So I went on a vacation for two weeks, and then got carried away. The first chapter was really just a onetime thing, but I suppose if you guys like it I'll continue. And I promise the next updates will be quicker. Love, WTR. Enjoy!
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"Good morning, Naruto." Kiba called out as the blond stumbled into the room. He looked down at his tie. Frowning, he tried again to tie it.
"What... time is it?" Naruto asked groggily. He rubbed his eyes as he sank down onto the couch closest to him. Surprised at the softness of the material, the blond absently began to stroke the brown fabric.
"12, I think." Kiba replied. "Also, we have to talk." Naruto sighed and squinted at the brunette who was trying to fix his tie.
"What about?" The blond shook his head and stood to help Kiba. He swiftly completed the task which Kiba had been attempting for the past 10 minutes in a matter of seconds.
"Thanks... and about your papers." He answered, his cheeks burning up as Naruto flicked his nose.
"Who dresses you in the morning?" Naruto asked teasingly. He straightened Kiba's collar and smoothed out any wrinkles in his suit.
"Actually, my friend Sakura does all of this for me when I get to work." Kiba answered. He gently slapped Naruto's hands away and smiled at the questioning gaze of the blond.
"You're dripping wet." Kiba stated, watching a couple drops of water fall to the ground.
"I-I couldn't find any towels. I'm s-sorry." Naruto whispered. He looked down at the floor in shame. A hand cupped his chin and forced him to look up.
"It's alright. I'm not mad. Why didn't you ask?" Kiba chuckled.
"I didn't want to disturb you..." Naruto replied honestly. He turned away from the brunette in front of him and looked out the window at Munich. Red flags were strewn across the street, and on the flags were bold black Swastika's.
"Yet you barge into the room demanding the time?" Kiba smirked, ruffling the blonds' damp hair.
"Shhh! You weren't supposed to notice!" Naruto laughed as he shook his hair at the brunette. Kiba skilfully managed to avoid getting hit by the shower of drops. As expected, in order to dodge them, he was forced to jump from side to side, forming complex positions with his body and making noises similar to those of a strangled cat.
''What's with the noises?'' The blond asked, wiping tears from his eyes after having laughed over the amount of necessary laughter for a week.
''I thought it was fitting to the situation.'' Kiba answered. He spoke with a serious tone of voice, but his lips betrayed him and broke into a small smile. Naruto simply gazed at the brunette in surprise. The constricting of his chest caused his cheeks to burn a fiery red and his eyes to wander in another direction.
''Naruto? We have to talk.''
''Yeah. Okay, what is it?''
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''Alright, alright. So let me get this straight. You're taking me to the base of a secret organization called NOAD-'' The blonde said slowly before being interrupted.
''It's 'Knowed' not 'No-ad'.'' Kiba clarified, raising a china cup up to his chapped lips. Once the now cold liquid filled his mouth, he made a face and swallowed hard, ignoring the unfavourable taste. Mom just won't send me the good tea. It has to be all that crap from Christmas she gets from distant relatives and finds so foul she has to give it to her son.
''NOAD,'' Naruto emphasized with the correct pronunciation, ''what does it stand for again?''
''Nazi Officials Against Discrimination is the true meaning, but we use Never Owe Another Debt as a cover. We're supposed to be these bank clerks who are actually concerned about our customers. Our headquarters are close to here, just on the outside of Munich.'' Kiba explained again.
''Alright. So what are we doing there?'' Naruto questioned again. Kiba sighed and ran a hand through his hair, ignoring the fact that his uniform was restricting and uncomfortable. They had been sitting at his dining room table for the past hour discussing the day's activity.
''I'm... getting you fake papers. Stating that you are a German citizen who is distantly related to the Inuzuka family.''
"What! Why?''
''So we won't have to worry about someone seeing you and recognizing you as a Jewish man.''
''Oh. That's reasonable. When are we going?''
''Whenever you decide to stop being lazy and get dressed.''
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Kiba Inuzuka opened his car door and hastily threw himself into the seat. After several minutes of waiting, his hand hovered dangerously over the steering wheel. Just as he was about to press down to release a loud, obnoxious noise, a blond toppled into the seat next to his and fumbled with his coat buttons, ignoring the murderous glare from the man beside him.
''Naruto...'' Kiba whispered threateningly. Said blond turned to look at him, just now realizing what Kiba's glowering facial expression meant.
''Sorry?'' Naruto squeaked, shrugging his shoulders and giving a sheepish smile.
''Forget about it.'' Kiba replied, his voice wavering in anger.
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The blonde kept throwing glances at Kiba as he menacingly drove them to the outskirts of Munich. Trees blended together as their speed increased at a frightening pace.
''Kiba...'' Naruto pleaded. Kiba kept his gaze on the road, but nodded at the blond to continue.
''I'm really sorry. I shouldn't have said such cruel things about the tea. So please don't feel obligated to help me anymore, I brought it down onto myself."
Kiba jerked in surprise, stayed silent for a moment, and then settled on an appropriate answer. "You seriously think this is all about the tea? Even I think the tea's horrendously bitter, and I'm not a picky eater."
The blond frowned. ''I don't understand. What is this about then?''
Kiba sighed, tightening his grip on the steering wheel. ''I'm worried... about you.''
"About me? Why?'' Naruto asked, looking out his window.
''You don't seem to care about living or dying!'' Kiba shouted, sharply turning to the right and sending the car down a well hidden road.
''How so?'' The blond's voice was still calm, despite the man beside him yelling in rage. He kept his eyes trained on the window, trying to count out how many trees passed by in a second.
"How so? Whenever I warn you of the dangers of heading out into public, you just disregard my attempts!'' Kiba's hands trembled violently. They were now slowing down in front of a large building painted several bold colors. How can he be so calm? Death is waiting just around the corner for him. If he takes one wrong step, he might find Death.
''I understand your concern, Kiba, but please don't worry about me. I know what I'm doing.'' Naruto replied. Kiba was about to answer, when a knock on his window caused him to jump in his seat. Judging by the look on Naruto's face, one of shock and confusion, Kiba guessed an angry looking Gestapo was standing there. Turning slowly around, he came face to face with... his pink haired friend. He rolled his window down and pinched the girl's forehead.
''Hey, billboard brow.'' Kiba smiled.
''Hey, dog breath. How's life?'' The girl replied, sticking her tongue out at the brunette.
''It's good. Now...'' Kiba said, turning to face Naruto, ''I'd like to introduce you to someone. Sakura, this is Naruto Uzumaki. Naruto, this is Sakura Haruno. She's a friend of mine, as well as a member of the organization. You don't have to be scared.''
Naruto gaped at the young woman. ''Did you dye your hair? Or do you just have a naturally pink tinge?" Now it was Kiba's turn to gape.
Sakura beamed, pulling her upper body into the car through Kiba's opened window and shaking hands with the blond.
"Nice to meet you too, Naruto. No one has ever asked me if it's a natural tinge! They always assume its dyed, or what not, but who can get their hands on a good pink hair dye these days? The obvious answer is its natural. I'm glad you figured that out. The only other person who figured it out was Kiba. We'll be good friends, I can tell.''
''I didn't know Kiba had enough smarts for that...'' Naruto laughed, patting Kiba's knee.
''Hey! That's not very nice at all.'' Kiba pouted. He crossed his arms and looked down at the floor. When he heard the moving of fabric and felt arms encircle his neck, he automatically assumed it was Sakura and he lazily leaned in, wrapping his own arms around the slim body.
"Kiba? What are you doing?'' He heard Naruto ask.
''I'm giving Sakura a hug, what do you think?'' Kiba replied haughtily. He gently nuzzled his nose against Sakura's neck.
"N-no you're not. I-it's me, you I-idiot!'' Naruto cried, pulling away from Kiba and making a face. Kiba's face grew red, and he turned to glare at the giggling mop of pink hair beside him.
''S-sorry, Naruto...'' Kiba said absently.
''Yeah...'' Naruto mumbled, tugging on the collar of his orange dress shirt.
''Wait a minute. Why were you hugging me in the first place?'' Naruto stopped fidgeting and turned to look at Kiba with an innocent expression.
''Sakura told me to.''
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After ten minutes of searching for the pinkette, Kiba grudgingly took Naruto's arm and led him to the entrance of NOAD. The entrance consisted of a simple black wooden door. The brunette lightly pulled on the bronze handle and pushed Naruto inside. The floors were polished marble, and the walls were painted a warm yellow. In front of them was a long row of cubicles, all of which, judging by the silhouettes, were occupied. There was a large granite reception desk in the middle of the room, and on that desk sat a mischievous Sakura Haruno smiling wickedly.
''Hey Sakura!'' Naruto called out, shrugging off Kiba's hand and running to the large granite desk. Behind Sakura was a blushing dark haired secretary.
"Naruto Uzumaki. Nice to meet you." Naruto said, outstretching his hand. The woman shyly placed her own pale hand in Naruto's.
Sakura kept her eyes trained on Kiba's frowning face.
''Naruto, remember what we came here for. You can be introduced later.'' Kiba said. He ignored Sakura as he walked by, his gaze set on the hallway in front of him.
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Kiba heard light footsteps behind him, and he led the person to a door at the end of the hallway. It had a metal tablet on the top of the doorway, inscribed with the words "God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight." They entered the room silently, ignoring one another, and waited.
''Uzumaki.''
''Inuzuka.''
Kiba walked towards a bookshelf hastily placed in a corner. He quickly scanned the bookshelf for the four books he needed. The first one, a book with a red cover, titled ''Necessarianism.'' He lifted the book out of its spot on the top shelf, making sure to brush his finger against the button behind it when doing so. For the next book, ''Obluctation,'' he did the same thing, as well as for ''Abditive," and ''Disimmure.'' Four light clicks were heard.
''What are you doing?'' Naruto asked, peering over Kiba's shoulder and quietly reading the titles.
"Shhh!''
''Oh. Sorry. I'll be quieter...'' Naruto whispered, ''Oh! I get it. All four words relate to-''
''Shhhhh!''
Kiba rolled his eyes, made sure no one was around, and gently eased the bookshelf open.
"Cool!'' The blond gasped. He hesitated before he took a step into the darkness, careful not to show his weakness. Before he could really get anywhere, Kiba caught him and held his hand.
''...''
''...''
''K-kiba?''
''Hm?''
''A-are you a-afraid of the d-dark?''
''No, are you?''
''Um, er, uh, no. W-why would y-you s-say that?''
''... you asked me first.''
''O-oh. Y-yeah. W-why are y-you holding m-my h-hand?''
''You looked too brave. If you head down a couple more steps, you'll encounter some gruesome spiders... and those I am scared of. Anyways, the door is just a little bit up ahead.''
''O-oh. O-okay.
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After a couple squeals and shouts in terror, Naruto and Kiba arrived at their destination. The door was to their right side, and the tunnel kept going down further, for fooling purposes.
''Okay. Now we just have to get the papers ready."
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Taking a seat on a small orange couch, Kiba pushed Naruto down beside him and handed him some forms to fill out.
"Okay. Just fill out all of these forms, and I'll help you in the end when we come up with a life story.'' Kiba said, handing the blond a bundle of forms varying in length. He took a pen out of his pocket and set it on the table beside his cup of tea. Giving a loud yawn, Naruto took the pen and the forms, and gingerly began scribbling answers and checking boxes.
"You were born in 1916? You're only 21?" Kiba shouted, peering over the blond's shoulder. Naruto flinched at the sudden loud outburst by his ear.
"Yes, how old did you think I was?" He said, not looking over at Kiba's blushing face.
"I-I... I'm 27." Kiba muttered.
"Your point? It's not like we're getting married or anything." Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Yeah... I guess not."
"...WHAT? I guess not? Was getting married to me your intention?"
"N-NO! I... uh, meant, uh, nothing. Just ignore... it."
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The definitions of the book titles, in order:
Necessarianism: Theory that actions are determined by prior history; fatalism
Obluctation: Resistance; opposition
Abditive: Remote; secret, hidden
Disimmure: To liberate; free from walls
See if you can figure out what they have in common and why I chose them. Hope you liked it!