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"We need to talk. The kiss at that party, I knew I was kissing you. It was a dare. The guys had dared me to kiss you. I didn't really do it on purpose. Your first kiss shouldn't have been like that. It should have been more meaningful," said Kakashi pulling away from Arune.
"Then make every kiss from now on meaningful Kakashi," she answered pulling him into another kiss.
Kakashi pulled back instantaneously not wanting to fall into the kiss. He knew that she had more power over him if he let her kiss him. Kakashi couldn't let her take control of him, not that he was a masochist, but because once she knew how to control him Kakashi wasn't sure if he could stay away from her control. He wasn't sure if he wouldn't fall in love with her.
For him love was forbidden, he couldn't love someone and keep them close forever. To love someone meant that he was willing to give up his life for them, that he was capable of doing, but Kakashi knew that everyone he ever loved ended up giving their life for him. First it was his sensei, the man who taught him everything, it was his father, and then followed by his best friend Obito. That was not counting the countless friends he lost in the Wars. Death follows a shinobi whether they like it or not. He just didn't want death to steal away his closest link to everything he love; his father, his sensei, and his childhood.
Arune watched as Kakashi drifted away from her, not in horror but in understanding because she knew how he felt.
Kakashi knew that he couldn't be nice to Arune; it would be too hard not to fall for the girl when he was nice to her. Maybe that was the reason he kept away from her all their childhood. She was mean to everyone and normally people don't gravitate towards the mean. He walked away trying to figure out a way to keep her close, yet not fall in love with her. It would be hard but he was the Copy Nin for goodness sake, he could do that.
Arune went back inside their house and fiddled with her ring before bidding everyone a goodnight. She knew that it would take Kakashi a long time to get used to the fact that he was perfectly capable, and suitable to love someone. Honestly, she was to be his wife in less than three weeks, he could at least try and focus a bit more attention towards her. This game of cat and mouse was simply getting on her nerves. She decided to deal with it in the morning.
Kakashi lay on the roof top of the Hatake manor. He used to spend summer nights up here with Obito trying to get away from the stress of shinobi life. But tonight he was trying to get away from his own emotions, trying to escape the world so he couldn't hurt anymore. Yes it would hurt him to leave Arune wondering why she could not be loved by the man she wanted. Kakashi knew that something needed to be done to force her to not care for him anymore. It would hurt less to have him not love her if she wasn't in love with him to begin with. That's why Kakashi had decided to implement his plan.
The next morning Kakashi came into Arune's room to walk her up.
"Yo Ruin, wake up. You can't just sleep in everyday. There's house work and stuff to do. If you plan on staying with me and using my cash you have to put in an effort to take care of this place. Pull your own weight. Get up it's nearly noon and you're still sleeping," he said while dragging her off the bed by her legs.
"Kakashi quit it. I'll get up by myself. Ow that hurt. Damn you. What the hell do you mean I have to pull my own weight 'round here. You ass I was the one who cleaned the entire house up, I cook and clean every day. So what if I sleep in once in a while. You don't do anything," said Arune getting off the floor after Kakashi dropped her there. She sat up and fixed her sleeping gown and hair.
"It's my place. It's my money that you spend every day. I don't earn that money for you. It's not for you to spend on your wedding, not for you to throw parties with, it's not for you to spend it on your silly things, and it's my money. Next time you either buy your things with your money or else you don't buy it at all. Got it? I can't charge you rent because the Hokage will kill me if I do. But you will work in the house in order to be useful," said Kakashi all the while thinking that maybe he overdid it.
That was his plan though. To make her feel worthless in his eyes, to make her hate him so she wouldn't feel the pain when he couldn't love her.
Arune snapped up and looked at Kakashi with tears in the rim of her brown eyes. She was utterly confused. Just last night this was the same guy who was kissing her, but now he was telling her she was worthless and a dead weight on his shoulders. Talk about bipolar!
After ushering Kakashi out of her room she showered and got dressed. If he wanted her to pull her own weight around the house then she will. After all being his wife would require her to take care of the house anyway. It's not like Kakashi could handle cleaning and cooking. But Arune knew that Kakashi was just trying to get her to crack. In fact Arune was going to do the opposite. She went into the kitchen to prepare brunch for herself and lunch for Naruto and Kakashi.
She reached the kitchen and started making the food. After a while she called Kakashi and Naruto into the kitchen. "Lunch is ready guys. You can stop sparring for a moment."
She sat the plates down and started eating her breakfast. But as soon as she took her fork to grab some eggs her plate disappeared from in front of her. She blinked for a moment and saw Kakashi holding her plate.
"You can't just up and eat whenever you feel like it. This food takes money; you have to ask me if and when you can eat. For now you can't eat. You haven't done anything since morning, the laundry needs to be done, the kitchen needs to be cleaned, the garden needs to be watered, and my room needs tiding. After all that is done then you can eat. O and by the way Hokage-sama wants to see you," said Kakashi before throwing the eggs into the dustbin. Arune ran out the door and never looked back once at Kakashi.
"You asshole! What the hell you couldn't let her eat before telling her that. It's not like she won't take care of your house Kakashi. It sickens me that you'd stoop so low to get out of this marriage. You're pathetic. Here take your food, I won't eat until you apologize to onee-chan," said Naruto heading out the door to look for his sister.
"It's been a long time since you've been on a mission. I know this isn't the type of mission you want right now with only a few weeks till your wedding but I need you to do this," said Tsunade to Arune who had wiped away all her tears before entering the Hokage's office.
"But why me? Isn't there someone else who could do this mission? I wasn't supposed to do these types of missions until after my marriage; it was something that was requested by the fourth. What am I supposed to tell Kakashi if something happens? Why can't Anko, Kurenai, or someone else do it? I haven't done any of these missions ever. I don't think I can handle it." Said Arune.
"You have to do this. Anko is out of town, Kurenai is on maternity leave. Ino, Sakura, Hinata are too young for this guy. He would never take them into account. Arune you have great body, a great sense of moral and you are a great ninja. It's time to do your duty and fulfill your responsibility. In return you get to keep your jonin rank and you get paid highly," replied Tsunade.
"Arune, you need the money now. Kakashi is being an ass to you so take the mission and prove your worth. If you get paid well then you won't be living off of Kakashi or your father," thought Arune.
Arune accepted the mission and got her mission summary from Tsunade. Kakashi and Naruto were to be her escorts until they reached the place where Arune had to start her mission. The two boys were not to know what of mission she was on.
Arune went home to pack her things. She only took those things with her that she had bought from her father, nothing that Kakashi had given her. She packed some short skirts, a couple of halter tops, high heels, some pajamas, a lot of makeup, a couple of tank tops, low ride jeans, and a kimono. Most of her things were tight and would show a lot of skin. After all, she was on a seduction mission.
Arune was not going to let Kakashi ridicule her. She was not going to let Kakashi walk all over her and ruin her life. If he wanted her to pull her own weight then she would work real hard to do so. And on the way to it she wouldn't even take his help.
The mission was simple yet difficult also. Arune was to seduce the son of a big money launder into telling her where the head printing factory was. The man was dangerous. He had a history of killing anyone who didn't agree with his father. He was apparently not pleased with women who were easy. So Arune needed to ease him into her. She needed to find out where the head printing office was and then allow Kakashi and Naruto to assassinate the guy and his father. His name was Yasuo and his father was Yukio. Together they had ripped off nearly hundreds of people and given money to illegal firms. It was rumored that they had supplied money to Akatsuki. This was indeed a tricky mission for Arune, one because she had never done a seduction mission and two because she had not been on a mission for about three years.
The three man team of Arune, Naruto and Kakashi arrived at a small pub in Shiginia, a small town in the Fire Country. The entire trip went quietly; Kakashi didn't talk to Arune who in turn didn't talk to him. When they stopped to eat Arune simply went to bed and avoided the two of them. Since the trip took four days and Arune had not eaten since the day before, so in reality she was very weak. She would not eat with Kakashi or eat his provided food.
The next morning they had arrived in Shiginia. Checking into a hotel, Kakashi and Naruto parted into their room while Arune went to hers.
Arune got dressed and headed out to the bar where Yasuo was that night. Arune did not have any picture or idea of how he looked. Tsunade had told Arune that Yasuo was a tall man with a small stature, had black hair that was in a weird cut. Arune was dressed in a short black skirt with a white jeweled tank top. Her hair was up in a tall ponytail. She looked like she was going to party hard but still keep her head held high.
Kakashi looked at her with his one eye and shook his head sighing, "So I guess you're going out tonight. Try not to come home drunk. We are on a mission not on a vacation."
"Kakashi, I'm a professional through and through. You might not think so but I know my mission. Your mission starts after mine so you don't need to tell me anything. I'm going out. If all works well then I won't be back for a couple of days. Take care of Naruto while I'm gone" said Arune before leaving her hotel room.
Walking into the night club Arune walked over to the bar. Although she didn't have any money she sat there thinking about what drink to have. She knew she couldn't drink on an empty stomach if she did then her mission would be a failure.
"Hey pretty lady mind if I sit here?" asked a tall young man with black hair, square rimmed glasses wearing jeans and light blue t-shirt.
"Sure I don't own the bar stool," she replied.
"That's true. So what are you doing here in Shiginia? You look like you're from out of town," said the man chuckling.
"Yea I am from out of town. My dad was trying to get me married to some fifty year back in the Wind country. I ran away from there. I didn't want to be stuck with an old man as my husband. It's been nearly a week since I ran away," replied Arune.
"Wow your dad must have been very mean to try and get you married off to an old man. You can't be that old. What nineteen at the most right? You really can't live on your own," he said.
"Aw you're so sweet. Nah I'm like 24 perfectly old enough to be wed. Are you under the impression that women can't be independent?" she teased.
" Well well you're feisty. I like you. What's your name?" he asked
"Arune, what's yours?" replied Arune.
"Ah Arune, that's quite exotic isn't it? My name's Yasuo. Let me by you a drink," replied Yasuo.
"I can't possibly let you buy me a drink. Actually I can't drink right now"
"Why? At your age you're allowed to drink. Wait don't tell me you're pregnant?"
Arune smacked his arm playfully and said, "What the hell. I'm not pregnant. It's just that I haven't eaten for a couple of days and you know it's not good to drink on an empty stomach."
"Well then I'll just have to buy you dinner as well huh? Let's get out of here," said Yasou grabbing Arune's arm and heading out the door.
Arune knew that she had to start her mission soon. Dinner was a great idea, not only did she get to eat; she also got to sink into Yasou.
Little did she know, Kakashi was watching over her as she left the bar with Yasou.
A/N:
O and yes I know that Kakashi starving Arune is a bit much. But he doesn't know that she hadn't eaten anything. He was just trying to get her to stop loving him. But this mission will CHANGE everything I promise.
Once again I have classes starting this week so I might not be able to update until a long while from now.
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