The Labyrinth

Chapter 2.

Previously...

"YOU TOOK MY SIGNED COPY OF LABYRINTH AND ARE USING IT AS A COASTER!" (AN/ Kyuu has two copies of labyrinth one is a signed copy which is worth a lot of money and never leaves his room and the ragged red one that he takes everywhere) Kyuubi snatched his precious book from off the table "Sometimes I just wish the Goblin King would come and take you away" He snarled

Lightning split the sky and a cool voice echoed across the room from behind Kyuubi "Your wish is my command Kyuubi-chan."

Kyuubi turned sharply away from his brother towards the direction the voice had come from. There stood an extremely handsome man. He had dark hair that was tied back in a ponytail with long bangs at the front. His pale skin seemed flawless and there were two laugh lines on his face (An:/ I had to stop here to fantasize about Itachi dressed as the goblin king). He was wearing a pair of tight black leather pants that showed off everything, a black leather tunic top and a cloak that waved around in the wind. "Who the hell are you? And why are you in my house?" Kyuubi fumed subconsciously moving to stand in front of Naruto.

"Why Kyuubi-chan you know who I am. And I'm here because you wished me here." The man in the corner said staring right at Kyuubi, drinking in the red heads appearance

"I wished you here...Y-you can't be! Your fictional!"

"I'm as real as you or really anyone in Aboveground,"

"The Goblin King..." Kyuubi whispered trying to process his thoughts "But that means-..." He spun around to where Naruto had been sitting to see and empty seat. "Give him back Goblin King!"

"Please Kyuu-chan my name is Itachi and you know as well as I that I cannot just give him back although I am willing to compromise with you..." Itachi smirked at the red head

"Keep talking," Kyuubi replied looking for anyway to get his brother back

"Well, if you come with me and become my lover than you'll get to see Naruto all the time." Itachi pulled out a crystal from the air "I can give you your dream's Kyuubi. Just say you'll be mine."

"What? No! Isn't there another way?" Itachi frowned, obviously not expecting to be turned down

"Well, If you can get through my labyrinth to the castle beyond the Goblin City then both you and your brother will be free to go but if you fail you will remain in Underground forever (An:/Little twist I added I hope you like =D)." Itachi looked Kyuubi straight in the eyes "So Kyuu-chan what will you do?"

"I accept your challenge Goblin King!" Kyuubi said defiantly "I'll navigate the labyrinth but I won't fail."

"Good luck to you then," Itachi snapped his fingers and the red head found himself outside the labyrinth "You have 13 hours to reach the castle beyond the Goblin City and retrieve your brother." Itachi smirked and then turned into a raven and flew away.

"YOU NEVER MENTIONED A TIME LIMIT! THAT'S SO NOT FAIR!!" Kyuubi pouted and he could have sworn he heard a deep chuckle but no one was around. So instead he brushed it off as his imagination and began looking around for the door into the Labyrinth.

Twenty minutes later an the red head was so frustrated, he had been looking for the stupid door to the damn maze for what felt like an eternity but no matter what, it never appeared. In fact in his desperation he kicked at the wall then yelped in pain and hopped around doing the OWIES dance (An:/ You know the one where you do something painful and jump about shouting OW!...Maybe that's just me?) "Please calm down my prince," said a voice behind Kyuu causing him to spin to see who it was. His gaze then fell across a familiar boy, he was slightly shorter than Kyuubi with sandy brown hair and deep mahogany eyes and wore a simple pair of blue jeans and a black top.

"Shukakku?" Kyuu exclaimed when his brain finally processed that his best friend was standing in front of him "What are you doing here?...Wait, did you just call me prince?"

"It doesn't matter." Shu said sounding very final about the whole thing but inwadly berating himself for his slip up "I'm just here to help you Kyuubi. Now, why are we still out here?"

"What do you mean? 'Why are we still out here?' There's no bloody door, idiot!" Kyuu waved his hands around vigorously in annoyance "Maybe I should try walking around more...there might be something on the other side..."He suggested and was shocked when the other teen shouted

"No!" Shu shouted, even looking shocked at himself for his outburst "I mean...the door is right here," He carried on trying to draw attention from his obvious slip up

"Right where, Shu?" The confused red head asked looking at the piece of blank wall his friend had pointed to "That's a wall, not a door. Have you been drinking or something? Have I been drinking? This is like some kind of drunken hallucination, isn't it?

"No Kyuubi, this is completely real. Now look the door is here." His friend said knocking on the wall

"Shu seriously, that is a wall" Kyuu dead panned

"No, you just think it's a wall, now that you know otherwise so just believe me it's a door and you'll see it too." The sandy haired teen said as if it was the simplest thing on the ever. "Just believe me and you'll see the door,"

"Fine!" Kyuu said exasperatedly before running head first into the wall, which turned out to be a...wall. "Ow! I thought you said that was the entrance." He accused, rubbing his now sore and probably bruised head.

"Technically I said it was a door. Do you normally get through doors by running straight through them?" He asked. Kyuu looked up from his seat on the ground (He'd landed on his ass when he ran into the wall) and then he saw it, a huge wooden door where he had just hit

"How did that get there?" Kyuubi asked

"Maaaaagic." The younger teen replied sarcastically before offering the other his hand, to help him up

"Idiot," Kyuu muttered accepting said hand and then walking towards the door and pulling it open "Now come on," he said, the enthusiasm returning to his voice "I need to go save my brother from that madman!" This made Shukakku laugh. "What's so funny?" The red head pouted

"You...just called...the Goblin King...a madman...YOU!" The sandy haired teen replied between laughs

"Yes Shu, I did and that's funny because...?" Kyuu asked, still not getting the joke.

"It doesn't matter. I guess you'll find out later. Are you ready to get going now?" And the two friends set off; Kyuubi whining trying to get Shukakku to tell him what was going on and the other boy just laughing.

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Not too far away, in the centre of the labyrinth a certain Goblin King sat softly smiling as he watched the red head conjure up a door, with the help of the sand demon through one of his crystals. He vanished the crystal once he saw Kyuubi enter the maze knowing his love would be safe with the sand demon. Then the door at the other end of the throne room flew open revealing a very angry looking smaller raven "Where is my dobe?"

AN: Oh my God! I am so so so soooooo sorry it took so long for me to type up this chapter! I've had it written but I kinda lost it. I have the third chapter right next to me now so hopefully it won't take too long for me to post it. And thank you for the reviews and faves and alerts and reading in general! So yes, please tell me what you think.

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