( Of course, when they found one of their co-workers twitching on the floor from a genjutsu, the sigh of relief turned to cursing. )

( Ago probably was pretty stupid by conventional standards, but it didn't mean he was completely dense. )

( 'You're just so sexy, I can't stand it.' )

Solo missions were a harbinger of many things in ANBU. Extra glances in your direction, well wishes, the donation of extra supplies to one's cause, an offer to deliver letters to loved ones, and a few more pats on the back or shoulder. Tsuba disliked most of them. It never hurt to get a few more soldier or blood pills, but she knew the reason ( Read more... )

Sachiko decided that she really could have gone on with her life quite happily ( without this mission coming down... )

By all accounts, they had made excellent time. It hadn't taken as long as it should have for Suoh and Isao to find themselves sneaking past the enemy border(  with a dead man in tow... )

Kazushi got the assignment slip at 0900, but it wasn't until close to 1600 that he finally found himself heading over to talk to Hige about it. Not that he really had to, he supposed. She and her ninken Kashikoi were still off-duty, recovering from the horrific injuries the Kumo bastard had inflicted on them.

( But the war didn't stop. )

Itaru heard about the successful raid on Sunagakure, their newest enemy in the war with Konoha, from the pair of nurses that came into his room sometime not long after sun-up to change the dressings on his wounds and add another dose of whatever the hell medications they had him on. Hiko had gone, hopefully to get some sleep, he thought, and Itaru ( Read more... )

[[continues from This Has to Be Someone's Fault]]

When Itaru woke, it was with a sudden, clear-headed awareness that he was someplace different than he'd been before. His memories of coming back to Kumogakure were hazy at best--he wasn't sure they weren't just delirium. But this, where he was now, this was painfully real ( Read more... )

Picking up various packages for the household was starting to get to be a chore left to Mine more and more often. Her father had been out on a mission for about a week now, and her stepmother had decided that, if Mine was going to be passing through Konoha on her way back from training, anyways, it wouldn't hurt her to pick up a few things along ( Read more... )