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Chapter nine:Breaking in and Breaking out

Naruto woke up in one of Konoha's prison cells. His head was spinning from Sasuke's kick. Looking around, he could see he was in the lowest quarters of the many cell blocks. There was hardly any light, save for the lamp that was outside his cell. A chakra tag was on his stomach. If he tried to form any chakra, it would detonate. Not even his healing abilities could withstand that type explosion.

Hearing a door open, Naruto looked toward where the sound came from. An evil grin formed on his face, seeing who it was.

"Long time no see..."

Scene Break-Naruto's room, Sound Village.

Sakura felt like pulling her hair out of her head. Looking at the clock, it had been exactly six hours since Naruto had left on his mission. Being stuck in here with hardly any entertainment was starting to get on her nerves.

"Naruto, where are you? I'm worried. Come back soon," Sakura said outloud. Waiting another ten minutes, Sakura decided she had enough. Grabbing one of Naruto's black and orange coats, she threw it on and walked out the door.

Scene Break-Konoha Prison.

"...Eh, Tsunade-Chan?" Naruto said in a mocking respectful voice.

Tsunade unlocked Naruto's cell and walked in. Looking down at him, Tsunade punched him as hard as she could. Then she suddenly hugged him. Naruto just sat there, not even flinching at the contact. "Why Naruto? Why did you leave? What about your friends? Your dreams of becoming Hokage? Do they mean nothing to you now?" Tsunade asked, holding back the tears that wanted to escape.

A sadistic smile spread across his face. "I left because I wanted power. Simple as that," Naruto said semi-truthfully. "As for my friends and my dreams? I don't really care about them anymore. They served their uses well. Keeping me sane that is." Naruto snickered as he answered.

"What about Sakura? Is she some toy you play with, getting pleasure from her? Some one who you'll mess around with till you get tired of her?" Tsunade yelled out in anger and sadness.

"Don't you ever speak about Sakura that way! I love her, you understand me! I would never use her like that!" Naruto yelled out in anger, killing intent flowing through him.

Unfazed by his killing intent, Tsunade continued to talk. "You hurt me Naruto. You betrayed my trust. I loved you like a son and you hurt me by running away. I thought we got along well," Tsunade said as tears started to fall down her face.

Naruto felt some guilt enter him. He couldn't lie. He did feel bad about leaving at times. Tsunade was like a mother to him. "I'm not gonna lie Tsun-- I mean Baa-chan. I did miss you. In fact, I missed everyone. I went through training, though, to break me of those ties. In fact I still miss some of you. There are times I wish I never left," Naruto said.

Tsunade adopted a smile to her face. Leaning down, she kissed him on the forehead. "See you later Gaki," Tsunade said as she left.

As soon as Tsunade left, Naruto grinned evily, almost chuckling to himself. 'I can't believe she actually believed me! That stupid old bat! Now just to use this pawn to my advantage,' Naruto thought as he smiled.

Scene Change

Sakura, using one of Naruto's spare keys, locked the door and headed in the direction of the Sound Village gate. It took her a few minutes to find it since she really was never out that much.

Leaving the village, Sakura followed Naruto's footprints. Two miles into the forest, Sakura saw many of Naruto's footprints intermingled with other people's footprints. Searcing the area, Sakura found a piece of blue clothing. Examining it, she saw the Uchiha clan symbol on it. She figured it was Sasuke's. Turning around, Sakura started to run back to the Sound Village.

Scene Change-Konoha Prison Cells

Sasuke was outside Naruto's cell, looking down at him. Unlocking the door, Sasuke stepped into the cell. "What do you want Sasuke? Brag about beating me?" Naruto asked as his blood started to boil.

"No." Sasuke answered.

"Then what do you want?" Naruto asked through clenched teeth.

"Why did you leave Naruto? Was it to surpass me? I thought we were brothers? Me, Sakura, Kakashi, and you. We are all a team remember?" Sasuke asked.

"Correction, we were a team. Not anymore," Naruto answered. "The reason for me leaving was because you and Sakura had started a relationship. I remember that night at Ichiraku ramen. Sakura came up to me and said she had great news about the you two. I didn't let her finish. I got mad and walked away. I didn't take a genius to see you two were dating," Naruto said.

A smirk adorned Sasuke's face. "Naruto, we were not dating. She was going to tell you that we were just friends and that she also realized she loved you. Everything that has happened was a result of you losing your temper," Sasuke answered.

"I probably still would of left. I'm sure you would of said something that would of made me leave. And because I did leave, I grew stronger. I'm just surprised you didn't leave first. I mean, you want revenge on your brother. I was sure you would of went to seek out Orochimaru for power," Naruto said.

After Naruto finished speaking, Sasuke smiled sadly. "I most likely would of left if it hadn't of been for you or Sakura. I mean, when I saw you fight Gaara, I knew that you had surpassed me. Yet, I also knew that if I would of ran away to Orochimaru for power, I would of not been able to protect you two either, especially Sakura." Sasuke stated.

Naruto started growling, hearing how Sasuke said her name. "It is too late now though Sasuke. Times change. You yearn for Sakura while I did for power. The past is the past. Better forget about it," Naruto answered.

Sasuke nodded his head as he left locking Naruto's cell before leaving. Naruto smiled 'I am glad you didn't leave though Sasuke. Then I would of never gained this power,' Naruto thought.

Scene Break-Sound Village.

Sakura ran back into the Sound Village, running into someone. Looking up, Sakura realized it was Orochimaru himself. Looking down at her, Orochimaru smiled his creepy smile. "What do we have here? Naruto's girlfriend all by herself and Naruto not here to protect you?" He said in a voice that scared her to the core.

"I-I-I found this a couple of m-miles outside the village. It seems N-N-Naruto was in a fight with Sasuke. I think he was taken by him back to Konoha," Sakura stated, trying to remain calm of her sacredness of Orochimaru.

"Hmm? I never sent Naruto on a mission. And he's been captured? My, well then, we must rescue him. Come along Sakura, don't want to keep your boyfriend waiting, do you?" Orochimaru asked. He turned and walked calmly out the gate, heading towards Konoha.

Orochimaru and Sakura were walking on the main road to Konoha. Every so often, Sakura would look around at the trees and the landscape. 'It is so hard to believe I just left this place not to long ago,' Sakura thought.

Orochimaru held his hand up, signaling Sakura to stop. Shifting his arm forward, he pointed to an tree about thirty feet away. "Sakura, there are two ANBU in that tree farther ahead. They haven't spotted us yet. Stay here I will take them out," Orochimaru said.

Running forward, Orochimaru swiftly took out two kunai and threw them at the ANBU. The ANBU's heads were turned around so that when the kunai hit them, it didn't do any damage to their unifroms. Orochimaru grabbed the bodies before they hit the ground and ran back to Sakura. Orochimaru gave Sakura one of the ANBU bodies. "Put her ANBU attire on. That way, we'll be in disguise when we sneak into the village," Orochimaru said. Sakura took off the woman's uniform and gasped when she saw who it was.

The dead ANBU was Kurenai, from sensei of team eight. Looking over at the other body, she recongized that one as Asuma, TenTen's teammate. Shaking the thoughts out of her head, Orochimaru used his snakes to devour the bodies and then cast a Genjutsu on Sakura and him to make sure that they looked and sounded exactly like the people they were portraying.

Sakura started to shake as they neared the Leaf Village gate. She was frightened of what might happen if they were discovered. Reaching the gate, The two people checking ID's at the gate were Kiba and Shino. "Hand us your ID's," Kiba called out. Orochimaru and Sakura handed their ID's to Kiba and Shino.

"You check out, move along," Shino said, sounding like he always did.

"Getting inside Konoha was easier than I expected," Orochimaru said once they were inside. Leaning down to Sakura, Orochimaru started to whisper into her ear. "Naruto will most likely be held in the lowest cells in the prison," Orochimaru said as they began walking towards the prison.

As they neared Konoha's maxium security prison, a group of ANBU were infront of them. "Show us your ID's!" one of the ANBU called out. Giving the ANBU their ID's, they were turned away. "Your security clearance isn't high enough. Only ANBU captains may come inside," the ANBU said before sending them away.

"Enough of this song and dance. Now die!" Orochimaru yelled out as he summoned many of his snakes and tore the ANBU before them to shreds. Sakura and Orochimaru stepped over the corpses of the dead ANBU and made their way inside the prison after they returned to looking like they're normal selves.

Unlocking a door, Sakura and Orochimaru made their way into the lowest cells of the prison. Naruto opened his eyes, hearing more people come down to his cell. "That you again Sasuke?" Naruto called out.

"Not quite," Orochimaru answered, Naruto having a surprised look on his face hearing his sensei's voice.

Orochimaru ripped the cell door off its hinges and Sakura rushed in and hugged Naruto. "I missed you so much Naruto. Don't leave me alone like that again!" Sakura said as she started to cry.

Naruto didn't like her tone in the way she said that, but he let it slide. "It's ok now Sakura. Let's get out of here," Naruto said, ready to leave.

"Naruto aren't you forgetting something?" Orochimaru asked, pointing down to his stomach.
"Oh, right the seal," Naruto said as he ripped the paper chakra seal off his stomach.

After Naruto ripped the seal off, he threw it on the floor and stomped on it as he, Sakura, and Orochimaru started to rush out of the prison complex. As they neared the exit of the prison, Naruto had stopped and hit the prisoner release button.

"Why did you do that?" Sakura asked.

"You'll see in a minute." He told her. "Henge!" Naruto shouted out and they all watched as the prisoners now looked like them.

"Good thinking Naruto-kun. I knew you were better than Sasuke," Orochimaru stated, Naruto growling softly at the added suffix on his name. Naruto, Sakura, and Orochimaru waited till most of the prisoners left and then got into a crowd of them. Leaving the prison, Orochimaru found a way for them to sneak out of Konoha. They watched as the prisoners were either killed or captured by ANBU forces.

Both having enough of it, Naruto and Sakura left, leaving Orochimaru to enjoy the killing. They didn't get far, though, when they saw a pair of Sharingan eyes staring at them. They were the eyes of Itachi Uchiha.

Author's notes: Hope everyone liked the chapter. Chelsea-Chee will be writing the next one.