Story takes place after Sasuke "returns from Konoha", whenever that may be. Rookie 9 are all jounin, not much else has
changed. Hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or anything relating to the anime whatsoever.
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The sun beat down in simmering waves on a grassy hillside to the south of Konoha. Through the morning air, sounds of
clashing knives could be heard across the distance, across the wind faint sounds of yelling were also scattered throughout
the field.
A black blur flew past the trees with a roaring cry, leaping onto a branch and breathing a humongous fireball at an
unfortunate straw dummy.
The dummy didn't stand a chance.
A great blazing ball of fire, it shot into the air, where it was quickly met by yet another ninja, who kicked it, causing it
to fall like a flaming star and exploded into shreds.
Overall, the dummy was having a bad day.
Beads of sweat glistening on their foreheads, the two agile ninja leaped over to the dummy's unrecognizable carcass.
"Hmm..." mumbled Naruto.
"Hehe. Now I see why Gai has so much fun reciting his record against Kakashi. Score: Sasuke: 507-Naruto:004" grinned Sasuke.
"Damn it, that was such a cheap shot. I mean COME ON! Since when does straw hold up well at all against fire!?!" Naruto
complained.
"That was the point, dumbass." at this point Sasuke did a traditional anime-sweatdrop "Whoever could land the most damage on it would get to choose what mission we take on next."
Naruto sighed and threw up his hands in surrender.
"Whatever man...I'm going home to get some rest down. See ya later."
Sasuke leaned against the tree, smirking, as Naruto walked away, head down and grumbling.
"Oh, and Sasuke?"
"Yes?"
"Try not to make it another boring E-ranked failure Konohamaru-rated mission again, alright?"
Sasuke thought to himself for a second. Should I beat him up now, or should I wait for the mission to accidentally push him
off a bridge?
"Just kidding, just kidding!" Naruto smiled and waved. "As long as we dont have to rescue anyone's cat. I'd rather fight some bloodthirsty ninja than get scratched up by one of those monsters again."
Sasuke sighed and laid down on the hill. Sometimes, he admitted, Naruto could be alright.
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The village of Konoha.
Home of hundreds of ninja willing to give up their lives to defend their country. Home of a vast arsenal of thousands of
deadly techniques. Home to some of the deadliest jutsu in all of the shinobi world.
Also, according to one pervert sage, home to some of the most sexy women in the shinobi world.
Jiraiya giggled as he watched the hot springs from behind what he liked to call his "place of inspiration", where he was able to collect ideas for all his wonderful graphic novels. When a shinobi who knew Jiraiya, say Naruto, heard this description, they would snort and laugh so hard that they'd have to call for a good old Tsunade punch to snap them out of it. For the moment, anyway, the only thing Jiraiya was collecting was blood in his nose and stiffness in his...well, interpret that how you will.
After sitting their for several hours, the women finally got out of the springs and left for home. Jiraiya was a very
satisfied old man at that moment. Chuckling, he took up his scroll and got on his frog, and was about to leave when all of a sudden, Uchiha Sasuke, landed in
front of him, a very very EVIL expression on his face.
Here is a good description of what Jiraiya's thoughts were at this moment:
"Damn. He's not a girl. Contrary to what I previously believed."
Shortly followed by
"Wasn't Itachi bisexual? Well then there's a possibility..."
Shortly followed by
"What the hell is wrong with you, Jiraiya!"
Shortly followed by
"Why is he looking at me like that?"
Shortly followed by a gulp and a grimace as his eyes traveled down to the hand Sasuke was holding, showing him the several digital shots Sasuke had recently taken of him goggling at the ladies as they were taking their bath. This was an emergency, thought Jiraiya quickly. This could seriously mean some bad things for his latest series of novels. (Even though almost every ninja in the village knew he did it secretly anyway. So you kinda have to wonder why the women aren't catching on already. Or are they?)
"FINE you damn party pooper what the hell do you want!?!?" he yelled in annoyance.
Sasuke smirked, then replied with "I want a mission. A good mission so I can train, develop some new techniques, and improve my record against Fox-boy even more..
Naruto, unfortunately, is not easily satisfied. Refuse my demands or give me a crappy mission, and Icha Icha Paradise can say hello to the Konoha Lawyer Syndicate. I believe you're very familiar with them due in large part to last year's giant-ass toad slobbering half of the shinobi in the village while it was looking for cheese."
"Oh no you wouldn't."
"Oh yes i would."
"Screw you. Fine, I'll have one by tomorrow. Stop by in the morning to pick up your client. You'll be bodyguarding him as he travels through the Country of Grass. Damn fine women there too, I've heard. I was planning to take this one myself for that."
Sasuke recalled their very first actually worthwhile mission, in which they protected Tazuna from Zabuza and Haku. (The reason I
repeat this is in case the curse of the fillers accidentally made you forget this) That was the first mission Team 7 actually bonded in. Well, it was definitely worth a try.
"Sounds good to me. See ya tomorrow."
"Yeah, yeah, just don't blackmail me again please. Try asking Tsunade for a change."
Sasuke winced. He would rather face a pack of rabid, united fangirls on speed than spend a minute with Tsunade. Is there really a needed explanation as to why? The only one who was worse than Tsunade was Sakura, but due to her rabid fangirl complete obedience to Sasuke, he could merely throw a bone down a very, very, steep cliff and she'd dive on after it.
Reading his expression, Jiraiya laughed. "I absolutely agree."
Through the bushes, Tsunade was watching them, glaring. "He asks Jiraiya instead of me!?!?! This is drastic. It's time to call plan L into effect." The Godaime allowed an evil grin to flicker across her face before she disappeared into the bushes.
R&R