a/n is down below, don't want to ruin anything up here.
Chapter 21
Kakashis POV
Seven in the morning came too fast for me. All the walking we did yesterday, I was not feeling well this morning. We even had to walk a little bit before we got to the summit.
"What's the matter, Kakaski?" Neji asked me has he put his left sandal on.
"Just not feeling to great this morning from all the walking we did yesterday" I mumbled, not wanting to admit that out loud.
"You're kidding me, right?" He asked me in disbelief. I shook my head to reassure him that really is what I meant.
"You're feared by how many people and you cant even walk a long distance? Unbelievable.. I'm telling Gai you're losing your touch" Neji waved at me, dismissing the conversation to go outside.
Did he just threaten me with Gai? Oh no, that's never good. Neji doesn't joke around with workouts. I could only imagine the crazy exercises Gai will have me do. I couldn't show him I was losing my touch, he would never let me hear the end of it.
I shook the thoughts of brutal training from my head, making my way outside. I had my Hokage cloak on, I remembered Minato wearing it, I'm sure I would be safe. I'm just still grateful I didn't have the hat to wear.
"We ready to go?" I asked them. They nodded their heads and we took off toward the summit.
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We had gotten to the summit quicker than I thought. We were the first ones there and I was actually kind of relieved, now they wouldn't know I'm late to everything like everyone else in the village knew.
"Do we wait inside?" Sasuke asked.
"Not really sure but I don't see why we cant wait inside" I said casually shrugging my shoulders and we walked into the building. I remembered where to go because of Minato and it brought back some good memories.
We made our way to the conference room and could hear voices inside. It was nearly eight in the morning, were we not the first ones here?
Neji opened the door first, like the great bodyguard he was. Even though I knew no harm would be on the other side of the door.
"Ahh, Kakashi, glad you could make it" a Male voice spoke before the door was finally opened. Nejis lead headband must of gave away who was behind him. Neji bowed quickly before I could move in.
The door finally opened all the way, in front of me was the Kazekage, Raikage, and Tsuchikage. I see now.. the only one not here was our Mizakage.
"I thought we were the first ones here to be honest" I said as I walked towards a seat but then stopped. Did it matter where I sat?
"Pick either seat" Gaara spoke, so he's the one who spoke up less than a minute ago. I nodded my head and sat down. I glanced at Sasuke, making sure he also bowed. He did and I felt relieved. I knew they all knew who he was so showing respect at first was necessary.
Everything fell silent for a minute or two until I very loud female voice was heard in the hallway where we had just come from. I'm assuming that would be the Mizukage.
"Oh how befitting, for once the Hokage isn't here last" she spoke, her footsteps becoming closer and she finally took a seat next to me. My breath hitched for a second, she was beautiful.
"See something you like, handsome?" She asked me, placing her head in her hand to stare at me. I felt my face getting red so I just avoided her gaze. This was not the time for any of that. We're here to talk about everything.
"Anyways, now that we're all here. Let's get down to business!" Old man Onoki spoke, lighting slapping the table to gather everyone's attention. I finally had a look around the room. Gaara was here with his siblings, Temari and Kankuro. The Raikage, A, had Killer B and Darui with him. Onoki brought his granddaughter Kurotsuchi along and I glanced to see the Mizukage, Mei was with Chojuro. I felt good remembering everyone from all my anbu missions
"I believe we should start with the leaf, considering everything that had happened. I would like an update" Onoki spoke again, everyone turned their attention to me. I took a deep breath before speaking. I hate responsibility.
"Well as you know, the Akatsuki had invaded our village. Were still reconstructing and as you can see I am not Tsunade. We have no idea when she will wake but hopefully its soon" I told them, hoping that would be enough of an answer.
"We know the Akatsuki attacked but we wanna know why" the raikage intervened, kind of rudely but I knew that was just his personality.
"From what we were told from anbu tracking them it because we held to much power. But then when their leader was attacking. They were after Naruto, he holds the nine tailed demon fox spirit" I continued on, looking Gaara in the eyes on the last part. He knew all about it. They took his from him, painfully. I watched his face grow dark and full of concern for his friend.
"Did they capture him?" Gaara asked, a dark voice came out of his throat.
"No, actually, he's the one who saved the village and managed to not get captured. I'm not aware of specifics. I died during the small war in our village that day" I told him, his face let up a bit. I knew the worry had gone away.
"You died? How are you still here?" Mei asked from the side of me, she sounded extra curious.
"If I may, when Naruto fled the village to fight the mastermind behind the attack, a large jujitsu was being used to store the souls who were lost that day in battle. The jujitsu ended up vanishing about an hour later. Naruto had managed to get the caster to give life back to everyone" Sasuke spoke from the back of me. I cringed slightly, I didn't know if it was okay for assistants to talk.
"Uchiha, Sasuke. You've come a long way. Thank you for answering. But, a jujitsu like that sounds forbidden. Hopefully he was the only one who knew it" Gaara spoke, looking into Sasuke's eyes. Okay, so it was okay.. thank kami.
"I don't know of anyone else with the Rinnegan, hopefully that's the case. I believe the two were connected" I spoke again just adding on to make sure everyone knew something like that wouldn't occur again, hopefully..
"Well back to the subject of the Akatsuki. They're all dead, yes?" Onoki asked, ignoring my statement.
"As far as we know, yes. Aside from Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame" I said.
"Where are they? They must be killed" the Raikage shouted, slamming his hand on the table. I had everyone's full attention, especially Meis considering Kisame is a missing nin from her village.
"They will not be killed" I said sharply, giving Sasuke a quick glance. I could see the anger in his eyes, I understood because it was his brother but I hoped he wouldn't open his mouth.
"Why is that? They're dangerous and missing nin" A spoke rudely. I knew he wasn't trying to be but it is becoming hard to maintain a level head with him yelling.
"We have had both Uchihas under the leafs protection for over a year now. They were both pardoned for their crimes. A trial was held, they have completed all that was asked of them and now both are citizens again" I told them all, looking around the table. Everyone stayed quiet, they knew they couldn't interfere with things like that. It wasn't their village.
"If you believe them fit and safe to be citizens then wonderful. I'll be waiting to see them in action. Now, Kisame. What of him?" Mei asked me, breaking the silence.
"He helped saved the leaf village when it was under attack and is currently helping rebuild it. I haven't the chance to figure out a plan with him yet. He is your ninja though, do what you want with him" I told her blatantly.
"I want him escorted back to Kirigakure" she said but more like demanded. Noted.
"I'll have him escorted as soon as we arrive back" I told her and she nodded.
"Unbelievable. You have two well known criminals in your care and you pardon one and just going to let the other one go?" The raikage spoke, he was actually mad this time.
"A. I understand where you're coming from but you cannot tell two other Kages what to do with their own missing nin. Were here to keep peace, not tension" Onoki spoke calmly. He was the oldest here and he knew more than we did.
The Raikage gripped the side of the table he was sitting on and he dented the table slightly from his grip but didn't say anything. He was a hot head but he wasn't dumb. He knew Onoki was right. I'm glad he said something too because I was going to yell at him.
"Once again, back to the Akatsuki. We must keep our guard up. Just because they're not a thing anymore doesn't mean someone isn't going to come for the remaining tailed beasts" I said to break the tension.
"Do we know exactly what they were trying to do when they gathered all of them?" Gaara asked weirdly. He must of been curious considering he died in the hands of them and wasn't even sure why.
"Why dont you ask one of the criminals their harboring?" A made a side remark, pointing at Mei and I. I think it was bothering me more knowing they were calling my friend a criminal then anything because he wasn't. He was pardoned.
The tension in my sharingan began again and it felt three times more intense this time. I immediately placed my hand over my eye trying to evade the pain in the giving off. Why was this happening again?
"You could just ask me, I have no problem sharing stories" a Male voice spoke from the left of the room. Everyone jumped out of their seats, ready to fight the intruder. I looked over with my good eye. A masked man was sitting on the highest point in the room. We all had to look up at him.
"Who are you?" Neji yelled first, standing completely in front of me.
"Names aren't important. I'm not here for long, just wanted to give you all a message personally" the masked man spoke casually.
I removed my headband from my eye so nothing was covering it. I removed my hand along with it and my vision isn't blurry this time. I looked at the intruder and we locked eyes. Or should I say eye, he only had one eye hole and I could see the red gleam of a sharingan behind his mask. Where did he get one? I glanced over at Sasuke and we nodded our heads. He saw it too and I pulled all my attention back to the man.
"Its not polite to stare, Kakashi" he said grimly, averting his gaze from mine. He knew my name?
"Like I was saying, my message. I'm being gracious now. You have one month to hand over the tailed beasts to me or I will start the fourth great ninja war" he said, he sounded bored and even mocked us all by yawning. Who did he think he was?
"There's no way I'm giving up my friend, Naruto" Gaara growled at him, his sand particles were floating around him. He was angry.
"And I'm not giving you my little brother" The Raikage yelled.
"You don't realize what I'm capable of" the man said and vanished instantly. I scanned the room quickly. He ended up appearing again behind Killer B.
"What do you even want with the tailed beasts?" Mei asked the questioned we had all been wondering.
"I want world peace in the shinobi world. My eye of the moon plan will be played out" the man deadpanned.
"You want to create peace but threaten us with a new war?" Mei asked again, sounding infuriated now.
"If sacrificing a few people to achieve world peace, so be it" the man said sounding bored.
The Raikage didn't say anything but moved like lighting toward the masked him. His hand was swarming with lightning, striking to kill. He nearly missed his brothers head by aiming at the man but he vanished again. His jutsu looked like a small portal when he used it. Sort of like kumai, did he have the same.. wait.. this isn't possible..
"You don't understand. I'm not your normal shinobi. As you can see, I could of just taken the eight tails but I'm being nice and giving you time not to be stupid" the man was laughing while speaking and my world started spinning, I knew that laugh.. this can't be.
"You've misread us as your enemies. There's only one of you and hundreds of us" Onoki spoke.
"But is there only one of me?" The man questioned the Tsuchikage. The more he spoke the more the pain in my eye began to increase. It was throwing my balance off and I had to lean on the table. Sasuke knew it was my eye so he stood closer to me. At least with the distraction of the man in the room I wouldn't have to answer any questions about what was happening to me.
"You're not gonna live to see tomorrow" Gaara growled again, sending his sand at bullet speed toward the ninja. He vanished once again. This time I could sense a body behind me. I felt frozen but I managed to turn around to face him.
We were near three feet apart from each other, I could only look at him with my good eye. The mans sharingan was spinning.
"The last time I heard that I was nearly crushed to death by a boulder.." he said sinickly while glaring at me with deep hatred, then he vanished completely this time. My entire world froze and I nearly fell to my knees. Neji and Sasuke caught me and I sat back in the chair I was in a few minutes ago. The pain in my eye instantly vanished when he did..
He was… alive. My best friend.. Obito, was alive.. how?
"Hes bluffing. He's not going to start a war" Temari spoke trying to be the one positive vibe in the room.
"Bluff or not, we need to prepare. We need to discuss a few more things and head our separate ways to prepare everyone" Gaara spoke, sounding completely calm. While everyone was thinking about war, my head was spinning about Obito.
"I believe it's best if we discuss tactics tomorrow. I believe everyone should think and rest up tonight" Mei said, glancing in my direction. I'm sure by now everyone noticed my reaction to the masked man.
Everyone nodded their heads and started moving out of the room. I couldn't find the strength in my legs to get up.
"Is he okay?" Neji asked, he didn't know the full back story the Obito but Sasuke did.
"Probably not and it's probably best if help him get back to the hotel. He's not going to pay attention to anything for a few hours" Sasuke sighed.
"I'll be okay" I said quickly, completely lying as I got out of my seat. Something in my mind flipped and I found the smallest bit of energy.
"But you just-" Sasuke tried to speak and zi put my hand up.
"I said I'll be okay" I said with a look stating not to speak again. He knew this subject was touchy. He heard me tell the children it not that long ago. He just nodded his head and we all left the meeting room. I had so much to think about. Why was he alive? If he was the reason my eye was bothering me was he near me the first time it happened? My mind wouldn't stop racing.
My brain kept telling me to have a drink but with Sasuke and Neji around it wasn't going to happen. I wasn't even sure if I could stop after one sip, would I even still like it? Of course I would.. it wasn't even that long ago.
How was I going to protect a village from something that couldn't be touched? Did the others he have, could they also do teleport as such? It reminded me of Minato.. here one second and gone the next.
All I knew was that we needed to figure out more about this eye of the moon plan and put an end to it. Best friend or not I'm the leader of a village now and I'll be damned if anymore happens to my people and their home. Or any of the surrounding capitals and their people.
"Kakashi!" Sasuke screamed, I stopped in my tracks, looking up. We had reached the hotel. I looked at him and just walked past both of my friends.
Once we were all inside our hotel room, I sat on the bed and just gazed the ceiling. I needed to clear my head a little bit before any heavy plans were set in stone.
"Kakashi, I know your world is spinning but I would like to be informed of what the hell just happened back there" Neji demanded. I sat up and looked him right in the eyes. The look of nervousness swept over his facial features.
"Maybe we should leave Kakashi alone, I'll fill you in?" Sasuke spoke but looked at me for the go ahead.
"Be my guest" I said flatly. If Obito was alive, did that mean Rin was too? No.. that I know wasn't possible. I carried her dead body back to the leaf with me that day… my heart broke just thinking about it again.. I could feel my eyes start to water.
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Hours had passed since the meeting. Sasuke and Neji were reading whatever material they brought with them. I was still lost in thought, I didn't even bother opening my itcha itcha book.
"I believe we need to start discussing things" I said out loud. Looking back and forth between them. They both shut their books at the same time to give me their attention but remained seated on the couch that was across the room from the bed I was sitting on.
"I've been thinking about what the masked man said, it's been racking my brains since he said eye of the moon plan. I think I might know something helpful" Sasuke said, starting the conversation off first. Neji and I remained quiet so he knew he could start speaking again.
"I'm not exactly sure where it would be but I think the plan he's trying to hatch has to do with the Uchihas" he spoke again and my confusion grew increasingly.
"Where did you even conclude that idea from?" Neji asked, beating me to the question.
"When I was little I overheard my cousin Shisui talking to my father about it" he said, looking deep in thought.
"Do you remember anything else?" I asked, hoping there was more to that story but at least it was a start.
"No, unfortunately. It sounded boring to me so I stopped evesdropping" he admitted. I wanted to roll my eyes, figures the one time Sasuke didn't want to know something would be incredibly useful to us right now.
"I bet Itachi would know. If Shisui knew, he must know too" I spoke, remember the two of them always being together.
"You're right but Itachi isnt around at the moment and he's being weird lately about talking about things.." Sasuke mumbled and then in an instant he looked at me with a gleam in his eyes.
"You don't think Obito helped Itachi that night, do you?" Sasuke asked me. It took me by surprised for a brief second and then it clicked. Obito had to of helped him.. theres no other reason why his name would trigger panic attacks but why hide it?
"Now that you mention it.." I mumbled to myself.. that means he was in the village all that long ago too. How long had been around? Then I remembered the last thing he said at the meeting and the look he gave me. It was hatred. Did he hate me for not saving him? For not protecting Rin? Oh no.. Rin, did he see what happened that day? My heart started racing. Did he witness me killing the love of his life?
"I'm going to ask him directly when he return" Sasuke said seriously.
"When we return we have to prepare for the war that's storming about. Were not going to hand over our friends to the enemy. Blood will be shed" Neji said coldly. It snapped me of my thoughts just hearing him use that tone. He became serious and quickly. I smiled internally knowing Tsunade and I made a great selection for Anbu captain. He would be just fine.
"You're right, Neji. At least we have more time than two days to prepare" I said.. well hopefully. Obito was a changed man now but I knew when he said something, he meant it. I didn't think it would be any sooner or later than the one month he had given us.
"This time if people die I dont think theres coming back from the dead," he said sharply, looking me in the eyes.
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We had all arrived on time for the meeting the next day. Everyone looked tired, stressed, angry.. the first three emotions that had come to mind. From our small light conversation this morning. The hotel that the Mizukage was staying in is not accepting guests for the night due to a gas leak, so she was already mad. Gaara and his siblings needed to push thru the night to get home after the meeting or they would be behind a week due to an incoming sandstorm tomorrow. Onoki and his granddaughter barely got sleep because their neighbors were screaming all night. The raikage had a fight with killer B this morning. B thought it would be easier to just hand himself over and it didn't blow over well.
Luckily the meeting was about done though. It was the longest debate every.
"We are in need to form an alliance with each other to defend against the threat that is coming" Onoki spoke, looking around the table at everyone.
"My people are not going to coexist happily with shinobi with the mist" the raikage spoke, glancing over at Mei. The hidden mist still had a reputation for being ruthless killers, giving them the name blood mist village.
"Not my fault my ninjas are stronger than yours" she smugly said, shrugging his comments off. I rolled my eyes at their bickering and I was so close to yelling at the both of them. Their bickering hadn't stopped all morning. All of our villages had problems with one another, it was the way of the shinobi life. It was heartwarming to see both kages being proud of their shinobi but highly annoying when either one opened their mouth.
"Enough!" Gaara near screamed, slamming a fist down on the table. Everyone grew completely silent. He hadn't lashed out in anger like that since he was a child.
"We are going to war and you two want to bicker over something juvenile? The alliance we need to form is to protect our friends, families and homes. For all we know he could have a thousand enemies ready to fight us. You are the leaders of your villages. Go home and tell them if they cant get over themselves to become one unit they will be stripped of their ninja titles and banned from the village" Gaara growled, his sand floating around him.
His brother Konkuro grabbed his arm and pulled him into his seat, his sand lowered a little bit but you could feel his irritation. Still, I was impressed by the youngest person here being the most logical of us all. If I hadn't been thrown a curveball yesterday about Obito. I too would have been more helpful.
"The Kazekage is correct, we need to put our differences aside and fight as one" I chimed in to aid Gaaras comment. Onoki made a hmm noise, voicing he was also in sync with us. Mei and A continued to glare at each other for a minute and then stopped.
"You're right" Mei said, the raikage didn't say anything but nodded his head.
"Now that we're done arguing. I would like to mention something" I spoke up, cleaning my throat a little. Sasukes little piece of information could be useful.
Everyone had their eyes on me now and so I sat up a little bit.
"We might have a way to figure out what the masked man's plan is. Sasuke remembers some family members speaking of something like this. When we return were going to find out as much as we can in the short time we have. If, we can find anything" I told them, hoping it give some hope.
"Where would you even start? You're going off the whim of a child's memory" Mei asked, looking doubtful. I understood where she was coming from but she didn't know Sasuke like I did. His memory was incredible.
"His brother, Itachi" the words gliding right out of mouth and my eyes landed on the raikage, whom had so much doubt in the "criminal". He started laughing and I couldn't help but glare at him.
"While you look into possible leads on this plan the enemy is concocting. I will have my anbu scout around to see if we can find any possible clue as to who the man was that was here" Mei spoke up, glancing at me, giving me a small smile.
"No need" I deadpanned. Even though her Anbu were highly trained in spying, she didn't need to waste anyone's time or energy if I already knew who it was.
"The masked mans name is Uchiha Obito" I told all of them, a chill went down my spine. That was the first time I actually said his full name since he became my teammate all those years ago.
"How do you know of him?" Gaara asked. I internally sighed. I couldn't lie to them. Every detail mattered now.
"He was my best friend and teammate when we were genin. When I became Jonin, my first mission failed, he had died. Or so I thought" I told them, looking around the room.
"I don't understand why hes so angry and revengeful though" Gaara said, confused. I was also not sure how his motives but even if he did see me kill Rin, he wouldn't of started a war over it.
"I believe everything that needed to be discussed has been discussed. We should head home and brief everyone" Onoki said, getting up from his chair. You could hear every bone in his body crack when he moved. It did not make me look forward to being old.
"The next time we see each other, it will be on the battlefield" Gaara said, getting up next. Everyone left the room, one by one.
"Hey" Mei said, lightly touching my bicep. I jumped a little but then looked at her. I thought I was the only person left. Guess not.. I looked up to her and waited for her to speak again.
"I'm sorry for what you spoke of. I know its painful. But hey, maybe after all this over we can grab a drink or something" she said sweetly, giving me a smile. I stood up from my seat so we were almost eye level.
"Sounds like a great idea" I told her, not really caring to share the part where I probably shouldn't ever touch sake again.
"See you around, handsome" she giggled, giving me a kiss on the cheek and leaving. Did that really just happen? I chuckled a little bit. I needed that, a small distraction was worth it.
I had finally left the building to find Neji and Sasuke sitting on the ground.
"Oh c'mon, I wasn't inside that long" poking fun at them.
"Unlike you, I don't feel like standing anymore. That was a five hour meeting" Neji barked out at me.
"Ouuu, we're testy. Okay, fine. How about I buy dinner tonight?" I suggested, looking at the two of them.
"Kakashi, the Mizukage is walking towards us" Sasuke just about whispered. Ignoring my kind offer of buying them food.
"Hokage-sama" Chojoru bowed and spoke.
"Mizukage-sama" Neji and Sasuke said. All three of them spoke at the same time.
"I have forgotten that the hotel Chojuro and I stayed in aren't taking guests. Would it be okay to walk back to your hotel with you guys?" Mei ask politely and I nodded my head.
As we approached the hotel, I remembered I was buying dinner for everyone. Well we have two more guests now, might as well include them. It would be rude not to.
"Would you two care to join us for dinner?" I asked looking at Mei and Chojuro.
"Sounds like a great idea. I'm starving" Chojuro answered for them.
"You're always hungry, don't kid yourself" Mei said, rolling her eyes.
"Were always hungry too, so yeah, sounds like a lovely idea" Sasuke spoke for him and Neji.
"Alright then, its settled. Go get your room, were in room eight, when you're ready just knock on the door" I told them once we walked into the hotel. They nodded and we all went our separate ways.
"Well someones seems eager to have a woman around" Neji poked fun.
"Shut it" I glared at him. He wasn't wrong.i had been longed for Hinata for so long that another woman never crossed my mind. I wasn't even thinking about Mei like that but my natural instinct took over and I didn't even realize it.
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Dinner was great, it was relaxing and after the past two days we all had. It was much needed. The mental strain on all of us took a toll and it was only the beginning. I knew we would prevail in the end but what would it take to win a war?
We were all sitting around the table just making small chat, trying to make the best of the night.
"So I know you said Tsunade was unconscious but really, will she be okay?" Mei asked me in a soft voice. We were sitting on the same side of the table.
"Shell be fine. She needs to recover. The jutsu she to save the village took an enormous amount of chakra from her" I reassured her.
"What a strong woman she is" she said, smirking.
"She is after all Hashiramas granddaughter. I would expect nothing less from her" I said, laughing a bit. Mei joined me with a small laugh.
"I do hope however we remain strong in this war, the enemy will falter" Mei said, changing the subject, becoming serious.
"Obito is going to put a fight but I know well win in the end" I placed my hand on her shoulder, giving her a reassuring squeeze.
"If you guys are going to speak anymore of Kage things, I'm going to politely decline being your advisory until you're done speaking" Sasuke said, breaking my gaze away from Mei.
"Don't be disrespectful to your Hokage" Chojuro interveind quickly, my eye twitched slightly knowing Sasuke's wit.
"Don't worry about Chojuro. Before Sasuke was my assistant. He was my student, now hes my friend. Our bond is different. But yes Sasuke, you're free of obligations until tomorrow" I told him and he moved like lightning away from the table.
Neji looked at me and I nodded my head, i didn't need a bodyguard anymore. He slowly got up, bowing and then left. I let him slide with his bow because I knew a majority of that went to Mei.
"Chojuro, you may also leave for the night. Do what you please" Mei dismissed him and he got up from the table. Leaving just Mei and I. I heard the front door open to the hotel room. They must have all left. Where could they have gone at this hour?
"I hope I'm not keeping you awake" I told her, I realized my hand was still on her shoulder and so I took the opportunity to move some hair out her face and tuck it behind her ear. I saw her cheeks turn a light shade a pink.
"Not at all, was hoping to get some alone time with you" she said cheerfully. Getting up off the floor. She landed me hands to pull me up off the floor, and she walked over to the cabinet.
"So, how about that drink?" She asked, pulling sake out of the cupboard.
"I'm not sure if that's a good idea" I told her honestly. I felt hesitant. Since when was I scared to do something? I could handle it. If I needed to stop, I would. I'm not depressed anymore so there wouldn't be a need to take it overboard.
"Oh cmon, just one" she smiled, pouring the both of us a shot. I walked to the small glass and picking it up.
"To better times ahead" I spoke, holding my glass out.
"To win this war" she said, hitting her glass with me. We both tipped our heads backs taking the shot.
The familiar warmth slid down my throat and I wanted another one. Not wanting to drink myself to sleep but actual fun. Just one more though.
"One more and I'm done" I told her. She nodded her head, pouring us both one more. She placed the cap back on the sake and back into the cabinet where she got it from.
We clinked glasses one more, tipping our heads back again and repeat. The small amount in me, lit a fire of desire. Not sure what it was about sake that made me want things but it did and right now all I wanted was this beautiful woman in front of me.
I took a deep breath and went for it. I slowly slid my mask off my face. I grabbed her, pulling her forward and gave her the most passionate kiss I could give someone that I wasn't dating or in love with.
She responded with even more intense kiss, I guess I made the right decision. Our tongues started dancing and our breathing became heavier.
I wasn't sure how far she was willing to go but I wanted to find out. I needed to know. I felt her hands move, my hokage cloak hit the floor, followed by my Jonin vest. The faster my clothes were coming off. The more I was anticipating the fun to come afterwards. My hands twitched in quickness as I removed the belt that was around her waist. I was also curious as to what she looked like underneath.
I slowly started to pull her back towards the bed. I was really glad everyone else left the room, I just hoped no one would come back until we were done.
I stopped kissing her for a brief moment to rid of my shirt. I was now completely topless, all layers were gone. She didn't waste any time thought she pulled my right back into her lips.
Right as I was about to turn her toward the bed, she gently but just rough enough pushed me down onto the bed and she mounted me. I wasn't expecting that, I was used to teasing people. I mean don't get me wrong, I would do it anyways.
Her kisses started wavering from my mouth, down my neck, to my collarbone and she started going down my stomach, she was teasing me and it was working. I could feel the stiffness in my pants and she knew it was there too.
If felt a little odd doing this with another woman though, I was so used to the same body for a long time but I knew everything would come naturally again. My thoughts were interrupted when she undid the zipper and button to my pants, taking them off slowly. I was now only in my underwear.
This however was a first, I've never been the one to be undressed first, ever. I kinda liked it though.
"Well this isn't fair, let me show you something" she said in a soft but sexual voice. My interest was now completely peaked and she had all my attention. She started to take off her clothes, slowly. The anticipation was killing me but my kami did she look good.
Every piece of clothing she took off was like a new wonder, more skin came into view and my length continued to grow harder. Wasn't sure how it was possible but it was happening. Soon, she was down to her bra and underwear. She had curves in all the right places.
I sat up slightly, pulling her toward me aggressively but not enough to hurt her. She was finally on top of me. She bent back down for a kiss, grinding her lower half over mine. She repeated her kissing trail back to where she stopped.
I felt her take my bottoms off and her hot breath ever so slightly traced my skin. I never in my life wanted a blow job so badly until now. Then she caught me off guard, my head went back and I didn't hold back my moan. I'm not sure how she adapted to having great skills in that department but I was more than okay with it.
She stopped right when I was above to cum, she must of felt my hips buckle. Before I could even move my head forward, she was on top of me.
"You ready for me yet?" She asked and I looked up, she had a gleam in her eye and the animal in me broke out. I knew it was time for some payback. I flipped us over in one motion, she was now underneath me. I had managed to unclip her bra and let her breasts free. They were as I imagined. Perfect like every piece of her body so far. I gave her a chast kiss before working down her jawline, copying her own moves. Only I had stopped halfway at her chest.
I played with her breasts and nipples a bit, making her shift only a little bit, oh I see. She was gonna be a hard one to please. I trailed down further and slid off her bottoms as well.
I stopped right in front of clit, just barely gracing it with my tongue, I slid two fingers in and let my mouth do the rest of the work. My free hand was placed on her hip and I could feel her trying to wiggle free. I knew what she wanted and I knew I was getting her close.
She placed a hand on my head, she pushed a little bit so I stuck my tongue in as far as I could go and her hand stopped pushing, I had her right where I wanted her. I slowly crept back up and we locked eyes for a second while I slowly slid inside of her. She arched underneath me and we both let out a low moan.
The rest of the night felt like one big blur. Neither of us had stopped. It was early in the morning by the way the sun looked and we were laying there, tangled up in the sheets. She rolled over onto me and I could feel my eyes getting heavy. Hopefully everyone wouldn't get up for another couple of hours. It didn't matter though, they were locked out. Sasuke and Neji forget to take their keys so they had to stay with Chojuro.
….
"Kakashi! Open the door!" A voice was yelling from behind the hotel door, while they continued banging on the front of it. I looked down to see Mei still soundly asleep and then everything came back to me and quickly. We spent the night together and kami only knew what time it was. I peered into the kitchen to see it was only eleven in the morning. Good, it wasn't to late.
"Wait a minute!" I yelled back at whichever one was banging on the door. I knew yelling would wake Mei up but we couldn't line in la la land forever.
"Good morning, Kakashi" she said sweetly. She sat up and stretched. The sheet fell off of her body and I was able to see a small glimpse of her beautiful body again. I'm not sure it was about this woman but she made my heart skip a beat.
"We unfortunately have to get going. Were being summoned" I told her as I found my clothing spread out all across the room. I gathered her things and placed them on the bed for her. She quickly got dressed and headed for the front door.
"I had a great night, hope to see you again soon," she looked at me and winked. Yeah, I did too. She opened the front door to leave and Sasuke and Neji came storming in. They gave their respectful bow to her and the door shut.
"I see you had a good night" Neji commented on the way the room looked. We never cleaned up dinner, the shot glasses on the counter, I still wasn't fully dressed and the bed was a disaster.
I didn't comment back because they knew I did. I need to blow off some steam before the stress tried to drown me again.
"We should probably start heading home. Were gonna have to stop and make camp tonight because someone wanted to sleep the entire morning away" Sasuke commented as he finished stuffing his bag with his belongings.
I smirked at his comment, it was worth it. But, luckily for me I also didn't need to put a lot back in my bag. Our adventure home could start soon and I was looking forward to my own bed but not to what the future holds.
Itachis POV:
These past five days had been nothing but nightmares and panic attacks. Hinata and I had a giant fight over one of my episodes. But in the end, she remained by my side and didn't try and force me to go to see Ibiki. I couldn't figure out why I kept having them. Everytime i thought about Obito, I couldn't control it.
"Would you like to spare? Maybe itll be good for you" Hinata asked, making me look at her. We had been doing nothing be tending to our garden and working. Keeping my mind off of it was easy but I felt pent up emotions still and that's not what I wanted.
"You can't, your back" I told her bluntly. It had only been three weeks since everything happened, she couldn't even form chakra or she would further injure her back.
"I know but that doesnt mean Kisame can't. I can do basic meditation" she said cheerfully.
"He's not even home from work yet" I deadpanned. I was greatly appreciative of her trying to help me this past week but she needed to stop walking on eggshells around me, I wasnt that fragile. Was I?
"I'm sure he wouldn't mind" she ignoring my tone of voice and I gave up, no use in trying. She would always win in the end.
"Whatever you say" I mumbled, moving a pot with sunflowers in it to the other side of our garden. We had been rearranging everything to make it look fuller.
"Little Hyuga!" I heard him yell, speak of the devil and he shall appear. She glanced over at me with a smirk and left me alone with the flowers.
I placed the pot down and started making my toward in the house. I was covered in dirt and I wanted to shower. When I got inside, I noticed Kisame was also covered in dirt.
"He's willing to spar" she told me, giving me a look that I could refuse. I guess a shower would have to wait.
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My chest was on fire from moving at such a quick pace for so long. I loved a good challenge when fighting and that's exactly what Kisame was giving me.
"You getting tired on me already?" he asked me jokingly. I shook my head and activated my sharingan.
"Finally, didn't think you would use your bloodline. Now the fun begins" and he took off at lightning speed towards my right. I decided to have a fight on top of the lake in the Uchiha district, giving Kisame the ultimate advantage. My eyes were reading every movement he was making perfectly. I could tell you right now if I hadn't used my eyes as so, he would have easily blasted me backwards.
I held up my forearms, a kunai in each hand to block my face. Samehada grinded against my tiny weapons. We broke apart and I knew I couldn't use jutsu on him until I got his sword out of his hands.
As he was backing up, I made quick hand signs to summon a shadow clone behind him, it kicked him in the back, he fell forward for a quick second. It allowed me to kick the weapon out of his hands.
"That was a cheap shot" he said looking amused and annoyed all in one sitting. I grinned and charged toward him at full speed.
"Fireball jutsu" I mumbled under my breath, sending a large ball of flame towards my friend. He was just as quick to repel it using a water technique. We had created a giant smog making hard to see for both of us. I squinted my eyes and I could just barely see faint chakra lines swimming underneath the water.
Now that was a cheap shot, using his partial shark features for a sneak attack. I jumped in the air as he came hurtling out of the water. He came at me with just his hands. We were using basic attacks now. They were effective and he knew I wouldn't use any type of genjutsu on him, that would render me victor right away.
"Come on Uchiha, use your eyes. You're becoming boring to fight" he said nonchalantly as he kicked me in my ribs. I crashed underneath the water and quickly swam back to the surface. I looked around and didn't see him anywhere. He must be in the water. I became serious as I manuevard towards the dock on the lake so I could have my terrain of earth back.
Hinata had been sitting on the docks doing light meditation but kept getting distracted by our fight.
"I wouldn't exactly call this a spar anymore" I said to her jokingly.
"No kidding, this is great to watch and study you two. You both know each other so well" she said sounding hypnotized as she scanned the water for Kisame. I turned my attention back toward the water myself.
I saw air bubbles in the water, in a couple different spots actually. I knew it was a ploy for me to figure out which one was him but I knew better than to go in there and check. My eyes might be fast but if I didn't pick the correct one, he would win this.
One of the kisames popped out of the water, I threw two kunais toward the fake. One kunai piercing the clone in the heart, the other one went flying toward the one submerging from the water. My kunai hit that clone in the eye before it had the opportunity to come out of the water.
"I'm pressed Itachi, as always" Kisame said from right below me. I was so busy looking everywhere but right in front of me I didn't even notice him. He grabbed my ankle before I could move, dragging me into the water. Right as we went under, I casted a shadow clone before he could notice. In case I needed backup from above, I left it standing on the docks. He continue bringing me down further so I would run out of air before anything. I was kicking at his face to get away but I couldn't.
Right before I needed more air, Kisame made a mistake. He looked me in the eyes and instantly we stopped sinking. He was trapped in my genjutsu. It would only be ten seconds in the real world but not in the dream I created.
I tried swimming to the top but my lungs couldn't function without air anymore. I coughed and in flooded the water. I continue to kick upward as my vision started fading. The surface was so close and then I felt a force bringing me toward air at lightning speed. Kisame. He used water dragon bullet in reverse so it was rush us to the top. We landed on the docks and hard, I laid on my back, hacking the water out of my lungs, gasping for air.
"You guys took that so far" Hinata scolded from the side of me. The both of us finally sat up, looked at each other and started laughing.
"We wouldn't actually kill each other, little hyuga" Kisame said reassuringly. I looked over at her, her angry pout face made me want to laugh more but I knew better.
"Well if you two are done, I'm going home to make dinner. It's warm out and I'm hungry" she told us and I glanced at Kisame. Did we just think the same thing? Hinata had her back turned on us and I used my quick stealth and snuck up on her. I scooped her up in my arms and grinned at her.
"You better not" she hissed trying to escape my grip on her.
"You said you were warm" I smiled while I ran with her towards the water. I jumped off the dock, she yelped as we went under. We floated back to the top, she turned in the water to face us.
"You guys suck!" she said while giggling and splashed water at us. A smile formed on my face, this was the ultimate distraction. Actual fun, I hadn't done this in so long.
"I would love to spend more time with you guys but these clothes are soaked and overly heavy" Kisame said as he started floating backwards towards the land.
"See you at home" Hinata waved him off and just floated in the water for a second.
"Thank you" I said, grabbing her and pulling her toward me so I could hold her.
"For what?" she asked looking confused. She wrapped her arms around my neck.
"Trying to help me all week, I needed a distraction and you provided. Especially today" I smirked somewhat as I gave her a kiss on the forehead. I backed away to catch her slightly blushing.
"No need to thank me every time I do something" she said honestly and started playing with my hair that still tied up.
I didn't bother saying anything, I just enjoyed being near her. It was lovely, this was the first really normal day we've had in a long time and I was trying to soak up every moment of it.
….
The next day was here and it was already afternoon time. My body was only slightly sore from overworking muscles I hadn't used in a while. It was a good type of sore and I needed to keep up with training more. I kept telling myself that but nothing was motivating me. I was becoming lazy, honestly I was turning into Kakashi. Hardworking but lazy. I chuckled at the thought. You never realize how much your friends personalities rub off on you until you catch yourself doing something they do.
"So I realized we're missing roses in the garden" Hinata spoke and I looked at her. She was looking around the garden with her hands on her hips.
"I never really thought about putting them in here, they're pretty common" I informed her, I wasn't wrong. I mean a lot of flowers in the garden were common but roses? I could live without them.
"We should get some" she said, looking at me and smiling. There it was, the look I couldn't say no to, I guess roses were being added.
"Fine, but one condition. They cannot be red" I deadpanned. She clasped her hands together and jumped in excitement making me smile.
"I'm not sure if Ino's family shop is restored yet but I'm sure she wouldn't mind a home visit" she said tapping her chin with her index finger.
"Let's take an adventure then" I told her and turned toward the house so we could get to the front yard.
As we manuevard our way back outside, I opened the front door only to come face to face with Neji. Oh, they were home.
"Yay! You guys returned!" Hinata said cheerfully, giving her cousin a hug.
"We would have been here sooner but Kakashi decided to sleep until nearly noon time yesterday and it set back our arrival time" Neji mumbled, releasing his cousin and stepped between us to enter the house.
"I'm going to shower, I'll see you guys in a little while" he said and started walking up the stairs towards the bathroom.
"Oh, Itachi" he said, I turned to look at him before I could close the front door.
"Yes?" I asked him, the expression in his face changed and it made me wonder.
"Kakashi needs to see you both right away, Kisame is waiting for you there" he deadpanned and I knew something was up. I nodded my head and closed the front door.
"They've just returned near moments ago, what could be so important?" Hinata asked as we walked towards their home.
"I don't know but I don't think it's good news" I said to her, all my positivity went right out the window. If I was expecting the worse then I wouldn't over react as much.
The walk was short and I buzzed the doorbell. I heard a click in the latch and I pulled the door open. Hinata walked in first and I closed the door behind us. I could hear hear muffled voices coming from upstairs and a small laugh. If someone was laughing then what could possibly be said? We made our way up the stairs. Kakashi was his desk, Sasuke and Kisame were sitting on the couch.
"Good, I'm glad you guys are here. I have some things to discuss with everyone and it would be easier if you were all present" Kakashi said when his eyes landed on us. His smile had vanished instantly and I didn't like it.
"Some things… happened while at the summit" he started the conversation with. So I see, he was just going to jump right into it. No hellos or nothing. I looked around and found a wall to lean against. Hinata stayed in her spot at the top of the stairs.
"What sort of things?" Hinata questioned him, becoming serious.
"I'll start with the easier news" he took a drawn out breath. My anxiety was threw the roof and my heart started to race.
"Kisame, today is your last day in the leaf. I have talked with the Mizukage, Mei. All the Kages know you helped save the leaf from the Akatsuki and are now helping us rebuild. She requests you be taken back to the mist" he spoke, looking at Kisame. Kisames face twisted, he hadn't been home in years. He was apart of the Akatsuki before I was.
"Well. there goes my freedom" he mumbled looking more sad than angry. I mean to be fair, his crimes weren't that bad. Assassination of another daimyo, plotting to overthrow his goverment and theft of a legendary sword? Those seemed pretty forgivable to me. Then I thought about what I just said.. Am I that corrupt that I didn't think his crimes were bad?
"I believe she is willing to work with you, your deeds here are greatly appreciated. We'll work on the details of your escorts home in a bit" Kakashi said, well, at least he'll be home.
"I hope so, I enjoy being here but I do miss home" kisame admitted and looked at the ground.
"Now, here comes the bad news" Kakashi spoke, grabbing all of our attention again.
"Do either of you know any details of the eye of the moon plan?" Kakashi asked, looking solely at me and Kisame.
"Why are you asking us?" I asked before answering, my defenses were up now.
"Because you two were apart of the Akatsuki" he deadpanned, I felt like I was being set up for something. I knew of the eye of the moon plan from past conversations with Shisui, the stone tablet was hidden beneath the old police force. In a secret room only a full blooded Uchiha could access.
"I feel like you're not telling us something" Hinata butted in, I thanked her silently.
"There is, I skipped the entire story and asked a question that was weighing on my mind" Kakashi casually shrugged off. He looked like he was uncomfortable speaking to us about all of this.
"Stop beating around the bush Kakashi, what happened while you were gone" Hinata snapped, giving him a dirty look.
"A man crashed the meeting. He stated that if we didn't hand over Naruto and KillerB in a month's time he would start the fourth great shinobi war" he told us, sounding like he was becoming upset the more he talked about it. It made me wonder what else he was hiding.
"A man? What kind of man is able to crash a meeting full of powerful ninja and live?" Hinata asked him, that was true. Unless.. My heart started beating faster. Kakashi took a deep breath and looked me directly in the eyes.
"Uchiha Obito is the man" he deadpanned and I could feel my entire world freeze. They knew, he was coming. I looked over at Sasuke and just stared at him. This wasn't good. We were all in trouble.
a/n - SO, I hope everyone enjoyed that. now I know you guys wanted to see kakashi with someone else, I had left the mei scene kind of in a place where I could continue with them or go with yugao like you guys had asked. i can add her to this story OR I can make an entirely new fanfiction because I do have an idea that I want to run with. also the hinata pregnant thing, i have an idea for that. im no where near done with this story and i hope you guys stay until the end. anyways, i hope you all enjoy!