Tsunade glared poisonously at the large stack of paper sitting on her desk. She understood that being the Hokage included many difficult responsibilities, but paperwork? She hated it. It was so boring and useless.

She really needed to hire a secretary or something to do these things for her.

"You know, glaring at it won't get it done." A raspy voice came from behind her. She had been so busy glaring, that she didn't even notice that everything had went silent and only the tinkling of wind chime could be heard until then.

Tsunade heard the quiet footsteps walking towards her desk, before a masked figure appeared before her.

The Queen of Masks plucked a random paper from the pile. "And some of these things are quite important. Like this, a complaint from a farmer living just outside of the village saying that his neighbor's cows smell too bad, and he wants his neighbor arrested."

Tsunade chuckled. "I never knew the Queen of Masks had a sense of humor."

"Well, I like to say I'm a pretty friendly person once you get to know me." The Queen laughed.

Tsunade was a smart woman. She knew how to survive. She knew the the Queen was dangerous. She knew she could die at any moment. But Tsunade was also stupidly brave, so she simply stared into the Queen's examining, gray eyes.

"You are Tsunade Senju, yes? The best healer ever known?" Tsunade nodded at the Queen's question.

"I need you to train my student in the art of medical jutsu." Tsunade could not hide her surprise at the thought of the Queen having a student.

"Of course. But may I just ask... Who is your student?" Tsunade asked, her eyebrows furrowing.

"Sakura Haruno."

"Haruno... Haruno..." Tsunade tried to remember why that name sounded familiar. "Wait, you mean the girl on Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki's team?"  Tsunade voiced her thoughts. "Is she not of civilian parents?"

"Yes, she is." The Queen smiled behind her mask. "But don't underestimate her. One day I believe she'll become very powerful. Perhaps even more powerful than me."