The next day,
Scarlet woke up. She saw that Naruto and Tsunade were present near her bed. Scarlet got up dizzily and asked, "Were they caught?"
Tsunade replied, "No, they managed to escape."
Naruto said, "Nee-chan, Sasuke was taken by them."
Scarlet's face was calm as if she has expected it. Seeing this Naruto thought about the words Sasuke said before he left 'Naruto, Scarlet loves you very much so she keeps you away from major troubles. But if you remain weak then you will not be eligible to fight alongside her.'
Naruto then thought of Scarlet's strength and felt that Sasuke was true. Tsunade's words interrupted Naruto's thoughts.
Tsunade: Scarlet, many people will be after you because of the bounty and also to prevent any troubles from Orochimaru, I decided to let you join Anbu and you will directly my command.
Scarlet's mood turned chaotic when she heard the word Anbu. Some memories which she suppressed were dug out because of it. Sensing Scarlet's mood, Tsunade asked: "Is it about Akane?"
Scarlet nodded bitterly after hearing the familiar name after a long time. Tsunade then said "Join Anbu, when you get strong I will give you the details of her mission and death"
Scarlet's eyes immediately turned red, god knows how many times she begged the Third Hokage to give her those details but he always replied "Forgive me, Scarlet, Anbu mission details must be kept confidential"
Now she finally got the chance to investigate her death, there is no way Scarlet was giving away this opportunity.
Scarlet replied to Tsunade "I will join Anbu"
Naruto's mood was chaotic when he heard the conversation. He knew how much Scarlet had changed after Sister Akane's death. She stopped using the bow which she liked very much and she was cold to everyone except himself.
Tsunade said "You will be reporting tomorrow then. Here is your letter of appointment." Tsunade gave the letter to Scarlet.
Scarlet took it and nodded. Scarlet then said "Aunt Tsunade, Orochimaru has made a hand with the cells of the First Hokage for kabuto"
A frightening Aura was released from Tsunade. Tsunade said "I will see you guys later" and left.
Scarlet went to a home with Naruto. After coming to home Naruto asked Scarlet "Nee-chan did you know that Sasuke would leave us"
Scarlet nodded. Naruto asked, "Why did you let him leave dattebayo?"
Scarlet replied "Naru chan I told you about Danzo right. That guy will never let Sasuke grow so he had gone to get stronger. Don't worry, he will return after he gets stronger"
'Getting Stronger'
These words remained in Naruto's mind. He then vowed that he would get stronger. Naruto and Scarlet went back to their rooms.
The next day,
Scarlet made breakfast for herself and Naruto. After eating breakfast she went out. She went towards the Hokage's building. She was looking for the location of Anbu quarters which was mentioned by Tsunade. She used her power of space and observed the building.
She then found that the Anbu quarters seemed to be covered with a seal which creates an illusion and keeps people away from the place. She then dispelled the illusion and entered the building. A man with a black clothing, a grey flak jacket and a spiral tattoo on his shoulder appeared before Scarlet.
He said "Who are you? Non-personal people are not allowed here, you better leave soon."
Scarlet took the letter Tsunade gave and said: "I was asked by the Hokage to come here with the appointment letter."
The man took the letter and after reading it he took Scarlet in with him. They went towards a lady, after talking with the man the lady asked Scarlet her details. After registering her details the lady gave Scarlet the standard uniform of Anbu which consist of black clothing, a grey flak jacket, a metal arm guards and gloves, ninja sandals with spikes and three ninja pouches.
She then called Scarlet towards her asked her to sit after which she made the spiral tattoo on her shoulder. She said to Scarlet "You have to hide the tattoo when you are off duty and you will have a code name in Anbu. Do you have any specific name in mind or shall we select it at random for you."
Scarlet replied, "Well I will take the code 'Red Witch'."
The lady smiled and said "Very well now you need to select a mask after which you will meet your squad members"
The lady took Scarlet with her and showed her many masks, the masks were white painted with lines of several colours to depict the features of an animal. Scarlet took a mask which was white with several purple lines intertwining in it, it was an eagle mask.
After taking the mask the lady took Scarlet to her teammates.