Okay, here's the third chapter. Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed and added me to their faves and alert lists. It's much appreciated. I hope you all enjoy this chapter.
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The Boy In The Orange Jumpsuit.
Chapter Three – Naruto's Lesson.
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Naruto had been terrified when the trap door had opened. Weapons were pointed in at them, and Naruto knew that they had nowhere to go.
"Come out of there quietly, and you'll leave this place with your lives. If you struggle at all, I will have you all executed this moment." A dark haired male had hissed down at them. Naruto clung to Sakura in terror.
"What do we do Uncle?" Naruto heard Konan whisper questioningly.
"We do what they ask. Pray for an opportunity to escape. If not, hope they place us all together." Naruto heard his father whisper back. Naruto felt his mother's light hand on top of his head. He knew without looking that the other hand rested on Sakura's head. One by one the family climbed up the ladder quietly and stood next to each other. Naruto and Sakura were looking around anxiously.
"Where's Sarutobi-Jiji Dad?" Naruto asked his father fearfully.
"I don't know Naruto." His father replied honestly. The group were led outside by the soldiers, who pointed guns at their backs and shoved them along mercilessly. Naruto caught sight of a log, lying next to the warehouse door. Then Naruto noticed a pipe lying near the log. Then Naruto took note that the log had arms, and legs, and white hair. Then he saw the crimson blood in a pool around the man. His eyes widened in horror.
"Dad it's Sarutobi-Jiji!" Naruto yelled in horror. He ran towards the person, hearing yelling behind him, as he prayed that the old man was still alive. Naruto got to his side, and saw that the old man was still alive.
"Jiji! You're alive!" Naruto yelled. Sakura also ran over to Naruto.
"Stop those damn brats!" The dark haired general yelled. Naruto recognised his voice from the last time they had hidden from him. His name was General Fugaku Uchiha.
"They're just frightened children! Show some compassion!" Naruto heard his father say angrily.
"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you." Sarutobi rasped out. His voice was barely audible. Naruto felt his fear escalate. He didn't know why, but he felt as though this might be the last time he ever spoke to the old man. Naruto looked at the general with sadness pouring from his eyes.
"Please sir, Sarutobi-Jiji is hurt, please help him." Naruto begged. The general didn't say a word.
"Please sir!" Naruto yelled frantically. Naruto felt someone kneel next to him, and looked to see his family had made their way over.
"I'm so sorry Minato. I really tried. I didn't know they were coming. They shot me and came to search for you. I'm so sorry." Sarutobi whispered.
"You did your best for us Sarutobi-San." Minato whispered.
"May the Will of Fire guide you to the right place." Kushina whispered. Sarutobi smiled softly. He looked at the children.
"I'll miss you children." He whispered.
"But you can come with us Sarutobi-Jiji." Naruto cried out.
"Yeah Sarutobi-Jiji. You have to come with us." Sakura wailed.
"Be strong. All of you. Let your Will of Fire guide you." Sarutobi whispered. He let out a breath, and didn't take another. His eyes had slipped closed and his chest no longer rose or fell. Sarutobi was dead. Naruto could do nothing but cry. He and Sakura clung together, tears streaming down the cheeks, as they were walked away by Konan and Guren.
Once the six were in a truck, Naruto looked at Konan.
"Why didn't they help Sarutobi-Jiji?" Naruto asked.
"Because that general shot him Naruto. He killed our Sarutobi-Jiji for hiding us. He wouldn't help anyone that believes in the Will of Fire." Guren replied.
"Guren!" Kushina hissed angrily.
"He needs to know now Auntie. Better he knows before we get to their camp and he tries to make friends with the guards, and they hurt him." Guren replied sadly.
"That man killed Jiji." Naruto said with realisation. Naruto knew he would remember the face of Sarutobi's murderer for the rest of his life. General Fugaku Uchiha.
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The truck had been going all night. The children were terrified when the truck finally stopped. They saw the back of the truck open and they were ordered to get out. Naruto cried out in pain as his legs hadn't moved for several hours and were severely cramped. Minato picked him up and carried him out of the truck. Kushina carried Sakura. They were ordered to put the children down. Naruto stood shakily on his cramped legs. Sakura was shaking violently.
The General was barking rules at them.
"While you're here, you will not try to escape. You'll do as you're told. If you disobey the punishments will be severe. Not just for you but for your families." General Uchiha growled. Sakura couldn't stop fidgeting.
"What is wrong with you girl?" General Uchiha yelled at Sakura.
"Please sir, I really need to go to the bathroom." Sakura begged. Tears threatened to spill from her eyes. General Uchiha paid no attention to her pleas.
"You will be issued a uniform which you will wear while you're here. You will work where you're posted. Children will not remain idle." General Uchiha carried on barking out.
"She's just a child! Please just let her go to a bathroom!" Kushina exclaimed. The General glared at her. Then punched her in the face. Kushina fell to the ground and Minato made to punch the general himself, but was held in place by two soldiers. Guns were pointed in his back.
"You do not talk back to the soldiers here. They may not be so kind as to punch you. They might just shoot you instead." The General hissed out.
Naruto was terrified. He looked at his mother, who was getting to her feet, a hand clasped over a bruised cheek. Then he looked at his father, who had guns pressed into his back. Sakura started crying. She was so terrified that she hadn't been able to hold out any longer, and so she'd wet herself.
"What a disgusting child. Maybe you should teach your children some discipline." The General hissed. Sakura couldn't stop crying.
"Tomorrow morning you will be initiated into the camp properly." The General stated. Then he left them. The soldiers marched them to a holding room. They were thrown inside and told to strip off their clothing and go into the next room. Konan and Guren both looked horrified at the prospect of having to strip in front of their own uncle, let alone the male soldiers who were leering at them. They looked at Minato almost begging with their eyes. He looked at the soldiers.
"Don't you have any decency? You want to watch young girls strip off their clothing?" Minato asked angrily.
"If you don't remove your clothing and walk into the next room, then you will all be shot." The soldier stated coldly. The teenage girls cried bitter tears as they had to remove their clothing. Kushina helped Sakura and Minato helped Naruto. None of them were eager to do this, but their pride made no difference when guns were pointed at them.
Once they had stripped off, none of them looked at each other as they walked into the next room. There were shower nozzles all over the ceiling and on the walls. A soldier tossed in a few bars of soap and a large bottle.
"All of you wash your hair with the lice killer in the bottle, and clean yourselves up. We don't need our soldiers catching lice from you scum." The soldier hissed. Then he slammed the door shut and water rained down on them. However it was freezing cold and Naruto and Sakura both yelped as the cold water cut into them like knives. The group had to get used to the coldness of the water, and Kushina gave Sakura one of the few bars of soap that had been thrown in for them.
"I'm sorry Auntie Kushina. I didn't mean to do it. I couldn't stop myself." Sakura whimpered. Tears were stills streaking down her cheeks.
"It's not your fault Sakura. You have nothing to be sorry about. We'll all be okay. Now wash up quickly okay and I'll wash your hair. But you have to keep your eyes closed." Kushina said gently. Sakura nodded and started using the soap, vigorously scrubbing her skin. Naruto kept his eyes averted from everyone else. Minato gave him a bar of soap also.
"You have to wash up Naruto. I know this is strange but we haven't got a choice." Minato told his son gently. Naruto nodded and also started scrubbing. He could hear Konan and Guren crying as he scrubbed his skin in the cold water, with the awful soap.
Once the group had managed to wash, despite the horrific embarrassment of the situation, they were ordered to come out of the shower room one by one. Minato went out first. They saw that he was thrown an orange jumpsuit. Which he was ordered to put on. Then the rest of them had to go out one at a time.
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Once the ordeal was over, the group were led through a barbed wire gate, which was locked behind them. The leading soldier smirked at them as they were dragged to a wooden hut and thrown inside. Naruto looked around and saw a familiar blonde head, laying next to a familiar white head.
"Baa-Chan! Ero-Jii-Chan!" Naruto yelled. The two figures, along with several others in the hut, woke up. The white haired male, looked at Naruto and smiled sadly.
"Hey Naruto. Long time no see huh?" He said kindly.
"Jiraiya, you're still alive." Kushina stated kindly.
"Of course we're still alive." The blonde female stated.
"It's just that so many have been killed in the camps Tsunade-San." Kushina replied gently. Naruto had already run up to Jiraiya and Tsunade and started hugging them. Jiraiya looked at Minato.
"Sarutobi?" Jiraiya asked. Minato shook his head.
"The mean men shot Sarutobi Jiji." Naruto exclaimed. Jiraiya hugged the boy tightly.
"I wish none of you were here." Tsunade said softly.
"Aren't you happy to see us Baa-Chan?" Naruto asked sadly.
"Of course I'm happy to see you Naruto. But this is a horrible place. I hoped that you'd all gotten to Konoha." Tsunade said softly. Naruto looked at Tsunade with wide eyes.
"Sasori Aniki, Tayuya Nee-Chan and Karin Nee-Chan are there. So is Uncle Inoichi, Auntie Yuki, Deidara, Yugito and Ino." Naruto told his grandparents quietly. Tsunade nodded gratefully. She held on to Naruto tightly. All of them were hoping things would get better.
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The next day, Naruto was dragging large rocks to a large pit. He and Sakura had been ordered to stay there. There were older men and women making a wall with the stones. Two of the adults were Naruto's Aunt Haruka and Uncle Takeshi. Konan and Guren's parents.
Naruto and Sakura met other children that had to help them drag rocks towards the pit with them. Boys by the names of Shikamaru, Shino, Kiba, Lee, Chouji, Kankuro and Gaara, as well as girls, called Ten Ten, Temari and Matsuri, were all helping out. They were all small. Kankuro and Temari were older. Konan and Guren had been sent to another part of the camp to work. Naruto and Sakura were dragging rocks along when Naruto noticed a boy staring at them. He walked up to the fence, as the boy picked up a ball, and both boys stared at each other.
"Hi." The dark haired boy said to Naruto. Naruto wasn't sure whether or not to say hi back.
"Hi." Naruto replied finally, deciding it couldn't do any harm.
"I'm Sasuke. What's your name?" The dark haired boy asked. Naruto couldn't help grinning.
"My name's Naruto." Naruto replied. He and Sasuke were both grinning at each other happily.
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Okay that's it for this chapter. Please R&R and let me know what you think.