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Lilianna stared out across Konoha from her balcony. She didn't dare look back at the stack of paperwork that was stacked neatly on her office desk, a mere ten feet away from where she was standing. She was sick and tired of doing nothing but paperwork. Was this what it was like for the past Hokage? Nothing but paperwork day in and day out? If it was, then she would gladly hand over the title of Hokage to the rightful person who was better at keeping up with the paperwork. From day two on she felt that she was horrible at being a Hokage. At first she thought that she could handle it but now...she felt like she was ruining the Hokage image for everyone.

Sighing loudly, she closed her eyes and let her body lean slightly over the railing, her thoughts wandering towards anyplace other than her office.

Lily glanced back to see two shinobi standing behind her. She blinked a few times underneath her Hokage hat at her before frowning slightly. "I need more than just a secretary," she muttered under her breath. "I need a vacation away from all of this stress." She took a deep breath and turned her body around so that she could face the two shinobi.

"It's good that they have been sent home," she said to Siors. "Is there...something wrong, Siors?" she asked him curiously. She gave Sarosh a look that said 'is there anything that is never wrong in this place?' before folding her hands in front of her body, clasping both hands together lightly.

Lilianna raised an eyebrow slightly at this little bit of news. This was new to her. She had always viewed Jine as an excellent leader and he was defeated by another ANBU to become the new leader. Timidly, she took the paper, pulled out a pen from a hidden pocket, and carefully signed her name on the signature line.

"It's alright, Sarosh," she said to the elder shinobi. "At least it is one piece of paperwork and not an entire tower." She paled slightly at her own words before handing the paper back to Siors. "Anything else I can help you with, Siors?"

Lily frowned at Siors' back as he left her presence. She didn't look at Sarosh as he talked to her. "Maybe you are right," she said after being silent for a few moments. She sighed softly and closed her eyes. "Maybe Risika might be able to accomplish something that I never got around to doing," she muttered under her breath.

Lily watched Sarosh walk over to the stack of papers before following him after a few moments. She sat down in her chair and took the paper that he handed her and picked up her pen. "So, just think of this as just one paper. Just one single paper," she muttered to herself before signing it. "A secretary, huh?" she pondered out loud, gazing over at Sarosh before setting the first paper aside and taking a second paper. "Maybe that isn't such a bad idea," she said to him as he signed the second paper.

Lily gazed over at the small stack and narrowed her eyes slightly. "I forgot that was coming up soon. I've got to assign Jounin for that soon." She leaned back in her chair as the papers slowly began to dwindle off of the stack to be signed and onto the stack of finished paperwork. "Do you have any suggestions on who to pick for the Chuunin exam?"

Lilianna flushed faintly as she looked at the other applications added to the stack. "I wonder how many teams are going to make it through this year." She knew that her year only four teams made it to the final round. Hopefully more would make it through this year. "I guess I can ask around tomorrow."

Lily was surprised to find that she had gotten all of the paperwork done in a little under an hour. She tilted her head to one side and stared at the Chuunin applications. Even though the Chuunin Exams were still months away, she had to get prepared for them soon. She had invitations to send out to various leaders and Kages. Hopefully the Kazekage would come this year. She didn't remember if he came during the year that she was in the Chuunin exams or not.

"Huh?" she said, looking up at Sarosh with a slight confused look on her face. It took her a few moments to realize that he had suggested that they go get something to eat. "Ah, okay." She slowly got up out of her chair, walked around the desk, and quickly glanced over at Sarosh before opening her office door, allowing him to leave before her. "So, where to for lunch?" she asked him curiously.