Finally done with the rewrite, added stuff changed things, and finally it is here, it is not perfect, obviously, but I hope you enjoy it.

Anko walked through the busy streets of Konoha, the sun was setting painting the sky with tones of red and orange as it moved behind the mountains, she had just returned from a mission with her team, and after almost two weeks of only eating from military rations, decided to get some real food. She headed happily to the restaurant, trying her best to ignore the glares that were sent her way by the people around her. The walk to the restaurant was slow, as she was considerably tired, normally she would use the rooftops to get quickly to her destination, but this time out of tiredness an maybe a bit of laziness, decided to walk the streets, she was spaced out when some a kid basically crashed against her, the boy fell to the ground, and she was taken back to reality from her thoughts, she wasn't able to say one word, before the blonde boy got up and ran past her at full speed, well full speed for a kid his age, she let out a small chuckle as she saw the boy run away, since she could easily catch up to him, but the boy probably already had his hands full, she recognized him, the boy was the Kyubi's container, constantly being bullied and neglected by everyone, she didn't knew him though, she had seen him some times before, most of the time running away from an angry mob, once she left some food at the doorstep of his home, if that dump could be called that, she could only hoped he got it, as far as she knew he was alone, except for some visits from the Hokage, she had though of talking to him, see how he was holding, but every time she stopped, she wouldn't even knew what to tell to a boy that was all alone, sure she was alone too, but she at least had friends to support her, and even then she hadn't been always alone, the shunning had started after his former sensei, Orochimaru, left the village, that left her with a bad reputation, but with the kid, it was different, he had been always alone, with no real contact with other people, all this thoughts raced her mind as she saw a large group turning around the corner.

"Get him!" a villager screamed, again pulling her out of her thoughts, it was history repeating again, didn't they get bored of doing that everyday? The angry mob followed the kid through the main road; she just let out a sigh as she continued walking

…

"Home sweet home" Anko mumbled to herself unlocking the door of her home and entering, she stood on the doorstep and took a deep breath, inhaling the air of the inside, she turned the lights on, illuminating the interior, she had just acquired the place after saving her money by doing several high ranked missions and it was big, she had more space than she needed; which she found nice, it had three fully furnished bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a nice spacious living room that was annexed with a nice kitchen, Anko removed her trench coat letting it fall besides her slamming the door shut with her foot, she got close to the sofa and let herself fall she turned on the TV, which she rarely watched, but she liked having one, especially one as big as that one, she usually just liked having it on as background noise, she stared at the TV switching un amused through the channels until she found something interesting, and there she stayed for hours, it wasn't until past midnight, around two in the morning she got up and went to bed, laying comfortably on top of the sheets, she stared at the roof, suddenly remembering the blonde kid, was there really nothing anyone could do to help him? Suddenly an idea popped on her mind, "that could work" she though with a smirk "Ah crap, I need the Hokage's permission…. I'll talk to him tomorrow." The thoughts crossed her mind as she slowly fell asleep.

…

"Come in" Hiruzen said as he rubbed his temples and raised his gaze from the huge stack of papers he had let to gather for the last few days.

Anko stepped inside bowing slightly. "I can come back later if you're busy right now" Anko said raising an eyebrow at the massive stack of papers on the desk.

"Oh this? Its nothing" he said chuckling as he signaled her to take a seat in front of him. "Now tell me Anko, what can I do for you?"

"Uhm, wow, how do I put this? Uhm…Do you know the little blonde kid, the Kyubi's container, the one that always paints your face on the monument?" Anko said as she pointed into the general direction of the monument, sure that would make him realize, obviously, whom she was talking about.

"Naruto? Yes, why? Oh god, don't tell me you killed him!" Hizuren said in an alarming tone.

"WHAT!? No, I- I…was just wondering, you know he's all alone and he's ignored by almost everyone, kind of like me…" she said chuckling sadly "…and I though that maybe if its okay I could train him for the academy, I'm sure there won't be any teacher that would really prepare him for it, I know that I'm still a chunin, so I shouldn't be able to have my own student, but I can be like a tutor, and maybe he stay at my place."

"I see" Hiruzen said scratching his chin, looking at her for a few moments.

"Well I really don't see why not, sure it's often needed to be a jonin, but that's not actually necessary, as long as I say so." He said with a grin. "But I want to ask you something first, and I really want you to think before you answer." Hiruzen said as he stood up and walked towards the window, looking at the village. "Why?"

"Uhm, well he's alone?" she said with a confused look on her face.

"Hmm…I don't think you understand, see…I just want to be sure that you're doing this for the right reasons, having someone in your care is a great responsibility, it's not like having a pet, are you sure that this is really what you want?"

"Yes" she responded firmly.

"Very good" Hiruzen said turning around to see her "Why?"

Anko stood in silence as she though about it. "When, Orochimaru left the village…" she started with a sigh "…everyone started to distance themselves from me, at first it was like a mild negligence, only paying attention when it was really important, I just shrugged it off, I really didn't cared, but after a while, well, rumors start to get around, and you start to get this…this looks, and it starts to get to you, not being able to talk to anyone, being alone, ignored, all out of some foolish fear." She took a deep breath and walked towards a window. "I must say, that at times I though about deserting too, and I probably would have, if it hadn't been for Kurenai…" she smiled and looked at the Hokage straight in the eyes. "… I can't imagine what the kid, Naruto, must be feeling right now, but if there is anything I can do to help him I will."

Hiruzen smiled, he was satisfied with her answer; he opened a drawer and took out a small scroll.

"The address and information you need is in there." Hiruzen said with an ear-to-ear smile. "I know you'll do a great job."

"Thanks" Anko said scratching the back of her head; with some tears forming on her eyes, she bowed and left the office intending to head to the address on the scroll.

"Well, that was unexpected, but maybe its for the good, May god help that kid" Hiruzen though to himself with a grin on his face, sitting down on his chair and lighting his pipe.

"More paperwork Hokage-sama" said his assistance as she entered the office carrying a pile of documents.

"Godammit!" Hiruzen yelled.

…

Anko made her way to the address she was given, moving skillfully through the rooftops, until she finally reached her destination, she dropped down to the dark dirty streets, she was now on the slumps, near the eastern wall, the whole complex looked deserted, the walls were stained, the paint falling off and graffiti was all over the place, the few "houses" she saw had no doors and the windows were shattered, and barred with pieces of wood, overall the place looked pretty messed up, it was dirty and vandalized, the dark side of good ol' Konoha, however she continued her way inside the district, she had pass through it several times, and knew which alley steer clear from, it was never pleasant to get though there, she reached the building and climbed through the stairs, ignoring the rats that ran away from her.

"Looks like this is it," she though while she looked at the disgusting look of the place. "How can anyone actually live on a place like this?" she though sitting down cross-legged on the dirty floor "and now…how do I do this?" she crossed her arms on her chest and closed her eyes as she though about the best way to proceed.

After several minutes of though she gave up, and with a heavy sight knocked on the door, although there was no response, she heard noise coming from the inside, meaning there was someone inside, or rats, probably both, she knocked again, getting no answer, again, but she wasn't one to give up, especially considering she was already there, so she continued until finally there was a response other from noise.

"What do you want?" she heard faintly from the other side.

"Come on kid, open the door" she said again trying to sound as nice a possible, she wasn't good at that, since most of the time she enjoyed being alone, and was rather unpleasant to be with.

Hearing no response Anko took a deep breath as she though about her possible next move, examining what she knew of the kid, neglected from everyone his entire life and obvious trust issues, that was a hard one…especially for someone like her, who lacked the necessary…social skills.

"I won't hurt you, okay?" she said hesitantly "Why would you say that!?" she yelled internally to herself, face palming.

"You won't?"

She was surprised by the response "Progress!" she cheered mentally. "Of course I won't, I'm here to help you."

She heard the door unlocking, and took another deep breath "Remember, first impressions are important, just keep it cool…" she repeated mentally, as she waited for the door to open, the boy opened the door halfway only showing part of his face, the door was held by a chain from the inside, as soon as he laid eyes on her he shut the door closed, leaving her with the words in her mouth.

Now she was loosing her patience, which she didn't had much to begin with. She was about to kick the door open when she stopped and face palmed herself "Yeah, great way to earn his trust, just kick his damn door open." She muttered sarcastically to herself.

"Look kid, I'm here to help you out, but I can't really do that from out here."

The door opened again this time he let the door open completely, allowing her to see the interior of the messy apartment.

"Hello Naruto" she said smiling and ignoring the overall messiness of the place. "I'm Anko, can I come in?"

Naruto stepped out of the way allowing her to enter and see more clearly the mess of home he had, the windows were broken, newspapers carpeting the walls and windows to cover the holes on them, it was dark, except for a small light bulb at the end of the room, dirty with tons of garbage on the floor, indeed there were several rats, there was an intense smell coming from the inside, but she did her best to ignore it. She shifted her attention to the boy in front of her, Naruto had a torn orange jumpsuit, had some scratches and bruises on his face and arms, but they looked to be healing properly, he was pretty skinny not enough to be life threatening, but obviously below average, how he managed to escape the angry mobs of villagers with that body, would remain a mystery to her.

"Wh- Why are you here? Naruto asked walking backwards slowly towards the bed, if that old torn mattress could be called a bed, taking her from her thoughts.

"Well, tell me Naruto, do you want to become a ninja?" she asked sitting on the floor.

He nodded in silence.

"Well today's your lucky day, you will have the honor of being my student, well, something like that, but with my help you will become the most kick-ass ninja in the village, after me of course" she said standing up grinning and giving him a thumbs up.

"Why?" he asked.

"Why what?" she asked back confused.

"Why me?" he said.

"Well, we're not so different, you an I, we are both outcasts, in a way, so we need to stick together." she said walking to the door and looking back at him. "You…can stay with me at my place, that way it will be easier for you to stay in touch with me, and for me to keep an eye on you, I've got two empty bedrooms, that are barely used and well, it would be fun" she smiled. "Unless of course you'd rather stay here."

Naruto's eyes opened in both excitement and confusion "Really? I mean, are you sure its not a problem?" he asked getting closer.

"Its quite alright" she said as she opened the door to let the air flow, so she could get some fresh air and leaning on the door frame. "Get everything you need, but, leave the clothes, we will fix that right away."

"Awesome" he said as he started gathering his things on an old blue backpack. Naruto was very happy, he was always alone, and now he not only got someone to train him, but he would stay in her house, he had to make sure not to mess that up.

Naruto grabbed his bag and walked out and locked the door behind him, he started following her new sensei down the stairs and to the streets, this was the change he had always hoped for.

…

The whole afternoon was spent on getting him decent clothing and gear, he had discarded his hideous orange outfit and was now dressed in a tight long sleeved black shirt, navy blue cargo pants with a camouflaged design and knee high, black shinobi sandals, which he felt kind of uncomfortable with, he didn't like having his toes un covered, overall he felt weird on those clothes, mostly because they fit him, he had never wore clothes his size, most of them were either too big, or too small, so having clothing that fit him fine was…strange.

Regarding gear, he had no clue of what Anko had gotten for him, she told him to wait while she got the necessary gear for him, and he had not a clue about what he would need so he just let her do her work. They were now sitting on a nice restaurant, and they had just finished their food. "Now, let me explain you how this is going to work" Anko said clearing her throat and sitting straight on her chair. "We have a little bit more than two years until the academy starts, yes? But, let's face it, you're on pretty bad shape, I take it you've never trained before right?" she asked.

Naruto shook his head.

"Right, and you don't get too much…food," she continued resting her head on her hand.

"Sometimes I get instant ramen," he said smiling.

"Yeah…that won't cut it anymore" she chuckled "you need some real food, and I'm going to give it to you, that's the first step of your training…getting some fat on that messed up body of yours."

Naruto's raised an eyebrow "That's my training? Eating? That's going to be easy."

"Enjoy it while you can kid, that's only the first part, after that, you won't even have the strength to eat" Anko said grinning sinisterly sending shivers down his spine.

"But don't worry, you'll be a hell of a ninja when I'm done with you." she said

ONE MONTH LATER

Anko woke up slowly as the first rays of the sunrise struck her face from the window. "Stupid sun" she mumbled before letting out a deep yawn as she covered her eyes with her hand and rolled on the bed facing the door. She forced herself to uncover herself and get up, sitting on the side of the bed for a few minutes scratching her head and stretching her arms, until finally she got up, she went to check on Naruto who had been staying with her for a month now, the kid was alright, a bit noisy, and a prankster, he got on her nerves from time to time, but it was nothing she couldn't handle with patience, and a bit of brute force, mostly brute force; he was still sleeping peacefully, drooling all over his pillow, she walked over to the bathroom and took a quick cold shower in order to wake up completely, getting dressed with her usual training clothes she walked back to his room in order to wake him up.

She looked at his door, and took a deep breath. "Wake up!" she yelled as she slammed opened Naruto's door and shook him as he lied in bed "Its time to start your training." She said excitedly before heading into the kitchen to get something to drink.

Naruto opened his eyes and sat on the bed with a yawn, he goofily grabbed his clothes and put them on, the last month he really got some tasty food, and he quickly gained some weight, I was safe to say that he looked more healthy now.

He went into the living room and stared at Anko with a still sleepy look, Anko stared at his face for a few seconds and splashed water on his face.

"What was that for!?" Naruto yelled drying his face.

"I wanted to make sure you were awake," she said smiling "lets go."

Both of them left the house and walked for a few minutes through the still empty streets, the sun was getting higher from behind the mountains and they could already feel its warm, as the clouds moved out of his way, they reached a training field, were they established themselves.

"Alright kid, its time for the real thing." she said to Naruto who was sitting cross-legged on the grass "but before teaching you anything we need to strengthen that lazy body of yours… so, run a hundred laps around the field, , 200 sit ups, 200 push ups, see that log over there? Hit it with your fists for an hour, and kick it, also an hour, you can do it in the order you want, but you're not leaving this place until you finish" she said as she walked past him.

"What? That's too much, sensei" Naruto said standing up.

"Oh, yeah almost forgot" Anko said taking out a scroll and unsealing it, releasing a green vest, similar to the ones the chunin used, but this one had no pouches and it was bulkier. Naruto put it on and Anko forming a half ram seal with her right hand pressed her left hand on his chest, making the vest heavier. Naruto gave her a weird look. "What? Its only 25 extra pounds, and I'll be increasing it, so do get too comfy with the weight, and I'll add some wrist and ankle bands when I think you're ready."

Naruto sighed as he realized that he wouldn't make her change her mind and got to the task at hand…

…

Nearly 11 hours passed and Naruto had finished his intense and torturous routine, he was sweating heavily and panting as he tried to get fresh air into his lungs, he looked around for his sensei, and saw her on a branch from a nearby tree, reading.

"I'm done, Anko-sensei" Naruto said between pants, letting himself fall on his back still struggling for breath, unzipping the heavy vest, Anko let herself fall in front of him and threw a bottle of water at him "Okay, now that the warm up is over, lets get to the real training"

"Warmup?" Naruto said worried, "You're kidding right?"

Anko gave a good look to the boy, and well, she felt kind of sorry for him. "Well…not really, but, you did finished way before I anticipated, I expected to be here until past midnight, I'll let you loose for the rest of the day, but only this time, tomorrow, you better be ready for the real training." she said with a very serious face.

"Thank you…sensei" Naruto said with a smile as he got up and removed the vest, while drinking the water at alarming speeds.

"Wow, watch it there kid, I don't want you to drown just because you can't handle your thirst" she laughed as she helped him get the vest off, and sealed it again.

"Well, we now have the rest of the day…so, let's get cleaned up and eat something, what do you say?" she asked gathering her things into the backpack.

"Sounds good" he replied.

They walked back to her apartment, well Anko walked, Naruto was more like dragging himself through the streets, it had gotten cloudy, thing Naruto really appreciated, as it came with a soft breeze that felt really good against his sweaty clothes; they reached the apartment and both of them got cleaned up and changed before leaving again.

"Naruto, I want you to go to the library and check out taijutsu styles you feel comfortable with, or that just get your attention. I won't be teaching them to you just yet, but it will help me get familiarized with them if I'm not already, so that way I can train you better" Anko said as they arrived to the restaurant.

"I can't" Naruto said lowering his head.

"Can't? What do you mean you can't?" Anko asked very seriously.

"They don't let me enter to the library, they threaten to kick me out me every time I show up."

"WHAT!? Oh, that's complete bullshit come on" Anko yelled as she dragged Naruto out of the restaurant and headed to the library. "But…we haven't eaten yet" Naruto mumbled with a sweat drop as he was carried away.

…

"Alright, go on inside" She said

"They won't let me in" Naruto insisted clearly not amused about the whole idea.

"Trust me, It'll be worth it" she said with a grin.

Naruto sighed and got inside, just as he predicted he was about to pass by the reception and she stopped him right on his tracks, he was already being dragged, yet again outside, but just at that time Anko walked inside.

"Hey what's going on?" Anko said casually.

"Oh, nothing just taking out the trash" the receptionist said a she dragged Naruto, who had a grumpy look on his face as he looked back at her sensei, to the front door.

"I hope, you're not referring to my student" Anko said releasing her ki sending shivers down the receptionist's spine.

"I-uh-no- of course not, please carry on." she said trembling as she returned behind her desk.

They walked through the library until they reached the section with taijutsu and fighting styles.

"All right, check some of them out." Anko said looking at the tall shelves. "It's really being a while since I last entered this place." She commented, mostly to herself as she inspectional the tall wooden shelves

"Uhm, Anko-sensei I-"

"You don't need to call me sensei all the time, just when we are practicing" she interrupted.

"Right, uh, well, I can't read." He said with a small smile.

"You kiddin' right?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

"Nope" Naruto said shaking his head with a small smile.

"Well…bummer" she said as she scratched her chin. "I'll get some basic styles for you and I'll explain them to you, and maybe get you to read some of this books"

Naruto nodded as Anko handed him several books until he was carrying more than twenty and barely managed to place them on a nearby table as she opened one of them and started reading.

Anko and Naruto stayed there all the rest of the afternoon, looking for suitable taijutsu styles, and eventually moving on to ninjutsu, and thanks to Anko's jonin rank he could see even more material.

"So, any style that strikes your attention?" she said with a yawn, she really didn't liked reading, it made her feel goofy and sleepy.

There was no response, so she looked over her book, to see Naruto sleeping, she chuckled softly, it didn't surprised her, he had a rough day, she grabbed most of the books and sealed them on a scroll, and left the rest where they were.

She carried Naruto all the way back, and left him on his bed, good thing he changed before going to "eat" or he would really stink, she however liked to take a bath before sleeping, so she got the water running and stepped in adjusting the water until it was warm, she felt the pressure of the hot water massaging her back, she grabbed her left shoulder were her cursed seal was and gritted her teeth, every once in a while it the seal sort of got active and sent intense waves of pain from her shoulder, she got out of the shower and got dressed, trying to ignore the sharp pain on her shoulder, she walked to her room and fell asleep minutes after getting in.

…

A thunderstorm got loose during the night, waking Naruto from his peaceful sleep, at first he tried to ignore it, but a loud one finally made him get up, he had been scared of thunders all his life, and living alone in his apartment he had no choice but to suck it up and hope the storm didn't lasted long.

But thankfully, he wasn't alone anymore, he slowly got out of the room and headed to Anko's room, the thunders illuminating with a pale light the corridor as he approached the door, he knocked softly at it, and having no response he peeked inside.

"Anko-san?" Naruto called as he approached her bed.

"Anko-san?" He called again placing his hand on her shoulder.

"Hmm, what is it kid?" she responded half asleep with only on eye open.

"There is a thunderstorm, and I wondered if I could…"

"Sleep with me?" Anko said finishing his sentence for him automatically. "Sure, come on"

Naruto slipped into her bed "thank you Anko-san" he said as he tried to accommodate himself.

"No worries kid, try and rest, we have much to do in the morning, and you know you don't need to use honorifics with me" she said giving him an over the shoulder look.

"Good night Anko"

Anko smiled "Good night kid."

…

EIGHT MONTHS LATER

Naruto endured the torturous training regime Anko gave him, she was really crazy, he trained more than twelve hours daily, only stopping to eat and get some water, but he slowly started getting used to the physical strain the training gave to his body, after a month she forced him to use the wrist and ankle bands permanently, and she constantly raised the weight, but the change was so minimal that barely felt the change, but the increase was steady, and it helped him fortify his body, even when not training, and even then, they did not bothered him, they looked like gauntlets and boots, they where black and reached his elbow and knees, they were bandaged from the wrist to the elbow and from the ankles to the shin, respectively. Most of the time they were under his shirt and pants, so they did not attract too much attention.

Naruto was walking with Anko to the training camp, he was really exited, finally she was going to start teaching him taijutsu, and probably the most important thing, he finally learned how to read and write, during their daily visits to the public library she would give him books to try and read.

Anyways, they reached the camp and Anko spoke to him. "Alright, this is probably what you were waiting for right?" she said signaling him to get closer.

"Well, yeah" he responded nodding excitedly.

"Do you have any suggestions, or should I start from scratch?" she asked.

"I checked some fighting styles out…" he started, pulling out some books from his backpack. " here, the Kitsune Sempu, seems pretty good for extended combats, focusing mostly on defense and countering with grapples and throws better suited for encounters when you are in disadvantage, and Raiba, good for quick strikes, depending mostly on speedy movements to confuse the enemy and get close. End the fight before it starts; I think that if we can get to a middle ground I will be set on taijutsu.

Anko listened closely to what the young blonde was telling her, she was very surprised, obviously the kid was smarter than he appeared on first sight, his analysis of the two styles was very good, and it was true, if he got the techniques to a high enough level, he would be a though opponent to beat, but she had to get him on the basics first, and that included…chakra control.

"Good analysis, but fighting is not only about knowing how it works, its about "it" becoming a part of yourself, it must come as natural as breathing. Besides, it will be of no use it you don't have proper chakra control."

"Chakra control?" he asked confused, "what does chakra has to do with fighting?"

She sighed rubbing her temples and walked over to a nearby tree. "Chakra control, my naïve student is the difference between this" she said hitting the tree, breaking a bit of the tree's bark "and this. "She hit the tree again, this time leaving a crater where her fist smashed the tree.

Naruto looked amazed at the display that played in front of him.

"See? Chakra is not only used for ninjutsu and genjutsu, you will use it to improve your physical abilities while on combat, and that is what I must teach you first."

Naruto nodded in response, ready for whatever she threw his way.

"Very good, now I want you to sit right here, and focus on gathering chakra, now I know is sounds boring…which it actually is…" she said with a chuckle "But it's important stuff, and you be getting the hang of it, becoming easier the more you practice, so do your best."

"Gather chakra…how do I know if it's working?"

"You'll know, I'm sorry kid, its kind of hard to explain, you will feel a warm sensation, or something like that, it's like meditating, but more active."

Naruto sat cross-legged on the grass which was still humid from last night's rain, and took a deep breath, his hands resting on his legs as he focused on his breathing, Anko had been teaching him how to meditate for a while, he closed his eyes and tried to focus his chakra.

Naruto sat silently, trying his best to focus. "Just remember how she told you" he repeated to himself as he felt he made no progress. After the first hour or so he did not felt anything, and wasn't very sure he was doing it properly, then he decided to change a bit the process, instead of just "feeling" his chakra running through him, he created a mental image of himself, and tried to picture his chakra going to different parts of his body, mostly like a dim light illuminating his body, at first there was nothing but his dark silhouette, and after some time he felt something in his chest, it was a warm sensation, he immediately pictured it on his mind, like a small flame on his chest and focused on his hands, slowly but surely he felt the warm sensation moving through his body to his hands, the flame moving to his hands.

He concentrated harder he felt a slight tingling first, as his followed by a warm sensation, the dim light became brighter as he focused on his hands, the tingling turning into a weird sensation, he could feel how the energy moved on his hand, he unconsciously smiled and open his eyes, only to surprised that the sun was already setting.

"What?" he said softly to himself.

"You took your sweet time didn't you?" he heard from behind, he turned and saw Anko sitting behind him.

"Uhm, well…sorry?" he replied with a nervous smile.

Anko let out a sigh, as she scratched the back of her head, she signaled him to follow her, until they reached a large tree.

"Ok, chakra control, you're going to climb that tree" she said pointing to the tree behind her.

"Piece of cake" Naruto said rushing towards the tree.

"Hold on" Anko said grabbing him from the collar of his shirt stopping the boy dead on his tracks. "You're going to do it like this" she walked towards the tree and started walking vertically on the tree, and stopped when she was upside down on one of the top branches.

"You need to gather your chakra on the soles of your feet, just concentrate, it's not as hard as it seems"

Naruto nodded and closed his eyes for a bit projecting a mental image of him gathering his chakra on his feet and then started walking, he gave a few steps before the tree crust shattered, making him fall down.

"Dammit" Naruto muttered standing back up.

"You need to use the exact amount of chakra, too little and you won't stick, to much and you'll shatter the crust making you fall." Anko said dropping back to the ground.

"Now go on and take this" she said giving him a kunai "use it to mark the tree when you feel you're falling, we won't leave until you reach the branch I was in" she said sitting down.

The lights of the streets turned on, illuminating faintly the sides of the street, a cool breeze started to blow, there was a crescent moon illuminating faintly the field, and Anko was sleeping still under tree several dango sticks embedded on the tree and floor around her, she was snoring softly, when she heard yelling, immediately getting up to discover the source of the yelling.

"Ha, I did it!" yelled Naruto from the top of the tree, the kunai embedded to the highest point of the tree.

"Yeah, yeah, you make me proud and all that crap, now get down here so we can go back." Anko said packing her stuff.

Naruto jumped down and followed her sensei back to her apartment, all the way with a smile on his face.

…

FOUR MONTHS LATER

"Were are we going?" Naruto asked walking steadily at Anko's side with his arms over his head.

"Since you've mastered tree climbing and water walking already, and you have learned the basics of taijutsu, I though about training on my favorite place to train" Anko replied with a weird smirk on her face that made Naruto nervous.

They walked for a while until they reached a huge metallic fence "Welcome, Naruto, to training camp 44, better known as The Forest of Death"

Naruto looked through the massive fence into the deep darkness of the forest before looking back at Anko with a worried expression, she seemed to be pleased with his reaction.

She pressed her hand on the chain fence and opened one of the gates, stepping inside with Naruto and locking the gate from the inside.

"Stay close, you don't want to get lost in here" she said smiling grimly at him, to which he only nodded nervous in agreement

They jumped from branch to branch for what appeared to be an endless forest; everything looked the same to Naruto, except maybe for the occasional fallen tree or small river running through, there was a certain feeling around, like he was constantly watched, and that made him feel uneasy, and even more nervous made him the fact that even though it was daytime the forest appeared to be in penumbra, only some specks of light coming in from the tops of the trees moving with the wind.

Eventually they reached a clearing with a large rock on the center. She left her stuff near the huge rock and removed her trench coat.

"All right" she started breaking the silence "it's time to teach you how to fight" she asked him removing her overcoat.

"YEAAH!" Naruto replied exited getting closer to her.

"Let's start with the basics: blocking and dodging" she said before suddenly charging at him.

Naruto was taken by surprise with the sudden aggression and stepped back dodging a series of punches, even having the need to jump back creating more space between the two of them, she charged again with an overhead kick that he blocked with his forearm, but the force sent him into the floor, barely having any chance to react as Anko jumped at him smashing her knee where his head was, he tried to hit her with a left punch, but she ducked and did a sweep with her leg, making his loose his balance, she got close to him and punched him on the chest, making him fall to the ground, again.

"Not bad" she said clapping her hands. "Again" she said getting into stance with a serious smirk.

…

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu" she inhaled deeply and released a massive fire ball that was moving fast towards Naruto, he jumped to a nearby tree to avoid the hit, but lost sight of Anko, who appeared behind him and kicked him in the back, he landed on a nearby tree branch, only to see her already in front of him, she tried to kick him, before he landed, but he twisted his body, evading the kick, he landed hard behind her, he spun around and tackled her down the tree, both of them smashing hard into the hard ground.

He got up as fast as he could, he ignored the pain on his shoulder, he saw her already getting up, stetching her neck, he tried to hit her before she got back into stance, but she dodged the blow easily by ducking, she turned around and got close to him, cutting the distance between them in a split second, she started throwing punches and kicks, that quickly overwhelmed him and made him fall to the ground.

"Yield?" Naruto said as he sat back up.

"Anko rolled her eyes," Fine she said extending her hand to help him up.

"Damn" Naruto said as he rubbed his bruised back.

"Don't fell bad with yourself, you're doing pretty well, four hours in and you are already dodging my attacks." She complimented hitting him on the shoulder playfully making him wince from the pain.

"But, you're not fighting seriously, what point does it makes then?" he said now rubbing his shoulder.

"You must learn to walk before running," she said sitting down on the ground. "What are you doing?" she asked cuiously, seeing Naruto standing in front of her.

"Again" he said with a determined look as he prepared his stance.

Anko couldn't help but smile as she got up "Now that's the Naruto I know" she said before charging at him.

…

Naruto fell to the ground, panting heavily, again defeated by Anko "Dammit" Naruto muttered.

"Hey don't feel bad, you're doing pretty good" she said sitting down cross-legged. "You already got the hang of it, a few more weeks of sparring and we can start to look into those styles you wanted, maybe compliment them with some cool ninjutsu, but we'll see that later. Now it's getting dark so, we should head back, the forest is not a pretty place at night".

"It isn't pretty during the day either" he said getting up.

"True that, let's get back, I'm hungry."

…

7 MONTHS LATER

Anko and Naruto had just finished their spar match, and again, as usual Anko won, not that Naruto's skills were bad, right now he was surely above everyone he would meet at the academy, but still she was better.

"Alright kid, you did good, you have good chakra control, your taijutsu has a few flaws, but with enough practice you'll fix them up, ninjutsu above average, I like that water technique, by the way, very neat, all-in-all…you have very good skills." Anko chuckled at the last remark "You're almost ready for the academy" she said with a smile.

"Thank you Anko" said Naruto as he bowed

"Well kid, academy is still a few months ahead, and I have several techniques that could be quite useful for you, well they will be useful after you finish the academy, but we have time, so let's get to it." she said giving him a thumbs up.

"Look here, this is a B-Ranked jutsu, it is supposed to be a secret jutsu, but reality is, it's fairly easy to come up with it. Pay attention" she said doing the tiger seal "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

There was a small puff of smoke, and from it came out an exact copy of Anko.

"That's it?" Naruto said not impressed "I can create clones too." He said creating several copies behind him.

"Well yes you can, but this clones are special. You see these are not mere illusions…" she started dispelling the clone "…these clones a very much real, they can hit and be hit, but their most usefull skill is that they transfer their experience to the user, this makes them very usefull in stealth and infiltration missions."

"So, you think I'll be good in those types of missions?" he asked getting exited.

"Uhm, nope, you're way to noisy for that" she responded disappointing him. "But, you have large amounts of chakra, which means you could probably create quite a few at once, lets say you have to read two books, if you create two clones and put them to read said books, when they disappear, all the knowledge they gathered will get to you, the same goes with learning jutsus, not quite usefull with physical training, that goes on your own, but that ability is very good when you have a lot to do and little time." She finished crossing her arms on her chest.

"And you will teach me that technique?"

"Of course" she sais slapping him softly on the head "Do you think I explained that just for fun? Now look, to create a shadow clone you must…"

FIVE MONTHS LATER

It was finally the day to get into the Academy, and Anko was walking with Naruto towards the building, they walked in silence, Naruto wasn't that nervous, Anko taught him well, she taught him things that were far above his rank, specially considering that he had no rank yet, so he was well prepared, they kept walking until they reached the large building.

"Well this is it, isn't it?" she said standing in front of the gates. "It's been a while, stupid academy." She said

"Uh, Anko?" Naruto said reaching to her.

"What is it kid" Anko asked turning around and placing her hands on her hips.

"I was wondering if I could still live with you at your place, only if you don't mind" he asked kind of ashamed.

"Uh yeah?, what made you think that you'll have to leave?" she said kneeling and placing her hand on his head.

"Go on, you don't want to be late on your first day" she said giving him a friendly hit on the shoulder.

TWO YEARS LATER

"Please be quiet" Iruka said as he stepped into the middle of the room "First let me congratulate you all for graduating, you're all genin now, you make me very proud, now all of you will be placed in teams that will be led by a jonin instructior, but before announcing the teams let me announce the top rookie of this generation.

Hearing this everyone sat down and kept quiet, this was what most of them had been training and waiting for, most of them were expecting the top rookie to be Sasuke Uchiha, since well, he was an Uchiha, and his abilities were really good, and all the girls just melted around him, most of the guys didn't liked him, mostly because of his attitude.

"The top rookie is…" Iruka started, building the tension in the room. "Well…who would have though, the rookie of the generation is Naruto Uzumaki"

The young Uchiha gave him a death glare while everyone else got close to him to congratulate him about it.

"Okay, okay, calm down" Iruka said, "Now I will tell you your teams."

And so, Iruka started naming people into their respective teams.

"Team Seven" Iruka began "Hinata Hyuuga, Shikamaru Nara, and Naruto Uzumaki, you are to report to room 205 to meet your jonin instructor."

…

All three of them waited for Iruka to finish naming the teams and headed to the instructed room.

…

"Where the hell is he?" Naruto asked leaning back on the chair he was seated.

"How troublesome" Shikamaru said waking up from his sleep, and looking at Naruto.

"Y-you should be more patient N-Naruto-kun" said the shy Hinata looking at her desk.

Suddenly the door opening and a white haired man with his face and left eye covered came in.

"You're late" Naruto yelled pointing at him.

"Yeah…" was all he replied with an eye smile "I got distracted by a bird on the way here, come with me" with that said he motioned them to follow him.

"W-where are we going" Hinata asked.

"You'll see" was all the jonin replied.

They arrive to one of the rooftops of the academy, with a nice view of the village and they sat in a semi circle around their new sensei.

"So I want you to introduce yourself, like…your likes, dislikes hobbies, dreams, that kind of thing."

"Why don't you do it first?" Shikamaru said as he rested his head on his hand with a bored expression.

"All right" the jonin replied lazily "My name is Kakashi Hatake, my likes and dislikes, hmm, I have no hobbies that might interest you and dreams, well I'll know when I get there."

The trio sweat dropped. "Well now is your turn" Kakashi said pointing at Naruto

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, I like eating and training to become stronger, I don't like people that think that they are better than others just because they belong to a clan, as for my dream I will become the most bass ass Hokage you'll ever know." he finished with his thumb up.

"Hmm, so he's the number one rookie, he has spirit, he will get far, with proper training, but I guess you already took care of that, eh Anko-chan?" he though looking at Shikamaru, signaling him it was his turn.

"How troublesome"

Shikamaru exhaled "My name is Shikamaru Nara, I like to sleep, watch the clouds and play Shougi, I don't like troublesome people or situations that make me struggle, as for my dreams I don't know, I want to marry a regular girl who isn't too ugly and not too pretty. Have two children, first a girl, then a boy. Retire after my daughter is married and my son becomes a successful ninja, and spend the rest of my life playing shōgi or Go. Then die of old age before my wife."

All of them stare at the Nara "That was rather…detailed" Kakashi said eye smiling.

"As lazy as every Nara I know" he though.

"I guess its okay to have a plan for life, now the last one" Kakashi said as he looked over to Hinata.

"I-uhm my name is Hinata Hyuuga, I like- I like training" she stuttered playing with a strand of her hair "I don't like people that call others weak for no reason."

"Well, well a humble Hyuuga, that really is something out of the ordinary." Kakashi though.

"My hobbies are making medicinal ointments and pressing flowers, my dream, I hope to one day have more confidence and become a fair leader on my clan." She said looking at the floor.

"Very good, that's it with introductions, we will get to know each other better with time. Now, there is something you should know, a genin's life is not particularly…glamorous, you'll have to do some demeaning chores, and from time to time you'll get an interesting mission" Kakashi said.

"How troublesome" Shikamaru commented, "if I wanted to do chores I would have stayed at home…so what do we have to do today?" he finished.

"Nothing, rest and meet me tomorrow in training camp 4 at six o'clock sharp, I have an interesting test for you, and one thing, don't take breakfast." He said

"W-why?" Hinata asked nervously.

"You'll throw up" he said before disappearing in a puff of smoke.

"Well that's not nice" Naruto said getting up "So what are you guys going to do today?" Naruto asked.

"I have to get home and make my chores or my mother won't leave me alone." Shikamaru said getting up lazily.

"What about you Hinata?"

"I- uh, I have to get home." she said blushing and looking down.

"I see, well, then I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow" he said jumping over the railing and into the streets.

Naruto walked down to the streets, wondering about that special test Kakashi was planning, I literally could be anything, he was deep in his thoughts until he heard his name being called from behind..

"Oh crap" Naruto though recognizing the voice behind him. He turned around to see Sasuke Uchiha walking determined towards him.

"I want to fight you," he said bluntly.

"Maybe some other time man, I'm kind of busy right now." Naruto said smiling trying to be as nice as possible.

"Now!" the Uchiha said grabbing him from the shoulder.

Naruto turned and kicked him clean on the chest sending him backwards.

Naruto exhaled scratching the back of his head "Damn, I'm sorry man, I'm just a bit tired today." He said extending his hand to help him up.

He pushed his hand aside getting up in a jump. "So what, that's your excuse? Why don't you just admit that you're scared to fight me?"

"I'm not scared, I remember beating you a few times during our training sessions."

"That was just luck" he replied dryly.

"You won't back down will you?" Naruto said in a not amused tone. Getting only a stare in return.

"Alright man, you want a fight, I'll give you a fight, come one"

…

Naruto and Sasuke walked to an empty training camp.

"Okay, so taijutsu only?" Naruto asked not sure of how to proceed.

"I can beat you anyway you want" the Uchiha said getting into stance.

"Okay" Naruto though getting to into stance.

Sasuke charged him head on, doing an overhead kick, which Naruto easily dodged, but he was kicked on the head when he gave another kick using the momentum of the first sending him to the ground, the Uchiha simply chucked.

Naruto got up rubbing his head before getting into stance again, taking a deep breath, waiting for the next attack, Sasuke charged again this time with a sweep, Naruto jumped over him and kicked him on the back sending him forward, Sasuke turned around and gave him a volley of punches which Naruto easily dodged blocked and redirect using his still in progress Kitsune Sempu Style, he got close to him and hit him hard on the cheek, and before Sasuke could recover Naruto kicked him on the stomach and twisting his body as if doing a handspring he kicked him again on the chin sending him up.

"What do I do now?" Naruto though quickly as that move had never worked against Anko, he simply jumped and grabbing him from the shoulders he slammed him on the ground quickly stepping back.

Sasuke got up slowly he had blood coming from his mouth and nose, and he started performing hand seals.

"Hey we agreed only taijutsu!" Naruto yelled at him.

"I don't have to listen to a loser." Sasuke growled.

Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu

Naruto jumped over the massive fireball and saw Sasuke jumping towards him; Naruto blocked the hit crossing his arms in front of his face, being sent back and landed safely on the other side. Turning around he saw kunai and shuriken flying towards him, he dodged most of them by quickly side stepping but one managed to get him on the leg making him fall to his knee, Sasuke threw another fireball towards him.

Sasuke looked pleased at the small crater that he left with his fireball but his expression quickly changed when he saw Naruto standing in from of him surrounded by a bubble of water, doing a snake seal, the water flew towards Sasuke who threw himself to side to avoid being hit by the massive current of water, before he could react Naruto did a leg sweep making Sasuke jump back, however he did not notice the clone behind him, while he was in the air the clone hit him on the face and into the ground, he managed to get on his feet quickly, unaware that the was another Naruto behind him Sasuke jumped backwards to create more space between them, only to be kicked on the back towards the original who jumped and hit him on the chest sending him again into the ground.

"He's done for, thanks guys," Naruto said to his clones before they disappeared.

Naruto turned around and started walking away, Sasuke was already on his feet and had a furious look on his face "I'm an elite ninja, I can't loose to the likes of him" he though as he reached for his shuriken, and threw them at Naruto, who only heard the clash of metal with metal and turned around to find Anko standing between the two of them.

"Pathetic!" Anko yelled furious at Sasuke "Attacking a fellow ninja from the back, you're not only a disgrace to all Konoha's shinobi, but to your clan too" hearing this Sasuke charged furiously at her, in a blink she grabbed his punch and in turn hit him with full force on the face, knocking him out. "What a disgrace" she said as she walked to where Naruto was standing.

"That was a good fight" she said smiling and placing her hand on his shoulder.

"I guess" he replied with a grin. "Thanks for the help."

"Oh don't mention it, I was just passing by and decided to look at the match" she said.

"Really?" Naruto asked not believing her completely.

"Well…that and it's time to increase the weight" she laughed.

"I knew it." Naruto said sighing with a smile on his face.

…

Naruto opened his eyes and got out of bed, he looked through the window to see Konoha still in darkness. "Its dark" he though "Well of course is dark, its 5 in the morning" he quickly told himself as he left to the bathroom, he took a quick shower and got dressed, when he was leaving he heard Anko calling him.

"Leaving already?" she asked.

"Yes, Kakashi-sensei told us to be ready at six" Naruto replied with a long yawn.

"Your instructor is Kakashi? Oh you're gonna have it good" she laughed "Hey I'm leaving for a mission, I'll probably be gone a few months so I left you some money."

"Okay" Naruto said.

"Manage it well"

"I know." he replied putting on his sandals.

"Seriously, it is a lot of money, don't get all exited with it." she continued.

"Okay"

"And no girls allowed." She said taking a sip from her coffee.

"I know, Anko" he replied rolling his eyes.

"Okay, I was just saying, good luck on your first day." She said raising her cup of coffee as he opened the door.

"Thanks, good luck to you too, take care."

Naruto opened the door and left for the training camp, the streets were quiet, although there were some birds already chirping and the sky behind the mountains looked red as sun was making his appearance from the horizon, Naruto decided to run the rest of the way as a warm-up.

Naruto arrived at the training camp as instructed, a few minutes later Hinata arrived and lastly Shikamaru; and so they waited, Shikamaru took the time to go back to sleep, while Naruto trained and Hinata watched him, almost three hours later was when their sensei decided to finally arrive.

"Hello" said the masked ninja as he made his way to them.

"You're late…again!" Naruto said looking seriously at him.

"So troublesome" Shikamaru said getting up from his sleep

"I'm sorry, a black cat crossed my path and…" Kakashi didn't finish his sentence because of the death glare that all three of them were giving him.

"Anyways" he coughed " lets start with a simple exercise, here I have two bells, the objective of this exercise is to take the bells from me, if you can't do it…" he said pulling out a bag with three boxes inside "I'll eat your lunch in front of you, isn't this fun?" he said eye smiling while he hooked the bells to his belt.

"And a piece of advice. You won't be able to take the bells unless you come at me with the intention of killing, do you understand? Alright, BEGIN!" The three genin disappeared from sight, leaving Kakashi alone in the middle of the field.

"And now I wait" Kakashi said walking carelessly and taking his book out of his pocket.

…

"So what do we do?" Naruto asked to his companions.

"This will be troublesome" Shikamaru said scratching the back of his head "he is a jonin, and he has more experience than all of us combined."

"So…we're screwed?" Naruto asked raising an eyebrow.

"I think I have and idea. Hinata, your byakugan will be very useful, and Naruto, you have large amounts of chakra, that will come in handy too. Now, this is what we're going to do…"

…

"They sure are taking their time" Kakashi though as he walked through the small forest area he was in.

"Finally" he though, ducking as several kunai and shuriken flew above him embedding into a tree.

"That won't work" Kakashi said reading his book.

Naruto charged him throwing several combinations of punches and kicks, which Kakashi easily blocked and dodged using his free arm, he didn't even appeared to be paying attention to him. Naruto tried to kick him on the side, but he grabbed his leg and using his weight threw him to the ground. "I've got to admit it, you're abilities are quite good" Kakashi said eye smiling from behind his book, "But alone you're not much of a challenge."

"Well, the let's fix that." He did a hand sign and several clouds of smoke covered the space between him and Kakashi, revealing several clones after the smoke cleared.

"So young and you already know that jutsu, you are full of surprises" Kakashi complimented. "All right, I guess I have no choice but to take you seriously." He finished putting his book on his back pouch.

Naruto and his clones started to slowly surround Kakashi, who didn't looked the least worried.

Two of the clones pulled out kunais and lunged at the white haired ninja who only side stepped and grabbed the arm of one of them, impaling his weapon on the other clone, then twisted the arm of the one he grabbed making him dropped the kunai, which he kicked into his chest dispelling it.

Like on quote the rest of the clones charged him, one of them did a sweep, forcing him to jump, while another was thrown by another clone towards him, Kakashi twisted his body in mid air, and kicked the blonde clone on the back of the head, sending him crashing face first into the ground.

"Rookie mistake number one…just because the enemy is mid air, doesn't means he's open." The one eyed ninja said as he touched ground again. "You may be the Rookie of the Year, but you're still a rookie."

Naruto frowned, even though he knew he was just trying to make him loose focus, but perhaps it would be better of he though it was getting to him.

Three more clones rushed at him from three different directions, Kakashi dodged a hit from behind, and blocked a kick from the side, pushing the clone aside, he jumped towards the third one, and delivered a powerful kick to the face of the blonde in front of him, crashing into a tree, dispelling itself. The other two rushed at the same time, he ducked a kick and hit the clone on the stomach, before blocking several punched that were sent his way, he hit the clone on the face, taking it off balance, a finished it with a round kick, as for the last one again tried the kick, only to be completely stopped, Kakashi hit his leg hard and punched it on the jaw, only to dispel after hitting the ground.

"Nice quantity of clones, which means that either you're already running out of chakra, or you have a lot of chakra…I'll go for the latter, since you still look too fresh, as for technique, your clones have no style, they fight as individuals, not as a group."

The blonde created another set of clones, revealing three clones after the smoke cleared.

"Only three? Suit yourself." The jonin said.

Two of the clones charged, making Kakashi sigh, as Naruto apparently paid no attention to what he was saying, only to be knocked back when the two clones started to fight complimenting each other, making it hard for Kakashi to keep up. Even with sudden surge of ability of the clones they were defeated, although this time he did took several hits.

Before he could say anything, Naruto and his clone jumped at him, giving everything they had, the original did a round kick that Kakashi dodged doing a handspring, but was hit on the arm and side by the clone who jumped back creating space between them.

Kakashi looked at the two clones in front of him, grabbing his right arm, which felt limp.

"Looks like you hit a nerve" Kakashi said massaging his arm.

He charged at the two, when two other clones jumped from the sides forcing him to twist himself awkwardly to avoid being him, the two clones crashing against each other dispelling, Kakashi landed with a roll only to be received by several faint hits on his right side and leg, making him jump back.

He felt his leg go limp and had a tingling sensation on his side.

"How?" Kakashi mumbled struggling to stay up from his limp leg.

He was about to make his move when he felt himself unable to move, only looking to his side when he heard noise coming from there. Shikamaru walked out fo the bushes as he maintained the rat seal with a small smile. Kakashi looked back at Naruo and his clones, only to reveal the clone being Hinata in a henge.

"Well, that makes more sense. And it makes look bad, I assume that you figured the point of the exercise then?" Kakashi asked now able to move.

"Of course, we had no chance of getting the bells on our own, we had to work as a team to get them…how troublesome" Shikamaru said releasing the technique making him fall from his still limp leg. Hinata approached him and activated her byakugan, softly pressing her fingers on his right side, leg and arm, as he regained movement.

Kakashi eye smiled at his team as he stood "since you did such a good job, you can have the rest of the day, meet me here at noon tomorrow" Kakashi said before disappearing in a puff of smoke.

"That was fun." Naruto said as he jumped around the place.

"What a troublesome guy" Shikamaru said sitting on the ground.

Hinata only smiled at her two teammates.

COUPLE MONTHS LATER

"This is nice" Naruto said stretching his arms above his head.

"What is?" asked Chouji with his mouth full of food.

"You know, hanging out." Naruto said calmly, earning nods from all of them. "not that we did that too much before or during the academy." He finished taking a sip from his drink.

Since their duties as genin had started they hadn't found the time to hang out, and now all of the Rookie Nine, minus Sasuke were there.

"Well you know, we…uh didn't knew you that well before." Ino said trying to reduce the sudden tension that was brought by the previous comment.

"Don't worry about it. I wasn't too normal back then, I'm not that normal right now, now that I think of it." he chuckled.

In minutes everyone went back to what they were doing before; Ino and Sakura were talking about… girly stuff, Shikamaru was looking at the clouds through the window struggling not to fall asleep. Shino watched a small beetle crawl up the wall with incredible concentration and Naruto was talking to Kiba while Hinata petted Akamaru.

"I tell you man, Sasuke needs to get over himself," Kiba said a bit louder than usual.

"What do you mean?" The blonde boy asked taking a mouthful of food.

"Well, he's always rambling about how superior he is, it is very annoying, he is always going about how he is too good to do menial tasks, or help us do the menial tasks, by the way. That he should get a real mission, we are genin, what kind of "interesting mission" does he expects the Hokage to give us? He finished.

"Last time he even confronted the Hokage about him not giving him the missions he deserves. Can you believe that? I really felt bad for Asuma-sensei, I really don't know how he can stand him" Sakura said getting into the conversation.

"You know we will have our first C-Rank mission tomorrow, we have escort some old guy to the Country of Waves" Naruto said proudly.

"Kudos to you" Ino said happily.

"I hope it's not too troublesome," Shikamaru said still looking through the window.

"Everything's trouble for you" Naruto pointed out getting a little laugh from everyone.

They finished their meals and after talking for a few hours everyone said their goodbyes, and left. Naruto walked back to Anko's place as the sun started to get down being the Hokage monument enlarging the shadows of the buildings and people on the streets. He reached the apartment and opened the door, turning on the light and looking around. She still wasn't home.

He let out a sight and turned off the light of the main room walking around for several minutes looking around, and walked through the small corridor to his room, entering and closing softly the door behind him.

"I hope she's alright" The blonde though as he slipped into his pajamas and got into bed. "When are you going to come back?" he questioned as he looked at the sky through his window, until he fell asleep.

…

The next morning Team 7 gathered early in front of the main gate to leave with the guy they were supposed to protect, they received the last minute instruction from the Hokage and after receiving the green light, they parted to the Country of Waves.

Ta Da! How did you like it?

I shoved like six or seven chapters into a larger one, which I think is of enjoyable size. The next one will be of about the same length , maybe a bit shorter, but that depends on how many content I lay on it.

But whatever, I hope you liked it, I know I did. I hope you're all having a good time, and I'll talk to you later. Bye :D