Chapter 2
"Okay. You're hired."
He immediately felt her remove the gun from his head and his arm loosen and fall freely back down to his side as she released him. He made to stand up and gingerly rubbed his now sore arm as he slowly turned to face the woman. He was taken aback to find she was smiling brightly up to him.
"I was already hired, remember?" she teased back.
"You're absolutely insane, you know that right?" he said.
Her large smile only seemed to grow in size.
"I got my point across, didn't I? I like to call that job dedication."
Letting the hand that was massaging his arm drop back into place, he shot her an unimpressed look.
"I'm still uneasy about this, but I'm going to trust you. You understand the importance of this?"
"I absolutely do." Sakura quickly replied as her smile fell and her earlier serious expression return.
Nodding, he walked back around to sit in his chair and motioned for everyone else to take a seat in the provided chairs.
"Good. So let's get this debriefing done and over with. Shikamaru?"
Shikamaru opened and started going over the file he had been holding since he returned with Sakura.
"Now that we have, uh, introduction's over with, let's go over everything just so we're all on the same page." the man spoke lazily.
Everyone nodded in agreement and he continued. Nodding over to Sakura, Kakashi watched her straighten up in her chair.
"As you all know, this is Sakura Haruno. She is the top tier security detail officer, or bodyguard, from Senju Security. Which is also a company we have rather large and profitable investments in, that's why we were able to secure this assignment so quickly." the ponytailed man droned on, "Starting Monday and until the foreseeable future, she will be assigned to protect you, Kakashi, on a daily basis."
Kakashi nodded in agreement when the young man looked up to him. Glancing over to Sakura, he found her staring back at him, her expression blank and unreadable. After a moment, she turned her attention back to Shikamaru.
'Good. It seems she's taking this seriously.'
"To make life easier for all involved, it has been arranged that Ms. Haruno will be moving into your residence. She'll be staying in the spare guest room, so that even when you're home for the night, you'll be safe in case someone decides to attack you, Kakashi. Even when she's off duty, she never really is."
Kakashi smirked over at the pinkette.
"Sorry for ruining your personal and social life." he lightly joked.
She turned to face him again and he found a slightly smug look on her face.
"Sadly, my job never really gives me the chance to have either to begin with. So, it doesn't really matter to me."
Kakashi just raised his brows at her reply.
"Anyways, as I was saying." Shikamaru spoke up and cleared his throat to get their attention back, "Because of the looming threat of you being killed, Sakura will be accompanying you everywhere you go outside of your apartment and work."
"So, a babysitter." he deadpanned, his eyebrow raised.
This caused Sakura to start laughing which in turn startled him slightly. He turned and shot her a stern glare and found she was already calming herself back down.
"Sorry, that was wrong of me to do. It was just really funny. I've been called a lot of things before in this job, but never a babysitter." she quickly explained.
Kakashi relaxed and felt a small smile play on his lips after she finished explaining her outburst.
"That's essentially what you are now. You're an over glorified and highly over paid babysitter." he smirked as he watched her bite her lip to stifle another laugh.
The sound of Shikamaru clearing his throat again made his expression drop. Nodding towards the constantly annoyed advisor, he quickly apologized for yet another interruption.
'Get it together, you idiot. This is a serious situation and a serious meeting.'
"And because of her now constant presence next to you, we know this will raise questions. To combat against all of them, we are hiring her under the guise that she will be your personal assistant. The only people who know her real job title are sitting in this room right now, the various heads of security here, and the CEO of Senju Security. The less people who know, the better and safer you both will be."
Instead of making another sarcastic remark, Kakashi decided it wasn't in his best interest. So he nodded in understanding once again.
"We all know the reason for these drastic steps. With the sudden loss your father, Sakumo Hatake, there has been a full investigation launched. It's been over two months and there has been zero developments as why you two were targeted and by who. All we know is what you've told us what your father said about being shot and that they wanted you both dead. Since you survived Kakashi, there's still an obvious target on your back.
Kakashi took a deep breath and let out a quiet sigh at the reminder that there's chance he could be killed at any moment and of his father's death. It was something he doesn't think he'll ever get over. Not with how suddenly and violently his father lost his life.
"So, we here at Hatake International, have taken every precaution there is. Security has been ramped up to over full throttle. We've nearly doubled security cameras in this building, so every single point is covered. Every person who even enters this building, no matter what, gets searched. That even includes the residents that live in the apartments upstairs. Even their apartments were searched to be safe. There are only four people who have full clearance in any building and that is everyone sitting in this room."
The newly appointed CEO sat in stunned silence at this information. He knew he authorized a revamp, but he didn't realize that it was to this extent. He was impressed with how seriously Tenzo and Shikamaru had taken this.
"We have two guards stationed at every possible entry point, even have men up on the roof, all 24/7. Every piece of mail is cleared at a separate facility before being delivered here. We've even done extensive background checks on every single person employed within this building and at other buildings you frequent often. We've even installed filters and monitor every action on our company computers and anything connected to our network. When you go to meetings, Kakashi, Sakura will be present in every single one for obvious safety measures."
Pausing to take a needed breath, Shikamaru snapped the file shut and signalled the end of his constant talking.
"Any questions?" he asked.
Kakashi glanced around the room and everyone seemed content with how the meeting went. Tenzo never made a peep once he noted.
"I have one question." Sakura spoke up.
"Yes?" Kakashi replied.
She glanced at him briefly before looking over to Shikamaru. He felt his brow furrow at the small slight.
"Since I'm responsible for all of Mr. Hatake's security measures and safety, this does mean I do have full access to all the security systems in this building?"
"Yes, you will have full clearance to access those systems. We have a laptop and phone arranged and ready for you for that specific purpose. We have a file detailing everything you need to know and obviously, if you have any other questions, you can always ask me or Tenzo."
"Awesome, that's good to know! Thank you!" she replied with a smile.
"Okay, any other questions?"
Kakashi sat there silently mulling over this meeting. He had no particular worries, so to say, but he was surprised with how relaxed Sakura was with this.
"If there are none then we can go back to the apartment to get Ms. Haruno settled in." Tenzo finally spoke up.
"You guys can all just call me Sakura. No need for formalities since we're gonna be around each other a lot." she piped in as they all stood up to get ready to leave.
Walking around his desk again to stand by his now bodyguard, he silently sized her up. He still couldn't believe that this tiny woman was able to take him down and ready a gun in mere seconds.
"Okay, but only if you call me Kakashi instead of Mr. Hatake." he countered with when he made eye contact with her.
She smiled big up to him and nodded once.
They eventually made their way out of Kakashi's office and to the elevator to go up to his apartment. Stepping in, she noticed Shikamaru type a code into a keypad connected to the control panel before pressing a floor number.
Turning to face her he gave a curt nod before he started explaining.
"Kakashi's apartment is an entire floor, therefore you must type in a special code to even select his floor number. The code used to change every two weeks, but now we do it every week. You'll obviously have access to that information. It's explained in the file waiting for you in your room."
"Okay, good to know. That makes "accidental" arrivals more rare and suspicious. I like that." she replied with another smile.
'Man, it's like I'm working in a high security prison. The guy has more security than the damn Hokage it seems, so why am I needed?' she thought to herself, 'Don't complain, Sakura, this job is paying you nearly five times your normal wages! Just smile and wave. The guy doesn't seem that bad to deal with anyways.'
The ding signaled their arrival to their designated floor and pulled her out of her thoughts. When the doors opened, she was greeted to a large foyer that held just one set of double doors and one door to the far left. Obviously access to the stairwell in case of a fire she thought. She quickly saw the security key pad attached to the door as well and made mental notes. Standing by those double doors were two men dressed in black suits, obviously an extra layer of security she thought.
The four people walked through the foyer and the two guards turned and opened the doors for them. Sakura's eyes went wide when she walked in and got an initial look into her new home.
"Damn, this is nice." she couldn't help but say to herself.
"Thank you." Kakashi replied from her side, "I don't feel the need to have much, but to enjoy what I do have."
Looking around more, she understood what he meant by not having much. The apartment, if you could call it that, was only decorated with mainly basics. But the basics were extremely high end.
'Not too much, but obviously not too little. Very modern.'
The living area was set up in an open layout so she got a clear view of her surroundings. There was only one hallway that must have lead to the other parts of the apartment.
To the right of the entrance was a dining room. The table was large and counting the seats, showed that he could host a dinner for up to twelve people. Right next to and leading further into the place was a connected kitchen that would made any world class chef weep tears of joy.
To the left was fully decked out living room, complete with a huge sectional couch that looked like it could easily seat fifteen to twenty people. There was a huge flat screen TV mounted on the wall with various devices underneath it. To the left of the TV was a large fireplace. She quickly noted the urn and framed photo of Sakumo Hatake sitting in the center of the mantle. The entire wall adjacent to the entrance was floor to ceiling with windows and she was filled with concern at the sight.
"The windows." she spoke up, "They pose a risk for snipers. How thick are they?"
She noticed Kakashi's head and body jerk to face her, but ignored his reaction.
"Nearly 4 inches." Shikamaru quickly replied.
"Bullet proof?" she asked, turning to face the man.
"Yes." he added confidently.
Nodding with a impressed smile, she continued looking around the home. It was tastefully decorated and painted in warm neutral colors that complimented each other nicely.
"You obviously see this is the main living area, pretty self explanatory. You can freely use anything in here." Tenzo spoke up, "Down this hallway you'll find Kakashi's home office, the library, rec room, bathroom, and the bedrooms."
Turning face the brown haired man, she gave him a puzzled look.
"Rec room?"
"I guess personal gym would be a more suiting name for it since workout equipment takes up most of the space. You're free to use it whenever you'd like. Same with the library." he explained.
She nodded in understanding as they walked down the hall.
The first door on her left she was told was the rec room, while the one of the right was to her room. The second left door was to the library, while the right door was the bathroom that she would be using. The last door on the left was to his office, Tenzo pointed out that the office and library were connected by an archway. Lastly the last door on the right was the master bedroom and obviously Kakashi's.
"Do you have any questions, Ms. Har-, uh, Sakura?" Tenzo asked as they walked back into the living room.
Turning to face the man she shook her head.
"No, I think you covered everything. It's a nice and basic layout. I like it. Shikamaru, you mentioned at all my belongings should've been brought up to my room after I arrived?"
"Yes, your belongings and the items we've given for you to study and look over should be in there for you." the man quickly answered again.
"Then I have no other concerns or questions."
"Alright, well then Shikamaru and I will get out of your hair and let you settle in. Since it's Friday, you'll have the weekend to adjust to this new role. We know it's a lot to take on at once, but we know you can handle it. Have a nice weekend, Sakura. You as well, Kakashi. See you both Monday morning."
With a smile and small nod, both advisors dismissed themselves and left out the front door. Watching the door close, she moved to take in her new surroundings. Letting her eyes wander around, she found Kakashi silently standing next to the couch watching her closely with his mismatch eyes.
"So, what's up, roomie?" she smirked as she plopped down onto the couch and looked up to him with a goofy grin.
He rolled his eyes and smiled back down to her before replying.
"Not much. You hungry?"
A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed! Chapter 2 was basically a set up chapter. Had to explain some stuff and introduce Sakura to her new home and yada yada. I loved the playful banter they're already having, hehe. But Kakashi still doesn't believe that Sakura can really protect him, ugh.
Btw, since this is an AU, ages are different in this story! As you guys know, Kakashi is 30 and Sakura is 26. But it should be known that Shikamaru is 33 (yes older than Kakashi!) and Tenzo is only 25 (yes younger than both Kakashi and Sakura!)! There's no particular reason I made their ages those, but its just how I pictured for this story lol. Other characters that will be later introduced will basically follow the suit of being various ages and I shall let you know!
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