Chapter Two.

A/N.

I had to get this chapter off my chest before my brain exploded. I hate it when the plot bunnies explode my brain. It's just so mean of them. :(

Oh, and some of you might notice I spell the word Blonde differently. I'm from Canada, we spell some words differently, like colour and Tonne(ton). XD

So Iruka has gills, he's a dolphin and I know they have lungs instead of gills...but this is my story so everyone could have gills if they wanted and no one could have any say in it. Bwa ha ha. :F

I don't own Naruto...but if I did the Anime would be rated NC17. XD

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"What's your name?"

"Naruto."

"I'm Iruka."

"What are you? I'm a fox."

"Dolphin. The bastards took me from my pod when I was chasing a school of fish."

"I wandered away from my den after my mother told me to stay away from the humans. But could I listen to her...nooooo, I had to prove myself." Blue eyes rolled sarcastically as the blonde chatted with the brunette. Both wore only pants, shirts having not been provided. Iruka was wearing the same collar and muzzle the blonde wore, it didn't stop them from talking though. The Jin language could be spoken through a bit, it was soft purrs and trills, clicks and quiet cries.

"How old are you?" Iruka asked, his curosity getting the better of him.

"Twenty." The dolphin stared, his smile widening as he realized that the boy holding Naruto's leash was in for a big suprise. "I was taken when I was thirteen."

"I was last month."

"Did you have family?" Naruto waited as Iruka shook his head. "Small miracles." He muttered, turning to glare at the black hair that rose into a strange shape.

"Is it just me or does the back of his head look like a duck ass?" Naruto asked as Iruka snorted out his amusement.

"No, no I was thinking it as well. The silver bastard looks like his head is made of stiff algea that's laid in the sun to long."

"Hmm, I was thinking it looked like a cactus."

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"I wonder what they're talking about." Kakashi mumbled aloud to himself as the two Jins conversed in the nearly inaudable language.

"Who cares." Sasuke refused to acknowledge his Jin until they were in the safty of his house. He couldn't help staring at the tanned chest, it was hypnotizing. He noticed his Mentor sneaking looks at his Jin and couldn't help the cool smirk. He supposed it was normal, Itachi, his older brother had told him that when he picked out his Jin the relationship nine times out of ten would turn to a sexual one. He should know, Sasuke thought with a dark snort of amusement. He'd accidently walked in on his brother with his Jin, Kisame. That had not been pleasent, the large blue Shark Jin had looked like he'd wanted to kill the younger Uchiha.

He'd never been interested in the pictures of the girls his mother had shown him, but he supposed he could simply do what Itachi had done. Take a wife and then when she had gotten with child, ignore her in favor of his Jin. It was normal to have relations with your Jin, after all, the thing would share your bed, bathe with you, eat with you. You would rarely be without your Jin, and if it died then you simply went back to pick out another one. However, if your Jin died, and it was found out that it could have been proventable you would be revoked from the store and shunned to the breaches of soceity.

Your Jin was an extension of yourself. If your Jin was happy and healthy it showed you were a respectable person, people in high soceity weren't judged by their apperances, they were judged on their Jins. Having relations with your Jin wasn't uncommen yes, but falling in love with your Jin was forbidden. It was like falling in love with a dog, you couldn't marry the dog, the dog couldn't secure you a place in soceity, it was only good to look at and cuddle.

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"Sasuke." The Uchiha looked down at his youngest son. He stood in the doorway, letting a maid take off his ourdoor shoes and replacing them with indoor sandles. "I see you have returned with Jin." Fugaku grabbed the leash, pulling the blonde forward before grabbing his jaw, removing the muzzle before squeezing until the boy opened his mouth.

Naruto simply stood there as the man looked him over. There was a sence of danger about him, and like all good predators, Naruto knew when a bigger monster was around. He stayed silent, though his tails had begun to poof outwards in a show of his fear.

"He seems healthy. Take him out and bathe him, new clothing will be ready when you are finished."

"Yes father." Sasuke bowed before grabbing the leash and leading Naruto away.

The blonde shot one last look at Iruka who watched him with pained eyes before he was yanked around a corner.

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Iruka couldn't help the light keening sound that came from the back of his throat. Kakashi looked down at the Jin, confusion showing on his features.

"Come on. Bath time." He tugged on Iruka's leash until the brunette followed him of his own accord.

Kakashi opened the door to the large bathroom, pushing Iruka inside before shutting the door behind him. He stripped off his shirt before leaning forward to undo the collar. The brunette shoved his pants down, kicking the offending garments off. He doubted he would ever get used to wearing them. Honey brown eyes narrowed as he observed the lustfilled gaze of the silver cactus. Maybe the horrible pants were a good thing.

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Naruto glared at the black haired youth before him as water dripped off his hair, the blonde spikes now sticking to his head. The fur on his white tipped tails was drenched as well, making him look like a half drowned foxling.

"I can bathe myself." He growled, wanting to be alone to enjoy the water. Back in the factory they were simply stripped and hosed down. He had missed being able to soak in the water, missed playing in it.

"Not as well as I can." Came the smirked reply before the door flew open. An older, nearly carbon looking copy of Sasuke stepped into the room. The blue Shark Jin following him.

"Itachi...what the hell are you doing?"

"Father said you got a Jin. I wanted to see for myself." Itachi flicked his gaze away from the black eyes of his brothers to the blue gaze of the fox Jin. "Hmm, to scrawny for my tastes." He smirked at Kisame who was still staring at the fox.

"Pup." He grunted out, managing to make the soft Jin language seem harsh and gutteral.

"What?"

"Don't piss them off. There decent."

"Humans are all the same. They poke and prod, only wanting to show each other up. Spoiled, simpering brats."

"True. But these are different, they treat us as equals. Give the pup a chance."

Naruto sighed, flicking his tails into the water. "I'll try." He whispered, ignoring the looks the humans were shooting his way.

"Kisame, English." Barked the elder of the two brothers.

"They treat us like equals do they?" Naruto asked, looking up at the shark Jin.

"Only when we speak in there language pup." Kisame answered in Human and Naruto shook his head.

"Why should we speak in there disgusting language. It's so harsh and it hurts my throat."

"You will get used to it the more you speak it." Again in english, making the two brothers wonder what was being said in the seemingly one sided conversation.

"I suppose." He managed in the strange and foreign tongue each Jin was born knowing and simply refused to use. A Jin that spoke human was a Jin that had been conquored, a Jin that was broken. A Jin that spoke human wasn't really a Jin anymore.

"Get out Itachi. Father told me to bathe him." Sasuke said, glaring at his brother.

"Leave the pup." Kisame spoke, earning the glares of the two brothers. "In the factory we are not allowed to bathe like this. We are hosed down and redressed. To bathe like this in the first time in..Pup how long were you there."

"Seven years."

"In seven years is a treat for him. Don't push yourself on him before he is ready. You will not like the consequenses." Itachi flushed as he remembered the first bath he had given Kisame, he had cornered the shark Jin and had nearly had his nose bitten off because of it.

"Seven years." Sasuke breathed as he turned to look at the blonde who was furiously scrubbing at his tails, trying to remove the grime that stuck to his fur. Seven years to be stuck in that small cage in the darkened room, how had he kept sane in that tiny room?

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"Kakashi-san. Leave me be." The dolphin Jin growled as he scrubbed at his hair. It felt wonderful to be fully immersed in water, even if it was warm and full of bubbles. Ducking his head he rinsed his hair, opening the gills behind his ears to take a deep breath.

It was delecious, like tasting chocolate for the first time, having a popsicle on a hot day, or having that first sip of water after running a marathon. He could have stayed there for hours, simply breathing in the water.

Strong hands grabbed his shoulders and tugged him upwards, his gills hit the air and he gagged before he remembered to shut them. Coughing he glared up at the worried eyes of the sliver haired man.

"Are you alright? I thought you drowned."

"I lived in the ocean for twenty-three years. Two minutes under this disgustingly warm water isn't going to kill me." The dolphin Jin snapped, moving a hand to massage his gills, they still throbbed from where he'd breathed air.

"What kind of Jin are you anyways?" Kakashi asked, keeping his hands on the Jins shoulders.

"Dolphin."

"Don't dolphins have lungs?" Kakashi asked and the brunette sighed, his head dropping as if he was preparing for a lecture.

"Yes. I don't know why I have gills." It was the simplist answer, his throat was begeninng to ache from all the harsh Human speech. "You can let me go now." Iruka slanted a look up and th sliver haired man, trying desperatly to keep the hate from his eyes. It wouldn't do to let the man know he needed to watch his back.