Hi. How are you? I guestimate by reviews you people still read my stuff. And I cannot express my sincerest gratitude for that. I'm glad y'all like my ideas. But as you can see I am a pretty busy guy. I work constantly. So I'm sorry to say that I'm skipping ahead and writing the final chapter and I'll be ending all my writings so y'all won't get your hopes up. Just kidding. You people know I write when I can. And I do take awhile to get around to getting some chapters done. I'll do my best to get them out quicker. So here's a new subtle chapter for y'all. Hope you like the way this is going.

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Naruto screamed out in pain as a few men stuck cattle prods into his ribs. His head was covered in a hood and he was sure he was bleeding from every orfice from the constant torture. "Please… you got to stop."

He was given no response as he was prodded again and he gritted his teeth, hissing through the enormous amounts of pain. Kyuubi still had no contact with him for what seemed like an eternity. The only thing that he could think about was the fact that he wasn't dead yet. Which means they were either going to use him as leverage or there was something else they were planning to use him for. Either way, they're not killing him yet and that is their mistake.

Suddenly, the bag was pulled over his head and let him see the red world he was under. The torturers were done up in hazmat suits and gas masks. He had thought the room was hot before but then he realized that the radiation from the light was the cause from the heat. "Are we done for today? Or are you guys tired? I can go a few more hours." One of the hazmats backhanded him which sent the chair sliding across the room.

"Holy shit" said Naruto as he spat blood onto the floor. "What the fuck are you?"

The red light was switched off and the figures started to remove their gas masks. With the light off, Naruto felt his body start relax a little as he muscles started to loosen. A door opened and a table was being wheeled in. There was a sudden burst of feedback from a speaker in the corner of the room.

"Mr. Uzumaki, how are you feeling today?"

"I'm doing just fine now that the light is off" Naruto spoke honestly.

"Well, you know we aim to please but the light is off for a purpose. You see when you were first brought here, we couldn't even cut into your skin. As soon as we sliced into your skin it healed. The light was used to soften it up."

Naruto wasn't following but it didn't sound good.

"Do it."

The blond's attention went back to the hazmats and his eye's widened. The men's faces were all full of odd looking tattoo's and their eyes were missing. They walked over and grabbed Naruto. They dragged him over to the table and threw him on it stomach down. "What are you gonna do?"

He received no answer as he was held down. "No! Stop!" A sudden sharp pain began to spread from the back of his neck. His veins started to burn, he felt that before when he first started to use Kyuubi's chakra. He felt the knife move down his spine and the skin being spread apart. They were fiddling around with his spine and it was the most excruciating pain he had ever felt. He just screamed and screamed as he passed out from the pain.

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"Now I've never done this before" Sakura said as she was studying a flash bang grenade. Sasuke was sorting out boxes of equipment in the panic room in the Yamanaka's basement. "So you just pull the pin and what?"

"Please don't pull it in here. In this tiny space the concussion blast from that would probably kill us." He turned to look at her and she was standing very still, holding the pin in one hand and the grenade in another. "Sakura… for the love of god, put the pin back in. Let's not die before we take on the Brotherhood."

Sakura gulped and slowly slid the pin back in. "You shouldn't play with anything before you know what it does."

"Noted" she said as she slid it back into it's box. "When do we move on the Brotherhood."

"We don't" Sasuke responded. "Me, along with the guys are going. You and Hinata are staying here with Ino in this panic room."

"The fuck I will. You know I can't stand that bitch."

"You. Will. Deal." He hissed. "Besides, if we leave you two alone for a minute you two could become the best of friends."

"You don't make a convincing argument. I was under the impression that I was going to look for Naruto with you."

"You have no training for this Sakura."

"And you do?"

"Sakura, we've been doing this a long time. Itachi and I have been raised to do this. So was half of Konoha." Sasuke put the last grenade he needed into a bag. "You don't know a lot about the history of this place do you?"

Sakura shook her head and followed Sasuke out of the room. "Good then you have some homework to do while we're gone. We're going to be hitting an abandoned Brotherhood lab a few towns over to see if there's any link. We've been suspecting that the Brotherhood were doing experiments with the bodies of the deceased Jinchuuriki. Hopefully it will point us in the right direction. Till then, keep your head down and the Yamanaka's will protect you."

They headed into a small doorway which turned out to be an elevator. They raised back into the kitchen, where the door was hidden behind the pantry. The kitchen itself was massive. Hinata compared it to a Masterchef kitchen. Inoichi Yamanaka was standing by the door waiting.

"Have everything you need?"

"I got enough to get us by. Plenty for yourselves in case they come back."

"Good to know" said Inoichi. "Sakura, Ino and Hinata are upstairs in her room if you want to go up and join them."

"Thrill" she said as she patted Sasuke on the arm for good luck and made her way to the stairs.

"Well she's full of piss and vinegar" said the older man. "I trust you guys know what your doing. The Nara's recently did a sweep of known Brotherhood hideouts and there's been an increase of activity. They're rotating bases."

"They still haven't changed tactics in years."

Inoichi laughed, "They may not change tactics but it doesn't mean they aren't smart. It keeps us on our toes at all times. You and your hoodlums be careful out there."

Sasuke nodded and headed out the door where the rest were waiting in the van.

MEANWHILE...

Sakura was having trouble navigating the massive house. She thought Ino was a rich kid before but the house put her previous perception to shame. Ino was a massive rich bitch. Eventually she was hearing music down the hallway and approached the door it was coming from. She opened the door and she mentally groaned.

"Sakura!" Ino yelled, being unnaturally friendly. She ran up and gave her a hug. "Welcome, do you want something to drink?"

Hinata was sitting on top of a mini fridge, she opened it up and threw Sakura a small bottle of sake. "Oh, this is wonderful. Aren't you worried that your dad will come up here?"

"Pff, no" Ino said with a small laugh. "Dad won't come up here. He may be a great dad but he's also a guy. He doesn't want me to talk his ear off, which he knows I'll do."

"I'll have to try that with my dad" Hinata said. "We're too much of a quiet family, it will destroy him."

Sakura smirked and uncorked the top. "To an interesting night then I guess" she said as she took a drink. "This will help get me through the night."

"I was told there was a nice big shootout tonight" Ino said. "It'll definitely help your nerves."

"Oh it's for a few other things as well" said Sakura. The blond picked up on the undertone and rolled her eyes.

"Am I going to have to address the elephant in the room Sakura?" Before Sakura could respond Ino spoke up again. "I know you don't like me and that's fine with me. But here's the thing. Your boyfriend just got abducted by the most dangerous underground crime organization next to the fucking Illuminati and out of the graciousness of my heart. Gave you booze to help you relax."

Sakura was taken back by Ino's change in demeanor. Went from extremely peppy and happy to strictly business. It also didn't seem she was going to lighten up either. "I, in fact don't have a problem with you. Your deal is you take things too personal. You think that high school is an ordinary high school? I have a job and it's protecting you and that idiot who went off and got himself caught. So now, I'm in the position of protecting you. At school, I'm your typical little cheerleader picking on the weird emo girl. In reality, I don't give a damn what you think of me. So you can sit there and brood cause your here, or we can enjoy yourselves and be friends? Your choice."

The room was silent for a second before Sakura gave Ino a sincere smirk. "Let me pour you a drink."

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Itachi was humming to himself while he flew the small camera drone around the supposedly abandoned lab. "Well there's two at the front door and several more in the courtyard inside."

"What are they armed with" asked Kisame.

"Or just your standard everything better than we have Brotherhood equipment. But good news, it's dark out and we have the advantage."

"Do you think the dobe is in there?"

Itachi shrugged. "It is a bit odd for close lab to be up and running at the time of an abduction. So either Naruto is there, or it's a trap. Lock and load gentleman, it'll be a fun evening."

The sound of weapons being loaded filled the air.

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There you have it, another chapter.