Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Abduction 1 ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 4 )

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Naruto remained unconscious. His captor remained wary of that fact. �Why is he unconscious? How long has he been like this?� asked someone resonating command in his voice. The captor stood shaking, as he explained the situation. He knew that if his explanation was not satisfactory to his boss, that he would be dead in a matter of minutes. �I see that you have completed you mission with little damage to our guest. He should recover soon. Kabuto, take our guest to a room preferably with steel bars, and keep an eye on his physical condition. If his condition changes, you are to alert me immediately.� �Hei!� said Kabuto leaving, caring Naruto, and the captor following them. Thankful, the captor thought; he was still alive.
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Kabuto instructed the captor to put Naruto in a special room, solid steel on one wall and steel bars on the other walls. Kabuto stood for hours looking at the blonde boy. He would be able to do the experimentation that Orochimaru had commanded a few weeks back, when he ordered the blonde to be captured. Glee was his strongest emotion at the time. He held a strong interest in the blonde since the Chunin exams, when they met three years previous.
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The boy had not regained consciousness. Kabuto opened the cell door and went to check the boy. The blonde�s looked pale and ashen. Kabuto touched his forehead to find out the boy had a raging fever, and a possible concussion. He began to activate his healing skills, starting with his head. He was there longer, than the rest of the boy�s body. The fever did not ease, it increased in intensity. He discovered several broken ribs, some internal bleeding, and an enlarged liver, along with some other minor injuries. He worked on the boy for several hours. When he was through, the blonde did not look the image of death.

The fever raged for several days. During that time, Naruto moaned, cried, and would scream in pain for hours. Kabuto had some sympathy for the boy. The boy�s breathing was shallow and slow. Kabuto started an I-V solution since the boy had been unconscious the duration of his captivity. One week later, Naruto opened his eyes. His vision was blurred as was his memory. He focused on the face looking over him. He froze in fear. Kabuto was leaning over him, �Naruto-kun, you gave us all a scare.� The boy�s blue eyes widen. He tried to get up, but his body did not respond. �Your body has been ravaged with a high fever for days; you will not be able to move for several days. The best thing to do is just lie still and let everything come back on its own.�

Kabuto looked at the boy and smiled. He could see the fear in the blonde�s eyes. This filled Kabuto with such a sense of power over the boy that he could not help but smile larger. Naruto, seeing the smile, felt his fear rise to panic level. Naruto tried to struggle, but his body only remained in the same spot. He managed to rise up on one arm, but his body shook from the strain. He tried to get away from Kabuto. �Where are you going Naruto-kun?� Kabuto said, as Kabuto caught Naruto before he fell. Kabuto lowered the boy back onto the bed. The blonde did not look good; his color returned to ashen once again. The boy collapsed on the bed and fell into a deep sleep. Kabuto smirked. He had given the boy something in the IV to keep him sedated.

As the boy slept, Kabuto lifted him and carried him into an examination room. He removed the boys� clothing and applied electrodes to his torso, legs, chest, arms, head, chest, then rolled him over and placed leads onto his neck, shoulders, back, thighs, legs and calves. He draped a sheet over the boys� body. The electrodes were attached to a computer, which began to submit data to a computer screen, which Kabuto was looking on with interest. �Amazing. Who would have suspected that this small child could put out so much chakra. He is sedated heavily, and still his charkra levels are 100s times higher than a normal shinobi.�

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Taking a look at the last 6 years that he had liked her, he did not like what he saw. The abuse. Every time he tried to talk to her resulted in a punch or a jab. He would smile at her and she would still verbally abuse him, or physical hit him. He always took it. He decided no more. Even thought, he loved her, he could not take it any more.

The next few weeks almost killed him. He walked by her not speaking, not smiling at her. He would go out of his way to walk across the street if she was on the same side as he walked. He would dart down alleys to avoid her. Even though they were teammates, he would not talk to her outside of training or missions. This seemed to bother her somewhat.

She seemed a little distracted by his avoidance. She was use to his attention. But now, it was not there. She did not like the silence from him. She approached him after training one afternoon, but he took off before she was able to speak to him. This confused her. She decided she would try again tomorrow after practice.

When it was tomorrow, she decided not to approach him. She trained, then left the field to go home. No word was spoken by any of the three. He did not notice she left in a hurry. The other teammate looked on in disinterest. All three went their separate ways to their homes.

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He was distracted when he left the grounds. He failed to notice a dark pair of eyes following him through the forest. Silently, the eyes watched him leave the forest. He felt a chill run down his spine. Looking behind him he could see no one. He could not shake the feeling he was being watched.

He was wary when he approached his apartment building; the lights were out around the street entrance to his building. The hall way to his floor was also dark. He walked to his door and put the key into the lock. There was a sound behind him. As he turned around to look, he was struck from behind. First, the pain came, then lights, then darkness. The key was still in the lock, as he fell to the ground.

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Daylight came. It was noon. Both Sakura and Sasuke came looking for him at his apartment. The first thing noticed was the key in the lock, and the door ajar. They took a cautious stance. A closer inspection, showed traces of blood on the ground by some discarded orange clothing and a leaf headband.

They entered the apartment cautiously. There was no other sign of a struggle. Realizing

that there was foul play at work, they headed for the hokage's office. One half hour later,

ANBU and elite shinobi were at the scene investigating the incident reported. It was

established he had been abducted. It became an S-ranked mission since the Kyuubi was

involved. No one wanted the biju to fall into the hands of any other nation or enemy

hands.

All indications showed that, the struggle was only outside that, he had not made it into

the apartment. The blood splatters were only on the wall and door outside and the walkway. The ANBU consulted with their captain, who spoke to the hokage. She gave orders for an investigation and a mission to find Naruto. This became a priority since a rouge person had infiltrated Kohana without being detected by any one. Also, this person left with an unconscious Naruto. This was quite problematic for Tseunade, showing a lack of security for her village.

For the next few days the village was under a strict security. The whole village was weary from worry and stress. There was no sign of Naruto or his abductor. Several days passed and no word from any sources. Tseunade decided to allow a two week mission to look for Naruto and his abductor.

The assembled team of Kiba, Shino, Neji, Hinita, Shikamaru, Choiji, Ino, Lee, Tenten, Sakura, Sai, Gai, Kakashi, Kurenai, and Shizune left Kohana for a two week mission knowing the time frame was small. The team was wired and ready to go, but all were anxious to quickly locate their absent partner. This took a lot out of the group. They all carried feelings for their teammate.

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Naruto awoke with a pain in his head. He realized he was being carried on someone's shoulder. This did not help his head, which hurt tremendously. He began to struggle in his captor's grip, but the grip tightened. The more he struggled, the tighter the grip became. The tight hold on him made his head hurt more. His breathing became difficult

with each movement of struggling. His captor noticed the struggling was becoming less as he tightened his grip on his captive. Naruto was moving less as he tried to catch his breath. His body and head ached so; he thought his head would explode. His vision became blurry as he began to gasp for air. He began to lose conscience. He fell against his captor's shoulder. Darkness took over him, swiftly. The captor noticed that there was a lack of rhythmic breathing from the blonde boy. He grunted thinking this boy was definitely going to be trouble.

The captor stopped and laid the blonde on the ground to examine him. The boy was not breathing. He thought to himself that maybe he had gripped the boy a little too tightly during the boy's struggle. He knew if the boy died that there would be blood to pay, his. He untied the boy and laid him on his back. He started chest compressions and gave mouth to mouth resuscitation to start the boy's breathing. Once the boy was breathing on his own, the captor once again put the boy on his shoulder and began his trek though the forest to the Village of Sound. They did not have far to travel, since the village was only a day away from their current position.

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Naruto remained unconscious. His captor remained wary of that fact. “Why is he unconscious? How long has he been like this?” asked someone resonating command in his voice. The captor stood shaking, as he explained the situation. He knew that if his explanation was not satisfactory to his boss, that he would be dead in a matter of minutes. “I see that you have completed you mission with little damage to our guest. He should recover soon. Kabuto, take our guest to a room preferably with steel bars, and keep an eye on his physical condition. If his condition changes, you are to alert me immediately.” “Hei!” said Kabuto leaving, caring Naruto, and the captor following them. Thankful, the captor thought; he was still alive.

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Kabuto instructed the captor to put Naruto in a special room, solid steel on one wall and steel bars on the other walls. Kabuto stood for hours looking at the blonde boy. He would be able to do the experimentation that Orochimaru had commanded a few weeks back, when he ordered the blonde to be captured. Glee was his strongest emotion at the time. He held a strong interest in the blonde since the Chunin exams, when they met three years previous.

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The boy had not regained consciousness. Kabuto opened the cell door and went to check the boy. The blonde's looked pale and ashen. Kabuto touched his forehead to find out the boy had a raging fever, and a possible concussion. He began to activate his healing skills, starting with his head. He was there longer, than the rest of the boy's body. The fever did not ease, it increased in intensity. He discovered several broken ribs, some internal bleeding, and an enlarged liver, along with some other minor injuries. He worked on the boy for several hours. When he was through, the blonde did not look the image of death.

The fever raged for several days. During that time, Naruto moaned, cried, and would scream in pain for hours. Kabuto had some sympathy for the boy. The boy's breathing was shallow and slow. Kabuto started an I-V solution since the boy had been unconscious the duration of his captivity. One week later, Naruto opened his eyes. His vision was blurred as was his memory. He focused on the face looking over him. He froze in fear. Kabuto was leaning over him, “Naruto-kun, you gave us all a scare.” The boy's blue eyes widen. He tried to get up, but his body did not respond. “Your body has been ravaged with a high fever for days; you will not be able to move for several days. The best thing to do is just lie still and let everything come back on its own.”

Kabuto looked at the boy and smiled. He could see the fear in the blonde's eyes. This filled Kabuto with such a sense of power over the boy that he could not help but smile larger. Naruto, seeing the smile, felt his fear rise to panic level. Naruto tried to struggle, but his body only remained in the same spot. He managed to rise up on one arm, but his body shook from the strain. He tried to get away from Kabuto. “Where are you going Naruto-kun?” Kabuto said, as Kabuto caught Naruto before he fell. Kabuto lowered the boy back onto the bed. The blonde did not look good; his color returned to ashen once again. The boy collapsed on the bed and fell into a deep sleep. Kabuto smirked. He had given the boy something in the IV to keep him sedated.

As the boy slept, Kabuto lifted him and carried him into an examination room. He removed the boys' clothing and applied electrodes to his torso, legs, chest, arms, head, chest, then rolled him over and placed leads onto his neck, shoulders, back, thighs, legs and calves. He draped a sheet over the boys' body. The electrodes were attached to a computer, which began to submit data to a computer screen, which Kabuto was looking on with interest. “Amazing. Who would have suspected that this small child could put out so much chakra. He is sedated heavily, and still his charkra levels are 100s times higher than a normal shinobi.”

Test after test was ran on the sedated boy. The computer was comparing the results of the tests, and surgical data. Each cut made or probe made on the boy healed instantly. The results of the test proved to be spectacular. “I must inform Lord Orochimaru of the results. He will be pleased.” Kabuto took the electrodes off the boy and redressed him. He then took the sleeping boy back to the cell and covered him up with the sheet from the lab. Kabuto took the test results to Orochimaru.

Looking over the results of the test, an evil smirk came over Orochimaru. “Are you sure of these results?” he asked. “Yes Lord Orochimaru-sama.” stated Kabuto. “This child intrigues me to no end. Maybe he is strong enough to duel with Sasuke-kun, and he just might defeat Sasuke-kun after a very good battle.” said Orochimaru smiling with his fangs showing. “You have done well Kabuto. Do you have any other tests or experiments you would like to conduct on Naruto-kun before I start my experiments on him?” “Not at this time, maybe after your experiments, I might get a chance to run some tests that I have been formulating for several years, to test how far along the boy has blended with the Kyuubi. That is, with your permission Lord Orochimaru-sama.”

Orochimaru left the conference room and headed towards the holding cell, where Naruto was, followed by Kabuto. Thoughts of torture and experimentation went through Orochimaru's mind. He continued to think of ways to exploit the boy and the tremendous power that the boy wielded; all of which would cause great harm and stress to the boy. Oh well, it could not be helped. If the boy survived the ordeal, he thought that he might make the boy a pet.

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Naruto opened his eyes. He felt heavy in his body. It was hard to focus his eyes. He saw the shape of a men moving around him. A man talked to him, but he did not understand what he was said. “Naruto-kun.” He heard the man speaking. He tried to focus on the man but he remained totally unresponsive to the man.

“He is out of it. No response to verbal commands, but he will be feeling pain. The drug I used on him puts his consciousness asleep, leaving the subconscious available to study.” stated Orochimaru to Kabuto. Both men had sadistic grins on their faces. Orochimaru hooked Naruto up with electrodes. He wanted to see what the boy could take physically. He turned knobs and pushed buttons. A low electrical current started to surge though the boys' body. Orochimaru increased the current slowly in order to gage the boys' response.

For the first two hours the experiment continued, soft cries and moans could be heard from Naruto. “He has taken more than most of my lab subjects, I have experimented on. I want to see the full range of what his tolerance level.” Orochimaru began to increase the voltage. The boy began to cry and moan louder. This went on for several more hours. The maniacal grin on Orochimaru's face showed his glee. The blonde started to convulse from the abuse. “Well I believe that is enough for today. Kabuto administer this drug to him. I believe it will calm the seizures. We will begin again tomorrow. ” Orochimaru left the lab, leaving Kabuto to tend to the no unconscious Naruto.

Three years later…….

There was chaos in the depths of Orochimaru's lair. Shouts could be heard, “Lord Orochimaru is dead, by the Uchiha. We need to flee or we will be next. What about Kabuto?” “He is with the body of Lord Orochimaru now.” Within an hour the lair was vacated except by a blonde who was in a cell unconscious.

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That evening a strange man appeared at the lair. He walked around cautiously. He knew who occupied this lair. What took him by surprise, was the lack of guards and personnel in the lair. Heard whimpering and soft cries coming from a corridor, the man went to investigate. He found the noises coming from a cell holding a young blonde male. After locating the keys to the cell the man approached the blonde.

The boy was bound by many chains and ropes. He noticed the blonde was not awake but semi-conscious. The man smiled. “This one must have been special to be in this lair. I bet he will fetch a pretty price on the slave market.” He whistled, and then several men appeared out of the darkness. “Looks like we have spoils to gather.” said the leader looking at Naruto.

“A kid?” asked on of the men. “For him to be in this place, and the fact he is still alive, tells me that this kid was important to Orochimaru; therefore he is most valuable to us. Here are the keys; get him situated so we may take him.” the commander said.

“I am afraid that will not be possible.” said a voice from behind the men. “Naruto is going to stay here. There is unfinished business I have with him.” stated a white haired man in his late teens. “Get him.”

“Advance!” stated Kabuto.

Naruto opened his eyes. He could hear people talking, then some shouts and cries of pain. He was confused not knowing where he was or what was going on. A face bent over looking at him. “Naruto-kun? Can you hear me? Naruto-kun? He is still under the effects of the drug. Help me take off the bindings and chains.” stated Kabuto.

Several of the sound ninjas assisted with the removal of the bindings. Kabuto walked over to the cabinets, stepping over several dead bodies of the mercenaries. “This drug that Orochimaru used on the Kyuubi boy is great. It will leave him in a zombie state, allowing us to transport him. This drug will allow him to be mobile on his own.”

While the lab was being packed, Kabuto injected Naruto with more of Orochimaru's drug. The boy's already drugged state became more critical. He fell moaning. Soft sobs could be heard coming from the boy. “Get up you useless pile of bones.” said the guard in charge after him kicking him. This enraged Kabuto. “I told you to take care of him, not abuse him.” stated Kabuto, who flew in a rage killing the guard. “Naruto? Naruto?” said Kabuto in a soft voice. The boy lay curled up on his side whimpering. He had tears streaming down his face but he did not respond to Kabuto's inquiry. Kabuto stroked the blonde's head. He began to quiet down. The blonde moved over to Kabuto, who had sat down by the boy. Naruto moved closer to him laying in his lap and hugging the older teen. Kabuto smiled wildly. This would be the breakthrough he was looking for in controlling the Jinchuuriki. He also embraced the youth stroking his hair. The boy relaxed and fell asleep, lying on Kabuto's lap. “We have a little time for you to rest Naruto.” He said grinning madly. Naruto slept for several hours.

Kabuto was able to get up and finish packing the lab of its contents. He heard Naruto whimpering. He looked over at the boy, who was feeling around on the ground like he was looking for something. Kabuto walked over to the boy. Naruto felt Kabuto's leg and wrapped his arms around it tightly. Soft noises came from the blonde as he clung to Kabuto. This was going to be easier than he thought.

A few days latter……..

The Kyuubi was getting tired of feeling the brat's weakness. Red charkra began to form around the blonde. Kabuto noticed the buildup of charkra since the boy was always attached to him. Kabuto managed to move quickly from the boy. The boy began to stand with his head bowed. Kabuto stood with his eyes wide and mouth open to the sight he saw. The boy was starting to stand straight staring with red eyes. The boy launched himself at Kabuto tackling him knocking the older teen unconscious.

The Kyuubi/Naruto picked up Kabuto and took off with him. The Kyuubi knew that this older boy was the one Naruto had become attached to. Taking Kabuto with him would allow the boy to have some comforts when he regained his body. Kyuubi/ Naruto traveled many miles, when the red charkra began to slowly fade away. Naruto's

red eyes faded to blue. He stared out with a blank stare. He noticed the unconscious Kabuto and recognized him as the person who had soothed him. He made his way to the unconscious older teen. He lay on the older teens lap and went to sleep.

Kabuto opened his eyes and noticed weight on his stomach and abdomen. He shifted to a half sitting position and noticed Naruto asleep on his lap as he had done that past four nights. He was able to get into a sitting position. Naruto had a vice grip on his waist. He was able to pry Naruto off him. He was soar and noticed that his ribs hurt. His head also hurt. He performed his medical jutsu on himself. He found several broken ribs and a concussion. He would be soar for several days. He was mused by the situation; the Kyuubi attacked him and taking off with him. `This was quite amusing.' he thought to himself. The Kyuubi recognized him as a friend from Naruto's subconscious mind. This could not have gone better if Lord Orochimaru had planned it himself.

Kabuto realized that Naruto was recognizing him as a friend, since he comforted the boy, after each experiment had taken place on the boy. This left the boy dependent on Kabuto as the only source of comfort and solis to the blonde. Over the last three years Naruto had become quite attached to Kabuto and would fly into rages when Kabuto was not in his sight, only calming down when he saw Kabuto. The drug that was given him made Naruto almost a vegetable. Kabuto over the past few years had grown fond of Naruto, becoming somewhat protective of him. Even Orochimaru let Kabuto take care of Naruto, since he was the only one allowed near Naruto, that Naruto would not attack. But the drug that was given to Naruto was gone. There was no more. The last injection was given before the Kyuubi attacked Kabuto. Kabuto knew that the effects of the drug would wear off in two days. He just hoped that the boy would still recognize him as a friend.

Two days later, as Kabuto predicted, Naruto woke up with his arms around Kabuto. His eyes widened as he saw that his arms were around a man, and that man was Kabuto. “Hello Naruto-kun.” stated Kabuto flatly. Naruto released the older teen. He did not run away or freak out as Kabuto thought he might. He looked around his surroundings. He did not recognize anything about the location. He knew he was cold, and was a little scared. He remembered Kabuto in brief blurred glimpses as someone who was a comfort. Wait a minute; this thinking is Kabuto he was thinking of. The now fifteen year old just sat looking at Kabuto with sad eyes. He did not know how long he had been in this state of mind. Something was wrong for Kabuto to be so friendly to him.

Naruto looked behind him and saw the wall of the cave and backed himself to it. He curled up in a ball lying on his side and began to sob quietly. Kabuto let him sob for about ten minutes, and then he walked over to him and placed a hand on the boys' head. Naruto looked up at the older teen. His sad eyes filled with tears and redness. He began to shake. At first, there were small shakes, then larger ones. Blue eyes opened widely as he lost control over his body. He felt pain like nothing before. These pains shot through his abdomen, sides, head, arms, legs, and his back. Blinding pain in his head made him flop over on his side. He could not believe the pain. He began to fell hot; Kabuto frowned, as he recognized the symptoms of drug withdrawal. But this one was a nasty type that would leave Naruto barely clinging to life, if the boy had enough will to live.

Day two of the withdraw symptoms was going to be the worst for Naruto. His fever raged. He was delirious in and out of unconsciousness. Kabuto stayed with the boy, knowing that he had almost reached his limit physically. Mentally was another matter. Naruto would whimper and sob uncontrollably. He could be heard whispering “Help me, please someone help me!” The Kyuubi could do nothing at this point, knowing that the last three year had been a haze for the boy; due to the use of the drug used on him (The drug made by Orichimaru was made from the venom from his own snake demon, nullifying anything the Kyuubi did, keeping the boy from overcoming the drug). `Damn Orichimaru for doing this to his vessel', thought the Kyuubi. But the Kyuubi knew that Orochimaru was dead. He thought to himself `Well,Kabuto was still alive, and when Naruto was over this,he would kill Kabuto with his claws and teeth.' The fox demon grinned at the oncoming thought of carnage and blood.

Naruto was in bad shape. Kabuto thought that if the kid wasn't able to shake the withdraw pains by the next day, he would have to find a medical facility to take him to.

The boy was pale by most standards. The boy's breathing was shallow and raspy. He shook uncontrollably and was not able to hold any food or liquids down.

The next day was not any better for Naruto. His withdraw symptoms had progressively gotten worse. He had the dry heaves and tremors so bad that he would collapse after an episode, and would wake up to start all over with the new episodes. He once tried to stand, but fell hitting his head against the hard rock wall knocking him out. Kabuto was glad that at least with him unconscious the boy would get some needed rest.

Naruto slept into the night and to the next morning. He awoke. He had confusion in his mind. He knew that there was someone next to him, and that someone was warm. His vision was still blurry. He noticed that he had his arms around the person. He did not want to move. “Naruto-kun? How are you feeling?” asked a male voice. Naruto eyes widened. He was hugging a man. He tried to move quickly but his body would not respond. His eyes became less blurry. He saw the man; white hair, glasses, and a small smile.

One name Kabuto. Fear and panic raged through him. He had to get away, but his body was sluggish. “No need to fear Naruto-kun. I am not going to hurt you. You should know that by now. I have been caring for you these past three years.” `Three years?' Naruto said in his mind. `God, what has happened to me to be under his care for three years? The last thing I remember was leaving the training grounds, and hearing …..' His thoughts trailed off as he remembered the pain from the back of his head.

“I see from your confusion that you do not know what happened to you. Orochimaru-sama sent someone to kidnap you. The captor was able to knock you out. On the way to Orichimaru-sama's lair you struggled with your captor. You were injured in that struggle. By the time you reached the lair you were unconscious. Orichimaru-sama was going to let Sasuke-kun fight and kill you. But he decided against that. Since you defeated him on one occasion, he decided to try to make a drug that would in effect kill the Kyuubi by allowing it to merge with you. After he was to take Sasuke-kun's body, he was going to work on using you as his next vessel. All was going well with research. When it came time for Orochimaru-same to change his body, he decided to take Sasuke-kun. Sasuke-kun fought with Orochimaru-sama. Sasuke-kun killed Orochimaru-sama and left. Since then you and I have been on the run. There are rouge nin and missing nin looking for any of Orochimaru-sama's associates. There is a larger reward for those of us who are still on the run. Since that time you have been drugged to help us keep under cover of the hunter nins and such...”

Naruto looked at Kabuto with his mouth open. He could not believe that Sasuke killed Orichimaru, and he had been drugged for the last three years. He sat unmoving staring at the cave wall. This had been more that Naruto's mind could handle. It was like he had just awoken from a truly bad nightmare, which he had. Naruto began to feel dizzy and heavy. Even though he was learning against the cave wall he slowly sank onto the floor of the cave. His eyes appeared glazed, and then darkness filled his vision once again. Kabuto walked over to the unconscious boy and shifted him to a position on his back. Checking the boy for any complications from the withdraw symptoms; he decided that the boy was exhausted and just needed sleep.

Naruto slept the night and all the next day. The next evening he awoke feeling weak. Kabuto had food prepared, and the smell was enough to make Naruto pay attention to the food. Kabuto made a plate for the boy to eat. Since Naruto had not had food for several days, the meal consisted of a soupy stew.

Kabuto knew that Naruto would be hungry and probably would not be able to digest anything other than broth and maybe some vegetables. Naruto knew that the food smelled good. He took the plate from Kabuto and began to eat. The broth smelled wonderful to Naruto. It tasted like Heaven, since he had not eaten for several days. After finishing the food, Naruto became sleepy. He lay on the blanket that had covered him. He was fast asleep.

Kabuto smirked. `This was going to be easier than he thought' to himself. This boy already had trust in him. He would be able to continue his research and have the boy let him experiment on him willingly. Kabuto had to admit he had a fondness for the boy. The blonde seemed to have put trust into him. This made what he was going to do easier.

While Naruto slept, Kabuto injected him with a solution. He knew that the boy would probably have a bad reaction. His observation was correct. Naruto began to have seizures, violent ones. Kabuto moved quickly to put the boys head in is lap to cushion his head from damage. The seizures lasted for more than five minutes. With one final shake and shiver the seizures ended. The boy was sprawled out across the cave floor with his head still on Kabuto's lap. His face was pale as sweat pour from him. “Well he got through that better than I thought.” he said to himself.

Looking at the pale face of the boy, Kabuto smiled. He brushed the hair away from Naruto's face. He began to look closely at the boys features. Noticing how his chest began to rise and sink with each breath. Kabuto noticed how frail and pale the boy looked. There were some slight twitches of the muscles of the face arms and legs from the solution he had given the boy.

Kabuto had a fondness for the boy that he did not want to admit. He could not help look at the blonde boy in his lap, without seeing the softness of his skin the muscular shape of his body, and how handsome the blonde was. No, he could not be thinking this way, but he could not help himself. All this time of caring for the boy, nursing him though all the sickness and pain from the experiments that were performed on him, Kabuto realized he did care for the blonde. But how could he have let himself care for the Kyuubi container, as Orochimaru called him with disgust. He noticed that he was playing with Naruto's hair, twirling it around in his hands. He thought how soft the golden locks were.

Naruto awoke to have someone playing with his hair. He did not open his eyes. He thought how nice it felt. He noticed he was in someone's lap. He did not want to open his eyes, afraid this was a dream, someone comforting him. He had never experienced this feeling. He knew he liked it. He slowly opened his eyes. Looking around without moving his head, he could see the cave that he had been in for sometime. A face peered over to look at him. “Naruto-kun, I see you are awake. How are you feeling?” asked Kabuto.

Naruto's eyes widened seeing Kabuto's face. He tried to get up but his body would not respond. Fear began to over take Naruto. He kept trying to rise but would fall back into Kabuto's lap. Kabuto put a hand on Naruto's shoulder to prevent him from trying to rise again. “Please Naruto; don't try to rise at this point. You could hurt yourself. You have had some major seizures. Your body is weak now. You could possibly pull some muscles, or at worse tear some.” said Kabuto with a smile.

This smile unnerved Naruto.