Volatile

Chapter 1: Begin

Anko stood patiently and silently, standing beyond the Hokage's desk, waiting for him to say something. She had been called out of the blue with no information as to of why. The Hokage hadn't acknowledged that she had come, and, even though he wasn't facing her she could tell he had a solemn yet grim look in his eyes.

Finally, he turned around and one look at him forced her to stand straighter, act like she was back in ANBU again. His face seemed deadly yet restrained enough to only threaten others into obedience.

Rummaging through a few drawers first, he pulled out a thick file and set it in front of her. The air was still ominously silent and unwaveringly thick, Anko began to feel slightly anxious. He didn't seem angry, in fact for a second Anko thought she was back in the middle of war, where the Hokage called her to inform her that her the damned snake that was still up and running.

He seemed to be in drained desolation.

Once he sat down he stared at Anko, and she took this as her cue to read through the thick file. Still, she only skimmed through it though. What with the Hokage's intense gaze upon her and the sheer size of the thing, she already knew that it would take her a good few hours to go through such a detailed report.

Team: Number 7, Kakashi

Mission: Escort mission to Land of Waves

Casualties: 1 dead due to unforeseen circumstances, rogue, A-Ranked, nin Zabuza killed in fight.

3 taken captive, tortured nearly half to death. Multiple broken rib cages and unhealed, severly broken bones, 5-degree burns on arms and legs, unhealable scars across torso and faces, etc. Shows signs of major trauma and extreme paranoia and anxiety.

Not capable of being able to recover at the moment.

REQUIRES SUPERVISION FROM AT LEAST 2 LOW LEVEL JOUNINS AT ALL TIMES.

DO NOT ENGAGE WITH CIVILIANS OR OTHER GENIN.

UNSTABLE.

These were the first things she saw, and only then did she understand.

"Kakashi's.. dead?"

The Hokage nodded albiet hestitantly. Anko, though she didn't know the man on a personal level, did realize how much this affected Konoha's leader. The copy nin was one of the beloved Yondaime's prized students and the only one left to carry on his whole team's legacy after the horrific incidents in the war.

He seemed to have closed himself off and Anko didn't get into his personal affairs despite feeling some sympathy for the man. Having lost his first team, not only that but killing and seeing the deaths of all of them, must have had caused him terrible trauma.

Not only losing his friends, but his family as well. Being ostracized because of his father's commitment to his teammates which ultimately caused the spiral of deaths along with way.

In a strange way, he was similar to Anko.

She hadn't even met his new team as a jounin though, only knowing that the Hokage-wannabe Jinchuriki child was on his team along with the last remaining, self-proclaimed "Avenger" Uchiha. She, in fact, had no idea why she was here, in front of the strangely mirthless Hokage. Reading about how a group of newly and fresh genin were nearly annihilated and tortured to the bone.

Anko opened her mouth, ready to express her questions aloud but the Hokage merely held up a hand - effectively silencing her. He took in a deep, tired breath and only then did she see how absolutely exhausted the old man was.

"Yes. Yes, Kakashi died, leaving in his wake three very unstable and.. terrified student's in his wake." He seemed to struggle to speak, letting out a puff of smoke from his cigar every now and then.

"There has been much arguments from the councils; both shinobi and civilian councils," Anko winced slightly when she heard about the two councils clashing against each other. She never liked the obnoxious civilian council much but sometimes the Shinobi council got on her nerves too. "And it has been decided that a high level jounin instructor will take over Kakashi's place, and they will be in charge of assisting the traumatized genin in his place."

Anko finally seemed to be catching on.

"You want me to scout potential jounins?" She didn't get to finish the word 'scout' before she was interrupted.

"No."

"It has already been chosen who the instructor will be, or at least, for now."

With her eyes widened, Anko prepared to argue vehemently on her behalf. No way, she couldn't do this!

"Anko Mitarashi, you have been given permission to take leave from your current occupation in the T&I Department and have been ordered to become the mentor for three very volatile rookies."

No. Fucking. Way.

Volatile

Chapter 1: Complete