Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the related characters, I just am borrowing them for my own delusions.
Chapter 17
"Naruto-kun?" Haku said sticking her head in his room only to find him gone.
She checked the other rooms with no success.
"Lady Tsunade,"
"Yes, what is it?"
"Do you know where Naruto-kun is?"
The Oto nin's were not amused.
XX
"You know, this can be considered kidnapping."
Kakashi Hatake looked at the blond tied to the pole, his lone eye shaped like a U.
"Forgive me for the way our meeting is going, but I had need to speak with you, and while I think I nearly convinced Lady Tsunade to allow me to speak with you, but it would have been supervised."
Naruto snorted, his hands forming pure chakra blades as he began to slice his bonds.
"I do believe I said you had nothing I wanted to hear."
Kakashi shrugged. "Be that as it may." He sat down across from Naruto. "I did you a disservice the day you were born."
"I know. Kaa-san told me how the village treated me on the day the Kyuubi attacked after my own father sealed the nine-tailed fox inside of me."
Kakashi looked down. "My only apology is that I was not in the right frame of mind after hearing the death of my sensei and his wife. I was filled with grief and it controlled my actions."
Naruto shrugged a shoulder. "If that is all, I have things to do."
"No, its not all." Kakashi said. "There are things your need to know. Things I can tell you about your father…"
"Hatake-san, let me be blunt. Ero-sannin has taught me everything my father knew, he's told me about my parents. There is nothing you can say that will surprise me."
Kakashi looked at him and was about to respond when the wall exploded in and a pissed off Tsunade led the way. Behind her were several kunoichi.
"This is going to hurt, isn't it?" Hatake asked in a moment of clarity.
"Better believe it bub." Naruto muttered watching as the girls he knew proceeded to turn the Konoha Jonin into a frozen, pummeled, pincushion with bruises, before a pissed of Slug Sannin punch sent him flying across Konoha into the Hokage monument.
Said females then turned to the bound Naruo who deactivated his chakra blades.
"Ladies…Kaa-san." He said.
"You are in big trouble mister." His mother said.
"It's not my fault." Naruto said hoping to forego any repercussions.
XX
Naruto looked at the bonds. "You know, not that I wouldn't object to being tied to the bed, but I usually pictured it with less clothes and only one girl."
Kin and Haku blushed while Temari snorted. "What can we say we want you." The fan user said with a perfectly straight face.
"Kimimaro was not happy he lost you." Kin said.
"Come on, ladies…I didn't go with Hatake willingly. He was in here when I entered and shushined us away and had me hog tied before I could say boo."
"Which was stupid of him considering that Natas kidnapped the Uchiha." Temari said.
"Will you please untie me?" Naruto asked.
Haku reached for it, but Anko entered. "Nope."
"Nee-chan!"
"I'm trying to think of a reason not to use the handcuff jutsu to bind you to me until we're out of this hell hole."
"Its not that bad." Haku said.
"Girlie, if I had a choice between living here or in hell, I'd rent this place out and live in hell." Anko said.
"What's wrong?" Naruto asked.
"Uncle O is meeting with the Konoha council right now. they want us to hand you over to them so they can trade you for the Uchiha."
Naruto snorted.
"And where is Kaa-san?"
"She is having words with Hatake…I think she was about to give him a full exam."
Naruto winced.
"And Ero-pop?"
"Where else?" Anko asked with a smirk.
"He never changes." Naruto said with a sigh. "Now, let me go. If its as bad as you say, having me loose to defend myself would be the right course of action."
Anko sighed and nodded. Haku released him and as she was leaning over him, she shot him a grin and kissed him.
"HEY!" three voices lanced out. A pissed off Anko was kicking the girls from the room, while Temari and Kin were yelling about unfair.
Naruto smirked as Anko slammed the door after herding the last kunoichi from the room.
"You know Anko-nee-chan, you can't keep girls away from me forever." Naruto said rubbing his wrists.
"Want to bet?"
"I'm not kaa-san, I actually have luck." Naruto fired back.
Anko grabbed a chair, spun it around and straddled it. "Kidding aside, I'm curious which one will get thru and claim you."
Naruto laughed. "Maybe it's a Konoha kunoichi? I saw a Hyuga I could get to faint or blush with a look and a wink."
"Stay away from the Konoha crowd. You have three girls that will kill for you already."
Naruto smiled. "So, your saying make a harem with them?"
Anko sighed. "You know, I believe it would take all three to keep you out of trouble."
"Its not my fault everyone wants me." Naruto said with an innocent look.
Anko snorted.
"You okay?" Naruto asked. Anko shot him a look.
"I know how you feel about Kabuto. You don't need to pretend with me sis."
Anko looked away. "I want the bastard who did that to him." She admitted. "Even with his advanced healing factor, he's in critical."
"We'll get 'em. I promise you. Natas and his freaks will pay."
Anko nodded, blinking several times to clear her eyes. "Don't take stupid risks."
"Its me." Naruto said.
"That's what I'm talking about."
The siblings sat in silence for a while. "Why did Kaa-san want Haku and Kin out of the finals?" Naruto asked.
Anko sighed. "I'll be the first to admit, Haku is damn scary, especially with those ice mirrors. But she wants them to be fully rested in case Natas tries something. Haku is the best defense we have against Sub-Zero."
Naruto was twitching his foot.
"You want to go train?" Anko asked.
"Hell yes."
Neither could sit still for long and being cooped up in the hotel was driving them insane.
Naruto pinned a note to the bed and they shushined away.
XX
Kimimaro sighed as he watched the siblings spar. He'd followed them and he had to admit to himself he was amazed they stayed in one place for so long. Anko needed to vent about what happened to Kabuto, and Naruto's energetic ways left no room for him to be confined without millions in property damage.
"Why the fuck are they all the goddamn way out in the middle of bum fuck nowhere?" Tayuya asked leaning against a tree.
Kimimaro remained quiet. He knew of the Sound Four, Tayuya would be the best beside himself to protect Naruto from outside harm.
The explosion below showed the siblings laughing as more explosions sounded around them.
"That is some fucked up shit." The red head muttered.
"It is how they bond." The bone user said.
"Hmph."
They watched as Naruto altered between six different fighting styles, Anko's own Hebi style keeping her in motion as they went to pure taijutsu. "He is cute…if you're into that shit you know."
Kimimaro sighed. "Can you be quiet for five minutes."
"Fuck no. Ooooh. Blondie's got moves. Wonder if I should get me some as his fan club isn't around."
Kimimaro sighed. The amount of girls seeking the blond was growing. When I swore to protect him, who knew it would become like this.
"SHIT!" he looked at Tayuya's curse and saw the blond flying at them at high speed.
Before he could move, the red head was leaping from the tree and catching the blond.
They landed with a thump.
Naruto looked at his savior. "Hey Tay-chan. What did you do that for?"
"What the fuck do you mean what did I do that for shitstain? You would have bounced off that tree broken in two you dumbass."
Anko was there. "You okay bro?"
"Yeah. Tay-chan said I would have bounced."
Anko shrugged. "Whoops?"
Both laughed.
"Crazy fuckers."
Kimimaro above sighed. Too close.
XX
Anko and Kimimaro watched from the shadows. "I can't believe she asked him out."
Kimimaro remained silent.
"I mean, the most abrasive of the lot, froze when he turned those big blue eyes on her after she'd caught him and she stuttered like a schoolgirl." Anko continued.
Kimimaro remained quiet, his eyes watching the pair at the ramen stand eating and talking. Tayuya was still her abrasive and vulgar self, but it didn't bother Naruto. He was talking about a fight from the forest and gesturing about with his chopsticks.
"This is going to cause trouble." The leader of the Sound Five said.
"Bah. It'll just make the competition tighter. I know they'll all want to take him out now."
Kimimaro shot her a side look. "You actually want one of them to date him?"
"Hell yeah. I just enjoy putting them all thru the wringer. I want to make sure their dedicated to my little brother."
Kimimaro sighed. "I should rotate her off Naruto's detail if she's going to have an emotional attachment."
"Like hell you will." Anko said. "She'll fight to protect him that much more, and you'll be able to sleep more than two and a half hours without waking up and worrying about him."
Kimimaro sighed. "I failed twice already. Natas and his team got too close and Hatake kidnapped him from under our noses."
"Your allowed to make mistakes. Just learn from them. Besides, Naruto thinks your one of the best ninja we have."
"And who is the best?"
"Me." Anko said with a grin. Her eyes narrowed. "Oh-ho."
They watched as Tayuya used the excuse of Naruto having ramen on his chin to steal a kiss.
"Is that tongue? And I thought Haku's stolen kiss was something…come up for air you two." She muttered as Tayuya was like a pirate and plundered Naruto's mouth.
"Any time now." Anko said.
They watched the red head spin Naruto's stool and straddle him. "Okay, that's enough."
Anko vanished with a shushin and reappeared behind the pair. "Time out." She said and grabbed the foul mouthed kunoichi who started swearing the minute her mouth was separated forcefully from Naruto's.
Said blond was in a daze, a grin formed on his lips as he stared off into space.
Kimimaro sighed as Tayuya was getting inventive with her words and descriptions. He didn't know what an elephant was, but he was certain it wouldn't fit in the area she was telling Anko to put it.
AN: Another day, another dollar. Sorry I didn't post this last time with the others, it wasn't done before I went camping. And as there was no electricity at our site, I wasn't able to make more before I got home. So here it is a week late and only one chapter. Sorry folks. (I hate camping. Bugs, tents and no power)