Sasuke closed his eyes and sat atop his bed. He was tired but he could feel that if he tried to concentrate he would be able to find him, maybe even find a trace of his chakra somewhere out there.

Three ANBU had been placed outside his door, Tsunade still didn't have complete trust over him.

He dropped himself to lying on his bed, opened his eyes, and activated his signature Sharingan. He soon enough found himself falling into a deep sleep.

The Uchiha's eyes fluttered open to the sight of a dark, sewer-like surrounding. "What is this dump?" He pulled himself up from a thin layer of water that flowed around the entire area. His feet echoed along the bouncing waves as he took in his surroundings, still trying to collect where and how he had got there in the first place.

"Hello!" He called and received no answer. It's not like I was expecting one, though.

He continued forward only to be stopped by a curving hall in which led to multiple openings. He turned and followed the doors and outward towards one larger which stood out more than the other ones. This one was larger and held unreadable symbols along the top. "I wonder what's over there?" He stepped over to the door and found that he was hearing soft sounds. The sounds of something almost like weeping...who was that crying?

The light was dim and dark, hard to make out what was at the end of the room. Two figures, one larger by six times than the other.

Naruto could feel himself losing consciousness. He still couldn't make out if the two men where there but concluded they weren't after realizing if they were he would most likely be getting kicked and punched around at the moment. He sighed and his body fell limp.

He opened his eyes and found himself free of his binds. "Wh-" Before he could ask anything his sight lay before him a large, red mass of fur. At the foxy grin of the Bijuu it bought Naruto into a downpour of tears. "Kurama...where have you been...I missed you so much and...and...and I felt...I felt so...so lonely...I didn't have anyone to talk to..." suddenly his voice cracked and was replaced with anger. "Where were you?! You left me alone to deal...to deal with those bastards! Why did you leave me!? You... I... uuh...gurk..." The blond fell to the ground in a heap as water streaked down his face.

Kyuubi looked sadly at the boy. "Kheh. Don't go crying. Look, you- hey, are you even listening to me?"

Naruto didn't reply. He was down on his knees, rubbing his tears and covering his pitiful looking face from view.

The fox pushed himself from his previous position of laying against his arms and stalked over to him. "Hey, kid..."

"Kyuubi, don't take another damn step!"

He turned his massive head to behold a small, male figure not standing far off, Sharingan burning into his fur. "Uchiha Sasuke...I never thought I'd see you here again."

"So did I. Now, get away from him or I'll burn that pelt right off your hide."

He chuckled. "Khehehe! I ain't doing nothing that your piece of crap mouth tells me to do." He took another step towards Naruto.

"I said don't move!" Sasuke leapt forward only to be stopped by a flying hand.

"Stop, will you?!" Naruto stood on his feet, both hands were extended to stop both bickering males. His blue gaze fell on the Uchiha. "Sasuke..." Before he could respond to what he was doing he had wrapped both his arms around the raven and was crying over his shoulder. He gripped harder around Sasuke.

The teen only stood there in complete shock. He didn't know how to react to the blond and only let him stand there for another moment before he pushed him away. "Hey, dobe. Fancy seeing you here.

Kurama growled. "Fancy indeed."

Sasuke sent the fox a glare and turned back to Naruto whom had calmed a bit. His voice turned stern. "Why the hell isn't he in his cage?"

"And why the hell aren't you in one, Uchiha!"

Naruto walked over to the fox and wrapped himself around one of the large paws and sent Sasuke a wide grin. "We became friends, dattebane."

"Kheh."

"Oi, Sasuke, you don't look to hot." The blond had been referring to the raven's tired expression and lazy outfit of a plain, blue tshirt and grey stretch pants. He wore no shoes.

"Kheh."

"Dobe, you don't look too good yourself." He had finally noticed the horrible condition the teen was in. His clothes of a white tshirt and white pants were no good if you were covered with blood, bruises and cuts all over your arms, legs, and face. A ring of purple and blue surrounded his right eye.

"Oh." Naruto had found himself looking so beat up so often that he couldn't picture his body having a healthy tan and free of his own blood and injuries.

Silence fell over them.

"Hey, Uchiha, I suggest you find the kid and get him some help fast."

Sasuke turned to glare at the fox. "How the hell am I supposed to find him?"

"I'll try to release as much of my chakra as I can and you get the job of sensing it out. There's nothing else I can think of."

"Oi, kurama, are you telling me that there's a chance of finding me!?"

The Kyuubi sighed. "Yes, and I would need you to go to bed for a while in order to send out my chakra."

Naruto stared at him in disbelief. "Go to sleep? How do I know this won't be the last time I wake up?! I'm NOT going to sleep and you can't make me, dammit!"

Sasuke sighed and turned to the blond. "Naruto, do I have something in my eye?"

He faced Sasuke with interest. "I don't see any-" His body fell to the ground, which was immediately caught by the fox's swishing tail.

"Okay, so send it out, will you?" The Uchiha's Mangekyo returned to his typical onyx eyes.

"Kheh. I'm only doing this because Naruto's in trouble."

"Whatever." With that, he closed his eyes and woke up in his bed. He concentrated his Sharingan on to finding the Kyuubi's. Not long after he could feel the ominous, red chakra. "Four miles from here. Those two are idiots for staying so close to Konoha."