Entice [Naruto Fanfic]

Chapter 5 - Quiet

Chapter 5 – Quiet

The next morning was boring as all hell for Kiba and Akamaru. He had gotten to sleep at some point during the night, but probably got at least 4 and half hours rest in total while Akamaru slept like a log, as per usual for the large ninken. So, at the moment, they were sitting around looking at the TV, but not really watching it.

There was some movie on about a girl, who meets a man a few years older than her because she got caught up in the middle of a fight between him and a bad guy. The man realises that she'll be a target now and brings her along, and they eventually save the day and fall in love. Or so Kiba had presumed the movie would end like that anyway. Akamaru looked up at him from his spot in front of the couch and his feet, and whimpered as if to say that he was bored.

"So am I. There's nothing to do. I can't take the missions I used to be able to because of Hitori and her stuff. Speaking of which..." he trailed off, his words turning into thoughts and his eyes became unfocused as he went into his own little world.

Idly, he wondered whether she had gotten that wound healed and whether she was okay. The young Inuzuka had no doubt in his mind that mentally she was as strong as an ox, but normal people weren't used to being sliced, stabbed, cut, impaled etc. Then again, she did seem very shocked and shaken up by it, so now all he had to do was figure out how the hell it happened.

Obviously she wouldn't tell him if he asked her, but he had a feeling that there was more to her than anyone else knew, him especially. This mission seemed to be quite a pain, and if there was going to be more of these instances where Hitori was running off in the middle of the night and coming back injured, there would be only so much secrecy that he could tolerate. If he was stuck in the middle of it, he would demand to be told about what was really going on...

Meanwhile, on the other side of the village, Hitori was trying to get permission to do just that. She was having a quick chat with Naruto before going in to see Tsunade about being able to inform Kiba of her mission so that he wouldn't get in the way like she knew he would.

"Well, here's the thing. He's supposed to be with me night and day, even when I'm not in Sozoku. So how can I be expected to be able to complete my mission without his constant presence being a hindrance? It's just impossible, even for me." Hitori explained with slight frustration at it having to come to this. She'd been trying to crack this case for over 3 months now and she'd had enough of waiting around.

"You're probably right. If it's going to get in the way of your true mission, it might be better off to just let him know. You wouldn't even have to tell him what the mission was about, just that you aren't a civilian and that you're on a mission just so he could do his job and you could still do yours. Go and see Tsunade-baachan and explain it to her. I'm sure she'd understand." Naruto responded with careful thought.

"Okay, will do. Thanks Naruto. It was good to see you." Hitori smiled at him genuinely and he returned it and gave her a hug before she walked out of his office and stood in front of the Hokage's office door and took a breath before knocking three times.

"Come in!" she heard Tsunade say from behind the door and she opened it, walked in until she stood in front of the desk and bowed respectfully.

"Hokage-sama. I need to speak with you about my mission." Hitori said politely and professionally whilst looking the older woman dead in the eye.

"I think I know what the problem is already. Go ahead, what's wrong?" the blonde asked and folded her hands together and rested her chin on them.

"Inuzuka Kiba's mission to protect 'Misaki' is coinciding with my mission to bust Jinoichi's ring. I went out the other night after he'd fallen asleep to inspect a warehouse and I'm loathe to admit that I underestimated their security systems and I ended up getting a small wound. It took all I had to get away without being discovered and when I got back to the club, I realised that I wouldn't be able to use my chakra to heal myself since a shinobi as good as Kiba would be disturbed easily by it. I was forced to wake him up and get him to help me since I'd lost too much blood and I wouldn't have been able to stay conscious long enough to patch myself up." Hitori spoke with confidence, but there was twinges of anger in her tone here and there.