"How are the talks going with your Dad's company and his rival?" Sasuke asked.
"Fine so far, I mean, the president of the other company knows my dad from years back and they're both in complete agreement. It's just that the board of directors on both sides are still not all on board. Both sides are worried that they are being taken advantage of. Hopefully with the meeting today and the presentation of the final draft of the contract all their worries will be settled." Naruto sighed.
"You should come in for a massage soon; you look like you could use one." Sasuke commented.
"Yeah, maybe I will later this week." Naruto thought out loud. "Oh and by the way."
"Hn?" Sasuke responded.
"Thank you for taking on Iruka's case. You didn't say it but I know it was your idea." Naruto gave Sasuke a sincere smile. Sasuke allowed a small smile to grace his features at that. "Though I am surprised that a Teme like you or a Devil like your brother could care so much about someone." Naruto grinned like the Cheshire cat.
Sasuke was about to punch him in the shoulder when a deep voice spoke up. "I prefer the term Satan Uzumaki; it tends to have a more regal tone to it."
Itachi smirked as the two boys had rounded the corner to run right into him. Naruto paled briefly while Sasuke chuckled at the other two's antics.
Iruka had stripped his swim suit off and had wrapped a towel around himself. He had decided that taking a shower would be a good idea as he felt a little slick from the massage oils that were used on him. Though the scent of vanilla and lavender were pleasant on his senses, he didn't want to ruin his clothing with the oils.
Heading towards the showers he rounded the corner and crashed right into a wall of flesh. Iruka nearly fell back on his rear if it hadn't been for the strong arms that grabbed him in an instance.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going…" Iruka tried to quickly apologize but was stopped in his track by the man in front of him. Piercing grey eyes stared back at him but what had his attention the most was the curiosity of how such a young looking face could have such a mop of silver hair attached to it.
"It's quite alright. I am as much to blame as you are." The man replied with a voice that echoed confidence. "I don't believe I've seen you here before, may I ask your name?"
"Oh of course, my name is Umino Iruka and you're right I haven't been here before, it's my first time." Iruka smiled politely.
The silver haired man smiled right back as the gears in his imagination began turning at a violent rate.
"Iruka only just entered the change room and I suggested that he take a shower so he'll probably be a little while yet." Itachi informed Naruto and Sasuke.
"Have there been any issues?" Sasuke asked.
"None so far. As you know our favourite lecherous client is pre-occupied with the green beast so there's no need to worry." Itachi reassured his brother.
"What language are you two speaking?" At this point Naruto was completely lost as to what the brothers were talking about.
"Nothing to worry about Naruto, we're just making sure Iruka's virtue goes untouched while he's here." Itachi replied.
"Which means keeping the perverts at bay." Sasuke sighed
"Is it really appropriate to be addressing your clients as perverts?" A deep voice spoke up from nearby.
The three young men swung around with varying degrees of shock as a notorious client they had been referring to rounded the corner.
Iruka entered the shower area a little miffed. The silver haired man had introduced himself simple as Kabuto with no family name and had continued to stare at him making him feel uncomfortable. Iruka had quickly excused himself saying he was in a bit of a hurry and had promptly left the creepy man behind.
Iruka chose one of the larger shower stalls and began setting up his things. He brought a beach towel with him but no soap for a shower. Just as Itachi had said there was complementary shampoo and soap and upon closer look it was better if not superior to that found in most hotels. Iruka had turned on the water to allow it to warm up and had begun to settle in when the hairs on the back of his neck jumped to stand on end. Something was off he thought.
Before he could turn around though, a pair of arms encircled him and he was shoved roughly up against the tiled wall of the back of the shower stall. Before he could let out any sound a cloth was stuffed into his opened mouth. Iruka tried to struggle but in his current condition and having been caught off guard he was at a great disadvantage. With the same hand that had stuffed the cloth in his mouth now in his hair holding his head down, he couldn't even turn enough to see the face of his assailant.
Iruka continued to struggle but stilled in fear as a breath ghosted over his ear and he heard his assailant speak. "What a lovely piece of chocolate I've found lying around. I wonder if you taste just as good as you look." With those words said, a tongue made its way from the base of his neck to just behind his ear sending a shiver down Iruka's spine along with a renewed sense of panic.
He knew that voice. It was the creepy man from earlier.
As Kabuto twisted his arms behind him and began to bind them behind his back, Iruka's treacherous imagination began to take over of all the bad things that may be about to happen to him. With those thoughts in mind a small whimper he had not intended to make left his muffled lips only causing Kabuto to growl in approval.
Itachi immediately stood up straight upon seeing one of the spa's most important clients. His mother would never forgive him if he or Sasuke had insulted a client directly, even if it wasn't intended.
"My deepest apologies Kakashi, is there something you need? Your massage wasn't to be over for another 20 minutes." Itachi bowed slightly to the business man.
"Oh, you know very well one can only take so much of Gai's beaming presence at once." Kakashi drawled.
"I'm sorry you were booked with him, but our schedules were almost full when you called this morning…" Itachi began to apologize but Kakashi cut him off.
"No need to kiss my ass Itachi, I'm not going to take my business else where over a more than adequate description of what I once was from your brother." Kakashi half smirked half scoffed. "Though after hearing the last bit of your conversation I'm really curious as to know why you two are working so hard to keep me away from this Iruka?"
Itachi and Sasuke both froze, all there planning about to go out the window.
"Neh, Iruka-sensei was the teacher I was telling you about at the first merger meeting. I'm here to take him to lunch before the meeting this afternoon." Naruto chimed in, answering Kakashi's question.
"Really, well maybe I'll have to join you then. I'm really interested in meeting him after hearing you lay so much praise on him over the last few months." Kakashi smiled at Naruto.
Sasuke's jaw almost dropped while Itachi raised an eyebrow. "You two know each other?" Itachi inquired.
"Oh yeah, I didn't tell you two about the other company my Dad's company is merging with did I. Sasuke, Itachi, meet Kakashi-sensei. He's an old friend of the family. Kakashi-sensei, meet the Bastard and his older brother Satan." Naruto beamed as the brothers both glared at him for the nicknames.
"Ah, I never realized when you spoke of the bastard and devil you were referring to these two. Though it does make a lot of sense now." Kakashi chuckled. He then turned to Itachi and Sasuke. "Though as admirable as your intentions were to keep your client safe from me, it wasn't really necessary."
Sasuke looked at him with disbelief. "With your track record I think we were more than justified in our actions."
Kakashi sighed, "Really, so neither you have noticed that in the last several months I've been behaving when I come in. If fact most of the time I've been asking to see Itachi so he can vouch for my good behaviour."
Sasuke was about to retort when Itachi cut in. "Actually now that I think of it you have been behaving. Though why that is I'm curious to know."
"Meh, I don't mind sharing. I think it has to do with the coming company merger." Kakashi pondered out loud.
"What, stress so bad you can't even get it up." Sasuke quipped thought he received a smack to the back of the head from Itachi after that.
"No, no, nothing wrong with the equipment. I was just inspired that's all. Seeing Naruto's father and his mother together, still lovey-dovey after so many years, and the pride in Minato-sensei's eyes at how well Naruto is doing in the company really had me thinking about my own future. I'm not getting any younger you know." Kakashi made a point of pointing to his silvery head of hair. "I was actually inspired after Naruto first told me about his past teacher Iruka and his recent heroics."
"I told Kakashi that if he wanted to meet Iruka, he'd have to tone down the perverseness a bit." Naruto joked.
"Makes perfect sense. Well at least accept mine and Sasuke's apologies for having labelled you as a pervert without realizing you had a desire to change your ways." Itachi spoke. He and Sasuke bowed politely.
"Apology accepted, though not really necessary. If I was in your position I would have thought the same thing about myself." Kakashi waved in dismissal.
"By the way, how long has Iruka-sensei been in there?" Naruto asked.
"A while now. I'm a little worried but I don't want to go in and check only to infringe on his privacy. I can tell he's very independent, or stubborn depending on how you look at it, and that his injuries have been severely hindering his pride." Itachi commented.
"That's Iruka-sensei for you." Naruto beamed.
"If I may, how about I go check on him? I'm a client here so it would be perfectly natural if I walked in there to change, which I have to anyway." Kakashi offered.
"That would work, thank you Kakashi-san for the offer." Itachi spoke.
"Just don't startle him. Iruka-sensei's not one for perverted conversations." Naruto warned.
"I promise I will behave myself; Scouts honour." Kakashi raised his hand in a mock oath before entering the change rooms.
"I didn't know Kakashi was a Boy Scout." Naruto voiced out loud.
"I highly doubt that Dobe." Sasuke rolled his eyes while Itachi smirked at Naruto's naivety.