10The village of Konohagakure was a peaceful one. The sun was shining and the birds were singing making a lovely day for leisurely activity. The only thing out of place in this peaceful picture was the graffiti that now was all over the august heads of the village being painted by the local miscreant. Uzumaki Naruto cackled merrily as he wrote another insult on the Hokage monument. This was perhaps the most ambitious prank he'd ever dared to pull on the village. Best of all he was sure that he wasn't going to get caught for this one since he'd been sure to watch out for lookouts this time. He'd promised his big sister that he wouldn't do something stupid before graduation but well he wanted to go out with a bang and there was no better way then to make the biggest prank he'd ever done now...
"Oh Naruto," his sister's sing song voice called to him distracting him from his last insult to the Hokage's that had come before making him drop his painting materials which fell down the sheer cliff-side. Beside him standing sideways only clinging to the mountainside due to chakra in her feet (so cool) was his older sister Uzumaki Anna looking exasperated and slightly miffed. Her strawberry red bangs fluttered around her face and hitai-ate that proudly displayed her allegiance to Konoha. She was dressed in typical chūnin attire down to the sandals and fingerless metal covered gloves so save for a bear claw necklace one could easily mistake her as one of the mission desk clerks that ran around the Hokage's office which she wasn't. She actually worked in TI in the cryptology department.
"I thought we agreed not to do that prank before graduation and aren't your supposed to be in the Academy?"
"Ah well you see..." Naruto's voice trailed off as he noticed that his sister had a less then impressed look at his lackluster explanation. He sagged knowing that he was going to get it. Resigned he propelled himself over to where she was standing which allowed her to grab him by his shirt knowing that her faster reflexes would catch him even if he were to run off to avoid punishment. He pouted slightly as she walked up the mountain with him slung over her shoulder like a sack of rice. He'd worked so hard on this one...
"Naruto-kun," Anna's voice was filled with disappointment. "Really? You couldn't wait till night to do it?"
"Eh?!" He stared his sister who had a gleam of mischief in her deep blue eyes. He felt his disappointment vanish and began to grin back at her realizing that she was teasing him. "A prank like this just screamed to be done when all can see it."
"In other words you wanted to show off?"
"Oi!" Naruto laughed at his sister. "I'm going to be the best Hokage dattebayō! Of course I need to show them I'm better then them!"
"Not if you don't graduate because you skipped class," Anna snarked making him stick out his tongue in retaliation.
"Frekke drittunge." She muttered playfully as she slipped into her old mother tongue which she often did when teasing him, her friends, her teammates which included her...boyfriend . Naruto was used to her doing that and could understand some of the language spoken but not all of it since she only spoke it rarely. For that wordage which he knew well the meaning of there was only one proper response to it.
"Dust," He stuck out his tongue for added emphasis as they reached the top.
"Thank you Anna-chan. I'll take it from here." Iruka-sensei said as he jumped into view and held out his hand for Naruto who was transferred over to his waiting hand quickly interrupting the sibling banter.
"Thank you Iruka," Anna smiled at him. "Now if you'll excuse me..."
"She's gonna go kiss her boyfriend!" Naruto teased wanting to get in the last word before facing Iruka-sensei's wrath.
"Drittunge, I'm going back to work before the Hokage gets called in for your antics." She waved off the tease as she jumped using the shinobi route back to her job. Naruto crossed his arms with annoyance and fondness. Whatever punishment Iruka-sensei had lined up for him was nothing. He'd been cowed but Anna would be there once the punishment was over and then they'd eat at Ichiraku's Ramen shop just as always...Well if her boyfriend wasn't there that is. But then he was okay by Naruto's book although teasing was fun.
"Naruto," Iruka-sensei bit off. "You're going to get a long lecture about this."
As it turned out she wasn't missed in the TI department. Most of the cryptology department was used to Anna's issues with Naruto but were understanding of it. Anna in turn was an excellent at analysis and therefore if not on specific missions or training to hone her craft was often found here. As she reached her desk Anna sighed as she went back to her translation duties from a message that had come from a spy in Kumo. She didn't approve of his prank. Far from it she just wished he'd done it at night so at least she wouldn't have to bail him out or catch him in the act. What had she taught him about espionage all these years?
"Little brother issues?" Her teammate asked as he leaned over Anna's desk catching her attention. She looked up and saw Inuzuka Hige leaning over her cubicle with a smile his silver and black hair standing messily up as per usual. Beside him was Shiromaru who grinned at her with a dog grin. It was a good thing Naruto was serving out whatever punishment that Iruka was meeting out to him. Otherwise he'd be teasing her or harassing Hige about being her boyfriend and yes that was what he was.
"Of course," she smiled back back him. He was a teammate from her original team. Like her he was in TI only with tracking division along with their other teammate Hyuuga Akira. Still they often worked together and Hige had been a dear friend and yes boyfriend to her over the years while Akira acted like the exasperated older brother that he was. All that was missing from their happy family was Hyuuga Takeo, Uchiha Fumiko and Uchiha Naomi who'd been killed by Uchiha Itachi during the Uchiha Massacre.
"That Kid is going to get in over his head," Hige snorted. "You mark my words."
"Hey he's also going to be Hokage," Anna playfully retorted back.
"I know," Hige easily agreed. He too liked Naruto having been there for him since he was small. Her teammates as a result the one of the few that could actually stand the boy rather then the rest of the village who were all too keen on shunning him. "I just love winding you up."
"Love you too fleabag," she teased back before turning back to her work. If she could just finish this line...
"Anna-san," Mitoku called from his office. "I need that encryption now."
"Vente hva? I thought I had more time then that. Ugh, yes Mitoku I'll finish it up. Now get out you giant distraction," Anna grumbled waving away the cheerful Inuzuka who snorted but dutifully ducked out knowing she was needed to finish up her work. Anna returned to her work readying her translation so that Mitoku could report to Hokage. The message was important after all.
Norwegian translations
Fekke drittunge- cheeky brat
Dust- jerk
Vente hva- wait what?
