This was tons of fun to write! Thanks Kaiser969 for the idea!
Babysitting
"I told you, I need someone to look after Nawaki tonight!" Tsunade was pacing in front of her two teammates, frustrated and aggravated beyond bounds. "Mom and Dad are out of the village for a month, and Nawaki is only five! I can't leave him alone yet without him destroying the house."
"And that's why you're asking one of us?" Jiraiya raised a skeptical eyebrow at the blonde girl. "I thought you didn't trust us not to destroy everything in sight."
"Yes, you repeatedly stated on numerous missions –" Orochimaru continued where Jiraiya left off only to be interrupted by Tsunade.
"I know what I said! Whenever you're together I don't trust you not to break out into a fight at any given moment! But right now I'm just asking for one of you to babysit my little brother!" She was yanking at her hair now, pulling it into disarray. Why was it whenever she had to ask her teammates for a favor she ended up more irate and frustrated than she could ever imagine? Oh, that's right, it's because they were Jiraiya and Orochimaru. Nothing else had to be said.
"Why do you need us to babysit anyway?" Jiraiya asked shrewdly, eyeing Tsunade.
"Because my parents are gone," she enunciated slowly, glaring at the white-haired boy with every syllable.
"But where are you going tonight?" Orochimaru had picked up on his friend's drift, and was enjoying interrogating Tsunade.
"Argh!" she let out a growl of pure anger. "It's none of your," she poked Jiraiya in the chest, "or your," she did the same to Orochimaru, "business! I'm going out tonight and I need someone to watch Nawaki! End of story!"
"Well in that case," Jiraiya began, stroking an imaginary beard, "I would think Orochimaru is definitely better suited for the job."
"No, no," the pale-skinned boy replied, gesturing formally to Jiraiya, "you are certainly more highly qualified to babysit him than I."
"But you need the experience my friend."
"This is Nawaki. All prior experience is needed to keep him under control."
"True, but think about what a learning opportunity –"
"Enough!" Tsunade finally interrupted the two with identical punches. "You will both babysit him, and if I come home and find even the smallest thing broken I will make your lives living hell!"