Ria walk out of the Hokage Room, leaving her last words to Aiko, "I'll be your Sensei from now on.. the rest is up to you." She said in a calm and serious yet loving motherly voice, afterwards she chase after Okani who was sad about not having any Genin, she also apologized about earlier, Okani is badly in need of students, both of them loves to teach children to make a bright future not only for them but for their countries. Appearing out of nowhere, Ria groped Okani's boobs form behind while glomping and scared her like always when they were kids, "Okanin~!." Ria said in a seductive yet charming voice.

Okani didn't hesitate, like old times she spun around and elbowed her gut twice, with a smirk. "Look at you, you have students! And your all over me, you haven't changed a bit" Okani said as she patted Ria's head. Looping her arm through Ria's she gladly walked with her around the village, coming to an old tea shop and asked for a table for two. "How's it going? How have you been? What's with the Hokage freaking out on me? You seriously need to control your punks! Like they have anger issues" Okani stated in a matter of fact way.

They've been friends since birth because their parents were the best of friends, their friendship bloomed more when they were 8 years old and so as the rest of the years, when Ria was 16, they stopped seeing each other due to having a busy life in their villages, looks like Okani changed, she knew Ria's perverted tricks now although she is still the same loud girl she knew when they were kids, Ria was dumbfounded and accelerated seeing her best friend, she cried a little bit and wiped her tears. "Here am I, I'm always cool, although I'm a bit mature than before, it's been rough since I became a Jounin and the Hokage's right. Don't mind the Hokage, he was just frustrated and stressed and the kids two hehe. How about you? I haven't seen you for like 10,000 years since our first kiss." Ria smirked jokingly and remembered that passionate kiss for fun when she was drunk.

Okani snickered and patted Ria's back as she teared up, getting teary eyed herself. "It's been forever! I didn't have anyone to scare me half to death back in the Hidden Rain! Like seriously, it was sooooo boring and with my brother being the Hokage I was always watched constantly. The honorable sister of the Hokage, like seriously!" Okani exclaimed as she sipped the tea that the waitress brought her and Ria. "Hey! Want to spar with me? I could show you my new Jutsu! I'm a bad ass now, it will be just like old times" she said as she drummed her fingers against the table.

"So tell me about your punks, do you like them? You have a lot of work to do with them" Okani said with a smirk. If she ever gets punks then she is going to be the best teacher ever, it was no joke to her because she would be entrusted with their lives and she would gladly protect them with her own.

Yuuto had almost finished his tea when two women came into the shop. From what he could hear of their conversation, they seemed to be friends - and one of them seemed to have some sort of connection to the hokage. The other one seemed to be a new teacher for several students.

Well, at least some things were business as usual in Konoha.

Still cautious of the idea that they might also be sent to watch him - after all, he didn't know how ninjas worked and he was definitely abysmal, to say that least, at this whole idea of not drawing suspicion. The Katana by his side didn't help - he could easily claim he looted it from a battle of sorts and kept it around him for safety when travelling, but the trained eyes can see that he wears them much too naturally for that to be true.

Daisuke Fukui

Daisuke wasn't exactly interested in hearing their conversation, but picking up this or that was inevitable and well, he sincerely wasn't sure of how to feel about Kai; having his family killed, woah. That must've been difficult to deal with. Daisuke himself lost his father and that was an immense pain already. Leaping ontop of the platform he had formed, the boy waved at the two while the sand slowly started moving, floating off majestically.

"Well, until later Kai and Maiko, we might see each other in Konoha." With a nod, the platform's speed raised and started to move pretty quick. He honestly didn't like travelling like this with this nearly-storm climate, but it'd be the quickest way to get back to Sunagakure; and once he was out of the Iron Country, he could go even faster without worrying about a storm.

Anko Hyuga

The Raikage's words brought a shiver down her spine. He... literally wanted her to go back to Konohagakure to watch this Kai. She certainly didn't look excited about it, though; you could see in her very person that in fact, the order made her quite... nervous. Taking a step forward, she rested both of her hands over her thighs and glanced outside the window of the Raikage's office.

"Raikage-sama, I'd never decline a order from you, but..." She started, slightly embarassed it seems. "Are you entirely sure about this? You know certain things about me... And that I'm a missing-nin, criminal in konoha. The ANBU would likely capture or even kill me on sight if I was recognized." She explained,

Hearing her accept made him smile widely, checking his wallet to realizing he had only a couple Ryo....enough to buy a small meal for each of them. He got a little pale and then hung his head low. "Damn..." He muttered, then looked back up at Aiko with a positive look again. "Alright, a date it is then, hehe!" His face, still red, offered it out to hold Aiko's hand...which his own hand was trembling a little.

Seranai, was more than a nervous wreck at the moment as her hands shook slightly as she walked into the Summit where everyone was waiting or maybe they had left her. She stayed on the side lines as she watched everyone interact with each other, before giving a weak smile. "H-Hello... I'm the Jinchūriki of the Hidden Rain...." Seranai trailed off as she found the one that claimed to be a Jinchūriki of the Hidden Rain, was she not the only one? Having no clue that Maiko was one prior to this, she stared at him.

Remembering the Hogakes kind words to her Remember, no matter what you hear. You are special and you are safe, it is important to always know ones self.

Yeah, but he never told her about being a Jinchūriki until yesterday, she had been kept in the dark and knowing that she possesses the Five Tails, was not easy.

Okani

Suddenly a black hawk flew into the tea place and rested on her shoulder, dropping a parchment rolled up and tied tightly together in her lap. It was also protected with a sealing Jutsu that would only allow her or someone in her family to open it, deciding it could wait, she slipped it into her pocket with a shrug. Dismissing the hawk as it vanished, with a smile. Finishing her tea she waited for Ria to say something.

"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"

"The life is indeed a lonely one." Kai said quietly as he thought back to the friends and and his deceased family he had left behind in Konoha. "But once you become a Jinchuuruki you find yourself with a constant traveling companion. When I became the host of the Eight-tails it was somewhat frightening at first but he and I built a bond of trust that I feel will never be broken, not to mention the fact that when he was sealed within I was able to learn quite a bit about the past hosts especially one who went by the name Killer B."

A small smile appeared on Kai's face. "If you can build a bond of trust with the Three tails, you'll never actually be alone. In my experience they make wonderful traveling companions."

"H-Hello... I'm the Jinchūriki of the Hidden Rain...."

Kai turned to look at the other Jinchuuruki and smiled again.

"Greetings. I am Kai Yatoma, the host of the eight-tails."

Shira Aburame
She frowned a bit but she had faith in their abilities. "Uh okay... well I'm just going to wear this and just say that Iwagakure ran low on outfits and go with the neighboring village and we got these uniforms due to how close we are to the leaf..." She said totally not trying to change clothes again. She then looks up and notices it's almost midnight. "Hey, this would be a perfect time to head to the leaf wouldn't you think?" Shira said hoping they would start moving to Konoha soon.

Ryou's smile widened as, although Kii tried to pretend otherwise, Kii accepted the statement. Because... it really wasn't a compliment. Kii wasn't the smartest of the bunch and without him Shira and Ryou probably wouldn't even stand a chance of successfully spying. A better plan than the adults? Ryou wasn't too certain that was possible, but he definitely trusted Kii to mastermind a plan so awesome that zombie fiction writers would bow their heads in shame. "We're kids. So, at least we'll appear more innocent than adults~"

Ryou frowned as Shira didn't make a move towards the bag of cookies and stuffed the baggie back into his backpack. "Shira..." Ryou started. How was she going to explain ninja outfits or a forehead protector..? "Say you found them at a thrift shop near Konoha or something?" Ryou suggested, glancing over at Kii in hopes that he would take advantage of the situation. Either Kii would have a better idea or hopefully give some sort of signal that they should rip the clothes off of Shira. If Kii didn't jump her in a paranoid fit, because they were literally going to the Village of Where Hope Dies, Ryou would gesture at Shira to lead the way. "Hey, did anyone bring a map~?"

Maiko looked at Seranai with utter shock, "what?!"

he couldn't believe what he had heard, how could there be a another Jinchuuruki from his village? they told him he was the only one. they had lied to him and right now he felt several emotions, one was shock, another was disbelief and then anger. he had been told a lie his entire life, they had let him believe ever since he was a baby that he was alone in his alienation in the village with only Isobu as his companion. he would have many angry things to say to those who had known about Seranai being a Jinchuuruki.

"They lied to me, I'm from the Hidden Rain as well. I'm not the only Jinchuuruki, did you know about this?" he asked the girl in a serious and somewhat angry voice.

Seranai, smiled softly at the man who introduced himself as the Jinchūriki of the eight tails, he seemed nice. Her eyes drifted around the room until they landed on the other Hidden Rain ninja and gave a tentative smile. He didn't know that she was a Jinchūriki as well? Really? "I-I just found out... Yesterday... Told me I-I was the only one... I didn't know... You were one..." Seranai said a small squeak in her voice as she tried to talk normally, when she was nervous she had a tendency to talk in fragments.

Her hands shook as she shrunk back into herself, feeling like she wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear. She was so scared as she looked at the ground, why would they lie to them? They didn't do anything.

"Well apparently, you suck at making plans. Either that or you just don't have the skill to handle the guards. When the time is ripe for my escape, I won't let my opportunity be wasted. Still, you never told me what you were in for, you always said something like "Just know I won't be leaving anytime soon." and that doesn't explain much." Tesla asked while leaning back on her pillow. "I'll tell you when and if I ever get to be free of these bars and this cold ass bed. You should save your strength because everyone in here is plotting something. "Just wait until the first day of next month, I'm going to break out of here..", same guy that said that, died the next day. So all that talk of getting out, will be ripped out of you in a couple years. Then you'll come to realize that you will be living here for the remainder of your life." Kumasa said.

Visibly shaken, slightly widen eyes, faster breathing. He could tell she was nervous he knew her history with Konoha but he didn't think it still played a part in her decision making process, hesitance got you killed if she got nervous or slightly scared in front of a Konoha nin she could be killed or at least severely injured. Obviously every mission was with risk but he had faith that she wouldn't get caught.

"Anko do you trust me?" he asked her simply there was nothing else that could be said he could recognize the fear in the air, it was almost an insult to him personally. Thinking that he would send her in without any way to keep her safe if the mission was above her parameters, but he could see where she was coming from.

"If you believe you can't handle that aspect to the mission then handle your main objective" he said with a slight hint of disappointment.

Ria smiled to what Okani said through the conversation, still she is a worry wart about not having any kids in her team, Ria told her that she's like a mother desperate of giving birth and she won't make a good mom if she rushes too much. It wasn't much but Okani is the type of character who gets herself into lots of adventures, Ria agreed to spar with her. "I got one kid, her name is Uzumaki Aiko and here we go." Ria used her Sakura leaves and they instantly teleported in the training grounds.

As they reach there, Ria told Okani about a relative in the hidden rain who wants to become a Kunoichi, "Maybe you can teach her and be 'that girl' Sensei Katon!! Bakufu Ranbu!!!!" directed at Okani.

"Did you just compare me to a mom who wants to rush into bed?" Okani asked bewildered at the statement. That was an interesting way of putting it although she wasn't that desperate, with a shrug as they teleported to the training grounds, grinning evilly. "Oh your in for a fight of your life dear sweet little Ria" Okani said as she did a back flip to get some distance away from her. "Ready set go!" Okani said and took out a Kunai, she was actually quite advanced as she could do some of the jutsu with one hand. "Water Style: Water Clone Technique" Okani whispered as the clone formed from a puddle. Grabbing a few smoke bombs as she thought of the student she could be potentially getting.

Sharaiyu looked at Kota when he made a suggestion for a date and asked the Aiko. Sharaiyu smirked and walked off. "Day is over then huh? I was hoping they would have given me a place to stay but I guess that's out of the question. I wouldn't want to bother the Hokage or nothing." Sharaiyu walked off until he had found a place to sit. He watched as people went by, getting food, shopping, and all other sorts. He leaned back to look at the sky and was in his own thoughts. "Quite the ninja world we live in now isn't it. A little over a century ago, such powerful nations stood together to face a bigger threat. Peace existed for once. That must have been nice, to see the day where all shinobi came together. Now look at everything. You would be lucky to split a salad without a argument."

Marashi put on some leaf shinobi clothing. He looked down to the dead leaf shinobi that he had hid. "Sorry buddy, it could have been anyone. These are some nice clothes though, good for too." Marashi grabbed the leaf head band and wrapped it around his forehead. He took his mask off and took a deep breathe. "Sure is nice to look upon a village and know that all it's secrets will belong to me. I just need to pick out the right shinobi and attack at the right time." He looked down at the body. "I'm sure you will be nice and safe here." With a few hand signs, a tree grew around the body. "Of course I could just morph my way in but who am I kidding, I have the face of a man who has been dead for one hundred and twenty years. No one will recognize this face." Marashi walked through the gate with ease. No one payed much attention to him. "Now it's only a matter of time."

"Probably a best idea to lose the ninja outfit, Shira. It's a bad idea to pretend to be ninja. Remember, that is the sort of attention that we are trying to avoid," Kii would say, looking over at Ryou clearly seeing the agreement in Ryou's eyes. "Lets go." Kii would say, thinking about the plan over in his head. He was just now starting to feel the weight of this mission. The consequences were so diverse that he couldn't honestly say how this would play out...But he was hopeful. If they continued to put their heads together on the way there then he was sure that the three of them could make a number of additional preparations. There wasn't any point staying quiet the entire way there. This mission was a big deal and every thought and opinion counted.

"Maybe we could even train a little on the way?" Would have probably been better to have some formal teacher in that regard, but maybe there were still things they could learn along the way to Konoha. If the plan all went well, there wouldn't be any training once they got into the Leaf. Their current skills would have to walk them through the entire mission the moment they entered the village.

"Actually," Hearing Ryou's talk of a map, "Shira has one here," He'd say, pulling out one of many papers Shira handed him with the transcripts. One was a map of Konoha. That would be useful. There was also a general, vague geographical map too. It probably wouldn't be that helpful in finding a Hidden Village, but, with their combined skills, they should be able to weave their way around. Hopefully, a courier bird would come back with some better instructions from his friend from the inside. "Come on guys. Lets get this mission started. We are going to make it through this and get all the information on the Leaf." Kii would say, though it sounded dry and serious. There wasn't any cheer or pep to his words. Really, all the cheer and pep was left to Ryou. Kii was hardly a motivating guy. He could come off a little dry and overly analytic with a safe mix of blunt and brash. Kii looked at Ryou to see if he had any last minute, better words of encouragement for the three of them as they headed off on this super dangerous S-Ranked mission.

he realized that he had acted sternly with Seranai and had possibly frightened the girl. "I am very sorry for snapping at you. I wasn't angry at you, it was the fact I was lied to my entire life about being the only one."

Maiko scratched his head which was something he did regular when he did something he regretted. he will be having fierce words with the heads of his village when he returned to the Hidden Rain Village. they had betrayed him and now he didn't know if he was merely just pawn to be manipulated by the leaders of his village. despite Maiko's anger he was still going to do this mission, he gave his word and never went back on his word.