AN: *Sliding grovel* I am so so so so sorry for the .. *cough* Delay. I had a HUGE case of writer's block which for a bit I thought was fatal. I Started this chapter three times before leaving in for *cough* a bit. Re-read then deleted and started the chapter all over again. I have noticed mistakes in the previous chapters and I apologies for that. I hoping you like it :) If you are still reading it.
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WARNINGS: Same as last time. You must have read them to get this far.
Now: Continue to my twisted ideas.
" Who wants to play a game?" The question hung in the stale air – Anko laughed ,it had been a while since she had seen Naruto at work- Kakashi smiled: "after you Kit.".
No-one had ever accused team Kitsune of being sane.
Chapter 3
The light dripped into the dark. The crazed smile of a blond boy had the prisoners shaking. "We won't tell you a thing." Yelled the one Genin. The purple haired ninja laughed. "Look they still think they have a choice." Kakashi smiled. He missed his kit.
"There seems to be a theme this week. Do you want to know what it is? No? How rude." Naruto was pouting at the prisoners. "Im going to tell you anyway. Ok?" He walked over to the back of the room and grabbed a rusty looking ax. "Have you ever heard of Lizzy Bordon?" There was no answer. "I ASKED YOU A QUESTION!" Naruto yelled throwing the ax into the one genins head. There was a yell. Anko nudged the one prisoner. "That's your queue." "No." She squeaked. "I have. There is a little rhyme about her." The remaining genin had started to tear up.
Kit in all his glory strolled over to the ax. Prying it from the skull he started the Rhyme. "Lizzie Bordon took an ax and gave her father forty whacks." He caressed the blade, "When she realized what she had done she gave her mother Forty One." He ended the rhyme holding the rusty ax against the enemy Jonin's cheek. Blood smeared across her face." A simple genin wouldn't know much; but how about you missy?" She sneered at him. Kakashi winced. "Oooh big mistake." Whispered Cat. The ax flew across the room into the remaining genin's knee. He screamed. "How many whacks to you think it will take me? Huh Missy."
Ino heard the scream resonate from the room. Asuma winced as the screaming was muffled. "What is going on in there?" Asked Choji. "Interrogation right?" Shikamaru scoffed. "It sound like torture." Asuma flinched. "It is." Asuma looked on as his team stood confused and team seven looked broken. Sakura in the corner shaking and Sasuke standing stoic in shock. "let's get some fire wood-leave them to.." "NO!" Screeched Sakura. "Not the wood's-not the woods- the wood are-are- not the woods." She started to mutter while shaking her head. Ino marched up to her and slapped the pink haired girl. "Get a grip will you." Sakura looked up into her blond friends eyes. She was crying. The door opened.
Kakashi limped into the main room. "Yo. What's up?" Asuma snapped. "What's up? Kit. When did he go back on active duty and why in KAMI's name did you allow genin ANYWERE near him?" Kakashi glared at the rattled jonin. "Asuma- are you accusing me of endangering MY team?" "YES! Look at them!"
Naruto swaggered out the 'interrogation' room. He smelt of smoke. His shoes were wet and blood sprinkled his top half. He clapped. "Well that was fun. Who's ready for a briefing?" Kakashi rolled his eye's. How was that for timing.
Cat was on babysitting duty. Kakashi and Naruto sat on one side of the table- Asuma carried on pacing, Ino was comforting a green Sakura, Shikamaru was silently watching the commotion as Choji tried to figure it out. "Asuma could you sit?" He did- "Goodie." A smile broke out on Kit's face. "Now first order of business- the prisoners." Asuma interrupted without thinking. "Kakashi, the genin don't need to be here- Naruto shouldn't be leading the meeting either." He swore the blue eye's flashed red. " I am the highest ranking Ninja here." Kakashi placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder. Just like that the look of intelligent scorn melted into a innocent grin, "Ne sensie?" Kakashi was in slight shock at the ease Kit changed. Masked himself.
The genin were sent to collect firewood and fish. Kakashi reasoned that they just had to follow orders not make them. Naruto agreed.
"Okay so team seven will stay here and prepare to retrieve the real scroll, mean while Asuma's team will take the fake and head back to the village fooling the enemy into thinking we are retreating." Kakashi nodded- "what about Sakura, she won't be able to take it." Naruto rolled his eyes. "Right, we will swap her out for Shikamaru-." "Wait- you are just swapping out my team?" Kit nodded. "Yes. Sakura is a detriment to our mission. Shikamaru has put it together fairly well and doesn't seem to be too much affected." Asuma shook his head. "I will allow you to traumatize your team as it out of my hands but leave mine out of it. And what about the prisoners?" " , fine. Just let me think on our strategy." Naruto started to mutter to himself and draw on the parchment. Kakashi stood. "Tea?"
Ino was sparing with Sakura while Choji and Shikamaru cloud gazed. Sasuke was trying to argue against himself – being moody in the corner.
A yell and giggle interrupted the ambiance of the afternoon. " I Got it!"
Kit gave Asuma the mission scroll along with the decoy scroll that they had originally liberated. He shook his head. "Kakashi is coming back with me?" Kakashis eyebrow raised. "Hai- You, Ino, sakura, choji and Kakashi. Is going to escort the remaining prisoners and the scroll back to the village to report to our Hokage." Kit looked at the downtrodden face of his team mate. "Kashi~ You are still suffering, you need to go home."
Anko Helped the prisoners into the main room, The jonin had burns running up her legs, The genin was hobbling due to having one leg- a bandage wrapped around his shoulder. The last one looked okay- if a bit pail- blue lips, shivering, wet collar. "And the other one?" Asked Sasuke. He had counted four going in. "Oh right- not much to guard I'm afraid." Naruto tossed a scroll to Asuma.
As the sun faded into the night Asuma's make shift team took the prisoners into the dark. They would head back to the village making as much noise as possible. Decoy.
The bed roll were laid out again. Shikamaru chose the place furthest from Anko's Bed roll. "I spent a day traveling with her- It was enough." Naruto couldn't stop the giggle which was rising up. He had a tingling sensation shooting through his limbs, it felt like the calm before the storm.
Anko took first watch, Shikamaru went to bed first. Naruto went for a run- to stretch out Kit. Sasuke was doing target practice. After each miss he would grunt in disapproval.
Naruto watched for a bit. " Be carfull you might cut yourself before the BIG day." Sasuke was immediately on guard, "You masked yourself." A shake of the head. "No, young grasshopper- I stopped putting up the mask. DO you know how much effort it was to exude enough chakra for you guys to 'catch' me sneaking up." Naruto had burned the orange monstrosity. He wore red pants and a simple white 'T'. "Hn." "Wow, so articulate." Naruto deadpanned.
Sasuke carried on throwing kunie. No sound affects this time. "Your stance is off." "Hn" "You would get better range if you held the Kunie looser." "Hn" "Aren't you meant to get BETTER with practice?" The eye twitch was almost noticeable. "Sasuke-." "WHAT. What, is my hair wrong? Is my shirt to baggy? Is my distance to short? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MOCK HUH UZUMAKIE?" "There, use that." Naruto slinked behind the raven. "Use that frustration, channel it."
Naruto was up against the unsuspecting Ninja at this point. He adjusted Sasuke's stance using his own. The blond entwined their fingers and reached into the Kunie pouch. With a breath on his neck Sasuke let his body be controlled. He was shaking. He didn't know if it was anticipation or fury. Their arms drew back, A short snap forward and release- "Bull's eye." Whispered Naruto. Sasuke could hear it as clear as a bell against the shell of his ear. A short breath and the raven caught himself standing on his own. His head whipped around the clearing- He was alone. Naturally he let his eye's travel to the Kunie sitting in the middle of the log. "Bull's eye." He grinned. Sasuke didn't miss a target again that night. His skin burned were Naruto had pressed against him; making finding the same stance easy. The lost avenger would focus on the ghost breath against his neck and release.
Answers could wait.
The bamboo door slid open emitting Naruto into the room. He saw Shikamaru stir. He set up the shongi board. Blinking awake Shikamaru started as he saw -not sensed- saw the blond by the board game. "I knew Asuma showed you this game. It's one we both may be able to play- I know you have some questions." Shikamaru nodded. He sat and started setting up his side of the board as he started with the first question. "How long?" Naruto chuckled. "You asking about Anbu right?" "Mmh" Shikamaru looked pointedly at the blond. "Right well- I Haven't been active in Anbu for near 12 years." A stone fell off the board. " You are 16.. you were decommissioned when you were 4?" "Nearly Five." Added Naruto.
Not many questions followed. As the two packed up the board shikamaru found his voice again. " You are leagues above us in skill aren't you?" A short nod. "I'm an idiot- you aren't- How could I have missed it?" A blank stare. "You weren't looking for it. No-one was."
The sun rose to whisper's on the wind. Expectations shattered and being rebuilt. A plan being hatched.
Shikamaru looked over the plans again. "So Cat will make a distraction while Sasuke and I creep next to the building, secure blast tags and cover an exit." A Nod. "Ya, just replace the guards." Anko seemed quite excited; "What's my strategy Cap?" Kit smiled. "Why don't you play some tag?" Sasuke could nearly hear the internal squealing. "Hn." Naruto rolled his eyes. "We do need to do this undetected."
"Undetected? You want us to blow up a building… it's not like we can do that quietly." A sigh, "I said undetected not quite. Just don't let them know you are leaf nin- okay." Anko giggled and brought out the prisoners mask- a quick duplicate jitsu – she handed one to each Genin. "Boom goes the Bulding."
Kit smiled as he dug out the scroll holding his mask. "Precious- how I've missed you." Anko sat next to the blond. "You still have it? We thought it was destroyed." A smirk, "You thought many things Cat."
They watched as Shikamaru and Susuke sparred in their masks to get a feeling of it. "Indeed I did- we all did." Naruto's head cocked to the side. "I miss him you know." Cat knew he was speaking of Lynx-Itachi. "That was the day we found out who was who- Besides our captain I mean." A giggle, "Didn't expect Kakashie to be wolf." Naruto laughed- it was dry. "Didn't expect eagle to lose his head." "He was only a new Anbu- We only had him on trial- hokage wasn't pleased we broke him."
Anko rung her hands. Naruto placed his hand over hers. "It's not your fault Cat. We didn't ask for him." "Come; let's go- A game of tag should cheer you up Ne?" The following laughter stopped the genins spar.
"Sharpen your blades, File your nails- Let's do this… Believe it."
AAAND SCENE. Good job everyone- Oh hi, once again I would like to thank you all for making it here- I know, I know the Chapter's not as long as normal but i think it's sufficient. Please let the Author know what you think of it. Just click the review button.
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Sorry it took so long- I literally finished school in the time it took for me to get past the silly writer's block.
Ooo- thinking of writing off poor shika. Thoughts? Yay/nay.
Should the NaruSasu get more THERE in the next chapter all in slow and steady how they win the house cup?
Cherio :)
