NARUTO'S FANFICTION

Never be the same again

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Summary: Naruto had been missing for the last six years. Despite many attempted rescue missions, no one could find him. He hadn't been kidnapped by the Akatsuki who was also searching for him for the same reason ever: steal the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Nobody ever found a hint of his whereabouts. Sasuke ran away from Orochimaru after he learned all he needed to too kill his brother and decided to find Naruto on his own. Because, if he had Naruto, he knew his brother will come to find him…

Hi mina-san! This is XXXHaine no KitsuneXXX speaking! I hope you'll all enjoy my first Fanfic based on Naruto!

Sakura: Well, speaking about him, why is this idiot always the main character? I'm more beautiful! More Smart! More …

Sasuke: Sakura, shut up.

Sakura: Sasuke-kun! Please go …

Lee: Oh my youthful friend! Sakura-san, you're so gorgeous!

Neji: Here he goes again. Let the fanfiction start!

XXXHaine no KitsuneXXX: You're right Neji! Sasori do the disclaimer please.

Sasori: Why me? I don't want to.

XXXHaine no KitsuneXXX: Do it or I send you all over the world in tiny pieces.

Sasori: …

Disclaimer: XXXHaine no KitsuneXXX don't own Naruto or any other characters. It all belongs to the writer. If she was the writer, both manga and anime would be yaoi!

XXXHaine no KitsuneXXX: Thanks Sasori-chan!

Sasori: *whispered* Evil…

XXXHaine no KitsuneXXX: You said something?

Sasori: Hum … whose gonna do the warning?

XXXHaine no KitsuneXXX: Pein!

Pein: Hai, hai.

XXXHaine no KitsuneXXX : Thanks.

Warning: This is a YAOI Fanfic! So it means boyboy love where men are physically involved with each other! There's reason why this Fanfic is rated M. If you don't like it, don't read it and pass your way. You've been warned so XXXHaine no KitsuneXXX is not responsible if you are disgusted! So don't be fucking asses and don't flag! On the contrary, if you're addicted to Yaoi, you're welcome to read and enjoy it. This is the first Fanfic she had ever published and she chose to make it on Naruto. So be gentle and understanding. ^^

XXXHaine no KitsuneXXX: Gaara do the pairing, please.

Gaara: Main pairing ItaNaru, NeijiMoi(Gaara), KakaIru and maybe some others like SasoDei.

XXXHaine no KitsuneXXX: Thanks Gaara! Now let's the Fanfic begin!

Never be the Same Again

Chapter one

Where he disappeared all those years

Six years. It had been six long years since Naruto had disappeared. Nobody knew where he was, if he was all right or if he was dead. Tsunade didn't want to think he was dead. Naruto was not someone to die so easily and for all those years, she had never stopped believing he was alive. She had faith in him as the future sixth Hokage. So for six years, she sent out rescue missions, but none succeeded. Naruto's friends were all like her. When they weren't in missions or even during them, they tried to find information about him and his location. Sabaku no Gaara, the former Shukaku vessel, and Kazekage of the sand village helped them too. He had a debt to Naruto. He was his first friend, always volunteering for everything. Naruto was like that for many people. Even if the inhabitants of Konoha were always horrible with him, he carried on his smile for all the people who were precious to him. He was their sunshine and for six years, this sunshine hadn't shone. So when Jiraiya finally found a hint of his whereabouts, even if it was a small hint, he immediately went to Tsunade to inform her.

When she heard this news, even if it wasn't solid, she send all the volunteers, all of Naruto's old friends who wanted to go; Sakura, Lee, Neji, Tenten, Kiba and Akamaru, Shino, Hinata, Shikamaru, Chouji, Ino, Sai, Kakashi and Iruka. Even she went with them. She let Shizune work as her substitute as she went with Jiraiya and the other to verify the information.

After two days, they finally arrived. It was a gigantic field, covered in green grass. They all looked upset about the fake location. To show her anger, Tsunade hit the ground with her famous iron fist of chakra. Jiraiya put a gentle hand on one of her shoulders and made a little smile. Just when he was about to talk, the ground shook violently and collapsed a few meters in front of them. There, there was an entrance to a hallway. They all looked at each other and the two byakugan users activated their bloodline trait. It was like an x-ray, they could see behind walls. They took the lead and all went down the stairs to enter the site. The tunnel led to an old temple, well conserved, even its traps still worked. Thanks to Neji, Hinata and their byakugan, everyone made it through the temple without injury.

After what it seemed like hours, they stood in front of a great door made of iron. A flow of chakra could be felt in it. Tsunade and Sakura looked at each other and without a word, punched it. The door collapsed. They entered the room and waited a few seconds for the dust to disappeared so they could see.

The room was wrecked. Electrics strings were hanging from the ceiling, medicals instruments were scattered all over the rooms, reduced to scrap metal, containers in the back of the room were empty or held a corpse. Dry blood ran down the walls and some parts of human limbs lay on the ground. It was a bloody hell and truly difficult to tell what had happened here. Despite the mess, some of the equipments were still in functioning.

Jiraiya made his way to one of the containers in the back of the room. It was the largest one, covered in dust and blood. He brushed some of the dust and blood off and froze. Hinata who was beside him, looked where he did. She opened wide eyes and screamed in terror.

All the other rushed where Jiraiya and Hinata were and froze. Sakura, Tenten and Ino covered their mouth with their hands and shivered. Tsunade made her way to Jiraya and put her hands against the glass.

It was Naruto. He floated in the container, eyes closed and half naked. He had an oxygen mask on, few strings hovering around his body attached to needles, and chains holding him down. Bright golden hair, much longer than six years ago, floated around his head. The three whisker marks on each cheeks stood out and his body was thin and pale.

Tsunade looked like she was about to cry when Jiraiya come back to reality and showed her the monitors. Even though he looked dead, the heart monitor beeped evenly. Naruto was alive! Her little Naruto was still alive. She had been right to believe in him all those years even if she didn't know what had happened to him. There wasn't a minute to lost; they had to get him out of the container. She broke the glass and while the thick liquid spread, Jiraiya caught Naruto's body before it fell to the floor. Tsunade and Sakura, who had stop shivering, removed the needles, chains and oxygen mask. Iruka found them a blanket and they wrapped Naruto in its warmth.

"- Neji, Shino, Shikamaru, Sai" said Tsunade. "Find all the files in here. I want to know who they are and what they did to Naruto. Go!"

"- Hai, Hokage-sama!" And all four started their investigations.

"- Ino, Kiba, Hinata, Tenten, Chouji, Lee, make the area is secure."

"- Hai!" they disappeared through the door.

"- Kakashi, Sakura, I don't want to take the corpses back, we don't know if they carry illness or not, so be careful and try to do what you can to for them. I can't give you much time; we have to get back to Konoha quickly. I'm worried about Naruto."

"- We'll do what we can." They went to the other containers.

Naruto was unconscious in Tsunade's arms. Tsunade relaxed a little and put a gentle smile on her lips. She was worried but also very happy to have finally him back by her side. She slowly stroked his golden hair and moved a few locks from his face so she could see his eyes.

Naruto had opened his eyes. She stared at those beautiful eyes that shone like sapphires. But even if they shone like jewels, they were empty. They didn't have his mischievous light. It was like there was no soul in this body. Naruto stared at her without blinking. Jiraiya saw very well that sadness in her eyes. He was like her. He missed the little monkey. When Tsunade looked into Naruto's eyes, she was scared that he will never be the same again.

Her worries were pushed aside when Ino came running. She stopped at the door and didn't take the time to catch her breath.

"- Tsunade-sama! Akatsuki is attacking us! We have to run! Quickly!" screamed Ino.

"- Go find others and tell them to regroup here. Tell Shikamaru to think of a way to escape!"

Tsunade looked at Jiraiya who had taken Naruto in his arms. She looked at him and swore to herself that she will never let the Akatsuki lay a hand on him. Now that she had found him, there was no way that she let him go again, even if it cost her life.

The other came back quickly, some trying to catch their breath. Chouji put the doors back on their hinges and closed them to slow down the Akatsuki. Everyone looked at Tsunade who was listening to Shikamaru.

"- Thanks to Neji's Byakugan, we found some hidden papers. They were plans. It seems that there are a few passages that will lead us far from here. We need to find the tunnel that splits into five. I think it's by one of them that the people who were here escaped but we don't know why they left their experiments. We have found other documents but we haven't read them yet."

"- We'll read them another time. Priority is to find the tunnel. Search for it!"

They all went to search. The door was shivering from the efforts of the Akatsuki. Chouji was bracing it the best he could, but he wouldn't last long. Hinata discovered the passage behind a wall smeared with blood and discreetly told the others. They all went in the passage and just when Chouji joined them, the door burst opened to let in nine members of the Akatsuki. The hidden door was closed and they all ran as silently as possible, Jiraya carrying Naruto who was still staring into space.

They made their way to the five tunnels and asked themselves silently which one would be safest. There was no time to lose, even if they all suppressed chakra, it would not take long for the Akatsuki to find them. If Naruto hadn't been in this state, they would have fought but Naruto was their priority and they didn't have the right to risk their friend's security, especially now that they had finally found him after six long years. They finally decided to all take a different path to prevent an all out battle. If they were in groups, the Akatsuki would have to split as well. Jiraiya, Tsunade and Kakashi went with Naruto into the first tunnel. Ino, Shikamaru, Chouji and Iruka took the second, Neji, Tenten, Lee and Sakura in the third, Kiba and Akamaru, with Hinata, Shino and Sai in the fourth. Shino made clones with his bugs and sent them in the last one.

It didn't take long for the Akatsuki to find the passage and follow them but when they arrived at the split they couldn't tell which tunnel Naruto had taken. Eventually they decided to go in groups even if they knew that it was what Tsunade had wanted. They didn't have time to think about that, their priority was the Kyuubi no Kitsune and Naruto. Itachi and Kisame went to the passage that Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi and Naruto had taken. Sasori and Deidara went the same way as Ino, Shikamaru, Chouji and Iruka. Hidan and Kakuzu took the same as Neji, Tenten, Lee and Sakura. Tobi and Zetsu followed Kiba and Akamaru, Hinata, Shino and Sai. Pein took the last passage, following Shino's bug clones.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi and Naruto made their way to the exit quickly. They felt two different chakra signatures following them. They were forced to stop when they found themselves in front of … Orochimaru and Kabuto.

"- This can't get any worse!" swore Tsunade.

"- What have we here? The little Kitsune who went missing six years ago? It's a miracle that he's still alive." said Orochimaru looking at Naruto in Jiraiya's arms.

"- Did you do this to him, Orochimaru?" asked Jiraiya angrily.

"- No, I didn't do anything to him. But surely will in the near future."

"- I won't let you! You will never lay a finger on him." snapped Tsunade.

"- Then, tell me where Sasuke-kun is." asked Orochimaru.

"- How should we know where he is? He was with you, wasn't he?" replied a confused Kakashi.

"- Sasuke-kun ran away after trying to kill Orochimaru-sama." answered Kabuto.

"- So I need someone to lure him to me. Now that you have found Naruto-kun, I have the perfect person for the job."

"- Why Naruto? He has nothing to do with Sasuke anymore. The Uchiha bastard abandoned him. He nearly killed him! Why do you think that if you have Naruto, Sasuke will come back to you?" Tsunade snorted.

"- Sasuke-kun is searching for his brother to kill him and he knows that he need Naruto-kun to do that. Itachi is searching for Naruto to take the Kyuubi no Kitsune. If I have Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun will come to get him and Itachi will follow. I'll have two sharingan users instead of one!"

"- You're really an idiot if you think things will just turn the way you want them, Orochimaru."

Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Orochimaru and Kabuto froze. They hadn't felt the Akatsuki's chakra at all. The situation wasn't good. Now they had two Akatsuki members behind them and Orochimaru and his sidekick in front of them. Jiraiya strengthened his grip on Naruto's body and turned his back to Orochimaru. To him, Akatsuki were worse.

Naruto was in the same state as he had been since he was removed from his container. He was awake but his eyes were empty. He had no idea of what was happening around him. The truth was that he was asleep in his mind. He was inside the cage with Kyuubi sleeping. Kyuubi had his nine tails around him, wanting to keep him warm and unharmed. Kyuubi was conscious and knew what was happening outside their cage, but he didn't want to take over Naruto's body while he was in this state. He didn't want to hurt him even more than he had already been because of him.

"- Don't be afraid, Kit. They will protect you and you will be fine." said the Kitsune. Naruto didn't answer.

Outside the cage, the atmosphere was heavy. They didn't know how to escape and there was no way that they handed over Naruto to save their own lives. Jiraiya handed Naruto to Tsunade and took a fighting stance just like Kakashi. Tsunade, too, wanted to fight but she had seen what Jiraiya had in mind. Suddenly, there were multiple explosions. Clouds of thick black smoke appeared and hid each other. Jiraiya took the opportunity to summon one of his frogs. All three of them with Naruto went inside of its mouth and it disappeared in the smoke.

Itachi and Kisame found themselves alone in front of Orochimaru and Kabuto. They stared at each other for a few seconds before the two Akatsuki disappeared, Itachi in a flock of ravens and Kisame in a cloud of smoke. They had no time to play with Orochimaru. They had to find Naruto again.

The frog re-appeared before a cave and everyone exited the frog's mouth and made their way inside. Everyone was oddly unharmed.

"- What happened?" asked Tsunade, putting down Naruto's body.

"- When they saw that Naruto wasn't with us, the Akatsuki disappeared. They just said that they would be back soon." said Neji.

Tsunade sighed. There really was something fishy about this and with the young Uchiha and Orochimaru after Naruto, the situation stank. They stayed quiet for a while before Shikamaru finally broke the silence. He explained to them his plan to get back to Konoha with as little risk as possible and they took off. They were very careful not to be seen for the three days of travel.

When they were arrived, a welcoming committee was waiting for them. Shizune, Gaara, Temari and Kankuro stood at the gate. When Shikamaru, Neji, Sai and Lee broke the formation, they all saw Naruto's body in Tsunade's arms. She had refused to let go of him even for a second. Naruto had closed his eyes again and seemed to be asleep, but they knew that this was a sleep which he may never wake from.

"- Shizune, prepare the operation room, quickly. We don't have time to lose." ordered Tsunade.

"- H-Hai, Tsunade-sama." she answered, before disappeared in a poof of smoke.

Tsunade, Sakura, Hinata and Naruto quickly made their way to the Hokage's tower. Shikamaru and Neji gave the documents to Kakashi and Iruka before they also disappeared in smoke , going to decode them. Jiraiya stayed with the nins from Sand to explain what had happened. They were speechless, shocked by what they had learned.

Ok! That's the end of the first chapter. Hope you enjoy it! See you next chapter ^^