"Speaking"
'Thinking'
Chapter 2
Headquarters was a tall building that could pass for an office building if you ignored the flashing neon sign that said Tsunade's Glass Menagerie and didn't go around back. The alley on the side was filled with scantily clad women all day and night. The back wall consisted of several glass-fronted rooms, each decorated to match the woman residing in its theme. A tall, tanned man with brown hair tied up in a ponytail patrolled it during the daytime throwing out gawking teenagers and creepy old men (including Jiraiya the records keeper).
As Team 7 made their way into the building Naruto decided to make a stop at the windows and see Tsunade's new girl he heard about. As he walked down the alley that led to the back he waved at all the regulars in their rooms; Kurenai in another costume of hers (a nurse this time), Anko in her usual leather and whip, Ino doing the mother nature bit in her greenhouse of a room while wearing an ivy leaf bikini and Temari provocatively fanning herself.
Then there she was, the only girl that's ever made him stop in his tracks and stare. She stood without a real care in the world smiling and blowing kisses at passing men. She stepped out of a lavender room with black and white pillows all over the floor and a rhinestone skull and cross bones on the wall. She looked like a Goth princess in her black, silk, spaghetti strap nightgown, thigh high black tights with white lace at the top, and high heeled Mary Janes. Dark makeup around her eyes made her pale lavender eyes pop and the red lipstick made her lips look all the more plump.
Naruto swaggered over and trapped her against the wall with one of his arms. She crossed her arms and smiled at him with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes that made his pants get tight.
"Hello pretty lady. What's your name?" said Naruto looking over his orange sunglasses and giving her a foxy smile.
"Hinata and what's your name mister?" she replied with a flirtatious smile and a bat of her eyelashes.
"Uzumaki, Naruto Uzumaki. So got any plans tonight?"
"Besides work obviously, nothing. Why? You planning on keeping me company?"
"Whoa now! I'm not a customer." He heard several scoffs in the background but ignored them. "But I would like company. Dinner and a movie maybe?" He leaned in a bit and flashed his foxy grin again. 'No one can refuse the foxy grin' was his thought as he saw her thinking.
Before she could answer a smooth masculine voice shouted, "Oi punk!" Naruto turned around prepared to knock out whatever smartass had interrupted his getting a date. Instead of some skinny punkass he took in the sight of a man in a black suit, red shirt and white tie with slicked back silvery blonde hair and magenta eyes. His eyes were immediately drawn to the red cloud pin on his lapel. "Akatsuki!" he said under his breath.
"Hidan! Baby!" shouted Hinata as she ran over and hugged the man. Naruto's happy, flirty mood left as he saw them share a deep kiss. His tooth pick fell from his mouth and his sunglasses tipped a bit as he realized that he must have looked like a damn-fool tying to ask her on a date when she was an Akatsuki girl.
"Hey punk! Stay away from my girl!" shouted Hidan.
Naruto snapped out of his dream like state. "What was that?" he shouted back
"You heard me! Stay away from Hinata! It's already bad enough she's got guys comin' by all day and night so stay away whenever she's free!" While shouting Hidan had made it so he was two feet from Naruto.
"You got a lot of nerve saying that when I live here. My Mom owns this place so I'll see her whenever I want Akatsuki!" Naruto closed the gap and held his gun to Hidan's throat.
"Why you little bitch! You dare threaten me?"
"Yeah I do! This is Team 7 territory, don't forget that!"
"It won't be for long." A chilling voice said into Naruto's ear. Another man dressed the same way as Hidan but with black sunglasses and a skullcap had made his way behind Naruto and pressed a gun to his head while he fought with Hidan. "Team 7's almost dead and soon the whole city will be Akatsuki's."
"You tell him Kakuzu! Shoot his ass!"
By now everyone in the alley and in front of the building had turned to watch the fight. Girls and their customers were looking out of bedroom windows from above levels, even the chef and his daughter had left the grill to watch.
"Hidan leave him alone" purred Hinata. "He didn't mean any harm. Besides you're gonna get me fired by killing the bosses son." Hidan smiled, swatted Naruto's gun away and sauntered back to Hinata. "Come on, let's go to your apartment and…" the end of Hinata's sentence was whispered in Hidan's ear and he grew a perverse smile on his face.
"Come on Kakuzu! Seeya bitch!" Hidan grabbed Hinata's waist and walked off with Kakuzu in tow leaving a steaming Naruto to glare a whole through his back.
"Yo Naruto!" Naruto turned around and saw Kakashi taking a long drag from a cigarette. "Come here for a second, we gotta talk." Naruto fixed his suit and glasses and walked over. "You gotta listen to Hidan. And before you protest think about it. We're only four strong. The girls, your parents and Jiraiya are strapped and all but they're no match for a real threat besides some mob thugs. We can't handle and attack from Akatsuki right now."
"Yeah, yeah whatever. Can I go to bed now? I'm beat." Naruto tried to shove past but Kakashi pushed him back and fixed him with a hard stare.
"Hey you got more to worry about than some Akatsuki bastards. You got me as well. Hinata's like a daughter to me, lives with me and everything. No offense but I know you Naruto I can't let you near her."
"If she's like your daughter to you then why the fuck do you let her got with that bastard?" shouted Naruto
"I let her go with Hidan because he makes sure she's safe when I'm not there! He's good to her and makes her happy which is more than you can say you've been to any of your girlfriends! She knows he's my enemy and he knows he's not gonna get any info out of her!" Kakashi and Naruto's faces where an inch from each other and both had fury blazing in their eyes.
"What the fuck is going on out here?" shouted Tsunade from her office window. She saw Naruto and Kakashi about to jump each other and stuck more of her body out. "Is there a problem? Naruto? Kakashi?"
"No Mom. I was just going to bed." Naruto shoved past Kakashi and made his way to the stairs that led to the bedrooms upstairs.
Kakashi sighed and ran a hand over his face and then through his hair. "I'm just trying to protect her Tsunade. No offense but your son doesn't have the best track record."
"I understand. I'll talk to him and see if I can keep him away from her. After all that girl's been through she deserves happiness." Kakashi nodded and took a drag from his cigarette. "You should head home. I'll have Iruka change the tags on the Cadillac tomorrow and you can pick it up then. I don't need you guys for anything tomorrow other than security. Saturday night is always filled with horny punks trying to shoot off without paying." And with that Tsunade went back into her office and closed her window.
'Damn it Naruto do you enjoy making my life a fucking misery? Why'd it have to be her? Of all the girls in the whole city why'd you have to go after the one that'll get you the most trouble? Just another person to add to my Keep Away from the Hyuga Heir List!' Kakashi ranted in his mind. With another long drag he dropped his cigarette and headed to the front to catch a taxi home for some much needed rest. Five months of stalking a target would knock anyone out not excluding Kakashi Hatake former head of security and bodyguard for Hyuga Corp, leader of Team 7 (more like Team 4), known to be deceased to everyone but the people who work in Tsunade's Glass Menagerie.
AN: True to my word here is chapter 2 in exchange for 100 hits. It's short yes but it sets the basis for lost of conflict in the pass and now you guys can brood over what might happen for awhile while I outline and type up the next chapter. Look for action, romance, and awesome Naruto and Sasuke brotherly action in the next chapter in Team 7!
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