A/N- Another FF update! Yay! I want to thank the ones who reviewed and don't worry; things will be different I hope...?
Disclaimer- Masashi will never let me have the characters. Sigh, why won't he just give me the damn characters?!
"The mission as I said is an escort mission. But that's just the cover. In reality, you will be investigating the disappearances of several young girls. The village has been missing girls from the age of 5 to 12 for the last three months and they have no clue where they are. They want us to come and find them and bring the lost villagers back, alive if possible. This village is near the land of mist and takes "
Listening to the mission, Kyuu ears perk at the news. This was different. It had been a long while since he had done a mission quite like this. This would be a piece of cake… though finding the girls alive… Those chances weren't likely. Maybe some but he doubted that even a fraction were still alive.
There is a click and soft footsteps as two people walked in. Now who could that be? By the way Tsunade barely glanced at them meant they were supposed to be there. That's interesting.
"Also on this mission, I am assigning two of my elite anbu to the mission."
Wait what? Kyuu blinks and turns to look at the two people who walked in and held back a whine. Tsunade was just trying to torture him, wasn't she…
There in the room, in full anbu get ups, was Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno. They had their masks off and attached at their hips. His old teammates. Sakura was pretty much the same except for her hair becoming longer and a small purple diamond on her forehead. Then there was Sasuke. He had already seen him once today. His hair may have gotten longer, but it was still in the shape of a duck's ass. It made Kyuu snicker.
"This is Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura. They will be joining you on your mission."
Yeaaaaah...No. This was not going to happen. Kyuu could not do this mission with that bastard being there.
"Tsunade, we don't need any anbu with us. Trust me, my team is more than enough for this mission."
His eyes never left the raven as he says this and watches as the pale man narrows his eyes. There was no way this guy could come, he would ruin everything. Everything that has been built will come crashing down. The red head felt his stomach twist and he had to look away.
"You're Kurai Tsuki aren't you?" Ah that voice. Kyuu sighs and looks back to the glaring raven. Said raven begins to walk toward Kyuu until he stands in front of him. Much to his displeasure, Kyuu noticed the damn bastard was about an inch or two taller.
"Why do you care duck butt?" Mikacho speaks up and goes to stand next to Kyuu. She puts her hands on her hips and looks up at the raven, her mask looking like a grizzly bear at the moment ready to pounce.
Sasuke glances down before bringing his attention back to the red head. He crosses his arms and glares. Was it just just him, or did the Uchiha's eyes just flash red? That bastard better not activate his sharingan or Kyuu was gonna just have to cut the raven's eyes out. Freaking bastard.
Sigh… this guy was gonna cause him a headache. He was already feeling it pricking behind his temples.
"So what if we are Uchiha?"
Sasuke looks at the others and back at Kyuu. What was this guys problem? Kyuu glares at him and crosses his arms. The turning in his stomach was getting worse and he had to swallow the bile that was coming up.
The Uchiha blinks before sighing, grabbing the bridge of his nose.
"Just deal with it. We don't want to go with you just as much as you don't want us to go with you. But for the sake of the mission, just put up with it, or leave. We don't need you if a few leaf ninja are going to disrupt whatever your group is."
Ha! That was funny. If only the Teme knew how wrong he was. How the redhead wanted to steal the man in front of him and never let him go. Ever again. But the bastard did just insult his team, so he wasn't getting away with that.
'Brat, what are you thinking about doing?'
Kyuu smirks and begins to play with his beaded bracelet, pulling it off the string and feeling another one begin to form. He brings the bead up to his mask and couldn't help but let his grin widen as Sasuke glances at it and raises his eyebrow at the object.
"Uhh Kyuu? Um what are you about to do?" The red head hears Aya say from behind behind him but pays no attention. Cracks begin to appear as he applies more pressure to the bead, turning it from the murky white to a crimson red. Oh this was gonna be good.
"Kyuu I swear if you dare do what I think you are about to do, I will beat your crimson hair ass!"
Oh, crap, Kyuu pauses and turns his head to look back at the very much angry blonde woman, he could practically see the veins popping out of her head. That's right, he was in the hokage's office, better not set it off here… The old hag would do more than give him a good ass whooping… She'd give him a grave.
Kyuu sighs and looks back to the Uchiha and his eyes widen. The bastard has his sharingans out. Well fuck. He quickly closes his eyes before the raven had a chance to look too deeply and clears his throat.
Crap, can he even see into my mask?! What if he knows who I am?! Oh gawd I knew this was bad! Dammit! Now I'm gonna have to ki-
'Calm down brat, he did get a quick peak but all he got was quick flashes and words. He didn't see me and there is no chance in hell he saw anything that could lead him to suspect you are Naruto.'
Good. What did he see though?
'Most likely whatever you did today like transporting everyone here.'
Naruto internally sighed and glanced back at the bead. There was only one way to stop the effects from spreading. It sucked though, but it would be better than having a crazy strong pissed off Hokage coming after him if he ruined her office.
Lifting his mask a little, Naruto brings the bead to his lips and pushes it into his mouth. He bites down on it and grimaces as heat like fire courses through his mouth and down his throat as he swallows. God he hated doing this. But the only way for him to stop the stupid bead was to absorb it back into his body. Eating it was the safest way. Doesn't mean it didn't have any setbacks.
Damn it Kurama, you better be healing my organs.
'Relax kid. I'm healing them as we speak. Next time just throw the shit out the window.'
Maybe that would have been a good idea… Oh well, too late now. Readjusting his mask, he turns to his group, noticing that they all had their arms crossed. Yep they were mad. Let them be mad. They would get over it.
"What guys? I was ju-"
"What do you know about Naruto Uzumaki?"
Oh. Shit. Naruto could feel himself stiffen, his blood going cold, chills running down his spine. No. No no no no no no. This was not supposed to happen. Fuck… Shit… Ok, you got this Naruto.
The crimsette turns around and doesn't look into the Uchiha's eyes, just in case the bastard still had his damn sharingan out. Didn't want him to see anything else. Damn it! Just what exactly did he see?!
"Uzumaki huh?" Good, his voice didn't show how his whole body was shaking. "Haven't heard of him in years. He was the nine tails host right? Heard he had been killed on a mission when the kid was only… what was it…. 12 years old or something? Poor brat, heard his life was rough, maybe it was a good thing he died, to end his su-"
Suddenly being thrown against a wall, with a kunai against his throat, Naruto blinks but keeps his eyes down, fearing that the raven would see everything. That could not happen.
"Don't you EVER talk about him again." Wow, his voice was cold. It about gave him chills.
"Did I hurt your feelings Uchiha? So what? Why do you care about the kid?" Ok, maybe he was pushing it a bit, but Naruto couldn't help it. He wanted to know what the raven thought of him; if he still felt the same way or if he just thought of him as some past memory.
He was expecting Sasuke to punch him, or even try to stab him (his team was keeping a safe distance. Looks like they didn't want to get involved. Kakashi too. Tsunade was just shaking her head.), what he wasn't expecting though was his mask to be ripped off.
Shit. This was not good. Quickly closing his eyes, Naruto holds his breath. It was all over and he would have to disappear again, maybe move to a different country. Why the hell did he let the bastard rip his mask off?! He could have easily avoided it! Damn it!
'Relax. I changed a few things. He wouldn't recognize you, just don't look into his eyes.
Slowly opening his eyes, Kyuu looks off to his side and looks at Tsunade who was marching over his way and pushing the Uchiha away.
"That's enough." Yellow eyes blink and look at the raven. He was glaring and thank god his eyes were back to black. Kyuu's slightly long and pointed ears twitch and he scratches his cheek, surprised when he felt how smooth his cheeks were. Must be because Kyuubi changed his appearance. His whisker mark scars were concealed. Good.
"Well...Did you really need to see my face that bad? I know I'm good looking, but next time, ask." It was true. Kyuu didn't care if people saw his face as long as his real looks were concealed. He just didn't want to use the transformation jutsu so much and kept his face hidden. Same with the others.
If anyone knew who they were, they would be hunted down and killed.
"Uchiha, You are out of bounds. I should take you of-"
"Nah, nah Baa-chan. It's fine. Who wouldn't want to see my face?"
"The elders that's who."
The hag had a point but Naruto couldn't help but smirk. Those people were the ones who ruined his life. Made him leave everything he loved.
"I'd like to see them try to kill me again." He raises his arms and reveals that his fingernails had become longer and sharper.
"Ok ok, I think you're going too far Kyuu." Ah, Aya. Have to love the girl. She walks over and places a hand on his shoulder. Sighing, the crimsette puts his hand down and looks over at his teammate and gives her a smile. Even though his eyes may look like he's a serial killer, he hoped his smile would brighten up the room.
"I'll ask you again; what do you know about Uzumaki?" Great. Just great. Turning his attention back to a certain bastard raven, the redhead glares over and crosses his arms.
"Listen Uchiha, all I know about the kid is that he died when he was twelve."
"Then why did he look at least 16 when you saw him?" Ok, that made him about choke on his spit. Naruto freezes and a chill go down his spine, his blood ran cold. Just what the fuck did Sasuke see?
What the fuck Kurama?!
'Good luck kit?'
Well fuck. What was he supposed to say to Sasuke? That oh he was actually the blonde and what he saw was Naruto looking in a damn mirror?! What the actual hell?! Gotta think of something... And QUICK!
"Ahhhh I know what you saw. A few years ago we had this mission in the mist. It required a decoy. This was around the time that we had just come from Konoha and learned about the death of the jinjuriki kid that had died a fews years previous. I thought, wow, this is perfect. Can't get a dead man in trouble, so I created a clone and made him look like a 16 year old Naruto Uzumaki. The mission went great just so you know."
"You are a monster! How could you do that to him?!" Ah so she finally speaks. Naruto looks over to where a pink haired girl stood, shaking in anger. Sakura looked ready to punch into the ground and her face was slightly red. Poor thing. If only she knew who she was talking to.
"Monster huh? I've been called worse Haruno. If you're so concerned with monsters, why don't you ask your elder's what they di-"
"Kyuu that's enough!" Naruto snaps his mouth shut and glances over Tsunade who had made her way back to her desk. She was rubbing her temples and looked like she wanted to kill everyone in the room.
The crimsette sighed and placed his mask back on his face. His headache was going full blown now and he just wanted to leave. To jump out the window and run till his legs gave out.
"So when do we leave for this escort mission?"
"Yeah and how much will we getting paid?" Mikacho asked from across the room. Her black hair spiking up at the ends as she pulls out a lollipop from her cloak and places it underneath her mask. She always did have a sweet tooth.
And money. The chick always wanted money. She was gonna be a little disappointed by what Naruto was going to say next.
"About that… We actually won't be being paid one this mission. I owe the hokage over there a favor. I'll consider this being the favor."
The silence was expected but it still hurt when he felt the anger and confusion that came from his team. It was a known fact that they didn't take ANY mission without some sort of payment. They refused no matter who it was.
But not this time.
Putting his hand on his hip and leaning to the side Kyuu looks at his group.
"Listen guys if you don't want to do this I understand. I can do it on my own. Besides" He glance over to the two anbu ninjas, "I will at least have some sort of help, even if it is little."
"Like we would leave you alone with these people." Mato speaks up and looks over at a certain raven. Kyuu tilts his head but smiles. Mato could be so weird. He could see everyone else nods their heads in agreement.
Turning his attention to baa-chan, Naruto shrugs his shoulders.
"Well I guess you get all of us. So let's get to it."
Everyone began walking out of the room except for Naruto. He stayed put even as his teammates walked out the door, throwing him curious glances as they shut the door. It didn't matter, they would be just outside the door anyways.
Sakura and Sasuke had already left to get ready for the mission and Kakashi was sent away to talk to the head nurse at the medical center for some reason. He didn't really care though.
"So Baa-chan. What's up? Why'd you want to talk to me?"
Said woman bends down and pulls out a bottle from her desk. The redhead bet his life that it was full of sake. The woman never seemed to run out of the stuff. Always had to have it. The poor woman was a borderline alcoholic.
"Brat, take off that god awful mask. It's been years since I got a good look at you." The blonde woman mumbled. She takes a swig from her bottle and glances over at him.
Naruto chuckles and takes his mask off, feeling a little naked without putting up any jutsu to hide his real face. When you are so used to covering up, it's a hollow feeling when you reveal what you've been hiding.
"You've grown so much brat." Tsunade walks over to him and gives him another hug. Naruto sighed and rested his head on top of hers, wrapping his arms and squeezing back. It was a nice feeling. Having someone finally embrace him like this. Like a family member. It was probably one of the best things he felt.
"It's been almost 8 years since you last saw me; of course I would grow." He could feel the smaller woman chuckling as she pulled away. Her hazel eyes looked up into his blue ones as she gives him a small smile.
"You know, you could always come back. I can fire the elders, replace them now. They are on their deaths beds now, they have no power anymore. You can co-"
"No. I will not come back to this place." Naruto glares over at the woman before sighing at her dejected face. How could she ask him to come back? It had been years since he left this place. He's already made a place with his teammates. No way in hell would he just drop everything and come back to this hellhole...And for everyone to finally know he was actually alive just for him to die on them for real this time? No way in hell. He wasn't going to do that to everyone, especially not to Sasuke.
"Show me your arms."
Of course she would want to see his arms. It is not everyday that someone gets to see two demonic kitsunes. Especially not the shadow ones.
He unfolds his arms and stretches them to the hokage who places her bottle down and grabs one of his arms. The hand she had was the shadow Kitsune known as Shi no Kage, the shadow of death. The Kitsune had once been stretched out with it's seven tails wrapping around his upper arm but was now curled up, as if asleep.
She rubs her hand across the tattoo and flinches back as if burned.
"How did you do this?"
Naruto sighs and rubs his arm, the tattoo was slowly coming to life and stretching itself back out.
"It happened a few years ago. I was wondering the forests near the land of rain when I happened to run into them. It seemed they were murdering a small village at the edge of the woods. I saw this as a chance to gain more power and sealed them into some special ink I had on hand. After that it was simple to find someone to tattoo them into my arms."
It wasn't the whole truth, hell, none of it was true… No one would ever know how he received the two demon foxes. Not even his teammates knew. He fully planned on taking the secret to his grave.
"Dammit Kyuu! You know what they are doing to you right?! How can you even stand to have them on you?!"
"It's fine baa-chan. I have Kurama here with me to heal me."
"But you know that in the end, you'll still be dead."
There was a heavy silence. Naruto stares down at his arms and he could hear Tsunade pick up her bottle again. She was right. He knew she was. He smiles softly at the marking on his arms. They had shrunk in size as if to hide away from the terrifying woman. He didn't blame them, if he could, he may have done that too.
"I know I'll die. We all do one day right? I'll just be a little faster."
'Kit, we should go. We have that mission to do. Also, it's coming again. We need to finish this and get you away from the leaf ninja.'
Shit well that was great. Why would this be happening so soon? He just went through it. A hollow feeling settled in the pit of his stomach.
Putting his mask back on, Naruto waves over to the blonde woman, who shakes her head at him.
"I better get on that mission hokage. It was great seeing you again."
"Don't make it the last time, brat."
It was barely above a whisper, but he still heard it. A cold chill ran down his spine as he turns away and walks through the door. That sickening weight was beginning to feel the hollow feeling in his stomach.
How could he tell her it wouldn't be the last time when he himself had no clue if she was right or wrong?
A/N- Well that's all for that chapter. So tell me what you guys think so far? I really want reviews please! Like pretty please?!