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((I WAS waiting for Trowa to post, but forget it. XD))

Mayumi laughed at the question posed on her. While at this close proximity with her team, she observed and sensed every single breathing pattern, voice wavelength, speech accent, scent, character and personality that she could.

"Well, obviously, I have two genjutsu users and one taijutsu users; with me, that creates a well-rounded team", she said, while pointing to each one in turn. By this time, she already absorb all the information she needed to be able to tell where they were standing, even if they were standing completely still. "But we still need more practice."

"I'm getting kinda hungry though, anyone have the time?" she asked with a smile.

The twins shrugged at the question. In truth, they actually had no idea what time it was, but they knew Shinji was right in his assumption about it getting late in the morning.

"We would agree with Shinji and say that it is nearly noon according to sun position, but we aren't hungry in the slightest either. Also, no Shinji, we have not stopped to look at the sky unprovoked."

The twins found the sky comment a little random and unprovoked. It seemed odd that their teammate would bring up relaxation techniques when their sensei had asked if they had the time. They smirked a little behind his back, not quite sure what to make of it.

Ran nodded a little, and offered a bow as Yuki left. Glancing to her team mates, she offered them a smaller bow. "I will be at the training grounds..." she stated, and then began headed in that direction, not leaving much room for any comments for anyone to come with, or even for her to say she didn't want anyone to come with. She was mostly going to observe whoever was there, anyways. She had contemplated returning to the apartment for some tea, but decided against it, since they were going out to lunch, later.

Traveling at a slower pace than they had traveled at when following their sensei, Ran got to observe the people moving about. There were lots more people than in Kirigakure, and she marveled lightly at them all. She also noticed a lot of shinobi, and even small groups of ANBU wandering around. That made her wonder, a little, but she dismissed the wonderings out of her mind and continued on her way.

Ran arrived at the training grounds, and went and climbed up the wall they'd been using for 'target practice', earlier. Sitting atop it, she could see all around the main clearing of the training ground, along with the river that ran near it. She also spotted a group of chuunin, with what appeared to be a Jounin, and then two other chuunin. She recognized the girl as her roommate, and decided to watch them.

(( sheesh xD Tonbo takes a long time to write out kanji ))

Berai stood outside of the building he'd been working in, having been relieved for a small break of pure boredom. He'd sent a clone to his apartment to pick a few things up to help alleviate his boredom, and he was currently watching passer-byers go along with their days. He caught a glimpse of a gennin heading for the training grounds, and then a brief smattering of an ANBU outfit tailing her.

The oto-nin smirked, recognizing the mask, even if not many others' could. And I thought my job sucked... he thought to himself. As his own clone approached him, he retrieved a book from it before he released the jutsu. The book contained thoughts and plans so heavily coded, that sometimes it took Berai himself a few hours to read over what he'd written in the past. Nobody else could read it, which was why he found it safe to read it even in public. For the time being, it would be his entertainment, as he headed back into the building to continue on giving people missions, dealing with issues, and otherwise being driven crazy.

(( You know... you just confused me there xD
Berai only saw the clone following Ran, so there's no worries about who's in what apartment building, wherever. sweatdrop ))

"Ready?" Roque grinned, looking at Kinu. He stiffened his stance a little, bring his arms in front of him like a boxer. "I've never been ready for anything. Stops me from expecting things, so northing's surprising." He repeated the speech the academy teacher had given them.

There's no way we can prepare you for everything, so we'll teach you to expect nothing. If you don't expect anything, you won't be surprised when it comes.

"Weird logic, but it works." Roque said, suddenly slackening his stance, and pulling out the large book he had strapped to his back. He held it at arms length and squinted at it. "This is a book my dad wrote. It's all about medical stuff, techniques and whatnot that he developed. I'm no medic, so it isn't much good to me." He looked up to Kinu with a sideways grin. "If you try and pound the living snot out of me with everything you've got, I'll gift wrap this thing for you." He dropped the book at that point. It made a soft thud in the grass, and Roque did as well as he vanished below the valley floor. He came back out to Kinus' left, about a foot away with his right fist held high. "Deal?"

"What would you like to do, brother?"
"I suppose we could treat our jonin sensei to lunch."

The Kurama clan had regained its power ever since the fall of its ancestors. They used their genjutsu, several businesses, and ninjas to amass wealth, only accessible to the main house. The side houses were allowed to stay in the mansion and given a rather hefty salary that kept them in upper middle class, but main house members like Kento and Kenso were given special priveledges. Ever since their Idous running amok, there weren't many main house members to speak of, but the twins still weren't first in line to be the head of the clan. They were actually fifth, but they were on their way and still got all the benefits.

"Mayumi-sensei, Shinji, would you like to join us for lunch at our house?" They felt they needed to know their teamates and vice versa. The proper rules of cooperative fighting is to know the person, so you may predict movements and adjust accordingly. The twins had a special talent between each other, but that talent didn't exist between Mayumi and Shinji, so they'd have to rely on knowledge of the person, and there was no time like the present.