Foxfish
Disclaimer- Don't own this
Thanks to Narutomaniac a mistake I made in the last chapter is now apparent. I said Kage Kunai no Jutsu, but in reality I meant Kunai Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. Sorry, my bad…
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Ages:
Naruto and Isaribi: 11
Anko: 21
Yamato: 23
Kakashi: 25
Third Hokage: 69
Gin- 14
Hyuuga Haran- 22
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'Thought'
"Speaking"
"Jutsus/Demon speaking"
"Fish speaking"- Sounds like shrieks/whistles and clicks, similar to whale songs
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Previously
Reporting in with the dock master, Naruto and Isaribi were once again covered in their wraps, gloves, coats, and sandals. Haran summed up what went on during the patrol and soon they set out again, this time to head back to Konoha.
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Now
After a few days travel the walls of Konoha came back into view to the relief of the weary team.
Showing the gate guards their passes the team entered the village and stopped as Haran turned around. "Ok, I will deliver our mission report to Hokage-sama. You have the next two days off and we will meet at training ground 21 at 0900 hours in three days. Good job and dismissed."
Quickly the group split up with Haran going off to the tower and Gin went off to his apartment. Naruto and Isaribi exchanged looks before they too went off to the apartment they share with Anko.
Reaching the apartment they entered to find that the apartment was empty. Anko was still on duty or away on a mission.
Taking off their outer clothes and armor they plopped themselves down on the couch and let out a sigh.
"Well, now it's time to relax" said Naruto with a smile as he glanced over to Isaribi.
"Shut up, I'm tired and I'm going to sleep" said Isaribi in a sleepy voice next to him on the couch as she leaned against him. "Don't you dare move."
Soon after she said this Isaribi was out like a light and Naruto soon followed her into sleep.
It was sometime later that Naruto woke up to the quiet apartment. The sun was still out, but it would be setting soon. Carefully moving his body, Naruto was able to get out from under Isaribi without disturbing her.
Stretching Naruto looked around the apartment. Anko hadn't come back yet, but there was no note saying that she was away on a mission.
Moving to the kitchen, Naruto scrounged around to see what there was to eat. In the fridge there was the usual dango, saki, and random pieces of other foods that were there, but it wasn't anything that he felt like eating. Going to the cabinet by the fridge, Naruto saw what he was looking for. There in the cupboard was an unopened instant cup of ramen.
Quickly Naruto boiled some water and then waited the three agonizing minutes for the ramen to be done.
Quickly adding the beef flavor to the ramen Naruto stirred it around a little before he began to eat the noodles at an accelerated rate. He was just starting to drink the broth when the door to the apartment slammed up.
In walked in Anko, not dressed in her ANBU armor, but in her fishnet and trench coat outfit, under her right arm was a box of dango and in her left hand was a half empty bottle of saki. Following close behind her was Yamato in his jonin outfit.
Seeing Naruto at the table she called out in a drunken voice, "Hhhey Naru-chan! You're back! Where's Isari-channn?"
The commotion caused by Anko's entrance woke Isaribi up and she sat up on the couch.
"TTThere you are!" cried the drunken Anko.
"You're drunk" stated Isaribi in a blunt tone.
"Damn right!" cried Anko, dropping the dango and pumping her fist into the air.
"Why?" asked Isaribi curiously.
"She just had her last day of being in the ANBU. Now she is a special jonin in rank" said Yamato in a tired tone of voice.
"Why did she leave?" asked Naruto from the kitchen table.
"I got ttttired of it" drawled out Anko looking back at Naruto before she stumbled and fell down on the floor.
"She left this morning and been celebrating all day long" said an exasperated Yamato.
"That sucks for you" deadpanned Isaribi coming off the couch. "Is she dead?" she said as she poked Anko's body.
"No, that is what drinking and parting all day does to you" muttered Yamato. "Help me get her to her bed."
With Anko tucked away in bed, Yamato bid the two goodnight.
Going back to the coach, Naruto and Isaribi sat down and let out and exasperated sigh.
"At least she didn't throw up this time" said Naruto, looking at Isaribi.
Huffing she crossed her arms in front of her chest, "Still, to come home completely wasted like that, and right after we get back from out first C-rank mission. I mean, come on. She should have known that we were coming back today..."
"You wanted a welcome home surprise?" asked Naruto with a slight smile as he looked at her out of the corner of his eyes.
"Well…was a simple good job from her too much to ask for?" said Isaribi looking down at her hands.
"Then I guess we will go out to eat!" said Naruto with a foxy smile as he got up from the couch.
Pulling Isaribi off the couch he said, "Come on, there is a great sushi bar that is still open that servers the best sushi in town."
Returning Naruto's smile she said, "Let's go!"
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Arriving at one of the few sushi bars in Konoha, and the only that would server the two any edible food, they sat down and waited for their orders to be taken. A few people in the restaurant sneered when they saw the two but otherwise they left them alone.
"What can I get for you two today?" asked the chef as he approached the two from the other side of the counter.
Looking at Isaribi and seeing her give him a small nod Naruto said, "I'll have a plate of tekka-maki, and you'll have…"
"And I'll have a plate of nigiri-sushi please" said Isaribi looking up at the chef.
"Ok, coming right up" the chef said as he got to work preparing their orders.
"Happy now?" asked Naruto looking to his left at Isaribi.
"Very much, thank you" said Isaribi, giving Naruto a cheeky smile. "And I'll be even happier when you pay."
"You're mean, you know that, right?" said Naruto looking at Isaribi with a tick mark forming on his head.
"Yea, I learned from the best" smiled Isaribi.
"Anko or Yamato?"
"Both, I think…" said Isaribi, holding her chin as if in deep though.
"Whatever, foods here" said Naruto, shaking his head as the chef came back with their food.
Quickly the two happily dug into their food and after they were finished with their food they paid the chef and left the sushi bar.
Looking out at the village at knight, the two leisurely walked back to their apartment in silence.
Quietly entering the apartment they heard no sound of Anko getting up so they quietly snuck to their room. As they were passing Anko's room they looked in on her.
She was sprawled out across her bed, drooling slightly. Clutched tightly in her grasp was a worn out purple and green stuffed animal of a snake.
Suppressing their laughter they made their way to their room and shut the door. Once the door was closed, they broke out in laughter until tears came out of their eyes.
"That was so funny!" laughed Isaribi.
"I know I can't believe she still has that thing" said Naruto, wiping the tears from his eyes. "Didn't Yamato-san give that to her a couple of years ago?"
"Yea" said Isaribi as she let out a yawn. "It's late and I'm tired, let's get to sleep."
Going behind the separating screen, Naruto changed into a gray pajama bottom and an orange t-shirt and Isaribi changed into a nightshirt that extended down to her knees.
Getting into his bed, Naruto was about to say goodnight but he felt his bed sag down and felt a person get into it. Turning around he looked at Isaribi as was about to ask her what she was doing when she spoke up.
"Night Naruto-kun" she said as she put an arm around his shoulder.
Stunned Naruto was able to mutter out a mumbled, "Night."
Isaribi was able to fall asleep quickly, but Naruto stayed awake for a few hours before he too fell asleep. Right as his eyes closed he swore he heard a malevolent laughter deep within his mind.
The next morning, Naruto woke up to the sounds of someone cursing in the kitchen, followed by a thud against the table. Sitting up in bed, he noticed that Isaribi was still asleep so he, as gently as possible, wormed his way off the bed before going to the door.
Pressing his ear against the door and listening he heard Anko's voice in the kitchen followed by another groan.
Quickly exiting the room and closing the door behind him, Naruto made his way to the kitchen, and to the hopefully now sober Anko.
Peering around the corner he saw Anko sitting at the kitchen table with her head resting on her hands. In front of her were a cup of coffee and an open box of Advil.
Letting out another moan, she lifted her head and looked at Naruto standing in the hallway. "Hey squirt," she said in a raspy voice as she motioned to the chair across from her, "take a seat."
Once Naruto was seated, she seamed to regain some of her composure, "So, how was your mission?"
"Long and mostly boring" said Naruto with a wave of his hand before be broke out into a grin. "But we did sink a pirate ship!"
Naruto then went into a longwinded and slightly exaggerated retelling of the events leading up to, during, and after the sinking of the pirate ship. For nearly twenty minuets he talked non stop and when he was finished he was slightly out of breath.
Looking at Naruto inquisitively the now sober Anko said, "Is what he said true, Isaribi?"
The said girl moved out from the place in the hallway where she was standing and moved to the empty seat to the right of Anko. "Yea, it pretty much happened that way. Though, Naruto, I think you could have left out the sound effects" said Isaribi glancing at Naruto.
"Hehe, my bad" said Naruto as he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.
"So, what about this jutsu that you two been developing?" asked Anko looking at the two.
Naruto was about to open his mouth to begin another longwinded explanation when Isaribi cut him off, "It's done by mixing our sonar and chakra together to make a sound based attack."
"Yea, yea! So far all we got was a really annoying sound that can daze an opponent for a little bit, but it still needs work" added Naruto excitedly from his seat.
"So, Anko-san," said Isaribi looking intensively at Anko. "What was that about you leaving the ANBU?"
Smiling Anko took a sip of her coffee before she said, "Well, I was getting tired of the black ops and decided to do something else. I am now a Special Jonin in the Torture and Interrogation Department!"
"Oh, isn't that the department you've been doing some work in with, what's his name… Ibiki-san?" asked Naruto, scrunching up his face in concentration.
"Yep that's the one. And the best part of this is that this new position comes with a pay raise!" cheered a smiling Anko. "Do you know what that means?"
"We'll get a bigger bathtub?" asked a hopeful Isaribi.
"No, even better…Come on, you still got two more guesses."
"You'll buy lots of dango?" asked Naruto.
"You'll start your own saki production facility?" asked Isaribi.
"Nope, although they were all excellent ideas and made me reconsider what I have planed, the reality is that I got us a new apartment!" cheered Anko. "This old place is way two small for three people and you two aren't as little as you once were so I figured that the best way to spend the pay raise it to get a more livable apartment. And now that you two will be bringing in the money from missions, we won't be so strapped for cash like we've been."
"So, when do we move?" asked an excited Naruto.
"Well, now that you mentioned it, since you have the next couple of days off and all, I figured that we would be moving this afternoon. So break out the scrolls and let's get sealing!" cheered Anko as she rose from the table.
The group spent the rest of the morning grabbing everything that they were taking and placing it into different sealing scrolls. In the end they ended up with twenty three scrolls full of all their clothes, furniture, food, equipment, and other items that they had in their apartment.
By the time lunch rolled around they were all dusty and hungry, but the apartment was finally all packed away. Pulling out three backpacks, Anko quickly split the scrolls up in them and gave one to each person in the apartment.
"Our new apartment is just a few blocks away, but it's bigger than this place. How about we go there and drop off our things before getting some lunch. Sound good?" said Anko with a smile and was greeted with a "Yea!" and "Alright!"
The three quickly made their way to the new apartment, and to say that it was bigger from their old apartment was an understatement. In was located on the first floor of the apartment building and from the sliding door in the back it was only a few steeps and down a small hill to a large lake that was located in Konoha with a small island in the center.
The apartment itself was all located on one floor with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The master bedroom and bathroom were located to the right as you walked in and to the left were the kitchen and the living room with the sliding door.
The other two bedrooms were located next to each other beyond the kitchen/living room and the other bathroom was just to the left of the rooms at the end of the hallway.
There was already a kitchen table, four chairs, a couch, a stove, and a microwave in the apartment as well as some shelves, but beyond that the apartment was completely empty with off white colored walls.
Throwing her bag onto the couch Anko turned to Isaribi and Naruto and smiling said, "So, what do ya think?"
"It's big" commented a stunned Isaribi.
"I LOVE IT!" shouted an excited Naruto as he pushed passed the two girls to look around the apartment followed at a more sedated pace by Isaribi and Anko.
"This bath tub is huge!" shouted Naruto from the master bathroom, "and there's a mirror on the ceiling in the bedroom."
"Naruto, GET OUT OF MY ROOM!" screamed Anko as she dragged him by his collar out of the room. "Now let's get something to eat…"
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Before they even knew it, their short break was over and all three of them when back to their shinobi duties. Anko started off her duties as a Special Jonin by working closely with Ibiki while also going on missions where her unique talents could be put to good use.
Naruto and Isaribi went back to training with their team, going on some D-rank missions before going on patrol again or taking the occasional escort mission.
Before they even knew it a year passed by and they were all another year older. While Naruto and Isaribi still haven't participated in a chunin exam yet, Gin was able to take it with another team that needed a third member and was finally successful in gaining the rank of chunin.
Since Gin was now a chunin, Haran left most of the team leadership up to him and went off to perform missions by himself. He would occasionally stop by to help them out in their training or on a mission, but most of the time it was just the three of them.
Today was one of the team's training/relaxation days since they had just gotten back from another patrol mission. Gin was sitting under a tree reading a scroll Haran procured for him about the jonin exams and Naruto and Isaribi were currently drifting in the waters by the shore.
Looking up at his two teammates Gin said, "Did you two hear about the rooky genin this year?"
Getting out of the water Isaribi followed by Naruto made their way the Gin and sat under the tree next to him.
"No, what about them?" asked Isaribi.
"Well supposedly they're supposed to be hot shit or something. It seams like a lot of them are the future clan heads of the main Konoha clans and their supposed to be full of prodigies. Like the last Uchiha genius, the Nara genius, the Aburame genius, as well as a Haruno girl with near perfect chakra control. The other genin are all pretty good too each with their own ability. All and all, every major clan in Konoha is represented" said Gin leaning back against the tree.
Whistling, Naruto said, "That's a lot to live up to. Good thing we're stuck with a laze ass slob like you" he said as he nudged Gin in the ribs.
"Hey! Don't talk to your team leader like that!" said Gin in a fake hurt voice.
"So what brought that up?" asked Isaribi looking over at to two boys.
"I just thought that you might be interested since they are your age" shrugged Gin.
"O yea…I completely forgot they were our age" laughed Naruto, "well, we were never really friends with them in the first place."
"So, what are their teams?" asked Isaribi.
"Well, they recreated the Nara, Yamanaka, Akimichi team for team ten. Team 7 has the Last Uchiha, a Haruno girl, and a Inuzuka. And team 8 has the Hyuuga heir, an Aburame, and some other kid who does attacks with ink creations, ex-root from what I heard" said Gin stoking his chin.
"Ex-root? On a genin team?" said Naruto incredulously.
"Yea, don't ask me how that happened. Hokage-sama probably wanted to reintegrate him with people his own age and Team 8 sensei is a genjutsu master, so she should be able to understand him better than anyone else. Psychology stuff, you know? I've heard how messed up those root guys are even after that organization was shut down for a second time. All loyal to with Danzo and with his executed..." said Gin.
"Yea, I remember that a lot of those root guys went crazy and had to be stopped" said Isaribi. "Anko-chan told us about that when she was still in the ANBU."
"Well he can't be too messed up. It was shut down years ago" said Naruto cocking his head.
"Yea, but…" Isaribi was saying before they were interrupted by a chunin popping in front of them in a puff of smoke.
"Hokage-sama requests your presence immediately in his office" said the chunin before poofing away.
"Well, we better not keep Hokage-sama waiting. You can wrap up on the walk there" said Gin as he got up followed by Naruto and Isaribi who were putting on their coats and wraps as they walked.
Reaching the Hokage's Tower in a few minutes, Gin knocked on the door and entered when he heard the Hokage call out, "Enter."
Entering the room they saw Sarutobi sitting behind his desk with his pipe in his mouth and off to the side in front of the desk was Haran.
Looking up as the entered, Sarutobi said, "Ah, glad you could get here so fast. Sorry for disturbing you on your day off, but some urgent matters have come up."
Taking a drag from his pipe the Hokage continued, "Gin-kun, at what skill level would you put your teammates at?"
Looking at Naruto and Isaribi for a moment and thinking quietly, Gin said, "I would put them both at mid chunin level. Isaribi has better control than Naruto and thinks things through a little bit more, but Naruto is ahead of her with shear power and is more of a creative thinker than her. Skill wise their almost equal with Naruto just a little bit better at close range combat than Isaribi…Sir, if I may, why are you asking me this?"
"I wanted your opinion on their skills before I sent them out on a mission. Thank you Gin-kun, you may leave now" said Sarutobi with a smile.
Bowing to the Hokage, Gin left the room, giving Isaribi and Naruto a concerned look out of the corner of his eye.
Once Gin was gone Sarutobi said, "Good, his assessment of your skills is right along the same lines as Haran-san's assessment of you." Gesturing the two to come closer to the desk were he had a map of the Land of Fire he continued, "Early today we got a report from genin Team 7, under the command of Hatake Kakashi that they were attacked by A class missing-nin Zabuza and other Kiri missing-nins. They are in the middle of a C class escort mission, protecting a bridge builder named Tazuna while he finishes the bridge."
"This bridge will serve as a vital commercial link between the Land of Waves and the Land of Fire, so it is imperative that it be finished. His team might be able to handle the situation on their own, but they are a green team and it is vital that the bridge be finished. I want you two," said Sarutobi gesturing to Naruto and Isaribi before pointing to a river that was on the edge of Konoha, "to use this river and make all due hast to support Team 7. Kakashi-san knows you are coming and it should take under a day for you to make it there with the current on your side."
"You will make contact with them here," said Sarutobi pointing to a place on the coast of the Land of Waves, "and will be under the direct command of Kakashi-san. You have half an hour to pack and leave. Be prepared for a two week combat mission. Dismissed."
Quickly giving the Hokage a bow, Isaribi and Naruto raced out of the office to get ready to leave.
"Do you think it's wise to send them by themselves? I mean, their still only genin" said Haran in a concerned voice.
"They will be fine. They're strong and their blood limit makes them excellent choices for this mission. And if worse comes to worse, Naruto has the Kyuubi to draw power from to complete the mission" said Sarutobi with a smile as he took another drag from his pipe.
"If you say so Sir' said Haran, still not convinced.
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Next chapter, the Wave Mission!!
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Ja ne!