Ippan wanted to sigh as she held a box of papers and set them on the table. She had known that this would be boring with not having anyone to talk to for hours. Mitoku checked on her everyone once in a while of course, but he wasn't much of a talker himself. In some cases she had taken peaks at the documents she was suppose to be filing. Mitoku had said they were so important, but all Ippan saw was nonsense that she didn't understand.

She supposed that was exactly why she was right for this job. She was a civilian, meaning that she was clueless and wasn't a liability if anything extreme actually happened. Which probably meant betrayal or something along those lines. Ippan wasn't all that familiar, but she knew stuff like that did happen when it came to ninjas.

As she stacked papers and wrote them off one at a time, Ippan turned when she heard foot stepped behind her. Just as she expected, it was Mitoku checking on her again. "Do you need something?" She asked.

He sipped his coffee and set it on the table. "I need you to get out the late thirds files." The late third, he meant the Hokage.

Ippan tilted her head in curiosity. She never had to take anything out before. "Why?"

"Because their transporting his external files over here since there is a new Hokage is moving in."

"What, really?" Ippan asked stepping up a ladder looking for the thirds last name. Sarutobi , she repeated to herself. "Who is it?"

"Lady Tsunade." He said casually.

"Lady Tsunade." She repeated. She'd heard that name before. Maybe from her father. Ippan grabbed the large files of the third and carefully climbed down the ladder. She didn't want to kill herself over some paperwork. When she was back on the floor, Mitoku spoke.

"Oh that reminds me, take out her file as well. We'll need to bring somethings up to the Hokage's head quarters."

"Oh, okay." Ippan was about to begin looking before she stopped in mid-step. "Wait, we?"

"Well not we, just you."

The younger girl shook her head. "Wait, I'm confused. What am I doing exactly?"

"It's simple, really. You're taking these," He held up the files as an example. "and bringing them up to the Hokage's office."

Ippan furrowed her brow, not quite understanding. "But aren't only, you know, important people suppose to go up there?"

"You're not going all the way, another ninja, Genma, will intercept and make sure you have everything intact before taking it. Someone else will bring the late thirds documents here and you file those, simple."

"If it's so simple then why don't you do it?" Ippan asked with a raised brow. "You're the ninja here."

"Because."

"Because what?" She persisted.

"I'm your boss and I don't want to."

Ippan paused at his answer. She supposed that his honesty was commendable, but she was still conflicted. Ippan was only a civilian and frankly not all that special. She'd heard only important people went up. However, if all she was doing was going half way then she guess that was alright.

"Okay fine." She finally said. "When do I go?"

"Now, if possible." Mitoku sipped his coffee. "They're moving the late thirds things into storage so you should go before it gets crowded."

"Alright." She said. Ippan quickly went down the isle to find Lady Tsuande's file and carefully placed it into a container. She then put it into her book bag before heading out. Ippan was still contemplating Mitoku's reasoning for making her go, but also her father's for getting her this job. Though it had been over a month since she started. Time does fly by fast.

Speaking of, it had been a long time since she had seen, her loud blond friend. Ippan wouldn't lie, she did miss him. She'd been talking to Shikamaru more and made friends with his teammate Chouji. He had quite a taste for food too. Ippan appreciated that. Ino was a bit too concerned with her looks among other things, but she spoke her mind and Ippan respected that.

Ippan walked down the street and saw the same boy she'd been think about. No, it wasn't Naruto, sadly. It was Shikamaru and what looked like his father. It wasn't something a person could miss. The boy was like a mini version of the older man. They walked the same, which made Ippan smiled.

She called out to them. "Hey, Shikamaru!"

The boy stopped as did his father, he turned around to her. They waited until she caught up and Ippan greeted them. "Hi."

"Hey." He greeted shortly.

"Hi, Shikamaru's dad." Ippan said looking up at the older man.

The older man looked amused as his son sighed. "My name is Shikaku."

"Well I'm Ippan, I'm your sons best buddy."

"Really, I don't think Shikamaru has ever mentioned that." Shikaku said glancing over to his son, who looked at Ippan tiredly.

"Would you stop telling everyone that without my permission?" The boy asked.

"What? I thought you were finally understanding that our relationship is too strong to hide."

"There you go with that weird stuff again."

"Tch, Shikamaru you can't fight it. Obviously we've met today because we're fated BFF's."

"Troublesome, your name doesn't match you at all."

Shikaku watched his son in amusement. "So Ippan where are you headed?"

"Well Mr. Nara I actually have a job to do at the Hokages office."

This seemed to catch Shikamaru's attention. "I thought you worked at the library."

"I do," She stated simply. "but apparently that's not all I'm doing."

"You're a civilian, aren't you?" Shikaku asked. Ippan nodded. "I see."

"I'm suppose to give them documentation on Lady Tsunade?" It sounded more like a question than a fact. "After that I have to go back and file some other stuff."

"Who is them?" Shikamaru asked.

"Mm, Genma, he's suppose to meet me." Ippan said, as they stopped in front of the building. "You know I've never been here before."

"Well come on." The older man said as they walked up the stairs. It was strange being in such an important place, but also exciting. As she was walking she heard a loud familiar voice. When they made it to the top Ippan was bit surprised to see Naruto standing there despite hearing him. She hadn't seen him in over a month.

The boys frown turned to a smile when he saw her. "Ippan!" The blond came over and hugged her.

The girl returned his gesture. "Hey Naruto."

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

"I've actually got a job to do."

He looked at her curiously. "A job? You work now?"

Before Ippan could say anymore a man appeared out of mid air and stood in front of her. She looked him over and realized it was the man who proctored the chunin exams. He held a twig in his mouth as he looked down at her. "They told me someone would be bringing the paperwork, are you Ippan?" He seemed to be judging her with his easy going eyes. Ippan didn't let that deter her.

"Yeah, hold on a second." She pulled off her backpack and handed him the container. "Here."

"Thanks kid." The man said looking over the box. He took it and zipped away.

"Wow Ippan you have a job? Do you work here?" Naruto asked in disbelief.

She shook her head. "No, at the library. I'm only suppose to sort papers, but somehow I ended up here today." Ippan looked up at the blond woman staring down at her. "Hi."

"Hello little girl." She said looking her over. "This is your friend Naruto?"

"Yep, my best friend." The boy said with a proud smile.

"Sorry to break your heart Shika." Ippan said looking at the young Nara.

"Would you stop saying things like that?"

Naruto blinked. "What?"

"It's nothing, Shikamaru just can't face the facts."

"I didn't-"

"Anyway," Ippan interrupted. "It's nice to meet you ma'am."

She looked at the young girl with an entertained expression. "Like wise..."

"Ippan Shinpuru."

"Tsunade." She said before catching sight of Shikaku. When they began to talk Shikamaru began to whisper.

"So whose the blond girl and why is she talking to my dad like she's his boss?"

"Oh she's going to be the new Hokage." Ippan answered. The boy seemed shocked.

"And she's no girl, shes actually an old lady in her fifties." Naruto whispered.

This was something Ippan did not know. "Wow, she's aged really well."

"Well I'll see you again soon, no doubt." Tsunade said as she and the unknown lady with a pig walked down the stairs.

"Yes my, lady." Shikaku said.

"Come on." Naruto said, pulling the older girl to follow them.

"Where are we going?" She asked with a raised brow.

"You didn't know? Sasuke's in the hospital."

Ippan blinked. "Really?" It wasn't like she didn't care. Sasuke was Naruto's teammate and therefore she felt some obligation to be worried. However, she didn't know him.

Naruto sighed seeing that he would have to use other methods. "And Kakashi sensei."

"Oh no, why didn't you tell me my husband was ill." The blond scrunched up his face.

"I knew you would say that." The boy paused. "I thought he was your future husband?"

"A lot has happened since you've been gone, Naruto."

Naruto furrowed his brow. "Like what? You didn't even know he was hurt."

"I felt a disturbance, but sadly I had to work." He deadpanned and Ippan grinned, before looking at Tsunade who seemed to be listening to them. "So are you going to help them?"

"Yeah! She's got healing abilities! Isn't that great!" Naruto sounded so hopeful.

"That's good." Ippan said, looking at the older woman gratefully. "Well I'd love to go too, but I have work to do. Mitoku will be bothered if I skip out."

"Aw, but we're just now seeing each other again!" Naruto whined.

Ippan poked his forehead protector. "Hey, I don't get to complain when you go off for months at a time. So you should do the same for me."

"True." He grumbled as she rubbed his head.

The girl blinked. "Hey, I think you got a little taller."

Naruto seemed to brighten at this. "Really?!"

"Yeah, but you're still shorter than me." Ippan grinned before looking at Tsunade. "Hey, take good care of my husband for me."

"I'll try my best." She said putting a hand on her hip. The girl was a funny little thing, she would admit that.

"See you later Naruto." She paused and looked at the short black haired woman. "Pig lady."

"Ah, I didn't introduce myself." She said with a smile. "I'm Shizune and this is Tonton." The pig oinked.

"Oh." Ippan said before turning on her way.

"I'll come by later tonight!" Naruto called.

People began to look at her after his statement and she walked a bit faster. That was probably something you shouldn't yell out to the public.

Today is my birthday. I'm nineteen! :)