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It was driving Naruto crazy when finally the footsteps were right on him they stopped. Kyuubi stopped whining, but instead started shaking. The footsteps moved to beside where the boxed room was and then Naruto heard the sound of the carpet sliding off of the door. There was a light that seemed to cut right through the lock. The door swung down and...

The door swung down hitting Naruto slightly on the head. Naruto looked up to see who the intruder was. The small light coming through the blinds showed that the person was in a black hooded cape and red spinning eyes that glowed.

"Why hello there," the dark figure said in a husky voice.

"Wh-who are you?" Naruto asked.

"Now is not a time for questions. If you come with us without a struggle we'll leave your friends alone, and you can even bring that mutt." The figure reached its hand out towards Naruto.

Naruto thought about it for a few moments. He could go without a struggle and his friends would be safe, or he could fight the guy and risk his friends being hurt. Option A seemed pretty good right now even if he didn't know who these people were. He grabbed the man's hand and was pulled out, when Naruto was out he turned around and picked up Kyuubi.

"Now then," the figure spoke, "Follow me."

As they were walking other men were walking out of the rooms with Gaara, Shikamaru, and Kiba. They were all being shoved and pushed down the stairs where there seemed to be more people waiting. They were put into a straight line as the black figure that had gotten Naruto began to spoke.

"We are here for Gaara and Naruto only, Kiba and Shikamaru you are to tell no one of what happened here tonight. If the police get involved tell them they both ran away and you thought it wasn't a police matter. There are people who are following us and we must leave quickly. Any objections?"

"Umm, why are you taking only us and what about our stuff?" Naruto asked.

"We cannot tell you in front of these two, it will be discussed later. And your items or property will be taken care of later and I suggest you get that dog leashed if your taking him." The figure dismissed the other men as he hurried Naruto along with getting the dog ready. Once Kyuubi was leashed they headed outside where it was still raining, thundering, and dark. The leader seemed to have been urging everyone to run which was pretty hard since they were running in a forest that had steep hills and trees everywhere you turned.

Naruto kept following the black figures in front of him hoping he didn't fall over or slide. Kyuubi seemed to be taking it very well since he was getting rid of some extra energy.

xxBackAtTheHousexx

Kiba and Shikamaru stood there trying to figure out if they should call the cops or not. In the middle of their conversation even more people started surrounding the house again.

"What the hell is going on tonight?!" Kiba yelled. These people were wearing what seemed to be white, black, and red uniforms. Most had masks on and all of them had tattoos on their arms. A few came and opened the already broken door and began to swarm over the two.

"We need you to tell us everything about the people who were just here and if they took anybody. If you don't cooperate we will not hesitate to take drastic measures," said a man with a duck-like mask.

xxTheWoodsxx

After a few hours of walking and running the rain was letting up and the sun was beginning to rise, they seemed to be getting closer to what seemed like a village. Naruto panted as he dragged Kyuubi along beside him. Gaara was closer to the beginning of the group apparently because the people thought they might plan an escape if they were close enough to talk.

Soon enough they stopped right outside of the small village and someone beside him said, "Welcome to headquarters."

xxxx

Inside of a small cottage Gaara, Naruto, and Kyuubi were told to rest and all of their questions would be answered when they woke up.

"Gaara.."

"Yes, Naruto?"

"Do.. do you think that Kiba and Shikamaru are alright?" Naruto asked sitting on his bed. He looked at Kyuubi who was sleeping in the corner be a heater, he smelled like a wet dog.

"I'm pretty sure their fine unless some other weirdos came and got them too."

"Do you have any clue why they would want us and not them?"

"I don't know, why don't you go to sleep and we'll find out later." Gaara said looking out the window.

Naruto nodded and slowly got under the covers and eventually fell asleep. Naruto knew Gaara didn't sleep, but sometimes he still tried to get Gaara to sleep because it wasn't healthy.

While Naruto slept Gaara thought about some things.'Maybe Kiba and Shikamaru aren't safe. They did say people were following them. Why do they want us?I wish Naruto didn't sleep like me so we could find out already."

Later on, Gaara and Naruto wished they hadn't even asked because they had truly entered hell.

Sorry that it's so short and that I didn't update it sooner. I just got back from boating with my dad so umm yeah. My friends are still at an anime convetion without me.. I hope their having fun.

Thanks for dashllee and keshia-515 for reviewing chapter 1! Please review, it makes meh happy =3!