Some quick info- Naruto and friends are 18. Not sure why sasuke came back, I just wanted him in the story. And he replaced Sai. So the team would normally be Yamato, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura. Story name taken from a song at the ending of an anime called clannad. You should listen to it! It will help understand later, maybe. It's on youtube.

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Naruto sat at Ichiraku Ramen finishing off his third bowl of miso ramen.

"Ramen, you put me in such a great mood. . ." Naruto sighed, in a happy daze.

"So, you won't mind a summons from the Hokage then," came a familiar voice from behind.

"God, Sasuke, don't surprise me like that!"

Naruto turned to his friend.

"What could that old granny want now; I was about to order another bowl!" complained

Naruto, grumpily paying for his meal.

He stood and began to walk toward Hokage Tower, Sasuke beside him.

"This is the third time this week. The other two were A rank; don't we get any rest?"

muttered Naruto, stretching.

Sasuke crossed his arms.

"Actually, Sakura will be busy at the hospital later today, and Yamato is on a mission. We'll probably be on a new team."

"And they couldn't replace us too!?" exclaimed Naruto.

He imitated Tsunade in a high, girly tone, "Oh, Naruto, I love you so much! You remind

me of my dead brother and boyfriend, but I'm going to get you killed too by sending you on multiple missi---!"

Naruto stopped, noticing the glare he was receiving could rival even Sasuke's.

"Naruto, you idiot! How dare you make fun of the Hokage!"

Naruto went airborne from a chakra-enhanced punch, specialty of Tsunade and his female

teammate.

"Idiot," commented Sasuke, not concerned with helping.

"Jeez! Not you too, Sasuke! Does everyone think I'm an idiot!?"

"Yeah, I'd have to go with Sakura and Sasuke, you are pretty dumb sometimes. So I guess

that means we're going to fail our next mission," Ino remarked in passing, appearing out of

nowhere.

"Where the hell did you come from, Ino?!" Naruto yelled. "And why would I have

anything to do with your team's next mission?! And why do you agree with them?!"

"Jeez, Naruto, you may not have noticed," Ino informed, gesturing to a nearby store, "but

I was over there the whole time. And didn't you hear? I'm on your new team."

"But why do you agree with them?!" Naruto screeched.

"Because, Naruto, you're an idiot," explained Ino innocently.

Naruto glared at her, but followed as they continued on to the Hokage.

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"So, is this another A rank? Man, I need a vacation. Do I get a vacation? Maybe we could

go to---!"

"No, Naruto, you do not get a vacation. Now shut up. Shizune, hand me their orders."

Tsunade took the papers from Shizune and began to read aloud.

"Travel to the Land of Starfish to protect Princess Fuko and her traveling party on the

way to her wedding. The Princess is a V.I.P. client so the mission is A rank."

"Not again," Naruto grumbled, pulling on his spiky blonde hair in frustration.

"Quit being so dramatic, punk," commented a newcomer.

Mitarashi Anko ambled into the Hokage's office to join Naruto, Sasuke, and Ino.

"And that's an order, since I'm your new team leader."

Naruto's eyebrows drew together as he angrily stared at Tsunade.

"So, hold on. To sum this all up, I'm going with Sasuke, the most anti-social person in the

village; Ino, who only cares about her looks; and Miss Creepy-purple-hair-bossy-attitude

lady? And on top of it all, I'm escorting a girly princess to a wedding with these guys? I

thought you were trying to get me killed by making me tired from all these missions, but it

seems you're taking a new approach: Killing me via boredom. Well it's not going to work,

Granny! I'm going to have fun on this trip!

Naruto grinned and left the office, leaving his teammates confused.

"What the hell was he just talking about?"

"No idea."

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Thanks to my very first beta! I was amazed at how the story flowed so well. Fuko's name is borrowed from clannad, but the character is diffrent. Not a crossover.