did that?" He shouted.

"I did," Kabuto replied, placing his gun back in his holster. Kabuto watched Naruto shake in anger with amusement. "Your time will come too, don't worry."

Kabuto walked away, leaving Naruto to stare at the body of his comrade. Naruto stumbled away from the bars and back to his corner where he continued to stare at the body shakily. Why did Sai try to run? He should have known he would have had a better chance surviving if had stayed put.

Naruto buried his head into his arms, unable to look at Sai anymore. "Kabuto, you bastard, the least you could have done was close his eyes…"

Author's Corner:

~Just for reference: POW= Prisoner of War; MIA= Missing in Action; FCR= Fire Country Reserves

~I've seen some reviews about the length of the chapters and here's the run done: Each chapter is over 1,000 words- the average usually 1,500 words. Each chapter usually contains a certain issue or subject within the whole story. There is a chapter with 2,000 words and one I think with 3,000 however those are rare and usually contain a bigger issue.

~Thanks to all who have reviewed and reading this story!