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Icha Icha: Animal Magnetism

Chapter 4: Anko

Naruto looked around the forest he had ran into nervously, he knew he had to get out of here and soon, lest something decide that eating him would be a good idea, or worse, Anko found him. Turning ninety degrees from the direction he was heading, Naruto began running through the wooded area, heading out of the area as fast as he could.

The trees blurring as he passed was kinda soothing now that he had time to think about it. He felt so light and full of energy in this form that he'd almost swear that he was flying through the air. Blinking he looked down, only to confirm that he was in fact parted with the ground, and judging by the pressure around his waist, something was carrying him.

Looking upwards he paled as his eyes traversed a familiar trench coat, one that perpetually haunted his nightmares. Seeing the purple hair, and the devilish smile just confirmed it. He was in Anko's arms, and she was taking him deeper into the forest.

"Hey kitsune-chan.." Anko said with a sinister laugh "This is no place for you, especially with those two tails you have."

Naruto sweatdropped when he heard about the two tails part, he had thought he'd only have one. The stupid fox must have messed it up on him. It was bad, but he could take care of it. Just so long as nothing else goes wrong.

Anko stopped and stood under a large tree, looking at the curious fox in her arms. She couldn't help but smile at it. It was just too cute. "I just want to take you home and cuddle you to death, and then feed you to my lovely snakes!"

At this Naruto started sweating and squirming in earnest to get away from the psycho snake lady. Little did he notice a small leaf falling down towards the pair, gently landing on Naruto's hips. A poof of smoke later Naruto reappeared, only this time he had long blond hair, flowing down to the middle of his back, his blue eyes were paler as he blinked in surprise, he barely realized that his orange jumpsuit was missing now, replaced instead with a faded orange Chinese style blouse and baggy black pants. The biggest problem is the small fact that he was now female.

He could deal with this, just so long as he could get away from the psycho snake lady... whose eyes seemed to be trying to escape her head at this moment. With a nervous giggle and a small wave Naruto started edging away from the crazy woman, only to be cut off in her escape by Anko's arm against the tree, with her leaning over, very close to his face.

"My... my... my... little kitsune-chan... you are a very cute little trickster," Anko purred softly as she drew in closer to Naruto. "Maybe I should eat you instead of my snakes..."

Naruto's pupils dilated at that thought, as only a moment later Anko was licking his whisker marks and playing with his ears. "Come on... I'll show you so many fun positions... Kits-u-ne-chan..."

It was about this time that Naruto decided that the best course of action would be to initiate a strategic fall back plan. After all, ninjas never ran away, so the orange and black blur that went screaming through the forest, followed by a tan blur was not Naruto being chased by Anko as he ran away. No it was Naruto falling back until such time as he could detain or lose Anko.

Leaping over the fence on the far side of the Forest of Death ten minutes later, Naruto almost wept as he saw Team Gai waiting for him. Almost as he was currently too distracted by Anko calling out for him as she leaped after him. "Kitsune-chan! I just want to be your bed buddy! I promise nothing too risky until after the first three hours!"

Tucking into a ball and literally bowling through Gai's students, Naruto used the distraction of Anko crashing into them to make good his escape into the forest. After ten minutes he slowed so that he could listen for signs of pursuit, but only the faint sounds of bugs buzzing, birds chirping, and someone breathing heavily in his sensitive ears filled the clearing.

. . .

Wait... someone else was breathing heavily. Turning his head slowly, he let out a whimper of terror as there before him stood something so awful, so unimaginably horrible, so completely and utterly wrong, that it shocked him to the core. For there, in all it's glory stood...

To be continued.