Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ If Only You Knew ❯ Unsettling Situations ( Chapter 7 )

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Chapter Six Unsettling Situations

The next few weeks went by like a blur. We trained, but on basic things I already knew. It was, for the most part, quite boring.

Of course 'I' couldn't let on that I already knew them. That would raise too many eyebrows.

Sasuke ignored me like the plague and made no more assaults on my person. Sakura too, ignored my presence, this I thanked the gods for. The last thing I needed was for her to start talking or communicating with me in any way that could possible cause brain cell destruction.

Kakashi…he had also made no further attempts to molest me…but sometimes I would see him staring at me, with a look I did not wish and was unwilling to decipher.

Needless to say, I was on my guard at all times. If he made a move, I couldn't guarantee that I wouldn't resist. My youkai half welcomed his advances that much.

Hence the reason I was prepared. If he tried anything I would suppress my youkai half and promptly kick his ass.

It was about the fifth week that we had officially become a 'team' that Kakashi announced we would begin taking on missions. That in fact, he had already accepted some imbecile-like mission to rescue someone-or-other's cat.

Sakura complained as usual, then looked up at Sasuke to gauge his reaction.

He just shrugged.

Knowing that if 'I' didn't respond if would arouse their suspicion I made sure to protest.

"You've gotta be kidding me! Find a cat? That is the most insulting mission we could have gotten!"

Sakura made sure to properly chastise me and then went back to her usual bout of basking in Uchiha's shadow.

So the 'mission' went on as planned, and unfortunately there were many that followed it…from pulling weeds from someone's garden…to picking up trash in the river…I intentionally screwed up of course. After all it would never do for Uzumaki the failure to do anything right.

Eventually I had had enough of these stupid insulting missions. For me to even be present for them was not only insulting to me but to Kyuubi as well.

One day while we were at headquarters to be assigned yet another spectacular mission, I made my displeasure known…in my usual fashion.

"I am so tired of these stupid loser missions! I am a ninja now and I want a ninja mission!"

Kakashi looked up at this, so did the Third Hokage, of which whose responsibility it was to assign these missions.

Kakashi dutifully hissed at me.

"Be quiet!"

Sakura said the same. Sasuke just murmured.

"He does have a point, idiot that he his."

The Third, just mock glared at me and looked expectantly at Kakashi. Kakashi in turn, sighed, ran a hand through his silver hair, and said.

"All three of you are just genin. You are not yet at a level high enough to do any missions of any importance. Just be patient and suck it up. Your time will come."

That wasn't good enough for me.

"Forget that! I'm ready for dangerous mission! Something to test my great ninja skills!"

The Third really laughed at that. I just glared at him. Finally getting serious again he said.

"So you think you're ready for a higher ranking mission huh? Well…we'll let you try a C-ranked mission and see how you do. How about it Naruto? Think you can handle that?"

Oh well, I thought, it's better than nothing.

Like the imbecile my cover was I answered.

"Yeah that's more like it!"

The Third had all three of us wait outside while he explained the details to Kakashi and then called us back in.

After he'd called us back in, the Hokage called in an older man with a gray beard and hair, wearing spectacles, he was also quite rotund.

"This," Said the Third, "is your mission. Or more importantly protecting him is your mission. You will escort this man to the Land of Waves. That is all."

"Wait a second!" the man suddenly spoke in a worried tone. "You're not saying that this blonde-haired shrimp is supposed to be protecting me? He looks like he should be protected himself!"

Knowing inwardly that the fool's barb was harmless, the me everyone else knew would not let such a remark go unchecked.

"What do you mean shrimp?" I started towards the man as if to physically harm him. "Why I oughta-."

Kakashi physically restrained me, but whispered in my ear.

"Thanks for giving me an excuse to touch you. I'm supposed to be lecturing you on attacking the client. But we both know its all for show."

Ignoring my youkai side's purr of contentment, I pulled out of his hold before he caught on and did something to blow my composure.

Looking properly chastised I went to sit by Sasuke and Sakura.

Sasuke was looking at me and glaring. The look said it all. How could you let him touch what is mine?

Evidently the beating he'd given me weeks before was forgotten once he got jealous again. And I was especially amused by how he had the audacity to establish a claim on me when he kept acting as though nothing had happened.

Shaking my head, I brought myself back to the present moment. And at the present, we were about to depart on our mission.

Leaving from the gates of Konoha, we had to walk. The reason being due to our client. Whose named I had learned was Tazuna. Tazuna loved to talk. This became evident as Kakashi who would ask him a question now and then had no need to continue the conversation. Tazuna could hold a conversation for ten people.

I learned that he was trying to build a bridge connecting his land to another to increase trade. The reason he required protection was because a man named Gato was attempting to kill him in hopes that the construction of the bridge would discontinue and the morale would stay low and despair would remain. This bridge, Tazuna went on to explain, was meant to inspire hope in his people. Gato was an extremely rich business man, who built his empire on the blood of other people and relied on other people to carry out his dirty work.

Well, I might not particularly care about Tazuna's welfare, but I could appreciate the depth of his emotion when it came to how much he cared about the welfare of his people. That type of emotion was the type I always wished I could feel.

As Tazuna carried on his one-way conversation, I immediately sensed two shinobi approaching. Both were of the chunin level and relatively weak. Might as well leave it to Kakashi and Sasuke. Jumping in wouldn't do any good except raise too many unwanted questions.

As the two approached I acted scared and stayed rooted to the spot as if in shock.

Kakashi was busy protecting Tazuna and he too, left it to Sasuke. He too, knew that Sasuke could handle them. In the struggle one of their weapons I knew were tipped with poison hit lashed me on the top of my hand.

I shrugged, I knew my youkai blood was immune to human poisons. It wouldn't affect me.

Sasuke walked up to me when it had passed.

"You're not hurt are you? Fraidy cat."

When Sasuke failed to get a rise out me he "hned," put his hand in his pockets and walked off, I assume, to a corner to sulk.

Sakura was gushing on and on about how cool Sasuke was after the little ordeal had ended. Kakashi actually complimented him…which was received with an arrogant nod of the head.

Deciding that Sasuke's time of praise had passed, Kakashi turned his attention to me. I could sense this was the opportunity he had been looking for and I knew that I needed a distraction to divert him.

Kakashi took my hand and cradled it between his own.

"Naruto." He said in a worried voice (yeah right) "Those blades were tipped in poison. You need a fresh flow of blood to dissuade it."

"Oh no!" Sakura wailed, panicking easily as she always had. "We've got to get Naruto to a hospital. I really think we should head back to the village!"

"No need for that." Kakashi replied easily. "You two go ahead. I'll stay here with Nar-."

As Kakashi had been talking I had taken my kunai knife and stuck it in the wound. Seeing as how the poison wasn't affecting me anyway I wanted to destroy any hopes Kakashi had that would end up alone together, and put Sasuke in his place.

"I vow that I will never back down, never! I will not lose to Sasuke, this pledge I make with this kunai knife!"

When I'd finished my little speech, I saw Kakashi's shoulders drop in disappointment. He didn't let me escape unscathed.

"Naruto that was really cool how you cut yourself to get rid of the poison…but if we don't take care of that wound…you're going to die."

His eyes tipped up in amusement as he said this. I was far from amused. That bastard! He still had an excuse to get me alone.

Of course my 'mask' started to throw a fit at the thought of dying.

"Oh no! I'm too young to die.! Oh no!"

Telling the others to go on ahead he gave them some insipid excuse that he was going to make sure my wound was properly bound.

Shit! I have to admit the bastard is good. He's always a step ahead of me. At least when it comes to perverted assignations.

After the others were well out of our site he made his move. Backing me into a nearby tree, his hands immediately imprisoned mine, effectively pinning me. Kyuubi had forbidden me from using youkai powers to hurt humans who weren't physically harming me.

How about physically disturbing me? I begged it silently.

Kyuubi woke up, not happy with my having awoken it from its sleep.

Sorry, you'll just have to figure out a way to get away from him without youkai strength. Don't wake me up again. You know I won't always be here to help you out of these predicaments! You have to learn to fend for yourself.

Kakashi, meanwhile wasn't giving me a chance to think. Before I could respond to Kyuubi, his mouth immediately sought mine and his tongue parted my lips without any hesitation. There was no time for my protestation. He conducted a slow and thorough exploration that made all of the blood in my head go south, effectively ending my plea with Kyuubi, but I did hear it chuckle as it faded back into the recesses of my mind, I assume to go back to sleep.

Kakashi smiled against my mouth when he brought his body up against mine and felt my arousal.

"I knew you weren't as immune to me as you pretended." He murmured against my lips. "And now I'll prove to you just how much you want me" The mere arrogance in his tone was astonishing, astoundingly so, and brought me enough out of my reverie to push him away, without youkai strength. Kakashi was so convinced of his appeal to me that he wasn't expecting this development.

As I pushed him away I used youkai speed to flee.

Hey Kyuubi had said I couldn't use youkai power on him directly. It hadn't said anything about using it to run away.

When I was close to the others' location I slowed down to human speed and burst into the area that had been chosen for the night's camp site.

Sakura and Tazuna looked at me curiously.

"Where is Kakashi sensei?" Sakura asked.

"He said something about clearing our trail to prevent any other shinobi from following, or something like that." I replied nonchalantly, shrugging my shoulders for further effect. "He should be back any moment."

Sasuke just glared at me. I knew then that he knew all too well what had happened.

I just glared back at him, daring him to say something. It's not like the others would believe him if he told them anyway. And if there was anything the Uchiha hated it was to look like a fool.

In the end, he got up and headed towards one of the three tents that had been set up, anger evident in every line of his body. He threw the flap disgustedly, as if it had done him personal injury, and went in.

Silence filled the camp at his action.

"What's wrong with Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked in a genuinely puzzled voice.

"I think the stick that is shoved up his ass is wedge in there further than usual." I couldn't help it, she had put it out there and I was just responding in kind.

I got hit over the head by Sakura for saying so. I almost instinctively hit her back, out of reflex. Then I reminded myself that simple-minded creatures can't control the way they act.

Kakashi chose that moment to come back. If he was angry his expression gave away nothing. At least to the others.

When his gaze landed on me, it was filled with promise. This isn't over. It said.

I didn't respond, I kept my answering glance stupidly blank, as per the usual.

We all had dinner not long afterward.

Sasuke, had surprisingly, graced us all with his presence. I imagine he thought once we had become accustomed to it that it was like an addiction. And if we didn't have consistent exposure to it we would go into withdrawal.

It was after dinner that Kakashi announced the sleeping arrangements.

"Naruto and I will be sharing a tent, Sasuke and Tazuna the other, and Sakura you get the third all for yourself."

"Sensei." Sasuke piped up. "I think Naruto ought to be in a tent with me, seeing as how he evidently requires my protection.

I gave Sasuke a sidelong glance at that announcement. No one else caught it, but I saw a flash of excitement in his eyes, before he quickly suppressed it.

Kakashi of course, could brook no argument, how could he? I don't think the words "I want to molest my student." would go over well with anyone here. After all, what other excuse could he come up with?

"That' fine." was all he said, but I was able to decipher the slight undercurrent of disappointment evident in his tone.

Warmth, that I could only identify as sexual filled me at the thought of sharing a tent with Sasuke. I shook my head immediately at the thought. That is not something I can afford to think about right now.

Sakura, of course made her displeasure know to all.

"Why does Naruto get to share a tent with Sasuke-kun?" she wailed. "I want to be in tent with Sasuke!"

This raised everyone, except Sasuke's, brows up.

Sasuke's eye was twitching.

"Sakura." he stated coldly. "Get it through your thick skull. I do not like you, in any way. Now quit bitching and go to bed."

Sakura broke down in tears and ran to her tent.

Sasuke let out a long-suffering sigh and made his way to our tent, but not before he sent me a look that let me know exactly how much he did like me.

Okay I can officially not be alone with him, I thought, what to do what to do.

To ensure this I volunteered for the first guard shift. At least that way it would delay the time I had to spend in one place with the bastard for a while.

Unfortunately he volunteered for the next one. This meant that I would have to spend half the night with him. Oh goodie.

End of chapter 6