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Gossip	By : emeraldfire84 Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 1630 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Hey there everyone! Sorry for the long wait between updates but I spent the weekend having the time of my life at Anime Expo! Hopefully things will return to some sense of normality before Comicon! Thanks to my beta as always for editing this and reassuring me that I'm not as bad a writer as I think.
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Gossip

Just another couple of blocks and his apartment would be in sight.

Kakashi had to fight the urge to break out into a run, or better yet, form a few simple hand seals and disappear in his customary puff of smoke. The only thing stopping him was the fact that he felt too many eyes were already upon him, watching him silently and he felt that running away would be viewed as him practically admitting that all the allegations against him were true. He had made it this far; he could walk the rest of the way.

�Oi, Kakashi!�

The silver haired man raised his eyes skyward and silently cursed the deity that, no doubt, was going out of its way to make this the most miserable day of the Jounin�s life. He could try and ignore the voice yelling his name but, knowing its source, he would probably get a senbon shot into his backside if he didn�t give him his full attention.

�You sorry excuse for a man, get over here! We need to talk!�

�It sounds like he�s breaking up with me.� Kakashi chuckled to himself before realizing that the villagers watching the scene probably thought that that was actually a possibility.

�What do you want, Genma?� He managed to ask calmly, turning around to fix his droopy eye on his friend.

He was not surprised to see the brown haired man looking none too happy as he made his way towards him, with that oversized toothpick of his jutting out of his mouth as usual.

�We need to have a friendly little chat.� He said, sounding anything but friendly at the moment.

Without giving the Copy Nin a chance to protest, Genma grabbed him by the elbow and practically dragged him down the street in the opposite direction and away from the precious refuge of his apartment.

His womanizing friend had no doubt caught wind of a rumor or two, but he had no idea which one since there seemed to be so many floating around about him and any one of them could have caused this reaction. Unfortunately, the sight of him being led down the road by another man would probably spark a whole new set of rumors and further confirm everyone�s suspicions. He yanked his arm from the senbon sucker�s grasp angrily.

�You mind telling me where we�re going?� he hissed.

�Somewhere where we won�t have such a large audience.�

Kakashi had to admit, it felt like every person on the street was taking an interest in them. At first he had hoped it was simply his own paranoia but if Genma had noticed it too, then he guessed he really was the current laughing stock of Konoha.

He sulkily followed the shorter Jounin another block or so before coming to the door of the very bar where all the trouble had started. Ordinarily, the irony of the situation would have amused the Sharingan user, but he was in no mood to be entertained.

Genma held aside the curtain that covered the entrance and motioned Kakashi inside. After taking up residence in the farthest booth back in the darkest corner, the Copy Nin stared down his friend evenly, his single dark eye boring into twin chocolate orbs.

But before he even had the chance to ask what the hell he wanted, Genma launched into a tirade.

�You lying son of a bitch! All this time I thought you were a pretty decent guy. I know all ninjas have secrets, but I thought we were friends man! How could you not let me in on the fact that you��

At this, he looked around nervously before lowering his voice to a hushed whisper. ��liked men?!�

�I don�t like men.� Kakashi said evenly, hating Ino all the more for managing to worm her way between himself and the few friends he had.
�See? Even now, you�re lying to me!� Genma growled, trying to keep his voice down so as not to cause a scene. �Are you in denial, or are you just trying to cover your dirty little secret? If you�re gay, I can handle that, but just be honest with me!�

�I�m not gay and I�m not lying.� Kakashi hissed, angry that a bit of gossip was all it took to shake the senbon sucker�s faith in him. Everyone was so quick to judge, so ready to hear what they wanted to hear. He was sick to death of it. �It�s true that I haven�t been with a woman in a while, but I most definitely have never been with a man. Anything you heard otherwise is all a bunch of bullshit.�
�Then why do you always play the wingman whenever we come here?� Genma asked, gesturing to the smoky room around them with a sweep of his hand. �I personally think your �no locals� rule is an excuse for you never to have to go home with a woman without looking suspicious. In fact, I can�t even remember you ever planning on taking a girl home.�

�That�s because I�m discreet,� Kakashi said, leaning back and crossing his arms defensively over his chest. �A trait that, perhaps, you should learn.�

�Well, what about the other night when you had to leave so suddenly? You said that that extenuating circumstance wasn�t a woman. Were you off to meet your mystery man in the forest?� Genma said accusingly.

Shit. Kakashi had backed himself into a corner on this one. He had denied having any contact with the opposite sex that night when, in reality, he had had WAY more contact than he cared to think about. Going back on what he said would make him sound ridiculous but, at this point, the Copy Nin felt he had little choice. He decided to tell Genma the truth, ALL of it.

�No, I wasn�t meeting anyone.� Kakashi said quietly, trying to sound sincere instead of a defensive little kid. �The meeting happened that night before I left, in the hallway, when I was on my way back from the bathroom. I��

�I KNEW it!� Genma exclaimed, pointing a finger at him in a strange combination of anger and glee. �I knew you were��

Without thinking, Kakashi grabbed the front of his friend�s shirt and jerked him forward, nearly impaling himself on the annoying piece of metal in his mouth.

�Shut. Up.� He whispered darkly. �Do you want the whole damn bar to hear?�

Genma, realizing how loud he�d been, glanced around sheepishly. Fortunately, the crowded bar was busy enough that nobody seemed to notice him. It had to be the one place in the whole village where they were free of criticizing looks.

�The person I met in the hallway wasn�t a man.� Kakashi continued, �And I hadn�t planned on meeting her at all, it just�happened.�

�But you said it wasn�t��

�I know what I said.� He groaned, releasing his grip on the neck of the regulation blue T-shirt the other man wore. �I was trying to keep the whole thing quiet because I wanted to forget that any of it ever happened. Unfortunately, that proved impossible when she started following me around.�

�So, you got yourself a stalker eh?� Genma said with a suggestive quirk of his eyebrows, obviously intrigued with his story so far. �So, who is this girl?�

�Ino Yamanaka.�

Kakashi had expected many reactions to his answer, but Genma�s jaw dropping and his senbon dropping onto the table with a metallic ping had not been one of them.

After a moment of silence between them, the brown haired ninja was able to gather his wits enough to ask �Are you serious? Are you talking about that little hottie from the flower shop?�

��Hottie� is hardly the word I would use. More like �Persistent, annoying psychopath.��

If the brown haired man had heard this comment he ignored it, plunging ahead instead with a barrage of questions which Kakashi answered as briefly as possible.

�So, what happened in the hallway?�

�I kissed her.�

�But you didn�t take her home?�

�No.�

�Well, why did she start following you around then?�

�She was trying to seduce me.�

�What?! Really? Dude, you�re so lucky!� Genma sighed. �I�ve been trying to hook up with her for months, but she won�t even give me the time of day. Was she any good?�

�I don�t know.�

�What do you mean you don�t know? Were you drunk?�

�No.�

�Did she use that weird jutsu of hers to take over your body? I�m sure she could do all kinds of kinky stuff with that, you know.� He said, picking up his forgotten toothpick and placing it back in his mouth while grinning lecherously.

�No.�

�Well, how did she seduce you? Or did you turn the tables on her and do all the work?�

Kakashi wanted to roll his eyes at the suggestive waggle of his eyebrows but managed to refrain.

�She did everything from stripping down to her underwear in front of me to breaking into my house and reading my books in my bed while practically nude.�

The memory of her in those frilly little panties acting so innocent while obviously calculating her every move still ignited a flame of anger in him, although now that he knew he could have given into every primal desire he had felt at the moment, he also felt regret. He had no doubt that she would have felt so good pinned beneath him, moaning his name as he gave her exactly what she wanted, but her desire of him was a thing of the past and he refused to dwell on the wicked woman any more.

Genma could only stare at the Copy Nin wide eyed for a moment, no doubt imagining the situation his friend had described.

�You have got to be shitting me.� He finally managed. �If a woman ever did that for me, she had better be prepared to spend a week in bed.�

The brown eyed man chuckled, switching the senbon from one side of his mouth to the other.

�Yeah, well, she didn�t stay more than five minutes. I kicked her out.�

Genma stopped mid-laugh and looked at him in disbelief.

�You did what?�

�I kicked her out and tossed her clothes out after her. I don�t particularly enjoy people breaking into my apartment.�

�So you guys didn�t do it?�

�No.�

�Not once?�

�Not ever.�

The silence between them grew and grew and even all the back ground noise of the bar couldn�t make the quiet any less deafening. Kakashi was beginning to wonder if Genma would say anything at all when the senbon user practically exploded.

�What the FUCK is the matter with you? You know what? You really ARE gay if you didn�t take advantage of a situation like that! I mean, she was there, in your BED man, and she was asking for it and she was NAKED! What more do you NEED?�

�Genma, will you quiet down?�

�And she was practically stalking you! I wish I had women following me around asking for sex! Good god, what�s your secret?! Is it the mask thing, the hair? Well, if you�re not going to take advantage of the women flocking to you, send them my way! I mean, JEEZ!�

�Genma, please be quiet.�
�You know, I�m really disappointed in you! Any man with a dick in his pants would be all over a babe like her! This, more than anything, proves to me that you definitely do not appreciate women as much as you should! I mean, if it were me, I would have screwed her senseless right there in the hallway and��

Kakashi made use of his lightning quick speed, honed by all those years of relentless ninja training and snatched the senbon right out of his friend�s mouth only to hold the deadly sharp end to its owner�s throat. Although he was incredibly irritated with the man at the moment, his stupefied look of surprise at suddenly being threatened by his own toothpick almost made his ranting worth enduring.

�I�m sure you can understand that I have had quite enough of Ino for a while, so I�d rather not talk about her ok?� Kakashi said in a chipper voice as he let the point of the weapon prick his friend�s skin, accentuating his sentence with a happy eye crease. The combination of having a man in a position where he could skewer him at any moment and his jovial, though immensely sarcastic, attitude would have been hilarious to any onlookers if the people at the bar had bothered to pay attention.

�Dude, lighten up.� Genma said, raising his hands in defeat. �I didn�t mean to get you so upset.�

Kakashi sighed and tossed the weapon back onto the table, sinking a hand into his unruly hair. �I just don�t know what to do about her and all the trouble she�s caused.�

�It sounds to me like what you really need is some alcohol in your bloodstream.� The brown eyed man offered helpfully, rubbing a hand over his own bandana covered hair. �I�m going to go over to the bar and fix us up. I�ll be right back.�

Before Kakashi could protest, Genma had disappeared into the crowd, leaving him alone in the poorly lit booth. He supposed drowning his sorrows wouldn�t be such a bad thing and lord knew he had plenty of them. Resting his elbows on the table and his head in his hands, he took a deep breath and tried to force his body to relax at least a little. Ever since he had walked out of the house he had been wound tight as a spring all day. Unfortunately for him, it seemed that he wouldn�t be allowed any measure of peace even here.

�Kakashi, there you are, my all time arch rival!�

Oh God, why now, and why him? Anyone but HIM!

The silver haired Jounin raised his head and was greeted with a frightening expanse of green spandex that was stretched far too tightly over an athletic body. This was the stuff nightmares were made of and Kakashi didn�t think he could handle another rant about the brilliance of youth at the moment.

�Hello, Gai. If you�ve come to challenge me, I�m afraid it will have to wait for another day. I�m not really feeling my best at the moment.�

Not feeling his best? That was a masterpiece of understatement.

�No, Kakashi, I have not come to challenge you.� Gai said, taking a seat across from him without asking permission. Fixing dark eyes on his rival�s singular orb, he seemed a little more serious than usual. �I understand that we have been friendly rivals for quite some time and our healthy competition has been an inspiration to me, pushing me to reach heights I never thought I could achieve!�

He pumped an enthusiastic fist into the air, emphasizing his point and Kakashi had to restrain himself from groaning at his friend�s ridiculous pose.

�But I never thought that years of friendship would lead to such a thing as unrequited love!�

The sound of smashing glass drew the attention of both men to Genma, where he was currently standing at their booth with a bottle of sake and now only one glass, the other now on the floor in several pieces as he gaped openly at the duo.

�Welcome back.� Kakashi said with a nervous smile beneath his mask, hoping that the senbon user hadn�t heard as much as he thought he had.

�You�re in love with THIS guy?!� Genma asked incredulously, thrusting a hand in the direction of the green clad man. Unfortunately, that hand held the open bottle of sake which sloshed all over the table with his sudden movement.

�No I�m��

�Yes, I�m afraid he is!� Gai said dramatically, rising to his feet and slamming his palms down on the table. �And though I am flattered by your emotions that rival those of a man in the prime of his youth, I cannot endorse or reciprocate such feelings!�

�Yeah, that�s probably for the best.� Genma said shortly before turning to give Kakashi his full attention. Setting down the bottle and surviving shot glass he loomed over Kakashi angrily.

�That was some story you had going about the Yamanaka babe, Kakashi! I should have known it was too extravagant to be true! I can�t believe you made up something like that to cover up your�your gayness,!�

�But I wasn�t��

�Oh Kakashi, it disturbs me that you would focus your affections on me instead of a beautiful woman that would surely make your heart burn with love like the undying flames of youth, but it�s even worse that you did not tell me your feelings face to face! I had to hear it from another�s mouth and you dishonor me by being such a coward!�

�I��

�You should walk on your hands fifty times around the village, followed by three thousand push ups and five thousand sit ups to make amends for such foolishness!� Gai shouted, pointing an accusing finger at his supposed lover and, if Kakashi didn�t know any better, he swore he could see tongues of fire burning in his eyes. Well, he certainly had passion that was for sure; enough passion to drive away any sane woman on the face of the planet�and any man too, he supposed. Ino had really gone too far in pairing the two of them together. The very thought of Gai naked made Kakashi feel nauseous.

�Kakashi, if you�re going to play for the other team, couldn�t you like a man that�s not�well�Gai? I mean, it�s absolutely disgusting! You must have taken one too many punches to the cranium pal because if you find�� his eyes shifted sideways to the man still pointing at Kakashi with eyes blazing. ��THAT attractive, you need your head examined.�

�But I DON�T find him attractive!� Kakashi cried, throwing his hands up in exasperation. �That�s what I�ve been trying to tell you!�

�So you�re love with someone you�re not even attracted to? Man, you ARE messed up.� Genma said in disgust around the metal object in his mouth. �We oughtta take you over to Tsunade so she can open up that brain and see what got knocked loose because you definitely��

�You boys are certainly causing a lot of ruckus.�

All three men jumped in surprise at the low, feminine voice that came from behind them. The fact that she had been able to sneak up on the three, highly trained, ninja unnerved them all the more.

�W-well, we were just talking about Kakashi and his love of men.� Genma chuckled nervously as the woman drew closer. Even though he had known her for years, she sometimes still managed to give him the creeps.

�Oh yeah, I heard about that.� She said, putting her hands on her hips and remaining unconcerned to the generous amount of skin and fishnet her open trench coat exposed. �It�s a pity. I could have shown you a hell of a time, Kakashi.�

The men were used to her advances, considering she propositioned just about everyone, but the feral smile she gave the Copy ninja still caused the hair on the back of his neck to prickle.

�I�ll pass Anko, but I�m really not gay.� Kakashi said tightly, trying to figure out just how the hell it had ended up that all three ninjas were now picking on him.

�That�s what they all say, honey.� The snake user smiled, sliding into the booth next to him. �Denial is a terrible thing.�

�I�m not in denial.�

�Whatever you say�

Anko reached for the unbroken glass and bottle of sake and began pouring herself a drink, while Gai started a new rant.

�Kakashi! I hope the fact that I will never be able to return your love will not interfere with our current competition. It would be horrible for the beautiful Green Beast of Konoha to lose his greatest rival because of a broken heart! After all, I still must prove that I can beat the great Kakashi Hatake�even if he prefers men!�

With his last words he managed to strike one of his obnoxious poses even in the confines of the bar�s booth and Kakashi could almost see the sparkles shining around him as if his aura of enthusiasm was manifesting itself in pieces of brilliant light, including an exceptionally large glimmer reflecting off his even teeth.

The Copy ninja glanced around nervously. The people closest to them were starting to stare, and he couldn�t really blame them. Genma had been loud and none too subtle, but someone would have to be deaf AND blind not to notice the overzealous ninja in his hideous spandex suit.

�You�re in love with Gai?� Anko said with mild surprise as she sipped at her sake. It seemed hardly anything could faze the hardened kunoichi anymore and Kakashi wished for a moment that he could be as impassive as she was.

�No, I�m not.� He answered stubbornly, sick to death of this particular conversation.

Her eyes flicked from the masked man to the thick eye browed ninja still frozen in his pose, sparkles and all.

�Riiiiight,� She said slowly. �I have a better offer for you. How about you get Iruka drunk enough to drag him into your bed and then give me a call. I�m sure the three of us could have quite a lot of fun, don�t you think?�

He felt her hand slide up along his thigh and he huffed in annoyance as he grabbed her wrist and pulled it away.

�I told you, I don�t like men, not Iruka and especially not Gai!�

Anko seemed undeterred by his response and only smiled slyly, refilling her glass and offering it to him.

�Maybe a couple of these will help you see things my way.�

�Doubtful.� Kakashi growled, but accepted the glass and drained its contents in one swig.

�So Gai, what are you going to tell your prized student when he finds out you are with another man?� the devious female asked with a smirk.

�Me? With another man? That�s not the case at all!� Gai cried earnestly. �Though I respect and honor men, especially skilled ninjas, I would never think to involve myself romantically with one! Lee! Your sensei is not like that! I would never shame you in such a way! You must believe me!�

As the river of tears flowed down Gai�s face while he gestured and pleaded wildly to someone who wasn�t even there, Anko exchanged an amused glance with Genma who was still standing awkwardly beside the table. Kakashi was holding his head in his hands again, trying to will away the headache and the man who was causing it. He was more than ready to go home and perform hara-kiri with a kunai now that his close friend Genma, who knew him better than most, was convinced he was in love with Konoha�s taijutsu master.

Deciding he had had his fill of fun for the evening, he stood abruptly and squeezed past Anko to get away from his seat.

�Hey, Kakashi, where are you going?� Genma asked, senbon bobbing on his lips as he spoke.

�Home�

�Oh come on, the night has barely started.� Anko smiled, grabbing his wrist and trying to tug the Copy ninja down next to her.

Kakashi broke free of her grasp and headed towards the door. There weren�t enough dirty romance novels in the word to make him stay in this bar a moment longer. All he wanted to do was take a long, hot shower and sleep for a week.

�Alright, well if you leave, someone else might steal Gai away from you!� the brown haired shinobi called to his friend teasingly, even though the chances of the green clad man scoring tonight were about as good as Jiraiya publishing a completely clean book.

�Fuck you.� Kakashi called over his shoulder, although there wasn�t much venom in his voice.

Genma couldn�t repress a shudder at the thought that those words that used to be a simple insult now actually might be a suggestion or even an invitation when coming from his supposedly homosexual friend. He had bedded a whole lot of people in his time, but none of them had been men and he planned to keep it that way.

�Let him go, honey. We can still have fun by ourselves.� Anko purred, reaching out to grab the bottom hem of his blue Jounin shirt and tug him into the booth next to her. The senbon user glanced at the dark haired woman nervously. Although he was quite experienced, he didn�t think he could handle a girl like her in bed, nor did he want to try. She was notorious around Konoha for eating the men she slept with and spitting them back out. Her preferred brand of kink usually involved whips and handcuffs and although Genma was adventurous, he was not prepared to put himself at the mercy of Orochimaru�s former student.

�Uh, no thanks, I just remembered that there�s something I gotta do.�

Making his escape while he still had the chance, Genma retreated, following the Sharingan user�s trail although there was already no sign of the silver haired man. He was probably already long gone.

Anko sighed, cupping her chin in her hand as she rested her elbow on the marred surface of the worn wooden table. A decent fuck sure was hard to come by in this town. It seemed none of the men had the balls to take her home any more. Her eyes shifted over to Gai, who was now spouting something about the flames of youth even though no one had been paying him any mind for some time. She downed another glass of sake and grimaced at the burn. As she looked over Gai�s absurd choice in hair cuts and training attire, she concluded with certainly that she would never be horny enough to even consider a roll in the sheets with him, nor would any amount of alcohol change her mind.

Getting up from her seat, she decided to call it an early night as she disappeared into the crowed with a swish of her khaki colored trench coat, leaving the Green Beast of Konoha to his ranting alone.

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The sun had gone down and the warm night had grown uncomfortably sticky as angry looking clouds wiped the stars from the sky.

Ino walked the deserted streets of Konoha and wished she could follow the other villager�s examples and retreat to the air conditioned haven of her house. Unfortunately, she had an unpleasant errand to run before she could get out of the humidity or Sakura would give her hell next time they met.

Ino had tried putting off the inevitable by staying late at the hospital, not leaving until the sun had already sunk below the horizon. It gave her a chance to catch up on some extra work, but her mind was too engrossed in other matters for the time to be all that productive.

What would she say to him? She was sure mere words wouldn�t satisfy the ninja after what she had done to him and, even if they could, the Copy ninja was probably in no mood to listen. He�d probably slam the door in her face, but at least that was better than being thrown out into public in nothing but a thong. Hell, actually it was preferable. The blonde tried to summon her anger at the memory, but it seemed her rage had drained away since seeing him today in the medical study. She could tell he had been furious and, if it hadn�t been for Sakura�s intervention, he might have torn her to pieces on the spot. Despite her abilities that more than qualified her as a Jounin and a medic, the ex ANBU member was still infinitely more experienced than her. In a match of strength and skill against him, she was bound to lose.

Ino looked up into the swollen clouds above, one mass of black hardly discernable from the next as she made he way towards the same apartment she had snuck into yesterday.

She could only imagine the look on his face when he would open the door to find her on his porch. Maybe she would get lucky and he wouldn�t be home. That way, she wouldn�t have to speak with him and she wouldn�t have to fear for her life while delivering a half hearted apology, although it would no doubt leave her pink haired friend unsatisfied and she would have to go back and try again tomorrow.

Before she had a chance to dwell further, she found herself at her destination. The walk here hadn�t been long enough to settle her nerves or for her to formulate what she was going to say and, for a moment, she considered walking around the block and returning, but knew she couldn�t put it off forever. She might as well get this over with before he went to bed.

Brushing back a stray strand of pale hair, she marched up to the door and raised her fist to knock, praying that there would be no one inside to answer.

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Showers were amazing things. They could soothe aches and pains and wash away tension from tired muscles. They could refresh, rejuvenate, and allow a moment of peace where all the troubles in the world didn�t matter and were forgotten. However, all those troubles came rushing back the second Kakashi cranked off the hot water.

There were times when returning from an S-rank mission hadn�t left him this tired and he couldn�t wait to collapse into bed.

After drying off and rubbing the towel over unruly silver locks, Kakashi wrapped it around his waist and exited the bathroom, finding clothes to be too much effort at the moment.

He was considering dropping the towel and sleeping in the buff, when there was a knock on his door. Although it wasn�t too late in the evening, Kakashi wasn�t expecting anyone and certainly was in no mood for company after the days events. For all he knew, it was someone who had come to confirm the latest heresy or worse yet, Genma or Gai who had decided they weren�t quite done torturing him with their lectures and reprimands. The lanky man was sorely tempted to ignore the visitor, but decided that the sooner this person was gone, the sooner he could go to sleep. Abandoning his wet towel in favor of some clean Jounin pants, he made his way across the small room he called home.

As he reached for the doorknob, he swore that if it was Naruto at his door with questions about rivalry between team members and the meanings of unresolved sexual tension, Konoha would have one less Kyuubi containing, loud mouthed annoyance on their hands.
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