Hearts desires

~*~*~*~*Chapter 2~*~*~*~*

Yuudai lay in his bed staring at the ceiling. He sighed looking at the clock and frowned. It was nearly three AM and he still hadn’t gotten to sleep. Yuudai frowned sitting up rubbing his eyes. He was exhausted, but his mind wouldn’t let him rest. He had too much going on in his mind at once.

Yuudai walked out of his small room and shifted, looking around his small apartment. He’d moved out of his mother’s place a few months ago. He figured his mother needed the room with the two new children. Ai was the oldest by a year. She was smaller than her younger brother but still pushed him around. Ai was Gaara’s daughter with shoulder length red hair and dark green eyes. When the Kazekage heard he had a daughter he almost fainted. He never thought he’d ever have to deal with a girl, but he soon warmed up to the little girl. Now she was a true daddy’s girl… had her father wrapped around her tiny finger.

Then there was Chokichi, the younger of the two. He was cute, with short black hair and zircon eyes like his mother. He was Sasuke Uchiha’s second son, or in Yuudai’s eyes his first. Yuudai hated the Uchiha bastard with every ounce of his being. He hated the fact that his mother happily had an open relationship with both the Uchiha and Gaara. Yuudai loved that his mother was happy with both men, but it left the brunette wondering where he belonged.

Yuudai walked to his kitchen, grabbed a bowl from his cupboard, and he poured himself a bowl of cereal before walking to the fridge and taking out the milk, glad he’d bought some after his fight with Base. His face darkened a bit at the thought of the older teen. He understood why Base was so good. He was a wolf demon… Or god as Base would correct him.

Yuudai sighed. Filling the bowl with milk, he took a seat at his small table and took a bite of his cereal, his face darkening more. He just didn’t like feeling like a damsel in distress. He hated how every mission report he had, always had the crazy bastard there, every FUCKING time. Yuudai wanted to be an Anbu soon, but that looked too far in the distance, out of his reach, even if his mother was Hokage now. With the reports of Base always killing the bad guys before Yuudai could even react, it looked bad for the boy.

His mother figured if Base was there on every mission, then Yuudai was in some kind of trouble, and he wasn’t even worth the rank of Jounin. But that wasn’t the problem. Yuudai could have handled those three missing Nin from the village attack. He had learned to control his Kyuubi magic –as Naruto called it- He would have burnt those ropes and had been working on it when Base jumped in and played the hero. Yuudai never got to show his power because the wolf god was always there ‘saving’ him.

Yuudai put his empty bowl in the sink and rubbed his eyes. He would go for a walk to try and calm himself down, maybe get a nap in before he went to get a new mission. He walked to his bedroom slipping on a tight black shirt and a black pair of Nin pants. Pulling his vest on he walked to his front door, slipping his sandals on before stepping outside into the cold December pre-morning cold. He took a shuddering breath before walking along the streets, watching as the sky went from black to dark blue. He took a breath watching as his hot breath drifted away in the cold morning. It was going to snow soon. He loved the snow. It was cold and bit viciously at your skin. Yuudai had been the type of child who would stay out in the snow for hours until he was dragged back inside by his worried mom. Yuudai smiled, closing his eyes. Standing in place, he looked at the sky and smiled.

“Yuudai?” The boy looked towards the voice and smiled softly. Of course Iruka would be up and on his way to work by now. It may have been time out for school but the teacher was probably getting to the mission rooms.

“Hey grandma.” Yuudai smirked seeing the small blush on the man’s scarred cheeks and nose. Yuudai walked towards the man smiling.

“I was just heading to the mission rooms now. Mind if I walk with you?”

Iruka smiled sweetly and nodded. The two began walking in silence. The sun had just begun to peek over the mountains. Iruka looked at Yuudai and sighed. The boy was the same height as him. He was going to be tall just like Naruto, but he was still skinny and lean. He did not work on muscles like most boys his age did. Yuudai preferred to be small and swift. Speed was sometimes better in a fight. Iruka was so proud of the boy. He was unlike kids his age. He thought ahead in fights, he had things planned in mere seconds.

The boy was good, but Base always being there made it look bad for the boy. Naruto thought the world of Base and figured any of Yuudai’s missions completed were because of Base being there. Iruka unlocked the doors to the mission room and slowly set his box on the desk. He watched Yuudai sit across the room and shifted. The boy needed to get out on a mission, a good mission, something that would force him to show off his skills.

Iruka sighed walking to his desk. He pulled out a scroll and frowned. This was a hard mission. No one wanted it. It was tracking two S class criminals to their hide out and dealing with the problem. The criminals were kidnapping young children from a small village, and people suspected them of eating the children. The older Nin in Konoha had tried and failed to find the hide out, and the younger generation just refused to try, too busy flirting with girls and boy’s their ages, but Yuudai was not like kids his age.

“I’ve got an A class mission here. No one has been able to complete it, or even want to try. I am offering it to you now Yuudai. We need it settled as soon as you can.”

Yuudai looked up, his eyes going wide. Iruka was one of the only people who saw the skill he had. Yuudai got up, reaching for the scroll and frowned when it was pulled away.

“You need to make sure Base doesn’t follow you on this mission or it will all be for nothing.” Yuudai frowned and nodded slowly before taking the scroll.

“I’ll deal with him.” Yuudai bowed before leaving the office. Iruka frowned. He suddenly had a horrible feeling in the pit of his stomach. He bit his lip and prayed for Yuudai’s safe return.

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Yuudai walked towards his mother’s house and frowned seeing the lights inside still off. Of course Naruto would be sleeping in. The kids were out of class so he had no reason to be up at the crack of dawn trying to get the monster’s to school. Ai and Chokichi were almost five years old, but showed a lot of potential. They were pulled into school, and were already in Daichi’s class. Poor Daichi felt like he was the black sheep. All of his siblings had great Nin ability but he was still an academy student at almost ten years old. Yuudai smirked and shook his head. Walking to the fence he frowned seeing Bay sleeping on the ground. The dog’s eyes opened looking at Yuudai. He got up and limped over, his tail wagging.

“I didn’t come here to visit. I came to give you a warning… you follow me on this mission at all…. I will expose you to my mom and everyone else. They will exile you or torture you and I will not stop them.” Bay’s eyes darkened as he watched Yuudai. He frowned, changing into human form and grabbing the boy’s arm.

“What the hell is your problem? Yuudai I only do it to protect you!”

“You only do it to feel like a hero! I’m sick of it! If you follow me on this mission AT ALL I will expose you. I do not care what punishment I get for allowing a demon to stay in our village, but I will gladly accept it, if it means getting you out of here!” Base frowned, watching Yuudai storm off. He had a really bad feeling. He sighed out before turning back into a dog. He did not wish to cause any harm to Yuudai, so he would stay home and guard his family

Yuudai was a powerful Nin. He could protect himself.