Me: I'm going to write this before I forget what it was that I was planning to do in this chappie. If it sucks I apologize….
Yuki was just a little pissed. He had gotten the kiss he had been waiting for from Iruka, but the teacher had pushed him away almost immediately. That was not how it was supposed to happen, dammit! The chunnin had accepted his dinner offer, that had been a good sign…..
The Mist Jounin sighed as he slipped into the previously locked mission room. He had found a file on the scroll he was seeking the night before hand. If he was lucky, the file (which he had not had enough time to read over completely the night before) would tell him the whereabouts of the item he sought.
The room had been closed a little over an hour, and he had seen an ANBU bring in a folder, so that brought his hopes up a little.
Opening the locked drawer, he pulled the folder out, noting that some papers had been added. Pulling out the new documents, he scanned several lines before snarling in rage. This was not his night! Putting the papers back in their original places, he leaped back out the window, closing and relocking it, before heading out to the forest, checking to make sure he was not being followed. There was still a chance to recover the scroll, and he was not about to waste it by being careless!
Reacing the gate, he ever so carefully slipped out, looking around, slipping silently into the trees like a shadow.
"Do you have something to repot to us?"
The soft voice caused Yuki to jump and whirl around, kunai at the ready. He put it away when he saw who it was. He had been walking in silence for so long that even the small boy's soft, almost inaudible voice has scared the living daylights out of him.
"Yea." He mumbled as the second, larger shadow appeared behind the boy. Taking a deep, nervous breath, he reported what he had found.
"So," the large shadow rumbled, his voice void of most emotion, but no less intimidating. "The scroll is no longer in the village?" Yuki nodded. The larger shadow turned to leave.
"We know a short cut. We can intercept him and take the scroll back." He rumbled. Yuki started to follow him, but the boy turned his eyes on him.
"Go back to the village." He ordered. Yuki opened his mouth to ask the point, if they were just going to get the scroll back that night and kill the carrier. But the boy was already explaining with a tone of extended patience.
"You said the man carrying the scroll was Sharingan Kakashi. He's trick and powerful. We will not underestimate him. We will confront him. At worst we can injure him enough that he will be forced to turn back to the village. The scroll is valuable and dangerous. He will not risk continuing on to his destination. The risk of someone coming along and finishing him off would be to great. He will be forced back to Konoha and you will finish him off and take the scroll there. If, in the best case, we kill him and take the scroll, we will send for you." That said, he turned and disappeared behind his companion.
Yuki had a rather bad feeling about what was happening, but he shrugged it off and headed back toward the village gates.
With Kakashi Several Miles Away
Kakashi bit his lip again, forcing himself to concentrate on his surroundings. The Hokage had told him that the scroll he was carrying was very valuable, and that enemy nin were sure to come after him for it. He had to be alert. His mind had to be on the here and now, not back in the village with a blossoming romance between a teacher and an enemy.
This time he bit his lip hard enough to draw blood.
It was in the moment of clarity the slight pain in his lip brought that ha sensed it. Another's chakra following him, coming up almost impossibly fast. He debated. Speed up and try and outrun them, using more chakra he might need later, or stand and fight and delay his mission, and, once again, use up chakra he might need later? Buying himself some time, Kakashi dodged up the rock wall he had been traveling beside, leaping nimbly from one rock to the other. The presence behind him followed him, move for move, perfectly, as if in sync with him.
"He's good." Kakashi thought, dodging to an opening in the rock face, to distracted be the presence following him to search ahead. Therefore, he was not ready for the for that slammed into his stomach from the darkness in front of him. He was sent sailing backwards from the force of the blow, recovering in time to land on his feet with catlike grace, and bring his hands up, kunai in grip, to block the blow aimed for his face.
"Another one! Kakashi didn't have time to ponder the addition to their little party, as four senbons, dangerously accurate, came whistling towards him, he dodged again, ducking as a huge zanbatou
whistled overhead.
As he leaped back to his feet, he yanked his hitai-ate up, revealing his Sharingan. Looking around, he spotted the chakra of his two opponents. The one who had just swung at him was quite close, and was pulling his rather large fist back for a punch. Having spotted it to late, Kakashi was unable to dodge, and the fist connected with his stomach , hard, forcing bitter bile and coppery blood up his throat and out his mouth.
He gasped for breath, twisting away as the person behind him moved forward. He was fast, but the other was faster. He twisted with Kakashi, and landed a blow on his spine between his shoulder blades. Kakashi leaped to the side again, getting away from the two this time for crucial seconds. Had there been only one and he had been able to see clearly, he would have had less of a problem. As It was, however, with both extremely skilled opponents hiding in the dark, he would have to use every last ounce of strength to get away. He wouldn't be able to do much like this, Sharingan or not, and he still had to deliver the scroll.
As much as he hated it, he knew when he needed to try and get away. His opponent had the element of surprise and the cover of darkness, not to mention, he added silently to himself as he twisted away from yet another swipe of the huge sword and dodged another barrage of needles, the benefit of teamwork.
He could hear a brook nearby. If he could get there and get underwater, he stood a better chance of escape. Dodging yet another near-disaster, he took off in that direction. Yes, if he could get to the water, he would be fine.
The next morning with Iruka
Iruka liked sleeping. He loved to sleep in on Saturdays when he didn't have school to worry about, even though he couldn't stand laziness. Unfortunately, it didn't appear that he would be getting much sleep that Saturday. He was woke by a gentle knocking on his door around nine.
Stretching with a yawn, Iruka headed to the door, tugging on a shirt over the black pajama pants we wore to bed, brushing his unbound hair out of his face.
"Yes?" He asked with another badly suppressed yawn as he opened the door. He looked up into Yuki's uneasy face.
"Uh? Yuki-san? What's the matter?" he asked, his heart fluttering slightly as the memories of their date the night before came back to his mind as sleep left.
"May I come in, Iruka-sensei?" He asked softly. Iruka nodded and stepped aside. Yuki slipped passed him. Iruka blushed as Yuki passed by close enough to brush his arm against Iruka's hand that was clutching the door.
Yuki walked in and sat on the edge of Iruka's couch. Iruka followed him curiously, sitting in a chair across from him. There was an uncomfortable silence for a few minuets, before it was broken by Yuki.
"Iruka-sensei, are you mad at me?" He asked. Iruka blinked, and was about to ask what for, but images of Yuki pressing his lips roughly against his own, and he pushing away mumbling a "sorry" and a hasty "goodnight" and decided that he didn't need to ask.
"No." He said softly. "I'm not angry." Yuki stood and was across the room and in front of Iruka before the teacher could blink.
"Iruka-sensei." He said, leaning over, closer than Iruka, who was leaning back as far as his chair would permit, would have liked.
"Ye-uh-yes, Y-Yuki-san?" Iruka stammered, pressing back into the chair. Yuki leaned a little bit closer, so that their noses were bumping each other gently.
"I-I really like you." He whispered, his breath ghosting warmly over Iruka's lips.
"R-Really, now, Yuki-san, we've barely known each other three or four days-" He was cut short by Yuki's lips pressing against his demandingly. Reaching up to push the other man away, he found his hands trapped inside of Yuki's, who was pressing his body closer to the young teachers. Iruka let out a squeak, trying to move his legs to get a good kick in, only to find that the close proximity rendered his feet useless. His struggles were futile, as the other man was both larger and stronger than he.
"IRUKA-SENSEI!" Naruto yelled, throwing open the door. Yuki jumped back, leaving Iruka spooked and panting. Naruto didn't notice. He looked panicked, and was panting as if he had run a great distance quickly. Iruka immediately forgot what had just happened in favor of stopping the tears that were starting to trail down the young boy's cheeks.
"Naruto! What's the matter!" he asked, kneeling by the boy as he sobbed into his shoulder. For a moment, all he got was incoherent sobs.
"'Kashi-….gulp…hosipi…t..al…sob…..emergency….."
Finnaly, after a mament of gentle cooing, Iruka was able to get an understandable response from the distraught boy.
"A team found Kakashi-sensei outside the village this m-morning." He took a shuddering breath before continuing. "He was beat up pretty bad. He wasn't even conscious! They took him strait to the em-mergency room. He's in surgery. H-he was almost d-d- they couldn't get a response out of him when they f-f-found him." Naruto choked, but kept his sobs in control this time. He was still very pale, and Iruka figured he probably didn't look much better. He had gone curiously numb when Naruto had fist began speaking. Now he felt panic beginning to rise up in his chest. He stood and took Naruto's hand.
"Come on, Naruto. Let's go wait at the hospital." He said softly. Naruto nodded and they headed for the door.
A hand catching Iruka's elbow stopped him.
"Not now, Yuki-san." Iruka said without turning. His voice held an edge that ha not been there before. Yuki did not let go.
"Iruka, I really need to discuss something with you. The boy can go by himself, and Hatake-san isn't going anywhere, except maybe a morgue." Iruka's eyes narrowed as his temper flared. He yanked his arm away, still not turning to look at Yuki.
"Now I think I understand why Kakashi disliked you so much." He said lowly. "He could probably see right through your charming smile. You're the kind of person he hates the most; The kind that would abandon his comrades without a backwards glance if it suited you. I won't do that. Kakashi needs his team to be there. He's taught them loyalty. He would never leave them, and they won't leave him. And-" He paused for a moment before continuing. "-and I need to be there to make sure he's ok."
And with that said, he and Naruto disappeared out the door in the direction of the hospital, leaving Yuki standing alone in Iruka's living room.
Yuki's face darkened with a scowl. So Hatake had survived? But just barely, it seemed. Now it lay on him to finish the job. He was tired of playing around. He didn't think he could pull off a proper assassination of someone as important as Hatake, Kakashi in the hospital without insurance. A wicked grin split his face, turning it dark and ugly as he showed his true nature to Iruka's wall. Iruka and his precious ex-student Naruto would do nicely.
He had been planning on taking Iruka with him anyway, whether the teacher had wanted to go or not. He would be fun to play with for a while. Not staying in one place for very long did have it's drawbacks. The blond brat would just make it that much easier to make sure the sensei didn't put up to much of a fight.
He walked calmly out the door, making sure to lock it before he closed it and headed for the gate. He hadn't been allowed to carried weapons with him when he had arrived in the village, but he had hidden them just outside the walls with the corps of the mist ninja who's place he had taken. Today would be Hatake-san's last.
Me: ok, that's enough for today. Sorry if I got the characters ooc. I think I made both of them a little to weak. Please forgive me! Yea, this chapter sux…..it's worse that the others…..
Damn!
I'm watching Episode 61 of Naruto, so I'm distracted anyway…..I know the story, but since our comps so slow, we can't upload or download many episodes, so……..yea…..my brother and I are behind….;-; cries That's part of the reason the timeline is so screwed up in this story. Forgive me! That little detail keeps bothering me!
Well, I've rambled quite a bit, and I'm sure you're all tired of listening to me (if you even read this at all) so I'll shut up now.
How soon the next chapter's out depends on the feedback I get…..R&R please? If no one likes it I'll stop writing. puppy eyes