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Warmth of a Cold Touch	By : ChocolateRedVelvet Category: Naruto > Threesomes/Moresomes Views: 4563 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 9
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Chapter Three

Giggles falling from their lips, they stumbled into the small house, one after the other. Kakashi watched them enter, and felt the fear he hadn't dared to acknowledge dissipate. By the gods, when he woke from his drugged sleep and found both Naruto and Haku gone he could only think of the fallout that would land on his shoulders when he returned missing one-third of his genin team. He wasn't stupid. He knew exactly who Naruto was.

Container of the Nine-Tails.

Child of Kushina Uzamaki.

Last known member of the Uzamaki clan.

Child of Minato Namikaze, better known to most as the Fourth Hokage or Yellow Flash.

Only heir of the Namikaze line.

The orphan he should have raised but hadn't had the strength to fight against the council, both ninja and civilian alike, for.

The Third had denied any connection between Naruto and his teacher Minato, but Kakashi had too much common sense not to see the resemblance and put the pieces together.

Yes, Kakashi Hatake knew exactly who Naruto Uzamaki was and he well aware that if he returned to the Village Hidden in the Leaves without the child every last one of the seven levels of hell would break loose and descend upon him.

Still, he pretended like he wasn't concerned with either young man's departure or return. "Hi." He waived without taking his eyes off his infamous orange book.

The teens stopped. He lifted his gaze from the wicked words and looked at the boys.

"Morning, Kakashi-sensei," Naruto called at the same time as Haku replied, "Good morning, Kakashi-sempai."

"I trust you too had a great workout while I had a much needed sleep in."

Naruto blushed bright red, lifted his left hand and ran his fingers through the blond locks. "Uh, that is –" He was cut off by Haku. "Yes, we did, Sempai. Thank you for asking."

The boy was bold. If he didn't know better Kakashi would swear that the brunet hadn't drugged him and the rest of the house's occupants. There was no remorse or embarrassment on his face. His view of the teen went up another two notches. Haku would do whatever he needed for Naruto, even if that meant taking him on. It was time the neglected boy got someone in his corner. Kakashi and the Third had failed him too many times. Holding the boy's gaze, he reached into his jounin vest and pulled out a small scroll. He never left home without it. There was no telling when it would be needed. He threw it at Haku. The teen deftly caught it. "Though our original mission has concluded, Tazuna has contracted with the village to have us remain until he's finished building the bridge. He estimates that it will take anywhere from two to three weeks depending on how many villagers are willing to help now that Gato is dead." He turned and headed back up the stairs. "I suggest that both spend some time relaxing and reading. One never knows what they may learn."

"Thank you, Kakashi-sempai for the chance to relax and learn. We appreciate it immensely."

Two weeks was a long time. It was enough time for Tazuna with the help of all the able bodied men in the village to finish the bridge connecting the land of Waves to Fire Country, name it and celebrate its timely completion. Haku smiled at the memory of the party the village threw. Though Gato had ravaged the country and broke their spirits, they showed their resilience and love of life during that party. Naruto spoke of Tazuna being a drunk, but it was his daughter Tsunami who out-drank everyone at the celebration that night. Seems the love of sake runs in the family.

Two weeks was enough time for Haku to fully heal from his wound. He could move fully without pain and had even begun training three days earlier with Naruto.

Fourteen days was enough time for Haku to straighten out Naruto's taijutsu and even get the young blond to advance his skills, especially since Naruto really did have no problem with hard work. More often than not, Haku would have to beg him to stop practicing so they could return to the bridge builder's house for dinner and then sleep. The boy had so much energy and he never burned out of chakra. Haku was as sure as one could be without having it spelled out that Naruto was a demon vessel.

However, two weeks wasn't enough time for Haku to mentally prepare for leaving Wave and journeying to the Village Hidden in the Leaves. It didn't help that they traveled through the trees since they didn't have a civilian to worry about and all three genin now knew how to use their chakra to stick to the branches. The trip to Hidden Leaf took only four days. All too soon the five of them were standing in the forests just on the outskirts of the hidden village.

"Hey, I hope everyone is excited to be home. I know I am."

Haku sniffed at the purposeful dig. The team leader knew fully well Haku was not going home. Furthermore, he wasn't exactly excited about going to Leaf. Really, what was it about the two Leaf "geniuses" on the team that neither of them could let go of their grudges. Since Kakashi woke after his "sleep-in", he'd made countless comments at Haku's expense. The same could be same for Sasuke. The Uchiha really couldn't let go of the fact that Haku defeated him and then pointed out that Naruto was the one to defeat him.

He wondered if it had anything to do with the Sharingan.

The two geniuses did not make him feel excited about going to Leaf. While Naruto spoke of Leaf highly, telling tales of the great village, reading between the lines Haku knew Leaf was not as kind and sweet as Naruto saw it. As far as Haku was concerned Hidden Leaf was enemy territory.

"Me too. Haku, I can't wait to show you the Village Hidden in the Leaves. You're going to love it. Just like me."

"I'm sure I will love your village like it is my own."

"Come on. Let's go. I'm tired and I would like to get home before nightfall," Sasuke bit out curtly, and then jumped off the tree limb he stood upon.

Kakashi waved the team down. "Fine, fine. Let's go home." Then he followed Sasuke down. One by one the rest of them followed Kakashi and Sasuke to the ground.

They stopped before of a large, closed ivy green gate with the symbols for hidden leaf written upon the front. White marble surrounded the entrance while the walls that bracketed either side of the stone and wood entrance were the pale yellow stone that Haku knew was distinctive to fire country.

Kakashi called out to the two guards standing on either side of the closed off doors. One of the men stepped forward. He wore the distinctive black shirt and pants with the leaf symbol and green flak jacket that most of the upper level ninja of the Leaf wear.

Kakashi strode over to the man. They bent heads. Haku immediately started one-handed signs in the large sleeve of his kimono. He initiated a jutsu that gave him supernatural hearing for a short amount of time, no longer than five minutes.

"My team plus one have just finished a C-rank mission to Wave country. We need to speak to the Hokage about the mission and the result of actions taken during it," Kakashi told the guard. He paused, bent just a little closer to the other man. "Our plus one has ninja training and is at least chunin level, more likely jounin level." Then he stepped back. "Please see to it that we are seen by the Hokage as soon as possible."

Despite himself Haku couldn't help but smile at the compliment given by Kakashi. The man was one of the most notorious elite jounin that Leaf had. He was a master in the field. Zabuza often told him he was talented and highly skilled but a tiny part of him sought out recognition from someone other than the master who trained him. Kakashi had unknowingly given him that. More importantly Haku knew how he stacked against the average Leaf shinobi.

It was always good to know where you stand.

"Come on, kiddies. Let's not keep the Third waiting." An ANBU member stood in between the chunin gate guard and Kakashi. ANBU were the highest ranking of the Konoha ninja rankings and answered only to the village leader, the Hokage. The ANBU wore a white face masked painted with the image of a tiger on it. Judging by the figure of the unidentifiable person, it was a woman.

Sasuke glared at everyone gathered, grunted and then strode past the three older ninja. He stopped after a few steps and then watched them all with angry eyes. Not for the first time, Haku wondered how lax the Konoha shinobi were in regards to respecting their superiors. During the two and half weeks he spent with the Leaf ninja he'd seen countless times where all three genin. Kakashi ignored their insubordinate, acting as though it was all fun and games. Haku couldn't do that. At least not where Naruto was concerned. He knew all too well what happened when the chain of command wasn't respected. Death.

He made it a point to disabuse Naruto of that trait while in Wave. The boy was not as respectful as Haku would have liked, but he was much better than the other two genin.

"Haku?" He was surprised to hear a young female voice calling for him. Sakura. She'd been cold to him since he pointed out Sasuke's defeat at his hands.

He snapped out of his contemplation and followed the ANBU and Kakashi. The walk through the village was educating for a number of reasons. First, he found Naruto had grossly underestimated just how antagonistic the village was to him. Secondly, the leaf was smaller than he expected. According to the books Zabuza had on the village, it had a population of 150,000 people. It appeared to be that size, the problem, as far as Haku was concerned, was the low number of ninja he saw on his way to the village.

The ninja were present, there was no doubt about that. He saw them gliding through the crowded streets, jumping from building to building or just strolling along. It was just that Hidden Leaf appeared to have a lot more civilians than shinobi, even compared to the larger villagers. Then again, it may a significant number of its forces on assignment. He hoped it was the latter. Finally, the Hokage tower was the tallest building in the village and was located right in the center of the town.

It wasn't a long walk. People moved out of the way for them so they reached the tower within a few minutes. "Goddamn it," Haku muttered under his breath as they waited at the main level entrance to be allowed up.

Old man or not, he was not looking forward to meeting the God of the Shinobi face to face.

"If the boy is honest about becoming a member of the Leaf, he will have no problem being questioned by our I & T department."

Naruto was not pleased, and though he could feel Haku mentally telling him to keep calm he was finding his emotions were seconds away from running free. If the one eyed bastard thought Naruto was going to allow Haku to be questioned by the village I & T people, he was a world class fool.

I & T stood for interrogation and torture for a reason. It was not a resort and he was not about to let Haku undergo that experience.

"Danzo…" The Hokage, growled, his displeasure clear.

"Once he is cleared, then he can join the village, but he must abide by certain rules and make certain promises. For example –"

It quickly became clear that the one-eyed man was irritating Old Man beyond all measure. The Third cut him off right in the middle of his statement and bit out. "Haku is not a ninja. He does not have to be screened by any of our ninja departments. End of discussion."

The old woman grunted. "He is at least chunin level, probably jounin by their description, yet you say he is not a ninja."

The Third leaned forward and braced his elbows on the large wooden desk. "According to the rules and regulations of this great village that you so highly respect and abide by, the young man is not a ninja. He has not been trained by any of the Hidden Villages." The way he spoke it was clear that was supposed to be the end of the conversation, but it became clear that the Elders didn't agree.

"He was trained by a Mist ninja, one of the Seven Swordsman himself," One eye stated.

"A rogue ninja." The answer was honest, but who spoke it surprised him. Naruto glanced sharply at the other male Elder. The other elder continued as everyone looked at him.

"Zabuza, Demon of the Mist, was no longer a part of the Village Hidden in the Mist when he took on Haku as an apprentice. Since Zabuza was not affiliated with Mist then, Haku has no connection to Mist. To argue anything else would be to argue against the very rules we build this village upon. The First himself wrote that rule, and my parent's marriage is a result of that rule." He paused and looked at Naruto and then Haku. His visage stern, he turned to the bandaged elder. "My father conquered my mother and her siblings while on a mission in Lightening country a little after the village was formed. He fell for her strength and stubbornness. When he bested her in battle, she bargained for her siblings lives. My father felt there would be no honor in killing a beaten woman and children, but the rules then would have required it. Thankfully he remembered about this very rule. He was the first ninja to use the rule. It has been used many different times over the history of this village. That is how the Yamanka family came to be. They were a conquered, unaffiliated ninja clan before the Naras "convinced" them to join."

The very air in the room seemed to turn. Naruto could feel the anger coming from the bandaged elder. Literally. Once, while sparring with Haku he was exposed to killing intent from the feminine ninja. It was a disconcerting experience. The elder wasn't quite putting out the same feeling but it was close. The fact that the elder was doing it unconsciously was what was really alarming. A glance around the room showed that Naruto wasn't the only one thrown off by his response to the other elder's story.

"Danzo, calm yourself," the female elder hissed. The tension cut off immediately. The elder closed his one visible eye for a long moment, straightened and then gazed at the Hokage. "Elder Mitokado is right. The village rules are clear. Haku is not an allied ninja and thus is subject only to the civilian rules for immigration." He nodded at the Hokage and then each of the elders. "As I am no longer needed, I will depart. Haku, welcome to Leaf." He walked out the room, his cane hitting the floor, the only sound as he departed.

"Koharu, we should leave these youngsters to fill out the paperwork required. Come, we too are no longer needed." Elder Mitokado held out his hand to the older woman. She looked at him for a moment before accepting. Together they walked out the room. Silence permeated the room for several moments. Naruto didn't know what to do or say in response to what happened.

Haku slightly turned to him and pressed his lips close to Naruto's ear. "Something tells me we haven't seen the last of those elders," he whispered against the shell. Naruto shivered. He wasn't sure if it was because of the teen's ominous words or the feel of his breath moving over his skin.

AN: Super thanks to all the reviews. I do read each and every one of them. People have asked who Kimi is. Kimi is Kimmimaro, the bone user. Right now I've outlined part of the story and it looks like the couple might became a threesome. This is not a sure thing until it's written, but I want to warn and notify readers.

Random Rant: So, I'm a big fan of Harry Potter and Naruto fanfiction so I've read a lot of them. Why is that lately I've been stumbling across way too many Harry/Blaise stories where Blaise is both FEMALE and WHITE. I know there is this movement to chose characters regardless of sex and alter them as you feel, but I'm not sure I understand why a writer would chose a black, male character to place in a relationship with a male and then alter the character's sex and race. Why don't you just write about Daphne or Pansy or Hannah freeking Abbott. Hell, if you really want a blank slate, chose Sally Anne Perkins (not sure I have the right name), rather than do something so asinine. I think this offends me so much people there are so few minorities in Potterverse and they are rarely showcased, in both the novels and the fanon. I love stories where different kinds of people get together, whether their difference is based on race, gender, nationality, ethnicity or species (Gods, what I wouldn't give for a complete Harry/Firenze). So, i get super excited about a Harry/Patil Twin or Harry/Kingsley story and get really disappointed when I see a Harry/Blaise story and read that its a FEM Blaise, worse its a white, female Blaise. (Climbs off soapbox. Sorry!).

Warning: My lovely readers, I hope you enjoy this latest installment. I'm sorry to say it might be a few months before I update I'm currently finishing my last year of my dual, graduate degree program and then I have the Bar exam. So, you might not hear from before mid to late August.
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