A New Story

The bow staff hits hard:

"Enough of this, the test is over, release me at once!" Yuu squirmed in the ropes that held him in place, the Hokage growl at him and he stopped resisting.

"Not before my Chunin are back safely, your test was deliberately to rough on my Shinobi" Tsunada took another sip from the wine provided for her by Shizune, who kept her own expression stern.

"Disabling our ninja with medical jutsu in a form of trial is an excessive violation!" Shizune reprimanded the man, bending at her waist to wag a finger at him. "It's going to take a few hours before the poison leaves their system" she frowned in her concern.

"Poison, but it wasn't poison!" Yuu protested from his seat on the opposite side of the Hokage's desk. The Hokage stare out the window as he spoke. "The mixture was a careful measured dosage, it was better than knocking them over the head or strangling them. You should speak to your Chunin about that, they are the ones who need to be disciplined not my Shinobi"

"Still" Tsunada spoke out to the view of Konohagakure "You disabled my ninja with a drug that takes time to leave the body, harming our numbers, which directly affects the health of my Village" The Hokage turned around and Yuu straightened, now understanding the full depth of his actions.

The lesson he learnt? Don't make the Hokage mad.

...

A few hours passed.

The Chunin lined up in formation on top of the Hokage's office, the roof top that surrounded its self with the Village from all angles. The platoon squared off and saluted the Hokage who waited for their reformation. Each man and women lined in perfect harmony with their neighbouring companions. They were all present and accounted for, to address the Hokage and a representative of the Daimyo. It was mid-afternoon by this time and many of the Chunin were still suffering the effects of the trial.

The genin had already be dismissed, there was very little need for mission reports but a mass mission report had to be written regardless. Tsunada and Shizune were unfortunately the bares of this duty. The strain showing on their faces now but they kept composed and formal. The genins' mission was not a farce; there was a child to be found even if only a henge (disguise jutsu) to offer the appearance of the child they were in search of. This test was thorough and well planned; it challenged the new generation of ninja and excluded the Jounin. Those that had already passed the test in the older generation, would have expected all the traps in place and the trial would have failed as a proper test of a Ninja Village. It was the future the Daimyo worried for after all.

"The mission sent to your village by the Daimyo was a test" Yuu the representative of the Daimyo sounded, addressing the Chunin and the Hokage. "Our Daimyo wished to demonstrate how many of the leaf shinobi he could capture in a run of a test invasion" He extended his voice so that all could hear him speak. "Your Hokage will new tell you how many Chunin were captured in comparison to how many of my Shinobi were brought in" He ushered the attention of the audience to the Hokage with a gesture of his hands.