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Suddenly a ninja came up. "Who are you?"

"They are with me." Silva stepped forward.

The ninja looked scared and quickly got to his knees. "Master Silva, I didn't know. I will inform the master of your return."

"No need, I am heading there when I show these new ones their home. You may go."

"Yes sir. The cabins in Sector Alpha Major are open and newly refurbished." He quickly got up, keeping his head low, bowed to them, and then rushed off.

"Come, we now have to check in as to not raise suspicion. I will go reserve our cabins." He headed off to the left.

Ryu didn't say anything, just looked indecisive. "Hmm, he never told me how high he was on the grapevine here. I don't like it."

Yuki gave a slight nod and followed the rest of the team in. Focusing her mind, she forced herself not to think, but simpt to react to anything; any danger that came her way.

They were close anyway to where they were heading, but something about the tension that had settled in on the group made it seem much longer. Aki, her muscles tensed, shivered a bit as they passed a group of shinobi, who stared silently as they made their way towards their desired location.

"That it?" she said quietly, nodding to a large building, "Seems like the place, after all."

Shigamaru's shoulders began to bubble and two new meat puppets ejected from them, each holding a gigantic sword in one hand.

"Do you like my prized souls, they are, or should i saw were, members of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist." Shigamaru said his pupils missing from his eyes.

"Fsck." Aki growled, running her fingers through her hair, "It's going to be damn tough getting out of here... if you three leave, I can go in solo and look for Sagara-san, then head out... but if you'd all rather stay in a four-man squad, I won't blame you."

She sighed, half-nervously, and gazed ahead of them. Nobilis chriped softly on her shoulder, and she reached up to gently stroke his chest.

"This is going to suck."

Genma, supporting himself on one crutch, limped a bit as he made his way down the street. He knew where he was going, and the fact that he couldn't just run there was starting to tick him off.

The jounin raised his eyes to spot Saluk, and lifted a hand in greeting.

"Saluk!" he called, "Haven't seen you around in a while. THoughht you had gotten yourself tied up in a mission of sorts."


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"Oh, Aki... she went out on a mission with Ryu and a few others. I got jumped the other night by some missing nin." he sighed, shaking his head. "I actually had to sneak out the window to get some fresh air... damn nurses at the hospital wouldn't let me do anything... who do they think I am, anyways? I'm not some pushover genin..."

The shinobi grumbled a little for a moment, but quickly returned his attention to Saluk. "Aki stopped in two or three hours ago. She said she was heading to Otogakure. I told her to be careful, but..." he gazed up at the sky for a moment. "She hasn't been on a mission like that in a while. With all that pent up energy, there's no telling what she may do if provoked.

"I grew up with her, I would know... when she hasn't been under pressure in a while, she's been known to have a short fuse. If someone doesn't cut her off, she could go beserk in a matter of moments."

He paused, glancing at the ninja before him. "The only people I can think of that can stop her before she starts are myself, our teacher, Ryu, and you. Most others won't even try."