Sharaiyu smirked at everything that went down. First some idiot just decided to barge on in, now some lady is vouching for here mentioning childhood friendship and everything seems to be going to hell. "If I may make a suggestion." Sharaiyu stood up. "It's obvious to us that Okani doesn't belong. Anyone who would simply barge into a Kage's office is beyond holding common sense. Obviously with these Jinchuriki going around being spies, they are going to be trying to get close to those of high rank or close to that of the hokage. Just by looking at Ria makes it more than obvious that she is a target. Sense you pulled us here, we will probably be targets as well. Trust isn't exactly something I would hand out. We are gonna have to keep to ourselves and seeing as Okani just put herself in the worst trust situation. I stand with the hokage on this situation."

Marashi was done with his business. "Watching the eight tales while he is seperated from the others is a waste to me. I could probably head to konahakagure where most of them will be spying. My abilities will easily allow me to sneak in and spy with ease. It is things like this that make me wonder why humans even exist. They are so foolish and weak. It doesn't matter now. They will all die eventually. Whether it be by me or if they tear themselves apart is fine with me." Marashi then used his Mayfly technique to morph into the ground and headed for the konahakagure.

Ria Uchiha
So much happened, Ria hates what just happened, she can't tolerate Okani's nonstop talk that can get her killed but she let it a slide, Eki on the other hand is worth the hate.
Ria winked at Aiko, that she doesn't have to worry, "I'll be training you from now on." She said calmly yet sorry for what happened a while ago.

Kiri
Mizukage, Kajita Serena
Drinking sake with her council, it was a cold day in Kirigakure, Serena can't tolerate Oda's nonsense, "Curiosity kills the cat, I don't know what the Hokage's problem is and why is it he refuse the Republic?." Talking to her council, she does not like the way things are going. She requested her finest Jounin to send a message. "Tell, Uchiha Oda, the Hokage......." What is the Mizukage saying and sending?

Oda Uchiha
"Now then, let's do this quick before it completely becomes nighttime..." He said leading the Genin out of his room after they left Oda shut the door so that the only ones in the room were Ria, Okani, and Erikei. "Now then, Okani... the only ones allowed to threaten around here is me okay? Now don't threaten one of my Genin because I'm sure you didn't like a higher authority threatening to take your life..." He said with a smirk. He then looked at Ria. "Love is a powerful force, but people can misuse that... so my advice is don't trust people outside the village in which you were raised, especially if they are related to a higher power. I hope I made that clear..." Oda said to Ria then looks to Erikei. "Good job today, you can leave!" He said with a smile then looked back at Okani and Ria. "Also, since you didn't know there is a Republic, there is one, and I said no because I heard rumors that it was being lead not just by the Kages, and I don't want to take any risk if one person rules the world... plus they have nothing good to offer except the Jinchuurikies, which they gladly sent her to spy on me... Oh I will have fun with them..." He said with a small laugh. "Now Okani, I hope this teaches you to not be impatient, and if your brother isn't part of the Republic, he should become good allies with the Leaf, I'm sure her would to have great protection from the greatest Shinobies around!" HE said with laughter. "Whether you do that or not is not my concern, my concern is that if you heard any info that it is to not leave this room. Ria if you please use that butterfly of yours to truthfully tell me if she knows about the meeting beforehand and if she does if she can promise to not take it out of this room..." He said with seriousness added to his tone.

Yuuto was by now sitting in one of Konoha's tea-shops, his delight for tea rather dashed by the suspicious stares he had been getting from the ninjas of the village. His sword probably didn't help, but he still did intend on being a man who just wanted some tea. He had to admit, coming to Konoha now may not have been the best idea, but it was still a lot better than going there in the middle of a war.

Doing his best to avoid the glares of suspicion as well as the several ninjas who were no doubt keeping an eye on him, he continued to enjoy his tea.

As Kota walked out of the Kage building with the other three Genin, he turned towards Aiko and began to prod his fingers a bit, nervously smiling and blushing. "S-So, Aiko-Chan. Now that the little meeting is over, do you want to go out some time for Ichiraku Ramen or out in the fields or something?" His voice was a little shakey, since he had never really asked someone this before.

Okani shrugged, her temper gone for the moment if not for the slightest moment. "She shouldn't be our of control, I'd be happy to teach her not to go attacking like a crazed person" Okani said sweetly. The lethal glint in her eyes spoke volumes of just how much she was going to take this if need be. "Hey you Genin! Want to be my practice dummy?' She asked with a snicker, she had a bad habit of holding grudges. Listening as the Hokage spoke to Ria, she frowned as Ria could always trust her. Slipping her scroll back in her pocket and sighing. "Well duh, the world should be ruled by two people!" She said with a snicker. Honestly she had no idea about this meeting, being used to randomly joining a meeting with her brother, this was strange.

"Old man, Hidden Rain doesn't need your protection. You have enough problems with your brats of Genin running around, I would worry about yourselves and not us" Okani said.

Daisuke

Daisuke's attention focused entirely on the woman; he needed her experience now, more than ever; her view and her advices. He hoped deeply that she'd shred some clarity for him, and as she spoke, the boy crossed his arms in front of his chest, not daring to look away from her eyes. However, the first few words weren't exactly what he wanted to hear, even if they were... absolute truth. What was Daisuke compared to konohagakure's ANBU? Nothing. A single mistake and his death was likely inevitable. When she spoke about tearing the Ichibi from him and putting it on herself, his eyes widened in surprise; but the reaction only lasted a second, a sigh escaping the boy when she winked at him. Of course, a joke.

She continued, now speaking as a ninja and not his mentor. The words came out cruel, but Daisuke had learned that as a shinobi, leaving your emotions out of everything was a rule that one must always follow. Only by abandoning your emotions a shinobi could become stronger. There was something about what she had said, though, which the boy just didn't find right. Manipulated tools; was that what he was for his village? What every jinchuuriki was for theirs? It seemed like that, they didn't exactly care about the human being, they cared about the chakra being inside of them and how useful it could be to the village. This was horrible, but a necessity perhaps; the boy decided to stop giving it too much thought, he was certain that sooner or later, it'd be proved that everyone is more than a tool for a village; every shinobi is a pillar that holds it up. He had heard that somewhere.

Then, the blond's eyes shifted; he had been gazing intensively at her eyes until now, but as soon as she started to speak in a different perspective, he couldn't maintain eye-contact, deciding to look at her feet instead. Curious thoughts clouded his mind with each word that left her mouth, his hand invonluntarily moving up to his chin as he distracted himself for a brief moment, nearly lost in thoughts but still managing to understand what she was telling him, exactly. It didn't make sense; the stories... the stories. Uzumaki Naruto, Hatake Kakashi, Jiraya, the first five Hokages to lead Konohagakure. It was world-wide known that the Shinobi Republic was due to mainly Konohagakure's shinobi pursue of peace, so why leave a group that aimed for every village's unision? He tilted his head up to look back at her face again as soon as she said his name, blinking slowly, his eyes tracing that pretty face she had all the while her words sinked in his mind. I can't entrust my life to the Republic when I cannot understand it's motives or see its true colors. You shouldn't either, Daisuke. And then, she stepped a step away from him.

He tensed up, unsure if he should prepare for a possible attack that she might throw at him... She did had the habit of doing that, after all. But as soon as she gave a smile, one that offered no malice or vicious intent, his body relaxed naturally, eyes widening slightly once again, the boy's expression shifting in one that showed intrigue. Finally what he was hoped since she started speaking; that clarity which just gave him... determination. Option of choice. Individuality. And a request; he thought she'd ask him something which had to do with the mission, but then something made him think otherwise. The woman moved closer to him and planted a kiss on his forehead, it seemed a quite motherly act which Daisuke certainly wasn't expecting:

Do not die.

He returned a nod of his own, his thin lips twisting upwards in a sweet, friendly smile. I will not. He thought, but said nothing; he knew that he didn't needed to reply to that. He simply wouldn't die, no matter what happened this wasn't an option. With the last order given and with his sensei gone, the boy turned just in time to see the oldest jinchuuriki's outrage about his sensei.

"I'm sorry; I'm not sure of why she's like that, really."

And then.

"... Ah, hello to you too." 'hello are you guys the jinchuuriki' wasn't something Daisuke was expecting to hear in such casual manner, but oh well. The boy kept his smile, nodding his head towards the newcomer.

"And indeed, I'm the ichibi's jinchuuriki, from Sunagakure. Daisuke Fukui. I need to leave back to Sunagakure before heading to... Konoha." He grunted, some sand dropping on the ground behind him, forming something... like a floating platform.

Anko Hyuga

Anko was indeed a stern kunoichi, without much consideration for people as... people, but more for their abilities, whatever they were. For this, she respected her leader greatly for what he was; the Raikage, and a powerful, excellent shinobi. This was mainly the reason of why she was so loyal to him, even if she wasn't originally from this village.

Humming quietly, the woman nodded her head after the words were given. "Find and kill Kai Yatoma." She smirked. "Very well."

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Then she chuckled; oh, what a surprise. She knew how to joke. Or try, in the very least. "So that's it, Raikage? Track down this man, test his abilities in battle and proceed to offer him a place in our village? It doesn't sounds difficult, however I will need a bit of information. Any file about him? I'd rather know what he looks like and where he was lst seen before leaving. And... My dearest apologies if this sounds rude or direspectful, but why are you interested in him?"

Yukihira uses her sensing the truth and lie no justu and so far, nothing was wrong, the butterfly explained to Hokage-sama that there was no problem.

She turned into her human form which is a loli, and is more comfy with it.

(I feel bad for making a small post, byies)

Maiko looked at Kai's wound and became a little worried, it didn't look too bad but whoever injured him could attack again at any moment so he kept on his guard. when he heard him and Daisuke answer his question and reveal that they were the Jinchuuruki of the eight tails and the one tail, Maiko was a little excited at finally meeting others like him and smiled at Kai and Daisuke while he rubbed his hand through his hair, "My name is Maiko Azzori, I am a genin from the Village Hidden in The Rain and the Jinchuuruki of Isobu the Three Tails. nice to meet you Kai Yatoma, and also you too Daisuke Fukui."

now that Maiko was with some of the Jinchuuruki, he would get some more information on the mission that was to come. he was ready for whatever challenge was ahead and hoped to make his village proud. maybe soon he would find out what the real reasons for Konoha's hatred for the Shinobi Republic. he was somewhat amazed by the floating platform that Daisuke had formed, it must have been created by using his Jinchuuruki powers, Maiko had not really done on regular basis yet, but he may have for this coming mission.

Oda Uchiha
Oda let out a *sigh* and just shook his head. "Fine... Okani being you have to be young with that logic the world should be ruled by everyone, and until then we don't have peace, and we never have! Now those Genin are the only genin to have Graduated the Academy, which is sad in my opinion, but it's all we can do. And oh I'm not worrying about them, that is one of Ria's jobs is to monitor her. I'm more concerned for the actions of the Shinobi Republic.." He then thought for a little bit then continued. "Fine, but just know eventually it will be us or them, and let me just tell you this only downfall here is that you have a giant force against you, but be careful if you are foolish to join the Republic, because once they find out you don't have Jinchuurikies or anything of use, they will promise you protection, and when you need it most they won't be there for you. But watch... if your village is under attack and your Republic doesn't help you, we will because I will protect those who are not in the Republic, even those who arn't even in my faction... heck we support the Sound for Gods sake!" He said laughing. "Now you two can leave and I'll be in my office waiting on any questions people might have before midst of night."He finally ended.

"No way! That's a death trap!"

Ryou froze and reexamined the cookies. They seemed... okay. Like he was definitely sure he could taste more chocolate than squid, cow tongue, or any other ingredient his mother thought mixed perfectly well with chocolate chips cookies. So, yeah, to anyone who hadn't eaten Ryou's parents' food before this was probably a death trap. But... Ryou was pretty sure Kii should be building up a tolerance already. "Probably~" Ryou finally agreed, before taking another bite of the cookie. He was pretty sure, that from a young age, his parents had started to brainwash his taste buds.

Ryou carefully listened to both Shira and Kii. Kii's idea made the most sense. Instead of pretending to be chuunin that no one -including the academy teacher- had no memory of. Records could surely be faked but when absolutely no one had any memory of them. Well, Ryou wasn't going to come out and just say he thought Kii's idea was the winner, but he could definitely work his way around it. "Shira, you do look like an adorable traitor in that outfit~" Here came the not-wanting-to-hurt-anyone's-feelings part. "But Kii is smarter than us." There! That had to work. "If he has someone there that can actually say he knows Kii, don't you think that'll be safer?" And it would be! There was also the fact that Ryou wasn't new to hard labor. He spent most of his life working at his parent's weapon shop, and there was honestly nothing more rewarding and awful than making weapons.

"Besides, imagine~!" Ryou shouted, waving his arms in the air for dramatic affect. "Three children. Children with starving families from a poor town on the outskirts of the villages. A sickly mother at home, giving all her food to her little toddler. And, we, having heard from a friend of our friend, heard Konoha was kind enough to offer work~" Ryou imagined, trying to weave a good enough story that Shira will easily follow along with Kii's plan. "Our friend... that has the ability to think better than us~" To further soften the blow, Ryou held the bag of cookies out to Shira. "Cookie? And don't worry. There's only like one or two flavors I can't identify."

"Find and kill Kai Yatoma." She smirked. "Very well." his eyes widened, his hair stood straight and he instantly shot out of his chair small wisps of electricity gentle sparking around him. He looked her dead in the eye wondering if that what he had said 'Was he losing his mind' he was instantly on edge, then he saw her smirk... He had been played but to be fair he didn't know the women had a funny bone in her body, it was really unexpected

"The first time you crack a joke and it has to be that!" he asked loudly almost shouting. Seconds flew past without a response as he just stared at her wondering what went through her head.

"I'm so proud of you" he said before laughing his head off whilst comical tears ran down his face, she was a one of a kind shinobi and also the reason why his hair would stay white.

"All you need to know is that you are reclaiming something that Kumo had lost, now let me fill you in on something there was a meeting where all current known jinchurki gathered, the topic at hand... Konoha their tasked with infiltration even though most of them are Genin you can understand exactly how dangerous this mission is. Now if he accepts the battle serves to test if he is ready for this mission, if you deem him worthy he can continue if not then he will be recalled. It might not sit well with the Republic but he would be my shinobi and I will assign him his missions. If he declines then the battle shows me if he will survive his mission"

"Should he accept the invitation and he proves worthy then the second part of your mission takes effect, you are to infiltrate Konoha mostly to watch out for Kai which is your main objective but secondary try acquire as much information as you can befriend people there if you have to... as for his current location I believe his still quite close to the summit" he said

"PS if it was me I would wear contacts" he said chuckling

"Ryou is right. We should stick to a low profile, but we can't have too low of a profile. We are sneaking passed ninja. We have to something we can expand on." Kii would take the transcript and adjust them as Shira recommended. He'd pause when Ryou would call him smart and try to fight grinning. His face flushed and he ran a finger under his nose as he looked off in some random direction, definitely trying not to take that compliment to his head.

"I'm...Not that smart..." He'd have said, at least 5 minutes after Ryou would have given him the compliment. In fact, there was a certain lofty, guilty tone about his words that definitely made it sound as if he did take that compliment to heart. Kii would shake his head, as if shaking all the gluttonous thoughts from his mind, and look at Shira, "Unless you have a safer idea? Just walking in there as ninja is probably unwise. We will definitely be spotted by ANBU. I don't know much about ANBU, but I learned that they are very smart and can pluck anyone up for questioning if they have enough probable cause," Kii said, having read that in quite a few texts.

"We have to be ultra careful. We have to try and think and plan even better than the adults. Cuz, if we don't we can't beat them in a fight."

"My name is Maiko Azzori, I am a genin from the Village Hidden in The Rain and the Jinchuuruki of Isobu the Three Tails. nice to meet you Kai Yatoma, and also you too Daisuke Fukui."

Kai finally managed to pull the kunai knife out of his leg and tossed it to the side on the ground. He looked the genin from the Hidden Rain Village over once. " Maiko Azzori...I assume you know what your getting into and have accepted the mission? If you have, let me know if you have any questions about the Hidden leaf village. I'm going to try and make sure that everyone has the knowledge that they'll need to come back from this mission alive."

Haven took a breath as he opened his eyes, the world suddenly upside down....Or he was, with a few blinks to adjust his eyes he remembered what he was doing. Walking out of the village, he began training while Daisuke left for some meeting. Began climbing up the cliff that surrounded Sunagakure with one arm to increase his strength, a training method his brother taught him. Then he did a handstand on the rockiest area he could find on the cliff, atleast, that was his logic, and stayed there. He must have lost track of time considering it was brighter than when he started training, or he must have fell asleep...Considering that's what he did. He wouldn't admit that though, and considered it apart of his training now. He took a few seconds, enjoy bathing in the sun's heat, before jumping off of his hands and doing a flip in the air, perfectly landing on his feet. Bending down he picked up his necklace, putting that on first, he popped the top right off taking a sip of tea...A little too warm, but enjoying the cool liquid nonetheless. Placing the top back on, he then put his shirt back on, then his jacket. Placing his jacket on loud noise of clanking echoed around him causing him to flinch a bit, "Yeah, I'm going to need to fix that," he mumbled as he blew on his hands then turned around to look down at his village, "Wonder how Tamiko is doing, or if Daisuke is back..." he wondered out loud as he headed down. Tamiko and Daisuke were the only two people he talked to since his mother's death and brother's departure, which brought him to wonder how his brother was doing. He hadn't heard any talk about him, which brought memories back of what his brother told him, "If you hear nothing about me, it means I’m doing fine."

Guess he's fine then....Wonder if he found dad, if not, I wonder what he'll do when he finds him. It's been over five years though...Whatever, Haven thought with a sigh as he dropped back into the village. Hands in his pockets as he walked around the sandy area, not many people would talk to him after knowing of his father and brother, they were branded as traitors and thought Haven would walk down the same path...He didn't doubt it, he knew when he became strong enough he'd leave this village and set off to find his brother and father. Would have to leave Tamiko, Daisuke, and Sensei behind. But he knew if they got in his way he might have had to fight them, and he'd rather not fight the people who'd been nice to him. He feared for when that day would come, but luckily it wasn't now, or soon. He still had much more to learn, moves he needed to perfect, people he needed to overcome. So it'd be a while.....But when that day came-He shook that thought away from his head and headed home, walking inside he took a quick shower and got dressed. If nothing comes up then I'll probably go out and try out some new moves...Probably try to push my body to it's limit, yeah, sounds like a good idea, Haven thought as he pushed his gloves down onto his hand and walked outside.

"Maiko Azzori...I assume you know what your getting into and have accepted the mission? If you have, let me know if you have any questions about the Hidden leaf village. I'm going to try and make sure that everyone has the knowledge that they'll need to come back from this mission alive."

"I am well aware of the dangers that this mission brings and the reasons behind it. but I have a one question, which village are you from, my guess is since you have the Eight Tails as your Bijuu, you are from Kumogakure right?" Maiko asked curious to know the answer. he had other questions to ask but first he wanted to get to know his future comrade in their mission to spy on Konoha. he wanted to see if he could trust the Jinchuuruki, because he wouldn't put it past the leaf village to send a spy of their to the republic. he also liked the idea of getting know about a fellow Jinchuuruki.

"I am well aware of the dangers that this mission brings and the reasons behind it. but I have a one question, which village are you from, my guess is since you have the Eight Tails as your Bijuu, you are from Kumogakure right?"

A very small smile appeared on Kai's face. "Actually I once was from Konoha. But I asked too many questions and my family ended up paying the price and I ended up leaving the village behind me. It was a few weeks after that incident and a few run ins with the ANBU black-ops later that I found myself sharing my body with the Eight-tails. It was the only way to save my life."

"What about you? How did you end up becoming a Jinchuuruki?" Kai normally didn't bother other people but he had to admit, he was a bit curious.

Maiko was shocked at Kai's story, he had always thought that Konoha was very kind to their shinobi and citizens, but this clearly showed otherwise, maybe the republic was right in how the leaf village had fallen from its former glory.

"I am sorry for your loss. I became a Jinchuuruki when i was an infant, my village at the time were skeptical of the republic and believed that it would treat us like a commodity to exploit for their own gain like the way the great nations did in the past. so as a sign of good will they gave Amegakure Isobu to make a Jinchuuruki of their own and i was chosen to become the Three Tails' host and represent the power of my village, they said it was a great honor but the life of a Jinchuuruki is a lonely one" he answered. he was glad to be having conversation with someone for a change, back in his own village people rarely ever spoke to him and he felt that Kai was someone he could trust.

Okani left the Hokage and headed out to wander around the village with nothing to do, wandering what exactly was going on and if she was ever going to get any Genin of her own. If she did, then life would be exceptionally entertaining, the Genin wouldn't think so but who the hell cares right? Of course this student of hers would have her protection and safety at all times. Her thoughts led her to think of the supposed Jinchurikies, the tailed beast were dangerous and should be eliminated at all cost.

So much had happened in the past hour or so that it left Aiko completely bewildered. She hadn't said a word the entire time, especially during the red-headed kunoichi's unannounced appearance. Out if nowhere she appeared, reminiscing of her days as a younger ninja to Ria.

The Hokage stated that there were jinchūriki within the village, but no one could pinpoint their exact location. The thought of having bijū vessels so close did Aiko's head in but then again, maybe she had a tailed beast locked inside of her. She had been informed multiple times of her unusually large amount of chakra that emanated from her body, but never had she considered that it was a bijū. Her thoughts were encouraged even further after Shuraiya asked why sensory nin couldn't just locate the tailed-beasts' chakra, which received a negative as a response from the Hokage.

The older ninja drew his sword at the sound of Okani being a relative of the Mizukage, his paranoia getting the better of him. The petty argument between Kokai and Ria ensued as the two debated whether the Uchiha kunoichi's old teammate should be permitted to remain in the room. In Aiko's opinion, it didn't matter whether she was a Republic spy or not. Konoha was bound to fall under the alliance - war or no war. The struggle was pointless yet the Hokage refused to move to a more logical stance in the world, but that was his decision.

"S-So, Aiko-Chan. Now that the little meeting is over, do you want to go out some time for Ichiraku Ramen or out in the fields or something?"

Aiko laughed, snapping back to the present and noticing the young Uchiha with cheeks as red as beets. His voice wobbled and he was unsurprisingly back to his shy and stuttering manner, but Aiko found it somewhat adorable in him. "Are you asking me on a date?" She giggled, moving her hands to her hips. Despite how she made fun of Kota, the redhead was flattered by the offer as he was the first to ask her something of that kind. "Well, only if you pay for my ramen, Uchiha-san!"