"What do you mean by leaving?" Naruto yelled, his hand clenched against Tsunade's desk.
The poor, long-suffering Hokage sighed. "Naruto, please list out the people on Team 8."
He squinted. "Uh...why?"
"Just do it," Tsunade said, not as sharply as she could have and should have been, considering how annoying Naruto was being.
"Okay, then..." He began counting on his fingers, "Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Kurenai-sensei?"
"Exactly. Do you see the name Uzumaki Naruto anywhere on that list? You can't complain about not being on a team mission you have no connection to." Tsunade went back to her reading, what looked to be a long, rambling tirade from her newfound war buddy, the Raikage, about how hard it was to rein in a foolish, impulsive, and headstrong jinchuuriki.
Tsunade gave the pouting, fuming Naruto a side-glance.
I know exactly what you mean, Raikage, she scribbled down in response.
"But...but you can't just send them all off on a long-term mission without telling me, ya know! Hinata was just telling me about the new ramen-eating record she broke when you called her team in, baa-chan!" At this point, his eyes were sparkling with theatrical tears.
Tsunade and Shizune exchanged a look of chagrin, glancing at the piles of pending missions stacked on the desk, eyes landing on one particularly stupid D-rank to catch a cat. If Tsunade recalled correctly, according to Sarutobi-sensei's notes, this was the one mission Naruto always did hate more than any other.
Should I? she mouthed at her apprentice. Someone needs to do it, and Naruto can't go on any big missions until his next medical check-up.
It's a good idea, Shizune mouthed back. Besides, he needs to cool down for a bit and not overload his body so soon.
Tsunade nodded in satisfaction, then looked back up at Konoha's resident village idiot.
"Very well, Naruto. If you want to go on a mission with Team 8 that badly, you can."
"YEAH! That's what I'm talking about, baa-chan! So I was thinking that S-rank missions might be too much right now with my arm missing, but – "
"You're absolutely right," Tsunade broke in, trying her best to hide her smirk. "I'll get you something lightweight this time."
She passed him the mission details, taking glee in the shocked widening of his eyes.
His shout could be heard echoing miles away, but no one could figure out whether he was yelling in delight or horror. It was a mystery for the ages.
All anyone knew was that Naruto and Team 8 were assigned cat-catching missions for a long, long time, and Hinata was always packing some extra ointment for all the scratches Naruto kept sustaining.
It's true that they're a massive headache, Tsunade wrote in her missive to the Raikage. But I know just how to deal with them.
A/N: For the prompt "What do you mean by leaving?"