Shizune sighed as her mistress Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage, ordered her to leave the office and call Raidou Namiashi to her. This wasn't at all Shizune's good day; she was feeling extremely tired and listless, and wanted nothing more than to lie down and fall asleep on her bed.
She, of course, had no chance to do so at all. Tsunade a work-hater, had driven her very hard the entire day, sending her in and out of the office with endless errands, giving poor Shizune no chance to even breathe normally. And now, she would have to descend the courtyard below just to fetch her fellow Jonin Raidou…
"This is going to be a very long day," she grumbled. "I don't even know who Raidou is. People say he's just been promoted as a Jonin. How on earth am I supposed to find him like this?"
She descended into the courtyard below, and crossed the practice yard, trying to look out for someone, anyone. It was unusually quiet; no-one seemed to be around.
No, wait, there did seem to be someone now, somewhere behind her. Hoping the person would at least know how Raidou looked like, Shizune turned.
"Look out!"
"Wha…"
There was no telling how it happened. Before Shizune could turn her head, something long and thin flew out towards her left side, and, before she could react, the thing had pierced her left arm by her elbow.
"Ow!" Wincing with pain and annoyance, Shizune hurriedly pulled it out, grimacing at the sight of the blood staining her arm.
"I'm sorry, so sorry!" someone was saying, rushing up swiftly towards her. "I did yell out to you, but you just…"
"Honestly, what was that for?" Shizune snapped angrily, putting her right hand up to her arm to heal it with her medical ninjutsu skills. "Flinging…whatever that was about! What's the big idea of that?"
"I apologize," the person was saying. "It was a complete accident. I was practicing my senbon aim, and then you came up, and – and I couldn't stop its trajectory."
Frowning hard, Shizune looked up for the first time at the speaker.
He was attractive enough, whoever this ninja was, at least, handsome enough to make women look twice or thrice in his direction. He was young still, somewhere in his mid-twenties like Shizune. His eyes were brown, as was his shoulder-length hair, and his Konoha headband was worn backwards above a cloth cap of dark blue.
Who is he? I've never seen him around here before. Is he some new Konoha ninja?
"My apologies, lady," he was saying again. "Did I hurt you badly? Do you need…"
"I'm fine," Shizune snapped impatiently. "I'm a medic ninja; I can heal my own wounds quick enough without killing myself first, thanks to you!"
"I apologize."
"Fine," Shizune retorted. "Anyhow, do you know who Raidou Namiashi is? I'm supposed to bring him to Tsunade-sama, and I have no idea who he even is."
"Raidou? Ah, my fellow Jonin, yes. Easy to spot him. Just look out for someone with brown hair and eyes like me, and long scars across his face. Need me to help you look for him?"
"No. I've got perfect eyes, thank you. And here's your…whatever it is."
"Senbon," he put in politely, taking it out of her hand. "Again, I apologize…"
"That's enough apologies for one day," Shizune sighed. "And thank you for your little help." Without looking back at him, she turned and strode away quickly.
I sure hope I never see this man again, whoever he is!
Review, please, and tell me what you think! Don't be too harsh; I've never written a GenmaShizune fic before, so character might appear a little OOC at first. And yes, some chapters just might be a little short at first.
