Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters!

This is my first fanfiction, so I hope you enjoy it!

The bright sun shone down on the village of Konohagakure as villagers woke up and started their early-morning errands. However, a certain blonde-haired boy still slept rather soundly, an occasional snore escaping his lips. A small but happy smile snuck onto his face as he dreamt that he was swimming in ramen broth, surrounded by all the ramen he could ever want. This dream was delightful- for him, at least.

Tsunade sat behind her desk, boredly going over her paper work. It had finally piled up so high on the desk that she could no longer ignore it. Suddenly, a puff of cloudy white smoke appeared in the middle of the room and an ANBU appeared on his knees. "Hokage-sama, I have urgent news. It seems that one of our secure vaults has been breached and one of the forbidden scrolls was taken! I have men searching for the one responsible, but we have found nothing."

"Summon all off-duty ninja at once!" The female Hokage ordered, her voice tinted with anger. The ANBU gave a nod before disappearing.

Naruto opened his eyes sleepily, his cerulean orbs quickly meeting the sunlight that shone through his window. He rubbed his eyes and gave a tired yawn, stretching his muscled arms before standing up. He ran a hand through his spiky blonde hair and left his room, heading into the kitchen. He was about to take a sip of some spoiled milk when a knock at the door interrupted his actions, making him jump and almost drop the carton of milk he held in his hands. "Shit," he cussed, putting the milk down and running over to his room. "Give me a second!" He shouted, slipping a shirt over his chiseled chest and pulling a pair of pants over the boxers he had slept in last night.

He just didn't want to answer the door when he was nearly naked.

He zipped up his usual orange-and-black jacket and ran over to the door, opening it.

He blinked in surprise when he saw an ANBU standing there. It wasn't every day this happened, so there must be something serious going on. "Lady Hokage has requested your presence in her office at once." The ANBU spoke simply.

"What fo-" Naruto was cut off when the ANBU disappeared, any trace of his being there was gone.

'Jeez.' Naruto thought with a sigh, leaving his apartment and heading out to see what Tsunade wanted.

Naruto arrived at the Hokage's building and noticed that there were ANBU everywhere- rushing in and out of the building. Seeing so mamy gathered around the door, he glanced up and jumped swiftly, heading for the window in Tsunade's office that was always unlocked, just in case Ero-Sennin was ever in the village and decided to come pay his old friend a visit.

Sliding the window open, Naruto jumped through.

"Yo, Baa-Chan! What's going on?" He asked, his expression a mixture of both seriousness and excited-ness.

Tsunade smiled to herself as a plan started to form in her head because she already knew which ninja were off -duty today. They were going to be perfect for this mission! "Naruto! Guess what? I am sending you on an S-class mission." With those words and a smirk, Tsunade sat down in her chair to look at a shocked, yet happy Naruto.

"An S-class...mission! Woo-hoo! Alright!"

Naruto shouted excitedly, pumping his fist in the air.

"Baa-chan! What is it, what is it?! Where am I going?! Who am I going to fight?!" Naruto asked in a desperate manner.

"Be patient, Naruto. I will explain all the details when your...partner arrives." Tsunade replied. Naruto groaned loudly in response, not sure if he could handle all this waiting.

At that moment, the door to the office slowly opened.

"Ano..." A shy yet sweet and familiar voice spoke as the dark-haired girl he had considered to be his friend entered the room.

'Wait.. Is Hinata going to be my partner?' Naruto thought.