This fic is a lot more popular than I thought it would be, and did I ever tell you guys that I love y'all? I'm serious, you guys are so patient! My computer was having some problems, and wouldn't even let me update, I personally think it hates me. Well, this one is pretty short, but only because the REALLY good stuff comes next chapter. Here comes the really short chapter!
Title: Proving Them Right
Pairing: KakaNaru
Warnings: Yaoi is always fun, and will show up eventually, along with the gore!
Disclaimer: Six chapters and two one shots later, and I still have to say I don't own Naruto?
Random Trivia: Does anyone else notice that all three members of Team 7 are being trained by the Sannin during the Time Skip? Naru-chan with Jiraiya, Sasuke with the pedo- er- Orochimaru, and Sakura with Tsunade! That just seems weird to me...
Chapter 6
Kakashi sighed as he left the library. The trip had taught him nothing, because the book on the fox summoning had mysteriously disappeared some time ago, according to the librarian.
The small black fox flitted around the shadows, listening intently as the silver haired jounin talked to himself, making sure to stay downwind so that Kakashi's amazing sense of smell didn't pick up on him.
He was still a bit irritated that the Suna ANBU had not answered his question, and didn't even take out his infamous orange book as he made his way to his own apartment.
When he reached his apartment building, he stopped and turned around. There was something off, and had been so since he had left the building that had once housed the young Kyuubi kid. He sliced his thumb on a kunai and summoned his dog Pakkun.
"Yo, boss. What's up?" the deceptively small dog asked when he poofed into existence.
Kakashi eye-smiled at the little dog, and bent down to pet him. As he did, he whispered in the dog's ear, "I think something is following me, but my senses can't pick u on it. Must be downwind. How about you?" Pakkun nodded and raised his nose to the wind, and both dog and shinobi heard the almost inaudible poof of chakra. Kakashi glanced down at Pakkun, who shook his head; he had not had enough time to pick up the scent.
Kakashi sighed and let the dog go back home before hoping through his own window. He stripped down to his boxers, taking off his mask and hitai-ate, then sunk onto his bed and stared up at the ceiling, thinking.
He thought he knew who was following him, but why would Eien have one of his foxes on Kakashi's tail?
What was so important about the fox summoning contract?
~~~~ On the Other Side of Town: Hokage Tower~~~~
Eien let Kon go, thinking about what the black fox had to report. So the copy-nin was curious about the fox contract. He was suddenly very glad that Kyuubi had told him to steal the book on it from the library, else all of his plans would go to waste.
Kakashi, it seems, either did not realize, or did not remember, that in order to sign the fox summoning contract, one had to have the approval of the boss fox, Kyuubi, and as Kyuubi was supposedly sealed in a child's body, getting permission would be difficult. Unless you were that child.
Eien sat back in the desk chair with a sigh. Hearing his old name had been a slight shock, and, though he was certain Kakashi hadn't noticed his reaction at the time, there was no stopping him from looking back at the memory and realizing it. He would have to do something about that.
A knock on the door brought him back to earth, and he quickly henged into Gaara, who was asleep at the moment. It wouldn't do for an ANBU to be seen sitting in the desk meant for his Kage.
The changes had settled when Danzou was wheeled in by one of his Root operatives, a black haired boy with a creepy, empty smile. Eien recognized him from the reports of his spy. Sai, whose favorite weapon was ink and a scroll. It hardly sounded frightening, but Eien knew how deadly a little ink could be.
Danzou shifted slightly in his wheelchair, noticing that the Kazekage had not greeted him, instead focusing on the boy behind him. He cleared his throat to get the red head's attention, and was rewarded by icy green eyes meeting his.
"I know you wanted to settle in before we signed the treaty, and I just came to ask how your men like their quarters." Danzou said, his voice laced with false respect. Eien raised the brow that was supposed to be there.
"Fine." he answered. It took the crippled Hokage a moment to realize the boy would not expand on that.
Sai wasn't sure about this guy. He had run into him earlier, and the red head had just ignored him. Now he apparently found Sai more interesting than the Hokage. And something was different about his chakra... it seemed... for lack of a better word, red.
"Have you heard about the seats of Mizukage, Raikage, and Tsuchikage have all been passed on to new successors? All around the same time. Just before you succeeded your father as Kazekage." Danzou said, and did not see the brief, slight smile on the Kazekage's lips, but Sai did.
He was wondering what it could imply when he felt it. The same chakra the Kazekage had possessed when he had passed him in the hall. But, that was impossible! He glanced at the red head in the chair in front of him, and suddenly, from another room, a Suna ANBU walked in.
The Kazekage seemed just as shocked for a moment, but recovered quickly.
"Ah, Eien, there you are. I was about to send Yuki out to you again. Please come here for a second." He said, motioning to the silent fox masked man. The man nodded and walked to his Kage. Just as he was beside the red haired man, the room was filled with chakra smoke.
Sai grabbed a kunai out of his pouch and stood in front of the Hokage, ready to face any enemy.
As the smoke cleared, instead of revealing a foreign Nin, a small white fox was seen slipping to her place under the Kazekage's desk.
"Yuki, you should know to announce yourself before showing up." The ANBU said emotionlessly, sheathing his onyx colored katana. The fox yipped gleefully from her hiding place.
The ANBU turned back to the Hokage and bowed deeply.
"I apologize for the sudden interruption. I shall take my leave now." He said.
As the man walked back out the door, Gaara was glad for the fox's timing. He had heard voices from his temporary office, and had come to investigate. He had peered into the room using the third eye, and was surprised to see Eien talking to the Hokage, henged to look like him.
Taking in the situation, and realizing Eien had probably wanted to escape, he henged into his Master's ANBU form and entered the room. When Eien had called him over, he was planning to throw a smoke bomb down to distract the visitors. Yuki always did have the best timing, making his plan unnecessary. While the two Konoha Nin had been distracted by her sudden appearance, Gaara and Eien had traded places, undoing their henge.
Eien pretended slight panic for the life of his Kage, and acted as any ANBU would have, though he knew the source of the smoke.
When Yuki's smoke cleared, Eien, who personally hated meetings of any kind, excused himself. Gaara was better at this sort of thing anyway.
~~~~Minutes Later: Hokage Monument~~~~
Eien stared out at the sleeping village, his hand resting on the shoulder of a horse sized, red fox that had nine elegant tails swaying around it restlessly.
Kyuubi felt his Kit's nostalgia, as they stood together on the Sandaime's head, the only person who ever accepted Kit in this whole damn village. Eien looked down at the peaceful scene and smiled beneath his mask.
"Kyuu, sometimes, late at night, I wonder, are we doing the right thing?" the teenager whispered to the demon, who rumbled deep in his chest. "But… then I remember that night, and every night before it. And I know we are." He finished with a bitter note. Kyuubi chuckled, and licked his lips in anticipation.
"Kit, it's almost time to take your revenge. Every kick, blow, and insult will be turned back on them tenfold. Remember your promise to every person who joins? Now it's time to fulfill it for yourself." Kyuubi's deep voice echoed in his head through their link, and Eien sighed.
"Not yet. Soon, but not now. I have to let Haku map the place out, and Zabuza is looking for people who may be able to be spared, people I didn't know. Kaito is looking for the orphanages, and Rokubi has one of his kids keeping watch on the children that do have parents. As soon as we have everything ready, we leave, let them relax for a while, get confidant. Then, we strike." Kyuubi's loud, roaring laugh echoed with those last words.
~~~~Meanwhile: Kakashi's Apartment~~~~
Kakashi sat up in bed, dripping in sweat and gasping for breath. He had dreamed of the night the Kyuubi had come to Konoha. At first he thought that it was just a nightmare, but then he felt it.
That chakra, it was just as he remembered, though watered down, weaker.
His mind went back to the night three bodies hung in the gateway, the bloody message carved in their flesh, and knew the promised time was coming. And there was nothing Konoha could do about it.
HE WILL KEEL YOU ALL!!!! ^^U Yep, no flashback this chapter, couldn't find a place to slip it in. My muse is being evil and playing idea Russian Roulette. And winning. Everything it's shooting me is blank! (sigh) Well, here's the super short chapter, but I swear the next chapter will be better!