Chapter One

'It's been close to five years since he was last a resident of Konoha. Almost ten years since the incident with Sasuke.' The Godaime thought as she paced her office. Her 60th birthday was fast approaching and she had sent a notice to all allied countries that there was to be a Birthday Bash of sorts. The headlining would be a tournament that would be held throughout week. The winner would be given a silver and gold cup that had engraved on it a motto of the their choosing, along with the symbols of all the allied villages. But the most spectacular thing about it would be the shimmering images that were displayed inside of it. Hinata Hyuuga had created a decoration jutsu using seals from all the villages. The jutsu cast an orb light thing that would sit within the cup. During each new season a new image would form from the orb. In winter, a snowflake would shine red and green. In spring, a sakura tree would blood and a wind would blow through the trees leaves. In summer, a shinning ocean is splashing a white sand beach. In fall, an apple tree shimmers in the setting sun. It was a truly beautiful creation from the normally shy girl.

Tsunade stopped pacing and sat at her desk glancing down at the piece of paper that held the itinerary of the whole bash, Shizune had made sure that it was perfect and everything was timed out just right. Even though Tsunade knew that her little assistant would have a nervous breakdown once the tournament got underway. There was just no way that it would take only three days.

Day One:
Welcome Guests --------- 8:00 – 10:00
Guests will be welcomed at the gates in which they have stated they will arrive at. Two Jounin will be set at each entrance with a Chuunin to sign each guest in. Any guest on not the list will NOT be permitted. No exceptions!
Opening Ceremony --------- Noon
At this time all guests will be able to access their assigned rooms. Lunch will be served in the main courtyard of the Hokage Tower. All Academy students are REQUIRED to be in attendance. All Genin must check in with their Jounin teachers and head to their assigned booths for the fair. All Chuunin must make sure Academy students to NOT wonder outside the fair grounds and are working at all times. Any Jounin not responsible for Genin teams will report for assignments are per usual. Any ninja who complete missions assigned today will be given double pay.
Fair Grounds Open --------- 2:00
Jounin guards must be at all entrances to the fair grounds and keep look out in the shifts that they had been assigned. Chuunin may decide to take their students in small groups to tour the grounds at different times during the day. No Chuunin may have more than four students in any group at any time. If a student is caught away from their stand or their Chuunin leader at any time for ANY reason they will be punished accordingly. This same rule applies to any Genin found without their Jounin team leader.
Fireworks --------- 10:00
All responsible for the display must report to the Hokage Tower no later than 9:30pm. Those who are late will not be aloud to participate and will be asked to leave. Those participating will be giving pay equal to one D ranked mission.
Fair Grounds Close --------- Midnight
At this time all guests MUST report to their assigned quarters until the morning. Anyone wondering around after 1:00am will be disqualified from the Tournament. No excuses will be expected. And no exceptions! This means you too Tsunade-sama!

Day Two:
Breakfast In Courtyard --------- 8:00 – 10:00
This is the time for all ninja to check in with their team leaders. Team leaders are then required to report all check in's to the Godaime before 10:00am. Those who do not check in within the time frame will not be aloud to participate in the day's events and will be instead to fulfill a mission's quota based on their ninja skill and level. Academy students are not required to be in attendance at breakfast but must check in before 11:00am. The Academy students who do not check in before the time will not be permitted to watch the Tournament, exceptions may be issued on three occasions: 1) The student was with his/her parent or guardian. 2) The student was injured or was taken ill during the festival. 3) Have been given permission by the Godaime. Other exceptions might be excepted if given a good enough reason. All those who wish to compete in the Tournament must sign up at the Hokage's table before 9:30am, proper ID is required at sign up, any ninja without: 1) ID and 2) a hidden village head band, will be unable to compete in the Tournament. Exceptions only for the Kages who wish to compete.
Tournament Opening --------- Noon
While the Genin are showing guests to their seats the Kages will take the time to arrange the participating ninja into matches. If this has been completed before the opening ceremonies the Kages are welcome to relax and enjoy the show. The Jounin judges of the contests, made up of one Jounin from each of the participating villages who were pre-selected by their villages Kage, will take the participating ninjas from their village and show them to the locker rooms that have been set up. No other contact is permitted. Once everyone is seated, the judges will read through the rules of the Tournament. The Godaime will then proclaim the start of the Tournament by announcing the first match.
Tournament Rounds 1 – 3 --------- 2:00 – 7:00
The first three rounds of the Tournament should take place in this time frame. Time has been left aside of an hour intermission in which a snack bar of shorts will be open for all to purchase food and drinks. In between each fight there will be a three-minute break in which a clean up crew that consists of two or more Genin teams will clean up the ring and the surrounding area. At the end of the break, the Godaime will announce the next fighters. In the event the Tournament does not get to the 3rd round during the set time frame it will reconvene the next day. If a 3rd round is not needed for lack of participants the winner will be awarded the next day at the time the Tournament was to continue.
Dinner In Courtyard --------- 8:00 – 10:00
At this time a dinner will be served in the courtyard of the Hokage tower. All are welcome to attend. Any who worked during the Tournament or participated in the Tournament are to report to the Hokage table at any time to be written down. The participants of the Tournament will be paid a B ranked missions pay, and any one who helped with any other part of the Tournament will be paid a D ranked missions pay.
Relaxing Time --------- 11:00
At this time the public bath will be open free of charge for any of those who participated in the Tournament. There is also available a gaming room and an indoor swimming pool and weight room in the Hokage tower. These things are available to anyone staying in residence of the Tower complex.
Curfew Check In Time --------- Midnight
For the duration of the Weekend Bash the Tower will lock it's doors at Midnight. All those caught outside the doors will not be allowed entrance until the following morning at 5:00am when the doors reopen to the public. Any Genin and Academy students staying within the Tower during the weekend of the Tournament will be required to check in with their team leaders before 11:30 and in their rooms by Midnight. Any of those caught out of their rooms at this time will be banned from further participating in any actives for the remainder of the weekend.

Day Three:
Breakfast In Courtyard --------- 8:00 – 10:00
As with Day Two this is the time for all ninja to check in with their team leaders. Team leaders are then required to report all check in's to the Godaime before 10:00am. Those who do not check in within the time frame will not be aloud to participate in the day's events and will be instead to fulfill a mission's quota based on their ninja skill and level. Academy students are not required to be in attendance at breakfast but must check in before 11:00am. The Academy students who do not check in before the time will not be permitted to participate in the days events, exceptions may be issued on three occasions: 1) The student was with his/her parent or guardian. 2) The student was injured or was taken ill during the previous day's events. 3) Have been given permission by the Godaime. Other exceptions might be excepted if given a good enough reason. All those who wish to compete in the Talent Contest must sign up at the Hokage's table before 9:30am, proper ID is required at sign up, any ninja without: 1) ID and 2) a hidden village head band, will be unable to compete in the Tournament. Exceptions only for the Kages who wish to compete. Any ninja participating in the Tournament, if it needs to be continued, must at this time check in with the judge Jounin from their village. Those who do not check in before 11:00am will be disqualified and no longer aloud to compete in the day's events. Those unable to compete due to disqualification must follow the rules of those who did not make check in before 11:00am, the mission quota will be given without pay, as form of punishment, yet this punishment is only available for this day and the ninja in question will not be penalized for later days.
Talent Contest --------- 11:00 – 2:00
The talent contest starts at 11:00 on the dot. All those who wish to watch it must make their way to the Fair Grounds. The Chuunins will run the talent contest, as it was an idea from the Academy. There will be Jounin wondering the grounds around the talent contests, making sure nothing happens. Those in the contest will have a total of 5 minutes to show off whatever talent they wish. There will be three prize awards to the three best. For the third place winner, a bronze metal and a pass for a week's vacation to the Snow Countries The Yuki Ski Resort will be rewarded. For the second place winner, a silver metal and a pass for three week's vacation to the Land of Waves staying at The Ocean Side Inn will be rewarded. For the first place winner, a gold metal and a month's vacation for a team of four to either The Yuki Ski Resort or to The Ocean Side Inn. These will be rewarded at the same time as the Tournament winner, and are redeemable within a year of winning. All participants will be given a three-day pass of a paid vacation; no two participants can redeem their three-day pass at the same time of any other. In the event that more and one person take a single place. The prize will be doubled and another round will be preformed where the participants much perform another 3 minutes of a different talent.
Tournament Concluded --------- 3:00 – 8:00
In the event that the Tournament was unable to conclude the day before the time for the final rounds will take place during this time. If more than ten people are left to compete two five man elimination matches will take place. The combatants will be chosen at random and a new set of rules will apply. If this is the case the rules will be stated before the matches begin, if there are less than ten people that are left to compete the matches will go on as originally planned with the originally rules. The winner of the Tournament will be announced the next day at the closing ceremony. If the Tournament is already over the previous day, this time frame will be a free time in which all people are aloud to tour the village, visit the Public Baths, or return to their rooms. The rest of the day's events will be void, and all ninja must check out with their Kage's before leaving the contest grounds.
Dinner In Courtyard --------- 9:00 – 10:00
At this time a dinner will be served in the courtyard of the Hokage tower. All are welcome to attend. Any, who worked during the Tournament or participated in the Tournament, if it was concluded, are to report to the Hokage table at any time to be written down. The participants of the Tournament will be paid once again a B ranked missions pay, and any one who helped with any other part of the Tournament will be paid a D ranked missions pay. Those who participated in the talent contest and or worked during the contest must also go to the Hokage table at any time during dinner to be written down. Those who were helpers in the contest were be paid a D ranked missions pay and those who participated in the contest will be given a B ranked missions pay.
Relaxing Time --------- 11:00
At this time the public bath will be open free of charge for any of those who participated in the Tournament or the Talent Contest. There is also available a gaming room and an indoor swimming pool and weight room in the Hokage tower. These things are available to anyone staying in residence of the Tower complex.
Curfew --------- Midnight
For the duration of the Weekend Bash the Tower will lock it's doors at Midnight. All those caught outside the doors will not be allowed entrance until the following morning at 5:00am when the doors reopen to the public. Any Genin and Academy students staying within the Tower during the weekend of the Tournament will be required to check in with their team leaders before 11:30 and in their rooms by Midnight. Any of those caught out of their rooms at this time will be banned from further participating in any actives for the remainder of the weekend. In the event that the Tournament has been concluded the day before check in time for all Academy Students and Genin staying in the Tower will be stay at 11:30, this will be counted as a first check in. Though they will not be required to report to their rooms until 2:00am, their will be two more check ins after the first. Those who do not check in and are not in their rooms for those check ins will not be aloud to participate in closing ceremonies. And will not be permitted to leave the tower until 5:00pm the next day. Those who won anything during the day and have failed to check in or are not in their rooms by 2:00am will not be awarded their prizes. The prizes will not be given to anyone and will remain in the Godaime's care until such a time as she deems the winner has been punished long enough. The Tower's doors will not close if the Tournament concluded the day before.

Day Four:
Birthday Lunch --------- Noon
During this time all those who wish to attend my report to the Hokage Tower Courtyard. A lunch all you can get buffet will be served along with a birthday cake for the Godaime. Any gifts must be delivered to the Tower Secretary Desk before 10:00am. No gifts will be opened if they were given after this time.
Closing Ceremonies --------- 2:00 – 5:00
The first order of business at the closing ceremonies will be to award the winners their prizes. Thanks you for the Kage's who came to the celebration along with the ninja who arrived to compete in the Tournament. All those in the Tournament will be given a free weeks stay at the Hokage Tower whenever they return to the village. All guests must be checked out of the Tower rooms before 5:00pm. No public dinner will be served.

Tsunade let out a sigh when she finished reading. If she didn't know any better she would have thought that Shizune never had any fun. But she knew that her assistant had more fun in the past few years than most of the people in the world have ever had in their lives. Tsunade leaned back in her chair and stared up at the ceiling. Shizune had started dating one of the Jounin team leaders a few years back, 'shortly after Naruto after his mission with that Sai boy. Now what was his name?' Tsunade frowned as a small fly buzzed around the ceiling and then smiled smashing her fist into the desk with a loud bang, 'Asuma! That's what his name is. And they make such a cute couple.' The woman who was occupying her thoughts at that moment poked her head into the office with a worried look. Tsunade just gave her a big grin and rubbed the back of her head, "spider got on the table." The younger woman frowned before nodding and stepping fully in the room and shutting the door behind her.

"Tsunade-sensei have you gotten the chance to look over the itinerary I made up? You do know that your birthday is this coming Sunday." Shizune took a few steps forward as she talked but stopped short of the Godaime's desk when she heard said woman growl. "I thought you were looking forward to the party Sensei."

Tsunade stood up from her desk and walked over to the window glancing down from to the courtyard below. The Hokage Tower had been remodeled in the past few years. The Hokage's office was now on the 15th floor and over looked the whole village; a great balcony had been build out the wall-sized windows to make it easy to see more of the village. Below the balcony was located the massive courtyard, a grassy plain that had a small creak and a pond created in it. The tower was now a circular massive building; most of the right side was the Hokage's offices and the new Academy classrooms. Even a full sized weight room and an indoor swimming pool. On the left half of the massive 15 story building housed apartments for any student, Genin, Chuunin, Jounin, or ANBU who wished to be housed there free of charge. It also housed any guests who came to the village, and was currently being set up to house the five Kage's who were to arrive the next day, along with all the ninja they were bringing. If one were to look out one of the windows on the left side of the building they would see the new arena that Tsunade had built. The old one had been destroyed at the last Chuunin exam thanks to one, Naruto Uzumaki. The new arena was twice the size and capable of holding over 50 thousand people. Tsunade smiled to herself before turning back to Shizune who was looking at Tsunade like she was going crazy.

"Actually Shizune I did just look at the itinerary. It looks good I must say, very organized. I'm sure you will drive our very unorganized ninja crazy before the weekend is over." She gave her assistant a big flashy smile before going back to her desk to look over the list of ninja they were expecting. Shizune sat down in a chair that was set in front of Tsunade's desk and was about to ask how many they were expecting to come when the door was kicked open and Jiraiya, the white haired Sennin, marched into the room. Shizune twitched slightly and glared at the older man and then glanced at the broken and splintered door. Tsunade on the other hand was up from her seat and standing in front of her former team mate arms crossed over her chest.

"Happy Birthday my big breasted Hag!" Jiraiya shouted before he threw his arms around Tsunade's shoulder's hugging the slightly startled Hokage into his chest. "Just got great news from one of my little toads!" Tsunade moved out from the man's arm and whacked him hard upside the head with her fist, thus resulting in Jiraiya falling over completely and passing out on the floor in a drunken heap. Tsunade sighed and kicked her ex teammate before turning to Shizune who had already replaced the door and was heading out it.

"Get me a glass of ice water and a bottle of sake." Shizune nodded to the Godaime and headed out the door. When she left, Tsunade looked to Jiraiya who was looking up at her with a big goofy grin, completely sober. "You are such a idiot sometimes." The man shrugged before sitting up and rubbing the back of his head, a big welt appearing where Tsunade had hit him. "Now what great news do you have that you came running up here drunk, and not bringing any sake for me?" Tsunade had sat on her desk and crossed her legs staring at her ex teammate. Said man jumped up and walked over to the desk sitting down in a chair opposite Tsunade.

"Gamatatsu caught up to me shortly after I entered the North gate to the village. He seemed a bit shaken, in a good way I might add, and was stuttering a lot even for his standers." Tsunade glared at the man and growled slightly, if there was anything she hated in the world it was how Jiraiya could go on and on about his stupid frogs. "Anyways," he said clearing his throat and then growing serious, "he seemed to have spotted a tall blonde haired man heading towards the village. Now normally I wouldn't have found anything weird about that. But he went on to describe this man as being around twenty-two years old, bright shinning blue eyes, a strange pendent hanging from his neck, a black leaf headband, and dressed in a blue tight shirt, black pants, and a bright orange jacket. He was traveling with a companion though. One that probably sticks out more and he did. His companion has bright glowing creepy red eyes, a black leaf headband, dressed all in black with a red shirt, and long flowing black hair." Jiraiya took a deep breath and smiled as he seen the glow in Tsunade's eyes. "Looks like you sergeant son is making his way back home. And bringing along a friend."

Tsunade's smile widened and she picked up the list she had. "As much as I love hearing that Jiraiya I already knew it. You see he sent one of those nasty little frog things my way about two weeks ago stating that him and his companion were coming back to partake in this weekends events." Jiraiya's face fell and pouted slightly, making Tsunade smile brighter. "Are you trying to tell me that you weren't aware that our precious little kit kept in contact with me? He is still a member of this village. He's just been off training and searching the world for different jutsus to learn."

"He's my student and he stays in contact with a Hag like you instead of his beloved Sensei?" Jiraiya was yelling now and was based in the back of the head for it when a tall pink haired green-eyed woman walked into the room. Said pink haired woman glared at the older man twitching on the floor and set two bottles on Tsunade's desk.

"Here's the sake and ice water you wanted Tsunade-Sensei." The girl glared down at Jiraiya and crossed her arms over her chest. "As for you Ero-Sennin, you should know better than to yell at the Godaime. Especially so close to her special day." The older man looked up to the pink haired girl and took in her appearance. A short blue short skirt flared out slightly as a tight red shirt clung to her upper curves, a pair of black leather boots and a red medical Nin jacket finished off the outfit. Jiraiya felt his nose start to leak slightly and he turned his back on the pink haired girl. Said girl shook her head and headed towards the door muttering under her breath, "pervert" before slamming the door shut behind her.

"Sakura's grown up quite a bit since you last seen her hasn't seen?" Tsunade smiled slightly as Jiraiya wiped away the blood from his nose. "I would avoid staring openly at any of the females around the building Jiraiya. Most of them are currently with someone. Like Sakura." Jiraiya looked up to Tsunade as the Godaime made her way around her desk and sat down. "She's actually engaged to Lee. But since you are so good at gathering information I bet you already knew that."

"Very funny Hag. Look I have some other things to do. Any other warnings before I leave?" Tsunade glared up at her former teammate and nodded.

"Hinata Hyuuga is coming into town early. I want you to make sure she gets to the tower safely." Jiraiya blinked slightly and leaned over the desk and was soon nose to nose with Tsunade.

"May I ask why one of your Jounin can't do it?"

"My Jounin weren't asked to personal see to her safety by her husband. You see while you were away on your travels the Kazekage visited the village a bunch of times. Long story short, him and the older Hyuuga girl fell in love and the Kazekage swept her off to the Wind Country." Jiraiya nodded and turned to leave but was stopped as a hand was clenched around his wrist. He turned back and was shocked to have soft lips pressed against his own. His eyes closed just as Tsunade parted from the kiss and smacked him upside the head. "Welcome home pervert." Jiraiya nodded and with a bright smile and a wave walked out of Tsunade's office.

Tsunade went back to staring down at the papers that lay in front of her. The first of her guests were to arrive today with the wife of the Kazekage. She laid her head down the her desk and sighed, 'his lips felt really good.' Tsunade's head snapped up and her eyes widened before her fist came down and went straight through the desk. She was standing before the pieces that were once her desk, she was fuming and red in the face. "WHY THE HELL DID I KISS HIM?"

Down one floor Jiraiya smiled to himself before breaking into a run and jumping out the nearest window to the floor. Tsunade's voice followed him but his smile never left his face. 'I waited 43 years for that. You aren't going to ruin it for me now Tsunade-chan. No one will.' Jiraiya jumped up to the closest roof and headed towards the Eastern gate to meet up with the oldest Hyuuga girl, now wife of the Kazekage.