Aha, so the plan commences! You've been guessing if they will manage to pull off their prank this time... We'll just wait and see ;) Oh and I'm sorry about how short the last chapter was, but I thought it should be separate to this one, so it went up anyway O.0 And if anybody has any questions they want to ask, write them as a review and I'll answer up here next chapter!
WhiteFang ~^~

"Kyuubi to Raven, I am in position and ready to move, do you read me? Over." Naruto breathed into his microphone as silently as he could, glancing nervously around him. Their prank was about to commence, the one they had been preparing for two days. Everything now hung on how successfully these next few minutes played out.

"Affirmative, I hear you loud and clear. Make your move in the next thirty seconds, over." Sasuke's voice crackled through his earpiece, making Naruto want to desperately itch his ear. Man, he hated these things, they tickled so damn much! But he acknowledged Sasuke's words, and prepared commence the operation. At that moment, the opportunity he had waited for so patiently finally arrived. From where he stood inside the doorway of the Konoha aviary, he saw the ninja who had just finished cleaning up for the morning jump casually off the roof of the building, off to eat his lunch. According to the watches he and his teammate had been doing, Naruto now had approximately one and a half minutes to carry out the first stage of the plan.

Glancing back one final time, the blonde moved swiftly towards two of the bird cages on the far corner of the roof, where a small falcon sat in each. As he approached the cage, the two birds stopped preening their feathers and stared at him keenly. Swallowing his nerves, he quickly flung open the door of the first cage, and the bird inside swept past him, shooting into the sky, where it would provide an instant signal for jounin of the village to make their way to the meeting room. He watched it ascend, then opened the second cage, and clumsily attached a small scroll to the leg of the falcon. It cocked its head in curiosity at his antics, and then nipped him sharply on the top of his ear. "Ouch, fuck, stupid bird..." Naruto grumbled under his breath. It then flew past him into the sky directly, where it would fly to the ANBU base to deliver an urgent summon to Itachi Uchiha, who, if all went to plan, would obey the command from the 'Hokage' and come to the conference room as fast as he could.

As soon as he saw it was on course, Naruto sprinted to the wall of the roof and jumped off the side, landing on his feet just as he heard the door on the other side of the building close, meaning the ninja on the next shift had just started his ascent to the roof. Smirking to himself, he pressed the button on the side of his microphone and spoke into it excitedly. "Teme, it went alright, the birds have taken their messages to the skies! And you were right; the falcon on standby to summon the Leaf Jounin was right where you said it would be! And the ANBU one!"

Hissing softly at the loud annoying voice that had blasted his ear, Sasuke pressed his microphone and replied quietly with a voice laced with venom. "You fucktard, speak quietly! Get here now; I'm almost finished setting up. Over." He heard Naruto's whispered 'Oops' and rolled his eyes. How the hell had he survived any missions working with such a dobe for a teammate, he did not know.

The Uchiha stood silently, and grabbed the next paper bomb he was going to stick to a large pipe spanning the length of the room. He was in the total darkness of the boiler room, but worked swiftly and accurately, being careful not to misplace any bombs and risk blowing his hand off. This was why he had assigned himself to this job, not Naruto.

Hearing voices enter the room next door, he felt both anger and confusion that Naruto was still nowhere to be seen. He was supposed to have made it back here before the jounin started arriving, or else he would not be able to lock the victims in, or get trapped in the flood. Trusting that he would hopefully not be stupid enough to get caught wondering about the Hokage building without reason, Sasuke jumped agilely up onto a large copper pipe several feet above his head, where he would begin the series of explosions that would shortly commence. Using his chidori, he planned to set off the first lightning-activated paper-bomb attached to a short string. Using the time it took for the fuse to burn down, he would spring to safety out of a small open window set in the wall. Before the jounin had been summoned, he had ensured that every window and door in the meeting room had been sealed, obviously excluding the door through which they must enter. This ensured that as long as Naruto managed to get here soon and lock the door on them, they would be like trapped rats in there.

His stomach began to twist with each passing second, as Naruto still failed to arrive. He could now clearly here the room filling up with ninja, confused voices all bubbling over eachother, questioning their reasons for being called. He shivered when he heard the cold voice of his older brother enter the room. Shit shit shit, where was that idiot? The whole plan was going to do down the drain if nothing happened soon!

Then suddenly, he heard a door slam loudly, and the room next to him fell silent. Shaking his head in annoyance yet moving as fast as lightning, he smashed his chidori into the bomb on the pipe under him, and leapt to the window, only to instantly fall back in shock as he saw his escape route was blocked by a blonde spiky idiot climbing eagerly through the window.

"DOBE, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" he screamed at Naruto, who's head shot up at his tone of voice.
"I-I'm joining you, like you said!" He stuttered, his eyes widening in fear as he stared at Sasuke's face. Well, he can't be blamed for looking pretty damn horrified at his expression; it just about showed every emotion running through his mind.

A loud crack behind Sasuke caused him to be shocked back into movement. Grabbing the front of Naruto's jacket, he desperately tried to shove him through the small opening, but his awkward position meant he could not fit through.

Any further efforts they made were in vain. The next lot of explosions happened in quick succession, causing water to burst out in every direction, smashing through the boiler room door and dragging the boys with the rush of water. Over the loud gushing of water in their ears they could just about hear the shouts and cries of other ninja in the room they has just flooded into, but the explosions had finally ceased. Naruto flailed about desperately in an attempt to get his footing, but the water was too strong, and he was continually pulled under by the current. He grew worried when he realised he'd lost sight of Sasuke.

Suddenly, Naruto felt a hand grab part of his clothing, and he was hauled out of the water by strong arms. Gasping and coughing, he tried to make sense of their surroundings. As his sight became clearer, he observed that he was dangling by the back of his pants from the hand of a soaking wet and very pissed Iruka Sensei, who was standing horizontally with both feet planted against the wall, held by chakra. Glancing up, he saw Sasuke was in an identical position opposite to him, except he was being held by the back of his shirt, and by a blank-faced but terrifying Itachi Uchiha. Finally, Naruto looked around at the rest of the room and its occupants. A window had apparently been forced open, causing a large majority of the water to leave the building. What was left formed a three –inch-deep puddle that covered the entire floor of the room. Furniture that had been thrown around by the flow had settled on its side all over the room, giving the image of contained, underwater chaos. However, what Naruto found most terrifying was what sat atop of this chaos. All around the walls, and perched on the upturned furniture stood most of the population of Konoha's jounin, the majority dripping wet, and all looking furiously at him and Sasuke.

Before he could react to any of this however, a stinging and powerful smack on his butt sent him sprawling into the water below, landing with a loud splash. Spluttering, he pushed himself on to his feet, only to find himself cowering under the gaze of Iruka sensei. Oh crap, oh crap, he thought he may as well give up on being a ninja seeing as his butt is never going to recover. Making a split second decision, he bolted under Iruka's arm and made for the door, only to find it firmly blocked by a stern-looking Asuma-sensei, one of the few who had managed to stay dry. Before he could find another escape route however, he was picked up round the waist by his sensei, and was carried under their arm to a sofa in the centre of the room.

"H-hey! What are you doing, put me down!" Naruto protested loudly at his manhandling, but Iruka ignored him, just sitting down promptly on the seat and planting the blonde face down over his lap. His trousers were peeled down to his knees, along with his boxers, all of which were sodden with water.

"Please sensei, I'm sorry! Not here in front of everyone!" Naruto begged, kicking his legs desperately. Not a public spanking! This is so embarrassing, what did I ever do to deserve this? Unsurprisingly, Iruka did not heed his words. Instead, the blonde heard a loud, wet slap. He froze at the noise, and a second later the pain hit him. "YOOWWWWWWW!" he screamed, as the burning sting set fire flaming through his backside. Iruka waited not a second more, and began to spank Naruto's butt with more vigour than even he thought possible.

As Naruto bucked and wailed on their comrade's lap, a few if the ninja in the room turned away awkwardly at a grown boy being chastised so publicly, but the majority made noises of approval, some even smirking and nodding their heads.

Asuma was one of these ninja. He approved of Iruka's instant action, that boy needed a damn good ass-warming, and he probably would have stepped up himself if Umino hadn't been to freakin' mad. He knew he would have done the exact same thing if it was Chouji or Shikamaru behind this stunt, even though it was highly unlikely Shikamaru would have ever sacrificed precious nap time to pull off a pointless prank.

Naruto's punishment continued, his butt growing steadily redder, and Iruka's hand refused to tire. The blonde had however lost all sense of embarrassment, as all he could think of was the pain and his desperation for it to end. This was Sasuke's fault, it's his stupid plan!

Meanwhile on the other side of the room, Sasuke and his captor had dropped onto the floor below. The young Uchiha could hear his friend's painful cried from across the room, but was trapped in the gaze of his older brother, who was currently glaring him into the ground, probably trying to incinerate him on the spot. He attempted to keep eye contact as Itachi would expect of him, but his brother's eyes were just too penetrating. His body language matched his eyes, Sasuke could see his fists were trembling slightly, and his usually effortless blank expression seemed forced and too controlled.

Without warning, Sasuke's head was snapped sideways, as Itachi's palm moved at the speed of light to backhand him across the cheek. At the sound of the slap, the heads of everyone in the room jerked away from the sight in the centre, and they all turned to look at the Uchihas with shock. The exceptions were of course Iruka and Naruto. Iruka did not even pause in the admonishment of the punishment, and Naruto was too engrossed in his own chastisement to notice another's.

Sasuke gasped as the force of the slap left his sight blurred, and the sharp sting was followed by an almost immediate ache. He slowly turned back to face his elder brother, who seemed surprised by the actions of his own limbs. A second passed where they stared at eachother once again, then Itachi formed a hand sign disappeared silently. A tear slid slowly down Sasuke's face, leaving a glistening trail down his reddened cheek, and curving a path into the corner of his mouth, where he tasted the sharp salt of the emotion. He could not understand what he was feeling, and why he appeared to be crying. Feelings of shame, regret, anger, fear, and worthlessness all ran through his mind while he stood perfectly still.

Mumbling and whispered conversation grew quickly between the rooms occupants. One silver-haired ninja who had been leaning against a wall in the corner of the room now stood silently and made his way over to Iruka, who'd hand was still pounding down on the blonde's butt cheeks, the owner of which was still sobbing loudly. He placed a hand on the brunettes shoulder, and he instantly stopped spanking, glancing at the hand on him then looking up towards the face. Kakashi raised his eyebrows, and they two seemed to come to some telepathic agreement, as Iruka allowed Kakashi to help Naruto off his lap, let him pull up his pants, still sniffling, and placing a hand on his shoulder, lead the limping boy over to his teammate. Kakashi placed his other hand on the dark-haired teen's unruly head, and the three disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Those left behind in the meeting room were still annoyed, some still upset, and all surprised at the series of events that had just taken place. Leaning back in his seat, Iruka placed a sore hand over his eyes, breathing deeply. The strength of his emotions surpassed that of anybody else in the building.