Great Spy Ninanokuba!

The village of Konoha …

The rays from the morning sun are reflected off of a pair of glasses, which were worn by a figure who sat atop the roof of Ichiraku Ramen. He wore a white T-shirt with blue jeans and canvas tennis shoes. He was about five feet eight inches, with an athletic frame. Most who saw him, usually mistook him for a child, but to those close to him, he was known as …

"GRRREEEEAT SPYYYYY NINANOKUUUUUUBAAAA!"

He shouted at the top of his lungs, alerting passerby. He immediately noticed his error, and leapt from the building to the ground. Today's mission was – oh yeah, today's mission:

Get info on Tsunade. Then, return the information to me. – Jiraiya.

Ninanokuba checked his bag.

"Let's see, string, kunai, the latest issue of Uber Ninja Monthly and – here it is…" he produced a camera.

"Jiraiya," Nina told himself. "I really hope you don't stiff me after I complete the mission."

Ninanokuba checked the to-do list Jiraiya managed to "sneak" away from Shizune, Tsunade's aid.

9:00 – Morning drink at Ryouza Conrerstone.

The spy walked to the popular "All-day bar and family spot," taking a seat at the entrance. He checked his chuunin watch, and right on time, the Hokage entered, with her dark-haired aid holding her pig.

She had the usual look on her face – irritated and groggy. Ninanokuba felt a pang of guilt as he checked his camera for film. He looked up to see where Tsunade sat. She was at the far end of shop, facing away, but a mirror was in front of them, from an angle, giving the spy-nin a grrrreeeat view.

Good Lord … no wonder Jiraiya nearly goes into convulsions just talking about her.

He remembered how Jiraiya started drooling talking about "accidentally" seeing Tsunade bathing in the hot springs a few days ago. He was doing this, of course, from a hospital room, with a broken arm and leg.

Ninanokuba shuddered a bit thinking about how he'd be punished should Tsunade catch him. Actually, out of the shinobi in Konoha, Nina was only slower than Rock Lee and Gai. As long as they weren't her bodyguards, everything was okay.

"Lee … let us protect the Fifth with our…"

Ninanokuba felt his heart sink. There was no way …

"FLAMES OF YOUTH!" Gai and Lee burst through the door, causing Tsunade to break the table at the booth she was in.

"SHUUUT UUUUUP!" she shouted back, as if in response to the "beasts" of Konoha.

"Rock, your first lesson in protecting the Fifth: Don't make her mad." Gai said, smiling, the usual ping in his teeth coming after.

"YES!" Lee said, saluting Gai.

Ninanokuba quickly placed the camera back in his bag, lifting the menu up to his face, hoping they would pass by.

"Grrrr .. why do you have to scream so early?" Tsuande said, her voice getting closer with each word. Ninanokuba peeked over the menu – and watched in horror as the Ffith sat down in the booth across from him. She glared in his direction before huffing.

"Where's the drink, where's the drink?" she asked no one in particular.

Ninanokuba had to act fast.

Looks like he had to use "that" technique…

Surprisingly, he felt no nervousness as he took out his camera. The plan? Take a few fast flashes, then run like crazy. Rock and Gai were fast, but could they catch a scared spy-nin? Has anyone ever caught a spy-nin who ran away like a little girl?

"NOOOO!" Ninanokuba shouted, raising his fist. Both Lee and Gai gave him weird looks, but gave him the "nice guy" pose.

Of course, replete with pings

FLASH

FLASH

"What?" Ninanokuba looked down at his camera, which he hadn't even had a chance to use. He looked across to see Shizune taking a few pictures, then – smiling back?

Holy crap … does she know?

"The ANBU Express Delegar? Version 2?" she asked, holding her camera up. "It's really nifty. Ultra-compact, very light, useful for taking pictures when no ones looking …"

Shizune felt a very dangerous presence – and it happened to be beside her, staring craters into the spy-nin.

Ninanokuba was a lot of things: fast, trustworthy, even drug-free, but he wasn't cool under pressure. He began to sweat bullets as he looked down, and read the exposure count.

What the crap? 2?

He realized his fingers were down on the shutter the whole time. Tsuande smiled, motioning to Lee and Gai, who both broke out their "nice guy" poses into "psychotic vicious body rearranger" pose. Ninanokuba was one step away from needing a change of underwear.

He gulped as Tsunade stood between them, a sight which would make the mightiest of ninjas take a step back. Ninanokuba's pupils shrunk as she placed her hands on her hips.

"Jiraiya?" she asked. Ninanokuba whimpered a bit before nodding.

"You can thank him when you see him in the hospital." She lifted two fingers. "Enough to knock you out."

Ninanokuba thought quickly as Tsunade's fingers came to him in slow-motion.

That technique…

He formed one hand seal, praying to every god known as his hand reached up.

"SUPER BIG BUSTY FLASH NO JUTSU!" He shouted snatching at Tsunade's upper clothing. It felt loose, even for the split second Ninanokuba touched it. In a flash, he sped out of the shop, his bag and camera intact.

to be continued