Tsunade was tired. She was tired of these debts flooding her desk day after day, demanding to be paid. Her impromptu career on the road had allowed her continuously run away from these debts but the position of Hokage was like a publicized beacon. She would forever be chained to these responsibilities and this desk. Shizune wasn't the greatest sympathizer either.

"Tsunade sama! Please stop slacking at do your work!"

"Yeah, yeah, I know," Tsunade grumbled not moving an inch. She stared out the window and wondered when she would be able to stop for some Konoha dango…and maybe a bottle or two of warm sake.

"Tsunade sama!"

"Tsunade baachan!"

A familiar voice burst into her thoughts as the door crashed rudely open. Hadn't Jiraya ever taught his student how to knock? Tsunade sighed and clasped her hands in an arch in front of her. She would have to deal. As usual.

But nothing prepared her for the wild crowd that entered behind team Kakashi.

"Where are we?" a black haired boy in a red vest asked looking around, "is there food here?"

The girl with the orange hair smacked him firmly on the head. "Luffy, behave," she hissed through her teeth. Tsunade regarded her thoughtfully. She was only wearing the top of a bikini swimsuit with her jeans. Then again, the blue haired….thing behind her wasn't wearing any pants over his triangular underwear. Was that a skeleton? What was the boy with the bright green hair? And where did the boy in front receive the terrible scar on his chest? Was that a walking raccoon?

As these questions flew threw her mind Tsunade glanced at Kakashi who looked more than a little worn out.

"Well?" she prompted.

"These are the "Mugiwara Crew" from the country of "Grand Line—"

"It's not a country," the muscular boy with the protruding nose interrupted, "it's a belt of ocean that goes around the center of the world."

Silence followed. "errr…we found them in the middle of the forest and they seemed quite…unfamiliar with their surroundings so we brought them here." Kakashi continued, rubbing his head.

Tsunade stared at the group impassively. "Maybe they should explain," she said slowly.

"I'm sorry ma'am," the orange haired girl stepped forward politely. The leader? But no, she didn't have the aura of a leader. "Let me explain. We've actually mistakenly been transported here from a different dimension. The travel agency we were using is most likely going to be around in a few days to pick us up. Until then, we were wondering if you could offer us a place to stay."

Tsunade had heard of trans-dimensional travel before but it had only existed in the gossips of bored seniors.

"A place to stay eh? Well we can handle that easily enough. Naruto and Sakura! You two lead these…guests to the inn and then show them around town. Got it?"

"But Shisho—"Sakura started to interrupt. Tsunade threw a look at her that immediately snapped her jaw shut.

"Yosh, then let's go!" Naruto yelled, walking enthusiastically out the door. Whoever these people were, they seemed interesting. The group trailed after him followed by Sakura who still looked doubtful. As the door slammed shut Tsunade heaved yet another sigh.

"Kakashi."

"Yes?"

"Keep an eye on them alright? I do not sense any malicious intent but until they leave…." Tsunade trailed off. "Got it?"

"Yes ma'am."

Kakshi disappeared, flying through the window. Tsunade rested her head on her desk feeling more tired than usual. It appears, she mused, that Konoha will be a bit noisy for the next few days.

She had no idea how correct she was. The next day, her office was invaded first thing in the morning by a certain yellow haired boy.

"Tsunade obaachan!"

"What now?" she groaned.

Naruto was dragging the black haired boy from yesterday by the arm, followed by the orange haired girl and the swordsman.

"I need a high paying mission," Naruto demanded, "right now."

"My you're eager to work today…I can't give you the mission until Kakashi and Sakura—"

"I'm going on the mission with them." Naruto motioned towards the black haired boy and green haired swordsman. "Their names are Luffy and Zoro."

What in the world?

"Yo Tsunedo baachan!' the black haired boy, Luffy, greeted.

"It's Tsu-na-de!" Naruto snapped. "You're an idiot!"

"I can't allow missions to anybody but trained shinobi Naruto," Tsunade said severely.

"Please, I'm begging you!" Naruto said desperately, "Sakura chan is mad at me and I can't find Kakashi sensei! They won't help me pay off the debt!"

"Debt?" Tsunade internally shuddered at the word.

"To Ichiruka Ramen! This guy," Naurot jabbed a finger at Luffy, "ate sixty five bowls of jumbo ramen straight and doesn't have the right type of money to pay for it!"

Oh. It was a situation she could relate to but she wasn't about to show it.

"They don't use yen, they use some sort of weird bug-sounding thing."

"Berry," the orange haired girl said crossly.

"Anyway," Naruto clasped his hands together and inclined his head, "I'm begging you Tsunade baachan!"

"Can they even fight?" Tsunade asked, evaluating the people in front of her. It was a pointless question. Their bodies were used to physical exertion, even more so then most jounins they had. That much was obvious.

"This guy has a forty million berry bounty on his head," the orange haired girl offered. "And Zoro can cut through pretty much anything. And both of them are very good at breaking things."

If that was four hundred million yen…he'd be categorized as an s-class criminal. Tsunade felt a head ache coming on. If she was dealing with criminals from another dimension, what the hell was she supposed to do?

"So you're wanted criminals in your world" she asked through her teeth.

"Well, it's a bit complicated," the girl hesitated, "we have a world government and Marine troops that try to catch pirates…but it's the era of the pirates and we don't actually steal anything."

Tsunade gave up. She'd trust her gut. They didn't seem like bad kids.

"Ne Tsunoda baachan! I'll beg you too!" Luffy imitated Naruto and clasped his hands together.

"It's Tsu-na-de!" the girl and Naruto yelled at the same time.

Tsunade rubbed her temples. "Okay fine," she finally conceded, "I'll make an exception this time but only this time. Got it?"

"Yay! Thank you Tsunade baachan!" Naruto yelled joyfully.

"Shishishi, you're a good persona aren't ya Tsudede baachan?"

Nartuo gave up. Tsunade flipped through the mission book.

"Okay, this is a B rank," she said, "so be careful. You will be going to the Country of Trees to the Hidden Village of Grass. They wish to make an alliance with us, being a small country, so you will guide the negotiator back here."

"Leave it to me!" Naruto said thumping his chest.

Tsunade watched as the group exited her office. The Country of Tree was relatively new…but certain activities that had been occurring in the area aroused her suspicions. She would have Naruto bring them here and see for herself. It should be relatively harmless despite being a B rank.

Shaking her head, Tsunade pushed the issue to the back of her mind and faced the papers in front of her.

Time for work.