In the large office of the Hokage, an elderly but powerful man sat in shock. On his desk sat the damning paper that spelled doom for this chunin exam. Nadeshiko sent two teams to represent them in this exam, and that was a true disaster in the old man's eyes. The last time they had participated in the exam no body other than the women from the village graduated, and ten other shinobi, two Uchihas included, had disappeared with the women. They could not oppose the women taking the men, as it was traditional law for them and would cause a war if they had opposed.

Reading the files the Hanakage had sent him; the old man could only shake his head at the powerful young women, but stopped suddenly as he came to the only male in the files. It could not be, but surely it was, the resemblance was undeniable. Naruto, the boy was Naruto and was stolen by Nadeshiko. But that could not be, for women of Nadeshiko do not steal children unless they are … abused. The Hokage hung his head in shame, to have a child stolen for its own protection was a true mark upon a village, and he could not fight for Nadeshiko had legal rights over the boy and would bring forth the truth. He was lucky that they had not made a large announcement at Konaha's treatment of children, for it would have surely ruined them. Shaking his head one last time to clear his thoughts, Sarutobi Hiruzen knew what needed done.

Writing a missive to Jiraiya, Sarutobi knew he could not keep this information from the man, as the supposed death of his godchild had destroyed the once great ninja. Telling the man of the current events in the village and the information he had found, the Hokage tried to keep the letter short and vague, going so far as to code the letter, in case it fell into the wrong hands. Calling a delivery hawk, the man tied the scroll to its leg and sent it off with the directions to find the wayward toad sage.

With that complete the elderly man next called for all jounin and chunin participating in proctoring the coming exam, and even calling for the senseis that entered their students including: Might, Guy, Yuuhi, Kurenai, Sarutobi, Asuma, and Hatake, Kakashi.

"Now you all may wonder why I called you here short notice, but something has turned up that may change the way the exams will go." The white haired man said in a serious tone that caused everyone to straighten their backs.

"Well what is it?" Yelled out a purple haired woman impatiently, she was planning to go set traps in training ground 44.

"Nadeshiko has sent two teams to participate in the chunin exams." The Hokage could not help the sigh that escaped his lips at the blank looks he received. He could see why the Hanakage sent the teams she chose, if this was the reception the news received. It was different from what he recalled from his years as a sensei, the screams of terror were a thing to behold.

Coming out of his reminiscing the eldest Sarutobi called attention back to himself as the other Shinobi seemed to not understand his fear.

"Ibiki, what do you recall about Nadeshiko?" He asked the head of Torture and Interrogation.

"Nothing Hokage-sama." The scared man replied shamefaced.

This caused a murmur to ripple through the gathered Shinobi. When had Ibiki not known information, it seemed impossible. Then two from the back piped up in unision.

"Do you mean that large group of kunoichi were from that village?" The men who had been on guard duty the other day asked.

"THEY ARE ALREADY HERE!?" The old man asked in a panicked voice as he jumped from his chair. This was horrible; he needed the warning out as soon as possible.

"Do not fight these women, no matter if they challenge you are not, and tell the genin the same thing. If they must fight then it must only be within the exam. This is an order."

"YES HOKAGE-SAMA."

"But sir," Might Guy could not help but ask, "Why should we not take a challenge if it is given in a YOUTHFUL fashion?"

"Because those women would rip you to pieces and feast on your corpse." Asuma said in a joking manner. He did not know how right he was till his father was seen nodding his head at that.

"That is close enough to the truth." The Hokage said, causing everyone to stiffen and become jumpy.

"If they are such a danger then why are they allowed to participate?" a Jounin-sensei asked from the back.

"Because they are allies, and I would like to keep it that way. This is final." The man said, and then dismissed the jounin and chunin from the tower. He had paperwork to do now, and it seemed to have grown during the impromptu meeting.


Hope this helps some of the confusion. To clear things up; Jessica took Leo, Konaha sent out searches, Jessica and Leo went to Nadeshiko, the Hanakage did not learn of Leo's origins until he was ten, Jessica begged to stay, they got immunity when the situation was explained, and now we are here.