Their first real mission. Damn, but was he excited!
"Calm down Naruto," a bored voice whined at him
…eh? Too excited, maybe?
Nah. The Nara was just being the spoilsport he was born as.
"You're definitely right about the spoilsport thing, Naruto, but Shika's got a point too. You're bouncing." The blonde kunoichi pointed at his feet which were, admittedly, leaving the ground at repeated intervals.
Naruto stopped grudgingly.
…damn mind reader.
"I heard that!"
Raising his arms in a feeble defence against the punishment he was sure to soon receive, a deeply sensual voice stopped any argument between the two.
"Ino-chan, Naruto-chan, we are on a miiiiissssiooon. A biiiiiiig mission."
A sharp, savage smile broke through the gentle façade their sensei had tried to use.
"No going breaking the pretty mission before it even has started, or else sensei is gonna be reeeeeeaaaaal mad."
The purple-haired tokubetsu jounin cackled wildly into the fog around them, earning her a frightened glare from the ferryman.
Was this really the warriors of darkness, the silent assassins? He'd seen drunkards more discrete than this bunch!
"Point taken!" Naruto quickly agreed with a salute.
"Y-yes," Ino said with an involuntary shiver, no doubt having seen a few disturbing images broadcasted from their senseis mind.
"Troubelsome."
Anko looked over her small group of students. They were probably a bit tense, this being their first big mission and all. Luckily, she had the cure for that!
"Let's play strip poker!"
"Eh?"
"In this cold?"
"Troublesome."
…predictable brats. Well, no worries.
She smiled at them.
Sweetly, she believed. Or savagely commanding, but it basically amounted to the same thing.
Namely them playing strip poker on a rocky boat, in thick mist, in enemy territory, while on a C-rank mission.
...
What? No one had ever expected her of all people to be sane... spare the crying ferryman perhaps.
Joanna's Notes
I'll let this fic go wherever it wants to, be it Australia, Konoha or beneath my own mattress. If you feel confused, no worries. So am I.
It'll all come clear (hopefully) soon.