Hey everybody! Sorry for the wait but I had to wait for five reviews cause, like I said, I only update with at least five reviews. Anyhoo, here's the next chappy.
FOR ALL GRAMMATICAL ERRORS: I apologize in advance. I didnt have time to spellcheck or even give it a once over. I think the beginning and middle are okay but the end may have several. Once again, sorry.
CHAPTER SIX:
As soon as Rayne realized that Rontu planned on attacking Yoro, she began to form a plan. This is what she was trained for: formulating plans on the spot had always been one of her strong points.
But this wasnt just another obstacle, this was her best friend. She had to either give Rontu up and save Yoro, then finish the mission or give herself up, save Rontu and fail the mission.
It took her less than two seconds to make up her mind.
From under her dress she whipped out two senbon needles filled with sleep inducers. From under the table she flicked them into Yoro's legs and he immediately slumped over. Rontu, who had taken the lunge at Yoro now flew straight over the man's slumped form and landed lightly on the other side of the table, next to Rayne. Without wasting time the wolf swung around and prepared to spring again.
"Rontu! Freeze!" Rayne growled in a voice that would make a seasoned ANBU still. The wolf turned his bright, intelligent eyes to her and cocked his head in question
"What are you doing?!" Rayne demanded, her voice now more confused than angry.
"I am going to kill that man," the wolf answered simply. Rayne blinked several times in surprise before blurting out,
"What the hell do you want to do that for?!"
"He has plans for you that I dont agree with and unlike you, Im not bound to follow Tsunade's orders."
"But we need information out of him, Rontu. I cant just let you kill him. And what do you mean he had plans for me?"
Rontu's hackles bristled as he thought of what he had overhead Yoro saying to his guards. "He knows who you are. Somehow information leaked and he knew even before you got here. He was planning to 'have some fun' with you before killing you, Kakashi and Kotetsu."
Rayne stared at him for a moment, too shocked to say or do anything.
Yoro...knew...?
Shock made her mind go completely blank for a moment, but then she realized she needed a new plan. Okay, so he knew who they were. This didnt mean that the mission was a failure yet, though. She could find a way around this. She just had to think. In less than three minutes she had an idea.
"Okay," she began," He knows who I am, it sucks but we can deal with it. The mission isnt over yet. I can still get the information out of him. But Kakashi and Kotetsu have to leave, they will pose a threat to him. I havent figured out how to get them outta here yet, though. But I'll come up with a way in a minute.
Back to dealing with Yoro. If I pretend to fall for him and admit who I an and confess maybe he'll buy the lie and I can worm my way in and get the information. I know I can, I just need time. Say, three days. Yeah, that should be good enough.
In three days I'll send Kakashi and Kotetsu home and confess to Yoro. I'll send a note with Kakashi to Tsunade stating that I cannot complete the mission because I cant betray Yoro and I'll tell her that I doubt Im coming home. Then I leave it in Kakashi's room and Yoro's spy will find it, read it and report back to Yoro. He has to have a spy, I just know it. Thats the only explanation as to how he found us out.
I'll send the letter, his spy finds it and tells him. He wont doubt me then. Then I just have to pray that I can still seduce a guy."
She smiled at Rontu and the white wolf swung his large head from side to side. He thought the plan was insane. But, then again, Rayne tended to be right on these things and so, after a moment, he exhaled slowly, his version of a sigh, and nodded.
Rayne smiled at him and kissed his muzzle before ordering him to leave and let her take care of everything.
Once his dazzling white coat of fur was no longer visable she turned to Yoro. He was slumped over in his chair and two navy blue senbon needles were sticking out of his left leg. Rayne quickly removed the needles then stuck them back in but this time in his thighs, as if they had been thrown from the trees above them. She had about ten minutes before he awoke. Running inside she shuffled around his papers and put them back in their place, but in a different order, making it look as if someone had been looking for something and then tried to put everything back in order.
Then she sat at the table, pulled out two identical senbon to those in Yoro's thighs, drianed just enough of the tainted liquid to put her to sleep for roughly eight minutes, making her wake only a minute or two after him. She let out a breath, then jabbed the needles into her stomache and shoulder.
Her small frame instantly slumped forward and her head came down to rest on the table as the drugs took effect.
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Once she regained consciousness Rayne looked around and found that she was in Yoro's bedroom. He was sitting in a chair in the corner of the room opposite the bed she was laying on, watching her carefully. She sat up slowly and remembered to look confused, she still had to pretend she didnt know that he knew her real identity.
"What happened?" she asked in what she had decided to call "Kira's voice".
"You fainted, from what I dont know. One moment Im talking to you and the next you're unconscious in your chair. You gave me quite a scare, Kira." Apparently Yoro was still playing along too.
Rayne cocked her head to the side, "I fainted?" she asked, trying to act as if she didnt get what had happened.
"Yes, you fainted. You've been asleep about fifteen minutes. Perhaps you should get some rest. Come, I'll walk you to your room." He stood, walked over to her, and held out his hand. She nodded meakly and took the offered hand, standing beside him slowly.
They walked in silence to her room, she had adapted a rouge blush and he seemed to be thinking. As they passed the other couples in the building Rayne looked down and away as the words the lovers spoke to eachother reminded her painfully of Kakashi. Yoro, who noticed her reactions, raised his eyebrow slightly. When they arrived at Rayne's room he turned to her, kissed her on the cheek gently and gave her a smile.
"Get some sleep. If you're still up to it, I'll order lunch for us tomorrow." Rayne smiled. He was still in the game. She nodded to him and acted happy at the thought of lunch with him.
"I'd love to have the lunch date go on tomorrow. Just have someone call me when you're ready and I'll come. And this time I promise not to faint," she joked, having the good grace to blush.
He chuckled and kissed her cheek once more before turning and walking down the hall. After he turned the corner Rayne quietly opened her door, walked in, and shutit behind her. As soon as it was closed she leaned against it and dragged her hand over her face wearily. Sleeping drugs always left her groggy and the change in plan did not help her oncoming headache.
"Damn. My head is gonna kill me tomorrow. Great, thats just what I need right now, another problem," she muttered as she pushed away from the door and made her way to the closet to find a nightgown to sleep in. Once she was changed and her teeth cleaned and her hair brushed, she shut off all the lights and crawled into bed. She stared up at the plain white ceiling, the dark brown silk covers not doing much to cover her in the chilly fall night. Inhaling slowly she let out the lungful of air in a tired sigh. Why couldnt things go right just this once? Just one time where things just went according to plan?
"Cant sleep?" a deep voice asked to the left of the bed.
"We have a problem," Rayne informed the figure perched on the windowsill. She didnt need to turn and look to know who it was. His chakra was like a jolt of electricity to her, one that used to make her lips turn at the corners into a smile, even when she felt like crying. Now all it did was cause an ache in her chest that would take a while to work its way out.
"What happened?" Kakashi asked, jumping form the windowsill to the side of her bed. Rayne sat up and stood, wrapping her robe around herself before answering.
"Yoro knows. I dont know how or who yet but he knows and there's been a change in plans." She quietly explained what Rontu had told her and what her idea was. Kakashi shook his head as soon as she started talking about him leaving. Right after she concluded her explanation he fixed her with a hard one-eyed stare.
"Im not leaving. Kotetsu can but I wont. Especially now that you've been found out."
"Kakashi-"
"No, Rayne. Im not leaving."
"I can handle this-"
"Im.Not.Leaving."
"Damnit Kakashi! Im not a child! I can handle this mission without you holding my hand! I managed 21 years of my life without getting killed without you!"
"Yeah, you did so well you married a subordinate of Orochimaru and managed to get captured!" he growled without thinking. But he regretted his choice of words instantly when he saw the look of shocked hurt on Rayne's face. "Rayne, I-"
"That was a low blow, Kakashi. A really low one," she cut him off in a hurt whisper. They both knew that she could come back at him and deal plenty of low blows herself by mentioning his guilts and regrets. But they also knew she wouldnt.
"Im sorry. I didnt mean..."
"You and Kotetsu leave in three days. No arguing over. I've already decided what Im going to do," she said, her voice hard with the effort to keep it controlled.
What Kakashi had said hurt. He knew how she felt about what happened with Tsume. She had been an idiot and worse, weak. She had told him how much she blamed herself for being so stupid and she had told him that she felt losing her baby was a way that she had been punished for her own stupidity.
Kakashi felt like kicking himself up the ass at the moment for lashing out at her the way he did. He was just hurt by the thought that she didnt need him. he really hadnt meant to hurt her, it was just that part of human nature to lash out when hurt and he, despite all his skills and strength, was still human.
"Fine. Kotetsu and I will leave in three days," he lied. There was no way he was just going to leave her like that. He'd leave with Kotetsu and then double back to watch over her.
Rayne was suddenly too tired to even get suspicious that he agreed to leave without soem physical threats and nodded wearily. "Good. Now, leave and fill Kotetsu in on the new plan."
He nodded and walked to the door. Right before he closed it he whispered an honest, "Im sorry". She wouldnt look at him though and kept her eyes on the ground. Sighing quietly he shut the door and walked to Kotetsu's room on the left.
Once he was gone Rayne let out a shaky breath and sat on the bed heavily. 'I miss my babies. I bet they're probably sound asleep in their rooms at Shizune's right now. Kasume's probably still out with Temari and Tenten. She should be home soon and Kai will definately be with her,' she mused, and at the thought of her children, suddenly feeling much calmer. This mission would work itself out. She knew it would. It had to because she had four reasons to get home soon.
She crawled back under the silk sheets and, much to her surprise, was asleep before her head hit the pillow.
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Okay, I know this wait was super long and I had said i'd update earlier but finals are coming up in school and Im in honors classes so the homework has practically been doubled.
I WILL update sooner next time. I promise it will be nice and long too and hopefully worth the wait.
To all those who reviewed, I am going to do some review replys as soon as I finish this so I post this faster. THANK YOU GUYS YOU STILL ARE THE BEST!