Summer Heat

Disclaimer:The characters do not belong to me. I merely use them in my plot for fun.

A/N:

"Normal Speech"

'Thoughts'

ATTENTION: ADULT THINGS in the story. Do not read if you do not like.

In this chapter Naruto is 14.

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Chapter 7:

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Tsunade was faced with almost every active ninja in Konoha when she left her office and the distressed blonde in there.

While the situation between Naruto and Kakashi was none of her business, she felt the need to play the part of Naruto's family. To her it did not matter that Kakashi had not acted against Naruto's wishes, all she cared was that the boy did not get hurt.

But she had not expected the crowd she was met with.

Still the Hokage listened as the ninjas, including Naruto's friends and teammates about what should be done to Kakashi. As the time passed the punishments suggested became harsher and Tsunade swat dropped at some of them, and for the first time since Iruka brought Naruto to her office, she felt sorry for Hatake.

"Alright!" she yelled. "The lot of you, SHUT UP!"

That earned their attention and they quieted down.

"Seeing as I have yet to speak to Kakashi I better get down there. You wait here till I get back and if you value your health any; do not act on your own. Is that clear Haruno? Uchiha?"

Sakura and Sasuke nodded. It was obvious they did not like it but they were going to listen to her.

After that Tsunade went to find Ibiki.

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Kakashi was a mess.

While Ibiki had not used any physical torture, knowing it would be of no use against the former Anbu, he had gotten a Yamanaka to help him.

Ino's father was prying through Kakashi's mental shields trying to find more evidence against the silver haired Jounin. What he did find made him pull back and study Hatake.

"Ibiki, we stop here," he told the other man.

"What did you find?" the other asked.

Ibiki shook his head. He had roughed the man up quite a lot but he had not actually tortured Kakashi mostly because Tsunade had not given him explicit orders to do so. He motioned the others outside and followed them.

"He won't speak," Ibiki replied.

"I could make him talk," Inoichi Yamanaka muttered darkly.

"Not yet," Ibiki replied. "Plus you have to remember exactly who we are dealing with here. Hatake Kakashi is not just any shinobi."

"But apparently he is scum," Ino's father continued.

There was a crash as a wall was heard collapsing and yelling reached their ears.

"That sounds…" Ibiki muttered.

"Like Jiraya," Inoichi finished.

Both men shared a glance and decided to move before the Sanin managed to tear the headquarters of their division apart. They moved fast to try and contain Jiraya somewhat. As much as they wanted to act exactly like him, laws had to be upheld. What they did not expect to find was their Hokage punching her old teammate into submission. They came to a stop and waited, not wanting to get caught up in this scale of fight between those two.

Finally Tsunade pulled back and Jiraya crumpled to the ground as she berated him for all the damages and the expenses that would be covered by the novelist.

"… you overgrown toad!"

Jiraya let out a gurgle of pain and the Godaime snorted.

"I did not hit you that hard," she berated her once team mate.

The ninja watching from the sidelines swallowed whatever gasp of surprise that threatened to escape them.

"Ibiki," Tsunade called out. "Is Kakashi breathing?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Can he walk?" the Hokage asked next.

Ibiki blinked. "What for?"

Tsunade smirked. "Well, it goes like this…"

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End of chapter