"This is gay!" Konohamaru shouted as he watched the ceremony. There were women dancing and fireworks that night during the ceremony.
"Shut up, Konohamaru! This is an honor!" Moegi scolded. The ceremony was for all the Genin who were promoted to Chunin after the exam. Moegi wasn't named Chunin after the exams. However, she was not angry. Her opponent hadn't been named Chunin either. The Genin promoted to Chunin were Hibiki of the Sound, Jishaku of the Cloud, Nami of the Mist, and of course Udon and Konohamaru of the Leaf.
"I'm very proud of you. I'm proud of all of you." Ebisu said with a smile. They continued to watch and enjoy the ceremony for the rest of the night. In the morning they would be heading back to the Leaf Village.
Meanwhile, the next morning in the Leaf Village, Tsunade just arrived back in the village. She immediately heads to her mansion to look for Kakashi.
"Kakashi! Where are you?" Tsunade asked infuriated.
"I am here, Lady Tsunade." Kakashi said quietly. Tsunade ran up to Kakashi and held him up by his throat.
"What were you thinking going against my decision?" Tsunade asked even more frustrated.
"It was for the good of the ninja world, Lady Tsunade." Kakashi claimed boldly.
Tsunade raised her eyebrows and seemed to become even more enraged. "How does this help the ninja world, Kakashi?" Tsunade asked with serious anger.
"By balancing the military power between nations, Tsunade-sama. Plus,.." Kakashi paused because someone came through the door.
It was Shizune who had just caught up to Tsunade. She caught sight of Kakashi being held up by his throat and she gasped. "Oh, I'm sorry. Did I interrupt something, Lady Tsunade?" Shizune asked while blushing.
Tsunade realized why Shizune seemed so scared and dropped Kakashi to the floor. "I'll be finished in a moment, Shizune. Please let me have a moment with Kakashi." Tsunade ordered.
"Yes Lady Tsunade!" Shizune said quickly as she ran off. "You may continue, Kakashi." Tsunade said when Shizune disappeared.
"The nations weren't the only ones hunting down the tailed beasts. I heard from an intel squad that Kabuto was sighted in the area of the Two-Tails, within the Land of Fire." Kakashi continued.
Tsunade stared at Kakashi with fear in her eyes. "Kakashi, is this true?" Tsunade asked.
"Yes ma'am, Lady Tsunade." Kakashi replied.
"Then, we must contact the Feudal Lord and let him be made aware of this." Tsunade replied calmly. "What have you done with the Two-Tails in the mean time?" Tsunade asked.
"It has already been sealed within a child that no one would think of." Kakashi answered solemnly.
Tsunade's eyebrows twitched. "Who is this child?" Tsunade asked.
"It is the child of Asuma and Kurenai. However, don't worry, because Kurenai is aware of this." Kakashi replied.
Tsunade sat and thought for a moment as she looked out of her window. "Send for Shikamaru when you leave, Kakashi." Tsunade announced clearly.
Kakashi left through the doors and Tsunade waited for Shikamaru. She waited for a few minutes and suddenly she heard the faintest rustle.
"Shikamaru, I'm glad to see you." Tsunade said without looking at Shikamaru.
Shikamaru nodded silently. "You rang?" Shikamaru asked as he came closer to Tsunade.
"I need you to establish a link with the Fire Daimyo, so that I may speak with him." Tsunade ordered.
"Yes, Lady Tsunade." Shikamaru replied while in front of Tsunade. However, when he was out of Tsunade's range he continued with, "How troublesome." Shikamaru went to a room with a large screen for establishing an audio/visual link with the Fire Daimyo. He didn't have to explain himself to the ninja that worked there. They recognized his mask and knew he was one of the head ANBU. He walked up to the screen and pressed the button to establish a link with the Daimyo. It made a ringing noise and a picture began to come through. When the picture was fully focused, Shikamaru saw people in the background panicking.
"This is really bad! What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do?" The person closest to the screen was heard saying.
Shikamaru tried, but he couldn't find a person to communicate with. Finally, a person looked up and saw that a link with the Leaf Village was established. "What's going on right now?" Shikamaru asked.
"Something really bad just happened!" The person said in reply.
Behind his mask, Shikamaru was becoming fed up. "That can wait! Right now, I need to speak to the Fire Daimyo. Tell him that it's urgent." Shikamaru demanded.
"Well, that's gonna be a problem. You see, the Fire Daimyo was just assassinated.." The person explained.
Shikamaru was unprepared to receive such information. "How did this happen? What about the Twelve Guardians?" Shikamaru asked.
"They have all been killed too. This all happened this morning." The person explained.
"Any idea who could've done this?" Shikamaru continued to ask.
"Not a single clue. The assassin didn't show any ties to any known countries. The only thing we ever saw of him was his cloak. Well, I guess the only clue we have is that the Daimyo was killed by a bite to the neck by what is assumed to be a snake." The person vented.
Shikamaru listened to what the person on the screen told him. He then suddenly turned off the link and ran at full speed to the Hokage's Mansion. He came barrelling through the doors to Tsunade's office.
"Did you establish a link with the Fire Daimyo?" Tsunade asked nonchalantly as she put on her coat.
"The Fire Daimyo was assassinated this morning." Shikamaru told Tsunade.
Tsunade's face instantly turned pale as her eyes displayed a great amount of fear. "Tell all Chunin, Jonin and ANBU in the village to prepare for battle! Tell the guards at the gates that no one goes in or out of Konoha without consulting me first! This is an act of war!" Tsunade shouted. Shikamaru nodded and left to carry out Tsunade's decree. Tsunade stood there looking out at the village. She gritted her teeth and slammed her fist on her desk causing a section of it to break.
Elsewhere, Team Ebisu was on its way back to the Leaf Village.
"I can't wait to get back home! I haven't been there in so long! Ebisu-sensei, do I really have to wear this itchy vest?" Konohamaru rambled.
"Yes, Konohamaru, just wear the freaking vest!" Moegi yelled. She was becoming very annoyed with Konohamaru since the Chunin Exams ended.
"I like the vest. I think it's kind of cool." Udon said.
"Who cares what you think, Udon?" Konohamaru shouted as he got in Udon's face.
Then all three of them stopped bickering when they noticed their teacher hadn't said anything since they left.
"What's wrong, Ebisu-sensei?" Moegi asked becoming concerned.
Ebisu looked at all three of them and swallowed hard. "The closer we get to the village, the more I keep getting this bad feeling." Ebisu explained.
"Then that's more reason to stop playing and hurry to get back." Udon said matter-of-factly.
Moegi and Ebisu nodded in agreement. "Yeah, let's hurry and get back home!" Konohamaru yelled.