Chapter 8: Worry

Hey guys, almost no-one has told me what you think of the title. Should I change it, or is "What a Cute Mess!" fine? I would really like to know your opinion. :3

I got a very interesting, anonymous review, and I would like to answer it.

To my dear reviewer,

I really liked your idea, but you see, my idea of this story was to make it serious with a little cuteness and some jokes, but with a dark twist to the plot. It's kinda cliché, but you see, when I first started writing it I was a lot younger and had just discovered the wonderful world of fan fiction, and various of my readers like this style better. However, I think your idea is very nice, so I'm thinking of doing various spin-offs of this story, with one inspired in your idea. Would you like that? I'm sorry I couldn't meet your expectations with this story, but I would gladly make it up with another. I assure you it's not out of laziness, but because I myself think it would be better if it was written this way. I hope you'll continue to enjoy this story, and be sure to read the other spin offs :3.

Alright! On with the story, I hope you'll like it :3

'He's gone! It's too dangerous for Sasuke to wander alone like that! He can't even defend himself!' Kakashi looked frantically around the house, searching for his student. 'He's not here...I'll have to look for him somewhere else, but where?' Kakashi wondered as he found Sasuke's pajamas on his bedroom floor. He looked in his closet and as he had thought, some of his clothes were missing, most likely meaning he had left on his own. That thought comforted him a little, but he still had to find the raven.

He put on his shoes again and dashed through the streets searching for the genin, until he found his pink-haired student on her way to the Hokage's tower. "Sakura! Have you seen Sasuke?"

Naruto woke up with a start. He panted shakily a few times and then looked at his clock. 6:30 am. He hadn't slept at all because of the nightmares that had haunted him all night, and now was time to get up. He knew that even if he tried to fall back asleep he wouldn't succeed. The images in his head were just too much.

He got up and decided he needed some training to clear his mind of those horrible dreams. He took his breakfast and got ready, and then dashed off to the forest. He had the day off, but he enjoyed training anyways, and if he wanted to become Hokage, he had to become a lot stronger. He stopped at a clearing and started with some warm up when he heard a scream. He jerked his head on its direction as he heard another yell of...pain? Fear?

He quickly took off to the forest again in search of the voice that sounded oddly familiar. He arrived at a one of the training grounds and watched as some snakes hissed in the distance. Oh how he hated snakes, they always meant trouble. Ever since the chuninexams when that creepy lady had attacked him and his team with giant snakes, he had started loathing them with a passion. They also reminded him of that Orochimaru guy that had attacked the village during the third exam.

He ran towards the snakes and watched as two men leapt away through the trees with a small figure in one's arms. He tried to chase after them but was stopped abruptly by some snakes blocking his path. He let out an angry growl and lunged at them.

"What do you mean sensei? Weren't you supposed to take care of him?" The young kunoichi cocked her head curiously as the man stopped to catch his breath. He told the girl what happened and asked his question again. The genin gasped in surprise and shook her head. "No, I haven't seen him since yesterday. Do you think something may have happened to him? Maybe he's just training somewhere?" Sakura suggested questioningly. Kakashi thought it over for a while and then answered, "Well, I hope you're right. I'm really worried; I get this feeling something is terribly wrong." The teen eyed him worriedly and said, "Do you want me to help you look for him? Should we tell Hokage-sama about this?" The jounin thought this over for a moment too; he didn't want to worry the Hokagefor something like this when there was a possibility that he was just overreacting and Sasuke was fine, but the feeling of worry at the back of his mind kept nagging at him. "Yes, let's go."

Naruto let out another growl watching madly the bloody mess on the ground. He had massacred every single serpent that had crossed his path, and now he let out a victory howl as he threw away the purple snake in his crimson hand. The strength was suddenly drained off his body and his chakra stopped flaring, his legs gave out and he sat down tiredly, supporting his back on a tree. An icy blue surrounded his pupils and he gasped letting his widened eyes roam over the dead snakes before him. "No, no, no, no! That couldn't have been me! "He looked at his trembling hand as some blurry events played in his mind. He could only remember arriving to the training grounds and then blood, blood and hisses everywhere.

He ran fearfully back home and locked his door, "This is just getting worse." He took a warm bath -they always calmed down his nerves- and tried to breathe slowly. The massacre kept playing in his head and he shut his eyes and winced trying to avoid them, but then one thing caught his attention. Those figures, he had seen two men fleeing with something in their arms, but... Who were they? What were they carrying? Where were they going? He tried answering those questions himself. Who were they? He remembered one had long black hair and the other had it white, but he couldn't see their faces... Where were they going? He didn't know either; they just fled to the deeper parts of the forest, to the north. What were they carrying? 'Was it...a kid? It looked like a child, but...' it was I use...they were too far away, he didn't see them clearly. 'I should tell Granny Tsunade about it.'

"Hokage-sama, we can't find Sasuke!" The pink haired girl and her sensei knocked the door and entered stating their business right away. "What? Kakashi, I put him under your care! How did you lose him?" The blonde woman looked disapprovingly at the jouninand crossed her arms. Kakashi told her what he knew with Sakura helping him to add details he forgot to tell. "So he just left?" "Yes, Tsunade-sama. I don't know where he went, and I'm really worried." "We are really worried Hokage-sama" The young girl corrected. The woman opened her mouth to talk, but was interrupted by a loud bang of the door.

"Naruto, what the-" "Tsunade-baachan! Someone's in the village!" The three others rolled their eyes and Sakura said: "What a surprise, Naruto, I would've never guessed." "No! I mean, I-I found someone in the forest. I don't know who they are, but..." the blond was waving his hands frantically in an attempt to emphasize his point, but the others couldn't understand a word he said. "Naruto, calm down. What are you trying to say?" "I-I-I don't know, I just...I" He couldn't tell them where he saw them, the dead snakes and the blood were still there... An idea crossed his mind, but he didn't know if it would work. "I saw two men carrying a child in the forest. I got a bad feeling about them, but I don't know who they were. They fled very quickly so I couldn't see them clearly. One had black hair and the other wore his in a white ponytail. There were a lot of snakes too."

Kakashi feared the child could be Sasuke, and after Naruto described those men he started worrying more. It was almost painfully obvious he was talking about Orochimaru. The three (Sakura, Kakashi and Tsunade) but their lips in worry, fearing the same, but it was the girl that voiced their suspicion. "Tsunade-sama, you don't think that could be Sasuke, do you? Those men sounded like Orochimaru and Kabuto." "Huh... what?" The boy was confused now. Sasuke? Orochimaru? What?

"Brat, have you seen Sasuke lately?" The blond turned to face her curiously. "Sasuke? Not since yesterday... why?" "Uchiha is missing, and we fear Orochimaru may have kidnapped him." "Orochimaru? You mean the guy that attacked the village? What does he have to do with Sasuke?" 'Oh shit. That kid... it wasn't Sasuke, right? He wouldn't be captured so easily, right? Oh damn, the bastard is half cat of ourse he stood no chance! That guy is as strong as pervy sage!' "Orochimaru has stated himself his choice of using Uchiha as his new vessel." "What?"

"Ugh! We can't lose any more time! We have to look for him!" Kakashi was losing his patience, his student could be in deep trouble and they were not doing anything to help! "Naruto! Show me where you saw them."

"Right."

Remember: Naruto doesn't know of Orochimaru's plans until later in the original series, so now he doesn't know anything either.

So :3 how was it? I hope you liked it. It didn't have much action, but I promise Orochimaru and Sasuke will be in the next one.

To those who didn't' read it at the beginning, I'm planning on making various spin-offs of this story, you know, like write many adventures of Team 7 and neko Sasuke. Please tell me what you think; I will take requests too.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters.