Code SIN - I. Childhood Days - Messing With Anko
"Anko nee-chan, come play with me!"
The purple-haired kunoichi crouched down to Naruto's level and ruffled his hair. "Sorry kid, gotta go. I'm already ten minutes late for my first day."
The blond boy tilted his head in a confused manner. "Only ten minutes? Usually you're like, two whole hours late!" He suddenly remembered something. "Hey, hey nee-chan! You know that pervert with the silver hair and that orange book? What's his name? K-Kaka-something… Kakashi! Yeah, that's it! He's always late too! I bet he's copying you! Copy Cat Kakashi! Copy Cat Kakashi!"
Anko laughed. It was a carefree gesture, and one that was increasingly common to be heard around the little boy. Anko had come to care a lot for the jinchuuriki, and they have a very close relationship. "Silly otouto. Even though it's fun, being late is no good. Besides, it wouldn't be well to keep the head of T&I waiting, now would it?"
Naruto's eyes widened comically. "You're apprenticed to Morino Ibiki?! Great, now you'll find even more ways to torture me! I hope Ibiki-san doesn't give you pointers!"
Anko scowled at him and smacked him over the head. "Quiet, brat! Now leave, I have more important things to do! People to meet!"
Naruto snorted. "How do I know if you're not going to plan something behind my back with the head of T&I himself? No, it will be better if I follow you to work," he said seriously.
Anko couldn't help but to burst out into hearty chuckles. "Otouto, sometimes you're so smart I keep forgetting you're only three. Now's not one of those moments." She swept Naruto up into her arms and snuggled into his silky blond locks, ignoring the protests from the boy. 'His hair's so soft… I wonder what kind of conditioner he uses?'
Naruto's muffled yells were ignored by Anko as she held him against her chest and shunshined away to the Headquarters of the Torture and Interrogation Department.
Naruto panicked as he caught a glimpse of a huge man with multiple scars adorning his face approaching them. "Oh shit… It's THE Morino Ibiki! I heard that he eats children for breakfast! What time is it- OH NO IT'S ONLY EIGHT! What if he's still hungry?! I am so screwed! ANKO NEE-CHAN HELP MEEEEE!!!" He wailed, clutching his nee-chan's trench coat tightly.
Ibiki shot him an amused glance as he stopped in front of the strange pair. However his mouth twisted into a frown as he spotted the foul mouthed kunoichi. "Mitarashi Anko… YOU ARE LATE!" he roared. "I WILL NOT TOLERATE SUCH INSUBORDINATION FROM MY NEW APPRENTICE!! DROP AND GIVE ME THREE HUNDRED PUSH-UPS!"
Anko blinked.
"WHAAATTTT?!"
"Ibiki's… a… fucking… psycho…" Anko managed to wheeze out to Naruto as she collapsed from her thirty-eighth lap around Konoha.
"Oh really now?"
Anko tensed as Ibiki strolled up to her with a grin, eyes full of mirth. "Naruto here is barely winded."
Anko managed to stop herself from snapping and lashing out at the man. "That kid's a stamina freak," she finally muttered.
Naruto shot her an apologetic grin. He was only running laps with her to keep her company. But Anko was right when she said that Naruto was a stamina freak. After running thirty-eight laps around Konoha – which was, incidentally, a very large village – Naruto was only panting slightly from exertion. Even though he was supposed to be a 'stamina freak', he was only three, after all.
'Those idiot villagers chasing him must be more beneficial than I thought,' Anko thought sadly, frustrated at the people of Konoha for only seeing the Kyuubi in Naruto.
Anko was broken out of her reverie as she suddenly felt a shiver run down her spine. She could've sworn that Ibiki had an evil glint in his eyes.
Ibiki raised an eyebrow. "Did I say you could stop? Give me twelve more laps. Once you're done, do two hundred more push-ups and five hundred sit-ups. Then we will take a ten minute break. We'll discuss your punishment for your tardiness after your break. NOW GET TO IT!!"
Anko growled. "Naruto this is all your fault!!!"
Naruto gulped. This isn't going to end well for him...
A tired and battered Anko was leaning against a relatively uninjured Naruto as they staggered into their cozy apartment. Naruto carefully set his older sister onto the couch before locking the door.
Anko groaned. Her whole body was one huge sore spot.
"Nee-chan I think it would be nice for you to take a bath," suggested Naruto. "You know, relax your muscles and all that. Besides, you're starting to stink up the place."
"Shut up, Naru-chan" she grumbled, too tired to do anything else.
Naruto took the hint and retreated from the living room. He slipped into Anko's room and pulled out a pair of comfortable sweats and a plain shirt, completely different from what she normally wore. He walked to a dresser and - in a true, non-perverted gesture - closed his eyes before opening drawers and pulling out his older sister's comfortable undergarments. He didn't let the fact that he could actually tell the difference between her many pairs of underwear bother him. He scurried to the bathroom and placed the clothes onto the laundry basket. He pulled out some towels from cabinets and set them down with Anko's clothes. Naruto then proceeded to fill the tub with warm water. 'I should've done this first. Then I wouldn't have to wait so long!' thought Naruto as the tub slowly filled up with water. He quickly turned off the tap and ran out to get Anko.
She was still lying down in the same position. Not surprising, considering the physical workout she partook less than an hour ago. Naruto carefully nudged Anko, gaining a half-hearted swipe.
"Go away," muttered Anko. Naruto ignored her and continued to poke her. Anko twitched in irritation. "Nee-chan your bath's ready," he said. Anko sighed. She heaved her feet off the couch and dragged herself to the bathroom.
Naruto waited faithfully outside the bathroom door for his sister to finish with her bath. Fifteen minutes later, Anko stumbled out, letting Naruto lead her to her room. He pushed her gently to the bed and waited until she was settled down before lifting the covers over her body. He padded softly out of her room and closed the door with a quiet 'click'.
Anko smiled as she snuggled into her blankets and fell asleep.
Meanwhile, the blond jinchuuriki had taken a quiet shower and retired for his room as well. Snagging one of the scrolls he took from the library the other day, he brought it to the bed and started to read.
'I hope Ibiki doesn't work Anko too hard from now on,' Naruto thought worriedly. 'I don't know if I can retrain a pissed off Anko for too long. Please Kami, don't let her go berserk when she wakes up.'
Sadly, Naruto's prayers were not answered, and he was given a severe spanking by his dear sister when she finally woke up.
"At least one person enjoyed it," muttered Naruto. Anko grinned.
The next two years passed quickly for the two, as Ibiki gave Anko many tasks to complete, which meant that Naruto had to do them as well. Well, the less dangerous ones anyways. Training did not count as Anko did not want Naruto to be privy of the gory details in her line of work.
Sometimes, Anko had assignments and had to leave Konoha to hunt down someone or another. The poor soul.
Naruto would stay with Ibiki when Anko was away, as he as still young. It is not advised to leave a hyper, blond, five-year-old by himself in an empty apartment with a thousand ryo(1), as Anko had found out after a particularly long mission.
Ibiki enjoys Anko and Naruto's company, as not a lot of people liked to be around the head of the Torture and Interrogation Department for any longer than they'd have to. He has grown used to the siblings' crazy attitudes, and is pretty much immune to the two. This was what happened when he told the two...
"I like our private meetings," he stated.
"Then why don't you like hanging out with us in public," Anko pouted.
"I don't want to be seen around you two wack jabs. Imagine what would happen to my reputation," Ibiki said with a straight face.
Naruto giggled hysterically as Anko spluttered, grasping for a comeback.
"I like messing with Anko," Ibiki whispered conspiringly to Naruto. The blond boy howled with laughter.
A/N: I apologize for the short length of the chapter, but I seriously suck at writing anything more than two thousand words long... ^^" thank you for your reviews!
(1) - I'm just making up the numbers here, so pretend that one thousand ryo equals something like a hundred fifty dollars CAN ^^"
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S.I.N. has more meaning than the actual names of the future members of the team btw. hence the 'code'. "It's a long held tradition within the T&I Department regarding their...." well, I can't really tell you else I'll spoil that part ^^. but it's still a long long time away until that...
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