Gomen!!! I'm sorry I disappeared again, but I swear my butt is completely in gear now. I'm also sorry for this chapter... It's so short, but that's why you get two for the price of one. I honestly have no excuse for myself, so please forgive me.
11. Tsunade
Everyone looked to Kakashi, but he didn't seem to know what to say, so Iruka stepped in. "Listen, guys, Naruto doesn't want to be found. Sure, we're all worried about him, but he can take care of himself."
"When has that idiot ever been able to take care of himself?" Sasuke scoffed.
"Naruto took care of all of us, not just himself, when you were gone." Shikamaru mused. "It seems pointless for us to worry about him like he's still some little kid."
Kakashi smiled. "But you can't help but do it."
"I guess that settles it." Sai smiled brightly. "We're going after the dickless wonder."
"The only question is where to start." Neji completely ignored Sai. "And what to tell the villagers; we can't let them know what's really going on, but it's not likely that they will just ignore Naruto missing."
Everyone paused as the door was thrown open. "Alright, kid, how bad are you failing right now? I bet you've been slacking so much you're even more behind than I was." Tsunade's cheerful voice bellowed out, but her expression dropped when she saw the group without Naruto. "Where's the squirt."
Everyone looked to Kakashi again, but he was interrupted before he could even begin. "On second thought, I don't want to know. Just tell me whatever you're going to tell the villagers, and I'll take over again until Naruto is able." Tsunade could instantly tell that something was wrong, and she knew that the less she knew, the better.
"Naruto is extremely ill, and highly contagious." Shikamaru threw out, not sounding convincing at all. "He has to be quarantined."
Tsunade sighed. "Fine, I'll announce it to the village. In the meantime, make sure you work as quickly as possible to make her better." She then waved for them to leave her office.
Iruka quickly gathered all of the letters from the table, and they all shuffled out.
As Tsunade sat down at the desk that was now hers once more, Shizune jumped on her. "Nee-san, you're not seriously just going to-"
Tsunade held up her hand to stop the young woman. "So long as I don't know the truth, I don't have to worry about lying to the village. Besides, I'm not quite sure I want to know what that brat has gotten himself into this time." She sighed and leaned back in her chain, closing her eyes.
Again, sorry about the shortness. Originally, this chapter was supposed to be some sort of big deal, and I wrote done a little blerb to remind myself later, but I have somehow misplaced my thoughts on the matter, so it came out super small. But, I'm also posting the next chapter with it, so don't hate me.