Disclaimer: I really want to own Naruto, but alas, I don't
The characters may be out of character, but who really cares?
Naruto sat down in a nearby chair. He thought a bit about the mission that lay ahead. He also thought about why he had agreed. He could've just as easily said no and left, even if it meant fighting against his friends. But he also knew that he really couldn't do anything but be a ninja, or sign up to be an Anbu. But for some reason, he never trusted the Anbu. He leaned his head back and started to drift asleep, he had five days left to find two people willing to go with him on the mission. So far the people he's asked have refused. There were really only four people he hadn't asked yet. But he was sure that Sasuke wouldn't go, leaving three. There was a knock at the door of the room. He got up and walked to the door and it opened when he reached for the door. Hinata stood there looking him in the eyes.
"I was wondering if you found the two people to accompany you on your mission." Naruto groaned and sat back down,
"I've asked everyone here, and they all said they wouldn't go. It's starting to get really frustrating."
"Well, you haven't asked everyone, I'm pretty sure there are a couple of people around here you' be willing to go on the mission."
"What about you?" Naruto asked looking at Hinata. She thought it over for a few minutes and looked at him,
"If you can only find one willing person, I'll fill the other spot, but if you can find two people, I'd rather stay." Naruto nodded, with that said, there was only two people to ask.
"I guess I have to ask the last two people tomorrow then, for now, I'm going to try to sleep." Hinata nodded and stood up,
"I'll see you later then Naruto."
"Bye Hinata." With that she left and he drifted to sleep once again.
Sasuke was beginning to grow irritated with Anko's complaining.
"I thought I was going to be your second in command Sasuke." Sasuke chuckled and turned to face her,
"There are very few people in the world as strong as me. Really only three. They are my brother, Orochimaru, and Naruto. And since I hate my brother, and Orochimaru is dead, that leaves Naruto. Besides, we can't risk losing him to the Anbu, which would be a heavy thorn in my side. With him on their side, they could probably be able to stop us, not destroy, but at least stop our plans." Anko still looked unconvinced.
"But matters isn't the power a person has, it is their ability as a leader. An we both know that I far surpass Naruto there."
"I'm starting to bore of your complaints, I chose Naruto because I believe that he can bring the ninja to us, more of a morale booster than a leader. This is going to be long and bloody, without something to untie the ninja it will fall apart, Naruto has a way of making people more vivid in their actions, more willing to press on no matter what the obstacles are." Anko was getting angrier,
"I'm not going to sit here, and let that pipsqueak go running around just to spread morale, we need leaders not mascots." Sasuke looked over at Anko,
"If that's the way you feel about my decisions, then your level will change. You are no loner an adviser, you are back to being a foot soldier. Now leave my quarters until I call upon you for a mission." Anko stared at Sasuke with a look of pure rage. She stormed from his quarters and continued until she found Naruto's quarters. He slammed the door opened and Naruto fell out his chair in shock.
"I'm going with you on your mission. No ifs, ands, or buts about it." Naruto looked up at her and nodded, she slammed his door shut and left to find herself a room.
Naruto was still confused about what had happened the night before, but didn't do anything about it. At the moment he was focused on finding the second person for his mission. He had asked everyone, except Kiba. The true reason he put off asking Kiba, was because he had a small feeling in his stomach that Kiba wanted to kill him. He opened the door leading outside of the small building and walked outside, he looked around and saw Kiba and Akamaru walking off towards the town. Naruto jogged after them.
"Hey Kiba, can I ask you a question?"
"What do you want?" Kiba asked as he kept walking.
"I need a second person to go with me on the mission for Sasuke." Kiba stopped walking,
"Who else is going?"
"Well, last night Anko burst into my room, and told me she was going." Kiba stopped and stared at Naruto,
"Anko? She usually doesn't volunteer to leave Sasuke."
"Well, she told me she was going, so I just nodded." Kiba sighed,
"If you don't have anyone else, I guess I can lend you a hand, but if anything goes wrong, I will have to kill you, I will not let Sasuke kill me or Akamaru." Naruto nodded, now that he had the two people t accompany him, all he had to do was wait for Sasuke to tell him what the mission was.
There was one day until the mission, and the tension between Anko and Sasuke was putting everyone on edge. Nobody said anything, or did anything, more rather they tried to avoid being with the two in the same room. It wasn't that the tension was form both of them, more that Anko was seemingly always pissed off. As the day passed, Anko was sitting on the roof of the building staring at the dark clouds as the endless snow flurried around her. She turned her head to see Kiba walking over to her.
"Hey, why do you want to go with Naruto?" He asked as he sat next to her. Anko sighed and looked at Kiba,
"I want to get away from Sasuke, but you know that unless ordered to go somewhere, we have to stay where we are, or our movements may be noticed." Kiba nodded,
"What happened between you to anyway?" he asked as they sat there.
"I was trying t figure out why he put Naruto as the second in command, when there are more qualified people to fill the position." Kiba laughed,
"You mean you argued that you would be a better choice than Naruto." Anko shrugged,
"Call it what you want, I was right. But the reason I want to leave here, is because I found out what Sasuke is really like, I thought that he wasn't just cold cruel person but a leader who knew how to push hie troops. Though, I found out he's just cold and cruel." Kiba nodded,
"Any one of us could have told you that. Not trying to be mean, but that's how he has been all the time, though there where rare moments when he showed some kind of caring emotion for someone. Only if it was life or death that is." Anko sighed,
"Well, tomorrow is the day of the mission, knowing Sasuke, it's probably a part of some elaborate plan. Btu knowing Naruto, he'll probably screw it up grandly. But, with us going with him, we might stand a chance."
"Yeah, we might die quick and painless, maybe succeed if we're lucky too." Anko laughed and Kiba stood up and brushed the snow off of his pants.
"I'm going to go inside where it's warm, care to join me?" Anko nodded and stood up, brushing the snow off of her. She followed Kiba into the building and to his room. They both walked in, laughing to themselves as Kiba shut the door behind him.