Board Thread:Fanon Canon/@comment-7040990-20140919092221/@comment-2089817-20140919151740

It's not that, but Kages should serve as the "power bar". The five Kages should be among the strongest and all others that serve them should be below their power, save for enemy commanders and free criminal agents, and whatnot. So I think for the five Kages, there should be some leniency since if you limit them too much, they won't be that much stronger than the other shinobi under their command.