"'S nice that ANBU comes complete with rescue parties, y'know?" Kaito fumbled, looking anywhere but at the man. He'd needed a rescue party for a stupid seduction mission! And now the guy was hurt, and Kaito was still naked and would be until his feet were untied--

He jerked himself to a stop. It wasn't like he'd never been in a worse position, and, okay, being stuck in the middle of a damn seduction mission was utterly humiliating--

STOP! This guy probably hadn't even noticed he was naked, anyway. People didn't care about things like that. Really.

Besides, Kaito had a job. The guy--Raidou--had given him a job.

Turn the chest-hurting thing off. That was as good a name for it as any, he supposed.

Turn it off.

Just--off.

Off. Stop. Halt. Quit. Like--things spiraling down. Shutting it off. Flipping a switch. Think of his mother's eyes swirling to silver, and then back to brown. Off. No big deal. Anyone could do it. All of his clan could.

Okay, not his clan, exactly, but his mother's clan, and--

"Is, uh, that any better?" He winced.