Tsunade lowered the file in question down to her desk as she heard the familiar footsteps of two of Konoha's finest Shinobi. One of them walked softly, each step barely heard and carefully planned. The other…

"Granny Tsunade!" In came the voice of the other shinobi's footsteps as the door nearly flew from its hinges. She let out small laugh before regaining her composure.

"Where the Hell have you two been?" she yells, arms crossed over her breasts and a scowl that could scare even Ibiki himself.

Kakashi, entering slowly behind Naruto, places both hands up in an apologetic manner. "Sorry, Tsunade-hime, we got lost on the…"

"Save it, Kakashi," she replies, settling back into her chair. "Do you have any idea what this is?" she grabs the file she was holding moments ago, holding it up for everyone in the room to see.

Kakashi then looks around; noticing Shizune, Sakura, Sai and Yamato are also in the room. Everyone else is ANBU, he thinks to himself before letting out a sigh. Yamato shifts his feet uncomfortably noticing the folder Tsunade just presented. Kakashi then takes the hint after locking eyes with Yamato. He turns back towards the group, noticing the file is indeed, that file. "Naruto, Sakura; wait outside the door a moment if you would."

Naruto spins angerly towards the jonin, about to demand otherwise before locking eyes with his sensei. His eyes met with a cold, intent stare; he decided to use a more clam approach; "But, Kakashi-sensei…"

"I said now, Naruto." He started to shift his gaze over towards Sakura but she seemed to catch the message.

"Come on Naruto, I'm sure they'll call us back when we're needed."

"But what about Sai, and Yama…" he was quickly interrupted by Shizune dragging him by the ear towards the door with Sakura in tow. "Oww, owww!" he yelled as they exited the office, the pink haired medic shutting the door behind them.

All eyes were now on Tsunande. She glanced back at the remaining jonin; no, ANBU she corrected. They all held her eyes with cold, hard stares.

"What's happened?" Sai was the first to speak, breaking the silence and tension in the room. Everyone seemed to loosen a bit, all except for Kakashi who continued to stare at the file.

"Someone has broken into the file and stolen a mission's log. We have yet to find the culprit and have no leads as of ye… Hey?" she snapped as Kakashi snatched the file from her hands. When the Hell did he get so close, she thought. He turned his back towards her, casually leaning back on the desk as if he was reading one of his well-worn novels. Once again, his eye seemed to say otherwise.

"Where is it," he states rather than questions.

"Where's what, Kakashi," she said in a rather annoyed voice. She didn't like how easily he took the file from her grasp.

"You know damn well what!" he spun back around towards her, slamming the file down on the desk opened to where the mission log was kept. His eye stared intently into Tsunande's own eyes. She bit her lib slightly before responding.

"If I knew that," her voice returning to its normal, fiery self, "don't you think I'd have the next mission assigned to you already?" she finished, the sannin and the jonin now locking eyes with one another across the desk.

Sai piped up once more, opening a book before him; "Um, this book from the library says that if two people glare at each other for a certain period of time the will either engage in a fight to the death or begin laughing so hard that they may need mental metical assistance." He states this matter-of-factly looking towards Yamato with his innocent smile. Yamato just stares back and forth between the two and poor, poor Sai; he quickly steps away from the boy, shaking his head as he moves to the far wall.

The two ninja by the desk quickly snap their heads towards Sai; "Ah, this is the same look Sakura-chan and Ino-cha gave me when we first me…" Yamato silently motions for the boy to run as far as he can while trying not to make his presence known. Sai smiles innocently once more before Yamato rushes over towards the naïve shinobi, hooks his arm with his and quickly makes it for the door.

Kakashi regains his composure as the door closes behind them. Tsunande sits back into her seat feeling her years like a weight on her shoulders. "You too, ehh?" Kakashi says, slumping his shoulders a bit as his weary features start to reappear.

"Shut up, kid." Tsunande grumbles while reaching into the secret drawer of her desk and pulls out a bottle of sake with a small cup. She sets the bottle on the desk after filling the cup, motioning for the jonin to join her. He sighs, reaching for the bottle. They lift their drinks respectively, neither one saying a word for a few awkward moments. Tsunande clears her throat as if to gather someone's attention, "To the past and old memories."

"Fuck 'em."

They both downed their drink, neither one met the other's eyes. They were going to be here awhile.

-o-

A blond haired medic rounded the hallway towards the Hokage's office and stopped in her tracks just before the door. Here was Yamato, Shizune, Sakura, Sai and Naruto all facing the opposite direction with their right ears up against the door, all in the same order from top to bottom. The group was focusing so hard that they didn't hear her arrival.

"Whats going on?" she asks, placing a hand on her hip. All five shinobi fell to the floor in a massive tangle of limbs.

"Ow, watch it!" "Gah, that's my hair!" "Naruto! This is all your fault!" "Oh, like hell!" came the jumbled responses. Ino couldn't help but laugh at the group.

Just as she was about to move closer to help the group untangle, the door they were all leaning on came flying open. A furious Hatake came storming out of the doorway, stepping over the pile of shinobi as though they had been there since the village was first built.

"Hatake! Come back here!" yelled the sannin as she stopped at the door. She was greeted with his casual hand wave 'see ya' motion as he continued marching down the hall. Fire fuming from her eyes, she turned back into her office, stomped towards her desk and slammed a chakra filled fist into the center. Splinters flew through out the room as the now six shinobi outside the door ducked for cover. "The rest of you…"

The group gulped as one, fear showing in all of their eyes. "Your mission is to bring Hatake back by any means necessary. The mission starts now." She snapped her head back to the group as they peak around the door. "Failure is not an option," she finished, her fist still pulsing with chakra.

Naruto sighs before placing his arms around medic ninjas beside him, "Glad I have you three on my team." The three females sigh in unison before breaking away from his embrace.