Bad Idea

I generally considered myself a happy person and there were very few things I disliked. Nevertheless, the amount of paperwork I had to do as an ANBU Commander was the perfect amount for the Shadow Clones I could produce without risking too much chakra. So, when Tsunade ordered me to take care of all the mission assignments up until the Chunin Exams, my normal happy attitude dimmed drastically. That meant more paperwork and less time for fun. 'If you're making me do extra work to drink again, I will punish you.' I mentally complained, remembering the last time Tsunade assigned extra work to me so she could go out and drink sake. 'I never did punish her for that… Maybe I should do something about it? What would annoy her the most?'
"The sake!" I realized happily and smirked evilly. "Yes, that will do nicely."
"Commander! You're cackling evilly again!" one of the ANBU whined. "Please tell me you're not going to create chaos again…"
"Mou, mou, minion, I don't create chaos!" I defended with a mischievous smirk. "It's everyone else who react chaotically to the things I do."
"Isn't that the same thing though?"

"I know you're behind this Akira!" Tsunade growled furiously, waving her sake bottle in front of me with a glare. "No one else would dare exchange my sake for water! This is because of the extra paperwork, isn't it?"
"I have absolutely no idea what you're hinting at, Tsunade. How could I possibly have managed to pull such an ingenious prank while doing all that extra work you had me do?" I smiled innocently at her. She had no proof and as this wasn't something that could actually endanger the village, she couldn't demand that the T&I investigate it. "I've been working all day."
"I will get you back for this, brat." Tsunade hissed at me. "You think today's paperwork was bad? I'll make you do so much that you'll drown in it!"
"Threatening your subject? How unbelievable of a Hokage." I shook my head in mock-disapproval.
"I'm sure you'll learn all about it in the future." Tsunade suddenly smirked at me.
"That's definitely a threat. How rude…" I complained with a pout. "You never threaten Kakashi when he's late… I didn't even do anything!"
"You switched all my sake with water!" Tsunade shot back.
"I did not!" I denied with a huff, crossing my arms childishly and turning my head away from her.
"I know it was you!" she glared at me accusingly. "But don't worry. In a few years I'll punish you with…"
"Don't ban my dango, please!" I immediately started begging. "It's the love of my life!"
"Haven't you been dating Hatake for almost three years?" Tsunade snorted in amusement.
"Yeah, which is why he's my most precious person." I stated as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"But not the love of your life?" Tsunade asked me in disbelief, her eyes still shining with amusement.
"No, he's just my love. Life or death doesn't really matter." I explained, smiling brightly at the thought of him. "Wait what were we talking about again?"
"How I'm going to punish you with the greatest burden known to man in a few years." Tsunade stated deviously.
"Oh… Let's go back to discussing Kakashi, it's cosier."

The following day, I was back in my office, all alone. It was Friday, which meant the last day of office work this week. It also meant that Kamiko would return and just in time for Team 5's reunion at the bar later. In other words, it was going to be an amazing day. I hummed softly as I read through the last document on my desk. 'Finally! Now I just need to leave a clone to receive the mission reports from those who finish their missions today and then I'm done for the week.' I mentally cheered and created a Shadow Clone.
"Tanuki? You're back?" I heard one of the guards outside say in shock. "You didn't leave Konoha?"
"I know Akira can't be bothered to water my cactuses so obviously I has to be back by today to do it myself." Kamiko stated emotionlessly. "If you'll excuse me, I have a mission report to deliver."
"That's exactly what the Commander said!" I heard the other guard hiss in shock as Kamiko opened the door to my office and walked in. While her face was covered with her Tanuki mask, I could easily tell that she was smirking.
"Mission report." I commanded, smiling behind my mask.
"A success. Targets eliminated and prisoners brought back to Taki safely." Kamiko reported emotionlessly.
"And the files I asked you to look into?" I questioned her calmly.
"All delivered to the Cryptanalysis Team." Kamiko responded swiftly.
"Lovely. And you were just in time for our Team Reunion Dinner!" I stood up and let my Shadow Clone take my seat and grabbed Kamiko's left arm. "Let's go!"
"Yeah, yeah…" Kamiko muttered and allowed me to use a Shunshin to get the two of us over to our apartment.

I was skipping down the road, holding Kamiko's hand as tightly as I could so she would keep up with me. My hair was blowing in a combined effort of my speed and the wind.
"How are you so fucking happy?" Kamiko groaned as we approached the bar where we were supposed to meet our previous teammates.
"Because I haven't seen Tadashi in weeks and sensei in months! I swear Tsunade tries to mess up our breaks so that sensei and I never meet up." I replied with a slight frown at the last part. "It's almost as if they fear what we'll do together…"
"Last time the two of you combined your efforts to a prank, we got the combination of sensei's crazy unpredictability and your ability to never get caught." Kamiko countered with a smirk. "Honestly, the crazy chickens on top of the normal chaos the two of you create was a bit over the top."
"But the whole point of the prank was to turn the village into a farm, but then we realized that we forgot the chickens and obviously we can't have a farm without chickens." I explained as casually as if I was talking about the weather and not how we had dressed up everyone as various animals with the help of sensei's sealing skills.
"My adorable little student makes an excellent point." A voice called from behind us, making the two of us spin around to see the face of our sensei. I squealed happily and jumped onto the older man to give him a hug. "Oi! Baby koala, I need air…"
"Sensei I missed you!" I whined, refusing to let go of him. "It's so boring without you!"
"Maa, you two are still as troublesome as ever." Yet another familiar voice called, and I quickly released sensei to hug the other male member of my old squad.
"Tadashi! I've missed you!" I exclaimed happily.
"You look like you missed him more than me…" Hayato complained with a pout on his face, pinching my cheek with his left arm.
"Sensei! That hurts!" I somehow managed to get rid of his grip on my cheek.
"To think that our baby koala Akira is old enough to drink…" Hayato stated playfully, throwing one hand over my shoulder and one over Kamiko. "And that our murderous Kamiko has developed a sense of humour. Not to mention that Tadashi willingly took the Jonin Test."
"It was troublesome…" Tadashi complained, leading us over to a table.
"You find everything troublesome…" Kamiko snorted.
"Nothing beats Akira during the second test of the Chunin Exams, though." Tadashi smirked at me and poked my cheek. I glared at him.
"Oi! I wasn't that bad!"

Akira was holding both of her teammates and skipping happily over to their chosen gate entrance to the Forest of Death. The ten-year-old was humming softly, much to the displeasure of her teammates.
"Oi, Akira! Would you please stop humming?" Tadashi complained, earning a pout from the younger girl.
"But we're going camping!" Akira stated, still wearing her pout. "Well, almost at least… And I get to play with other genins! It'll be super fun!"
"We can make it even more fun." Kamiko told them with a slight smirk.
"Really? How?" Akira almost started jumping on the spot in excitement.
"We'll put you as team leader." Kamiko was definitely smirking.
"But I'm the youngest." Akira looked at her older teammates in confusion.
"Well, you're pretty much the team's spokesperson." Tadashi actually looked like he was considering the idea. "Not to mention that you're the best at coming up with ideas on the spot, so this should help you get better at planning ahead."
"This is going to be awesome!" Akira cheered, now jumping on the spot in excitement.
"I'm already regretting this…"

Team 5 had succeeded in retrieving the second scroll they needed to pass the exam during the first day. So technically all they had to do was get to the tower and they would have passed the test. Unfortunately for the two eldest members of the team, the youngest member had a strong desire to defeat as many other teams as possible. And so, Akira had decided that the best way to do that was to place traps and pranks all around the tower. The team ended up spending an entire day placing traps and pranks. At three points, they almost ended up losing their scrolls. Akira had overestimated her traps which had led three stronger team to managed to get out of it and start fighting Team 5. Luckily, their teamwork and all the pranks and traps already set, was enough to save them. Still, after Tadashi received a horrible burn during the third almost-loss-of-scroll, the team decided that they had done enough. Later it would turn out that all their efforts did indeed work in their favour, as only 3 teams plus Itachi managed to pass the exam.

"I don't get why you guys complain so much about it! Sure Tadashi got burned and we technically wasted an entire day and almost lost our scroll thrice, but all things considered it all worked out just great!" I insisted, my arms crossed childishly over my chest.
"I still have a scar after that fire jutsu." Tadashi deadpanned.
"Personally, I found it amazing, those in charge of cleaning up got caught in some of your traps and ended up walking around looking like chickens for the rest of the day." Hayato chuckled in amusement. "Ah, my baby koala, Akira was starting to get good at pranks around then."
"She's gotten too good at it. I had to deal with a sober Tsunade today." Tadashi stated, earning empathic looks from the rest of the team.
"I neither confirm nor deny any of these rumours." I swiftly said with an innocent smile plastered on my face. "Besides, if she didn't force her poor, young and precious ANBU Commander to do more paperwork to go out drinking and gambling, then this wouldn't have happened."
"That's practically admitting to it, Akira…" Kamiko stated with a smirk. I still smiled innocently, not reacting to her statement whatsoever.
"But sensei!" I suddenly realised that the two of us were in Konoha at the very same time. "You're here!"
"And you're here as well!" Hayato-sensei caught onto where I was going at once.
"Oh Kami, how troublesome… They're at it again." Tadashi complained and sent Kamiko a pleading look, begging her to do something about the madness that would surely be happening soon.
"Just don't accidentally get paint or clocks in the dinner again." Was all Kamiko had to say when she saw what was happening.
"Don't worry, I learned from my mistakes." I smiled brightly before turning my attention back to sensei. "Say last time we turned the village into a farm, what do you say we go for something a tad bit more… exotic this time?"
"I was thinking something hotter." Hayato smirked mischievously. "Did I mention my recent mission in Suna? It was so lovely there, I just want to spread that joy all over Konoha!"
"Ah sensei, you're always so thoughtful of others!"