CHAPTER RATING: T

Chapter 35: Jailbreak

"WHERE ARE YOU LOSERS TAKING ME?!" A loud screechy voice tore through Konoha's forests. A red-haired woman was being accompanied by two shinobi.

"There's a reason why you have a burlap sack over your head. We don't want you to find out." One of them answered. Karin did indeed; have a brown burlap sack covering her head.

The two shinobi guards sternly held her arms, and dragged her feet across the ground. They came across a small structure in a random clearing in the forest; from the outward appearance of the building, it was obviously a building designed to be a prison.

"Okay, here we are." They entered the building, crafted from dull, grey concrete. One of the shinobi took hold of the burlap sack, and pulled it off; Karin gasped for air and shot a look of disgust at the guards.

"What the hell are you jackasses doing with me?" The guards pushed her in front of a camera, and held a serial number in front of her chest. The camera clicked, taking a rather unflattering photo of her. They forced to her turn away from the camera, and took another photo. The guards dragged her to a desk, where another shinobi sat at a computer. They sat Karin down at a chair, her hands bound behind her back, and her feet bound together.

"Now, we're going to ask you a few questions, if you comply, everything will go smoothly."

Karin spat on the floor. The guards took a deep breath, shook their heads and looked depressingly at each other.

"Question 1, Do you have a family name? A clan name?"

"Fuck off." Karin replied with deep hatred.

"…Question 2, Do you have any affiliations with any group of rogue shinobi?"

Karin didn't reply, but spat on the floor again.

"…Alright, if you want it that way…TAKE HER AWAY!" He shouted to the other guards that approached Karin and took her away.

"Okay, so what do we know about her?" The guard asked the desk attendant.

"Here's what we know. Her family name is Uzumaki."

"Uzumaki? Wait…Isn't that the same name as Naruto?"

"Yeah…"

"…And the person she had tied up to his bed was…"

"Yeah…Moving on…" The desk attendant took a deep breath. "Known Affiliates…Uchiha Sasuke."

The both looked at each other in shock when he announced it.

"You're telling me that we're harboring a fugitive that has ties with him?! Oh shit, man. What if he comes here? What the hell are we gonna do?"

"Don't worry; this prison is located in the damn middle of nowhere! There's no way that he could find us."

Shikamaru stepped into the facility, he looked around at the guards and waved his hand.

"Listen up!" he started. "We know that this woman isn't very dangerous herself. But we know who she's affiliated with." They nodded their understanding. "Be on guard, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, three-hundred and sixty-five days a year. Do you understand?!"

"Yes, sir!"

…

Karin was dragged to a lone cell. It wasn't anything like the cell that she had been held in those months ago; there were no steel bars, there was no key slot to unlock the door. A tall, five-inch wide window lit up the dim room.

She was pushed into the cell. The guard looked to his right, and pushed a button, the door made a loud sound, as if it was releasing air, and slid shut. The guard opened a small slot in the middle of the door.

"Turn around; and back up towards the door!" The guard shouted. Karin did as she was instructed. She heard clicks, and felt her wrists become free. She turned and offered him an ugly glare.

"You assholes are going to regret this. I promise you will." She scolded them.

"Ha! I don't take any value in your empty threats. Shut up." The guard mocked her, closed the slot, and walked away.

Karin walked towards the lone bedroll that lay on the cold concrete floor, and took a seat. She curled up on the bedroll, and silently sobbed the day away.

Weeks later; around the same time that Naruto and Sakura were on the ship returning to Konoha

Karin sat on her bed roll, a small tray with rice, and a brick that resembled a dried meatloaf sat on a small table. Karin felt a twitch in the chakra patterns in the surrounding area.

"…Sasuke."

Immediately as she felt the change, a blaring sound echoed through the entire facility.

…

"POSITIONS!" The guards panicked as they heard the alarm blaring through the prison.

"Listen you pathetic Konoha shinobi! Bring Karin to me, and I promise to bring you a swift death!" Sasuke stood among a clearing of trees, with his hand resting on the hilt of his sword.

"Uchiha Sasuke! Don't take another step forward! We have no qualms with using force against you!"

"I'll grant you the quick death that you wish." Sasuke smirked. He stepped closer towards the entrance of the prison, and was rushed by the Konoha shinobi. Sasuke showed no remorse, anger, or hatred in his gaze, only indifference. He stood still, letting a purple force engulf him; the force took the shape of a prison, almost as if it was made out of a ribcage. Before anyone could strike him, a demonic skeletal hand emerged from below the purple shield, and took hold of a shinobi.

He let out anguished screams of pain as the demonic hand tightened around him. His bones were collapsing, breaking…shattering within seconds. Sasuke looked up towards him, and drew his blade. With a quick slash, a red mist appeared before him. The demonic arm disappeared, and the shinobi fell to the ground. Lifeless.

"W-What-What are you?"

"You won't live long enough for it to matter." Sasuke opened his eyes, and the guard fell to the ground. His eyes wide open in shock, his mouth drooling in hopelessness. He desperately gasped for air, trying his best to breathe, before he slowly suffocated on the forest floor.

Another man shot out through the door, he jumped up, and tossed an explosive note towards Sasuke; who responded with a spear of blue chakra, the struck the note, cutting it in half, and impaling the shinobi in mid air.

His weight forced him downward, he landed on the ground, with his body split in half. Sasuke took a deep breath in annoyance.

"Let's just get this over with." His hand moved to form multiple seals "Katon! Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" A massive fireball formed in his hands and flew into the building. In a giant explosion, he heard screams echo through the building.

…

Karin sat in her cell, she saw a giant red flare, she felt a giant heat wave strike her cell door; mere seconds later, she heard the cell door opening.

"Karin." She heard him say in his cold, careless voice. "Let's go." She looked up towards him, her expression filled with more fear than the usual admiration.

"Sasuke…You came to save me."

"That's right. Let's go."

They walked side-by-side through the entrance, Karin's senses were assaulted by the smell of singed flesh, and the vision of death, surrounding her. He held her nose down, and closed her eyes. He felt Sasuke's arm wrap around her.

"Don't worry, Karin. It'll be okay."

A few minutes into the forest, Karin decided to speak up.

"S-Sasuke…What happened to Juugo?"

"I killed him. He became useless to me." Karin's eyes shot open.

"A-And, Suigetsu?"

"I killed him too; they were both useless." He replied coldly. Karin's heart was racing.

"S-Sasuke, you wouldn't…" Sasuke stopped, and turned towards her.

"Karin…" He placed his hand on her cheek. "…I would never hurt you." He leaned over, and kissed her. Her worries melted with his gesture. "Now, we need to hurry. I'm expecting to see someone soon."

"Who are you going to meet?" Her voice had changed from the stern low tone to a light-hearted, flirty tone.

"We're not going to find him, I've invited him to come to us." He smiled to her with what seemed like a genuine grin.

She took hold of his arm, and followed his every step.

"It's about time that I end this."