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Of course after such a proclamation karma simply had to play its hand; as always after finishing his post-workout drink, the Sandaime slammed the empty carton on the top of his desk to crush it flat enough to fit in his bin correctly. However on this occasion he'd slightly misjudged the hit and one of the heavy bands of iron around his wrist clipped the flat face of his family ring, taken off prior to his workout to avoid breakage or injury. All three occupants of the office could only watch in muted silence as, with a musical ting and a flash of gold light, the ring flipped majestically through the air and landed somewhere in the middle of the Raikage's weight-training equipment; there was a succession of further pings that grew quieter as it ricocheted around the pile of steel, then silence.

You know, it shouldn't be possible for a man that huge to look that sheepish – mind you; as he glanced to the side of his and saw the spine-chilling glare that the secretary was sending her boss as well as the grip she'd adopted that was putting a heck of a strain on the tray in her hands he added to his idle observation; it also shouldn't be possible for a woman that comparably slight to look that threatening. Shika was right again – no matter how strong you are, there's always a woman you'll find troublesome in your life;

"Zaki-kun, would you mind going and fishing that ring out of the weights over there", she asked in a tone of sweetness and light completely at odds with the bare-fanged snarl she flashed towards the shivering kage before her, "I don't want there to be any witnesses when I attempt to assassinate the Raikage in his own office!"

The Mouse of Konoha, Chapter 15