DarthTenibris2: Nobody asked you to read it, fucker. Get a life.

draxon: Read and find out :)

"How much did you see earlier?" the boy who was known as "Juzo" earlier spoke as he took a sip from the cup of ramen that he was holding.

"I got there when you were all outside for your taijutsu exams." Anko replied while her attention was focused towards cooking. She wore a purple apron over her body suit and her hair was let down, which was different than her usual look. "You did a good job beating down that Mizuki, even I winced a bit when I heard a few of his bones crack. He's always been a prick in my eyes and honestly, he's been acting weird lately from what I noticed."

With those words, Naruto was tempted to tell her about Mizuki being a secret follower of Orochimaru all along, but he decided to wait for the right opportunity to mention it.

"And then? After the taijutsu exams, what did you do?" he continued, his face looking blank as he stared into the open space in front of him.

"Well, I watched you go through the ninjutsu exams after that fiasco. You did pretty good with it as well, blondie. And then after Iruka gave your forehead protectors, I tried looking for you to say congratulations but I couldn't find you." Anko said, turning towards Naruto for a moment to send him a grin and a thumbs-up.

"I see." Naruto then gulped down the remaining contents of his ramen before setting down his cup on the table, leaning back against the chair afterwards.

Now it was his turn to talk.

"Where did you run off to, by the way?" Anko asked, finally finished with cooking as she prepared two bowls for her and Naruto.

"Avoiding the usual annoying fangirls." Naruto replied, shrugging his shoulders carelessly. He decided to leave the part regarding Sasuke for another time, since he hasn't received an answer from the Uchiha yet.

"Oh, so that's why I didn't see you anywhere! That's another good job for you then!" Anko exclaimed, patting him on the shoulder with a huge smile on her face before she handed the boy his bowl of rice with barbecue and went on to sit at the couch opposite to Naruto. "Then? What happened after you got away?"

"I noticed someone running through the nearby woods and decided to take a look," Naruto explained as he began to eat. Anko's cheerful expression somewhat became more serious, now realizing that this conversation was going to a different direction. "I saw Mizuki running away from the academy with a scroll on his back. He was going to deliver the scroll to Orochimaru." Naruto glared at the floor as he finished his little explanation.

Anko widened her eyes upon hearing Naruto mention the name of the person she hated the most. Like the blonde, she had developed a deep hatred for Orochimaru throughout her life but it was also the reason why Naruto and her could understand each other, and it was what led to the both of them living together for several years.

"What scroll was it?" Anko asked through narrowed eyes, with all traces of her happy-go-lucky self earlier gone in a snap.

"He said it was the Scroll of Seals, and once he delivers it to Orochimaru-sama, he'll grow stronger." Naruto spat out, setting his bowl down before crossing his arms in annoyance.

Anko shook her head for a few times before speaking again. "Wait, how did he get it in the first place? That seal is the property of the Hokage, so it has to be guarded by a few ANBU or something!"

"While Jii-chan was busy reading through his personal Icha Icha collection, Mizuki snuck into the tower knocked those ANBU guards out, which led him to stealing the scroll without a trace of security on his tail." Naruto revealed with a smirk on his face, as if he knew exactly what happened at the time of the incident.

Anko's eyes widened once more. "How did you— wait a minute. Did you —?"

"I did." Naruto answered with a small nod, knowing just what she was going to ask him. To prove his point, he shape-shifted into Mizuki's appearance for a few seconds before reverting back to his original self.

"Did you find anything useful in his memories then? Like… that snake bastard's location right now?" the woman asked in a voice filled with slight hope, as it was one of her goals in life to kill the man who had both trained and cursed her as a child.

"Nope. The fucker didn't know anything at all." Naruto replied in a firm voice, standing up from the couch to get himself some water. "The only encounter he had with Orochi-bastard was when he received the same seal like the one near your neck. After that, there's nothing more I could find."

As Naruto sat back down on the couch, Anko set down her own bowl and instead ate some of the dango that Naruto had bought for her. "What exactly happened when you caught him running away?" she asked.

He began to eat through his meal again. "Iruka-sensei caught up to him and wanted answers. And then Mizuki caught him off guard after that and he was about to kill him, but that was when I stepped in. I couldn't let him kill Iruka-sensei…" Naruto stopped in his words and looked down on his hand, remembering how Iruka was close to death earlier. He was one of the few people that Naruto deeply cared about, whether he was Juzo or not.

Before anything else though, he felt Anko's arm wrap around him as she pulled him close to her. She was now just sitting beside him with a warm smile on her face, telling him silently that she was there for him.

"Go on," she urged him to keep talking.

Naruto sent her a quick look before he sighed and continued to explain. "Then I stepped in and quickly dealt with him since I was dying to know if he had a lead on where Orochimaru is, but since life hates me, he just had to know nothing about the snake crap." he finished both his explanation and his food, removing Anko's arm from him as he went to the sink and left his empty bowl there.

"Wait, what happened to Iruka then?" Anko asked, biting through the last of her dango with a confused look on her face.

"He's good, and he's probably talking to Jii-chan right now. I had to clean up some blood left when I consumed Mizuki, but don't worry. I'm sure Iruka-sensei didn't notice anything when he woke up since he was unconscious." Naruto assured her as he washed his used bowl and chopsticks before placing it on the dish rack.

"That's it? That's all that happened?" she asked, wanting to make sure that she got all the details. Out of everyone in the Leaf Village, it was only her who knew of Naruto's presence inside the place, but that is yet a story for another time.

Naruto turned back towards Anko and wiped his hands clean. "What else do you want to know? Some ANBU members came to retrieve us because something happened? It's not important and I got away thanks to Iruka-sensei answering for me. If Jii-chan ever wants to talk to me, I'll go to him and explain my side of the story. I already made something up if he asks what happened to Mizuki."

"What of the scroll?" Anko continued to ask, walking over towards Naruto to place her empty bowl in the sink as well, beginning to wash it.

Naruto simply leaned on the kitchen sink behind him and crossed his arms, looking calmer than before. "It's safe with Iruka-sensei now, although I was lucky enough to learn a technique when I read some of it earlier." he said with a little smirk, causing Anko to look at him in shock before punching him on the shoulder.

"You idiot! Hokage-sama will kill you when he finds out!" she laughed, becoming satisfied when she saw Naruto chuckling for a moment. The blonde had grown into a more complex but serious individual over the years, and it made her proud of herself whenever she could manage to make him smile or even laugh.

"Ah let him, I'll prove to him that I can do techniques that even the likes of him can perform." he shook his head and sighed deeply, remembering the Shadow Clone Technique that he had read about earlier.

"Naruto." Upon hearing his name, he turned his head towards Anko and noticed the somewhat worried expression on her face. "Are you sure that nobody saw you killing Mizuki? I don't want anyone going after your ass if they ever saw you using your powers, much less see you in a place where you aren't supposed to be."

The blonde teen became quiet for a few moments before he ruffled Anko's hair with his hand and smiled. "Trust me, Anko-chan. You don't have to worry about anything."

Anko surprisingly blushed upon hearing his words, since there have only been a few times where he uses that particular honorific on her, and he always preferred to call her by her name to stay blunt and straight to the point. However, when he does calls her in that way, it means he was either teasing her or simply just being his old lovable self years ago.

"All right, I'll… I'll trust you, Naruto." she said with a smile of her own, finished with washing the dishes she had used.

Naruto nodded and headed to the bedroom that was nearest to them. "I'll be in my room then, and maybe read something I guess… I'm not feeling sleepy but I don't want to just lie down with nothing to do."

As Anko watched him leave, a mischievous glint appeared in her eyes as she smirked. She had an idea in mind and boy, was she going to enjoy this.

"No doubt blondie would enjoy it too…" she said to herself as she headed towards her own room.

(Hokage Office)

After the two ANBU members had escorted Iruka to Hiruzen's office, they immediately left at the Hokage's command, which left only the two of them at the office. Almost immediately, Iruka had returned the Scroll of Seals to the old man and Hiruzen accepted it with a stern nod, before setting it aside for now.

"What is your report on the incident, Iruka?" he asked, breathing out a puff of smoke from his pipe.

"Yes, sir. It appears that one of the examiners from the graduation earlier and my childhood friend, Mizuki, was a traitor all this time after he stole the Scroll of Seals from you." Iruka explained, wincing when he felt one of his wounds on his abdomen open up again.

The man was filled with bandages all over his body, as a result of what happened earlier and it was a really good thing that the ANBU members who were with him earlier bothered to patch him up.

"I'll have you sent to the hospital to have your wounds checked after this, you look like you have been scarred for life." Hiruzen smirked at him after his words, doing his best not to laugh as well.

"A-Arigato, Hokage-sama…" Iruka replied, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment.

Hiruzen chuckled for a moment before he continued in his words. "I have only noticed that the scroll was stolen when another ANBU reported to me that the ones who were guarding the vault were knocked out. How and where did you encounter Mizuki after he had stolen the scroll?"

Iruka grew serious before he cleared his throat. "I noticed his chakra signature when he was running away from the academy, and I grew suspicious since we still had another batch of students who'll undertake the exams, so I decided to follow him into the forest. There, I saw him with the Scroll of Seals and mentioning something about 'Orochimaru giving him more power', and that was when I decided to take appropriate action."

Hiruzen's eyes widened slightly at the mention of his student's name. Back during his adult years, he was the teacher to three children who would soon be regarded as the three legendary "Sannin" of Konoha, one of which was Orochimaru himself until his apparent betrayal and defection from the village.

"You couldn't have called for backup from other shinobi before doing so?" Hiruzen asked, raising both eyebrows.

"I didn't think I needed to, Hokage-sama." Iruka stated bluntly, looking a bit ashamed of himself.

Hiruzen nodded slightly. "I see. Continue on, then."

"I confronted him about his betrayal and asked him why would he betray the village that he grew up in. It appears that he only cared about getting more power and not the village, and he believes that Orochimaru will help him achieve that goal."

"That's not surprising. Orochimaru can simply lure those kinds of people to do what he wants with only his words if he wishes to." Hiruzen narrowed his eyes and looked down, remembering his former student in his mind.

"To continue, Mizuki made no hesitation and attacked me as soon as he could, and I was soon pinned against a tree. I was unconscious, so I had no idea what happened after. But even I was surprised that I was still alive when I woke up."

Hiruzen nodded again and read a piece of document atop his table carefully. "And then according to the ANBU, Kakei Juzo jumped into the scene and confronted Mizuki instead?"

"H-Hai. He said that Mizuki got away, but he was able to recover the scroll from him. Although I'm not sure how, there was no sign of Mizuki indeed when I woke up, but the scroll was with him just like what he said."

Hiruzen rubbed his chin, appearing to be deep in thought. "I find that odd."

Iruka raised an eyebrow in confusion. "What do you mean, Hokage-sama?"

"If Mizuki had indeed escaped, I would have noticed through this crystal ball right here." Hiruzen showed him a crystal ball right next to a pile of paperwork before he continued to speak. "Or at least, my shinobis scattered all over the village would be able to notice him running away and inform me as soon as possible, unless he is more skilled in hiding his presence than we thought."

"Hokage-sama… are you implying that Juzo-kun was lying about his words regarding Mizuki's escape?" Iruka looked nervous, but he needed to ask this to be sure.

Hiruzen shook his head and laughed. "I didn't say anything yet, I just find it odd."

"Oh… ahaha…" Iruka rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "Juzo-kun did say he would show up if you ever wanted to talk to him, though."

Hiruzen waved him off. "There is no need to do that, the boy just graduated from the academy and confronted a traitor of the village to take back a scroll belonging to the Hokage, I would not give him any further problems. And I would certainly not distract him from whatever he is doing right now by sending ANBU to his apartment."

"But he did say that you could —" Iruka tried to explain, but Hiruzen shook his head in disapproval.

"My word is final, Iruka. Besides, I think Anko-chan would kill me if I send the ANBU to their home." he laughed again, breathing out a puff of smoke from his pipe. "That girl does value her privacy, after all."

Iruka put his hand on his chin and pondered over something for a few moments. "I wonder what Juzo-kun is doing right now, then. I kind of forgotten that he was living with Anko-san ever since he arrived to the village."

Speaking of which…

The purple-haired woman was bent over the table, completely naked, with the blonde stud pulling on her locks as he pounded deep into her pussy from behind. They had been going at it for half an hour now, but they were enjoying every second of it, just like every other time that they had done this in the past. They had never said the "L" word to each other outright, but instead they let their actions speak for themselves.

Anko wanted him so badly after watching his extraordinary performance in the exams earlier and Naruto needed to relieve his stress after getting frustrated with Mizuki's lack of information. This was almost a regular thing for them, as they would have sex whenever they felt like it, not that they minded it.

And Naruto was only thankful to a certain someone for making him sterile, allowing him and Anko to fuck like rabbits for hours without having to worry about pregnancy.

"Who do you belong to, woman?" Naruto growled into her ear, giving Anko a rough slap on her shapely rear that nearly made her squeal out her lust.

"I… I belong to you~! I'm yours, Naruto-kun~~!" she moaned loudly, her tongue hanging out in excitement as she looked back at Naruto.

"That's right. You belong to me and only me, Anko!" Naruto grinned as he groped her boobs from behind, rolling her nipples between his fingers that made Anko cry out her climax then and there.

"N-NARUTO!" Anko moaned at her loudest as she felt herself get carried off the table by her legs, now being fucked on the air from behind.

"I'm not done, woman! You're going to pay for seducing me earlier!" he licked his lips slowly as she turned her head to look up at him, his blood pumping when he felt Anko's juices all over his cock. Without warning, he dove in to bite her neck in animalistic fashion, and she threw her head back afterwards.

"KYAAAAAAAAAA!" she screamed out as loud as she could, not caring even if somebody else would hear her cry of pleasure.

"He's probably eating ramen for dinner at the moment, after all, it's his favorite food." Hiruzen laughed once more, as an image of a certain blonde-haired boy appeared in his mind. "It reminds me so much of him…" the old man sighed and looked down, remembering the boy that he treated like his own grandson.

"He must be thinking of Naruto." Iruka thought to himself, causing him to act immediately before this discussion goes out of topic. "I guess that's all you have to tell me then, Hokage-sama?" he asked loudly, making sure that Hiruzen would be able to hear him.

It seemed to be enough for the old man to snap out of his temporary trance, smiling at Iruka for a moment. "Oh yes, that will be all Iruka. You can head to the hospital now, and I will take care of everything else. We still have the team selections for our new genins next week, this matter with Mizuki's betrayal shall be dealt with at another time. The important thing is, the scroll is safe now."

"What about Juzo-kun?" Iruka asked.

"I am not doubting his words regarding Mizuki since if we come to the conclusion that he is a follower of Orochimaru, it is quite possible for him to indeed escape without anyone on his trail. However, I will keep an eye on the boy because I am interested to see how he will develop."

"What do you mean, Hokage-sama?"

"At his age, if he is able to face off against a chuunin like Mizuki, who is also Orochimaru's follower and be able to handle him while also holding his own, he might make a good ANBU or chuunin in the future. And I was also impressed with his performance in the exams at the academy earlier, to be frank."

Iruka raised both his eyebrows. "What about Sasuke-kun? He also performed well earlier."

"Sasuke-kun has skill, but his mind and thoughts tend to get in the way of him reaching his full potential. Juzo-kun, on the other hand, looks really mature for his age and his skills are on par or perhaps better than Sasuke-kun's. However, that doesn't mean I will not pay attention to Sasuke-kun at all, since he is the only remaining Uchiha in the village. Consider it that they both have my attention from this point onward. Now go tend to your wounds, Iruka. You'll be in pain if you stay any longer."

Iruka bowed his head in respect. "Understood, Hokage-sama. I'll take my leave then."

As Iruka left, Hiruzen breathed another puff of smoke as he turned his head towards the bane of his life: paperwork, which somehow magically got doubled compared to the small pile he saw earlier.

"WWWWWHHHHHYYYYYY?!" he cried with anime tears running down his face.

(That night; Naruto and Anko's apartment)

Naruto and Anko were both sleeping peacefully under the covers, naked as the day they were born. After four hours of nonstop sex, they finally decided to stop and take a shower together, before they would retire for the night because Naruto wanted to get up early and continue his training tomorrow and Anko had to take part in a 5-day mission to Kusagakure.

The blonde had an arm wrapped around Anko protectively as he slept, but his eyes immediately opened when he sensed two chakra signatures enter their apartment.

Alarmed by this, he quickly got out of bed while using one of the pillows to substitute for him sleeping with Anko before he put on some clothes.

"Who the hell has the guts to sneak in here while I'm asleep?" Naruto thought to himself, opening his bedroom door by a tad bit and peeking through to see what was happening outside.

The two ninjas both had forehead protectors that were different compared to Konoha's, having a musical note as the symbol their hitai-ate, signifying that they were from the Hidden Sound Village. They both had masks over their faces to conceal their identities, yet it seemed like they could see through the dark quite well.

"How long are we gonna stay here? The Hokage might know that we're here and send ANBU after us." one of them said as he had just finished searching through Anko's bedroom.

Another Sound ninja showed up, this time coming from the kitchen. "We were sent here to find and bring Naruto Uzumaki to Lord Orochimaru, that was it. The sooner we find him, the sooner we leave. Now move your ass and check that last room, I'll keep an eye out here and keep an eye on things."

The other one nodded in response as he headed for the next bedroom, but keeping his eye on his companion. "All right, but something tells me that this won't be —" he stopped in his words when he heard the door open on its own and as he looked back at what was in front of him, he was immediately met with a punch to the face that sent him flying to the other side of the apartment.

"IZUKA!" the other Sound-nin nearly shouted, rushing towards his fallen comrade and knelt by his side. "What the hell happened?!" he demanded, looking alarmed since he had his attention towards the balcony of the apartment just earlier.

Although shaking, the man called "Izuka" raised his finger to point towards the bedroom he came across earlier and as the other one turned his attention there, they were both met with the sight of Naruto Uzumaki with his Claws activated, looking ready to kill some bastards.

Naruto grinned darkly as he cracked his knuckles. "So that snake crap sent you guys to bring me to him? I'm honored…" he whispered.

"It's… him…" Izuka whispered in fear, with blood coming out of his mouth just from the strength of Naruto's punch.

"I'll bring you two with me when I go to kill him… after I put your bones in a sack!" Naruto roared out, lunging for his prey.

So two Sound-nins are after Naruto, will they succeed or not? Ha, we all know they won't. But can Naruto get information from them regarding Orochimaru's location? We'll find out next chapter!

Goodbye… and good night! BANG! *too sweet gesture*

-Lance