It was a bright day in Konohagakure, the Village Hidden in the Leaves. The wind swept over the rooftops and created a cool breeze which swept in through the window of Lady Tsunade's office, a bird sat on her windowsill. She sat at her desk, her light skin brightened by the light that shone upon it and her long blonde hair falling lightly behind her. She gazed over the paper she held in her hands with some amount of attention, definitely more than that of which she usually gave.

"So" she said with an air of thought "a new hidden village and what's more they're holding a tournament? This could be interesting…" she read on "Choose only your strongest ninja of any rank but you must have at least 5 entrants and the winner will receive a sacred gift from Enerugīkure, The Village Hidden in Energy? What a weird name." Tsunade put down the invitation and submitted herself to a deep thought. 'It would be unwise to take our strongest ninja away from the village just for a single tournament in a newly formed hidden village. However times are slow at the moment and we haven't had many high level missions, I suppose I can let them go this once…'

Tsunade sat back in her chair and called out the name of her assistant, Shizune, and waited for her assistant to enter her office. Quickly Shizune entered, she was smaller than Tsunade and had shoulder length brown hair and onyx eyes. She entered with her usual mannerisms and Tsunade quickly pointed towards the invitation on her desk.

"We're entering it" Said Tsunade firmly "it'll be a good chance to test our ninja against those of the other 4 Villages and gives us a chance to see how good this new village is."

Shizune skimmed over the paper and then looked up "'Choose only your strongest' is that wise I mean we'd be leaving us quite defenceless."

Tsunade looked vacantly out the window "I know but if we don't enter it could make us seem even weaker in front of the other Villages and a win for us could increase the amount of missions being sent to the village, increasing our economy… and the paper work." Tsunade sighed. "I think I have ten people perfect for the tournament."

"Who do you have in mind?" Shizune replied with some amount of intrigue.

"I'm thinking Rock Lee, Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki, Kiba Inuzuka, Kakashi Hatake, Hinata Hyūga, Neji Hyūga, Anko Mitarashi, Shino Aburame and Guy." Said Tsunade, smiling to herself over her choice.

"I suppose that choice could work… I mean we'll only be without two Jōnin for god knows how long." said Shizune, looking concerned.

"Trust me Shizune we have plenty more ninja left at our disposal, this group can go and it'll count as a good training exercise, in fact a win for them could increase moral for every ninja in the village. Yes I've decided upon my choice. I will inform the group immediately, Shizune, this bird behind me is a homing bird, it will take the message back to Enerugīkure and from then we shall wait for a response." Tsunade quickly scribbled down a reply on a loose piece of paper, attached it to the bird then stood up. "Send some people out to gather the 10 chosen ninja; I'll be waiting for them here."

Shizune gave a quick slight bow and then hurried out the office leaving Tsunade to think.

'This really will be interesting won't it?' she thought.