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Virtue and Venom: Chapter 19
Yamanaka compound: 2 weeks after invasion
Naruto was sleeping in his bed with Ino as the sun light came through the window; Naruto opened his eyes and looked down to his girlfriend sleeping on his chest. Ino's hair was no longer in her long pony tail as it was loose and covering her face.
Naruto brushed Ino's hair out of her face and gave her a kiss on the forehead; Ino's eyes fluttered open and she smiled "Morning Ino" Naruto said softly.
"Morning Naruto" Ino said kissing his lips.
"Good Morning Uzumaki, Good morning Yamanaka" Gaara said at the foot of the bed; Naruto and Ino both looked at him wide eyed.
Naruto and Ino then screamed at the top of their lungs as the both of them jumped out of bed; Naruto grabbed both of his trench knives and Ino got into her taijutsu stance.
"What the fuck are you doing here" Naruto shouted.
"You damn pervert" Ino shouted "is this how you get your rocks off; watching couples while they sleep" Ino shouted. Gaara looked at her confused.
"No, I do not 'get my rocks off'; whatever that means" Gaara said making both Naruto and Ino angrier "I was ordered by the hokage to come and retrieve Uzumaki for a mission; Mamushi told me which room you were sleeping in so I came to get you" he said.
"Goddamn it" Naruto said as he began to put on his cloths "you nearly scared me half to death; and how the hell are you walking around shouldn't you be in jail" he said and Gaara nodded.
"Let me explain" Gaara said.
Flashback
Gaara was standing in front of Hiruzen in the Hokage's office.
"Gaara; you betrayed your village right" Hiruzen said and Gaara nodded "do you want to be a Konoha ninja and live here" he asked.
"Yes" Gaara said.
"Good" Hiruzen said with a smile; he then took out a head band and threw it over to Gaara who caught it "welcome to Konoha" he said.
Flashback end
"And that's what happened" Gaara said making both Ino and Naruto face fault.
"Holy shit that was a horrible flashback" Ino said "that was so underwhelming and lacks so much context" she said to which Gaara shrugged.
"Lets just go before I get an ulcer" Naruto said as he walked out of the room grumbling with Gaara following behind him.
Ino huffed as she walked to her room "what the hell" Ino said as she rubbed her temples "someone needs to teach him some boundaries" Ino said.
Hokage office 20 minutes later.
Naruto entered the Hokage office and saw Hiruzen, Jiraya, Anko and Mamushi "Gaara" Mamushi cheered as he entered the room "you found him; good job" she said.
"Yeah, he found me alright" Naruto said "he scared the shit out of me and Ino; I just wanted to have some cuddle time with my girl and then this motherfucker appears like phantom" he said and Gaara shrugged.
"So, you were having sexy time with Ino huh" Mamushi said teasingly making Naruto blush.
"Oh, how bold to admit that; naughty bedroom play, nice kid" Anko said making Naruto go even redder.
"C'mon kid give me the details" Jiraya said taking out his note book "I can use this for my next book" he said.
"Fuck you all" Naruto shouted making all 3 laughs at his expense "old man is there a mission or am I just here to made fun of" Naruto said and Hiruzen chuckled.
"Yes, Naruto we do have a mission" Jiraya said and Naruto looked at the white-haired old man "I'm taking you on a trip with me; we have to find someone important" Jiraya said. "Tsunade senju; legendary medic, sanin, sucker and everything else in between" he said making Naruto go wide eyed.
"Ok a mission to find an old lady" Naruto said "is there anything else I'm missing" he said and Hiruzen shook his head.
"No that pretty much sums it up" Hiruzen said "be at the gates in 3 hours unless you have any more questions" Hiruzen said and Naruto nodded.
"Yeah, I got one" Naruto said as he pointed at Gaara "how is this guy walking around; didn't his people invade the village" he said and Hiruzen nodded.
"Yes and no" Hiruzen said "Gaara here did not participate in the invasion and even defended civilians with the help of Hinata Hyuga" he said. "Since he's no longer wanted in his village, I gave him an offer; join us and have a new place to call home" he said "Suna even went so far as to use him as a peace offering; young Gaara here is now in a political marriage with Hinata" he said. Naruto was shocked and turned to Gaara who nodded.
"Hinata wishes to be married in April 2 years from now" Gaara said "I agree; I wish to see the cherry blossoms bloom" he said.
"I also had a hand in it as I helped by fixing his seal" Jiraya said "so no more psycho killer Gaara; we now just have perfectly calm killer Gaara" Jiraya said making Naruto sweat drop.
"And I also benefit from it to" Anko said with a smirk "because as of now Gaara is now my newest apprentice" she said.
"And he's totally fun" Mamushi said "Gaara flies us around whenever we do our missions; it makes traveling so much easier" she said and Gaara nodded.
"It's much faster than running or walking" he said; Naruto was rubbing his temples.
"Ok I heard enough" Naruto said as he began to walk out "I'll see you at the gate pervy sage; I just got to say bye to Ino and pack my stuff" he said as he closed the door behind him.
"Yeah, me and Gaara got to go too" Mamushi said as she began to walk out "we got to see how our 'guests' are doing; we've been gone for an hour" she said.
Anbu torture and interrogation HQ
Temari, Kankuro and Tayuya were all sitting strapped to chairs with their eyes being forced open; they were all sitting in a pristine white room with everything being white. An anbu in an all-white uniform came forward and began to put eye drops in their eyes to keep them from drying out; and just when things couldn't get worse, the music started again. (I do not own this song Rick Astely does)
Never going to give you up; never going to let you down
Never going to run around and desert you
Never going to make you cry; never going to say goodbye
Never going to tell a lie; and hurt you
Tayuya began cry as she clenched her fists; it's been 2 weeks, 14 days, 336 hours, 20160 minutes. And not one moment of sleep, not a single blink, not a single thing other than white and that one goddamn song.
"STOP, STOP" Tayuya shouted "I'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING, I'LL BETRAY OROCHIMARU, I'LL GIVE YOU ANYTHING; JUST PLEASE STOP, I WANT TO BLINK, I WANT TO SLEEP, I WANT TO SEE COLOR" Tayuya began to cry and sob uncontrollably.
Ibiki looking on behind the glass at the now hysterical sound ninja nodded to himself; he then turned to another anbu beside him "get them out; we got what we need" he said and the anbu nodded.
"Yes sir" the anbu said as he exited the room.
Konoha front gates 3 hours later.
"You have your underwear" Ino asked.
"Yes" Naruto said.
"Your extra set of kunai" Ino said and Naruto groaned.
"Yes" Naruto said.
"Your socks" Ino said.
"I wear sandals babe" Naruto said raising his foot up and wiggling his toes "Ino it's like 2 or 3 weeks max; I'll be fine" he said and Ino sighed.
"I know; I just worry" Ino said giving him a hug "3 weeks without you will feel like forever; just be safe ok" Ino said and Naruto hugged her back.
"I will Ino" Naruto said before giving her a kiss "love you" he said and Ino smiled.
"Love you too" Ino said as she let go; Naruto then began to walk away and he approached a smiling Jiraya.
"What you smiling pervy sage" Naruto said and Jiraya chuckled.
"Don't give her up kid" Jiraya said "I can tell she really cares about you; you can't hide feeling like that" he said and Naruto looked at him wide eyed. "C'mon let's go" Jiraya said as he and Naruto began to walk down the road 'reminds me a lot of you and Kushina; I think he found a keeper Minato' Jiraya thought as they continued down the road.
At Sasuke's apartment
Sasuke was eating his lunch peacefully in his living room when he heard a knock at his door.
"Sasuke" Mamushi cheered from the other side of the door.
'What she doing here' Sasuke thought as he wiped his hands with a napkin.
"Sasukeeee" Mamushi cheered a little louder while knocking some more.
'Ugh give me a minute' Sasuke thought as he got up and began walking to the door.
"Sasukeee are you masturbating or something" Mamushi shouted at the top of her lungs "you shouldn't play with your wee-wee; you can go blind" she said.
Sasuke ran over to the door and swung it open "why the hell would you shout something like that in the middle of the day" Sasuke shouted red-faced and looking at a smiling Mamushi, a cackling Anko and an emotionless Gaara.
"Yay you're here" Mamushi said as she grabbed his hand and began to drag him "we got to go to the hokage's office; we have a mission to kill some bad guys and we need another person" Mamushi said as she began to drag Sasuke down the stairs as he hit every single one.
"NO, LET ME WALK, I LIVE ON THE FOURTH FLOOR" Sasuke shouted as Mamushi ignored him and began to descend the second flight of stairs.
Hokage's office again
Hiruzen was looking at Team Anko and a bruised and fuming Sasuke.
"What happened" Hiruzen asked as he looked over to Sasuke "you know what; I don't care" Hiruzen said as he grabbed a scroll and threw it at Anko. "There is a group of 100 bandits at an old fortress" Hiruzen said "just go and kill them; I don't really care how and I know you will just ignore my instructions" he said as Anko and Mamushi smiled.
"Alright another bandit mission" Anko said as she high fived Mamushi.
"Let go and kick some butt" Mamushi cheered; Mamushi then grabbed the side of her head and Sasuke, Hiruzen and Anko looked at her.
"Hey you ok" Sasuke asked in concern.
"Yeah, I'm fine" Mamushi said as she took out a bottle of pills; she then took one out and popped it in her mouth, she took a drink of water from her canteen and swallowed. "It's been happening ever since the invasion" Mamushi said "the old pervy guy said it might be from the mark on my neck; these chakra pills help a little" she said.
"Well don't strain yourself too much" Anko said patting her shoulder "if you don't feel too good just let us know ok" she said and Mamushi smiled.
"Ok thanks" Mamushi said; Hiruzen smiled and spoke up.
"Good luck on your mission; and be safe" Hiruzen said as they all left; Hiruzen's smile then vanished as he began to think 'Hopefully Naruto and Jiraya return soon with Tsunade; I'd rather not take any chances with Mamushi, I don't want her life to be endangered' he thought.
2 days later
Gaara carrying Mamushi, Anko and Sasuke on his sand landed on the hokage tower.
"Man, that never gets old" Mamushi cheered "Thank you for flying us Gaara" Mamushi said giving Gaara a hug and a kiss on the cheek making Gaara blush lightly.
"No problem" Gaara said.
"See Sasuke it wasn't that bad" Mamushi said turning to him; Mamushi then saw Sasuke vomiting over the side of the hokage tower. Sasuke then turned around and wiped his mouth.
"I'm never doing that again" Sasuke said looking at Mamushi "I'd rather run then do that crap again" he said.
"Oh, quit being a baby" Mamushi said grabbing Sasuke's arm "lets go and see the old guy" she said as she led Sasuke, Anko and Gaara to the Hokage's office.
Upon reaching the office they saw Hiruzen; before they could saw anything Hiruzen stood up.
"Good your back" Hiruzen said walking over to them in a hurry "Anko; take your team and go to the village marked here on this scroll, you must warn Jiraya and Naruto" he said handing Anko a scroll.
"What's going on" Anko said in complete seriousness.
"While you were gone Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki both came to the village" Hiruzen said making Sasuke go wide eyed "Kurenai, Guy, Genma and Aoba all tried to stop them but they failed and escaped; we believe they are hunting Naruto down" he said.
Just then Anko, Hiruzen and Gaara felt 2 massive killing intents coming from both Sasuke and Mamushi.
"Itachi; so, you came out of your hole huh" Sasuke said his MS activating "I'll kill you this time; I swear it" he said clenching his fists.
"No way will they hurt Naruto" Mamushi said with an angry look no one has seen before "Gaara to the roof; let's go" Mamushi said as she and the rest of the team ran to the roof. Upon reaching the roof Gaara made a sand platform and everyone jumped on.
Gaara then lifted off and looked over to Anko "where are we going" he said and Anko opened the scroll.
"It's a village 50 miles to the north of Konoha and 5 miles west" Anko said "if we follow the main road out of the village, we should be able to be there by afternoon tomorrow; I hope we make it in time" she said as she began to clench her fists.
Sasuke however was tuning everything out; Itachi was back after all these years. 'I'm ready this time Itachi' Sasuke thought 'you will be dead by my hands; mark my words' he thought.
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