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KW: Hey all! Sorry it's been a long time since updated last, but here I am. We had a power outage and 3 big projects for school. Thank you for all 3 reviews I have gotten (Yay! I can still count them on one hand!). Also thanks go out to Lostmydragon for the help. Read the stories, they are really good. Also I noticed that I have been getting a lot of foreign viewers on the story, so welcome all of those not from America! Anyway there will be a vote for something that I will do in the coming chapters. I've already got a draft for my second story, but I think I will work on this on first before I upload another one. My poll is: Should Sakura live or die on the mission I have planned?

Naruto walked up the steps of the hokage tower and noticed something was different.

"Hey Sakura," he called as the pink haired girl came into the hallway. "Is something going on here? Why is every one running around, and who are these guys?" he looked around at the men in suits who where shifting though files and carrying stuff around. Naruto dodged a man carrying a pile of files who couldn't see past the mound of paperwork.

"Well, Tsunade-sama wanted to find a way to cut down on the paperwork, and she came up with this." Sakura paused in her work to explain.

"What, old men in ties?"

"Sigh… No, Naruto. These are all little wards of the village. There is a Military Ward that regulates weapons, training grounds and such. The Economic Ward, that regulates how trade is dealt with and how services are carried out. The Currency Ward regulates money and how we generate income. The Public Services Ward is broken into many 'cabinets'. the Travel Cabinet regulates road conditions and public transport systems." Sakura gave the impression she had explained this before. As she was explaining she started off down a hallway, Naruto followed her to hear the rest of the explanation. They turned into a large circular room with offices everywhere. They started to make there way across it to the stairs that led to the hokage's office.

"Wait, we have a public transport system?" Naruto asked, Sakura put her files down and turned to explain.

"Well, we found a design scroll left behind by the Second Hokage for a thing he called 'subways'. We installed them underground with the help of some earth and lightening jutsu users. There are three main types. The public, military and economic. The public one transports people from place to place. The military one is used for moving ninjas about, though, Lee and Gai refuse to use it, they say it's 'unyouthful'". Sakura snorted in mirth, Naruto smiled as he remembered how those two could be. Sakura continued, "and lastly the economic line makes it easier to move supplies around the village. Its all faster too. It's laid out in a spider web deisgn that is centred at the Hokage tower. The whole thing is powered by a water turbine at the Valley of the End.

"Oh…I didn't know there was so much to it, how long did it take?" Asked Jiraiya, he had been quiet since the begining of their tread up the stairs.

"It all started a few days after you left and it was finished yesterday. Final checks are today before the opening ceremony, which is tomorrow." The pink haired woman explained.

"Cool, you said there were more of those cabinets?"

"One is the Law Cabinet, it maintains policing and law. The Community Service Cabinet assigns D-rank missions for genin to go on." She said as she gave Naruto a teasing look.

"Hey I'm working it, Alright!" Naruto caught on to what she was implying.

"Anyway," Sakura continued, "They give the genin their missions. Now the Hokage still gives out most missions. She handles it when the genin teams are ready for C-rank missions and she also hands out the higher up missions. The Health and Fire Cabinet handles firefighters and hospitals for the public."

"So who runs these things?" Naruto asked.

"Well, the ninja clan representatives handle the Military ward, Law, Health and fire cabinet as well as the Community Service cabinet. The citizens control the rest. They are presented as possible candidates, by general election, to the Council and the Hokage to approve."

"Well, it seems like you guys really got the place organised. That mean Baa-chan gets less paper work?" Naruto asked jokingly.

"Well, she still has a lot of it. Shizune said she had a plan to get Lady Tsunade to actually do the work… I wonder how it went…" She pondered.

They turned up the steps to go to the steps that led up to the hokage's office.

"Knowing Old-Flat-Chest, I bet she found a way to weasel out of it…" answered Jiraya, who had been usually silent for the past few minutes.

"Hey, I just thought… where have you been? I haven't seen you in a while." Naruto asked now that Sakura had finished explaining. Sakura on the other hand was appalled.

"What did you just call her!?"

"That's what I call her, Old-Flat-Chest, much like how Naruto calls you Little-Flat-Chest" Jiraiya with a chuckle.

'Oh crap' Thought Naruto.

"HE CALLS ME WHAT!? NARUTO!!" shouted Sakura as she tired to chase get Naruto with intent to wound.

"Thanks a lot pervy-sage!!" yelled Naruto as he ran up the stairs trying to keep ahead of Sakura. Jiraiya howled with laughter at the scene.

"I'm going to kill you!" Sakura screamed like a banshee while she sprinted after the blonde.

Naruto ran into the nearest office, which belonged to Shizune just outside the Hokage's office.

"Help me Shizune!" he pleaded as he ducked behind the older woman.

"Naruto! Get out from behind her and face me like a man!" ordered Sakura angrily.

"Um… What is going on here?" asked Shizune.

"Well." Jiraiya said after wiping a tear from his eye, "Naruto just pissed off Sakura again."

"As usual, welcome back Naruto-kun" she said glancing behind her at the boy.

"Hey" he replied but still stayed behind Shizune.

"What about me" asked Jiraiya feeling left out.

"Oh, you too I suppose…" she said with less enthusiasm.

"Don't tell me Tsunade got to you too…" Jiraiya's shoulders drooped.

"Yep, she told me everything about you… everything."

"No, I'll never get a hot babe at this rate." he whined.

Naruto stepped in to avoid another confrontation.

"So Sakura, said you were working on a plan to get Tsunade to do the paperwork… how did that go?" he chanced.

"Would you like to see?" said Shizune with a victorious smirk.

"Um, sure I guess" Naruto replied, wondering what Shizune did to get Tsunade to actually do paperwork, "We have to see you her anyway."

"Okay, let's go in." Shizune as she opened the door to Tsunade's office.

The large circular room had a few Leaf banners on the walls. It also had some recently installed slot machine and a small mini bar in the corner, all by the request of the new hokage.

"Naruto! It's good to see you back!!" screeched Tsunade.

After recovering his hearing, Naruto heard the faint clinking of chains. "Um… hi?… Why are you louder than usual today?"

"Well, Shizune put huge amounts of espresso in my sake so I would stay awake for this stupid paperwork, and now I can't to sleep!" she continued at her high pitched tone.

Naruto was sure that she had just deafened everyone within a 20 mile radius.

"Haven't you tried to run away as usual?" asked Jiraiya, "And why do I get left out of the greetings again?"

"Um, no we had to tie her down with the chains after she sneaked out last time." Shizune explained because Tsunade's attention span was shorter than a hyper humming bird. "You won't believe how hard it was to get her back here. It was her time of the month, (Sorry if this insults you, but it's based off my experiences with females on their time of the month) and she had just escaped from the tower and was wrecking every building in sight …it was awful. A super strong, hyper-drunk woman on her period?… everyone ran for cover." said Kakashi as he appeared in the window with a wave to greet the newcomers.

"Kakashi-sensei? When did you get here?" piped Naruto.

"Well, I saw you and Jiraiya-sama walking down the street, so I figured I would tell the Hokage you were back. However, seems you beat me here." Repiled Kakashi.

"Anyway you should visit the friends you left behind, Naruto!!" blurted Tsuande at a rate of 30 words a second.

"Okay Baa-chan, I think I will," Naruto commented as he headed for the door, pausing he said, "You coming Sakura-chan? Ero-sannin?"

"No, I have to report to the hospital to work on my medical skills, besides it gets me out of here." Sakura said, seemingly forgetting why she had chased the blonde ten minutes before hand.

"Sorry brat, I have to talk to Tsunade about some stuff." Jiraiya explained, but he thought it may take a while to get the twitchy hokage attention.

"I'll come with you" said Shizune and Kakashi intended to do the same, however Tsuande stopped them,

"Oh no you don't! I have to talk to you and that is an order!" she barked barely within human hearing range.

"Crap…" they both muttered under their breath.

"Well, see you," Naruto said and started on his wway out of the office, "oh, and good luck." he added as he ducked out the door. 'those two are screwed' he thought to himself with a smile.

KW: So, that was my third installment of A Dream Revealed, I hope you liked it! So again my poll is: Should Sakura live or die on the mission I have planned? You can vote by either review or on my page. Thanks for viewing and I hope you keep reading.