Chapter 4
Damsel In Distress Iruka
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Commonly known as Tora because of his tiger mask, Hyuuga Jin was an ex-branch member turned ANBU Commander. The Caged Bird Seal had been removed so he could join the ANBU in the first place. He was also, as anyone who ever met him could tell you, an even bigger ass than the all the other Hyuuga and the Uchiha combined.
And of course, there was the fact that all Hyuuga and Uchiha despised each other (anyone who didn't was an outcast), so when the Uchiha heir became an ANBU under his command, he was delighted at the chance to screw the boy over, and vowed to do it any chance he got.
And damn if it didn't come straight to him…Uchiha Itachi had not come in to HQ for several days. Oh sure, the Hokage said he was on a mission, but the boy was still in the village, and he had been seen repeatedly. There was no mission in the village that required an ANBU to be seen, so obviously the Uchiha was getting lax on his mission. Plus, any mission in the village required check in every half-hour.
With this in mind, Tora had another ANBU contact Itachi and inform him to be in Tora's office within the hour. Little did the Hyuuga ANBU know, it would be his last order as Commander.
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Iruka yawned sleepily as he opened the door. There stood Itachi in his ANBU outfit holding a smiling Naruto.
"Iruka-nii!" Naruto said happily as Itachi held him out. Iruka took the hyperactive blonde from the ANBU and gave him a questioning look.
"My ANBU Commander has ordered me to his office. Dog is nowhere to be found," Itachi said, and Iruka was sure he heard a 'Lazy ass bastard' to. "You will care for him until I return." Itachi disappeared before Iruka could so anything.
"Okay?" Iruka said to thin air, before taking Naruto inside. "And what would you like to do, Naruto?"
"GI JOES!" Naruto practically screamed, pulling several of them out of his pocket, along with a Barbie doll. He handed the Barbie to Iruka, "You can be the damsel in distress!" Iruka blanched, and vowed to get Itachi back for this.
"Uh, sure Naruto, just let me shut all the window curtains so nobody can see inside."
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"You wanted to see me sir," Itachi said, perfectly aware that his Commander was not only a Hyuuga but seemed to have a personal vendetta against him. Then again, maybe it was just because he was an Uchiha.
"Yes, about your dereliction of duty during this mission the Hokage has given you," Tora said, hopefully making it clear to the Uchiha in front of him that he didn't believe that there was such a mission.
"Dereliction of duty how…sir?" Itachi asked.
"You were seen."
"Yes, the mission parameters allow me to be seen by any and all people that have, will, or do come into contact with the client. It's all on the paper that Hokage-sama gave you. Perhaps you should get your eyes checked if you missed it." It was an outright insult, and both of them knew it.
"You little shit!" Tora yelled, charging at Itachi. Itachi, more on instinct than anything else, grabbed the Hyuuga by his charging arm, twisted around, and made to throw the Hyuuga over his shoulder.
Unfortunately for Hyuuga Jin, it was the arm that had been recently damaged during a mission, and he hadn't yet seen a medic-nin for it.
Itachi watched in confusion as Tora sailed over his shoulder and looked down at the arm that was still in his hand, and currently detached from its owner. He glanced between Tora and Tora's arm for several moments before turning to the other ANBU that came in the room at the sound of a fight.
"Oops," Itachi said, in a monotone voice that caused the other ANBU to jaw-drop.
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Three hours later, Itachi had not only been cleared of any wrongdoing (Jin would be spending time in prison for attacking a fellow Konoha-nin), but he had also been promoted to ANBU Commander. For anyone who knew Itachi well, there was a slight bounce to his step as he went to Iruka's house to pick up Naruto. The whole way back to Naruto's apartment, Naruto chattered about playing with Iruka.
As he tucked Naruto into bed like his mother used to do for him, Naruto grabbed his shirt.
"Story!" Naruto demanded. Itachi blinked slowly twice.
"What?"
"Tell me a bedtime story!" Naruto demanded again. Itachi's brow furrowed. Was there a difference between a bedtime story and a regular story? The only 'stories' he had ever told were about his missions, and that was because the mission office wanted full reports on everything.
"What kind of bedtime story?" Itachi asked.
"One with an ogre, and a damsel in distress like Iruka, and a knight in shining armor!" Naruto answered cheerfully.
"Okay," Itachi said, thinking for a few moments. "I'll tell you about the ogre named Hyuuga that kidnapped Princess Iruka, and was beaten by Knight Uchiha"
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An Hour Later
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"Knight Uchiha really ripped the arm off the ogre?"
"Yes."
"And was there any blood?"
"Lots of blood."
"COOL!" Naruto yelled.
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And the bedtime story was partially based on an idea suggested by Karasu Kagami. Several people have requested that I not kill off the Akatsuki members, or at least not all of them. Well, sorry but their all getting killed off by Itachi so this follows My Blue-Eyed Blonde. However, when this story gets to the part where Itachi erases Naruto's memories (see under author's note), I will be posting another story where Itachi takes Naruto with him instead, and no Akatsuki members will die in that one. This is, assuming of course, I remember. If it gets too far past that part and I haven't put up the story, remind me, and I'll get right on it.
Rune
Itachi erasing Naruto's memory part (will be in a future chapter at some point, only it won't be in Itachi's POV):
He ran to me, gave me a huge hug, and started begging me to stay. I felt my resolve start to break, and knew I had to do it now, so I activated my Mangekyo Sharingan. I made Naruto look at me, and I sealed away any memories he had of me; good or bad. I left through the shadows. I'm sure it came as quite a shock to the Sandaime, when Naruto returned to normal overnight.
"Tachi?"
"Naruto." I moved closer to the smaller blonde. He backed away.
"D-don't."
"You needn't worry Naruto," I said, "I will not harm you." A few moments later I had an armful with blonde hair.
"Tachi! Don't leave, please! Please, stay!"
"Naruto…"
"Please stay!"
"Naruto look at me…(the blonde looked up)…Mangekyo Sharingan."
