After Zhen and I had went to fetch Cat, a bloody Jiraiya in tow, we decided that we ought to actually find out what our mission was. "Pervy Sage," I asked, "what exactly is our first mission together?"
"Not to beat the shit out of your sensei...by the way, you failed." Jiraiya mumbled but stopped when he saw Zhen-chan glaring daggers at him.
"Really, Jiraiya-sensei..." I rolled my eyes as I continued, "what is the mission?" He kept grumbling under his breath. I sighed and shot a quick wink at Zhen and Cat. Then, I changed how my voice sounded, made it cuter, a bit more seductive...."Please, Jiraiya-sensei, will you pleasetell us what our mission is?" I wrapped my arms around his chest a little and looked up at him through my eyelashes. "Please, sensei?"
I got the satisfaction of seeing a little bit of blood trickle from his nose.
"You are one dangerous little kunoichi, you know that?" He smirked and discreetly wiped his nose on a palmed handkerchief. I fluttered my eyelashes in response. "Okay,okay, enough of that." His voice was a little bit too soft and gentle for his words.
Sucker. I thought. I backed off and gave the Sannin time to compose himself.
"Okay, your first mission, your first real mission, I should say, is infiltration." He smirked at us. "You will go into the Sound village disguised as concubines. Whatever happens, they must not know that Leaf ninja were involved. I will be posing as your agent."
We groaned and sank to the ground. What a sucky, perverted mission.
"Chessy," Jiraiya said with a bit of a smug smile on his face, "you're leader now. You have the necessary talent and skills for this mission. I'm counting on you."
"Wait a damn minute! This is an infiltration mission, but what kind of infiltration work are we doing?" I asked, hot under the collar now, because of sensei's stupidity.
"Gathering intelligence. Be careful." He looked us over with a grim gleam in his eye. "If anything happens to you," he looked away with a blush, "and I feel that you are going to be....compromised, to say the least....I will step in and defend you."
Jiraiya heard the unmistakable sound of three jonin jaws dropping. Then, they snapped close.
Feeling a bit better, I stepped up to the Toad Sage and wrapped my arms around him, hugging him.
He looked down at me with surprise in his eyes. For once, there was no perverted glimmer to those black eyes. Just a paternal kind of concern.
"Thank you, sensei." I spoke quietly but fervently. "Thank you for caring about us. I'll make sure Cat and Zhen are safe."
"But what about you?" He asked, his eyes narrowing in suspicion.
I shrugged, pulling back, to look him in the eye, my expression cold and steely. "My life isn't worth so much. You just look after my team."
His eyes widened in shock.

***Note: This is not some yaoi, yuri,or other pairing set-up. This is just what happens when shinobi bond--like father and daughters. There's huggles. And murderous rage when one or the other is threatened. (hint, hint)***