Rating: M (because I'm feeling guilty)
Warnings: Slash/Yaoi, violence and such, some underage I suppose
Diclaimer:No, my name isn't even vaguely Japanese sounding, so I don't own it.
Note: This is a prize for Karasu Kagami. I suck though, so its like a year late. Throw things at me and make me feel bad please. )8 I'm a terrible person to have taken this long. On the plus side, I decided to make it a 2+ shot since she (I hope its a she or I'm an even BIGGER ass) deserves so much better than I've given her. I'm soooooo sorry.
"Taka." A firm voice said and Naruto turned his head to look through the slit openings of his Anbu mask. The sharp features of a falcon disguised his identity; helped along by his hitai- ate, which he wore open and backwards to cover his hair and protect the back of his head with the metal Konoha symbol.
A panther mask leered back at him and Naruto straightened from his crouch to fully face his captain. "Sousui-sama." He nodded slightly, not taking his eyes from the man before him. Subordinate he may be, but Naruto knew not to trust anyone, especially Anbu. They tended to be a little crazier than your average shinobi.
Sousui tilted his head in the sign that Naruto had learned meant an Anbu operative was smiling at, or was very pleased with, you. "I have new orders for you, since you're our youngest operative. Hokage-sama has ordered that an anbu keep watch over the remaining Uchiha boy. You will infiltrate the academy, join his class, and when he's ready to graduate you'll have to find a way to get on his genin team."
Again, Naruto gave a little nod. "How am I supposed to be sure of what teams we'll be placed on? Or which class I'll end up in by the time he's ready to graduate?"
The man shrugged, his fingers twitching on a square shaped pocket. "I'm sure you'll figure something out," he said, and left without another word. Blue eyes blinked, irritation flooding through him. Why was he being punished with a flaky captain?
Cursing as the Uchiha passed the exam, Naruto shot a small scowl in the child's direction. Sasuke didn't seem to notice, content with simply tying his hitai-ate on and leaving the school.
Failing the exam himself, Naruto wished he hadn't been the one assigned to smoking out Mizuki. It would be a pain coming up with a believable excuse for his having become a genin when he didn't pass the exam.
It was disappointingly easy to trick the man into showing his cards, a simple copy of the Scroll of Seals was made and an anbu let the Hokage know it was time to spring the trap. With people looking for him, Naruto waited behind an old shed for the man to show up.
He hadn't counted on Iruka finding him, but Mizuki's attack on the academy teacher was enough to piss him off. He slipped up and used the shadow clone technique to take care of Mizuki, hastily explaining it away to Iruka.
The teacher took care of his first problem, coming up with a good excuse, but promoting him to genin. Naruto proudly wore Iruka's hitai-ate to class the next morning.
"He's late." Sakura grumbled. Naruto glanced over at her, then at the clock. Nearly two hours late; Naruto dearly hoped their sensei wasn't who he thought it was.
Letting a sly smile curl over his lips, the Uzumaki snatched up a blackboard eraser and set up a little trap. It was one Kakashi himself had used when he'd first started in anbu. It was something of a legend that the young boy had managed to trick their commander into falling for such an easy thing.
Naruto didn't think he would fall for his own trick, but it would certainly put him off balance as to what sort of team he was getting.
The introductions were boring, though Naruto did make sure to be as loud and enthusiastic as possible. He'd had to be the dead last in order to balance out Sasuke's grades being to highest in the class. Once the new team disbanded, Naruto quickly changed in his apartment and went to make his report.
The mission to wave was aggravating, his need to keep his cover outweighing his need to keep his team unharmed. With Kakashi out of action he'd been able to do a bit of training on his own, but Sakura was uneasy about splitting up, so it wasn't much.
Mostly he'd spent his alone time performing maintenance on his seal. It was designed to filter chakra from the Kyuubi into his own coils, slowly draining the fox until nothing is left. Something had upset the beast however, so he had to make sure everything was still working properly.
The death of Haku, while sad, didn't phase him half as much as it did the others. He was upset that such a powerful shinobi had died, even felt a bit of loss at what he saw as a kindred spirit leaving him behind, but when he lay on his futon that night he didn't dwell on it. They still had to help finish the bridge after all.
"Momochi Zabuza and his Oinin shadow are dead." Naruto reported, his falcon mask distorting his voice enough that it wasn't obvious who he was.
Sousui nodded, motioning for Tori to hand him a scroll. "You have another assignment Taka. Hyuuga Neji has been acting out of character lately. We believe that the Main Branch may have something to do with this as he's been surpassing their own heir."
Naruto glanced through the scroll as he listened to Sousui talk. His other teammates, Tori and Hebi, were flanking their captain. Hebi's chakra kept squirming, as if he were eager to get away. Naruto understood entirely, as Sousui tended to get a little long winded if you let him start going.
"-so you are to infiltrate the Hyuuga compound as a possible suitor for young Hanabi. She is the favored daughter after all." A choked sound interrupted the panther masked man.
"Sousui-sama! Not even Uchiha Fugaku would believe that Taka is interested in the younger daughter! And I highly doubt Hyuuga-sama would allow Naruto within ten hundred meters of the compound if he asked after her!" Hebi exclaimed.
All eyes were on him, or rather, all masks were turned to him. "Have you got a better plan Hebi?" Naruto asked, cocking his head to the side to show he was amused.
The snake masked anbu nodded, pushing his mask up so they could communicate better. The other three glanced at one another before pushing their own masks up. Hebi, who was an average looking man, cleared his throat. "It would be more believable, and much easier, to simply initiate a friendship with Neji himself."
Tori, a small woman with dull red hair and a scar stretching from her left temple over her lips, and around her neck, leered. "I don't think Neji's taste runs towards other boys Hebi. He seems the type that would be more into incest."
Naruto giggled, lifting a hand to cover his mouth. "That's okay Tori-chan, I can make any man question himself." He fluttered his eyelashes at Sousui, who spluttered, his face turning red. "I was trained by Anko-chan after all."
There was a collective shudder at the insane woman's name. No one really liked to think about what sort of trauma she'd passed on to her student. It was enough that he remained professional when the mask was on, and kept up his cover when it was off; usually.
"That aside, I do like your plan better. Lets go with that." Sousui was beginning to finger his pocket again, so the other three quickly agreed to avoid aggravating the man. He was flaky, but Sousui could be terrifying when angry.
The team separated, Hebi promising to buy ramen for Tori and Naruto once they met up again at Ichiraku's. It was to suspicious for them to all go there together after all.
Neji felt like he was being watched, but as soon as he activated his brakeman the feeling vanished and he couldn't find anything to give the person away. On top of that, some loud blond kid kept showing up and asking him to spar. So far, he hadn't agreed to it, but he was starting to think that pounding the kid into the ground was the only way to get him to go away.
"Neeeeeeejiiiiii-saaaaan!!!!" Think of the devil and he shall appear.
The aggravated Hyuuga turned to look at the blond, only managing to brace himself in time before the panicked kid smashed into him. He blinked as something was pushed into his hand and the kid stumbled back, landing on his ass.
"I made lunch, cause you always seem so grumpy and I get grumpy when I'm hungry!" Blue eyes sparkled and whiskered cheeks stretched into a smile.
Pupil-less eyes looked down at the cheerfully wrapped bento. Something like a blush spread over his cheeks, a warmth starting to build in his stomach.
"Anyway, I can't spar today cause I have to go meet my team. I'm late as it is, but that lazy sensei of mine will still probably take an hour or two to show up so its okay." He pushed himself to his feet and patted the dust off, then turned a blinding smile on Neji.
Turning to leave, the blond was surprised when a hand grabbed his arm. "Wait, Naruto. When you're done tonight meet me at training ground three."
Naruto blinked "Isn't that in your families compound though? I don't think Hyuuga-sama would approve of me going in there." He eyed the older boy unsurely.
A smirk that could almost be called a smile took Neji's lips. "Don't worry about it. He doesn't mind so long as you only go into the outer parts of the compound."
Launching himself at Neji, Naruto cuddled against him briefly. "Thank you Neji-san! I'll definitely be there!"
Naruto took off into the trees, heading toward the bridge that his team regularly met at. On his way, another body pulled up beside him. "I don't know how smart it is to get involved with that particular Hyuuga Naruto, he's known for looking down on people in your situation."
Blue eyes glanced over at Kakashi, being turning ahead again. "Its okay Kakashi-sensei, I just want to show him some of my new tricks before I use them on Sasuke-teme!"
Kakashi chuckled "I see. Well, in that case, I wish you luck."
Humming to himself, Naruto slipped over the Hyuuga compound's wall and made his way stealthily to training ground three. Neji was there, meditating in the center.
Feeling mischievous, Naruto pulled out a kunai and darted forward, intending to cut a couple of strands of Neji's hair. The older boy dodged to the side at the last minute, not even appearing surprised. He'd probably been watching with the byakugan the whole time.
"So eager Naruto-kun?" Neji murmured.
Naruto grinned back a little viciously, feeling the thrill of a fight bubble in his veins. "Of course Neji-san, it took me weeks to get you to agree to spar with me after all. I don't want to give you the chance to change your mind."
His voice was deeper, a little more husky with the excitement of getting to fight a higher level opponent than the other genin he'd been sparring with. It was rare his team was in from a mission long enough for a proper spar and starting a fight with any other anbu could be dangerous to his cover.
Being a genius, Neji noticed the slight shift in intent and dodged another attack. "You're so different." He said, almost asking.
Blond hair flashed in the fading sunlight, Naruto putting his kunai away and instead grabbing his yawara out of his weapons pouch. "I have to be careful when I fight with genin, but I figure a genius like you would be able to…handle me Neji-san."
His awareness flared, Neji stumbling under the pressure of Naruto's chakra. "I see. Well then, I'm honored. But do I get when I win?"
Naruto smiled, but didn't answer. He got in several strikes that would definitely bruise before Neji settled into the stance of his family style. His revenge was quick and devastating. Naruto could feel his chakra being shut off from him and he fought viciously to keep Neji from finishing him.
It didn't work, however, and he was soon to weak to do anything but kneel in the dirt. Neji wasn't much better, his chest heaving for air in shallow puffs. One of his ribs was likely broken from Naruto's rather vicious style of yawarajutsu.
"And for my prize." The Hyuuga took as deep a breath as he could, stumbling forward to lean over Naruto's slumped form. The pale boy tipped Naruto's head back and, after wiping the blood from his split lip off, caught his mouth in a sweet kiss.
The Kyuubi container sighed, letting his yawara slip out of his hands in order to wrap his arms around Neji's shoulders. When the Hyuuga's mouth pulled away to nibble on Naruto's neck the blond asked. "Why are you doing this? I thought you liked Hinata-chan."
"It's why you were challenging me isn't it? Why you came?" Neji countered. Naruto whimpered as a sensitive patch of skin was lightly nipped and didn't answer.
Despite their injuries, it wasn't to long before Neji had managed to remove most of their clothing. Only Naruto's shirt and socks remained while Neji's kimono was left open, his underwear hanging onto one bare foot.
The older boy pushed into Naruto repeatedly, huffing for air and ignoring the pain of his ribs. Naruto happily arched into the invasion, whispering Neji's name as often as he could catch his breath to do so. It seemed to excite the Hyuuga more when he did.
Suddenly, Neji froze up, crying out sharply as his orgasm ripped through him. Naruto scrabbled at the dirt, wailing in sync with the older boy. When Neji's body collapsed onto his own, the anbu operative caught it. Gently rubbing the spot on the back of Neji's head that his yawara had hit.
"Sorry Neji-san, you're going to have a headache when you wake up." Naruto murmured. He gently pushed on Neji's side so the Hyuuga would roll onto his back.
He used what little healing jutsu he knew to take care of the cracked rib, then cleaned the boy up. Once he'd tied Neji's kimono closed he called out. "Sousui-sama."
The panther masked anbu dropped out of the trees to scoop the Hyuuga up. "Be gentle with him. He doesn't deserve any more pain than is already scheduled for him." Sousui looked down at Naruto, who was busily cleaning himself up.
When blue eyes finally raised to see why the man hadn't left yet, Sousui nodded at his subordinate and Naruto smiled back in return. Then he was gone and Naruto hurriedly slipped away as well. It would be to hard to fight his way out with his chakra sealed away if he was caught.
"I don't know anything about the elders! They wouldn't trust a branch family member anyway!" Neji snarled, struggling against his restraints.
Naruto watched with blank eyes as the Hyuuga was backhanded, his mind going over everything he knew about the Hyuuga clan. Neji had said that the elders wouldn't trust a branch family member with information. So what if they'd given it to him anyway?
"Anko-chan, call him off." Naruto murmured, taking another sip of his warm sake.
The purple haired woman glanced at him, then over at Ibiki for permission. The scarred shinobi nodded and she pushed the button that would call the interrogator out. "Neji-san still thinks I'm also being questioned, correct?"
Anko nodded, keeping quiet in the face of Naruto's pensive frown. "Sousui-sama said that the Hyuuga branch families seal, the juin jutsu, is as close to mind control as they can legally get. So what if they did give him the information, then hid it behind this seal?"
They glanced at one another "How are you planning to get it out of him?" Ibiki finally asked, realizing that Naruto must have a plan if he'd mentioned it.
Naruto slipped off his chair and casually tossed a kunai to Ibiki. "Scratch me up some, I'm going to go talk to him." The older man looked skeptical, but he quickly made several cuts in Naruto's skin and close, then lashed out harshly with his foot without warning.
Smacking into a wall, Naruto let out a little cry of pain, then smiled up at Ibiki. "Toss me in. I think I look pretty bad by now with the beating he gave me earlier." Ibiki motioned for a burly man in the corner to pick Naruto up, then throw him rather harshly into the room.
His body bounced twice before he weakly pushed himself up, cursing the torture and interrogation departments sadism.
"Naruto?" Blue eyes lifted to look at Neji, who was struggling even harder against his bindings. Naruto scrambled to his feet and hurried to release him, shudder when those abused arms wrapped around him. "I was worried. Do you know who has us?"
Blond hair shook in denial and Naruto cuddled against Neji, feeling the twinges of guilt make him shake. Instead of letting the boy talk more, and make him feel worse, Naruto tilted his head up for a desperate kiss. Neji returned it with equal, if not greater, fervor.
He didn't seem to notice when Naruto let his chakra leak into the Hyuuga, but that was nature of Kyuubi's chakra. You didn't notice it until it was to late.
When Neji finally stiffened, realizing something was wrong, Naruto had already isolated the seal. A brush of his hand over it locked the chakra and Neji seized. "No, Hinata!" He jerked trying to escaped Naruto's hold, then collapsed back into his arms when the demonic chakra in his system bit back angrily.
"Naruto, you have to kill me." He pleaded, and Naruto's eyes widened. "Oh god, they want me to kill Hinata-sama…"
Blue eyes narrowed, flickering up to the wall that was entirely see through. "Why do they want you to kill Hinata. Who are they?"
"The elders, the main family elders did something and they said that I would kill her next time we sparred." Neji shook his head, sweat beading on his skin with the effort of resisting the foreign chakra and the death command it was blocking. "I can't kill Hinata-sama, Papa told me to protect her with my life."
A trembling mouth drew into a reassuring smile. "It's alright Neji-kun. I won't let them make you kill her. She'll be safe."
Relieved eyes stared up at him, then closed as if waiting for the blow to come. Naruto drew a shuddering breath, then closed his chakra in on the caged bird seal. It smoked, briefly, then cooled back to its original state. "I can't remove it, but I can protect you from it." He murmured, kissing the sealed flesh.
In his arms, Neji had slumped. Passed out from the surge of chakra that had taken out the commands and the memories of his captivity.
"He won't remember any of this and the commands have been removed. You should return him to the training ground before someone realizes he's missing." Naruto's voice was cold, the part of himself that was attached to his anbu mask making an appearance to protect him from the emotional turmoil he was in.
Another anbu came in to get him, startling Naruto as the T&I department generally disliked anbu as a rule. "We'll leave a guard on him. He'll be safe from the main branch." Naruto nodded and followed the anbu out of the room.
The next morning, Neji blushed when he caught sight of Naruto and turned around to go the other way. The blond frowned, but didn't chase after him. Obviously Neji hadn't meant to have sex with him.
"Are you okay Naruto?" Kakashi asked, placing a large hand on Naruto's shoulder. The blond tilted his head back to give his sensei a cheesy smile.
"I'm fine. I figured he'd be that way after what happened last night, so no worries." Kakashi tilted his head down a little, unconsciously using anbu body language to get his disapproval through.
Naruto quirked a smaller smile and shifted his body in the way that meant he wasn't looking for justification.
The jyônin's eyes widened, shock shivering through his body at the response. Naruto slipped out of the older mans hold and ran over to join his teammates, laughing loudly at something Sakura said, then scowling at Sasuke when the brunet sneered at him.
'It was just a coincidence,' Kakashi thought to himself. There was no way Naruto, out of all his students, would know anbu body language.
He got an even bigger shock later that night when, after being summoned to the Hokage's office, he was asked to rejoin the anbu ranks. "Hokage-sama, I don't think it would be a good idea." He argued, his little orange book put away for once.
The old man watched him silently, before signaling to someone behind him. Kakashi dodged out of the way, then gasped quietly when he saw the small body of the person who'd attacked him.
"This is Taka-san. He was assigned to watch over the Uchiha." Sarutobi started, folding his hands on the desk. "He has reported that while his relationship with the boy is good, you spend extra time training him. Because you have taken such an interest in your student it was recommended that you rejoin until Sasuke has become a chûnin. This way you would only have to report on his progress back to me rather than the council."
Kakashi shifted uncertainly. "I wouldn't be taking any extra missions?" Sarutobi shook his head, indicating that Sasuke would be his only mission. "Who, exactly, is Taka?"
The Hokage glanced over at Naruto. "Kakashi is a well respected, and trusted, member of Konoha. If you wish to, you have permission to reveal yourself to him."
Naruto cocked his head to indicate his playful mood and turned his falcon mask toward Kakashi. "If he proves he's not useless, maybe I will. Until then, try to get in the way to much?" There was laughter in his posture and Kakashi gritted his teeth behind his own mask.
Bowing slightly to Sarutobi, Naruto became serious again. "My team wished to get together before they had to depart again Hokage-sama. With your permission, I would like to be excused." Sarutobi nodded and once Naruto was gone he looked back over at Kakashi.
"Taka will probably reveal himself to you. He's the youngest anbu that we have ever accepted and before he was given this mission he'd never interacted with anyone who wasn't anbu or myself. He's still not completely sure how to be himself around outsiders."
He waited for Kakashi to nod before excusing the man. It was going to be interesting, seeing how Naruto avoided being discovered by Kakashi now that the man knew to look for something.
Please tell me if its horrible so I'll know to commit sepukku.
Taku