Disclaimer: We do not own Naruto.
Warnings: Shounen ai, ooc-ness, bad grammar, ooc-ness, bad writing style, more ooc-ness.
Pairings: Sasunaru, and many others.
Tsunade's lips were pressed in a thin line. She watched patiently at the young kunoichi sitting across from her. The girl nervously pulled at her long brown hair to cover her face, as if wanting to hide from the Fifth Hokage's scrutiny. Tsunade's scorn can be scarier than anything else in the world. The Hokage could scare the oldest, strongest ninja in the village. At the same time though, she can also be the perfect person to rely on.
Behind her was a young man of about seventeen, pacing back and forth nervously in the small room of Tsunade's office. He too, was a ninja. Both of them were excellent shinobi, but if the tests came back positive, Tsunade would be forced to cut one of them back. There's no way that person could continue defending the Konoha considering their circumstances. That would be a dreadful thing to a ninja, not been able to help protect their village. But teenagers these days need to think twice about their decisions.
The wall clock ticked by, further making the young teens more nervous and awkward. The room was stuffy and warm, due to the fact that there were no windows for the sake of privacy.
The three occupants of the room looked up at the sound of the door opening. "Tsunade-sama, the test results are here," whispered Shizune. The girl and boy's eyes widened. The dreaded moment has arrived.
Tsunade didn't need to open the folder containing the results. She could tell by the grim face of her assistant, that it wasn't good news. She internally prepared herself for the drama.
She nodded at Shizune, who quietly moved to stand behind the young girl. She gently laid a hand on her shoulder.
The young girl held her breath as Tsunade opened the folder and read the results. The Hokage kept a straight face, but inwardly she sighed regrettably. It was just as she feared. She had just lost a great chuunin.
"Well Maiko-san, I'm really sorry to say this, but the test results are positive," the girl let out a gasp. Shizune tightened her hold on her shoulder, Maiko's boyfriend moved to her side as well.
"You're pregnant." Tsunade finally said.
Maiko let out a small cry but refused to let the tears out, ninja weren't supposed to show emotions. They were taught these rules at the very beginning of their career. A career she could no longer continue. She was hoping to take the jounin exam in a few weeks.
Her boyfriend enveloped the trembling girl in a hug and whispered encouraging words to deaf ears.
After what seemed a few minutes, she composed herself the best she could. "What am I going to do Tsunade-sama? I can't take care of a child, I'm only fifteen! What are my parents going to say? How will I make money if I can't go to missions?!" she buried her pale face in her hands. Her auburn brown hair fell around her, shielding her.
"Listen, there are several choices you can both take, but right now it would be best if you calm down first."
Maiko sniffed and blinked away the tears on her eyes. She was stronger than that; she had proved that countless of times to others and herself.
Tsunade gave her a look of pity. "I'm going to suspend you from going to any missions and YOU!..." She pointed at the guy holding Maiko, "you are responsible as well, so therefore, will take full responsibility and make sure this baby is raised well, if you decide to keep it."
The young man gulped as murder flickered in the Hokage's eyes and nodded frantically.
Tsunade nodded. "Shizune will escort you out, come back in about a week for check up and for more information about your choices."
"Thank you Tsunade-sama." Both Maiko and her boyfriend bowed before following Shizune out of the room.
As soon as she was alone, Tsunade let out sigh and leaned back in her chair. She poured herself a cup of sake, and after looking at it once she drank from the bottle instead. Shizune will most likely yell at her for it later, but right now she wanted nothing but to get wasted.
Four gulps of heaven later and with the burning feeling in her throat, she could finally think more clearly and was more prepared when Shizune came back.
"That's the third teenage pregnancy in the past six months." Tsunade said wearily.
Shizune groaned in agreement. "I know, but what can you do with experimenting teenagers and their hormones?" she asked rhetorically.
Tsunade thought for a minute before replying.
"Sex education is obviously not necessary since teenagers these days already know how to do it!"
After a few more minutes of silence, Shizune brightened and spoke.
"What if we speak to every parent in Konoha to encourage them to talk to their children about abstinence? May be that could help."
Huffing, Tsunade took another sip of her sake. "That won't make a difference. Some parents are just as bad as their children; there are many jackasses out there." She closed her eyes and rubbed her temples. She definitely needed more sake if she could still think straight.
Shizune cringed at the Hokage's crude talk.
"Besides… we are not talking about just any teenager, we are talking about the young ninja community."
Shizune rolled her eyes. "Even though they brought this to themselves, I can't help but fell sorry for them. They might go into dangerous missions where they could be killed for the sake of their village. Yet, parenthood is probably the hardest 'mission' they will ever go through-"
Tsunade's amber eyes snapped open.
A mission?
"Just image… a fifteen year old supporting a baby-" Shizune said solemnly.
This was giving Tsunade an idea! It was probably one of the most stupidest idea she's ever had –Oh, no wait… getting drunk and throwing Tonton out of the window to see if she could fly was the most stupidest idea- but this might actually work!
Standing up so quickly her chair tumbled backwards; she got a few scrolls ready. She needed to work fast if she wanted to start her plan today.
"Shizune, gather all ninja in Konoha between the ages of thirteen to eighteen in one place to be assigned a long term mission!"
Shizune eyed her like she's grown a Siamese twin, or at least another head.
"What? What kind of mission Tsunade-sama?"
The Hokage scribbled on the scroll furiously. Finishing quickly, she grabbed another scroll and scribbled some more. She shooed the other woman with her hand without looking up.
"Just do as I say woman!"
Shizune frowned. "Couldn't you just tell me?!"
Tsunade smacked her pen on her desk. "Fine! Since I am so sick of seeing strong kunoichi getting hurt because of a one-time fling and shinobi get distracted with their hormones to concentrate on missions, I will 'award' them with a long term mission. I'll teach our young shinobi the real meaning of parenthood, and may be then; they will be able to make the right choices in the near future."
Staring quizzically at the Fifth Hokage, Shizune thought about what she just said. "So this will be like teaching them a lesson about abstinence?"
"In a way, yes. They will have first hand experience by the time they are done with this mission."
"But if it's a long term mission, what will happen if we need them for other missions? I mean, there are many, many teenage shinobi out there," Shizune asked.
Tsunade gave her a mischievous smirk. "They are still going to do missions, but I'll assign only B, A, and S rank missions to older shinobi that will not be participating in this. This might change later, though."
Shizune could not believe what she was hearing. There's no way this could work! She had to find a way to stop her. This could actually end in disaster!
"B-but wait a minute, there are more boys in the ninja community than girls! What are you going to do about that?"
Shizune believed this was over now that she had found a flaw in the Hokage's plan, but instead, Tsunade shrugged.
"That's not going to be a problem. I'll just alter the technique a little, and with a few adjustments, males will be able to take part in this as well." She simply said almost as if they were talking about the weather.
This is going to be fun.
Shizune sighed in defeat. "This is the craziest thing you have done as Hokage."
Tsunade finished preparing the scrolls, and nearly cackled deviously at the comment, but contained herself in time. She was still the leader of the village and had to keep an appearance. Inwardly though, she was too excited.
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Naruto pouted. Walking half-heartedly with his hands in his pockets, he almost looked like a kicked puppy, or in his case, a fox kit.
The thirteen year-old genin wasn't too happy when Kakashi announced that instead of training them like they were supposed to be doing, he informed them that the Hokage wanted to talk to them about something important. What was so important that couldn't wait after training?
"Are we going to be assigned a mission or something?" Naruto asked. Both Sasuke and Sakura perked up, hoping that their teacher would clarify.
The silver-haired man simply smiled behind his mask and his only visible eye curved into a happy arch.
"It's a surprise"
He and Team Seven made their way to the same auditorium used for the Chunnin Exams.
The Chuunin Exams had already passed, even if they were interrupted by Orochimaru. The Exams aren't for another few months, besides Kakashi would've told us if the Exams were to start early ahead of time. Sakura reflected.
Upon arriving, Naruto immediately recognized the rest of the Rookie Nine and Gai's Team. There were also a few other young ninja that Naruto has never met before but definitely seen around the village. Many teachers were also huddled in a small crowd, talking quietly among themselves, while giving their students disappointed stares.
To Naruto, this was starting to get weirder and weirder.
Naruto cheerfully waved at Kiba who waved back after noticing him.
"Hey Dog breath! What are you guys doing here?" Naruto shouted at him.
"Dunno, Kurenai-sensei said it was a surprise!" Kiba shouted back.
Naruto thought for a minute.
What the hell is going on now? Kakashi said the same thing! At least whatever we are doing, we aren't the only ones doing it.
Meanwhile, Sasuke frowned. It wasn't time for the next Chuunin Exams, and as far as he knew, Konoha wasn't under attack. So why did the Hokage rounded them all up for? She could at least tell them what they were doing ahead of time. Keeping all of this a secret just made everyone suspicious and cautious. Well mostly everyone, Sasuke realized, as he noticed that both of his teammates were socializing with others.
Thankfully, Sasuke wasn't the only suspicious one.
Hyuuga Neji also threw wary glances at his teacher and other ninja close by. There was nothing ordinary about having a meeting for this many shinobi requested by the Hokage. He had no idea what was going to happen, but he could tell it wasn't going to be good.
Deciding that asking others for information was better than just standing around, Sakura approached Ino, who was scolding Chouji for eating at a time like this while Shikamaru looked like he was going to fall asleep, even if they were currently walking.
"Hey Ino-pig, what is going on?"
Ino turned from Chouji to face her long time friend. "Ah, if it isn't Sakura. Sorry if I didn't see you before, I couldn't see you through that big forehead of yours."
Sakura ignored the comment.
"I don't know what's going on, but I did hear from Shikamaru, who heard from Azuma-sensei, who heard from Kurenai-sensei, who heard from Iruka-sensei, who heard from Anko, who heard from Shizune, that the Hokage is thinking about giving all of us long-term missions."
Sakura gave her a bemused stare and looked around. "All of us? Why are we here at the same time? Is it going to be the same mission for everyone?"
Ino shrugged. "Listen, I'm going to go ask Tenten if she knows something. I let you know what I can find."
"Alright."
They entered at an enormous room filled with two-person desks and chairs. Tall windows illuminated the plain, white room. The place could probably hold at least 200 people. It was currently vacant except for the teachers, who were standing against the walls.
"Everyone take a seat, please!" a male chuunin Academy teacher yelled.
Immediately the chatting and whispering ceased as the young genin and chuunin, with a couple of jounin, took a seat with a friend.
Naruto considered sitting next to Sasuke, who was sitting alone in his own table and was glaring at all the girls that tried to sit next to him.
"That jerk, he doesn't even realize that most of the female shinobi in the room are all just about bowing at his feet," the blond boy muttered.
Sometime while glaring at the swooning girls, Sasuke felt someone, other than his fangirls, staring hard at him. Looking up, midnight-black eyes made contact with angry, ocean-blue eyes. Both boys seemed as if they were in a trance, fully ignorant of their surroundings. They didn't cease to break eye contact or look away.
"Oi, Naruto! Stop standing there like the idiot you are and seat here with me and Akamaru!"
Startled, Naruto faced Kiba who was seating way in the front, waving at him.
Ignoring what just happened between him and his teammate, Naruto shook his fist at the dog-lover.
"Who are you calling an idiot? I'm not the one who thought a G-string was a guitar chord!"(1)
Kiba blushed heavily, almost making the triangles in his face disappear. Guys in the vicinity laughed and chuckled, while girls just looked away, giggling. Naruto grinned and made his way over to Kiba to apologize.
Once everyone was in their seats, Tsunade appeared and stood at the very front of the room.
"Alright everyone let me explain why I summoned you guys here!" Tsunade shouted, loud enough for everyone to hear. Eventually, everybody was paying close attention and staying surprisingly quiet to hear the leader to the Hidden Village in the Leaves.
"Today, all of you will be assigned a very 'unique' mission that will last eighteen weeks or so. Now let me say that this mission will be in partners only. So before I give more details about it, everyone choose someone you feel comfortable, work well with, and trust. That person can be of either gender. Choose wisely! You have sixty seconds!" Tsunade looked at the timer in her hand. "Alright… Start now!"
Nobody moved, but some people shyly looked around to see who they could work with. Their eyes shifted nervously while others actually stood up from their seats to get a partner.
Tsunade grinned cunningly. "If you don't choose someone, I will choose for you! You have fifty-two seconds!"
At those words, everyone scrambled out of their seats to find someone suitable. The room fell into chaos. Chairs were thrown, desks were turned over, hair was pulled, people were stepped and pushed on, mascara and make up was ruined, and newly manicured nails were damaged.
Tsunade inwardly laughed while most teachers looked scandalized, except for a few.
Kakashi chuckled at the childish behavior of his students, while Gai-sensei cried with tears of joy while muttering something about the youthfulness of teenagers. Iruka looked embarrassed that his own students were acting so wild and crazy.
"Forty-six seconds!"
Naruto barely dodged a chair, with its owner still sitting on it, and looked around.
Who should I pick?! Kiba just left and I can't see Shikamaru anywhere...
He didn't want to work with someone he didn't know, that would just bring embarrassment and awkwardness for an entire eighteen weeks.
Wait… Tsunade baa-chan just said it can be either gender.
Naruto's face brightened.
I'll work with Sakura-chan!
Unfortunately, he couldn't spot pink hair in all the commotion. Nearly everyone was scrambling around the room calling or looking for someone. Blue eyes lightened as he spotted his female teammate arguing with Ino and a bunch of other girls he has never met over Sasuke.
Naruto frowned, he should've known. Of course, Sasuke was totally uninterested with the quarrelling girls. He just crossed his arms over his chest and turned away from all the young girls. Naruto fumed at all the attention the boy was getting. He didn't even move out of his seat!
Sakura sighed. "Look Ino-pig, I asked him first!"
"Soooo! Don't you think he would've said something if he wanted to be your partner instead of staring at you quietly?!"
Sakura glared at her ex-friend. "You didn't give him a chance to answer!"
"Yes, I did!"
"No, you didn't!"
"He's mine!"
"Mine!"
"Twenty-two seconds!"
"Shit!" Naruto begun to panic. He's mind was made up, he ran towards the bickering girls across the room. There was no way he was going to let Tsunade baa-chan pick his partner.
"Ten seconds!"
Naruto jumped over desks and chairs and pushed people out of his way.
"Six seconds!"
Sasuke's heart quickened when onyx eyes locked on blue eyes.
"Four seconds!"
Naruto sprung forwards and launched himself at the Uchiha. Sasuke gasped for air as the other tackled and knocked him over. Ino and Sakura looked on disbelief. It was too late to do something about it.
"Time's up everybody!" Tsunade grinned.
Sasuke blinked, after making sure that the black dots around his vision wouldn't completely claim him, he glared deeply at the smirking blond boy on top of him.
"Dobe, you didn't have to tackle me!"
Naruto's smirk crumbled. "But I had to! There were only a few seconds left! Stop been such a pussy."
"You just launched yourself at me, dumbass!"
"Asshole!"
"Dobe!"
"Bastard!"
Ino gulped at the compromising position the two boys were in, with Naruto straddling Sasuke's waist and his hands on the brunet's shoulders.
"Naruto get off him, he doesn't want to work with you!"
Naruto winced at the loudness of her voice. "I don't think he wants to work with you!" he pointed at Ino and the other unfortunate girls who didn't find a partner.
Sakura sighed. She couldn't believe she lost the opportunity to work alone with her crush thanks to the blond-haired idiot. She wasn't even sure why Sasuke didn't reject him as well, like he rejected her. She might as well look for another partner then. Before she could take another step, green filled her vision along with a white spark.
"Sakura-chan! I would be honored if you became my partner and joined me in the long journey of finding the meaning of youth!" white teeth flashed again. Sakura sweat dropped, but agreed nonetheless. She needed a partner, and everyone seemed to be already in pairs except for a few people.
"Alright! Everybody sit with your partner." Tsunade drowned out the excited chatter around the room. Right away, desks and chairs were straightened out and everyone took a seat with their partners, looking like they just didn't act like wild animals just a few seconds ago.
Tsunade's eyes roamed around the room, checking all the pairs.
She smiled amusedly at some pairs like Inuzuka Kiba (who wanted to ask Hinata to be his partner but the look that Neji gave him told him otherwise), and settled with Aburame Shino. Or like Chouji who ended up with Tenten.
She looked indifferently at others, like Nara Shikamaru and Yamanaka Ino (who had no other choice but to choose him after Naruto refused to move away from Sasuke). And apparently Shikamaru didn't even bother to move out of his place when the partner-chasing began. Instead he just waited until someone approached him, while muttering a soft "this is troublesome."
Hinata had wanted to ask Naruto to work with her. The blonde seemed very stressed because he couldn't find himself a partner, so Hinata decided it was her chance. She had gathered enough courage to approach him, but the boy suddenly broke into a run in the opposite direction, jumped on the Uchiha, and literally attached himself to him.
Neji thought settling someone strong and someone that went up to his standards for this mission. His first choice had been the Uchiha, but when he saw Inuzuka approaching his cousin, he abruptly crossed the room and scared the dog-lover away from Hinata. Neji had then told her that they would be partners while Hinata just stayed quiet and shyly looked down at her shoes. He was quite content with his choice; they both had an advantage in this mission thanks to the Byakugan.
Tsunade chuckled at Sasuke and Naruto who were now sitting next to each other in their own table.
"Remember everyone, you will be spending eighteen weeks with that person, so if you want to change partners or you want me to pick for you, now it's the time to speak!"
Or forever hold your peace. She added mentally.
She was met with silence.
"Fine then, let's get started."
She nodded at the teachers behind her, who were carrying boxes full of scrolls. The teachers nodded back and passed out one scroll per pair.
Seen the confused faces on the young teens, Tsunade thought it was time to enlighten them with their new assignment.
"Your teachers will be handing you a scroll in which you will sign your names. This is a contract for your long term mission, all it says is that you are willing to do this mission despite the future difficulties and troubles and will be responsible for your own decisions. I will clarify that you will not be able to abort this mission after you have signed this contract! If you do abort, your shinobi title will be removed and will be prohibited from earning a higher rank title."
Right away all the occupants in the room seemed thrilled at their new mission. Excited whispers grew louder.
Tsunade smirked. "Oh and it also says you and your partner will be married for eighteen and a half weeks."
Who knew just a few words could make everyone in a room faint at the same time?
(1) I am 99.9999 sure a guitar does have a g string but that's not what they are talking about.
Err, yes we started another fic. Not sure this will be popular at all, but oh well. We are doing this to spread the SasuNaru and NaruSasu love.
Reviews are welcome and very much appreciated!
By the way, the mission involves children. But you'll find out more next chapter. And I know it doesn't seem like it now, but the story should get more serious later on.