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Chapter One: Mission Briefing

Tsunade paced behind her desk and brought a hand up to massage her temple. Why did everything have to be so stressful?

Two young men sat in the chairs on the opposite side of the desk, their eyes following her back and forth. She took a seat after what seemed like hours, and stared at the boys.

"I've called you here today because I have a mission for you. Its top secret, you must tell nobody. Is that clear, Uzumaki?" She barked at the blonde boy sitting on the left. He always had a way of messing things up. However, Naruto nodded, and gulped silently. "Good." the hokage said, almost too cheerfully. It was obvious that she didn't believe him, but she needed to force herself to believe it so the mission could get underway. "Now, the mission. There's a rogue ninja somewhere outside of the village walls, feeding on information from a villager. It's vital that you tell no one of your mission, as they might be the informant, and tip off the shinobi that plans to attack. Anyone could be the informant. We picked you two, for several reasons, and then tracked you for 2 weeks to be sure that neither of you are the traitor. Trust no one right now but each other and me. Any questions?"

The boys sat there quietly, taking in the details. The other boy perked up after a minute. "Just one."

"Yes?"

"How do you know there's an informant inside of the village?" He asked, raising an eyebrow and leaning back in his seat. Tsunade smirked at him.

"You really are bright, aren't you Shikamaru?" She paused and took a deep breath, working over in her mind how to convey the answer. "There have been several attacks on the guards that surround Konohagakure, all within the last month. With each attack, a fatality. Also, a letter. Each letter provides a clue, like he's playing a game. We've managed to track down the clues to just a few villagers, but it doesn't limit the informant to just them. They may be unwillingly giving information, or they might not even know. It might be a member of their family, a friend, or even a jinxed item they come in contact with."

"So what exactly is our job?"

"I'll provide you with the identities of the villagers we suspect to be involved, knowingly or not. Your job is to get information out of them to the best of your ability. To make them slip up and tell you anything. You're one of our best thinkers, Shikamaru, so you're perfect for this job. You'll need to be extremely persuasive." She got up and walked to a cabinet on the wall, grabbed a scroll, and handed it to him. Naruto gaped at her.

"And what am I supposed to do?" He practically shouted, making Tsunade wince.

"Shut up, would you? I'm not finished." She rubbed her temple again, as her headache reappeared. "Now, we're aware that you're well known in the village, Shikamaru. That's where Naruto comes in. He's going to teach you his... erm, special jutsu."

Naruto was beyond ecstatic to hear this. His sexy jutsu was his favorite to perform, and teaching it was hilarious. Tsunade grabbed another scroll from the bottom shelf in the cabinet, and handed it to him.

"The two of you are to infiltrate the personal lives of the suspected. Everything you need to know that I haven't told you is in the scroll. Now go, your work starts in the morning." Upon saying this, she sat back down and went to work on a giant stack of papers on her desk. Shikamaru and Naruto took that as dismissal and left the room.

After a minute or two, Tsunade leaned back in her chair and sighed. "I'm going to regret this."