Steve: And here we are! The second chapter of the update!
Yui: And what's going to happen in this one? Hmm?
Steve: Well, we're going to find a bit out about Anko's powers... and sorry, but there's little Harry and Naruto in this chapter, though I promise to pick them back up in the next.
Hinata: Really?
Steve: Yup! And the remnants of the Civilian Council will be making a move for Naruto in this chapter and will be blocked.
Pen-pen: Waaaarrrrkkk. (Interesting.)
Steve: Sure is! Would you guys do the disclaimer now?
Pen-Pen: (Wark Wa WAAK arrk waark)
Hinata: Translation is "The author doesn't own Harry Potter or Naruto". He just owns this story, the plot and his insane plot-bunnies.
Why me?Shinigami/Demon/Inner-Sakura/Dragon
'Who?' Thoughts
-YO!- Animal speech
'Hey' Reading
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Groaning, Anko opens her eyes to see the hospital ceiling. 'Great… I'm in the hospital… again.' Feeling something snuggling into her, she turns slightly to see Tsuki asleep. Smiling, she silently chuckles. 'Kami, I'm glad that I'm still alive to be… Tsuki's… kaa-san… OH SHIT! NARUTO!' At that moment, Kurenai walks in and sees the panicked look on Anko's face. Realizing why, she moves to calm her down.
"Whoa! It's okay Anko… he's alive… Naruto's alive." Anko looks at her for several seconds as she hyperventilates before she calms down. Slightly.
"He's… alive? Naruto's alive?" Kurenai nods and Anko breathes a sigh of relief. "Oh thank Kami-sama! I thought that…" she trails off seeing the grin on Kurenai's face before blushing. "Um… That is…" Kurenai just waves her off as she considers Tsuki.
"You really do care for him, don't you Anko? Maybe even love him, hmm?" Anko starts sputtering making Tsuki wake up. Blinking, she looks at Anko before grinning and launching herself at her mother.
"OKAA-SAN! YOU'RE AWAKE!" Anko's knocked back onto the bed as Tsuki grips her around her neck. Looking down at her adopted daughter, Anko's eyes tear up as she remembers what happened.
'Never again… never… I'll train myself hard so that I can come home to my daughter… I love her too much to possibly put her through losing me…' Leaning forwards, Anko plants a kiss on Tsuki's forehead making her smile. "I'm sorry for sleeping so long my Little Moon, I promise I'll try my best to never sleep as long again, okay?" Tsuki stares at her mother intently.
"You promise?" Anko nods and tells her that she promises never to sleep so long again if she can help it. Tsuki suddenly smiles before hugging Anko around her middle. "Thank you Okaa-san!" Kurenai just takes in this little family moment before whipping out a camera and taking a picture. Putting away the camera, she shakes her head.
'I wish that I could show you how much you've changed Anko… How after adopting Tsuki you've done a complete turn around. Before, you only wanted to kill Orochimaru and nothing else. You still do, but only if it allows you to come home to your daughter. Everything else pales to her…' A memory of a blond boy with whisker marks on his face suddenly enters her mind. 'Well… I guess he isa close second.' Shaking her head, she watches as Anko looks around and gets a saddened look. She chuckles a little bringing Anko's attention onto her. "He had to go on a very important mission Anko. He wanted me to tell you how sad he was that he might not be here with you when you woke up." Anko nod as Kurenai reaches into her holster. "He also wanted me to give you this… he didn't say why though." Blinking, Anko accept the envelope.
'I wonder what Naruto wanted Kurenai to give me…' She opens it to see two blood seals on it making her blink. 'What the? Why two?' Shrugging, she breaks the first one to find a letter. Blinking, she starts to read it.
'Dear Anko-chan, if you're reading this then I've gone out on the mission with Ero-sennin and you've woken up without me being there. And for that, I am sorry. I can only hope that your not too mad at me.' Anko shakes her head with a smile.
'Nah! I could never be mad at you Naruto. Never. Might as well see what the rest says I guess…' She turns back to the page in her hand.
'Okay, now that we've got all the mushy stuff out of the way,' Anko smirks at this. 'We might as well get to business. You may remember what happened to your arm in the "Forest of Death". After you showed me it, I started researching various tomes for something similar. I found it. My theory was confirmed when you transformed into a dragon-like humanoid after I got stabbed by Orochimaru…' Anko opens and closes her mouth several times in shock.
"Wha… WHAT! I TRANSFORMED INTO A DRAGON!" Anko looks at Kurenai (who's wiggling a finger in her ear). "Please tell me that this is a joke, right? I mean, I CAN'T have transformed into a dragon, it's impossible!" Kurenai shrugs with a wry expression.
"Impossible or not, it happened. I was there Anko, maybe not for your transformation into a dragon, but I was there when you transformed back." Anko just looks stunned before shaking her head and turning back to the letter.
'It seems that you have the oldest known Bloodline in existence. Congrats, we'll have to celebrate when I get back.' Stunned once again, Anko doesn't say anything, she only keeps reading. 'You, Anko-chan, have the "Dragon-King" bloodline. How old the actual bloodline is, I couldn't tell you. I canhowever tell you that it's a least five thousand years old and very powerful. It seems that the "gift" that the dragon was talking about was activating it in you. Now, there's not much on it since wizarding governments have destroyed most info pertaining to them after they had killed off all the dragon-kings centuries ago in a Genocide against them and the Greater Dragons. All that's known about them I'm afraid is that they could transform (Like you did) and in their transformed state were very physically strong and resilient to damage as well as to magic. They also could use the various breath weapons of the Greater Dragons as well as the ability to command lesser dragons (Like the Iron Belly)…' Anko just shakes her head in disbelief.
'I… I don't fucking believe it! I have an actual bloodline?!' She begins to smirk as she imagines throwing that into the Council's faces, especially the Civilians. 'Well, well, how interesting…' Chuckling sadistically, she continues to read.
'Now one part of the story you must know is WHY they were referred to as the Dragon-Kings. The reason is that many families with this bloodline used it to rule over "Lesser" humans and this is one of the reasons for the Genocide against them. Some of them took it a step farther and portrayed themselves as kami and some asked for human sacrifices to be made to them… and a lot more then a few of the "Sacrifices" were virgins. Before you get the wrong idea however, some of them were also the greatest of heroes. There was one clan, the "Pearl" clan, which dedicated itself to protecting humans from predations of other dragon-kings and the dragon's themselves. From the descriptions of them, you belong to this clan. Unfortunately, that's all the information I've gotten. I hope that your not too angry with me for not having more. Anyways, since there's no real information on how they controlled their transformations I placed books on Animagi in the second seal along with notes from nii-san's Tou-san and his friends. I think that they might help you to understand how to do it… Anyways, I'll see you when I get back Anko-chan! Love, Naruto.' Anko blushes a little at the last bit before chuckling as she sets it down.
'That guy…' Hearing a knock, she looks up in time for Momo and Tsume to walk in bringing a smile to her face. "Hey guys! How's it going?" Tsume shrugs a little while Momo looks a little nervous. "What's wrong Momo?" The woman in question sighs.
"It's just what happened a few days ago Anko-chan… with the invasion." The other three woman all look at her as she sheepishly scratches the side of her cheek. "I… nearly died because I got separated from the rest of the civilians and managed to find myself attacked by a snake summon…"
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Running from a snake summon, Momo looks back at it and trips. Sprawled on the ground, she watches as the snake shoots forwards and closes her eyes so as to not see herself die when she feels something splatter on her. Opening her eyes, she sees Naruto there with the snake stabbed through the head. "Na… Naruto-kun? What are you doing here…?" Looking at her, Naruto sighs and shakes his head.
"No worries Momo-chan, you're safe. As to how I'm here…" He rubs the back of his neck in embarrassment before continuing. "I'm not actually here. You see, I'm only a Kage Bushin of the original Naruto. I can however get you to safety." Momo nods as Naruto reaches out and grabs her shoulder. She feels a squeezing sensation and then finds her self in a bedroom with the Naruto-clone.
"Um thanks… but where am I…" Noticing several pictures, her eyes widen as she turns back to the Naruto-clone. "This is your room, isn't it?" He nods as a sly grin comes to her face. "You know… if you wanted me in your bed you could have just asked…" The Naruto-clone goes bright red before it clears it's throat.
"Um… yeah, I'll just ignore that." Momo giggles a little at that. "Before you ask, no Sound nin or Suna nin can get past the wards so you're perfectly safe. Use anything you want to, okay?" Momo nods as a small smile comes to her face.
"Anyways… I think that you need a reward, Bushin or not…" Quickly leaning forwards, she kisses him on the lips causing him to dispel (and making the real one stumble, saving him from a wave of Gaara's sand). Seeing this, Momo pouts. "That was no fair…" Looking around, she sighs as she sinks onto the bed with her hands held in prayer. "If any Kami is listening… please let Naruto-kun and Sakura live through this… please, I beg of you…" A single tear rolls down her cheek as she sits there for who knows how many hours until Sakura shows up and hugs her…
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"…And that's what happened." The other women in the room stare at her causing her to blush slightly. "What? He deserved a reward." Anko just shakes her head as she watches Tsuki ride Kuromaru out the door in search of something to eat.
"Only you Momo… Only you." Still chuckling, Anko looks at each of her friends. "So, how are you all coping? I mean, I know that the invasion had to have damaged property. How did you guys make out?" Tsume shrugs a little.
"We didn't do too badly. We only had minimum damage to our compound and that was easily fixed. Hana's busy with several animals at our shelter who don't have a home currently, but other then that we came through unscathed." Momo sighs as she looks at her.
"We got worse I'm afraid. While my house wasn't destroyed, it was damaged and me and Sakura have to wait for a little while before we can move back in. Thankfully, Naruto-kun is kind enough to let us stay at his place for a while… at least until the repair teams manage to fix our house which might be a while yet." They all look at Kurenai who shakes her head.
"My place is a complete write off. Since it was in the Shinobi distrect there was a lot of fighting there." Kurenai shrugs a little. "Thankfully my things were undamaged and I managed to save them. I'm currently staying in a hotel until I can find a new place." Anko just snorts at her before rolling her eyes.
"You can crash at my place 'Nai-chan. I real don't mind and neither will Tsuki since she loves her 'Kurenai-Oba-chan'." Kurenai is about to protest when Anko glares and shuts her up by using her 'Okaa-san voice' she's used so often enough on Tsuki. "That is enough 'Nai-chan. I have the room. You will move in and you will do it ASAP! And that's final!" Kurenai's mouth drops before she sheepishly nods. "Good! Now for the ground rules… One: If you eat it or drink it, you replace it. Two: I don't mind if you bring any boyfriends you got over, but not every night." Kurenai looks mortified at this as the other two wpmen look on amused. "Three: You will keep anything not appropriate for children out of Tsuki's reach. Four: This is attached to rule two, if you have Asuma over, he is NOT to smoke. I will not expose MY daughter to second hand smoke if I can help it. HELL! I have trouble being around him with what he smokes…" As Anko continues laying the ground rules, Tsume and Momo look on with grins as Kurenai nods at each one like a girl would to her mother… Something they find hilarious considering that Kurenai has always been the mature one of the two. "… And that's all. Understood?" Kurenai nods with a sigh.
"Yes Anko…" She looks at Anko sitting on the bed as an amused sparkle appears in her eyes. "You know… Before you adopted Tsuki you were a LOT more fun." Anko just snorts as she rolls her eyes.
"I'm still fun 'Nai-chan, I just matured a little. I had to clean up my act when I adopted Tsuki after all." Kurenai nods as she chuckles a little as she finds some amusement in the situation.
"Hai… Hai. I guess that it's a bit odd to see such a change in you Anko. I guess getting a kid was good for you after all. Who would have thought it?" Anko just shrugs with a small grin.
"I didn't. But I will tell you one thing 'Nai-chan…" A soft, content look comes to Anko's face as she continues. "I love Tsuki as if I gave birth to her myself and now I can't imagine how I made it through my life with out her." Kurenai just nods as Anko turns to the other two mothers in the room. "So what are you two doing here? Something up?" Tsume nods with a small sheepish grin.
"Yeah… Remember that plan we talked to you about? The one with Naruto-kun?" Anko nods before her eyes widen making Tsume grin. "Yup! Those fucking idiot Elders as well as the survivors of the Civilian Council-" She gets cut off as Anko practically leaps from the bed.
"Wait! 'Survivors'? What do you mean by that?" Tsume blinks at her, but it's Momo that answers her.
"The Civilian Council was almost wiped out in the invasion. During it, a group of Sound nin somehow snuck past the ANBU at the entrance to the shelter disguised as civilians and attacked them. Three quarters were killed and the Sound nin involved all died." Anko looks on with a pleased expression.
"Good. Couldn't have happened to a nicer or more deserving bunch…" A thoughtful look comes over her face as she realises something. "Wait a minute… how did they sneak past the ANBU? That should have been impossible even if they were disguised, they still would have been giving off chakra…" Tsume nods before shrugging.
"No one really knows… though there's rumours that Harry's somehow involved since spells would have allowed them to do that… But there's no proof other then the fact that they were all Naruto-haters and that most of the survivors are either nice or neutral to Naruto and yourself. Add in the fact that Danzo's mansion was destroyed in a massive explosion…" Tsume shrugs at Anko's happy look. "Unfortunately the old War-hawk survived since he was elsewhere… But in the remains of his mansion were found no less then sixty unidentified Konoha nin. All these facts point at Harry POSSIBLY being involved, but no one can be sure since there's no proof." Anko sighs before shrugging.
"Oh well, I guess that's how the cookies crumble." Tsume just grins as Kurenai looks on.
"Anyways, back to what I saying. The remaining potion of the Civilian Council as well as the Elders have decided that in light of what happened during the Invasion that Harry's and Naruto's clan needs to grow as fast as possible. Therefore, they've decided to push Naruto-kun into a marriage with an older woman… or women as the case may be." Anko starts to glow red as Tsume smirks. Kurenai, on the other hand, is looking between the two and Momo who's also smirking. "Thankfully we got them blocked from… choosing… anyone as me, you and Momo have marriage contracts with Naruto as signed by his guardian the Sandaime…"
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"AAACHHHOOOOOO!" Blinking at the massive sneeze, Naruto starts furiously rubbing his nose to as he tries to figure out why he sneezed that much. 'What the hell was that about?' Kyubi just shrugs.
'Who knows Naruto-kun. Maybe someone's talking about you?' Naruto's about to say something when Jeraiya stops and looks at him.
'My pervy sense is tinggling… and it's coming from Naruto.' A grin blooms on as he stares at Naruto intently only for his head to snap back as Naruto's boot hits him in the face.
"I don't swing like that Ero-Sennin!"
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Kurenai is staring at the three grinning women and Anko's about to say something when Kurenai explodes. "WHAT! WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT YOU HAVE A MARRIAGE CONTRACT WITH HIM!" Anko wiggles a finger in one ear as she glances at Tsume who's down on the ground wincing in agony.
"Relax 'Nai-chan, it's not a big deal-" Kurenai once again starts to shout.
"NOT A BIG DEAL! I HATE-" This time Anko cuts her off.
"'Nai-chan, it's not a big deal so stop making it one!" Kurenai blinks at her as she continues. "You and both know that the likely hood of me actually finding a guy is slim to none. Also…" Anko starts blushing a little. "Naruto is a great guy… I feel safe with him and comfortable as well." Tsume nods before smiling as she gets off the floor.
"Anko's right Kurenai. And I agree whole heartily with her when it comes to Naruto-kun, he's a great guy." Kurenai looks at her with a dropped jaw as Tsume grins. "Besides, I'm already a girlfriend of his so it won't matter. And the contracts don't actually come into effect until he's sixteen anyways so there's plenty of time to get to know him on a deeper level." The three women all laugh at the gob-smacked look on Kurenai's face as before Momo adds her two cents worth.
"And we might not be the only ones…" Now the attention is on her as she smirks and holds up a single finger. "Remember the people who came from Wave recently to help out in the rebuilding?" They all nod as her smirk widens. "It just so happens that a woman by the name of Tsunami came with them. She's asked to be in a political marriage to 'The Hero of Wave'." Anko and Tsume chuckle as Kurenai blinks, they stop at Kurenai's words though.
"Why would she want to be married to the Uchiha? She an older fan girl or something?" Anko just scowls at her.
"The Uchiha isn't the Hero of Wave 'Nai-chan. He started that rumour himself most likely and was helped by Kaka-baka. The truth is that Naruto is the hero she's talking about, not the fucking prissy Uchiha." Momo nods as a grin blooms on her face.
"Oh, it gets better. Turns out that the Civilian Council debated it and passed it just before the Invasion when she originally sent the request thinking the same thing. All she requested was the 'Hero of Wave' so that's what they put down… not realizing of course that it was Naruto-kun. Hell! They even named the bridge connecting Wave to Fire Country the 'Great Naruto Bridge' so there was a BIG clue there. So now there's FOUR older women engaged to him. That should keep the Council off his back. And before you ask Kurenai, Tsunami-san's also activates when he's sixteen." Kurenai blinks before going red and pulling a Hinata by fainting. The three women look at her for several moments before they all roar with laughter…
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Laying in bed, Anko looks around with a frown as the Medic-nin didn't want her to leave just yet. Suddenly she smiles as she reaches up to the collar of her hospital gown and moves it to the side so as to see her cursed seal, which is now a very dark gray. 'Soon I'll be free of that teme's mark… soon.' Another reason for her smile is that she just found out that her transformation somehow reversed all the damage done to her body over the years, leaving able to eventually live what she thought was but a dream: To have children of her own. Chuckling, she lays back and falls asleep only to find herself in a cave. Blinking, she looks around before walking in a direction she feels like will be the source of the answers to her questions. Entering a large cavern, she looks around when a voice jolts her from her thoughts.
"Hello hatchling… how are we today?" Jerking her head back and forth, she gulps.
"Who's there! Show yourself!" The voice just chuckles before answering.
"Don't worry hatchling, I won't hurt you. As to where I am…" Anko backs away from where she thinks the voice is coming from when she bumps into something. "… I am right behind you." Whipping around, Anko comes face to face with a massive white dragon, another Great Horned Dragon.
"Oh… shit…" The dragon just starts giving off a booming laugh that causes the walls to shake before shaking it's head and speaking in a femine voice.
"Oh, I'm sorry hatchling, but I really needed that." She watches as Anko backs away with a raised eyebrow. The dragon is a pale pearly white with warm brown eyes and a mane of purple spikes running down it's back. Shaking her head, the dragon sighs. "I'm not going to hurt you hatchling… Can't anyways since I AM dead you know." Anko blinks before lowering her guard… somewhat.
"Okay… Who are you? What are you doing here? And why am I here?" The dragon just laughs again making Anko turn red. "What's so funny!?" The dragon just waves off her anger.
"We are in your mindscape hatchling. Before you ask why a cave, it represents how you portray yourself to others: Dark and mysterious as well as dangerous. As to why you are here… I called you here of course." The dragon now grins as she lays back on her side, propping herself up with a elbow. "As to who I am… I have had many names over the years… But I've always preferred to be called Tempest. And I am your… ancestor." Her grin widens as Anko falls back on her ass. "Surprised? Don't be. My blood flows strongly through your veins." Anko just shakes her head .
"You're… my ancestor?" Tempest nods as Anko blinks in surprise. "So I am descended from a dragon?!" Tempest nods once more.
"Yes. All Draconians are." Seeing the confusion on Anko's face she adds: "That's what we dragons call the Dragon-Kings." She sighs as she closes her eyes some. "And I am here to teach you about what you need to know since you have no way otherwise to learn… not that it bothers me of course. You seem to have lived a very… interesting life my descendant." She opens one eye as if to consider Anko. "If not necessarily a good one. Yet, for all that you've still turned out well. That alone speaks well of you." Anko blinks before she starts growling.
"What the hell!? Did you go through my memories?!" The dragon nods as she considers her fingerclaws. "Why the fuck would you do that!?" Tempest looks at her before sighing.
"I'm sorry for the invasion of privacy, but I order to see what I was dealing with I had too. I must admit that I'm impressed with your power before, but now you'll be a paragon among draconians." Seeing Anko there growling, a light surrounds her before a woman appears where she was laying. The woman looks similar to Angewomon from digimon, except her hair is a deep lavender and she has brown eyes as well as two dragon wings. Completing the look is the chain mail shirt and leather pants hugging her curves. Chuckling at Anko's surprise, she speaks in Tempest's voice. "So I see that you're surprised at my human form?" Not giving Anko time to reply, she waves her hand and two chairs rise from the floor. Sitting down, she considers Anko. "As I said: I am sorry about the invasion of your privacy, but I wasn't about to let an evil person awaken my blood." Anko blinks at this.
"Wait… You went through my memories because you had to make sure that I wasn't evil? Is that your excuse?" Tempest nods making Anko sigh before she sits in the other chair. "I guess that's okay… BUT NEVER DO IT AGAIN!" Wide-eyed, Tempest nods.
"Er… sure, sure." Clearing her throat, Tempest gets to the point. "Now I know that you have many questions for me and I'll try to answer them all. Do you have any idea where draconians originally came from?" Anko shakes her head making Tempest sigh. "Okay, all Draconians are descended from Dragon/Human unions. In other words, dragons and humans have had children together. In a number of cases, the children would just breed with other humans and all draconian characteristics would disappear with in three generations more or less. Now, the Draconian bloodline came from half-dragons breeding with other half-dragons. Over time this would allow for more of the powers of a dragon to appear. With me so far?" Anko nods before a thought occurs to her.
"Hey! Wait a second! Why would a dragon breed with a human anyways? That doesn't make any sense." Tempest chuckles before shaking her head.
"There were several reasons for such unions. Sometimes the dragon would want power over a group of humans so they would have a child with the leader. Other times it might be as simple as the dragon wanted to reward the human by giving them a child that would naturally be stronger. The dragon might also have wanted to have what you humans call a 'One night stand'. Some… some of the more evil ones wanted to create a perfect servant." She smiles a little at Anko. "Some, like myself hatchling, did so out of love." Anko starts making her laugh. "Yes, at one time I loved a human with all my heart and bore him several children… (Sigh) but it was not to be I guess." Anko looks at the saddened expression on her face and bites her lip.
"If you don't mind me asking… what was he like and how did he die?" Tempest looks at her and gives a sad smile.
"He was a wonderful man… pure souled and strong. He had blond hair and the deepest blue eyes you could imagine as well as a happy personality." Anko stiffens at this. "He was also a druid. We were together for twenty years when my Father," She spits this out with venom. "Found us. He was horrified to find that I had sired several half-dragon children and tried to kill them and us. My love managed to kill him, but not before dying. Before he took his last breath, he told me that we would meet once more and then he died in my arms." Wiping away the tears leaking from her eyes, Tempest looks at Anko. "Soon after making sure that our children were safe, I searched for my families home and found that there was several half-dragons there being treated as slaves. Being as I was enraged by what my father had done, I freed them and got them out of there. Eventually, a number of them fell in love with my own children and they had children of their own. And that is how my bloodline started. Over the next few hundred years, I lead them, guided them even when my own children were nothing more then bones and dust. Thanks to me, they found their calling in protecting humans from other draconians and dragons." Anko looks at her with wide eyes.
"So what happened to you? And why are they all gone?" Tempest looks at her and smiles.
"I died fighting a powerful dragon that had taken over a kingdom. My children's clan afterwards was slowly reduced in numbers by attacks until only one small family was left. At the height of the wizard's genocide against us and the Draconians seven hundred years ago, they were being hunted when a small clan of wizards gave them sanctuary. Their name was Evens I believe. Yes, that was it. They had some notes from a demon named Kuro Inutaisho on dimensional magic and they opened a small portal to this dimension. My descendants then came through, but they all died in a plague leaving one, the youngest son who was just four, alive. Since he never was taught how to activate it, the bloodline became dormant until you hatchling." Anko leans back into her chair as she sighs while rubbing her temples.
"Great… Just great. Not only am I descended from a dragon, but also from a man who sounds just like Naruto…" Now it's time for the dragon to blink.
"Excuse me… but who is Naruto?" Anko just tells her to look at her memories regarding him and a few minutes later Tempest falls out of the chair to her knees sobbing. "It's… it's him… I… I don't believe it… They're identical…" Anko walks over and gives her a hug.
"It's okay… it's okay." A few minutes later Tempest nods with a happy smile. "Better?"
"Yes… he kept his promise. I got to see him again." Clearing her throat, Anko brings Tempest's attention back to her.
"He does that… keep his promises." Anko then sighs a little. "You do know that if Naruto's his reincarnation that he doesn't remember his previous life, right?" Tempest nods before shaking her head.
"It doesn't matter. I know it's him." Shaking her head, she chuckles. "Look at me, I came here to talk to you and I'm crying my eyes out like a Wyrmling. Pathetic. You're probably wondering what I'm going to teach you, right?" Anko nods.
"That would be nice, along with why my cursed seal is fading and why all the damage it caused has been healed." Tempest gives Anko her version of her smirk.
"Why is it fading? Because all Draconians and Greater Dragons are immune to control by outside influences. So your body is now rejecting it. As to the damage, when a Draconian activates their abilities for the first time they get healed from all their previous injuries. I think that you might have noticed a lack of scarring? It was healed by the first transformation. But take heed, any injuries you sustain from now on WILL stay. You don't have a super healing ability. Now, I am here to teach you about your Draconic powers and how to control them. Normally, I wouldn't be allowed… but it seems that you impressed someone for me to do so." Anko blinks before shrugging.
"That's someone I guess…" They continue to chat for the rest of the night as Anko sleeps.
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Inoichi is leaving a secure room, shaking his head when the Hokage appears. "Hello Hokage-sama. What are you doing up?" Sarutobi chuckles a little.
"I'm a bit restless being stuck in this wheelchair I'm afraid." He looks at the room which has a bunch of ANBU guarding it. "So, how is she and is she… safe." Inoichi also glances back at the room before frowning.
"She's in full heath, just in a coma brought on by shock. As to her being safe… All my mental scans show that she isn't any danger. There's no sign of Orochimaru being able to control her Hokage-sama." Inoichi shakes his head in amazement. "I just can't get over the fact of who she is… It SHOULD be impossible but… there she is, alive." The Sandaime sighs before shaking his head.
"Truly incredible my friend… truly incredible…"
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Steve: And there we go! The explanation you've all been waiting for! (Notices Hinata looking depressed) What's wrong Hinata?
Hinata: There was no Naruto-kun in this but for a little bit...
Everyone: (Sweatdrops)
Steve: Uh... They'll be back in the next chapter... I promise. (Hinata nods happily)
Yui: But who is that woman in the hospital? And why would they be worried about Orochimaru controlling her?
Steve: (Grins) That Yui-chan... is a little something to leave the readers guessing. I will say this: It has to do with the end of the Invasion.
Yui: That's not a good clue...
Pen-pen: Wark wa ark waarrk arrk war? (What do you expect from him?)
Yui: True. This IS Steve-kun we're talking about here...
Steve: I AM right here you know!
Pen-pen: Wa? (So?)
Steve: Nevermind. Onto the next chapter!
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