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Declaimer: Roes are red, violets are blue, Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto and I wish I did too.
Prelude
Kohona, such a peaceful village. The sun is shinning, birds are chirping, children playing, cats napping, fresh baked cookies sitting out for all to have, school letting out for the day, and—
"NARUTO LUCAS UZUMAKKKIIII!! YOU'RE A DEAD MAN!!!" (1)
—the threatening shouts of a mad Hokage. Yes, it is truly a peaceful day in the Village Hidden in the Leaves.
...unless you are a blond ninja named Naruto...
"Ahh! Baa-chan— I'm sorry!!"
-Whomp!-
"AHHH!! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!!!"
"GET BACK HERE YOU BRAT!!"
People jumped out of the way as two blurs of blond sped by, the bigger one swinging what looked to be a large metal pipe.
Jumping from rooftops to the ground to fences and then back to rooftops, Naruto had little luck in trying to get the enraged Tsunade off of his trail. Said woman could keep this up all day and even do it in her sleep if she had to. There was no way she was letting Naruto get away with what he has done. And that's that.
"NARUTOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
Chancing a glance over his left shoulder, a shiver worked it's way throughout his body. Was it just him or was Tsunade's eyes glowing red and were those lines on her face!?
She was going to kill him he just knew it! Oh poor Naruto! He's too young to die.
"Can't we let bygones by bygones, Baa-chaaaannnnn!?" Naruto yelled as one of Tsunade's hits sent him flying. She watched, somewhat satisfied, as the smaller blonde crashed into the top floor of the Hokage Tower. She then growled, realizing that she was going to have to pay to repair that.
With a yell of frustration, she jumped from rooftop to rooftop until she was hovering over the giant hole in the Hokage Tower's ceiling. Spiraled out on the floor below was the trouble making blond ninja, Naruto Uzumaki, unconscious.
Tsunade sighed, jumping down into the room just as Shizune stepped into the room. For a moment, the short haired woman stood at the room's entranced, staring at the damage with bugged out eyes and a dropped jaw.
"L-Lady Tsunadeeee!!!" her assistant squealed, (A/N: I love when she does that :3) moving more into the room. "What happened!?"
And again, the Hokage found herself sighing as she took a seat at her desk. Sometimes her friend made way too much of a big deal out of nothing. The damage could be repaired and there was a chancethat Naruto would wake well within the three week coma she possible placed him in.
"It's nothing, Shizune. Have him moved into one of the spare rooms," the Hokage ordered, waving a dismissive hand towards the K. teenager on the ground before her desk.
"But... but..."
"Have him moved NOW, Shizune!"
Said woman, caught off guard at the Hokage's sudden snappish attitude, could only nod dumbly as she rushed over to the unconscious Naruto, scooping him up and turning to rush out the office door. When the door shut behind them, Tsunade all but laid across her desk, not caring that she'd messed up the stacks of paper Shizune had spent all morning organizing. She'll just take her assistant out for some tea and a day at the spa and all will— hopefully— be forgotten.
"Ugh... what am I going to do with that boy?" The Hokage wondered out loud. Naruto was to be punished; she'd make sure of that but the big question is how. Something simple like cleaning duty wouldn't cut it. And forcing him to hang around Guy and Lee for a month seemed too painful.
"Though Naruto would probably enjoy it to some standard," she told herself, tilting her head so she could see the ceiling.
If Konoha wasn't in need of the money, Tsunade would have quickly decided that her favorite ninja would not be allowed to go on any missions for a long while (we're talking like a year) but they were short on ninjas and, as stated, they needed the money.
'What would have the same effect as no missions?'The Hokage wondered.
No ramens for a week? Maybe but she couldn't keep track of the boy 24/7, therefore he could easily sneak some while on a mission or something.
No training for a month? Again, Naruto would find a way to sneak some training in.
Tsunade sighed, looking over the papers on her desk.
Doing all the Hokage's paper work for a year? No, Shizune wouldn't allow Tsunade to get away with such a thing.
GAH! There had to be something she could do!
She would be taking it too far if she was to ban the young ninja from Konoha for two to six months. Not only would Shizune nag her but Iruka, the Rookie Nine, Team Guy, and Konohamaru would hunt her down for it.
"Ugh... what am I gonna do?" she groaned, slumping further down in her seat. "I mean, it's not like I can put him in some sort of prison with no chance in hell of escaping and be sure at the same time that he's suffering..." Suddenly and without warning, the blonde woman jumped up from her seat, a light bulb turning on over her head. "I've got it!" she announced to no one, a fisted hand hitting her open palm.
Grinning like a mad woman, which technically she is, Tsunade rushed out of her office, directing Shizune to show Naruto to her office if he was to wake up before she returned.
Some hours later, a nervous Naruto stood in front of frightfully clam Hokage. Said Hokage sat, once more, behind her desk, hands folded on top of said desk.
Naruto gulped. He'd expected for there to be a lot of yelling and hitting going on. ...not this. There wasn't even a twitch to be found to show that she was even slightly annoyed with him.
... ... ...
Why wasn't he running for his life?
"Naruto," hissed Tsunade just when he was about to turn tails and get the hell out of there. It was like she could read his mind or something. "As you know, you're in deep trouble. What you did cannot go unpunished. I have spent the better half of the day trying to think of ways to punish you." She sighed, leaning back in her chair, eyes closed and hands still folded on her desk.
The younger blonde stood there, waiting for her to continue. When she didn't, he asked, "And? Have you come up with something?" No, Naruto was not eager for his punishment, but he wanted to get out of this office as soon as possible.
Tsunade peeked one eye open to stare at him, her lips turning up into a smirk. "Why, yes. Yes I have," she answered cheerfully.
Pushing herself up from her seat, Tsunade walked around to the front of the desk, taking a seat on a corner of said desk. "We're going to make a bet. If you can survive a whole week of my punishment than the second part of your punishment will be almost non-existence," she hummed, lazily examining her nails. Her marrón eyes suddenly snapped up to stare into azul ones. It was so unexpected that it caused Naruto to jump slightly back. "If you refuse then what I have originally planned for you will be three times more painful. Do we have a deal?"
"Do I have a choice?" was the careless reply.
Naruto "eep!"ed when the older blonde slammed a fisted hand through her desk. "Actually, no, you don't." And the scary part is, she's still smiling. "Close your eyes," she ordered.
Relentlessly, the boy did as he was told. Tsunade checked to make sure his eyes were closed before going over to a bookshelf and pulling out an old, dusty book. Flipping through the pages, she made her way back over to stand in front of her favorite young ninja. "Naruto, I want you to think of an animal- any kind at all. It can me your favorites one or one that you fear. I would recommend the latter seeing as things will go much more easily that way," she offered.
What Tsunade did not know was that it did not matter whether Naruto chose the animal he loved or hated- they were one in the same.
The Hokage waited a minute then asked, "Do you have an animal in mind?" He nodded. "Good. Now I want you to count back from ten out loud."
He nodded, took a deep breath, and begun counting. "Ten... Nine... Eight... Seven... Six... Five... Four... Three... Two... One..."
"And when you wake up, the fun shall begin."
"...Zero...." Naruto fell back into Tsunade's waiting arms, unconscious once more.
(1)So of coarse the middle name is made up. I don't think Naruto has one.
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