Chapter Twelve: Didn't see it coming
"Kakuzu" she breathed and his eyes hazed over, neither of them was prepared for what happened next.
Feral was an understatement, he practically lost it. That sound, god, it was like he had been waiting for it his entire life. All he wanted was her, her body, her flesh presses against his in a heated flush. The feel of her supple breasts under his rough tanned hands, her hips beneath the grip of his grasp, long flaxen hair running down her shoulders and back. Her bright lips parted in ecstasy as her eyelids fluttered, vocal chords raw from screaming at him for more. The sound of his heart skyrocketed into shuddering beats of lust and power.
He tightened his arms around her and forced his tongue into her mouth.
The force meant she nearly pushed him away before succumbing to the delicious dominance he radiated from every flexing muscle and deep growl.
In fact Ino didn't really do anything but comply until his hard nails were embedded too far into the skin of her back and his movements didn't even stop to allow her breath to breathe.
"K-Kakuzu" she exclaimed, but it came out as a feeble whimper that only triggered more animalistic desires within him. Her bodyguard crushed her against the wood of the bench and moved his lips down her throat, nipping and sucking until crimson spots decorated the pale column of her throat.
But…it hurt again after a moment or so, like he was trying too hard, it just wasn't comfortable.
"Hello Mr Yamanaka, Is Ino here?"
"No, why?"
Sakura raised an eyebrow at the blunt, uninterested tone of Ino's father as he stood in the doorway looking weary and a little pissed off.
"I just wanted to see how she was doing, after the attack and all…" she trailed off, looking out the corner of her eye for some kind of response from the older man but she received no sign of anything.
"I heard she even got a bodyguard" and this time Sakura hid an inward smirk at Inoichi's widening eyes.
"How do you know that?"
"Told me over the phone"
Inoichi raised an eyebrow but his figure relaxed and his lip lost the pale intensity that it has as he was previously alarmed by the pink haired girl's inquiry.
"Well yes she does, it was necessary, I couldn't risk her getting harmed again, and now she Is halfway across the country god knows where with god knows who and I hate to admit it but I am getting worried" the man held the bridge of his nose between two fingers and Sakura's eyebrows slanted in concern.
"I'm sure it will be okay, if you arranged the bodyguard he must be of high quality, right?"
"Yes, yes I hope so, no one believes me though because he shares the same name as that ex-Akatsuki guy-"
"So he isn't the ex-Akatsuki!?" Sakura cried, eyes lit up and hands clasped in anticipation, Inoichi stepped back a little.
"God no, do you take me for a fool?"
"Of course not it's just…I judged him for his name"
"Well…he is a very good bodyguard it seems, he should be returning my daughter home soon which means you can spend time with her then"
"Oh of course! I'm sorry for bothering you; please tell her to contact me as soon as she is back"
"Will do, thanks for dropping by anyway" the blonde man gave the ghost of a small smile that immediately caught onto Sakura.
"See you soon!" she called as she made her way down the drive with a wave. Inoichi looked up to the pale blue morning sky and took in a deep breath of the light air.
He couldn't have rumours of his daughter being involved with an ex-Akatsuki as a bodyguard.
Ino yawned and looked around, her back felt like a wooden plank and cracked just the same as she sat up and stretched, turning to the side she smiled as Kakuzu slept with his head half buried into her stomach, arm wrapped tightly around her. The young woman momentarily recalled the events of last night with a mixture of emotions.
He had started becoming rough with her and it took a lot of attempts to stay in control and finally push him off, he looked into her moonlit cerulean eyes with a manic fever that excited and frightened Ino.
It took him a few moments to realise he was actually guilty for nearly forcing himself upon her and he curled in on himself looking down with a dark gaze at the plain ground beneath them.
A soft hand on his shoulder made him relax but guilt obscured his features and he only responded positively when Ino came up behind him and wound her arms round his neck, kissing the back of his head tenderly.
"I'm sorry" he said gruffly.
"It is fine, another time Kakuzu, not out here" she whispered and nuzzled into his deep, musky scent that comforted her.
"You don't have to do it another time! It was selfish of me Ino" he claimed but she kept him in place with soothing whispers of hush into his ear that was so used to hearing the screams of helpless civilians.
"And what if I want to, Kakuzu?" she purred and a jolt went down his spine.
"…I can't do this to you any more Ino; it's been too long, with too many mistakes, you could…you could have died tonight" he muttered, his voice turning low like he was only just realising such a thing.
"But I didn't"
"But you could have! God Ino, knowing that when you are around me you are in constant danger isn't worth these selfish desires"
There was a silence, in which Ino was actually staring at him.
This man, she would never have guessed it from the shadows of that grotty bar, was a gentleman, a true, honourable, classy man who actually cared for her, more than she thought and this realisation made her stomach curl in light swarms of butterflies.
"Kakuzu, what are you saying?"
"You need to go home, you need a new bodyguard, someone who isn't as involved as I am, someone who puts their duty before their needs"
Ino hit him round the back of the head.
"Don't say such things! I don't want any other stony soldier out there who is only in it for the money; I want you to be my bodyguard!"
"You sound like a little girl"
"So!? Kakuzu, don't you get it, I love you!"
Ah.
Too soon Ino, too soon! She yelled in her mind as the silence increased to something reasonably unbearable. Kakuzu stiffened beneath her and she moved away silently, he still didn't move.
Oh god she had fucked it up, now she had no choice but to return home and obtain a new guard, relationships like this just didn't work!
"I-I think I might love you too, Ino"
Okay, hold the fun and the horses and everything else that was moving too fast, like her heart.
"What?" she replied dumbly and a hoarse chuckle escaped the man beneath her grasp.
"I said I love you" he turned to her, with…a genuine smile.
"So I didn't fuck it all up?" She inquired and he laughed.
"I think we both did"
Ino smiled back at him and leant down to kiss him again, knowing that she could.
"I-Ino, you…you are back!" Inoichi exclaimed with wide eyes.
It was late afternoon the day after Sakura's visit and before his eyes in the sunny atmosphere, stood a shy, pleasant looking Ino, with her hair flowing down her back and a delicate pale blue rose clip by her left ear. She wore a down to her thigh slim pale blue dress that had strapped sleeves, tan pumps covered her feet and in both hands held her suitcase in front of her.
"You are Ino right?" her father asked again with a lack of certainty and the flaxen haired woman before him laughed.
"Yes Dad, it hasn't been that long"
The embrace was long and sweet and Inoichi had only just released him when Kakuzu's cough came into audio.
"Ah of course, I assume the duty is finished?"
"…Not quite sir, you see, I feel I am unfit for the job and though I have my doubts she is under any real danger anymore, I recommend a new bodyguard"
Ino made a strange gulping noise and covered her face with a golden curtain of hair.
Inoichi looked from her to him, and then back to her, before returning his gaze back to him.
"Oh…I see, well I cannot thank you enough for keeping my daughter safe for so long, I am sure she is grateful of your efforts too" he smiled weakly and there was a pause in which a soft breeze fluttered through the trio and Inoichi took in a deep breath and clapped his hands together.
"Well, I might as well get your payment, be back in a moment" he claimed and turned around to head through the door and up to his office.
As he went Ino and Kakuzu faced one another, it hurt to do so, but in a warm way; a loving hurt.
"You…really are leaving aren't you?"
"I will return when you are safe"
"But how long will that be?"
"…I don't know"
Ino darted up, dropping her bags and embracing him tightly with a loud sob.
"I will miss you so much"
He ran his fingertips through the silk of her hair and though he would never admit, felt the bitter sting of tears burn behind his eyes.
"I love you" he whispered and she stood back.
Kakuzu realised how beautiful she looked even when she cried, with her bottom lip trembling and her eyes slowly turning red from loose tears.
Yanking down his mask she kissed him deeply, before moving back to brush against his lips with a meaningful reply of.
"I love you too"
Before replacing his mask just as her father walked back into the doorway, clutching a small white envelope full of heavy cash.
"Here you go, thank you again for your efforts"
"I don't want the money sir, knowing your daughter is safe is the only payment I need" he replied and Ino sobbed quietly, still gripping his hand in her own.
Inoichi lowered the envelope and gulped.
"If you wish, I thank you again"
"Thank you so much Kakuzu, I hope to see you again soon" Ino claimed, voice forced into pleasantry and the ex-Akatsuki smiled beneath the veil of brown.
"Good bye Ino Yamanaka" he said before letting go of her hand and walking down the drive as father and daughter entered the house and shut the door.
It felt abnormal and surreal to be home again, like it wasn't supposed to happen just yet but Ino could do little about the feeling.
Dropping her suitcases in the hall she headed into the living room and sat down silently, just facing her lap and thinking.
Inoichi came up to her and placed a cool drink of orange juice before her.
"Here you go" he smiled and she nodded and took it into her somewhat trembling hands, taking a long sip and sighing.
"I really am going to miss him father" she told him and her parent sat beside her and put a hand on hers.
"It's okay, he said he will be back soon, I could tell by the look on his face that he really wants to"
"But I don't know how long this stupid bodyguard scenario will have to go on for before I can see him again!" she cried.
Then her clear blue eyes rolled back and her mouth gaped as she fell down and across the sofa in a faint.
"Not much longer" her father claimed as he watched Deidara and Sasori pick her up and take her upstairs.
Turning to the right he saw Pein standing expectantly in the white marble settings of the hallway.
"There, find out what you must, but I want my money"
"You will get your money if she is of value; we have wasted time running around for you Inoichi"
"You will not regret it, entrance into the eastern city will be yours when you deal with her, I have grown tired of running after her girlish pranks and spending time and money on her, I never intended for a daughter, I always wanted a son, now she is of age to which she can be taken far away and start a new life, with no memory, correct?"
"Correct, but do you still want this?"
"I have wanted it for too long"
A/N: Eastern City, what the fuck bro? (Explanation below)
I don't know either, I just needed something in it for the Akatsuki to do all this in the first place, pretty much, what has been going on Is Inoichi always wanted a son and when he had Ino he kept her until she was old enough to take far away and claim she had just moved out. When she was attacked, it was completely random and he made reasoning's with Pein that he could have the girl and get information about this so called eavesdropping and Inoichi would not cause a fuss as long as they took the girl away afterwards. Pein also wanted access into the Eastern city for trade which Inoichi could provide him with (I don't know, its fan fiction)
So yeah, another super fucking late chapter, I am so sorry folks, but exams started and my god, I don't even get sleep nowadays. But I hope this pleases you all and you all get confused by my awesome unpredictable twist at the end there, that makes no sense at all.
#LAW09
To TheAkatsukisFangirl: Excellent! Aww, thank you, Kakuzu is wickedly strong and I think it's important to get that through so thanks for noticing and praising! Ahaha, it's also awesome to hear you've been reading my comments! My nan is 73 and between you and I she is a cunning creature to whom I have little admiration. She's my step-nan anyway, hope this doesn't make you think too poorly of me. The rest of my family is great. Ahaha, anyway it's been a pleasure reading your reviews throughout the last few chapters, thank you!