"It's ok," Yugito shook her head with her face still in Naruto's shirt, "it's just… I tried to forget that time when…"
"When he tried to rape you," Naruto finished for her and received a small nod in the affirmative.
"I was thirteen when it happened," Yugito said as she brought her face out of his shirt to lean it on his shoulder as she told her story. "I won't claim that I had it as bad as other Jinchurikki, while most people have always been weary of me and kept their distance, I was never out right hated. However there were a few people who completely despised me for what I hold…"
"People like Kotake?" Naruto asked.
"Yes," Yugito nodded, "I had just been promoted to Jonin that day and was still fairly naïve about the world. I had been on my way home when he stopped me to supposedly congratulate me; he was a council member so I had no reason not to trust. Before I knew what was happening he slapped something on my forehead and felt Nibi's chakra draining from me. The next thing I knew was waking up tied down to a bed and…" a small sob shook Yugito's body as she was unable to finish the sentence.
Naruto arms tightened around her form, "Shhh… you don't have to say any more." Naruto put a hand under Yugito's chin and tilted her head up, leaning down he gave her a chaste kiss on the cheek just off side of her lips. "I doubt that man will be living much longer anyway."
"What do you mean?" asked Yugito as blinked away her tears.
"I mean I was looking for any information that might give me a lead as to who let slip where your mission had taken you," Naruto replied as he picked up the folder. "Most of what I ran into were dead ends, but there were several discrepancies that I was able to find on Kotake; including his known hatred of Jinchurikki and his attempted rape on you. My guess is that Akatsuki somehow knew this and approached him awhile ago," Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "Anyways I'm going to suggest A to have the man interrogated; if he does prove to be guilty he'll be put to death for treason."
"What if he's not?" questioned Yugito, worried that this may make him do something drastic to her in retaliation.
Naruto shrugged, "if he's not… then he's going to regret not being killed after I get through with him so it won't matter either way."
"Don't do something you may end up regretting Naruto-kun," Yugito said to him even though she had to smile at his protectiveness over her.
Naruto sighed, "No promises," he said as the two fell into a comfortable silence.
It was half an hour later that Yugito spoke up, "you know you still owe me that date you promised."
Naruto blinked as he looked at Yugito who despite having a bit of blush also had a small smirk, Naruto grinned at the woman. "I did promise you one after we finished fighting those guys didn't I?" Naruto asked rhetorically, "does this also mean you're also up for that trip to the communal hot springs?"
Yugito blushed in embarrassment but held her smile, "we'll see."
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Pain listened to Zetsu's report and watched the battle between the Kyuubi Jinchurikki, Kakazu and Hidan with a frown, while he had known that the boy was going to be a problem after they received that report on his time in Kiri; he had not counted on him being able to gain enough strength to defeat two members of Akatsuki. To make matters worse they were now down another two members and only had the Rokubi to show for it so far, adding onto the fact that the Kyuubi's Jinchurikki would most likely grow even stronger…
"This news is troubling," the man said at last as his Rennigan eyes scanned the others in the room.
Kisame smirked, "the gaki's certainly gotten stronger from the little twerp Itachi and me ran into four years ago. I look forward to the day Sameheda and I can have a real fight with him, it should be interesting."
"Do you think we should go after him Leader-Sama?" asked Zetsu.
Pain stayed silent for a moment as he tried to decide on a course of action, "No, at the moment it would cause more trouble than it was worth. The nine tails must be sealed last, that means we would need to keep him alive until we get the other Bijuu sealed." Pain looked around at the others for a moment, "we will continue gathering the other Jinchurikki and for the moment leave both the Ichibi and Nibi alone, they are not as important anyway. Itachi! Kisame!" Pain called getting Kisame to look at him and Itachi to open his eyes, "how far are you from your target?"
"I think we're pretty close," Kisame said with a shark like grin, "Sameheda is starting to get excited."
"I want you to capture the Gobi Jinchurikki as soon as possible," Pain said, "the rest of you should also get your Bijuu as soon as you can!"
"Don't worry yeah," Deidra said as he flexed his new arm, "I'm almost near the Sanbi; we'll get that one soon yeah."
"Yeah Deidra Sempai is gonna lay it on that thing!" Tobi yelled out as he pumped a fist into the air.
"Tobi how many times have I told you to shut up yeah!" Deidra yelled.
"Oops sorry sempai," Tobi rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "don't worry, Tobi will be a good boy!"
Standing next to Pain, Konan looked over the others with her usual blank mask. However inwardly she was thankful that Pain was not sending any one after Naruto yet, she was not looking forward to the time when Naruto would be in danger. Even as strong as he was the blue haired woman still feared for him, I hope all of this ends soon, she thought to herself.
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All of the members of the Kumo council were currently sitting around the large stone table, wondering why it was they had been called so suddenly. While something like this was not unheard of it was very rare for the Raikage to ever call a meeting, normally only the most extreme emergencies could ever get him to even come to one, that or his attendant had to drag him. It was well known that the man disliked council meetings almost as much as he disliked paperwork, or anything that could take him away from his training.
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