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it has been a couple months since ann's birthday. for her birthday zabuza got her an autum colored kimono. it was big though, ann wouldn't be able to wear it untill she grew for a few years. she didn't really plan on wearing it anyways. lately zabuza's been getting on her nerves, but on the other hand he taught her two new jutsus, the water vortex jutsu and the water dragon jutsu. she did ok on those two, but as long as she knows all the hands signs for it zabuza didn't care if she was able to perform them or not, it was only for a last resort. the day before ann had to go to the land of fire, she was on the bed looking at the wooden floor, thinking. zabuza entered the room from a mission he went on
zabuza~i hope you remember what's tomorrow ann
ann~shut up! just shut up zabuza!! i know that i'm going tomorrow! if you really don't want me then i'll leave right now! just leave me alone...you've been telling me about this for days and it's the only thing that you've made me think about...
she turned around on the bed and plopped down with her face in the pillow. he sat in bed next to her knowing he had gone too far, and even considered to lay off it
zabuza~i was just pressuring you so you'll be used to it years from now
ann~why do you want that?
zabuza~in case you have to face ibiki morino
ann turned her head so she was looking at him
ann~who's he? a friend of yours?
zabuza~no. he's the head of konaha's anbu interrogation and torture. specializes in mental torture. i heard he messes with your mind so much that you torture yourself
ann~you know how he looks?
zabuza showed her a picture of him in his 'bingo book'. ibiki wasn't wearing his headband so it showed all his scares, burn marks, and punctures in his head
ann~what in the world happened to him?
he put his book away and looked at ann. she looked disgusted at the way he looked. he just ruffled ann's hair knowing that she feels better then he put his arm around her. she started humming a song that she has never heard before but just knew it
zabuza~where'd you here that?
ann~don't know. i like it though
zabuza~a friend of your father's hummed that once...

the next day ann spent all morning packing a bag her size with all her stuff. all she packed was some food for the trip, spare clothes, that kimono, and some of her trinkets to remember zabuza by. in the afternoon they went towards the village ann was going to. since ann has never seen the mist village before they had to take the long way to keep it that way. after they crossed the water, zabuza showed her the way to the village.
ann~bye zabuza...i hope we see eachother again
zabuza~bye ann. for sure we will
he put her bangs behind her ears and slippped a folded piece of paper in her hair. ann took it out and read it
ann~it's...
zabuza~written in the code i taught you last month. read it later. you should go now before someone notices and they start spreading this around
ann nodded. before she went zabuza grabbed her hair
ann~zabuza?!
he started to move her bangs out of her hair and in the end there were ribbons again
ann~zabi...
zabuza~don't want you looking too much of a boy. good luck lil oni
ann didn't take out the ribbons but nodded again smiling then walked off in the direction he pointed to. she looked back at him wiping her eyes
zabuza~she'll probably run back...
and just as he thought ann came running back into his arms crying
zabuza~i'm gonna miss you too ann...you'll do great there
ann~but why do i have to go now?...
zabuza~it'll be easier for you to act as an orphaned child...and because it's getting warmer now
ann~ok....
zabuza~go on now...we'll see each other again. i love you ann
ann~i love you too
she forced herself to let him go. zabuza wiped her eyes and kissed her head
zabuza~go
she nodded with a frown and started walking, looking back at him every few paces until he finally turned to leave

as she traveled to the leaf, she had came across the demon brothers. by the time they realized who she was, since they worked for zabuza several times and had known his sister, ann had used the water vortex jutsu and escaped.

ann had snuck in though the gates while some of the village ninjas were coming back in from a mission. she settled down on the far side of the village were some houses were abandoned. while enrolled in the academy, ann made a living delivering ramen at ichiraku and many other stores.

eventually, she graduated with the gennin 12, along with her best friend ravi. together with her, they were teamed up with naruto, sasuke, and sakura under the supervision of kakashi. ann could have graduated sooner, but it became clear within the first few months that having her stay with ravi as a partner was for the better for both the sanity of the teachers and the village.