Foxfish
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Thank you all who reviewed and/or put this story in their favorite story/ story alert. I didn't think that so many people would be interested in this idea, so all this feedback is great.
A special thanks goes to Lintu Hitose and Tsunami227 whose reviews helped me out with the names.
The scientist is named Amachi, and while Meko isn't an actual Japanese name, Mako is (or at least it used for Mako Tsunami from Yu-Gi-Oh). This is also funny because Mako is a type of shark and Isaribi is half fish and comes from a fishing village… It works, so Isaribi's full name is now Mako Isaribi.
Also, this is in the Naru/Anko section because, while Anko is not paired with Naruto, she will still be a main character. Sorry for the confusion this has brought to some people.
Ages
Naruto and Isaribi: 4
Anko: 14
Orochimaru: 35
Amachi: 26
Now, on with the story!
'Thought'
"Speaking"
"Jutsus/Demon speaking"
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Previously
Looking nervous and beginning to sweat, the man said, "I'm sorry Orochimaru-sama, I will have this problem fixed for the final version."
"Kukuku, see that you do."
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Now
Amachi was fuming as he deposited his two experiments in their holding cell and strapped them down to the table. How could he have known that they would be unable to hide all of their scales. They were the test subjects after all! No reason for Orochimaru-sama to get angry at him.
Scowling he looked down at the two children whom he turned into abominations and his face lightened up a bit, 'Well, at least the theory is sound.'
Turning to leave he was suddenly stopped by a hand on his wrist. Whirling around he can face to face with a sight that almost made him lose control of his bowls. Naruto was sitting up holding him, but instead of his normal blue eyes, Amachi was met with the crimson eyes of a demon.
"Kyuubi" Amachi whispered in fright.
"Hello, good doctor" spoke the Kyuubi in a deep sarcastic voice. "I see you've had fun with my container's body. Hahaha! You know, when you play with toy that doesn't belong to you, it's polite to ask the owner first" said the Kyuubi with a sadistic grin.
This comment left Amachi speechless, much to the Kyuubi's delight.
"But since I like what you've done I will keep it… No, wait, I won't keep it, I will make it even better!"
With that red chakra began to bubble out of Naruto's body, completely covering him and Isaribi. Soon the smell of burning flesh and the sound of flesh boiling filled the room. After a few minutes the red chakra receded. Left in its place was a sight that amazed Amachi.
Both Naruto and Isaribi had completely changed. Gone were the random dark scales that covered parts of their bodies. Now their skin was a very light green color and appeared to be made up of very fine (but strong) scales. Their feet were covered in a dark green color that went up halfway up their shins before it moved only to the outer sides of the legs and continued up the side of their bodies. There are also dark green stripes running along the entire lengths of their arms that stop at their knuckles. The two stripes meet a the neck with the leg/body strips disappearing into their armpits while the arm stripes continued up both sides of their necks and up to the front of the ears. There it splits with one part going under the adjacent eye while the other continues up the forehead and meets with the other side. This completely covers their foreheads and extends down to the bridge of their noses. Also their ears became pointed and a dark green stripe of color can be seen on the outside edges. Their teeth became pointed (like Suigetsu's) and webbing could be seen on their hands and feet. Also while their eye colors remained the same (brown for Isaribi and blue for Naruto) their pupils turned into slits and their hair remained the same (their hair is darker shade of green than the stripes on their bodies). There is also a dark green stripe on their spines extending from the top of their neck going all the way down their back.
(A.N: Naruto still has the whisker marks because of the Kyuubi inside him)
With the transformation done, the Kyuubi looked at Amachi, "Now, their bodies are perfect. No more transforming and no more ugly appearances. Just power and these sleek bodies, Hahaha!" Suddenly the Kyuubi became deadly serious and gave Amachi a look that sent shivers down his spine, "Change it in anyway and I ripe you apart, starting at your feat and working slowly up." With that Naruto fell back onto the bed unconscious.
Amachi remained rooted in place for a couple of minutes before quickly leaving the room to go see Orochimaru.
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Turning the corner, Amachi went to the room where he felt Orochimaru's chakra coming from. Upon coming to the open door, he saw his master's neck extended out and clamped upon the base of Anko's neck. He watched in fascination as Orochimaru's neck retracted and Anko began to cry out in pain on the floor.
"I thought you liked her as a student?" asked Amachi when Orochimaru left the room.
"I did, but seeing her reaction to the experiment showed me that she doesn't have the strength to stomach what I do. If she survives the curse seal then she will be of some use, if not, she is replicable, kukuku. Now tell me, what brings you here in such a hurry? I would have thought you would be playing with your new pets a little while longer."
"Actually, sir, that is why I'm here" Amachi said with his brow beginning to sweat. He then goes into detail about what happened with the Kyuubi, how it changed Naruto's and Isaribi's bodies and it's threat to him if further tampering took place.
By the time he was done explaining what has happened Orochimaru had a look of anger and annoyance on his face. "This can complicate things… I was hoping to conduct other experiments on the boy, but according to what you said the Kyuubi will interfere… violently. Sigh Well, we can still train them and put them to use as aquatic tools." Looking up at Amachi he continued, "Kukuku, the Kyuubi might have done you a favor. Study their DNA and see what he changed. This could help you perfect the process, kukuku." And with that Orochimaru began to walk back to his private lab to continue working on his own sick experiments and Amachi went to his lab do what Orochimaru had suggested. All the while the screams of pain and anguish could be heard from Anko echoing throughout the base.
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It took a week for the curse seal to fully setting in on Anko. One agonizing week where her every waking moment was spent in pain. Sometime during the ordeal Orochimaru came in to check on her. It was then that he told her that all his previous students had died because of the seal and that it looked like she would be added to that list.
However, this gave her the motivation to survive the ordeal. Not to impress Orochimaru, but rather to resist him, to prove him wrong. 'I will survive this, I will not be weak' was the sole thought running through her mind all the while her body was ravaged with pain caused by the seal.
On the eighth day the pain finally subsided and Anko slowly got up from the floor and started to limp/crawl towards the door of the room. Right as she got to the door it opened up to reveal Orochimaru standing there.
"Kukuku, congratulations Anko-chan, kukuku. You have surpassed my expectations for you. You have proven yourself worthy to me, kukuku" laughed Orochimaru.
Anko opened her mouth to try to tell the man, she until recently admired and loved, off. But all that came out of her parched lips was a pitiful sounding rasp. This attempt of defiance brought a twinkle to Orochimaru's eyes and he let out a sadistic laugh that filled the room and the adjoining hallway.
"Kukuku, that's it Anko-chan. Use you anger hate me, and in doing so I will control you!"
Anko knew what he said to be true. She could feel the curse seal calling to her, to use its power, but she knew that by using that power she would be striped of her free will and become a slave to the man she hated. Forcefully she pushed the seal back into submission, but its voice was still there.
This act of resistance sapped Anko of her remaining strength and she slumped to the floor, utterly exhausted.
"Kukuku, resist all you want, you can't escape it. Even if you leave here you will bear it as a stigma, with my voice always in the back of you're mind. You will never be free, kukuku!" And with that Orochimaru walked away from Anko lying on the floor, not even bothering to lock her back into the room.
XxXxX
Anko's eyes slowly opened.
The first thing she noticed was that while her body still hurt, she felt much better than she had in a while. 'Maybe it was because I threw up" she smirked to herself, eyeing the pool of vomit right in front of face.
Slowly she stood, bracing her hands on the wall until her head cleared and she could feel her leg again. Taking a deep breath she began to formulate her plan on what she was going to do.
'First things first, I need weapons and solder pills (to get her energy back because she doesn't have time for a full meal to regain her strength). Then I need to get out of this god forsaken place here.'
With her mind made up on what she was going to do, Anko stealthily made her way back to her room, making sure to avoid Orochimaru and Amachi. Once in her room she quickly popped two solder pills and took a long swig of some energy drink she kept in a canteen. She quickly grabbed her necessary gear (kunai, shuriken, explosive tags, and other weapons/supplies) and places a larch stack of explosive notes on her bed, set to go off in half an hour, 'Here's my good bye present, you snake bastard!'
Anko began to make her escape when she remembered the fate of Naruto and Isaribi (experiment #1 and #2 is what she knows them by). Stopping in her tracks she begins to mentally debate with herself, 'Should I go get them? No? Yes? Twenty minutes until the bomb goes off, not enough time to drag two kids out of this place… I could just release them… Yea, that's what I will do! They're part fish so they should be able to get off the island fine, I hope.'
With her course decided she quickly made her way to the holding cell were the two were located. Inside the room she found them both naked in two separate fish tanks. Upon seeing her they began to set out a series of sheiks/whistles that sounded similar to wail calls (their minds are in shock over what happened so they reverted back to animalistic instincts which are more prevalent because of the changes that the experiment and Kyuubi caused).
Quickly Anko smashed the tanks open, spilling the water and the children all over the floor. Naruto and Isaribi sat crouching on the floor looking at Anko with animalistic curiosity.
Smiling at the two of them Anko said, "Well, you're free, so ja ne!" and with that she took of with thirteen minuets till the bomb goes off with Naruto and Isaribi following closely behind her.
Anko was able to make it to the opposite shores right as the bomb she planted went off, causing a good portion of the island that the base was located on to crumble and fall into the sea. Smiling she plopped down on the sands of the beach, her strength fading from her. Before she slipped into unconsciousness she noticed the forms of Isaribi and Naruto in the surf.
"Glade to see you two got out" Anko said smiling as she passed out.
And that is how the ANBU of Konoha found the three. Drawn by the explosion they found Anko lying on the beach, unconscious, and Naruto and Isaribi in the surf watching over her.
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That it for this chapter! Please tell me what you think.
Also, does anyone know a good translating website for jutsus? I would really appreciate it.
Now to clear some things up:
-The dark green strips are going up both sides of Naruto's and Isaribi's bodies
-Naruto and Isaribi can communicate with each other through the sheiks/whistles that they are making. Think of it as a language that they instinctively know (it can also act as sonar)
-The Kyuubi has his own agenda when he changed Isaribi along with Naruto, so don't think he was doing it out of the kindness of his heart.