Crimson Queen

The next day Uzu excused herself from Kakashi's-er her new home to go pay the third Hokage a visit and gloat a little bit about her lack of paper work, just to piss him off. But mostly because he hadn't come ot see her since her hospital release and she needed to see what the sly old man was up too. He worried her when he went without parental supervision. She would be able to stay in the tower all day because Kakashi had been sent away from the village on a rushed ANBU mission just before she had left.

He would be gone for half the day acting as a tracker for the ANBU team. She walked into her office twenty minutes later, and got the most annoyed glare from the elder sitting behind the desk. There were papers every where, even on the floor. She snickered as she stepped into the office and closed the door quietly behind her then bent down and picked up several papers.

"I could cheerfully string you up by your toes and use you as a pinyata for foisting this nightmare off on me." The old man growled in annoyance as she picked up several more papers as she moved in closer.

"You could, but I would hate to see Jiraiya and Tsunade tear you limb from limb over nothing." She said with a smile as she set the pile of papers down on the desk and sat down across from him. He huffed and grabbed several files and shoved them across the desk for her to see.

"The one on the top is the file of the hospitals chief of medicine. You know, the one you killed. And towards the back of the file is some applications to fill his job."

"I don't need to see them, Tsunade is going to take the job." She would have to give the sanin the job if she wanted her to stay in the village.

"Speaking of...Jiraiya and Tsunade should be back in the village soon."

"I know." She also knew that she would be shutting down every bar and gambling hall in the village or Tsunade would sniff them out and rejoin the dark side.

She shifted through the stack of papers as the office door opened and Gai and his team walked in. Both Sarutobi and Uzu looked up at the green clad man and paled. Their expressions reflecting their inner thoughts of 'oh shit' and 'caught red handed'.

"Forgive the intrusion, but my team and I have completed our latest mission and have come to debrief you, Lord Hokage." Gai said as he wrung his hands. Uzu's eye twitched.

"Your timing is pitiful Gai." She said as she set the papers and files back down and leaned back in her seat. The man laughed nervously. He didn't like the look on the girl Hokage's face. She looked more than a little irritated with his timing.

Lee, Neji and Tenten all glared at her for using such a disrespectful tone with thier sensei. "Forgive me, hime. I did not think you would be here when you should be resting at home." Gai said gently, his words letting her know that he thought that she should still be on bed rest to recover from what she had been through. And tecnically he was right. Her body was still more weak than she would have liked, but at least she could move around on her own steam now.

"That's alright Gai, I'm just a bit upset that you came in when I had finally gotten comfortable. I'm afraid that you startled me." Uzu said with a small smile. Gai nodded his head in understanding as she stood up and stretched her arms up over her head.

"I think I"ll get going." She said as she looked at the elder on the other side of the desk.

"Don't forget to take those files with you. I need you to look them all over and sign them before you return them to me." Uzu smiled happily and picked up the thirty or fifty files he had pushed across the desk to her and bowed to him.

"Good grief, if I had known you were going to give me some of your work to do, I would'nt have come." She said as she walked past Gai.

"It should keep you busy while Kakashi is gone on that mission." Sarutobi called as the office door closed behind her. Gai paled.

"Kakashi is out of the village?"

"Yes. He was summoned for an ANBU mission earlier." The man replied as he studied the worried look on Gai's face. The man would worry non stop until Kakashi returned to the village.

"Gai, would you like to go keep an eye on hime?" The mand asked as he ran his fingers through his thinning white hair and pulled at the tips slightly. He hated paper work. I wonder if I could get away with burning all of it and sneak out to go fishing. Gai nodded his head and bolted out the door. If he hurried he might be able to catch up to her.

Neji waited until their sensei was out of the room and cleared his throat to get the Hokage's attention and waited for the old man ot look up from his papers. "Yes? Is there something you three need?"

"That woman. What do you know about her?" Neji asked boldly. Maybe a little too boldly if the look on the Hokage's face was any indication. He looked like he could happily slit the Hyuga's throat right then and there.

"I know everything about her. Her age, her shoe size, her body mesurments, her hobbies, her ninja skills. Everything. Why do you ask?"

"So she's a shinobi then. That explains some things but not all of it." Neji said as he frowned then looked back at the Hokage.

"I think she's a danger to the leaf village." Neji said bluntly. Sarutobi gave the three kids a humorless smile.

"You don't know the half of it." He said honestly. His words catching the three kids intrest.