Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Espionage ❯ Found ( Chapter 9 )

Summary: Sasuke is a spy for Shinobi Inc. and is sent to guard the #1 hyperactive blond of Konoha High School, Naruto Uzumaki. He finds out later that Naruto has two personalities and both are driving him crazy, but for two different reasons.

Parings: `Naruto'/Sasuke/Naruto, Kakashi/Iruka, Ten-ten/Neji, Gaara/Neji/Gaara

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Espionage

Chapter 9: Found

 

(Two months earlier)

 

Orochimaru had always taken pride to being a patient person. It was virtue needed his field of business. While working as a Shinobi for the Konoha division, he and his team would be sent out to complete missions that would take days, if not weeks or months to finish. Once he joined the Akatsuki, who happened to dominate the black market, he would have to wait months for products to arrive and sell. To him, it seemed that nothing could wear his patience. However, Orochimaru was proven wrong. Never before had his patience been drawn so thin.

 

Fourteen years. He has been waiting for fourteen years. Waiting on something, or more of someone, for fourteen years could drive any person absolutely mad.

 

Orochimaru was desperately trying to avoid going into madness. He had a business to attend to; he couldn't allow the incompetence of his subordinates make him crazy…er.

 

No, Orochimaru refused to walk down that path. He calmly began to sign a few papers, make a few meeting via telephone and devised ways to make his competition and enemies suffer. After the morning was over, Orochimaru had began to forget about the troublesome child called Naruto Uzumaki.

 

Until his phone rang. The snake like man checked the caller id and scowled at the name. Picking it up off the base, he gave a grunt. “What.”

 

“Sir.” The voice on the other end replied. “I am here to report on Naruto Uzumaki.”

 

Orochimaru rolled his eyes. It is probably the same news as before. “I am growing tired of you calling my office only to inform me that you have not found the boy. Unless I call you myself, do not even attempt to contact me and tell me how much of an incompetent moron who can not find a sixteen year old boy!” Angered that his time was wasted, Orochimaru began to hang. However, he paused mid-action when he heard his subordinate's reply.

 

“We've found him.”

 

The room grew silent. Orochimaru slowly brought the receiver back to his ear. “You what?” he asked, unsure he heard correctly.

 

“We've found him. He's in America, California. Age 16, goes to Konoha High School. Is in the 11th grade. Parents unknown.”

 

If Orochimaru wasn't so excited, he would've frowned. He was going to a school that shared a similar name to one of the Shinobi divisions. One that he was in, no less. Something was suspicious about that. No doubt the Konoha division has something to do with the hiding place of Uzumaki. Not to mention the west region of America is Suna's jurisdiction, the bureau of Shinobi Inc. that is famous for the protection and defense of witnesses, victims and clients. While thinking about it, it all came together. He should've known that the Uzumaki boy would be hiding under the protection of Suna and somewhere relatively close to Konoha's jurisdiction. (Konoha is responsible for the east region of Asia.)

 

“Have you made contact with him yet?”

 

“...No sir. I've only been able to collect some information on him.”

 

Orochimaru thought about what he would do next.

 

“You and your partner, keep a close eye on him. There also might be others who are watching him so make sure that you aren't caught. That's the last thing I need.” Before the person on the other end could respond, Orochimaru hung up the phone and grinned; he was much more in a happier mode than he was a few minutes ago. “This is perfect. I doubt that stupid brat Itachi even has an idea as to where Kyuubi is.”

 

He tried to concentrate on his work, but the thought of actually knowing where Kyuubi was made the usually bitter man absolutely giddy. He imagined the praise he would receive from the Leader and Itachi's defeated face. And the money! Even someone as wealthy as him could understand the amount of money the black market would pay for the only human machine alive.

 

There was a knock on the door. “Come in.”

 

The door swung opened after the command. A man with white hair in a ponytail, wearing glasses strolled in. His eyebrows rose when he saw the look of (dare we think it?) happiness on his employers face. “I'm assuming you've heard some good news, Orochimaru-sama?”

 

Orochimaru looked up at the man in front of his desk. “Kabuto-kun. What a coincidence. I was just about to call you. I have an assignment for you. It will only take two days at most, so Konoha shouldn't be too worried. It won't be for another two months, so inform them of your leave.”

 

“May I ask just what exactly my mission is, Orochimaru-sama?” Kabuto asked a hint of interest in his voice. Although he knew he was Orochimaru's most trusted servant, he rarely ever went on mission as it conflicted with his spying role in Konoha.

 

“My investigator was able to find the Kyuubi vessel.” Orochimaru's grin widen as he told Kabuto what happened. It was still hard to believe.

 

This time, Kabuto was totally interested. He knew how obsessed the man was to find Kyuubi before Itachi did. “Congratulations, sir. What do you plan to do when you send me?”

 

“I won't do anything for a while. I need to make preparations before I actually capture him. And there is no doubt that Shinobi Inc. has some type of heavy protection surrounding him. He is in the Suna division after all.” Orochimaru's eyes grew, telling that Kabuto that he thinking about what to do next. “I'll just need you to confirm that it is actually Kyuubi. I don't want too many people knowing that I've found him right now and so far only you and my investigators knows about his whereabouts.” He told the young doctor.

 

Kabuto nodded in understanding. “I have something to report as well, Orochimaru-sama.”

 

“What is it?”

 

“It seems that the Hokage has assigned Sasuke Uchiha another mission and will no longer be spying here.”

 

Despite the snake-man's pleasure, he frowned. “What a pity. I was looking forward to toying with him before killing him. I guess Konoha realized that Itachi was somehow entwined with the Akatsuki. No matter. I'm sure we will meet again…”

 

Kabuto nodded once more, attempting to ignore the predatory look on Orochimaru's face.

 

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(Present).

 

Iruka walked through the silent halls of the school. School was over and he was trying to get ready for tomorrow's lesson. However, his mind was on something completely different the entire weekend.

 

Against his own will, he had thought of nothing but Kakashi. Everything he did or saw reminded him of the silver haired teacher and he had come to the conclusion that he could not forget about him. As much as he wanted to hate Kakashi for playing him, he couldn't help but believe that the older man was telling him the truth.

 

Sighing to for about the millionth time that day, continued walking down the hall to the copy room. As he walked further down, he could hear the very familiar voice of the principal from around the corner.

 

“Sarutobi has told me the date of Zabuza and Haku's funeral. I am allowing you to take off in order to attend.”

 

Iruka instantly recognized the voice that had been haunting him all weekend.

 

“Thank you Tsunade, but I must decline.”

 

Iruka stopped walking. He knew it was wrong to eavesdrop but he let his curiosity get the best of him. And the way Kakashi sounded, it was very serious indeed.

 

“You don't have to stay here, Kakashi. There are others that can take your place for a few days and Sasuke and Neji would be just fine by themselves.”

 

“I don't think Zabuza would appreciate me slacking off work just because he died. He was that kind of person after all. He would probably kick my ass now if he knew that I grieving over his death.”

 

“If you instead Hatake. Just make sure that this does not affect your job in any way. I don't need one my employees slacking off because of a personal matter.”

 

Iruka flinched. Though Tsunade was tough, he knew that she meant well. She just wasn't the best at expressing herself. The History teacher heard the sounds of heels as Tsunade walked away.

 

After Tsunade had walked away, Iruka decided to come out of his hiding place. But right before he was about to turn the corner, Kakashi come from that very way. The spy stopped to look at a surprised Iruka.

 

Iruka thought Kakashi was going to say something to him but nothing came. He was even more shocked when Kakashi only walked past him, giving no indication of a greeting.

 

Kakashi always talked to him, no matter what either of them was doing. Even when Iruka was trying to avoid him, Kakashi was found a way to talk to him. But just now, Iruka felt a tight pain in his chest as he was ignored by the older teacher. Never did he think that it would hurt this badly to be rejected.

 

“W-Wait!” he said before he could stop himself.

 

Kakashi stopped, but did not turn around.

 

“I…why didn't you say hi?” Iruka said quite pathetically in his opinion. He sounded as if he wanted Kakashi to be around (even he did, but he didn't want Kakashi knowing that).

 

Kakashi did not respond at first, causing Iruka to grow nervous. Why? He didn't know; it something about Kakashi that made him nervous all the time. “Weren't you the one who told me to stay away from you?” he snapped, causing Iruka to flinch.

 

Okay, so maybe he was the one to push Kakashi away, but he didn't think that he actually would. Now that it was actually happening, Iruka wasn't quite sure that he made the right choice.

 

“Yes, but-” before he could finish his sentence, Kakashi was walking off.

 

Iruka panicked. He knew that if he didn't say anything Kakashi would walk away and he may not have the courage to talk to him again after this. “I'm sorry!”

 

Kakashi stopped again, but this time he did face Iruka. Iruka had never seen such a serious expression on Kakashi face. He continued. “I'm sorry that I ended what we had before it even started. I'm sorry that I rejected you when you were trying so hard to make me happy. I was only scared. Scared that you would be unfaithful and so I wanted to stop it before our relationship became too deep.” Iruka stared at the floor, embarrassed about what he was saying. But he knew Kakashi had to hear it; what Iruka truly felt. “I still like you and I will understand if you don't want to talk to me ever again for the way I've treated you, but I just want to let you know that…I'm here. If you want to talk about anything, I'd be willing to listen.”

 

Iruka looked up to see Kakashi standing right in front of him. He didn't even hear him approach; he was probably too engrossed in his speech. Before Iruka could say anything else, Kakashi had pulled the younger teacher closer into a gentle kiss after pulling down his mask. Their lips parted a few seconds later and Iruka let out a gasp when he was pulled once again into a tight embrace.

 

“I wondered when you would finally come around.” Iruka heard Kakashi whisper in his ear.

 

Iruka could only smile. “Dummy…” Iruka could only hope that nothing could possibly go wrong.

 

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“So, how's it like living with two more people in the house.” Naruto asked his red-head best friend.

 

The two were sitting at a table in Ichiraku, eating, but of course, ramen. It was after school and since Naruto had to meet up with Sakura later that day to do some shopping, he decided not to go home and instead hang out with Gaara for a little.

 

Gaara shrugged. “Let's just say that I will be staying at your house for a few weeks at a time if that girl keeps acting the way she does now.”

 

Naruto laughed at the almost invisible look of disdain on his friend's face. “Honestly it can't be that bad.”

 

His red-head companion looked at him with his jade eyes and would've raised an eyebrow if he had any. “Naruto, she listens to Justin Timberlake. All. The. Time.”

 

Naruto shuddered. Okay, maybe it was that bad. “His songs aren't that bad!” he said with little confidence.

 

“If I have to listen to “Sexy Back” one more time, I will hang myself with a shoe lace…” Naruto could only pat him on the shoulder. “I'm so glad that Shikamaru is no trouble. All he does is sleep all day. If anything he's been a big help keeping Temari from bugging me.”

 

“She has a crush on him?” Naruto asked, interested in the love affairs of the woman who he thought of as a sister.

 

“Like you wouldn't believe. And either he doesn't know this or he doesn't care.” Gaara shrugged. “It's not like I care who she goes out with. I would actually be afraid for the guy…”

 

The blond chuckled. “I know what you mean. Sakura can be pretty vicious when she wants to be. I remember one time when…” Naruto suddenly jumped out of his seat. “Oh shit!” he cursed so loudly, the other people in the restaurant began to stare, the owner included, who did not look too happy. Naruto gave him a sheepish grin before turning to Gaara who was giving him a curious glance.

 

“And you yelled out profanities for what reason?”

 

“I forgot that I was supposed to be meeting Sakura today. She wanted to get a head start on her Christmas shopping and I promised I would go with her. She is so going to kill me!” Naruto panicked, gather all of his things and eating the last of his ramen.

 

After ignoring the whipping noises that Gaara was making and saying his goodbyes, Naruto ran out off Ichiraku, hoping to catch the bus that was approaching the bus stop. Luckily, he was able to get to the bus before it pulled off. Fifteen minutes later, Naruto reached the city's shopping district. Hopping off the bus, Naruto began to walk to the café that he was told to meet his girlfriend at.

 

`I'm so dead, I'm so dead, I'm so dead!' he continued to chant the words in his head, already sure that meeting Sakura would lead to his death. He walked a little faster than normal, hoping to be there a few seconds faster. His plan would have worked if he, in his panic, did not run into somebody.

 

“Sorry!” he exclaimed after he caught his balance again.

 

The large man turned around and instantly Naruto was frightened. `Oh, no! It's a ghoul! He's going to get me!'

 

“Naruto?”

 

The blond snapped out of his horror stricken state at the familiar voice. Right behind the ghoulish looking man was Sai.

 

“What are you doing here?” the brunette asked.

 

“I-I'm here to meet up with Sakura. We're going shopping.”

 

“Oh, I see. Oh, by the way, Naruto, this is Yamato, a friend of mine. Yamato, this is Naruto.”

 

Naruto turned back to the tall man and was shocked to see that the once ghoulish man was now normal looking! He was about six feet tall, with brown spiky hair, brown eyes and wore a warm smile on his face.

 

`Does this guy have double personalities?'

 

“It's nice to meet you, Naruto. Sai has told me so much about you.” Yamato said waving casually.

 

Naruto could only nod, too caught up in his thoughts about the man in front of him. Wait, what? “Sai, you did what? Why?”

 

“It's because I love you so much that I wanted to talk about you!” Sai replied, his playful seductive demeanor coming full force.

 

Naruto sighed. “As much as I love playing `who can out-flirt the other' I really don't think it's appropriate anymore, Sai. I do have a girlfriend again.”

 

Sai's smirk dimmed slightly, but his expression quickly turned into the fake smile he usually wears whenever he doesn't know how to express what he is feeling. Naruto has seen it many times and it always annoyed the blond. However, Sai soon started to get better with his emotions but he still has difficulties even now.

 

“Alright, throw me away. I'll just get a new boyfriend!” the brunette looked at his companion before wrapping his arms around the older man's arm. “I choose you, Yamato!”

 

Yamato rolled his eyes at Sai's childish antics, but said nothing.

 

“Well anyway, I have to go. You know how Sakura gets.” Naruto said, realizing that he was supposed to be meeting her.

 

Sai nodded and waved. “Okay. See you at school tomorrow.”

 

Naruto waved back to the two of them before running off to the café. Finally to the entrance, Naruto saw the small shop with Sakura standing out front. And she wasn't alone. She was having a conversation with a man with white hair, which reminded him of Kakashi's, and was wearing glasses. As he approached, he saw the man that she was talking to walk off in the opposite direction.

 

“Hey, Sakura. Sorry I'm late.” The blond said as he approached the pink haired girl.

 

Emerald eye glared deeply at him, but he still seemed to be intact. `Thank goodness for that!'

 

“I've been waiting here for twenty minutes, Naruto!” she hissed, glaring harder as she placed her hands on her hips.

 

“I'm sorry. I was eating ramen with Gaara and then I ran into Sai. I really did try to get here on time.” Naruto pleaded with the girl, using his very best puppy dog eyes he could muster. It worked because her glare began to diminish.

 

She sighed. “Fine, whatever. As long as you're here.”

 

Naruto grinned and did a little victory dance in his head.

 

Sakura ignored the stupid grin on her boyfriend's face before grabbing him by the arm and pulling him off to the first destination. Naruto looked back as he was walking. “Hey, who was that guy?” Naruto asked curiously.

 

Sakura shrugged. “I don't know. I met him in the café. I dropped one of my medical magazines and when he picked it up and saw it, he told how he was a doctor. Then we went on into a conversation.”

 

Naruto turned back around to hear Sakura's explanation. Although what Sakura said was innocent enough, he couldn't help but have a bad feeling. Something about that guy made Naruto very uncomfortable.

 

He shook the thought out of his head. `It's just my imagine…' he figured. He followed his girlfriend into a clothing store, trying desperately to ignore the feeling of discontent.

 

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Yay! Iruka and Kakashi are finally together! But Orochimaru now knows where Naruto is. Who was the dirty little snitch who told him? Will Gaara ever get along with Ten-Ten? Will I ever get to the SasuNaru goodness! All these question and more will be answer!

 

Thanks to all of you guys who have been waiting patiently for these chapter. Though it's not a very interesting chapter (especially those of you who are waiting for the SasuNaru) it is very important. But I'm really excited though because after the next two or so chapters, the plot becomes less lovey dovey and more darker. I can't wait! Also, I don't hate Justin Timberlake you guys. But honestly the radio over played `Sexy Back'. I wanted to jump out of the car window every time they played that song!

 

But enough of my ranting! I hope you will continue to read and I hope to have the next chapter up quicker than before. (sorry about that…)