*poof*

In a cloud of smoke, Naruto was returned to his original state. He was sprawled on the ground and his appearance was like you'd expect: that of someone who had been trampled for days straight. He was bruised, his clothes were torn, he was dirty, and he smelled exactly like Anko Mitarashi's feet. He did not immediately realize he was back to normal, tired as he was.

Anko had shot up when she saw the puff of smoke, pulled out her kunai, and saved Naruto by death when she decided not to throw it. She stared in alarm at the boy she recognized as the Kyuubi kid. He had been disguised as sandals? Why did he look so beat up? Where were her REAL sandals? What the hell was he doing here, anyways?

Naruto had realized what had happened and exclaimed with joy. He tried to get up, but his muscles were too sore. Anko's feet had really made their mark.

Anko stomped over and roughly picked him up. She gritted her teeth. "Explain. Now."

When Anko understood his state, she sat him down and patiently waited. Naruto was more elated than he could ever remember being, but he knew that he would have to explain to Anko. He had to be convincing, so the only part he would lie about was that he had wanted to be Ino's sandal.

So he told Anko, who was hanging on every word, that Ino was angry at him, and had transformed him into a sandal. She had then forgotten about him in her gymbag......Anko burst out laughing at this part.

"Y-y-you m-ean that all this w-week you've...?" Naruto bowed his head. Anko clutched her stomach, she was running out of breath laughing.

"OH MAN, THAT SUCKS! HOW HAVE MY FEET BEEN TREATIN YA, KID?!?" She smacked her knee and laughed some more. She inspected his state, and then put her feet up on the table, causing Naruto to flinch. "Oh, sorry kid, guess these are your worst fear now, huh?" She admired the tools of Naruto's torment, wiggling her toes. "Boy, Ive actually gotten TRAINED NINJAS to confess everything with these in a few hours, and you were under there for a WEEK. Could you feel it and smell it and all?

Naruto muttered. "I could feel it but not smell it, I mean, I had no nose..." He really didn't ever want to talk about this again.

Anko snorted. "Right. Wow, I can't believe I walked on a guy for a week and didn't notice! That's so wild. Hmm, no smell, you said?

Naruto wanted this conversation to end, so he started talking about Ino, though Anko didn't seem to be paying attention to him, she was focusing on her hands, doing different hand signs and frowning, as if trying to work something out.

"So what are we going to do about Ino?
Anko focused on her hands. "Huh? Oh her! Nothing, really. If she hasn't noticed or remembered by now, she never will. Or maybe she just doesn't care. Either way, she's no problem.

Naruto was genuinely confused. "What do you mean? She's going to get punished, right."

A lightbulb seemed to go off over Anko's head, and she stopped working on her hand signs. She answered Naruto. "Hell no! Why would I punish her? I should thank her really."
Anko stood up and towered over Naruto. "Okay, your breaks over, I'm changing you back into my sandals. Have fun!"

The sexy jonin smiled brightly at Naruto as she began on the handsigns she had just worked out.....