Name: -Unnamed Mission-
Rank: A
Custom Or generic: Custom
Participants: Hana/Izumi/Genin picked by Hana
Description: Orders have been issued to Kibou Heiki to assassinate a target within the Fire Country. After several nights of consideration, Shihouin has decided that this isn't the appropriate cause of action. Therefore he is dispatching a team of trusted individuals to stop Kibou by giving him orders that the mission is off and he no longer needs to continue. He has given orders in the form of a secure document which needs to be kept safe at all costs.

Objective
Primary: Give the orders to Kibou Heiki in the Rain Country

Secondary: Protect the documents at all costs, and survive. Don't engage in combat unless you have to.
ETFC IC: A week OOC: Three weeks

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(June 20th official start date)

Hana yawned as she headed to the Hokage's office. She'd just gotten back from a mission with Yamazu, Ayame, and Kami. She was still tired from such a dangerous fight, the emotional problems that went with it, and also all the training she did on the way. She accomplished a lot as well as finishing an A rank mission. An ANBU visited her at her house again with an important message. She quickly rushed to the hokage's office right after.

Basically she was to go on another A rank mission. This time it was more of a personal errand to the hokage though. Hana didn't mind that it was personal, she did mind that she was going to be getting another mission so soon. She just wanted to relax. Not go and deal with another A rank. But she supposed that this was what came with being a jonin. If she ever wanted to become a jonin she needed to continue to work hard like this.

She slowed down once she neared the building. Her eyes drooped from her tiredness. The girls feet also hurt from travelling. She opened the doors to the entrance and stepped inside to the cool administration building. She spoke to the new secretary and went to sit down. The hokage was busy with a client but he would be able to see her soon.

Hana waited outside until someone left the office. She then headed inside and began to speak with the hokage. What was explained to her was that she would get two teammates. A genin and Izumi. Both would go with her on this mission. She wondered who the genin was and if she knew him. A few faces appeared in her head but she couldn't be quite sure who would join them on this mission until he entered the office.

A yawn came from the tired boy, leaving his home with a bag filled with gear he would later need. He stayed up all last night to gather all of this equipment for his very first mission! But he was wondering why he was being sent on an A-rank mission in the first place? Kazu was by far even worth the time. But it was good experience. He walked towards the Hokage administrative building to recieve orders and such, he had his bag over one shoulder and his Firefly over his other. He wasn't going to leave his Firefly behind, not on this mission.

He walked into the main room, and saw a few people. He didn't particularly care about them, probably because they had nothing to do with his mission. But what seemed even more odd, was that he had no idea who the two other teammates were. Kazu didn't really know that many people to begin with, he only knew a few genin, and thats because he challenged them to battles. As Kazu walked into the Kage's office, he saw a woman standing there, talking with the Kage.

A smirk came across his face, a perfect chance. He tip toed, not seen by the dirty blond, and reached his hands around and started to grope her. He backed away after a few seconds of shock to the Kage and the girl. And the smirk grew devious across his face. "Hey! I'm Kazu Kasai! Genin reporting for duty!" he said, while smiling at the evil glares he got. Kazu was such a skirt chaser. It was a character flaw of his. That and he challenged everyone he met. But he didn't have time for such things at this moment.

He listened to the Kage(plus a scolding for what he just did) and a frown came onto Kazu's face. I can't challenge people..? he thought to himself. It was against his nature. It was how he scouted out powerful people. Someone who could fight was someone to respect. It was something he was taught at from a young age. It was something he knew only as life. But if they couldn't beat you, then they didn't seemed worthy. And you would have to seek out stronger opponents. Kazu was one such a person. But due to his rank, he didn't really have much of a winning streak.

Kazu sighed and sat in a corner. And right next to him was a stack of scrolls. And as the Kage was talking with the blond again, Kazu snuck one into his bag for later. Basically he stole a secret scroll from the Kage. He wondered what he would do with the scroll anyway, but hey, he wasn't going to be around when the shit hit the fan. Kazu did a silent chuckle to himself and just pictured the tyrade the Kage would do when he found out a scroll was stolen. But that chuckle was cut short when he had a thought about who was the other member? If it was a female, she better watch out from the skirt chaser.

A screech sounded off high in the sky. The citizens of Konoha stopped and turned their head to look up but their eyes only became blinded by snow and were unable to see what made such a sound because of the clouds. High above the white blankets covering the village was the creator of the noise, a sleek gray Peregrine Falcon. His black beady eyes starred forward as he beat his wings and sank to just above the clouds. They formed white circles around him and left water drops on his feathers before he took back to the sky. With another beat of his wings he sprang forward and began to reach a fast speed. His eyes were set on the Hokage faces and more importantly the office that sat not to far from it. He wasn't in a big hurry but arriving in a timely manner was very important for the completion of this mission.

When the falcon arrived he landed on the window ledge and peered in. he saw Shi's form looming over his desk, his hand mowing about as he stared at a paper. Must have been signing things again, what a drag. The falcon tapped the window three times with his beak then squeaked. This caused Shi to glanced around at the falcon whom simply turned his head. Shi smiled, knowing who the bird was from, and opened the window to let the bird in. When granted entry the falcon dove in and landed on the floor before he ruffled his feathers. Shi shut the window and returned to his seat. The falcon took to the air and landed on a wooden perch nearby. His dark beady eyes loomed as he waited statue still for someone to enter.

The blonde girl, Hana, was first. Upon arrival she greeted Shi before proceeding to discuss mission details with him. The falcon took all the details in and prepped a message to relay to his owner as he waited for the next teammate to arrive. Apparently it was some Genin but he and his master were not sure just who it would be. Hana continued to talk and not to long after the last member finally arrived. He opened the door, tiptoed over to Hana, and suddenly tried to grope her as he gave a loud introduction. The falcon remained still and silent, almost like a statue as he stared at the boy. With a smirk on his face, which showed a wrong sort of pride to the falcon, the boy took to a corner and sat. The bird proceeded to hold his still and silent gaze up until the point the boy reached over to the piles of scrolls. Shi would have already noticed despite Hana talking to him and it was questionable whether he would have thrown the boy out already but what the boy attempted to do next wouldn't get by the falcon. Nor would his master be too pleased when the falcon relayed the message.

The boy dragged the scroll from the pile and proceeded to nearly place it in his back. Suddenly the falcon "statue" came to life, bent over, spread his wings out, ruffled his feathers, and let out a high pitched pissed off sounding squawk. It sounded like an angry animal growling except was a lot more squawk like. He did this a few times as he held his beak open - threatening the boy to put the scroll back as static electricity slightly began to form around the birds wings. He continued to make that obnoxious sound too and would surely draw attention the the young lad. So either A, the boy would get attacked by the bird or B, the other two would take care of him. Then again there was always option C, he put the scroll back. But even then he might not get away unscathed. The bird let the boy decide his fate.

OOC: I was told to post here or I will be kicked.

IC: Eiji sat up on his bed as he looked out his window. It wasn't too often that he saw snow. What was odd to him was the timing of the snow. For this time of year it was quite odd. Anyway Eiji was upset because he couldn't train outside. Instead he was forced to sit inside and try to train mentally. For the past three hours Eiji sat on his bed with his legs crossed Indian style and his hands resting on his legs. Eiji was having a mental fight. He picture himself fighting an opponent and how he would counter or deflect certain moves. Most of the time he'd fight against himself or someone he'd already fought. This was something Eiji started doing one day during a thunderstorm and he wanted to train but couldn't. His father Senji taught him about mental training. Ever since then every time the weather was bad Eiji would mentally train.

A few moments later Eiji's bedroom door flew open and it was his father Senji. For some reason he was smiling. Eiji's eyebrow rose as his father closed his door and sat on the bed with Eiji. In Senji's hand was a letter. From the looks of it an important letter. Senji showed it to Eiji and it was a special mission. An A Rank mission. Eiji eyes grew big with excitement. The thought of doing an A rank mission was something Eiji didn't see himself doing until he was at least a Jounin. To Eiji something about it seemed odd. Why ask a Genin to go on a mission of such high rank? Why not ask a Jounin or a team of Jounin? Either was Eiji was not about to question it. Rather it was luck or skill Eiji was going on an A rank mission and he was happy about it. Eiji hugged his father and smiled. "This is so un real dad! I can't wait to get started." With that Eiji made his way into the bathroom and pushed his little sister Aura out. She was once again running water for no reason.

Eiji took a hot shower and basked in the warmth of the water. Usually his showers last about thirty minutes but Eiji took an extra fifteen minutes to just enjoy the water. Once he was finished he dried himself off and went to his closet. Due to the snow outside Eiji couldn't wear his usual attire which was a sleeveless jacket, pants, shoes and no shirt. Not only did he have to wear a shirt but a long sleeve one at that. He looked through all of the shirts that were in his closet. Finally after ten minutes of searching he found a decent shirt. The shirt was white with black words written on the back which read: "Against All Odds." On the front there was a lady wearing a pink kimono with a samurai sword. behind her was two tigers, a lion, a Komodo dragon, several ninja and a Shogun. This was one of Eiji's favorite shirts because of the message it sent. Most of his shirts depicted ladies almost naked fighting something or somethings and they were overwhelmed by numbers.

Once he picked his shirt he grabbed his sleeveless jacket and put on his pants. Then his boots. Lastly he went to the mirror in his room and made sure his hair was messy but not too messy. He grabbed his swords Danger and Caution. Eiji waved to his family as he opened the door to reveal the white wonderland of Konoha. Eiji wasted no time and immediately made his way towards the Hokage building. A place he'd been once before but under different circumstances. The first time involved him stealing something and the other times were simple missions. This was an A rank mission. Eiji didn't even bother to make a snowball and throw it at someone. He was just that focused. Once he arrived he stood still and took a deep breath in and released it. Eiji did this several times. He wanted to have the right mind state going into this mission. Finally he opened the door to see who else would be joining him on this mission. First there was another Genin like him. The only person he recognized was Hana.

She'd came a long way since their first mission together. Eiji did the proper thing and took a bow in her presence. Then he saw someone with a bird on their arm. It was a huge bird and from the looks of it a falcon. Eiji didn't want to waste time with introductions. He'd figure if anyone wanted to know anything about him they'd ask. He made his way to the nearest wall and slid down to the floor. Sure he was syked to go on an A rank mission but he didn't let it show. Eiji sat on the floor twirling his sword Caution until he was given an order.

Hana had turned slightly to meet the new guy that arrived. She barely got a glance at him before she felt something gripping her breasts. His fingers were even slightly gripping her nipples making her slightly, very slightly aroused. She gasped and turned around, wrenching her own breasts away from his clutches.

She then turned to the boy and stared at him for a moment whilst clutching her own breasts in shock. After a moment or so she calmly took off her shoe and threw it at the boys head. "What the fucking hell is wrong with you, you bastard! You don't just go up and grope girls! You idiot! Pervert! Loser!" Afterwards she took a moment to catch her breath.

The boy was then scolded for what he did by Shihouin. Then as they were listening to what Shihouin had to say about the mission a bird in the background began to shriek. Hana turned around just to see the boy that had groped her move a scroll. She quickly pulled it from his grasp. "Not only are you a perv but you're a thief too? Tch, why the hell do I have to go on this mission with you anyway?"

Hana turned back to Shihouin as he finished explaining the mission. The bird was completely alone without an owner. The documents were handed to Hana for the time being. That is until she asked where Izumi was.

Just as she asked Eiji walked into the room. He bowed to Hana which confused the girl. Why did he do that? They were equals... oh, she was a higher rank than him now. But that didn't mean she was better than him. It only meant she practiced and worked harder. He could get to that point too easily.

Hana sighed and put a hand on his shoulder. "What's with the dorky bow? Jeez, we're friends aren't we?" She flashed him her own dorky smile.

Kazu still had his smirk on when the lady threw her shoe at him, hitting him. Kazu laughed as she was clenching to her breasts. Shortly after hearing the mission details first hand(plus a scolding), Kazu just noticed the bird in the corner. He eyed it, it didn't move, but Kazu somehow knew it was alive. No way in hell one would have such an ugly bird as a statue. Kazu sat in the corner, and just as his prank begun, the bloody bird flew into action. Just like a burglar alarm, it screached.

It's voice echoed and its wings threw feathers all over. Kazu was about to throw the scroll at the bird, but then blondie took it from his hand. And called him a thief. Kazu scoffed at the remark. "I ain't no thief. I took it as a prank. The look on the kages face wouldve been priceless. But it got ruined by that damn bird." he said, mumbling the last sentence in a almost quiet tone. He didn't like birds. Specially ninja birds. Some people didn't know why, but it was because they got in his way when he was zooming through the air.

Shortly after, a male walked into the room. Kazu threw a small glance, almost like he was someone suspicious to him. The guy exchanged a greeting with the gal standing infront of the desk. Kazu chuckled, then got up from his position and sat on the window ledge(away from the bird mind you). He peered out, ignoring everything else in the room. He couldn't possibly care for anything they spoke. If it didn't involve training or fighting, he could care less. Kazu was tempted to just put on his Firefly's and just bolt to the village gate and do this mission alone.

But Kazu pushed that thought away, he needed to stay with the group because if he didn't, he'd be counted as a Missing Ninja or something. Kazu didn't really pay much attention in the academy. All he cared about was beating on other people. Y'know that bully from the academy? Best chances it was Kazu. The guy who would fight anyone anytime. He didn't care for things like normal people. All he cared about was gaining enough power so that he could achieve his own success. But that wasn't the right mentallity a Konoha ninja should have.

But Kazu could care less bout that. He forgot the introduce himself to the other two, blondie and that Genin. But when the thought came to his mind, he dismissed it. Why should I introduce myself to them? Not like it'll serve any purpose. he thought to himself. He'll only introduce himself if he was ordered to by a surperior ninja, and he wasn't. Kazu was just a delinquint. And nobody cares for those, right?

The bird disrupted the boy's prank and quickly turned its head back to Shi. His ruffled feathers relaxed and he gave Shi an expressionless look before watching the others go at it a bit. Hana was worked up and the boy seemed to not care whatsoever. It was then another boy entered. This one looked familiar. He believed his name was Eiji. Had they went on a mission before? He could not remember. Maybe Izumi would.

As Eiji and Hana shared a small brief welcoming with one another and the other Genin took to the window, Takahiro felt now was the time to start things up. With his head held high and his wings pressed perfectly against his body the bird gazed around before he spoke.

"Excuse me" he began, willing to say it again had he not received everyone's attention. "Over here."

By then he should have had at least a little bit of their attention if not all.

"Lady Izumi has been patiently waiting at the gates ever since before I arrived. By now she might be growing a little tired of waiting seeing as how she expected us at the gates a while ago. Due to this I ask if we could all head out at once so we may officially introduce ourselves, share information and the mission details, then head out to start the mission. The sooner we move out the sooner we can avoid the blizzard that is said to be heading out way."

He continued to sit with some nobility. Not necessarily with cockiness but that didn't mean the bird had some pride. He could sit pretty with the fact that he knew how to fight and was excellent at spying. He could fly up to speeds up to 200mph like any normal well trained falcon and was able to see far and wide with his excellent eye sight. What was not to be proud of?



At the gates Izumi continued to rest on the check in and out building. This was the building everyone went through when leaving the village. It was loaded with security so that no one was sneak in. Guard towers were also set up around the wall to watch as well. For the most part, nothing could get by the security unless they all happened to be distracted at once. Rubbing her forehead really quick with a black gloved hand, Izumi pulled the black hood back over her head to protect it from the light as she waited for everyone to meet her. Takahiro was taking a while and she was growing a tad impatient. Were the Genin and Hana late? Things needed to move, and fast.

As he twirled his sword Eiji noticed that Hana seemed a bit confused from his formal greeting. Then he felt a hand on his shoulder. It was Hana and she asked him about the bow. Eiji looked at her and put his hand behind his head. "Well...that is how you greet someone of a higher rank right? Well at least that's what the old people I mean elderly people say. Guess I should stick to what I know then." Eiji raised his right hand as he stood up signaling a high five. Eiji looked directly into Hana's eyes when he spoke just low enough for her to hear. "We are friends. I consider you my best friend. You are one of the fastest rising shinobi this village has ever seen. It is because of that I admire you. I also now declare you my rival. Just know that one day I will best you in combat." Eiji smiled and winked at Hana. Rather it was a friendly bout or even a real fight Eiji wanted to prove one thing to his self. That he was just as good as Hana if not better.

Then someone's voice spoke and Eiji listened for the most part. Catching little words hear and there. He focused on the words greetings, blizzard and Lady Izumi. That name rang a bell to Eiji. Was she the beautiful lady Eiji met while on a mission? Or was she someone he bumped into while in town? Eiji couldn't quiet figure it out but he knew that the name Izumi rang a bell and would find out once they arrived at the front gates. Finally the mission was getting under way and Eiji was on his way to the gates. Eiji could feel his excitement building up inside of him. If he could make it back from this mission he was sure to get some recognition and possibly go on more missions higher than D-Rank. Not to count his chickens before they hatch there was always the possibility of a strong enemy showing up. If that happened then they would be in trouble. This was the risk involved in an A Rank mission. Eiji took a deep breath and released it. His legacy starts now.

Eiji saw this mission as the start of something new in his life. A turning point. Not moving too fast Eiji made his way to the gates. If a blizzard was coming then the mission would be that much more difficult. The details of the mission still remained a mystery to Eiji. Weather it was stated or not Eiji couldn't remember. Hopefully when everyone met up with Lady Izumi the details would be explained. Eiji looked around at the snow and was still amazed by it. Eiji thought about his team. The other Genin seemed a bit distance from everyone. It could have been something that happened before he arrived at the Hokage building. Hana didn't seem to care too much for him so maybe it was something that happened. Maybe it was just his personality. Then Eiji thought about his words to Hana. Declaring her his rival. "Dammit I had to say that. Well I couldn't tell her that I liked her. That would be too weird. She's my friend after all." Eiji stopped when he arrived at the gates.

There he saw Izumi. Of course she was beautiful and Eiji mind went blank for a second. Quickly he regained his composer and spoke. "Hello Lady Izumi. As you may know I am Eiji Hitomi." Eiji took a bow and stood up again. After that he grabbed one of his swords and pointed towards the gates. "I will one become the savior of this world. It is my destiny. Everyone will know my name and I will go down in history as the shinobi who saved the world from plunging into darkness. I am EIJI HITOMI!" Once again Eiji introduced himself in the most unnecessary way possible. His speech was longer than usual but he was excited and he was kind of nervous. He continued to stay in the position he was in. Standing with one hand on his side and the other holding his sword Caution pointing towards the gates.

He barely paid any attention to the rest of the people after he sat at the window ledge. It was already boring. And he would be even more bored once the mission was under way. Not allowed to fight, bah! How am I supposed to get more power when I can't beat the shit out of people?! he thought to himself. His chain of thoughts was indeed rude about the bird and the mission. And some of the thoughts where quite perverted bout the female Chuunin standing right over by the desk. But his thoughts were broken by the voice of a new person.

Kazu looked around the room, not seeing another person of where the voice coulda come from. He thought he mightve snapped and started to hear things that wheren't there. But then, it appeared again. He looked over, his mouth slightly opened. It was the bird. His gawking mouth turned into a low snarl. Kazu hated birds. They got into his way when he was up and about on the roof tops and jumping from tree to tree. "Bloody bird..." he mumbled to himself. But he heard a name escape the beak from that bloody bird, the name Izumi. Whoever this Izumi was, it was definetely female. Because the bird called her Lady Izumi.

This gave Kazu his devious smile again. He wondered if it was a beauty of a woman, large bust or medium? Or perhaps even a small bust. He shall see. Kazu watched as the others left through the door. Kazu thought to himself that going out the door would take too long. So he decided he would take the express route. Out the window. Kazu put on his Firefly and went out the window. The wheels started to turn as the engine turned on. It was good to see that they still worked after having such shitty weather for the past few days. Kazu went out the window and down a slope right beside the window. Kazu flew across the small area infront of the Hokage's building.

Kazu thought to himself, since this was his first time away from home. He might as well check around town one last time. He figured he had plenty of time to leave. Kazu strolled along the side streets, going by stores he didn't really pay much attention to when he wasn't going anywheres. He figured he might appreciate them once he returned. Kazu had his hands in his pockets, his bag over his shoulder and his ninja band on his belt. He hadn't forgotten anything has he? He ran a little mental checklist within his head.

He shrugged and figured he had everything he needed. He continued his little stroll and passed by a little pastry shop. The smells made his stomach growl in hunger. Thats what he forgot! He forgot to eat breakfast! He spun around and went straight towards the pastry shop. He went inside and looked around. Moments later, he exists with a medium sized plastic bag filled with goodies. He had a moon cake in his mouth. Slowly he chewed the side of it, not getting too far into it for the jelly center would squirt out into his mouth, causing him to choke.

Kazu strolled and strolled until he got to the village gate. He saw the other Genin shouting some bullshit about how he'd save the world, yeah right. But he ignored the Genin, and saw a woman sitting ontop of the small little check in area. She mustve been 'Lady' Izumi. Kazu sped up and jumped onto a crate, and onto another, and onto the roof of the check in area. He stopped right next to the lady and smirked. His eyes looked at her chest for just a few seconds, then he studied the rest of her figure, then onto the face. "Might I say, you have a fantastic figure! Hot bod babe!" he said with a smirk.

He wasn't even gonna introduce himself until he was ordered to. And since nobody has, he wasn't gonna speak a lick of his name to anyone. It was probably cause he doesn't trust these folks, and the fact that they seemed a little goodie-goodie for him. And Izumi owns that bloody bird who ruined his prank!

Her eyes wondered in and out of darkness. Not that she was tired but she kept zoning out from being bored. Eventually she decided it was time to stand up and stretch her legs. She took in a deep breath and sighed before standing and peering out over the streets. Some tourists whom entered peered up at Izumi with a bit of wonder before they walked off. One had a little kid whom, as they left, turned and waved back to her. She smiled faintly and waved back before she looked away. Soon enough they disappeared behind buildings within the village. Izumi gazed towards the skies. She held this position until her neck grew stiff. When it did she raised a hand and pushed at her cheek while twisting her neck sideways to crack it. She did this on both sides and moved her neck around before doing a few leg and arm stretches. At least now she would be fully ready to head out on this mission. Whenever the hell the Genin and Hana arrived anyway.

After a good while she had taken a seat again, her arms and legs crossed beneath the black cloak she wore. Her hood was still up to hide all but her said to be eerie glowing gray eyes. She believed it was Takahiro who gave who she was away.

The bird arrived first via air. He was leading the group from up above. She knew he was a fast flyer and would be back otherwise but in the meantime was "joy riding". He swooped down onto her level as she stood and raised an arm. The bird flapped his wings to stop, rasied his legs, and soon landed on her arm. She stroked the feathers on his head before she turned towards the group, her eyes scanning over them.

"Wheres the third one" she whispered to him in a plain and straightforward voice. There was a small hint of agitation as well.

"On his way. He decided to take his own route," Takahiro whispered back, facing her. "This other one seems like trouble. He groped Hana in front of Shi and then decided to try and steal a scroll from Shi as a prank. Luckily I saw him and called him out but still...we need to keep an eye on him."

Izumi gave a threatening eye at the mention of trying to steal something from Shi, or the Hokage. A third of her irritation was that he tried to steal fro the Hokage...but the rest was a little different. Izumi removed the hood covering her face with her free hand. Now they could get a better look of her facial appearance and expressions.

"Glad to see you two made it" she shouted down to Osamu and Hana, after Osamu gave his speed. "And it's nice to meet you Osamu. I hope you achieve your goals."

'Hopefully he can back up that speech...' she thought.

When thinking this she glanced over and just so happened to notice a Genin waltz up to the group.

"That's him...." Takahiro said, Izumi's eyes slightly narrowed. The boy was making his way up to her which could only make her wonder what it was he would do and just how she would react. No broken bones before the mission, that would be bad. So she hoped he knew better not to touch her. Not only would he be dealing with her but more so the dark side of the Hokage. He was rather protective sometimes but she loved that about him.

The Genin stopped right beside Izumi and peered up and down. She knew what he was doing and for the most part didn't care all that much. She simply gave him an unemotional glance as she watched him back, her hand ready to make any sudden movements to warn him not to touch her. He finally looked at her face.

"Might I say, you have a fantastic figure! Hot bod babe!"

Takahiro's feathers ruffled up at this action of disrespect and dishonor. He wanted to squawk something at the man or zap him but Izumi merely twitched her wrist to catch his attention towards her. This meant don't speak. She simply stared at the boy and whispered under her breath so the others wouldn't hear her.

"I hope you know that you have a long couple days with me and beyond this wall there are too few eyes. In short, no funny business that could slow down, draw enemies, or get in the way of our mission..." she said, her piercing gray eyes peering straight dead into his. She technically didn't get specific and left him some loopholes to act up but as long as it didn't jeopardize the mission or make her want to break an arm he could practically do what he wanted.

She then looked away and spoke a bit louder. "On another note, Shihouin would want me to inform you that he is my significant other. Attempt to do anything that will want me to break your arm will most likley result in him wanting to break you... he gets like that. So for the safety of your well being keep your attention on Hana."

With that said she grinned a little. She was letting him go after Hana basically. That was more so Hana's problem if he listened. More so she said this because she knew Hana could take care of herself. When she was done speaking to him though she said, "now come on" and leaped off the side of the roof. She landed gracefully on the snowy ground below and looked up towards the sky. No Blizzard yet, they were making good timing. She faced Hana and Osamu.

"Well, now that we are all here we can get this mission underway. One of you I know from fighting you, one of you already introduced yourself, and one of you still has too" she glanced at each of them, her eyes setting on the boy for a moment as she expressively told him to introduce himself. "You all three seem to know my name but allow me to introduce myself properly, I am Izumi Takeshi. You must have heard 'Lady Izumi' from Takahiro here but you may just call me Izumi if you want... Other than that. Aside from names I request that you each share a little information about yourselves. This will help benefit the mission in case we run into trouble and it will help create our formation."

She looked over to Osamu, "since you introduced yourself first then you can go first. Restate your name, tell us a little about yourself, and more importantly state your experience. This includes what your elements are, what your specialties include, ways you could benefit the team, any summonings, and what type of fighter you are. Short, mid, or long. Basically provide a general overview. This goes for each of you and I will finish this up with myself when you're all done."

Eiji slowly put his hand down as Lady Izumi acknowledged him. He put his sword away and stepped to the side. Already he'd introduced himself and now Eiji was going to wait for the others to introduce themselves. Right now there was alot to think about. A serious mission, how would he handle a situation involving fighting? Could he actually make it back alive from this kind of mission? These thoughts circulated in Eiji's mind for a few minutes before the other Genin arrived. Once the other male arrived he made a suggestive comment towards Lady Izumi. At first Eiji couldn't believe that someone could just out and say something like that. Not that Eiji didn't agree he just kept it to his self and kept his focus on Hana. If the other guy was interested in Lady Izumi that meant his attention wasn't on Hana.

Lady Izumi said something under her breath. Eiji couldn't make out what she was saying so he stayed to himself. He figured it was something about what the boy said to her. Maybe she was scalding him. Or could she be humoring him? There were many possibilities as to what could be going on so Eiji just looked around at Hana, the bird then Lady Izumi. "Whatever is going on with Lady Izumi and that.....pervert must be important. I wonder what Hana has to say about me declaring her my rival? I won't ask her. If she wants to acknowledge it then she will. If not then I'll pretend like it never happened." Eiji looked at Hana up and down. "This was only our second or third time meeting each other and already I have a crush on her. Well this is an A-Rank mission and the chances of me making it back are about ten to one. I might as well tell her something while were on this mission together." His attention turned towards Lady Izumi. It seemed like she was finish mumbling or talking to the other boy.

Then Lady Izumi made an announcement. It seems she was the Hokage's significant other. Eiji eyes grew big as he looked over at the other dude. He not only made a sexual comment towards a superior but the Hokage's girlfriend! That was quite a coincident. Afterwards Lady Izumi suggested that he keep his focus on Hana. Eiji clinched his fist and made a low growling sound. If this dude was making comments like that about Lady Izumi Eiji could only imagine what he say or do to Hana. This didn't sit too well with Eiji but what could he say? He wouldn't dare go against the word of the Hokage's significant other. He was lucky enough to even go on this mission so he didn't want to jeopardize that by letting his emotions get in the way. So he stood there and gave the other guy a evil glance. He didn't know if anything already happened to Hana because of him or if he said anything but from now on Eiji was going to keep a close eye on the pervert.

Eiji jumped down following Lady Izumi. She landed gracefully, Eiji landed with his right knee in the snow and his right hand on the snow. His head was down. He slowly looked up as he cleaned the snow from his pants and shirt. Lady Izumi properly introduced herself and stated that she wanted to know more information about the group other than names. Eiji pride himself off his over the top introductions and now he had to introduce himself again. "Crap what am I going to say? I can't say what I said earlier again. That would be stupid. I need to think of something clever to say and something that is going to impress Hana." Eiji's heartbeat increased at a drastic rate. "OK calm down. With any luck I won't have to go first. Maybe that other guy can go or even Hana. Yeah if they go first then I'll have time to think about a proper response." All Eiji could do now was hope that he wasn't called upon first. If so he would have to think of something on the spot.

Wouldn't you know Eiji was called upon first. This meant that he not only had to go first but he had to set the standard. His heartbeat sped up again. His hands were sweaty. For someone who not to long ago announced that he was going to be the savior of the world he was quite nervous. Mostly because of Hana but still he now had to think of something clever on the spot. It wouldn't be that hard if Eiji was good at speaking but sadly speaking in public was something that he lacked. Still Eiji didn't let that bother him. Eiji walked a few feet in front of everyone. "I think I got something to say. I don't have to go overboard with this. I can simply just say what Lady Izumi asked. I don't have to do anything out of the way. Perhaps now would be a good time to state how I feel about Hana. It might keep that pervert away from her. Or it might not. Maybe I should wait until we're alone." Then he turned around and took a deep breath.

Eiji took out his swords and twirled both of them. He posed several different times ending with him pointing both of his swords in the air. "I am Eiji Hitomi. I specialize in Kenjutsu. My element is Lighting. Although I would like to train and try to obtain another element. Since I am a Kenjutsu user I consider myself a close range fighter. A little more about me I fight for what's right. I defend those who cannot defend themselves. I also hope to win the heart of a certain young lady who is among us. I'll give you a hint. It isn't Lady Izumi. Other than that, I have no summonings, So far I've gone on three missions, All D Rank. This is my first A-Rank mission. I can analyze some situations and come up with a solution. Lastly I can benefit the team by using my unique abilities to assist in anyway possible. With any luck this mission will let everyone know the name EIJI HITOMI!" Eiji looked over at Lady Izumi then Hana. He put his swords away and resumed his place in line.

Hana was seriously surprised with how Eiji spoke to her. Rival? How could she be a rival? She really wasn't anything special. She just put in more effort than anyone else. At least she thought she did. She'd just decided she wanted things more than others and she worked harder for those things. Perhaps that wasn't the case? She was a bit proud of herself. Someone wanted to be her rival. Much like how she'd been with Yori. She high fived him back though.

Hana almost completely forgot about the other guy. She was someone that others looked up to. A small smile flooded her face the whole time they walked towards the gates. She didn't even notice as she put the scroll in her pocket after the bird flew out the window right after the other boy took off through it.

The only thing that brought her out of her thoughts was the perverted yelling of the boy from earlier. How dare he say that to Izumi?! Didn't he know that she and the hokage were an item? How dare he even talk like that to her mother?! She was ready to slap him but she was sure Izumi could handle herself with a pervy little boy.

She was completely surprised and let out a gasp when Izumi told the boy to pay more attention to her. Her mouth dropped into an "o" shape. Why would she do that?! Didn't she care if Hana was groped again? Well one good thing about this boy was... she could take her frustrations out on him and she supposed Izumi wouldn't care much. If Eiji was wise he wouldn't get in the way either.

Izumi then gave her orders for the team first. "since you introduced yourself first then you can go first. Restate your name, tell us a little about yourself, and more importantly state your experience. This includes what your elements are, what your specialties include, ways you could benefit the team, any summonings, and what type of fighter you are. Short, mid, or long. Basically provide a general overview. This goes for each of you and I will finish this up with myself when you're all done."

Well that would be easy. Hana tended to just do that for each mission she was on with new people. She was planning on how she would make her own speech when Eiji spoke about winning over a girl. Hana's interest was peaked. Izumi? Well then she would feel bad for Eiji because there was no way Izumi would go for someone that was much younge- whoa! Hana was the only one there other than the other boy! Unless he was really female himself! Hana's eyes widened. Should she take a peek? No! Wait, that wasn't right. Okay, so why was it so hard to believe that he liked Hana? She wasn't ugly and he did seem to look up to her a bit. Hana's mind went a mile and minute.

Once Eiji was done with his speech she blinked. She chewed on her bottom lip and pushed what Eiji just announced away from her mind so she could function. She would have to think about that later. For now she would have to think about how she felt about Eiji and how to get him alone to talk. For now she was going to get the formalities out of the way and concentrate on the mission.

"I'm Hana Kuroda. I'd rather not talk about myself right now other than I'm part of the Kaguya clan. I'm a special jonin and I can't really even count all the missions I've been on. I know Eiji from a few missions and training we've done together. Izumi is my mother, so you'd better not think about touching her," she directed at the other boy. Her confusion from the fight was still there. Though the haze in her mind was barely there. The fog would most likely disappear soon and her confusion would be cleared up. For now, Hana would continue to live in her slight fantasy her head wound had created.

"As for my elements, I'm learning fire and my recessive is water. I specialize in Ninjutsu and Kenjutsu. I've got the second most experience in the group so I'm sure that I could help out in some way. I suppose we'll find out soon enough." She took a deep breath to steady herself. Her life was so confusing lately. Right now her head felt like a shaken soda pop. It felt like it would burst! Perhaps she could take out her frustrations later in a fight or just beat up that new genin. Surely the other two wouldn't mind.

"I can't summon anything... yet. I'd say I'm more of a close range to mid range fighter. On a more personal note I'd rather we just go ahead and start traveling. I want to get going before this storm hits."

She then quietly waited for the other guy to go and Izumi to finish up so they could start travelling.

(Note: Sorry guys! Thanks for skipping though. Seriously, like if I do this again (i don't plan to but it does happen) then just skip me without waiting for me. With missions you are on a time limit so if I don't post within two days go right ahead. ^^ I also give Nasa permission to control my character if need be. She knows my rp style well enough so as long as she doesn't kill me it will be fine. XD Other than that I'll try to post twice a day so if you guys can post once a day we can finish this mission before I go camping which is on the 30th. D: We only have like two weeks left but I'll be gone for like five days. 0.0 It would just be best if we rush to get the mission going quickly.)

He was (barely) paying attention to what Izumi was saying. He could care less about her threats of what'll happen if he does something to hold up the mission. "Tch." is all he said after she stood up. He didn't really like how she used someone else like a barrier. That was almost a pet peeve for Kazu. He found it annoying that people would look for others for help and not fight their own battles. Even the weak can still fight their own battles. Kazu sighed and listened to all of their horrible speeches. He couldn't care anymore for who they are or what kind of stuff they could do.

And he didn't expect them to listen to his either. He got glares and threats from the team members and they haven't even left yet. Quite impressive for Kazu. He usually got into trouble with other Shinobi because of his pranks, but never has he gotten people he'd travel with angry with him before they even left on the mission! A smirk came onto his face at the idea of how much pranks he could pull off during the mission. Though, Izumi did threaten him that if he did something to slow the mission down she'd hurt him or something.

That was implied in Kazu's head. He looked at the Genin named Osamu, who basically confessed his feelings to Hana, the blond special jounin. A devious grin appeared on Kazu's face. Oh how he could torment Osamu with teasing his love. It was pretty mean of him, but it was a prank and basically bullying his teammate. But it was what he did best. When it came to Kazu's turn he had a moon cake in his mouth. He shrugged and put the whole thing in his mouth and ate it. He gasped for air as he jumped down into the snow, after the other two had made it down.

Kazu threw the bag of moon cakes at Osamu and put his hands in his pocket. "The names Kazu Kasai. I'm good at Taijutsu and my element is Wind. I don't know what else to say, I can't really summon anything and this is actually my first mission. And how could I help out the team? The majority of my techs are close range. I'm a close quarters fighter. And I'll be on good behaviour if you guys let me arm wrestle every once in a while. I need to relieve pent up energy. Or no girl will be safe." he said with a nonchallant shrug. But near the end was a slight chuckle. "So how bout we hit the dusty trail before you all stab me in the eyes with caution." he said, turning around and strolling along to the very edge of the village walls.

She listened to what each of them had to say while thinking up a general formation that would help them on the mission. The buddy system would prove useful since there were four of them but then again one was a free lancer, one would probably allow his feelings to get in the way of his judgement, she truly didn't need a buddy and they would possibly get in her way, and Hana she was unsure about. She could handle herself and thus a buddy would probably get in the way with her too... but then again.

"Not so fast Kazu" she said before turning her attention back towards the rest of the group. Her arms were crossed and a thoughtful expression crossed her face. She obviously had a plan.

"Before we head out we need to get all of this out the way so we can efficiently run this mission. That way not much will need to be said once we leave the gates and until the next time we may stop. First, a sort of buddy system. Hana, because you have fire and water this makes you universal in the group when it comes to these two. Kazu can back your fire with his wind and Osamu can back your water with his lightening. You are each Close range combatants, so you say but a word of advice in this mission - don't charge head in. Back each other up and plan accordingly in the face of potential danger. Now then, I more of a clonesy earth user who occasionally throws in lightning based techs so I can always cover each of you underground if I must. Meanwhile Takahiro will be flying up above to give us aerial support. Being a falcon he has sharp eyes."

She sighed. She wanted to get things moving just like them and was growing tired of talking but it was best that they understood her intentions. She didn't want to be the control freak though so if any of them wished to speak about what may benefit the mission and such they could.

"Now then..." she began, "aside from combat related stuff, when it comes to the mission itself we will keep moving until someone feels it is time to stop. If you grow tired and need a break, speak up. We will probably stop when night falls and set up camp so we can make it there and back without falling out. But anyway, if you feel you might fall out then let everyone know and we will break and such. Now unless someone has something to say let's get a move on. I'm tired of talking, you're all probably tired of hearing me, and we have a lot of ground to cover. I'll take lead, the two Genin follow behind me, Hana take the back."

With all that said she would turn around and face the gate keeper building. This, of course, was if no one had anything to say. If they did she would listen and respond but otherwise the group could start to move, check out of the village, and be on their way towards the Rain Country to meet Heiki.

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