I'm gone for this one, so I left my friend in charge of writing a story for today.

Today is August 2, 2007 and its Tsunadu's birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TSUNADU-SAMA!

Well we all know Tsunadu is the Fifth Hokage, and is one of the legendary Sannin. We also know that her nickname is 'the legendary sucker'.

I know not a lot of info, but I think if my friend writes her story, it should make up for it

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Pheonix[Darkmoon's Friend: I don't know why she lets me do these things, I always mess up even if I remember to post them. Tsunade's birthday was yesterday, everything was ready to be posted yesterday, but my compter wouldn't display the internet. My mom had to fix it this morning, so Gomen, Tsunade-sama, here is your belated birthday post and story! Please enjoy.

"Tsunade-sama!" Shizune called as she hurried into the Hokage's office, a stack of paper work held securely in her arms. She was surprised, although maybe she shouldn't be, to find that the woman was not there. Sighing, she placed the paperwork alongside the ever-growing pile that was accumulating on the desk, and looked around. Naruto had broken Tsunade's chair yesterday, and as such there was a pile of large cushions. Tsunade had refused to sit on the wooden, uncomfortable-looking western style chair while she waited for another chair to come in.

"Not like she's gonna sit in this one anyways…" Shizune said with a bit of long-lived annoyance. It never truly bothered her that the Hokage was late, but when Tsunade got her she never did much work anyways. Sure, she did the important things, and got the missions going, but there were many other things to be done… Shizune scratched the top of her head and sighed again.

"Shizune?" A male voice asked from behind her, and she jumped slightly before turning.

"Genma-san?" She said, surprised to see the young man standing in the office doorway, leaning against the frame and scrutinizing her. He would have looked quite serious, if his lips weren't fiddling with that stupid Senbon. Hmmm…

Genma smirked. She was staring at his lips, but it's not like it wasn't something he was used to. Flicking the Senbon so the tip passed by his chocolate brown eyes, he got the wanted effect – her eyes meeting his so he could talk. She blushed, but he just moved on in the conversation.

"Long day?" He asked, studying her. Her hair looked fine, and in truth there was nothing in her physical appearance to suggest that she hadn't had any sleep or that she had had a rough morning. It was her surrounding that told him she hadn't been paying attention, or that she had been too tired to pay attention to what she was doing.

"What do you mean, Genma-san?" Yup, she definitely hadn't been paying attention.

"Well, since today is the one day of all 365 that Hokage-sama gets off, I was thinking that you must be tired, because it's doubtful anyone else is going to stop by today. Her eyes widened as she realized her mistake before he had even finished speaking, but then they turned into a look of curiosity as she looked at him.

"Well, if no one else is supposed to be coming, why are you here?" She asked, and Genma smirked.

"You finally dropped the suffix." Her gaze hardened, and he put up his hands in hopes of being placating. "Kidding! Anyways, I was looking for you, actually." He watched her eyes widened with a small but if satisfaction.

"L-looking for me?" She asked, once more forgetting to call him Genma-san as she usually did, despite having promised herself that after his remark she would always call him that.

"Sure. Hokage-sama was worried that this would happen, and since I was available she asked me to go check on you." After that, he was silent, waiting for her reaction.

Shizune couldn't pinpoint the reason, but something about what he said disappointed her. So he wasn't looking for her just because he wanted to? She hid it behind a smile. "That was very thoughtful of Tsunade-sama, I suppose. She knows me too well. Especially to be worrying about me on her birthday!" She smiled and let out a little laugh, not genuine, of course, but pretty convincing.

"Shall we go wish her a Happy Birthday? I forgot to at the bar…" Genma appeared thoughtful, looking up at the ceiling. He saw Shizune nod from the corner of his eye, and so he turned around, beckoning once with a hand gesture for her to follow.

She did, of course. "Which bar is she at?"

"The Dragon's Den. She says they have –"

"-The Best Sake." Shizune finished, smiling.

Genma nodded. "Ya, apparently she's drinking on Jiraiya's dollar." He gave a small stretch. "He sure knows the type of birthday present she likes, huh?"

"Of course, they've been comrades forever." Shizune agreed, thinking back to the first time she met the perverted ninja. She shuddered.

A very loud voice came from down the street, and both ninjas looked ahead with interest as the sounds got nearer. Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi were all walking down the street (Naruto doing an odd little jig-type thing), all coming away from The Dragon's Den.

"Shizune!" Naruto called when he got sight of her. She smiled at his usual exuberance as he neared them, his lips stretching almost literally from ear to ear as he grinned. "Tsunade finally one a gamble!" He called out as he came within conversation distance. Kakashi was shaking his head, eyes stuck to the page of his book but ears free to listen.

"Really?!" Shizune asked, unable to keep the surprise from her eyes. "What'd she win? Who was she gambling with?"

"She won a dice game against me!" Naruto called happily.

"I think Naruto planned it," Sakura pointed out, grinning slightly her self, but in a more exasperated way. "I don't think he wanted to buy her something, so he let her won. It was obvious he didn't know the rules anyways, and he didn't ask for them."

Shizune smiled. It was great that instead of wandering into some store and giving Tsunade something of material value, he gave her a memory that he felt would be more important to her. Shizune grinned. She herself had gotten Tsunade some Sake and treated her to a night of gambling a few days back, besides already suggesting that the one day the Hokage took off should be her birthday. How could she have forgotten! Again her embarrassment at being caught by Genma unawares returned, but she hid it well. Only Kakashi's thoughtful eye on her told her he was curious, that he had seen the moment when her cheeks had colored.

"Damn, with all these gifts she's receiving, you guys are making me look bad." Genma commented with a good-natured laugh.

"She doesn't care, really." Shizune commented, smiling as well. She has just about everything she would ask for already, since almost everyone got her sake." And, if she suddenly decided she did care, she'd just send you on a few pain-in-the-ass missions until she feels you've repaid your debt, she finished silently.

After a bit more talk, the two groups split up once more, staying true to their courses, be it towards the bar or away from it.

Shizune heard Tsunade and Jiraiya arguing before she could see them, and happily followed the raised voices until she came to a spacious booth, Genma following her with a smirk.

"Happy Birthday, Hokage-sama." He said as soon as he was standing in front of the booth table, sufficiently startling Tsunade.

"Didn't I see you already, this morning?" She asked, naturally assuming that if she had seen him, he had said that already.

"Well, yeah, but I forgot to say 'Happy Birthday'. So there you go."

"Careless bastard." The Hokage replied playfully, a little tipsy. "Did you find her where I said she'd be?" She asked Genma, smiling a greeting to Shizune. Jiraiya and their argument were apparently forgotten, and if Shizune didn't know any better, Jiraiya looked relieved.

Genma nodded. "Yup, an armful of paperwork to boot." Shizune scowled, and he gave her a light cuff under the chin as he teased her. She contemplated hitting him, but then heard Tsunade's light laughter. Jiraiya had said something, apparently, that was very funny.

"What'd I miss?" She asked Genma quietly, looking at the two Sannin with caution. She hoped it wasn't anything about her.

"He's teasing us," Genma replied, casually slipping an arm around her waist as if he was always allowed to do that. Her eyes widened, and she shook him off deftly, fighting the blush that threatened to rise to her cheeks.

Tsunade looked at them thoughtfully, before smirking. "Off with you too, you're ruining the drunken aura." She made a shooing motion, and with an obedient wave Shizune turned, Genma close behind her.

As they disappeared in the crowd headed towards the exit, Jiraiya looked back at her, a mix of mirth and accusation in his eyes. "You planned that," He said, watching her. She shrugged.

"Happy Birthday to me!" She said jovially, clinking her glass with his even though his wasn't raised in a toast.

"What? You mean that's a birthday present to you? To see Shizune flirting?"

"It's Genma's birthday present to me, whether he likes it or not. But I think he likes it." She replied, taking another long drink. Jiraiya just shook his head, joining her in more alcohol consumption.

Shizune frowned as she looked at Genma. He was still strolling calmly along-side her, whistling a tune around the thin Senbon every once in a while.

"Genma-san, what are you doing following me?" She asked finally.

"Hmm? Why, you don't like it?"

Ignoring that question, because she didn't know how to answer it, she pressed on. "Really, don't you have something better to do?"

"Well," He relinquished finally, "If you want a reason so very badly, I've decided to make sure you don't have a relapse of forgetfulness. And I feel like following you. Is that so bad?" He asked, and she watched the Senbon bouncing lightly between his lips as he spoke. This caused him to smirk.

"It's not polite to stare." He commented.

"It's not polite to stalk!" She replied, her words showing just how riled up she was.

"Calm down, calm down, jeez." He said, laughing lightly, laying an arm across her shoulders as they continued to walk.

"Genma-san…" She began, but he interjected before she could finish.

"Just Genma, really. You don't have to be so polite!" His eyes were laughing, but they seemed to turn a little bit more serious as their gazes locked.

"You so sure it's okay to be watching this?" Tsunade asked from a tree that was out of hearing distance from the two ninja.

"You started it. Don't say you didn't know I was gonna want to see it finished." Jiraiya replied, binoculars in place.

"Finish it?"

"Sure! It's so obvious he's going to kiss her!" Research! Jiraiya continued silently. He could feel Tsunade's exasperation coming off of her in waves, but decided to ignore it for now. "Really, don't you want to see more of your birthday present?" [AN – I really almost said Christmas present… headdesk

Shizune's eyes widened as his chocolate brown gaze seemed to soften. He pulled the Senbon from his lips, twirling it between his fingers as he looked down at her. They had stopped walking.

"G-Genma?"

"Hmm?" He replied, smirking at the hesitancy she displayed as she dropped the suffix. Shizune couldn't help but liken the timbre of his voice to a cat's purr.

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing." He said, even as he leaned in. As his warm, soft lips touched hers, her mind screamed. Nothing?! What did he mean, nothing?! She was pretty sure this was something! But even as her mind fought that battle, her body was responding to the kiss.

Jiraiya couldn't fight the guffaw, but he manage to keep it down, and Genma and Shizune were oblivious anyways.

Kakashi snapped a picture quickly, the mask almost hiding his smirk.

"Happy Birthday, Hokage-sama." He said as he walked off to develop the film he now had.

"Do you ever feel like your being watched?" Shizune asked as they broke away from the kiss for air, her face heavily heated.

"All the time, Babe."

"The Power of Youth!" A very familiar, very energetic voice yelled. Shizune sighed, resting her forehead against Genma's toned chest. This was going to be a long day yet.

But she couldn't fight the smile.

AN- Okay, this is not Darkmoon, but Pheonixlake! This story is half because I love Tsunade-sama in the way that only us Naru-tards can, but because I was an idiot and promised Darkmoon-chan that I would post three birthdays for her without remembering her information. headdesk So sub-sequentially, we have all missed out on enjoying Genma-kun's birthday! Gomen-nasai, Genma-kun! So here is to Genma-kun and Shizune, a couple I think rather cute and one that Tsunade would enjoy seeing on her birthday.

Please read and review, and if you wish, send Genma-kun lots of late birthday gifts in your reviews[Tsunade-sama as well, of course!

Genma: Yes. Send gifts. Many gifts!

Pheonix: Shut up. It's my note.