Itachi wakes up with the sun, as per usual. She yawns and wonders what's for breakfast, as per usual. Thankfully, she does not feel sick this morning, that's a relief. 16 out of 40 weeks down before she can eject the tiny human from her body. Itachi shudders remembering the horror stories she has heard about labour. No wonder her Dad is so pissed at Shisui. It's his fault she's going through all this. Well, it is also Itachi's fault, since she-
What's that?
Itachi leaps up, pulling out one of the kunai she keeps by her bed, and takes a defensive stance on her pillow, her back to the wall. Itachi activates her sharingan and scans the room, searching for the source of the strange chakra signature.
Then she finds it and screams, partly out of surprise and partly out of hormones. Itachi does not scream. Not ever.
A moment later Itachi's Dad bursts into the room, sword in hand, still ruffled and in his pyjamas. His rinnegan are spinning wildly. "What happened?" he asks. "Who's in here? Whose is that chakra?"
Itachi, suddenly feeling cuddly, jumps lightly off her bed and attaches herself to her Dad. "I think it's my baby's chakra," she says, still shocked by the realization.
"Your baby…?" her Dad sounds like he is trying to process what she said, as if he never even knew she was pregnant or something.
"Yes," says Itachi, looking up at her dad. "What's for breakfast?" Suddenly hit by a craving, Itachi adds, "I want pizza."
"What flavour?" asks her Dad.
Itachi thinks about this. "Make me one with lemon, goats' cheese and potato chips on it."
"Do you want sauce with that?"
"Mmmm...yes. Tomato sauce."
"Alright, let's go make you a pizza," says Itachi's dad, steering her to the kitchen. He sits her down at the dining table and makes pizza, adding miscellaneous meat and pickles, dressings and whatever else Itachi decides she wants on that pizza.
When the pizza is finished, Itachi digs in while her father vanishes for a few minutes before reappearing in full battle gear. "Where are you going?" Itachi asks through a mouthful of pizza.
To her surprise, Itachi's Dad starts singing to the tune of 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt': "I'm going on a Shisui hunt, a Shisui hunt, a Shisui hunt. I'm going on a Shisui hunt, and he is gonna die!" Itachi's Dad pats her on the head and marches out the door, repeating his ditty as he goes.
Itachi shrugs and goes back to her pizza.
The day of The Mission dawns bright and clear. Naruto leaps out of bed and goes through everything he packed for the tenth time to make sure he hasn't forgotten anything. Spare undies? Check. Spare weapons? Double check. Scroll for extra storage? Check. Stash of ramen and snacks? Check. Togs for the planned beach party? Check. Violin so he can practice whenever he gets the chance? Check. Food for Sparky, who is coming whether he likes it or not? Check. His notes for the time-stopping seal? Check. Civilian disguise? Check. Extra sealing materials? Check. Something is missing. Oh right! Naruto changes out of his pyjamas and packs those too. Everything is sealed neatly into the seals on his arms and legs. Naruto zips up his brand new orange chunin vest and nods to himself.
Satisfied, Naruto heads downstairs for breakfast. Sparky flies from his perch on top of Naruto's drawers and follows Naruto to breakfast.
Since it is so early, only Iruka-nii and Grandpa are there. Everyone else (Pervy Sage, Kimiko, the cat, Grandma) is still sleeping.
"Do you have a fourth team member yet?" Grandpa is asking Iruka-nii.
"Not yet," says Iruka-nii. "But it hardly matters. We can recruit some poor sap at the mission office before we leave. Oh, good morning Naruto."
Naruto grabs and scoffs down three cups of instant ramen before Iruka catches on and stops him. Naruto is impressed that he managed to get down three cups. Usually he gets three steps towards the ramen before he is caught. Iruka-nii is a lot less strict about the ramen than Grandma.
"I think that is enough ramen for now," says Iruka-nii, taking the fourth cup of instant ramen out of Naruto's hands and putting it back in the cupboard. "Have some fruit, or something mildly healthy."
Naruto sighs and grabs an apple.
Kazama sees Arashi, Naruto and Iruka off, making sure they have everything they need. Once they are gone, Sparky and all, Kazama heads back inside the house to get herself some breakfast. Since she is the only one up, Kazama feels absolutely no guilt whatsoever about eating six cups of instant ramen for breakfast. Then she feels slightly guilty about not having anything healthy to go with her breakfast and eats a couple of apples.
Being a good role model is hard work. Hard work should be rewarded with ramen.
CRASH!
Shisui wakes up the instant his bedroom window breaks. For a moment, all he sees is glass shards flying across the room, then Lord Fugaku lands with both feet squarely on the floor, a sword in his hand and his sunglasses off, revealing his glowing purple rinnegan. Shisui screams and falls off his bed.
"Die," says Lord Fugaku oh-so-calmly.
Shisui bolts out the door, Fugaku in hot pursuit. Shisui makes a beeline for his apartment door - this is not a fight or flight situation. This is a RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! situation. So Shisui does the smart thing and runs.
But where to hide from the all-seeing rinnegan? There is no hiding from the Hokage in the Hidden Leaf.
Shisui shunshins randomly around the village, trying to shake Lord Fugaku off his tail. When he feels like he has lost Lord Fugaku for the time being, Shisui shunshins straight into the mission office. He needs to get out of the village for a while.
"Um...good morning, Shisui," says the man sitting behind the mission desk. "Are you feeling alright?"
Shisui wonders if he looks as freaked out as he feels. "NO!" he says. "I need to get out of the village! The Chief's trying to kill me again!"
"Um..okay…"
"Do you have a mission? I need to leave right away!" Shisui is practically hopping from one foot to the other with nerves.
"Are you sure you're not drunk or something?" says the desk-man. "I think I better get you a breath-test…"
"I'm not drunk," says Shisui, pleading now. "I am being hunted by an angry Lord Fugaku! Please, I need to get out of the village!"
"I think I'd better call security…" the desk-man gets up to go and find security.
The door to the mission office crashes open, and Shisui, scared that it might be Lord Fugaku, attaches himself to the desk-man. Fortunately for Shisui, it is not Fugaku who bursts through the door. It is Naruto.
"Hey!" he yells. Then he sees Shisui, who is still clinging to the desk-man shaking. "Hi Shisui, is Mr. Nice Hokage trying to kill you again?"
"Yes," says Shisui, nodding.
Arashi, Iruka and Neji Hyuuga enter the room but stay silent. Arashi grins, Iruka looks like he's trying not to laugh and Neji just stares.
"Nice pyjamas, 'tebayo," says Naruto, pulling Shisui away from the desk-man. "I think you'd better come with us on our mission."
Shisui stares at Naruto, confused. Pyjamas…?
Shisui looks down at himself. He is indeed wearing his pyjamas. But not just any pyjamas - not even the boxer shorts he usually wears to bed. No, he just had to be wearing the onesie Itachi got him for his birthday as a joke. It is covered in ducks. Rubber ducks, cartoon ducks and realistic ducks. And it's pink. It is ghastly. But Shisui wears it because Itachi got it for him and it's super comfy (like Itachi's boobies). "Itachi got me this as a joke," Shisui says.
Iruka laughs out loud. Naruto joins in and falls to the floor - he's obviously been holding it in since he saw Shisui's onesie.
Then the second thing Naruto said registers in Shisui's mind. "Wait, you're going on a mission?"
"Yes," says Iruka, grinning. "We came to the mission office to recruit some poor sap to be our fourth team member. You are in the mission office needing to get out of the village until Lord Fugaku calms down. So how about you join our team?"
"YES!" shouts Shisui. "Let's go already!" He rushes out of the mission office, followed by Naruto. Shisui rushes to the gates, Naruto following. Neji and Iruka catch up with Arashi a few minutes after they reach the gates. It seems Iruka used shunshin to get himself and Arashi to the gates.
"Alright team, let's head out," says Iruka, leading the way out of the village.
To Shisui's surprise, Arashi follows. "So...what's the mission?" asks Shisui.