Naruto: Chaos Theory 3/?
Title: Chaos Theory
Author: ofphenwa
Rating: PG13
Warnings: Violence, Language and Crack
Summary: Namikaze Minato never expected that he would actually have a son and that his son, Uzumaki Naruto, was already an adult. Neither did he expect that his son would end up bringing so much chaos and trouble into his life like his namesake.
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Chapter 3
Minato sighed explosively as he stepped through the doors of his house. The Kyuubi case wasn't making much progress as the thief was not only an expert at stealing but covering her tracks as well. They hadn't been able to find the brunette woman who had dropped off the sapphire at the Museum and he just knew that the woman had been Kyuubi in disguise. When and where would Kyuubi strike again? Squad Blood-Hound was hard at work, trying to figure out the next likely targets based on the earlier files and their knowledge of Kyuubi's modus operandi.
One, Kyuubi went for big gemstones, the bigger the better. The security measures did not seem to exist for her. Two, she always returned the gemstones without fail, baffling many people. Three, she never killed or hurt people. Four, Kyuubi was always unpredictable, no rhyme or reason to her actions.
"Minato? You're back late," Naruto greeted from the living room. Minato noticed that the television was off and there were paper sheets with Naruto's writing all over them haphazardly spread on the table. Minato caught a few phrases like, "Clan History", "Feudal Law" and strangely, "Folklore and Myths". Seeing his father's curious glance at his work, Naruto explained, "Just doing some research for my essay. If you're hungry, there's still some leftover fish in the fridge."
"Ah, thanks, Naruto but I've already eaten. Work was quite hectic today. Anyway, what's your essay about? It looks like you're studying the history of Konoha. What relation does it have to law?"
Minato sat down beside Naruto on the sofa, discarding his thoughts on Kyuubi in favour of focusing on Naruto. Naruto gave him a quick smile as he answered, "I'm comparing feudal law with modern law, with focus on Clan marriage laws versus modern-day civil union laws. It's quite fascinating how much those laws were based on folklore, especially the creation of the Gods. Did you know that they actively promoted intermarriage within the family just because Izanagi and Izanami were siblings and also wife and husband? It was to keep the bloodline of the clans strong. Not very welcomed nowadays of course, with all the genetic problems incest causes. But in some old clans, they still do it among distant cousins whose DNA profiles are different enough not cause any problems in their potential offspring."
Minato blinked, not quite catching all of it. His mind was already too exhausted from the Kyuubi case. Naruto saw his blank look of incomprehension, and chuckled. He patted Minato's shoulder and said, "Never mind. You're clearly tired and not thinking straight. Go take a shower and sleep. I'll stay up and continue my work."
Minato smiled deprecatingly, knowing that his son was right. He sorely needed rest. So he stood up and leaned down to drop an affectionate kiss on his forehead, ruffling Naruto's hair before drawing away. Naruto's hair felt soft and slightly damp, indicating that his son had bathed recently. It also smelled clean and sweet like nectarine, lifting Minato's spirits. He said fondly, "Don't stay up too late yourself, Naruto."
Naruto looked up in startled wonder at his actions but Minato had already gone upstairs. Then, very slowly, his cheeks bloomed pink as his heart beat inexplicably fast. That… had felt very pleasant when Minato kissed him, even if it was only on his forehead. Naruto tentatively touched the spot where Minato's lips had been and smiled.
"Yeah, sleep well tonight, Minato."
X
"That was close, Naruto. Good thing that your father didn't take a closer look at what you were actually researching. Your bullshitting was atrocious."
"…Minato looked tired and troubled. I wonder what's bothering him."
"You're not listening at all, kid."
"So? I write everything in code anyway. Even if he could read my notes, he wouldn't understand them."
"Careful, kid. Don't let your pride be your downfall. Even if he's your father, it's not wise to be so careless."
"…whatever. I trust Minato."
"It's your call, kid. Don't come crying to me when everything goes to shit all because you trusted the wrong person."
"Kyuubi. Minato is my father. Why should I not trust him? Who else can I trust other than myself and you?"
"Your mother left him without telling him that she was pregnant with you. Don't you think that's a good reason not to trust him?"
"…"
"…"
"I don't know what my mom's reasons were, but I'm not her. I would rather make my own judgements and Minato hasn't really done anything to warrant such suspicion yet. Kyuubi, just let me make my own decisions, please? I appreciate your concern."
"Fine, kid. Just be careful. I don't want you to die before you get a kid of your own."
"…You're so selfish, Kyuubi. But at least, you're honest."
"Kitsune never lie."
X
Naruto was in the library again, and this time he was doing proper university work instead of his research for the Hoshitama's whereabouts. A huge tome with yellowed pages was spread wide open in front of him for reference as he frantically scribbled. Shit, he had completely forgotten that the deadline for this darned essay was this afternoon in the next hour, his secret career completely wiping that tiny fact from his mind!
With a flourish of his pen, Naruto signed off his name on the essay sheets and properly filled out the assignment cover to declare that he hadn't plagiarised his work. Pumping his fist in accomplishment, he grabbed the sheets, dashed to get them stapled at the printing station and ran out of the library to the Faculty of Humanities to submit the assignment. The librarians would put back the book for him anyway. Ah fuck, he was so going to be late for his next class but this assignment was worth 20% of his final grade and he didn't want to get a lousy 10% penalty just because he was a minute late in his submission! Naruto pumped his legs faster and he was so focused on reaching the office that he didn't notice someone crossing his path.
*WHAM*
The collision was jarring and Naruto's reflexes sprung into action. Before the ground painfully greeted his face, his hand shot out and slammed against the concrete. Pushing hard against it, Naruto neatly flipped over into a somersault back onto his feet. The other party in the collision wasn't so lucky, nor was he as skilled as Naruto. Instead, he landed on the ground clumsily on his butt and his bag went flying. Naruto winced guiltily. But he couldn't stop now so he glanced back as he ran forward and shouted an apology, "Sorry for knocking you down! I'm really in a big hurry!"
"Watch where you're going next time, you damn idiot! You better hope we don't meet again on the campus."
The pale dark-haired guy shouted back at him in a low threatening voice but Naruto was already too far away to be able to hear him.
X
"Sasuke, what happened to you? You've got a nasty bruise on your arm!" Haruno Sakura asked in concern, her green eyes easily picking out the purple bruise on Uchiha Sasuke's pale forearm. Sitting down beside her at the table in the classroom, Sasuke fiercely slammed down his bag on the table and replied curtly, "Some blond air-head knocked me down in his hurry. Despite his apology, he didn't even bother to help me up. I'm going to punch him if I see him again."
"Sasuke, you're blowing it out of proportion. Maybe, that guy really was late for something important. He did apologise to you so give him some slack, ok? Besides, I can heal that bruise for you if you like."
Sakura placed her hand on Sasuke's bruise and healed it with her chakra before Sasuke could stop her. Feeling woozy, Sakura put her head down on the table to rest. Sasuke said sharply, "Sakura, you didn't have to do that! You know that healing takes a lot out of you. You don't possess that much chakra!"
In reply, Sakura opened her eyes and held up one finger to Sasuke to shut him up. She firmly said, "Whatever. You wouldn't be able to write in this tutorial if I hadn't healed your cheek. Take it from me as a med student."
Sasuke grudgingly yielded to the pink-haired girl, who was like his sister even if they weren't related.
"…Thanks."
"Good boy."
Today's tutorial would have resumed as normal if not for an orange, yellow and blue blur that burst into the room a few seconds later (Sakura thought she heard a war-cry echoing in the distance, "DYNAMIC ENTRY!!!" and shuddered for an inexplicable reason). The blur of motion resolved itself to be a blond, blue-eyed youth, whom Sakura vaguely recalled seeing in the library a couple of weeks back. He apologised to the tutor, "Sorry for being late! I almost got lost finding this class."
"It's fine. You were just in time actually. What's your name?"
"Uzumaki Naruto."
"Your attendance has been noted. Please take your seat."
Naruto sighed in relief and he glanced around the room for an empty seat which happened to be the one beside Sakura. Naruto smiled and walked over to sit down. He greeted, "Hey, I hope you don't mind me sitting here."
Sakura was overwhelmed by the newcomer's grin, and those oh-so-perfect-blue eyes, and that hair that shone like gold. She swooned.
"Oh, not at all! You're very welcome!"
Sasuke was stunned at the sheer implausibility of meeting the same culprit who had knocked him down earlier in this very tutorial yet there he was, grinning like a fool. Sasuke could do nothing to prevent him from sitting at the table when Sakura had already given her consent, as he would only upset Sakura and look like a rude buffoon. Great, just great.
He narrowed his eyes in impotent vexation as that blond sat down beside Sakura, who was already besotted with him, that familiar moon-eyed look that had once been directed towards him when they were teenagers, crossing her face. Sasuke restrained the urge to gnash his teeth and resolutely focused on the class. If Sasuke had to look at that guy's face more than necessary, his infamous Uchiha temper was going to blow.
Naruto easily felt the hostile vibes coming from the sullen dark-haired pale youth sitting on the other side of the friendly pink-haired girl, aptly named "Haruno Sakura". He wondered if Sakura was the guy's girlfriend, which would explain why he was receiving the cold shoulder from his other table mate. Naruto let it slide, having more important things on his mind - like tonight's heist. He didn't need any more trouble in his barely existent social life that would exhaust his energy. It was the guy's problem, not his that Sakura's attention was elsewhere - Naruto had no interest in dating anyone. Finding the Hoshitama and breaking the curse was far more important…
Ack, he just missed what the tutor had said just now! Gah.
X
The atelier "Seirou Ohkawa" was a well-established and prestigious jewellery house that catered to the members of high society, such as the Fire Daimyo's wife. Seirou Ohkawa specialised in custom-made, high-quality, expensive jewellery commissioned by their customers, using the very best gemstones they had in their coffers or using the gemstones their customers provided as part of the design. Tonight, Seirou Ohkawa was going to receive an unexpected customer.
As Kyuubi once more, Naruto carefully sneaked into the Seirou Ohkawa House, which used to be the home grounds of a now extinct clan. The place was huge, measuring a few acres in size. The workshops on the premises where the jewellery was hand-crafted by the Seirou Ohkawa artisans made up half of the whole property. A smaller section near the back was used for administration purposes. Naruto ignored those, opting to head straight for the Gallery of Seirou Ohkawa near the entrance. The doors to the Gallery were protected by a bioinformatics security system, preventing access to the bonanza of gems hidden behind them.
Undeterred, Naruto removed his mask to reveal an unfamiliar man's face and looked into the eye-scanner. The lights on the machine turned green with a soft beep and the doors opened to a mechanical greeting, "Welcome, Mr. Ohkawa."
Smirking, Naruto placed the mask back on, his face returning back to normal. Kitsune shape-shifting was really useful in cases like this, though he couldn't use it for long periods of time due to the prohibitive amounts of chakra it demanded. The maximum time he could maintain a shape-shift was only a few minutes (his female form didn't count, as it was an odd quirk of the Uzumaki family curse).
Despite the system recognising him as "Mr. Ohkawa", CEO and owner of the Seirou Ohkawa House, the glass windows separating Naruto from the jewellery all around him, were still locked. At least the motion sensor alarms were off, eliminating one very big annoyance - Naruto really loathed having to contort his body around those irritating red laser beams.
He zeroed in on the main display that held a silver necklace with a large inset heart-shaped diamond, which was Seirou Ohkawa's only masterpiece that was not for sale; he then whipped out his lock-picks from his pouch and set to work, thankful that he was in his female form this time. As a woman, his fingers were more slender and nimble, aiding him greatly in picking the small lock.
Making short work of the lock, Naruto finally opened the glass window with a pneumatic whine of the hinges that made him cringe. Grinning to himself, Naruto reached out with his gloved fingers to pick up the necklace when a torch-light suddenly came on from behind him. A woman's voice barked, "Put your hands up where I can see them, Kyuubi!"
What the…?
Naruto slowly put his hands up and turned around to face a woman in a black suit with a badge on her chest that proclaimed her as a LEAF agent. She was also pointing a gun at him. Naruto mentally cursed while he chirped cheerfully, "Oh, hello! I wasn't expecting an audience."
The woman snarled ferociously, sounding like a fierce dog, "Shut your mouth, bitch. I haven't forgotten what you did to me twenty years ago and I'm going to pay you back in full,"
Her gun never wavered from Naruto. Naruto replied lightly, "Sorry, but I don't remember you. Please do tell me what I did to piss you off so much. Twenty years is, after all, a very long time indeed."
While the woman was distracted by Naruto's speech, Naruto steadily built up his mental focus to extend Kyuubi's chakra as extra limbs; Kyuubi easily lending chakra to its vessel as it realised that Naruto was in trouble. The woman frowned at Naruto's words, finding something off about the Kyuubi before her but unable to put her finger on it. She said, "Hey, there's something weird about…Oof!"
Before she could complete her sentence, Naruto smacked her aside as gently as he could into the wall with his glowing red tail, knocking her unconscious. He then quickly grabbed the necklace and high-tailed it out of the room before more people came. No sooner had he made it out of the Gallery into the hallway when he was ambushed by another LEAF agent.
Biting off another curse, Naruto jumped over the man's lunging tackle. Holy shit, he hadn't been expecting the LEAF agency to actually come after him so soon, right on his second heist in fact. How had LEAF known that he was going to strike here tonight…? Unless…
On an impulse, Naruto threw the necklace at the man's face, who batted it aside with his arm. He wasn't surprised to hear the "diamond" shatter like worthless glass. It was a fake. Naruto narrowed his eyes behind the mask, intensely annoyed that he had wasted his time and effort on a necklace that was actually bait for a trap he had unwittingly fallen into, as well as being angry with himself for failing to spot the trap. Partitioning away his emotions, Naruto focused on trying to escape from the place.
Avoiding a punch to his ribs, Naruto neatly side-stepped into a moonlit area of the hallway, and was incredibly shocked to find that, when he finally stepped into the moonlight, his new assailant was Hatake Kakashi. The affable and lazy, perverted man who had met him at the airport was nowhere to be seen in the intense LEAF agent in front of him. Naruto quipped, "You’re so cheap. Haven't you heard the saying that diamonds are a woman's best friend? Glass won't do."
"I'm sorry about that, Kyuubi, but you're no lady, only a mere thief."
Naruto flirtatiously canted his hips and bent forward slightly to expose his cleavage; as he put his finger to his mask over where his mouth was and throatily said, with a heavy dose of Kitsune Charm, "Oh really? Would you like to find out how much of a woman I am for yourself?"
Unprepared for the Kitsune Charm, Kakashi actually gulped, his eyes suddenly fixated on Naruto's ample breasts that strained against the tight black leather with every breath he took. Alas, that was his downfall as Naruto took advantage of his momentary slip of attention to grab his suit jacket and knee him in the groin without any shred of remorse for pulling such a dirty move on a fellow man. Instantly downed by the eye-watering agony in his nether regions, Kakashi writhed on the floor and mentally cursed Kyuubi to hell. Naruto paid little heed as he quickly fled the hallway into the courtyard. Only a few more meters to freedom!
X
Emerging in the moon-lit courtyard, Naruto suddenly felt a prickling sensation on the back of his neck like he was being watched. His instincts blaring, Naruto threw himself to the side to narrowly avoid a tranquiliser dart that embedded itself into the wooden pillar behind him. The dart quivered in the corner of his eye and his heart was beating very rapidly for the first time tonight, as though he was going to face a serious threat. A really familiar voice above him smoothly commented, "Even after twenty years, your reflexes haven't rusted at all."
Naruto's eyes immediately went to the roof to where a black-suited figure was standing with a sniper's rifle over his shoulder. In the bright moonlight, he instantly recognised that man to be none other than Namikaze Minato, his father! The shock was too much and Naruto wondered if he was dreaming. But there was no time to think or speak as Minato just vanished from view. There was a blur of motion and Naruto had to spin away from Minato's hands, shocked by his father's incredible speed. He soon found himself forced to continually dodge Minato's quick attacks and he couldn't find an opportunity to strike back.
"I have to say that I certainly didn't miss you. I presume you are in charge of this whole operation?"
Minato's lips curved into a ferocious shark-like smile that made Naruto shiver. In a flicker almost too fast for Naruto to see, Minato was behind him and had twisted his arm up and behind his back while pushing his head forward and down. Naruto bit down on a pained yelp. Minato replied, "Yes, I am in charge. Now, will you kindly surrender? I would rather not prolong this further than necessary."
"Haven't you heard the saying, 'he who fights and runs lives to fight another day'?"
Naruto gritted his teeth as he forcefully wrenched free from Minato's grip, dislocating his arm in the process with an ugly pop that rang out like a gunshot. His shoulder exploded into pain and he was faintly satisfied to see Minato staring at him with a shocked expression. His useless arm dangling at his side, Naruto took out a flash-bomb and threw it at his feet, setting off an intense burst of white light that forced Minato to close his eyes lest he was blinded. While Minato was distracted, he quickly escaped, clutching his dislocated arm to his side.
Minato blinked the colourful spots out of his vision and frowned to see that he had let Kyuubi escape. He hadn't actually expected Kyuubi to wilfully injure herself just to get away, but he had to admire her guts and determination. Slowly dragging his hand through his hair, Minato heaved a sigh and muttered, "Blast."
X
Safe within his hideout, Naruto had already changed out of his costume and transformed back into his original male form. Sweating profusely, he gasped in agony as he jerked his dislocated arm back into his arm socket. Son of a bitch! That really hurt. Cradling his arm, Naruto collapsed onto the dingy couch out of exhaustion, both physical and mental. His body still trembled minutely from the left-over adrenaline, and Naruto was still struggling to comprehend the revelation that Minato was actually a LEAF agent. He miserably asked, "Kyuubi, why didn't Mom tell me that my father was a LEAF agent? Was this why she left twenty years ago?"
The Kitsune slowly manifested above Naruto, looking appropriately worried for its vessel. It extended one of its tails to touch his wounded shoulder to heal it in a glow of red chakra. Naruto's breathing eased as the pain ebbed away. Kyuubi finally replied, "Does it really matter now? It's all in the past and you're here now with the knowledge of your father's secret. You can only move forward."
Naruto slowly rotated his newly healed shoulder, relieved to feel no pain and lack of stiffness and thanked Kyuubi for healing him. Kyuubi let itself drop down on Naruto's stomach and curled up on it. It felt like a warm blanket to Naruto, who petted it absently. Kyuubi purred in satisfaction before it asked, "Are you going to stop stealing?"
Recalling Minato's fierce grin, Naruto now shivered with anticipation; he was burning with the desire to show him exactly why he was the world-famous thief. There was no way he was going to back down now; even if his father was going to be in his way! His pride was at stake.
"Nope, I'm still going to steal."
X
The debriefing after the failed mission was mercifully short and Minato was grateful to finally get home after what had been a very long day. While he was disappointed at not being able to catch Kyuubi, tonight's mission had finally put to rest any lingering doubts that Kyuubi was an imposter. There was no one else in the world who could manipulate the mysterious red chakra she wielded. For the umpteenth time, Minato wondered what brought her back to Konoha again after twenty years, and why she had left in the first place. What compelled her to steal? Who was she? Minato still hadn't found the answers to those burning questions.
The house was dark and quiet when he entered, and Minato walked up the stairs to his bedroom. He stopped short at the door to Naruto's bedroom, feeling guilty for forgetting to tell his son that he wouldn't be home for dinner. The door was slightly ajar and Minato could see through the gap that Naruto was fast asleep in bed, with his back facing the door. After gazing at the prone form of the person who was fast becoming an essential part of his life, Minato very quietly closed the door and went to his bedroom.
Meanwhile, Naruto was wide awake, his heart beating rapidly like a frightened rabbit's. He had just barely made it back from the hideout in time, and had heard Minato's car coming into the driveway as he scrambled up the back veranda's roof to his bedroom window. He had just thrown himself under his blankets when Minato had come up the stairs and stopped at his bedroom door.
When he heard his bedroom door close with a soft click, he exhaled a deep sigh of relief. It was a good thing that Minato hadn't come in or it would have been very hard to explain the dirty footprints on the window sill. It was going to be rather tricky to hide his secret identity from Minato, especially when they lived together under the same roof.
X
"You let yourself get distracted by BOOBS?! And then you got kneed in the nuts shortly afterwards? That's a new low for you, man!"
Obito was highly amused and not at all sympathetic with the humiliated Kakashi. Kakashi shot him a half-hearted glare but didn't deign to reply. He was still deeply embarrassed at his lapse, having not expected Kyuubi to actually flirt. Rin leaned on his shoulder and said dryly, "Have you not been laid for ages? It's rather unexpected that such an open pervert like you would be taken down so easily by just a mere flash of décolletage."
"…She wasn't wearing a bra! And I'm quite satisfied with my sex life, thank you."
Kakashi protested weakly as his cheeks slowly turned red. He did not need aspersions on his sex life from his friends. Obito raised a speculative eyebrow and hummed thoughtfully, "Wow, that'll be a great sight to see! At least, you now have a nice new image to wank off to at night."
"Obito. Don't make me kill you. I know at least twenty places where I can hide your corpse without anyone knowing." Kakashi deadpanned as he shot eye-daggers at Obito. Rin thoughtfully commented, "Should you really be saying that in my company…?"
Unfazed by Kakashi's impressive death-glare, Obito smirked and teasingly said, "Ooooor not. You've always been more of an ass man anyway."
The insinuation of Obito's words did not slip past Kakashi's sharp intellect. Kakashi growled and very slowly turned around in his chair to face Obito. He said three words in a deadly voice, "You. Are. Dead."
Then he lunged at the wide-eyed Obito and they crashed to the floor in a loud mess of flying limbs, swearing in at least six different languages. Rin stared at the wrestling and cursing duo on the lounge floor for a few seconds and then very deliberately shrugged her shoulders, having many years of experience knowing that nothing could break up Kakashi and Obito's fights; save for a naked Senju Tsunade, the legendary doctor and head of her department.
Seeing that Obito and Kakashi hadn't finished their drinks, Rin swiped them for herself and began to drink as she cheered on her tussling friends. The only way her new entertainment for the night could be better was if they were oiled and naked. Hmmm. Now that was a good thought.
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