Some Random Building

"Ugh..." Tayuya opens her eyes to see she is in a plain room. No windows, No doors that she could see. Her hands bound behind her back and her legs tied to the chair she sat in. She felt groggy, and dehydrated.

"So this is how the torture starts, huh?" Tayuya said to no one in particular. Straining her eyes and ears, she was desperate to find a way out, or at least a sign of life. Dead silence was the only guest in the room with her. Tayuya didn't break easily, but the one thing she couldn't bear was absolute silence.

In Reality

"So what do you see Ino?" A curious Naruto sat watching his platinum blonde friend scan Tayuya's mind.

"I can't see anything yet Naruto, just a lot of darkness, with some sounds of crying." Ino Yamanaka said, eyes closed and concentrating.

"How can you see nothing but hear crying? What does that mean?" Naruto asked impatiently.

"Just shut up for a minute and let me do my job, ass." Ino putting extra emphasis on the last word with a smile.

Tayuya's Mindscape

She was in a state of panic. Tayuya tried her hardest to escape the chair she was in but it wouldn't budge. The rope was too tight and her strength was all but nonexistent. She tried calming down using her own internal coping mechanisms but her mind was scattered. For some reason she couldn't collect her thoughts well enough.

'Wait a second, is this a goddamn genjutsu?'

Outside of her mind, Ino searched around for something, anything at all about this woman.

'This woman has either the mental defenses of a bomb shelter, or she is as dumb as Naruto. Well, it would explain why she is with Naruto in the first place, but it doesn't explain why I heard crying, or why she was knocked out in the first place.'

Naruto, who layered a double genjutsu on the red haired woman prior to Ino beginning the mind scan, noticed a break of the first layer.

"Ino, she is breaking free. Did you find anything at all?" He asked inquisitively.

"No I didn't she is as airheaded as you are! All I heard was crying, and then there was nothing."

Ino said with a scowl.

"Is there a way for me to enter with you? I want a word without getting kicked in the balls." Naruto said walking over to the pair.

"Yes just place your hand on the green Chakra next to mine."

Tayuya, who bit her lip hard enough, saw she wasn't out of the room, but able to form solid thoughts. "Well shit. What next?"

She noticed a door forming In front of her, watching as a familiar looking asshole stepped through. Recognizing him immediately, "So this complicated genjutsu was your doing, fuckface."

Chuckling, Naruto materialized a chair and sat down in front of his captive.

"You had my very curious Tayuya. First off you are looking for the guy I want to murder in cold blood. Then you had the gall to insult me by calling me that name, and then proceed to kick my balls." Naruto droned on with a grimace.

"Uh hello fuckhead you decided to attack me when I walked away. I wasn't going to hurt you until you pulled that shit." Tayuya snarled.

"Yeah, right sorry about that, you caught me in a bad mood." Naruto said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head."

"Aww is it your time of the month, little girl?" Tayuya taunted.

"Is that anyway to talk to the man who saved your life?" Naruto asked, eyebrow raised.

"Okay you want gratitude shithead? Here's your fucking gratitude!" Tayuya spit at Naruto, being the only thing she could do, her hands and legs bound.

Naruto watched as the spit missed him by a longshot. "Who were you aiming at?" He said with a smart-ass grin.

Tayuya gave him a glare that could have sent a mountain running. With a blush of embarrassment, she looked away, muttering obscenities at nothing particular.

"Why do you have me here?" The redhead asked solemnly.

"As I said before my little hothead, you have made me curious. So curious, in fact, that you won't be turned in to Konoha or the Anbu for questioning and eventual execution. Just being in connection to Orochimaru is enough to warrant torture. And if they ever found out you were here since you assisted in the death of the Third Hokage, they would kill you on the spot." Naruto said with a smile.

"...and you don't give a rats ass that I helped Lord Orochimaru kill the old man?" Tayuya asked, skeptical.

"Not in the loyalty sense, no. He helped cover up the deaths of 4 close friends and lied publicly to save his own ass. So no, I don't care that you played a part in his demise. My only regret is that I couldn't help Orochimaru or do it myself." Naruto said bitterly.

"You didn't answer my question asshole, why am I here?" Tayuya spat at Naruto.

"Because I had nowhere else to take you." He said simply.

"You could have left me there." Tayuya shot back.

"You could have died while being knocked out without even knowing it. Or you might have been kidnapped and raped repeatedly." Naruto countered.

Tayuya shuddered, almost kind of glad she was taken here. Especially since he wasn't so bad looking either. Pushing those thoughts aside, she looked up at him, "Release me from this genjustu and tell that annoying Yamanaka bitch to take her hand off my head!" Tayuya demanded.

"But it's okay for my hand to stay on your head?" Naruto asked, getting up and making signs to release the illusion.

Blushing furiously, the young redhead glared at Naruto, saying "Keep your hand on my head, see what happens bitch!"

Nervously laughing, Naruto released the illusion and decided to retract his hand, in case she wanted to follow through with the threat.

Ino, who had been watching their whole conversation, looked concernedly at Naruto.

Noticing her gaze, the ninja shrugged and waited for the hothead to wake up.

20 minutes later

Tayuya was a little less than happy to see where she was currently. It was an apartment, almost disgustingly clean, which bothered her more than anything. She was still bound, which pissed her off more, and just when she thought she had hit her peak of anger, Tayuya saw her favorite asshole snoring on the couch in front of her.

'Wait did I just say favorite?' Tayuya thought incredulously. 'I just met the dickhead!'

Her thoughts were interrupted by another loud snore, prompting her to yell "Wake up dumbass!"

Naruto jolted with a dazed look. Wiping drool off his lips, he peered over to Tayuya.

"...Hey gorgeous, when did you get here?" He said groggily.

Two things happened that moment. Naruto, yawning and opening his eyes fully to stare at his captive, did not detect immediate danger, nor did he register the ropes snapping until a foot connected to the side of his head. Naruto, not even awake fully before falling unconscious again.

Tayuya, breathing hard and red with fury, lowered her foot and felt the slightest bit guilty.

Watching the unconscious man, she muttered "Idiot."