A/N: Just a series of shorts I've had bouncing around in my head. No specific characters/pairings, just random insights on daily lives/occurrences. Fleshing out some of the background characters.
That, and its NaNoWriMo time. R/R please.
Iwashi was pretty mellow, all things told.
Then again, for ninja, "mellow" was quite subjective.
When he was assigned the courier mission all the way out to Mist, he shrugged, whatever. A mission was a mission.
When he was told he was going to have a partner for it, he shrugged, whatever. A two-man mission was more tolerable than a solo.
Then he found out who his partner was.
Anko.
He literally face-palmed at the mission desk. The second loudest ninja in all of Konoha, and he gets saddled with her for a stealth courier mission. Swell.
But he said nothing about his displeasure as they left through the north gates of Konoha.
He said nothing as she peered at their map, trying to find the most circumspect way into Mist.
He said nothing as they raced through the forest.
Nothing needed as they realized they had picked up a tail, a shared glance telling the other all they needed to know.
He said nothing as she signed a plan to him in scout sign.
He said nothing as she body-checked him away from an attack he didn't see, and took the shuriken that would have crashed into his gut in her side and shoulder.
He said nothing as he calmly eliminated the threat.
He said nothing as he extended a hand to help her up.
Nothing really needed to be said.