Genma hadn't answered his last question. He had however slapped a few bills on the bar and then hurriedly excused himself and run out of the bar before Kakashi could so much as grab the bastard. Leaving the lupine standing there with his lips curled back from his teeth in a feral expression that did not bode well for Genma the next time that he saw him. The damn fur ball. Kakashi thought darkly as he lifted a hand and waved over one of the other servers working tonight.
Genma's reaction to his question made him think that the human was already in Shifter town. And if that was so, then it was his duty to go check the human out and make sure that the more fragile creature had everything that he needed to survive. Food. Blankets. Clothes. Water.
Which meant that he may end up offering the little cur a bed in his home for the next night or two until he was settled.
Once the other guy was at the bar Kakashi issued a quick order for him to take over for him and walked around the counter and made a beeline for the door. Anxious to meet the human and get things over with.
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Uzu Namikaze never in a million years would have thought that she would one day uproot herself and move into a Shifter town. But after a long conversation with her adopted brother, a panther shifter named Iruka Umino, the man and his mate had told her that maybe it might be for the best considering the circumstances.
The circumstances being that she had found her home in shambles one day after a trip to the market to get some food and had found an ominous note written in dog's blood on one of her apartment walls.
I'm coming for you-
That was it. There was nothing more to the note. Nothing that explained why her home had been targeted. Nothing to explain why, someone was 'coming' for her. It was weird to say the least, and she hadn't been able to provide any clues to the identity of the one who had broken into her home and wrecked everything. All she knew was that someone had broken the illusion of safety and security she had worked so damn hard to obtain, and scared the ever loving hell out of her.
News of the break in had upset Iruka and his mate as well.
Which was why Iruka had told her to start packing her things, that she was moving to Shifter town where he could protect her. She hadn't cared much for the way that he had said it, it had sounded so much like an order wrapped around a softly veiled threat. But she hadn't argued with the panther, knowing that he only wanted to keep her safe and had done as he had asked/ordered her to do while he and his mate had obtained permission for her to move into their territory.
She sighed and sat back with a handful of books in her hands and quickly started to put them on the shelf that she had set up a little while ago and nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt the presence of someone standing directly behind her in the door way and turned her head a little bit and saw the lupine shifter that had paid her a visit a few days after the break in.
Sakumo Hatake was a very, very old school sort of man for one so young.
He was polite, well spoken, had gentlemanly tendencies towards females. And he scared the hell out of her.
At three hundred years of age, the man looked no older than thirty four, his long silver hair was pulled back into a ponytail at the nape of his neck. He was tall, standing nearly six foot eight, his body powerfully built with corded muscle over velvety skin. His clothes consisted of skin tight black jeans, combat boots, and a dark cotton shirt.
His dark blue eyes staring at her unblinking.
He had a predators stare. She tightened her grip on the books in her hand to keep her hands from shaking a little bit as a small tremor went through her as his eyes flickered from her to the partially set up room before moving back to her. "Invite me in." He said in a velvety soft voice after a second or so of silence.
Uzu made a funny noise in the back of her throat. "This home is on your land. I'd imagine that you could come and go anywhere when ever you please-" She said as she slowly set the books aside and got to her feet. This time his unblinking stare didn't pin her in place.
"I can and usually do. But your a human, and humans expect manners and civility." Sakumo said with a small smile, a little amused by her words.
Uzu made another sound and walked over to the door and stopped just an inch or so from him and tipped her head back to meet his unnerving stare for several seconds, then said. "Please come in." She used such polite words for someone so wary of him. Yet the fact that she refused to let him see her cower was interesting to him.
He nodded his head a little bit and quietly moved into the room as she stepped back out of the way, probably thinking that he might step on her if she didn't get out of the way. He mumbled a small thank you to her and made his way to the middle of the room and looked around, studying her things along with the way she had the furniture placed.
He had expected the room to be a mess. What with the moving boxes piled everywhere, but to his surprise the living room wasn't a mess at all. The empty boxes had already been taken apart and stuffed in the trash, the objects that had been contained in the boxes were already neatly in place. Books in the book shelves, movies in their own personal place, pictures on the walls, vases on their shelves.
There were five book shelves in all in the living room, one for movies and four more full of nothing but books. Three coffee tables, all of them a softly painted, glossy cherry wood. Two of them were neatly placed on either side of the cream colored couch with two little table lamps set up on them, then third table was set in the middle of the room at a comfortable distance from the couch, between the chair and the area where she had set up her TV.
She still needed to put up the curtains and a few other things. But all in all the room looked good. Very comfortable and cozy. So much so that he wondered if she would mind if he shifted and curled up on the floor somewhere to take a nap.
"The room looks good. Have you set up the others yet?" He asked both out of curiosity and necessity since he had come over to offer her his services to help her get unpacked and settled. Humans could say what they wanted about shifters, but they were very good at hospitality when they were of a mind to be.
Uzu blinked at his question and felt a little nervous about answering. As harmless as his question might appear to be, she didn't really want a stranger going through her new home, and her things, even if it was for an innocent reason. "Uh...yeah actually. Iruka and Kotetsu were over earlier and helped put the bedroom and kitchen together and stuff." Uzu said lightly, not wanting to offend him.
Sakumo glanced at her for a second then nodded his head before asking. "What about the spare room?" And Uzu cringed a little bit. She had decided to make the spare bedroom a hobby room so that she could paint and work on other things in peace. Which was why she had dragged her things upstairs, but hadn't really tackled any of the boxes in the room yet. She sort of wanted to take her time and settle in before she went through those boxes.
"I...uh...I sort of haven't done anything with it yet." Uzu said lamely when she couldn't think up a decent lie.
"Shall I-"Sakumo started to ask as he turned to walk through the kitchen to the stairs but stopped when she grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled on it. He turned his head a little bit to look at her again as she let go of his shirt and sort of fidgeted for a moment before putting her hands behind her back and giving him a nervous smile.
"No. Please no-" Sakumo tilted his head a little bit to the side. It was obvious that she didn't want him going through her things, but it was sort of his job despite the fact that he was no longer the alpha of the lupines, he just couldn't keep himself from still feeling responsible for his pack. And that feeling of responsibility now included this woman.
Even if he was no longer the alpha, he still had a job to do and he had given his word that he would help Iruka protect this female. That meant making sure that she had a job, enough money to pay bills, food and everything else that she might need.
He thinned his lips a little bit then reached out and put one hand on top of her head and gently ruffled her hair to show that he wasn't upset with her or anything. Making sure to keep his touch as light as possible so that he didn't accidentally hurt her. "Very well. I understand that having someone you hardly know going through your things is...an invasion of sorts. Since you will not allow me to help you unpack, then how about I fix you something for dinner instead?"
Uzu flushed a little bit as he ran his palm over the top of her head and stuttered a little bit. It wasn't that she had a problem with him fixing her something to eat or anything, she was just having some trouble resisting the urge to ask him if he was going to kill their dinner himself or not. Because if so then she probably wouldn't eat anything on the basis that it could be covered in wolf drool.