Hello, everyone! It has been a REALLY long time since my last update.

I was seriously considering just posting up an update saying that I aboned this fic, but I kept on wanting to finish it.

I had writer's block like you wouldn't believe, but I know what I want to do with this story. FINALLY!

It'll probably last another 4 to 5 chapters before I finish this story, though. I have a general idea of what is going to happen, but I haven't written anything down.

This chapter is short because I have school in the morning and it's already 1 am.

I promise to update within the next two weeks, and I'm so gratefull to all the reviews that helped influence me to not quit this fic.

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Neji was conflicted. His best friend was in his house, sitting on his couch, and was completely quiet. Not even looking at the brunette next to him. Naruto's head was hung down, bangs obscuring his face.

He wanted to ask what was wrong. It had to be something about Sasuke. It was always something about Sasuke. The young hybrid was practically the sun in Naruto's universe. Whatever had happened between the two of them had clearly been horrible.

The brunette awkwardly placed his hand on the blonde's back, rubbing soothing circles, trying his hardest to comfort his friend. Interacting with other people who were in need of some consoling was never really his forte.

He could feel small shudders run through Naruto's spine and his heart clenched painfully.

"Do you want to talk abou-"

Before Neji could finish talking though, Naruto's phone began to ring.

Without looking at Neji, Naruto took out the cell phone from his front pocket, taking a second to look to see who was calling. The blond had moved his head up a little, and it allowed Neji to see the confused look on the blonde's face. Naruto pressed the talk button and held up the phone to his ear.

"Hello?"

"Is this Uzumaki Naruto's phone number?"

The voice on the phone sounded winded and desperate. Scared almost.

"Yes this is he."

Naruto used his pointer finger and thumb and started rubbing his temples. He really was not in the mood to talk.

"Naruto, this is Kakashi! I need you to listen to me very carefully."

The blonde's heart sank as he recognized the name as Sasuke's doctor. Neji sensed the tenseness from his friend and strained his ears to try and make out what the person on the phone was saying.

"Kakashi-san, um…this really isn't the best time. Maybe you could call anoth-"

"DAMNIT NARUTO! LISTEN TO ME!"

Naruto paused, and got nervous with how the usually composed man was yelling. Yelling that Neji did hear from his position on the couch.

"O-okay, I'm listening." Naruto said nervously.

"Naruto, where is Sasuke?"

His heart clenched painfully at the mention of the raven haired hybrid.

"Sasuke is at my house. Is something wrong?"

"Where are you?"

"At a friend's house. Are you going to tell me what's going on?"

"You need to go your house right now, get Sasuke, and go somewhere that you think is safe. Do you understand me, Naruto? You need to go right this instant!"

The blonde stood up from the couch, phone shaking in his hand. The brunette looked up hopelessly at the other.

"Kakashi, WHAT IS GOING ON! You need to tell me! You are seriously freaking me out!"

"Naruto calm down yo-"

Neji tried to grab a hold of the other but was shoved away.

"Tell me NOW, Kakashi!"

"Someone is going to kidnap Sasuke. They'll probably kill him or worse! I don't know, but I know that you need to get him and leave NOW!"

The call ended and blue eyes conflicted with emotion looked at the confused brown ones of his friend.

"Neji, we need to go to my house now."

Breakeven

Minato pushed open the door to reveal a tidy looking apartment. It was small but comfortable. Sasuke trailed behind slowly, not knowing what was happening to his life.

He and Naruto had had a fight or something even worse. Then he meets Naruto's dad who just randomly popped out of nowhere, right before men broke into the house and were supposedly there to kidnap him. To say that the raven was stressed was a little bit of an understatement.

He stopped as he spotted what looked like a wall of computer monitors all showing different angles of the Uzumaki residence.

Minato stepped up to a keyboard and seemed to have rewinded the tape of the camera in the main entrance. The blond man turned back to the raven an embarrassed smile on his face.

"I guess you're wonder right about now, what all this stuff is and why am I looking at it, right?"

Sasuke blushed and let his eyes roam over the numerous screens in front of him. Though the curiosity was killing him, and he wanted answers. He deserved them.

"What's going on?" He said as he looked straight into deep blue eyes that reminded him so much of the man he was in love with.

A look close to pity crossed Minato's face for a second, before it was gone.

"Well, to start at the very beginning, I'm Naruto's dad and I work for the government to help bring down the organization that is currently the head of kidnapping and underground human trafficking. I've been on this case for the last couple of years, so I've had to keep a low profile and haven't been around my home for safety reasons. The men who broke into the house were part of this organization."

Minato paused the video on the screen on the front entrance as a man with white hair pulled up into a ponytail and glasses stepped through the main doors.

Sasuke stared with wide eyes at the blonde man who sounded like he was saying the craziest things he has ever heard in his life.

"They were there to take you, Sasuke. "

Sasuke's eyes were drawn to one of the screens when a flash of yellow caught his peripheral vision. His breathe caught in his throat. There was Naruto and Neji exiting out of a car on the drive way heading into the house. Another monitor showed that the people who had broken in where still there, waiting.

The raven was starting to hyperventilate.

Minato looked at the two live monitors, glaring straight at the white haired figure.

"Just like they took your brother."

Thickens

Naruto quickly shut the door to Neji's car and speed down the driveway, ignoring anything but getting to Sasuke. Neji speed quickly behind him, scared at what was going on.

The blonde had barely explained what was going on. Using clipped sentences and rushed words. The only thing he knew for sure was that Sasuke was in danger.

Naruto was already walking into the house, when Neji saw them. There was at least four black suburban parked in the shadows. Dread crept into his blood as he whipped his head in the direction of the house.

"Naruto!"

Just as the brunette walked through doors, he saw Naruto being tackle to the ground.

"Son of a bitch! You assho-!" A gag and blindfold was placed on the blonde, right before Neji was also tackled and treated in the same fashion.

So yes, I'm back and have given all you absolutely beautiful

Readers a new chapter to this seemingly never ending fic.