You guys literally have no idea how long it took me to write this. I have literally been writing and re-writing it for so long and I am so happy to finally get this out there. And I'm sorry it's kind of short. I'm sure you guys have waited long enough and I wanted to get it out.

Now I have a few things I would like to say:

First and Foremost, thank you to everyone who reviewed, favorited, and followed. You all mean so much to me and your support it awesome. I don't think I would have been able to struggle through writing this chapter without you guys. Thanks so much!

Second, I have a few reviews I would like to reply to!

princessbinas: Keeping characters in character is something that I actually struggle with a bit. I tend to over think it a lot. Ha. But, by no means is Deidara going to give up his art or stop hating Itachi because both of those things would never happen. It's funny to think that you might have seen something like that happen in another fic because I can't even think about writing it without cringing. And thanks for the compliment on Clover. I'm trying to really hard to keep her from straying into a Mary-Sue because god knows no one likes those. Glad to know I've succeeded so far, even if it was only one chapter. :P Thanks so much for your review! I really enjoyed it.

Shekame: Your review made me smile. Thanks so much for it! I've always wanted to write a story like this, but I wanted to give it my own little twist. I'm happy that you enjoyed it! It actually took me a long time to figure out what was going to happen to Clover when she woke up, but I finally did settle for something. I hope it doesn't disappoint. As for the OCC-ness of characters, I'm planning on trying my hardest to keep them as they should be. But, if you spot something that doesn't seem in character, please don't hesitate to let me know. I like to know those things. Haha. Overall, thanks for your review! :)

sonyat: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I always worry if my writing style is too vague or maybe too jumpy or really too or not enough anything. (Hope that wasn't confusing. HA.) Again, thanks so much for your review. :)

Also, a special thanks to Silimaira and Update Zombie for reviewing!

Thirdly,

I would like to make it known to everyone that I am STILL (yes I know it's been so long) looking for a Beta. If anyone is interested, please don't hesitate to PM me. I love Beta's. Beta's are great, Beta's are good.

Alright! Now that I have gotten all of that out of the way, on to chapter two!~

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own Naruto and never will. I only own Clover and other minor OC's. How unfortunate.

Beta: No one, because I'm still looking. ;D

My head was pounding against my temple. I groaned quietly and gently rubbed my forehead, silently willing the awful pain to just disappear. I hesitantly opened my eyes, prepared for any kind of light that would assault my eyes and undoubtedly cause my headache to worsen, and was met with darkness. Complete and utter darkness. I literally saw nothing. For a moment, I feared that I had gone blind and panicked. My hand quickly shot up to the front of my face and my racing heart slowed when I made out the pale outline of my hand.

Okay. So. It was just really, really dark in here. Wherever here was. Great.

I sat in the darkness, waiting for my eyes to adjust and for my headache to subside so I could figure out just what was going on. The last thing I remembered was that crazy lunatic of a woman throwing glitter in my face and then I wake up in the dark. This was either a really bad joke or I had been kidnapped by a crazy woman who throws glitter at people. I wasn't sure which was worse, being the butt end of a horrible joke or impending doom.

When my vision cleared and my headache was bearable, I shakily stood to my feet and immediately feel against the wall that I didn't even know was behind me. "Ugh," I groaned as a wave of dizziness washed over me. It subsided quickly and I finally got a look around the place I had the misfortune of waking up.

It was still incredibly dark, but I was able to make out the shape of a single bed on the far side of the room, neatly made. It looked almost brand new, like no one had even tried to sleep in in. Ever. Actually, the entire room looked that way. Everything was incredibly neat. The small rug that I noticed on the ground was without wrinkles and the plain nightstand and dresser in the room looked untouched. It was like I had stepped into a Better Homes and Gardens magazine that was advertising plainness.

It didn't take me long to spot the two doors in the room. One on the wall across from me and one on the wall on my left. One of them was bound to lead out of this creepy ass room. While debating which door to try, I noticed a flicker of light under the door to my left and smiled. That was my way out. My sweet, sweet escape. I carefully made my way to the door on wobbly legs and jerked it open to find a hallway. I stepped out into it. It was a long stone hallway. With torches. Torches. Like medieval torches. This had to be the most elaborate joke in the entire universe. There was no way this was an actually kidnapping. Ken must be trying to get back at me for embarrassing her in the mall last month. She was known for her pranks and she had managed to pull of some pretty brilliant ones, but this was just too much.

"Oh, ha ha" I yelled dryly as I started walking down the dimly lit hallways, "Very funny Kennedy. I promise I will never push that idiot you call a boyfriend into the fountain ever again, just get me out of this creepy murder hallway."

My voice echoed and I was met with silence.

There was no way someone didn't hear me. I was loud.

And then a thought occurred. Why did she knock me out? And how? I'd never heard of a type of glitter that could knock someone unconscious. And even if there was, she wouldn't have left me alone. Nope. No way. She must be really far away. I decided to try again.

"I lied. This isn't funny." I yelled as I continued my trek down the hallway. "Please get me out of here. I'll bake you some confetti cupcakes when we get home. I know you love those."

Nothing but silence.

At this point, I probably should have realized that something wasn't right and that I was more than likely alone. That's what any normal human being would have concluded. Actually, any normal human probably wouldn't have started running around and yelling after being awoken from unconsciousness. But, let's be fair, I wasn't particularly normal at this point in my life and probably had a few important screws loose when it came to common sense and self-preservation. So, instead of taking the silence as a clue that no one was there and I probably shouldn't have been doing what I was doing, I continued to yell and scream at nothingness. That is, until I was pushed. Yes. Pushed.

I went down with a loud grunt, bracing myself with my hands, though my knees did take a hard fall on the stone floor. The stinging in my hands and knees, however, did not mask the horrifying sound of childish giggles behind me. Let's be honest, if you were in a dark stone hallway with only torches for light, the last thing you want to hear is giggling coming from behind you. I felt my heart start to pick up pace again and my body gave an involuntary shudder and the giggling continued. It didn't really help that I didn't even hear whoever, or whatever, it was even approach. It was like it materialized out of nowhere.

I didn't even realize that I had yet to move until I heard a childish voice say, "Heeeeeeeeeeeey, why aren't you moving?"

I almost choked on my own spit and my body kick started. I stood up in what I thought was record timing and turned to face probably the most unexpected sight. The person – man? - that was standing before me was an odd sight. From the black spikey hair that was sticking up in every direction, to the orange swirled mask that was covering his face expect for one single eye hole, and finally the creepy black cloak that was covered in a red cloud like pattern. He was an odd and unwelcoming sight. Either I was not kidnapped as a joke my Kennedy or she has acquired some very questionable friends that I have yet to meet. I had a feeling that it was not the latter of the two.

"Who are you?" I blurted, words like vomit, coming out whether I want them to or not.

"I'm Tobi! Tobi is a good boy!" His slightly high-pitched voice was not muffled at all despite the mask covering his face.

It was instantly clear to me that I was dealing with an insane person. If it was even possible at that point, my heart increased its pace and I felt nauseous. My palms were starting to sweat. He seemed harmless now, based on his relaxed disposition and his happy voice, but neither of those things calmed me. If there was anything that I learned from my father, who worked in mental health hospital, is was that the mentally ill are unpredictable. I put my guard up, not that I could do much more than run, but I was determined to put up a fight if he tried anything. But, until that happened, I decided to keep the conversation and hopefully find out where the hell I was and where the exit was.

I started with a shaky smile that I tried to make seem genuine, "Hello Tobi, I'm Clover" I paused, before continuing, "Can you tell me where I am?"

"You don't know?" He asked, cocking his head to the side like a confused puppy.

"No, unfortunately I do not. Can you help me?" I asked, copying his action and tilting my head slightly.

If I could see his face, I'm sure I would have seen a grin. "Of course! Tobi is a good boy! Tobi will help!" he said, throwing his hands in the air and jumping slightly.

I smiled again, "Great!" I waited for him to answer my previous question and when he didn't I decided that it was probably a good idea to repeat it. "So, can you tell me where I am?"

"In the Land of Fire!"

The what? This man was a nutter. Completely mad. Either I had never of this 'Land of Fire' or it only existed in his crazy, cuckoo brain. It was definitely the latter. And that's when it occurred to me that I was going to be forever stuck in this stone maze with no help of finding a way out. I was never going to get out of here. I was going to be stuck here forever with a crazy man who has seemed to have lost his way to the looney bin for company.

It wasn't until his mask was touching my nose that I realized that he had gotten dangerously close to me. My eyes focused and I took a generous step back. He was bent over considerably, seeing as I only stood at 5"1' and he was easily 6 or 7 inches taller than me. "Do not ever do that again." I said.

His reaction was almost instant.

"Tobi is sorry Clover-chan! He did not mean to! Tobi is a good boy!" He wailed flapping his arms around wildly.

Oh god. I was so shocked that I chose not to even question the odd word use at the end of my name. I had decided that it was just part of his unfortunate mental illness. I panicked and did the first thing my frantic brain could think of. "Yes, yes! Tobi is a good boy! You didn't do anything wrong, I just like my space! Everything is okay. Please calm down." I was basically pleading by the end of my small 'speech' and throwing my arms around much like he was doing.

It was like I had flipped a switch. The once flailing and wailing man-child, as I had decided to dub him, turned back into his happy, cheerful self. At least that was my assumption, I could never really tell with that mask blocking all of his facial expressions.

"Of course Clover-chan! Tobi will keep his distance from now on!" He said cheerfully and pulling me into a tight hug that I was sure would break my ribs if he put any more pressure on them. He obviously had no idea what distance meant.

"That's great, Tobi." I managed to wheeze out. He let go of my not long after and I took a few deep breaths in attempt to sate my aching lungs. "Now that that is over," I muttered huffing a bit. "What is this place?" I asked, gesturing to the stone walls that surrounded us. The 'Land of Fire' information wasn't going to help me out at all. So, I decided to make the question a bit more specific.

"Oh, that's easy. We're in one of the Akatsuki's bases. But, shhhhh," He leaned in towards my face with his pointer finger held to his mask where his mouth should be, "it's a secret."

I was now feeling oddly calm around the man-child, possibly because I now knew how to calm him and sub-consciously decided that he was harmless. And because of this I felt the urge to bang my head into one of the stone walls until I was unconscious. He was utterly useless. He obviously had no idea what he was talking about. I contemplated just walking away and leaving him there in hopes that he wasn't the only person in this creepy stone hallway. It only took me a few minutes to decided that I would ask him one more question before turning and walking away to find someone a little more sane or maybe even stumble upon the exit.

"Tobi," I called to the man that was currently talking away about something that I wasn't even close to paying attention to.

"Yeeeeees, Clover-chan?" He inquired childishly.

"Can you show me the way out?" I asked, giving him the best smile I could possibly manage in a situation like this.

He didn't speak for a moment. "T-tobi doesn't know if he's allowed to do that Clover-chan." He was hesitant.

Not allowed to? I was definitely confused at this point, but I pushed it aside in favor of obtaining what I asked for. "Oh. That's too bad," I said solemnly as I clasped my hands together behind my back. "I thought that, you know, since you're a good boy that you would be able to help me." I sighed, "But, I guess I was wrong." I shrugged and lowered my head. "Thanks anyways, Tobi. It was nice to meet you." I turned and continue my trek down the hallway.

I hadn't even taken two steps before I heard him walking after me. "Waaaaaaait, Clover-chan! Tobi will help, Tobi is a good boy!"

And that's when I decided to let the acting lessons that I was forced into by my stereotypical stage-mother kick in. I wasn't very good, but I was decent. So, when I felt a smirk tug at my lips I quickly replaced it with what I thought would be considered a thankful smile. I spun on my heel and came face-to-mask with the strange man-child yet again. I forced myself to maintain my outer disposition event though on the inside I was screaming very, very loudly. "Really? Thanks so much Tobi!" I cheered. "Lead the way!"

And he did while talking quickly and adamantly about something I wasn't even paying attention to, yet again. I found that I was actually walking in the complete opposite direction to this potential exit. We took a few turns here and there, but overall we continued walking straight ahead and I started to wonder if I would have ever found the exit on my own.

We had been walking for nearly twenty minutes when I started to question our destination. I opened my mouth to ask my chatter box of a companion exactly how much farther away the exit was when I saw it. The light. I hadn't even noticed that the doors that lined the walls had ceased and the torched were becoming fewer and far between. I felt my heard clench and I wanted nothing more than to run as fast as my feet could carry me. I managed to suppress the urge, I didn't want to come off as too eager in fear that I would set the man-child off and cause him to go into another fit. It only took a few more minutes for us to reach the light. The exit turned out to be much like the exit to a cave.

"Here it is Clover-chan!~" Tobi sang, throwing out his arms. I was starting to notice that he did that a lot.

The excitement that I felt in my chest just minutes prior quickly disappeared as soon as I took in what laid before the exit. It was nothing but forest. Miles and miles of forest. It looked nothing like Upper Manhattan or NYC at all. I felt a lump in my throat and hearing Tobi start another tangent about something that I wasn't paying attention to.

I vaguely remember wondering what the hell I was going to do and wishing that Tobi would just shut the hell up when I heard it.

"Tobi, what the hell are you doing?" The voice was deeper than Tobi's and it knocked me right out of my inner thoughts.

And that's when I bolted.

Annnnnnnndddd there it is! I hope you liked it! Hopefully I'll get the next chapter out sooner and it will be longer. Thanks so much for reading!

Next time: Clover meets some more members from the Akatsuki and learns a bit more about her situation!