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Anko was having a fit over a child she barely knew. She went through a multitude of emotions in a very short amount of time and it was wearing her out.

First she was worried for Naruto, the boy looked like he had hardly any meat on him to protect his bones, along with how badly beaten he looked. Then, she was angry. "The Villagers went way to fucking far this time!" She yelled to no one in particular as she waited on Naruto outside the operation room. She was also frustrated that she couldn't do anything for him right now, upset that he had to put up with this at such a young age, and confused because she didn't know why she cared so much.

'Maybe it's because I can relate' Anko thought to herself. Anko had once been a missing Nin with a Man called "Orochimaru" She didn't remember anything of her time with orochimaru except for when he left her in a shack with the cursed seal eating away at her. After that, she woke up back in konoha, being interrogated for what she remembered. She told them what she knew, and the hokage ended up letting her stay in the village. And the villagers treated her like a traitor, calling her things like "bitch" and spitting on her whenever they got the chance.

Anko shivered. 'No one deserves that kind of childhood.'

The light above Naruto's room went out and Anko looked up to see one of the nurse's walking out with a slight smile on her face. "He's fine" She said. And Anko let out a huge sigh of relief. "I'm sorry to say we weren't able to do anything for his eyes, but after a nights rest he'll be fine. The nurse said. Anko nodded her thanks and then made up her mind to go see the hokage.

Anko walked down the main street towards Hokage tower. It was now late in the afternoon, and few people were outside, so she made it to the tower quickly. She walked into the tower and up the stairs to right outside the Hokage's door. She rapped her knuckles on the door a few times. "Come in". The thirds voice mumbled.

Anko stepped into the office and gave a small bow. "Third." Anko said, trying to sound respectful.

"Hello Anko, what brings you to my office?" The third asked.

"I don't know if you've heard or not, but I found a young boy earlier today, Naruto Uzumaki." " He was badly beaten and it looks like he's been living on the streets all his life." Anko stated.

The third sat back into his chair and rubbed his eyes. "Yes Anko, I've heard, and I've known about the boy for awhile now."

Anko couldn't hold back an outburst of anger as she yelled: "YOU'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT!" The thirl looked at her perplexed and asked her to calm down.

"Please Anko, calm yourself, it isnt that I have neglected to help him, it's that I can't help him." The third stated calmly. Anko seemed to calm down a little at this.

"You see, the orphanage won't take him in, and no one will even rent out an apartment for the young boy, so I can't do anything about him being homless."

"But you're the Hokage!" Anko said desperately. "Make someone rent him an apartment!"

"Anko I can not do that, I can't foce them to do something they don't wan't to do, it would be like forcing a store owner to give me free food because im the hokage. The third said.

Anko looked down at her feet as she tried to think of something to do. She hadn't really thought about it that way. Then she had an idea. "He can come live with me. She said. The Third smiled at this, having hoped that she might make the offer.

"Are you sure you want to do that?" The hokage asked. "Five year olds can be a lot of trouble" He chuckled. Anko smiled and said. "Yeah, I'm sure I can handle anything he throws my way, but... Anko said trailing off."Why does everyone hate him so much?" Anko asked. "What has he done to be treated so badly?"

The Third sat back and rubbed his temples. "Well, sense your taking him in, I suppose you have the right to know." He said, trying to think of where to begin. "Anko, you remember when the kyuubi attacked the village five years ago?" It was more of a statement than a question, how could anyone forget that? So Anko just nodded.

"Well, the story goes that the Fourth Hokage defeated and killed the kyuubi in battle, but that is only half of the truth." the Hokage said. "You see, mortals like us can not, truly kill a demon, so it was impossible for the Fourth to kill it, however, he was able to seal the kyuubi away.

Anko thought for a moment, wondering why she hadn't heard this before now. 'So what? He sealed it away, we don't have to worry about it anymore, so why tell a lie and say he killed it?' Anko thought to herself. " So...what did he seal it in" Anko asked.

The Third leaned forward in his chair and said. "He sealed it in his only newborn son, Uzumaki Naruto. The Third said solemnly. Anko sat there for a minute, with her mouth slightly agape, before it clicked. 'That's why they haven't told any of the younger crowd like me, the adults know and treat him horribly, if the children knew too, then he wouldn't even have a life, not that he has much of one as it is.

"I see." Anko said. "So that's why the adults treat him like trash." Anko said. The Third nodded with a grimace on his face. "Yes, the villagers have been very shortsighted in this matter, they think that he is the actual demon." The Third said, shaking his head.

Anko stood up out of her chair and bowed. "Thank you Third, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get Naruto from the hospital and take him home." she said. "I'll go with you if you give me a minute to get my coat, I would like to talk to Naruto anyway." The Third said, not really giving her a chance to agree as he got up and got his coat.

The two left the tower and went straight to the hospital, it was now almost dusk, and they had been talking for a few hours. Upon entering the hospital the Third asked to see Naruto. A nurse led him and Anko down away from the front desk towards Naruto's room. As they made there way back the Nurse and Anko nearly jumped out of there skin as they heard someone shriek in pain.

Anko already knew it was Naruto, and feared one of the villagers ahd snuck in through a window to kill him. She ran past the nurse and the hokage, following the screams to a door in the east wing. She came to the door right as the screaming stopped. Anko grabbed the handle, pushed the door open and was bewildered at what she saw... (Don't ya just hate cliffhangers?)

Small authors note- some of you may have noticed that I haven't described any of the characters other than Naruto yet, I haven't forgotten about it, and I'm not being lazy, I was waiting for a specific event that's most likely going to take place in the next chapter, so, sit tight till then. And I know this was a slow chapter, but I promise I'll make up for it with the next chapter.