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Nishikawa knocked at her door and came inside just enough to make eye contact. “Good morning,” he greeted. He held up several envelopes that probably held the paperwork she’d already finished and had put on his desk. “Is there anything else that I should send with the morning mail?”

“Yes, here.” She gestured to the appropriate pile on her desk. It included two complete folders. “Thank you. I don’t have any meeting scheduled for the morning, do it?”

“You do not,” he politely confirmed as he crossed the room to retrieve the paperwork. “Should I write anything down?”

Aiko nodded and leaned back. “Yes, I’m going to go on an errand,” she said. “Please put on my schedule that I’ll be in a meeting with the Hokage from about 9am.”

Nishikawa glanced at the clock, which said 8am.  “Does the Hokage know?” he asked. The question was only a little cheeky- he wanted to know if he had missed some communications.

“He does not know,” Aiko confirmed. “It’s a surprise meeting. I hope that I’m not interrupting anything important.” She did not bother to sound particularly sincere. The Hokage would make time for a visit from the Mizukage, especially when the Mizukage chose to ask for a meeting by waiting in line at the first-floor reception area of Hokage tower.