Okay all. I got this particular idea after watching the film 'Boy In The Striped Pyjamas' with my cousin. It was such a fantastic film, truly touching and a real tear-jerker (I almost managed to get out a tear) and if you haven't watched it I would suggest it to anyone. You'd have to have a heart made of stone not to feel something when watching it (even if you don't cry like I don't) so I recommend it highly. This fic will be different from the film however on a few levels.

SUMMERY: Sasuke Uchiha thinks his father is a good man. How far will that belief go once he meets Naruto, locked away on the other side of a fence, without a hope of freedom?

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The Boy In The Orange Jumpsuit.

Chapter One – Meet Naruto.

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"I'm General Fugaku Uchiha. This is my lieutenant Kabuto Yakushi. We're searching these premises for refugees." Naruto heard a man say curtly.

"You can check, but there is no one here." Naruto heard Sarutobi say sternly.

"Mom, why do they hate us so much?" Naruto whispered softly.

"Naruto, we have to stay quiet." Naruto heard his mother whisper back to him. He clung to her tightly, with his friend Sakura. The two seven year olds were refugees, trying to escape Rice Country with their lives. Believing in the Will of Fire was a dangerous thing for anyone in Rice Country, with Orochimaru leading. Naruto trembled as they heard footsteps overhead. The two children were hidden with several others under the floor of a safehouse. Naruto felt Sakura grab his hand tightly and he squeezed back, too frightened to open his mouth and thinking he might just make too much noise. Everyone waited with baited breath, hoping the soldiers were leaving.

"See, there's no one here. I told you this old warehouse is empty." Naruto heard Old Man Sarutobi say fervently.

"Fine old man. But this isn't over." Naruto heard the general say.

"Of course Uchiha-San." Sarutobi said politely. He heard the heavy footsteps of the soldiers leaving the warehouse. He heard the trucks start up and drive away. The people stayed very still, for awhile, until they heard a knock on the top of the trap door. Naruto heard his mother and father sigh with relief. They came up out of their little hiding place to see Sarutobi looking grim. At seven years old, Naruto knew his parents well and fear wasn't something he was used to feeling from them.

"Sarutobi-San, they'll be back won't they?" Naruto's mother questioned.

"Yes Kushina-San, they suspect me of hiding refugees." Sarutobi said sadly.

"Damn those Sound bastards." Naruto heard his father hiss. He looked up at his father worriedly.

"It's alright Naruto. We'll be able to go to Fire Country soon. People like us won't be hunted there. We'll never have to hide like rats again." Tayuya said to him. Tayuya was Naruto's twelve year old sister.

"Yeah Naruto. When we get to Konoha, we'll be able to run around like other kids. We'll see Sasori-Aniki again too. We'll even get to go to school again." Karin said excitedly. Karin was Naruto's ten year old sister.

"Will we really get to do all those things?" Sakura asked softly.

"Yeah Sakura. Maybe we'll even find your parents." Karin replied. Sakura smiled widely. She'd been separated for the last year from her parents.

"We'll get to see our parents too. Right Yugito?" A blond girl asked her older sister.

"Of course you guys will Ino! And remember, your brother Deidara and your cousin Sasori, are with them." Naruto's father said kindly to the child.

"Thanks Uncle Minato." Ino said softly. She was also seven, like Naruto and Sakura. Yugito, another blond girl, was nine.

Naruto looked up at his father.

"Dad, Uncle Inoichi and Auntie, and Deidara and Sasori-Aniki? They are safe aren't they?" Naruto asked worriedly.

"Of course they are. They made it over the border. They're waiting for us sport." Minato said to his son. Naruto looked sadly at the ground.

"I wish we weren't hiding away like rats. I wanna see Auntie and Uncle and Deidara. I really wanna see Sasori-Aniki. I want to go outside and play." Naruto said sadly. Kushina looked down at Naruto sadly.

"We'll all be able to do everything we dreamed of soon Naruto." Kushina said softly.

"All of you stay together alright? Try and play 'I spy' or 'red rover' while us adults talk. Okay?" Kushina told the children. They all nodded and ran off to one corner of the room. Kushina and Minato looked at the children with sadness.

"I've had a message from one of my contacts." Sarutobi said to the couple softly.

"What message?" Minato asked.

"Sakura's parents were caught trying to cross the border six months ago. They were executed by some trigger happy soldiers." Sarutobi said sadly.

"What about my mother and father?" Minato asked.

"Tsunade and Jiraiya got caught on a train towards Wind Country, with fake papers. They're probably already in one of those work camps." Sarutobi said sadly. Minato bit his lip angrily.

"Have you heard from Inoichi-San?" Kushina asked.

"They're alive and well. They managed to get through a night watch with their Deidara and your Sasori. They're all safe in Fire Country now." Sarutobi replied. Kushina gripped on to Minato tightly, and a few tears escaped from her eyes.

"Thank Kami for the will of fire in them." Kushina said softly. Sarutobi smiled at the happiness on Kushina's face.

"A lot of people were caught or killed trying to cross the border. If we're lucky, I'll be able to get Tayuya, Karin, Yugito and Ino through with my daughter in law, Kurenai. My son Asuma took Inoichi and his wife, and Sasori and Deidara through on the trains three months ago. Along with my grandson Konohamaru. Kurenai can only take so many crates. The girls are incredibly skinny, and it won't be so bad for them. It will be a long journey so they'll be curled up, two to a crate. But once they're out of Sound, they'll be safe. Kurenai is taking my other grandson, Shinji, with her. I'll tell you more when I know the details. If I can sneak Naruto and Sakura out at the same time it would be more preferable. There are so many children here. But I want to ship the smallest through the border first. I can move more of them at one time." Sarutobi said sadly.

"You said others have been caught. Who else Sarutobi-San?" Kushina asked.

"I'm truly sorry Kushina, but your brother and his wife were caught at the border, along with some others. They were all thrown into a work camp. You'll have to look after Guren and Konan for them." Sarutobi said softly. Kushina glanced over at her two nieces. Konan was sixteen, and Guren was fourteen, the same as Deidara and Sasori.

"Should I tell them all this? Sakura needs to know her parents are dead. She's got so much hope of finding them in Konoha. Guren and Konan think their parents are safely across the border somewhere. I need to tell them what's happened." Kushina said. Minato nodded in agreement.

"It's your choice. I won't advise you either way. It will hit them hard. The camps are an awful place to go. People are never let out once they're forced in. My eldest son, Konohamaru's father, witnessed the atrocities of the camps. It's why he was sent to the front. He disagreed with Orochimaru's methods, and what better way to kill someone off then to send them to the front to fight against Mist Country?" Sarutobi questioned. Kushina and Minato both nodded sadly.

"Someone needs to stay awake at all times. If you hear any vehicles, you hide. If you hear anything, hide. I will most likely be killed, but that is nothing compared to what they would do to the two of you and the children." Sarutobi said sadly. Minato nodded and Sarutobi walked away.

"Kushina. I'll take the night watch. You need to sleep." Minato said softly. Kushina nodded.

"We need to talk to the children first. I think it might be better for them to be hidden under the trap door when they sleep. It avoids us waking them if anyone does come." Kushina stated. Minato nodded in agreement. He gestured to the children to come over.

"I have some news guys." Minato said softly. All eight children came over and sat down in front of him. Naruto and Sakura were huddled together. Minato bit his lip before starting what would be the hardest thing he had to say to three of the children.

"Ino, Yugito, your parents made it across the border with Deidara and Sasori. They're safe now. Asuma-San took them there." Minato said. He hoped the good news would be best said first at this point. All the children sighed with relief. Naruto, Tayuya and Karin, because their older brother was safe, and Ino and Yugito because their parents and brother had escaped. Guren, Konan and Sakura were just happy for their friends.

"Guren, Konan, I'm sorry but your parents, as well as my parents, were caught at the border and have been shipped to a work camp." Minato said sadly. Guren's eyes filled with tears, and Konan hugged her younger sister tightly, trying to keep her emotions in check. Naruto looked up at him carefully.

"Baa-Chan and Ero-Jii-Chan are in one of those camps?" Naruto asked sadly. Minato nodded. Naruto trembled uncontrollably. Minato gestured to Sakura to come and sit on his lap. She did so, as Minato and Kushina had basically become her surrogate parents.

"Sakura, Sarutobi-San told me today that six months ago, your mother and father... they... they tried to cross the border... they were caught." Minato said.

"So they're in one of those camps too?" Sakura asked. Minato bit his lip, not knowing what to say to the innocent little girl, sat on his lap.

"No Sakura. They're not in a camp." Minato said softly.

"Did they escape?" Sakura asked plaintively.

"No sweetheart. Sakura, your parents... were killed at the border. They're dead sweetheart." Minato said. Sakura's eyes welled with tears and she sobbed into Minato's shoulder, bereft with grief and sorrow for her parents. The group stayed silent in their grief for Sakura's loss, as the seven year old girl sobbed waterfalls of painful tears. After this sad piece of news, sleep was difficult to obtain, but the children somehow managed. Minato and Kushina had ushered them down into the hiding place to sleep. They prayed that no one would come in the night for them.

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The next week, Tayuya, Karin, Yugito and Ino were set to leave. Minato and Kushina helped their daughters into the crate first.

"Dad, we'll see you there soon right?" Tayuya asked. She and Karin were in one crate, sitting on a futon. They had eaten and drank the night before. They had a bottle of water each to take small sips on the train every so often. They'd reach Konoha in two days. Ino and Yugito were in the same situation.

"Of course girls. We're going to see you as soon as we can leave darlings. So you be good for Uncle Inoichi and your Auntie too. Remember to tell Sasori-Kun that we love him, and just remember how much we're going to miss all of you, and how much we love you." Kushina replied. Minato hugged both Karin and Tayuya tightly. So did Kushina. Naruto looked at them tearfully.

"It's alright Naruto-Kun, you'll see us soon!" Karin exclaimed. Naruto nodded, and Minato lifted Naruto up, to hug his sisters, before Sarutobi and Kurenai closed the crate. Kushina lifted up Sakura, both children wept as they saw the lid close on the first crate. Ino and Yugito were waiting to get into the next one. They hugged Konan and Guren, and then they hugged Naruto and Sakura desperately. Kushina hugged Yugito tightly and Minato hugged Ino. Then they swapped and Minato lifted up Yugito, gave her a last hug, and helped her into the second crate that was the same as the one that held Tayuya and Karin. Once all the goodbyes were said, and the crates were sealed, Minato, Kushina, Naruto, Sakura, Guren and Konan all went to hide under the trap door, while movers came to take the crates. The tiniest holes had been drilled into the top of the crates for breathing, and soon, Naruto and Sakura were clinging together next to Kushina as they heard the crates being moved.

Soon there was complete silence, and they heard a knock on the trap door. Minato and Kushina were deadly still. Naruto made to move, but Kushina held on to him tightly. Naruto looked up at his mother fearfully. She put a finger to her lip, and Naruto stayed quiet. Sakura clung to him quietly, and Minato, held on to Konan and Guren, to stop them from moving an inch. Then they heard a gunshot. Naruto held on to Sakura tightly and held a hand over her mouth, as his own mother was doing to him, to stop them from crying out. They heard a man, the same one that had come looking before.

"Search the place. His daughter-in-law just left. Lift up this floorboard." The man ordered. Naruto looked at his mother fearfully. Kushina looked at Minato fearfully. She shook her head in disbelief.

"We found a trap door Sir!" Another man called.

"Open it!" The general barked. Then light flooded in and the group knew it was over for them.

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Okay everyone. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. Next chapter will be from Sasuke's P.O.V okay? Please R&R and let me know what you think.