Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the Naruto characters. I only own my OCs that I put in the story. With that said, please enjoy. Also, any reviews would be very helpful! Let me also say that this story is placed after the Fourth Ninja War that the manga is currently taking place in. If there is anything in my story that clashes with newer chapters, I will change somethings to make it fit with what newer chapters of Naruto reveals.
EDIT: Didn't change much, just trying to make the chapters format easier to read. :)
Chapter One: Meetings
"Gondaime!" An onyx black haired teenager yelled as she slammed open the door to a large office.
Anger was apparent on the young woman's face as she walked straight towards the blonde haired woman sitting at a large wooden desk in the middle of the room. Behind the woman was a beautiful view of the village and the only thing from preventing wind from entering the office was the large windows that went from the floor to the ceiling. There was a young red haired man sitting in one of the two green chairs in front of the desk. He was facing the windows, but his eyes seemed to be on the young woman.
"What the hell were you thinking? Sending me on a mission with a bunch of chuunins!" The young woman proceeded to yell at the woman sitting at the desk as she glared at her. The young woman completely overlooked the fact that a young man was sitting quietly in the chair she was standing next to.
"R.J., I don't have time for this…" The blonde haired woman said through clenched teeth as she glared back at the young woman.
"And why the hell not? Because this meeting of yours isn't that important, Tsunade!" R.J. barked at Tsunade as she slammed her hands on the desk.
"This meeting is more important than explaining my reasoning to a little brat like you!" Tsunade snapped back at R.J. as she started to rub her forehead with her index and middle fingers.
"Why? Because you're talking with a stupid messenger from Suna?" R.J. inquired with a smartass tone.
"Yes." Tsunade said bluntly as she closed her eyes. Tsunade was trying to hold her annoyance back while talking with R.J.
"That's a load of fucking bull and you know it." R.J. sneered at Tsunade as she straightened herself up off the desk and glanced at the young man. He just sat there watching them both bicker; amusement could be seen in his usually emotionless aqua-green eyes. Tsunade didn't reply to R.J.'s remark. R.J. was fed up with the way Tsunade was acting towards her. "You know what? To hell with giving me a goddamn explanation, Gondaime. I'm just a mere tool for you to use anyways, aren't I?" R.J. hissed at Tsunade as she turned away from Tsunade.
"R.J., you know that's not true…" Tsunade replied with a soft tone as she looked at R.J.'s back.
"Then why am I the one who is always assigned the S-class missions? I'm only eighteen. I still have my whole life ahead of me and you give me those missions!" R.J. countered hatefully with her head to the ground.
"Because I know that you can stay alive and finish the mission correctly." Tsunade answered as she stood up from her chair.
"Yeah… I always stay alive, don't I? While I get stuck knowing that I destroy families and the hearts of small villages of our village's enemies, yeah, I'm still fuckin' here." R.J. sneered as she clenched her fists tightly just to prevent herself from lashing out and hitting the wall nearest to her. Tsunade stood there silently. She never thought about the mentality of the missions she had given R.J., an eighteen year old girl. She never thought about how the girl would feel about killing or destroying another's life. She certainly never gave a second look about the consequences of sending the poor girl on all those S-ranked missions. She really never thought about any of this simply because R.J. never showed her feelings about the missions she went on. R.J. never spoke about the things that had happened on any of those missions before.
"I'm sorry, Tsunade-sama. I was out of line." R.J. spoke; suddenly there was no emotion evident in her voice and her face was emotionless as she bowed to Tsunade and swiftly left the office without another word.
"I believe it is right to say that this meeting is done for now, Gaara-sama." Tsunade said to the red haired, teenage boy. He was still sitting silently in the chair. Gaara nodded his head softly and proceeded to disappear in a swirl of sand.
R.J. was sitting on the roof of her apartment with her eyes watching the clouds float on by. Not a minute later, she hears her loud-mouthed neighbor making his way down the street below her. It was around noon now, she suspected or the Kyuubi carrier wouldn't be heading to the local ramen shop. She looked around at all the people walking up and down the street, golden-hazel eyes settled on a blonde haired, teenage boy who was happily eating his bowl of ramen. A large group of teenagers came up to the blonde boy; talking and laughing as they joined the boy. She could see it, how much fun they were having and her eyes narrowed at them.
"What a bunch of morons…" R.J. hissed, her voice full of envy. "Tsh… I hate'em all." Her eyes watched them for a few minutes and then the blonde boy suddenly looked up at her and grinned widely.
"R.J! Why don't you come join us?" His annoyingly happy voice rang through her ears. A small smile played on her lips as she remembered that they weren't so bad to be around.
As she left his sight from the rooftop, he knew she'd be down with him and the others soon enough. He returned talking with the group of teenagers that was eating with him. "Just you all wait; I'm going to be the one to bring Sasuke back!" He said loudly as he punched one fist into his open hand, smiling as he did so.
R.J. smirked as she stood behind the blonde boy and said, "Like hell you will, Naruto! I'll be the one bring him back; full force." Her voice brought all their attention to her and Naruto turned in his chair and grinned at her.
"Good afternoon, R.J." The pink haired girl sitting next to Naruto greeted R.J.
"Right back at you, Sakura." R.J. replied with a small smile but she never took a seat.
"Why don't you sit down, R.J.?" A blonde haired girl asked after quietly gulping down a little of her ramen.
"I'm not really planning on staying long right now. I have some matters to attend to soon, Ino." R.J. stated bluntly. She never really liked hanging around them all in a cramped place like the Ramen Shop.
"So, what reason do we owe this special visit to?" A black haired boy asked with a lazy tone. R.J. looked at him with her head tilted to the right.
"No reason, Shika-kun." She heard a groan from him as she called him that nickname. She looks at everyone again, all five of them taking up the whole counter of the Ramen Shop.
"Are you going to finish that, Shikamaru?" The chubby looking one finally spoke after stuffing his face with his bowl of ramen. Shikamaru waved him off, silently saying it was okay for the chubby one to take it.
"Choji! What have I told you about eating his food all the time?" Ino yelled at the chubby boy from the other side of Shikamaru. R.J. swore she could have heard Shikamaru mutter 'How troublesome' underneath his breath.
"Well, it's time for me to head out. I'll see you all later." R.J. said as she turned around and started walking down the street. Her destination was the training ground. What she didn't realize was that Shikamaru excused himself too and was heading the same place as she was.
"So, R.J.?" His lazy voice came from behind her as he caught up to her fast pace.
"Hmm?" R.J. answered while looking at him out of the corner of her eye.
"How have you been?" He asked her as she started to slow down her pace. She knew he liked to walk slowly and he knew she was slowing down for him, not the question he asked. His black eyes showed he was curious to know the answer.
"Well, for starters… I just got back from another S-ranked mission… with a bunch for willing chuunins." R.J. spat out the last part of her sentence.
Shikamaru winced a little at the sound of her harsh voice, knowing how much R.J. hates being put on teams in those kinds of missions. They finally reached their destination, the training ground. They both took a seat at a nearby tree to give them shade from the sun. Shikamaru proceeded to lay down next to R.J., his hands behind his head and legs sprawled out on the grass. R.J. was leaning her back against the tree with her left knee bent and supporting her left arm on it. Her right leg was sprawled out next to Shikamaru's left leg.
"Yeah… At least they actually followed my orders correctly, so they didn't die. And earlier today I busted into Tsunade-sama's office demanding to know the reason she gave me the mission with the chuunins." R.J. continued and Shikamaru looked up at her with a brow raised.
"And?" He was telling her to continue her story.
"And, she refuses to tell me because when I went into the office, I interrupted a 'meeting' and now she's mad at me." R.J. finished as she crossed her arms, she was still slightly mad at what happened earlier. Shikamaru could understand how she felt about the missions; he was the only one she really talked to about them. In a way, they were best friends in his eyes even though she still keeps to herself with some things. He was also curious to know about this 'meeting' she had interrupted.