Fear and Love Part III (Kakashi X OC)

The Nekobaa

Kakashi and Tsuki had come to an agreement. Team Seven would travel with Naruto and Orochimaru on several expeditions to recover documents from destroyed hideouts once owned by the former criminal.

Tsuki spent the better part of the rest of her day trying to cope with the fact that she agreed to such a thing while Kakashi ironed out the details of the missions to put into official requests. He figured telling Kai and Kanari that they would get to go on missions once again would be the greatest birthday gift he could give them.

Either way, Kakashi and Tsuki completed their daily duties as Hokage and Advisor and on a Friday night, Kakashi insisted that Tsuki get takeout to uphold the family tradition of eating out every final work day of the week.

Tsuki left to find a meal for the household, while Kakashi sat in his office with Naruto and Sasuke as they once again talked about the ongoing investigation. He knew tonight was going to be a night where he worked late, and he mentally apologized to Tsuki for letting his dinner get cold.

"So we have stuff in motion regarding my father's last mission report." Kakashi shuffled through his papers,"But we're still unable to find information on those two men from my father's last mission. Hoeru Inuzuka and Botan Hōki."

"Nobody from the current clans knows their whereabouts?" Naruto asked

Kakashi shook his head,"No, that's the first thing we did was interview members of the clan residing here in the Village. It seems they moved out of the Leaf a long time ago and nobody knows their whereabouts."

"I wonder if... She would know." Sasuke appeared deep in thought,"Come with me.." the Uchiha stood and walked for the door with Naruto and Kakashi in his trail.

"Who's she?" Kakashi asked.

"Yeah, where the hell are you taking us?!" Naruto was just as confused as ever.

"To the Nekobaa." Sasuke replied.

"The Nekobaa?" Kakashi scratched his head.

"Yeah, Granny Cat has served the Uchiha for many years, providing munitions to the clan prior to the... You know.. But she has information on everyone. I wonder if she knows the whereabouts of these two men. And even if she doesn't, she sure as hell could probably find out through the grapevine for us."

"Oh yeah! That lady who made us wear the cat ears!" Naruto confirmed that he knew of Granny Cat.

Sasuke took them to an abandoned city that surprisingly wasn't too far away from the Village. Kakashi followed his former student through a dark hallway, leading to a seemingly abandoned basement of a former storefront.

"Where the hell're we going, Sasuke?" Kakashi asked, having never seen or heard of this passageway before.

"We're almost there..." Sasuke replied as they arrived at a door which he knocked on with his single arm.

Kakashi was shocked to here a "Come in!" from the other side of the doors. The three entered and Kakashi was slightly confused to see a half cat/half woman sitting behind a table, with several cats and kittens running around the room. A symphony of meows hit the trios ears.

"Sasuke! It's been such a long time, dear. And you're Naruto, correct?" Cat Granny immediately greeted the two familiar boys as they walked on,"My, you've both grown quite a bit since the last time we met. You were just kittens back then" She panned over to Kakashi, wondering why the three of them decided to pay her a visit now.

"Lord Sixth, it's an honor to meet you and to have you in our humble hideout." Granny Cat stood and bowed, gesturing towards three cushions on the ground in front of her table.