Sukiyaki, dango, onigiri, domburi...

"…Sasuke."

Mayko crinkled her nose at the voice and rolled over mumbling, "No thanks, I'm not a cannibal."

Yakizakana, yakisoba, gyoza…

"What the hell did she say?" Another voice interrupted the delicious parade of food that floated just out of reach of Mayko's hands.

"I think she's dreaming." The first voice replied amusedly.

Tempura, okonomiyaki…

"About cannibalism?" The second voice asked skeptically. Mayko opened her eyes and groggily sat up. On either side of her bed stood TenTen and Sakura, TenTen being the more amused of the two.

"About time." Sakura said irritably. "We have to go meet with Sasuke."

Mayko looked at the pink haired kunoichi for a few seconds before flopping backwards and pulling her blanket over her head. "I want real food." She whined. This caused Sakura to laugh. TenTen made a face and tugged half-heartedly at the blanket covering Mayko.

"You weren't the one that got sick." She pointed out.

Mayko peeked out of the blankets at her and was relived to see that she had returned to her normal color, the green tinge that had accompanied her back to the hotel seemed to have disappeared over night. Mayko sighed and literally rolled out of bed almost landing on Sakura's feet as she did so. She slowly stood up and rubbed sleepily at her eyes. "I'm not a morning person." She said stifling a yawn.

"It's almost ten." TenTen informed the tired ninja.

Mayko shrugged and stumbled towards her bag. "Ten's still morning." TenTen and Sakura rolled their eyes and left the room to let Mayko get ready in peace.

**

Naruto glared down at the enemy that dare defy him. Seated behind his desk he knew it was only a matter of time before he would have to get to work. As much as he hated to admit it, none of the paperwork sitting on his desk would disappear on its own. He sighed and picked up the nearest pen. He pulled over a stack of papers and was getting ready to read the top page when the door squeaked open and Hinata sidled inside. "Hello, N-Naruto." She stammered.

Naruto grinned and hopped over his desk, scattering papers over the floor. "What're you doing here?"

Hinata blushed and pushed her index fingers together. "W-well, I was wondering if-if you wanted to go to lunch with m-me?"

"Sounds awesome!" Naruto said happily, but he caught sight of the papers lying on the floor and sighed, his smile disappearing. "But I can't. I have a lot of work to do." He bent down and picked up the paper lying at his feet.

"O-oh," Hinata said disappointedly. "I-I understand. Well, bye." And with that she quietly left the room.

Naruto sighed and turned around to face the mountainous pile of paperwork waiting for him on his desk. How was any one person supposed to be able to do all of it? And that's when it hit him…he didn't have to be just one person. In fact, he could both do his work and go out to lunch with Hinata. Dropping the paper and grinning at his genius, Naruto performed the required hand signs and was instantly rewarded when five copies of himself appeared in a half circle around him.

"Alright," Naruto grinned. "Here's what's going on; all that paper on the desk has to be read and signed. Then it needs to be filed away, but according to Mayko we have to be careful cuz the old lady was very vague when she labeled the folders. Everyone got it?" The clones all nodded and set about getting to work. Naruto watched for all of two seconds before dashing out the door, hoping he could still catch Hinata.

**

Mayko walked down the street, fighting back yawn after yawn. She was only vaguely aware of where she was walking. Behind her TenTen and Sakura discussed what they thought Sasuke wanted, but she was too tired to join in the debate. Mayko turned a corner and ran into what felt like a brick wall. She fall backwards and landed flat on her ass, much to her dismay. TenTen and Sakura hurried to help her up. "Sorry 'bout that." Mayko said as she brushed the dirt from her pants.

"Don't worry about it." A familiar voice replied happily.

Mayko looked up to get a good look at just who she had run into and was slightly surprised to see a smiling Tatsuya. Behind him stood a scowling Satoshi, his arms crossed over his chest. Tatsuya followed her gaze over his shoulder and frowned. "Don't mind him; he's just cranky about our latest mission. But you guys better hurry to the tower, Sasuke is waiting and…well he's not the most patient person."

"Thanks for the tip." TenTen replied and grabbed Mayko's hand pulling her past the two men. Sakura followed closely behind them.

A few minutes later the trio of kunoichi reached the Otokage Tower and was hurried into the same room as before by a pushy secretary. When they entered the room they were greeted by a glaring Uchiha. Mayko smirked and gave him a cheery wave and more or less skipped over to the dais where he stood. "Good morning!" She chirped happily.

TenTen glanced sideways at Sakura to see her trying not to laugh. Sakura noticed her confusion and smiled. "What? She's never been a big fan of him, so she'll take any chance she can to annoy him now that he's agreed to help."

"Is that really smart? Besides, I thought she didn't know him." TenTen whispered back, watching as Sasuke continued to glare at the now unusually happy kunoichi.

"No, it's not the brightest idea, but Mayko knows the limits." Sakura whispered back, also watching the two. "They briefly met back when Orochimaru was still alive and leader of Otogakure but, no she doesn't really know him." TenTen still looked confused but shook her head and chose not to pursue it further.

"Anyway," Sasuke nearly growled, "Lets get down to business. You guys will be leaving my village by noon to report back to Naruto. I'll send three other ninja with you. They have orders to keep me informed about what's going on and will make minor decisions. For any major ones I will still be consulted. Understood?"

"Someone's not in a good mood." Mayko muttered under her breath.

Sakura smiled. "We understand."

"Good. You'll be met at the gate by those going with you. You're dismissed." Sasuke said and walked out a door hidden behind his chair.

**

Naruto climbed the stairs to his office, his stomach full and a wide grin plastered on his face. That had been his best plan ever! All that was left to do was take a nice long nap on the sofa until dinner. He strutted through the halls to the doors and threw them open in a dramatic fashion. His grin dropped almost instantly.

His desk had been broke in half and papers were everywhere. The couch he had been planning on napping on had been dissected and could be found in pieces across the floor. His chair was missing, but was found once again when Naruto looked up to see it tied to a hook in the ceiling. His clones seemed to be taking turns swinging from it. "What the hell?" Naruto cried when he finally managed to collect his thoughts. "I told you to do the paperwork…not make my office into a playground!"

The nearest of the clones shrugged. "We did some."

"But then we got bored." One of the others said.

Naruto sighed, looking around his office a frown tugging at the corner of his lips. "Mayko and Sakura are gonna kill me."


ShadowKitsune95: Hello everyone! I've had a few people ask me why Naruto doesn't use his clones to do his work, well that's my answer. If I remember correctly, Naruto and his clones all share the same personality so they'd be just as opposed to doing paperwork as he is. However, there's 5 of them and 5 bored Naruto's can't end well. Anyway, hope you all enjoyed!