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Chapter two
Sasuke was a pissed. It was supposed to be a simple mission of finding the scroll that Orochimaru wanted and return it to him. What the scheming snake forgot to tell him was the fact that the scroll was guarded by tons of ANBU.
He had got the scroll alright, but then they had spotted him… and he was now sporting several wounds of varying seriousness. No matter, Kabuto should be able to heal them in no time.
He stormed into the medic's infirmary and barged into the man's office, completely missing the blonde haired teen lying on a hospital bed near him.
Kabuto looked up at him and raised an eyebrow as he saw the many wounds the proud Uchiha was now sporting.
"Sasuke-kun, what can I do you for?" He asked mildly. Sasuke growled and snapped,
"Just heal them before I rip your head from your body."
"Testy aren't we? Did you get the scroll?" Kabuto asked as be preceded to heal Sasuke's broken arm.
"Yes I did."
Kabuto said nothing as he inspected a wound on Sasuke's shoulder before using the green chakra to heal it. When he had done, he dismissed the raven haired teen with a wave of the hand as he sat down to his reports.
Sasuke glared at him for the rude dismissal, but let it slide…this time. He walked out of the office and almost made it to the door before he stopped and turned 180.
"Kabuto, what the fuck is this!" Sasuke's demand was heard as he had left the office door open. Kabuto came into the infirmary frowning.
"What is what?" He asked, evidently confused.
Sasuke growled and pointed to the unconscious blonde figure lying on the bed. For some reason, it greatly upset and offended him to see Naruto lying there…in Orochimaru's lair no less.
Kabuto went up to Naruto and said lightly,
"Orochimaru-sama bought him off some slave dealers a couple of days ago. He is planning to make Naruto-kun his little pet. Naruto-kun is currently adapting to the curse seal he was given soon after coming here."
"Curse seal?" Sasuke asked angrily.
Kabuto gently turned the blonde's head to show the small spiral curse seal on his delicate tanned neck. Sasuke glared at Kabuto who looked at him with a small sneer.
"If you have problems Sasuke-kun, take it up with Orochimaru-sama. He's in his office right now."
Sasuke turned on his heel and walked out, though you could tell his anger by his jarring strides and the heels that made more noise then necessary on the cold stone floor. Sasuke almost ran down the halls towards the vile man's office. When he got there, he casually killed the guards and kicked the door open. Orochimaru, who was currently reading a scroll at that moment in time, looked up at him.
"Ah…Sasuke-kun…"
"Don't you fucking give me that shit! Why is Naruto here? What the hell was Kabuto talking about you making Naruto your personal pet?"
Orochimaru looked back at his scroll and said,
"I don't know why you seem to think it's your business. I was the one who bought him from those slave dealers so that means he's my property. I thought you hated him."
Sasuke opened his mouth and then closed it again before settling with a low warning growl. The snake sannin looked back at him and relented,
"If you must know, Naruto-kun has a stronger kekkei genkai then you. I wanted it. Naruto-kun was captured by slave dealers since he was stupid enough to let himself get caught… and they sold him to me at a very handsome price."
Sasuke felt slightly sick. 'Why the hell would people sell other people like animals?'
"What do you mean by that Naruto has a stronger kekkei genkai then me?"
Orochimaru smirked and said,
"He is a seer, which means that he can see into the future. I wanted that ability, so I grabbed the first chance I had to get my hands on him."
"Why the fuck did you give him a curse seal?"
"My, my, you are demanding today aren't you?"
"Shut up and answer my question."
"Very well. The curse seal will enable me to completely control him… he'll obey my every order."
Sasuke glared at Orochimaru, but he didn't say anything as he had ran out of questions.
The sannin went back to his scroll and said,
"I have something else planned for the boy that will increase his use to me."
"Oh?"
"I plan to merge him with the demon… I have studied several methods of doing the ritual and I have found one that will do the least harm to him… I don't want my pet to be disfigured in any way."
"Why would that matter to you?"
Orochimaru smirked at him before looking back to the scroll. Sasuke frowned and then he understood. He felt extremely sick.
"You sick bastard! Don't you dare touch him!"
Orochimaru laughed and said,
"Do you think I would listen to you? Besides, I've already 'tasted' him."
Sasuke really did feel like as if he was going to throw up.
"You really are sick…"
"Yes, I know."
Sasuke glared at the man for a few minutes and then, because he could tell that he wasn't going to get any more out of the man, he turned and stormed out of the room.
He found himself back at the infirmary. He paused and then entered slowly. He approached the still figure on the bed and stared at him. Deep down he was happy to see the blonde… but not like this. Naruto didn't deserve this.
As if on impulse, Sasuke reached out and stroked the blonde's hair, surprised at how soft it felt. He received a shock as a voice said weakly,
"Sa-Sasuke?"
Sasuke quickly withdrew his hand and stared into Naruto's eyes. Sasuke will never admit it, but he loved the blonde's eyes. They were so…blue, so beautiful and full of life…something Sasuke envied. But there was no life in those blue orbs now. He was scared, Sasuke could tell. The blonde continued to stare at him as if accusing Sasuke of his current predicament.
"What happened?" Sasuke asked quietly.
Naruto turned away and mumbled,
"After failing to get you back, the villagers threw me out. After a few months I was captured by slave dealers. A-and they sold me to that snake bastard…" He didn't say any more…Sasuke already knew what had happened. He gritted his teeth and growled softly. Naruto looked at him and asked softly,
"What is it?"
Sasuke looked away from the blonde, debating with himself. Uchiha's never apologise, and yet…Sasuke felt as if he should since this was his fault. Then, after a while, he said,
"I-I'm sorry…"
Naruto looked shocked. There was an uncomfortable silence in the room.
"What for teme?" Naruto finally asked.
"This is my fault… If I had come back with you, this would have never of happened to you."
And it was at that time that someone decided to enter the room. Sasuke whipped his head around and scowled deeply when he saw Orochimaru enter the room. The older man came and stood next to Naruto's bed, staring at Sasuke with a raised eyebrow.
"Shouldn't you be training?" He asked. Sasuke shook his head and said,
"I'm not leaving him. I don't trust you."
"Why does it matter to you?" The sannin asked, watching Sasuke carefully. Sasuke clenched his jaw, but didn't say anything. Orochimaru smirked and said,
"Could you possibly…have feelings for Naruto-kun?"
Sasuke glared at the sannin, but still kept his mouth shut. The older man laughed softly and reached out, stroking Naruto's cheek. A look of revulsion crossed Naruto's face and he turned away, causing the man to laugh harder.
"Kabuto, get Naruto-kun ready. I'm going to start the merging soon."
"Hai, Orochimaru-sama." The white haired man replied, reaching into a drawer for a needle filled with a strange red liquid before coming to stand next to Naruto's bed.
"Merging?" Naruto asked, sounding panicked. Orochimaru stroked the boy's cheek again and said,
"I am going to merge you with the demon so I'll be able to control its power through you."
Naruto glared and snarled,
"Fuck you… you can't control me!"
"The curse seal on you tells me otherwise. Kabuto, give him the serum."
Kabuto grabbed a struggling Naruto's arm and tried to insert the needle. Note the 'tried to' as Naruto was squirming so much that Kabuto couldn't get near him with the needle, let alone get the thing in him. Orochimaru did a few hand seals and murmured something softly. Naruto's eyes went wide and he fell limp in Kabuto's arms as the paralyzing jutsu's effects had taken hold. Kabuto laid Naruto on the bed again and injected the serum into Naruto's arm. Sasuke watched in horror as Naruto suddenly screamed in intense pain, thrashing around and clutching at his stomach, his body glistening with sweat. The blanket fell off his body to reveal that the blonde was only wearing white boxers. The seal on his stomach was glowing bright red, with small wisps of red chakra escaping.
Orochimaru looked thoughtfully at the blonde and said,
"Maybe we should have tied him down…"
"Shall I do that Orochimaru-sama? It will stop him moving about." Kabuto offered. Orochimaru nodded and walked out of the room, herding a pissed Uchiha in front of him. When they had gotten outside, Sasuke snapped,
"Why the fuck do you have to do this to him. He's done nothing to you!"
Orochimaru looked down at him and said,
"You should be focusing on training so you can kill your brother…not some long forgotten friend. Naruto is mine, remember that. The merging will take a few days and I want you to stay away from him. Understand?"
With that, Orochimaru turned and walked down the stone corridor, leaving Sasuke alone. Sasuke stood there for a few moments, trying to figure out what to do. He couldn't leave yet, but he still had more to learn. But he hated it here and even more so after Naruto's appearance. He clenched his fist as he heard another pain filled scream from Naruto. He wondered if Konoha knew of the blonde's predicament…
Kakashi ran through the forest at full speed, his nin dog, Pakkun running at his side. He had recently got his hands on information regarding the hideout of these slave dealers that Tsunade was talking about. He stopped as a cliff face came into view. He studied it for a little while and said to Pakkun,
"Good place for a hide out, ne?"
Pakkun nodded, but he didn't say anything. He sniffed the air and said,
"There is a lot of movement around here. This must be their lair."
Kakashi nodded and jumped down onto the ground, keeping his senses alert for any nearby enemies. He approached the cliff, searching for the entrance.
It took a while, even with Pakkun, but they found it. It was hidden behind a large boulder and had several jutsus to hide the fact that there was human activity was there…But only to a certain distance away were a load of footprints.
"Not very good are they?" The silver haired Jounin remarked to Pakkun, who chuckled lightly. They approached the boulder to find that there were no guards at that current moment in time. Kakashi frowned…something wasn't right. They crept into the long dark tunnel and listened for any noises. There were some, but they were quite a distance away. The sharingan user followed the source of the noise to investigate what was going on.
As he followed, the noise had gotten louder as he went further and further into the tunnel. It was now pitch black.
Kakashi reached out and touched the wall, shivering at the cold a clammy feeling. Pakkun sniffed at the air and said,
"The people making that noise are close… sounds like a gathering of some kind."
Kakashi nodded and went further along the corridor, He rounded the corner and saw a source of light coming from a open double door. The Jounin frowned and decided to investigate it. He approached the doors and, making sure that he was out of sight, looked inside.
What he saw made him clench his jaw in anger. There were people there, who seemed to be an audience of some kind. A man stood on a stage, saying something inn a strong commanding voice. No one noticed the sharingan user as they were focused on this man on the stage. Kakashi strained his ears and caught what the man said,
"Alright, our next item is a young boy. 10 years old, a little skinny, but of reasonable weight. He has been trained, and he has not been 'touched' by anyone before."
Just then, two burly guards brought in a dejected looking brown haired boy. He had light hazel eyes that had a defeated look in them. He wore scanty clothing that left little to the imagination. The auctioneer sneered at the boy before saying,
"Bidding starts at a 1000!"
Kakashi watched in horror as the price climbed higher and higher as the people in the crowd increased it. Kakashi felt slightly sick…this is wrong, oh so wrong.
Kakashi turned his back and walked away when it was announced that the boy was sold for 100,000 yen. Kakashi walked down several empty corridors sensing no one.
"They must all be in the auction." Kakashi remarked to himself. He then stopped as he came across a door. Curious, he tried the handle, pleased that it was unlocked, and sensing nothing, he entered.
He looked about. It seemed to be an office of some kind. He asked Pakkun to keep guard and approached the desk, which had a computer sitting on its surface. Kakashi sat down and looked at what was currently displayed on the screen. He frowned as he saw a list of names. Probably slaves that they had information on. He saw that several had a money sign next to them. He considered what they meant and decided that it was most probably ones that have been sold already. His suspicions were confirmed when he opened one, a girl of 16, and it held all the info on the girl and her buyer. Kakashi closed that and scrolled lazily through the names, seeing if he recognised any names from all the missing children reports that had been circulated as of late.
He suddenly froze, staring at the screen, at one particular name. There, displayed on the screen was the name, 'Uzumaki Naruto.'
Kakashi felt the colour drain from his face. He also saw that Naruto's name had the money sign next to it he swore loudly. His nin dog looked at him and asked,
"What's wrong?"
"They had Naruto! That's what's wrong!"
"They what?"
"They've sold him though… let me have a look."
Kakashi opened the blonde's file and scanned it. It had everything on the blonde, including the info on the Kyuubi and the Bouen. He then looked at the buyer's information and almost had a heart attack.
"What the fuck is that scheming snake trying to do!-?" He said a little too loudly.
"Shh! You don't want anyone to hear us do you? What wrong anyway?"
"They sold him to Orochimaru!"
Pakkun stared at him in shock. He had expected them to sell the blonde to some rich noble, not one of the legendary sannin.
Kakashi looked about the room and found what he was looking for. He grabbed the disk and inserted it into the drive. He downloaded all the information into the disk and put it into his pocket. He turned to Pakkun and said,
"Come on, we need to go. I must tell Tsunade-sama about this. I think we've found everything about these bloody slave dealers."
Pakkun nodded and exited the room, followed by the pissed off Jounin.
Tsunade sighed as she handed the team in front of her the mission report. The team consisted of Neji as the team leader, Sakura, Tenten, Lee and Shikamaru.
"Now, this is a very important-" Tsunade stopped as she felt a wave of killer intent. She frowned as Iruka shifted slightly beside her. Just then, the door opened to reveal a very pissed off looking Kakashi. Everyone stared at the Jounin in shock. They had never seen him this upset before.
"Kakashi, what is the meaning-?" Tsunade was cut off when Kakashi growled,
"They had him."
"Had who?" Iruka asked with a frown. Kakashi took a few deep breaths and clamed down a little. He came forward and slammed the disk onto the desk in front of the Hokage. She picked it up and looked at the sharingan user in a questioning manner.
Kakashi said,
"When I got there, they were holding an auction of some kind…they sold a boy of 10 years."
Tsunade narrowed her eyes as she heard gasps of shock and horror in the room.
"What is going on, Tsunade-sama?" Sakura asked.
"We've been having reports of a group of people selling people as slaves. I asked Kakashi to investigate the group for me. What else did you find?"
Kakashi sighed and said,
"You're not going to like this."
"Try me."
"Well, I decided that I didn't want to hear any more of that, so I went in search of something else. I came across an office of some kind and in there was a storage of all the slaves files."
"So this disk contains all that information?" Tsunade asked, holding up the disk. The Jounin nodded and said,
"There's more. While scrolling through the names I discovered that they had Naruto."
Both the Hokage and Iruka stood up with demanding expressions on their faces. Kakashi sighed and said,
"They sold him…"
"To who?" Sakura demanded.
"…Orochimaru…"
There was silence in the room as they digested this piece of information.
"W-when?" Iruka asked, looking at the silver haired Jounin. Kakashi shook his head and said,
"All the information says is who they sold him to and how much."
"How much did they sell him for?" Shikamaru asked curiously.
Kakashi frowned in thought and replied,
"60,000,000 yen…"
Everyone chocked and Iruka asked shocked,
"How much!"
"You heard me…"
"What are we going to do?" Tenten asked.
"There is nothing we can do for now. We do not know where the snake is hiding at the moment. I'll call Jiraiya and have him investigate where he is. I hope that he hasn't done anything bad to Naruto..." Tsunade said while looked out of the window down onto the busy street. No one said anything, no one needed to say anything… they all knew what each other were thinking…
Please be alright Naruto…
It had been five days and Sasuke was getting restless. He had been unable to get near the infirmary as either Orochimaru or Kabuto would appear and send him off. Sasuke was sick of waiting and he decided the he had had enough. He stalked his way to the infirmary, smirking when he had gotten there undetected. When he reached the door, however, Orochimaru's silky voice said,
"Come in Sasuke-kun."
Sasuke shivered and slowly entered. Orochimaru was staring at him with a smirk on his face.
"The merging is complete and I have activated the seal, so when he wakes up, he'll only answer to me."
Sasuke growled, but didn't say anything. He turned his attention to the blonde and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Before the merging, Sasuke always thought that Naruto was slightly girly looking. Now, Naruto did look like a girl… a very pretty one at that, although it was obvious he was still male. He had very feminine curves and his face could have been taken from a girl with full luscious lips and long curvy eyelashes. His whisker marks had darkened, making them stand out on perfect pale skin. His hair was now sporting red highlights and it was slightly longer then it was. Sasuke looked at the blonde's hands and saw that the nails were slightly longer then normal and slightly pointed.
Sasuke stared at the sleeping form of his former team-mate with a feeling that felt oddly like guilt. He turned to look at Orochimaru and shuddered when he sat the sannin looking at Naruto lustfully. The teen looked away and focused on Naruto again.
Just then, Naruto groaned and opened his blue eyes, which were now tinged slightly red. The teen slowly sat up and looked around with a confused expression on his face.
"Naruto-kun." Orochimaru said. Immediately the blonde teen looked at the snake sannin.
"How are you, Naruto-kun?" he asked.
"I'm fine master." Was the immediate response. Sasuke stared at the blonde in disbelief as Orochimaru stroked the boy's cheek. Naruto didn't pull away; in fact he leaned into the touch and gave a small purr. Sasuke growled and the sannin smirked at him. The raven haired male gave Orochimaru the one fingered salute before turning around and storming out of the room. No matter what, Sasuke promised to kill Orochimaru and free Naruto from this awful imprisonment. All Sasuke had to do was come up with an infallible plan…
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