Disclaimer - I do NOT own Naruto, though a girl can dream.
Oh, and to the people who though Nanashi should've fought back or kicked Kakashi's ass, then I have to tell you why it happened that way;
1. Nanashi's only a gennin! Kakashi is a Jounin! BIG difference guys!
2. Nanashi was caught off guard so Kakashi should have had a huge advantage on him anyway.
I hope that cleared somethings up! Enjoy!
Nanashi felt the ropes chafing at his wrists. This was definitely not looking good. Kakashi firmly held the coils tying his wrists together tightly.
The genin were much more subdued, the whole mission was looking much more grim. Hikari however couldn't help but keep taking glances at Nanashi feeling a certain deja vu.
"Haku do you recognize the boy?"
Haku rose from his sitting position, "No, but it is no wonder the fake demon brothers did not even slow them down, one jounin, the copy-cat nin Kakahshi no less, a genjutsu seeing girl, the daughter of the Kazama clan, and the pride and joy of the Uchiha clan. The brothers didn't stand a chance. This might be our only chance of striking quickly to kill Tazuna-san"
Zabuza thought on that "No, we're not prepared enough yet. We shouldn't take these guys lightly. The copy nin is the one we really have to look out for. Hurry, lets get back to the base. "
Haku nodded slightly "Hai Zabuza-sama"
Tsunami came out to greet them, astonished that Nanashi was tied up. This was not good.
She reluctantly opened the door letting the group enter. "Father what's going on? He's all tied up, so it better be for a good reason." She looked at Kakashi, "A very good reason." Kakashi brushed past her shoving Nanashi through the door.
"Tsunami go prepare tea and make sure Inari stays out of the way. I rather he wasn't around for this." Tazuna replied curtly. She nodded reluctantly and went into the kitchen to prepare the tea.
Tazuna sighed and sat down motioning Kakashi to join him. "Kakashi-san, you know our country doesn't have much money. I already explained it to you so I don't know how I can afford to pay you."
Kakashi looked at Tazuna carefully looking very serious. "Well you are in need, and we have a missing nin thanks to you."
Tazuna avoided Nanashi's accusing eyes at those words.
"But we still need payment. So you could take tolls on the bridge and Konoha will take a percentage of the cut."
Tazuna looked relieved. "Yes that would be perfect, but what about Gatou?"
"Don't worry about him, since this is a B-rank mission now we can take care of him." replied Kakashi.
All this time Nanashi watched carefully. Sakura and Sasuke were outside, but Hikari was inside listening in.
Listening in Inari fumed. They couldn't possibly defeat Gatoh, he's way to strong! "He's going to kill you. You can't defeat Gatoh." Inari made this comment as he peeked around the corner.
"Inari! I thought I told you to got wait in your room until our guests are finished talking." scolded Tsunami.
"But it's true"
Hikari smirked at his comment "As I have learned fate is nothing more than great men making plans." Neji was always full of wisdom, the example was in this line, which he had told her years ago. (Neji moment XD)
Inari looked at his feet unable to say anything, he expected one of them to explode in anger, but they way they stared at him made him feel stupid.
"Whatever this is stupid!" Inari said in an injured tone and stomped out leaving a rather depressing feel behind him.
"I'm sorry" Tazuna muttered after Inari left in such a huff. "It's just that ever since his father, or rather say his father figure, got killed by Gatou, Inari's been well..." Tazuna trailed off, he didn't know what to say.
Hikari sighed, "It's not an easy thing to lose someone, especially so young." She looked forward eyes misty as if she was looking at some past memory still troubling her.
"Gatou has been plaguing our country for some time now, making money entirely on his shipping business, and if we finish the bridge a huge amount of his money will vanish." Tazuna looked on worriedly, "Gatou is not a man to be trifled with. You must understand I simply want to finish the bridge."
Kakashi nodded at his words, "So you don't want us to go after Gatou?"
Tazuna nodded "Please do not take offense, but if you are defeated then my family will be killed. Besides your group, not including yourself, are just children."
Kakashi rubbed the back of his head, "Very well you are the client after all, but I'm still at a loss of what to do with our problem here." He nodded towards the silvery blond.
"We just can't leave him here or let him go because of the fact he maybe is a missing nin. However we just can't leave him like this." Hikari looked at the blond, the same feeling of deja vu was setting in again.
Nanashi sighed leaning back, he never really had any control over what would happen to him. Life to him was always do your job or be killed. Do this or be killed. Don't do that or you'll be killed.
Nanashi kept trying over and over again to kind a small memory, any memory, of a mother caring for him, but instead all he remembered was blood and rain. And If he thought hard enough, he could just barely see a man's face.
When Haku and Zabuza arrived at the hideout, the demon brothers were there to greet them.
"Zabuza-sama, how did it go?" asked Meizu.
Zabuza only sent them a glare. The brothers looked at each other, that didn't bode well. Gozu sent his bother a look and bowed."Zabuza-sama, if you want, we can take care them for you. It would be easy for us to, dispose of them." asked Gozu.
Meizu sent his brother a nasty look, he had no right to ask to do something Zabuza didn't do himself, but to his surprise, Zabuza nodded.
"Yes, very well." mused Zabuza, 'They could be of some use to me know, even though they might die.'
Haku sent his master a look of surprise. Didn't they just come back to prepare for a long fight? Zabuza noticed his distress and gestured at the Demon Brothers to leave. They nodded and left to carry out their mission.
Zabuza turned around and told Haku his reason for doing this.
"If they can somehow weaken Kakashi, then it will be much easier for us to kill them. Their deaths mean nothing to me, and if they get caught, then they know to kill themselves. They will not let us down"
Haku nodded in agreement. He turned towards the door and said this,
"I need to collect herbs for ointment. I shall return shortly." With this he disappeared.
Zabuza nodded in response, and then looked towards the door and frowned. Someone was coming, and it wasn't Haku. The door burst open only to show the person he least wanted to see.
"Zabuza! What is the meaning of this! The bridge builder is still alive! You told me he would be dead! That I wouldn't need to worry!" spat Gatoh, his eyes on fire.
Zabuza couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Don't worry, he'll be dead by the end of this week"
Gatoh sent a nasty look to Zabuza, "That bastard better be dead by the end of this week, or I'll personally arrive at your door, accompanied by some men you really don't want to meet. I'm paying you for a reason Zabuza, so it better be done"
"Thud!" A kunai just hit the wall, only a hairs breath away from Gatoh's forehead. Zabuza turned and bore his eyes into Gatoh's eyes, leaking out some killing intent. Gatoh stood in fear while Zabuza said in a cocky tone, "Feh, it'll be done, done worry. I'll bet my life on it."
Gatoh sputtered in shock, "Y..You, how dare you," Gatoh started backing up to the door. "I...I'll get you for that!" He turned, opened the door and fled.
Zabuza shook his head in disgust, "It's only for the money," He muttered. He looked around. Now where was that milk.
"Well, at least I'm, no longer tied up," grumbled Nanashi. It had been three days since he had been discovered, and every moment had been a living hell. Everyone suspected him, except Inari, but Tsunami had forbidden Inari from talking to him, so it made no difference. People only came to see him when it was meal time.
Oh well, being untied was the only good thing out of this. The only problem was their were no windows in the room and the door was locked. They would have heard him escape if had tried to anyway, he knew any attempt was futile.
Nanashi's head picked up, he heard footsteps coming.
"Um, Nanashi-san," Tazuna told them his name, the bastard, "May I talk to you?"
Nanashi recognized the voice, It belonged to that Hikari girl, the daughter of the Hokage. He had gleaned that much from conversations the group had, before he had gotten caught.
"Yeah, though I wouldn't trust me if I were you."
"Don't worry, I know you won't do anything," replied Hikari as she entered the room. She sat on the floor and began "Um, about why I'm here-"
Nanashi cut her off, "What, are you here to interrogate me? It didn't work when Kakashi tried, so it sure as hell aint going to work with you. Hell, you're just a child!"
"Yeah, well so are you! You act all high and mighty all the time, Mr. I'm to good for all of you so leave me alone so I can broad all day!" yelled Hikari. Gods this boy pissed her off to no extent! He was ten times as worse as Sasuke, and that was saying something.
Nanashi scoffed, "As if you know anything about me. You had a lot of things in your life, while I was tossed in the dirt all my life, so don't talk about things you don't understand! You leaf nins have not right butting into my personal affairs!"
Nanashi glared hard at the girl, leaking out what little killing intent he could muster up. He was weak, the food they gave him didn't sustain as he would have liked. This girl needed to go, now.
Hikari seemed to have gotten the message, so she rose from her sitting position and as she walked out the door, said, "You know, your right, I don't know what it's like to be an orphan, or what it's like to be treated like dirt. I know one thing though, that you hate it, so if you ever decide to allow me to talk to you," She turned to him and smiled, and Nanashi blushed, "I'm here"
Hikari walked out of the room, leaving a blushing Nanashi. He shook his head, ridding him self of the blushed and glared at the door. Damn her, damn her to hell.
Whooot, finished!
Note, this isn't a HikarixNanashi fic, just to get that through!
Preview (edit):
Just as she finished eating, Tsunami posed a rather
awkward question. "Who's going to feed Nanashi today?"
