Yume

For once Yume found the humour in Saiyaka's corny jokes. She couldn't help but let out a playful giggle from behind her woollen scarf at the sound of the tokujo's pun. "I think I'll stick to Saiyaka-san, thank you. Besides, we hardly know eachother." Yume leant back on her hand and stood up, sinking into to the snow a little. The Kazekage hated the snow just as much as Saiyaka claimed to. It made odd crunching noises when stepped on and each step sunk Yume's boots at least a couple feet. It made such a simple task such as walking far more tiresome than it needed to be. "Oh please Saiyaka-san, I'm not that heavy. Far lighter than you," Yume snapped as they continued to walk towards the entrance. "Besides, I can't imagine myself trying to carry someone like you! I'd probably be crushed picking up a person with your... figure." Yume was certain that Saiyaka knew what she was getting at.

It had taken this entire trip for Yume to finally warm up to Saiyaka - for her to accept the older woman's occasionally inappropriate jokes and stories. And to ignore her bone-chilling comments on Tsubasa.

Yume presumed that the General intended on initiating war on Konoha. But Yume herself was aware of Konoha and Suna's ally relationship in the past, so she had no intentions of being a part of an attack on the Leaf. If that meant rebelling against the Republic then so be it. Yume knew that the Hokage was a good man and had good intentions. Maybe there was something off about the Republic that Yume's inexperienced eyes were blinded to. She was certain that passing through these doors would reveal the answers they were all looking for.

Aiko

Aiko listened carefully to Ria's selected words, acknowledging the fact that she had gotten the order all wrong. She was right, taijutsu was the primary foundation of everything. Whether it applied to melee combat or performing ninjutsu, it was in there somewhere. Aiko was determined. She was more determined than she had ever been before. The pain in her legs, her arms, her back was irrelevant. By the time Ria was finished with her, she would be the best kunoichi in the village no matter how long it took.

The redhead watched the clone place the delicate fan on the ground at her feet. Aiko picked it up and examined it tenderly, feeling it's ridges and edges. It was sharp and heavier than expected, the sunlight reflecting off the unfolded surface. It's detail was incomprehensible, tiny shapes and characters carved into every area available. "Thank you, Ria-sensei," Aiko whispered, sliding it into her belt with care.

Anko Hyuga

"I think you are... Kai Yatoma." Anko spoke in an average tone, then her voice became a soft whisper. "... Jinchuuriki of the Eight Tails, isn't that so, Kai?"

Her eyes gazed him over. He didn't look so young as she thought he was. In fact, he seemed as if he could be older than she, herself. The Hyuga started to walk forward, mentioning him to follow after her with a simple gesture of her hand. "Come on, let's go for a walk. Theres something we must talk about." She uncrossed her arms, stretching them before placing both of her hands inside her pockets. Her eyes kept glancing to the sides, making sure they weren't being followed or observed. It wasn't because she was paranoid, really, the word with better use here was: Worried. She didn't like the idea of being inside this Village, especially with all the rumors and such.

She'd glance over at Kai, wondering what words she should use to talk about the Raikage's orders...

Daisuke Fukui

The part where questions about their sensei and missions was mentioned, Daisuke froze. Ohhh, what the hell were they supposed to do if someone started to question them?! Raising his hand up to slam his palm against his forehead. "We're going to die, really." It was unsure whenever Daisuke was being overly dramatic or if he was actually serious about this, either way, he quickly continued his drama. "They will find out, theres nothing we can do. Then Konoha will surely send a message to every other village about this. I mean, if I was a Kage who had been spied by Jinchuuriki, I wouldn't be happy when I found out." He shrugged, putting the bad theories away from a moment.

"We shouldn't hang around Konoha for long, all we need to do is get as much information as we can, quickly, and then leave without leaving traces behind. It's not like I'm scared or something, okay? I just don't feel like hanging around in the predator's mouth." He hoped deeply that what he just said had made the slighest sense. But sense wasn't something he found all the time in his life, especially in this mission. Did it made any sense? Send every village's strongest weapon to a place in which they return was a smal possibility? Something wasn't right on this all. Something bothered Daisuke. Even the Ichibi had stated how he wasn't fond of this the day before; and the Tailed Beast was usually, very closed off for any sort of interaction. In fact, the last time Daisuke talked with the Ichibi, was the day before the Jinchuuriki meeting, where the beast asked about the 'bad smelling fox' and that was it. For the beast to state his opinion on this, clearly that didn't meant Daisuke was the only one who thought something wasn't exactly nice here. But what he could do? Betray his village's trust and run away? Become a coward? Nah, those weren't options. So he'd run through this like a shinobi should and he'd get out alive, like a boss should.

Okani sent Nagisa home after giving her a crushing hug and a speech about how she was going to make her life twice as hard with good results, she was in good hands. She may be a loud mouth who has anger management issues but she was one hell of a ninja. Paying the overly large bill before she walked back home to see her oldest brother, the Hokage, sitting down in one of the chairs along with some advisors. Her second oldest who was in charge of the military and strength of the village was also present in her home. "Greetings, how may I help you two dorks?" Okani asked in a semi sweet way.

"Okani, what did you see in Konoha?" Haruno asked seriously. That was rich, that was real rich, not even an hello. Wow, she thought, just wow.

"The hokage and three Genin, why? Not to mention my best friend, anything else?" Okani asked irritably as she crossed her arms and glared at the two. Ever sense her brother became the Hokage, he has been acting like a completely different person around her and it was frustrating, yeah he had the whole village to look out for but still.

"I don't think it's wise to go visit, the hostility. We have two Jinchūriki present in Konoha already, we don't need another ninja appearing from our village, especially not you" Haruno said.

Nagisa despite not feeling well enough was thankful for Okani's ramen treat, it feel like a moment of parental understanding that not even Ria could give her, she didn't go home as what her Sensei told her, Nagisa just stalked Okani all the way home she goes, "And I see Ria-nee is there in Konoha, hello again Oppai-Sensei, I don't really have a place to stay so I decided I will stay with you for the time being." Nagisa with a troubled expression.

Ria

"Looks like you passed this state of training, you adapt fast with explanations but fragile when not given enough explanation, you need to work on your analytical skills sometime. The rest of your training will be requiring intuition and quick thinking. Which reminds me, I will be giving you this." As Ria smiled she gave a ticket to the Konoha hot springs. Patting her student's head, Ria gets closer as their foreheads connect, "Find out for yourself why did I give you a reward to the hot springs, our training approximately ended in 45 minutes, you adapt well but your mind needs polishing until then.. The name of your iron fan is Yohitsune and by tomorrow don't forget to apply tomorrow for what you have learned today as you will be learning tessenjutsu." Ria prepares tea for her and Aiko as well as the other two.

Mizukage.

"No, I'm fine is just that I am stress and weary about the Hokage and Uchiha Ria, sorry if I think too much, Hayasa. I'm nervous that is all." She said.

Okani turned to see Nagi standing on the side lines as she glared at her brothers, dismissing them quite rudely and not caring. "You can stay with me as long as you need" Okani told her gently, no one should be on the streets. Her brothers watched the exchange of words before taking their leave and when they were gone, she herded Nagi to a rather childish looking room but it was all she had to offer. "It's a bit baby-ish but hey, I think you'll be able to change it up, right?" She asked with a smile. It was only a little after lunch time and she planned on getting back to training when the sun went down.

"So you never told me much about yourself, enlighten me" Okani said and pulled a chair out, sitting in it backwards as she observed Nagi. Surprisingly, she felt a sense contentment having Nagi stay with her and it brought a smile to her face. If this was a chance to prove that she could be a teacher/parent figure then she would take it, this child, this Genin would have the best that Okani could offer her.

"We are going to die," Haven said, obviously being sarcastic, or a little bit atleast, "But I agree, we get in there, find out what we need to know, then get out. We're going to pose as simply visitors, ok? So hide your hitai-ate and ninja tools...If you want, those can go in the secret areas in my jacket. We just need to hide the fact we're Genin from Sunagakure, easy for me though, considering I never look like one....Besides, it shouldn't be that hard to get a little bit of information, and there really shouldn't be any problem with us backing out if we wanted to afterwards. There are allot more Genin here, they're more than capable of getting information. I really don't see the point of us being here if a million other Genin are sent too," he said. Then he started thinking about what he just said, why were allot of Genin sent? Wouldn't it just be easier, and reduced the chances of being caught or people getting suspicious, if only a few were sent? And why not just send someone with actual expirence to do the job? Surely they could get information quicker than Genin. The only reason he was going through this was because he wanted to find out if Konoha, or more so the Hokage, was actually bad. Find out what was going on before he chose the wrong side unknowingly, which meant if he held vital information about Konoha or the Hokage, he wouldn't give it up easily to the Republic. He'd get some answers first, real answers. He would be beyond pissed if the Republic were risking Genin lives for their own purposes, and not because Konoha were actually planning something. Taking another sip of tea, when finished he put the cap back on, then ran a hand through his hair. If they were doing this, they'd have to act and think quick. Konoha was in view, and they hardly had a plan.

"I think you are... Kai Yatoma." Anko spoke in an average tone, then her voice became a soft whisper. "... Jinchuuriki of the Eight Tails, isn't that so, Kai?"

Kai's mouth dropped open in shock. Whoever this person was had apparently seen through his disguise with very little effort. But it didn't seem that she was a Konoha ninja since he would have most likely been attacked. His mouth quickly closed.

"If you know who I am...than you must know that If I am discovered here then I will be killed without a moment's hesitation. Missing ninja aren't that popular here" He said quietly.

"Come on, let's go for a walk. Theres something we must talk about."

Kai didn't even have to think about it. If she had wanted him dead she could have told the Konoha shinobi that he was here but she hadn't. "Very well." Kai said simply as he began to follow her. "What are we going to talk about?"

Shira Aburame
Shira was suddenly offered food. She jumped to the bowl and consumed the entire bowl quickly. "Thank you!" She said before quickly grabbing a bag and carrying it to the destination she was told to do this. She kept to herself throughout the day carrying the bags. Eventually it started to get harder and harder as her muscles started to ache. She thought of an idea however to overcome this. While no one was looking, she occasionally used Chomei's wings to help carrying the bags which made things a lot easier... Despite this she wanted the day to hurry up and end.

Oda Uchiha
"Impressive... finally working together i think..."He thought to himself. He then activated just a normal sharingan to see the chakra through the smoke bomb. He saw Kota running after him, and hears Sharaiyu's statement about intent to kill. "Fine..." He mumbled quietly. With the free leg he kicked Kota's ankles tripping him which would've made Kota lose his grip with his sword. At the minute he was disarmed he used his free leg to once again kick the handle of the Nijato causing it to fly towards Sharaiyu... but doing so cause Oda to trip and fall to the ground unable to use his hands to pick himself up. Luckily... this caused him to dodge the kunai he wasn't able to see with his normal Sharingan, sadly this left him open for Kota's attack...

Seranai stood in the shadows, a bit frightened by the huge amount of people and looked around for any one she might know. Not seeing anyone, she made her way out of the crowd and back towards the gates, lookimg for Maiko or Kai. She eventually spotted Kai talking with someone else and decided not to interrupt, she was sure that it was much more important than herself. Wandering some more as she looked for anything suspicious that could possibly be screaming out to her.

She sat under a tree, her hair in her face as she stared down at the ground, the other Jinchūriki was much stronger than she was, why was she here? She would just get in the way, she was sure of it. Confidence is essential... [\i] a voice in her head spoke firmly, but held a certain understanding.

"I don't have confidence..." She murmured to herself or was she replying to the voice? She wasn't sure but the voice in her head was always never there, could it be the tailed beast?

[i] Confidence is essential... the voice repeated to her.

The clone came falling down, while the real Kota stood up bringing his fist up to Oda's chin, uppercutting the Hokage as hard as he could before he could become pinned to the ground. The minute he had uppercutted Oda, the clone came flying down with it's leg out, bringing it down onto Oda's head. After that, the clone had disappeared. "One more~!!!", in one last measure to make sure he got his opponent, Kota quickly jumped up towards Oda's falling body, latched onto his neck between his ankles, then threw him down to the ground as hard as he could. Landing next to Sharaiyu, he kneel'd down, obviously the energy having been taken from him from pulling off something like that.

Hatsu adjusted his mask, standing on top of a tall pole overlooking Kumogakure "Its been quiet for some time, I wonder when I'll be able to do a mission" He said outloud as he crossed his arms. He was irritated due to the fact of the two shinobis following him. He had no privacy and couldn't train as he liked. He sighed and turned around "Don't the two of you have something better to do!" He yelled at them. However, they were hidden from sight so it just looked like Hatsu was yelling at nothing. The villagers at the ground below were staring up at him and began to spread rumors that he had finally gone insane. A vein popped on his forehead "Gah! I'm tired of all this waiting! If I don't go on a mission, I'll go crazy!" He yelled at the top of his lungs

A thought popped into his head. Since they wouldn't let him go on a mission, why not have some fun.. He smirked behind his mask and turned back "So the two of you wanna watch me huh? Well then" He jumped off the pole and landed on a building top "Catch me if ya can!" With that, he zoomed off by jumping from building to building. The two shinobis sighed "Dammit, why are we stuck with the jinchuriki duty" One of them said. The other shinobi spoke "It doesn't matter, its still a mission. Lets chase after Hatsu before he causes more problems" They left their posts and began to chase after Hatsu

"So you are a samurai that was sightseeing, when you just happened to stumble across the Hokage in a sparring match? I thought the land of Iron was part of the Shinobi Republic or did they just recently join Konoha?" Tesla asked curiously. Things have greatly changed in the three months she was locked away in that cell. Well at least she didn't have to listen to Kumasa talk about how they would be never getting out. That was really starting to become annoying, especially after she was beginning to believe that her life was over.

Yuuto could not help but give a sad sigh at the mention of the land of iron being a part of the shinobi republic. "It is as you have said," he said, "I am a sightseeing samurai, and I did indeed just happen to stumble upon the Hokage sparring. And, regrettably, the land of iron is still part of the shinobi republic." he said without any trace of lying - it was technically all true.

"However, if you're suspecting that I'm here to spy on the hokage or to gain any information that might harm konoha for the republic, don't worry." he said, raising his hands in a gesture of innocence. "I'm no longer affiliated with the land of iron."

~Isai Kyouko~
Hatsu wasn't the only one in Kumogakure that decided it was time for a little personal enjoyment.
Isai Kyouko, as the boy loved to be referred as, had been enjoying his fun exploring the Raikage's office. It'd been a full day since the Raikage left to someplace or other, Isai didn't care, and Isai took the first chance he had to sneak in here. It'd been late at night and the guard was lacking, thus he managed to sneak in while making only a minor distraction. Getting in was the easy part...The fun was actually the more challenging.

Isai finished up on the last bits of fun as he put a cap on the spray can and put it back into his black little sports bag. He'd successfully wrote "Oldfart" on three walls in the Raikage's office, broke a leg off the Raikage's chair, scribbled inappropriate body parts all over the Raikage's desk, tore out the last page from each and every book in the Raikage's office, and empty a bladder, pack of water actually, of some questionably collected dog urine and made it rain in the office. The smell was the sweet scent of glorious victory! The Raikage's office was a mess, especially with all the documents from his drawers thrown all over the floor, a few were wet from the yellow showers that passed through earlier in the evening, and Isai was sure a few of those documents were ultra-important too. Oh well! That was what made this super fun. Doing all this while trying not to leave any traces of himself...It was like playing mission.

"That'll teach ya for not sending me on a mission, trash-kage," A cocky snicker escape the young Genin. Likely, despite all his efforts, there would still be remnants of himself that the Raikage, of all people, would probably pick up, but Isai was confident that a stupid barbarian like the Raikage wouldn't be the wiser. In fact, Isai wouldn't be surprised if the dinosaur blew a gasket and blew up the rest of the office. Ha! Wouldn't that be a hilarious end to this fun.

Deciding that he'd call it quit while he was ahead, and not busted yet, Isai figured he'd make his escape. How was he going to do it? The front door of course! He didn't have the cover of night, like he had the first night, but he was sure he knew the routine of the guards well enough that he could dip an dodge his way through the office. It was fortunate that the ninja here were pretty lax, else he'd probably have been caught ago. Still, Isai wasn't making any casual mistakes on his end either. He'd been planning this for ages and jumped at the chance the very instant the Raikage was out.

Stepping out and slipping into one room then another then out a window he spotted Hatsu.
"Why's he jumpin' on rooves?" Isai pondered aloud, even curiously tilting his head to the side. Why not follow after the kid? Would give him something to do and, just maybe, an alibi to exploit. So, Isai followed after Hatsu from the ground. Isai was trying to keep tabs on Hatsu, but the masked kid was...Pretty fast...Or was Isai just slow? Either way, Isai was determined to keep tabs on that kid as he ran through the streets.

Maiko watched the match with curious fascination and was impressed by the young Uchiha's fighting skills and the fact that he was able to hold his own against the Hokage.

"He's good, I want to fight him if I ever get the chance, or maybe even the Hokage" he said to himself.

"please tell me you're not planning to challenge ether of them to a sparring match are you?" Isobu asked in an exasperated voice.

"If they allow others to participate then yes, I would like to test my skills against them."

"You're going to get us ether captured or even worse killed. does the mission even matter to you right now? you're going to risk open war by showing off your skills to Konoha ninja? I feel like a fool to be sealed within you" the three tails said.

"No worries Isobu, I have my cover story in case people ask where I'm from and I have nothing on me to suggests that i am from Amegakure" Maiko said reassuringly. Isobu didn't respond and Maiko continued to watch the match, he was glad to be watching the moves that the two Uchiha clansmen were making against each other.

Hatsu eventually stopped on top of a building and turned back, proud of his accomplishment. Neither of the shinobis were in sight. He let out a nice loud laugh "HA! Idiots thought they could keep up with me! What morons, thinking they could keep up with the fastest shinobi in Kumogakure!" Hatsu's ego was blowing up at the moment, so proud of his feat. The two shinobis, whom he thought to lost, were standing right behind him with a "-_-" facial expression. One of them got closer to Hatsu's ears "WHAT WAS THAT!!" He yelled into Hatsu's ears, causing him to jump high up in the air. Hatsu let out a strange yelp as he landed on his ass on the floor below. The shinobis laughed at Hatsu, mocking him. Hatsu looked around, noticing everyone's smirks. This merely added fuel to the fire

"What the hell are they all looking at" He said, mumbling to himself. He looked at the two shinobis "You dumbasses lost your chance!" He yelled, pointing at them. He threw a smoke bomb at his feet, surrounding the area in smoke. The 2 shinobis got serious "Not good" They jumped into the smoke to capture Hatsu. By that time, Hatsu had the time to perform the necessary hand seals "Wind Release: Feather in the Wind" Hatsu jumped out of the smoke cloud, his speed much greater than before. He gracefully landed on another building top. "Have fun eating my dust" He said waving at the two shinobis who were still in the cloud. He kicked off the building top, zooming from building to building with greater speeds. This time, he had actually lost the 2 shinobis.

Once the distance was great enough, he made a clone. Not a shadow clone, but rather a regular clone. The clone continued Hatsu's original path, to make the two shinobis follow a false path. Hatsu strolled between the alleyways. He donned a cloak, to help conceal his appearance but refused taking the mask off. "Hmm, I wonder if that guy will come by today. I wanna train some more and learn some more jutsus!" He said talking to himself. He practiced a few kicks and punches while walking towards his destination

"Looks like it's my turn to join in." Ria carrying her set of tea for Oda, Sharaiyu, and Kota. "You guys will need this, it's an awesome tea made by me." Ria then goes to Oda and whispered, "Are we still going to the Kage Summit? We're kinda late, the way I see it." Whispering the message to him.

Nagisa
"I'll tell you someday, I don't feel good right now. You and your crazy genjutsu screwed up my mind, didn't Ria-nee chan told you not to use a high genjutsu on little kids?." She said in a serious and saddened face. More or less, she's welcome as a free loader in Okani's house.

~Isai Kyouko~

So...Hatsu was way too fast. Go figure.
Isai wasn't about to play chase the bucking horse all day. Isai was way to special and amazing to go chasing some lesser human around the town all day. No. Even Isai could plan ahead. That's why, instead of chasing after Hatsu anymore, Isai just waited. He wanted and focused and, before long, found himself walking North-East. Weaving through a few questionable alleyways he spotted a lone figure that was so obiviously trying to hide themselves. Oh man. This guy was such a noob, wasn't he? Isai honestly had to take a moment to sigh, shake his head in disappointment, and remember what he was dealing with.

It was Hatsu.
A total clown. No way Isai could expect anything more from some orphan without a prestigious clan like his own.

As Isai was regaining himself Hatsu gained a little distance. Isai curiously watched a moment before following after and honestly laughed, outloud, when Hatsu started throwing fists and kicks through the air. "Yer a reeeeeal retard, ya know?" Isai stretched his words a moment before putting both his hands to his hips and puffed his little chest out. "To think a lame guy like you is my senior is a sick joke," Isai commented, sticking out his tongue as if he tasted something nasty. "Ya really think those Jonin aren't gonna find ya? Yer as clever as yer mask is scary," Isai piled on the insults. He was hardly like the other students that were intimidated by a creepy mask. In fact, Isai liked creepy and dark things. It came with the snary, ill mannered personality and the strong preference towards undead weapons. Naturally, similar to Hatsu, most of the young kids didn't like Isai either. Whether that was because of his clans reputation, his repulsive charm, or his clan techniques was to be seen. The two were similiar in that they didn't fit in and had a strong potential to harm those around them.

"The names Isai Kyouko. I'm a Dankoukuro-Mukade clan," Isai said, pointing to himself as if that were the most amazing fact in the entire universe. He smirked, proud of his heritage and his name, "I already know yer Hatsu, the Demon Beast! Ya should really go on a rampage! Right now!"

Ryou nodded as the young man, that Ryou assumed was Taiho, asked about Kii's whereabouts. "I think Kii's just really excited but super paranoid. You know how he is." Ryou explained, offering a friendly smile. He wasn't even worried about giving anything away with what he just said. After all, his statement was absolutely innocent. Kii could have been taking a field trip to a bunny zoo and still be super paranoid. It was the Kii-way and, Ryou was pretty sure, the exact opposite from the Shira-way.

Ryou smiled, a tad creepily, down at the food. Fish! He didn't have to keep eating whatever food his mother had stuffed in his backpack. Nope, there was fish! "Thanks, I brought food along but Kii refuses to eat it." Ryou smiled as he took the tray. He could always put Kii's bowl away until Kii returned. Sure, the food would be slightly cold and.. ,unless Kii wanted to draw attention to himself, would stay that way. "Kii's probably going to treat you like God. I'm almost one-hundred percent sure he would have rather starved to death than accept any food I offered-!" Ryou practically whined. But Ryou would've totally tied up Kii and force feed him if that's what it had taken. "And fish is the best. So, thanks." If Kii trusted Taiho, Ryou would trust Taiho. Of course, he wasn't going to start talking about being a spy, but for the most part he would treat Taiho like part of the group.

Eventually, Taiho left them with some bags. Ryou frowned slightly as Shira went off on her own to do the work. This... definitely wouldn't be as fun without any of his friends with him. He leaned down and tossed a few bags over his shoulders. Ryou had grown up working in a weapon shop, he doubted this chore would take all day.

Fortunately, Ryou and Shira wouldn't have to actually worry about the bags. Not as the world started to spin and they became impossibly tired. So tired in fact, that they would feel an insurmountable weakness seep through their bodies slowly eating away at their strength. They'd become weak and exhausted in only a few minutes and the hard labor of moving the bags would feel impossibly tiring. Eventually, both of them would find that they would just feel a moment where their head would spin then...Complete darkness as they both would pass out. Likely, neither of them would realize that the food was laced with a narcotic and a paralytic sedative. That coupled with the fact that the two hadn't slept in a good while put them in all the worse of a situation. Likely, the intoxicating allure of sleep would easily engulf the two and drag them down into an euphoric abyss. If they had, they both could have probably made preparations to counterbalance it, but it was fast acting and not even the Houzi's special properties would save him the moment the toxic properties of the food were metabolized into his system. There was no way to resist the poison after it already settled. Not even if they were medical ninja, at least as a pair of Genin. The moment the symptoms started to set in it was too late.

Likely, neither of the young Genin would have realized that the food had been a trap until, well, they were collapsing into a deep, dark slumber.