Sorry for the delay! :( Hope you like this chapter! (I do not own Naruto or any of the characters)

Hiashi had split the Hyuga clan up for each section of the woods, he had been appointed as the lead from the Hokage. It was late in the night and the sun was long gone but the heat still remained as it clung on to the days remaining hours. Hiashi was standing by the gate of Konoha with Hinata and Neji along with a few other people. He was waiting for the rest of the group to show up at the gate. The AMBU where already there standing silently which made Hiashi nervous. Hinata shifted her weight from one foot to another until Neji gave her a small nudge. The rest of the group arrived two minutes later then one of the AMBU began to explain the plan.

"We will be in teams of two searching the woods anything you find you will report. The radios we have are our means of communication, and we will be out there for two to four hours. If you lose your means of communication you will come back to this point," the AMBU pointed at a spot on the map not too far from the gate. "We need to do this thoroughly and efficiently. These two boys need to be taken into safety before anything happens." the AMBU stopped at that and nodded at Hiashi. Hinata had tensed up she didn't know what would happen if they didn't find her two friends. She gave a glance at Neji and he caught her doing so.

"We'll find them, I know it." Neji gave her a small smile. He wasn't so sure that they would find them the last time was hard enough. He couldn't let Hinata lose that little pocket of hope in her mind. Hiashi cleared his throat and started splitting people into pairs. Hinata was put with an AMBU who had the mask of a cat with red whisker marks he stood beside her and introduced himself.

"I'm Pezi…" he was standing beside her looking forward she was intimidated with his stature. He didn't move to look at her nor did he ask for her name.

"I'm-"

"I know who you are Lady Hinata." she looked down at her hands, the AMBU always know everything. She wasn't too fond of the new AMBU who had just been put in a few weeks ago. She was sure that Neji wasn't fond of them either along with Hiashi. The teams were separated and standing waiting for the signal to move out and start looking for the two teens. Neji stood next to the AMBU who had a smooth rounded mask with one green stripe across the right eye. Neji knew if they didn't find any sign of the teens especially Naruto, Hinata would be crushed. Hiashi looked at all the teams and with his tone steady he spoke,

"Head out!" with that every group dashed out in every direction.

Sasuke was sitting with his back against the bars and Naruto was now sitting against the adjacent wall. Naruto kept nodding in and out of consciousness just as Naruto began to doze Sasuke cleared his throat,

"Naruto…" the blonde lifted his head towards Sasuke,

"Hmm?"

"You've had enough sleep we have to get you moving." Sasuke stood up and walked over to Naruto and grabbed one of the blonde's arms. Naruto pushed himself away from the wall with his other arm. He was now standing with the help of the wall for balance. He wobbled then stretched and took a few steps. His body felt better and it was a nice change, he hated freaking cages.

"I'm good," Naruto shooed Sasuke away from him. His stomach growled and he frowned at the lack of energy he had,

"Shit...Sasuke this isn't good." Sasuke looked at the blonde who was now standing steady. He knew this wasn't good they were in the clutches of two very screwed up individuals.

"I know." suddenly the ground shook a little and both teens looked at each other. They heard feet scuffling on the ceiling above them and thuds.

"What was that?" the blonde looked around the room. Soon a puff of dust came from the doorway that led to the hall they both turned their attention to the hall. There was a blast and the ground shook again something was definitely wrong. Dust filled the room making it harder for the two teens to see past the cloud towards the hall. Part of the ceiling started to crumble and smash on the floor causing it to chip and crack. This time the blast was closer and it blew out the far wall opposite of their cell. Debris went flying sending sharp and jagged pieces towards them. They both hit the ground and covered themselves from harsh blows that the bars couldn't stop. The shaking stopped and the dust began to settle footsteps where heard. Sasuke raised his head to see a shadow behind the dust he coughed and squinted. He knew he had to get out fast, he looked over at Naruto who was shaking his head. He had been cut on the forehead he looked up at Sasuke.

"Sasuke...your arm," Sasuke looked down at his arm it was cut and seemed to be bent awkwardly. He hadn't felt the pain yet due to the amount of adrenalin pumping through him.

"Shit we have to go Naruto!" they both stood up Naruto felt the room tilt for a moment. The figure behind the dust was now standing still. They both looked toward the figure to anticipate Orochimaru or Kabuto's attack. Some of the bars in the cell where missing which was very convenient for them. They stepped cautiously over ruble to get out still watching the figure waiting for it to make a move. The dust was now lowering and the cloak and face came into view. Sasuke froze in his body gave a shudder he couldn't believe his eyes. Naruto felt anger build up inside he knew Sasuke wouldn't react well if he ever encountered him.

"Sasuke," a deep voice came.

"Itachi…" Sasuke's voice was strong but his hands were shaking. Naruto launched forward at Itachi with his fist almost hitting Sasuke's older brother. Itachi moved swiftly to the side pulling his hand out quickly and grabbed Naruto and threw him hard in the other direction. He hit part of the ruble with a thud and lay motionless.

"NARUTO! " Sasuke yelled to his friend but his attention went back to Itachi. "Damn it." Sasuke muttered to himself what was he going to do, they both didn't have enough chakra to hold Itachi off.

Neji was a few feet from the AMBU who was his teammate for now. They had been searching for almost an hour when a whistle was heard. The AMBU stopped suddenly and Neji stopped and looked at Kiok, Neji had been told his name while they were searching.

"They found something." Kiok dashed into the trees and Neji followed quickly. They came to a stop where the rest of the group was. Everyone was standing almost in a circle the ground had caved in and was broken it covered a wide area. Hiashi stepped forward and spoke,

"I can feel several peoples chakras down there we must assume that this is Orochimaru's hideout. We have to find the entrance it should be around here, split up." everyone nodded and dashed a few feet away looking closely at the ground, trees, and rocks. Hiashi knew going in through the entrance was a big risk but he didn't have much of a choice. After a few minutes one of the AMBU yelled out,

"I've got it it's this rock!" he proceeded to twist the rock and push it down a few feet away a tree trunk opened up. The AMBU looked towards Hiashi and he nodded.

"Ok we are going in now with larger groups Neji and Hinata along with me and the rest of you are a group." Hiyashi gave a signal and the groups went carefully down into the tree trunk. Darkness surrounded them but it didn't hinder them. Hinata gave a small smile because she knew she could see everything and she was so close to getting Naruto back safely. Their decent stopped as they came to a small narrow hallway they walked scanning with their eyes from side to side. Hiyashi stopped and motioned for the second group to go down a side hallway. Another smash was heard and both groups began to dash towards the blast.

"Sasuke I'm not here to fight you nor Naruto"

"Shut up!"

"Sasuk-"

"He said shut up..." Naruto stood slowly Itachi turned his head toward Naruto. Naruto wasn't making things easy for Itachi and he was getting aggravated.

"I came to get both of you, you need the truth" Naruto looked at Itachi with a flash of anger. What did he know about truth Naruto questioned why Itachi would need to lie.

"Truth about what?" Naruto's shout hung in the air. Sasuke couldn't say anything his mind was scrambled and his thoughts were scattered. Why was he freezing at a time like this he cursed at himself but it didn't help his situation.

"There are many things that both of you need to know if you don't come with me I'll have to take you by force."

"Go ahead and try!" Naruto ran forward and tried to punch Itachi again but Itachi dodged it smoothly and struck Naruto in the ribs with the palm of his hand. Naruto gasped and gripped his side as he jumped away and slid to a stop. Sasuke activated his sharingan and waited for Itachi to make a move. Itachi moved in front of Sasuke with amazing speed that his sharingan almost didn't catch it. His older brother raised a kunai that dripped a purple liquid. Sasuke dogged it at the last second before it came down where he once stood his heart was racing. The raven haired teen began to feel the pain in his arm things weren't going to turn out good. Sasuke ran toward Naruto but before he could get to him a blast came from the right side and rock flew everywhere. Sasuke felt a slab of rock hit him and pin him down he screamed out in pain. The pain shot through his whole body, why did this have to happen? Everything was crazy…everyone was crazy. He heard a familiar snaky voice speak,

"Itachi glad you could come but you are ruining things,"

"Things are going to get messy Orochimaru...I don't think you want that."

"I know the Konoha Ninja are coming close...Itachi you're on my list now." Orochimaru laughed and left quickly. Itachi stood for a moment the. He heard footsteps too many for him to take care of. He saw Naruto's orange suit and jumped for him he didn't have enough time to grab Sasuke wherever he was. He pulled the blonde haired ninja up and over his shoulder and quickly left. Sasuke felt the room spin and heard shouting he groaned and heard more shouting. Soon he felt another jolt of pain and saw faces… Neji's face came first then Hinata who had a look of concern.

"Wha-"

"Don't talk just rest please...you're bleeding heavily." Hinata waved over the medic that had joined them in their search. The medic knelt down beside him and started tending to him his small yelps of pain made her flinch at first. He could hear people moving ruble to try and find Naruto hopefully they would find him somewhere in this mess. His pain distracted him from anymore thoughts he felt empty for now. After a half hour they sat Sasuke up his cuts were healed but he still felt the ache and the hunger. He looked at Hiashi who was quietly talking with the AMBU. Hiashi shook his head and frowned the two AMBU nodded and ran down the hall that Orochimaru had left in. Hiashi looked in Sasuke's direction and looked back at one of the AMBU who he was still talking with. The AMBU nodded, turned and walked in Sasuke's direction he knelt down beside him,

"We need to get you back to Konoha immediately," Sasuke looked toward Hiashi he was hiding something the AMBU spoke again,

"You don't mind being carried do you?"

"It's fine..." the AMBU helped the raven haired teen up and onto his back. Neji and Hinata followed along with another AMBU over the broken floor and into the dim hallway. They walked in silence until they made it outside where the night air was fresh in their lungs. Sasuke took a deep breath his ribs ached but the air clearing out the dust he inhaled. They were all still on high alert moving at a good pace towards Konoha. Just before they got inside the gates of Konoha a slap of reality brought Sasuke back down to Earth.

"Where's Naruto?" he lifted his head up from the shoulder of the AMBU. Hinata and Neji tensed up but the AMBU remained calm Sasuke picked up on this.

"He's fine now let's get you tended to." the AMBU spoke softly just as they passed through the gates into Konoha. His mind flashed back to when Hiashi looked at him and that no one said anything about Naruto. Naruto wasn't ok...

"Where is he?" Sasuke was feeling slightly panicked and angry that they weren't answering his questions. Tsunade was waiting at the gate with a medical team she seemed to be there a lot with them waiting for these two brats. Her face turned serious when she didn't spot Naruto, and Sasuke caught her change of expression.

"Is Naruto hurt?" Sasuke was put down by the AMBU and the medical ninja helped him stand. He ripped his arm from one of the ninja's hands,

"What the hell is going on!"

"Sasuke...they didn't find Naruto…" Tsunade wasn't looking at Sasuke when she said this. Sasuke was in shock his body couldn't take much more let alone his mind. His legs began to give out and the medical ninja laid him down on the stretcher and carried him away. Tsunade cursed out loud she wanted to punch anything that moved. Shizune put a hand on the Hokage's shoulder,

"Someone had to tell him."