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Team 11
A moment later, Anko had a bottle of sake placed in front of them.
"I-I don't know if we're ready for this." Yakumo stated uneasily.
"It's a step forward in life." Anko stated as she ushered them to drink. "What's the worst that can happen?"
Anko groaned as she managed to pull herself up.
What woke me up again? She asked herself. She received the answer by the sound coming from her door. Oh yeah, the dead fool who knocks while I'm hungover.
"Mitarashi-San, are you home!?" He spoke as she reached the door. "I am here to inform you that you are needed to give your team evaluation."
"My wha-?" She asked as she opened it. "What the hell are you going on about?"
"Your...team."
"Oh God..." A voice muttered from behind. "Someone...please...kill me."
"For the love of all that's Holy, stop shouting!" Another spoke. "And someone kill the sun!"
All of her memories from the day before came rushing back. The deal with the Hokage, the kids passing her little exam. The celebration.
"Mitarashi-San." The Shinobi spoke uneasily. "Are your Genin...drunk?"
"That's what happens when Naruto gets into a drinking contest with the champ." Anko states with pride. "And Yakumo was such a light weight, it was cute."
"You...you got into a drinking contest with your student...it's not even official yet." The man states. "They're unregistered, still civilian, I have to report this!"
Anko stared at the man for a solid minute.
Feeling better already. Anko thought as she walked down the hall that lead to the village leader.
"Reporting in to tell you my little Genin passed." Anko stated as she walked into the room.
"Ah, good." The Third stated. "How did they perform."
Anko went into a detailed report of how Naruto and Yakumo worked with great collaboration. Unorthodox, but still great. Then again, anyone who said Anko was orthodox wasn't sober.
"That's good new Anko-Chan." The leader spoke. "Now if you'd be so kind as to have them report in for their official registration, they can begin missions immediately." The Third informed.
"Uh, about that..." Anko began uneasily. "Can that be postponed for them?"
"...Why?" The leader asked suspiciously.
"They're kind of...indisposed."
"What did you do?"
"I drank them under the table." Anko admitted.
The village leader felt a headache forming, one of many many to come.
Anko returned home to see Naruto and Yakumo waiting patiently for her return, or just waiting in silence for their hangover to pass. Probably the second.
"Well how are my cute little Genin!?" She asked extra loudly for them.
"Please, I'll pay you not to torture us while we're hung over." Yakuma begged.
"Cover my bill from my favorite dango shop and we have a deal."
"Fine." Yakumo sighed.
"Okay team, let's begin our missions." Anko stated. "Being hungover while working is just something you'll have to live with."
"Um, shouldn't we train first?" Yakumo asked.
"Oh yea, we need to do that." Anko muttered. "Okay, let's start right now." Anko stood in front of them with a ready, but loose stance. "Okay, hit me." Anko ordered.
"Hit you?" Naruto repeated, confused.
"Yeah, hit me." Anko stated. "As hard as you can."
"You want us, two hung over, fresh out out of the academy reject Genin." Yakumo motioned to her and her partner. "To hit you, a veteran Jounin. In your own home."
"...Yeah." Anko answered uneasily.
"You have nothing planned for us, do you?" Naruto accused.
Anko began sweating under their unimpressed gazes. Shit, had them for a day and I'm already losing face. She couldn't have that. What to do, she wondered. Brain, options!
Threaten them? No, that'd just prove their point.
Bribe them? No, that'd just prove their point.
Seduce them? No, see first two options.
Be honest?...Hahahahaha!
Hmm, what options am I left with? She tried to rack her brain for an answer.
"If you don't want to teach us, fine." Naruto stated uncaring. "Yakumo and I have been doing fine on our own, we're all we need."
Anko was taken back by his acceptance of her lack of foresight. She couldn't really blame them, said lack of foresight could be seen as not caring. She let out a deep sigh, honesty it was.
"Look kids, I'll be honest with you, I didn't even want to take on a Genin team. Hell, the Hokage had to bribe me so I'd take this seriously." Anko admitted, much to their disappointment. "Not to mention who you two are?"
Does she know? Yakumo felt fear rising.
Is she talking about the fox? Naruto asked worriedly.
"I don't like what I've been hearing." She states. "You're both outcasts, no one expects anything of you, anything good at least. I see something different." That statement gained their attention. "I see dedicated Shinobi who want to prove that they aren't...what others set for them to be."
Anko rubbed her neck. Traitor.
Naruto rubbed his stomach. Demon.
Yakumo rubbed her arms. Failure.
They each noticed the actions of the other and gave an awkward laugh. It was obvious they were all carrying their own baggage.
"I guess we're team Outcast then." Naruto offered, trying to lighten the mood.
"Boo!" Anko jeered. "That titles been used so often it's a shame, stick with your Cloak and Dagger shtick."
"So, what now?"
"Unfortunately, there's little to nothing I can teach you." She answered with a sigh. "Most of my techniques rely on my own skill and collaboration with my summons, neither of which will fit either of you two. Naruto, you want to be a weapon's expert, I only use standard equipment. Yakumo, you want to be a Genjutsu expert, I know only the barest minimum, and that's thanks to my friend Kurenai." She sighed. "I can help you two hone your body and maybe your accuracy, but other than that..." She began trailing off. "That's not even including your...hindrances."
Both newly instated Genin tensed.
"Naruto, your chakra control is...shit." Anko stated with brutal honesty. "Yakumo, you're physically on par with a civilian girl your age. I can try and help you both with those, to a degree, to get you the point where you two won't be a...hindrance."
"Well I do have some good news!" Anko declared. "As your Sensei, you won't be subjected to D-Ranks missions!"
"Why?" Yakumo asked suspiciously.
"Because Anko doesn't do D's!" She declared before pausing, then leaning in close to Naruto with a smile. "Actually, I do the D, I like to do the D." Naruto blushed at the open innuendo. "Don't feel left out Yakumo, I do the V as well, and if you'r both up to it, the A."
"Anko, could you stop verbally molesting your students for a moment?" Someone asked.
"Sure." Anko answered without looking up. "Let's make it physical!"
"Anko!" Another voiced chastised.
Anko turned to see her friend Kurenai, followed by Kakashi.
"What can I do you for?" Anko asked.
"Well, we couldn't help but overhear your little conversation." Kakashi began.
"Were you two spying on us?" Yakumo asked, almost accusingly. We're in Anko's apartment!
"Yes." Kakashi answered without missing a beat. "We're ninja, we spy on everyone."
"...How did you even get in here?" Yakumo asked.
"Ninja." Kakashi answered, as if that was all that was needed.
"Don't let Kakashi here fool you, Nai-Chan here has a key." Anko explained, blowing Kakashi's chance at being seen as mysterious.
Kurenai stepped forward. "We believe that we can help you with this...predicament."
"Why?" Naruto asked suspiciously.
After Naruto and Yakumo's last encounter with Kurenai, they were weary of her. This new stranger added to the mix didn't help.
"It would be a good way for the teams to intermingle and get a feel of what it'll be like to work with each other." Kakashi answered. "Maybe you all could even learn something from one another."
Anko contemplated the words. She was no fool, she new that there was something else behind their appearance. She saw how here team had acted at the arrival of Kurenai and, to a smaller extent, Kakashi. But she also couldn't deny the logic behind their words, especially since it backed up her earlier statement.
"I guess we could arrange...something." Anko stated. I'm going to need to talk to the Hokage, aren't I? She sighed, this was getting too serious for her liking. "Alright you two, we'll sort out the detail to this...whatever it is. You both go finish sleeping off your hangover."
"What now?" Kurenai asked, taken by surprise.
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Next chapter will have action, and hopefully some laughs. And maybe you'll find out what happened to the ninja who tried to take away Anko's Genin. Maybe.