The white and black uniformed group was running through the trees like they were walking through a meadow. In front, a violet-haired woman was leading the group, her outfit form fitting and, weapons strapped tightly as if they were safety blankets. She ignored the quiet bickering from two of her teammates in the background.

"Dobe!" came the quiet command for attention.

There was soft grumbling before the Fox ANBU snapped a reply out, "Nani, teme?"

There was a small pause as the Badger ANBU launched himself from a tree branch before he asked his question, "Did you tell your team that you had to leave on a mission?"

Dead silence reigned over the pair as the feeling that he had been forgetting something finally had a name put to it. His team, his stupid genin team. The team he didn't want. He had forgotten to tell them he was leaving on a mission. When the blonde didn't reply the raven-haired badger immediately knew, "You didn't! Maybe I should have had your genins fail! They would have been better off."

Growling, Fox turned his masked face to send an annoyed glare at the man beside him. "They'll be fine. They're smart, they'll figure it out fast!" he countered in defense of his teaching skills.

A hand held up signaled the halt and the pair fell silent as they landed on the branch next to the violet-haired woman. The final member of the team landed beside Fox a moment later, his black hair looking disheveled and messy. Sunglass covered eyes turned to look at the violet haired woman.

"Mantis," the woman whispered her voice serious and yet teasing at the same time, "send some of your friends up to scout. I can smell the blood ahead." The team knew that their Captain was grinning in delight under her mask. Yet, no one said a thing as the sunglass covered masked Mantis lifted his baggy sleeves and let a handful of bugs crawl out of the cover of his clothing. Without awaiting instruction they flew forward.

A day later, covered in blood and smiling in accomplishment, the ANBU team stood near the gate to Konoha. "Toad-niisan?" Naruto asked looking at his violet-haired Captain. The woman turned her head in acknowledgement and he continued, "Same as usual?"

Laughing slightly the woman nodded before calling out, "Alright team, head home, shower, change, meet back up for dinner in an hour." It had become a habit of the team's. Unlike the normal ANBU teams, Toad's squad was as close-knit as possible. After every mission they would meet for dinner and unwind. They would spend free time with each other and try to overcome some of the more difficult missions mentally.

Nodding the group broke up, each heading their own way. Naruto quickly ran to his house, he had several things he had to do. Dropping his dirty clothes and mask to be cleaned later that night, he jumped into the shower. The hot water felt good running over his dirty skin, but he didn't have time to stay and relax.

Cleaning and feeling as if he had peeled a layer of skin off, Naruto jumped out of the shower and sprinted into his bedroom, towel wrapped around his waist tightly. He skidded to a stop at the sight of the blood covered, dirty Sasuke bent over and picking up his dirty uniform. "Eh, teme?" Naruto asked confused for a moment, "What are you doing?"

Dark eyes glanced up and met the sight of a dripping wet dobe. Rolling his eyes, Sasuke answered, "Since you have to go tell your team where the hell you were, I thought I'ld get this cleaned for you when I did mine, dobe."

Grinning, Naruto bounced over to his closet and pulled out a normal Jounin outfit out. "Thanks, teme!" he called to his rival's retreating back as the ANBU member disappeared out of his window.

The only response he found himself receiving was the normal, "Hn!" The response only caused Naruto's smile to widen as he dressed. Feeling refreshed and looking forward to his dinner, the blonde jumped out his window.

Walking down the street, whistling a tune as he moved, Naruto found himself standing outside of the Oridzuru residence. He knocked on the door happily before slipping his hands into his pockets. The door opened to reveal a young woman. She had an apron on, and was wiping paint off on the dirty cloth as she looked the shinobi in front of her up and down. "May I help you?" she asked nicely.

Somewhat uncomfortable Naruto asked, "Ne, I'm Hakkasei-kun's instructor, Uzumaki Naruto. I was wondering if I could borrow him, if you're not busy?"

The woman's dark blue eyes narrowed dangerously, "You're his sensei?" Her voice was low and dangerous. "And where were you for the last three days?" she questioned.

Naruto unconsciously gulped, one hand slipping out of a pocket to rub the back of his neck uncomfortably. "I was called out on an unexpected mission. In the rush, I forgot to send word I was leaving." He looked rather guiltily at the woman, "I was hoping to make that up to Team Four right now."

The woman, who had an unhealthy soft spot for all shinobi, nodded her head and gave the blonde a gentle smile. Turning, she called out, "Hakkasei, your sensei is here!"

There was a moment of grumbling before the boy appeared in the doorway glaring at his sensei. Grinning like an idiot, Naruto motions for his student to follow him, "Come on, let's go."

Glowering and grumbling under his breath, Hakkasei followed his teacher. Back to whistling and grinning, Naruto stopped in front of a rather large house. Crashes and shouting can be heard coming from the inside. Raising an eyebrow, the blonde knocks loudly on the door.

The door is thrown open by a black-haired teenage boy. Blinking in surprise, the teen then smiles and greets his guest, "The great Naruto-sama! It's a pleasure to have you in our home."

Naruto grinned at the kid somewhat awkwardly. After a moment he asked, "Can Kinezumi-kun come out and play?"

Laughing the teen turned and shouted over the din of voices, "Hey, Squirrel! You're teacher wants you!"

"Shut up!" the came the angry retort. Soon enough an angry girl stormed to the door, sending death glares at her brother. Turning her angry gaze to her teacher, she stepped out of the doorway to stand next to her teammate.

"Be sure to have her home by eleven!" her brother called as the group turned to leave. Shooting one last death glare at her brother, Kinezumi followed her teacher annoyed at the silence.

A few minutes later they were once again at a door. This time, Naruto didn't knock. He pounded on the door and hollered. "Little Nezumi! Get your but out here!" The door swung up to reveal a bed messed blonde-haired boy. Glaring, sand swirling around his feet in annoyance, Sakyuu snarled, "What do you want?"

"Is that anyway to treat your Uncle Naruto?" the ANBU asked sweetly.

Sakyuu raised one eyebrow free eye before answering, "Yes. I was in the middle of my nap!"

Grinning, Naruto shrugged and answered, "You'll have to get used to actually doing something in the middle of the day at some point." There was a small pause before he corrected himself, "It's almost evening! Get your lazy but out here! We're going to be late!"

Grumbling Sakyuu stepped out of his apartment and kicked the door closed behind him. "Where are we going?" Hakkasei questioned as they moved back into the street.

Naruto remained silent as he led them to a small sushi bar. Without looking around he immediately leads the group to the back table. Sitting patiently, his ANBU squad looks the kids over in confusion for a moment.

"Anko-niisan," Naruto starts, "I hope you don't mind I brought the team along. I figured they could learn how to write a mission report."

The violet-haired woman just grins and scoots over to make room for the kids at the table. "Fresh meat?" she questions, her voice low and dangerous, "Not at all, Naruto-kun!"

Hikkasei and Kinezumi silently agree that sitting as far from this woman as possible would be a good idea, while Naruto slipped into the seat next to Sasuke, giving Shino, the sunglass wearing, covered up, bug friend, a friendly smile.

While they waited for a waitress to come collect their orders, the ANBU squad quickly explained how they wrote missions reports. "We don't exactly do this the conventional way," Naruto explained, "See, we find it easier to write it as a team. That way it's more truthful, and it has everyone's views included."

The genin nodded their understanding. Quickly the squad moved onto business. The conversation mostly stayed on topic, discussing the mission in front of the wide-eyed genin, as Anko scribbled down the decided report.

Sasuke startled everyone out of their serious attitude with a quick question, "So, do we put in the part about Naruto realizing he forgot to tell his team he was leaving?"

The three ANBU members snicked, while Naruto gulped and attempted to hide behind Sasuke. Sand was swirly dangerously around the group.

"Hokage-sama informed us that you had probably just wanted to see what we would do if you disappeared!" Kinezumi shouted, her eyes narrowing into slits as she reached for her kunai holster.

Letting out a startled yelp, Naruto quickly formed the hand seals and poofed away, giving Sasuke a whack on the head before going.

A/N: W00t! Chapter two is done! Hope you enjoyed… it's not as funny as the first one, but it has it's odd points. Yes, this will be a series type thing. Sakyuu's background will come into the open later. Akatsuki and Orochimaru will also be explained later!

Now for my exciting news! My friend is starting a Naruto fic! It's gonna be amazing! And she's making me a character in it! I'm gonna be married to Kankorou and have six kids! One of them is sooooo cute!

Anyway… let me know what you think! And thanks for the reviews!