There was that strange sound again. A strange screeching sound followed by a loud thump. Naruto wanted to get up but he felt pain all over his body. He lay there gasping for breath and tried to sit up, but as soon as he did his legs fell beneath him and he fell to the ground. He felt his shoulder pop as he hit his side. The breath he had left was immediately sent out of him.

That's when Naruto's heart began to beat faster. The sound of footsteps creaking against his wooden floor sent fear running down his spine. He couldn't stand up and that's what scared him the most. Nobody that he knew would be visiting him at this hour and they wouldn't open his door without knocking first.

"Naruto, let's take a walk."

As he heard that voice his first instinct was to attack him, but how could he? He could barely even move. Naruto finally managed to look up to find the 'Masked man' standing above him. "M-Madara...

Madara didn't answer.

"I won't..." Naruto climbed to his feet. "...Let you...destroy..." He created a hand seal. "...Konoha!" He managed to create a clone. "Rasengan!" He threw himself at Madara, extended his arm and sent himself straight for his head.

"How bothersome." He used Sharingan, causing Naruto to slip right through him. Naruto fell against his small coffee table, destroying it, and smashing against the wall. "I guess you'll be a problem if I don't take care of you now." He stepped over to Naruto, who lay cringing on the ground, and pulled out a kunai.

"D-damn..." Naruto struggled to stand up and turned to face Madara.

Madara reached for him, hand extended. "I wouldn't want you causing trouble along the way." He took the kunai and drove it into Naruto's side.

"Khah!" Naruto coughed out blood as he felt the blade pierce deep into his flesh. He tried to speak but he found it too difficult. "I'll just have to use Bijuu mode-"

"Naruto, you can't use Bijuu mode." Kurama spoke to him.

Naruto was inside the eight tri-gram seal. "Wh-why?" Naruto walked on all four across the water and towards the gate where Kurama was held.

"That kunai restricts my chakra."