The footsteps were getting closer and for some reason Naruto couldn't help but feel a cold chill run up his spine. He didn't know what it was, even though he immediately closed his eyes; afraid of what was behind him. Was it Kabuto? That's what he feared most.

He inhaled and braced himself.

A hand landed on his left shoulder blade and rolled Naruto onto his back. But he was still too scared to open his eyes, afraid of laying eyes on the blood-red cloak.

"Uzumaki Naruto."

He silently thanked god before opening his eyes to find Madara standing above him; his white mask glowing unnaturally in the luminescence of the cave.

"Tell me. Has my question from earlier dawned upon you yet?"

Naruto half-closed his eyes and stared at the bars of his cell in front of him. "I already told you, I don't know." He turned back to Madara, sensing the man's feeling of annoyance.

"Sasuke?"

Naruto turned quickly to Sasuke and found that his Sharingan was activated as he stared at the blond. "Yeah, he's telling the truth."

Madara suddenly grabbed Naruto's right arm and forced him to face his mask. Naruto yelped in pain for he had grabbed his broken arm that still hung in a sling. "You have better not be lying or your stay here will be very uncomfortable."

The boy sensed a smile underneath his mask as he switched to his 'Tobi' voice. "Be a good boy and don't cause Sasuke-kun any trouble." He tossed Naruto back onto the bed before heading in Sasuke's direction, silently whispering to him, and left the cell.

"Damn..." Naruto mumbled. His arm was bad enough to be thrown around. Both his arms where in a cast at his wrist and his Right arm was in a cast from his shoulder down to his fingertips. How could he ever hope to get better if they kept swinging around at him like that?

Sasuke walked over to his bed, de-activating his Sharingan. "Now, look. If you ever want to get on his good side I suggest you answer all his questions accordingly and without an attitude."

What's with all the hints? "Like hell without an attitude. How the hell can I answer a question I don't know the damn answer to?"

The uchiha looked at him with emotionless eyes. He set down the sweet, steaming, beef smelling, tender...anyway, he set down the Ramen on the ground along with the chopsticks. He circled around the bed to the wooden chair and took it to the side where he left the noodles. Before sitting on it he pulled Naruto to sit up and pushed the pillow behind his back. He sat on the chair and handed Naruto the Ramen, carefully placing the cup in his only good, shaking hand.

Naruto grunted softly, for his wrist was twisted. He couldn't attempt to grab it with both hands, either. "Damn it..."

Sasuke took the cup back into his own hands, leaving Naruto to sit there still frozen in the same position. His hand was outstretched in front of him, grasping the invisible cup. "What the hell? Now I have to feed you too?" He sighed.

Naruto only turned his head. Freakin' bribe. They knew exactly what I'd fall for, huh?

"Naruto."

He was back in the Tetragram seal. "What?!"

"Just eat the damn thing!"Kurama flicked him softly against the head.

Sasuke pulled open the plastic on the top of the cup and exhaled in an annoyed tone. "I can't believe Karin got so much of this trash." He snapped the chopsticks in two, snatching the noodles, and shoving them into Naruto's mouth.

The blond coughed at the unexpected downpour.

"She never knows what to get. She's useless and clings to me to much. If it weren't for her Kekkei Genkai I would have thrown her out along with that bastard Suigetsu, as well." He took another chopstick full and, once again, shoved it into his mouth.

Is he trying to kill me?

The blond, once again, coughed. He pushed out at Sasuke's hand, stopping him from shoving more into his throat. He swallowed the remaining amount in his mouth. "Sasuke-kun...is that your plan...to feed me to death...?"

He put the chopsticks down along with the Ramen cup. "Look, if it were up to me I wouldn't be feeding you at all. Either you eat it or you don't."

"Naruto, he's right. The only reason they're feeding you is to keep you alive and nourished. It wouldn't work out so well for they're experiments if you weren't in a healthy state."Kurama's menacing old voice seemed to pour in with his tone.

Naruto looked up at Kurama whom stared deeply into his own eyes. "Why's that?"

He flicked his head to the distance. "I'll tell you later. The Uchiha's trying to speak to you."

"Baka!"

He felt a sharp pain along the back of his head as he opened his eyes.

Sasuke stared at him as he slowly climbed back into his seat. "What the hell is the matter with you? Every time someone speaks to you, you automatically black out."

"Gomennasai." (I'm sorry.) He stared at Sasuke with cold eyes as he rubbed his head with his right arm. He sat there and thought for a moment before he attempted to get off of the bed when he was stopped by something cold against his feet. Naruto looked down and noticed the chains attached from his feet to the bed.

"Madara put that so you won't try anything stupid."

Naruto sighed. "I know that already." He attempted to get out of the bed, only to be pulled back by something cold against his ankles. Chains from the bed to his legs were tightly buckled. "I need to use the bathroom."

Sasuke sighed as well before leaving the cell and coming back with a key in his hand. He took it, unlocked the chains, and placed it in his pocket. He grabbed Naruto by his left underarm and pulled him off.

At first he struggled, from the misuse of his legs, but began to pad along, following the fast moving Uchiha.

Twisting and curving halls lay out on all sides of him. Most were completely black except for dim light flowing at the very ends. A candle? Then, moments later, but only for a few seconds, he heard soft murmuring of laughter in one of the hallways, before it disappeared.

"Here. Now, hurry up."

He was immediately pushed into a room, the door slamming behind him.

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