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Kaito had caught up an joined them. He was laughing about Lerry's comment but he quickly apologized. Arina glared at Lerry for reasons unknown to him. It looked like she was bout to kill him. She then made a comment that made Lerry wonder. Loose tongue? Girlfriend? This chick was thinking nasty. At least that was what Lerry got out of it. "Uhhhh." Was all Lerry could say really. She stated that the cat they were after did not get away that she let him go because she had thought of a plan. Lerry's left eyebrow rose as he heard this. He was completely confused. "Huh? You mean you had Tora, but let him go...because you had another plan...to catch...Tora? Well that makes about just about as much sense as mixing breakfast and lunch." Lerry didn't understand at all but he felt she had good reason for doing so. Arina then realized that the cat did leave markings on her face when they faced off and she began to flip out but she quickly attempted to calm herself and went on with her plan. So the plan was to lure the cat out with some booty call. Would this in fact work? Tora was no stupid cat he was always on guard but it was worth a shot.

Lerry looked at Chario to make sure he was okay with it. He seemed fine they would have their squabble some other time. "I hope this plan works because pretty soon I wont be able to track him if he gets to far away from me. I still have it now but I don't know how much longer that will last." Lerry imputed. So this was their plan. He would follow it accordingly. It was time to catch Tora the cat. He would put his hands behind his head. Ready to start the first phase of their plan.

INDENT Kaito swiftly retreated with the snowy, short-haired female kitten with captivating amber eyes. Arina quickly jumped up pursuing her new comrade. If it had not been for the young girl tying her hair up, it would’ve flew wildly imitating that of a wild beast. It was then that Kaito ran up the side of a building with a well known technique. The young girl quickly gathered chakra into the soles of her feet. The young girl leapt up landing about one-third of the way up the building’s side and began following Kaito once again. She very carefully tried to control the flow of chakra from the soles of her feet. Upon getting about two-thirds of the way up the building, she jumped once again landing on the top of the building. Once she had reached the top, she soared from one building top to the next. The young girl almost imagined that this would be what flying would feel like. The girl began to relax slightly forgetting their purpose momentarily. She closed and allowed all of her muscles the chance to relax. The breeze was soothing against the wounds from Tora that she had received earlier. The girl lightly touched her face with her hands, an obvious look of distaste.
INDENT After approximately five minutes, the young girl had noticed Kaito had stopped a few buildings ahead of her. The girl inspected much more closely to see the snowy kitten in a state of sheer terror. That poor creature was clinging desperately to Kaito which would probably leave a mark. Not that Arina was concerned, he probably would gladly welcome the scars making up some grand adventure in which he saved the village in order to attract girls. The girl scoffed watching as Kaito jumped down from the building which meant that this must have been their destination. Upon reaching the building, Arina jumped down joining Kaito. She looked around her surroundings closely. It was obviously an alleyway with many items and boxes strewn about. The girl noticed how trashy the area looked. “Come to think about it,” The girl had trailed off thinking about the entirety of her day within only a few moments.
INDENT When she had dropped to the ground in front of her home and dropped her apple, she found lots of open snack bags and papers strewn about. She probably shouldn’t have eaten the apple after it had touched the ground. The girl shrugged it off. Walking through the street ways, there was merchandise everywhere. Some pieces had managed to make into the city streets, broken merchandise that no had bothered to clean up. Coming upon the library, she didn’t remember there being too much trash in the streets but she had recalled a lot of cigarette butts which were probably from higher level Jounin whom had been forced to the library for research and the like. Perhaps, they could do something about that later? ‘I am sure the villagers would appreciate it and perhaps, we might even get some recognition!’ Arina thought smiling slyly.
INDENT The girl was quickly brought back to reality as Lerry and Chario approached. “Well,” The young girl said holding her hands on her hips with her legs spread apart shoulder width. “Let us do this. Can you smell Tora?” The demonic feline had retreated this direction last time she had saw him, so it was a good call on Kaito to bring them to the owner’s house. The girl looked intently towards Lerry and Chario awaiting their answer. She was slowly growing less fond of Lerry the more that she was able to interact with him, but she wasn’t going to argue. He would make a good addition to the team itself. He had a lot to offer being a combat type ninja and having a tracking, sensory type hound. The girl stretched her body up towards the sky getting ready for the impending capture with a grin on her face. Upon the motion of her face, Arina was quick to wince. “Ow,” the young girl quietly mumbled. It wasn’t long before the girl had decided that was it. She pulled out a small container from the satchel which sat firmly on her left thigh. She opened the container which held a clear, grimy ointment inside. Ordinarily, the girl would’ve done anything in her power not to use this disgusting texture of ointment for pain, but she didn’t want to flub their chances at being able to capture Tora over something so trifle.
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Lerry began sniffing around, trying to find the scent of his ally's enemy. "No, not yet...wait I smell something." A look of determination spread across the Inuzukan's face, as he sniffed a bit more. Lerry turned to the group, speaking once again. "It's Tora, do we hide?" The Mizu clan member then responded quickly. "Yeah, we need to stay out of sight. Don't want that stupid... Well smart cat to run away again." The boy began looking around at the buildings that surrounded them. There were three possible entrances into the alley. There was an opening from the middle, then the left and the right. The alley was in a T shape of sorts. "Okay, I'm going to leave our bait right here in the middle of all three exits. We'll sit on the rooftops and watch from above,and when Tora bites on the bait, we will drop down at the same time and trap him." The Genin now sat the snow white animal by his feet, petting her slowly. "Sorry for putting ya through all this..." Feeling a little bad for taking the cat against her will and dragging her away from the market. He then stood up, giving his attention back to his team. "Anyways, Lerry and Chario, tack the left side." Which is the side where Lerry thought Tora was coming from. "Arina, you take the right side, and I'll cover this middle path." He gave a quick nod to the group, and spoke one last time. "Well, good luck everyone. Let's finish this dumb mission." He finished, quickly jumping into the air, landing on the side of a house, then jumping across to another landing on the roof. They would surely capture their objective this time.

His other teammates quickly made the way to their spots also, getting in position. Tora hadn't shown up yet, but probably was on the watch out from the group. They would have the jump on the cat this time, there was nowhere the feline could escape to now. "We got this damn cat now! Hopefully this plan works..." Many thoughts like these ran through his head at this time. Kaito felt nervous, much more nervous than somebody should for a mission as stupid as this was. But that was the type of person he was. The boy was a perfectionist, sort of. The boy was not perfect, or anything close to that word in all reality. But he sure tried his hardest to be. The boy honestly did strive for perfection, and nothing less.

Lerry let continued to sniff. It was definitely Tora alright. Lerry was surprised that the plan actually drew him out. He didn't think that Tora would actually come back to the house he ran away from. But then again he was territorial. He probably noticed there was someone moving in on his turf and he wanted to see that stopped. Kaito gave the word that they were to hide. They would take to the rooftops and wait for Tora to get settled then they would strike. Lerry was told that he would come from the Left side with Chario when the ambush would commence. However Lerry felt he should not get involved when it came down to it. He was going to let Chario handle this one. He owned his companion that much to let him fight his own battles. Chario would not forgive him if he did such a thing.

The team was in position on top of the ruff waiting. Lerry's sensitive nose picking up every move that Tora was making. He would show him self soon. Lerry began to pet Chario on the head and whispered in his ear. "You will not fail. I know you are better then him. But if worst comes to worse we will just blame it on a stomach ache alright." Chario responded with a simple nod but he had no plans of losing. Not this time.

Tora had arrived and Chario glared at him. As soon as the word was given he would attack. Lerry looked at the others to make sure they saw him to but the more than likely had. When he turned back around he saw Tora taking the bait. In the corner of his eye he saw that Arina waved signaled for them to begin. Lerry smirked and calmly said to the already attack mode Chario. "It all you." With that the dog leaped off the roof and landed strait on their targets back. The other cat ran away because of the sudden commotion. It was truly a battle to watch. Both parties giving it their all. But Lerry knew who was going to come out on top. Lerry leaped off the roof top and when the dust settled. Lerry saw Chario standing on his hind legs flexing his none existent muscles in victory. Lerry knew he could do it. "Well I guess we just caught the evil cat Tora."

INDENT Arina stood watch with her legs slightly crouched about shoulder width apart and her arms pulled in close towards her body. She wasn’t going to allow Tora to go anywhere in order to escape this brawl of rivalry. Chario and Tora tussled around violently back and forth across the cold, hard walkway. Ultimately, Chario took the victory with a very proud, almost gloating, look swept across his face. The spectacle was something else to watch, though. It was quite interesting to watch the two go at it. Chario really looked as if he was giving it his all, like his life depended on the outcome of this match or perhaps, his pride. Tora was immobile completely exhausted from the amount of energy that he had expended during the mini brawl.
INDENT Kaito quickly took advantage of this pulling out a large sack in which to haul Tora. ‘When did he get that?’ The young girl questioned with an odd look across her face. She bit her tongue for the moment seeing as they were going to turn in their first quest done together as a team. The young girl, despite her disappointment in Lerry’s loose tongue, was excited. Perhaps, she was even psyched to be doing missions with her team. It didn’t even matter how meaningless or dreadfully awful the missions were. “Well, I guess it is time to take Tora home. Then, let’s turn this mission in! I don’t know about you guys, but I’m tired from running around all day.” Kaito announced to the team. From that moment on, Arina would find Kaito in a fit of yawns throughout the rest of their trip through the town. The drop off of Tora had went just as the young girl had expected. The older lady was ecstatic to see ‘little’ Tora safe and sound. She tightly hugged him and then, a look of agony found itself upon Tora’s face. The lady was a constant reminder to Tora of why he had wanted to be free, yearned for it even. The cat would continually escape as long as the chances were provided for him to. Arina understood perfectly what the cat was feeling and thinking. Though, she couldn’t help but smile because regardless of the reasoning, there would always be young and youthful shinobi following in his tracks in order to return Tora to his own personal Hell on Earth.
INDENT Upon returning Tora to his rightful owner, the trio retraced their steps back to the Hokage’s Office. The trip would take about as long as it originally had from the library. Kaito kept quiet for the majority of the experience, as he looked to be falling asleep while still in motion. He continually yawned and would scratch at his head. He had a very nonchalant, complacent look covering his face with no thinking processes going on discernable from the outside shell that was his body. Lerry didn’t seem to be overly friendly as it were or perhaps, he just wasn’t versed in the way of social presence? Chario still sported a rather boastful attitude while using his owner as a means of transportation. That little pup sure did seem to have the easy life. Of course, Arina couldn’t complain with the way her mother took care of her. Though sometimes, the young girl wished to be able to take care of herself just to see what it would be like.
INDENT Before the trio had known it, they found themselves at the entrance of the Hokage’s Office. Kaito turned in the mission information to the a nearby kunoichi who seemed to take on the role of a servicing clerk. Upon turning in the mission information, Kaito decided to call it a day for the missions and decided that they should meet up later on. “You guys want to meet tomorrow at the ramen shop for lunch around noon maybe?” The young boy questioned trying desperately to fight the tired that engulfed his body until he was able to reach his final destination, his bed. “That sounds fine,” Arina said playfully looking towards Lerry whom seemed to be quick to agree as well. The three said their goodbyes and parted ways.
INDENT Arina slowly walked outside of the Hokage’s office. The young girl closed the door behind her as she retreated back into the outside world. She shielded her eyes from the incoming rays of sun which shone blissfully across the town. The sun’s rays warmed her skin causing her to close her eyes and smile just letting her body soak it up. After a few moments of just standing in the street with the feeling of pure nothingness to relax her body, the young lady decided that it was about time she ate something. Should she go to the house to eat or should she eat out? The young girl pondered this question quite thoroughly, the benefits and disadvantages to both possibilities.
INDENT After a few minutes, the young girl had decided to retreat back to her house for a short while. She opened the door and peeked her head through. “Welcome home,” Her mother said softly while smiling warmly. She was such an open, inviting person. She actually kind of envied that about her mother. The woman had not a care in the world. “What brings you home?” Her mother asked while still smiling. “We are done for the day,” The young girl said softly in a slightly disappointed tone, “But I am super hungry! So, it was good timing.” She tried to pick up the mood because she mostly certainly didn’t want to seem like she was enjoying their company, especially that one named Lerry. He might’ve had an adorable little puppy, but he was not such an easy person to get along with. Almost every other sentence that slipped from his mouth today had been a negative one, the ones’ that were in reference to Arina that was. “That is great!” Her mother replied enthusiastic about her daughter’s tone about her experiences. Well, the older woman did enjoy it when her daughter openly inquired about her cooking as well. It was always a pleasure to know that she was appreciated for her work. The older woman went to work straight away firing up the stove and pulling some ingredients from the fridge setting them on a nearby counter. She looked like a professional at work, slicing and dicing. The woman was even able to whip the ingredients into the air and catch them in the skillet, very showy. Of course, Arina had inherited her mother’s love for cooking but was too lazy to act on her desires for food, especially with her mother there to do it for her. The two talked heavily while waiting on the meal to be prepared. They discussed what both of them had done that day, anything on their mind really. Arina had figured out that as expected her mother had decided to find time to go pick up her room for her. The young girl was really grateful to have this woman in her life. After awhile of waiting, her mother set down a serving of Indian Chicken Curry in front of the young girl with a glass of water. Arina thanked her mother bowing slightly before picking up her utensils to eat with. The spicy flavor was accentuated by the taste of the tomato, along with the chicken. The girl’s mouth watered as she began eating. Of course, she wasn’t known for being an elegant person which was directly related with her table manners. The young girl had devoured her food quickly and followed it down with the glass of water. Upon finishing, she set all of her eating instruments onto the table and leaned back in the chair. “Oh man, that was great mom.” The young girl said in passing closing her eyes as if to fall asleep. “If you are going to nap, you better do it in your room!” Her mother said in the sternest voice that she was able to manage. “Okay, okay” The young managed to say in a whiney voice before retreating back to her room.
INDENT Once in her room, the girl jumped up into the air and plopped down onto her bed face first. She snuggled her pillow rubbing her face back and forth in the soft, relaxing material. Her room didn’t have any decorations in the way of themes went, unless one was to count colors. The entirety of the room had been done in the color iris blue with a silver overlay. The textures were rather simplistic with the exception of her bed which donned Egyptian Cotton Sheets. The young girl slowly turned her body around to look up at the ceiling. She lifted her body only enough to reach over and pick a book up from within her nightstand. It was another medical related book. Of course, she wanted to be as prepared as possible, especially with the development of meeting her team and going on missions. The young lady read slowly taking her time, so she would be able to memorize the material held within the pages. She wanted to be a fountain of knowledge capable of always being utilizable by her comrades. The last thing she wanted was to be the one that held them back. She would slowly turn the pages setting them gently against the other pages which had already been extracted of any useful information.
INDENT After about an hour, Arina set the book back up into it’s appropriate area. She didn’t bother getting dressed into something for bed because she wasn’t positive that she would fall asleep, nor was she convinced she would sleep all afternoon into the daytime. The girl closed her eyes allowing herself to fall into a deep sleep. She began heavily breathing, on the borderline of snoring. Luckily, she had set her alarm in the coincidence that she did fall asleep for the entirety of the afternoon and the night.
INDENT The young girl, Arina, awoke with a startle. Her alarm had not went off. The girl growled angrily as she hurried up with her morning routine. “Mom, why didn’t you wake me up?” She yelled boisterously throughout the household. The girl was startled even more by the silence that awaited her. The young girl quit moving momentarily and listened harder, maybe she was being too loud. “Mom?” Arina questioned her voice filled with worry and still nothing. This kind of situation was definitely a cause for worry for the young girl. She skipped changing her clothes and went into the next room looking around for any signs of her mother. Everything was untouched as if nobody had been living there. Perhaps, her mother had not gotten out of bed for the day either. Though, that was so unlike her. Arina wandered to her parent’s room which as expected was empty. She continued by making her way downstairs into the living room and kitchen. The girl had a look of horror on her face as a random young boy looked up towards her. He folded and set down the newspaper on the table and then, he began talking to her in tongues. ‘That was too weird.’ The girl had a hard time breathing as she ran out of her home away from that strange boy. She just continued running with no destination in mind. After several minutes of running, the girl stopped to rest. She held her arms against her knees slightly bent over breathing heavily. After slightly recovering, she looked around to find herself amidst the forest. ‘When did I get here?’ She questioned walking around. The young girl had no idea where she was at. Eventually, the forest had dissipated and the young girl found herself at a desert oasis. A centaur type creature straight from a mythology book rested it’s eyes upon the young woman muttering something about her being the chosen one. “This is a dream. It has to be,” Arina whined pulling at her hair and falling to her knees. The girl pulled a kunai from it’s holster and was going to stab herself with it when suddenly a ringing noise began buzzing in her ears. She covered her ears and tried to force the sound away, but it only seemed to get louder.
INDENT Arina awoke with a start sitting up in her bed clinging to the sheets for dear life. “What the hell,” The girl managed to breathe out before taking a look around her. She was surprised to see that daybreak was upon her. The girl quickly stood up calling out for her mother. “Yes dear?” The familiar voice responded loudly while obviously in the kitchen preparing breakfast. “I am going to eat at home today,” Arina announced pulling clothes out of her closet and looking to finish her daily routine this time with no annoyances, such as it being a dream and whatnot. After looking in the mirror at her appearance, the young girl set out for the kitchen. Breakfast was already laid out onto the breakfast with a nice glass of orange juice alongside of it. Arina gaped in horror as there was a little boy sitting at the table, “Who the hell is that?” The young girl asked forcefully. Her mother looked at her with an odd expression before realizing what she was talking about. “Oh, that is our neighbor’s son. I am watching him for the day. Isn’t he adorable?” Her mother questioned sporting a large smile as usual. The girl bit her tongue while sitting down and eating, per usual she had devoured down the food with no regards in the manner of which she ate it. The young boy look at her and asked snickering, “Did your mother never teach you any manners?” The girl’s temper was growing very volatile and her patience growing thin. She gulped down the orange juice before retreating from the household, “I will be back later.” She slammed the door with much more force than was necessary.
INDENT Arina walked through the streets in a daze mumbling, whining, and complaining about what an atrocious little boy that he had seemed to be. She talked about how he needed to learn manners instead of picking on others.

INDENT After a period of wandering through the city streets after storming from her home, Arina found herself at the lakeside. The young girl sat on the edge of the deck with her feet dangled over the edge barely touching the water. At first, she shivered from the nipping cold of the water. Her body quickly became accustomed to the water. The girl picked up a stone from the pile that she had laid next to herself when she sat down. She had made a point to pick up a few stones before making her way onto the deck. This way whenever she got a little bored she could throw a stone. Perhaps, she would even be able to make a game of it. She could challenge herself to continue to throw farther with each throw. The young girl watched with a solemn face as the water’s surface rippled ever expanding.

INDENT Arina pulled her legs from the water’s surface onto the deck’s surface shaking them slightly. She hugged her knees tightly while she waited for feet to dry entirely. The girl lowered her body to the ground and stared up towards the sky watching as the clouds passed across the sky. She used to play a game with her father when she was younger, and they would make up what the clouds would like physically. The girl raised her left into the arm pointing at one of the clouds, “A bunny.” The girl giggled playfully almost choking and focused her attention on another cloud. The girl laid a finger on her chin from her free hand. This one seemed to be giving her a little bit of trouble. “Perhaps,” The young girl had begun speaking and then, she decided against it. “Um,” She growled lightly unable to make out a physical appearance for this cloud when a light bulb finally seemed to go off. “It looks like Kato’s face with his wild hair!” The girl tossed onto her side and began looking towards the sun’s position. It wasn’t quite time to be making her way towards the Ramen Shop yet, so the young girl decided to make her way to the training grounds.

INDENT Now that her legs had completely dried, she placed her shoes back onto her feet. Pulling herself from the ground, she dusted her hands off by rubbing them against each other. She slowly made her way through the streets of the town trying to be careful of those around her. When suddenly, someone bumped into her back. The young girl was pushed against the wall of a shop. “I am so sorry,” A young boy who looked to be about the age of eight muttered. “It is fine,” Arina replied nervously giggling. She noticed the boy was carrying an abundance of boxes and felt kind of sorry for him. “Where are you headed? Do you need help?” The young girl asked inquisitively tilting her head to the side slightly and looking down upon the young boy whose hair was a fiery red. The young boy had a pale, ivory colored skin with freckles covering the entirety of his face. He wore clothes which seemed to be much to big for him and were very baggy against his body’s frame. The young girl picked up quite a few boxes from the pile as the young boy smiled towards her. “I am only taking them over there,” He pointed in the direction of a nearby shop. The two talked back and forth lightly as they made their way to-and-from the shop. The boxes were not too heavy but very apparently, they did not smell like flowers and berries. Upon looking up towards the name of the shop which loomed overhead atop her body, she noticed why. It was a dining shop apparently, so it was safe to assume that the contents were probably something fish related or the like. Between the two of them, the boxes had been made quick work. The boy properly thanked her upon their finish bowing towards the young girl. Arina laid a hand upon the boy’s shoulder smiling widely. “Do not bow before me. I didn’t do that much,” The young girl said enthusiastically and began to make her way to the training grounds once more.

INDENT The young girl began to skip resembling what one would imagine to be a fairy. She bobbed her head whilst humming a song to herself. “Everybody just have a good time,” The girl changed tones and drug out her oo’s sound to mimic one of her favorite songs. Time passed quickly and before she knew it, Arina had finally made her way to the training grounds. She wandered around aimlessly for about an hour looking at the foliage which grew brilliantly. The flowers were in full bloom and bright colors covered the entirety of the cold, hard ground making it look much more inviting than normal. The trees towered above the young girl which left her in a state of awe. She had come here with the intentions and purpose of practicing, but the young girl wandered upon some herbs that she had read about early yesterday at the library. They were not rare herbs, but she was sure that the Konoha hospital employees would be appreciative nonetheless. Arina dropped to her knees beside the small patch carefully picking the first herb. She made sure to gather the roots, as well. The roots while were less potent still had healing properties. Once finished, the young girl wrapped them in a white, linen cloth that she had been carrying on her. Though, she wasn’t for sure when she had picked up the cloth.

INDENT Arina thought back through the entirety of the day when it came upon her. ‘Here use this,’ The young boy held out a white, linen cloth for the sole purpose of wiping her forehead free from the streams of sweat which beaded and fell from her body. ‘Thank you,’ Arina replied smiling and grabbing the cloth from the young boy’s possession. She was compelled to pet his flaming red hair but resisted the urge. He was such a cute kid, though. Arina had attempted to give the cloth back but the young boy had kindly rejected her offer saying that she might need it later. Of course, this was within the first few trips of relocating the boxes. The girl hadn’t thought much of it at the time and shoved the linen cloth into a fairly empty satchel strapped to her body with the intention to give it back upon finishing the task.

INDENT The girl blinked her eyes rapidly reverting back to reality. She rolled the herbs up into the linen cloth and used something to tie it neatly together. She set the roll of herbs to the side while she approached the training dummy. She began to train her punches thrusting her palms forward while trying to avoid excessive movement of her hips and lower body. She repeated the motion with her opposite arm. The moves her consecutive as to not waste what time she had to train her body. The girl continued this training continuously one after the other for about half an hours time. Afterwards, she switched to training of the lower body. Bending her body slightly to the left and using her right leg to kick the side of the dummy, this was only the beginning of this particular exercise. The young girl wasn’t about to train one side of her body without training the other. She continued this practice for another half of an hour before switching to the opposite side. She found that training her lower body was much more of a pain than her upper body. At least during upper body training, she could train both sides simultaneously. The young girl leaned her body to the right and began to use her left leg to kick the dummy’s hard, wooden body. Thoughts of being lazy and taking a break which were strongly on her mind, she fought the urge which overwhelmed her body. Upon finishing her training, the young girl collapsed to the ground exhaling deeply. “Phew,” She said loudly to no one in particular.

INDENT Arina pulled herself across the ground towards one of the large, towering Oak trees. The young girl rested her back against the tree allowing the muscles in her body a chance to fully recover from their tensed state. The girl had obviously been over working her body compared to what her capabilities were. She rubbed her temples in frustration. The numerous amount of thoughts that were running through her mind were beginning to affect her body and give her a headache. She took a deep breath trying to calm her mind and release herself from any unnecessary baggage. The young girl decided that perhaps it was time to call it a day for now on the physical practice. She could always pay a visit to the library if she so desired to continue to study. Then, she reverted her attention back to the neatly packaged herbs which she had collected. She could always make a quick stop at the Konoha Hospital first.

INDENT Arina used the large Oak tree to push herself to a standing position. She shook her head wildly attempting to get a draft going. The cool slight draft felt good against her skin which was burning from the amount of effort that the young girl had exerted. She quickly skipped towards the packaged herbs, bending over and retrieving them from the ground. She held them carefully whilst making her way towards the hospital. The girl stopped suddenly looking back towards the training grounds. She smiled knowing that this would be a place that she would visit often while training to become a strong and talented shinobi. Then, she turned back looking towards the streets of the village continuing her journey to the hospital.

INDENT Arina tilted her head from one side to the other attempting to crack her neck. A loud, fairly disgusting noise would present itself upon her doing so. Then, she began to roll her shoulders loosening her body. The girl didn’t know why, but she felt anxious standing in front of the doors to the hospital. The girl bit her lip, swallowing hard while touching her hand to the handle. She pulled slowly peeking her head through. The building itself looked rather normal from the entrance area. It appeared to be just like any other building in the city. There weren’t visitors dying or writhing in agony like the young girl had always suspected but still, she cautiously made her way inside. “May I help you?” Someone behind the counter quickly addressed her. “Um, no.” The young girl replied sitting in one of the chairs. “Actually,” She turned around to face the woman behind the counter. “I was wondering if I could speak to one of the women or men who deals directly with herbs and creating medicines to assist the wounded or those in pain?” The girl was curious if perhaps she could be taken in as a student. The woman behind the counter smiled brightly but denied her request. Arina took on the look of a small, wounded puppy dog. As much as the woman wanted to be of assistance to her, the employees of the hospital were much to busy to deal with such a young girl themselves with no important reason. The young girl sighed pulling herself up and slowly making her way to the counter. “Then, you should have these.” She laid the neatly packaged bundle onto the glistening, white counter. The girl looked to the lights overhead. She wondered what they were made of because it was impressive to have such an effect on the counters. Though, it was just a passing thought because there were much more important matters to be regarded at this time. She quickly looked towards a nearby clock to make note of the time. She knew in a few hours that she would need to make her way towards the Ramen Shop. “Thank you so much,” The woman at the counter bowed graciously. She did seem overly appreciative of her efforts because it was then that she noted, “Perhaps I could be able to talk one of the herbalist specialists to talk to you during your next visit!” Arina grinned, “I would appreciate it! I guess I am going to be on my way now. Later!” The girl placed both of her arms behind her head in a boasting manner while she made her way towards the door. It was out into the world to wander around once more. She still had quite a bit of time to kill until it was time to meet with the others.

INDENT “Where should I go now?” The young woman announced once outside the hospital doors. Then, a brightly color interestingly designed sign caught her interest. Arina made her way across the street and into the building which sported a lion’s body jumping half ways up into the air towards a palace of sorts. The girl scanned the vicinity which seemed to be covered in books. There were books of all kinds. “Welcome!” A male working outside of the counter waved towards her. He readjusted the glasses on his face as a mountain of books came tumbling down. “Whoa,” The young man managed to shout out as he was taken off of his feet and his hind area hit the ground with a loud thumping sound. “Are you okay?” Arina questioned in a worried tone. “I am fine,” The young man laughed heartily. He seemed to be used to such things happening around this place. “Are you looking for anything in particular?” He looked towards Arina with an awkward look. “Um, no. Thank you,” She continued to browse through some of the titles that were closest to her position. “Do you like fantasies or action packed books?” The young man asked excitedly pulling himself to the ground and finding himself a place closer to Arina without seeming like a creeper. “Informative books,” The young girl replied in a nonchalant tone making no notice in the closing of distance. The young man sighed, “You might want to head for the library then. These books are all for personal enjoyment.” That was when she saw a book that sounded interesting, Naughty Nurses. She assumed it was a book on the dos and don’ts of nursing and providing aid to others. “You shouldn’t….” The young man trailed off as she pulled out the book. The girl blushed wildly turning several shades of red before pushing the book back into the stand. “What is that?” She said in a loud, demanding tone. “That is…” The young man didn’t really seem to have an answer as that wasn’t his taste in reading. “How absurd and,” The girl trailed off momentarily thinking of a fitting description. “And disgusting!” She spouted before quickly taking her leave of this awkward store.

INDENT Arina had decided that was the last of her random browsing. She would no longer deviate from the prearranged and calculated locations. After this experience, she no longer had any desire to explore the village. Which surprisingly worked in her favor, she had approached the vicinity of the Ramen Shop showing up only slightly early for the trio’s meeting which was to occur at noon. The girl quickly made her way towards the Ramen Shop closing the distance between them which excited her as she was growing hungrier by the moment. Her stomach growled wildly as she approached the shop and started to smell the food’s vapors wafting through the air. The girl scanned the area and noticed that Kaito had been the first to show up per usual. He was sitting in a four man booth near the back which was secluded, away from the other groups which were socializing here. ‘How fitting,’ The young girl smiled thinking of little Chario would probably feel nice to be included as his own person. He did have his own personality separate from Lerry‘s personality. He was much more enjoyable to be around than Lerry who seemed to enjoy speaking without thinking before hand. “Welcome,” The man whom was cooking the food behind the counter welcomed her as she stepped inside. “Thank you. Good afternoon,” Arina said kindly waving her hand in the air. The man nodded acknowledging her and returned back to cooking the food. “Hello Kaito,” Arina smiled standing beside him. “Do you mind scooting over?” She questioned tilting her head to the side to look towards him.

The team had a successful mission and Lerry was so proud of Chario that he bought him a big huge bag of dog treats. They were his favorite but they broke the bank so he didn't get them much. With the big bag of treats over his shoulder Lerry was walking down the street with Chario beside him. With his tail wagging happily and his nose high in the air. This dog was a proud little thing. Lerry looked at him and smiled. “Don’t let this victory go to your head. Remember puts things at a draw. So you are going to have to beat him again to prove you are truly better.” Chario responded with an enthusiastic bark and continued to walk with his tail wagging. Lerry then thought back on the day it was a good time. The squad seemed like they did well together. Even though Arina didn’t seem to like him much but she had taken a liking to Chario. Maybe just having Chario around would stop the hate. Lerry looked down at Chario who was still smiled and he began to ask him a question. “Did you like those guys Chario? You think we worked well together today?” Lerry asked with a smile. Chario stopped in his tracks and looked up at him. He did several nods at him with his tongue out. Lerry grinned and thee continued to walk home.

When Lerry got home he took a bath and got ready for bed. It was said that the four of them would meet up for some ramen. Lerry enjoyed ramen a lot and so did Chario. Today’s mission was a very interesting one and it taught Lerry a lot. He was trying to figure out his position in the group. It was clear that he was needed for his Inuzuka tracking skills. But that was what Chario was for really. He was the master at tracking. Lerry could do it but he was not good as him. Hopefully the next mission they did Lerry pull some more tricks out of his pocket. Only time would tell. Lerry went to sleep that night with Chario on his chest and a smile on his face.

That morning Lerry woke up and quickly got dressed and with Chario went out the door early in the morning. He was laid out on a bench with his hands behind his head looking up at the sky. The clouds floating in the air were just soothing to him. He always tried to make out what they looked like and what shapes they made. He did the same thing with the stars. He was just doing this until it was time to meet up with his squad after all they had till noon. When the time came close he quickly made his way to Ramen shop. With Chario leading the way of course. Lerry did not know what shop to go too. Maybe Kaito said but Lerry must have missed it. Chario had their scent so it would be no trouble finding them. When the two got to the shop he smiled. His two teammates were already there. Chario would bark as he saw them and leaped onto the top of Lerry's head almost throwing him of balance. "Dang Chario...what's going on guys? So who here is buying?" Lerry asked with a laugh as he would place his hands in his pocket and speak again, "Or are we doing a mission first?"