Hey guys! Here is my first chapter from Ireland! (I know that it doesn't change much for you but it feels kind of fun for me as everything is new right now. =P)
Anyway… I know that this chapter isn't really long (like most of my chapters recently…) and is not as filled with KakaNaru goodness as the one before but I hope this is still a good one. I actually wanted at first to write more for it but I decided to stop here. I start once again school tomorrow, and I think I might need to find my pace and get used to classes and all once again. So as I'm getting back into the school pace I don't want you to wait too long, so consider this chapter a first taste of what is to come into the next chapter.
Enjoy!
Breathing deeply, his heart pace slow and calm, Naruto slowly went into meditation, diving deep into his mind to the seal where Kyubi was residing.
'Hello gaki.' The demon fox said before adding with sneer, 'Here to try again to chain me down are you? Well you can always try but I'll never go down without a fight. I proposed you my help willingly and you refused it. You are such a fool!'
'Better a fool than a tool.' The blond replied, not letting the presence of the beast bother him and concentrating on the seal as well as on his link with the monster fox.
For weeks now, the young man had been training, sometimes with the help of Kakashi, in fuinjutsu. Of course, the Kyubi had not been happy at all about it. In fact, he had done everything in his power to dissuade Naruto from doing so. Whether it was by proposing deals or trying to reason with him, the demon fox had tried everything that didn't take too much pride out of him. But nothing had worked. The blond wouldn't hear any of the beast's proposals or arguments. He kept on working on the seal to find a way to strengthen it and keep the beast's influence away. With the help of the silver haired jonin he had discovered that not only he could chain the Kyubi down but he could also use his chakra without worrying about the Nine-Tails' influence. He was now able to pin the demon fox down for a good 10 minutes, though he was not yet able to use the Nine Tails' chakra properly yet.
After an hour of training, where the Kyubi kept complaining and growling at him that he was not some guinea pig that could be handled and tested on as he pleased, Naruto reemerged from his mind, back into the real world. Fuinjutsu training was taking a lot from him, as the demon fox was not letting himself be used without a fight. At first he had been able to do only 20 minutes but as time went, his mental strength grew and he was able to stand much longer into the realm of the Kyubi's seal.
"How did it go?" the voice of Kakashi asked, making the young man open his eyes to look at the older man.
"As usual." The blond replied in a shrug, "I trained while Kyubi whined and gave me the evil glare."
"I see." The silver haired man said with an amused undertone.
One time, the jonin had accompanied the young man into the seal's realm, by connecting his mind with the blonde's one. It had been quite a complicated exercise to do but they had managed to do it nonetheless after a few tries. The encounter with the Kyubi had been quite interesting.
Flashback
Connecting with Naruto's mind had been quite a difficult task as it was a both complicated and really intimate thing to do, more intimate than anything else they had ever done. When they finally arrived into the young man's mind, they found themselves in front of a large gate with a seal on it, the Nine-Tails' seal cage.
'Eh! If it isn't Kakashi Hatake.' The beast growled his red eyes glaring holes at the jonin.
'Huh, hello.' The silver haired man said, not knowing how to respond to the demon fox, 'How are you?'
'So this is who the brat chose as his mate… I guess he could have made a worse choice.' Kyubi said with a scrutinizing look on his face, eyeing Kakashi from head to two before adding as he walked toward the gate with a malicious smirk, 'I would love to see what you are capable of.'
'Stay back! Don't even dare approach him!' Naruto told him with a threatening growl as he stood protectively in front of the jonin, making chains appear and restrain the beast's movements.
Suddenly the older man's eyes widened as he felt something he hadn't felt for quite a number of years. As the chains had appeared, he had felt two other distinct chakras covering them.
'Could it be…' the silver haired man thought with amazement. 'How is it possible?'
Those chakras were too familiar for him to not recognize them. He recognized those chakras to be the ones of his former sensei Minato and his wife Kushina. But how could their chakras be there? Could it be that they had managed to instill some of their chakra into the blonde's body and seal to help him against the Nine-Tails? That thought made the jonin's heart jump as a bunch of emotions surged through him, which included happiness as well as sorrow. Feeling the chakras of two persons he had held dear in his heart was bringing back painful as well as very pleasant memories. Knowing that even after they were dead, they still had made sure to be there for Naruto, brought Kakashi some hope and made him more confident about the potential of fuinjutsu for Naruto. After all, the Uzumaki clan had been famous for their sealing techniques. With those thoughts in mind the silver haired man looked at the blond with excitement. But then his excitement faded slightly as he wondered if he should tell him. After some pondering, he decided not to tell him as he was apparently already using the chakras of his parents unconsciously and telling him might just disturb him. In time he would tell him everything his parents did for him.
End of flashback
A few days later, Tsunade called both Naruto and Kakashi to her office.
"What did you call us for baachan? You have a mission for us?" the blond asked with trepidation, barging into the female hokage's office without knocking.
It had been a while since the young man had been given an important mission and he was quite excited about it. Moreover, if Kakashi had been summoned as well, it meant that the mission would be a big one right? Don't get him wrong. He was also really excited about doing a mission with the man. It has been quite a long time since they have done a mission together after all.
"Good morning to you too Naruto." The blonde woman replied sarcastically with a blasé look as she was now used to the young man's brash behavior.
"So what did you want us for Tsunade-sama?" the silver haired man asked, looking as cool and detached as usual in public.
"I have an A rank mission for you two. There is this group of Yakuzas that has been rampant in the area of our common frontier with the River country. Their illegal activities are causing us a great deal of problems as it endangers the fragile peace we had managed to get between us and the River country." Tsunade explained gravely, her chin resting on her intertwined hands and a frown on her face, "I would like you to infiltrate this organization and find enough proofs against them, so that we can officially have the consent of the daimyo to dismantle it before it can cause us any prejudice with the River country."
"An infiltration mission huh?" the jonin said with an intense look on his face, before asking, "When do you want us to leave?"
"Their headquarters reside in a city near the frontier called Kawabata no toshi. You will need one day and a half to get there." The female hokage said taking two folders that were on her desk and handing them to the two men in front of her, "Here is all the information we already gathered on this organization. I suggest you leave as soon as possible."
And so with that said the two men bowed politely, well at least Kakashi, before taking their leave to prepare themselves to leave.
"Can you believe it? This is first time we do a mission just the two of us!" Naruto said excitedly, as they walked side by side in the hokage tower's corridor.
"It is." Kakashi acknowledged with a small smile before adding in a serious tone, getting into tactician-shinobi mode, "But it will be quite a tricky mission. We will need to act very carefully. If we do a mistake it might blow our cover away in a second."
"Tch! Kill joy." The young man grumbled with a pout.
"Huh?" the jonin asked confused as to what he could have done to make the other sulk.
"Here I am getting all excited about doing a mission with you and you have to ruin the moment." The blond explained, a pout still adorning his face.
"Oh… Sorry." The silver haired man apologized though he wasn't sure exactly what he had ruined but feeling that he should apologize nonetheless, "Is there something I can do to make it up to you?"
"There is…" the young man said with an enigmatic grin, "When we come back from our mission, you can take me to Ichiraku and treat me to all the ramen I want!"
'Why do I get the feeling that I was tricked?' the older man thought with a sigh, a bead of sweat rolling down his temple in astonishment at the blonde's hidden manipulative skills.
They then separated to each go to their apartment and prepare themselves for their mission. An hour later, they met back at the main gate where Tsunade along with Shizune were waiting for them. They had both dressed in civil attires. While Naruto was just wearing a shirt with jeans, Kakashi was wearing a black suit along with a black shirt. He had traded his mask for a bandanna like piece of cloth to hide the lower part of his face, and had decided to just close his eyes and to pretend he was one-eyed. There were no sign of their belonging to any shinobi or any other military force, as they needed to be as inconspicuous as possible. If they wanted to be able to join the Yakuza organization, they needed to attract attention not as ninjas but as some type of rogues.
"Alright! I see you are both ready." The blonde woman said with an approving nod before adding with a stern tone of voice, "Gentlemen, the future of the village is in your hands so you better not screw up!"
"Wow… You have the words to get us pumped up baachan…" Naruto commented with a deadpanned expression on his face, while the expression on Kakashi's face was pretty much the same.
"Well then I suggest you complete this mission quickly and bring back good news to the village." The female hokage told him, cracking her knuckles threateningly which made the blond let out an audible gulp nervously, before she added with a sickening sweet voice, an over cheerful smile plastered on her face that looked more sadistic than anything else, "Good luck! Have a safe trip!"
'Lunatic baaba…' the blond thought with a slightly appalled look on his face at the scary look in Tsunade's eyes, 'She must be drunk again…'
Then the two men began to leave, walking to the road that would lead them to Kawabata no toshi. As Tsunade had said, it took them one day and half to reach the town where the group of Yakuzas had its headquarters. They went to an inn not too far from the club owned by the Yakuzas and where it was said the organization had its headquarters. No reliable source had been able to tell where the headquarters really were. All Kakashi and Naruto knew was that if you wanted to join the organization, you had to present yourself at the club. Before they arrived at the inn, the two of them went into a side alley.
"You go first and book a room for you. I'll arrive 15 minutes later and also book a room for myself okay?" Kakashi told Naruto, putting his bag down next to him.
"Got it." The young man said with a nod before beginning to leave and head toward the inn.
But as he was walking away, the jonin suddenly grabbed his wrist.
"Wait." He said, making the blond turn around to look at him confusedly.
"Wh-hmph?" the young man began to say but was interrupted as a pair of lips pressed against his.
Instantly, Naruto melted into the passionate kiss that the older man was giving him, wounding his arms up around the silver haired man's neck and pressing his body further into the other's. When the kiss ended, the blond kept his eyes closed for a few more seconds before looking at Kakashi in an amazed daze.
"What was that for?" he asked still a bit breathless.
"Just because I wanted to." The jonin replied with a smirk, his face already hidden once again by his mask, before telling with a roguish wink, "You better go before the need to kiss you senseless again comes back."
The blond looked at him in amused wonder before leaving quite hastily when the older man took a new step toward him, not wanting to be swept once again into a mind-blowing kissing session.
The silver haired man watched the blond disappear into the inn's entrance before leaning his back against the alley's wall and taking out the latest Icha Icha book from his pocket. Deeming it had been at least 15 minutes since the blond had gone into the inn, the jonin decided to go in as well.
"Irashaimase!" an elder lady with mid-grey hair welcomed him with a bow, " My name is Aoko. I am the owner of this small inn. Welcome to Hoshikuzu inn."
"Hello." Kakashi said, bowing back politely at the lady, "I would like to rent a room."
"How long will you be staying sir?" Aoko asked.
"I don't know yet." The silver haired man replied, a small smile showing through his eyes.
"It's funny, just a few minutes ago a young man told me the exact same thing." She told him with an amused smile.
"Really?" the jonin asked, acting surprised and putting a hint of interest into his voice as if to not look totally aloof.
"I guess you are all coming for the same reason. Though I hope I am mistaking." The elder woman said with a suddenly glum face.
"What reason would that be madam?" Kakashi asked with genuine curiosity.
"You will see soon enough." The greying lady told him with a sad smile before handing him the keys to his room.
With that said she led the silver haired man to his room before leaving after wishing him a nice stay and to call for her if he wanted anything. The jonin looked around at his room. It was quite a simple room actually, with its cream walls and the furniture in pine trees, but it had a nice and rather serene feeling to it. The bed was actually a double one with rich chocolate colored linen. The adjoining bathroom was small but functional and the jonin couldn't have asked for anything else. He was quite satisfied with the room he had, he hoped Naruto was getting comfortable in his room as well. He wanted to go see the blond so bad but he couldn't. From now on they couldn't be seen together, as they had to pretend they didn't know each other. And if the stares of the different people he had received since entering the town were any indication, then they were observed very closely. He wouldn't be surprised if the organization already knew of their arrival. He now needed to play it solo, at least for a while, and make himself remarked in a way that would make the group of Yakuzas want him in.
That chance appeared sooner than expected, as the very same day, as he was walking in the street, someone bumped into him. It appeared to be some kid, just a bit older than Naruto, some punk that was apparently thinking he was tough and wanted to prove himself. So as his character let guess, the young man did not apologize, instead yelling at Kakashi to be careful when walking. The jonin felt a bit sorry to do this but he had to show he could be rough and merciless if he wanted to have the appropriate reputation he had to have to pass as a future yakuza. This is how he seized the punk by the collar and lifted him off the ground, half choking him.
"Hey kuso gaki!" he said loudly so that everyone could hear, with a cool almost cold-blooded demeanor, "Who do you think you're talking to? You dare bump into me and not apologize? You should be bowed down on the ground, your face eating dust while begging for my forgiveness!"
Silently apologizing to the young man beforehand, Kakashi then kicked him in the stomach with his knee, cutting the young man's respiration as well as spraining a few of his ribs and bruising his stomach badly. He then slammed his face violently to the ground, the distinct sound of a nose breaking being heard. A few gasps from the people around could be heard and the silver haired man was at least happy that he got a lot of attention. Though the yelling the young man had done had already brought a lot of attention to them, but this was sure to attract the kind of attention the jonin wanted. As the young man laid there, almost unconscious, blood dripping from his nose, Kakashi crouched and leaned down next to the other's ear.
"When you regain consciousness, leave this town immediately." He whispered to him before standing back up and saying in a louder voice so that everyone could hear, adding a cruel tone to it, "You are lucky I'm in a good mood kid."
He then began walking again as if nothing had happened, walking past the young man as if he was invisible. A lot of people were looking at him now. Most of them had a scared or horrified look on their face. But a few of them had a pensive, interested look, which could allow the silver haired to think that they were from the organization. With a sentiment of satisfaction for having attracted a lot of attention on him but also of guilt for having beaten a kid like this, the jonin walked back to his room with some food for tonight.
As for Naruto, the blond hadn't had that much chance. He had racked through his mind for hours to find an idea on how he could distinguish himself to get noticed by the organization he hadn't found anything. The only thing he had done to dignify himself by was to act as a total scum with everyone and trying to show how strong he was. He had never been good with acting…and this mission was quite a challenge for him. He couldn't believe with what ease Kakashi could act. It was like he had been a yakuza all his life… When the young man had heard about what had happened in the street earlier he hadn't believed his ears. But then again, the jonin had loads of experience compared to him. It must be like some routine for him. He looked so at ease...
'Oh well!' the blond thought with shrug, 'There's nothing I can do anymore. I'll just have to give my all tomorrow and be so convincing in my role that they 'll think I'm indispensable to their organization.'
The next day, Kakashi was the first one to go to the club. In fact, this club was no ordinary club. This club that was called Heart Beats was a hostess club, which made the silver haired man snort mentally at the lame name of the place. But then again it was a hostess club. People were not coming there for the name of the establishment but for the beauties that were inside. As he approached the place, the jonin saw a tall guy who looked like he could be a bouncer in front of the establishment.
"Hey, I would like to speak to your boss." Kakashi told him in this cool almost cold attitude he had adopted for his character.
"He's busy for the moment. He doesn't have time to waste with people like you." The big man said with a sneer.
Not wanting to argue for hours and knowing that physical acts spoke louder than words in the underworld, with a sigh Kakashi cut short to the oncoming negotiations and argument by giving a well placed punch into the man's stomach, which made him bend over in two under the violence of the hit that made it hard for him to breathe for a minute.
"Well that's too bad I'm going in anyway." He replied to the 'bouncer' as he began opening the door of the club.
As he entered the club, the jonin first noticed the lack of natural light even in midday. There was a deemed light that was spread into the whole room, creating a hushed and voluptuous atmosphere with the red couches and sofas and the mahogany barstool and furniture. In the center of the room, a group of men were sitting and talking between themselves. Nobody else was there except for two girls who obviously worked there. They were each sitting next to a man, who looked to be the leader of the group, pressing their supple body against his side. It reminded Kakashi of a sandwich as he looked at those two women who, willingly or not, fawned over the man like he was the most handsome man on the planet, which, if the silver haired man had to give his opinion, was absolutely not the case. The man had his black hair pushed back over his head with what seemed like a lot of hair gel, he looked like some odd dandy or something like this. He smelled of cologne three miles away, and wore so much jewelry around his neck and on his wrists and hands that it hurt to look at him directly. It was the exact stereotype of the man with power who enjoyed showing off. Though he did look from the Fire country, the man had a way of dressing that was quite unusual for the country, as it was more the Tea country's style for Yakuzas. Kakashi deduced that this man had to just be an underling who just had a little more power than the others, something like the leader of the gangs of the region.
"Who are you?" the man demanded in a gruff voice, his eyes narrowed suspiciously.
"I'm Obito Nakajima." Kakashi presented himself, giving the fake name he had decided to use for his cover, before bowing respectfully the way it was custom in this kind of community as he asked, "I wish to join your organization."
"Tch! So you think you can come in like that and ask to join us on a whim?" the other said in a superior sneer, as he seemed to enjoy this little play of power, completely ignoring the attempts from one of his men to get his attention.
Then something happened that none of them would have expected.
"Now Hayao I wouldn't speak so hastily when you apparently don't even know what this man is capable of." The deep and authoritatively calm voice of a man startling badly the man named Hayao while Kakashi was slightly surprised.
As the man moved toward them, out of the shadows of what seemed to be a corridor that had hid him from the men's vision, the jonin could now see what the man looked like. Looking in his mid-fifties, he had short grey-white hair and a tanned skin. He actually had an outfit that was more befitting of the ones of the Fire country for men with power. He was wearing a grey hakama along with a white kimono tucked into it along with a navy blue haori. On the sleeves, you could see the emblem of the organization painted on them.
"Fujita-oyabun!" the man named Hayao greeted out in surprise before getting on his knees and bowing to the ground, putting his two hand on the ground as well in a reverential manner.
"You should listen to your men from time to time. They would have told you about this man before you looked down at him without knowing his potential." The older man named Fujita told his subordinate before nodding toward Kakashi as he added, "This man has more guts, brains and strength than I have seen in a long time. He will be a great asset to our organization."
Hayao looked at Kakashi from head to toe as if studying him, his eyes still holding a suspicious glint in their orbs, his lips set into a thin line as if having a hard time believing his boss. The older man who had noticed his underling disbelief turned to look at him with severity.
"Do you have something to say about my decision?" he asked with a menacing undertone that accepted no contradictions, his eyes hard.
"No." the other said lowering his gaze to the ground submissively.
When satisfied with his subordinate's obedience, Fujita turned to Kakashi with a kind smile.
"What's your name?" he asked the undercover jonin.
"Obito Nakajima sir." The silver haired man said once again.
"Well then Obito, let's share a cup of sake to seal your admission into our organization." The old man told him, motioning to come with him to sit in the sofas nearby while one the men had rushed to bring them a cup along with a bottle of sake, "I will introduce you later to the rest of the men."
They then shared the customary cup of sake that meant that they were creating a bond between each other. Not long after they were done, the front door of the club opened in a loud bang, revealing in its opening a blue-eyed young man with blond hair. Kakashi watched Naruto walk in with great confidence, and a look on his face that the jonin guessed was meant to be intimidating. Though he had to give him credit about the whole brash and tough attitude, the silver haired man couldn't help but think that this could work for a gang of delinquents but not for a gang of Yakuzas.
"What do you want kid?" Fujita asked with an eyebrow rose in question as he eyed the blond critically.
"I'm here because I want to join your group." The blond replied, looking back straight into the man's eyes with a steady gaze.
"You have guts I'll give you that." The oyabun told him with an amused smirk before taking on a serious face, "But I don't want kids in my organization."
"But you don't know what I'm capable of yet!" Naruto protested, trying in vain to convince the oyabun to take him into the organization.
"What I already see doesn't interest me. Obito," the older man called, turning to the silver haired man, "show this kid the way out."
Without a word, Kakashi gave a nod of acknowledgment before heading toward Naruto and grabbing him roughly by the back of his shirt and began to drag him to the exit, while the blond was yelling at him to let go and kicking.
"I'm sorry." the jonin whispered in a low voice so that only the young man could hear right before throwing him out of the club.
Kakashi hadn't wanted it to be like that but unfortunately Naruto hadn't made a big enough impression to be accepted into the organization. He guessed they would have to find a solution on making Naruto do something that could get him close to the organization and their activities. After all, if Tsunade-sama had deemed this mission to be a two men's job that meant that Naruto couldn't possibly go back to the village.
A few hours later, during late afternoon, the undercover jonin found himself in a very large room, which happened to be the club's main room where he had been before, in front of a group of 40 men who were all members of the organization. When he had first entered the club, he had been so focused on the men in the middle of the room that he hadn't even take the time to look at the room in details. The room was actually big enough to welcome at least a hundred customers, which made Kakashi wonder how many hostesses were actually working there.
"Everyone, I present to you Obito who is our newest member in the family." Fujita proclaimed loudly, putting a paternal hand on the silver haired man's shoulder, "Now let's celebrate our new member's arrival! Let the girls enter the room."
"Ossu!" the men responded along with cheers before opening the doors to let the women who worked there as hostesses enter the room.
"Go enjoy yourself with some of the girls." The oyabun told Kakashi with a smile as he began walking to go enjoy himself as well, "We have some real beauties here and we actually just got a new girl earlier today that is a real babe."
This is at this moment that Kakashi heard the voice of a woman talking to him.
"Would you like me to entertain you sir?" the crystalline voice asked in an impish tone, sending chills into his spine.
The voice feeling familiar to him, the jonin turned abruptly toward the direction the voice was coming from, his eyes growing as wide as saucer plates for an instant as he came face to face the voluptuous and curvy blonde of Naruto's sexy no jutsu.
TBC
I hope you liked this chapter. I'll do everything I can to not be too long before I post another chapter.
See ya! ;)
PS: Sorry for the cliffy I could not resist… =D
