Prologue

Tsunade heaved a heavy sigh as she rummaged through the paperwork. Two years ago, she had gladly accepted the position of Hokage. However, on days like this, she couldn't help but second-guess her decision. Today in particular, most of the cases presented to her weren't even worth looking at, much less reading and approving. 'Another day of mundane, boring nothing,' she thought to herself. With a sigh, she stood up and moved away from the desk; after spending a good amount of the day there, she felt that she deserved a break. Walking over to the window behind the desk, she stood there and drank in the view.

It was hard not to; from here, one had a breathtaking view of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. She slowly scanned the village, taking in everything she saw; children playing, merchants selling their wares, people lazing about in the warm spring day, students bettering their ninja abilities. It seemed that there was nothing out of the ordinary…well, almost nothing.

It was fairly faint, but Tsunade was sure she had heard it; a sound coming from the western end of the village. As she listened, it quickly and gradually grew in volume. Eventually, she was able to distinguish what it was; a scream. Further study helped her identify who it belonged to; Naruto Uzumaki.

Tsunade watched in astonishment as Konoha's #1 Hyperactive Knucklehead Ninja soared past her window. She couldn't fathom the reason for his flight, but she could two things from his shocked expression and scream; that his flight wasn't unaided or willing. She scanned the western end again to see if she could find who or what had caused Naruto to become Konoha's #1 Hyperactive Knucklehead Human Cannonball. She eventually caught sight of something; a certain kunoichi with cherry blossom-pink hair and aqua-green eyes set in a look of rage whom she'd been training for the last two years was following Naruto's flight path from the ground intently. Putting two and two together, Tsunade smiled in spite of herself at the fruits of those two years of labor.

"Leave it to those two to make even the most mundane day a little interesting," she said aloud.