Ok here's your second chapter of The Agean Task.
Ok some asked where I got the name from. Well Hercules had to do 12 different tasks to regain his innocents after killing his wife and kid. They were suppose to be impossible but he did it. Anyways that's where I got it from.
Another thing one of my friends says its spelled Aegean. But my mythology book says different. Spell check doesn't say anything at all so if someone does know the right way please tell me.
Ok I need to rant for just a second. Itachi's innocent! I fucking knew it. I told people my Ita-san was a good person, but noo. But ha ha I was right they were wrong. I've started a SasuIta, but I wont post it till All It Takes is over. Ya. So rant over.
Warnings: Slight provocative themes.
Upon walking into the flat a chorus of "shoes" rang out from my teams and my mouth. It made me want to laugh at how in tune we are. Maybe we spend to much time doing nothing together.
"Be quite, she's asleep." The first thing I saw was my little Blondie. She was all curled up in a ball on the couch. The was a her headband next to the empty glass on the table, it looked like she had some milk.
"Where is he?" Itachi's voice made it way to me. I froze, he knew this was Kakashi's apartment. My team looked at me with sympathetic eyes. I didn't want to tell them he was dead. I couldn't really talk about it yet.
"I see." He must have connected the dots himself. I lived here alone, in Kakashi's old apartment, with all his things. Its not hard to figure out he's dead.
Jasper walked into the kitchen to start the tea. They knew better that to try to help talk me through it. So Mello continued the routine by starting the cd player, after first turning it down. LArcenCiel's beautiful My Dear filled the air. It was nice a mellow, very soothing tune. It help relax me, let all the tension go.
"You three sit somewhere and I'll be back I need to pack." I began to walk out of the room with Sai he always helped me pack.
The sat down, all of them at the kitchen table. Which sat four. Why Kakashi had a table and chair for four I don't know. He never had more that two people at his house ever. An most of the time it was just me and him. We didn't even really sit at the table. Mostly on the couch or sometimes his bed.
"Oi, Captain. Ino sends this to you." Every looked at Mello who was busy pulling clothes from each of his many pockets. Shirts, skirts, shorts, and a pair of pants. All the while telling me how she told him that they came back and that she knew I had no civilian clothes for this mission. So she sent gifts. He went to reach in his back pocket and then stopped.
"Uhh, you guys close your eyes. Well Sai doesn't he's… No just everyone close your eyes." Mello's face began to redden. Jasper of course was the only one to close his eyes.
"My underwear." It hit me. I left them at Ino's and Sai's so she sent them to. "Just give them to me." He quickly gave me the sea green lace panties.
"I remember those." Sai couldn't help but to try to tease me. Or maybe he was trying to get a reaction from Naruto and Sasuke. Really who can ever tell with him.
"What the hell are you doing looking at her underwear?" Naruto screamed jumping out of his seat. No doubted about to try and kill Sai. A soft groan stopped everything, making everyone freeze.
"You woke her up." Jaspers quite voice broke the silence. I went to go to her, but Itachi beat me to it.
It was amazing to watch. It gently picked her up rocking her back and forth. She clung to his body, trying to steal it warmth in her sleep. He told her to sleep, and that in the morning she'd feel better. That she needed to sleep and get rest. That tomorrow was going to be a long day. I looked around everyone seemed to have that awed look on their face. Everyone but Sasuke. Who held a bitter smile on his face.
"Sai go pack for me, will you?" Even though I asked him, he knew it wasn't a question. He picked up all the clothes, including my underwear. Sometime during that madness the song changed to Miserable at Best. Naruto sat back down when Sai left. Itachi sat on the couch with Blondie in his arms. He looked content to just sit there with her cling to him, it made me smile.
Jasper sat out cups with Mello and poured the tea. They where waiting for me to tell off Naruto they knew it was coming. It happens every time someone tries to go off on Sai. He was the closest person to me next to Kakashi. Once everyone was seated with the tea I disied it was time to talk to him.
"Naruto, my relationship with Sai, or any other man for that matter. Is none of your business. Weather it's a sexual, Naruto cringed at the word, or a professional one." Making sure to stay calm as I told him. How dare he come back and just try to bud into my life like that.
"But Sakura-chan.." He wanted to argue with me about it. Most likely something about protecting me.
"I've already had sex Naruto. Its part of my job. And right now my job is not to try to explain my relationships with you. Its just to keep people from trying to kill you. And after that I'll most likely only see you on missions. If that. I only do ANBU now, and you wont be there for a while, if ever. I have a new life now, with new people. And my not going to abandon them." Naruto looked like I just slapped him in the face. I know what I said was harsh but it needed to be said.
"She's right Naruto. So is Itachi. Things change, we need to go on with our lives. We have to start all over. From scratch, Sasuke turned his attention from Naruto to me, I'm just surprised that Kakashi lets you do that while your living with him. So am I right with assuming that you two aren't together if your sleeping with Sai?'
My heart stopped. So Sasukes been here and well. I could feel the weight of Itachi's stare, but I couldn't meet. Itachi must have been close to him to have been here. So was Sasuke and Naruto. How was I going to tell them that I took him away. That it was my fault.
Lucky for me Itachi did it for me. "He's dead." His voice somber, that alone told me they were close. Naruto and Sasuke looked like they were electrified. Sasuke quickly regained his composure, while Naruto's emotions ran wild. Everything from grief to rage to happiness and back again. I drank the rest of my tea and stood up and walked over to the couch.
Sai came in the room, he'd been waiting for my silent permission to enter. He sat in my seat and poured himself and cup. I put my hands on Blondie and healed the small couple of scratches and bruises I missed.
"When, when did it happen?" Naruto uncertainty rang out loudly in his hushed voice.
"About a year after you left. He took a kunai to the heart." Sai spoke in the same hushed tone. Like talking to loud would cause the Earth to crumble. He answered the question that was bond to happen next.
" He changed, started talking about his young, long haired, male lover that left him. He kept saving how he couldn't save him from his mission, his family. That he broke the only promise that he made him. He could keep his favorite safe." Everyone's eyes fell onto Itachi. "He wanted to die."
Me and my team all knew Itachi was Kakashi's lover. But It was painful obvious that neither Sasuke or Naruto knew. Sasuke looked slightly betrayed. Naruto had an understanding look on his face, like something unexplained had been laid out for him.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Sasuke asked Itachi. If possible everything became even tenser. Hard to breath. My team is smart enough to realize that it was time to leave. They said their good byes and departed. With them some of the tension followed. After a few minutes of silence I asked if they had any wounds that needed to be patched up. I couldn't stand the way they started to look at me. Like I was still helpless. Naruto and Sasuke only had small scratches here and there. Itachi claimed he had no wounds. I snort at that. He just raised a fine black brow in question.
"Your eyes." He nodded, he understood that I knew. I knew he was going blind. "I'll start treatments tomorrow. It will take about a month before you can see again."
After about another hour or so of an awkward silence, I felt it. Another strong chakra, one I knew but haven't felt in a long time. I knew they felt it, Naruto gave it away. He kept shifting, moving, squirming. He knew who it was, which only meant it was a criminal. The only criminal I could think that would be close to them, could only be shark man. Who else could it be, after Itachi being with him for 14 years why wouldn't he trust him?
Now what was going to happen? Another trip to the Hokage's office in the middle of the fucking night. Tonight just isn't my night.
"Come in; doors unlocked." I made it a point to sound as irritated as I felt.
A man about as big, maybe even bigger, Mello walked into Kakashi's apartment. The big blue shark had a smirk plastered onto his face. Pointed jagged teeth gleaming dangerously. Dark shaggy brown hair that looked like it was put in a blender then put back onto his head. He reeked of stale blood. I glared at him, he just kept smirking at me and everyone else.
"Give me one reason not to kill you right now." I asked him, hoping to find out why he was here.
"Cant." Was his only response.
I groaned inwardly. It really was much to much of a night for me; and its still not over. Damn Sharks.
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Wo who! The second chapter is now complete. I will go into Kakashi relationship with Itachi later on. I'll explain how it can to be, and so on and so on. I know, I know. You must be thinking OMFG Ita-sans not straight how will he love Sakura. That's not the issue for this story. Love's love right? Big twists and turns still to go down the road. So lets go forward!
I'm thinking about doing a Kakashi Itachi one shot that will go with this story. So tell me what you think about that. If a couple people say that they want to see it, I'll give you one.