SUMMARY: They deal with the fallout. The Senseis discover just how strong the three are.
The three don't know what to do.
What can they do?
Ru gapes at the woman he's pinned down and Re releases Anko.
Anko compliments the two of them on their takedowns but it's clear that something else is on their minds.
Ra comes up from where she was crouched behind them.
Neither Kurenai or Anko make a move.
It is not the time.
Anko was wrong.
She doesn't say that often.
She'd rather not beat the three up and it be something small than this, this mess they've found themselves in.
The worst part is, it's not like she can really do anything.
Her or Kurenai can't take the brats in.
Much as she loathes to admit it, she's impressed.
Because it's the only way for the three to survive.
That doesn't mean she has to like it.
The three don't know what to do.
What are you mean to do when some people you were coming to like catch you doing something they won't like and that is pretty serious and that you've kept from them for a while?
None of them believe it will be okay.
They've always managed to delude themselves before but what are they meant to do with this?
They got attached and now it's going to bite them.
They know it.
The question is how badly?
Any way, they'll face it together.
Even if they can't be Shinobi, even if Anko and Kurenai never want to see them again, even if they tell everyone, they have each other.
And that will never change.
Kurenai knows she is in shock.
Her Genin, that she's supposed to teach, to look after, are here.
In the worst part of town.
Maybe she always knew subconsciously.
She knew something was wrong and she didn't do anything!
Why?
They're her Genin.
She can't keep the images of perverts and other disgusting people violating them out of her mind.
Can't stop thinking about their flinches.
Their need to be together.
She remembers Sumire telling her about their financial difficulties and laughs bitterly.
The girl didn't even lie.
Just let her draw her own conclusions.
Perhaps she should feel upset at them for keeping this from her but all she feels is sadness.
Resignation.
Because the truth is her Genin don't need her.
They want her but she hasn't shown them that it's reciprocated.
She's never done anything for them.
The world messed up and she turned a blind eye.
They deserve a better sensei.
She doesn't know what to do.
First, they eat.
Then the three will deal with everything that follows.
Food is commonly used for apologies so maybe Anko and Kurenai will understand?
They doubt it.
Re and Ru go off to hunt dinner.
Ra leads her shellshocked Senseis through several passages until they reach the place she lives.
It's not much but when they found a dilapidated roof with a tree right next to it, they immediately declared it home.
It's not too cold at night and they've been collecting feathers and fur to form a makeshift blanket. It's a slow process but it's working.
They found some metal to make a makeshift fire in.
They have one bowl they stole which they cook in.
Water is collected from a nearby stream and boiled. They made the lucky discovery of quite a big round dish that they use for that.
They use Naruto's apartment for washing but that's it.
This is their home.
Their home that Anko and Kurenai are in .
Ra turns away from them.
She can't bear to see their expressions right now.
She can't.
Ru returns with a crow.
Ra smiles approvingly.
They can use the feathers.
Re returns soon after bearing a fat rat and some plants for herself.
She will eat bird or crow but she prefers not to.
Ra smiles again, the fur will come in handy.
The bones will go to some structure - what ever they want.
They're bone cutlery is solid enough for now.
They still can't look at their Senseis.
Rat tastes better than crow - so their Senseis will get that.
Ru has plucked and skinned the crow.
Re hands her the skinned rat.
She puts them both for roasting.
Re triumphantly pulls out a little pot, adds some water and holds it above the fire.
That is good.
They have a new container to store things in.
Ra tries not to think about what they should do next.
Maybe Kurenai hasn't really done anything for her Genin.
It doesn't mean she can't try from now on.
They'll never fit in the shoeboxes of apartments she and Anko have been gifted for bring Jounin.
The roof and the bit of tree the three share is bigger.
She watches the three prepare the food with the skill only learned through experience.
She doesn't recoil when she and Anko are offered two halves of a rat.
She cannot.
Her Gennin are staring at them with tentative smiles and hopeful eyes so how could she possibly say no?
It is better than she expected.
She says so.
Naruto rambles on about it being tastier than crow.
Sumire chips in.
Apparently rat is a delicacy in some places.
Sakura elbows them both and tells them that they heard that some people apologised by food and that they didn't want to hurt them.
Kurenai's Genin look so ready for rejection but hopeful and she has to stop herself from doing something impulsive.
Anko has no such reservations. Blunt as always she tells them that her and Kurenai are hurt but they understand.
Kurenai verbally agrees.
Her Genin are smart and know how to take care of themselves.
They don't need her.
But they want her and she wants them back.
Kurenai is not good enough.
But she will be.
There are five of them.
In the Red Light District, there is a roof.
A purplette, a pinkette, a blond, a bluenette and a blackette live there.
It is cheaper than an apartment.
Maybe if they save they can find a place to stay together.
Perhaps if they take a C-Rank?
The three children decide they'll deal with it in the morning and go to bed.
Anko watches them for a bit then shrugs.
They'll deal with the details later.
Kurenai is the last one to sleep: making plans takes time.