Once a Wizard, Always a Shinobi Ch 39
Rating: M (to be safe)
Warnings: Slash/shounen ai (maybe YAOI), Het, blood and stuff, non-con (though I'll warn you so you can skip), mentions of underage (I guess) HarryOC (OC dies so don’t get in a twist) ShuraHaku (yes, he WILL be a HE)
Diclaimer: All I have is a free mouse pad I got by being a randomly chosen user on my colleges chat board. Leave me alone! (goes to cry asomewhere)
Note: Hi guys! Holidays will make updates more sporadic than usual, as I'm sure you noticed. Shura will be heading back to Hoggys by next chapter, sorry. On the plus side, I will be updating my HPKH crossover fic as a christmas present before the year is out. I'm also taking opinions on whether or not you want Sasuke to leave the village. I've already decided what I'm going to do with him, but the way it happens will depend on whether you guys want him to leave or not.
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Shurachi grunted as he shoved another medic nin away from himself. He had some minor injuries, a broken collarbone among them, but his kikai had already started working on the surface wounds and the tears in their tunnels so there wasn’t really anything that could be done.
He’d gone to see the Aburame’s personal medic already, but his family hadn’t been content to let the other clan take care of their alpha and had tried, numerous times, to catch him off guard enough for an examination. He’d rebuffed them every time since the attack almost two weeks ago.
“Kaasan….” Kiba whispered, feeling the worry he’d built up over the past two weeks starting to boil over. “Please at least let Oneechan check your vitals. I know she’s a vet, but I’m really worried that something is wrong!”
Green eyes softened and Shurachi put aside the clan paperwork he’d been pouring over for the past four days. With Sasuke officially a ward of the Hokage, who was now dead, all of the clans that wished to take custody of him had to file the proper paperwork. The Heaven Seal had severely damaged his chakra systems and nearly killed him when he’d fought against it’s pull.
Now he was to weak to resist if someone came for him and the villages resources were already over taxed to keep it on it’s feet. A clan had to take responsibility for his safety. Shurachi simply hoped that his clan was chosen. At least he could be certain of the gaki’s safety with his family; they certainly didn’t want the sharingan bred into their line after all.
Turning in his chair, Shurachi held open his arms for Kiba to scramble onto his lap. The pup was getting rather large for this, being 14, but that didn’t stop them. “I promise to let Hana-neechan check me up if it will make you fell better, but nothing is wrong with me. Hajime-nii’s family doctor is perfectly capable of taking care of me. He even said my kikai are healthy as well.”
Kiba nodded and curled up on his brothers lap, enjoying the simple comfort. Both of their canine companions were sprawled on a large dog pillow, snoozing in the corner; and if the pair strained, they could hear Haku bustling about upstairs, getting ready for bed.
The Inuzuka compound, unlike the Uchiha compound, had been relatively untouched. Only a small portion of their forest area had been damaged by the fight between Gaara and Naruto. They weren’t a big target as they usually kept out of the limelight. It was easier to have clan secrets if no one wanted to really question you about them.
When the clock on the wall ticked midnight Shurachi made Kiba get off his lap and head up to bed. Akamaru, naturally, followed him and Shurachi turned back to his papers with a little sigh. There wasn’t just the papers for Sasuke that he had to work on, there was also the redistribution of the clan resources. Each clan had agreed to divert a portion of their personal clan police force to active duty as Konoha shinobi.
On top of that was the civilian members who wanted to help the genin and academy students in the efforts to clean up the village.
Hands slid over his shoulders and a cheek pressed against the top of his head. He’d been to harried to put his hair up at all and it hung loosely around his body, sleek against the pale face. “You should sleep Shurachi, you’ll be no help to anyone in the village soon if you don’t rest.”
Shurachi sighed and brought one of his hands up to hold Haku’s, the other still holding up a paper for his perusal. “I know, but there is a lot of work to be done and not enough people to do it koibito.”
Dark eyes closed as Haku snorted. “Yes, but you’ll get more done if you take care of yourself. Let your uncle take care of some of that, not all of it has to be looked over by you right away.” The soft voice deepened slightly and Haku’s free hand slid further down to splay over Shurachi’s chest. “Besides, the futon is cold with you gone. Come to bed with me.”
A shiver shot up Shurachi’s spine and the paper he was holding settled on the desk. “Well, I can’t have you being cold can I?” The hand holding Haku’s slid up the bare arm and Shurachi turned out of his chair to catch his lover up in his arms. “It’s nearly two in the morning, do you have a mission tomorrow?” He murmured, already scenting Haku’s neck.
The ice user shook his head and sighed when warm lips ghosted over his flesh. “No missions, no interviews, no check ups. My usual minders have to go out of the village so I can’t do anything that might compromise Konoha.” A hand slid down Haku’s spine as Shurachi growled briefly in annoyance at the reminder of the village elders distrust.
“I’ll just have to help the clan out by making our Alpha rest.” Haku purred, taking slow steps back to lead his lover toward the door. Shurachi knew his goal, but followed along easily enough. Sabishíi looked up only briefly to see what was going on before settling his head on the huge pillow once again. As often as they mated, he was beginning to wonder if he shouldn’t just stay in the office at night.
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“You’re right, I did need to rest.” He murmured, pressing a soft kiss to the back of Haku’s neck. The ice user stirred enough to turn in the strong arms holding him and return the kiss with his own bruised lips. His eyes were closed, his breathing just evening out. “Sleep my sweet ice flake, I promise not to leave until morning.”
Haku mumbled agreement and settled into slumber. Shurachi stayed up to watch him for nearly an hour longer before succumbing to amorphous as well.
Sasuke looked up as his door opened yet again. His dark expression, default because of the obnoxious clan heads that had visited him, lightened slightly when he saw that his visitor was Inuzuka Shurachi. The older shinobi smirked knowingly at him and set a container that smelled delicious on his bedside table.
He didn’t move to bow or any such thing, as the bandages covering more than half his body prevented much movement. “Inuzuka-san, please tell me I can leave soon.” Sasuke pleaded, a pained look on his face. He hated being stuck in a hospital.
“Sorry Sasuke, but not quite yet. I’ve actually come to offer you Inuzuka guardianship. The council of elders has decided that it would be better if you had the protection of a clan while you were recovering.” Sasuke’s face darkened and Sabishíi moved to tug on his blankets. “Now, now Sasuke-kun, I don’t mean it like the others do. You wouldn’t have to even live near the Inuzuka compound or marry into the family.”
“Essentially, one of my families jyônin would watch for intruders wherever you decide to live, you could ask for our aid officially, and the others would have to go through me to bother you.” Sasuke looked away, a frown pulling his lips, and Shurachi stood up. “At least consider it Sasuke.”
He walked out the door, waving over his shoulder. Black eyes gazed out at the bright blue sky on the other side of his window. Sasuke could feel his thoughts roiling uneasily, his mind unsure of what to trust. On one hand he had ideas that he knew had to have come from the seal and on the other his own feelings on the matter. It was terribly hard to separate them.
Naruto’s door swung open quietly, not wanting to wake the blond if he was sleeping. Blue eyes didn’t turn away from the cloudless sky, though he did move to lean against the sill as the ache from his injured arm spiked briefly. Kyuubi had been drained fighting against Shukaku and Naruto’s body wasn’t used to channeling so much demonic chakra.
As a result, his broken arm had been slow to mend. At least now it was only a sprain. He would be good as new in a few days at any rate. “He was like me.” Naruto whispered and Shurachi slowly settled on the bed to watch his adopted pup. “Gaara was just like me Tousama.”
Green eyes ached briefly, something soft and painful clenching around him.
“I could have been just like him.” Blue eyes closed and the fingers on his good hand clenched. “But I had Iruka-sensei, and Kiba-baka, and Shino-kun, and Shurachi-tousama; I had precious people who cared about me. I…” He trailed off, his voice choking up a little. Shurachi merely stayed where he was, sensing that Naruto didn’t need him to sooth his hurts this time.
“Why didn’t he have anyone Shurachi-tousama? Why did he have to be alone?” Naruto pleaded, finally turning to face the closest thing he had to a father.
Calm green eyes gazed at him as Shurachi thought about how to answer such an honest question. “People are very strange creatures Kit-chan. They can do things that don’t make any sense, like ignore a little boy or pretend there isn’t a problem staring them in the face.”
Naruto frowned and moved to sit on the bed, leaning against Shurachi. “You haven’t called me Kit-chan since I was little.” He smiled a little bitterly “Though now I know what you mean by it.”
A slim, but strong hand settled on the blond locks and Shurachi chuckled. “You’ll always be my little Kit-chan Naruto-kun, no matter how big and strong you get.”
“Gaara…he said that he knew you when he was a gaki.” Naruto started hesitantly and Shurachi nodded.
“I had a mission to suna when Gaara was just a kid. His uncle left him behind while he was away on a mission and he ended up following me around for a while. I bought him juice and talked to him when the rest of his village ignored him; kind of like I bought you ramen. I couldn’t stay though, I had all my pups to come home to after all.” He ruffled Naruto’s hair and chuckled when the genin swatted his hand away.
Once all of the sun kissed hair was back in it’s proper mess, Naruto sighed. “I guess I just wish he’d had someone like I did, it must have been very lonely growing up without an Iruka-sensei or Shurachi-tousama to look after him and feed him ramen.” Shurachi laughed quietly, the sound catching the interest of the person lurking outside the door.
Green eyes sparkling with mirth, Shurachi stood to activate the storage scroll he’d put Naruto’s get well gift in. Once the smoke cleared a bowl of ramen was revealed. “Fresh from Ichiraku’s, specially made with extra naruto. I have to do a patrol mission, but I’ll come see you again soon Kit-chan.”
Naruto pulled a face and waved, grinning as Shurachi pulled one back and left. The person listening at the door hurriedly scrambled away, not noticing the dog that had watched him the whole time.
Setting his chopsticks into the empty bowl, Naruto smiled up at the Hokage monument. “I think…I’m going to write Gaara a letter.”
Outside, watched by two very different boys, the sky darkened and night fell over Konohagakure. The village was recovering, the shinobi were bouncing back, and the bath houses were lively with female shrieks of outrage. Shurachi couldn’t have felt more content if he’d had a genjutsu placed on him.
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The challenge wasn't my own! I'm not doing it either as I was told the name of the story that was like that and gave it to the challenge issuer. For those of you interested though, I have a couple of my own challenges up on my author page, some of them have even been taken on! And you should vote at my poll!
Don't forget to tell me what you you want with Sasuke! And should Johnathan (the hogwarts student) become one of Shura-chan's pups? If he does then he'll be going to Konoha with him once the mission is done, or something very similar to that.
Review please!
Taku