Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Coincidence or Fate? ❯ Book Thief! ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto! T^T Masashi Kishimoto does!

 

Beta'd by: Juliannanight/Julianna, Oomki

 

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A white haired ninja sat in a tree near his village, reading in the almost peaceful silence. He was close to a fairly interesting part in the story, a part that he had been waiting for. It was a fairly climactic chapter of the story. He had been hanging on by a thread of sorts wondering what was going to happen yet almost knowing at the same time. The light teases to his imagination were almost unbearable. A light snap was the only warning he received that anything was nearby. Quicker than a flash his book was swept from his hand by a giant black cat. He blinked a few times as he watched the agile form land with a light thud. It sped off through the woods. He leapt and dashed after the fleeing cat. The cat was the quicker and with its wonderful agility wove its way through an intricate path it must have traced several times before.

 

It wasn't long before he had to give up on the chase. He had lost all trace of the creature and was definitely not going to find any clues at the rate he was going. He leapt up to a tree branch and looked around before cursing his luck. Kakashi began heading back to village when something along the way caught his eye. Pausing only a moment he silently watched a boy below him that appeared to be napping. The newcomer didn't look like he was from Konoha. Kakashi's attention, however, was soon drawn to a lone figure that had dropped from a tree and slunk close to the young boy. To his horror he realized the figure was the cat from before. Had he decided to leap down he might miss something important, so instead he chose to wait and watch as the boy reached a hand out to the cat.

 

“What do you have there, Khallia,” he asked. The boy took the book and read the title before sifting through the pages gently, and with great care. Kakashi took this time to leap down and surprise the two.

 

“Hey!” he said to the boy, glaring. The newcomer yelped and leaped up, tossing the book to the cat's open maw. He dashed off in one direction while the cat disappeared off in another, Kakashi allowed a chuckle before chasing after the boy. It was much easier to keep up with the boy than the cat. Besides if he could catch the boy he could get the boy to call the cat. His plan was flawless, though he didn't realize there was a catch. The boy leapt up suddenly onto a nearby tree branch, and then as though he were traveling through a layer of water disappeared into the tree itself. Kakashi leapt up to that same branch and touched the area where the boy had disappeared. A curse escaped his lips. No, the tree was as solid as it appeared. Swiftly he turned around and leaned up against the trunk then slid to a sitting position on the branch. Sighing lightly as he peered skyward he thought of another plan. This one would just have to work, it just had to!

 

Unexpectedly a figure leapt out above him and landed directly in front of him on the branch. “Why are you following me!?” the boy asked. He leapt away as Kakashi jumped to his feet. The young boy stood on the branch across from the skilled ninja, his back against the trunk in case Kakashi tried anything funny. “Answer me!” the boy yelled stepping forward as a throwing knife whizzed by where he had just been standing. Slamming his hand against the trunk, the boy looked toward the new opponent. The new opponent, a young boy, stood on a nearby branch. He had bright yellow spiky hair and brown eyes. The kid wore a yellow-orange uniform of sorts and he had whisker like markings on his face. Kakashi leapt forward while the boy was distracted pulling a throwing knife to the boy's throat. His hand kept a firm hold on the boy's shoulder.

 

“Call your cat now,” Kakashi said in a threatening manner.

 

“What do you take me for an idiot?” the boy asked his skin changing to bark that sunk into the tree itself. Shock took over Kakashi. He stood there stareing even as the boy appeared from the tree behind him.

 

“Kakashi behind you,” Naruto yelled. Kakashi spun, forming a hand sign and prepared himself for what was to come.

 

“I'm only going to ask one more time. Why are you following me?” Kakashi sighed. He relaxed and held up a hand to stop Naruto from taking action.

 

“You're cat took my book,” Kakashi replied. “You're also quite a suspicious young boy. I've never seen you before, so you must not be from Konoha.”

 

“Oh, it's your book is it? That's too bad, nothing I can do about that,” he replied smugly. Kakashi glared a bit but another thought popped into his head as he watched the boy leaning against the tree.

 

“Naruto, go back to Konoha, I'll get my book back, don't worry,” he promised nodding to the kid. Naruto was about to argue but the glare Kakashi gave was enough justification to make him take his leave. Once alone, Kakashi leaned back against the trunk of the tree he was standing in. “So you want to read it?” he asked, catching a serious look from the boy.

 

“Maybe,” the boy cautiously replied. The ninja smiled inwardly at this, this boy amused him slightly. “And if I do?” Kakashi closed his eyes

 

“How about I let you borrow it, under one condition,” he opened his eyes to see the boy's reaction. Good, I have his attention, Kakashi thought. “The condition is that you have to return it, when you've finished reading for the day.”

 

“And if I want to borrow it again?” the boy asked, making Kakashi think for a long time.

 

“Then you can ask the next day,” he finally decided.

 

“Ok, I promise to bring it back before dark,” the boy replied. Kakashi sighed and leapt away, before dark, huh… he thought. Unknowingly he traveled, not noticing that something was following him, until he turned around and looked up at the black cat. Those large golden orbs peered intently down at him. It didn't have the book with it. He sighed as he continued on his way looking around for the cat, occasionally, as he traversed the village to his home. He entered, closed the door behind him and laid down to rest as he wondered what he was supposed to do now.

 

A light scratching noise woke the ninja from a nap he hadn't realized he had taken. The rest was welcome, though, and quite refreshing. He stood and opened the door only to find the golden eyed cat holding the book up to him. Taking the book he offered a thank you to the fleeing creature before closing the door and placing the book back where it belonged. The sun was setting allowing him to decide that a good night's rest was in order. He sighed lying down once more.

 

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Light glared in through a nearby window but it was unusually dim. Kakashi allowed a lid to lazily slit open. He sat up slightly his eye widening as he realized the boy from yesterday was crouching above him. Peering around the room he noted the cat had come to and was lounging not far from the bed. A completely oblivious and unusually bright smile greeted Kakashi's mild surprise. The current position he was in wasn't exactly comfortable given the situation. “I came to see if I could borrow the book today.” The ninja's face became expressionless once more as he lay back down to peer up at the strange male. Too many questions rambled around in his skull to even decide if he wanted to know the answer to any of them.

 

“Ok, but I'll need it back before noon,” the boy looked overtly happy yet somehow a bit disappointed at the same time.

 

“Maybe I can find out what's going to happen between them before I have to return it this time!” he replied smiling. Kakashi sat up to look the boy directly in the eyes.

 

“Do you really want to know what happens?” he asked. The boy nodded and moved a bit closer at Kakashi's beckoning. Again, Kakashi beckoned and the boy again moved closer so that now their noses were almost touching. Suddenly Kakashi closed the gap there lips connecting with only the mask between the two. The boy didn't even notice that Kakashi had slipped a hand behind his head until he tried to pull away. Kakashi wasn't about to let this one go, not right away anyway. When he finally released the boy expected to see disgust or shame. He wasn't prepared for the response that was instead given to him.

 

“Is that…all they do?” The question shocked Kakashi. Once his thoughts were collected, however, a malicious idea came to mind. One that for some odd reason he actually wanted to fulfill. A smile crept slowly and unnoticeably to his face. The next few movements had the boy lying on his back and Kakashi on top gently nestled between the other's legs.

 

“Do you really want to know?” he whispered into the others ear. He could feel the shiver that ran the through the young males body. The boy almost said yes but that wasn't enough permission for the ninja. No he refused to take him under the pretense of what wasn't full or true permission for such an act. “Let me rephrase that, do you want me to show you?”

 

“I-I…” the boy stuttered revealing all that Kakashi needed to know. He could tell the boy was terrified of what he was suggesting making him regret rephrasing his question. The eyes didn't reveal any such fear, confusing Kakashi when he pulled up to look. He waited, thinking that he already knew the answer. “W-w-will it h-hurt?” The white haired ninja could not find any will to say a word at that moment. Perhaps it was shock, perhaps he was just stunned, but for whatever reason he could not find a voice with which to speak.

 

“If I were not skilled…yes,” he replied gauging the reaction. The response was a widening of the boy's brown eyes, revealing a bit of that fear he had heard not long before. But, the boy seemed to relax as he mouthed the word “if”. “But I've heard that, with my experience, it hardly hurts at all.” The boy relaxed entirely allowing a sigh to escape. It was a cutesy kind of sigh, almost girlish in a way. Kakashi moved closer wrapping his arms underneath the boy's arms and grabbing the top of the thin shoulders. He then pulled the downward while giving a rough, wanting thrust. A gasp greeted his ear, one of surprise, at the sudden action. He hoped the boy now knew what he was getting into and would ask him to stop but another side of him wanted to continue and take the boy then and there.

 

Sneak peek: The boy stumbled from the bed, worrying Kakashi a bit. He wondered what was going through the boy's mind at that time. The boy turned suddenly smiling a bit sadly. Is he disappointed? He asked himself.