"Yo Kurenai, who're the kids?"
"Hi iAnko, these are my genin. Haruka, Hinata, Sasuke, meet Mitarashi Anko, my best friend. Anko meet my genin." Anko smiles wickedly, the three kids were blushing, well two of them were, the redhead was confused. All three of them were staring at her open trench coat with nothing but mesh underneath.
"Ah look at them they're so embarrassed by a mature woman like myself. Well, do you like what you see?"
"Yes."
Anko blinks in surprise as the Hyuuga girl answers, she had been expecting her to be spluttering.
"Hey Hina-chan, would you like it if I dressed like that? You're blushing a lot."
"Only in private."
Haruka nods, accepting the answer.
"Hina-chan do you like them big like hers?"
"No I actually prefer that yours are smaller."
"Oh my Kurenai it looks to me like you've got a couple of little cuties on your team, send them to me in a few years. They might just end up being my type." Anko said slyly.
Kurenai snorts and says. "I'm going to tell Hana you said that."
"No, don't do it Kurenai! I was only kidding! You know I love Hana!" The tears were fake and they both knew it. Anko and Inuzuka Hana had been dating for a few years now and Anko had told Kurenai in private she wanted to put a ring on the other girl's finger once the seal on her neck was removed.
"Do you mean Inuzuka Hana, Kiba's older sister?" It was Hinata who asked, a devious grin forming on her lips.
"You know the little brat?"
"He was in our class."
"Well then yeah, I've been dating Hana-chan for about three years now."
"Does she know her little brother called us," she gestures between herself and Haruka-chan, "dykes before? When we came out. And on multiple other occasions."
Anko cackles, "Oh Hana-chan's gonna love this, so will Tsume!" The brat was gonna get it.
"By the way, I've taken the liberty of ordering our food." Kurenai spoke up.
"Thanks Sensei." The three kids chorus together.
"So Kurenai, what made you decide you wanted to take a team this year?" Anko had been a bit out of touch these past few days, she'd been busy torturing a traitorous chunin assistant for the past couple of days, and before that she had been on a long term mission.
"I heard Kushina-sensei's legacy was graduating." Kurenai had been a genin under the red haired woman, along with Maito Gai and Uzuki Yugao.
"You knew my mom?" It was Haruka who spoke, it's the first time there's been any mention of her mom outside of people mistaking her for the other woman. She'd be lying if it hadn't sparked some curiosity.
"Of course I knew her, she was my sensei when I was a genin."
"Oh cool, can you tell me anything about her? I only know her name, and that she is probably my Uzumaki parent. Assuming only one parent is." She actually didn't know for sure that Kushina is an Uzumaki, but given she knew that they had red hair and people mistake her for her mother, it would imply her mother does too, and as such is an Uzumaki.
"Why hasn't the Hokage or anyone else told you anything? It's not like he forbade people from telling you." It's true, he had only made information on the girl's father classified. She's a little shocked that Hiashi or Teuchi had never told the girl.
"I've only ever asked the Hokage and all he says is, 'Your parents were great heroes.' or he'll just deflect the question. And then I guess I was never curious enough before now to ask Hiashi-san or Teuchi-ojisan."
Anko speaks up. "I'm surprised your little girlfriend never asked."
"Oh I've asked, but they both told me they wouldn't say anything until Haruka-chan asks them herself."
Kurenai blinks, well that explains it.
"So can you tell me about my mom or not?"
"Sure, anything in particular you'd like to know?"
Haruka hesitates before asking quietly. "Did she want me?" Maybe she was an unwanted child, like after a drunken night or something, and her mom just let the village sacrifice her.
"More than you'll ever know. The day she found out she was pregnant with you she seemed to be practically glowing with happiness. It was almost like Konoha had a second sun for a few weeks. As time wore on it became a more muted happiness. When she found out you were going to be a girl all she did for months was talk about how she'd make you her little princess."
Hinata gently runs her hand up and down Haruka-chan's back. She knew the other girl must be feeling pretty emotional at hearing she was in fact loved, for now this is the best she can do to soothe her. She hears the girl faintly whisper, "Kaa-chan." Hinata can't help but smile. She knew the girl appreciated the gifts connecting her to the extinct clan. Because even if the girl would deny it, she knew deep down that the girl wanted desperately to know her family. But she buried it under layers of apathy towards them thanks to the villagers abuse. "Was she strong?"
"She and Tsunade-sama are the strongest kunoichi I've ever met. She was easily a kage level shinobi with S-rank Kenjutsu, Taijutsu, and Fuinjutsu. When she used with her signature chakra chains she was almost unstoppable on the battlefield. She was also Jonin level in every other ninja art. She had actually been in contention for becoming the fourth Hokage. She's the reason that I'm jonin level in Kenjutsu." Her Taijutsu style is also what Gai based the Goken on. He simply adapted it to better fit his body type and focus more on the pure force of it.
"What is her Taijutsu style like? Oh thank you," the latter half is stated as her food along with everyone elses is brought to them. She pointedly ignores the glare the server gives her.
"I think you'd like it, you already seem fond of kicks. However I never learned her style, but I know someone who knows every level of the style. If you want to stick around after we're done today I'll introduce you." Kurenai was happy to help her student. She turns to look at the other two, seeing as they had been left out of the conversation only to see Hinata glaring at her fiercely. She acknowledges it and mouths the words "Later." She wasn't going to make a scene in public, they'd deal with whatever this problem is during their one on one later.
The group settles into Idle chatter for a bit only for Anko to shout, "Hey Hana-chan! You'll never guess what I found out!" The woman with long brown hair tied into a ponytail had just stepped into the dumpling shop. She had smelled her girlfriend was out of T&I and wanted to see her. She had also smelled Kurenai.
"Oh is there a discount on dango?" her voice has a teasing lilt to it.
"Don't even joke about that. No it's hilarious, well it will be for me. You'll be mad."
"What did Kiba do?"
It was the only thing that really amused Anko that also made the brunette angry. That is to say her brother is doing something stupid.
"Turns out he called these two a couple of dykes." She says jerking a thumb towards the genin. Seeing the look on her girlfriend's face she laughs. "You can kill him later, hopefully while I get to watch, for now come eat with us." Hana sighs and takes the seat next to Anko. Leaning on her shoulder.
"I've missed you."
"I've missed you more."
The genin were all a little surprised, Anko had just been so boisterous. Now she was so well sweet.
"So Hana how did the mission go?"
"It was pretty easy just had to hunt down and capture a B-rank missing nin from Iwa. He was surprisingly weak for his rank."
The three jonin fall into conversation, while it's happening Sasuke is staring hard at Hana trying to remember where he saw her. Finally he gives up and just asks. "Do I know you from somewhere?"
"You were pretty little so you probably don't remember, but I was on Itachi-kun's team. I briefly went to the academy with him, but he had been a chunin at the time he was assigned to my team, thanks to him graduating early we had a missing space and he had just become chunin so he was put on my team. Since his own team died in the exam." Sasuke had been too young to remember Itachi's first team.
"So I used to hang out with Itachi-kun at your house after training."
Kurenai stands and speaks. "Sorry to interrupt," Not really, it's better for everyone if she gets the boys mind off Itachi. "But we need to go get our mission if we're going to stick to my schedule. It was good seeing you two. Be sure not to be caught going out in public. Again." The three genin look at them and raise an eyebrow at that, again?