Code SIN - II. Childhood Days - Messing With The Council... Part I
Naruto yawned widely. 'What time is it?' he thought sleepily. He glanced at the clock on his bedside table. 'Eleven. It's still too early… But… I promised I'd bring lunch for Anko-chan today…' Naruto got out of bed reluctantly and quickly changed out of his pyjamas and into a pair of black cargo pants, a fishnet shirt, and an orange trench coat, before walking to the bathroom to brush his teeth. The sight that greeted him at the mirror was like a mini male version of Anko.
It was a training day for Anko today, so Naruto had the whole day to himself. Well, except during lunch when he will be eating lunch with Anko. Speaking of lunch…
Grrroowwwllll…
'So… hungry… Must… have… RAMEN…!!!'
Naruto stumbled down a flight of stairs and into the kitchen, still rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"Morning sleepyhead!" A cheerful Anko greeted him as he entered the kitchen. She was seated at the dining table, two bowls of ramen placed on the table. Naruto blinked. When the sight of a smiling Anko did not disappear after a few seconds, he pinched himself to make sure it was not a dream. Or a genjutsu. "Oh Kami is she smiling?! And on a training day?! THE END OF THE WORLD IS NEAR!! NOOOOO I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIEEEE!!!" He yelled out in a panicked voice.
Anko whacked him over the head with a frying pan. "Shut up, brat!" She screeched.
Naruto clutched his head in pain. "How can I shut up?! For all we know, this will be the last few minutes we have together as brother and sister! I want you to know that I love you, and I'm sorry that I ate your last dango last week after training, and even though your cooking sucks, I appreciate the thought, and you're the best sister ever, and your clothes scare me, and-"
Anko sighed as Naruto kept on rambling. "Figures. The only time I get a day off and the idiot overreacts and screams his head off at me," she muttered.
After a few minutes, Naruto finally calmed down as he realized that the world was NOT about to end and they were still safe from the approaching apocalypse. "Why did Ibiki give you a day off from training anyways?" He asked curiously.
Anko shrugged. "I don't give a damn. As long as I don't have to do those suicidal 'exercises'." She shivered. Suddenly, her face broke out into a wide grin. "Let's go celebrate at the usual place! You know what that means, right Naru-chan?"
Naruto paled. "I'M NOT TREATING YOU TO DANGO AGAIN!! LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO POOR GAMA-CHAN LAST TIME!!" He whimpered, clutching his precious frog- shaped wallet to his chest. Anko smirked and pulled out a kunai. She had that crazy look in her eyes again…
Naruto could almost cry in defeat.
'I swear, I can hear Kami laughing at me.'
Ibiki twitched as he heard a terrifying scream echo through Konoha. 'Someone's causing pain, and that someone is not me! And I had the perfect drills planned for Anko today, too…'
He scowled at the Civilian Council, who had demanded a meeting with the head of the Torture and Interrogation Department. Which is why he was in the Hokage's meeting room at twelve in the afternoon instead of torturing - I mean, training Anko.
"I hope someone is preparing these idiots' funerals," Ibiki muttered under his breath. The Hokage chuckled as he heard Ibiki's angry complaints. 'It's these days that I kind of feel sorry for the Civilian Council… nope, the feeling's gone. Must've been the ramen I ate.'
The Council that governed Konoha was split into two factions: the Civilian Council, which was made up of regular citizens, and looked over the normal, day-to-day interactions within the villages, and helped supervise the trades and businesses of Konoha; and the Shinobi Council, which was composed of the representatives from each of the major Ninja Clans, who acted as the commanders and oversaw the military forces of the village, and helped protect and defend Konoha. Both parts have the interests of Konoha as priority. However, they were only to act as advisors to the Hokage, who had the final decision in everything that is related to the wellbeing of the village.
Almost all of the members of the Council jumped as Kakashi shunshined into the room, the infamous Icha Icha Paradise in hand. "I'm sorry I am late! You see, there was this black cat-"
The Hokage cut him off, mentally cringing at the one-eyed jounin's pitiful excuse. "Now that we are all here, let the meeting commence. Now, Hoitsu-san, please explain why you have gathered the Council, myself, Kakashi, and Ibiki here."
The man named Hoitsu stood up from his seat and spoke. "Hokage-sama, we have called a meeting because we feel that there are two exceptional 'ninja-to-be's in the Academy, and we feel that Ibiki-san and Kakashi-san would be the best suited in training the two when they graduate in three years."
The Council members all quivered in fear as a large amount of killer intent rolled off the head of T&I. He had to give Kakashi credit. He didn't even react to it. Needless the say, the Hokage was unfazed. "Did I say you can fucking address me by my first name?!" Ibiki snarled. "This is what you summoned me for?! They won't be graduating for THREE FUCKING YEARS, I have an apprentice to train, and I am not going to fucking train a brat fresh from the Academy! Do you understand?!"
Hoitsu gulped in fear. Kakashi simply said, "If Sasuke and his team passes my test, then sure, I'll train him."
Hoitsu turned towards him, glad for the silver-haired man to divert Ibiki's attention from him. "How did you know-"
"-That you wanted Sasuke to be my student?" Kakashi interrupted, nose still buried in his smut. "Well, it was logical. I mean, I'm the only one who could teach him how to use the Sharingan. That is, if he awakens it." He took the book away from his face and gave the Council his famous eye-smile. "If that is all, then I'll take my leave now. Good luck with Ibiki-san! Icha Icha here I come!" Kakashi gave a perverted giggle before 'poof'ing out.
Ibiki twitched, then sighed in frustration. "I will be observing the Yamanaka heir. If she does not meet my standards, then I will not take her on. However, I have a few conditions. First, I will be allowed to choose the other two genins on the team. Second, I will be able to specialize the whole team in Torture and Interrogation. Third, I will be able to teach them whatever I want, no restrictions. And fourth, they will stay as a team under my leadership even after they pass the Jounin Exams, which I know they will. These terms are non-negotiable."
The Council didn't even want to guess how Ibiki knew that they wanted him to train Yamanaka Ino. They were given a few minutes to whisper and debate amongst themselves. Hoitsu, as the representative, finally said, "We will accept these conditions. Thank you, Morino-san for-"
"By your leave, Hokage-sama." Ibiki ignored the Council and addressed the Hokage. They gaped in shock as Ibiki gave them the finger and shunshined away.
"How dare he! Hokage-sama, Morino-san has crossed the line! I demand punishment! He clearly does not have any respect for the Council!"
The Hokage scowled. "You are overstepping their boundaries. You have to remember that they are only here to advise me, not to usurp my power and corrupt our village! Now get out of my sight!"
'I should've brought a camera. The Council members were doing quite impressive imitations of those koi fish(1) I have in my pond.' The Hokage cackled in his mind as the Council spluttered out curses, then apologies and other nonsense, in hopes of regaining the Hokage's favors.
'Ibiki was right. It is fun messing with the Council.'
A/N: I know, the first part is crazy and weird, but I'm too lazy to change it.. it is easy to see where this is going, no? ^^" the teams are kinda easy to figure out, but the third member is more like a poison specialist than anything else. does this give you more of a hint? - actually, Sin just decided that he'll be the poison specialist right now... she had NO idea what his role in the team was XD -
(1) - Question! - that is totally unrelated to the story - 'fish' in plural is still 'fish', correct? ;p
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