"Normal speech"
'Normal thoughts'
"Demon/Summon speech"
'Demon/Inner Sakura/Summon thoughts'
"Jutsu name"
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flashback/memory
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Before I get to the reviews I want to say that I have rewritten chapter 1, 3, and 4. Not any real changes I just changed the whole mob aspect into a different event. Chapter 1 is where it is most notable, chapter 3 and 4 are just some word changes to be consistent with the change. Thanks to everyone who gave me ideas. If you want, let me know what you think in a review
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Chapter 55: Starting to heal
"Come on it's time to wake up now Asa."
Asa didn't wanna wake up as she just buried her face deeper into Anko's breasts."hrrmmm"
Anko looked down at the little girl that was sleeping on top of her. This is how they had been sleeping ever since she and Naruto brought the little girl back and had Asa stay with her. Ever since Asa came into her life she had to make changes in order to be a somewhat good role model for the little girl. This being one of them. She no longer slept in the nude. She had to buy a pair of conservative pajamas that she could wear and be comfortable. Speaking of buying she needed to get to work for the first time since she came back. "Come on Asa, if you get up and ready, we can get to woofy faster."
This piece of info woke up the little girl fast as she looked up at Anko with excitement in her eyes "really?"
Anko chuckled at how quick the little girl was to wake up at the nickname that she had given Naruto. Nodding, she patted Asa on the head gently "yep. Now come on, we need to get cleaned up and eat something so we can find Woofy."
Asa got off Anko and began tugging the woman by the hand as if she was the one taking her time waking up. "Come on come on!"
Anko couldn't help but smile at how Asa acted at times like this. "Ok, ok, I'm coming." she got p and let Asa drag her to the bathroom so they could brush their teeth and take a bath.
After Anko made sure that the little girl was clean and ready, she got dressed in a baggy shirt, pants, and trademark trench coat. She packed up two bags; One for Asa and one for herself. Once she saw that Asa was dressed in an outfit consisting of a white shirt, tan jacket, and a pair of orange shorts, that reminded her of her usual attire, she picked the little girl and left her apartment.
Anko was walking the streets of Konoha, with Asa in her arms, looking for the blonde-haired boy since she couldn't find him in his usual spot of Ichiraku or the training field. She needed to find him quickly so she could get to work fast. She was given time off so that she could take care of Asa but this caused several problems. Namely monetary problems. Since she hadn't been to work in a while, she wasn't paid at all. She was able to get by using the money she had saved up over the years but it was dwindling fast. This caused her plans to come to a halt. She had planned on finding a better place to live since the apartment she was in, was not meant for two people even if one of them is a little girl. With her money disappearing, she had to get back to work, and to do this she needed to find the only other person that Asa was comfortable with. Speaking of Asa
Asa was burying her face into Anko's breasts as she trembled in fear at the abundance of people. On occasion, she would peak at where they were but at seeing others, she would bury her face again and grab Anko's coat to cover herself.
Anko felt both a little happy and sad at this little display. The sadness was because the little girl was still traumatized at the event and was afraid of everyone around her, while the happiness was because the little girl trusted her so much. It felt nice to have someone trust you to the point of seeking you out for protection but she hated the fact that Asa was like this. If this kept going Asa wouldn't be able to make any friends and start trusting people anymore. This was something that she needed to help Asa with but at the moment she didn't have time for that. She looked around hoping to see a speck of blonde and orange and fortunately, she saw him.
Naruto was on his way to the Hokage tower as he was called for a mission by the Hokage. He wasn't in a rush since the summon wasn't urgent so he assumed that it was a simple mission.
"Hey, Naruto!"
Naruto stopped when he heard his name being called and looked to his left to see Anko running towards him. He waited for her to approach him before giving a greeting "good morning Anko-nee-chan."
And the sound of his voice Asa peeked out of Anko's coat to see the boy "WOOFY!" she jumped out of Anko's arms and into Naruto's
Naruto's quick reflexes allowed him to catch the little girl "Woah! Asa-chan! It's been a while."
Asa looked up at his face with a cute pout before she hit him in the chest with her little fist "you meanie! You go away and not see me!"
Naruto chuckled at how cute the little girl was "sorry Asa-chan." he then looked to Anko who was smiling at them "so what's up Anko-nee-chan?"
Anko shook off her smile before she spoke "I need you to look after Asa for me while I head over to do my job."
Naruto tilted his head at this "why me? Can't you have someone else babysit?" he wasn't asking because although he wasn't fond of babysitting, this was someone he knew and would gladly do it. He was just confused at why he was the one being asked to do this
Anko shook her head "Asa doesn't trust anyone and is afraid of anyone she doesn't know. Out of this entire village, she only trusts you and me." she clamped her hands together as if praying as she begged, "I need you to watch her for me please!"
Naruto looked down at the little girl as he could feel the fear coming from the little girl and he saw that she was trembling a bit when a group of people walked past them. He rubbed her head a bit before looking at Anko "no problem. I was heading to the tower to report for a mission but I don't think Baa-chan will be too mad at me if I tell her that I won't be able to."
Anko lifted her head with a smile "great!" she then dug in her pocket to pull out a folded piece of paper before handing it to him. "Here."
Naruto took the piece of paper with his free hand as he lowered the little girl to the ground so he could open it and see what it is.
Asa hugged his leg and buried her face in his hip.
Naruto patted her on the head before opening the paper. It turned out to be a schedule
Anko began to speak when Naruto opened the piece of paper "it's a schedule for Asa during the day." she then began listing them off " she has her snack time at 11:45 AM. She has that in a little bag that's labeled with the time. After her snack, she will want to play with you. After that, she should be ready for a nap at 12:50 PM if not then she can play a bit more until she is ready for that nap. It should last about an hour. When she wakes up she will want to spend some time outside but don't take her somewhere too crowded. She likes the park across the street from 'a Wind's Market' over in district 4. Play with her so she isn't alone. She should be eating dinner at 5 PM and NO RAMEN!"
Naruto leaned back as Anko leaned into his face. He nodded his head to show he understood: No ramen.
Anko straightened up again as she continued "good. If you can't make dinner then you should order item 3 from the kid's menu from 'Yaki-Q'. Make sure she eats all her vegetables. If you let her watch TV then nothing heavy….speaking of which keep her away from all forms of weaponry. Also… "
Naruto stood there listening to Nako list off a few more things that weren't really on the list. '...she really has gotten into the mode of a mother.' Naruto couldn't help but smile at this since it looked like Anko was enjoying the role even if he knew that she hasn't really accepted it yet. At least as far as she knows.
After Anko finished giving Naruto the rundown on the dos and don'ts of taking care of Asa, she gave him the second bag she held and they went off towards where they needed to be. Naruto made a clone and sent it to the tower before he carried Asa back to his home.
~Anko~
Anko made it to the T&I building and walked past several of her coworkers who were surprised to see her back. She waved at everyone she passed as they said they were glad she was back since she was one of the best interrogators they had. She made it to Ibiki's office to see the man going over some confession papers.
Ibiki looked up from his work to see Anko and couldn't help but quirk an eyebrow at a few things. One of them being that she was back after asking for an undetermined amount of time off and the second was what she was wearing. "Should I be concerned about you being conservative in your attire?"
Anko looked down at herself before sighing "shove it scar-head. It's something I have to do."
Ibiki's ever so stoick expression changed into a small snowing smile on his face. "Oh I'm sure. Don't want to give the wrong impression to this person." he got up from his desk and moved over to a filing cabinet before looking for a specific file.
Anko gave a deadpan expression to the man's back "it ain't a guy."
"Oh I know. And I doubt you would ever go after someone so young and traumatized."
Anko's expression became one of shock as she tried to figure out how he knew.
Ibiki, without even turning to look at her spoke "you think I wouldn't find out what one of my best has been doing on her free time." he pulled out the vanilla folder he was looking for before turning to Anko "it's one of the reasons that I have not called you in when I have been dealing with an…..uncooperative prisoner." he brought the folder up to her for her to take "in fact from what I have heard and seen, she seems like she could turn out like you."
Anko took the folder before opening it to look at the contents "that's what I want to avoid." she looked at the information in the files before asking "who am I dealing with?"
Both Ibiki and Anko left the office and began making their way to the holding cells "her Name is Tayuya. She was brought in during the retrieval mission given to the rookies from the Chunin exams."
Anko remembered hearing about the mission. It happened during the mission she and Naruto were on and the gaki went after the retrieval team as unauthorized backup. She couldn't help but internally laugh at how he immediately went after his friends when he came back from a taxing mission. "So what's her deal and what should I be trying to get out of her?"
"She's one of Orochimaru's."
This caused her to pause for a minute before she continued walking
"We need you to get everything out of her. We need to know, base locations, prisoners, experiments, and anything else she might have."
Anko smirked at this "sounds like fun." she flipped to another page and saw a somewhat familiar drawing "...she has a curse mark…..!"
Ibiki stopped, which caused Anko to stop as well "yes. We have taken every single precaution with her. Her chakra is sealed, her curse mark as a suppressor on it and she is restrained from every limb. There will be a group of five shinobi in there with you as you do your job. Should she possibly escape the room, a barrier will be erected blocking anyone from leaving until the Hokage herself comes to take it down."
Anko nodded. She understood the contingencies since this was their only lead to the snake. "Alright, give me a few minutes before I get to work."
Ibiki nodded as he headed to the interrogation room that held Tayuya
Anko walked into the interrogation room holding Tayuya in her original attire of skirt and mesh shirt and short orange skirt.
"Oh great, I get a bitch this time."
Anko couldn't help but smile at the attitude the redhead had. This wasn't the first time that they had a mouthy prisoner. It actually made the job fun when they got anything out of them. "A bitch for a bitch. So…." She moved to the seat across Tayuya and sat in reverse. She leaned on the backrest and spoke "so you wanna tell little ol me about Orichimaru's little secrets. Tell me what he mumbles to himself? His skeletons in his closet? The color of his Thursday socks. Come one…..tell us his dirty little secrets."
Tayuya was a little confused about this approach. The previous interrogators were the typical hard asses, wannabe hardasses, and the goody goody nice cop. It was the typical shit that you would expect from movies. She couldn't help but laugh at their attempts. This woman's approach was like one of those stereotypical teen girls talking about boys and makeup. It was like this bit of info was simple gossip. She shook her head before glaring at the purple-haired woman "what makes you think I would give you shit? Your friends have tried for months! What makes you think you will get anything?!"
Anko's smile remained on her face as she got up from her seat and moved over to Tayuya. She harshly grabbed Tayuya's head and tilted it to the side.
Tayuya would have resisted but with her chakra sealed, she could only put in her own physical strength which wasn't much.
Anko hummed as she saw the mark on her neck "nasty little thing. Always annoyed the hell out of me."
Tayuya felt her head be released and looked at the woman with a bit of shock at that last bit. She saw the woman shift the collar of her coat to show a curse mark herself
"You have been stuck here for, as you say, months. If you are expecting him to come to your rescue then you are out of luck. If I had to guess, he would have you die before you give us any info but most likely the reason he hasn't used the mark to kill you is most likely the suppressor. But it could be another reason since I ain't a seal user." Anko sat back down in her seat as she crossed her legs and held her knee with her hands as she smiled at Tayuya "you're alive most likely because of us. Your usefulness towards the snake is no longer existent, so why not help us. We take him down and you are free to do whatever you want."
"Che, nice try but you Konoha scum would just kill me the second I give you anything."
"And why would we do that? Is that how Orochimaru handles things?"
Tayuya chose to not say anything
"Ah so it is how he does things. So if you think that we are the same then you know nothing about us. So come on, help us help you and all that." she said the last part nonchalantly.
Tayuya chose to spit at Anko who just leaned to the side dodging it.
Anko's smile went from somewhat friendly to sadistic in a second "oh good. I love it when they make things difficult." she got from her seat and moved behind Tayuya.
Tayuya turned her head to keep an eye on the woman. But her gaze went back to ahead of her when she heard a *thunk*. She saw that a kunai was thrown in between her legs a inch from her pussy. Before she could say anything she felt something slither on her shoulders and she froze at this since she knew what it was based on the hissing she heard. She heard the woman whisper right next to her ear.
"Please ….stay silent as long as you can. It makes my job all the more enjoyable and I'll Love breaking you."
"EEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!"
Some of the members of the T&I department stopped what they were doing and looked in the directions they heard the shriek
"Anko-sama must be back."
"Good. maybe she can get something out of that woman. I still have a mark from where she bit me."
"Well, that will teach ya from getting too close."
"...Shove it up your ass."
~Naruto's compound~
Naruto had made it to his compound and entered the main mansion before putting Asa down.
Asa finally looked at where she was and was surprised at the size of Naruto's home. "Woofy lives here?"
Naruto smiled as he nodded "yeah I live here. I built it myself."
"Wow."
Naruto laughed at the little girl looking around and began to walk further into the mansion. He moved to walk behind her to make sure she didn't go into rooms that were not finished yet. After a few minutes, they made it to Naruto's garden.
Asa began to walk around and look at all the pretty flowers.
Naruto smiled at the aw the little girl was in as she stopped at the koi pond and looking at the fish swim inside it. As he watched the girl reach into the water to see if she could catch one, he looked around his garden and gained an idea. He made a clone and sent it out to an area that held some of his construction supplies. "Hey Asa-chan!"
Asa looked at Naruto with the same look of aw
"Do you wanna swing under the Sakura tree?"
"Sa…..kra tree?"
Naruto chuckled at her mispronunciation "Sa-Kur-ra Tree." he pointed at the big tree at the end of the garden "the big tree with pink leaves."
Asa looked to where he was pointing and finally noticed the tree. She ran over to it and stood under it as she looked straight up at the pretty pink petals
Naruto walked up to be beside the little girl and smiled at her "do you wanna swing?"
Asa looked at him with confusion clear on her face "swing?"
Naruto immediately knew what the issue was with the question. She has never been on a swing before. He thought about the playground that Anko said they went to and remembered that they didn't have a swing set. He could help but smile at this as this will be her first experience. A thought came to his mind and he immediately made another clone that ran off to go get something just in time for his first clone to arrive with rope and a plank of wood. He nodded to the clone, who moved to the sakura tree and began setting up a swing on one of the thick branches.
Asa was confused to see multiple of the same person before pointing at the clone "more woofy!"
Naruto just couldn't help but smile at the innocent cuteness of Asa. "actually there is only one of me."
Asa looked from Naruto to the clone, to Naruto, and to the clone and at last at Naruto again. "Woofies!"
Naruto saw that the clone was done and dispelled it.
Asa looked back to where the clone was only to see it gone. She then found herself being picked up again by Naruto. She looked at Naruto and began to pout. "Woofy!"
Naruto could tell what she wanted from him but at the moment he wanted her to enjoy this. He sat her down on the swing seat before he knelt down to be eye level with her. "Ready?"
Asa still didn't know what they were about to do but she did know what she wanted right now. She gave a pouting glare at the blonde as she wanted him to change.
Naruto knew what she wanted and sighed as he knew she would keep up the pout "ok give me a minute. He made another clone, leaving it with the girl and he left to another room. He undressed himself and shifted to his fox form. After he finished he went back much to Asa's delight.
She got off the swing and ran to him before hugging his head "woofy!"
Naruto chuckled at Asa's behavior before he lifted his head with the girl still hanging on. "Ok Asa ready to try the swing?" he lowered his head so she could get off
Asa let go of Naruto's head and looked at the large fox with a curious look.
Naruto smiled as he used his tails to lift the girl up before placing her back on the swing. "Ok what you should do right now is hold on to these ropes here" he pointed at the ropes holding up the seat.
Asa grabbed hold of the ropes as Naruto told her to
Naruto then dispelled the human clone he left a minute ago and made a fox clone that moved to be in front of Asa. He moved behind the girl "Ok I'm going to push you gently so hold on to the ropes tightly.
Asa nodded and held on. It was only a second later that she felt a push on her back and she began to move forward and a little away from the ground. It felt odd to her to be moving this way but it wasn't a bad feeling. She soon found herself being pushed again and was a little higher.
Naruto started to gently push her so the swinging would be at a low high but he made them a bit higher as he kept going. After a few more swings he started to see the little girl begin to smile wider. It wasn't long until she began to laugh in glee at this. He made sure that it wasn't too high so that she wouldn't be too scared at this and if she was to somehow fall off, he and his clone would be able to catch her. Speaking of which, the clone he sent to get the item he needed had returned and started using it.
The clone was taking pictures of Asa enjoying the swing.
Naruto knew that if he didn't at least take a picture of this event, Anko would kill him. He also felt extremely happy that he was able to put this smile on Asa. she deserves to be happy after what had happened to her and her family and if he could give her happy memories, he would do it in a heartbeat.
The laugh the girl had just made his day and it wasn't even noon yet.
~Later, 12:05~
The two had spent the whole morning playing, mostly on the swing since Asa enjoyed this new activity. It was also when she learned that if she let go of the rope on the height of the swing, she would fly and land on soft fluffy tails.
Naruto felt his non-existent heart stop at that (he no longer has a heart since he is now a complete bijuu).
Now Asa was eating her snack which consisted of a banana, some apple slices, and some cheese and crackers.
Both were in the living with Asa eating on the couch with Naruto laying on the ground next to her. He would occasionally wipe her mouth as she would have crumbs or cheese on the side of her mouth but this was how they spent snack time. They didn't turn on the TV since Asa didn't notice it and was more focused on her snack.
"Naruto-Kun!"
"Nii-chan!"
Asa froze at the sound of people she didn't know. She jumped off the couch and hid herself in the only place she would feel safe
Naruto looked to the entrance of the living to see Hinata and Hanabi walking in. "hey Hinata-chan, Hanabi-chan! What are you two doing here?"
Hinata smiled at Naruto "we both had a free day and Hanabi-chan wanted to see you again."
Hanabi ran to Naruto and hugged his head "hi Naruto-Nii-Chan!"
"Eep!"
Hanabi and Hinata heard the noise and looked to where it came from.
It was at this time Hinata noticed the snacks that were on the glass coffee. One thing Naruto was famous for was his appetite and she knew that he wouldn't eat something like this and even if he did, it would be in massive portions.
Naruto looked at his tails that lay on the ground and sighed at this "Asa, it's ok. They won't hurt you I promise." the fear he could feel coming was disheartening and he moved his body around so he could be closer to Asa. he had to lengthen his tails so she could remain covered. He stuck his head in his tails so he could speak to Asa who was shivering in fear "Asa-chan."
All she did was whimper as she had one of his tails in her grasp.
"Asa-chan, it's woofy."
Asa opened her tearing eyes and looked at Naruto
Naruto spoke gently to the scared girl. "hey, I'm here. Nothing bad is going to happen ok."
"I want mommy."
Naruto hated seeing this. He hated that Asa was traumatized to this degree. He hated the bandits for doing this to someone as sweet as Asa. he hated himself for not being able to make it in time to save her family as well. He hated that he couldn't tell her that her mommy will be coming. He hated that he couldn't help her out of this much. He pressed his nose to hers as he continued in the soft tone "I know you do. I wish she was here too but she….isn't. But hey I'm here."
Asa was crying as she nodded
"And I won't hurt you ever right?"
Asa nodded
"And I wouldn't do anything to hurt you or do anything bad to you right?"
Asa nodded again
"You know I will protect you from anything bad like I did before."
Asa nodded once more
"Then let me tell you now, these two won't hurt you either. They are important to me and they are really nice too. I know that if you say 'hi' to them and get to know them, then you will also think they are important to you. They could be your friends."
Asa wiped her eyes as she spoke softly "stay with me."
Naruto nodded his head "if you ever need me, I will be there. So come on out please and meet them. Ok?"
Asa held on to the tail tighter but gave a very small nod
"Good girl." Naruto pulled his head out and got to his feet as he moved to stand behind Asa who was slowly getting to her feet but kept a hold of the tail and used it to hide from Hinata and Hanabi. Once Naruto was behind Asa he sat down and looked to the two Hyugas "Hinata-chan, Hanabi-chan, this…." he used the tail that had a black line on it to gently poke Asa in the back to have her take a step forward "...is Asa-chan. I'm watching her for the day." he leaned his head to be next to Asa's "say 'hi' Asa-chan"
Asa held tighter to the tail as she tried to peek past it only to shrink back behind it
"it's ok Asa-chan."
She felt a little more confident with Woofy with her. She slowly lowered the tail and looked at the two Hyugas. In a voice that was almost too quiet to hear she spoke "hi….I…...I'm Asa."
Hinata gently pulled Hanabi back to stand behind her as she could see the fear and uncertainty in the little girl. Hinata then moved a bit closer but at a distance so she wouldn't be too startle at her approach "hello Asa-chan. I'm Hinata Hyuga."
Asa began to calm down a bit at the gentle nature Hinata was exerting. She was startle a bit when Hanabi poked her head out from Hinata's shoulder
Hanabi was curious about the one that was hiding in her Nii-san's tails so she looked over her sisters to see who it was. To her surprise, it was a girl younger than her. She didn't know why she looked so afraid though so she tilted her head at the little jump Asa gave
Asa was startled at the sudden appearance of the other person but when she got a look at her. She couldn't help but say "dolly." to her Hanabi looked like a doll with her pristine completion, her long hair, and somewhat stoic expression. Asa relaxed at thinking this and smiled softly at the older girl.
Hinata giggled at her sister being called a doll. It wasn't the first time that Hanabi was called that since she herself had thought that at times Hanabi looked like a living doll.
Hanabi pouted at her sisters giggling. As she crossed her arms, "I am not a doll."
"Talking dolly."
Hanabi's cheeks grew a bit more as she gave a pouting glare at Asa.
Asa did not find the glare as intimidating. She thought it was funny and giggled at it
Naruto could feel the fear Asa had, slowly disappearing and smiled at the girl still holding his tail. He looked to Hinata and gave a grateful nod. It may not have been intentional but their visit seems to have been a very good thing.
~meanwhile, T&I~
Tayuya was on the ground, glaring up at Anko and twitching "I'm going to kill you, you bitch."
Anko merely looked down at her before she crouched to be closer to her "aw and I thought we were having fun. Maybe we should try something else?" she pulled out a syringe and flicked the needle a bit, "R&D said this would make you more talkative but they never used it before. Let's see the results….."
Tayuya felt a bit nervous at the approaching needle but she swore to herself that she would hold her tongue.
Anko, on the other hand, wanted to get this over with so she could get back to Asa
~Naruto's compound 3:45 PM~
Asa was chasing Hanabi around as they were right now playing tag with Asa being it. Hanabi would use her teachings to keep away from Asa more but since the younger couldn't use chakra she chose not to. And it was more fun this way.
Hinata was leaning against Naruto's side as they watched the younger two play out in the courtyard. She smiled at the fact that her little sister had made a friend. Hanabi never had much chance to go out and make friends and when she did, the other kids would be too scared of her since she was a Hyuga. "Why was Asa-chan so afraid of us earlier? She looked like she was petrified when we came in."
Naruto sighed as he thought about Asa's history "she went through a traumatic event before we brought her to the village."
Hinata looked into Naruto's eyes to see the sadness he had "it hurts you thinking about it, doesn't it?"
Naruto nodded. "It hurts me because I couldn't do anything to stop it. And what it did to Asa…." he sighed as he continued "it all happened just before the retrieval mission…" Naruto didn't have any problem telling Hinata about what happened since there wasn't a big secret to it. It was just another mission that had victims in it. He really hated those kinds of missions.
After hearing the story, Hinata had tears in her eyes as she felt terrible for the young girl. 'No one so young should go through that'
"And I'm glad that Asa has made a friend out of Hanabi. She needs friends to help her. Much like you and Ino have done for me."
Hinata tilted her head a bit in confusion at this.
"You and Ino were there when I was at the lowest points in my life. Sure the other rookies are my friends and help me too…. but I care about you and Ino much more than that. You two were always there when I needed a hand. You helped me when I first became a bijuu and became my first friend. And when your clan made you stay away from me Ino was there to pull me out of my sadness. You were there for me when Ino and I had that fight. The two of you had kept me from falling to my loneliness and became too important to me to lose. It hurt me so much when I thought I lost both of you during my fight with Gaara, but when I saw you both walk up to me after it… I was the happiest I have ever been. Losing someone hurts but seeing them come back when you know that they shouldn't….there is no feeling like it."
Hinata got up and wrapped her arms around Naruto's head "you won't ever lose us Naruto-Kun" she placed a kiss on his head "we will make sure of that."
Naruto smiled as he nodded "thanks Hinata-chan." he then looked to the inside of his house at a clock to see it was 4:05. "We should get back inside. It's almost time for Asa to eat."
Hinata let go of Naruto and stood up as he did the same. "What do you plan on doing for dinner?"
Naruto shrugged "I'm not much of a cook. Wilderness cooking I can do but I don't think that would be good for Asa-chan. I can make something simple though."
"I can help you if you like."
"You sure Hinata-chan?"
Hinata nodded "hai. Kaa-san taught me how to cook so I can make something for us."
Naruto smiled at her as he nodded "thanks Hinata-chan." he turned to look at the younger kids to see that Asa had caught Hanabi and they were in the middle of a tickle fight "Asa-chan! Hanabi-chan! Time to come inside."
Asa and Hanbi got back p and ran towards Naruto
Naruto knew what was about to happen and chose to just lower himself.
Once the girls got to him, they jumped onto his back, all the while giggling.
Naruto had gotten used to being used as a ride by these two since they kept asking him to do it. At this point he would just smile and go along with it.
The four then made their way towards the kitchen to begin preparations for dinner
~later~
Hinata and Naruto were in the kitchen cooking dinner as a clone of Naruto was with Hanabi and Asa who were in the living room, watching TV. The clone was laying on the floor not really paying attention to what they were watching since it was some kids show that didn't really grab his attention.
Hinata was stirring the pot as Naruto cut some vegetables for her to put in.
Naruto handed some cut potatoes to Hinata who placed them in "so what are you making?"
"I saw this is a cookbook once. It's a foreign dish that comes from the land of Iron. I think it was called…. Seco."
Naruto could smell the food cooking and couldn't help but drool a bit. "It smells delicious. Should I get the rice ready?"
Hinata nodded as she thought about what to do next for the dish "yes please."
Naruto went to get the rice to start cooking. He could not help but think to himself that he needed to get a look at the cookbook that Hinata had read to see if he could try and make this Seco himself.
~T&I~
The drug they used on Tayuya did indeed make her more talkative. In fact, they couldn't get her to shut up. The redhead had told all of her secrets, from the fact that she wet the bed until she was 7 to her sexual preferences.
Anko internally sighed as they got some info on Orochimaru but it wasn't enough. She knew there was more to it but they needed to keep going. She could tell that a bit more convincing and the girl would break. "ok. let's move on to one that you might actually enjoy…..though you might like it a little too much." she looked to the group of five that guarded the entrance and they nodded with the men leaving, leaving just three guards.
Tayuya promised herself that she would get back at the purple-haired woman when she got the chance. She was suddenly hoisted up and the shackles that covered her whole hand were pulled back until she was on the wall.
Anko moved forward and gave a smirk at the girl. "Well, we are going to try the most pleasant torture that we know."
Before Tayuya could ask what they meant, she looked at the woman before her clothes were shredded. She felt mortified at the fact that she was now naked. She crossed her legs and glared at the approaching woman.
"Don't worry….just be glad that it's me and not one of the men. Besides…..you prefer a woman's touch more than a man's."
Tayuya was now unsure if she should keep her mouth shut.
"Don't worry… I won't go far…."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH Ahn~"
~Naruto compound, 5:50~
Naruto was running for his life. 'How did it come to this!? It was all going fine until after dinner!' The meal was delicious and he wasn't the only one thinking that since everyone had a happy smile on their faces when they finished their meal. Sure he had to clean Asa up while she ate but it wasn't too bad. It wasn't until after dinner that things went south for him. Hinata had told him that Ino informed her about something that Naruto did. Something that he would deny for all time. They wanted to pet him to see if he would purr. Now he was hiding for all he was worth staying away from the three girls that had target-lock on him. He was glad that his mansion was massive enough for him to run around it and hide. He hid in one of the spare rooms' closet, listening to anything that would give away their location.
"Naruto-Kun."
Naruto bolted out of the closet as he screamed out in fear. He didn't know how she did it. But Hinata had this amazing ability in finding out where he was. He ran down the hallway trying to get away from the older Hyuga. "Gotta get away!"
"Nii-chan!" Hanabi landed on his back and held on to him
"Ah! No!" he shook himself a bit to try and get her off but Hanabi held firmly
"Woofy!" Asa came around a corner and ran as fast as she could towards Naruto. Once she was close to the wiggling fox, she latched onto his right front leg "gotcha."
Naruto looked down at the little girl and gained a gloomy aura as he knew that he was caught "aw man."
Hinata joined the group and looked to Naruto. "Please want to try it."
Naruto looked at Hinata and couldn't help but feel his defenses break and the shy nervous girl who was poking her fingers together. He looked away to Asa and felt his defenses crumble away as Hanabi had joined Asa in a hug and they were both doing the puppy eye jutsu. ' How does Asa even know that? Is it just a natural thing with all girls?!' he couldn't deny the pleading look coming from all three and after a few seconds he slumped and just sat down "...fine….."
The three cheered at this and Hinata moved forward to stand in front of Naruto.
Hinata lifted his head and smiled "it's ok Naruto-Kun. We won't tell anyone." she then began to run her fingers through the side of Naruto's muzzle. They roamed through his fur and began to scratch just above behind the ears and right below his cheek.
Naruto's eyes became half-lidded as he began to enjoy Hinata's soft hands. His defense was now gone and he closed his eyes in pleasure as he began to lean into her hand and purred. He could no longer hold himself up and soon laid down on the ground
Hanabi and Asa ran up and began to join in the petting, getting him on the other ear and chin.
Naruto was now in euphoric bliss and no longer cared if they heard his purr. If they weren't making fun of him then it was ok
~T&I~
Anko sighed as she walked through the hallway that led out of the building. The girl didn't even last long on that last method. Twenty seconds and she was ready to tell them whatever they wanted. Unfortunately, it wasn't much. The girl only gave info that they already knew about the curse mark and only a single location for a base that they were sure would be abandoned when they get there. She was happy, however, since this meant that her job for the day was done and she could get back to Asa. She had changed back into her conservative outfit before she left and she had the girls file with her so she could look over what they were told in case there was something they missed but now she only wanted to pick up Asa. "alright time to go." she began to rooftop towards Naruto's old apartment, not knowing that it no longer existed.
~Naruto's compound, 7:20~
"Oh no you don't! Come here!"
"Ah!"
*splash*
Hinata and Hanabi had gone home since it was getting late and bid the two goodbye with Hanabi giving Asa a hug and promising to come play again.
Now Naruto and Asa were in the bathhouse as Naruto was getting Asa clean.
The bathhouse was like the usual bathhouse, however, it was Massive in size and had no wall separating two areas. Naruto never thought of adding it since he was the only one living here. There were a few things that made it more unique than other bathhouses. One thing was that the bath was so massive that it could double as a massive pool. It had water fountains in the shape of the Kyuubi in a dynamic pose and roaring out the water. The walls were decorated with a design that looked like his mindscape. A moonlit forest with stars and in the center of the widest wall was the Kyuubi, sitting in front of the moon. These designs had made Kurama smile as it showed that Naruto was not ashamed of what he was.
Right now Naruto was doing his best to clean Asa, who kept trying to get away from him. She wasn't trying to get away because she hated it. She kept getting away so she could play. Naruto just used his tails to catch the sudsy girl and bring her back to sit in front of him so he could continue to wash her. "Close your eyes Asa-chan." he pulled up a bucket of water and got ready to pour off the suds on her
Asa closed her eyes and felt content at the warm water that was used to clean her.
Once they were both washed up they entered the warm water of the bath. Naruto kept Asa afloat with his tails as they both relaxed in the warm water.
They spent some time in the water until Naruto noticed the little girl he held was asleep. He smiled at Asa as he felt it was time for bed. He got out of the water and dried the girl off before placing her on a towel. He moved a bit away from her before he shook himself off. His fur became puffy until it went back to normal. He went to Asa and picked her up and dressed her in the Pajamas that were in the dressing room. Wrapping her up in his tails so she didn't get cold on the way to the mansion, he made his way back.
"ASA! NARUTO!"
Naruto recognized the voice and realized that she wouldn't be able to enter the barrier he set up. It was only tuned into the rookies, Hanabi, Tsunade, Shizune, Hiruzen, himself, and recently Asa. he made a clone and sent it to let Anko in. He was glad for his super hearing otherwise he might not have heard her. Naruto made it inside and was walking through the living room and towards the guest bedrooms when he caught Anko's scent.
Anko walked slowly inside next to the clone that was in his human form. Anko could not believe what she was seeing. She didn't know about Naruto no longer living in the apartment since she hasn't visited him in a while. When she went to the location of the apartment building, she was stunned to see that it was nothing but flat land. In a panic, she began to run around the village looking for Naruto and Asa but she had no luck. It wasn't until twenty minutes ago that she went to the Hokage to ask her where the boy lived. Once she got the address she bolted straight to it. Once she arrived she called out to them since she couldn't enter through the barrier. She was thankful that she didn't have to wait long when a Naruto clone opened it up and registered her so she could have access to the compound. She shook her head when she noticed the fox standing there with Asa sleeping in his tails. She moved quickly to look at the little girl and smiled at the peaceful sleep she was in.
"Hey, Anko-nee-chan."
Anko looked at Naruto before glaring at him. She would have shouted but she didn't want to wake Asa up so she whisper-shouted "why the heck didn't you tell me that you moved to this big compound! And when the heck was there a compound here?!" she had hoped that she wasn't heard by the little girl….unfortunately
Asa slowly opened her eyes and rubbed them a bit. Once her vision cleared she saw Anko standing there. She smiled as she jumped into Anko's arms, causing the woman to drop the file she was holding onto.
Anko smiled as she hugged Asa "I'm happy to see you too but you need to be asleep right now. Now come on, let's get your stuff so we can head home."
Naruto looked at the sleepy girl and gained an idea "why don't you stay here for the night?"
Anko looked at Naruto as if he said something unbelievable
"I mean, look at Asa. She is already falling asleep and it's already night. So you might as well use one of the spare rooms I have."
Anko looked down at the girl who was leaning on her leg, trying so hard to stay awake. She looked back up at Naruto with uncertainty in her eyes "are you sure?"
Naruto deadpanned at her "anko….I have more than enough room for you to crash here. So yeah….I'm sure."
Anko smiled as she picked Asa up, who snuggled into Anko's breasts, and smiled at the fox "thanks gaki."
Naruto made another clone that led the two to one of the spare rooms. As he watched them leave he was about to head off to get some sleep until he spotted the folder that Anko dropped. He picked it up and caught a glimpse of its contents. He saw that it was a file on the girl that they captured on the retrieval mission but his eyes were more focused on the drawing underneath her profile picture. It was the curse mark. He narrowed his eyes as he saw it.
~2 AM~
Anko was woken up by Asa to head to the bathroom. This was something else that she had to get used to since Asa was still afraid of going alone. Asa had finished her business and began to drag Anko by the hand but not towards the guestroom they were using. "Asa….."
Asa kept dragon Anko by the hand, half asleep not really hearing Anko calling out to her/
Anko was about to just pick the girl up and head back but she stopped when she saw they were heading into a beautiful garden. Anko couldn't help but think it was beautiful in the moonlight but what caught her attention was Naruto sleeping under a large Sakura tree.
Asa dragged Anko to Naruto and in her sleepwalking she lowered herself into the fox's side and pulled Anko down.
Anko whispered to Asa "Asa we should head back to the bedroom and let Naruto sleep." she found her balance lost when Asa just dropped down while still holding on to her. Anko fell to a seating position next to Asa and was worried about waking the fox up but soon found herself being covered by a few of Naruto's tails. She looked to Naruto's head to see that he was still sleeping.
Asa smiled as she hugged the tail that covered her and she leaned into Anko
Anko wasn't sure what to do but Asa seemed so content at the moment. 'Guess I will have to explain this to the gaki in the morning.' she was about to just close her eyes and get some more sleep until she heard something that woke her all the way up
"Goodnight mommy."
Anko was wide-eyed at what Asa just said. She had been called "mommy". Her out of all people was called that. Why were tears falling from her eyes? Why wasn't she scared at being called that? Why did her heart feel so light at the moment? The answer was simple. She was happy that Asa saw her as such. She smiled as she wrapped her arms around the little girl that came into her life "goodnight sweety."
Naruto smiled at this as he kept his eyes closed 'good for you…..both of you'
End of chapter
Well, there you go. Not much to say about this chapter since I feel that it's all clear.
The only issue I had with this chapter was the sexual torture bit. Originally it was much much longer but I felt uncomfortable about it. Torture is fine but I feel sexual torture like that just goes into hentai realm and I do not want that. I just couldn't think of any other interrogation method that Anko would use.
Seco is a peruvian dish that I find delicious
I have one pairing suggestion for Sasuke! Sasuke X Mei! Do I have any more suggestions or will this be who Sasuke ends up with? Whoever you suggest might end up with him but I do have plans for a select few
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