Chapter 10
A Devil's Joy.
Naruto was floating towards the one place he loves most, Ichiraku Ramen, don't get him wrong, he's more responsible now, sort of, with Ryoko's memories, learning from her, but he still enjoys Ramen, though now he enjoys Sake as well, but since he knows that Teuchi only serves sake in the evening, with it being more of a food place then a drinking place, he'll stick with some orange juice, because orange was still his favorite color, he just doesn't wear it.
Landing in front of the food stand, with a few people being weary of him, not knowing he was Naruto, though when some women saw him carrying Mimi in his hands, they couldn't help but think the little Cabbit was too cute for it's own good.
Naruto moved into the establishment to have enough ramen, but not too much mind you, after all he wants to get some sake as well on his way home.
As Naruto sits down on his stool, placing Mimi on the counter, with the same excitement when he was a kid, a few weeks ago, he calls out, "Hey old man, I need some ramen here and a plate of carrots on the side!" Hearing the old man crack, Teuchi came outt the Kitchen to tell the young man off, but when he sees Naruto's face, with the same 3 lines on each of his cheeks and the same smile he always had, even if he's, apparently, older now he knew right away who he was.
"Naruto?... What the heck happened to you, you look like someone just entering their 20s?" Teuchi didn't know what to say, Ayame was sorting the inventory of the stand, so she was busy, with Naruto sitting in front of him, looking about the same age as his daughter.
Naruto just smiled and simply explained that it was a bloodline from his ancestor's, though he doesn't know which of his parent passed it down, Teuchi, took a deep breath, to process everything about his bloodline, because apparently, from what Naruto told him the bloodline, not only aged him, but gave him special powers as well, which Naruto told him also, since no-one would be able to achieve his powers except maybe his offspring, Naruto wasn't sure on that one.
But after chatting and catching up with the owner of Ichiraku, who'll tell his daughter about Naruto's changes, and both Naruto and Mimi had their fill, well Mimi had her fill, Naruto wanted some sake.
Naruto moved away from Ichiraku, with Mimi perched on his head, from what she says, his hair was still soft, even though from his memories of Ryoko getting her hair pulled from Ayeka and Sasami's mother, Misaki, her hair was hard, though he does have to feel sorry for Ryoko about meeting Misaki for the first time, something tells him he should be weary of Misaki.
His hair however, could be the result of the Kyuubi, since foxes take care of their fur like cats, but he didn't care, as long as he bathes and cleans, he'll still be one handsome demon, he couldn't help but chuckle slightly at his pun, since people see him the way Ryoko was seen, it was all in good humor.
Anyway, he started flying up and towards a bar that sells some good sake, following his nose, since it hasn't failed him in finding the best sake so far, though it must be because of Ryoko's memories, always drinking sake and blasting things to pieces.
After a few minutes he zeroed in on what he was looking for, he couldn't help but exclaim in happiness, "Yes, this is where the best sake is, lets just hope it's cheap as well!"
He floated into the bar towards the barkeep and sat on a stool in front of the bar and yells out, "Alright, hey barkeep, give me the best and cheapest sake you got." Looking towards the young man, the barman noticed the leaf headband and just shrugged his big shoulders, since the young man looked in his early 20s and he has a headband, since anyone with a headband are ninja's then by law they can drink, fornicate and kill, as long as the man can pay then he can drown in sake for all the barman cared.
A few tables away.
A certain dango loving, torture giving and snake loving, except her sensei, saw the handsome young man, who by the looks of it loves sake just as much as she does, granted she was never too drunk to "follow" a guy home, that's what Kurenai is for, being the prune she knows and loves, though in does get annoying to hear Kurenai moan about her drunk behavior.
Anyway, right now Anko sees a golden opportunity, to have a drinking competition with some "New" blood, if she plays her cards right, she'll get free drinks and put the newbie in his place. (If only she knew)
Anko moves towards the bar, she only just arrived and sat down next to the young man and says, "I see you like to chug it down brat," Naruto looks from his drink, towards the beautiful woman next to him and sees the look in her eyes that say, 'get ready because I'm gonna win.'
Naruto narrows his eyes with a challenging smirk as if to say, 'bring it on sexy, I'll beat you before you even notice', as he replies with confidence, "Oh what about it?"
Noticing a lot of people were backing away, since they know not to get on Anko's bad side, Anko replied, "I bet if I drink you under the table, you have to pay for all the drinks that I have for a week."
Naruto looks at the woman, who seem to have Ryoko's personality without any of her blood, with suspicion and asks, "But what if I win?"
Anko felt confident, not knowing about Naruto out drinking Zabuza and an old drunk, gave her reply, "If you win, which I doubt it, I'll rock your world and make you beg me for more."
Naruto was surprised at such an offer, though looking around a lot of people were whispering, saying things like, "Only an idiot would face Anko and try to win. "That's why nobody beat her before, they thought they could get in her skirt" "Yeah, I bet the kid wouldn't last a second." and before you know it everyone was making bets, betting that Anko would win.
Naruto though, saw a perfect opportunity for easy money, so placing his money on himself, though everybody thought he was crazy, Anko had a shit-eating grin, she didn't place anything down like, cos she was broke from buying dango and sake a day ago.
The bartender just sighed and moved a table into the center of the room, while everyone else moved everything out of the way, Naruto and Anko got a chair each, sitting in front of each other, the barman put down a couple of glass shots each and getting ready to get more, placed a big bottle of sake on his side of the table, with a bookie getting ready to keep track of how many drinks will go down.
Both Naruto and Anko were glaring at each other, as though they were going to tear each other apart, though Anko couldn't help that the guy in front of her looked both handsome and feral, it kinda turned her on, Naruto basically thinking the same thing towards her, but both kept they're focus on the competition.
The bar man poured a shot each for them, he knows the last time he tried to stop Anko he got bit too close to his jewels and he didn't want that happening again, which is why Kurenai was the one to take care of Anko, because Anko wouldn't send a snake at Kurenai.
A few hours later.
Both Naruto and Anko, were sloshed, but they kept going, Anko was leaning slightly towards the right, but she didn't fall, Naruto was swaying slightly, mostly for show, just because he had Kyuubi's and Ryoko's powers healing him, he needed people to believe he was drunk, all he's got is a slight buzz at the moment, though he can feel himself falling for the alcohol in his system, but not as much as Anko.
Before anymore Anko couldn't take it anymore, the guy before her was a drinking god, slamming her head down she called out in a slur, "That's it, this guy is too much for me, god I doubt even Lady Tsunade can handle him." (A.N I can't write drunkanese so you'll just have to imagine it.)
With that said Anko was out like a light, not caring anymore, Naruto got up a little clumsily and lifts his hands up in victory, with a big smile and blush on his face, collecting his winnings and giving half to the barman for the sake they both drank, he moved to Anko, picked her up bridal-style and walked out.
Everybody were in a state of shock, not believing someone out drank Anko, the only person that possibly could would be Lady Tsunade, before they could stop him Naruto was out the bar and flickered away, they didn't even know where the guy went, he just vanished.
In the air.
Naruto, with Mimi on his head, flew towards his apartment with Anko, since he didn't know where she lived, plus he wasn't gonna have his way with a drunken sexy woman, I mean sure he slept with Haku and Tsunami drunk, but they weren't drunk, he guess, in a way they raped him, though he didn't deny he didn't enjoy it, hell he didn't even know Tsunami was such squirter.
Shaking his head of the thought, he did NOT want to get horny, while holding a drunken Anko, from what he heard from the customers, Anko was scary, if he had to compare her to someone it would be like Lady Seto facing space pirates, but about 2% of Lady Seto and she hunted pirates for fun.
(A.N. If you think about it, No-one enjoys Pirate hunting like Lady Seto, Anko just tortures people for info and fun, Lady Seto just likes to blast and captures pirates with a "smile" on her face.)
Not knowing where Anko lived, Naruto lands on his apartment roof, looks to the sky and noticed the moon was out, it looks about 10 or 11, so it was time for sleep.
Flickering and phasing into his apartment, he walks into his bedroom, phasing through the door, not caring about opening it and places Anko on his bed.
He removes her shin guards and footwear, then takes her trench coat off by making a clone hold her up, she was a dead weight drunk, but he could handle it, he holds Anko in his arms until his clone moved the blanket out the way, not noticing Anko rubbing her face in his chest and liking the smell.
He picks Anko up bridal-style again and places her in his bed, Anko moves on to her side, grabs the blanket and snuggles down, sleeping with a happy smile, which Naruto thought made her look cute, though he then notices the mark on her shoulder, he could feel the evil coming from it.
In Anko's mind at the time.
She was naked, running away in darkness, hearing her -sensei's sickening voice, calling to her whispering sweet-nothings to her, telling her he can give her power if she just accepts his "gift", but she kept denying him, blocking him, not wanting to listen, that is until she felt his slimy hand on her shoulder, stopping her, that is until someone pulled Sealed-Orochimaru away from her, she heard a angry voice say to , "That's enough out of you, you slithery teme."
Before the person pulled her teme of a ex-sensei away, she saw blond hair in a swept back type style and three whisker-like marks on his cheeks, just like the guy she "fought" in the bar with.
Hearing her soul-fragment scream out, "NOOOOOOOOOoooooo!" Everything went white, she felt warm, for the first time in her life, before that damn mark was put on her, she truly felt like herself again.
On the outside of Anko's mind.
Phasing through Anko, he somehow managed to grab a hold onto something that felt like a snake, bringing it to his face, he saw a snake with a strange face and black hair hissing at him. (A.N. Think Orochimaru's snake form, only with a normal white snake body the size of a regular white snake (remember it's just a fragment of Orochimaru's soul))
Feeling hatred towards such a pitiful creature, not knowing why, but the thing gave him a feeling of Kagato just not as powerful, so with his thumb under the little monster's neck, he flicked it, breaking it's neck and killing it instantly. (A.N. Think of Alien Vs Predator when the Predator caught and killed the chest-buster.)
It turned to ash and floated away vanishing as it did, as though it was never in Naruto's hand to begin with.
He never noticed Anko relaxing even more, as though she was having a nightmare, then the nightmare just stopped, changing to better dreams, of her friends and of the man that somehow beat her in drinking, it would seem she found someone "interesting" to "play" with, as she dreamed this Naruto never noticed her lick her lips at the dreams she was having.
The one thing he noticed was the tainted mark on the back of her shoulder was gone, as though it was never there, just smooth unblemished skin, he shocked his head and looked away, not wanting to get horny, he sighed and looks back at her head, he sits down next to her, not knowing Anko can hear him in her dreams, he removes her hair clips and begins to rub her head soothingly and says, "I hope you're feeling better now, even though I won drinking contest."
He says the last part with a cheeky smile, never seeing Anko's cute pout, then gets up, gets the couch ready for himself and a little place for Mimi to sleep on, since he didn't want to crush her if he moves about.
He removes his jacket and puts it on a chair in his kitchen, pulls off is shirt and folds it up and places it on his chair with his jacket, then removes his boots and places them by his front door, since he floated around the place he didn't have to worry about dirt, then removes and folds up his jeans and placed them on his shirt.
Standing in his boxes, he opens his closet and gets a spare blanket and pillow for the couch, Mimi laying in her spot that Naruto picked out for her.
Naruto got on the couch wth the blanket and pillow, looks up to the ceiling then towards Anko and says to himself, "I hope she doesn't make a big deal about me removing that taint from her," Yawning, he turns away and finishes, "Oh well, as long as she doesn't wake me up too early or loudly it's fine."
Never knowing, that what he did, may have, just given him a girlfriend, but he won't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, given Anko's personality.