Naruto was the happiest person in the ninja world at the moment. He had just gained a new friend and a new mother all in the same day. He now had a friend to play around with, and a mother that was all his. He finally had people other than the Hokage and the Ichiraku family that cared for him, and he couldn't be happier.
Anko was happy as well. Naruto's smile and attitude were infectious, and made everyone around him feel better. She was happy because he was happy. His life was finally going to get better.
The two walked in relative silence, as the boy was too excited to even speak at the moment. All he could do was walk forward and smile like a maniac. He squealed and jumped around, but didn't speak. His hand was in hers as they walked side-by-side, not caring about any of the people glancing at them with hate. Most of the looks were actually out of curiosity, not of anger. They had heard about how Anko killed a guy the other night while protecting Naruto, and they were a little more afraid of the two of them now.
It was rather quiet between the two of them as they walked through the streets, but that all ended when Anko stopped and looked at Naruto.
"When was the last time you ate, Gaki?" She asked the boy. He was quiet for a moment, but spoke back to her *after thinking for a few seconds.
"Umm. A few days, I think…" He said back to her as he tried to remember, getting her to look at him curiously.
"A few days? But you've only been in the hospital for one. Before the Villagers got you, how many days has it been since you last ate?" She rephrased her question, hoping to retrieve a better answer from Naruto.
"So… Today is Thursday… and I was in the hospital Wednesday… Umm, three days! Not with Wednesday!" He said happily, knowing that it was the right answer.
Anko looked at him with worry. "You haven't eaten in five days? Gaki, we need to get you something to eat. Now!" She ended with confidence, easily picking him up and placing him on her shoulders to get to her favorite dango shop.
It was only a matter of seconds before they reached their destination, and Anko put Naruto down on the ground. She knew that he could have ran with her to the shop, but he hadn't eaten in days, and he was probably at least a little tired from running ever since he woke up.
Naruto looked at his surroundings and then to Anko, his faced asking for answers. "Where are we?" He asked her.
"This, my dear Gaki," Anko paused to put a hand on Naruto shoulder. "Is the home of the greatest food in existence. Dango!" She said happily, getting an odd look from Naruto, who shook his head at her.
"No, Ramen is the best food!" He spoke back defiantly.
Anko snorted and began to laugh, even tearing up a bit. "Ha! Ramen? It's good, kid, but not as good as Dango."
Naruto shook his head again and somewhat glared at her. "Ramen is the food of the gods! Teuchi-ojisan said so!"
"Trust me, Naruto. When you taste Dango, you'll agree with me." Anko spoke confidently, fully believing that Dango could calm the mightiest of beasts, and the largest of hungers. "Just try it Gaki." She continued, leading Naruto into the dango shop and over to the counter.
It was a little store, but the size of the place didn't mean anything. Many people said that they sold the best dango in Konoha, and Anko took that fact to heart as the one proving it true or not.
The Snake Mistress ordered a few sticks of dango. Half of it was going to Naruto, and the other half was for her. She was sure that he would change his tune about Ramen being the best. The two of them sat down at a booth and began to eat
Without fear or worry, Naruto took one of the dango sticks and ate the dumplings. He caught Anko's expectant look and nodded at her. "It's good!" He said to her, getting her to celebrate due to the fact that she thought that she had gotten him to admit that it was the better of two foods. "But not better than ramen!" Her celebrating stopped and a look that would make the Kyūbi cower in fear appeared on Anko's face. Naruto was frozen in fear, and could only listen to what she had to say.
"I let you have my Dango. MY. DANGO. And you still say that Ramen is better?!" She asked furiously. She hardly let anyone have a share of her dango. The least he could do was humor her for a little before saying that ramen might have been a little better than dango.
"Well that's fine kid. Can't force you onto something." She said with a happy smile, ignoring the fact that she had just scared her new son shitless. She ruffled his hair and smiled a little when he whimpered in fear.
"Y-you're n-n-not going to kick me out or abandon me or anything?" He asked with uncertainty. His reaction caused Anko to look at him quizzically.
"No? Why would I do something like that? I mean I took it upon myself to look after you, to adopt you as my musuko, and I plan on doing it." She said with confidence and a warm smile. She was quiet for a moment, hearing that he was still whimpering a little in fear.
She sighed lightly, taking in a small breath as she looked at him with sympathy. "Listen, Gaki. I didn't mean to scare you." She paused, shrugging her shoulders. "Well, maybe a little, but not to this extent." She got up from her side of the booth and sat down next to Naruto, putting a hand on his shoulder as she looked down at him with a smile. "You think that ramen is better, than that's cool. That just means that I have to try harder to get you to admit that dango is better!" She said with joy, laughing a little in an attempt to make Naruto feel a bit better. Naruto smiled at *his adoptive mother and laughed along with her, taking another stick of dango not long after.
The two of them had a good dinner, talking and learning a bit more about the other. With Naruto, it wasn't all that hard to learn just about everything about him. He was a six year old who lived off of Ramen and what the old Hokage gave him. It was saddening and angering at the same time to hear about how the village treated Naruto. Anko knew how bad the village could be, but to hear every story from the boy who had experienced it all set Anko on a whole new level of hate for the village.
Naruto learned about Anko, and how similar she was to him. The village didn't like her either, but she fought for the respect that she currently had, something that Naruto wanted to do. He wanted to fight and earn the recognition and respect of the village. He wanted to show them that they were wrong in being so mean to him. That he wasn't the fox stored inside. He found out that something bad happened to her because of someone else that made most people in the village hate her, and he really felt like he could connect with his new mother.
Currently, the fox and snake duo was on its way to Anko's, and now also Naruto's, home. He was still excited about living with Anko, but not to the same extent that he was before they had gotten dinner.
"So, what are we gonna do when we get home?" Naruto asked, his face showing that he was trying to keep himself from getting tired. It was a pretty adorable sight, seeing the little boy tiredly looking up at Anko.
Anko looked down at Naruto and thought for a moment. Naruto was looking tired, and she didn't really have any plans for the moment. She had plans for the following day, but not right now.
"I don't know, gaki." *She said quietly, continuing to think about how to spend the rest of the day. She took a glance at him and nodded knowingly. "Don't… Know…" She repeated, walking forward as they neared their house.
Anko had a weird feeling, one that got increasingly more noticeable as she moved closer to her house. She didn't know what it was, but decided to keep quiet about it. She was on edge, though, making sure that she was prepared if it was someone who had plans on hurting her or Naruto.
The feeling didn't go away as they got closer, and just before Naruto could touch the door, Anko put her hand out in front of his, keeping him from getting to the door. She looked at the boy, who looked back at her in curiosity.
"Stay here and keep quiet." She said quietly, slowly moving her hand to grasp the knob and turn it. Naruto nodded at her and watched as she opened the door without making a sound. She whispered something inaudible to his untrained ears, but several snakes slithered out of the sleeve of her trench coat and onto the ground, where they proceeded to slither around the house.
Anko moved into the house as well, and pulled out a Kunai just to be safe. She knew who was there, and she wanted to know why.
With a smirk, Anko moved to the dining room, where a figure was currently making some team. Anko concealed the kunai and walked over to the figure.
"So, you're starting to pick up my habit of walking in uninvited." Anko said to the person, who was pouring the tea into two cups.
The person nodded, knowing who it was because of the voice. It was dark in the kitchen, but that wasn't a problem for the two of them and their ninja training. "It seems so. You do it all the time at my house, so it was bound to happen here at some point. Tea?" The person offered, holding one of the hot tea cups out to Anko.
Anko took the cup of tea and sipped the drink, sighing in satisfaction. She set the cup down on the table and looked at the figure, keeping her eyes on the unmistakable red ones. "It's a little dark; don't you think, Nai-chan? I didn't think you were into the darkness."
Kurenai shook her head, smiling a little as she sipped from her own cup. "I'm not, but I didn't want to alarm you by leaving all of your lights on. Having just the kitchen light on would have also raise suspicion. Really, anything that I would have chosen to do would have brought up at least some suspicion."
Anko flipped on the lights, keeping her eyes on Kurenai as she moved back to her cup of tea. "Yeah, but still," She smirked at her friend. "Invading a friends house when they aren't home is my thing. Why are you here?"
Kurenai was silent for a moment, going over her choice of words before speaking them out loud. "Nothing much. You said that you had to do something earlier, but the sun's already set. I wanted to have a chat with you to see what was going on, but you weren't here when I came by initially. So, I came back and made some tea for when you came home." She explained herself to Anko, who was listened quietly.
Anko had a spark in her eyes, but it was only for a short moment before it went away, hidden in the confines of her mind. "Oh, don't worry about it." She looked behind her in surprise, remembering that a six year old boy was standing outside of her *door, waiting for the signal to be let in. "Oh! That's right." She turned back to Kurenai with a grin. "You have to meet your new godson." Kurenai's eyes widened at this, looking at Anko with the same look of surprise. Before she could say anything, Anko spoke again. "Naruto, come in here! False alarm, it's just Nai-chan."
Naruto heard Anko call him from inside the house, and walked through the door and closed it behind him. He walked around the house for a brief moment before finding the kitchen, his tired little mind struggling to stay awake.
Kurenai turned to Naruto as he walked into the kitchen, and he couldn't be any cuter at the moment. There were small bags under his ocean blue eyes, and his sun-kissed blonde hair was as spiky as ever. Kurenai didn't even want to start thinking about his whiskers. Everything about *him was just so cute. In an instant, Kurenai had the boy in her arms, hugging him as tight as humanly possible.
"I'm going to be this adorable little boy's godmother?!" She asked excitedly, squeezing him even more than before. She didn't notice that Naruto was trying to break free from her iron grip.
"Anko-kaasan… Help…!" Naruto managed to get out, still trying to get away from this strange woman who refused to let him go.
Eventually, Kurenai stopped suffocating him in a hug and lifted him up so that she could see his face. She practically squealed at his little whiskers, and began to pet and stroke them. She was like a giddy teenager at the moment, which was highly unlike her.
Naruto had never had someone touch his whiskers before, because if he had, he would have been prepared for the feeling that he got from his godmother touching them. Unconsciously, he began to purr, and started to drift into unconsciousness. He was like an actual fox, snuggling into Kurenai as she continued to pet his whiskers which caused him to keep purring. It made him all the cuter in the genjutsu mistress' eyes. Neither she nor Anko could believe how cute he was becoming, even as he drifted off to sleep.
"He purrs!?" Kurenai asked excitedly and semi-rhetorically.
With wide eyes and a shrug, Anko responded. "I guess? I don't know, it's never happened before!"
In little time, Naruto fell asleep from the affectionate treatment from Kurenai, who wouldn't let go of him until Anko ordered her to do so. He needed to get some rest, and he would have a better sleep on a bed than in Kurenai's iron grip.
Once he was put in Anko's bed, as it was the only bed in the house at the moment, Anko moved back to the kitchen where she continued to talk to Kurenai.
"So, you're really making me his godmother?" Kurenai asked, unsure if her friend was actually being serious about that or not. Much to her enjoyment, Anko nodded.
"Of course. You're better mother material than I am, and I probably won't be able to raise him right without you." She said confidently, knowing that Kurenai would probably take the role of godmother, even if she didn't have the title.
"Thank you, Anko! You won't regret it!" She said happily, thinking back on the adorable little boy she was going to be raising with her friend.
And eventually the day ended, and Kurenai went home after going to Anko's room and holding onto Naruto for a few minutes. Anko had to carefully pry Naruto out of Kurenai's arms so that he could continue sleeping, and a little while later she joined him in the bed. He slept on the far end of one side, and Anko took the other side. She knew that she'd have to get him a bed and a room of his own, if they were going to be living together, but she was going to worry about that later.
The next morning, a little boy woke up from what he believed to be the best and saddest dream of his life. He had been rescued from the villagers by a woman and her snakes, and was taken in by her. In the dream, he had also gained some friends, one of them being a girl a few years older than he is, and the other three being her dogs that followed her around. It was such a perfect dream, and it ended with meeting one more person, who was apparently now his godmother.
As he woke up, he didn't bother to notice that his bed was much comfier and larger than before, not to mention that his room was entirely different as well. He didn't take notice of the nearly naked woman sleeping next to him, as he was drowned in his own sadness because of what he believed to have been a dream, and not reality. He also didn't notice that he wasn't in his tattered clothes anymore, and only wore the trunks that he had on previously.
As he woke up more, though, he began to take note of all of the differences until it hit him, and a look of excitement was spread across his face. He jumped in excitement as he realized that it wasn't a dream, and he couldn't believe that he thought it was in the first place. He wasn't in his own home, because that wasn't his home anymore. He lived here with Anko now, and he couldn't be happier.
He walked back to Anko's room, where he found the woman just as naked as he was in the bed. She seemed fairly peaceful, but was stirring just the slightest bit. Her hand covered the left side of the base of her neck, and she seemed to have been experiencing something bad in her dream. Naruto wanted to see what she was holding, but he didn't want to disturb her sleep. Before he could do anything else, he heard a knocking at the door. As it was still early out, and he wasn't fully awake yet, Naruto decided to get the door to see who was there.
The little boy walked over to the door, and opened it, just before the person on the other side could knock again.
The man on the other side of the door was well built, and much taller than Naruto was at the time. He had a bear-like physique, and wore a black trench coat and a bandana styled Hitai-ate. He had two large scars going across his face, and a slightly surprised expression on his face. He was expecting for Anko to be at the door, and not this little kid who lacked clothes.
They were both quiet for a moment, taking in each other's appearance. Ibiki noted the seal on the boy's stomach, and knew who he was instantly. The village Pariah, Naruto Uzumaki. He felt a little bad for the boy, but he still had questions about his presence.
"I know Anko usually likes them young, but he's a little too young for her tastes." Ibiki whispered under his breath, not worried that Naruto would be able to hear him or understand what he was saying. He then looked straight into the blue eyes of the little blonde boy in front of him. "Do you know where Anko is?" He asked calmly, trying to keep his interrogational tendencies at hand until he had a better understanding of the situation.
Naruto nodded at him. He was a little scared of the giant man before him, but he needed to stay calm. "Yep! She was still sleeping when I woke up, so I was careful to not wake her up when I left the be-" He was interrupted by Ibiki, who's face morphed into a slight scowl as he walked into the house, pushing Naruto out of the way in the process. He then turned around and shut the door before grabbing Naruto and practically throwing him on the couch. Naruto was scared now, but was too afraid to make a sound.
"I'm going to be quiet to keep her from getting up, but I don't need to raise my voice to get what I want out of you." Ibiki said coolly. He had to watch what he said to the boy. He was probably pretty mentally fragile because of the village, and he didn't want to add to that torture. "What are you doing here?" He asked in the same cool voice.
Naruto was paralyzed in fear. This man was now truly scaring him, and Naruto could barely move or speak. One of his hands gripped his leg, and held on so tightly that his nails were digging into his skin, causing some blood to come out of his leg. He was young, but he knew that he could overwrite his fear with pain. That was surprising to Ibiki. He didn't know that Naruto knew of that kind of technique, even though it was fairly common to do things like hurt yourself to overwrite fear in stressful missions or scenarios. What he did next, though, truly surprised Ibiki, and even scared him a bit too. The little boy shouted to the heavens as loud as he possibly could.
"ANKO-KAASAN!" He yelled out during his brief moment of pain. His wound was nothing to a ninja, and it healed instantly. It closed and repaired itself in a matter of seconds, just enough time for Anko to come flying out of her room and into the living room with a kunai in each hand.
She had awoken because of Naruto calling out her name, and she reacted in an instant, finding Kunai wherever available at the time and not worrying about clothes until after whatever was happening was dealt with.
She lunged at Ibiki, who barely had any time to react, and was pinned on the ground with a kunai to his neck, and another to his wrist. He could easily pick her up and move her aside, but he was still suffering from the shock of being thrown to the floor.
"Why are you here and what are the hell are you doing to my musuko?!" Anko asked furiously, not recognizing Ibiki until a few seconds after speaking. She then smiled sheepishly and got off of him, leaving the room with a quick "One sec!" before vanishing to her room.
Because of what events had just happened in the last few seconds, Ibiki learned just what he wanted to know. It seemed within the last few days, two, maybe three at the most, Anko adopted Naruto and took him in as her son. She was too busy with him to go to work for the past two days, and she was most likely so tired from the recent events that she slept in later, but was not sleeping heavily enough to ignore the loud screaming by her son. As she is a ninja, and a damn fine one at that, she reacted instantly at being called out during her sleep, and attacked the first person in sight through instinct alone.
Ibiki stood up and faced Naruto, who was still scared of the man. Ibiki nodded and looked into his eyes. "Sorry kid." He said plainly trying to think of some better words to use. He was good with using words and phrases that tore apart people, not putting them back together. "Good thinking with clawing yourself, though. Didn't think you'd know that." He flashed him a small and rare smile, sitting next to the boy. "Anko took you in." He said, rather than asked, knowing that it was what was happening.
The two of them sat in silence, waiting for Anko to come back. Ibiki had little to say because he felt like there was little so say in the situation. Naruto was just scared shitless.
When Anko came back in, Naruto was the first one to speak, getting looks from both Ibiki and Anko.
"Why are all of your friends so weird?" Naruto asked, Getting looks from both of the adults in the room. Ibiki seemed unresponsive, but actually would have popped a vein if his emotions were seen on his face. Anko simply smirked at the boy. He'd have to get used to that weirdness, as there were hardly ever ninja who were plain and normal. That was what kept the job interesting.
"Pay him no mind, Ibiki. He'll learn." Anko said confidently, sure that her son will learn his lesson about calling ninja like Kurenai and Ibiki weird.
Anko sat down in between Naruto and Ibiki, and relaxed in her seat as she glanced at the both of them. "So yeah. I'm sorry for not checking in or anything, but as you can see, my life has taken a bit of a turn. I have to cash in those days off so we can get settled living with each other, as well as get more food and get him some new clothes. That Jumpsuit of his looked like a one-size-fits-most, and he can't be wearing something like that out during missions. A little orange, but probably burnt or something to keep from getting too much attention."
Ibiki nodded in understanding. He didn't have any kids of his own, but he treated Anko like a daughter, even if she was only a few years younger than he was. "And what of high priority events? If you know everything about the boy, like I'm sure you do, then you should know that he's probably going to be invited to several events in the future. He has to look good as well. Make an impression-"
"Yeah, yeah. Got it. We'll deal with that more when the Hokage tells the village. He's going to bring it up at a council meeting before telling everyone else." She cut him off. He didn't say anything about it, and he understood, but he still wasn't happy about it. "Though, I do wonder how you know something like that." Anko said accusingly, wondering how Ibiki would know about Naruto's heritage.
Ibiki smiled briefly and looked at the boy. "It should be easy to pin down that face and his tendencies. Shikaku should have identified him as soon as he laid eyes on the boy."
Anko said accusingly, wondering how Ibiki would know about Naruto's heritage.
Ibiki smiled briefly and looked at the boy. "It should be easy to pin down that face and his tendencies. Shikaku should have identified him as soon as he laid eyes on the boy."
Anko nodded back at the master interrogator and got up from her seat. They couldn't get what they needed while sitting down. "Well." She said as she stretched. "We should get going. C'mon Naruto, we're heading out." She then glanced at Ibiki, who was getting up as well, as she opened up the door. "You can join us if you want. You could help bring down the prices if they seem too high." This got Ibiki to smile more and nod, and the three of them left the house. After all, it was always fun to terrify the masses.
Walking through the shopping district of Konoha, Ibiki, Anko, and Naruto were all looking at shops to visit. They had gotten the boy some practice weapons, including a sword by the suggestion of the cat-masked ANBU who was supposed to just be watching, not helping Naruto find the perfect blade to train with by going through every available sword and picking out the best one that would suit him for the time being.
The three of them had just left one of the top ninja gear and weapons stores with several outfits and weapons in their hands. It was called Higurashi Weapons, and was actually one of the few places that day where Ibiki didn't have to haggle with the store owner to lower the prices. He was a weapons expert, and knew a decent amount when it came to *selling, so he understood Naruto's position and allowed him to come into his store any time. He seemed like a nice man, and even wanted to introduce Naruto to his daughter, who was out at the moment with her mother. Naruto made a note to come back there for weapons and things.
Ibiki helped Anko pick out some outfits that were good for both missions and more formal occasions. It wasn't until minutes after leaving the store that they found Kurenai walking through the district as well, seemingly on the lookout for something. Anko was the first to speak to her, getting her attention as the group stood a little distance away.
"Kurenai? What are you doing here?" Anko asked, curious about her friend's presence.
Kurenai's head snapped in the direction of Anko, and looked at her with slight surprise. She currently had a somewhat large bag with her, that seemingly held several clothes that she picked out for herself. "Oh, Anko! It's good to see you and Naruto! Hello Ibiki-san." Ibiki nodded at Kurenai in recognition before looking around. Kurenai's attention moved to Naruto, who was still looking at all of the cool ninja gear in the shop through the windows. "Naruto-kun. Can you come over here for a second?"
Naruto's attention was caught by Kurenai as she called him by name, and the boy nodded before walking over to his godmother.
Kurenai smiled and reached into her bag, digging around for something. "I'm out shopping because I wanted to surprise you with a few outfits. While they can be used for running around, jumping, and even training, they're more or less durable civilian clothes." A spark came into her eyes and she moved her hand out of the bag, and grabbed Naruto's hand. "Since you're here, we can try out all of these clothes that I got you! And I have to see the things that Anko and Ibiki-san got you as well! Come on!" She said happily as she dragged Naruto, taking him into one of the stores so that they could go to a dressing room and try out everything that he had gotten.
To say the least, Naruto did not have a fun time.
After they were done with all of the clothes, Naruto, Anko, Ibiki, and Kurenai all walked to the market to get food for Naruto and Anko. Anko had already shopped for food, but she wanted to go back to get some things that Naruto might have wanted that she didn't already have.
The four of them all walked into the store and began to walk around. They all followed Naruto, as he seemed to have an idea of what he wanted to get. What he did surprised everyone, but only to a certain extent.
They had walked into and isle, all following Naruto, and just watched with surprised as he filled his entire basket with ramen cups. They waited until he was done before speaking.
"All Ramen? Naruto, you know that you're going to have to eat other things, right?" Kurenai asked, who simply got an odd look from the boy that she was talking too. It was like he didn't know that there were other food that existed that were so much better and healthier than ramen.
"No, I only eat ramen!" He said happily, not realizing that all of that ramen was horribly unhealthy.
Anko shook her head at her son. "No, Naruto. Ramen's good and all, but you can't be a good ninja on just that." Her words seemed to have hurt Naruto.
"Are you saying that you don't eat dango all the time Kaa-san!?" He asked her harshly, uncharacteristically for a child of his age.
"Yes, gaki. That's exactly what I'm saying! Dango, is delicious, dango is the best, but it isn't everything. If you had ramen every day, then you'd turn out short, malnourished, and incapable in a battle. It's good every once and a while, like dango it, but it's not an everyday thing."
Naruto pouted. He wanted to argue, he really did, but the large man with the scars, and the crazy woman with the clothing were scaring him. He hadn't gotten to meet the scary side of Anko, so he wasn't afraid of her, at least not yet.
He simply nodded and put more than half of the ramen back on the shelf before returning to Anko and the rest of the group. She smiled at him, patted his head, and brushed her hand across his whiskers, which caused him to make a small sound that he wasn't prepared to make. He looked at Anko with a light scowl, and went to check out the few cups of ramen he had with him. He was going to cherish those, as he was sure that he wouldn't be having much.
And he was right.
The following day, the village stirring quite loudly because of a certain snake mistress and a certain blonde running all throughout the streets of konohagakure. The boy in question was currently running for his life out of fear because his adoptive mother was chasing him with a grin that only a madwoman would wear. She had a kunai in each hand and a spark in her eyes that made Naruto cower in fear.
When Naruto was running from the ANBU the other day, he wasn't going his fasted because he knew it was just a game, but he was still trying so he could get out of the hospital. This was an entirely different scenario. Naruto woke up this morning by being scared by Anko, and then was fed a healthy and rather plentiful breakfast before getting down to grueling training. She wasn't going to put him in the forest of death, not yet. While Anko had said that he'd only be doing light training because of his age and experience, it was the worst thing that he had ever done. Anko promised Naruto that if he could outrun and outmaneuver her for most of the day, then she'd teach him something cool.
Naruto weaved through the streets, being followed by a madwoman who seemed to have had the intent to kill him.
The little blonde boy weaved through the streets, running into the onsen without hesitation. He went through a flash of handsigns and transformed into a much taller being. It was a female version of himself, and a quite beautiful one at that.
The disguised boy stayed at the onsen for a few minutes before walking out and reverted back to his normal appearance.
Only seconds later was there a figure behind him who was smiling at him with that odd and disturbing smile of his.
Anko was impressed that he could do the henge, especially at his young age. She wondered how she could do it, but would ask him after she captured him and put him in one of the interrogation chairs at T&I. This exercise was to simulate being chased as an actual ninja, and since he was just about to be captured, he would be interrogated. He'd have to hold up against her tactics that she reserved especially for him. She tapped the boy on the shoulder and bent down so her face was right next to his. She whispered into his ear in such a way that scared him.
"Gotcha."
"Ah crap…"
~Omake – Sexy jutsu time! How Naruko came to be.~
Naruto woke up with a rather quick start. He wanted to relish in the feeling of being half asleep, but the bright lights in his face kept him from dozing off. He had even tried to shut his eyes as tight as possible, but it was of no use.
Naruto attempted to move his hands in front of his face, but he couldn't do so because his arms were strapped into a chair, along with his legs. He struggled to get free, but nothing he could do would help in the situation.
"So, you're awake, Gaki?" A familiar voice asked him. He couldn't see where it was coming from, but he was sure that she was behind the bright light in his face.
Naruto groaned and looked down, trying to shield his eyes from the bright light.
Anko laughed, turning down the intensity of the lights. "Alright Naruto. I won our little game of chase, and now you're going to be interrogated by me and Kurenai. Got it?" She asked seriously. While she was going to interrogate him like she would with a missing nin or criminal, she could only do so much because he was a six year old boy.
Naruto nodded and looked at Anko, who was now visible because of the dimmer light.
Anko smiled. "Good!" She said as she walked in front of the light, placing a dull kunai at his neck. "Now where did you learn that jutsu." She demanded an answer from him, but was still going soft on the boy. Earlier that day, she had told him that when she captured him, he would be interrogated, and he would have to do everything that he could to keep himself from giving information to her. So of course, he was going to put up as much of a struggle as a stubborn boy could at his age.
Naruto shook his head and looked away from Anko. Of course he was scared because she had a kunai to his neck, but he was told to be strong and stubborn. "Nope." He replied back, getting Anko to realistically feign anger.
Anko pushed the dull kunai further against Naruto's neck, and at this point he knew that it was too dull to cut someone using the amount of force she was currently using. It'd have to be sharper if she wanted answers from him.
Anko looked behind her. "Kurenai." She called out, getting the red eyed woman to step forward. "Put him under a genjutsu. Give him your worst."
Naruto was a little more scared now. Kurenai seemed crazy to him because she had almost strangled him when they first met, and assaulted him with clothes the day before. He could only wonder what her worst was, and took a small gulp in fear.
Kurenai nodded at Anko and did several handsigns, grinning when she saw her godson gulp in fear of her. She wouldn't use anything too scarring on him, something that would have affected him, and him alone. She had been told by Anko to go a little hard on him, but only so much. He was just starting out, and they couldn't use everything they had against him. She had been told that he could use the henge, but Kurenai hadn't seen it for herself. She wanted to, but only after this was done.
She didn't say anything aloud, but the chakra that she flared signified that the genjutsu was now active.
Naruto's eyes went wide, and his body was still as he experienced the genjutsu. It was of Anko, Kurenai, Ibiki, Yugao, and Kakashi all sitting at Ichiraku Ramen and denying the boy food. To any normal person, this would hardly be anything, but these were people that Naruto knew and liked as friends, and they were denying him the ultimate food in existence. Moments later, Kurenai released the genjutsu and Naruto looked at his mother pleadingly.
"I'll tell you anything but don't say that I can't have ramen ever again please!" He rushed out as he looked at Anko with obvious fear and panic in his eyes and voice.
Anko sighed. Kurenai was good by hitting Naruto in a place where it hurt, his stomach, and it was going to prepare him by getting him to know that enemy shinobi would use any and all weaknesses against their opponents, but not ever letting Naruto ever have ramen again was a little much.
The snake mistress then nodded, glancing at Kurenai and silently telling her to undo the straps on his hands and legs.
Kurenai nodded back and did as she was silently told, stepping back a moment after doing so. She watched as Naruto got up, and attempted to block the boy from moving past her.
Naruto tried to make a run for it, and got past both Anko and Kurenai, but he was stopped at the door where Ibiki stood. The bear-like man simply looked down at Naruto and cast a cold glare at the boy, getting him to back up in fear before putting his hands together to make seals.
He transformed into his female counterpart for Ibiki and Kurenai to see, and transformed back a moment later. Both Kurenai and Ibiki were shocked to see such a beautiful woman take the place of Naruto, and assumed that there much have been more to the story than just that.
Anko looked at the boy curiously, and put a hand on his shoulder. "How'd you learn that?" She asked him.
"I was sneaking around a while ago and I saw a guy make those with his hands. I did it, and I had an idea to use it to be someone else so I could buy things. The people like the pretty girls the best, so that's what I transformed into!" He explained to Anko, Ibiki, and Kurenai. They were all both proud and saddened by the fact the he had learned this jutsu just because he couldn't walk into stores looking like himself. Anko gave him a sad smile and patted his shoulder.
"You did good running, and you faired okay with the physical torture, but mental torture is what we have to work on. Ibiki and Kurenai can help you with that later. I say we get ramen to celebrate your first day of training, and after that I'll teach you something cool." The two of them walked out of the interrogation room with smiles on their faces.
Hello one again everybody! This chapter is much larger than the previous chapters, and that is because I got help from Ogremen. This chapter wouldn't be how it is without his help and input, so big props to him.
For the Omake and upcoming Omakes especially in the next few chapters, they will be small little skips ahead in time, so keep things moving and to not drag on, They will all have importance to the story, and really I'm considering if they should be called Omakes or not because of their use and role in this story.
Well anyways, until next time!