[Authors Note: This is Chapter 1 of 'Growing on Me'... Bear with me, Guys- I'm a bit thick and need time to develop this x.x haha-Enjoy! ...Lou x]

Chapter 1: 'Pinecones and Sake '

As soon as the gates of Konoha drew shut behind her back, Anko knew she was in for a rough time. Not five minutes after they had begun walking Tsunade was already complaining. She complained that her feet were killing her and that her back was hurting (which evidently meant she had to explain about the weight of her breasts) Not to mention that she was incapable of keeping her hands down by her sides while she was talking and actually hit Anko in the face several times

In fact, within the first half-hour of their journey Anko was already contemplating stabbing herself in the spleen with a Kunai. The first break she had from the whining was 45 minutes in, by which time they had reached a dense forest that surrounded the outskirts of Konoha (Tsunade had dubbed it too hard to continue in 'These heels' and had taken a Sake break beneath a cluster of pine trees)

After finding herself a nice comfy boulder Anko took a seat next to the Hokage, who was happily sipping away at her favourite drink, the light breeze gently shifting her hair around her face. The sun was bright at this hour, too. It lent Tsunade's skin a healthy glow. Admiring her in that light, Anko found the woman she was sitting with to be quite beautiful (Despite the fact that usually she found her rather obnoxious and on occasion, pompous) Clearing her mind of these thoughts, The Purple haired Ninja cleared her throat gently to break the silence, earning herself a quick glance from Tsunade but nothing more. Feeling slightly dejected, she continued, after her feeble conversation starter had gone ignored.

"So..." She started, awkwardly. "How long you planning on walking before we set up camp for the night?" For the first time since she had settled under the pine trees, Tsunade's lips parted with the Sake. Taking a moment to think, she cocked her head to one side and looked into Anko's eyes, answering. "A Pinecone just fell in my sake" It took that unusual statement a moment to register with the Jounin, but on further inspection she saw that Tsunade was right. There was. Thinking of the most appropriate answer, she settled on 'And?'

This received an angry glare, and the response 'So we're gonna set up camp when It gets dark!' quickly followed by her downing the rest of the drink (Save for the pinecone) and Standing up swiftly, ready to roll.

Mentally, Anko killed herself a thousand times over. Thinking: How the hell can Shizune deal with this woman? She's completely insane! Sure, She may be beautiful...Wise...Funny, when she wants to be... But her thoughts were cut off mid-flow by the distant sound of a woman shrieking and a loud thump. Let that be corrected, the distant sound of the Hokage shrieking.

Anko got to her feet and ran towards a blonde and green speck in the distance, which was making largely audible groaning noises, even being as far away as she was. By the time she had reached her, Tsunade was flat on her back, clutching her ankle. She gave the blonde a disapproving look and knelt by her side, exclaiming "Great! Now how am I meant to get you to this fucking conference in time!"

With the faintest trace of a smile playing on her strawberry-red lips, Tsunade giggled and replied

"Carry Me?"

This is the end of Chapter 1, People xD ...I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed thinking it up! Reviews are Sex, So sex me up! Thank you! ...Lou x