I just stood there, Spikes scattered all around me to hold off Kuro, He is one for charging in and close combat, it is the best way to hold him off, tossing Kunai at him as he easily blocked them, i need some kind of ranged attacks, sadly it did not hold him off to long, once he noticed where they all sat on the ground, he easily got in close and started a Taijutsu battle, With speed and precision he easily avoided all the spikes and took me down so fast. With a kick, I flew backwards my hand landing onto one. Sitting there feeling week and dumb i looked at my hand as i pulled the small spike out, sighing, bleeding a little, i just put pressure on the small wound. "i feels like i am not getting better" i mumbled as he stood above me void of emotion. "hurting myself with my own weapons", I stood back up, dusting myself off and getting ready to start again.
The only thing i was decent at was noticing genjutsu.
I had been sparring with the boys all day, My grudge to Hayashi was gone, I was fine with with it now, it made sense that someone was sent to watch me, might be why i also got put with Kuro because i knew him, he found me even if it was something we never talked about.
I also could not get myself to tell them about that book, even Kuro, let alone what i would say. We spent a couple days just training, When i forgave hayashi we got a lot closer, me and him are quiet similar. I don't know if he ever noticed i was angry, he is very good at reading me so maybe, again something else we never talk about.
We were walking through the city i started to see the dirty kids, The genin were back, even if there was not as many. Kuro told me there was normally some kind of survival test that lasted a few days, I found out in about a month they will fight each other for everyone to see, It sounded nice i kind of want to be there, would be great to see other people really fight.
I had started to notice the kids here did not give me the look everyone does, and not just the strangers but the leaf village genin, not sure if they don't know me, or they don't care, unlike the older counterparts.
Being a lazy day i was just strolling around, I saw naruto flash by a few times, i noticed he was being chased by some guy all in blue, wearing weird glasses. I smiled the two times i saw him, Curious as how the exams went, and what they were doing. I wonder how Iruka is.
My eyes closed, I was chilling in the hot awesome waters of the bathhouse, something so rejuvenating about it, maybe it was the smell, Something i just can't get at home. Trying to ignore chakra was starting to get as hard as trying to find it, sometimes having it in the back of my mind while being next to people was starting to get annoying. So when i had no reason, i have been trying to find a way to turn it off.
There was a bunch of ladies here today, and man they were loud and so annoying, i was starting to get a little moody when i heard some yelling outside, Being a little curious i grabbed my towel and went to peek, Looking out the door i saw Naruto yelling at that perv from the festival.
Being slightly stunned he was standing on a giant fucking frog, I was making the same face i did last time i saw him. He started yelling back something about being a sage, whatever that means, and then how he was only looking at the naked girls for his book, he pulled out my series, icha icha, A big smile creeped on my face, one for the scene in front of me, His Perviness making me laugh again, and some guy was passed out sprawled on the ground, but mostly about the fact that what he said in the book store might be true, a third book will be here soon.
I was excited about knowing he wrote them i would have introduced myself again if i was not in a towel and he was not a perv i tightened my towel at that thought, As the other girls heard he was peeking they all screamed and ran away, i watched as he gave a heartbroken look towards them. My smile got bigger at the words that came out of Narutos mouth. pervy old sage. I don't think they really noticed me.
Getting less interested about the drama as Naruto tried to get him to train him, while the fox said something about being an artist, i was bored and went back inside, was not to long till i heard the yelling stop. next time i will talk to him.
Getting back into the now empty bath, the girls are gone, the perv was gone, I had a great time alone. My mood was now way better. But the giant frog passed through my mind a lot.
After the best bath, I stayed a while being the only person there, i got ready and walked out, happy and calm, Kuro was leaning on the bars over the water, I was so startled to see him, He opened his eyes, a part of him looked a little annoyed. I was trying so hard to not look for chakra, i guess that was wrong.
"mission" i asked slightly apologetic, he nodded, I followed him to the hokage tower for instruction.
We are gonna be watching some rich guys kid, great babysitting, wtf. My happy mood was gone. Who buys ninjas to watch there kid and it was a c rank mission. We met at the gate and just headed out. It took a few hours of non stop running but we got the town he lived in. Walked up to a mansion, There was some land workers messing with bushes. A old white haired butler opened the door and let us in.
The front room was so big, it was clean and empty, with some art on the walls, A maid walked by as the butler showed us to the man of the house.
Learning it was only him and his kid, i just can't understand why someone would need a home this big for two people. It was a bit of a walk until we were showed to his office on the ground floor. The only chair in this room was the one he was sitting in. Looking at this man who looks just a bit to perfect, his dark short hair sat perfectly, his expensive looking suit sitting well fit on his body. He gave us a Big friendly smile, Calling us in with a big smile.
He was explaining how he was setting up a new business in a different town and wanted a bit more bodyguards for his kid Who means everything and just wants to be sure he is safe. I watched him smile, and talk in his kind voice, I could see a tiny bit of his chakra, having to look as hard i could because something was off.
Deep inside he was mean, and had a slyness like a weasel, he was such a good actor that if i did not see his heart i would have been bought, but i started to see through his fake ass. Making sure it did not show on my face, i stood there emotionless, Trying to be a bit more like Kuro.
We were showed to the kids wing, yes wing, of the house. Walking to the biggest room, I was amazed at the size and that there was every toy imaginable. The Slightly chubby Brown haired kid sat mid room with his toys. The butler introduced us, He looked up at us With a scrunched up face, "who cares" and went back to his toys, he was a monster killing a town of people. The butler left, we stood at his door, at least is fine playing alone. I was not happy to be here, Kuro would rather fight then anything, but Hayashi tried to move on with this crap mission. "so, I guess we just keep our senses open, and not leave him alone" I just glared at him "How long are we here for" i asked with attitude, "a few days i think", my face dropped, "days".
Hayashi said we should get to know the area, So Kuro and I went to look around while Hayashi stayed with him. There is tons of ways someone could get in here. Sighing i walked into the bedroom and sat in a tiny child's chair, that was sat around a childs table, sprawling out. Hayashi sat on a matching chair and Kuro leaned on a wall, eyes closed. Noticing we are alone i whispered "you know he was lying right" they both nodded.
The kid looked over at us and yelled to get out of his room, how help is not allowed to be in here, i looked over at hayashi Now what written all over my face. "We are not the help" Kuro snapped, The kids face went red, and he started yelling for his dad, A maid showed up trying to calm him down, she looked at us with desperation Sighing we all got up and went into the hallway to make him stop screaming. Once he stoped the maid scurried away as fast as she could and he slammed the door shut.
"What now" i asked, Looking at Hayashi again. He was holding the base of nose, I guess This is Something he does not do also.
I quietly started to open his door slowly he did not notice. "maybe he would want to learn something ninja like" i whispered, "Then we can be in his room", Hayashi sighed, worth a try. Fully opening his door, he looked up his face scrunching, "hold it" i said with my hands up He paused before he screamed, "do you wanna learn something a ninja can do?" i asked, his eyes opened, he jumped up nodding "now what", i mumbled my plan falling through, what do we teach him.
"Getting an idea, I showed him a fake hand sign, He did it, "nothing happened" he whined, "Try again", i adjusted his hands, "k go" My team looked confused knowing it was a fake sign. "hmm i guess your chakra is not strong enough" He stomped on the floor, "How about i teach you how to get stronger chakra", "he nodded bratatly, "okay sit down", "close your eyes" he did, "and clear your mind" he nodded, "focus on your breathing and just sit there, it may take some time, but the more you focus the stronger you get" I made him hold a wrong version of the tiger, He then just sat there quietly.
Looking back, feeling a bit like a bitch, Kuro was smirking and Hayashi looked impressed. at least they did not judge me for that. Sitting back down "not sure what were gonna do when he stops" Hayashi said, I nodded.
He stayed like that for about 20 minutes, so much longer then i thought it would he got angry again when nothing happened, but that was when we got saved by a maid who went to give him a bath and get ready for bed "That was lucky". The kids bed was on the wall in between the door in and the window, so when he went to sleep, Hayashi sat on the windowsill and me and kuro sat on either side of the door.
I really wanted to get up and walk around. I noticed we were alone again, not even a maid, "wasn't this kid supposed to have other bodyguards?" I whispered to Kuro, He just looked at me for a moment Before he looked back towards the window, Not sure what he was thinking.
With nothing to look at i looked back at Kuro, I wonder how he can be so calm, the kind of person that most times u can not read at all. He noticed i was staring at him, and looked back at me, unreadable, I just smiled and turned back to the room. I love it when he emotes, he is always amazingly calm, but i think he is afraid of bugs.
"This is the worst", He made a small noise.
We all just sat there, No one came by, I was getting annoyed that we will be doing this for a couple fucking days. I was hoping the guys were hating this as much as me, I hate babysitting in general and this is worse.
I wonder if i am right. I looked over at Kuro a couple times before i gave in. "There is a spider on your sleeve", after a moment he jumped up quietly and gracefully and dusted his arms off. I just silently smiled at him. "i knew it" i mumbled, he glared at me, knowing i was lying while he sat back down.
"You're mean today" he whispered with a small smirk. nodding "I kind of am" I smiled at him apologetically "sorry". I have been in a bad mood all day.
The morning came, and the brat wanted to go to a nearby park, So we had to take him, after he ate, we passed His fathers office on our way back to the front door i noticed his father had a ton of bodyguards. I saw both the boys also looked that way. When we got to the park we all circled it and stood in different areas like bodyguards.
I think we startled some other parents, They looked a little alerted, a couple actually took there kids away when we all showed up. We watched him try to play with some other kids his age. I put my arms on my front like they did in shows. it was uncomfortable, so i slid them with my thumbs around my skirt. I heard some whispers when a couple mothers were taking there kids out of the park near me, I guess this poor kid can't hang out with a lot of people, they all hate his horrible father, so they want nothing to do with the kid. I was really curious as to who he really is, and for the first time my heart went out to the kid.
I felt a pull, I did not even see any chakra But my body moved instinctively, faster then my mind, before i knew it i had grabbed the kid and pulled him away, where he stood a man was there, A very tall skinny man in a light blue long coat swinging around him from the speed, He had a gray outfit and no forehead protector, He had an angry look on his face as he jumped away, Kuro followed, all this happened in the span of a second. My eyes were as shocked at my reaction as Hayashi's, he was in between me and where they ran off unsure if he should go. A second pause and he decided to stay with me and the kid. All the people that were here grabbed their kids and ran off, so after a few more seconds it was just us three, The kid in my arms, as he clung to me in fear.
Looking at the area they disappeared. "We should get him back to his house" I nodded, They were so gone i could not sense anything, the speed was crazy. The kid stayed on my arm, i could not shake him. so i picked him up and we ran fast to his house.
We walked into the front door, The butler walked by, and just kept on walking. "should you go after them?", I asked, "no, there is a chance there is more then one", i nodded.
"That was impressive", I looked up at him, "ya i still am shocked that happened" i lightly laughed, He patted me on the head again, and turned to walk, Being patted on the head is always so enjoyable, makes me smile every time. The kid still clung to my arm, as we walked him back to his wing.
About 15 worrisome minutes I felt a second pull, Standing up and alerting Hayashi, Kuro was sliding down the hallway and stopped at the door, He was also almost to fast for my sense again, Man real ninjas and i'm even more useless.
He looked around at us all and he seemed to calm down. "glad your back" i said with relief, kid sitting at my feet, playing with his toys. Hayashi asked what happened, He chased him away from the village He followed him easy but could not stop him and they just kept running farther away, so he just turned around and came back, worried about us, in case there was more I smiled kindly at him and was amazed he said so many words.
I was at a loss, I am putting all my trust in my team again, i believe they know what to do in this situation. i just sat there with the kid at my feet, Hayashi went to speak to the kids father, i don't know why completely but at least he will know someone tried to grab his kid. I just stared wide eyes at Kuro, so relived he did not get into a fight, but i know it is coming, You can feel it in the air, we were all tense, even the kid, he was to afraid to leave my body, he was almost leaning on my leg, The only good thing about that was this kid was no longer being mean to us.
A maid wondered by tiding up, She gave a random glance to the fact he was at my feet and not yelling, I guess she does not know someone tried to kidnap him, When he looked up at her she turned and and left the room. My heart went to him a second time, no wonder he is a brat, no one seems to care, or talk to him like a person,They almost seem to stay out of this wing, remembering not one person last night but the father was surrounded and i have a feeling it is not just because we are here.
When Hayashi came back, he said nothing, but his father never even came to see how the damn kid is. Lying ass. The boys went in the hall to talk with kid not leaving my person, i was not a part of it.
Hayashi decided to rig all entryways with a trap, now that we now someone is after this kid. It took a bit but when the kid took a nap i was able to get up and talk to them.
He talked to the father, who was covered with bodyguards, When he heard some guy tried to grab the kid, he asked if one of us would stay with him, Hayashi said the mission was the kid, so no. I was moody all day but now i was beyond mad. Kuro went to look around, I like my teammates, they have heart.
Sighing i just stared at the with sadness as the kid was passed out in his big bed, it was still light out, so he will probably be back up again soon. Me and Hayashi were back in the tiny chairs. "what is a sage" i asked, "It is blending Natural energy with someones own chakra" i nodded in thought, natural energy i did not know there was some, maybe i will try and feel it sometime. "it is not easy, so it is very rare in this world, and it is very dangerous", "oh" so maybe not.
"I also saw someone with a giant toad, how is that possible", A big smile crossed his face, "you met Jiraiya", So that is his name, "i think so", "He is one of the legendary sannin", I just assumed that was something big, and nodded. "it is called summoning, make a deal with the animals and you can summon them to help when u need them.", "wow cool", i spoke a little to loud, and the kid moved around a bit. Shit, I woke him up.
I found some paper and some markers and tried to teach him how to draw, He drew like a kid, but it was easily distracting him, I drew some random things, from Pikatchu to silly faces and he tried to to copy what i did. Hayashi looked interested in my doodles. "you are pretty good at distracting kids" he whispered in my ear, I nodded, "I babysat a bit when i was a pre teen", Something i never wanted to do again. "the only thing a young girl could really do for money", and yet here they throw 12 year olds onto the battlefield, I noticed Hayashi understood where my mind was going, another big world difference.
When Kuro came back, He said who and what this guy does, This guy was in the shipping industry, alcohol and smokes, He seems more like a high up drug dealer, by what Kuro overheard.
Thinking about it, I have yet to hear anything about any kind of drug in this world. That is kind of nice, to many bad things happened in my life because of drugs.
A pull, my face changed, but this time i was to slow, Kuro was not, he was in between the stranger and the boy swords out, It was so fast, He slashed out and the man blocked with a sword made of water, My eyes were as big as they could be in shock, Kuro swung his second sword, while the guy blocked again, Hayashi grabbed the boy to remove him from the fight, all this in a second, it was faster then last time. Kuro went and slid his leg under him, making him jump back, into me, He quickly turned and slashed me with his water sword, I jumped away but to late, he got a big slash on my arm, the water was slightly warm from friction as it cut into me flawlessly, I was bleeding like crazy. It was just moving water, How is he doing that. I grabbed my arm.
Getting out of the immediate zone, i am useless, but a look at my arm, it was really bad, the speed of them is bad and if i don't stop this from bleeding i will be a worse teammate or a dead one. I was in some kind of zone.
I pulled out my first aid kit, Kuro kicked him in the side, but the guy jumped, so high and went for his face, He easily avoided but, and swung his swords up, The ninja jumped off his swords into a flip and landed on the ground sword out, before pushing off and charging in, i looked down, pulling out some wraps, They got into a bad ass sword fight, Precision and speed i could almost not see, but then Kuro lite his on swords on fire, and i watched as it sliced through his water sword, The Guy looked shocked that it went through it, he jumped backwards on to the bed and i watched as the sword fixed it self, Kuro went after him with his swords, knowing he can not block, he dropped the water sword and dodged his swings, it splashed onto the ground like my water mirrors. I wrapped up my arm, Looking shocked at this fight, it happened in seconds. both of them easily not even stepping on a toy.
I Tied it as tight as i could, it was really bad, I was not sure what to do to help kuro, I ducked as something hit the wall where my head was. He was looking at me, and then Kuro was between us, I looked back, His hand was coverd in water and he shot at me with water bullets. He went to shoot more and Kuro blocked every one to save my ass, Feeling like a ball and chain i ran out of the room wanting to trade places with Hayashi, he can help him, i might just get him hurt if he needs to save my ass. I think the rest of the house was alert now there is someone here
As i got to him we both nodded and he traded places. All i know is that they were moving around that room with such speed. that when i saw the strangers chakra head my way i grabbed the kid and ran, I can't fight, i hope i can run. Kuro blocked him once as i headed down a different hallway, as i turned the corner i noticed Hayashi had thrown down one of his shadow grab scrolls.
When he could not grab the kid again, He ran out a window, tripped a paper bomb trap, and ran away again. I just hugged the boy in my hands, he was so scared. His chakra was gone so fast.
Once we calmed down, I could feel my arm hurt, I also felt like a weak person, I was nothing but a mad failure, feeling ashamed, i just looked toward the boys, as the father and his body guards came to look. The kid tried to go to his father in tears, so i put him down, he ran to his father and grabbed his leg The father basically ignored him as he seemed mad at us for letting him go. This guy just wants the kid, but i don't think he wants to hurt him.
Hayashi came over to me and looked at my arm, looking down my wrap was covered in blood and was getting worse, feeling more useless i re-wrapped my arm before he offered, at least i could do that, i looked over the guys, since i had my first aid kit out, Kuro had a couple light slashes from his arms, like bullets just barely hitting, i need to learn that. but he dodged them well, I quickly cleaned and wrapped his wounds, Hayashi was fine. my question of gun to ninja, ninja wins.
Walking into the kids room, It was destroyed, mostly water and fire damage but i had an idea. I made four clones, I can only do four, but they can touch things, will help for some confusion, I transformed them into the kid, sent one with the father, one with Kuro, one with Hayashi and one to just run around the house and hide randomly. Hayashi took the kid to his second play room, Kuro took one to fake eat nearby, we did not want to be to far away in this big house, so i grabbed some distractions, and me and the real kid went and hid, i took him someplace in this wing with no windows and rigged the door, if he finds us and gets in, the bomb will call the boys. he is fast but so are they. I tossed down my Spikes, also we kept the lights off but one, it was dark, but not black.
It was again a bit of time, the kid was getting restless but he understood why we were here and stayed quiet while playing leaning on my leg. This poor kid was trusting me like i know what i am doing. i don't want to let him down.
"how you doing" i asked, He looked up at me, fear playing in his eyes, "not good hm" i smiled kindly at him, "what are you playing with", He quietly said how he was making his toys fight the bad guy themselves, He showed me who i was, and that he was saving me. My heart reached out, he wants to save me.
I was in a good place to see the chakra of the boys and the clones, The father and his people were almost out of my view, All the 'help' stayed far enough way i could not see, or completely left. I had to re-wrap my arm a couple times without Adrenalin it really hurts. Slightly mad that he again just left his kid and hid back in his office.
That was when Hayashi's kid got grabbed, They got into a fight when my clone dispersed, I watched the fight as best i could, i know they were both decent at ranged attacks and the noise called Kuro both him and my clone went to help. I saw him make clones himself, and sent them running mid fight, He is looking for the kid, they did not get far as Kuro took them down. before re joining Hayashi.
I watched as he also started running through the house, He seems to try and avoid the fight. He just really wanted the kid.
Pushing my self, i decided to try for one more clone. I was ecstatic when one showed up, i felt a bit of a weakness from missing chakra, but i got it. I sent her after them I watched as they all came together, so much speed. That is when my clone showed up, i Sat up straighter, eyes closed, will it work. The movement stopped, everyone stood where they were, it was paused, i waited long enough. It might have worked.
I told my clone to say, "He does not care about his kid", "whatever your goal is, it will not work"
I wonder, was i right. Maybe he want's money, hiring cheep ninjas are easier then a ransom, or it is something else i just don't understand. All i know is he does not want to fight but just get the kid, he is not even trying to kill the father.
I just silently watched, i wish i knew, things were running in my head. Right now i could use a better view. i mean i have seen them randomly start talking mid fight, as weird as that is. so they might start fighting again. The kid grabbed my leg, "i need to pee", i just looked down at him, Worst timing ever, i know there is a bathroom two doors down, i picked up a couple spikes, undid the bomb, i told him to be quiet, and we quietly down the hallway. this may be dumb, but i don't want the poor boy to pee himself. We go we got into the bathroom, i put some spikes in front of the door, and told him not to flush. He flushed.
They all moved, he came after us, shit, i told the boy to stay, there is not window in this bathroom, and i went out into the hallway, i moved a few doors up and waited in a defense stance, He is not getting him. A second later they were here, he ran up to me and paused, the boys behind him, we now circled him, this guy he looked so flustered. what happened.
I looked at them all, confusion on my face, why did he stop. "you were right" Hayashi said, as he stood battle ready. The ninja looked at me, a sadness in his eyes, "i need him", "well you are not getting him" i said, a little more confidence then i should have. "i need to make a trade", A trade, "He has my son" He looked at all of us desperation, "I am getting him" He face full of anger again. He attacked me with the bullets again, i just barely got out of the way, i had two go into my other arm. The boys were on him right away, He was smooth and fast, but they had him on the ground, He tried but he could not get up. They now tried not to hurt him. "He has my son" he said this time with so much sadness.
They tied him up. Moving slightly away, "what do we do" Hayashi asked, i was at a loss, I want to help him, but i am not giving him the kid. I did not know how to voice that, or a plan on how to help him. I noticed the bastard was heading our way, "he is coming" i said with fear, "we can't let him get at this guy" I looked at hayashi as he looked behind us., Kuro was emotionless, my face was desperate, "let him go" i said quietly, Hayashi looked at me shocked, "maybe we can talk to him later, this guy has his kid for some reason, what happens if he has him tied up", "He might come back for the kid" i was out of words, i just watched down the hallway, "he is coming up the stairs" I looked over at the ninja, His face was so sad. Hayashi had a few passing thoughts u could read on his face, it was hitting him hard for some reason, "we let him go", we looked at Kuro, He stared at us for a moment, and nodded. We quickly untied him, He was looking at us strangely, "run" i said, and he did. I went and grabbed the kid, he was happy to see me, as the liar and his pack came down the hall.
He was looking at us, "where is he", "He ran again" Hayashi said, a little like Kuro, "he is faster then us, we are genin" He looked angry again, and he looked at his kid, glaring at us, and leaving again.
"Why does he keep leaving his kid alone" Hayashi asked quietly. "We need to talk to that ninja" i mumbled as the kid came closer, "we can't leave the kid", i nodded. We took him to his second play room. yes second playroom, We all stood around the door, I guess waiting for anyone to come up with a plan. That is when Kuro grabbed my arm, pulling out my cleaning alcohol, and cleaned my new wounds, i forgot, i was still full of Adrenalin. "oh" my other arm stopped bleeding but he cleaned it up and wrapped both arms. He was very gentle. I just smiled at him kindly, "thank you" he nodded. Once he was done i asked "you think this should be my new look, its not bad huh" i smiled.
Yawning, "we have been up to long" i mumbled as i watched Hayashi yawn from my yawn. We were all in the kitchen getting some food. The 'help' all came back, They had a personal chef, She was amazing, So pretty to. A part of me almost wanted to flirt with her, feeling a bit to lesbian i just turned back to the guys, i saw Kuro check her out a couple times also. I gave him a 'oh ya' look at one point. That made him look at me for an awkward moment. "what to we do" i asked as i slid down onto the table, hands on my chin. "i don't know" I looked at hayashi, His pretty green eyes never looked so confused and hurt. Something was different about him, A need to pry went through me, but i don't think this is the time or place.
"We need to talk to that ninja" i whispered, but the chef heard me, Her songful voice joined in, "Koiso Arakawa?", we all looked at her, she looked around for people, seeing we were alone, "He was his right hand man, he did so many bad things for my master, but his heart had a change and wanted to stop, I don't know what happened but something did and he stopped coming into the house, he flirted with me a few times" her beautiful smile had a wistfulness "and you liked it" i blurted out in a teasing way "he is attractive" me and her had a shared female giggle, both guys just looked at us, "okay, so he's hot, is he trustworthy, and will he come back for the kid" Hayashi asked a little annoyed. Her face dropped, as she looked at the kid. "he is not trying to hurt him" i had to reassure her. her smile came back, and Hayashi nudged me, "what, i can't see that pretty face so sad", she smiled at me a little flirty and turned back to finish cooking.
To get out of the cooks range, we tried to come up with a solution, "help find his kid?" Kuro mentioned. And that was the only choice besides "Do our babysitting time and go home", but we still have to watch the kid, Kuro was the stealthiest so we sent him to look around the house for some kind of clue. When we took the kid back to his second room, i also did some snooping since i could feel people around, Hayashi watched him.
I got out of the kids wing, and headed down the other way, It was fun, sneaking around like this, being able to see where people are it kind of felt like my calling i was always good at sneaking, i would be scaring the shit out of people at home being so light footed. I passed by some random bedrooms, but so clean and perfect i don't think anyone lives in these rooms, I thought this place was to big, but now i am glad it is it was a lot of fun. i found giant doors, no one was nearby, i tried the knob, it was locked, Shit. i opened the neighboring doors, quietly went in and shut the door behind me, i walked out onto the terrace, i got onto the bars and jumped to the neighboring terrace, it was locked, shit
I slid out my wallet, and pulled out my I'D card, and slid it in between the lock and door, I unlocked it, nice. I just looked around quietly, at least it is still light out. i looked in drawers, this is definitively the guys room, so glad they don't have video cameras here. I went to every normal place to hide shit, including under the mattress and in the toilet. I found some cash, jewels, and strange Porn. I came to the conclusion if there is anything it will be in his office, he never leaves it. Making sure there was no sign i was here, I went back out through the terrace and headed back to hayashi. Hoping Kuro has more luck.
When i got back i guess a maid was getting the kid ready for bed, walking over to Hayashi who was waiting by the door, he looked at me with a question, i just shook my head and leaned on the wall. i noticed how tired he looked, i was also incredibly sleepy.
Was not long until the kid went to bed, "why don't you have a nap" i said to him. He looked at me, "you are needed, sleep a bit" he continued to look at me until he came to a conclusion, "alright", He pulled out a blanket and layed it next to the window, I sat with my back to the end of bed, the best spot from any angle and put down spikes at the dark entrances, I was nervous Koiso may or may not come back, but if he does hopefully i can tell him we will try and find his kid. If he is one to listen.
Yawning i can feel Kuro coming, "Spikes" i said as he entered, he looked down and walked through. "Is he still in his office?" he nodded, and looked over at Hayashi, "if u want a nap also, you can, you both need to be at the top of your game" He just sat down next to me leaned his head back and shut his eyes. "anything?", He made a noise,"some shady deals, no kid" i closed my eyes and leaned back. "We need to get into his office, i checked his bedroom but nothing was there".
Yawning again i looked over at Kuro, not sure if he is asleep. I lost all time.
I felt him, he was nearby, but he was not running, i nudged Kuro, i then called out to hayashi, They got up, Koiso came into the house, avoiding the window trap and my Spikes, The spikes are not that useful, i need to figure out how they can be. He was different this time. We all just stood there silently on edge, i was in between him and the kid, I think he is here to talk.
He told us the story, He was a guy who got shit done, bad things, but he was starting to care about what he has done Because his son was now living with him, he is 10, the mother was gone. They finally started to feel like a family and it was going well, so he wanted to take a less horrible responsibility something to not be ashamed of But when the bastard found out he wanted to quit he tried to get him to stay, but nothing worked and then he kidnapped his kid to get him to stay.
So he followed the directions, he did everything was asked of him but once Koiso noticed there was no end, He was not planning on giving back his son. He turned on him and went and looked for his kid, he 'got information' from some of his closest people, but he quickly found out only The bastard knows where the kid is, and if he hurts him the kid is gone. His efforts were failing and he decided to grab this kid and make a trade. Somehow he knew and now we are here.
"Have you looked in his office", He nodded "I have been all over this house, his warehouses, I have 'questioned' His people, i have looked and tried everything i can think about and if i hurt him my kid is gone forever, i don't even know if he is okay".
It was early morning, With no ideas, Koiso and Kuro went to check out the office again, fresh eyes. I sat next to Hayashi, He still looked a little off, "what is wrong" i asked lightly, He mumbled "nothing", "I know it is something, you never look this way" "It is just a familiar scenario" i nodded, this happens a lot? I felt the need to probe, was not long until he gave in, "When i was a new genin we were on a mission, There was this guy who was tough and brutal, everything i heard was that he was a bad guy" I watched him carefully, "In the end i did end up taking him out, i was proud, i was a ninja now" He sighed and leaned back, "it was not long until i found out i just orphaned a kid, Everything 'bad' this guy did was for his daughter", i wrapped my arm around him and pulled him into a hug, you could see it on his face, this is something he holds deeply in his heart. "I have ran across bad guys that are not really bad so many times, It is why i stay genin, but that day" he leaned into me, "stays with me, and this is so much the same", I just nodded and was petting his head. I started thinking, this is twice in a row a bad guy did it for a good reason. The guy i fought came back into my head, He was a person too, I pushed him out of my head again and tightened my hug on Hyashi, making a hmm sound. i can't think about him, i just can't.
We just sat there embraced in silence. "do you think he can just threaten this guys empire, i bet he knows all the secrets, he would not kill his son because then he is free to kill him" I questioned. "He has a hand in all the bad dealings, do you guys have like police or someone who would try and take down empires like this?" He looked at me, seeing a bit more of my world, I explained what i meant, what we had in my world like the FBI, He said they don't have something like that here, hidden villages are basically it. "But it is an idea".
"ava" I heard a calm voice, opening my eyes, looking over i had fallen asleep on Hayashis shoulder, I looked around, pulling myself off of him sleepily, Kuro and Koiso had come back, They found nothing, but i guess they liked my idea.
So come morning Koiso was going to confront to the bastard, He was gonna spin it all on him, If he hurt his kid, or not let him and the kid and be free, he was going to destroy him, his people, his business, that he knows everything, and it will be over completely.
He left, at least with him not trying to kidnap the kid we did not need to be so alert, i don't know how long i slept on Hayashi but i was a little less sleepy. The asshole can't know Koiso was here. We all just sat there quietly, we all could use a good sleep but no one wanted to truly pass out.
Morning came and when the kid woke up we all went to get some food in the kitchen with the pretty girl. She had look and she was almost singing, Made me question if he completely left. The help section of this giant place was not somewhere i could really see.
It was quiet, and i was wondering about what was going to happen. We are here if he needs a hand, but that ninja was pretty awesome. We walked around the home, the kid was happy, and would not stop talking, I guess he feels safe again, and he was so kind to us. he stayed near me, but hayashi would respond a few times to questions or statements he made. that was when i felt him, he was casually walking toward where the father is.
"He is here" i payed attention to the chakras, i saw flashes, the kind it does when someone is ready to fight, i paused, just watching as the kid was pulling Hayashi to show him something. It was a bit of time, no fighting, it was weak but it was nice to see. i really want to go look, i think Kuro did also. He stood next to me looking, so i started describing what i saw. it was not much of anything. We watched as the kid drew something for Hayashi.
I watched as he sped away, he was so fast, "no fight broke out, and Koiso is gone" Kuro gave me a look. "feels so anticlimactic", i mumbled.
was a bit of time before he came towards us with his pack, He walked up to us looking slightly defeated, his men stood there like nothing happened they were calm and professional but i saw a bit of happiness in some of them. a small smile was on my lips when i noticed they don't care about him, they just work for him. We were dismissed, we did our job. I was so happy to be gone, but i was curious as to what happened.
We walked around the town, i think we all wanted to know if the kid was okay, we strolled through the town and grabbed some coffee. Hoping to run into Koiso.
We were about to leave when i felt him, pausing to look in the direction, There he was with his kid, holding hands and they looked over at us waved as we all went on our way, the kid looked happy and unhurt. We again completed our mission.