As Naruto and Yoruichi, in her snake from around Narutos neck, were heading towards the academy, Naruto sighed. Today was the day. The start of his life as a ninja.
He raised his hand and touched his new eye plate. On the way home the night before, he'd used a special metal-bending jutsu and reformed the headband to fit over his eyes and the top of his nose. He'd engraved two coiled snakes facing the leaf symbol on it.
While reforming the plate of the headband he'd been reminded of why he wore blindfolds.
"Remember Naruto. A snake must be completely at ease when fighting blind as our speed makes it hard to see and, when lying in wait, you can't always see your prey, or predator. Also, now that your eyes have slits like a snake, it would do well not to show them. The ignorant in the village already view you as a demon. If you start to resemble Orochimaru, they will be all the more adamant in trying to kill you." Then Nacondas paused, and chuckled. "Plus, it may be funny to see the looks on an enemies face when you get serious and remove your blindfold. I know it limits you so you can't use more of our hypnotic and fear based jutsu, but those are signature moves of our clan. Use them if you absolutely need to, but wait until you are stronger to use them freely" That had been Nacondas' warning and wisdom years ago when he'd altered Narutos' eyes. Naruto had experimented in secret with a few animals and found that, if they were weak enough, he could scare them…to death. So, Naruto put up a genjutsu over his eyes to make them normal while he wore the blindfold. It was just part of the act.
Now though, he was unleashed from his restrictions.
Yoruichi smiled her serpentine smile as she looked at Naruto. He was finally being himself in public.
As Naruto made it to the academy, He stopped just outside the door. He lowered his head a little. "Ready, Hebi-hime?" He asked with a smile.
Yoruichi, in snake form still, smiled her snake smile. "Always, snake charmer."
Then, Naruto opened the door, and entered.
The room went silent. They were all still stunned at this new "true" Naruto.
Sakura wisely, FOR ONCE, kept her mouth shut. (Miracles do happen!)
Sasuke eyed Naruto with his usual bored glare, but there was a hint of inquisition in his eyes.
Everyone else just looked at him and kept quiet.
Hinata looked worried and Kiba, noticing, put his arm around his long time friend.
(Naruto acts the same in those years, but never lets anyone see him train, so Hinata never saw him train the first time or followed him and started stalking him. For NaruxHinata fans, sorry, He'll be paired with older women and another bleach girl. But at least I gave her a non-pervert Kiba.)
As Naruto sat in the back row, he crossed his arms and waited.
Everything went about as expected. The ino-shika-cho group lives again, Kiba, Hinata, and Shino are a tracking team, And the Uchiha, Haruno, and some pale creepy guy obsessed with referring to male genitalia were the assault group.
After Iruka finished with everyone else, Sakura noticed something and voiced her opinion. "Iruka-sensei?"
He looked at her. "Yes Sakura?"
"What about Naruto-ba…I mean, Naruto. He's the only one left and he doesn't have a team?" She asked.
"I was getting to that Sakura." Iruka said with sigh. "Naruto is being placed with a jounin alone. Like you and your sensei, his have specific qualities that will help him grow and make a good team, even if it is just a two-man cell." Iruka explained. Then, as he was about to ready off the name…a black ball crashes through the window.
It unrolls and kunai stick it to the wall to show a huge banner that reads: THE GREAT AND SEXY, ANKO MITARASHI!"
The class was stunned. The women half was stunned at the entrance and daring of her mostly fishnet clothing, while the male half were either out with nosebleeds, drooling, or having a mental shutdown.
"Iruka sweat-dropped and coughed. "Anko, You're early."
She blushed and sweat-dropped before standing up straight with her right hand scratching behind her head as she smiled weakly. "Oops."
Half the class fell down, while Naruto and Yoruichi smirked.
Iruka sighed. It was just one of those days. "Naruto, your sensei is Anko."
Naruto nodded and walked up to Anko. "I hope to meet your expectations and your approval, Anko-sensei." Naruto said with a bow.
Anko smirked we'll see. Now, lets go!" She yelled as she leapt out the window. Naruto tilted his head to the side and shrugged. He then leapt after her.
Everyone could only think one thing. "What kind of team are they gonna be?"
Anko lead Naruto to the forest of death. Once there, she took him to the tower and up to the fighting ring with the giant hands in a hand-sign pose.
She waited for Naruto to join her in the middle of the ring and…lunged at him.
She tackled him to the ground and hugged him like a boa hugs a mouse.
"Naru-kun! We did it! Ha, we're on the same team!" she cooed.
"Yes, yes Anko-chan. I know. I'm glad too." He said as he sat up and moved her to sit on his lap.
Anko smirked and then pulled Narutos' face to her and kissed him deeply.
Naruto smiled into the kiss as he remembered when he'd first met the Snake mistress.
(Flash back)
It was a warm night two years ago and Naruto, having dropped his disguise for training and going out tonight, was leaping from rooftop to rooftop, looking for a good place to practice. Yoruichi was back at home. She'd been exhausted after training the day before and decided to take a day or two to rest.
As Naruto was about to leap to another roof, he heard faint grunts and sounds of pain.
He looked down into an alley and says something that made his blood boil. There were six men at the alleys' entrance, blocking it off, and they appeared to be jounin. Further in the alley were two women. One with wine red eyes and another with short purple hair.
Naruto listened in as the men approached. He noticed the women looked like ninja, but seemed off.
"Well, Well, Well. Look here boys. It's the two hottest and most elusive pieces of ass in all of the leaf village." They all snickered. "Oh, what's wrong? Feeling dizzy. Well, the drugs I slipped into your sake and dango will do that is suppose. Don't worry, we'll make you feel better." The man had a sick expression on his face as he and his friends came closer.
Naruto saw the two women were weakened and couldn't fight back. He'd seen enough.
He jumped down between the two. He was nearly as tall as the women, due to his growth spurt, and looked at the men with his blindfold-covered eyes. "I cannot allow you to defile pure leaf maidens like this, vermin." The young man said.
The men were surprised and annoyed. Anko and Kurenai were surprised, and flattered. They blushed at his proclamation.
"What pure maidens? All I see is sex meat in bandages and fishnet wrappings. Now go away boy or we will hurt you!" The man yelled.
Naruto shook his head and removed his blindfold. His eyes were closed as he lifted his head back up. Then, without a second to spare, his eyes flashed open, and the three jounin fell to their knees.
The two Kunoichi were surprised at this. "Who is this guy?"
Naruto had activated his eye jutsu called "Snakes' Den/ Fear Gaze". It made whomever it caught, in a similar genjutsu like Tsukuyomi. Except you were in a snake's underground den with a giant blue-eyed snake and your worst fears were gathering around the serpent and marching towards you.
The men were so terrified that they couldn't even scream. Finally, when Naruto released the genjutsu, they fell down unconscious.
Naruto turned to the woman and the gasped. His eyes were slitted, but cerulean blue. They vaguely reminded one of Orochimaru, but where the snake sannin's eyes held cold hunger, this guys' eyes held warmth and comfort.
"You are safe now." Naruto said as he waked towards them.
"W-Who are you?" Kurenai asked.
Naruto thought for a second. "I am…the snake hidden in the leaves." He then made two shadow clones that picked up the two women and took them to the hospital to get checked out. Once they were dropped off, Narutos' clones dispelled and Naruto continued on his was.
Meanwhile…
Anko and Kurenai were talking about this strange young man.
Anko vowed to find him and either thank him, or test his skills.
After almost a week she found him while he was in the forest of death. She came upon him as he summoned…a snake as big as Manda!
Anko was ready. If this guy had the snake contract then…Orochimaru was involved.
She listened in on the young man and the snake.
"Nacondas-sama." The man said.
Nacondas? Anko had never heard of him before.
"Hello Naruto." The huge summon said.
Another shocker for Anko. Hers and Kurenais' savior was the Kyuubi container?
"So, Nacondas-sama, what will I be learning tonight?" Naruto asked.
"Tonight, I will teach you "armored scale skin" and "grass growth" These will offer protection and hide you from enemies. Then, after you have mastered these jutsu, I will teach you how to wield the Kage Kusanagi. You must be proficient in it to stand a chance at killing Orochimaru." The huge summons said.
Anko was shocked. "They want to…kill Orochimaru? But why would a snake summons want to kill their contract holder?"Anko thought.
"I understand Nacondas-sama. Don't worry, as soon as I am strong enough, I will kill the traitorous snake bastard and his tyrant worm Manda. I will free you and the rest of your clan so that the snake contract will come back to the hidden leaf village and be a respected clan once. More." Naruto said with certainty.
Nacondas smiled his serpent smile. "Thank you, Naruto."
Anko didn't know what to think. The snake summons…hated Orochimaru and Manda? They wanted to come back and be a respected clan again? Was this real?
She decided to test it. She walked out towards them.
"Good to see you again, pure maiden." Naruto said as he turned his blindfold-covered eyes to Anko. She blushed.
"Damn he sounds so HOT when he talks like that!" She thought as she approached.
