(I don't own Naruto or Anko, Kishimoto does and forever will)


Revenge of the Demon

Epilogue: The Wardens

"Huff… huff…!"

The sound of panting breaths were accompanies by the sound of quick footsteps. "….huff… shit!"

The owner of both sounds cursed. The owner was a man with short brown hair, wearing a simply and slightly overused white T-shirt and a pair of light mint colored pants. His eyes were wide in fear and anxiety, always flickering his pupils to look behind him every few seconds. His footsteps were currently the only noise taking up the silence in the dimly lit hallways. He turned his head to look all the way behind him before picking up his speed in unknown fear. 'Damn, why did Tao talk me into this!?' He thought in panic.

"Wow, who knew an escapee could be so retarded?" A young voice was heard, making the man's heart skip a beat. His feet stood frozen in place as his ears heard the faint sound of another set of footsteps. His mouth felt dry as his head turned back to the darkness of the hallway. "N-No…!" He whimpered before gathering enough courage to take off down the hallway. The second voice's feet stopped and a sigh was heard. "Why do they always run? It's not like they're gonna escape." The voice said, mostly talking to itself. A few seconds later, the voice's feet started up again, but this time at a slightly faster rate.

The prisoner of the unknown area, looked behind himself once more when the footsteps grew louder and faster. "No, no, no, no!" He chanted in terror, trying to run away from his source of fright. As the man's feet stomped against the concrete floor, he head a soft, but still menacing, laugh. "Hey, it's your fault. If you'd just stayed in your cell, you'd live longer. Just stop and I'll show mercy." The voice mocked, but the fact was true. The running man sucked his teeth. Many who tried to escape found that it was impossible and were given the choice of surrender by 'him', but they were never seen again. He wasn't naïve like the others. His mind was dead set on escaping or die trying. "Fuck you! I want freedom!" The prisoner screamed back, desperation clear in his voice. The voice hidden in the darkness shrugged its shoulders.

"I even gave you a second chance. I guess being locked up does make you do dumb shit."

When the prisoner heard the voice's mumbles stop, the running footsteps behind him stopped as well. Not bothering to acknowledge that he was currently the only source of noisy feet, the prisoner continued to sprint down the hallway. But he never acknowledged the small stream of fire coming sprouting from the black end of the hallway. As soon as he realized the walls were lighting up more, the man turned his head on instinct before the fire made contact with his back. The flames seared through the cloth of his shirt and started to burn his skin, earning a short scream of pain. The prisoner landed on the ground with a smoking back, trying to roll around to put it out. After the flames died out…

"Heh, that's the funniest thing I've seen in days." The voice came back, the sound of footsteps returning. The prisoner's eyes widened as he tried to get up and run, but his smoldering back made the action almost impossible. With a slow and taunting set of claps, the voice's owner began to step into the light. The prisoner shook his head and pushed himself against the wall in panic, accidently putting more pressure on his sensitive behind. "GAH!" He gave a loud yelp. The man's eyes quickly opened to see the clapping noise's source, a pair of small light skinned hands.

The mysterious attacker was finally shown into view of the prisoner, though said man already knew what he looked like. And the attacker's face would forever be burned into his mind.

The attacker was a male, judging by the voice. He had shoulder length spiky blonde hair. Though the hair would be more of a bright sun-kissed color, but with the small clumps of dirt and dust in his hair, the color was dimmed down to dirty blonde. His eyes were a deep blue color, beautiful in most standards, but if you looked closely, his eyes were tainted. His pupils only contained a dull sense of mostly happiness, but at other times, they were filled with much loneliness and anger. He wasn't innocent at all and his history could support such claim. On his cheeks were a set of three whisker marks on each side, giving his the look of a cat or a fox. He had no shirt or shoes, only a pair of tattered brownish tan shorts. The boy was surprisingly small and young, around the age of 10. The child's name was Uzumaki Naruto, a prisoner of reality.

"L-Leave me alone, Demon!" The prisoner roared in both fear and/or rage.

Naruto raised a brow before a smirk made its way on his mouth. Inside his mouth were a sharp set of fangs, almost shark like. The reason to why Naruto was being called a demon was because of his… special attributes. A cracking sound was heard on the ground, making the prisoner flinch. Behind Naruto and hovering over the ground was a tail. The tail came from Naruto's tailbone, extending to a good length of 2 feet. The tail was skinny like a whip and covered by small black scales. For the tip of the tail was an arrowhead shaped end to it. If you looked higher past the tail, you could see the more freakishly noticeable feature. On his back was a pair of black dragon/bat wings, folded up to make moving around more easy. His finger nails were sharp like claws, as well as his toenails.

As if showing an example, Naruto cracked his whip like tail against the ground once more before his wings stretched to the sides, showing the prisoner their full length. Naruto's wingspan was easily 2 and a half feet long, giving proof of his appearance. Naruto leaned forward with crossed arms, his eyes narrowing slightly. "So, you think I'm a Demon, hm?" He asked, acting as if he didn't realized what he looked like. The prisoner gave Naruto a sharp glare and a dumb nod. "Of course I do! You look and act like one, Demon!" Naruto's ears flickered before the blonde's grin became more sadistic. "Well then, I guess I just have to go with your beliefs. If I'm really a Demon, then I guess I should act like it." The prisoner's eyes widened in fear as Naruto took a step forward.

Before he could get up and try to escape again, this time Naruto's tail wrapped itself around the man's neck. Coughing and gagging, the prisoner's hands clawed at the tail before the man was lifted up. Held high enough so he couldn't touch the ground and run, the man could only stare into a pair of menacing eyes. "Let's go see your friends, shall we? Don't wanna keep them waiting, hm?" Naruto suggested, squeezing the man's neck a bit more, earning a choking sound. Giving a grin, Naruto turned around and started walking down the hallway, the man kicking in the air behind him.

"Knock, knock, guess who's back…?" Naruto taunted as he opened a large metal door.

Sooner than he realized, whimpers were already heard in the darkness of the rooms. The blonde turned his head slightly to a wall before his hand reached up. Flicking a light switch to on, the room was enveloped in light, exposing every inch. The blonde gave his trademark grin as he walked forward. Currently the blonde was in a prisoner holding room, cells aligned on the walls. Usually hands would be trying to get through the bars in an attempt to escape, but Naruto only gave an amused snort. Backing away from the front of their cells, prisoners of both genders tried to stay safe against the walls. "Oh I'm hurt." Naruto feigned being hurt by putting a hand on his chest. "I just wanted to see my family."

The prisoner struggling in his tail binds growled. "We aren't your family, Demon!" That was as much as he could saw without wasting all of his air.

Naruto smirked and looked back. "But I feed you, give you home, keep you… safe."

"That's bullshit and you know it!" The prisoner exclaimed. He knew what really happened in these cells. The fucking blonde wouldn't even try and lift a finger to help them. He disregarded them with nothing, but air. Soon in starving attempt, most prisoners were reduced to cannibalism. There were body parts and mostly dried up blood in every cell chamber. If it weren't for the disease killing off most of the cannibals, there wouldn't be much of a population inside a prison.

"You're alive aren't you?" Naruto had to taunt, making the man kick at him. Even though the foot didn't reach, the prisoner continued to flail around his legs. The blonde laughed. "You're only wasting the air in your lungs." He tried to warn. Though he didn't really give two shits about it.

Soon getting bored with the captive in his tail, Naruto turned to the other prisoners in a large cell. "So, here's why I'm here." Naruto said before swinging his captive in front of them. "This dumbass wanted to try and escape, just like the last 14." The blonde stated, most of them remembering the first 14 prisoners who tried to escape their prison. The blonde was there to keep them in, all the time. He never left the base whatsoever. "Anyway," He began, snapping a few people out of reminiscing the past. "I just want to know, why the fuck you keep trying?" Naruto's voice was taking on a deadly tone with his eyes narrowing to slits. The prisoners in every cell flinched, feeling an intense killing intent wash over them. "I've always told you, you won't escape this prison. You know why?" None of them answered in fear of speaking out of term. "Because I'm the damn warden! I never leave and I never, ever, allowed a prisoner to escape!" It was true. Every prisoner knew that once the door of the cell room was opened, Naruto was alerted. Once they step outside, the hunt in on and the survival chance is 0.

Naruto heard a cough from his prisoner and gave him a sharp glare. Seeing the prisoner with a smirk, his fangs grew a bit longer. "And why the hell are you smirking?" Naruto demanded. The prisoner tried to shrug. "Because you're the naïve one, Demon." Naruto's anger started to rise. "Who's naïve?" He challenged, seeing the smirk get larger. "While you were busy tracking me down, 3 others broke out as well." Naruto's eyebrows shot up. "By now, they've reached freedom. Guess they've broke your perfect record, huh?" The prisoner mocked making Naruto growl at him.

Without warning, Naruto's growls started to turn into chuckles, then into laughter in only a few seconds. The prisoner didn't expect laughter as a result. "Oh really?" Naruto began, making the prisoner confused.

While waiting for Naruto to continue speaking, a large source of screaming was heard somewhere in the base, echoing down the hallways. When the screams died down, the prisoner's eyes were already wide, his face devoid of any blood. "B-But they're all the way at the other end of the base! You're right here!" He exclaimed and Naruto grinned mischievously. "I'm there as well. Matter of fact, like you always say, I'm everywhere." Naruto repeated before taking a long whiff in the air. "Hm, smell that? Smells like my food is ready." Naruto declared and the prisoner started to kick more. Those three prisoners that were close to escaping were his friends. He risked his own life to give them freedom, but the blonde killed them and took it away. Tears ran down his face as his kicks became wilder. "I'll kill you!" He screamed, only earning a yawn from Naruto.

"How about when you can actually fight?" Naruto decided.

The prisoner grunted with effort, but his feet would not reach the blonde. Soon the prisoner's legs started to stop, already knowing that it was futile. The prisoner already knew he was gonna die, so he tried his last attempt towards the blonde. "I knew you were a monster," He whispered, getting Naruto's attention back. "What's that?" The blonde asked in a lazy manner. "I guess it took one monster to create another one, huh?" The prisoner stated, already feeling Naruto's tail twitch. "That's right Demon. You're the monster created by Orochi-"

Before he could finish, Naruto's tail clenched so hard, the neck snapped, crushed under the pressure, and eventually his tail ripped straight through as if a knife was used. The prisoner's head rolled to the ground while the body fell into a dead heap. Naruto's eyes were narrowed, but if anyone could look closely, they could see red eyes with slit pupils. The blonde snarled before kicking the head to the wall. "Don't you dare say his name around me!" The final warning was given to all in the room, not just the corpse on the ground.

When a small pause of silence, took over the room, Naruto slowly calmed himself down. His eyes turned back to the normal, but hard blue eye color. Looking at each cell, Naruto gave a menacing smirk. His smirk sent shivers down their spines. Without a warning, Naruto jumped at a random cell and gripped the bars. The prisoners in the selected cell screamed in fear as Naruto gave a small grunt of effort and the bars of steel bent outwards. Letting go and noticing the finger print marks, Naruto's smirk got bigger as he walked through his newly made doorway.

His tail waved in a deadly motion as he stalked towards the prisoners, each step gaining a flinch from one of them. A woman started to burst into tears. "W-w-what do y-you w-want!?" She screamed as Naruto stopped. The blonde stared at them in silence for a short pause. Though his pause was like hours to them. And they hated it. The blonde always tortures them, day and night. Even if his silence was harmless, his existence made it scary. Naruto raised two fingers and almost laughed when he saw all of them stiffen up like a board. "Don't worry, everybody. I'm only taking two today." Naruto declared. "I guess you can say I need to vent a bit. For that, you can thank the dumbass for getting me pissed." The blonde chuckled. The occupants of the cell didn't need to see who Naruto was talking about and they hated him as well.

Before they could speak again to delay a death, Naruto started to stalk towards them again. The prisoners wanted to run away, try to escape like the last guy tried, but they heard what Naruto said. 'I'm everywhere.' That statement replayed in their heads. Even so they still wanted to run. Naruto said he was only taking two, but the total amount of people in the cell were 6. That meant each of them had a 1/3 death rate. Nobody liked those odds.

"W-W-W-WAIT!" Many screamed at the same time, but the blonde didn't listen. Before anyone could react, Naruto's tail lashed forward and the sound of flesh tearing was heard. The last four prisoners looked in fear, one of them screaming their head off, at two corpses hanging on Naruto's tail by the hole in their chests.

Not caring about the gore, Naruto started towards the front of the cell with the corpses being dragged behind him. Stepping out of the cage and closing the bars, Naruto gave one last grin at them. "See ya soon." His tone was cheery now, that of an innocent child kind of tone. But his retreating form out the door didn't speak it. Especially with his unnatural traits and the two corpses behind him. The second the door closed, the prisoners stayed quiet long enough to hear the terrible sound of vicious tearing. Some of them couldn't take it and threw up whatever was in their stomachs.


"Ugh, again Naru-chan?" The blonde male stopped what he was doing; aka, biting and swallowing the huge lump of human flesh that he ripped off the female corpse. There was only one person in the entire world that called him 'Naru-chan' and still lived. Without acknowledging the blood covering most of his face, the boy turned around with a huge smile. Dropping the half eaten female corpse next to the skeletal structure of the male, Naruto stood up and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Oh, uh, sorry Anko-chan. I forgot to do it in an empty room again." Naruto said, before he heard a snort.

"Yeah, yeah I know. You just can't help yourself when you smell blood." The voice teased/mocked. "But still Naru-chan, don't fill the hallways with the stench of blood. I may enjoy it at times, but not all the time."

Before him, leaning against the wall with crossed arms and a small scowl was Mitarashi Anko, Naruto's first and only childhood friend. The girl was around the same height as Naruto, but she was still considered shorter due to her being a few inches shorter than Naruto's height of 4''6''. The girl was the same age as Naruto; 10 years old. Anko had medium length purple hair, enough to make a spiky ponytail behind her head. Her skin was slightly pale. Anko's eyes were a deep chocolate brown color. Her lips were a light pink color. She barely had any fat on her face, shaping her appearance well.

Her clothes were a combination of a long tattered white T-shirt that went down close to her knees and a pair of grey skin-tight short-shorts. She had no socks or shoes, just like Naruto. And through her baggy shirt, even though most can't see it, Anko's chest was already growing in. Right now, her chest size is a simple A Cup, almost going to B size. Overall, she was a beautiful young lady that could feign innocence by being cute.

Anko looked past Naruto and stared at the eaten corpses. She took notice of the splattered blood and bits of flesh against the walls. The purple haired girl sighed and shook her head lightly. "Honestly Naru-chan, you're like an animal when you eat. At least use your hands." She smirked when Naruto pouted. "But Anko-chan," He whined playfully. "You know I like going in face first." Anko giggled and stood up from the wall. "I do know that, but for a lady, sloppy manners aren't much liked." She said, with a snobby accent to add more effect. Naruto began to take a few steps towards her.

"Aw, you know you enjoy seeing me like this." He stated, flashing Anko with his foxy grin. He got closer to Anko, who crossed her arms, puffed out her chest, and held her chin up high. "No I do not." She said firmly, stomping her right foot on the ground at the last word. Naruto's grin got wider because the closer he got, Anko took a few steps back in a playful manner. When Naruto leaped at her, Anko stepped back in the wrong direction on accident, bumping herself against the corridor wall. "Uh oh." She whispered in amusement as Naruto stood in front of her with a large smile, his blood covered fangs glistening in the dim glow of the hallway torches.

"Oh, looks like someone is cornered." He said in a small sing-song tone. Anko shook her head slowly, letting out a few giggles. "Ugh, the sight of blood is revolting." Anko continued with her snobby act. The blonde let out a small growl. "Don't lie. You love it as much as I do." He whispered as he took a step closer to her. Anko acted as if she was trying to slip into the wall by pushing herself against the concrete, hands on both of her sides. Anko shook her head again, this time faster. "Get away from me this instance or else!" Naruto's hand quickly gripped Anko's chin, pulling her face down to his smirking one. Anko smiled as Naruto's voice got lower. "Or what?" The female felt a shudder run down her spinal cord in excitement before reaching out with her arms and wrapping them around Naruto's neck.

"Or else I'll kiss you." Anko said before pushing her face against Naruto's, her clean lips mashed against his bloody ones. Naruto gave a guttural growl before pushing himself against Anko and placing his hands on her waist. At that second, Naruto granted Anko access into his mouth, letting her tongue wrestle with his and feeling the vibrations of her moans from her mouth to his own. Behind him, Naruto's tail curled up before unraveling and swishing across the floor. Naruto felt Anko's left hand grip his blonde locks on the back of his skull.

As the two children went at it, the prisoners in the holding cells scowled in disgust. Sure it was cute when innocent little children did it, but it was horrifying to see a mutated blonde boy full on making out with a sadistic purple haired girl. All of them could tell they were kissing with mouths of blood because of two reasons. 1. They can still smell the foul stench from their cells and 2. The children weren't exactly normal. Each prisoner, all of them knew the relationship between the two kissing children ever since they arrived. It was hard not to when they were a constant reminder every day.

They were the duo who loved each other more than anybody else in this base. They were the duo who protected each other like siblings. They were the duo who arrived with that man and… changed everything. They know their story before they came to the base and they know their story now. How they were two orphans and until coming here, were the best of friends. All the way to now, when they were scared children to sadistic devils who kill for fun.


Xxxx Flashback xxxX

5 Years Ago (Anko's P.O.V)

I hummed lightly as I drew on a slip of paper.

It was recess and all the kids were playing outside. But I wasn't. I was kept inside because I got in trouble for scaring a bully named Kichi by throwing a baby garden snake at him. Sure even I know that throwing any creature, especially a 'scary, slimy, monster of a worm' was bad, but he deserved it. Kichi was being a big meanie and kept taking my rubber ball from me because I was a 'freak' like he said. How would I know that by loving things 5 or 6 year olds fear and hate would automatically name me the 'freak'? Sure, I like things like bugs, books, and even my favorite animal. Snakes. I was even drawing a snake on my paper. It was purple with black diamonds on its back and long sharp fangs. It looked poisonous to adults, but it looked cool to me. If you asked me why I like snakes, I would say 'because they're big and small and strong and dangerous and good at hiding'. I believe they're the greatest type of animals on Earth, but nobody else seems to think so.

I shrugged and went back to drawing. If they're scared of snakes, then they aren't friends on mine. They're all just blind to the magnificent beings called snakes.

While I went back to drawing, he heard some sounds coming from the hallway and getting closer to the door. "Ow, ow, ow, ow!" I think I heard. Did someone get hurt? When the door opened, I saw the teacher, Mrs. Masako, holding a blonde boy by his ear. "Ow! Let me go!" He protested and Mrs. Masako scowled. The red haired woman pulled the boy's ear harder as she dragged him across the room and push him into a corner with a small stool. That was the time out corner.

I already knew who the boy was by the blonde hair and whisker marks. Uzumaki Naruto. He was the only child in the entire orphanage who got the worst treatment out of all of us. He was beaten, yelled at, starved most of the time. I could name a lot more, but I don't even want to think about those. Naruto was the 'demon' of the orphanage as the grownups put it and they even told all the kids to ignore him and hate him. I could understand a bit because he liked to play pranks most of the time. Harmless, but the adults think they're extremely annoying. But I didn't want to hate him if he didn't do anything too bad.

"Now you sit there and think about what you did you little gremlin!" Mrs. Masako scolded as Naruto sat on the time out chair. 'What did he do this time?' I thought. The blonde crossed his arms and he frowned angrily. "I didn't do anything Mrs. Masako! Kichi was picking on me!" Of course, Kichi was the reason Naruto was in trouble. Everyone knew that Kichi was the one who hated Naruto most in our age group. Kichi was the one who got Naruto in trouble more than half the time, even when Naruto did nothing to him.

Like the time Naruto was reading a book alone and Kichi snatched it from him saying 'demons shouldn't learn how to read' and when Naruto snatched it back, Mrs. Masako was always somehow near and caught Naruto. Kichi even pulled a fakey and started crying. "Mrs. Masako, Naruto took my book! Waahh!" From there, Naruto was taken out of reading time and placed on time out every day for a week!

"Kichi-kun has been nothing, but an angel! He told me you punched him because he wouldn't give you the basketball!" Mrs. Masako snapped back.

"That's a lie! I didn't punch him, I pushed him! He took my basket-" Before Naruto could finish, Mrs. Masako gave him a slap across the cheek.

"You don't ever put your hands on someone else! That's it, no dinner tonight and no recess for a month!" Mrs. Masako screamed before turning around on her heels and walking out the door with a huff. I blinked in shock. She slapped him for pushing Kichi!? I looked away from the door and saw Naruto facing the wall, holding his stinging and red left cheek. I saw him twitch a few times and saw tears hit his shorts. I frown and put down my crayon down. I heard Naruto's crying from across the room. I turned my frown into a scowl. This was so unfair!

Why did everyone hate him so much? He's never done anything wrong, but when he does the tiniest mistake, the grownups yell at him and put him in the corner! They'd even beat him in front of others just for reading a book when it wasn't reading time! They called him a demon, but he never seriously damaged anything or anyone. They believe others over him, even when they watched the entire scene. They let off others with a warning when doing something wrong while he gets dinner taken away. I couldn't believe this! He's the nicest boy here and doesn't fight unless provoked, but even so the teachers still think he's evil! What did he do to make them hate him!?

I heard more of his sobbing and let out a sigh. My eyes looked back and forth between Naruto and the windows and doors. There were no teachers or other kids. I had a grin as I stood up and quickly walked over to him. He didn't even notice my shadow or hear my footsteps because of his crying. I let out a small breath before reaching forward and touching his right shoulder with my left hand. I didn't know that suddenly touching him would make him jump and scream in fear before standing up with his hands into fists. I found myself looking into a pair of angry bloodshot eyes.

"H-Hey there…" I began before Naruto growled.

"What do you want!? To hurt me, make fun of me!?" Naruto snapped and I took a step back in case he decided to start swinging.

"Wha-No! I didn't come here to do any of that! I just wanted to talk to you." I said quickly, but Naruto shook his head and took a step back.

"No, you're lying! They always lie!" He screamed in anger and I stared at him, not sure how to calm him down. When I moved forward a bit, Naruto flinched and threw a punch. I got hit in the cheek and fell to the floor. I groaned and held my swelling cheek. "Ow…" Naruto's eyes widened when I had a tear run down the side of my face. The blonde's eyes glowed with worry before he walked around the time-out stool. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" Naruto said quickly. "Please don't tell Mrs. Masako!" He cried and I could tell how scared he was of the teacher through his voice.

'Oh no, I'm in serious trouble now! I never punched anyone before, especially a girl! And her cheeks turning red! Ooh, Mrs. Masako will take away my food for a week!' He thought.

Ouch, I think I bit my tongue from that. I was surprised how fast the punch came. Once second I was standing and the next, I was on the ground crying and holding my cheek. I never cried before. I was always happy or just angry with everyone, but never crying. Getting punched in the face and crying in a total of 20 seconds was so much of a shocker I didn't notice Naruto kneel over me. "Please don't tell Mrs. Masako!" He repeated and I started to blink away my tears. "Oh man, oh man, oh man…!" I heard him mutter and I sat up. He flinched and backed away, looking at me in fear.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

"Shut up already!" I snapped, effectively making him quiet. Sure I was a bit pissed that I was just slugged across the face and I was annoyed at how loud he was, but it wasn't his fault he's scared. I just took a deep breath and reopened my eyes. When I stood back up, I saw Naruto shield himself with his arms, thinking I was about to attack him. I felt my anger rise. Look at what those stupid adults did! They broke him! I took another breath before holding out my hand. Naruto peaked through one eye and saw my hand outstretched towards him. He let his arms lower and blinked. When he stared at me for a few seconds, I saw him hesitate to grab my hand. I rolled my eyes at his paranoia of everything.

When he gulped and took my hand, I hoisted him up. When Naruto was on his feet again, I realized he was taller than me. I sucked my teeth in annoyance. I hated being short!

"So… you're not angry at me?" Naruto said meekly.

"No, why would I be?" I said, taking my hand on my cheek. Naruto flinched when he saw the red spot on my face.

"Well, I p-punched you. Why aren't you running to Mrs. Masako?"

"Because I'm not stupid like the others. You did nothing wrong and were only protecting yourself." I stated.

He looked at me in shock. "Wh-what do you mean?"

"I mean, I don't hate you like everyone else." I admitted, smiling a bit. "You're just misunderstood." I saw Naruto blink in confusion and I realized that saying big words would confuse him. Sigh, being smart is great and all, but it's boring when you're alone. "What does that mean?" Naruto asked dumbly and I sighed. "It means that nobody liked you because they think you're lying all the time." Naruto's head tilted down to the floor in sadness. I put another hand on his shoulder and shook him lightly. "Hey, cheer up. I'm here remember?" Naruto blinked at me. "Why should I? Like you said, everyone hates me and thinks I'm a liar."

"Because," I took a deep breath. "I wanna be your friend."

I felt Naruto go stiff as a board in my grip. His eyes were wide and his mouth was hanging open. It wasn't hard to figure out that his mind completely shut down. I giggled at his expression. Seeing a boy make a face like that after hearing 'I wanna be your friend' was priceless. Suddenly I wished I was old enough to buy a camera. Taking a picture of his face would be the best memory to hold. I mean, wouldn't you agree that seeing Naruto with his jaw hanging open and his eyes staring at you without blinking, would be funny? I do. But I could easily guess that it's not funny for Naruto. I can see that being a child who was abused the first day he arrived in the orphanage with no friends and family to help him would be challenging. And hearing 'I wanna be your friend' only made it even harder.

I waved my hand in front of his face to get his attention. "Earth to Naruto?" The second I stopped talking, Naruto jolted back to reality and blinked. He rubbed his eyes before looking at me once more in shock.

"…R-Really? You, you wanna be my f-f-friend?" Naruto's voice cracked as I saw tears in his eyes. If someone else was in my shoes, they'd most likely get his hopes up and shoot it back down by yelling 'PSYCHE! WHO'D WANNA BE FRIENDS WITH A FREAK!?' If they ever happened, Naruto wouldn't even be here. He'd be so antisocial and stay in his room the entire day or even worse. Kill himself.

I snapped myself from that horrible prediction and held out my hand again. I smiled. "Of course." I saw Naruto bite his lower lip and quiver. Tears fell from his eyes and he hiccupped. My smile got smaller from being a bit nervous. "So is that a y-" Before I could finish my sentence, I was forcibly pulled into a hug by a crying Naruto. "Y-YES! (Hiccup!) YES!" Naruto sobbed into my shoulder as he practically crushed my in his grip. I didn't have any doubt that his reaction would be extreme, but crushing me in a bear hug wasn't one of them. I mostly thought he'd pass out from shock, yell at me and call me a liar, or start crying in a ball on the floor.

I pulled my arms from between our stomachs and patted his back awkwardly. "Uh… there, there…" I whispered with a chuckle. I felt Naruto's tears go through my shirt. "Uh, so… why don't we introduce ourselves?" I suggested and Naruto's sobbing slowed down before the blonde pulled away from the hug. "What does that mean?" Again, forgot he doesn't know everything. Stupid teachers! "It means we tell each our names, what we like, dislike…?" I hinted and Naruto perked up. I saw him smile and use his arm to wipe away the tears and snot.

"Uh, my name is Uzumaki Naruto! I like reading, ramen, and you!" I blushed. "And I hate Mrs. Masako, Kichi, and everyone else!" Naruto explained.

I smiled. "Mitarashi Anko. I like reading and snakes and I hate Mrs. Masako, too." Naruto blinked at me with a grin.

"You like snakes? Me too!" Oh yeah, this is gonna work out juuuust fine.


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