A/N: hey! First of all, i'm really sorry that it took me so long to write, and that started another story! But this is another challenge ff, for my sister , and i really hope she likes it! And i won't start another long fanfiction before i've finished this one!! (maybe just littlöe one shots g) I do not own Naruto, but i'm sure you know that... and i hope you like it!

Worst Case Scenario

Chapter 1

The sun had long ago risen over the village Konohagakure. It was afternoon, in late summer, and two jounin were walking next to each other on a street that was usually crowded but today only occupied by a few other ninja and academy students. Both shinobi walked in silence as they were used to, but something was different. They had been strolling the village for quite a while now, but it had been unnaturally quiet.

"Something is different, isn't it?" Kurenai suddenly broke the silence. Asuma had realized it, too; but he knew the reason for the quiet and tranquillity that lay over the village, so he began to smirk. When Kurenai turned to face him he answered.

"Anko"

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Anko walked along the floor, a grin covering her face. She looked through the window to her left, which let outside to the garden that lay in the centre of the big house. Her right hand was in her belt pouch, her fingers playing with some senbon inside.

The garden was completely green, grass and small plants growing everywhere, as well as various trees and a paved lane wound its way from one exit to the other. A wooden bench, currently unoccupied, sat under a cherry-blossom tree.

Anko's grin widened when she neared the door to the garden. She stopped in front of the glass door, opened it slowly and sneaked on inside, her eyes never leaving the top of a tree that stood in the middle. She took another step with care, intend on not making a sound and hid herself behind a tree.

In that moment Anko felt great, she wasn't exactly on free time, but it wasn't a mission either. Tsunade had been invited by the Kazekage Gaara to the chuunin exam's final fights, and there they were, in Suna. Since the Godaime of Konoha had taken several jounin and chuunin with her, to represent the village. So Anko, Izumo, Kotetsu, Kakashi, Iwashi and Raidou had been chosen to accompany their village's leader. The shinobi were accommodated in this wonderful old house in the centre of Sunagakure where they could sleep till next day, when the exam was scheduled to start.

Which in Anko's opinion meant, that they could do something on their own for a couple of hours.

Anko was confident to be securely hidden behind the tree, took out the senbon she had played with earlier and jumped out of her hiding place, throwing the weapons toward the one sitting in the top of the tree...

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Knock Knock

Just a few seconds after he had heard the knock Genma opened the door to his apartment, and smiling he welcomed Shizune inside. Genma looked like always, toothpick in the corner of his mouth, his telltale smirk on his face, merely missing his usual ninja jacket. But when Shizune looked with more care, she didn't miss the slight paleness of his face. It of course worried her, especially since she was a medi-nin, but all in all he didn't seem to be ill, and he would not tell her if anything was wrong anyway.

Shizune herself was grateful. Tsunade had travelled to Suna, and this time she hadn't taken her along. Of course, Shizune liked to be around Tsunade, but right now she was happy to be here in Konoha so she could visit friends, and spend time with Genma.

The Kunoichi had brought some cookies and a cake along, it seemed that it was going to be a nice day.

"Shizune!" Genma greeted her when she walked inside, and he pointed at the couch. "Let's sit down" While Shizune sat down and placed the cake on the table, Genma walked over into the kitchen to get some cups and tea.

Shizune looked around. She sat in the living room, it was right next to the small entrance room by the door. The couch and table stood in the corner by two big windows; on the walls were pictures of their team and other ninja of the village. Some plants stood in the corner, and there were two other doors, leading to the kitchen and the bedroom. Just in that moment Genma re-entered the living room, put the tea on the table and sat down opposite of Shizune.

"Thanks" he said smiling when he put a piece of the cake on each of their plates, Shizune just smiled back. But when they wanted to start eating, Genma had the fork already half way to his mouth, there was another knock on the door.

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"Where is Anko?"

"At least not in Konoha, otherwise we would have seen her... or heard her." Kurenai had to grin when Asuma added the last words. But he was right, Anko was most securely not in Konoha, but where else? Had Tsunade mentioned something about a mission?

"Talking about Anko, where is Kakashi? I haven't seen him either."

"Well, we could ask Genma, his place is close by, and Shizune would have told him, of any mission concerning the two of them."

Mutely they changed direction and walked over to Genma's apartment. It wasn't long before they arrived, Kurenai stepped up to the door, with Asuma right behind her and knocked on the door.

A few moments later Genma opened the door. His usual, unrevealing expression on his face, even though his smirk seemed to be missing. Even though he would not show it openly, least of all to the two jounin who just paid him this surprise-visit, but he was disappointed. Not about who was at his door, they were very good friends, but that they interrupted his free day with Shizune.

"Yes?" he asked, sounding more annoyed than he actually meant to, but his head hurt harder by the minute, and so he looked a bit exasperated, too. That had the two visitors wondering about his unusual behaviour for some seconds, but Asuma hadn't forgotten, why they had come here.

"Hey! Are you feeling alright?" But just the look on Genma's face told him, that he didn't have the wish to talk about that particular topic, so he went on. "Do you know anything about Anko? Or Kakashi?"

Just in that moment, Shizune came from behind the door, stopped next to Genma, and smiling she answered before her teammate could even start speaking.

"Hey! You're looking for them? Tsunade-sama told me that she took them both with her to Suna."

"Shizune!" Kurenai was shocked to see the small medi-nin here, but quickly recovered and tried to get back to the topic they had come here to discuss: "... so, Suna?" Then Genma opened the door a little more and waved them inside.

"You want to come in?" is head now burnt like hell, and standing here and talking wouldn't make it any better. Asuma and Kurenai nodded before entering the living room with Shizune and sitting down beside her on the couch. Genma followed them, but went into the kitchen to get two more cups and dishes. When a sudden wave of dizziness overtook him and his vision turned black. He desperately held onto the cupboard to steady himself and waited some seconds until it passed. He briefly wondered what was wrong with him, the jounin hadn't done anything special in recent times, he hadn't had a cold or something of the like, but still, he was definitely not alright, right now. But he would get over it, he always did and he had to. Resolutely ignoring the shadows that still clung to the corner of his vision Genma took the dishes and took them back into the living room. When he reached the table, he glanced in Shizune's direction, not willing to meet her eyes. She looked at him as if he would look like a ghost, then again maybe he did, he thought. Still he tried to smile, for her sake more than anything else but right then, when he put down the things he had brought, his vision turned black and all sound seemed to evade him and his body wouldn't move anymore. He felt altogether numb, but that was the last thing he felt, before drifting into unconsciousness, falling backwards onto his floor...

TBC

A/N: I know a bad cliffie... but i would write the next chapter faster, if i would get some reviews! Hinthint ok, thanks for my beta!! (love ya!) and for my reviewers and readers!!