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Much to Dio's surprise, Lady Hokage herself found him before he could find her, which worried him. He knew the Hokage was forward, but whatever she had planned, couldn't have been good as the facial expression etched onto her face gave warning to a punishment he would soon revive.

Before he could issue a greeting his arm was yanked from it place at his side, his body along with it as he was dragged across the village. While at first he attempted to struggle from her iron grip, he eventually gave up, her hold on him much to strong to escape from. A small shudder passed through his body as he imagined the training regimen she was likely to put his team on, with monstrous strength like hers, it would no doubt be a nightmare. But their was no nightmare a Hyuga couldn't handle, at least that's what he told himself.

Within moments Dio was laid to rest in the town square, his arm aching where her hand once rested. With a stern, commanding voice, Lady Hokage essentially put Dio in his place, despite the fact that he made no attempt to ever move from it beforehand. While no room was given for his opinion, he was more that sure that his timing wasn't to bad. In fact, Dio found that she was in the wrong, as news of his placement only came into a few hours before, late morning in fact. Even so Dio dare not voice it out.

Before he could at least greet her formally, she was off once again, speeding off in search of his fellow teammate like a wolf chasing its pray. Whoever the 'prey' was, most likely Mū, was in for a ride; there was no escaping Lady Hokage's predatorial strength.

Just as Dio predicted, Mū was dragged to the square, which left the last remaining member of thier team, Ira still missing. As if on que, the Hokage's next point of interest fell upon that very topic, although he didn't expect her to turn Ira's lack of promptness into a game.

Turning to Mū, he sized up the Sarutobi who seemed all to excited about the merriment. So much so that upon Lady Hokage's mark, he quickly set off, supposedly leaving him in the dust. He hesitated for a moment, wondering if this was worth a 'reward' from the Hokage, but the idea of getting man handled motivated him.

His mind made, Dio took to the roof tops after Mū, his pace slower than usual to keep the Sarutobi from noticing his presence. He was well aware of the fact that this was a race, but with no leads as to his targets current location, it served him better to simply follow the one who did. The Sarutobi were as predictable as the Uchiha were.

Soon Dio found himself atop the Sarutobi Clan sector wall, Ira's most logical location. Masking his presence in perpetual silence, he observed Mū's movements. Each step was purposely, predatorial even, he was hunting, and much to his dismay, his game face wasn't all that good looking. Through simple observation, he found fault in Mū's approach, he was much to threatening when force wasn't a prerequisite to the mission. Dio would allow the Sarutobi to prowl his way into failure.

Kei finally got his bowl of ramen and started enjoying himself, trying to not annoy the others around him by slurping too much before Dewa sat down next to him. Listening to his friend as he ate, Kei swallowed before responding.

“I get plenty of sleep, Dewa. But if it’s all boring, doesn’t it just make your eyelids even a little heavy? Hey, I'm not complaining, the fact that it's warm enough for me to feel sleepy is a great reward. Plus not being at war is a nice feeling” turning back to his meal he was called away by some high ranking Chunin to go to Training field 4 because of a ‘Lord Kishimoto’. Smiling as he could enjoy his meal in peace, Kei got some more noodles before the Chunin talked to him as well. As his mouth was full he couldn’t sigh or complain, but he could groan. Swallowing once more he faced the Jonin.

“You are Kei, correct?” with Kei warily nodding, the Chunin grinned, making Kei feel as if the bottom of his stomach fell away “You also need to go to training field 4 to meet with Lord Kishimoto” the disappointment was almost visible in Kei’s eyes as he looked sadly at his bowl of ramen.

“Just a moment, please” with a practiced hand Kei picked out all the pieces of pork from his ramen before wiping his mouth and paying for his meal, even if it was only half done it would be beyond rude to ask for a discount, what's the guy gonna do? Recycle the broth? Grinning at the Chunin, Kei pushed Dewa's order towards him.

“You should probably help yourself to Dewa’s meal, he did pay for it after all. You could finish off mine, but I’ve already taken all the good bits~♪” giving a half bow to the proprietor of the Ramen shop, Kei apologised for not being able to finish off his meal before leaving. Kei considered chasing down Dewa, but he didn’t know which way in particular he was taking to get to the training field.

“Going as the crow flies seems to be rather impolite, I’ve only just become a Genin after all” closing his eyes and resting his umbrella against his shoulder Kei flowed into the sea of foot traffic being buffeted along, moving in the general direction of training field 4.

What kinda guy is this Lord Kishimoto? Sounds important and the Hokage isn't a fool, can't be a Hokage if you are... I think... Now to be fair, Kei had never really heard someone call the Second Hokage by the title of Lord Kishimoto. In fact even if Kei was walking right by the guy he probably wouldn't be able recognise him. Following his mental map, Kei would soon find himself at training field 4, if nothing unforeseen occurred.

'Poor guy never got his ramen' Tenshi thinks as he watches the young man get dragged out of the ramen shop by the Hokage? "That was weird, who was that? It's not every day you see someone get dragged away by the Hokage..." he trails off from what he was saying going back to eating his ramen. "So you knew that guy Ria? He seemed to get on your nerves, is there a story behind that?" He asked this when his mouth wasn't full of ramen, trying to converse while he was eating.

He was thinking of getting a second bowl of ramen. Tenshi wasn't sure if he should get one or save his money for later. He still wanted to go get a standard ninja supplies bag. He needs more tools other than his two weapons in his backpack. 'Ramen or tools...ramen or tools' Tenshi was unable to choose between the two.

Meanwhile he was still paying attention to what was happening around him, he was a shinobi after all. Then again he was a genin and he was mostly distracted with talking to Ria instead of being aware of what is going on fully around him. He wanted to ask how did she get her sharingan but he wasn't sure if that was an appropriate question to ask another Uchiha. Part of him wanted to ask just so he can have some clues to awaken his own sharingan then again he didn't want to sound rude. The other part of him was also nervous talking to her as he wasn't use to talking to girls, he doesn't have that much experience talking to girls or people from his clan that have the sharingan, other than his father.

Today was one of the "boring" days. The kind of day where Chikage had been asked kindly by her grandfather to clean his store. Of course she always had the option to turn him down, such as when she had more important things to do. But it was to her misfortune that there were no excuses today. She had just trained yesterday and she restocked her bombs the day before. She knew she was being assigned to a new team soon but couldn't bring herself to lie to her grandfather about that day being today. So instead the kunoichi found herself doing menial labor in maintaining an old toy shop. With a white rag in one hand and a bottle of liquid soap in the other, Chikage was presently washing the storefront windows and the glass entrance.

"The windows out front are dirty he says..." she grumbled to herself as she continued to scrub the glass storefront. "There weren't any spots on them... but sure, they're dirty. So I clean them... to make them even more clean than they already were..." The young girl continued mumbling to herself as she continued, keeping her voice low enough to prevent any passerby from hearing her complaints and thinking less of her for being so weird. Not that her intention was to avoid looking weird, as she would just stop talking to herself if that was the case. She just mumbled quietly by nature. "What if the village was suddenly under attack and I was sitting out here without my bombs? I bet Grandpa would wish he didn't have me cleaning the store..."

That was when Chikage heard the sound of somebody landing right behind her. Obviously a shinobi, as normal people don't fall out of the sky. In an excited reflex she spun around, throwing the wet rag towards the face of her assassin and moving her hand to her bomb pouch in the same motion. Only now that she was fully facing the intruder it was apparent that it was another Konoha shinobi, now mildly annoyed by her overreaction. The rag clearly hit him in the face but he didn't bother to catch it before it fell to the ground. "Oh, my bad. I thought you were a foreigner attacking the village..." Chikage explained herself quickly, hoping that he wouldn't inquire why she would think that and really hoping she wouldn't be punished for it. "What? Never mind that. Lord Kishimoto wants you to meet him at the lake on Training Field 4."

Chikage removed her hand from her bomb pouch and brought it up to her chin. "Kishimoto? What does the Second want with me?" Her immediate thought was that she was going to be in trouble but that made no sense. She hadn't done anything. Yet. "It's a team meeting. You've been assigned to his squad." With that the chunin departed, jumping away as most ninja do and leaving Chikage to interpret the message as she would. "Well, I guess I should go grab my bombs. Oh wait! Duh! Of course I already had them. Stupid Chikage." After smacking herself in the forehead she grabbed the dirty rag on the ground and ran back into the store. Her grandfather wasn't behind the counter like she expected, likely due to there being no customers, so the young girl just left the cleaning materials next to the register and then bolted back outside.

The trip across town to the proper training field was expedient for it lacked sufficient distractions. The prospect of being put on a team with the goddamn Hokage seemed exciting in and of itself. Her previous sensei was far more boring and didn't seem to like Chikage's style. At least he always complained about the bombs. Having someone like Kishimoto as a teacher must be incredibly lucky. Surely he was still quite powerful and wise. Maybe he could even teach some forbidden techniques! The blue-haired kunoichi was the first to arrive at the lakeside, immediately disappointed that Kishimoto wasn't there before her. Now she had to sit by herself and wait. Did that guy mention a specific time? I think he did... she thought to herself as she sat on the ground with her back against a tree. She withdrew three bombs from her pouch and began juggling them, occupying herself in this manner until somebody could arrive to free her from the new boredom.

The Uchiha Grounds - Side Hall.

In the open area of the hall, Kaido was working out, like he did every morning. Push-ups and pull-ups, shadow boxing and all kinds of stretching. None of his peers were awake, or avaiable to spar at this time of the morning - nor did most care to spar with Kaido, he always ended up taking things too seriously, unable to properly distinguish from sparring and real combat. Taharu learned that the hard way when Kaido cut his face open last year in a sparring session. He was intrigued with his new assignment today - he would lead a team. That in of itself wasn't new to him, he had been in charge of many missions in the past, but never had he been put in the mentor position like this. It would certainly be interesting for him to try his hand at teaching.

The Third Hokage had summoned him, admitting to her being the one sitting in that office hurt a little, sure, she was older and more experienced than him, and that was in the end what she won on, but he was a man who's entire life had been about unity – he had put off war between two mighty clans in the village, possibly preventing a civil war. He was a hero, and he'd be damned if people didn't respect that.

His thoughts circled around the day ahead as he finished his workout, wiping sweat off of himself, he got dressed in his black shirt and his green flack jacket with it's high collar, fixing his necklace to hang on the outside of the vest.

He quickly made his way to the Kage's office, no time for breakfast today, he worked best on an empty stomach, helped him focus. Comfort was for the weak, and all that.

Kaido reached the office, and was called with the other two, lead in by one of the Kage's aides. He looked at Kishimoto, a slight frown on his face. It upset him that someone who once was the strongest man in the village – perhaps the world – was now nothing more than walking propaganda why landmines are bad. Yet, he still deserved respect, for his worthy sacrifice during the war. Kaido bowed deeply in front of Kishimoto, looking down at the floor. ”Good morning, Kishimoto-Sama.” He adressed him, earning a soft smile of approval, before turning to the other Jonin, Osuushi Senhime, a foreigner. He didn't trust her, not one bit.

He acknowledged her with a nod.

He turned to the third and gave her a smaller bow than he had to Kishi. ”Third.” He simply said, waiting for his file. Was was given 'Team Trouble' They called them. A couple of troublemakers, incapable of taking shinobi life serious – kids, not soldiers. And he was put in charge of changing that. And one of his students was a rather exemplary Hidden Leaf soldier, the will of fire was strong in her, a little inspiring, in fact. He would have to whip all three of them into shape, however, and he knew just how. A grin creeped up on his face as he did, excusing himself and bidding the other three in the room farewell, adressing all three of them with the proper honorifics.

He left as quickly as he had entered, to devise his plan. He read up properly on all of his students – every report that he could get his hands on, to get a extensive basis of knowledge on them. He liked doing his homework.

The same sly grin creeped up on his face, as he made handseals while standing on top of the roof of one of the buildings, and his body was shrouded in a thin veil of water, and soon, 3 identical copies of him stood before him. All three of them transformed into masked warriors, wearing balaclavas and proper war gear, ninjatos and kunai in their hand, as they emerged to attempt their assaination of Kaido's students, using their Silent Killing techniques to avoid detection from others, while they hunted down their marks.



Ira had woken up bright and early, like he did everyday. His morning routine was rigorous training, exercise and a nice hot shower and a warm meal prepare for him by the servants at the Sarutobi household. He was wearing his usual grey coat, black tank-top and grey pants with black boots, his forehead protector strapped to his arm. He had been told that he would be meeting his sensei today, thanks to his family in the Sarutobi Clan.

His father sat down on the other end of the table, next to him. Wearing a grey coat, similar to Ira's, but longer with thunder patterns at the bottom. "Morning, Father." Ira told his father, whom grinned. "Morning, my son. Excited for today?" He asked and Ira nodded his hand. "Yeah, I am. I wonder who's gonna be my leader. I hope it's something strong, that I can learn a lot from." He mentioned, peering at his father.

"You know I've given up training students a long time ago." Hashi told him with a rough laugh, Ira smirked. "But I know your sensei's someone even better than me."

"Surely, you jest, father." Ira retored in disbelief.

"No, you should head out, probably to the town square, and wait for them to find you. If they don't, go check at the Kage's office, i've been told they'll be waiting for you there."

Ira blinked twice, trying to grasp what he was hearing. There was a chance. The normally well composed boy scrambled from the table, almost tripping over his chair as he bolted for the Kage's office, leaving his father behind in the house laughing roughly.

Ira darted as quickly as he could through the town, arriving in sight of the Kage's office only a few minutes later, only to hear comotion at the local ramen place, something about a woman had dragged two ninja off. He got closer, only to find the Lady Hokage herself there. He walked up to a bystander, still a few meters away from the hokage - whom was out and about, an unusual sight, honestly.

"Pst. What's going on."

"She told some chunnin to go fetch her a young genin. Uh, Ida, I think his name was."

"Out of my face." Ira retored, his composure back, as he gently pushed the man, walking towards the Hokage. "I heard you summoned me, Lady Hokage. Has something tragic happened to my sensei?" He asked, kneeling in front o the woman, whom for all intents and purposes, was the most imporant person in this entire village - even more so than himself and his father.

Ria Uchiha
Ramen Bar

Ria as she's agitated had her sharingan activated but then the Hokage in a Flash catch her students off guard and disappeared to nowhwere. All that's left now is Ria and Tenshi as well as the other folks. She sighed after he left and stayed the way she is again, calm and observant. She looks around and see what's really going on.

"I see. It seems as if Hokage-sama has her.... which could only mean that we a......" She thought.

And then she talks fast. "You mean Muu? That guy is my... ehh.... it's complicated well not really complicated. Well, we relentless out do each other and we met when we were 5. I'm bad at explaining things like this." Then she stammers " I-I mean it's not like I'm gonna get embarrassed about it but you're still a kid if I tell you so....." She explains her history with Muu. Ria takes off her jacket and her body is well endowed(still wearing singlet). "It's getting hot in here, I knew I shouldn't have chosen spice." She thought to herself that If only she can use her sharingan to show Tenshi her memories but sadly she can't.

Furthermore, she can't explain stuff that is too personal to others whom she just met. "What am I saying- I... hmmm...." Even if they are from the same clan. Ria is bad at explaining stuff though she's honest about it when she says it.

Then she facepalmed, "Once an idiot is always a monkey." She panted heavily from all those.

"By the way have some onigiri, I made it." She takes out her food from her bag. "Eat up or else I'll slice you in half."

What is she saying? Ria's conscience activated. She thought "I'm acting weird what the hell! Why am I... nvm."

"Hehehe... just kidding. I'm not feeling well right now. Sorry about that." She breathes heavily and regained her composure. "Oh yeah I forgot to ask, no offense but how old are you?"

Tenshi listened and watched Ria. He noticed her eyes the sharingan he didn't say anything Tenshi actually liked the sharingan so unique. Wasn't often he saw a girl with those eyes and not that of a well endowed girl as well...she threatened him if he didn't eat what she offered him after she took of her jacket. Trying his best not to stare, either at her endowed qualities or at her eyes. He kind of understood what she was saying about that guy that got dragged out of here. He comments, "Ah a sort of childhood rival? No need to explain. I think I understand, everyone has one of those kinds of people throughout the academy."

He wasn't sure if he should take what she was offering him or not. She asked him a question though he answers "I am fourteen years old and a genin. Also I'll eat just about anything, so if you want me to eat some onigiri you made then hand some over. I'd gladly eat it, don't want you slicing me in half." He says that last part jokingly lighting up towards her as he starts to feel less nervous towards her.

Tenshi wasn't sure what it was but he was really enjoying talking with her. Whatever it was he is finding it easy to talk to her, was
that they are in the same clan? He stopped himself from asking her the same question she asked him, he remember his father telling him never ask a girl who is older than he was their age.

He thought to himself, 'Wow, that spicy ramen is getting to her. Or is it something else?' Something seems was effecting Ria and Tenshi wasn't sure what it was. Having very little experience even talking to a girl he wasn't sure what it was. He would ask her but he wasn't sure how since he wasn't sure if it was the ramen. So he is going to just keep his question to himself.

Izu was still annoyed at being stuck in Konoha for a while since the Mizukage of his village decided that it would be a good idea for him to go and do some shinobi work for the Leaf as a show of good faith and working towards peace. That part he understood, but them choosing him for this mission was not what he wanted. Konoha shinobi were different from the ninja of Kirigakure and this felt odd to Izu. Regardless of his personal feelings about this mission he would not disobey an order from the Mizukage and now here he was in the Leaf Village.

Right now he was getting ready to head out for Training Field 5 where he had a hunch that Haitani and Inori would be. Those two were the Taijutsu focused members of their little group, while Izu was right now more focused on his ninjutsu and he was also trying to improve his control of the Sūgaku-No-Me. He had plans to improve his skill in hand to hand combat and as a shinobi who liked to call himself a chess master when it came to combat as a ninja, he always favored in being well rounded in knowledge and skill. Izu preferred to be multidimensional instead of a one dimensional specialist and that was how he liked to develop himself.

Once he was ready Izu left his temporary home in the village and headed off in the direction of the training fields. His movement was quick and he made sure to pace himself so that he wasn't tired in the slightest when he got to his destination. He had feeling that there might be some training in order and the last thing he wanted was to get there and not be one hundred percent. After several minutes of travel Izu came to Training Field 5 and it didn't take long to spot Haitani and Inori. He came up to them and gave a calm wave.

"Well here I am. I hope that we have good productivity with training and I am ready for sparring" he said with a calm look on his face. Mist ninja were good on keeping their emotions calm when they weren't in a blood lust and Izu specifically liked to keep his emotions low since he viewed it as key to maintaining control of his battles and focus on winning.

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Ria Uchiha
Ramen Bar
Ria's theme and her voice



She's surprised that the young Uchiha was 14. That just confirms everything, clan genes are strong on this one. She laughed a bit at his joke for a bit. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!" She almost rolled while laughing.

"Seriously. Why would I slice someone in half, you get the joke behind it HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA! That's just so... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!" She can't contain herself laughing at her own joke. Ria stopped for a while but can't contain it. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Imagine a slasher within a Police Clan like us, that would even mean a simple smile can slash someone and they'd end up in bed.. Ha... nevermind." From a laughing machine back to her usual composure which oozes the cool aura and cool girl nature.

"I asked because you're kinda short for your age. I mean I'm 15 and people tend to think I'm older than I look, I hate asking questions but whatever. Never once I see a fellow clan member with a good sense of humor." Unlike other women in the world, Ria is fine and honest about her age. Like seriously? Better to be proud than be shameful. Be proud of who you are instead of whining about it. Girls these days, they're too vein and bleak. "Also. Watch for the after effects will ya? My cooking is weird and what I just gave you is super hot tabasco flavor. Also it seems that Lady Hokage got her own team, I believe we also have our own otherwise I'll have sliced whoever the Sensei is. Okay enough with the slice jokes..." Ria remembers what's happening a while ago and there seems to be a weird feeling that she can't explain or have figured as much.

Ria's laughter made Tenshi smile a quite a bit, until he figured out the joke. He nearly busted out laughing, how could he be so dense. It was often he was around a bit of crud humor. Let alone hearing it from a girl close to his age. He wanted to use one more joke but he decided against it.

When she told Tenshi her age, he was sort of surprised. Ria had commented on Tenshi's shortness then comment how people thin of her. His first thoughts, 'I can guess why people think you look older.' He was thinking of how she looked being only a year older surprised him. Her comment about the clans sense of humor he knew actually what she was talking about and commented, "I know right? I haven't seen that many fellow clan members that even laugh at jokes let alone tell them." Her humor was something new and Tenshi liked it. Unlike most of there clan she was laughing and someone Tenshi could relate too.

He takes the rice ball like thing he then hears Ria's little warning to watch out for side effects. She told him it was a super hot super hot tabasco flavored one. This girl likes her spicy food, Tenshi was taking a note of that in his head. Tenshi wondered what other than it might be really hot would the side effects be. He also notices her last slicing joke. Tenshi comments, "Alright no more slice jokes you staring to get worried about getting slic..." He trails off after first it was playfully humor but he wasn't wanting to cross the line. He quickly took a big bite out of the onigiri he was given. Giving him a reason to cut off his joke before he said something wrong.

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Engrossed in conversation with Josuke as he handled orders, Senhime was a bit surprised when, of all people, Lady Mawari barged into the Ryugamine Ramen. Was she going to give her an earful for slacking off? Did she have some kind of urgent message that required her presence? All of the horned kunoichi's questions were answered when the Hokage snatched up one such Mu Sarutobi, promptly dragging him out of the ramen shop before the boy could even get his meal. Senhime chuckled, taking note of Josuke shaking his head as the Hokage made her exit. "I hope Mawari doesn't work those boys too hard." she remarked, perking up when three bowls of ramen were popped down onto the counter in front of her.

"Enjoy. And while y-" Josuke's eye twitched when the Uchiha girl pulled out some onigiri and handed it to the boy accompanying her. "Who the hell just pulls out their own food at a restaurant? The nerve of kids these days." he thought, glaring at the raven-haired girl with sharp, silver eyes. The sudden diversion of attention directed Senhime's eyes to the two as well, the kunoichi letting out a silent "Ooh" as the Uchiha girl removed her jacket. She observed them for a few seconds longer as they conversed, Josuke having since gotten back to work instead of dwelling on how annoying these Uchiha kids were proving to be.

"Ara ara~. Looks like I might've gotten lucky today." Senhime purred, working her way in between the pair of Uchiha. "You two wouldn't happen to be Tenshi and Ria of the Uchiha clan, would you? I'm Osuushi Senhime. Your new squad leader." she introduced herself, smiling warmly at both of the younger shinobi. Carefully, Senhime scooped up the three bowls of ramen that Josuke had prepared for her, Hitori and Sutakku, along with the sheathed Shurakumo before motioning to Tenshi and Ria to follow. "How convenient that we all came here at once. Saves me the trouble of calling you all to a training field individually~. Come, you should meet Nagasaki-kun. He'll be your other squadmate." she chimed, striding gracefully to the table at which Hitori and his younger brother sat, placing their bowls of ramen before them.
"I hope I didn't keep you two waiting long~. I actually found your squadmates over there, so the timing today couldn't be more perfect~." she chimed.

Considering the apparently shaky nature of the team she'd been given, Senhime intended to run a quick training exercise today to get a feel for the team. That being said, sharing a bowl of ramen together would prove to be a good, if not a bit unorthodox, way of sussing out how well the young shinobi would get along in a more casual setting. Granted, that was more or less something the horned kunoichi came up with on the fly.

Mū began walked down the main road that leads to the housIng section of the Sarutobi sector. "I should check his house first or get a clue from uncle Hiashi." Mū thought to himself making a plan, before heading towards his Ira's house. He looked back to make sure he wasn't being followed to followed by Dio, who most likely had the same idea or a similar one at least. A couple hits from his gentle fist would be all he needs to him out of commission, it was another reason why he kept his chakra blades on standby just in case he was ambushed. Mū made his way over to his uncles house knocking on his door, "Good afternoon Uncle Hiashi" Mū said Bowing towards his uncle, the main reason he was able to confront his uncle so easily was because he know Ira and Mū known each other for a long time and their branch and the main branch are buddy buddy. "Do you know where Ira is? Lady hokage is summmoming him" Mū asked.

"Ira had set off to meet with Lady Hokage at town square not to long ago" Mū's face grew shocked. How could he have missed him on the way here, ""Thank you for the information uncle Hiashi, I must be going now have a nice day" Mū said before taking off towards the Sarutobi sector entrance. He had the information he needed now was a matter of speed, Mū started kicking it into high gear back to town square. "Shit he already left, now me and Dio will look like fools" Mū said as he passed the wall, hearing news that a white eyed boy was spotting nearby. "Dio" Mū was correct in Dio following him, it was his best choice because only thing that he was lacking was information on Ira's whereabouts, information Mū had. Mū clung to the wall before making a hand signal, "Transformation Justu!" Mū said, his body going up in smoke, his hair turning black and his expression turning cold. All of the details where near perfect, anyone who didn't know Ira Sarutobi for a while wouldn't notice. Mū stood at the front gate waiting for Dio, Let's see if he takes the bait

How long had it been since she first walked these streets? A silly question, all things considered. It had been four long years since Shirayuri was brought to Konoha on the backs of its military. Four long years since she was finally thrust into the world she was bred for. Yet, for all those years, for all the blood she shed in the name of the Leaf, she still felt so foreign. Even now, moving with the crowds through busy market streets, surrounded by hundreds of civilians and shinobi alike moving to and from on the daily lunch rush, she felt isolated. She wore the head band, did the missions, but these were not her people. Not the clan she was born into, nor the parents she swore loyalty and devotion towards. Strangers who looked upon her with just as much confusion as she did them, beneath their false empathy. It was irritating.

So was spring, now that she thought of it. With the thaw of winter came rapid peace. Nations had to rebuild, play nice after more than a decade of constant warfare. It was a brutal time, but it was simpler. No need to question the intentions of your peers. No time to contemplate your life. Track that rabbit, fend off those bandits, gut that merchant for the rice in his cellar. There was always so much to do, so much to strive for in those days. All for a single, definitive goal.

Survive.

The world was quick to resume 'normality', a normality unheard of since she was barely old enough to toddle at her father's side. To beam at those small glimpses of pride on his face when she conjured a boney spur from her body. Yet as the world shifted to enjoy the warm kiss of sun upon their cheeks and the fragrant waft of a blooming field, she was left behind. Unable to transition. Lost.

Walking off to have a piss wasn't supposed to end in a personal crisis. But, Uragiri would understand. If he didn't... fuck him. Guard duty was droll anyway, and she was hungry. How many nights had she... had all of them, spent with the pangs of cruel hunger knotting their guts? How many days spent running on the fumes of a meal eaten a week beforehand? No reasonable mind could blame her for wishing to never feel that want again. Not when there was food aplenty, just waiting to be gobbled down. The scent of frying meat hit Shirayuri's nose as she stalked about the winding web of street vendors and small shops. A smell which immediately caused her stomach to rumble in need. How long had it been since she had seafood?

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The satisfying crunch of a well fried fish skewer did well in heightening morale for the exiled Kaguya. As did the oily, salty flesh dancing along her tongue as she thoughtfully chewed each steaming bite before swallowing. However pissy her black-eyed companion would be for her bathroom break resulting in a half hour food grab would be well worth it. Approaching the gate she was ordered to stand vigil over, the poor lass was nearly run down by a distraught merchant on the approach back. Foolish man had nearly caused her to fumble the waxy paper bag holding her remaining skewers. However, balance and sharp reflexes won her the day. If only her agility would assist in ignoring the droning sound which hit her only moments later.

“Oi! Where the hell were you? Some guy just came by transporting illegal goods, and I could've used your damn help!

An annoying shout from an annoying 'comrade'. From the day she set eyes upon this malformed male during the hastily constructed post-war Chunin exams, she had disliked him. She had no particular reason at the time, not having spoken more than a handful of words long since forgotten to him, but he had always grated on her nerves. This little outing only confirmed she was justified in her initial judgement. Another bite ripping away the last edible bits of the poor aquatic animal on her wooden stick was made as she finally reached conversing range with Sakana. Mouth full of scales, flesh and tiny bones alike, she murmured a simple, non-committal phrase in response to his barking.

"Lunch."

Without missing a beat, she assumed her position at the small entrance's frame as she had been over thirty minutes prior, blue spheres lazily focusing on the distant road winding off to Gods know where. Without so much as looking at the fishy-eyed Chunin whom she would be accompanying for the remaining daylight hours, she flicked her mostly empty skewer at him, launching the crispy head on its tip towards his chest and hopefully into his palms.

"Found your dad on my way there." She made quick to quip. A small grin would tug on her mostly melancholy features at that jab towards his appearance.

Her lunch wasn't the only roasted fish present.

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Dio's decision to stay atop the Sarutobi wall was a pragmatic one. Instead of following Mu and attempting to traverse fairly unknown territory, he could just as easily track his every movement with his eyes; not to mention the fact that with Mu's current position and seeming plan of action put him at odds with thier target. Prowling through his home ground with weapons in hand in hopes of confronting another ninja wasn't the smartest thing to do and should of devolved into single combat.

Just before Mu disappeared around a corner, Dio activated his Byakugan, budging veins signaling its activation to those who may have been watching. With its penetrating perceptive ability in operation, he studied Mu's Chakra signature; as per usual, all ninja had a measure of unique chakra flow that the Byakugan could easily pick up on. By studying and documenting a specific Chakra signature, spying and observation became all the easier; not to mention the fact that walls and structures became as transparent as glass.

As was such, each and everyone of Mu's actions and interactions were accounted for and scrutinized. Those he met with were analysed and documented, although his one stop off lacked the power of a young ninja; but it quickly became apparent that the man either lacked the knowledge he seeked, or had tipped him of as Mu suddenly made a B-line for the exit, confusing Dio slightly.

Readying himself to take off after the boy, he was surprised to find that Mu suddenly disappeared, and out from the entrance walked another Sarutobi. Had his eyes mistaken him? Had Mu somehow escaped his 'all seeing eyes'? With a scrutinizing glare all was revealed, like an image super imposed over another, Dio was able to see past the image brought before him.

The Hyuga smiled, finding Mu's attempt to deceive him amusing. Maybe he hadn't taken into consideration that fact that the Byakugan could see and recognize unique Chakra signatures; and Mu's hadn't changed one bit. But what was his game? What was the point in confronting him with the skin of another superimposed over himself? Dio intended to find out, so he would play the boy's little failed attempt at a game.

Without a word Dio preformed the basic hand signs for a jutsu: Ox → Snake → Ram, and within seconds the area was covered with thick white mist, blinding bystanders and Mu himself. Dio had complete control of the field of battle, his Byakugan capable of seeing clearly in the fine mist.

Without let up, he performed another string of hand signs: a Tiger hand seal, used to summon a water clone who gave Dio a nod before jumping from the wall to the ground in the cover of the mist, stalking the boy with intent to distract; and a Ram → Tiger seal was used to spew high-viscosity, chakra-infused water, aimed at a Mu's feet.

All was used to heighten Dio's already enormous tactical advantage, all that was left was for him to watch Mu struggle and fall pray to his on game.

Ria Uchiha
Ramen Bar


Interacting With
@RyoRyoRyoKen - Osuushi, Senhime
@BladeSS4 - Uchiha Tenshi
@Thecrash20 - Nagasaki Hitori

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Yeah, he's a nice kid alright and it just hits her hard and weird because she'd been hanging out with little boys for the past months and it feels weird like point blank weird. Senhime is their Sensei, Ria figured this as much the moment Lady Hokage came and grabbing students, her little theory of students gathering in one place feels a little off but over all she just thinks too much.

"Nice to meet you too. Lady Senhime. " She has a hand shake with her. So this is Senhime, her horns are scary and why do I get the feeling she's off the house and gonna bring the house down? She's cool though. Ria finds Senhime the attractive one but no homo intended on it. Having horns is one Ria's exotic liking. She is a lover of weird things. "I figured as much the moment Lady Hokage came in and oh..." Ria deactivates her sharingan out of respect and because she thinks it might disrespect their new found Master. Öf course, not at all. There's a saying that patience is a virtue, Lady Senhime." The way Ria speaks show is not quite accustomed as a citizen of the leaf even though she is, the way she speaks is that of a Samurai; Senhime-dono for respect.

She tags along with her Sensei all the way to where Nagasaki and his brother is and at the same time, noticing Senhime's monstrous appetite. It kinda tick her off. Wow she eats a lot! Ria goes back again to get her jacket, and forth she sat next to her new found Team and then greeted Nagasaki. "Nice to meet you too as well, My name is Uchiha Ria and let's do our best."

"So... Sensei......." Figured as much it would be weird to speak up full Samurai, Ria changed her way of speaking to sound more of a commoner. Thanks to her Father's lineage which got stuck upon her tongue whenever with older people but when it comes to youth of her age group, she's fine with it.

"What's the plan for today?"

'Wait we are all on the same squad? She is to be my Sensei? Do not make, make a horn joke. Whatever you do Tenshi' These thoughts popped into Tenshi's mind. He pulled out his money and paid for his ramen, he even put a bit more than the ramen was worth leaving a tip, he then says, "Thanks for the Ramen sir, that was some awesome Ramen. You just got yourself a daily customer!"

He quickly tags along with Ria and Senhime to the other table quickly finishing off the Riceball that was given to him by Ria. It was weird, how the entire squad nearly all went to the ramen shop at the same time. Even before they were even in a squad. Tenshi noticed the deactivation Ria's sharingan before speaking. He listend as she introduced herself. After she introduces herself Tenshi took the time to introduce himself cheerfully, "I am Tenshi Uchiha. It is nice to meet you all."
He hears Ria ask what is the plan today he then says after remembering Senhime talking about the training field, "If we are doing something at the training field. Will I have time to resupply by gear before we go?" He was asking hoping he could be well supplied for whatever they had to do.

'Wait didn't Ria say that was a super hot tabasco flavored Onigiri?...' As he thought about it he noticed his mouth was on fire from the spices. Trying to stay calm he rather enjoyed the rice ball but now he was wanting water but for now he was going to wait as long as he can.

Hitori was quite overwhelmed with the two Uchihas, mostly due to him just expecting the Ramen and not his whole team to be at the same spot. As the Ramen was placed in front of him, Sutakku immediately began to destroy the bowl in front of him. Just like a little kid, the faster it went down to his stomach the better. His rampage was only ended when Hitori gave him a hard flick in the forehead. With a full mouth of food Sutakku widened his eyes and began to retaliate "Ow! Hitori what was that for!". Hitori only had to give him a look, then stare at the Ramen, and finally at Senhime. Without a single word said, his little Brother knew his mistake. "Oh, um. Thank you Osuushi-sensei!". While his little Brother returned to his Ramen Slaughter, Hitori thanked her next. This was pretty good day so far. Then his two teammates came. It wasn't their fault, if anything it was completely Hitori's fault for allowing his brother to share the same general air while in public. That wasn't his Brothers fault either, he was this way when he was eight too.

As Hitori was approached by the two Uchiha, he stood up and greeted them with respect. "Nice to meet you two, Im Hitori Nagasaki, and this little thing is Sutakku, my younger Brother. It's a Honor to have two members of the renown Uchiha clan, I hope to keep up with you!". Hitori let off a friendly laugh before his Brother cut him off. "Uchiha? Aren't they the evil ones that control the minds of little kids and eat them. You know Hitori, the bed time stories dad would always tell us!". Hitori's jaw dropped and eyes widened. He could not believe the situation he was in, but he had to try and salvage this. Hitori snapped his head back to Sutakku and gave him a death stare only his parents could copy. His little Brother understood the meaning and went back to eating his food, this time a lot slower then before.

Hitori looked back at his team mates. Now rubbing the back of his head and trying to change the subject. "Hahahaha, Don't listen to him he's just a crazy eight year old. You know how they are now in days, coming up with all these crazy jokes! Please, join us.". Hitori quickly turned away and sat down, he looked around before whispering to his Brother. "If you embarrass me any more, your legs wont be the only thing that wont work right...". Sutakku just stuck his tongue out at the empty threat.

"Ah, who would've known such a gem was hiding in grandpa's store? I finally get back into some fiction novels and this great one decided to pop up. Just my luck!"

Sometimes it was nice to escape from the world from time to time, and Kohaku found that the occasional fantasy book did that well for her. She was fortunate to find Konoha in warm, bright weather today, and sitting outside with her oh so exciting novel just enhanced the whole atmosphere of it. The store had been much busier than usual last week, and Kohaku found herself in some extreme taijutsu training sessions with her grandfather for three days straight. She felt that she at least deserved a bit of rest today.

Sitting on a high tree branch with a book in hand, and being sheltered by its leaves had always been Kohaku's strange idea of a 'rest day'.

"Damn, half way already? Never realised the book was this short."

She swung her legs over the tree branch, humming to herself as she flipped the dusty pages. A few minutes later, a grey-haired bear of a man would appear underneath her suspended feet, his eyebrow raised and his large arms crossed. Looking down from behind the leaves, Kohaku pushed away the smaller branches and responded with a similar expression.

"So... you just gonna stay up there for the rest of the day Kohaku?" the man bellowed, cupping his hands around his mouth so his voice could reach the heights Kohaku had climbed. He really didn't need to, though.

"Well, that was my original plan," she responded, shutting her book with a chuckle. "But if something's gotta be done, I'm all ears. I mean, it's been a long week, shouldn't ya be getting some rest today grandpa?"

"Nah, nothin' like that," he chortled. "I was just surprised to find ya here after you'd told me about that thing you were supposed to be at today."

"What thing?"

"You know, the thing."

"What, today?"

"Yeah. Like, a team meeting or somethin' like that. You asked me last night to remind you if you ever forgot."

"Team meeting... team meeting..." she repeated under her breath. Kohaku could recite over thirty species of birds found in the Land of Fire, yet she couldn't even remember what it was she was supposed to be attending to today.

"...team meeting... oh. Oh. Oh no..."

Clambering down the tree and tightening the black hoodie around her waist, Kohaku threw her book into her granddad's arms, taking off in a sprint away from the park. "Page 133 somewhere in the middle of it. Don't wanna lose my page or sentence so could ya please remember it? Cool, thanks, bye! See ya at dinner or somethin' don't know when I'm coming home exactly! Damn it, I just hope Inori doesn't kick my ass all the way to Kumogakure or somethin'."

One thing that Kohaku hadn't taken from her grandfather was that awfully quick speech pattern of hers. Right now, Kohaku was in a terrible rush, and so were her words.

"I... did not get any of that."

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By the time Kohaku had reached her original meeting point, she thought her legs were going to collapse in on themselves; her starting place was not as near to this specific training ground as she would have liked, and now her recently washed burgundy shirt was soaked in nasty sweat. Looking up, she saw her three other teammates, punctual, on time. What needed an explanation other than her own lateness however was the war zone of a training field behind them. Well, perhaps if someone placed her teammate Inori right in front of her, then she would easily be able to make sense of the destruction of Training Field 5.

"Sorry guys got a bit sidetracked today, sometimes my memory refuses to work when I want it too, but it wasn't like I was gonna slack off or anything 'cause it has been a busy week and I thought I could get a bit of rest today, but still if somethin's gotta be done I'm all ears! I'll say that I'm just about ready for anything 'cause I can't exactly remember why we're all supposed to be here!"

@Kal-El @Gowi @Weird Tales

Interaction: @LokiLeo789

Mū kept a blank face as he stood a the front gate, trying his hardest to mimic Ira. Mū's goal was to lure Dio out so that at least they can return as a group. Soon the Area was covered with a thick mist, "Well looks like that confirms my suspicion" Mū says as sticky water begin to deep into the floor. Mū tried to move his feet but they would just cling back to the ground. "Jeeze Dio, you really wanted to immobilize me and shoot my plan down" Mū said as he releases the transformation. "I had a feeling you would follow me, at least I succeeded in pulling you out of hiding. I'm sorry to tell you but Ira left long ago to meet at town square, I just thought we could return as a group, at least if we receive a punishment we got each other" Mū said chuckling, Mū seen that the mist had spread obscuring a couple of other people's vision."Also your on Sarutobi land causing trouble, I suggest we leave before the higher ups appear" Mū said putting his hands up showing that he surrenders.

Soon the other Sarutobi clansmen started complaining, "What's with this thick fog","I can't see nothing","I think it's ninjutsu", Mū started to smirk, ""Chose quickly, they are starting to get riled up."

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An exasperated sigh left Dio's lips as Mu relinquished his disguise and revealed to him Ira's location. He should have known better than to run after the Sarutobi, again, thier willpower trumped thier intelligence.

Standing upright upon the wall, he looked upon the village, using his Byakugan to locate the strongest source of Chakra in the village. Sure enough his gaze fell upon the brilliantly burning Lady Hokage in the square, and next to her was a lesser force but none the less ninja like, a prime candidate for a Genin, much less a Sarutobi, giving authenticity to Mu's claim.

Deactivating he Byakugan, he looked back down at Mu, now losing sight of him in the mist, but the voices of Sarutobi clan members rang ever clear. This wouldn't paint a good picture for the Hyuga if they were found like this; a Hyuga Branch Family member more or less dispatching of a Sarutobi. Scratching his head, Dio quickly formulated a plan to repaint the picture.

As of now, Dio and Mu were still hidden by the mist, which no doubt led the Sarutobi to fear the worst. Instead of simply dispelling everything, he would simply leave Mu to do the explaining. By simply removing himself from the situation, Mu lost a bit of credibility to his argument, and for the most part, he could get off scot-free.

"Chose quickly, they are starting to get riled up."

Dio shook his head through the mist. "Like all you Sarutobi do, calm them down will you." he jibbed before releasing his water clone and leaping from the wall to another roof top, leaving Mu trapped in viscous liquid and shrouded in slowly dissipating mist.

From familiar rooftop to familiar rooftop he leapt, taking the same route he did to get to the Sarutobi sector, back to the town square to find a kneeling Ira and a somewhat peeved Hokage, it was hard to tell with her.

Landing next to the Sarutobi, he wasted no time throwing a foot into the boy's stomach without warning. Without let up, he whipped out a Kunai from his pouch and kneeled down to a doubled over Ira, placing the point to his throat with one hand and grabbing his scruff with the other.

"Your prize, Lady Hokage." he relented, ignoring the fact that he had obviously lost the competition.