*slow blink* Fourth wall? Oh...that's what that shattering noise was. Eh, I'll fix it later. I'm having way to much fun right now.

Naruto: Ninja Burger Chronicles
Scroll Nineteen, Part One: Interlude at Ninja Resources
By Kaori

Most days being a Ninja Resources Officer sucks balls. Burning paperwork and erasing the former of lives of new hires, writing reports to subsequently burn, and assassinating employees who fail to do the honorable thing and commit seppuku after missing the 30 minute deadline isn't exactly exciting or challenging.

Well, that last one can be challenging if the employee is skilled enough, but the ones that can't manage to complete a delivery in half an hour usually aren't.

Some days though, being a Ninja Manager can be damn fun...

"Nnnneeeeext!" carolled Hidan twirling as he opened the door to the waiting room. Today is supervisor quarterly performance evaluation day and that means the Ninja Resources Department gets to torture, annoy, and scare the crap out of the various team leaders. The silver-haired man looked down at his list, "Sarutobi Asuma! You're up!"

The bearded manager sighed, put out his cigarette and slunk into the room. Like all the other supervisors awaiting evaluation he would much rather be anywhere else. Granted, the current method for employee evaluations was far more interesting than being handed a sheet of paper with inane comments about how to improve yourself in order to advance to a position you may or may not want, but this was a bit much.

A few years ago, the Fourth Franchise Manager decided that there was entirely too much paperwork being done and not enough ninja-ing. In order to reduce a significant number of documents (and the boredom that comes with it) that had to be read by various people and signed before eventually being brought to him to read and sign again, he devised a more hands-on approach. An approach that gives no end of amusement to the Ninja Resources Department: The Ninja Burger Performance Evaluation Test.

Now if only he hadn't been licking toads when he'd designed the damned thing...

Sarutobi Asuma panted heavily as he desperately put out the flames on his sleeves. If the Fourth Franchise Manager wasn't already dead he'd seriously consider murdering the man after filling out Form 259-538-J: Request to Terminate Crazy Boss. For now, he'd have to content himself with having survived. He looked up to see Uchiha Itachi absently writing on a clipboard.

"Very good, you've managed to complete the course within the allotted time period without dying immediately afterwards." he said. While he was outwardly bored, he was secretly amused.

"I don't remember the man-eating plant being there last time." groused Asuma. "Or the three hundred and forty foot pitfall trap."

"If it were the same course every single time there would be no point in testing you with it. Zetsu is a valued member of the Ninja Resources Department and it is therefore in his purview to assist with employee evaluations. I am impressed that you managed to correctly measure the depth of the pitfall trap without falling all the way to the bottom of it. However, I would suggest that you work on your attitude when it comes to adverse situations." If Asuma didn't know better he'd swear Itachi was teasing him. "As it stands, you have earned your salary increase quite handily. Continue to perform well and bring honour to your ancestors."

Asuma made a face, and left the room. Not too long after he left a body staggered out of the testing area and collapsed. Itachi cocked his head to the side, walked over, and kicked it in the ribs causing the poor soul to grunt. "Ah your still alive I see." the Ninja Resources Associate commented neutrally. "However, not being able to leave the area under your own power will lower your overall performance rating. Kakuzu, here's another one to cart of to D.E.A.T.H.S."

This next scroll is basically random shorts about the sorts of things that go on behind the scenes of most businesses as applied to Ninja Burger. My job does four quarterly evaluations that determine your overall performance rating for the year, so I thought I'd incorporate that (and my annoyance with it) into this chapter.