Tortured Hearts

NARUTO ARE YOU HERE!?

End of Flashback:

Yeah, that's what happend. I was hoping that my friends would have already showed up by now but it hasn't happend. And I still have this damn collar and they still chain me up for the night. But at least I get more food now and I can train with Sasuke. We are back in the Land of Fire in one of the Snakes hideouts. At least I get my own room now as in a prison cell. I don't have a bed but at least I'm not in Sasuke's room. Every once in a while he would get that look in his eye and kiss me. He was terrifying whenever he did that and he wasn't gentle at all. Kabuto still pokes needles into my arms, I hate needles. I have bruises and cuts all over from training, needles, and the damn binds on my hands, neck, and ankles. I haven't been living the life I wanted alongside with Shikamaru. I often think of him and wonder if he still loves me like back then and what he looks like now. He was way more gentle than Sasuke, and he cared more too. I miss him and everyone else in the village. It was still dark in the hideout and you can barely see anything making your hearing ten times more sensitive. 

"Wake up idiot," Sasuke was yelling at me from outside the cell. "Get up I need to train." He would usually do this to get an early start on the day. I would get yelled at and smacked across the face whenever I pissed him off. So I got up and waited for him to take of the damn binds. I followed behind my in the hallway. I still didn't know my way around because I barely left the cell. 

Shikamaru's  point of view:

It's been three years since I seen Naruto last. I haven't given up on him, just the thought of seeing him again is all the motivation I need to keep searching. We have started to notice a pattern of where Orochimaru had gone from hideout to hideout. There are still signs of Naruto so we all believe he is still alive. Every week Lord Hokage requests my presence and tells me everything they have found out. She hasn't called for me this week yet so I have just been watching clouds waiting. I wonder what Naruto looks like now. I hope he still has all that energy he used to have. People in the village have started to forget about Naruto. Except for the people he had created bonds with. Whenever I go into the village returning from the Hokages they would come up to me and ask about what we know and if we found him. Its a drag but I just give them a quick summary of what happend and they usually leave me alone then. I have started to be given my normal missions again here and there. I've been involved in a lot of the tracking missions with Kiba and Hinata and Shino. We have found trails left by Naruto. Every so feet Naruto will either pull out a strand of blonde hair from his head or spit and drag his feet. Akamaru can smell out all of these things so it helps a lot. I've sworn to save Naruto even if I have to give my life. We found a message left by Naruto on trees where they camp for the night. I can tell it's Narutos because its all sloppy and illegible. Usually they would say directions or locations. Whenever we follow them it saves us the trouble of looking for small details to find his trail. But we were always too late and they had already moved on. 

"OIII, SHIKAMARU! YOUR GONNA WANT TO HEAR THIS!" It was Kiba he was with Hinata and Shino. "COME ON DOWN!" 

"What is it now?" I was irritated they interrupted my thoughts. I climbed down, Choji, Ino and everyone from our class was there. "Alright whats the matter?" 

"Just c'mon!" Kiba grabbed my hand and everyone followed. 

"I can walk on my own damnit." I jerked my hand out of his. I followed them into the Hokages office.

"Good, Shikamaru's here." Lady Tsunade seemed to be in a good mood and the Head of the Sensory unit was there..

"Alright whats the matter?" I was irritated.

"Well we made a prediction of where Naruto and Orochimaru were headed next and we camped there to see if it was correct." He spoke.

"What are you trying to say." I looked at Lady Hokage.

"I'm saying we made the right prediction and he just arrived there last night." He looked at me.

"We need to gather a team and go right away then!" Kiba yelled.

"We'll finally get to see Naruto again!" Choji yelled. 

"What will we do about Sasuke and Orochimaru?" Neji asked.

"There's more news, Sasuke, Kabuto, and Orochimaru left the hideout this morning saying they needed to go train somewhere and that they would be back in two days. Without Naruto, that could be our chance to ambush the hideout and rescue him. It's our only chance to save him and we need to do it now." He spoke.

"I was thinking I could assign you all the mission of rescuing and bringing back Naruto. With Shikamaru as the team captain." She had smirk on her face.

"Yeah!" Lee yelled.

"Lets bring Naruto home." Hinata smiled.

"You too will be together again!" Ino smirked.

"Agreed you too can be together again and be happy." Choji said putting his hand on my shoulder.

"Well? What do you say Shikamaru?" Lady Hokage spoke.

"Alright tell me where he is and I'll start making formations and going over them." I didn't know how to react I finally could see him.

"Okay then." 

Naruto's point of view:

After training for only an hour Kabuto requested that I be put back in my cell with extra food and water. And something about special training with Sasuke somewhere nearby. They'd be gone for two days and before I knew it they were gone. The only thing you could hear in the hallway was my stomach growling. I was starving but I figured that I should leave the food for the last day before they came back. I noticed how much skinnier I had gotten throughout the years. I was all shaky and startled easy. Sasuke didn't know it but whenever I resisted being poked with his needles I- I usually got beat. I had marks on my back from a whip and it stung to lean against the wall. I had finally been given a change of clothes that weren't Sasukes they weren't as warm but they'll manage. I had a fishnet shirt on and pants that kinda looked like the shaggy pants you would where underneath a chunin jacket. Like sweatpants except they were black with a white stripe at my knees. And I had a bandage around my stomach and wasit area cvering the top of my pants and half my belly.I had a wrap around my thigh on my right leg but I wasn't given a shirt all I had was a fishnet. 

Time skip:

A half a day passed and I fell asleep. But I woke up and I could feel chakra of others. I hushed myself to try to hear someone. All I could hear was several feet running down the dark hallway.

"NARUTO, are you in here!?" I heard someone call. I didn't know who it was. I was on the verge of passing out from starvation but I couldn't eat yet. I could feel my body fall over as I passed out. Whoever was here heard my chains rattle when I fell.