The office door of the room the Third did all of study in was slammed opened, and a man with scars covering his face walked in. A rather large man, in a black trench coat with the most terrifying look Akai had ever seen.

"What do you need, Lord Hokage?" Ibiki asked, his eyes glancing at the little girl slightly, confused as to why she was here because she looked so innocent.

"Kakashi brought this girl to me with the information that this girl was a criminal. She broke into Konoha and also stole things from the gate guards. With every question I have asked her, she has refused to answer. You will get what information you can out of her." The Third explained, and Akai's mouth fell slightly agape.

"What, tashikani?!" Akai screamed out, glancing between the third and the large man they were going to hand her over to. "I'm not a criminal!"

"You broke the laws. You are a criminal, and you will be treated like one." Ibiki said as he grabbed the girls upper arm roughly, and began to drag her out of the room, even as the girl began to flail around and kick on the ground.

"This can be categorized as child abuse, Scarface! You guys are the evil ones here, tashikani!" Akai yelled in anger.

"Damn you idiotic guards! Damn you pervert shinobi! Damn you old smoker! Damn you psychotic scarface! DAMN THIS FREAKING VILLAGE!!!"

Kakashi's eyes twitched, as he watched Ibiki dragged the girl out of the building. She was screaming every kind of insult a human can ever yell out in a single breath, and Kakashi was now itching to grab a soap and forced the girl to eat it.

"What do you think, Kakashi?" Hiruzen asked, his lips curved into a small, amused smile.

"She has a large chakra reserves," the jounin replied, "but she doesn't use any of it. She drank two bottles of sake and still in her full consciousness. She's not someone to be underestimated, even if she's not a shinobi."

The Hokage nodded. "I wonder what's the reason of her hatred. A child of her age shouldn't have been travelling alone as a thief. Let's hope that Ibiki can get something out of her."

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Ibiki tied the girl to a metal chair in the middle of the dark room. He crossed his arms.

"Let's make it easy and cooperate with me. What's your name?"

The girl shrugged.

"How old are you?"

"I'm still young, tashikani. You're the old one."

Ibiki glared at the girl, as he grabbed a kunai and approached her. He pointed the kunai on her neck.

"I wouldn't mind seeing your blood. Now just answer me. Who are you?"

"... Someone." Akai answered.

The jounin growled. He hit the girl's head. "Do you want me to hurt you, kid?!" He roared. The girl gave him a smug grin.

"I'm just a kid, like how you called me. If you hurt me, that's child abuse. It was forbidden by the law. That means you're a criminal, tashikani."

"That's my job to do whatever it takes to get you to talk!"

"I'm currently talking to you. Job or not, doesn't matter."

"Shut up already." He grunted, as he made a cut on her cheek.

"Hey! Not there! If you want a scar buddy, you can just ask, tashikani!"

The interrogator ignored her. "Name? Tell me or I'll force it out of you." He demanded.

She smiled innocently. "I would like to see you try. Besides, I thought you told me to shut up?"

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When Kakashi entered the interrogation room, he almost dropped his jaw.

That was the first time he saw Ibiki lost his cool. And the sight isn't pretty.

Ibiki was leaning on the table, closing his eyes, taking deep breaths, as if he had just gotten some panic attacks. The blue-haired girl is grinning cheekily, hands tied behind her back. Scratches covered her skin, but that fact doesn't seem to affect her.

"... What happened?" The Hatake finally managed to asked.

"The big, bad Scarface almost kill the innocent little girl, tashikani~" she sang, before she let out a giggle, and then bursted out laughing.

But Akai didn't stop there. "Oh, how I pity this girl. She was ignored by the two guards of the gates, and she was almost raped by a masked shinobi. She was questioned, and treated like a criminal by a smoking old man. And now people tied her in a metal chair, tashikani!"

Ibiki turned at Kakashi. "I can't deal with this brat anymore." He muttered, shaking his head in a tired manner.

Akai grinned wider. "Hey, I want to talk with that old smoker again. Can I, tashikani?"

"What is it, child?" Hiruzen asked back, as he walked in. He had watched the whole scene, which amuses him, and now he decided to once again confront the child.

"Old smoker!" Akai cheered, "Would you, sir, be kind enough to release me, tashikani? The masked pervert haven't take any responsibility for breaking my wrist."

"I will release you, if you answer my few questions, child." Hiruzen said as he moved closer to the girl, who had her nose scrunched up slightly as she thought about the bargain the Hokage was trying to pull her into it.

"... Depends on what they are, tashikani." Akai said, narrowing her eyes slightly at the Hokage, the cheeky grin still on her lips.

"Your name?"

"It starts with an A!" Akai said, her child like giggle passing her lips. From near the door way, Kakashi had to take a step away from the annoyed interrogator, who was basically steaming with anger now. That was more than he had gotten out of the girl in two hours, but it still wasn't a straight answer.

"I'll take it for now." Hiruzen sighed slightly. "How old are you?"

"Older than 10, tashikani!" Akai said, shining her teeth at him.

"Where are you from?"

"Somewhere that's not here. That's enough questions, tashikani! Now, will you please untie me old smoker sir? I have unfinished business with the masked pervert."

"... Says the girl who tried to steal my book." Kakashi muttered out, and Ibiki glanced over at him with an annoyed glare on his facial features.

"You almost broke the girl's wrist over that stupid book?" Ibiki asked, and Kakashi raised his hands up, his palms facing Ibiki and he shrugged his shoulders slightly.

"Hey, she tried to steal it from me. She had already stolen from people of the leaf before that, so you shouldn't say it was just over the book. It was more over... the fact that she is a thief." Kakashi said, nodding his head slightly with a smile from under his dark mask. Ibiki shook his head slightly, the level of his annoyance growing by the moment.

"Are you two done yet, tashikani?! Stop talking about me like I'm a criminal!" Akai said, glaring at the two shinobi.

"You are a criminal." Ibiki and Kakashi said in sync, and Hiruzen sighed heavily.

"Child, I am going to let you go-" He started, but he was cut off by Akai cheering loudly.

"Tashikani!" She shouted, the smile on her lips large.

"As I was saying." The third said, a stern look in his eyes. "I will be letting you go, but you will be staying in Konoha under strict guarding. You will be staying with Ibiki until I feel you can be trusted."

"What?!" Ibiki called out at the same time that Akai narrowed her eyes at the scarred man.

"I have to stay with Scarface?! Why?! Why not someone else?!"

"Because that is my order." The third said with a stern glare on his face as he looked at the girl. "You will also join the ninja academy, and become a ninja so that you will be able to afford your own apartment after I feel you can be trusted enough to not live with Ibiki."

"No way! I will not become a shinobi, tashikani!" Akai said as she shook her head. "I don't want to be a criminal! Shinobi are bad people, all they do is kill people without mercy!"

"I don't care if you don't like it, child. These are the rules, or you will be thrown into a maximum security cell until you decide to agree with my standards." Hiruzen said as he brought a cigarette up to his lips, lit up, and took a large drawl off it.

"Throw me there, tashikani! I don't care! Anything but the shinobi status, tashikani!" She practically screamed, her body is shaking in anger, her fists clenched.

Hiruzen froze. He didn't expect this kind of reaction from her. She really lost her cocky, playful attitude.

Akai closed her eyes, and took a deep breath. She avered her gaze to the window.

"Chain me. Lock me up. Hit me, torture me. Everything is better than being forced to be a ninja, tashikani."

Ibiki growled in annoyance. He pulled out a kunai, and approached her.

But to everyone's shock, she pulled out something sharp, and made a large cut on his cheek, catching him off guard, before she ran and jumped out of the window.

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