Kakashi wanted to put off finding Naru. At least for a little while so that he could mourn the loss of his father, but knew that if he didn't go and get her now then he would probably be buried in his work as the new king of Goblin city for the next three or four hundred years or so.

And that was unacceptable since the girl probably wouldn't live that long.

So instead of putting his search, or stalk or whatever it was he was going to be doing off; he instead went back to the castle to change his clothes and grab some money. He'd kill two birds with one stone and do some drinking while he tried to pick up Naru.

And if his other worldly charms weren't enough to turn her head, then he'd kidnap her and hold her against her will at the castle for the rest of her days. Or until at least he had her pregnant and she couldn't run away.

He appeared in the castle hallway outside of his room and pushed the door open as he unfastened the thick fur cape around his broad shoulders, and tossed it onto his bed before unlacing his leather vest and slipped it from his shoulders as well. And dropped the soft fabric onto the floor as he walked around the large four post bed to the trunk at the foot of his bed and opened the heavy lid.

His mismatched eyes flickering over the contents of the trunk until he found what he was looking for.

A pair of dark pants, a royal blue turtleneck shirt, a pair of shoes... His eyes flickered from the shoes in the trunk to the shoes he was currently wearing. He'd forgotten about those damndable things.

His eyes went back to the shoes in the trunk and his lips peeled back from his teeth in distaste. He hated those damn things. They weren't as comfortable as the calf high deer skin lace up boots he was wearing now. In fact those damndable shoes pinched his feet and hurt his toes.

He grabbed the pants and shirt and slammed the lid down on the shoes and was about to get up to go finish changing his clothes when he realised that he had left his wallet in the trunk and sighed as he reopened the lid and grabbed the black leather square and then slammed the lid again as he stood up and walked over to the bathroom.

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The bar was packed tonight.

But then there were a lot of people in the area who stopped by to drink and socialize. Some were unemployed, and merely feeding their addictions. While others were collage students enjoying a few drinks while they sat and chatted up their friends or some scadalously clad honey walking the floor.

Some were predators searching for their next prey. While some were buisness men with sucky jobs and home lives.

Naru had been a waitress in this bar for the past five years. And she had seen enough trouble to last her a bloody life time. Which was why tonight was her last night at the bar and her boss and co-workers were giving her a farewell party complete with drinks, cake, and presents.

Some people would think it was rather nice of them to go through such trouble. But not Naru. Their party was drawing all eyes in the bar to her, and she didn't like it because she could spot those pesky predators already.

There were seven in all. Three of them were't into her. She wasn't their type.

But the others, she could feel their eyes boring into her causing a shiver to run down her spine as one of her friends came up to her and put his hand on her shoulder as he pressed a glass into her numb fingers. "You look like your ready to call it a night." Haku said in a bemused tone as her fingers closed around the drink in her hand.

"I am." Naru said as she blinked and looked away from the crowd, hoping that if she ignored the group staring at her that they would go away. She knew they wouldn't, common sense dictated that they weren't the kind to give up easily.

Ignoring them would only cause her more trouble if they caught her alone later on. But encouraging them would only spell disaster for her. Maybe even get herself killed. She sighed and leaned against Haku's shoulder a little bit and closed her eyes as she tried to think.

She could have some of her friends stall the guys while she walked to her car, but if even one got away from them then she would be in trouble. She could have Haku, Shino, Neji and Lee walk her to her car. But she had no way of knowing if the guys were armed or not and on top of that she didn't want her friends to get hurt.

She groaned and set the glass of beer down and rubbed her face against Haku's shoulder. All this thinking she was doing was starting to give her a headache. "Are you okay Naru?" Haku asked as he looked down at her.

"My head hurts." Naru groaned. Haku gave her a cheerful smile and then wrapped an arm around her slender shoulders and gave her a little squeeze.

"Then I guess that you should go ahead and leave."