Title: The Hunters Become the Hunted

Pairings: implied KakaNaru

Summary: They were hunting the Jinchuuriki, and he was no exception. But when they take someone as bait, what will Naruto do? Exactly like he always does of course.

Warnings: AUish?, some light language

In response to RaynexHatake's prompt In which the hunter becomes the hunted. Unbeta'd.

They were hunting him.

The most dangerous predators in all of the elemental nations were after him, pushing him out of his own home, placing another burden upon his shoulders.

It was fine though, because they were only after him. Naruto could live with that.

They were cruel. They were bastards. They were idiots. And they had chosen the perfect bait.

Naruto barely heard the calls from behind him as he continued sprinting towards his destination.

Those bastards in the Akatsuki had really done it; they'd actually had the guts to take bait.

Naruto knew that rushing towards them was exactly what the Akatsuki wanted, but it wasn't supposed to be this way, damn it!

The jinchuuriki was supposed to go away for awhile, away from Konoha and get stronger. With their target out of the village, everything was supposed to be fine.

But it wasn't fine, and they really were the hunters. They played on his emotions, trapping their prey in a corner until he simply had no choice.

They knew that there was no way Naruto would – could stay away, because there was no way Naruto wouldn't save Kakashi.

He should probably stop, maybe plan a little, but this was Kakashi, and planning never helped him before.

And so, Naruto only moved faster.

Naruto finally reached the Akatsuki hideout (finally reached Kakashi) and as usual, jumped in headfirst, fists out, ready to fight, only for a gasp to interrupt his intended rant.

They had to have done this on purpose.

That was the only explanation Naruto could think of for have Kakashi lying right there, bruised and battered, right in front of him.

It wasn't enough that they'd taken his most important person as bait, no, they wanted to hurt the blond even more. They wanted to mock him, show him who had control, and what Naruto's existence had caused.

And when a smug face appeared in his vision (he was too angry to recognize who it was), something inside him snapped, and all he saw was red.

In a few seconds, all anyone saw was red.

They had been the most dangerous hunters in the Elemental Nations, but met with the most dangerous predator in heaven and hell, they were amateurs.

And just like that, the hunters became the hunted.

And there it is, sorry it's so short, but I hope it's okay for all of you. I am experimenting a little bit with styles, so I'm sorry if these pieces are not super polished.

As is I don't have all that much free time with because school is really going to begin to swamp me, but fear not! I think I will be able to continue writing. I do have a couple pieces in stock that only need editting and some revamping, and I have some ideas, so I think it'll be ok for a while.

So I'm sorry, if updates are relatively slow in the future, but the next one shouldn't be too late.

Again, if you want to give me a prompt to write, I prefer sentence prompts (e.g The cat was definitely out of the bag.), and one word prompts over situational prompts (e.g Naruto returns home after his training trip), but I will definitely read and archive any and all prompts I receive.

Please leave the prompts at the end of your review in the format

Prompt: The cat was definitely out of the bag.

As is elaborated on in my profile, I make no promises concerning these prompts, I'd like to use every one I get, but it just might not be possible especially now with my time restraints. But I will try!

Don't hesitate to tell me how you really feel, and thank you so much for reading =),

Lhoran