H-hello all…

I know you're all mad at me, and I have no excuses what-so-ever on why I'm so late. It's rather embarrassing actually, before I ever attempted actually ever making a fan-fic I'd always whine on how long the authors took to update, and the bad excuses they would leave. And look at me now won't you? I'm so sorry! I'll spare you the excuses at least, and if I have any fans left, I do hope you enjoy!C:

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The apally chested blonde mumbled in her sleep, her arm swatted out knocking several rather important documents to the chestnut colored floor. Surprisingly enough, she had been working pretty hard the night before, ever since that foolish Naruto came in late last night everything had been nothing but trouble!

Flashbackness~~

"Eeeh? Oo-baa-chaaaaaaaan! Come ooooooooooon!!! It's just a minor set-back, I can still do missions, I swear! How come you're always so hard on me?!D:

The older woman pinched the bridge of her nose in attempt to keep calm. "Naruto," she started,"this isn't a matter of me being hard on you, it's a matter of grave concern, and I-"

"But how come-"

"And I need you to be serious!" She stood up from her chair and slammed her palms against the smooth mahogany desk, the younger blonde frowned, but inside he smiled. His maternal mother always got like this when it came to something dangerous, it made him feel quite loved actually to know that she cared for him so much, he would never tell her this though of course; the great Uzumaki Naruto could never reveal such a personal and embarrassing fact!

The kitsune sighed and his lips formed a small whiny pout, "Fine...but you totally owe me for this!" He wiggled his pointed figure toward the older woman; but pulled it away when he feared she just might take the initiative and bite it off if he bugged her any further. "It may take a while Naruto, but I would appreciate your patience for the time being," The younger blonde nodded numerous times to keep the appearance that he was listening and made his way for the door. "And Naruto." The Orange clad Nin turned around slightly, "please…" Her sentence stopped there, drifting, as though she had so much more to say but didn't know how to say it correctly.

He nodded in her direction with look of confidence."Don't worry Oba-chan! The greatest ninja in Konoha wouldn't be caught dead in the clutches of the bad guy!"

End Flashbackness~~

The First's granddaughter awoke with a start. It seemed as though Ton Ton had made her way into the office and was sniffing about for something to eat. Tsunade smiled lightly and reached for some treats she had under her desk, throwing one in the air and watching the small pig jump after it.

'Naruto,' she thought back as she through another morsel into the air,' just don't do anything stupid!'

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Naruto hummed a tune to himself as he trudged about his room in search of dirty clothes. It seemed that not doing missions for a while could prove to be quite fruitful for him after all. If he kept on cleaning at the pace he was now, he might actually see the bottom of his floor before he turned Jonnin!

A Purple and Green sock made its way into the hamper and the blonde snickered as he recalled the anecdote that lead to the grotesque item. He treaded on making an,"Eghh!" Sound as he stepped on a two week old cup of ramen. He shook the goo off his foot whilst hopping on the other; the amusing sight ended as he hopped into a squishy Okonomiyaki piece and toppled over.

"Crap." He mumbled out-loud, "it figures that I'd get hurt cleaning!

"Naruto giggled at his own joke and stood up making his way to the couch. He sat down in a huff staring across the room tiredly at the askew heap of clothes. The contaminated apparel seemed to stare back at him menacingly. "I'll bet being a ninja's much safer!" He laughed.

Meanwhile, at the Akatsuki Hideout~:D

"Stop it." "No." "Stop it." "No." "Stop it."

"…"

"No."

"Gaaaahhh!!" Sasori I swear I'm gonna kill you, un!" The smaller Blonde man jumped on the Red head's

back baring his teeth.

"What? I'm only critiquing you." The older male remarked dodging blows to the head."There's to much Blue here and the grass-"Stop it!" The frustrated artist growled trying to chew off the opposite males ear.

"You're aware taking me apart won't make you a better artist right?"

"How would you know? It's not like you're a good artist, un!"

"Better than you."

"Grrr…You bastard I swear I-!

"Hey! Sasori, Deidara! Leader-sama wants to see you." A tall Blue skinned man waved at them from the hall. Deidara hopped off the Sand Nin,"you're just lucky Kisame was here to save your ass!"

"But who's going to save yours?" The puppet master smirked.

A hot tinge of Pink littered Deidara's cheeks and he shook his head. "S-shut up you jerk! Pein's waiting for us, and unlike the irresponsible you I'm going to actually make it this time!

"Because we all know why we were late last time~" Sasori's smirk grew wider and Deidara's cheeks reddened as they made their ways to the meeting room…

Yeah, yeah, yeah I no it was short, but think of this as my booster seat to better things, ne? Like a recap of what went on with a mix of new things to come?-sweat-

Reviews keep me warm, at night!~

Thank you for reading!-deep bow-