Chapter eight – The Things Unsaid
"You said you want to become Hokage. I have become the Kazekage. If you are willing to bear the name Kage, you have to do what you must do." - Gaara
Team Orochimaru walked slowly down the street while Anko babbled about the bell test. The dark haired girl was clearly relieved she hadn't been demoted or thrown out of the ninja troops of Konoha. Apparently she was sure Orochimaru had been telling the truth, since both of the boys on her last team had been sent back to the academy when they failed to complete the task.
While Anko talked on, Naruto was pondering what the hell would happen now.
This had never been a part of her plans, and the possibility hadn't even been something she'd thought possible. Not once had she feared this. Orochimaru was Anko's sensei already, and the fact that he'd suddenly taken on two more students could not have been a coincidence.
"Hey, Naruto, you alright?" Wondered Shisui, nudging her shoulder gently. By now he had grown taller than her and was gaining in on Anko. He would probably be one of those tall ones when he grew up.
"I'm fine, dattebayo. I just don't like Orochimaru."
Anko stopped talking when hearing this and the happy expression on her face ebbed away. By raising her hand she stopped Naruto in her track while Shisui sighed and looked on in worry.
"Oy! Stop being such a baby! Orochimaru-sama is a great shinobi and a war hero you brat, treat him with more respect from now on." Anko ordered in her most serious tone to defend the snake while grabbing at Naruto's shoulder with a painful grip. The blonde looked hard back at her friend and snorted.
"He is strong, no doubt about it, but I don't like him. He's creepy and he feels evil, not to mention his looks. He just isn't normal." She argued back.
This only managed to anger Anko, who suddenly swung her fist at her best friend who ducked to avoid the hit right on time. The Uchiha reacted by running forward and restrained Anko by the shoulder while Naruto got out of the line of fire.
However, Shisui was far not enough to restrain Anko for long, and soon he'd been pushed aside and the two girls ended up in a fist fight. Again.
As Naruto trotted back to the orphanage Anko sat back in her couch. Looking emptily at the dishes the blonde had left behind after the tense dinner they had shared. She couldn't understand where Naruto's displeasure stems from. Orochimaru-sensei was an extremely gifted man, he was strong and wise and everything Anko had dreamed of having in a sensei. In fact, he had been everything and more. He was a well of information that never seemed to have a bottom. He had never failed in answering what she wondered about, and she was becoming so much stronger under him than she could have become under anyone else.
When Naruto had returned after team assignment she'd looked close to tears, and it had been very difficult for Anko to sympathize with Naruto's discomfort. Personally Anko had been thrilled.
Her best friend was her teammate now. If she had to share Orochimaru with anyone then Naruto was the one she'd wish for. Shisui was a little annoying though, but he was far from the worst teammate she could have gotten. But Naruto was ruining it.
Her constant complaining about her sensei had been annoying from the beginning, but Anko hadn't truly realized just how deep it went until today during the bell test. Naruto had tried to kill their sensei. Not that she had succeeded, but Anko had picked up Naruto's killing intent. It wasn't like anything Anko had felt before. It wasn't the way Naruto would radiate negative energy when they argued about mundane things or even when she was furious about one of her classmates.
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