Naruto flinched as he downed yet another shot of the bar's strongest liquor. He hadn't even paid much attention to how much his liver was begging him to stop his abuse, being that his heart was in much greater pain. As he looked down at the wood of the counter, he became enchanted with how much everything seemed to move around, even though he was sitting completely still.

The bartender looks at him and sighs. He's seen some pretty impressive drinkers in his years at bar-tending this place, but he didn't know anyone who could take fifteen shots of his hardest stuff like this kid. And Naruto was a minor, at that. Here, the rule is that the word 'teen' cannot be in the number of your age in order for them to buy drinks. And Naruto is sixteen. At the other bar across the village, anyone sixteen and up could drink. But this one was for adults that had a bit more mileage in life. He had refused to let him buy anything at first, but Naruto insisted that he had money, and needed to drink. If it wasn't for the look in his eyes that the bartender saw, Naruto probably wouldn't even be here. He saw that the kid had been through something, and he could really use a drink.

"Another." Naruto slurred, finding that his tongue went numb from the chemicals he consumed. The bartender sighed again.

"Kid, if you have another drink, you'll match your age. I think you've had enough." He says, looking at Naruto sympathetically from across the counter. Naruto looked up at him with a minor glare, finding it hard to focus his eyes on him.

"I'm fine, jus' gimme 'nother one." Naruto commanded, extending his hand out as if the bartender would just hand him the whole bottle.

The clerk shook his head, "Sorry kid, I'm not giving you another one. I shouldn't have even given you one. So why not just go home and stay there for the rest of the night before you do something you'll regret."

Before Naruto could reply, the bartender walked away to serve someone else.

"Asshole." Naruto spat. He rubbed his eye and felt how dizzy he became from doing such a simple action. He almost fell off of his stool. Despite the clerk refusing to give him another drink, he knew that he was right. Naruto is fucked up. He needs to get home now, but decides to wait until some of the alcohol dissipates from his system. If he tried to go home now, he'd fall all over the place.

He turned around in his seat and overlooked the whole bar. There wasn't many people here, considering how it's a Monday night. Most people are probably preparing to go to bed right about now.

Soon, he spotted someone he knew. Since the alcohol had greatly affected his ability to think clearly, he couldn't think of her name. He looked at the posterior of the woman with nothing but fishnet, an orange skirt, and a bra on. She was bending over one of the pool tables to reach across and hit a cue ball with her cue stick.

It was then that lust started corrupting Naruto's body. The position she was in... It was hypnotic. He still couldn't remember her name, even as he looked at her purple spiky hair that was tied in a weird upside-down ponytail.

Anko. That's what her name was, Naruto remembered, almost saying it out loud. He never lusted over Anko before, nor many other girls, but right now, he was eying Anko's body down like a starving lion that just spotted a disabled fat person. Anko's legs were nicely toned and smooth-looking. Her butt was being pushed out from the position she's in, and even though Anko had enough decency to wear black, skin-tight shorts underneath, Naruto could see under her skirt. Her cheeks were round and firm, and looked as if they could fit perfectly in his hands...

Anko then moved to the side of the pool table, giving him a profile view of her whole body. Her breasts looked just as wonderful as her backside. Her waist was thin with a flat stomach, which showed a slight toning of abs. He noticed how she wasn't wearing her trench coat like she usually does, but saw it hanging on a rack which was close to her table.

He never noticed until now how hot Anko looked to him. He didn't think that the alcohol had anything to do with how his mind is working right now, though.

He saw Anko bend over again, and saw how nice the arch in her back looked...

Naruto surrendered to his sultry thoughts, and let his body move on auto-pilot.

Next thing he knew, Naruto was standing. Behind Anko.

With both of his hands full of ass.

Then, he was on the floor.

Everything had happened so fast. It seemed like two seconds ago, he was still sitting at the bar, checking Anko out as she practiced her billiards skills. Now, he's on his back, with what felt like pressure on his right cheek. Anko punched him, but the alcohol numbed his sense to feel anything.

He rose up, and saw Anko staring down at him with a face that even death himself couldn't make.

"Are you fucking stupid?" Anko asked. She didn't yell, but her tone was not a friendly one.

Naruto only stared, holding the cheek Anko had struck with a lot of force. Did he really grab Anko's ass? Was he that drunk?

"I, uh..." Naruto mumbled. He didn't know what to say.

Anko became frustrated with his lack of intelligence and grabbed the front of his coat.

Now, Naruto found himself face to face with Anko.

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you right now." Anko ordered.

Naruto looked at her. Then he began chuckling. Man, was he fucked up.

"Guess I don't have one. So maybe you should kill me, I deserve it anyway."

Naruto didn't feel he deserved death because of what happened a minute ago. But because of what happened yesterday.

Anko was confused by his answer. She had expected him to beg and whine like a little bitch, giving her pathetic reasons why she should let him free, drunk or not. And his breath smelled like the inside of a full liquor bottle.

In the years she's been to this bar, she could tell apart the three different types of drunks that existed here:

There was the type of drunk that most people got to just feel good, one that was mostly a happy kind of intoxication. The person would usually be here on weekends, not so much to celebrate, but to just have fun and maybe hook up with someone.

There was also the kind of drunk that's much like the first one, but much more happier. The person under this kind of intoxication would usually be celebrating something, like to celebrate a promotion to becoming a Jounin. This kind of drunk would be here every once in a while, usually with a group of friends or comrades.

Then there was Naruto's kind of drunk. A kind of drunk that can be confused with simply getting too drunk and acting stupid, unless you've had years of dealing with people, like Anko. This kind of intoxication is a sad one. Usually, a person would be like this when he or she suffered a loss, like a death of a friend or family member. This person would drown their sorrow and misery in strong amounts of alcohol, hoping to get their mind off of it. While this would work temporarily, usually a person would go back to feeling even more shitty the next day. And as a result, the person will be back here everyday until they've gotten over their loss, or until they've died as a result of alcohol poisoning or just throwing their life away in general.

This was the worst and most dangerous kind of drunk, and it baffled Anko how Naruto could be in such a state. She knew Naruto must have suffered from something, but even though she doesn't know him well, she would have never suspected someone as continuously happy and motivated as him to drink his sorrows away like this.

She looked at him, studying his features. He had bags underneath his eyes. Yep, he's been crying. A lot, too. She then looks around and can see the few people in the bar looking at them both, waiting to see how she'll deal with him.

She could just fuck him up right here, right now. He grabbed her ass, so a good ass kicking was definitely necessary in her opinion.

But for some reason, Anko decided not to. She could see that life already gave him a good ass kicking, and piling another one onto that would just be wrong.

She dropped him, and Naruto fell back onto his posterior. She placed the pool stick that was in her other hand on the pool table and put on her trench coat.

"Come on." Anko called, heading toward the exit.

Naruto was confused. Anko stopped at the door and looked back at him.

"I said lets go. Get off your ass, and come with me."

Naruto still wondered what she was up to, but decided to do as she said. He stumbled to his feet and shakily followed Anko out of the bar.

Anko had to almost literally drag him to where they were going. But soon, Naruto found himself inside an apartment, which he could only assume was Anko's home.

"Take a seat." She told him, as she walked in a different direction while taking her trench coat off. Naruto spotted a couch a few feet away and did as he was told. He wondered what Anko was going to do. Were they going to have sex? Was she going to literally kill him? Shockingly, Naruto wouldn't have a problem with either scenarios.

Anko then came back and sat next to him on the couch. She leaned back and sat her feet up on the coffee table in front of her.

"What happened?" She asked in a tone that barely sounded like a question. She wasn't looking at him and had a somewhat bored expression on her face.

Naruto chuckled drunkenly, "Well, I was hoping you'd answer that for me. I can barely remember what happened in the past ten minutes."

"Not that, you idiot." Anko responded. "What happened with you? Why were you at a place like that, getting wasted off your ass?" This time she was looking at him.

Naruto shrugged, "Maybe I just wanted a good time." He then looked at Anko seductively, but due to the alcohol, he looked a lot more stupid than he thought. "So... Are we going to have a good time?"

Anko stared at him with disgust, but had no sign of shock. "In your dreams." She saw him creeping closer to her. She grabbed his neck. "And if you touch me again, I'll definitely kill you this time around."

Naruto could only chuckle once Anko let go of his neck. She was annoyed now.

"Listen, I know something bad happened to you recently. You wouldn't be in that bar otherwise. So tell me what happened."

Anko had to wait until Naruto's chuckles died down, "I have no heart." He responded, still chuckling lightly.

Anko raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean?"

"I said, I no longer have a heart. It got ripped out of my chest."

She was about to ask him if he meant that in a literal sense, but it wouldn't make sense. He probably wouldn't be here breathing otherwise.

"Oh, so you're heartbroken?"

Naruto nodded, "I guess you could say that." He then stood up, "Do you have anything to drink around here?" It didn't take much to know that he was talking about alcohol.

"Sit down." Anko said. Naruto was still chuckling, a faint blush tainting his cheeks. He sat back down.

"So who's the girl that dumped you?" She asked blatantly. Naruto's laughter started to increase.

"I didn't get dumped."

Anko rose an eyebrow again, "But you said you were heartbroken."

"I am."

"So..."

Naruto might as well say it so he can get to the point. He looked at Anko with unfocused eyes.

"I killed her."

Anko wasn't prepared for that answer. Now, Naruto went back to chuckling.

She tried to think of what he meant before replying, "...Killed her? You killed her because she broke up with you?"

Naruto laughed loudly at Anko's guess. "Silly woman." He slurred. "She never broke up with me 'cause we were never together."

Anko rubbed her forehead in frustration, "Well, can you be more clear? I'm trying to do you a favor and give you someone to talk to, but right now you're irritating me."

"Okay, okay, sorry." He apologized with a silly grin. "Alright... Do you know a girl named Sakura Haruno?"

Anko thought for a minute, "...The pink haired girl that works at the hospital?"

"Worked." Naruto replied. "But yes, her. I was in love with her."

Anko nodded, "Isn't she your teammate, too?"

"Was."

Anko nodded. She understood now that Sakura was dead.

"So how did she die?"

"I killed her."

Anko paused, "Why?"

Naruto seemed to have stopped talking. Anko looked over at him and saw his face buried in his hands. She could hear his ragged breathing from him crying.

"...I didn't mean to..." He choked out, his voice sounding weird from both the crying and the liquor. "...She should have known to just stay away... Why did she have to come near me...?"

Despite Naruto sobbing, when he was just laughing a few minutes ago, Anko was looking at him, not entertained.

"So you killed her by accident. Hm. And how exactly did this happen?"

Naruto sniffled and wiped his puffy eyes, "I'm pretty sure you know about the fucking demon I have sealed inside me..."

Anko nodded, "I do."

"I was on a mission with her, and we faced Orochimaru."

Anko didn't show it externally, but had a mini rampage in her mind upon hearing his name.

"He was saying some things that got to me, then I... I blacked out. Yamato-sensei told me that I had gone into this state where if I get really mad, the Kyuubi's chakra comes out and takes over my body somewhat. It's happened before, but this time was the worst it's ever gotten."

Anko nodded, signaling for him to continue.

"I lost control of my actions... I was so mad, I... I didn't even know what I was doing until I woke up..." He buried his face in his hands again. "O-Once I woke up, I asked Yamato-sensei what happened... He told me that I grew four tails into the Kyuubi state... Then I looked around and asked where Sakura was... And you wanna know where she was?"

"Dead?"

Naruto shook his head, "No, she was next to me, dying. Bleeding. Yamato-sensei told me that I came at her like a wild animal once I looked at her..."

Anko still had the same calm expression she had when Naruto first began explaining.

"We rushed to the hospital to try and save her, but we were too late..." His sobs had increased quite a bit, and it stopped him from further dialogue for a minute. "I sat by her death bed the whole time, despite the doctors telling me to leave. I kept pleading, begging for her to forgive me... It was a mistake, and I was just hoping it was a bad dream..."

Anko's face held no signs of pity. She was just listening, as if he was telling her how his day went.

"You wanna know what she said to me, right before passing on...?"

Anko shrugged, "Sure."

"She told me... She loves me. And she forgives me."

Anko shrugged again, "Well that's good, right? She understands that it was a mistake and that you didn't mean to do it. And she gave you her forgiveness for it."

"But I can't fucking forgive myself!" Naruto burst at the top of his lungs. Anko was slightly surprised by his sudden outburst. She looked at him, and could see that his irises had turned blood red. "It's not like I fucking tripped her by accident! She's dead! Because of me! The fucking love of my life is dead, and I was the one who gave her death!"

Anko raised her eyebrow at him, still not moving from her seat, even as Naruto was less than five inches away from her face. Despite Anko's lack of pity, she knew to choose her next words wisely. If she were to say the wrong thing right now, he might go berserk. She knew the Kyuubi was strong, and she didn't want to end up like Sakura.

"Listen, sit down, calm down, and relax." She told him. "Getting mad at me will get you nowhere."

Despite the lingering anger, not so much at Anko, but at himself, he sat back down and put his face back into his hands.

"...I want to kill myself..." Naruto said. "I killed my teammate, my friend, and my crush. I don't want to go to heaven, either. I don't know if I'd be able to face her there..."

"Stop being a little bitch."

Naruto halted every action and let Anko's words sink into his ear. He looked a her with an intense glare.

"What?"

She looked him straight in the eye, "You heard me. I said stop being a little bitch-boy crybaby. Buy a ladder from the store around the corner, and get the fuck over yourself."

Naruto rose to attack Anko. But due to his intoxication, Anko easily maneuvered herself out of his way, leaving Naruto to fall on the floor on his stomach. Before he could get up, Anko pounced on top of him, trapping him under her weight.

In this position, Anko's lips were lined up right with his ear.

"Oh, so now you're angry at me? Do you want to kill me, too?"

Naruto fought to get free, but Anko had him pinned down. Soon, a bubbly red cloak started surrounding Naruto. He was growling. Anko wasn't scared, however.

"Anko... Get... The fuck... Off of me..." Naruto muttered through his clenched teeth. Anko knew to let him go now. The Kyuubi was giving him more strength, and she knew she wouldn't be able to hold him much longer.

Anko got off, and stood up. Naruto turned around and was on all fours.

Behind him, waved two red, slightly transparent fox tails.

The killing intent and foulness of the chakra that was radiating off of him was bothering Anko, but she still held her ground.

"If you think killing me will make you feel better, go ahead and do it. I wont stop you." She said with crossed arms.

Naruto lunged at her at incredible speeds.

A second later, Anko's vision was blocked by a sharp clawed hand, which was less than two centimeters away from her face. She still had crossed arms, and didn't move an inch.

Naruto was this close to killing her where she stood. But the cloak around him, along with his two tails, had slowly receded.

"I can't kill you..." Naruto muttered. "I can't kill yet another comrade because of my anger."

"That's what I thought." Anko huffed.

Naruto sat back down on the couch and gripped at his hair in frustration.

"Listen." Anko told him, "I said what I said to get you mad and see if you were really willing to kill me."

"And I just wanna let you know that you're insane for doing that." Naruto said.

"I know," she responded with a grin. "But I still meant what I said. You need to get the fuck over yourself. You're being a little bitch, and it's getting you nowhere."

"Anko," Naruto blinked and his eyes turned purple, "It pisses me off every time you say that."

"You're not getting pissed off at what I'm saying, you're getting pissed off at how I'm saying it. But most of all, you're getting pissed because on the inside, you know it's true." She told him. Naruto sighed. He had no argument against that.

"So... What am I supposed to do...?"

Anko chuckled bitterly, "If I have to say it one more time, I'm going to slap the shit out of you." She shook her head and held up three fingers. "Three words. Get. Over. Yourself."

"But I fucking killed my teammate!" Naruto shouted. "Do you expect me to get over something like that right away?!"

"Of course not." She answered. "You killed someone very close to you, and you can't forgive yourself over it. I understand that, and it's probably going to take a while, maybe forever, for you to get over something like that."

"You're contradicting what you just said."

"No, I'm not."

"Yes, you are. You're rushing me to get over it, but now you're saying that it may take forever to get over it." Naruto shook his head. "You're not making any sense."

Anko chuckled bitterly again, "If you were actually listening to what I'm saying, it would make sense to you. You've misquoted me; I said that it may take you forever to get over the death of Sakura, and the fact that you were the one who killed her. But I'm also telling you to get over yourself. There's a difference between the two."

"How?"

"Look at you." Anko said. "You're a fucking mess. You've damn near killed your liver today. The alcohol is making you do stupid shit, like grabbing my ass, which, by the way, I've let you slide with, so you should feel extremely lucky right now." She says. "You're throwing your life away, and that's not going to solve anything. You need to get a grip. It's okay to feel angry and sad over what happened, but destroying yourself, wishing death to send you to Hell is just pathetic. Don't you want to become Hokage?"

"Yeah..." Naruto mumbled.

"So go ahead and do it. You wont become Hokage if you're dead. You're usually a happy, motivated guy that, even though has thousands of villagers and shinobi hating and doubting him, was determined enough to prove them wrong and have everyone look up to you. And honestly, it's sickening and pisses me off to see you like this. Acting like a little crybaby. I'm so tempted to shove a pacifier in your mouth to shut you up, it's not even funny. You need to grow a pair of balls, be a man, and continue on with life. Like I said, it's okay to cry, and it's okay to be angry with yourself, despite the fact that it wasn't even entirely your fault. I'm not saying that forgiving yourself right now will be an easy thing to do, but sitting here, letting liquor slowly kill you is just retarded. What would Sakura think of you if she saw you like this? It pisses me off to see you like this, and we're not even close as friends, so imagine how she would feel."

Naruto let all of Anko's words sink in, "B-But..."

"B-But..." Anko mocked. "There's nothing else to say. Get over yourself. Today. If after today, you're still like this, I'm going to fuck you up. Seriously. I know I sound harsh, but I'm not the type to baby anyone. This is life, Naruto. Bad things happen all the time, and we make mistakes that we'll regret and will even haunt us for the rest of our lives. But in order to be strong, you have to be able to continue on no matter what. The only way I want to see you die is if you go down fighting, not because you simply gave up like a little punk. You're not going to become Hokage with this attitude, so I highly suggest that you get on your feet, buck up, learn from what happened and move on."

"..." Naruto had nothing to say. She was absolutely right, about everything. However, he still felt sad and angry.

Anko saw the look on his face and sighed, "I know what you're thinking. You can't do everything I just said right now. But you can change your attitude. Do you still want to die because of what happened?"

Naruto had to think about it, "...Not as much as I used to."

Anko rolled her eyes, "Well, that's a start. I know it's going to be hard, but you can do it. You're better than this. And I honestly believe that you can become Hokage one day. A great one, at that."

That may have been the nicest thing Anko said to Naruto today.

"Thanks..." Naruto said. He stood up on his two feet, but immediately regretted it, sitting back down. He was still drunk, and he stood up a bit too fast. He held his head and stood up much slower this time. "You're right, about everything."

"Of course I am." She responded, as if it were obvious.

Naruto smiled, "Thanks."

Anko grinned and shrugged, "Just promise me that we wont have to go through this again."

He nodded, "I promise."

Naruto stared at Anko with a faint smile for a few seconds.

"Um... Can I... Have a hug?"

Anko chuckled and stared at him, amused, "A hug?"

Naruto frowned slightly, "Well... If you don't want to..."

"Are you going to grab my ass again?"

Naruto shook his head, "No."

"Then come here."

Anko opened her arms, and Naruto walked in them. He wrapped his arms tightly around her, while Anko did the same.

It felt good. To be consoled like this, despite the slightly abusive discussion Anko had with him a few minutes ago.

"Hey, Anko?"

"Hm?"

"Why do you care?"

Anko paused for a second, "Because we're not that different, you and I. When I first met you, there was something about you that told me to keep an eye out for you. To make sure you didn't do stupid shit, if I had the chance. If it were anyone else, I would have just beat the hell out of you for grabbing my ass, and kept it moving. But, I don't know... You have something special about you that's hard to explain." She then laughs. "I guess you can say I kinda like you. And it's funny, because I only like a handful of people."

Naruto was content with this answer. He hugged her tighter, and Anko played with his blonde hair.

"Listen, do you want to spend the night here?" Anko asked. Naruto leaned his head back to look at her. She saw his facial expression and rolled her eyes with a smirk. "No, I don't mean it like that. I know you probably are still hurt, so I'm offering a chance for you to not be alone for one night. You don't have to accept, I'm just saying."

"Sure, I'll sleep here." Naruto said. "Do you want me to sleep on the couch, or..." Naruto asked.

"No, you can sleep with me in my bed." She said. "The couch isn't that comfortable, and you'd probably feel better sleeping next to someone." She then grins. "We're not fucking, though. So don't get too happy."

Naruto blushed a bit, "Er... Okay, gotcha..." He mumbled. A few seconds of awkwardness passed before he spoke again, "Ah, what time is it?"

Anko looked out her window, "I dunno, like, two hours past midnight?"

"It's that late?" He asks incredulously.

"Mm-hmm. So why not get in the shower and get ready for bed. You smell like sweat and booze, so you're not coming in my bed smelling like that." She tells him.

"Do you have anything I can change into?"

"My panties are okay?"

Anko laughed at the face he made, "Just kidding. Just use those same boxers you have on. You didn't shit, piss, or cum in them, right?"

Naruto always felt uncomfortable with how blatantly Anko spoke most of the time, "Uh, no..."

"Good."

"What about a pair of pajamas or something? Do you want me to go to my house and-?"

"Oh hush, just sleep in your boxers, I know you've done it before."

"Er, not while I'm sharing a bed with someone else, though..."

Anko chuckled and shook her head, "Geez, it's not a big deal. As long as you keep your hands and penis to yourself, I wouldn't even care if you slept in my bed naked." Anko spoke again before Naruto could say something, "I'm lying, I would care if you did that." She said flatly. "So hurry up and get in the shower, 'cause I'm getting in after you."

"Alright."

Soon, both Anko and Naruto were properly showered and were in the bed together. All the lights were turned off, and the only source of light came from the moon that looked over the village.

"Goodnight." Anko said. She was wearing a bra, a pair of panties and sweatpants to bed, something that made Naruto blush. He decided not to say anything about it, though.

"Goodnight." Naruto replied. He was shirtless, since the shirt he wore smelled like armpits, something Anko wasn't happy with. All he had on was boxers, just as Anko requested.

The blonde boy was on his back, about to doze off when Anko broke the personal space barrier and snuggled her head and arm atop of his chest. She also had a leg on top of his. She felt him tense up, causing her to laugh lightly.

"Never cuddled with a girl before?"

"N-No..."

"Well, do you want me to get off you?"

Naruto thought for a second, "Not if you don't want to..."

She rolled her eyes, "Well, I want to cuddle. You have a nice body, by the way." She told him.

"Thanks?" He replied. He wasn't sure if Anko was flirting with him or not.

Anko chuckled, "But like I said, we're not having sex. So don't get any funny ideas. I'm just helping you feel better."

"Gotcha."

"So you're good?"

"Yeah."

"Good. Now goodnight."

"Goodnight."

With that, Anko and Naruto fell asleep peacefully.