Holy shit! This one was a long time coming! I was stuck on with this chapter for a while and I wanted to make Kakashi truly devious without the whole rape thing. He is simply being duplicious in the worse way possible and he's not even done yet! However, his reckoning with be a real bitch!
To recap since it's been a while...
In the previous chapter, Teams 8 and 7 return to the village with Haku coming along. Team 8 fill the Hokage in on what happned in Wave as well as Kakashi's and Sasuke's conduct on the mission. Chances at a decent punishment were slim to none, but they would have other chances in the future. Kakashi decides to take it a step further and tried to sow discord and rumors of infidelity. It almost works, but Sakuhime is like an observer. She sees everything her host sees and cannot tell a lie. This undoes Kakashi's lies and Rin and Ichigo are good again.
However, before Kakashi can strike again, he decides to move ahead with what he had been planning for over a month now : Asking Rin to marry him.
They go to a restaurant for a drink and a small meal while he works up the nerve to ask her. He finally does and gets a resounding YES from her, sealing the deal and enraging the cyclops.
On Naruto's front, he takes his girls on a bit of a shopping bender with their takes of Zabuza's and Gatou's bounty money, which was quite a tidy sum. During which time, he reflects on what makes each of them so unique while he buys them a gift which reminds them of the promise they made to him in the hospital one year ago. The girls decide in the interest of keeping things fair, Ino should take him out on a date since they had been gone for a while. She gets filled in about what happened in Wave and she is understandily upset with the council's blatant miscarriage of justice, but is reminded that they shouldn't act out yet and bide their time, to which she reluctantly agrees. From there he sends her home, but a jealous Sasuke was watching them. He broods over it for a while until he stomps off to sulk. END
UZUMAKI RESIDENCE - THE NEXT MORNING
The denizens of House Uzumaki were just waking up and getting ready for their days. Team 8 had been given a few days off for their spectacular performance in Wave. Hinata and Sakura were planning on grabbing Naruto and Ino and hitting the sales racks, fully intending to put Naruto's Kage Bunshin through it's paces. As with the shopping spree his two teammates dragged him on and the one Ino pulled on their date, he knew that resistance was futile and resigned himself. Ino also said that she wanted some additional time with him to make up for the month long absence. Since they all agreed to share him until a decision could be made, she wanted to stand a chance of being a something important to Naruto and Kami will, his wife someday.
What they didn't know about was the CRA, or Clan Restoration Act, that allowed a dwindling Clan to take multiple wives to boost their numbers once again. Kushina knew about it, but wanted to watch these girls more to evaluate them. What she had heard about them before the attack on the Academy wasn't too pleasant, two die-hard fangirls and a timid doormat. She wanted to be sure that these girls would measure up and not revert, but they were shaping up quite nicely so far. The Hokage, the girl's parents, and herself would present the option to them if they kept up the progress not only as ninja, but also as people.
Haku slept well for the first time in years in the Uzumaki house, and in a comfortable bed, too. His dinner with Team 8 left him feeling better than he had in a while, not to mention fuller. Ms. Uzumaki, or 'Mom' as she wanted to be called, was a highly pleasant woman to be around and had a warm motherly air to her that put him at ease the second he met her. Anko was a strange one. The way she dressed left little to the imagination, but she didn't act like she dressed at home. The outside world knew her as a cast iron bitch with a sadistic streak a mile long, but she was a caring woman who loved her family, willing to kill anyone who would harm her precious people. All that aside, since no one was doing anything today, he was going to ask Kushina to show him around the village.
Anko had a day off from work due to Ibiki being in a good mood from breaking Aoi the rest of the way. The Snake Princess cringed at the sadistic smile that lit up the interrogator's face, which really said something since this was Anko, someone who made even the hardest of criminals soil themselves. Ibiki was deeply impressed with the way Ichigo dragged the traitor back to the village, also feeling vindicated for how he sustained the scars that adorned his scalp. Aoi was going to get the royal treatment for how he tricked his little brother Idate into betraying the village. Karma can be a real bitch, can't she?
Kushina was off for the day due to the Academy no having classes for the day. She needed the break from those hard headed fan girls she dealt with on a daily basis. Her classes had been affectionately dubbed as Kunoichi Bootcamp due to her Drill Sargeant approach to teaching them. She originally had many of their parents complaining about her due to some of her more, extreme methods. However, after seeing her methods put to the test, the Shinobi council put a rest to any complains about her teaching skills and methods due to her effectiveness.
Kushina stifled a yawn as she made her way down to the kitchen to brew a pot of coffee to get herself started, Anko right behind her. The two kunoichi inbibbed their morning infusion of wake up juice and their world slowly came into focus. Once the fog was cleared, Anko decided that she would cook breakfast, making her french toast with eegs while Kushina went up stairs to wake the other members of the family. Haku and Naruto were first. It was always known that Naruto wasn't a morning person, but Haku was proving to belong there more and more since he mumbles while he wakes up and runs into things.
The red headed ball of energy (After she's had her coffee...) bounded up to her oldest son's room to wake him by smothering him with embarrassing amounts of attention and embarrassing nicknames, only to find that he wasn't there and neither was his uniform, but his weapons were in there racks and holsters.
"This is really strange..." She thought worriedly. He never failed to tell her when something was going on. She just then had a memory flash.
"Oh yeah...He was with Rin-chan last night! Maybe she knows where he is." She thought as she slipped on some more socially acceptable clothes on other than her short shorts and a tank top and pelted out to the apartment of the young woman in question.
In the meantime, Anko, Haku and Naruto all settled in for breakfast.
"Mmmm...Something smells good..." Haku commented, a grin on his face.
"Yep! I'm makin' my special french toast 'n eegs! Eat up, brats!" Anko belted out merrily. She loved to cook and was pretty good at it, but rarely found the time.
The two boys sat down and dug in to the breakfast treat with gusto as Anko set herself up a plate and had at it herself.
'Mmmm...Get's better everytime...' She mused.
"This is really good, Anko-san!" Haku told her with a wide grin.
"Aint' it?!" She replied.
"Your boyfriend is really lucky, Anko-san!" Haku told her.
Naruto tried to stop him from mentioning that fact, but was too late to save his friend.
"Ohh boy..." Naruto whispered. He knew what was coming next. Even he and Ichigo knew better than to bring up that status of her lovelife, or lack there of. Apparently, nobody in the village either had the nerve to ask her out, or were just trying to wheedle sex out of her and she made them pay dearly.
Haku felt as if someone had tap danced on his grave as chills were doing marathon sprints up and down his spine. Anko loomed above like some malevolent goddess, a frown marring her otherwise lovely features.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!" She demanded more than asked.
Haku had to think fast or he was snake chow. "I, uh, mean you're so pretty and such a good cook, I thought that men would be starting the next Shinobi War over the right to date you!" He answered her quickly, sweating profusely.
His quick thinking paid off, because that malevolent aura the Snake Mistress was exuding faded away and her cheery demeanor came right back.
"Aww, you're so sweet, Haku-chan!" She gushed, pinching his cheek as she went back to eating.
"Nice save." Naruto whispered to his friend.
"Indeed. I thought she'd skin me alive." Haku replied, sighing in relief.
"Oh well, lessons learned. NEVER comment on Anko-nee's dating situation. She's pretty sensitive about it." Naruto warned him for future reference.
The rest of breakfast passed by without incident after that. After they finished and did their dishes, Naruto grabbed Haku and was going to take him on a small tour of the village before heading out with the girls for the day.
RIN'S APARTMENT
Sunlight spilled through the blinds of a small apartment towards the northern side of the village and on to the faces of a young couple whose bodies were completely intertwined with one another in a tight embrace. Now, this WOULD be completely innocent except for the fact that they weren't wearing ANY clothes and he had his face nuzzled into her not too generous but generous enough bust, the young woman looking content with it.
"Mmmnnn..." The young man groaned until he opened his eye to look into the eyes of his lover.
"Morning, Icchan." She breathed with a wide smile as she stole a kiss, which he eagerly returned.
"Morning, Rin-chan." He replied nipping playfully at her neck, elicting a small giggle from the brown haired medic.
Embarassingly, another person awoke as well. "Well, well...Aren't we the naughty couple." Sakuhime teased them, to which they still colored slightly.
"H-Hime! Come on!" Ichigo whined slightly.
"It's nothing to be embarrassed about, Ichigo-kun. After all, you two ARE engaged to be married aren't you?" The ghostly woman chuckled.
Rin looked up proudly. "You're damn right, I am." She retorted with a grin, tightening her grin on her soon-to-be husband.
They didn't get much more time to banter as they heard a knocking at the door. "Rin-chan? It's me, Kushina, dear! Are you home?" The red-headed matriarche called form the door.
"Mom?! Oh man!" Ichigo said in a mild panic as he scrambled around for his clothes, Rin doing the same. They didn't know HOW she would react if she knew that they just had sex.
Finally getting dressed and erasing any suspictions, they answered the door.
"Oh there you are! I was worried about you when you weren't in your room, young man." Kushina told him in a sweet voice that she usually reserved for when one of them was in trouble for something. She opened her eyes once again to see a ring on Rin's finger.
"Oh my...Did he?" She asked Rin, who nodded happily.
Kushina was bursting with happiness as she death-glomped the newly engaged couple. She was waiting for one of her 'babies' to get married, especially her eldest son. Her youngest was technically engaged already, but wouldn't be able to get married until he was sixteen yeard old, almost four years away. Anko was simply too much for the weak to handle, much like herself. The stigma that bastrad Orochimaru left in his wake didn't help her much, either.
"When's the wedding?! Are you planning it?! Where will it be?! Who are the brides maids?! How many kids will you have?! What will their names be?!" Kushina rambled on with questions at a rapid fire pace to Rin, who looked just as gobsmacked as her fiancee.
"Geez, mom...Calm down for a moment. I just proposed to her last night, so nothings been decided yet." He told his mother figure.
Rin came forward and clasped her soon-to-be mother-in-law's hands. "I'd be honored to recieve any advice or help from you that I can." She stated.
Once again, Kushina's 'Mommy Mode' roared to life again as she began squealing in delight, making her eldest son think she'd gone off the deep end...for good this time.
"I simply MUST tell Miho about this! While I'm at it, I HAVE to tell Hiashi, Tsume-chan, Inoichi and Yuka-chan, and Saru-jiji! They'll FLIP once they hear this! Konoha's most eligible batchelor, now engaged!" She cheered as she ran off to tell her best friends the wonderful news.
Ichigo sighed while chuckling. This was one of the personality quirks that made him love her as his mother, it really was. She was so much fun to be around and he wished that she was his REAL mother, that she raised him. However, one could shit in one hand and wish in the other, but which would fill up first? C'mon...You should know this by now.
Moving on, Rin had been around Kushina for years while she dated her sensei and somewhat of a father figure to her during her Genin days. The energy the vibrant red-head exuded so freely felt liberating. She had grown very close to Kushina over the years, but the Kyuubi incident took her away. She couldn't bring herself to blame Naruto for it. He was an innocent child who had just been born that night, not to mention Kushina's and her sensei's son. She took care of Naruto as best she could for the next twelve years until everything just fell together. Now, she was engaged to be married and the woman in question will be walking her through it each step of the way.
It was a nice day out and it would have been a shame to waste it. He grabbed Rin by the hand as they headed off to his place and to find their friends. One thought still nagged at him, Kakashi. What were they going to do about Kakashi and what he's been up to? He hadn't yet told Kushina as it slipped his mind, but he needed to tell her sooner rather than later. For now, he wasn't going to let that ruin a perfectly good day.
KONOHA SHOPPING DISTRICT
Naruto had led Haku on a guided tour of the village ninja style, or from the rooftops, and they wound up finding the girls along the way. The girls asked what he was doing there and Naruto told them that he was staying with him and his family for the time being. Haku wanted to explore a little more on his own, so he bade them goodbye.
"Yeah...Mom was actually asking him to call her mom if he wanted to." Naruto told them.
"Aww...that's really of sweet of your mom to do." Ino sighed.
Indeed, Kushina was definitely the mothering type. Even total badasses like Ichigo and Anko referred to the short red head as 'mom' in public and were actually proud of it. She always responded with affection for her children, even though the elder two weren't really hers and it was obvious that they loved her every bit as much in return. All three girls hoped that they would be able to run a family as well as Kushina can when the time came.
'And I know just the one I want to help me with that...' All three girls thought at the same time as they continued their shopping spree.
Naruto lucked out this time. He was allowed to use his Kage Bunshin to help him this time and the help was VERY welcome. As it turned out, the bounties for Zabuza and Aoi were quite high. The split alone was over 75,000 ryo and that was the funds that fueled this shopping spree.
Hinata WAS form an extremely wealthy clan, but refrained from flaunting it. She wanted to show that she could pave her own way and not alienate her friends, something her father took pride in and was VERY grateful for. He had heard of some girls being able to break the bank with their spending sprees, but Hinata was pretty easy on his wallet. It was Hanabi that might be a bit of a problem. Furthermore, she was pretty charitable, unlike maybe many other Hyuuga.
Sakura never really had much pocket money, as most of the money from the bakery was used to keep it running. The little bit of spending money she could get her hands on came from her making deliveries and getting tipped. On a good day, she would walk away with MAYBE 10 to 20 ryo and on a bad one, nothing. This little bonus was like pennies from heaven. She sank some of it into the bakery to help catch up on theirs bills and even stash over 10,000 ryou away for emergencies, much to her mother's relief and gratefulness, and kept the rest to fund her little trip, like she usually did with her mission money. She was a shrewd saver and financially savvy, too.
Ino was a bit wild with money, as her father could rarely muster up the willpower to say no when she turned on the dreaded pout, something she'd been doing since she was four. She usually saved up what she earned from minding her parent's flower shop and also managed to wheedle a little extra out of her dad, but when she shopped, she could haggle like a pro. She was a bargin hound of the highest degree and she could make money stretch. Hell, she could probably milk even the most meager of budgets, something she got from her mother.
Naruto, well, years of living on a shoestring budget made him into a bit of a penny pincher. He scrimped and saved everything he ever received and earned, and it didn't help that for the longest time people overcharged him on just about everything. Ever since the fire at the Academy and the following year onward, things had been getting better as more shops would give him fair prices and would even let him shop there. This money he earned was going into his piggy bank, as it were. He had a sizable amount of money stashed away, at first it was for a dire emergency, now it was for a rainy day and for setting up a house of his own someday.
Thanks to his clones, he was able to sneak off and get each of the girls a small token of affection. They passed by a jeweler's and saw the most peculiar things on display. There was a Pink Azalea, Carnation, and Red Rose made of crystal on display and it made him think of when he was in the hospital after the fire and the girls declared their feelings. The price for all three as a bit steep, but he could manage it. After shelling out the money for the gifts, having them wrapped, and the lady behind the counter badgering him on who the lucky lady was with a sly grin, he was out the door to catch up to them.
The shopping trip wound down as Sakura was due back at the bakery to help with the evening rush orders for bread and Hinata had something to do back at Hyuuga Manor, so that gave Ino her time alone with Naruto, just as she wanted. Naruto chose this time to hand them their gifts. Upon opening them, each girl had tears in their eyes, genuinely touched by what the gesture really meant. Those particular flowers were the ones that they gave to Naruto upon confessing how they felt for him. All three girls gave him a heartfelt kiss on his cheek as a thank you.
Finally, the time to part had come, with Hinata and Sakura going home. They DID say they had urgent business to take care of, but it seemed a little too convenient, like it was set up by her two friends to keep the playing field even. After the two dropped off Ino's parcels back at her house, she took him out on a little date.
Ino had taken him out to one of her favorite restaurants, Toshiko's, a Yakiniku place that her team found themselves at a little too often when Chouji was hungry. She got them seated and soon she was asking him about how his mission in Wave had gone, as well as how 'Emo pants the Great' had behaved himself. When Naruto told her of what happened with Sasuke's threats, she was appalled and angered by it.
"I knew that bastard was a heartless beast, but this was low, even for him. It's even worse that he wasn't even punished for it." Ino growled, wishing she could go out and turn his mind into a gelatin mold.
"I know Ino-chan, but Aniki said it was better to not make a fuss over it for now as it would only make things worse. I kinda agree with him." Naruto replied.
"But...Why?" She asked, puzzled.
"Well...Say we stir up the council, bad stuff can happen if we aren't ready. Aniki and mom agree that we should wait until the time is right." Naruto explained to her.
Ino thought it over for a moment and nodded in agreement. Her father had made sure that she understood how the council worked and from what she was taught, the politicians were devious beyond anything a ninja could muster and THEY were the ones backing Sasuke. If they wanted to do anything to bring Sasuke to justice for any of his crimes, they would have to time it just right, or it would back fire and the backlash would turn the village inward onto itself. In these turbulent times, this was something they could not afford.
"Now that I think about it, you have a point. I mean, we've got to be careful about who we're dealing with. I don't want them to hinder our...chances at having a family." Ino replied, her tone turning a slight bit sultry at the end.
Normally, Naruto would welcome the change in the subject, but this was making him a little hot under the collar. Ino really knew how to turn up the heat when she wanted to. She really had honest feelings for him, nothing like the infatuation she had for the Uchiha a little over a year ago, and she could see herself starting a family with him. Visions of little blond haired, blue eyed children playing in the yard danced in her head for a few moments before Naruto snapped her back to reality.
"Yo! Ino-chan! You okay? You kinda zoned out for a moment." Naruto said, his tone a bit concerned.
"Oh, I'm fine Naru-kun. I was just thinking about the future..." She replied wistfully, her head propped on her hands. She then looked at the sky and saw that it was going down. Taking that as a sign that she should call this day to an end, she stood up.
"It's getting a little late. Wanna walk me home?" She asked cutely.
He could never deny her or the other girls that, so he did so without a second thought, Ino taking his hand into hers as they left the restaurant.
"Huh?" Naruto uttered as he spun around quickly, something skirting along the edge of his senses.
"What's wrong?" Ino asked, puzzled.
"It's nothing, I guess. Just thought I felt something behind us..." He replied to her as they continued walking along the way to Ino's house.
From behind a building, a figure emerged, glaring at them with contempt. Sasuke was seriously pissed at what happened on the Wave mission, at the Uzumaki's in general. He wanted to find out why they were so strong so that he could take it for himself, but found out nothing.
'The dobe is always fooling around with those wenches of his, but he keeps getting stronger than me! Are they teaching him something, giving him power that they could have given to me? I need it more! That Yamanaka whore used to hang all over me, and that Haruno slut used to, too! That dobe stole the power that was rightfully mine!' Sasuke deduced crookedly as he stormed off again, plotting ways to get what he wanted.
EARLIER THAT DAY WITH RIN AND ICHIGO...
The now engaged couple were on the streets to inform their friends of the good news. The first person they ran into was Asuma.
"Whoa...Taking the big plunge? Congrats you two, seriously." The bearded Jounin told them with a grin.
"It's not a 'plunge', Asuma! Besides, Kurenai is STILL waiting for you to get a clue that she likes you!" Rin chided.
"Okay...Okay. Sheesh. I just...want to be sure." He sighed. He knew that Kurenai liked him, but wanted to be sure that she wasn't like some of the fickle women that chased him just because he was one of the Sandaime's sons.
Rin knew Asuma enough to know what held him up, but Kurenai was a dear friend of hers and knew that reputations meant nothing to her. Kurenai was also a very good friend of Ichigo's as well as a fellow instructor at the Academy and the one he sponsered for Jounin, so he knew her pretty well. She was the epitome of a serious kunoichi, one who put her career ahead of an infatuation and only strayed from that if she truly meant it.
"Come on, Asuma. Don't give us that crap. Give Kurenai more credit than that. She deserves at least that much." Ichigo reprimanded. He didn't want Kurenai to strung along like that. She was a good, strong woman, like his sister and mother, and would be a real keeper to the man that was brave enough to take a chance. He saw Kurenai as a sister of sorts, so he was bound to be a bit protective over her.
"I...understand." He replied after silence reigned for a few moments.
"Good. I hope this talk was...informative. Now, where is our mutual crimson eyed kunoichi?" Rin asked.
"I think she's at home right now." He answered after thinking for a moment.
"Well, we'll be going now. Later." The brown haired woman said as they walked off.
"Geez...I s'pose that Kurenai deserves an answer..." Asuma mumbled as he walked in the direction of Kurenai's place.
WITH KUSHINA, RUNNING AROUND LIKE A LOON...
She had just gotten done talking with Hiashi and Inoichi whose wife offered to do the floral arrangements, now she was heading to her friend Miho to tell her the news and ask if she could bake the cake when the day came when she saw a shock of silvery hair and decided to say hello to "Kaka-chan" As she called him even now. Unfortunately, in her revelry, she forgot about the little talk about his treachery and ran up to him.
"Ah, Kaka-chan! Did Icchan and Rin-chan already tell you the good news?!" She asked with rapid fire talking.
He had to fight down a sneer at the woman that he believed stole his sensei's attention away from him and answer her or she'd get suspicious. She may act like a hyperactive loon at times, but she was damn sharp and intelligent. "I was just walking along...Oh. Did he tell you what happened in Wave. I mean, I assume since he did that sort of thing with the client's daughter, he'd assume responsibility for it."
Kushina's eyes took on a razor sharp edge to them, making him flinch slightly. "Really? Do tell..." She asked for more details. By the end of it, she had some serious questions to ask her son, with some questions to Naruto, as well.
As she bolted off to find him, Kakashi gave a wicked smile under his mask, hoping that this wedding was derailed. He knew that Kushina abhorred that sort of behaivor and would take care of his problem for him as he sauntered off, pulling out his Icha Icha Book and began to read again. Bound for his next target...tempt the Hyuuga woman Airi into interfering in the relationship.
'I know that Hyuuga slut has the hots for that loser...She just needs a push in the right direction, Sharingan style.'
AT THE HOSPITAL...
Airi had just gotten done taking vitals for a patient and sent his to see his regular doctor when she sat down in the break room to rest for a moment. She was wondering where Rin was since she wanted to talk about something that was bothering her for a while now.
'I know that Rin-chan is dating Ichigo-kun, but...I really like him, too. This is just so confusing, I don't know what to do..." The Hyuuga maiden lamented. Rin trusted her completely and wouldn't dream of throwing away her lifelong friendship over a man...but the temptation WAS there. If she let him go even for one second, Airi knew she would be right there to catch the rebound. A sound at the door distracted her from her thoughts. The sound of someone entering the room. This someone turned out to be none other than Kakashi. She wasn't too keen on the masked Jounin for a number of reasons, his blatant reading of that Icha Icha book in public being one of them and his cool demeanor being another.
"Kakashi? What are you doing here?" She asked with as hint of suspicion, although his posture spoke volumes to her.
"Why so suspicious? I just wanted to chat with you for a bit, that's all." He replied in a tone that was smothered in false concern.
"Really? What could we POSSIBLY have to talk about?" Airi retorted with thick sarcasm.
"Did Rin tell you that Ichigo proposed to her last night? The surprize on your face tells me that she didn't. To think that she wouldn't trust you, her best friend with this knowledge..." He rattled off.
"What do you mean by that, Hatake?" She growled.
"I mean that she knows that you obviously have the hots for her now fiancee and she doesn't trust you around him anymore." He told her hiding his smug tone.
Airi's mind reeled from what she just heard. 'They're...getting married and didn't tell me? Does she really know about my feelings for him and not trust me anymore?' She thought, tears coming to her eyes.
Kakashi smirked at his handiwork. 'Good. The more chaotic her mind is, the easier it will be to manipulate her into doing what I want. Even if she won't agree, there's always plan B.' He thought deviously as he continued to whittle her defenses away.
"You know...You COULD take him for yourself. After all, you are of the Hyuuga Main House, of much higher birth than she is. You shouldn't want to be her, someone of common birth who has what you want..." He continued to needle away at her.
'I...I could steal him away...I would just have to...No! I won't do it! I won't betray their trust in me! I won't let that bastard use me!' Airi screamed inwardly as her resolve hardened once again.
"I think you should leave right now, you dispicable bastard. I won't betray their trust. Yes...I have fallen in love with him and would have jumped at the chance to date him. Maybe...that would have been ME engaged to him if I saw him first...but I didn't. She did and I will respect that." Airi snarled at him, her Byakugan blazing.
'Time for plan B...' Kakashi thought as he reached into his pouch for a pellet with a chakra suppressing gas in it. With her Byakugan active, she was nearly immune to Genjutsu, but it he cut off her chakra and impaired her senses, a Genjutsu on her would be easy and she would be under his thrall.
Acting quickly, he threw the ampoule down hard and released the gas, which immeadiately did it's job.
"Wha-What the hell a-are you doing?!" She hacked, the gas beginning to subdue her.
"This..." He told her coldly as he placed a Mind Control Genjutsu on her with his Sharingan.
"I must find Ichigo-kun and take him away from that whore..." Airi said tonelessly as she stood up and walked right out of the small office in a trance like state, the Genjutsu taking effect.
Kakashi casually left the office through an open window, smirking to himself. 'Good...This will make them fight amonst themselves...' He thought as he bounded away. At this point, he didn't really care who he hurt, as long as he caused them trouble.
'As I said before, I made sure Obito was out of the picture and even got a Sharingan as a bonus due to that fool thinking I was his friend. Now...It's time to get rid of this annoyance.' He sneered mentally.
UZUMAKI RESIDENCE
Ichigo and Rin ventured over to the Uzumaki house to tell Anko and Naruto the good news, but as soon as they opened the door, Ichigo was met by a very, VERY, angry Kushina.
"We need to talk, young man." She told him in the same tone that Rin used on him last night as she dragged him into the house, Rin following.
"Kushina?! What's wrong?" Rin asked.
"Dear...Did you know about this?" Kushina asked the young woman in a gentle tone.
"Know about wha...Wait...Did Kakashi talk to you?" Rin asked.
"Yes...How did you know?" The older woman asked, puzzled.
"Damn that weasel bastard..." Rin growled in anger.
"What do you mean?" Kushina asked, her suspicion piqued.
Sakuhime had heard enough and decided to come out, forcefully giving herself corpreal form.
"Kushina-san...Hatake-san lied you, to Rin-chan. He is trying to tear them apart out of spite and doesn't care who he hurts or uses. He wants Rin-chan all to himself and will stop at nothing to get her." The Angel answered with her displeasure clear in her tone.
This made Kushina remember the conversation that she had with her two eldest about his strange behaivor as of late and she put two and two together. She walked up to her eldest son and embraced him as best she could.
"Icchan...I'm so, so sorry for doubting you." She told him, cupping his cheek and kissed it.
"S'okay, mama." He replied softly as he returned the affection.
"That little bastard...I'll kill him...NOW." The red head snarled with all of the rage and hate she could muster, her red locks rising up into distinctive "Tails" behind her (Come on...She WAS the previous jinchuuriki for the Kyuubi...) as she stomped out the door in search of the one-eyed pervert that dared to FUCK with her family.
"Wow...She's really pissed off..." Rin commented as Hime went back into her host.
"Yeah...You can see WHY I won't EVER make her mad at me. I'M scared of her!" Ichigo replied.
"Hey! What's got mom so pissed off?!" A voice called out from the genkan.
"Yes...She stormed off in quite a hurry. Is everything alright?" Another voice asked. It was Haku and Anko that just got home.
Rin and Ichigo explained what was going on and Anko was torn between wanting to cut off Hatake's fingers, hang him upside down, and let him bleed out, and congradulating her brother on her impending marriage. Haku also offered his congradulations and well wishes while offering his thoughts on the situation.
"Hatake-san has gone too far..." Haku growled. His new family treated him right, so he felt it proper to desire a measure of payback against the one who was deliberately trying to hurt them.
"What about Kakashi-teme?" Naruto asked as he was taking his sandals off and walking in, seeing Rin.
"Oh, hey Rin-neechan." He greeted.
"Well..." Ichigo started as he told Naruto of what Kakashi has been doing and the boy was furious. However, that was quickly overshadowed by cheer when he heard the news that his big brother was getting married and to Rin of all people, one of the only people that watched out for him while growing up. Now, she really was going to become one of the family.
"So, mom's tracking that asshole down and she's gonna teach him a lesson then? Cool! I wanna watch her beat somebody up thats not us for once!" Naruto cheered.
KONOHA STREETS
Kakashi was strutting down the street, bound for his favorite bookshop to buy the next installment of the Icha Icha series, contemplating his next move in getting Rin all to himself. He had just turned Ichigo's his own mother against him and now Airi was under his control. All he needed her to do was be caught trying to seduce Ichigo for his plan to work and since she was under his spell, she wouldn't quit until someone noticed the Genjutsu and broke it, she accomplished her given goal, or she was killed.
What he didn't notice was a red haired wraith stalking him, waiting for the perfect time to strike. She'd finally had enough of people trying to harm her family and she was ready to strike back at them, council be damned.
'If they get in my way, they'll be next...' She snarled inwardly as she got ready to pounce.
Finally, Kakashi exited the shop with his new purchase and began to stroll down the street again when Kushina walked out and kept calm.
"Hello there, Kaka-chan." She greeted pleasantly.
Kakashi smiled smugly to himself, thinking she had already dealt with part of his problem for him. "Hello there, Kushina-san. I trust everything is well?" He asked with faked cordiality.
"About that...I need to speak with you. Follow me, please." She asked him, trying to ure him away form the main streets and on to a training ground to properly deal with him. Kakashi simply followed her, thinking that he could deal with her at the same time without someone to help her.
The Uzumaki brood plus Rin all found them and were puzzled by how cordial she was with the bastard.
"What the hell is she doing?" Ichigo asked.
"I dunno. I thought he'd be a pulp right now." Naruto replied.
"Wait...Look where she's headed. The training grounds. She wants to do this where she'll get into the least amount of trouble." Anko realised. The group began tailing them to the training grounds in case soemthing happened.
TRAINING GROUND #6
They had finally arrived at the closest TG to the village when Kakashi stopped suddenly and lowered his Hitai-ate to reveal his Sharingan eye.
"What are you doing?" She questioned him, her danger senses blaring.
"You know...I really liked Sensei. I really did. But he was a fool for playing favorites." Kakashi stated as he paced around her.
"You know damn well that Minato trained you all equally. He saw no favorites." Kushina answered hotly.
"Actually, he had a favorite...two in fact. That fool Obito...and YOU." Kakashi retorted, finishing with a hateful snarl.
"Obito was a sweet boy! He was an Uchiha, but he didn't think that he was the cock of the walk like the rest of them and Minato and I were dating LONG before you were his student, so don't EVEN try that with me." She countered.
"That's exactly he was a fool...I was the prodigy! I deserved to be special, not some foriegn slut or a hopeless loser!" He yelled in rage.
"In his eyes, there were no prodigies or geniuses. Everyone was equal in his eyes." Kushina shot back.
Kakashi's rage faded, but something even more disturbing popped up in its place, smug arrogance. He pulled out and ampoule and threw it down, releasing a gas that suppress her power and weakened her. He quickly took the antidote so that he wouldn't affected, like before.
"Wh-what did you do to me, y-you little bastard?!" Kushina choked out, struggling to stay upright and keep her vision focused.
"You know...I guess I should be grateful to that fool Obito for something. That idiot thought I was his friend and asked Rin give me his remaining Sharingan...He was never worthy of owning such power in the first place and Rin never noticed that he COULD have escaped, but a carefully timed Doton jutsu took care of him." He grinned evilly under his mask.
"Wait...you killed Obito? You monster..." Kushina breathed. She knew Kakashi was capable of some pretty underhanded stuff, but this was too much. He murdered a fellow shinobi and got away with it, just so her husband would make him his favorite.
"Well, now that I've told you this...I'm going to have to kill you. Goodbye, whore. Your family is next. You all are a stain on everything Minato-sensei worked for and I'll see all of you destroyed!" He screamed as he bore down in the woman with a killing blow...but she was expecting it.
" What's the matter, little boy?! Too scared to take me in at full strength? Besides, the old man would NEVER let you get away with this!" Kushina yelled as she fought back as hard as she could with that gas corrupting her body.
"Hah! That old fool?! The council will see to him soon enough! Now DIE!" He yelled as he bit his thumb for some blood and swiped it on a scroll.
KUCHIYOSE NO JUTSU : TSUIGA!
On cue, Kakashi's nin-ken popped out of the ground and clamped down on her, holding her in place.
"Heh, heh...Now, Kushina-san...You die." He told her cruelly as he charged up his Raikiri and readied his lunge, but found that his feet were frozen in place.
Out of the treeline, he could see a quintet of figures walking toward him. When he saw who they were, he began to panic.
'They followed us here?! I can't take them all at once, especially not Ichigo, and Rin is here, too! NO!' He screamed in his mind, all of his planning ruined. Now, Rin was more likely to kill him in cold blood than fall for him after seeing this. Rin always looked to Kushina as a motherly figure and would never hear a cross word against her.
"You bastard...How DARE you do this to our family?! Did you think you'd get away with this?! HUH?!" Anko screamed at the top of her lungs as she summoned snakes to immoblize him further.
SENEI'JASHU!
The snakes she summoned bit into Hatake and their poison was now coursing through him, but not enough to kill. Just enough to make SURE he couldn't fight back.
Ichigo took his turn as he forcefully ripped him from Haku's ice and shook him like a ragdoll.
"You son of a bitch...You thought that you could betray us...try to break Rin and I apart and try to KILL our mother without consequenses?! If it weren't for the laws of this village, I'd kill you where you stand. However, I think Anko-nee has something FAR worse in store for you..." He smiled evilly, breaking his legs to both further prevent escape and for a measure of payback as Rin walked up to him...and delivered a cracking slap to his face.
"You...dispicable bastard...YOU killed Obito-kun and had me believe that he wanted you to have his eye?! You sick FUCK! I should maim and mutilate you right here and right now! You...FUCKING TRAITOR!" The medic screamed in anger as she slugged him dead in the face, running to Ichigo's arms afterwards. Now, it was Naruto's turn.
"You tried to kill my mom, huh? I won't waste the effort in hitting a piece of shit like you. You aren't even worth raising a finger, you traitor." Naruto snarled, trying to keep himself in check to avoid letting the Kyuubi take over. He waked over with Anko and supported their mother, who slumped over in exhaustion from the poison in her syster
The group then tied him up and waited for the ANBU to arrive while Rin worked on healing Kushina. As luck would have it, the ANBU who came were Cat and Tiger, two of Naruto's protectors in his younger days. After hearing their testimony, the two ANBU had enough evidence to convict Kakashi of Grand Treason for what he just admitted to.
"Kakashi Hatake...You are under arrest for assault with the intent to kill, suspicion of murder, talk of conspiring willful sedition and treason. If you resist, you will executed on the spot." Tiger ordered in a cold tone as his partner teleported him away to the ANBU lock up, meant for shinobi prisoners. Tiger turned back to the assembled family and addressed them.
"Hokage-sama would like to speak with all of you about what happened here tonight. Please, come by the office." The ANBU told them as he teleported away.
"Well, let's go. Help me up, Icchan." She asked tiredly as he loaded her into his arms, her own around his neck.
Anko grabbed Naruto, the only one there that couldn't use the Shunshin, and they all did a mass Shunshin over to Hokage tower, Haku, Ichigo and Kushina in columns of water and Anko, Naruto, and Rin in swirls of leaves.
A/N: Shit, fire and Turkey piss! This took a while to crank out! I was stuck for a long time, trying to make things fit until a few days ago. I was washing the dishes after dinner (Because my wife makes me do them...) and it just kind of clicked.
Now, Kakashi's been a VERY bad boy, hasn't he? He won't be getting away with what he's done so easily, but remember, he still as Airi under the control of his Genjutsu and could STILL cause trouble!