And so it was set on the calendars of all great nations. It had almost officially been a year since the defeat of Madra Uchiha (Obito), and the end of the latest great ninja war. The four great nations were preparing a grand celebration in the land of fire. A meeting place where the festival followed by a great ball was to be held. All four Kages settled on the land of fire as a sort of half way point for the meeting, and so that not one nation had to carry out managing and hosting the greatest celebration rocking the shinobi world.
As the nations recovered both emotionally, physically and financially, the village hidden in the leaves was on the lower end of the recovery process. Seeing as how they lost the most men in battle and suffered the most damage before the war even started. Recovery was of course happening, but at a much slower pace. Something drastic needed to happen if they were to catch up with the other three nations...But what?
"This paperwork is going to freakin' kill me!" Shouted a tired Lady Tsunade as she slammed her head down onto the desk full of paperwork. The load for both her and princess Kira was overwhelming due to recovery plans and financial plans for the leafs future mounting up. Kira looked on at her exhausted Hokage and offered her a hand. "If it would help you my Lady," She began to softly interject as Lady Tsunade slowly looked up at her with bags under her eyes from exhaustion. "If the work you are doing is appropriate for me to handle alone, allow me to go through it and..." She was cut off by the Hokage stacking piles of papers into her arms at a lighting speed. "You are truly a hero kid! No kidding!" She pushed the Princess out of the room and slammed the door before she could respond. Kira looked at the door for a moment and then back down at the stack of papers that was now taller than her 5"3 frame. "I guess I better at least look them over and sort them out by level of urgency.
An hour had past and Kira had not made it out for her usual lunch time of 3 o clock. This concerned her her best friends Naruto and Sakura. They decided to go check up on her and see what was happening. Sai stayed behind to collect lunch for the four of them to bring by shortly after. Naruto and Sakura approached her office door and knocked on it. The door flew open with Kira's apprentice and personal assistant, Nagato standing in front of them with concern on her face. The gray haired girl looked up at Naruto and Sakura with relief. "I'm glad your here," she said in her usual soft tone. "My lady is becoming very stressed." Naruto looked in and saw his best friend frantically flipping through pages. The friends stepped into the room and began to examine the high pile of papers both on the floor and on nearby desks. "Hey Kira, whats going on?" Asked a puzzled Naruto. The little Neko Princess slammed her hands on the table as she stood up from her seat. "It's much worse than I thought!" She exclaimed. Sakura approached her with a hand on her shoulder to calm her down. "What is?" She asked with concern. "All of it!" Kira replied. "Lady Tsunade gave me some of the work she was doing to help lessen the load on herself, and I had no idea we had this many problems!" Naruto looked at her and approached her placing an arm around her shoulders. "Okay, we can help you solve the problems. What needs to be fixed first?" Kira looked up at him and then immediately pointed to the stack of papers that was now towering over his own height. "All of that is filed under the most urgent of issues."
Naruto and Sakura both shuttered as a knock was heard at the door. Nagato answered and in stepped a happy as usual Sai with a bag of four Bento boxes from Ichiraku Ramen. "I have lunch!" He chirped happily. He opened his eyes and saw his friends and teammates in a circle around Kira's office chair and saw the concerned expressions on all of their faces. "What did I miss?" He asked with caution in his tone.
The gang decided to have lunch outside in the picnic area of the Hokages mansion as they discussed the issues pressing the leaf. " We have so much debt it's not even funny." Kira began as she ate her rice ball in her Bento box. Naruto for once wasn't stuffing his face with ramen as he replied with a more serious tone. "This is bad, I can't believe grandma Tsunade didn't tell me of all people!"
Naruto was set up to be the next Hokage, however, he wouldn't be given the hat until the nation was put back where they needed to be. "And I can't even prepare to become Hokage until this whole mess is dealt with!" Sakura nudged his arm with a frown. "Never mind the stupid hat!" She cried with irritation. "The village needs help and none of the other nations can help us due to their own recovery." Kira sighed in response to Sakura's comment. "That's exactly what we need now." She added as she brought her hands up to her head to cup it with aggravation. "We need a fellowship of some kind. From somewhere that wasn't affected by the war." Sai Interjected with a sudden idea of his own. "Have you asked your father for help? He is the king of the land of roses is he not?" It's true that Kira's father was indeed the king of her homeland in the land of roses, but he had already given support to all four nations and provided emergency medical aid when they needed it. Her dad was too recovering from the war and was protecting his own people. " I can't ask him to do that Sai, he already helped all four nations with everything asked of him. He needs to care for his own people." Sai looked down in defeat and a bit of aggravation. "Well, aren't emotions fun to have in times like this." He replied with sadness in his voice.
The four friends kept discussing the issues until the sun began to set. Sai began walking Sakura home while Naruto saw to it that Kira made it back to her office. They walked back into the depressing sight and began to sort the papers into neat stacks according to specific issue. They finished about an hour later. "At least it looks better than before." Said Kira, trying to bring about some positive aspects of the current situation. She looked over at Naruto who looked both disappointed and angry with the situation. She placed a hand on his arm and gave him a warm smile. He looked over at his friend who he knew was also struggling, but appreciated that she was trying so hard to make him feel better. He couldn't help but smile back at her. "You know what to do to make me happy Kira." He replied opening his arms for a hug. The two embraced each other for a moment before Kira broke apart with a suggestion. "Stay over for the night. We can order food and watch some movies. We can handle the problems in the morning." Naruto smiled and nodded his head with excitement. "Sounds good to me!" The two exited the office and went next door to Kira's private chambers. The two watched movies until about midnight when Naruto finally fell asleep. Kira used her telekinetic jutsu to place his heavy body on the couch and then tucked him in with a blanket. She shut off the lights and headed off into her own bedroom.
There, she laid on top her covers with Kirara, her pet cat and battle companion alongside her. Kira looked down at her journal and finished the sentence before she placed the small leather book away on the nightstand beside her. She looked down at her pet and gave her a gentle pat on the head. "That's all we need isn't it?" Kirara tilted her head to the side and cooed in response. Kira, being of both human and neko races understood what Kirara was saying to her and replied softly. "We need a new alliance with a wealthy state. That would make our problems disappear much sooner." She turned the light off and got under her covers. "I just don't know who would do that after a great war..."
In a large kingdom known as Altaria, the news of the war ending was music to the countries ears.
A Servant in a gray suit and dark slicked hair ran down the hallways of the great castle frantically trying to find his master. He stopped at two cherry finished double doors and threw them open. There in the dim lit room was the prince of Altaria, Prince Roberto Button. He was at his desk reading a book when he was startled by the servants sudden emergence. "Hey Albert! What's the matter?!" He exclaimed with concern. Albert, the servant, caught his breath before responding to his master's question. "It's fine now, we can make the move if you would like too." Prince Roberto nearly fell out of his seat with excitement. His happy smile returned to his face as he ran to embrace his faithful butler. "Send word out to the village leader immediately! I want a meeting first thing tomorrow afternoon with the highest executives of the land!" Albert bowed and quickly left the room. There the prince squealed in excitement. "Finally! A new change of scenery! This will be great for the kingdom!
Part two is coming soon! I hope you enjoyed it!