Kyaahoo~ Minna-sana...~ ChocoMintMiel is now officially changed to HokkyokuNoOokami XP~

And the first fic from the old me new pen name! *drums rolling*

It's the longest too... , (the idea was popped up after reading a certain comic which I forgot the title XP)

Been working for two weeks hoahahaah~ *drained idea - collapse*

I'm happy this fic finished in the end *fyuuh~*

hope you'll enjoy~

Disclaimer: It's still Masashi Kisimoto-san's and forever will be his.

I may have re-write the story, but still am apologizing for the lack of word using, grammar, etc.

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"I'm sorry... But I can't do much. This is the best I could." Said the kunoichi who wore a medic-nin outfit. Her face was terribly sad. He let a little sigh and still with the warmest smile he had, he gave it to her.

"No worry, Kana-san. I think this is my punishment… Afterall." he stated weakly. Her eyes accidentally locked with his and suddenly those tears started to roll through her creme skinned face.

"I- I wish. I could d-do better..."

"But you manage to at least heal me. I'm happy you still... Could s-save me, after all of that..." the tanned replied. She gave him a sad smile. She couldn't save this kind man's life. She couldn't do anything. She felt useless, she had done her best but it wasn't enough. The medic-nin girl once again looked at the tan scarred nose man with her teary eyes and let the words slipped out from her mouth again, "I'm... Really s-sorry..."

The tanned gave her, his best smile and said, "Kana-san, please don't be... It's not even your fault... In fact, I-I'm really grateful" He said, deciding to lie back on the white bed. His nostril tickled from sterile familiar scents. He just hated it.

The tan scarred nose man, known as Umino Iruka, had been severely injured. It was his last mission. Lately, he had been so busy, he nearly got no time to rest. Knowing his condition himself, he still agreed to take a C-rank mission which turned out to be a B-rank one. The 3-men team had been annihilated, while the two escaped successfully, he willingly be the decoy. He managed to come back alive but for a price. He was in a coma for a week. The medic-nins had been tried their best to heal him, but his wound was too severe. His heart had been stabbed too deep. He couldn't act recklessly anymore. Once his body felt tired -even just a little- he could danger his life even more, causing his own death.

Kendoh and Takame were those whom he work together. They weren't exactly Iruka's team. In fact, Iruka was the one who replace one of their teammate, because of their friend had been bed resting until further notice. Up until now, they hadn't visited Iruka, not even once. Such people they were. Though Iruka had sacrifice his own life, none of them ever tried to meet Iruka, only some bucket of flowers had been sent to him, several times. Well, they were barely known each other but then, was it really responsible not to visit the one who had saved your life? But then Iruka hadn't had that kind of thought. He really was a kind guy. He would forget what he had done for others easily, but he really treasured those who cared for him. Yeah, he was a golden hearted man of this Konoha Gakure. Those words were true, good guy won't last long.

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"Lazy boy... Here's your next job." said a high pitch-annoying voice behinds him. The boy -actually was a man- who dressed in black clothes from bottom to the top, looked to the source of the sound with a bored face. He took the paper from the little flying black cat then set his gaze to the paper with no interest whatsoever. The flying black cat was scratching his little horn and sighed.

"Don't judge by his looks. This one tough." he warned the man. The silver haired man leered at the black cat just for a second before averted back to the paper. His eye caught the name written on the paper, Umino Iruka. 'Dolphin?' he thought while scratched his not itchy silver mane, feeling a little awkward. "Is it really that tough, eh?"

"Well, he managed to steal crimson eye sympathy just for looking the photo."

"Maa... Crimson had fallen? This is gonna be troublesome. But, I think he could. His kind of... How can I say this, Hmm?"

"Shinning aura?"

"Yeah. Whatever you call it, Mou."

"Well, well... So, the 3 ice kings left only 2 now?"

"Don't mock me, cat. You will be sorry!" he warned the black cat with a very cold tone. When the cat was trying to pounced him, the door banged hardly. Both the silver hair and the black cat looked at the door in unison.

"Crimson-neechan... What happened?" the flying cat asked while flying closer to her. The woman was a beautiful one. She was pale white skin, long black wavy hair, perfect cold face, her body was nicely curved too. She was tall and slender but also sexy in the bandaged like clothes she wrapped in. Her legs were perfect long. But the most captivated about her was her eyes. They were crimson red, red as blood. And that was her nick name - the Crimson Eye.

"Where is my job? You took it second after I placed it on the table." her voice was rather curios and annoyed. The silver rolled his eye to gesture that it was the black cat fault.

"Don't be upset crimson-neechan. I think, we're rather sort handed... So, we can't manage to lose another man. Maybe this time I could pass it to the one of Ice King." he said with an uneasy feeling. Crimson glared him in anger then looked at the silver haired.

"So, you will accept the job?"

"Maa na..."

"Well... Be careful. I still need you on some advice after all. Be back for sure." with that she left.

"WOW! I never know you two are that close...! Silver-chan"

"Well.. You do now." he answered it wantonly getting a glare from the black cat.

"Can't you be a little serious?!"

"Maa, why should I?" he replied and leaving the cat who will -literally- eat him alive!

The silver haired walked lazily to the main door castle. Yes, he lived in the castle, in fact everybody lived in the castle. The castle was marvelous. It was kind of old but sure was still radiating its glory. Said castle was made from solid wood which make it look traditional yet with those elegant ornaments adorning here and there, it looked magnificent. It had been there since forever. Indeed, it was forever. Since the first generation of mankind had been living, it was already stood there. No, it wasn't a kingdom, though it did have a King. There was only one eternal king, a wise one fortunately. He didn't have any army nor military troops, even bodyguard. Got none to protect the castle. It wouldn't be infiltrate anyway, the castle was nowhere to be found after all, not by a human being. Yes, they weren't human. They just looked like human to do their job easier. They were known as The Reaper, Shinigami to be exact. Nope, they didn't kill human being, they only visited them. Not just a random visit to say 'hi!', actually it was a job. They had to visit a human, kiss the mortal being and took his/her life. Human who had been visited was the one who reached the end of their life, the end of their journey. Their jobs were to pick those mortals' souls. Fetched their soul and lead them to the other life, an eternal happy one, or so they say. Like everything else, Shinigami had rank position. King was the highest (of course, what else could be higher than that?) then there were his right and left hands (his most trusted people). Else were the Shinigami. Three Ice kings, they were the best of the other Shinigami. They had never been failed to accomplish their jobs. Well, fetching people's life wasn't so easy after all. They had to give the mortal a [blank kiss], a kiss with no emotion, at all. No love, no sympathy, no anger, no feeling, nothing at all. Most of the Shinigami failed because this [blank kiss]. By giving a blank kiss to the mortal, they could lead the soul to the justice court, to be judged whether they deserve the eternal happiness or the eternal torture. The three Ice Kings were: Silver Wing, Stoic Kaleidoscope, and the Intricate Persona. Shinigami has no name. They've always been called by their unique.

The silver haired man known as Silver Wing was a tall slender wanton person. His skin was pale white, got a well-built body, looked thin but he was ripped behind those black clothes. His hair was silver mess and defying gravity. His eyes were dark chocolate nearly black. He was handsome, but no one ever saw his face. He kept it hidden under a black cloth mask and he never ever looked without it. His hair color was the reason they called him silver but still, they can't ignore the gracious wing on his back. A wing, a silver one too. Not a pair of wing, it was a wing. And somehow, he was the only one who has it. Silver wing was always unpredictable, cold and never showed his emotion. He was a humble man, he never cared about his rank neither his career.

Once he was outside, he stared at the forest beside the castle. He liked to be alone. Tree was his favorite spot to relax for a while, forgetting this never end job and task. Auto piloting, his foot took him to his favorite tree spot. He jumped to the big branch and start to relaxing his body. Not very long, his mind started to wander off, calculating what will he do to finish his new task.

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"And here we thought we lost you, big idiot!" Izumo hugged him while both angry and crying in joy. Iruka laughed awkwardly, scratching his scarred nose.

"Seriously... Why are you even laughing?" growled Kotetsu.

"Ahahaha~ I'm just glad you come..."

"Of course we come, baka! You're our best friend!" Izumo stated. His free hand was hitting Iruka's head playfully still clinging to him.

"I know, I know. I'm really grateful for your concern guys."

"So, tell us what exactly happened?" Izumo asked. Iruka scratched his scar while thinking a while.

"What can I say... I was very tired and my mind had been wandered off to... I don't know. Then suddenly some Jounin attacked us... And you know, we defended our self and couldn't last long. We knew we had to run so,"

"So, you acted as a decoy and here you're now... Big idiot" Kotetsu cut Iruka's sentence. Izumo glared at the tanned pony tail man.

"You really are messed up!"

"Uh... Yeah. I think..."

"Why are you so nervous today?"

"W-what?"

"Yeah.. Izu is right. You seem so distracted. Is something wrong?"

"... Well, actually..." the dolphin let his word hung, the pair looked at him confusedly. A glint of worry sparked on their eyes. Iruka noticed that, and the things he wanted to tell them just stuck in his throat.

"Actually, you guys take this waaaaay to serious..." he decided to lie. I'm okay now. Don't worry guys..." he continued.

"How can we? Kami-sama... You always like this. You also have to think about yourself too! " Izumo groaned while Kotetsu sighed heavily.

"I will, I will. I promise this will be the last..." 'yeah... If there will be any last...' He thought.

"Just... If you seriously can't think about yourself, at least, try to think about us... Think how worry we are! You dumb dolphin...!" Izumo said. Kotetsu laughed whilst patting his lover back, calming him a little.

"Alright, alright Izu-chan... Our little dolphin looks like he will cry any time... Or maybe sooner?" teased kotetsu giggling. Iruka gave Izumo a teary puppy eyes, well it always super effective against Izumo.

"Fine. I'll let you go this time. Next time. You'll see!" Izumo gave him a stern warning. Kotetsu laughed hard while the tanned pouting in defeat.

"So, you two got nothing to do today? Only come here and teasing me around?"

"Well, not really..."

"Ko!"

"Guys, why hiding it? Dating today?" Iruka grinned, teasing the pair.

"Y-yeah.." Izumo answered blushing.

"So? What are you waiting for? Go!"

"But.. You are alone..."

"Come join us." Kotetsu suggested.

"I'd love to. But I doubt they'll let me go."

"Oh yeah! Damn! I forget that..." Izumo and Iruka laughed hard at kotetsu's absented mind.

"Well, go now... You're wasting your time." Iruka shooed them, didn't want to hold them any longer.

"Then, we're going sweetie, take care of yourself." said Izumo.

"Don't do anything stupid, hon." Kotetsu added.

"I will. Have fun you guys..." replied Iruka with his usual bright smile. After giving a wave, the pair were gone.

Iruka sighed and slump under the quilt. 'If only they know I've only got one last chance... Maybe they will be raging hot' he thought chuckling. But then he will miss them, miss them badly. While the tanned scar man drowned in his thought, someone suddenly knocked the door connecting his room to the alley. Iruka jumped in shock.

"Yes? Please come in..." he said politely. The door opened, then a stranger came in. Well, not that Iruka ever saw him.

"Yo!"

"Hello? Do I know you?"

"Maa... You don't. But I do know you." the man said. Iruka stared at him confusedly but, he couldn't stop staring at him. His face was hidden under a black mask, his eyes was dark brown full of mystery. The hair was a mess, defying gravity, but it was colored in a glorious silver. He was tall and slender but he stood slouchy. He kept his hand in his pocket's pants. His pale skin was so contrast against his black suit from top to the bottom. Iruka couldn't tell why, but he felt a familiar feeling for the man. He sure was captivating, but the brunette couldn't hold a creep sense. The silver head was radiating his aura, a cold and eerie one. It felt chilly and dark, Iruka didn't like it, still the silver head somehow could make Iruka stunned in a way he didn't understand. His heart made a fluttery feeling, his stomach was doing a double back flip.

"Errm... Is there anything I can help you with?" asked Iruka. The silver man scratched his silver mane and snorted.

"Well, I don't really in the mood to do some work, so... Let's leave it for a while. I'll give you two days to prepare."

"W-what? What work? What to prepare? What are you talking about?" and the man sighed. He did it a lot.

"Maa... How should I explain this, ugh… It really is troublesome..." Iruka just stared him blankly. 'What the hell with this guy' Iruka thought. He was the one who came here and now he was talking to himself.

"I'm waiting..." Iruka said a little bit annoy.

"You know you only have a little time left, right? Why don't you let me help you to make it faster. The faster, the better, isn't it?" Iruka's eyes widened, even he knew the guy didn't mean to insult him but he really pissed him off.

"Okay... I don't know how you know about this but, please don't interfere with my life. I know only a little time left. But even it's only a little, why can't I enjoy it? It's not that I will be that reckless again. And what do you mean by make it faster?! Are you going to kill me?"

"Maa... To be exact, I just have to kiss you, then lead you to the damn geezer and you have to be judge. And you'll be live happily ever after." The silver head said, making curve with eyes. Some things just didn't proper to be joke on. And it made Iruka's temper jump.

"K-kiss me? What the hell?! What are you exactly?"

"Shinigami."

"... Are you fucking playing with me?"

"Not really. But if you like to think like that, well… it shall be."

"You really are a bastard!"

"Ouch. That's harsh."

"Then, if you please, get out from here!"

"I will. After finish this boring job. So, may I?" Silver Wing came closer to Iruka's face - lips to be exactly. What he didn't expect was he got a slap on his right cheek. What a guy!

"DONT YOU TRY KISS ME YOU PERVERT BASTARD!" the dolphin shouted to him. Silver wing dark chocolate beads widened in shock. Well, he had never been hit before. What he learned from his past experiences were: trembling motion, scared, feared, or some even giving up. He had this sharp glare, if only glare could kill, how many would fall by him. But, this one was different, he didn't even have any fear in those chocolate warm eyes, on the contrary his eyes were full of energy, full of life. 'What made him die fast?' The thought slipped in Silver Wing's mind. 'Maa, you are always interesting.'

"I presume, you don't want to leave fast?" Silver asked.

"Of course you moron! Who wants to die quickly?"

"Hnn... Still had many regrets, I see..."

"Regrets? What regrets?"

"Don't have any?"

"I- I do… but, could it count as regret?"

"Huh?" The words slipped from the slender man's lips – accidentally.

"... Are you really a Shinigami?"

"Maa na…"

"Well... If you really want to finish your job faster, promise me one thing."

"Depend on yours."

"... Give me one week. Stay by my side for just one week. Then I'll let you do what you want."

"No way! One week is too long. You are wasting my time."

"Well, that's your only choice, or you'll be waiting for another… I don't know how long." Challenged Iruka. Oh, hell he wouldn't submit to this presumptuous Shinigami.

"There is always the third." he said while trying to take a closer tempt to Iruka's lip but it failed. Iruka quickly cover his lips with his hands.

"I'm a ninja after all. You can't do whatever you want."

"Chee, troublesome." he muttered. The scarred man smirked at him, waiting for an agreement.

"Oh well, I'm bored up there, so fine I'll be your companion for a week. Or maybe longer as I want but, if I feel bored here too, I'll be breaking the agreement."

"... That's not fair!"

"You should be grateful, as I wasn't easy to be bribed" Iruka frowned at him. He gave Iruka a smirk. The brunette could see the movement behind the black mask. A mysterious hot smirk, and Iruka's heart was beating vehemently.

W-what happened to this damn heart? You think he is cool? Yeah, I can't deny it but, Gosh! Iruka! Hold yourself! He is a damn pervert bastard! He is a bastard! This is hopeless! His mind was panicking. He shook his head.

"What? Canceling the agreement?"

"NO! Never! Promise is still a promise!"

"Hmm..~" he hummed nonchalantly. He then walked to the chair provided by the hospital for the guest. He pulled it to the spot where Iruka's bed was and he placed it exactly next to Iruka's bed then he sat obediently. Iruka stared him confused, 'what exactly this guy wants? He really was a strange one' he thought. Both of them kept silent for a while, until Iruka couldn't wait any longer, he started to ask the silver man.

"So, are you really a Shinigami?"

"Yep~"

"…. Your name?"

"I have none." He stated without looking at the one who asked him.

"What? You work alone?"

"Yep"

"No friend?"

"Should I call them friend? I don't know… They are also Shinigami but we rarely talk to each other." Iruka gazed at him with a confused face.

"How many of them?"

"Dunno. But I think there are the king, three Ice kings, crimson and the annoying cat. I know there are still many of us, but never see the others." Iruka leered at the man who seem didn't care at anything. The silver head let a heavy sighed, while the dark brown eyes stared at him blankly.

"Who is this Crimson? And what are three Ice Kings?" Iruka tried to start some new topics but, he still seemed didn't interested.

"Crimson? She usually asks me for some advice or some question, I barely have the answer but she still ask though."

"It seems she likes you." Iruka giggled, realizing this dense attractive man.

"Like? What is this like?"

"…. Do Shinigami marriage?"

"Huh?"

"… Gosh…! Erm, couple… yeah, your parents! Your parents are married, right? After they married, they have you. Before the marriage things, they have to be a couple first and before they become a couple, they attracted to each other, don't they?"

"Well, I live alone."

"O-oh… s-sorry." Iruka realized the man's parents were gone, or maybe… Does he have any?

"For?"

"….. GREAT! YOU'RE MAKING ME CRAZY! Kami-sama! Okay let's change the topic. What should I call you?!" Iruka groaned still trying to conquer his boiling head from all the unanswered answer he got.

"Why should you call me?" Iruka slapped his own forehead. This man – literally – was playing with his temper.

"So, I don't have to call you, YOU!" Iruka gave a warning voice but seems he didn't notice.

"I don't really care actually. So, I think it'll be okay…" The dolphin glared at him, accidentally their eyes met each other. The dark chocolate bead still bore the tired gaze in it, but the other chocolate beads were raging in anger. At last, aware for his own safety, the silver head pull back his bored eyes and change them into a puppy eyes, making the tanned man stare him in disbelief. 'Is he really a shinigami? Is there even a shinigami? Kami-sama… This doesn't make sense at all'

"…. I think I should go right now." The pale man said and stood up suddenly.

"What? Why? The promise is for you to stay by my side, right?"

"…. Is it?"

"Yeap~ and if you ever break it, you have to wait until the end of me." teased Iruka. He giggled when he heard a low mumble cursing words slipping out from the silver head's mouth.

"Feel free to leave…" Iruka teased once again, testing him. He still stood at his place, closed his eyes and sighed.

"I'm bound to stay. Thanks to someone I suppose…"

"Well, poor thing…." Chuckled the brunette. He saw the Shinigami was moving his head around.

"Why?"

"What is this place?" asked the silver head directly.

"It's a hospital. A lot of people here were sick or dying."

"Hnn… Oh so this is the place. I've only hear from my co-workers."

"Never been here? As a shinigami you sure are strange."

"Thanks for your compliment."

"So.." Iruka let his words hung – searching some emotion on the hidden face. He got a glint of interest from those dark brown enigmatic eyes.

"Tell me about your story." The brunette continued.

"… Mine is boring. How 'bout yours?"

"…. How do you know I will found it's boring?" and the silver man was just shutting his mouth off.

"Alright. Maybe I should tell mine first? Tell me yours after mine, okay?"

"Just see my mood later." The brunette gave him a sighed.

"First thing first… I think you know everything about me, don't you?"

"Nope, not really. I only know your name, age, and a little time of yours."

"That's all?" He got a nodded as an answer.

"…. I have a little brother. Not my real brother though. His name is Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto. We both are orphan. Erm, he is my student. O yeah, I am a teacher."

"A teacher, eh? What bring you here?"

"…. I…. –" Iruka felt the word stuck in his throat, no courage to tell a word, his eyes were wandering all over the place. The masked man was waiting him patiently for the answer. Iruka felt trapped – actually a self-trap, he was the one who started it first, right?

"I... erm… Gosh! Just… make sure you keep your mouth shut okay?" He got a rolling eye for an answer.

"I got a mission… well we're kind of short handed back then… so, yeah I took a mission but it turned to be a higher ranked mission. We have to retreat. I acted as a decoy so my team could run away safely and I-"

"Why you?" the masked man cut the teacher's story.

"H-huh?"

"Why were you the one who act as a decoy? Is there any regulation for that?"

"No… I- also don't know. It's just… my instinct. Yea… we have to protect each other, right?"

"Were they protecting you?" the silver stopped for a second, "Back then…?" he continued. Those chocolate eyes widened in shock. He never ever been questioned like this. This kind of thing, really could only happened if you were talking to somebody who isn't a human, is it?

"Maybe… I don't know." The brunette answered heavily.

"Why should you help them?"

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So I decided to re-write the story.

And yes I do apologize for the utter chaos in my grammar and words.

Hope this re-written story be better than the old one.

I also decided to break the story apart. I had break it into 4 parts, so will be update very fast.

So how was the first chap? Good bad? Please give me review so I could grow better.

Until next time

Jyaa~ (^o^)/

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