Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, it hurts to say it every time...

Chapter 3

The hospital room filled with blinding light, and as quickly as it appeared, it vanished. Slowly blinking his eyes, Naruto's sight finally came back to him as he searched the room checking to see if anything was wrong. The room looked no different than before, everything was exactly the same except Tsunade was also still recovering from the light.

"Tsunade no baa-chan, what happened," Naruto asked, turning his head to her, giving her a puzzled look.

For once, Tsunade could not give the boy an answer. "I don't know Naruto, something like this has never happened before...," she said wearily as she rubbed her temples. "Nothing seems out of place...but then, what was that light just now?" she thought.

Naruto walked back over to Anko's bed, and gave a sharp gasp. "Baa-chan? How old is Anko-san," he asked the Hokage in a hesitant voice.

Tsunade just glared at him for a bit, then sternly said, "Naruto-kun, you know that is very rude to ask, especially about a woman. Why do you want to know?"

Naruto stepped away from Anko's bed to reveal what he had seen. Tsunade's brown eyes went wide. "This is impossible! How could this happen," she thought as she began to think of a logical explanation for what she was seeing. In the bed, where there was formerly a grown woman, was now a 13 year old girl! Tsunade turned to leave, "Naruto, stay here with Anko until I can retrieve Shizune and give an analysis. I will tell the ANBU outside to not allow anyone else in." The door closed, and silence reigned over the room. The only sound that could be heard was the soft breathing of a now very young Mitarashi Anko.

Taking a seat next to her bed, Naruto took another look at the new Anko. Her hair was still the same, short, messy, dark purple, and tied in the back. Her skin was noticeably smoother than before and she did not have the signs of age or stress from missions anymore. Naruto simply watched for a few minutes before Kyuubi interrupted his thoughts.

"Heh, so my Kit has finally taken an interest in women..." Kyuubi inwardly grinned, knowing just the right way to push Naruto's buttons.

"What? I do not, stupid fox," Naruto shouted at the demon.

"Oh, so it's the other way around...it all makes sense now...," Kyuubi joked, loving the expression that his Kit had afterwards.

"GRRR...FINE, I DO LIKE WOMEN," he shouted before instantly covering up his mouth. "Damn, I forgot to think it instead of say it," he cursed while looking over at Anko, hoping he had not woken her up. Meanwhile, Kyuubi was laughing his ass off after getting his Kit to yell out loud. He then went back into his cell to enjoy a nice nap.

Unfortunately for the young Genin, the crazy kunoichi had been woken up by such a loud shout to her ear. "That is definitely a good thing to know Naruto-kun, I was beginning to wonder if youdid or not...," Anko said teasingly. She was leaning on an elbow, looking at Naruto with her dark brown eyes full of something Naruto didn't quite understand.

Naruto simply blushed and smiled at Anko, saying, "Yo Anko-san, how are you feeling?"

"I feel fine Naruto-kun, why do you ask? Were you worried about poor me," Anko said in a childish tone while pouting with big, wide eyes.

"Wow, Anko-san looks cute like that...," was the only thought that went through the boy's mind. "Uhhh, Anko-san, to tell you the truth I was worried about you after I saw how badly you were injured," Anko gave a warm smile after hearing that. "But are you sure you feel alright," Naruto asked in a concerned tone.

"Okay, this is getting weird, first the kid is shouting he likes women, now he is making sure I am alright, something happened, but what?" Anko thought hard, then she noticed she felt more energetic than usual. She then looked down at her hands and saw they were smaller than usual... The first thought that went through her head was, "I need to stop drinking so much...but wait, is this a dream," she pinched her arm feeling the sharp bite of pain. "No, not dreaming," she muttered.

As he sat there watching Anko discover what had happened to her on her own, Naruto silently hoped that she would not start screaming after figuring out that she had been reduced back to a 13 year old girl again. Anko quickly looked under the sheets, and everything finally seemed to dawn on her. Her face became blank as she stared at the boy who had woken her. She then let loose a scream that could be heard all the way in Suna.

A/N: Hey everybody, in this chapter I tried to get the ball rolling and begin the actual plot that I had envisioned. Things should start picking up soon as Anko adjusts to her new self, and Naruto begins to learn more about what happened during her mission. Next chapter should have an appearance by the rest of the gang as well, including Hinata who is still attempting to get up the nerve to tell Naruto her true feelings. As always, R&R people! Later, - Kuldain