Mizuko POV_

I carried a large laundry basket, I carefully maneuvered the basket in my arms as I tried to open one of the sliding doors.

I couldn't help but smile as I managed to open the door without dropping the basket. I glanced back and shut the sliding door with my foot.

"Mom! Watch out!" I heard a few yells but as I turned to see what was going on I was hit full force by something and everything went black

"Oh man, Oh man we really messed up this time."

"Mom, mom are you okay."

"We are grounded aren't we."

"My leg hurts."

I slowly open my eyes, my vision was slightly blurry. I could feel an aching pain on the side of my face and my back.

"What happened?" I manage to grumble out as I sat up. I glance around me to see Karin, Ryuu, Kenta, Naruto, Nanami and Tadashi.

I couldn't help but cock a brow as I notice all of them glance at Naruto to see what he would say.

"Well we were uh, practicing our flips and uh..." Naruto trailed off and everyone seemed to try to hide behind him.

I let out a loud sigh as I started to get up. "I have told you all not to do flips inside the temple for this exact reason." I grumble as I rub my head and shake my head. I glance at them once more and crossed my arms.

"Help me pick up the laundry and put them up. And since you don't have anything else to do you can most certainly help me with the house chores. The baths need to be scrubbed down and I noticed weeds growing in the garden. " I say and they all seemed to start pouting.

"As a matter of fact I bought new paint and the east wing still needs to be painted." I add and I could see their faces go a little paler.

"Uh sure. I think we can do that." Naruto nodded nervously and I couldn't help but wonder why he was so nervous. I glanced back and my eyes instantly widened.

"The door... my rice paper door!" I exclaimed as my eyes landed on the broken door.

"We can fix that?" Karin tried to reassure me. "You guys are so grounded. This was one of the original door panels and it was painted by the original designer." I sighed as I tried to see if I could mend the broken panels.

"Uh, yeah my leg went through it." Kenta grumbled sheepishly. "Well let me see your leg. You probably hurt yourself." I grumble as I crouched down to take a look.

"He's fine, we already checked on him." Karin pipped up and I frowned. "The door splintered when the panel broke and there seemed to be a bit of blood on there." I stated but frowned when I noticed there was nothing wrong with his leg.

"No, it's fine I swear." Kenta piped up as he pulled away.

I narrowed my eyes slightly and glance at all of them. I could see they all had a nervous look in their eyes and were avoiding eye contact. "Tadashi, did anyone get hurt?" I ask and Tadashi glanced over at his siblings nervously.

"Uh, um well." He trailed off. "Don't lie." I added and his resolve seemed to crumble.

"Kenta-nii hurt his leg and Karin-Nee let him bite down on her arm to heal." He muttered and they all groaned as he told on them.

I rubbed my temples and sighed. "You do realize, that is going to leave a scar on your arm." I say with a sigh as I glance over to her and she ducked her head slightly.

"I know." She grumbled and I sighed even more. " You kids are 10 years to early to try to pull one over on me." I say and they all went pale.

"Is it to late to say sorry?" Ryuu asked and I frowned even more.

"I hate school!" Naruto groaned loudly as he sat at the dining room table with his school work.

"Eh, I can deal with it." Ryuu shrugged as he was working on his study guide.

"It's worth dealing with because of Sasuke-kun." Karin added as she was working on the math portion of her school work. "God why did you have to meet him!" Naruto groaned as he face planted on the table.

"Sasuke-kun? Is that a boy you like?" Mizuko asked as she was cooking lunch.

"Yeah and she never shuts up about him. Like all of the other girls in my class." Naruto groaned.

"If you got the looks you get hounded." Kenta shrugged. "I hate fangirls. they're so weird, and always want to sit around you and ask you all sort of weird questions." Ryuu grumbled in annoyance.

"Wait, you have fangirls?" Naruto sat up. "Uh. I guess. They're always like 'Ryuu-kun, why don't you sit by me.' and 'Ryuu-kun, I made you a bento, so why don't you eat lunch with me.' It gets a bit annoying after a while." Ryuu stated and we all stared at him for a moment.

"That's so not fair! How come girls like you?!" Naruto groaned. " All I want is for Sakura-chan to like me." He added with a groan.

"Like, date, crushes... Aren't you kids a bit too young for that? I mean you guys aren't even 10 years old." I say worriedly as I stirred a bit faster.

"Did you ever have a crush on anybody?" Karin asked and I stiffened slightly. "Well, I didn't really ever get into the whole dating thing and well I was pretty young when we were taken to Kusa." I say and Karin paled.

"Oh, uh, sorry for bringing it up mom." She blushed slightly as she looked down at her homework.

I sighed as I stirred the food. "But I guess there's nothing wrong with having a crush on somebody. So Sakura and Sasuke right? What do they look like?" I ask as I tried to change the subject.

"Sakura-chan is the prettiest. She has pink hair and green eyes and she's really cute." Naruto piped up with a blush on his cheeks. " But she likes Sasuke, I don't even get what's so great about him. He barely talks, is mean and doesn't even have any friends." Naruto grunted.

"Well I like sasuke, and I think he is dreamy." Karin huffed as she glared at Naruto.

"Have you asked her out?" I asked as I glance back at him. "Yeah, But she said no. She says no everytime I ask her." He sighs and I stiffen. "So you have asked her out multiple times even after she said no?" I ask and he nods.

"I heard that if you are persistent they might change their mind. And I want to ask Sasuke-kun out before the year is over." Karin stated and I frowned at the thought of that.

"Well, it doesn't sit well with me." I say and Kenta snorts. "Why not?" He asks and I frown even more.

"Well, it's okay to like somebody. There's nothing wrong with having a crush. The thing that I don't agree with is being persistent. If you ask someone out and they say no, then you should respect their decision. If you continue to pester them then it becomes harassment." I say as I put the food on low heat so it can simmer.

"Well, what if they change their mind and decide that they do like you?" Karin asks and I sigh.

"Then let them know that you like them and if they do return the feelings they can ask you out instead. What would you guys do if there was a guy that asked me out, and after telling them no they continued to ask and pester me about it? At somepoint I think that I would get mad, don't you think." I say and they both glance at each other.

"She's not wrong, I've told the girls in my class that I don't want to date and it's annoying to have them chase after me." Ryuu pointed out and I nod.

"It's rude to harass someone once they have told you that they aren't interested. That doesn't mean you have to stop liking them, it means you respect their opinion. You can also ask to just be friends ya know." I say and Naruto frowns.

"Do you think that's why Sakura-chan yells at me?" He asks and I nod. "You aren't respecting her decision. No means no. Consent is very important. And if they do cave in and say yes, they might just be doing it to get you off their back. There's nothing worse than getting someone to date you out of pity." I finish off.

"I... I didn't know." Karin muttered as she looked down at her homework. "Do you think I should apologize? I've been asking Sakura out since we were in the first year." Naruto pointed out and I hummed.

"That might be a good idea." I say and he frowns a bit more. "What would I even say?" He asked and I hummed as I thought about it.

"Well you could always tell her that you are sorry for being inconsiderate about her feelings, maybe you could ask her to be friends instead or you could just leave it as an apology." I say and he nods.

"How would I go about getting all of the fangirls off me?" Ryuu asks and I let out a sigh. "Now that... is a little more complicated." I say as I turn to him.

It was now late spring. The older kids were working hard to study for their yearly finals while the younger ones were busy with their seals.

"Mizuko-sama, Anko is here!" Umi called out as she answered the door.

"Anko?" I asked as I looked up from my sealing studies. "Mizuko-chan!" Anko squealed as she rushed in and I was confused to see her but not really shocked. Over the months Anko and I had become best friends, she would come over often and at times we would go out for formal tea ceremonies.

"Let's go out!" She grinned as she pulled me into a tight hug. "Go out?" I ask in confusion. "My friend Kurenai and Yugao are having a get together at a bar and I want to bring you with me. I mean you barely go out." She pouted. "Well, I mean I don't really go out much." I say slightly embarrassed.

"You rarely have time to go out with friends and tomorrow is Sunday so you will only need to worry about the seal shop, but it opens in the afternoon." Umi points out as she walks in.

"See the kid knows what she is talking about. And You only go out every blue moon." Anko complained.

"Well, I guess she isn't wrong, but what about the kids?" I point out as I set down my ink brush. "What about us?" Karin asked as she walked into the dinning room with a glass of chocolate milk.

"Hey, Karin-chan. Is it okay if I steal your mom for the night?" Anko asks loudly as she turns to Karin who was walking in from the kitchen.

Karin narrowed her eyes for a split second before nodding. "Mama definitely needs some girl time." She shrugged as she began sipping some chocolate milk.

"See, I knew I wasn't the only one that thought you needed to go out." Anko chuckled. "Well I guess one night out wouldn't hurt." I shrugged as I glanced over at Anko.

"So a night out. I guess I'm in." I shrug while anko squealed in excitement.

"So skirt or pants?" Anko asked holding up a latex black skirt and a pair of cute black pants.

"Skirt?" I squeal out and she nods and hands them to me. "Okay so this white tank top would look great, and these as well." She hands some net tights . I couldn't help but blush at the clothing choice. I had never really worn anything like this before, but this was Anko's clothing choice.

"So what do you think?" I ask as I opened the door. "Huh?" Anko turned and looked at me. She sat up and nodded. "Damn girl, those kimonos were not doing ya justice." She laughed loudly as she stood up.

I couldn't help the blush on my face as she said this. "I think they are very comfortable. These skirts are pretty short, and so is this shirt." I complain loudly as I look at myself in the mirror.

"Huh?! No they aren't they cover you up... well I guess in someways you are right. My skirt does fit you a bit small. It actually looks shorter on you than it does me." Anko piped in as she stood beside me and compared the length of our skirts. "Huh?" I turn to the side to get a better look at my behind and blush.

"It does look shorter on me. Why?" I mutter. "It's pretty stretchy material, You might be a bit shorter than me but you have way more hips and ass than me so it can't be helped." She shrugged and I blushed and face palmed.

"Isn't it a bit to, I don't know... um immodest?" I grumble as I turn to look at myself from behind.

"It's fine, you look great. What's the point of having a great body if you can't show it off. You look like a strong independent woman." Anko grinned and I couldn't help but stare at my reflection for a bit longer before grinning widely.

"I do like it, and it does make me look great." I say before smiling as I turn and look at myself in the mirror a bit longer. I couldn't help but pose infront of the mirror.

"Then let's go, I told Yugao we would meet up at eight." Anko called out as she put on some lipgloss and passed the clear white tube to me. I nod and put some on. "Then let's go!" I say as I gave the lipgloss back to her.

I slipped on a pair of blue sandals and followed beside her as we left her apartment.

"You'll get along, don't worry about it. Yugao is a Jonin and Kurenai is a Chunin but they are pretty chill." Anko laughs as we walked down the street towards the pub that she was taking me to.

"So I'm the only genin?" I ask and she shrugs. "We were all genin at somepoint." Anko adds as she hooked her arm with mine and led me inside.

I couldn't help but feel a bit nervous as we walked in. The bar was a bit rowdy but the voices and conversations were washed out by the musicians who were playing different songs. There were some people dancing and drinking.

"This way, Hey Kurenai!" Anko waived her arm. I looked around to see if I could see the person she was calling out to.

I noticed a black haired woman look up and wave her hand slightly.

"That's kurenai." Anko pointed as we made it to the booth. "And that's Yugao." She pointed the other kunoichi out. "This is Mizuko-chan." Anko gestured toward me.

"Uh, hi." I smile sheepishly as Anko pulled me towards the booth and I took a seat beside Kurenai.

She was very pretty, with long black hair and reddish brown eyes. "So how did Anko manage to sink her claws in you?" Yugao asked before taking a shot of sake.

"Eh, you mean how we became friends?" I ask and Yugao chuckled. "S-Sink my claws into her?!" Anko stammered and I laughed.

"Hmmm, I guess it started after she spilled hot tea all over me. Or maybe it was all those times she dragged me out of the house to tea ceremonies." I giggle and Anko puffs out her cheeks slightly.

"Sounds like her. Anko can be quite persistent." Kurenai chuckled as she set down two more sake cups. "Drink up." Anko cheered excitedly as she grabbed one of them and took the shot.

I paused for a second as I watched Kurenai pour me a drink as well. "Drink up."

"This is my first time drinking... eh." I shrugged as grabbed the shot glass and tried to drink it all at once. I could feel my face twist in disgust as the drink burned the back of my throat.

"Yuck." I groaned as I felt light tears prickle the corner of my eyes.

"First time?! Most people spit it out."Kurenai gawked and Anko laughed. "See, this is why we're friends."

Third Person POV

"Ahahaha! I was like 'nooo, you didn't' and he was like' I did' ." Anko laughed loudly, everyone had been drinking for a few hours and they were all drunk.

Mizuko was giggling alongside Anko as the older woman retold stories about some of the missions she'd gone to. Some of the things they had to do to complete a mission were actually outlandish and Mizuko was having fun listening to them.

"Wow, being a ninja must be amazing. You go to different countries and see new things all the time. " Mizuko sighed as she effortlessly leaned against the palm of her hand.

"It's amazing alright. But quite dangerous." Yugao spoke up as she took another shot of sake. Mizuko hummed and leaned forward. Her cheeks were slightly flushed from drinking and her mind felt slightly muddled.

"But you're strong. I remember seeing my mother fight, back then, I always found it amazing. Honestly, I think that all that fighting and training makes your bodies more durable. Normal people usually can't compare. " Mizuko pointed out as she lazily sat up, her body swaying slightly as she grabbed the Sake bottle in order to pour some to her own cup. "Eh, I think we are all out." She mumbled as she closed one eye and looked into the empty jug.

Anko glanced at Mizuko and chuckled. "I guess you're right, if we see it from your perspective. Kunoichi have a bit more freedom than the average woman. We aren't required to marry at fifteen, we don't have to obey some husband and we are allowed to choose our own partners most of the time."

"Yeah, unless you're the daughter of a clan head we are guaranteed to marry whoever we want." Kurenai points out as she glances over at Mizuko. Kurenai and Yugao didn't really know much about Mizuko. All that they knew was that she was an Uzumaki, the villages seal master, had multiple children and was friends with someone as wild as Anko. They both figured that she was a civilian despite her chakra reserves. It was quite easy to figure it out as well, she couldn't walk like a ninja and she was really straightforward and honest most of the time.

"I recently became a ninja, only in name of course. I can't really fight to be honest and I doubt I can learn to fight at my age. But if it had been an option for me as a child then I think I would have taken it." She adds as she sets down the jug.

"Nonsense. You're like what sixteen? You're not even past your prime and to be honest you look a lot stronger than when I met you." Anko laughed as she patted Mizuko's back and making her squeal.

"Sixteen? Anko! She's a minor and you're letting her drink?" Kurenai flushed as she whispered in shock.

"If she was a civilian then yeah she would be a minor, but she's a ninja. Old enough to fight, old enough to drink, age of consent for a ninja is sixteen remember." Anko grinned as she pulled Mizuko into a tight hug.

"She's right you know, with a headband and being sixteen you are considered an adult." Yugao shrugged and Kurenai flushed. "Yeah, but as her elders we shouldn't let her, just because she can doesn't mean she should." Kurenai huffed as glanced over at Anko who was handing Mizuko some money.

"Yup, just show them your headband and pay them and they'll bring the Sake over to our table." Anko grinned as she tucked the crumpled Ryo into Mizuko's hand. "Sure thing, Anko-chan! I'll get us the booze!" Mizuko nodded as she got up wobbly.

"I'll be right back." She grinned as she turned and hurried to the bar.

"Do you think she'll be okay?" Kurenai stated as she watched Mizuko disappear into the crowd.

"She'll be fine, she isn't some air head you know. You'd be surprised. To be honest, her ninja rank is well deserved, she might not have the fighting skills of a ninja but she has the head for it." Anko laughs as she rests her head against the palm of her hand.

Yugao chuckled as she reached for the Sake bottle. "Oh yeah, we're all out." She grumbled and turned to see if she saw Mizuko in the crowd.

Mizuko swayed slightly as she pushed her way through the small crowds of ninja that were hanging around the booths and the dance floor.

She couldn't help but hmm and dance slightly as she heard the loud music coming from the small live band at the corner of the bar.

As she moved through the sea of dancing people she accidentally ran into a young tall kunoichi with long black hair dancing. "Wow, I love your hair." The kunoichi smiled as she swayed to the beat of the music.

Mizuko stumbled back slightly and her hand unconsciously went to her long red hair. She couldn't help but smile widely and confidently. "Thanks, it's natural." Mizuko replied with a wide smile, she could feel that her movements were slightly sluggish but she quickly started to sway to the beat along with the other girl.

"Names Kiku! " the Kunoichi grinned as she leaned forward to speak over the loud music.

" I'm Mizuko!" Mizuko laughed as she began to dance with Kiku. It was a bit freeing to be able to move around and enjoy the music.

'Was I suppose to get something? What was it?' she thought to herself as she danced alongside Kiku.

Off on the edge of the dance floor Mizuko noticed one of the waitresses moving skillfully through the crowd. All of the ninja were cautious around her and always seemed to let her through the narrow passageways.

'Sake!' She gasped as she remembered. "Gotta go." She stated as she tapped on Kiku's shoulder and hurried through the rest of the crowd.

As soon as she made it out on the other side there were a lot less people and she couldn't help but take a deep breath. The crowded area of the dance floor made it humid, hot , and sweaty so she was happy to get some space to breathe.

She smiled as she noticed the main bar. There were a few groups of ninja loitering around and she smiled as she saw an empty seat.

'Score!' She cheered internally. At this point the alcohol was running through her veins and she felt a bit of liquid courage. She looked at all of the people around her and noticed a guy standing right beside her seat.

'It's been a while, since I've sweet talked someone.' She thought to herself as she walked towards the seat at the bar. 'Eh, who cares, lets see if I still got it.' She smiled brightly at the ninja making slight eye contact with him as she took a seat.

She could feel a small smirk making its way to her face as she glanced over at him and slightly fluttered her lashes and slightly tilted her head as if calling him over.

She giggled as she noticed the guy's cheeks flush a bright red. Casually she turned slightly and lifted her hand slightly and waved before gesturing for him to come over.

The guy grinned and stood up straight as he made his way from across the bar. Mizuko looked away from him and looked around to see if she could see the bartender, she quickly spotted him helping a customer a few chairs away.

'He'll be here in a second. I'm sure he's noticed me." She thought to herself as she turned back to the guy she called over.

"Hey." The guy spoke up as he stood beside her. " I couldn't help but notice you from across the bar-"He started off but for a second her head began slightly spinning.

'Why does, why does it feel like I've been in a situation like this before?' Her mind wandered slightly and because of how loud the music was and how distracted she'd been she didn't even hear what he had said.

Mizuko was confused for a moment but easily shrugged off. "Is that so, hmm what's your name?" She asked sweetly as she slightly leaned forward in suggestive manner. She could see his eyes loose focus from her face and trail down. "A-Aoto!" He stammered out and Mizuko giggled as she carefully covered the her mouth with her hand .

"Aoto-kun? Is it alright if I call you that. Why don't you tell me a bit about yourself? We can even share a few drinks." Mizuko carefully got closer to him in a seductive manner.

'It's just like before." she mindlessly thought as he went a little redder and nodded. "Get whatever you'd like." He stammered out and Mizuko smirked and flipped her hair back.

"Here, sit next to me." She giggled as she pat the seat beside her.

"Are you going to be ordering drinks?" The bartender asked and both Aoto and Mizuko turned to the man. "She's on my tab, get whatever you'd like." Aoto smiled as he turned to Mizuko.

'Hook, Line, and Sinker! They better thank me for my efforts!' Mizuko grinned to herself as she looked over the selection of drinks they had. Her eyes widened at the rum and she excitedly sat up.

She carefully covered her mouth as she told the bartender what she wanted. "Can I get 2 large sake bottles for table 11, tell them it's from Mizu-chan and um. Pineapple with a splash of rum for me to drink here." Mizuko quickly told the guy and smiled back at the beside her.

"Alright, but I need to see an I.D." The Bartender stated and Mizuko froze up for a second. 'Why does it feel like this has happened to me before.' She pondered internally.'Damn, did I even bring an ID? What else could I use? Didn't Kurenai mention something about minors? Oh yeah, my headband.'

"Will this do?" She asked as she unsealed a seal on her arm and her Uzushiogakure headband appeared on her hand.

"This headband is, well, it's not a leaf symbol. " The bartender looked confused. "Uzushiogakure headband, I can also show you a jutsu if you need proof that imma ninja." Mizuko shrugged and the bartender stepped back.

"That's fine. No need for demonstrations. What about you sir? Anything you want?" the bartender turned to Aoto and he started to tell him what he wanted.

"So what's your rank?" Mizuko turned to the guy, she was having fun. The music was loud, she was in high spirits from the alcohol running through her, she was talking to some cute random ninja she had picked in the crowd and she just scored her whole table a few rounds of free drinks.

"Oh, me? I passed my chunin exams so I recently ranked up and I'm a full fledged Chunin, what about you." He asked gesturing to the headband.

Mizuko giggled as she slightly pressed her shoulder against him and looked up at him innocently. "Me? I'm just a paper pusher to be honest." She shrugged as she sealed her headband and took the drink the bartender had placed in front of her.

'Gah! This is much better than Sake!' Mizuko almost squealed as she tasted the sweet pineapple juice. To be honest she was probably too drunk to taste the rum that was in the drink.

"This drink is amazing!" Mizuko smiled as she seductively glanced over at him. "We should dance, I don't think I can sit still in this atmosphere." She grinned and the guy went red and shook his head. "Oh, I'm not to much of a dancer-" He began to say but as soon as Mizuk heard him say he didn't want to dance she lost interest.

'Cute but boring.' she slowly began to see if anyone else caught her attention. At this point she had gotten the drinks for the table and herself. 'I wonder if I can find that Kiku girl again, she was fun.' Mizuko thought to herself as she continue to nod and act as if she was listening to what he was saying.

'Maybe I should go back to the table, how crazy would it be if they actually finished both of those bottles by themselves.' She pondered as she sipped her drink and leaned back slightly.

She couldn't help but grin as she noticed a familiar face. 'What was his name? Ka, no, was it Ne- No, what was his name?' She wondered to herself and shrugged.

"Thanks for the drinks Aoto-kun." Mizuko stood up immediately. She could feel the drink go straight to her head and she could feel her cheeks flush and she stumbled slightly.

"See ya!" She grinned and he was barely able to react as Mizuko placed a soft kiss against his lips, wink and ran off into the crowd with her nearly full drink in hand.

"Excuse me!" She squealed as she swayed to the music and pushed her way through the crowd.

She was short enough that she could easily move through the crowd. "Hey!" Mizuko grinned as she walked up beside genma. He had a metal senbon between his teeth, he was wearing his bandana and his Jonin uniform.

"You." His eyes widened as he noticed her. Mizuko giggled slightly as she looks up at him with a smirk. Genma's face flushed as he remembered her, his eyes unconsciously trailing down her body as he noticed her fashion choice, which seemed quite familiar.

"Ah, so you do remember me." Mizuko chuckled and he grinned. "Hard to forget a girl the punched me so hard I nearly passed out." He retorts and chuckles as he notices her face flush at the memory.

Mizuko looked away and sips on her drink. "Yeah, guess that would leave some kind of impression. You probably forgotten by now, Mizuko." She reintroduced herself and he smiles as he turned to her.

"Genma." He nods. "Wanna dance?" He chuckles and Mizuko nods excitedly.

They talked some while they were dancing although it was a little hard. Soon enough they left all conversation and just moved to the beat of the music. They were too drunk to really talk about anything other than the music and drinks.

"I should really head back to my friends, I've been gone for about an hour." Mizuko stated as she tried to speak over the loud music but not too loud that everyone could hear her.

"Who did you come with?" He asked and Mizuko grinned. "My friend Anko Mitarashi." She replied and he stumbled slightly. "Heard she's crazy." He replied and she laughed. "Yeah, and we get along quite well." Mizuko stated as she closed her eyes and danced. He laughed, "You're pretty free spirited."

'Course I am.' she smirked internally but once again she couldn't help but feel like she had been in place like this before. But she couldn't think of any time she would have

"Thanks for the dance Genma, but I should head back." She stated as she pulled away and waved at him as she hurried back to table 11.

"Where did you go?" Anko asked as she noticed Mizuko approach the table.

"Got side tracked." She laughed as she scooted her way back into the booth. "Looks like someone hit the dancefloor." Kurenai chuckled as Mizuko grinned and finished her drink. "Here, some guy gracefully bought the drinks." Mizuko laughed as she tossed the twenty ryo bill at her friend.

"Wait, who the hell did you get to buy us drinks?" Anko stammered out and Mizuko laughed loudly as she sunk into her seat.

"Some guy, what was his name Aeto? Otao? Ah who cares!" she shrugged as she sat up.

Anko was quiet for a moment before laughing loudly. "Scored some booze for free, that's what's up!"

Mizuko laughed alongside her and they high fived. "I don't know if I should be happy that you guys are good friends. Or if I should be concerned." Kurenai slurred as she took a shot.

"Have you guys been sitting here this whole time?" Mizuko slurred out as she grabbed one of the bottles and tried to serve herself another shot.

"Uh, yeah. We were waiting for you to come back." Yugao replied and Mizuko scoffed. "Then let's get up and shake some ass! There's no fun in just sitting around drinking like old men." Mizuko nodded as she took a shot of Sake.

"I'm not really good at dancing." Yugao tried to say but Mizuko placed one finger over her lips. "Shhhh, no worries I'll teach ya how." Mizuko smiled and nodded as she started to get up.

"Come on! It's just going to be us girls dancing together anyways." She stood up and dragged them all out of the dance floor.

"Hahaha! This is great! I haven't had this much fun in a long time!" Mizuko laughed as she stumbled alongside Anko.

"Ne, you two okay? Maybe I should walk you home."Yugao mumbled but Anko laughed and patted her back.

"No worries I'll take her home." She stated as she held onto Mizuko's arm. "Up we go!" Mizuko squealed as she lifted both arms up and they both fell backwards.

"I'm concerned about both of you, not just Mizuko." Yugao crossed her arms as the two of them were on the floor. "Awe she cares!" Mizuko laughed as she struggled to get up. "Here." She grumbled as she helped Anko up.

"She's literally fine, She's fine." Mizuko slurred out as she helped Anko got up. "See." She slurred and Anko gave them a thumbs up. "We are A-Okay!" Anko added and both Kurenai and Yugao faced palmed. "Let's walk them home." Kurenai sighed and Yugao nodded.

"Shhhh, you're too loud." Yugao whispered as she held both Anko and Mizuko upright.

"Children of the ocean, sway, celebrate the and rejoice for the- hehahaha do you think Anko is sober enough to make it home?" Mizuko nearly tipped over as she tried to look at Anko who was trying hard to walk up the stairs to the temple.

"I'm fine, I barely drank. I haven't even blacked out once!" She grinned as Yugao lifted her and brought her up the stairs.

"She can stay in the guest bedroom. Or you can sleep in my bed, but it is a tight squeeze with everyone already there." Mizuko slurred as she grinned at Anko.

" If you get me that futon from last time. I'm in." Anko nodded as she forced herself upright.

"See, we can handle it." Mizuko forced herself up right and opened the door.

"If you say so." Yugao smirked and ruffled Mizuko's hair. "We should definitely hang out again." She nods.

"You two stay safe and go to bed it's 3 am." Kurenai chuckled as she handed Anko's coat to Mizuko.

"We will!" Mizuko nodded as she stumbled into the temple.

"Do you have a shower?" Anko asked as she took off her ninja sandals.

" It's like a small bath house, but it's probably too late for me to fill the hot tub." Mizuko stated as she slightly stumbled as she crouched down to take off her shoes.

"I hadn't gone out like this before. I had a lot of fun."Mizuko mumbled as she tossed her shoes to the side.

"Hehe I told you we'd have fun."Anko laughed as she got up and stretched.

"I think I spilled sake on myself." Mizuko groaned and yawned.

"So... let's go shower?" Anko asked and Mizuko stopped and nodded. "Yeah, let's go shower."

Morning was almost there by the time they got out of the baths.

Mizuko felt tired from being out all night. She didn't know it yet but when she sobered up she would be sore from all the dancing and stumbling from her night out.

Anko seemed less exhausted than her and which made her a bit jealous.

But that didn't matter as she got dressed into some nice warm clothing, since winter was coming to an end there was still some cold nights and it was nice to be in nice comfy clothes.

She was drifting off to sleep in her warm futon.

From the corner of her eye there was a bright red light, through the darkness she could see the light reflecting on her skin.

The color was so bright that she couldn't see any color other than red. Soft music played in the background and she could hear her own heart beat.

She could hear the soft thumping of her heart in her chest.

Blinking rapidly she tried to remember what was going on. All she could think about was how much fun she had.

She could hear someone talking beside her but all she could hear was a distorted voice and gibberish.

She stayed still as she slowly began to look up, she felt herself start t say something and the light flicker into a bright green.

The night sky was clear and the forest looked like dark shades in the background. But right in front of her there was a bright green round light.

The bright green color flickered and from the corner of her eye a bright flash and screaming filled the air.

It was like getting the a punch in the gut. Bright hot pain flaring from the right side of her body and glass flying through the air.

She hissed as the light flickered from green to red a few times.

She shut her eyes as she tried to collect herself .

As she opened them she found herself on the floor, her eyes were trained on the door and she was watching the people pass buy from inside the hospital room.

"I'm not suppose to be here, I don't live here anymore." She thought to herself as she stared at the door without moving a muscle.

As she stared through the bottom of the door she tried not to think about green light she'd seen earlier.

She tried her hardest to remember but as the time went by she started forgetting more and more.

Soon it was like it had never happened,

Mizuko woke up in a soft warm Yukata, Anko was beside her sprawled out.

She sat up and smacked her lips slightly. Memories of the previous night were fresh on her mind.

She couldn't help but shiver slightly as she tried to remember her dream. She knew she had one but couldn't remember what it was about. She looked around at the nearly empty room.

Since they had come home at around 3 am Mizuko had decided to sleep outside of her bedroom since she didn't want to wake everyone up so they crashed in one of the extra rooms in the temple.

They had fallen asleep after showering.

'By the Shinigami, am I still drunk?' Mizuko thought to herself.

She quietly got up but found herself slightly swaying.

With practiced ease she closed the shoji door.

She could hear everyone moving throughout temple.

"Good morning." She yawned sleepily as she walked into one of the living rooms.

Naruto glanced up and smiled at her. "It's afternoon."

"Huh? Already? Guess I slept in." She yawned as she sleepily plopped into one of the sofas.

"What time did you get home?" He asked as he held Kaida's hands as she jumped on the sofa.

" Sometime between three and four in the morning. What time did everyone get up?" She asks and Naruto sighs.

"The babies woke up first. Round 8 am, gave'em a bottle of warm milk with sugar and they were quiet until ten. Umi and I made breakfast and we ate a lot." He shrugged as he lifted Kaida up a few times and plopped her down on his lap before tickling her.

"Then what did y'all do?" She asks and he glanced at her. "We played outside, well at least everyone else. Ryuu and I stayed inside to help Umi-Chan clean up. Kenta and Karin watched over Kaida, Hayami and Yukio while they played on the porch. And I think Nanami watched over everyone else, but they were playing by the fruit trees." He finished off and Mizuko nodded off.

"Sounds like everyone's been busy." Mizuko mumbled as she sunk into the comfy sofa and let out a tired yawn.

Kaida was looking over at Mizuko and she wiggled in Naruto's arms.

"She wants to go with you." He says as he sets her down on the sofa.

She wobbled as she got up. Mizuko smiled as Kaida gave her a gummy smile as she stumbled to walk towards Mizuko.

Mizuko reached over and pulled the small toddler towards her. "Look at my sweet caramel drop, my sweet baby girl. Mwhaa." Mizuko cooed as she placed kisses on Kaida's cheeks which made her squeal and laugh loudly.

"I was going to put her down for a nap, cause she was being fussy." He stayed as he stretched and let himself sink into the sofa.

"She looks wide awake to me, maybe she got frustrated because it was loud." Mizuko pointed out as Kaida bellyflopped on top of her.

"Probably, we were wrestling in the dojo, Karin and Ryuu were also sparing." He stared and Mizuko glanced over at him.

"You watched over them while they were fighting right?" She asked and he nodded.

"Yeah, but they started playing hide in seek. I think they might still be playing it." He says and Mizuko hums.

"I'll take care of her, you can go play if you want." She says and Naruto grins.

"I'm going to go join everybody else. Bye Kaida." He grins as he places a sloppy wet kiss on her forehead and runs off before Kaida can hit him with her chubby baby hand.

Mizuko chuckles at the two of them but she cradled Kaida in her arms and smiles.

"You want a bath?" She asks and Kaida happily claps her hands in excitement.

I feel like this is a filler with a lot of character growth?

Whatever anyways hope you guys liked the chapter.

Rosyhatake/rosymalik