Unwanted Attention

A joint effort by me and my friend, Emily. A nartuo Fanfic, based around our origional characters. Warning, Yaoi.

 

Unwanted Attention

 

Chapter 1

“S**t.”
Ahh, such a wonderful morning. Here I am, stranded in the middle of the Water country, being chased by hostile Mist ninja. Yep, great start to the day.
Perhaps that’s not the best way to tell my story. It all started a few weeks ago, in my hometown, Konoha. I had just gotten back from a small, B-rank mission where I had to protect this regal old lady from a few ninja. They weren't so tough, mostly just Genin and Chunin. No match for a few Jonin, though. so when I finally return, that frigid old bat the Fifth gives me a new assignment in the Water country. Turns out that there's some VIP's stranded on one of the islands and they got the message out.
"Why send me, Tsunade??? Naruto just got back didn't he? Give it to the twerp."
"Naruto and his team have been assigned to another mission. They'll be leaving later today."
"What mission? Rescuing his Butt-buddy Sasuke? Feh. Good ridd-"
"KINTARO! Enough insubordinate talk! You WILL go to the Water country, and that, is, FINAL!"
"Geez, okay." I turned to leave, but the evil woman called me back.
"Wait. There will be someone else accompanying you."
"Lady, I’ve told you again and again, I work ALONE."
"This time you don’t. Your partner will meet you at the monument in three hours. Good luck, Kintaro."
I opened my mouth to protest, but she gave me a glare that nearly killed me. 'Only Tsunade,' I thought to myself, and walked out.
Tsunade sighed, and mumbled to herself. "Sigh... He's lucky he's such a good ninja, or I would have had him arrested by now. Maybe it WAS a mistake promoting him to Jonin."

As I walked aimlessly around, my mind wandered. Mostly I kept wondering what kind of idiot partner that old hag was sticking me with. Probably some whiny little do-nothing that jumped at the tiniest noise and cried when they were confused. I sighed heavily and wandered into Ichiraku. Might as well eat before my impending doom began. As I wandered in, I spotted the ever present Naruto slurping down what was probably his fifth bowl of ramen. I sighed heavily and sat on the stool next to him.
"What's up loser?" I yawned while scratching under my headband.
I saw Naruto bristle up at the insult and nearly choke on the ramen currently stuffing his cheeks. He swallowed and threw me a nasty look.
"Now what's THAT look for? I didn't do anything." I smirked evilly.
"Dickhead..." Naruto mumbled and turned back to his ramen.
Wow, no catchy comeback. I was shocked but my grumbling stomach demanded food. I ordered the first thing I saw and wolfed it down. Stretching, I glanced at the clock and saw it was about time to meet that retard that had been assigned to help me. I stood, smacked Naruto once on the head and left with obscenities following me out the door.
As I got closer to the monument, I could slightly make out the form of my partner. As I approached he looked up from the book he was reading and stared at me. He was kind of short for a Jonin making him look like he was twelve. Was this guy for real? He had shoulder length black hair that he had tied back in a braid. His eyes were the lightest baby blue I’d ever seen! Seriously! He smiled at me, put his book in his kunai holster and extended his hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Kintaro. I'm Jin and I’ll be your back up for this mission."

Smirking, I said to 'Jin,' "Gin, huh? That mean you're constantly drunk? Oh, wait, you're too young. what are you, 12?" I figured that that would get a rise out of him. In case you haven't noticed, I love doing it. Unfortunately, something else happened. He LAUGHED.
"Ha ha ha! Nope, I'm actually 16. It's true; I do look pretty young don’t I?" Then he even SMILED! What is wrong with this guy?
'Okay, Phase 2' I thought. "Heh. nice eyes. The hair's cool too. You look like a damned fruit." And all he did was laugh.
'Damnit!' "I hope you know, I hate kids. You? you're a kid. And I especially hate Fricking Genin. There is no way I’m letting you help me on a mission."
This time, to my pleasure, he reacted.
"Genin? Don't insult me." Then, noticing his tone, he smiled and said "I'm much better than a Genin. Don’t worry, I'll stay out of your way."
"Good." I began to walk off. "We don’t have to leave until tomorrow morning. I'll meet you here at 8 tomorrow." Little did he know, I planned on leaving at 5 so I could ditch the little b*****d. 'There's no way I’ll let the old hag win. the little b*****d will cry and cry when he finds out I left, just like the little fruit cup he is.' I walked downtown for a while, bought some more ramen, hoping to mess with Naruto again. Unfortuately, he was gone. Probably off reading "Make-out Paradise" and beating off. Little perv. I finished off my night by going home and drinking Sake until my brain went into a coma.

The next morning I woke with a throbbing head. I glanced over at my alarm clock to find that it was 7:30. 'Damn it all..' Rolling out of bed, I threw on what I considered reasonable and stalked out of my apartment, grabbing my pack and locking the door on the way out. I ran and hand through my messy red hair and yawned while heading back toward the monument. When I arrived I found Jin in the same place he had been yesterday and he was reading the same...book?
"What the hell?!?!" I screamed, pointing a finger at him.
Jin glanced up at me and blinked a few times. "What's your deal this morning?"
I stood there gaping at him. "T-THAT'S MAKE-OUT PARADISE!!!! W-WHY ARE YOU READING THAT?!?!?!"
He simply blinked again and closed the book. "Because I’m borrowing it from Kakashi-senpai. That's why."
I continued to gape and he chuckled softly. "You're quiet the interesting guy Kintaro-kun. I like you. This mission should be fun." He smiled brightly at me.
Strangely, I found myself blushing a bit and I turned my head in the other direction and jammed my fists deep into my pockets. "We should get going now!!"
Jin giggled and took his glasses off and putting them away. "Okay Kintaro-kun."
I marched in the direction of the gate leaving Konoha while Jin followed behind. What the hell was wrong with me this morning??

Needless to say, I tried to avoid Jin as much as possible. The kid went completely against the rules I've made for people. 1, everyone could be pissed off. 2, I hate kids. But this kid... He's possessed or something. I can’t piss him off, and I find myself actually liking the little s**t. Something's not right here.
Well, it would be a few days until we reached the docks and sailed to the Water country. Maybe I could piss him off and re-affirm my hatred by then.
That night we stayed at a small hotel. Unfortunately, as is the custom, We only got one room. Maybe I’d get lucky and he'd have a heart attack.
I woke up to the sound of someone reading out loud.
"What the hell are you doing, Jin...?" I said sleepily.
"Ah, you're up. You overslept again, and I found that reading Erotica wakes people up nicely."
Of course, it was only then that I noticed that I was rather... Open. I quickly got dressed, swearing that I'd make the little B*****d pay, somehow. After paying for the room, we moved down along the road, Me, plotting my revenge (I had been considering putting a few thousand ruffies in his next meal, hopefully killing him), and Jin reading his book. God, the kid was like Naruto. perverted little weakling.

As we continued down the road I found myself really bored. I wanted to fight someone. This mission was so effing boring so far. I wished something exciting would happen. As if he had heard my thoughts, Jin suddenly pounced me from behind. I yelped and lost my balance, crashing to the ground with the little a*****e still clinging to me. Jin was laughing his a*s off. Me...ooooh was that a different story.
"What the hell you d********g!?!?!?" I shoved him off and stood up, knocking all the dirt from myself.
"I don't know. You looked bored." He stood and smiled. "Thought I’d help."
"Oh well thanks!!" I continued down the road in a huff, not looking back at assbag once to see if he was still even following me. I hoped he wasn't.
By nightfall, we had reached an open field and decided to camp there for the night. As I set up my sleeping bag, glanced over at Jin, who was set up already. He had let his hair out of its braid so it was wavy and framing his face. He had his glasses on and was once again reading his book by the light coming from the camp fire. Again, I felt my cheeks turn red and I turned away. Taking off my headband, I crawled into my sleeping bag and rolled over to face Jin. He was an interesting guy to watch when he was reading. He never showed any emotion but every once in a while he'd smile, probably at something he found fun or cute. I smacked my cheeks and rolled away from him, trying to banish the thoughts that had just crossed my mind. 'No Kintaro! No! 1. He's a dude and 2. He's annoying as hell! So don't even THINK about it!!!' Sighing heavily I closed my eyes and found myself asleep instantly.

Chapter 2

"Welcome to the Great Blade, my good sirs."
I looked around the boat we had just stepped aboard. But, to our surprise, it wasn’t just a sailboat. It was like a gigantic floating RESORT! I had no idea that we'd be on a Luxury ship to get to the Water Country! What was Tsunade thinking?
Nevertheless, it was a wonderful surprise.
"Oh man... think of the food they'll have on this thing...!" My mouth was already watering at the thought. I ran aboard and headed straight to the bar and got the strongest thing I could afford.
Jin was imagining something decidedly different.
"Ahh, this place must have some wonderful baths... And some wonderful people..." He smiled at the thought. Perhaps I’d get lucky and he'd stay out of my hair for the trip. It would take a few days. And maybe, just maybe, I could ditch the midget here.
After downing a few glasses of Sake so strong I suspected it was part acid, I headed off to my room for a nice, long nap. and of course, I ordered room service.
Jin was off reading his book in the bath, being sure to avoid the rather sticky pages, hoping that it was just food. Drying off, he got dressed and hopped into bed, feeling rather tired. Unfortuately, We only had one bed, and I was already in it. You can imagine my disgust when I woke up the next morning to find myself SNUGGLING with the little s**t.

"AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL!!!!" I shoved him away from me, clutching the covers to myself.
"Nani?" Jin mumbled sleepily, rubbing his eyes and looking at me. "What's wrong Kintaro-kun?"
"You're cuddling with me!!! THAT'S WHATS WRONG!!!!!!!!!"
He giggled and propped himself up on his elbow, smiling at me. "I’m sorry. It won't happen again." With that, he rolled out of bed and started to undress. I threw the covers over my head and grumbled to myself.
I must have dozed off cuz when I came around, Jin was nowhere to be seen. I ran a hand through my hair and sat up.
'Two more days huh?' I thought as I dressed. 'I don't know if I can stand that kid for that much longer....'
I wandered out onto the deck and spotted Jin sitting in a chair staring out at the water, a smile of his face and what looked like love in his eyes.
"What the hell is that look for loser?" I walked up and stood next to him.
He sighed happily. "I just love the water. It's so shiny and peaceful..."

I toyed with the thought of throwing him over the railing, but decided that would be TOO mean. Instead I just pulled up a chair and sat a few places away from him. Then it hit me, I had no idea of how we were supposed to rescue these VIPs. Jin, apparently, had the same thought. I think he might be able to read minds.
"So, what's our plan of action, Kintaro-kun?"
Choosing not to snap the little moron's neck, I stayed silent.
Suddenly, the ship listed sharply to the left, as if it had hit something. I got quickly up from my chair and grabbed a kunai, when Jin tackled me to the ground.
"What the hell are you doing, You little SH--"
He cut me off with a look and pointed to the wall behind us, with a large amount of shuriken sticking from it.
"Holy s**t... Get off me!" I threw Jin off me and grabbed the kunai that had fallen from my hand. "You go left, I'll go right" I said. "stay on guard, Midget." With that, I ran off, looking for our assailants
Jin ran left, being sure to keep an eye out for any suspicious people. Staying calm, he rounded up all of the panicked passengers and got them safely inside.
"So, we have a little hero on the ship today." A man clothed completely in black fell from the sky and landed on the deck in front of Jin. "Now, get out of my sight, before I have to kill you."

"I don't think so!" Jin whipped out a kunai and stood his ground.
The man chuckled evilly, "Aw how cute. The runt wants to play ninja!!!" Out of nowhere, he swung his heavily muscled arm and smacked Jin across the deck, slamming him into the railing. Jin yelled in pain as the guy walked over to him, lifting him up by the shirt collar. "Aw did that fruit cup?" He mused in a baby voice, shaking Jin around a bit.
Jin struggled to make the man let go but to no avail. 'D****t...' He thought gasping. 'I...I broke a couple ribs when he threw me...'
While Jin continued to fail at getting loose, the man chuckled. "You're quite girly aren't you? Are you sure you're a guy?" The man took his free hand and put it up Jin's shirt front. Jin blushed furiously as the man continued to feel him up. 'D-damn it!!!'
"Well well no b***s. That's a good sign." The man smirked evilly. "But just to be safe..." His hand started to wander lower and Jin's eyes became wide. 'N-No!!! Someone...anyone.....' "KINTAROOO!!!!!!!!!!!" Jin screamed, tears having found their way to his eyes and were streaming down his face.
Suddenly Jin fell to the ground and the man in black yelped, a kunai having being lodged into his arm.
"What the..." The man started saying until a foot collided with his skull.
I smiled widely, and glanced down at Jin. "You called midget?

Jin nodded meekly. 'Heh. I’ll pick on him later.' I thought.
I looked up at the guy I wounded and laughed. "C'mon, you weakling. Even this midget could've dodged that. But wait, you were too busy fulfilling your sexual fantasies, weren't you? And you called HIM a fruit?"
Angered, The new guy tore the Kunai from his arm, causing the wound to bleed badly.
'Heh. that hurt him more than it helped. This should be easy now.'
Clutching the wound to quell the bleeding, the new guy said, "You think you're so tough, coming to the rescue of your gay little buddy? I could beat both of you with one arm tied behind my back."
"Good, cuz your gonna have to. That Kunai was poisoned. your left arm should be completely useless now."
The new guy tried to lift his arm but failed. All he could do was stare at me now. he mustered up all the confidence he could and said, "Heh. this is nothing. We mist ninja can fight handicapped easily."
He started making signs with only his right hand. How could he hope to do anything like that?
"Water Style: Water Darts!"
suddenly water started to fly across the sky at incredible speeds, cutting me and Jin all over the place.
"Gah! How the hell did you do that?!?"
smirking, the new guy laughed at us. "We mist ninja are trained from birth to make signs with only one hand. You've lost already. Give it up."
'Damn... We're in a bad spot... I might have to use it, but then he'd die... Damnit, why do I hate death so much?'
"Not going to react?" the guy said. "Fine then. Water Style: Ice Blade!"
He summoned a great Sword from the water on deck and charged at us.
'Damnit... it's too late. I gotta do it.' I thought. I reached behind my back and clutched the handle of my sword. A cold feeling erupted from my mind as I readied myself to react.
"Get Ready to DIE, kids!!!"
At the last possible moment, I drew my sword and flashed behind him. His ice blade flew from his hand in two pieces and landed in the water. The man, stunned, stumbled back towards the railing and fell, bleeding from an immense gash in his midsection.
I calmly stood up, sheathed my sword, and passed out.


Chapter 3

"Uhg....my head..." I groaned, putting a hand on my forehead. I found a rag was currently there and opened my eyes. I was back in Jin and mines room. He was nowhere to be seen but the few wounds I had attained during our run-in with the Mist A******s were treated and bandaged. My headband and cloths were folded and set on the small dresser in the room. "Where the crap is the midget?" I crawled out of bed and pulled my shirt on, and walked out onto the deck again. The crew were currently taking care of the bodies of the dead Mist ninja while the captain was trying to figure out my the ship had stopped.
"Sir I think they screwed with the propeller." One of the crew members stated. "Either that or the blocked up the engine."
The captain slammed his fist against the wall. "Damn those Mist!"
"S'everything okay over here?" I asked, walking up to him.
"Oh yes!" The captain smiled. "Perfect. Just some engine trouble. Oh! About your friend..."
"Yea? Is midget okay?" I found myself a bit worried. He was molested during that fight so he was probably traumatized...I know I would be.
"Yes he's fine." I sighed with relief. "He just has a few broken ribs so we have his in the nurse's department here on the ship. If you'd like to see him, I’ll take you there."
"Uh....sure..." He led my down a few flights of stairs to a room with a Health cross over the doorway. "In here." I nodded and followed.
Jin was in the very last bed by the window. His shirt was folded next to him along with his headband and his whole torso was wrapped up in bandages.
The captain looked at him then back at me. "He broke about three ribs so I had the nurse fix him up then knock him out with some painkillers. He should be up later tonight. Hopefully by then we'll be moving again."
I nodded and stared down at the idiot. 'Why didn't you attack that guy midget? I know you could have beaten him! So why....'
Now the captain had mind powers. "You know...I bet he wouldn't be in this bad of condition if he wasn't protecting me and the passengers. It's kind of our fault but we are all so grateful to him and you for protecting us." He checked his watch. "Well I better get back up top and help get this boat moving." He hesitated. "I'll....uh...leave you here then."
I grunted to say yes and he left.

I looked back at Jin after the captain had left. I didn't quite understand why he chose to protect the passengers instead of beating the hell out of the Mist Leader; I would have just beat him down no matter who was in the way. The kid confuses me, but I found myself growing closer to him, and I didn’t get why.
The boat lurched and began to crawl along, but lost power again. I sighed and shook my head. This could take a while. I yawned and relaxed in a nearby chair.
Later that evening, the captain and crew still couldn't get the ship moving, so I went to get some food for the kid and I. Thankfully, the ninja hadn’t wrecked the bar. I bought some drinks and some ramen and went back to the Nurses room, praying that the ship didn’t move while I was heading downstairs. When I got inside, Jin was awake and reading his
"book" again.
'For heaven’s sake' I thought. The kid's persistent.
"Yo. I got you some food, midget."
"Thanks Kintaro-kun."
I twitched at the name, but didn’t say anything.
"Does anyone know why the Mist attacked us?"
"Nope. My guess is that they were just trying to rob the rich guys. Speaking of, why didn’t you fight the guy? you could've beat him to a pulp. The guy was only a punk, I don’t even think he was a Jonin."
"It's... Personal. I don’t wanna talk about it."
"C'mon, kid. Tell me why you didn--"
The boat jumped forward again, and the engines began to whirr. Finally, we could get moving.
"God, took them long enough. I'm gonna go above deck and investigate a bit, okay Jin?"
"Okay. I'll be here."
I walked out the door and wished him a half-hearted "G'night."
"Good night, Kintaro-kun..."

I shut the door to Jin's room and ran up the stairs to the deck. The ship was back on course and all the crew, passengers, and mostly the captain were glad to be moving again. Me also. I walked to the front of the ship and leaned against the railing, breathing deep. I was glad that I got to have a bit of fun by getting to kill a couple Mist ninja but still I felt uneasy. I never have to use my sword usually and I always try to avoid it. But this time...I don't know. Seeing that guy basically raping Jin made me kinda snap inside. For a second I felt he deserved to die even more painfully then he did.
Running a hand through my hair, I exhaled sharply. Why had I gotten so anger seeing that? I mean...I can't stand Jin at all. He's perverted, immature, annoying as all hell, and yet...
"D****T!!!!" I slammed my head into the railing and looked back out at the water. A few of the passengers gave a weird looks but I ignored them. 'Jin's right....The water is peaceful and relaxing...' My thoughts continued to revolve around that guy molesting Jin until someone tapped my shoulder lightly. "Huh?" I turned and found myself facing the midget.
"Mind if I join you?" He asked quietly. He was still wrapped up and he had managed to pull a rope on to stay warm.
"Shouldn't you be in bed resting? I mean you kinda broke three ribs today."
He smiled and leaned against the railing next to me. "Yea well it's cold down there and when you left, I got really lonely." The wind came up and tossed his undone hair and my messy do.
I looked back out at the water, my cheeks a light pink. "Y-You should still be in bed dumbass..."
He smiled and followed my gaze. "True but you're up here."
My face grew hotter and I turned around, shoving my hands into my pockets. "Whatever! I'm hungry! Let's go eat!"
Jin giggled. "Okay Kintaro-kun."
I twitched at the name, as always, but again let it slip and we made our way towards the dining hall.

I got to the Dining hall first, seeing as Jin was a bit weak, and got us a seat. I was still a bit worried that the moron would hurt himself, but I forced myself not to care. None of my business. I bought some food and brought it back to our seats. I mourned over my quickly dwindling wallet for a while and ate my food quickly. Jin took more time and looked kinda like he had a cold.
"Yo. You gonna eat that?"
"Yeah... I'm just a bit weak."
"Duh. Here, let’s get you back to bed, moron."
We walked back to our room and laid down on the bed for a bit. I could see land outside our window, so I figured we'd be getting off pretty quick, few hours at most.
"Kintaro-kun?"
"What's up, Shorty?"
"I... Never mind..." He seemed a bit embarrassed as he said it, and he looked away afterward.
"Okay... Whatever, midget." I poked him in the ribs and he moaned in pain. I laughed and rolled over.
"G'night, moron."

"You're mean..." He mumbled quietly but I still caught it. Smirking I rolled back over to face him.
"Only to you right now. You should feel honored!" I poked his ribs again.
He hissed and smacked my hand. "That hurts! Quit it!"
I smirked again and ruffled his hair. "You're a loser, you know that?"
He blushed and smacked my hand again. "I am not!"
"Yes you are. Instead of just killing the enemy, you protected complete strangers and nearly got raped for it." I put my arms head my head. "I'd call that stupid if I were you."
Jin pulled the covers up over his face and peered at me over the top. "It's not stupid to protect innocent people from death. It's right."
"Baka. The mission and your own life ALWAYS comes fir-"
"WRONG!!!!" Jin screamed so suddenly I nearly screamed myself. He started twisting the sheets in his hands. "T-That's wrong....When you do that...everyone dies....FOR NO GOOD REASON!!!!"
"Okay, okay! Sorry!" I looked at him and say a lot of pain in his eyes. Obviously he used to believe what I said and something bad happened. I sighed heavily and opened my arms.
Jin stared at me. "W-What are you doing?"
I twitched and faked a smile. "I feel bad so...." I gulped. "I'll let you c-c-cuddle with me....if....you want."
His eyes shone brightly. "R-Really?!?"
I felt like crying. "R-Really really."
Jin smiled widely and cuddled right up to me. "Thank you Kintaro-kun!"
"N-No problem..." I don't get it....Why am I such a nice guy when it comes to this kid?

I woke up a few hours later to the sound of the Cap'n over the intercom. "Welcome to the Water Country! Please watch your feet as you leave the boat. Thank you for riding with us on the Great Blade!"
I yawned and shook Jin off me. "Yo, we're here. Time to get up, Midget."
He moaned and sat up, rubbing his eyes. "'mmstilltir'd..."
'Heh. He IS a kid after all.' I laughed and got up, already dressed. "Meet you above, Shorty."
I closed the door and walked up to the deck where we would get off. We were docked at a big town with a lot of beaches and warm sun. Man, it was good to be back on dry land. Jin joined up with me a little while afterward and we set off into the city.
It was as big a Konoha, but much different. the city was split into sections, residential, downtown, and recreational. The last one had all of the resorts and beaches. People were surfing in the frigid waves, and I was amazed people could be so carefree. The Mist were not known to be kind to their people. The Downtown area was full of shops ranging from toy ninja gear to Sushi. I looked at my empty wallet and sighed. Perfect time to run out of money.
Jin was walking a bit slowly and was clutching his ribs. We found an apothecary and got him some pain meds. He was a bit better after that, but he was a bit loopy. It was actually quite funny to watch.
I noticed people giving us some odd looks as we walked by. 'Right... Fire and Water have never really gotten along... perhaps this could be a problem.'
"Jin, stay on guard. you never know what could happen in hostile territory."
"Okay, Kintaro-kun. I'll be careful if you be careful."
We walked along for a while longer, heading to the outskirts of town, when an old beggar stopped us.
"Ye be not heading to the Islands, I hope?"
"Yea, actually we are."
The old guy gave us a look of pity and said, "Then ye be heading to yer deaths. Them on the Islands don’t take too kindly to Leaves." The old man then walked off, mumbling 'Death' under his breath.
I tried to shake it off, but I got a strange feeling I'd be using my sword again in the near future...

Chapter 4

We continued walking in the direction of the islands. With Jin still really loopy from the pain meds I kinda had to be on guard for us both. The farther on we went, the darker and gloomier the street and people got. Soon all the faces were just glares and threats were whispered as we passed. One older guy actually lunged at Jin.
"Oy midget what-" I started to yell but another guy grabbed me.
"What have we here?" Said the man holding Jin. "What are two Konoha p*****s doing here huh?"
"NONE OF YOUR GOD DAMN BUSINESS!!! NOW LET US GO!!!!" I struggled against the guy holding me but I was more worried about Jin.
Since the incident on the ship, he HAD been traumatized about the almost rape thing. So now that this guy was holding him, he totally froze up, tears running down his face.

The guy saw Jin acting meek, and he got some ideas. "Hey, we got a real p***y here! I’ve been rather lonely lately kid. Maybe you could help me with that..." Jin whimpered weakly and the guys laughed.
"NO! GET THE F**K AWAY!" I yelled.
"So, we got a foul one here. Kids should be more Polite!" as he said 'polite' he put me in a strangle hold and lifted me off the ground. I couldn’t breathe, and I was starting to lose it. 'S**t... I gotta... do something.....' I couldn’t think, I couldn’t move, I couldn’t breathe. I thought I was gonna die, but I couldn’t stop worrying about Jin.
Just before I went out like a light, one of the guys yelled in pain. My guy yelled something like "HeyARRGH!" and dropped me. I took a quick gasp or air and looked around. a guy in a blue cloak had leapt off of a building and kicked the guy holding me in the nose, breaking it easily. the guy fell back, clutching his face and screaming profanities as our savior freed Jin and spun the other guy around like he was a toy. The blue guy threw Jin’s second rapist into a shop, breaking what must have been thousands of dollars in collectables. The guy with the broken nose grabbed a piece of broken glass and charged the man in blue. Blue grabbed the guy's outstretched arm, spun inwards, and jabbed his elbow into His opponent's ribs. We heard a sickening 'CRACK' and the guy collapsed, whimpering.

The man in blue turned and glared down at my whimpering capture. "Now you take yourself and your friend away from here or i'll have to finish the job right here and now."
The guy yelped and scrambled over to his buddy. As they sulked away, the guy in blue came over to me. "hey you all right?"
I was gasped for air since that guy had held my throat pretty tight. "I-Is....J-Jin...okay?"
The guy turned around and walked over to Jin. He was sitting on his legs since they had obviously given out on him. The tears were still streaming down his face but he didn't look as scared.
"You okay there buddy?" Blue guy asked and softly touched Jin's face to try to get the tears to stop. Jin blinked and looked up at him.
"Who...Who are you?"
The blue guy smiled and wiped the tears from Jin's face. "Just a person passing by."
I found myself a little angery at the guy for touching Jin but it disappeared as Jin ran over to me.
"Kintaro!! Are you okay?"
I smiled a bit. "Y-Yea...just fine..." It was still a bit hard to breathe. anyway, i looked up at our savior for the moment. "And....uh...who are you exactly? What's your name?"

The man looked a bit taken aback by this. "Seto. You can call me Seto." He pulled off his hood and looked down at us. He had straight black hair that he had streaked with blue. He had a small scar across his left cheek, and a bird tatoo on the other. His headband with the Mist village symbol was tied across both eyes.
"Your eyes!"
"Huh? Oh, my headband? Heh. I'm mostly blind, actually." He lifted his headband and showed his eyes, One had a deep blue color, the other was almost completely white."I find life much less confusing without my blurred sight" he said as he covered his eyes again.
Jin, only now remembering their savior, looked up at the tall man. He looked young, but older than they were, maybe in his early twenties. The man, complaining of being too hot, pulled off his cloak amd slung it over his shoulder. He was well muscled but not muscular, as though he used to work out but had recently fallen out of step. He wore the standard battle vest of Jounin-class ninja, with a black turtleneck underneath. He wore baggy, brown pants with his Kunai holster strapped along his left leg, not his right. He wore the standard sandals of the ninja, but kept his toes covered.
"What are you two staring at?"
I was startled that he noticed our curiosity even though he couldn't see. Who was this guy, some kind of demon?

"Uh...nothing!" Jin said, a little scared at the mans appearance. "We're just greatful is all! Right Kintaro?"
"Right." I stood up slowly to regain my balance. Jin, being the good little boy he was, came over and helped me.
"So..." Seto sighed. "Where are you two Leaves headed?"
"The islands..." I was breathing normally again, finally. "We have a mission to rescue a few VIPs from there."
Seto scratched his head a bit. "Hmm...i just came from there. Not a good place to be."
"Please show us a safe way!" Jin begged. "We have to complete this mission quickly. So please!"
Seto looked taken aback. "Wow there cutie! You two are in no position to go there in your states. Your buddy can't breathe and i noticed you have a bandaged up ribcage. You break ribs recently?" Jin blushed a bit and i scowled. "See? You two need to rest at least for a day or two. THEN I'll take you there. Okay?"
"Okay..." We both sighed disappointed.
"Now..." Seto put his hands on his hips. "You two will have to stay at my house since anywhere else will get you killed. Follow me." He turned around, throwing his cloak back on, and disappeared down an alley as we followed slowly behind.

"Jin. Be on guard. Remember, this Seto guy is still part of the Mist ninja. He could be a spy."
"I know. I was just thinking the same thing."
"I assure you, I'm no Mist spy." Seto said suddenly, grinning. "But it's good that you're on guard. You'll need to be from now on."
'How the hell did he hear us??? I dont trust this guy."
Nevertheless, we followed him down the alley into a small shack that looked like it could only fit him and maybe a lamp. he opened the door and we saw a large spiraling staircase instead of the inside of the house.
"C'mon you two. it's much roomier down here."
Me and Jin looked at eachother sceptically, but followed him. The stairs ended in a doorway and opened into a spacious room with a few sleeping mats piled in a corner.
"Were you expecting guests, Seto? why are there so many mats?" i said suspiciously.
"No no, nothing like that. This isnt really my house, just a refuge for local outcasts. I manage this place and keep it clean in case it needs to be used."
"Okay..." I didnt really belive him, but i only just realized how tired i was.
"It's getting late. Let's rest up now." Seto said benignly. "What are your names?"
"I'm Kintaro, a Jounin from the Leaf village."
"I'm Jin. Thank you for leting us stay here."
"It's no problem. as i said, it's not really my house." He pulled out the mats and blankets and we all laid down, Seto in one bed, Me and Jin in another. Jin was understandably traumatized, so i let him bunk with me again. We were asleep almost immediately.
"Heh. cute kids." Seto said as he laid down as well.

Chapter 5

Next morning i woke up with a throbbing head yet again. My throat was a bit sore but my breathing was back to normal. I looked down at my right arm to see Jin sleeping on it. I putted my arm away slowly, as not to wake him and looked around. Seto was gone but i could smell food cooking so i was guessing it was him. I stood and put my headband on, covered Jin back up and walked in the direction of the kitchen.
Seto was standing in front of the stove wearing a pink apron. My left eye twitched violently as he turned to face me.
"Hey sleepyhead! Where's your lover?"
"He's still slee-WAIT A MINUTE!!!!!! HE IS NOT, I REPEAT NOT MY LOVER OKAY!!!!!!"
Seto laughed and turned back to the stove. "Okay, okay. That was funny though."
Oh how i wantted to punch this man square in the jaw. I fought the urge and sat down at the table. "So you're really gonna help us?"
Seto flipped the pancakes he was making into the air and caught them. "Yup. Said i would didn't i?"
I put my head in my hands and stared at the wall. "Thanks..." I mumbled more at the wall than him.
Seto simply smiled and turned to face the doorway again. "Mornin' sleepyhead!"
I turned around and nearly had a nose bleed. Jin stood in the doorway rubbing his eyes. His hair was undone and he was only wearing an oversized long-sleeved shirt for pajamas.
You know for a boy....He was quite girly. No wonder those guys wanted to rape him.

I sat there, staring at him for a second, then i was forced to slap myself. 'No, damnit, we've been through this! Bad Kintaro!'
"Sorry" i appologized to Jin and Seto. "I'm still a bit tired." I yawned fakely to try and convince them. Neither of them said anything, but i could guess they didnt belive me.
We ate a leisurely breakfast and got ourselves clothed, Jin actually had pants on this time, Seto had worn his cloak again, and I put on my vest and messed with my hair. "Okay, we ready to go?"
"Yep." Jin said sleeplily.
"Okay. this way." Seto opened a door that led to a hallway different from the one we first went in. "This will lead us to the edge of the city. We should be slightly safer once we're out."
"'Slightly?'" I asked skeptically, but i went unanswered.
We followed Seto through the tunnel for what seemed like an hour, Jin so close to me he was nearly pressed against me. I realized that this town was much greater than Konoha, in both size and population. 'My observation skills are failing me.' i thought to myself.
We reatched another set of stairs a few minutes afterwards, and we opened a door camoflauged by dirt and mud. It had begun to rain, and we became drenched quickly. Only Seto was dry because of his cloak.
"We need to find somewhere to dry off," He said, "you wont be able to fight all wet like that."
"It's fine. we're gonna be late as it is. lets keep going."
"alright, if you say so. Dont say i didnt warn you."

We trudged through the rain and mud for what seemed like forever. eventually the rain was coming down too hard and we couldn't see or hear anything but rain.
"K-KINTARO!!! THIS RAIN H-HURTS!!!" Jin yelled at me, clinging to my arm.
"SETO!!" I yelled, pulling Jin with me up to our blue cloaked companion. "WE NEED TO FIND SHELTER!!! NOW!!!"
"TRUE ENOUGH!!! OVER HERE!!!" He pointed at a cave to the right. We all ran in and slumped against the wall exhausted. Seto wandered around trying to find sticks or something for a fire. I stayed back with Jin, trying to warm him up.
"You'll be warm soon shorty. Seto's finding wood for a nice big fire."
Jin nodded and continued to shiver. "W-We need t-to get these w-wet c-clothes o-off..." Jin moved and winced. Since it was cold, his ribs were probably sore. I felt bad since it WAS kinda my fault.
Seto came back to us with an armload of sticks. "I found fire wood! BUT! I don't know how to start a fire." He rubbed the back of his head. "My jutsu is a bit rusty..."
"L-Let me..." Jin closer over to the wood pile and made a few hand signs. "F-Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu." A tiny fireball came from his mouth and the wood caught fire instantly. Sighly happily, he leaned back. "A-At least i'm not completely useless."
Seto smiled and removed his cloak. "You're not usless Jin. Just injured is all."
Jin smiled and attempted to remove his wet cloths. He yelped and clutched his ribs.
"Idiot..." I sighed and went over to Jin, pulling his shirt over his head.
"K-Kintaro-kun?! W-What are you doing?"
"Helping you dumbass. Deal with it." I hung his shirt up on the stick Seto had hung over the fire to dry out our clothes then did the same with my shirt.

"This rain will last for a while. Might as well get some rest." Seto said. He pulled some bandages from his pack and walked over to Jin. "We should replace your bandages. They'll become useless after too long."
Jin nodded sleepily. He must be exausted. Most of his chakra was probably focused on healing his ribs, and that Fire jutsu must've taken a lot out of him. He's a brave kid, that's for sure. Me and Seto helped remove Jin's old bandages and we wrapped him up nicely. I decided to take first watch as Jin and Seto rested. The rain had started to let up after a few hours. I put my now dried shirt back on and looked around. The land was wet, which would make travel difficult for us, especially with Jin wounded as he was. I checked my watch and saw it was about time for Seto's turn to start. 'well... It's now or never...' I gathered up my weapons, walked over to Jin's sleeping body, and said, "Sorry, Jin. I told you already, I couldn't let you help me."
I turned around and ran into the night.

~Jins POV~
I felt like crying. When i had woken up, Seto had told me that Kintaro had disappeared when he had woken up to take his place for watch duty. I had run around for god knows how long but any evidence of where he might have gone was washed away by the rain.
Throughly depressed, i had marched over to a nearby rock and plopped myself down on it, burying my face in my hands.
'Was it something i said? Did i do something wrong to make him angry with me? Was it because i was completely useless with my now bruised ribs?'
Seto walked over to me siliently and put a hand on my shoulder. "It's okay Jin. We'll find him."
"No we won't..." I choke out, tears rising to the surface. "H-He told me when we first met t-that he didn't want me coming along and he hated me...." It felt like someone was stabbing my chest with a rusted kunai. "I guess nothing has changed..." I whispered to myself. I burst out crying and Seto stood there rubbing my back quietly. God, what was i going to do?

~Kintaro's POV~
I ran deeper and deeper into the Water Country, as far away as i could possibly get from the cave. I felt kinda guilty, but i had a mission to finish. And, no matter how much i cared for him, Jin was slowing us down. By the time he was healed, our targets could have been discoveres I really was sorry i had to leave Jin without saying anything. But the kid's strong. He'll be fine without me. Besides, Seto's with him. They'll be fine without me.
~Jin~
I was beginning to feel a little less depressed and a little more pissed. I can't belive Kintaro could leave me like that, without even saying anything. He probably thought I WAS useless. All I've done so far is get us both hurt. Well, no more. It's time i took a stand. I shrugged Seto's arm off of me and stood up, angrier than i could remember. I would find Kintaro, and, after beating the crap out of him, i would force HIM to watch as I completed the mission single handedly. It's time i proved to Kintaro that i wasnt some weakling kid.
"You're right, Seto. we will find him. Come on." Without looking back, I ran off towards the now rising sun.

Chapter 6

~Kintaro~
Having been running through deep mud for the past three or four hours, my body was exhausted. I decided to rest quickly and try to get some energy back. Jumping up into a tree, i leaned back against its trunk and sighed. Finally being alone on this mission made me relize that i really did like having other people around to help. Usually I seclude myself away and only think about the mission. Other people and thier lifes never even crossed my mind. Then Jin came along and ruined everything. And for some reason...I felt that he was the best thing to ever happen to me.
I shook my head and stood up. I'd rested long enough for now. Smacking my cheeks, i jumped off the tree branch and continued on my way.
~Jin~
"Hey Seto!" I yelled while running through the trees as fast as my wounded body wound let me. "Which way did he go now?"
Seto lifted his head and sniffed the air. "About 500 meters more then we need to turn right at about a 45 degree angle. I think Kintaro ran into a mud slide or something."
I nodded and continued forward. 'I swear the moment i find you Kintaro-kun...you're gonna get your a*s handed to you.'
"Turn now!"
"Hai!" We turned and continued going, past the mudslide Seto had mentioned, and after that assbag Kintaro.

~Kintaro~
After making my way across the swampy lands so common to the Water Country, I had stumbled across what seemed to be a small bandit camp. I looked around, searching for a safe place to sneak around, when i heard a snapping noise to my left. I looked over with a kunai in hand to see a snake slithering by, probably hunting a mouse. I returned my gaze to the camp and found it empty. It was of course, only then i felt the knife pressed against my neck.
"S**t..."
~Jin~
Me and Seto were running full tilt towards a small rocky enclosure, when i felt a strange feeling, as if we or someone I knew was in deep trouble.
"Seto! hurry, Kintaro might need our help!"
"Okay, turn left... Here! now!"
We ran off into the swamps, hoping we wouldn't be too late.

~Kintaro~
"Hey there pretty boy.." The foul smelling Mist ninja whispered into my ear. "What brings you here to our little party?"
I smirked and shrugged. "I was hungry. what can i say?"
'S**t...' I thought again. 'what the hell am i gonna do?'
The ninja turned to his 5 other buddies and they all chuckled darkly. "Hungry huh? We could feed you if you like..."
I gulped. 'Oh crap...'
~Jin~
As soon as we left the swamps, Seto signalled for me to stop. we came to hide behind a couple trees about 20 meters away from a group of guys. 'what the hell...' I peered out from around my tree and instantly recognized the one furthest from me. 'Kintaro!'
The Mist ninja surrounding him were all laughing as the one closest to Kintaro slammed him up against a tree. He then took the kunai that was still in his hand and used it to cut off Kintaro's shirt.
Seto glanced over at me, a worried expression on his face. "Jin-chan...What do we d-"
"LIGHTNING STYLE: ELETRIFIED KUNAI!!!!!!" Hundreds of kunai, all pulsing with electrified chakra, shot in the direction of Kintaro and his captors. Kintaro rolled out of the way in time. If only the Mist-nin had been so luck.

~Kintaro~
After seeing his fellow ninja struck down, the one holding me was noticeably confused. I used my momentum to kick my captor twice in the gut, causing him to drop me. I rolled out of the way as the second wave of kunai flew at us. I escaped, He didnt. I dont quite know if this is a better situation, however; now i get to have JIN beat the hell out of me...
~Jin~
Kintaro, After being saved by ME, walked out from behind the tree to greet us. He looked like he expected his beating. That's no fun. It's time i was as cruel to him as he was to me. I made myself get teary eyed as i walked towards him. "K-Kintaro-k-kun..." I falsely sobbed. I ran towards him and hugged him, sobbing all the while.
He even went as far to say, "I'm here now. It'll all be okay," but I stopped him at "Here" with a punch to his gut. I threw him on the ground and stood over his limp body.
"I won't forgive you that easily." i spat at him. I left Seto to help him up, and walked ahead of the two of them.

~Kintaro~
Son of a b***h! Jin's got a good punch!! As a sat on the ground gasping for air, Seto came and helped me stand.
"Sorry but you kinda deserved that Kintaro...He looked for you for hours. He was really worried you know."
I leaned against Seto and looked up in the direction Jin had stormed off in. He was sitting on a stump with his back to us. I might as well try to apologize to him again.
I walked up to him slowly and stayed a few feet back. "C-Can I sit next to you?"
He sighed. "Fine." He was still pretty angry so i sat slowly.
I didn't know what to say really so we sat there quietly and i twidled my thumbs nervously. After a bit, Jin broke the silience.
"If you thought i was useless and slowing us down, you could of told me instead of taking off." He still wasn't looking at me. "I would have stayed behind or something....I don't know."
I turned and looked at him. He was rubbing his eyes. Did he start crying or something?
"I mean...you really had me worried. I thought that it was ME who had chased you off by saying or doing something wrong." He smiled sadly to hmself. "Then I remembered you hated me and it all made sense."
I turned around so quickly, Jin looked at me. "K-Kinta-?!" I cut him off by kissing him. Strange of me to do huh? I don't even know what made me do it. Maybe because i wantted him to know that i didn't hate him at all.
Jin's eyes grew wide and his face exploded with color but he slowly started to kiss me back. Now i didn't feel like an idiot for doing it.

Chapter 7

~Kintaro~
Life was a bit better after that. Jin was a bit more shy around me, but he didn't hate me; he'd smile when we walked. Seto, the b*****d, made our kiss into a sport. every time we'd be walking and I'd be out of earshot from Jin, he'd whisper in my ear, "So, if he's not your lover, then what was that about?" I'd take a swing at him, but he'd just dance away laughing. Moron.
We walked for a few hours through some more of the swampy hell holes, but we didn't find anything interesting. Later that evening, Seto informed us that we were nearly at the place where many Mist ninja camped out, and that the VIPs were probably being held there. He showed us to a cave nearby. How he knew all of this stuff baffled me. "Jin," I whispered. He blushed, but walked over to me. "I don't know about this Seto guy... this could be a trap."
"I doubt it, Kintaro-k-kun..."He stuttered, wondering if i'd react to the name. "Seto's been nothig but nice to us. I don't think he'd lead us into a trap..."
Now i had mixed feelings. I wanted to trust Jin, but he was still a naieve little kid. Well, all i could do was hope he was right. God, i hope he was right...

We took gaurd in shifts again and Seto was up first. I found a mostly flat spot on th cave floor and set up my sleeping spot there. Jin wandered over, his face red, and asked is he could sleep with me. I agreed cuz he had been freaking out cuz of a giant spider he SWORE he saw earlier. Lying down, i pressed myself against the cave wall with my left arm extended out. Jin lay next to me and used my arm as a pillow. By the time i managed to cover us both with only one arm, Jin was fast asleep. Smiling softly to myself, i kissed his forehead. He sighed and cuddled closer to me.
I got comfortable and looked over at Seto. He sat at the entrance to the cave whistleing some wierd a*s song i'd never heard. I was tempted to go and ask him what we was whistling but Jin clutched the front of my shirt lightly and i reliezed i didn't want to move that much.
'Well...' I thought. 'Time to see if he's trustworhy i guess...' And with that, i passed out.

I woke up expecting to see one of us dead, or Seto gone, but nothing was wrong. Seto was even making us breakfast.
"Mmmmm... Where'd'u get the food...?"
"You two were asleep, so I went foraging. I found some Potatoes!" he said smiling.
I glared at him a bit, but his food smelled so very good... 'meh. I guess I can suspect him some more after breakfast.'
Jin woke up because of the smell. "Mmmm... that smells good..."
we walked over to the fire Seto had started and grabbed some potatoes that Seto had pulled out of the fire.
"Aren't you gonna have one?" Jin asked him.
"Nah. I already had one. You two eat up."
"Okay! Thanks for the food, Seto." Jin said smiling.
I was slightly more skeptical. But, I let it slide. 'Maybe Jin's right,' I thought. 'He has been very kind to us...' I broke down and took the potato that Jin offered me. It was delightful... Seasoned just perfectly, nice and warm, it was perfect. "Mmmm..." me and Jin moaned.
The fire was just right, and I started to get sleepy. Jin was drifting in and out of consciousness. I reached over to tell him to keep awake, but my arm wouldn't move! 'S**t!' I tried to yell, but it only just whispered out. As my vision started to blacken, I managed to whisper, "I'll... KILL you... Se...to..." The last thing I saw was Seto's smiling face.
* * *
I dreamt of Jin. I hoped he was okay... I knew Seto couldn't be trusted! Argh, i'm such an IDIOT! Jin's innocence would be ruined now, and it's all Seto's fault. I would NEVER forgive him if anything happened to Jin...
* * *
I awoke in a large, bare concrete room, no one in sight. I wasn't bound or gagged, but i didn't have any of my equipment. Mercifully, I was completely clothed, but i was without my combat vest, or my sword. I decided it would be better to let Seto and the other Mist ninja think I was still asleep, but I was very concerned about Jin. I tried the door and found it, amaizingly, unlocked. These Mist ninja didn't quite have the whole 'captive' thing down, did they?
I found myself in a hallway with no one in sight. What was going on? Where was Jin??? I walked slowly down one of the halls, being as silent as possible. I heard a fammiliar voice down one of the forks, it was Seto! Peeking my head around the corner, I Seto yelling at another cloaked ninja. there was a blurred figure straped to the wall. If it was Jin, I would kill everyone I could find. Before sending a few thousand fireballs at Seto and the others, i decided to get a bit closer and find out what they were saying.
"You NEVER said you would do this! You said you just wanted the ANBU Kid out of your hair!" Seto shouted to his ally.
"Heh. you're more naieve than this kid." he said, touching Jin's still sleeping face. "We're gonna make him Real comfortable."
I was about to attack them, but Seto beat me to the punch. He lunged at the guy and punched him in the skull, but two others pulled him back. "You sick son of a b***h!" he screamed as he was removed. The guy who got punched rubbed his jaw and looked out the door... Right at me.
"S**t." I turned around down the hallway as the guy called for his flunkies to chase me.
He turned his attention back to his naked captive, touching his face again.
"Yes... you and I will have a very good night, won't we?"

~Jins POV~
'Ow...my head...' I thought without openning my eyes. I could hear yelling all around me but my head hurt to much to understand what was being said. I caught the words ANBU, naive, and b***h but i was totally lost. 'Where am I?' I tried to move my arms but i found that they were tied tightly above my head. I managed to open my eyes a little. everything was blurry but i could kind of make of a guy getting dragged off by two other men, three guys running out a door yelling, and one still in the room with me.
I openned my eyes a bit more as the remaining guy came over to me after shutting and locking all the doors. He grabbed my face and tilted it up to his own. "Yes..." He said lustfully, looking me up and down. I suddenly relized that i was cold and naked strapped to a wall. "You and I will have a very good night, won't we?"
I whimpered as he started running his hands up and down my torso, expanded his range each time. "Oh you're awake now I see. Well now you can enjoy it too." He let go of me just long enough to remove his shirt and pants.
I nearly threw up. 'Okay...I know i shouldn't be thinking this since he's gonna rape me but...EEEEEEWWWWWW!!!!!' His body was hairy and dirty and he smelled like Kintaro when he doesn't bath for a week. This man was the essence of filth.
"Okay..." He made his way back to me and pulled me right against him. "Let's get started then shall we?"
As he pressed his lips to mine, i started crying.
'K-Kintaro!!!!!! SAVE ME!!!'
~Kintaro~
"SHITSHITSHIIIIIT!!!!!!" I screamed while running back down the hall and past my cell. I hung a right at the end of the hall and ran into a storage room. Slamming the door, i locked it and shoved a heavy crate in front of it. I could hear the guys outside, trying to find me.
'Thank God they're so dumb.' I sighed and slide to the floor. 'Safe for now...' I stood back up and strted looking around the room, looking for ANYTHING to defend myself with. The best I found was a good sized crowbar. 'This will work 'til i find my sword.'
I went to move the crate to get back out of the room when a scream came floating to my ears through the ventilation ducts. 'That sounded like Jin!!' I ran over to the vent and listened again, just to make sure. I heard crying and the person screamed again as another person grunted out.
"Damn! Y-You're so tight you little b***h!"
The other person screamed again and continued to sob. I sat there listening in horror. 'N-No...Not Jin....Please don't be Jin...Please...'
The second guy grunted again, louder this time and the first one screamed again. I heard the bigger guy sigh. "Well that was fun. I'll be back in an hour. Rest up baby."
A door closed and the first guy started sobbing loudly. I gulped and closed my eyes. 'Say something...Anything...let me know who who are...'
Through the sobs I heard one word and that was all it took for me to rip that vent off the wall and climb in.
"K-Kintaro-kun..."

I was filled with a murderous intensity i don't think i've ever felt before... and yet, i felt like i was the one to start it all... It was my fault. I couldn't save him from the would-be molesters, I couldn't stop Seto... Now i was too late to save him when it mattered most.
I was determined to get there before the evil son of a b***h came back. I climbed into the wall, listening as hard as i possibly could to make sure Jin was still okay... all i could hear was a faint sobbing.
"I'm coming, Jin! hold on!"
"K... Kintaro...?" he sobbed weakly.
"It's okay! I'm almost there!"
"I'm sorry Kintaro..."
"It's not your fault, Jin... I'll take care of him."
I reached the grate at the end of the vent when the door opened. I couldn't quite see who entered, but that didn't stop me. I spun around so that my feet were facing the grate, bent back, and sprung out of the vent, slamming the newcommer in the face.
Seto, who had escaped his captors and made his way to the torture chamber, got a very unpleasent suprise as i flew out of the wall.
I hesitated for only a moment before hiting him once again.
"You little S**T!" i said, holding him up against the wall.
"How could you let this happen to Him?!?"
"I.. I'm sorry, Kintaro... I didn't know this would happen..."
"I heard all about it. So you had hoped they would just kill us instead? HOW IS THAT F*****G BETTER?!?!?!"
"Kintaro, I..." I decided to smash him into a wall instead of let him speak. There was no way I would let him get away with this. I was about to finish the job with my crowbar when Jin spoke.
"Kintaro... Stop... Don't kill him... It... It's not his fault..."
"What the hell are you talking about?!? It's ALL his fault!"
"Kintaro, please..."
I sighed resignedly, and instead of killing him, I kicked him in the skull to prove a point. I ran over to Jin and helped him down. He seemed strong enough, but very emotionally injured. I found some Mist ninja uniforms and helped him get dressed. Thankfully, there were some weapons nearby.
"Okay, can you walk, Jin?"
"Yeah, i guess..."
I nodded, turned to Seto's passed out body, and swore at him.
"I'll come back for you later."

I headed toward the door, Jin limping a bit behind me.
"Are you sure you can walk?"
He smiled weakly up at me. "I-I'm fine...Just sore...H-He was a bit rough..."
I bit my lip to try and keep the hatred i felt towards Seto and the Mist ninja back. Seto could die later. The one that raped Jin came first. "How many times did he...?"
Jin looked at his feet and mumbled something. I saw a few tears hit the ground and he wiped his eyes then looked back up at me. "T-Three...or four times..."
The hand i had on the crowbar clenched tightly and i glared down at Seto again. "Okay then...That guy gets to die three or four times today."
"No Kintaro...It's ok-"
"NO IT'S NOT!!!!!" I yelled, tears coming to my eyes now. Jin was taken a back by my outburst and he grabbed my sleeve. "I-It's not right...You didn't do anything to deserve that...You didn't...And i wasn't there to stop it..." Tears were now streaming down my face. Jin continued to stare at me. He smiled slightly and hugged me, wrapping his arms around my neck, and kissing quite deeply and VERY suddenly.
I stared wide eyed for a moment, a blush crossing my cheeks, as I pulled him closer to me, deepening the kiss. 'Good God...' I thought, still kissing Jin. 'I love this boy...'

Chapter 8

After a short time, me and Jin pulled out of our loving kiss. I shot a final glare at Seto and tied his limp form up into the same straps Jin had been in only moments before. Maybe if we got lucky, the rapist would come back.
"Let's go, before I get tempted to kill him myself."
"Okay, Kintaro-kun." Jin said, beginning to cheer up.
"Be careful. we already know what these Mist ninja are capable of." Jin whimpered a little, and I swore to bring death to everyone i could find. I readied one of the strange, curved Mist kunai and opened the door.
"First things first, we need to find our gear."
We wandered down the hallways for a while, looking through empty rooms and cluttered supply closets, finding nothing of value.
"Damnit... where could they be? I need to kill something..."
"Kintaro-kun..." Jin plead. the kid was far to merciful for his own good.
We found a hallway with 3 doors on each side.
"Well, one by one, I guess."
The back two rooms were filled with papers. Documents of past excursions, maps, and prisoner lists, it looked like.
the middle two were empty, but had more latches on the walls and some blood in a corner.
"Sick freaks..."
The last two contained a stairwell and what seemed like an armory. Our stuff was scattered across a table. We got our stuff together. Before leaving, i drew my sword.
"I'm sorry Jin. I can't hold back anymore. It's time these sick freaks learned their lesson."
Jin nodded sadly, but didnt say anything. We opened the door to the stairs and prepaired to fight.

We advanced up the stairs slowly with kunai at the ready. At the top, we found another hallway of cells. Heading down it, someone called out to us.
"H-Hey! are you guys from Konoha?"
Stopping we turned to look back at a cell with three people in in. Walking up, I instantly recoginized the leader of this group of captured Konoha ninja.
"Kintaro my youthful boy!!!" Might Guy yelled happily, coming up to the door of the cell. "How great it is to see you!! So you came to help this youthful group of comrades!! Well tha-"
"Let's go Jin." I said flatly, dragging him towards the exit.
"Wait Kintaro-senpai!" Rock Lee yelled after us. "Please! The Sixth Hokage sent you so you have to help us!!"
Neji sat in one of the corners of the cell, his arms floded and eyes closed. "I don't blame him for not wantting to though. If I had a chance to leave Gai-sensai in a cell, I'd take it and run wild."
"Don't say that Neji!!" Lee yelled infuriated. "Gai-sensai is your sensai!!"
Neji stared blankly back at Lee. "And your point is...?"
I walked back to the cell with Jin and looked in. "Where's Tenten?"
"Back in Konoha." Gai stated. "Hokage-sama had her stay behind."
"Ah. I see." I sighed and started to lockpick the cell door. "So i'm not the only one that thinks she's completely useless."

After I finished unlocking the cell door and the three of Gai's team left the cell, I noticed Gai acting a bit strangely. He was noticeably more silent than normal; I figured he'd be screeming about vengence by now. Instead, he just kept staring at Jin. "Do I know you...?" he asked.
"N-no... i don't think so, Gai-sensei..." Jin said, looking away.
"Does it really matter? let's go!" I said. Neji nodded in agreement and Lee yelled something like, "Yes Sir, Kintaro-Senpai!"
Gai, shaking himself out of deep thought, responded, "Lead the way, Kintaro-san."
I moved to open the door, but it was locked. "S**t!" I couldn't remember if there was another way through, but we sure as hell didn't have time to look around. I needed to hurt someone.
"Kintaro-san! such language is not befittng of a Jounin! Let me try." Gai crouched in a fighting stance.
"Great Leaf Whirlwind!" He yelled as he flew through the air, smashing the door down on some sleeping Mist guard.
"Damnit, I wanted to kill one first." I moaned as Gai did his thumbs-up thing with Lee, who was all starry-eyed and congratulatory. Neji gave me a look that said 'You see what I have to deal with?'
I nodded sympathetically.
Jin broke the silence by warning us. "Shouldn't we be moving? The Mist ninja cant be so dumb that they missed that."
"He's right. Let's go, everyone."
Gai was again staring at Jin, but Jin avoided his gaze.
'Why does Gai seem so intent on knowing who Jin is...?'
The sounds of people running in our direction got us moving again. "Let's go!"

We ran out the door at full speed. We were outside on the roof of the compound and, to our dimay, facing hundreds of Mist ninja. In front was the man i had seen in the room with Jin before i had to run.
"Jin..." I said quietly. "Is that the man who raped you?"
Gai, Lee, and Neji looked at me strangly then shifted their gaze to Jin.
Jin looked at his feet and grabbed my sleeve. "Y-Yes..."
The hand clutching my drawn sword shook violently as i glared up at the filthy basterd and his cocky smile.
"Ah.." The man laughed evilly. "Looks like my pretty little pet belongs to someone else." He looked lustfully over at Jin. "But we had fun didn't we ba-"
"YOU SHUT YOUR GOD DAMN MOUTH BEFORE I'M FORCED TO RIP IT FROM YOUR FACE!!!!!!!!!!"
The man stepped back slightly. Gai and the others stared at me. If only they knew the hatred and disgust that was coarsing through my veins right now. My mind was filled with one thing and one thing only. K I L L H I M!!!

Jin, not wanting the rest to get in the way, ordered, "Gai-san, Lee-Kun, Neji-kun, we'll fight the oter Mist ninja. Whatever you do, be sure to stay out of Kintaro-kun's way..."
The three of them nodded and leapt over my head.
"Thanks, Jin." I whispered.
"Be careful, Kintaro-kun..." he replied and leapt into the chaos.
Now, with the distraction of protecting my team mates gone, I could do what I did best; Focus on the b*****d in front of me.
"I'm going to make you bleed. I'm going to make you hurt. I'm going to make you DIE." I taunted, advancing on him.
"Oh, like you did last time?"
I stopped... What could he mean...?
"Ahh, i see you've forgotten me. Well then, allow me to remind you." He tore off his shirt to reveal his heavily bandaged and bloody wound. "I'm actually very lucky i fell off the boat. The cold waters slowed my blood loss and i was rescued by one of our patrol boats. I was able to survive, though very badly wounded. And i've already gotten half my revenge already. Or have you forgotten your little friend already?" He even had the balls to smirk at me.
'time to change that' I thought. I sheathed my sword and backed up.
"Hah, the little vigilante is giving up already? Water Style: Ice Blade!" He summoned his sword again and began his charge. I smiled. He was chosing to die the same way again. I waited until the last second, and slashed at him. His sword flew out of his hand in two pieces, and his shocked expression stumbled back. His upper half split in two and slid away, but there was no blood. His body turned suddenly into water and splashed away. He appeared behind me and stabbed me through my left arm.
"Gah!" I yelled, recoiling. He was going to kill me the same way I killed him... I knew he poisoned the kunai; my arm was numbing already.
"Nostalgic..." I laughed at him. "It won't work. I wont let some Mist FRUIT kill me"
It worked. The Mist b*****d, unsecure with his own masculinity, was immediately angry.
"I won't take insults like that from some Konoha welp! Water Style: Twin Sabers!" He used the water from his used clone to create two long, dense swords."Now it's time to play," he smirked.
I chose to take the initiative. "Leaf Village Secret Technique: Flying Serpent!" I lept into the air and, doing a full front flip, brought my sword down on his waiting blades. To my suprise, he stopped them instead of being broken.
"It'll take more than that, Welp!"
He flung me off as though I weighed nothing. I caught myself in the air and landed just in time to stop a savage attack from the evil Mist rapist. I retaliated, but was another water clone. He caught me in the leg this time. "Damnit!" I yelled.
I couldn't move, the blades had begun to freeze my leg. 'S**t... I can't lose now! DAMNIT!' All I could do was block his attacks and limp around. It wasn't looking good.
~Jin~
"Kyaa!" I had killed my last opponent, not being worried about having fun like the other three. Gai was making sure to do as many show offy tricks as possible, to the delight of Lee. Neji was being sure to defeat his opponents as completely as possible, closing all of their chakra points, just for fun. I never could get used to him. So sadistic. I turned to see how Kintaro-kun was fairing, only to see him on his last legs.
"NO!" I ran towards him, diving in front of the Mist's oncoming attack. I couldn't let him hurt Kintaro-kun like he hurt me. I expected it to hurt, but compaired to what he's done to me before, it only felt cold...
I fell to the ground in front of Kintaro-kun. I heard Kintaro yell something, but I wasn't able to make it out. Suddenly I was very sleepy... I looked up at Kintaro-kun and saw him crying... I couldn't understand, I wasn't hurt that bad... was I...? "I'm sorry... Kintaro-kun..."
~Kintaro~
I couldn't stop the tears from flowing. Why would he do that???
"You moron..." I sobbed.
"Heh. Lucky break, Welp. Don't worry, I'll let you follow him to hell." He smirked again, and I was filled with an anger even more intense than before. I felt like it alone would make me explode. I grabbed one of Jin's kunai and calmly took a step, all pain in my leg gone. I threw the kunai at the Mist's smirking face. As I expected, he melted into a water clone.
"Heh. fell for it again. Time to die, Welp."
"Wrong." as he appeared behind me, I stabbed him in the stomach with my sword."your turn to die, you sone of a b***h." I pulled him over to the edge of the roof and had him dangle over the edge held only by by sword. "I only wish I was able to mutilate you more." I slung him off of my sword and into the black abyss.
"Jin!"
I ran over to him, holding his head above the cold ground.
"K-Kintaro-k-kun..."
"Just be quiet, Jin. you'll be okay." I noticed he wasn't bleeding too badly, the cold from the sword was causing him to become weak.
"Gai-san! Neji! Lee! C'mere!"
"What happened?" Neji asked."
"He's wounded! Lee, fetch me some medical herbs from my pack!"
"Yes Sir, Gai-sensei!"
As Lee ran to the door, It opened before he could reach it. Seto walked over to us, looking all the while at Jin's hardly breathing body.
"Heh. Too naive." He crouched over Jin.
Gai, noticing the Mist village headband, pulled Seto away.
"Wait, Gai... it's okay..." Seto nodded at me and took a bottle from his pack.
"Here... Pour half of this in his wounds and make him swallow the rest. He'll be weak for a while, but he should live.
I nodded and did as he asked.
"Kintaro-Kun... What happened...?"
I had begun to cry again. Gai and Lee had embraced Seto and were sobbing over his shoulders, thanking him all the while. Neji looked embarrassed.
"Nothing, Jin... We're all okay now... We're all okay..."

Epilouge

It's been about a year since Jin and mines mission to the Water Country. Jin didn't suffer any long term problems from the wound he got but he did spend almost two monthes in the hospital recovering. During that time, i had a squad of kids assigned to me. A bunch of annoynig little brats if you ask me.
Anyway, i visited Jin as much as possible and he was glad to have the company. Besides me, Gai's team visited a lot along with Naruto and his newly rescued butt-buddy Sasuke. Good GOD does that Uchiha b***h piss me off!!
Everytime I went to visit, i'd find him there flirting with Jin. Of coarse, being the sweet little guy he is, Jin would play along with him 'til i had to kick his a*s out of the room.
Since Jin got out of the hospital, he's been off on missions a lot. I found out later from Kakashi that Jin was part of the ANBU Blacks Ops and he had to help me get my jaw off the floor. When I asked Jin later why he didn't tell, he just blushed and said he thought it wasn't important. I still wanna ring his neck for not telling me he outranks me yet i'm three frickin' years older than him.
Besides that, life has been pretty good since that crappy mission. Jin and I are living together and that's ALL i'm telling you about THAT. Other than that nothing has really changed since then.
Except me of coarse.
I don't know what I would be like if I HADN'T taken that mission a year ago. I'd probably still be a closed-minded, selfish, mean a*****e if it weren't for Jin. I owe him a lot and i plan on making up for it for the rest of my life.
I love him and he loves me. And that's how it's gonna stay. So end of the story.
See ya.
Go die.
~Kintaro

Author's Note

we switch off every paragraph, so if writing styles differ from paragraph to paragraph, that's why. Pardon the grammar and horrid spelling.

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[Iretex2012]

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