Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the world he resides in. I only own Micahamaru.
Chapter 14
(Namikaze Estate)
Tsunade groaned as her bed bounced and she cracked her eye open to see a blond and red head.
"Come on Baa-chan!" Naruto yelled.
"We've got a real mission today!" Micahamaru said as loud as is brother.
Tsunade groaned and rolled over, pulling the blanket over her head. "Too early." She growled. "Go back to bed." She said.
"But we have a lot to do!" Mica said to his godmother.
Tsunade felt the blanket pulled and her eye landed on the clock and she growled. "Its FOUR IN THE MORNING!"
The twins smiled and leapt back. "But Baa-chan, we have three hours to prepare…"
Tsunade grabbed her blanket and rolled back over. She heard the door open.
"Boys." She heard Shizune say with a hint of exasperation. Let's go to the kitchen. Let Tsunade get her beauty sleep."
Thank you Shizune. Tsunade thought. But then she heard Naruto's question. "But, Baa-chan's too old for that to work."
He's dead. I'm going to make your life hell. Tsunade thought of the blond. Its Jiraiya's fault. I knew leaving Naruto with him too much would affect him. Next time I see Jiraiya he's getting a salt enema.
XX
(Elsewhere)
Jiraiya sneezed then shivered in his sleep. Obito who had last watch before they traveled wondered what would cause that reaction, and he knew for some reason a certain pair of twins were the cause of it.
XX
(Namikaze Estate)
Kushina sat sipping her tea as Tsunade came down at six. She gave the older woman a smirk. "A bit excited to be on their first C-Rank." She teased.
Tsunade shot her a look and accepted the coffee from Shizune. "You have to admit, D-Ranks are a waste of resources that academy students could do."
Kushina nodded. The civilians were protesting the changes and she was wondering if they could get away with another purge of the stupid.
Tsunade made sounds as she tried to wake up with the aid of coffee. The three women could hear the twins.
"Where are they?" Tsunade asked.
"In the dojo. I have them sorting weapons." Kushina said with a smirk. "Those two were armed with enough weapons as if they were heading to war."
Tsunade stood and went to see what half her team was up to.
She found them standing nose to nose. "And I'm telling you that you can never have enough explosive tags." Naruto said.
"We're on a simple escort mission. Baa-chan said that…" Mica countered.
"You always quote Baa-chan." Naruto cut off his twin.
"She's usually right. She may suck gambling, but as a ninja, a medic and our teacher she's done right." Mica countered.
Naruto backed off. "Its just Kakashi and Uncle O both said that things can go wrong once we're out of the gate. I don't want to be caught with less than we need."
Mica sighed and gestured towards his scroll. Tsunade from the doorway was impressed with the amount of medical gear her godson was taking.
"I know what you mean. I worry that we could end up like some of the teams Uncle Kakashi told us about."
"Or Ero-Sannin's." Naruto said. They both recalled the story Jiraiya had told them of the one team he took after their father's. how the whole team had been wiped out in Mist.
Tsunade closed her eyes as she remembered that as well as the day she lost Dan, and then soon after she lost her little brother.
Shaking her head she looked on as the twins compromised.
"Pack the medical stuff, we heal quickly…" Naruto said.
"But the others don't." Mica agreed. They sealed away kunai, shuriken and Tsunade watched as they sealed up a hundred exploding tags.
Well it's a nine hundred less than the amount Naruto was going to bring. Tsunade thought.
She then watched as they each armed themselves with two dozen shuriken, a dozen kunai and Mica grabbed his zip staff while Naruto put the Anbu style sword Kakashi got him across his back.
"Ready?"
Mica sighed as he nodded. "We just need to grab rations and…"
Naruto groaned. "Forgot the camp gear."
Tsunade stepped away a smile on her face as she returned to the kitchen.
"Well?" Kushina asked.
"They're doing fine." Tsunade said remembering her own early days and first time out of the village missions.
"MOM!" twin shouts echoed from the other end of the house. "WHERE'S THE MISSION BAGS?!!?" Naruto yelled.
Kushina smiled and went to show them where they were kept. Rin entered the kitchen half asleep.
Shizune looked at her and grinned. "First C-Rank." She said answering the unasked question. "I'm surprised you didn't hear them wake Lady Tsunade up."
Rin shook her head. "I had my radio playing and my room was sound proofed."
Tsunade looked at her. "Then how can you…"
"I leave the door open a lot." Rin answered.
XX
(Hokage's Office)
Team 7 stood at the back while Tsunade collected the scroll. "Team 7 is ready for our C-rank mission." She said taking the scroll.
"Very well." Hiruzen said. He pushed the buzzer. "Send him in."
The waiting room door opened and an old man wearing a whicker hat entered with a sake jug in his hand.
"Tsunade, this is the client. Tazuna from Wave. He's a architect, his current project is building a bridge to connect Wave to the main land."
Tsunade nodded and the man belched and looked at her team.
"These four little snots?" Tazuna said.
Tsunade narrowed her eyes and the man looked her up and down. "And…" his gaze stopped on her chest and she felt her knuckles popping as she clenched her hand.
Hiruzen stood. "I assure you Tazuna-san that Team 7 is a very skilled team. And Tsunade is one of the legendary three, as well as the teams second sensei…" he looked around and then at Tsunade. "Where's Anko?"
XX
(Mitarashi-Yuhi Apartment)
Kurenai opened the door and blinked seeing Tsunade standing there. Behind her was Team 7 and the client. "Wait here." Tsunade growled and walked into the apartment with a "Mornin'." Greeting to Kurenai who was in a robe. The red-eyed Jonin blinked and looked at the four Genin.
"C-Rank mission." Mica said at her look as she noticed they were dressed for travel. "Anko-sensei's late." Naruto said.
A loud thump followed by "IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"
Tsunade stepped out of the room with a smirk. She looked at Kurenai. "Sorry about the mess."
Before Kurenai could ask a soaked Anko was putting on her trench and her sopping wet hair was in a very messy tail.
Anko grabbed her pack which was by the door. "Later Nai-chan. The bed's soaked."
She kissed the red eyed woman's cheek still half asleep and was out the door, pulling it closed behind her.
Kurenai blinked several times, shook her head and headed back to bed, stopping at the small lake that was in the room.
"Tsunade is paying for this when she gets back." Kurenai said using several jutsu's to get rid of the water and grabbed the clothes on the floor to throw in the dryer. "So much for sleeping in." she muttered knowing the bed would need to be put out and the rest of the room thoroughly cleaned and dried.
Make sure Anko's things are out of sight and hire a genin team to do it. She thought. Also remembering to remove the toys and the handcuffs from the nightstand before going to pay for a mission.
XX
(On the Road)
Anko walked with hunched shoulder and was grumbling about "Annoying Blonds".
Hinata and Sakura were in formation behind her flanking Tazuna, while Naruto and Mica were several paces behind them and then Tsunade bringing up the rear. She was there for several reasons.
To watch over her students.
To watch the client and the road ahead at the same time.
To keep distance between her and Anko until the Jonin calmed down and dried off.
To avoid the client staring at her chest and her pummeling him as if he was Jiraiya. (Which would kill the client and they wouldn't get paid and her team would probably revolt on her.
Tsunade liked to think her strategy was sound. It also gave her time to think and ignore the whining of the client about the pace they were setting, which in itself was slower than hell.
Kami, any slower and we'll only make six miles before nightfall. Tsunade thought at how pathetic that was.
She heard Sakura asking Tazuna about Wave and how come they didn't have ninja.
"Not every village or nation has the resources for maintaining a ninja force Sakura." Tsunade answered before Tazuna could speak any more. The man used the words "Super" and "Bestest" way to often for Tsunade's liking and she knew the client lied, he was far too nervous and she saw he was drinking far too much.
"Hold up." She called and Team 7 stopped.
Tsunade strode forward and took the sake jug away.
"HEY!" Tazuna yelled in protest.
"Shut up. You want us to protect you and get you home, you'll need to lay off this. And you'll need to walk a bit faster, we're taking too long."
Tazuna blanched. "I can't…I…"
Tsunade crushed the jug and looked at the boys. "You heard him. He can't move faster."
Mica smirked as he heard his godmother. They did this to Jiraiya when he was out drinking too much and with a look to Naruto who nodded they grabbed Tazuna between them, lifted his leg up with their arms and had his arms around their shoulders.
"Double time." Tsunade said.
"Finally." Anko said as she and the others took to the trees.
Now we'll put some distance into this journey. Tsunade thought.
AN: The journey continues and things get complicated.