Fox In The Leaf

One down, three to go

Anko opened the door to her apartment, letting Asa walk in. "I know that this isn't much but I'll be getting a better place soon. But, for now, this will be home."

Asa entered the apartment and looked around in interest. It wasn't extravagant since it was a simple two-room apartment. One thing that caught her eye was a dartboard that had some sticks jutting out of the center. she recognized them as the same sticks of the snack she ate earlier with Anko. Dango if she remembered it right. After she looked around the main room, her eyes landed on the tv. She was excited to see it since she had never used one before. She had seen them but her family had never been able to get one. She jumped on to the couch and grabbed the remote, trying to figure out how it worked since she was not taught how to read yet, so she didn't know what the words on them said.

Anko smiled at Asa as she took off her jacket and placed it on the backrest of the couch. She moved to sit next to the girl, gently took the remote from her, turned on the TV and put on some cartoons that she knew that Asa would like. She didn't mind watching them since she thought some of them were funny and they were a happy side of life. It was only after thirty minutes that she noticed that Asa was leaning on her side, asleep. however, it wasn't the weight that alerted her that Asa was sleeping... it was the whimpering. Anko looked down to see that Asa was crying and trembling as she clutched onto Anko's shirt. Anko quickly, but gently, picked the girl up and moved so that she would be laying on her couch with Asa on top of her. Asa curled up on her and used her breasts as pillows. Anko gently ran her hand through the girl's hair as she cried.

"...mommy…..daddy….Kay day"

Anko felt her heart hurt when she heard this. Asa had told them about her short time with her family and that she was really happy when she got a little sister who she called "Kay" or "Kay day". Anko figured that the baby girl's name was "Kaede" which was confirmed by Asa. But since she couldn't say the name right she just said "Kay". "shhh…... it's ok Asa-chan. I'm here. please don't cry." Anko felt her eyes water as well since no little girl should go through what Asa went through.

Asa had done this the nights that they had camped out on their way to the village. Naruto was unable to calm the girl down during this time. After they had tried to calm her down without waking her up, they finally succeeded when Anko had picked up the girl who gripped tight on her and pressed her head onto her breasts. Anko could only figure that Asa had slept with her mother like this and she would not deny helping out like this.

Anko smiled as Asa began to calm down and snuggle into her breasts. She picked up the remote and turned off the T.v, leaving them in only the light of the moon that poured in through the window. Anko closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Asa, drifting off to join the little girl in sleep.

~Meanwhile~

Naruto, Ino, Hinata, and Karin were moving quickly through the forest, with them only stopping every now and then, for Naruto to reaffirm that they were going the right way based on their scent.

The three girls had gotten used to the speed that Naruto was going at however, Karin's and Ino's hair would become a complete mess when they stopped the first few times. at these times Ino would glare at Hinata's hair and feel envy for another feature of that Hinata had that she didn't.

Karin, on the other hand, was really glad that she did not lose her glasses from the ride, but she was still irritated with Naruto "did you have to grab me like that and run at this ridiculous speed!" She shouted while shaking her fist in the air only to "EEEK" when she felt herself begin to slip off his back and she immediately wrapped her arms around Ino's neck again. She may have one of his tails around her like a seatbelt but she did not want to risk falling off.