The Desert Fox: Reanimated

Ok, so before I create any new chapters, I need to fix up what I already have. Looking back over my work, I can see a lot of flaws and room for improvement. This being the case, I've decided to rewrite all of my previous chapters, hopefully bringing a good deal of improvement to the fic.

Summary: When Naruto is five years old, he gets saved from death by Anko, who then adopts him. Six months later, she gets tired of the constant attacks on her and Naruto and takes him with her to live in Suna.

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Anko glanced at her watch, ten o'clock at night. She was currently trudging home from a long, exhausting day of guard duty when suddenly a ball of spit hit her in the face.

"You're not welcome here you dirty treacherous snake!" the offending person shouted, "Go back to that traitor Orochimaru where you belong!"

Wiping the spittle off of her cheek, she cursed the memory of her former sensei Orochimaru. Her mood quickly blackened and she once again found herself considering leaving as the memories resurfaced of returning to her hometown after being abandoned by her father figure and sensei, Orochimaru, only to be rejected and spat upon. She once again cursed Konohagakure, the village that saw her as an enemy despite her numerous attempts to prove her loyalty, when suddenly she was broken out of her thoughts by a disturbance in a nearby alley. Hopping up onto a building, she peered down into the alley to see what was going on.

When she looked down into the alley, she was greeted by the sickening sight of a mob of villagers, some of them holding makeshift weapons, closing in on a young blond haired boy, clearly intending to beat him to death. She quickly decided to intervene, and jumped down into the alley between the boy and the mob, pulling out a kunai and preparing for a fight.

"Alright assholes," she shouted, "why don't you back off and stop attacking defenseless children. I know that you people get off on making the lives of people that are different from you hell, and I'm sick and tired of it. Take one more step towards this child and I'll kill you where you stand."

Anko looked over the crowd and saw a man point to her and shout "hey, isn't that Orochimaru's snake bitch student? Let's get her too, and rid our village of two dangers at once!" Another man seemed to gather courage from those words and they both ran towards her screaming a battle cry. Anko just rolled her eyes and made a punching motion towards the two, causing snakes to shoot from her sleeves and latch onto their necks. Anko smirked as they clawed at the creatures before she gave the mental command for her snakes to release their poison into the two, causing them to fall to the ground screaming and flailing at the snakes.

Just as the screaming died down and her snakes poofed away, Anko saw three ANBU members jump down into the alley right in front of where she was standing. "What's going on here?" the ANBU on the left ordered.

"Orochimaru's student killed two of our friends and is protecting that demon!" one woman shouted, "you need to get rid of them both!"

"I see," the middle ANBU said, sizing Anko up and taking inventory of the young boy behind her. "So, that's the Uzumaki kid, huh? Stand down, no one is going to attack a kid on my watch. I don't give a damn if the Fourth did seal the Kyuubi into him, he's just a kid."

The ANBU on the left, though you couldn't tell from behind his mask, was in a state of disbelief. "You can't honestly tell me that you are going to give up a chance to get rid of this demon, I mean he killed your brother! I say we end him now!"

The ANBU in the middle, who had on a wolf mask, growled at her partner, "He. Is. A. Kid." She turned to face him, "I will not lower myself to kill a child for something he did not do. Plus, the Fourth Hokage, the most powerful ninja of his time and best seal master next to Jiraiya-sama, gave up his life to use a technique to seal the Kyuubi away; do you not have any more trust in our fallen leader than to doubt his competence and skill?"

Her partner on the left, wearing a bird mask, lost himself to his anger and shouted back "this is the most powerful demon in existence! We have to kill it now!"

Anko was looking on at this display with a mix of admiration, for the wolf masked ANBU, and disgust for the bird. Suddenly, she saw the third ANBU, who was wearing a snake mask, raise his sword, about to kill the wolf. Thinking quickly, Anko drew her katana and charged at the snake, blocking his blow just before it could cut through wolf's skull. "Ninja," she spat, "don't betray their comrades, you dirty bastard."

The wolf masked ANBU turned quickly to see Anko's sword protecting her from a killing blow that would have been dealt from her other partner. "You ass," she said in disbelief, "you actually tried to kill me? I'm tired of this, I will not let you two harm that child. It ends here, byakugan!" The wolf ANBU got into the traditional Jyuuken stance. "Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms"

Anko turned back towards Naruto, checking to make sure that no one had slipped past them, only to see the bird ANBU quickly advancing towards him. "Get back here, fucker!" Anko shouted, launching herself towards him. As she closed the distance, he stopped paying attention to Naruto and turned to face her.

"Don't be foolish," he sneered, "a Tokubetsu Jounin such as yourself couldn't possibly beat me. Giving up now and letting me kill the boy is the only possible way you have of staying alive."

As the ANBU member drew his sword, prepared to attack her if she declined his offer, Anko looked over to Naruto, and she cold see the fear in his eyes. "Please," he begged, "Go and save yourself. You are one of the only two people that have been nice to me, and I don't want you to have to die just because you protected me."

Hearing that bolstered Anko with a more confidence than she had contained throughout the whole incident, and she could feel a grim determination set itself into her. "Don't worry Naruto, I'll get us out of this mess. Somehow."

Putting up her sword, she drew two kunai and slipped into a defensive stance, readying herself for a battle that she knew would be one of the toughest she had faced in her life. Sure she was a good fighter, but this was an ANBU member! She quickly quashed all doubts in her mind; this was a battle she had to win, not for herself, but for the five year old child named Naruto who was cowering in the corner trying to hide from fifty plus villagers and two ANBU. She saw the ANBU charge at her and bring his sword down in an attempt to split her skull, but her eyes held no fear, only determination. She would win, she had to.

The bird ANBU brought his sword down in a vertical arc, which Anko parried with the kunai in her right hand before striking at him with the kunai in her left. As soon as he jumped back to dodge her strike, Anko flashed through hand seals, shouting out 'Goukakyuu no Jutsu', sending a huge ball of flame hurling towards him. Smirking, Anko put away her kunai and once again drew her katana, watching as the smoke cleared, revealing a large wall of earth that stood protecting the bird. "Round two," she muttered as the wall crumbled, sending a large dust cloud into the air.

To her surprise, instead of seeing the ANBU launch another attack at her, she heard a crackling noise. As the cloud of dust settled, it revealed a fourth ANBU member, with gravity defying silver hair and a dog mask, that was holding a ball of lightning where the bird ANBU's head was. As the electricity disappeared and the body fell to the ground Anko breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank god," she whispered.

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"Byakugan!" The wolf ANBU shouted as he slipped into the traditional Jyuuken stance. "Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms" Time seemed to slow down as she began her assault, "two" she declared as she thrust two strikes at her opponent in quick succession, "four, eight, sixteen," but as she was about to double the number again and launch thirty-two strikes, the snake managed to dodge and jump out of the attack's range. "Well, you managed to dodge before I completed my attack, but you still have most of your tenketsu closed. Tonight you die."

The snake ANBU sneered under his mask, "oh, please. Before the night's over, you and the child will be laying dead in this alley, and I will be cheered on as the person who killed the demon." Snake shot forward, a kunai in his hand, in an attempt to strike at wolf's chest.

As wolf took a step back to dodge the blow, she noticed something odd about the blade, "Poison," she whispered. She took a step forward, aiming a strike at his head, and smirked when he jumped back to avoid being struck. Suddenly, a second Wolf ANBU appeared behind the snake ANBU and struck him in the spine with a Jyuuken strike. Shocked, he went wide eyed and gasped, "h-how?" As he fell down, wolf dealt him a blow to the heart, killing him instantly.

"Just because I'm a Hyuuga doesn't mean I actually intend to listen to their stupid laws. I learn what I want, clan laws be damned." The shadow clone disappeared and wolf walked back to the back of the alley, arriving in front of Naruto just as the Hokage arrived with his ANBU. Wolf knelt down to Naruto's eye level and pulled up her mask to reveal a Hyuuga with brown hair that looked to be fourteen, "so, how you doing Naru-chan?"

"I'm doing good now that you and that other lady came and saved me, Kyo-neechan." Naruto frowned back up at the girl in front of him, "only thing is, the orphanage kicked me out today, so I don't have any place to stay again. Why do they treat me like this?"

The girl, now identified as Kyo, sighed, "I guess it's time you knew now, but I can't tell you here. Look at my eyes." As he did, she cast them both into a genjutsu and they appeared in the living room of a cabin. Up against the wall in front of them was a fireplace,providing the only source of light in the room. In front of the Fireplace stood a glass table in the shape of an oval, and on either side of the table, where the points were, was a black leather couch. Kyo sat down on the couch on the right, and Naruto sat down beside her, causing her to pull him on her lap. "Oh, come on Naru-chan, you know whenever we come here I like you to sit on my lap. Not afraid to sit on your big sister's lap are you?"

"No, of course not," Naruto defended.

"Anyways," Kyo continued, "about five years ago, Konoha was attacked by the nine tailed demon, Kyuubi no Kitsune. Unlike what people may say, a demon as powerful as Kyuubi couldn't be killed, so the Fourth Hokage had no choice other than to use a forbidden technique that summoned the Shinigami to seal Kyuubi inside of a newborn baby. That newborn was you."

Naruto looked up at Kyo with tears in his eyes, "so that's why everyone hates me, because I'm a demon? Why has no one ever told me?"

Kyo sighed, "That is why everyone hates you, but you are not a demon. You are only the container of the Kyuubi. As for why no one ever told you, the Third Hokage made a law that anyone too young to remember the incident themselves was not to be told about what really happened to the Kyuubi, on pain of death." By now Naruto was quietly sobbing into her chest, and Kyo just rubbed his back comfortingly. She looked out of the window to see what was going on in the outside, and the Hokage as well as Anko and the dog ANBU could be seen walking toward the two of them in slow motion. She sighed, "I'm sorry things had to turn out like this for you. The Fourth Hokage actually asked that you be treated like a hero, but the people were too shortsighted and let their fear and hatred run away with their sense."

They just sat there like that, until finally Naruto stopped crying and broke the silence, "what am I going to do for a house though?"

Kyo thought about it for a moment, before finally answering, "well, if nothing else then I can let you stay in my room. You'll have to hide whenever you hear someone coming though, like last time, because my uncle doesn't like you. We'll talk with the Hokage about it, though."

Naruto smiled, "thanks neechan."

Kyo looked out of the window again, and saw Anko, the Hokage, and the ANBU looking down at them, and frowned. "Naru-chan, we may have some visitors soon, I think they've found us. Are you ready to go back yet? We don't have to if you don't want to."

Naruto sniffled, "I don't think I'm ready yet."

Kyo smiled, "we'll stay here then."

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On the outside.

"What's wrong with them?" Anko asked.

"Well," the dog masked ANBU member said, "they appear to be trapped in a genjutsu. Hokage-sama, would you like me to break the genjutsu?"

The Hokage frowned, "no, I want you to enter the genjutsu and see what's going on. It's strange that she would defend Naruto and then put him in a genjutsu, and that looks to be a strong genjutsu too."

"Hai, Hokage-sama." The dog ANBU pulled up his mask to reveal the face of Hatake Kakashi, who then opened his sharingan eye. As he entered the illusion, he found himself standing in front of a log cabin. A sign on the door read 'Keep Out, No Visitors Welcome.' He looked around and saw the cabin was in a snow filled meadow that was surrounded by a far off circle of trees marking the line of a forest. Looking back at the door, he tried the door knob, only to have it fall off. Looking back to the sign on the door, he had to do a double take, for it now read, 'Keep Out, NO Visitors Welcome. THAT MEANS YOU KAKASHI!' Frowning, he used his sharingan to force the door open and walked inside.

When Kakashi walked inside, Kyo was sitting on the couch, rubbing the back of a sleeping Naruto. Kyo glared up at Kakashi, "I told you to stay away, Kakashi. What do you want?"

"I was asked by the Hokage to check on Naruto-kun because you put a genjutsu on him." Kakashi walked over to the vacant couch and sat down, "and I intend to stay here until you are ready to leave."

"Kakashi," Kyo started in a dangerous tone of voice, "when we leave, you will NOT tell the Hokage about anything you saw here. If you must, tell him that we came here to talk in peace about what had happened to him, but if I find out you told him anything more than that, I swear I'll burn your entire Icha Icha collection and then castrate you."

Kakashi gulped and nodded, "sure, but why?"

"This is a private place that me and Naru-chan come to whenever he's down or needs to talk, and you're the only other person ever to see it."

Kakashi nodded again, "Ok, I understand. It's nice to see someone that actually cares for Naruto."

Kyo sighed, "Well, since Naru-chan is asleep, I guess it's time to leave. Besides," she said looking out the window, "I think they're starting to worry." Kyo picked Naruto up bridal style and walked to the door, before looking back to Kakashi, "You coming?" As she walked out the door, her and Naruto awoke from the genjutsu.

As the genjutsu ended, Naruto's eyes closed and he fell onto Kyo. She smiled, before picking him again, and he unconsciously snuggled in closer to her, causing her to giggle.

The Hokage frowned at her, "what was that about? What happened to Naruto?"

Kyo's smile dropped from her face as she looked towards the village's leader, "Me and Naruto were just having a talk, and don't worry, he's just asleep. He's had a long day."

The Hokage nodded slowly, "Anko, Kyo, Kakashi, report to my office immediately; we need to sort out what happened here today."

Once they all arrived in the Hokage's office, the Hokage told them to sit down. Anko and Kakashi sat down in front of his desk, while Kyo opted to take the couch towards the back of the room, laying Naruto across her lap with his head on the arm rest.

"So," began the Hokage, "tell me what happened."

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An hour later.

Anko interlaced her fingers and slammed her elbows down on the Hokage's desk, "so let me get this straight, you're telling me that everyone in the village has made Naruto's life a living hell even though he's the one that is keeping us safe from the Kyuubi AND they regularly try to beat him to death?"

The Hokage nodded and muttered, "I'm getting too old for all this shit."

"And You," Anko turned around and faced Kyo, "are telling us Naruto got kicked out of the orphanage today and has no place to live now?"

"More or less," Kyo said, conveniently forgetting the fact that she had offered him a place to stay if no one else could find room for him.

Right at that moment Naruto stretched and yawned, "morning nee-chan."

Kyo smiled at him, "Morning Naru-chan."

Naruto looked around, "where are we?"

"We're in the Hokage's office, Naru-chan. So, you sleep good?"

"Yup," Naruto grinned at her.

The Hokage smiled to himself, well, I guess I was wrong about doubting her in the alley; Naruto- kun seems to be happier when he's with her than I've seen him with anyone else. I wonder why I've never seen those two together before though.

While all of this was happening, Anko appeared to be in deep thought. After a moment, she called to Naruto, "hey Naruto, how would you like to be adopted?"

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked, shocked that someone would make that offer to him.

"You know," Anko clarified, "I could adopt you and become your mother."

Naruto looked at Kyo with a questioning look, and she smiled at him and nodded. Naruto turned back to Anko, "you'd really adopt me?" he asked.

Anko winked at him, "believe it."

"THAT'D BE AWESOME!" he shouted, practically deafening everyone in the room, except for Kyo, who knew Naruto well enough that she knew to cover her ears first. Then he softly added "Believe it" to the end.

The Hokage looked at Anko with a surprised look, "are you sure it's a good idea for you to adopt him?"

Anko spun around to face the Hokage, a vein popped up on her forehead, and leaned in closer to him. "Are you saying," she said in a falsely sweet voice that promised death to all who answered wrong, "that I wouldn't make a good mother?"

The Hokage gulped and seemed to shrink into his seat, "no, it's just that -"

"Great," Anko interrupted, "then get me the paperwork and we'll be done with the deal."

Kyo laughed at Naruto's amazed expression and ruffled his hair, "see, Naru-chan, looks like everything is going to be all right for you."

"Yeah, isn't it great?" Naruto replied.

"Alright," the Hokage said as he pulled out a folder and gave it to Anko, "all the necessary paperwork is in here."

After Anko finished filling out the paperwork, Kyo got up to leave, "see you later Naru-chan." She turned to Anko, "Take good care of Naruto," she said in a good natured voice, but the look in her eyes carried the threat 'or else'.

Anko flashed her a smile, "don't worry, I will."

Thirty minutes later, Anko turned the key to her apartment, and her and Naruto walked inside. As they walked into the kitchen, Naruto's stomach growled.

"Hungry?" Anko asked, going to the refrigerator and pulling out cereal and milk, then pulling out two bowls from the cabinet.

"I'm starving," Naruto replied, putting a hand over his stomach. After they finished with their cereal, Anko took him into the bedroom and pulled a white t-shirt out of her dresser for him to wear to bed.

"I only have one bed, so you'll have to sleep with me," Anko called to him. As he finished changing and climbed into bed, Anko put her arm around him, "tomorrow we have to go shopping for some stuff for you, Good Night."

"Good Night," Naruto replied as he drifted off to sleep.

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A/N:Well, that's all for now folks,but before I go, I should explain one thing. You may be wondering why Kyo acted like she didn't know Naruto if she's like his sister. Well, her acting like she didn't know Naruto is the main reason that she is able to help him in the first place. If word got out that she was a 'demon sympathizer' people that hate him, such as the council or higher ups in ANBU, may try to keep her away from Naruto so she couldn't help him. It also doesn't help that her uncle, the Hyuuga clan head, hates Naruto as well.

As a final note, I'll be leaving the old chapters up until I replace them with revised chapters, but the old chapters may not completely make sense to you if you haven't read the original chapter, so read with caution. You'll be able to tell the difference between an old chapter and a new one because in the bottom right box, the new chapters will all have names while the old ones will just say "2. Chapter 2" or something like that.

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