Team III Meet up. (Private, Team III only)

Mitsuhide walked through the forest, with the feeling of excitement about him. A few days earlier, he had received a note from his sensei that there would be a team meeting in the training grounds. She hadn't left good directions, most likely to test our skills of map reading and such. But Mitsu didn't even need the map, because he could remember it perfectly. It was early in the morning, which Mitsu didn't mind, he had intended to be the first there, even before his sensei.
The morning dew from the leaves dampened his shoes as he walked to the meeting point, his shoes starting to make a slight squishing noise with every step. The sun had barely risen, and only a few birds were chirping and singing. Mitsu soon came to a clearing in the training grounds, he had arrived at the correct location. Mitsu knew it was the right place because he had traveled there before to make sure he knew where to go. "Just as I thought, I'm the first one here. I'm sure this might impress my sensei. Even if it doesn't I'm fine with it. I like the peace and quiet." Mitsu said to himself. He held up his apple and stared at it, and in its background Mitsu could see someone else approaching. He put on a smile and leaned against a large rock and looked up to the clouds. He didnt want it to rain, but wouldn't mind if it did. He just leaned on the rock, waiting to see who was the second to arrive...

[Anything in Italics can be ignored. Was done for self purposes]

With dawn approaching, Nasamea felt pressed for time as she woke up and began her daily morning routines. The house was silent, her parents still asleep, and due to the time no noise would be heard for at least another hour. By then Nasamea would already be dressed and ready to go. She had made sure to nap a few times yesterday so that she wasn't so tired. Which honestly she didn't need much sleep anyway, especially after eating.

As she walked gingerly across the white carpet laid throughout the house she managed to get by with ease. Her ears were tuned into the sound of her foster parents the whole time she was awake for if they suddenly woke up she would have to generate some excuse as to why she was up early. She could say it was because her team was meeting today but they already knew the meeting time was 8am sharp. At the moment, it was at least 4:30am. Why up so early? This was her long kept secret that would stay a secret.

While Nasamea was finishing up she made sure to grab her ninja gear. She honestly had high doubts she would return home before meeting with her team. Actually, she may as well go to the assigned meeting place after she finished up. With caution, she stepped out her front door and locked it before turning to face the town. Once again she traded in her kimono for a tee but instead of shorts she wore a black skort. It was all apart of the act and at least skorts weren't TO uncomfortable. As soon as she exited, her senses were on alert, her animalistic instincts rising as her eyes shifted right to left in an intense and fast manner. She leaped onto the black rail outside her door and gazed around again. It appeared that nobody was awake yet, perfect. There was always someone walking around but it was witnesses she worried about. Soon enough, Nasamea pushed off the rail and leaped off into the night.

She walked around for at least an hour in the large city of Konoha. At the moment she was far from both her home and her training grounds. She had passed by a few people but so far each seemed to be drunk or even stoned. Last she wanted was intoxication and to become ill from bad blood. As she moved to the next neighborhood nearby, one much like hers and Ayame's combined, she soon came across a decent male. He wore casual business attire with his black hair combed back out of his face to make him look professional. It looked like he had just finished third shift and was going home. To bad he wouldn't be returning there just yet.

Nasamea stalked him for a while as she set up a plan to take him out. She examined the area while watching where he was walking. The route he was taking was a path normally not taken; at least until the sun rose. A grin crossed her face as an alley was seen ahead. Nasamea made a basic academy clone that stood behind the trash can in the alley; an object that would block his view from her. While he neared it, the clone then let out a cry for help and as planned it caught the man's attention.

"Hello?"

She sounded as though she was crying as she plead again, telling him that she had fallen and hurt her leg. That she couldn't move it. The man gasped before he ran over but as soon as he peered around the dumpster nobody was there. Suddenly, from behind him and hidden by the darkness of the alleyway, Nasamea dropped down. While she did this wires suddenly wrapped around the man, trapping him and dragging him to his back. He coughed as his eyes worriedly gazed up at her. She peered down at him with a set of pearly white sharp teeth and blazing crimson eyes. His expression fell to shock.

"No. No. NO NO NO AGGHH-"

She hit a point that would cause him to be knocked out for a good hour or so. Enough time to do what she needed to and rush off. First, she dragged his body to the wall, hiding him behind the dumpster and a few piles of trash. This way it would take anyone that heard them time to find them and by then Nasamea would sense them approaching and rush off. She would worry about that when the time came though. Ripping his shirt with a kunai she soon bit into his skin as a familiar warm liquid began to emerge. This was her meal. As her mouth was placed on his shoulder an image of Shihouin crossed her mind for a moment and a feeling of guilt and shame clenched her stomach. She couldn't think about that now and thus she shoved the memory aside and feasted.



By the time Nasamea finished and cleaned up, which she was careful to not get herself dirty in the first place, it was about 5:30. She still had a lot of time to kill but wanted to be there bright and early to possibly get to talk to any teammates or even her Jounin sensei before everyone else arrived. At the moment, she was quite pissed that her old sensei turned out to be no help whatsoever and that it took forever for her to be placed into a new team. A team was a team though. So far she just hasn't had good luck with teams. At one point she was even a temporary fill in for Shi's, which she didn't mind that much but she still wished she had her own. Now, she hoped she did. This constant changing thing was getting annoying. What if they weren't ready for the exams now? Her usual glare crossed her face but this time held more intensity for it was no longer a facade but the real deal. She headed right for the training grounds right after finishing her meal, feeling more energized than ever. Her regeneration ability would be top notch now and her strength would increase some. There was no doubt that she was ready to go.

It was 6am when she arrived at the training grounds and because she now had two hours to kill, she decided to simply kick back in a tree and rest. Nobody rarely came out here this early and if someone did she would wake up. Her sense of hearing was very good and she had instincts. Nasamea decided to take a spot in a pine tree where her scent and form hidden by the pine needles. There was an open grassy area surrounded by trees all around in this place. Some dirt patches were here and there as well as a few rocks. The trees started off a bit roomy but the further you moved into the first the denser things would start to get.

For a long time all she heard was the sound of birds chirping as the daylight came but soon she heard what sounded like feet hitting the ground. Her ears tuned into the sound, her eyes closed as she rested. The being was silent and not moving, most likely their sensei. Nasamea didn't move though, that is until the being talked.

"Just as I thought, I'm the first one here. I'm sure this might impress my sensei. Even if it doesn't I'm fine with it. I like the peace and quiet."

Her soft brown hues opened as she tilted her head towards the being and voice. It had to be her supposable teammate or a coincidence. She began to hope it was.

"You know..." she began, trying to get his attention from her perch, "If you looked around a bit more... you might have noticed someone was here all along."

With that said the tree branches shifted some before she suddenly dropped down onto a rock below into a crouch. She then slid down to where she sit with her legs before her as she faced him; her eyes watching warily as though she were studying him.

"So... who are you..."

She upheld a rather calm posture with an unreadable expression, her eyes only saying she was thoughtful. She crossed her arms as she waited for a response though, her back slightly leaning against a bit of rock behind her. Today, instead of the kimonos from her past, she wore something Shihouin had bought her. Her outfit consisted of a white long sleeved shirt, the sleeves being black, some black shorts, and purple and white knee high socks. Rather then the ninja shoes she was wearing black tennis shoes instead; something she preferred more. All of which was rather comfortable on her and gave her room to move.

"You know...If you looked around a bit more... you might have noticed someone was here all along." Is what Mitsu heard from the tree he was near, before hearing the sound of the tree rustling and the mysterious person landing on the ground. He studied her as she studied him. There is something about this one that gives me an offset feeling. But she must be on my team if she spoke to me like that
"So... who are you..."
"Hello, I'm Mitsuhide Katsudo. I suspect that you are apart of my new team?
Mitsu raised the apple from his hand and pulled out a knife from is arm. If you don't know this by now, Mitsuhide is a Kaguya and uses his bones. So ya, the knife is made of bone. Mitsu never fully appreciated the fact that when he protrudes his bones from his body a numbing effect kicks in, or something like it, as he feels no pain when doing such things. The thought of such crossed his mind as he removed the knife from his arm, and mentally thanked them for it. He began peeling his apple and awaited the girl's reply...

Yoshimaru awoke from his sleep so early in the morning. He had to get ready to be at the training grounds soon. But becuase he hadn't eaten very much, and to keep up his metabolism he had to eat; therefore, he got out of bed and prepared an easy meal. Before he knew it, he was sitting down eating a couple bowls of oatmeal and several peices of fruit. He then stuck several pieces of fruit in his pockets, such as apples, oranges, and pears. He must have been hungrier than he thought. Soon enough, Yoshimaru went to dress as a shinobi ready to do something today. It only took a few minutes, and he was off. He opened the door to see a suple pink and purple sky that had in orange ting behind it in the horizon. In his hand, a piece of paper he had been given from their last training session; it was a map to where they were going to train that day.

Yoshimaru jumped down from he appartment that was in the high above the ground. In a few miliseconds, his feet touched the ground, and he went into a squating like position to cushin the fall so the pressure from the fall on his legs were not too great. He looked around in the steets seeing that not that many people were around at this time. Considering that it was dawn, it was very logical that the streets were not filled. From what he knew, he wasn't supposed to be at the training grounds yet today, but it would certainly be good from him to go to the training grounds now to comence his morning training. He had to stay in tip top shape, or else he might let his skills slip a little.

The Sun was rising as he walked through the streets, and Yoshimaru noticed that there was a consintraition of clouds in the sky above. 'Rain again... Jeezzz, everytime I seem to want to go training, or the team actually goes training, It rains...' Soon enough he was at the training grounds, and he looked for where the team practice at the last time. He remembered the ground with a sparce amount of vegitation and many large rocks around the area that was indicated by the map that he remembered and had in his hand.

Momentarily, he arrived at the place that he had sought; it was vertually the same as he remembered from the map. He could see his other team mate Mitsuhide and a stange girl whom he didn't know. He walked closer to his teammate and this girl, wondering what she was doing here. In addition, he noted the Mitsu and this girl had arrived at the training ground even before had a reached this place. He watched ever closely as he moved ever closer because he was curious why this person was here.

Yoshimaru could hear Mitsu ask who the girl was. 'So, he doesn't know who the girl is either?' He approached cautiously noticing the features of the girl. She was quite beautiful, and Yoshimaru compared her in his mind to his sensei, Lady Coal. Lady Coal, who is also quite beautiful, used her looks to keep many ninja off guard as he had noticed beforehand. Maybe this girl used her looks the same. Nevertheless, he was still curious of why she was here and what she wanted. Finally, he had come close enough to the girl, and he was roughly a few meters behind her to the right, allowing him some vision of the girl who was behind the rock, at least from where Yoshimaru was standing. "You do know that it is rude to ask someone their name before introducing yourself. I am Yoshimaru Ibiki, and how are you? Also, hello Mitsu, what brings you here so early? Are you trying to get in an early training regiment before the sensei arrives, or just for the brownie points?" He waited for a responce from the girl and Mitsuhide. Of course, Yoshimaru was only kidding about the brownie points because he had considered Mitsu and him comrads after becoming teammates.

In his mind, Yoshimaru considered that he might not be able to do his early training regiment before Lady Coal had arrived taking into account these unnecessary formalities and the rain that was most certainly going to happen. Hopefully, it wouldn't rain too hard or maybe not at all, and he wondered when his sensei would be there.

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Nasamea continued to sit with her peacefully tense gaze, her eyes appearing rather wall like as she gazed at the boy. 'Mitsuhide....' she thought, trying to tell her mind to remember the name and face as she studied him. Upon asking his question regarding her on his team she simply shrugged before her ears tuned into something walking up from behind. Due to her increased senses she caught the approaching force before he had a chance to surprise her. This caused her to just barely turn her head to peer over her should. As soon as she saw the boy walk up her amber hues zeroed in on him and watched him carefully; her usual glare flowing onto her face. This made her eyes appear almost as if they were burning. She hated it when people attempted to sneak up on her from behind or even walked up behind her. It was annoying. Keeping her arms crossed as she studied him she also kept her attention on Mitsuhide as well. She was always the cautious type.

"You do know that it is rude to ask someone their name before introducing yourself. I am Yoshimaru Ibiki, and how are you? Also, hello Mitsu, what brings you here so early? Are you trying to get in an early training regiment before the sensei arrives, or just for the brownie points?"

The second thing she hated, someone around her rank and maybe even below attempting to act high and mighty. Anyone that had met her so far, except Shihouin, knew she had what seemed like a dominance issue unless the person earned her respect. She mainly showed this around females due to her clan but peers were the next thing to be included; especially teammates.

"Besides the fact nobody asked you whether it was rude or not, I find it quite funny that a ninja would say that. Throwing your name around so casually...." she scoffed as she held her glare filled gaze on him, "it's the most foolish thing to ever do."

Her eyes left him to gaze at Mitsuhide again but her ears did not, their focus remaining on him as she listened for any signs of movement. She never would throw out her name so casually. It was just like throwing out money in her name. Anyone could steal it, anyone could use it, anyone could use it for anything. Although she had trust problems she still gave hers to them though. These two didn't seem like much of a threat to her though despite the fact she didn't know much about them. As she left her arms in a crossed position and continued to sit on the rock, Nasamea slightly relaxed against it and waited for their Jounin sensei to arrive. She then closed her eyes as she listened in more to her two teammates and the light rain that was falling around them. She loved the rain, it helped her relax and think.

"Nasamea Tsuyoshi", she then said a bit quietly; remaining in this relaxed position as she waited.

In the forest once it again, it seemed, Coal was watching over her newly altered team. The new team mate seemed to be a girl, which was nice as it would help break up the monotony of just watching 3 boys play in the dirt. She smirks just slightly as she crouches in a near by tree overlooking their meeting point. She hadn't arrived first, though she was dug in as though she'd been there for hours. The hiding spot she'd found was perfect, and it was unlikely she'd be spotted. The dense foliage of the pine tree gave her a good green wall to hide behind, while a small gap in the needles gave her a small window through which to peer. The three below her had only just gathered, and seemed to be hitting it off well enough.. for genin.

Coal had arrived under most unusual circumstances. While most would greet their team in person, the very idea of being caught out in the rain for another casual hello was just out of the question. From the warmth of a local dive, Coal had only sent out a clone to be her messenger. The clone had made rather excellent time through the forest, but had disembarked from her mount early to remain undetected. The clone had then traveled most of the way through the earth, which barely slowed her progress. She'd swum beneath the surface of the meeting spot for some time, sensing the footsteps of the others and getting a feel for their locations. After finding most of them she made her way for the periphery, and dashed up a tree.

As is to be expected for the elite higher ranking ninjas, Coal's ascent up the straight trunk of the pine tree caused not even the faintest of disturbance in either the air, not the tree she strode up. She did not disturb even a single needle as she settled into her hiding place, and set to watching. From her vantage point she could see and hear everything they said, and used the time to both learn, and to slack. Indeed, half of the clone's attention drifts back to the original, who was no doubt still enjoying a hot drink of sake in some dimly lit, smoke filled bar. Oh, to not be stuck out here in the rain. Even now the first few drops of water begin to pelt the tree tops.

It would take a few minutes for the water to be noticed beneath the trees, but the storm brewing above was only a result of the reprieve the last hour had given. All day had been swamped by these storms. It seemed like all week, or even all month, had been witness to one downpour after the next, all seeming to blend together into one massive, dreary rain storm. The first peels of thunder ring out as all too familiar for the residents of the land of Fire this month. Coal decides it best not to make her self known, so just hides and watches for now.

"Hello Mitsu, what brings you here so early? Are you trying to get in an early training regiment before the sensei arrives, or just for the brownie points?" Mitsu chuckled and smirked at the final part of Yoshimaru's statement.
"You know me Yoshi, I could really care less about scoring 'brownie points' from our sensei. I just felt like being the first one here, which apparently didn't work out."

Mitsu glanced over at Nasa as he said those last words. At that point the girl had stated her name.
"Nasamea Tsuyoshi"

That was what Mitsu heard. He remembered the face already, and he tied it to the name and made sure he wouldn't mix it up in the future with someone else. Her words before she spoke her name came off as rude to Mitsuhide, but he knew she was right. Throwing around names like that in their kind of work is not always the smartest thing to do. But since she gave them her name, she must not have seen them as much as a threat.

"Now, now, aren't we the paranoid one? Although I do however might understand a reason as to which giving out one's name that easily to others. It can in fact be a danger to people in our kind of...profession. But I am going to assume you are Grogu's replacement on our team. Either that or its simply a mere coincidence that you are here, which is doubtful. So, I feel I must say it is a pleasure meeting you and that I'm glad you will be working with us."

Mitsu was obviously lying. The offset feeling he had about her remained the same, and he still didn't like it. He thought he smelled a slight scent of blood in her general area, but it was very feignt, so he didn't have any real concern about it.

Mitsu reached into his pouch on the side of his belt and pulled out two apples. He offered them to Yoshi and Nasa, then leaned sat back down and continued peeling the rest of the apple, taking bites out of it as he did, waiting for their sensei to show up.

Nasamea remained sitting on the rock above them as she listened around her surroundings for anything. When Mitsu spoke her eyes opened to gaze at him, her expression rather calm. It made her seem more relaxed despite that fact that she was giving off a wall like facade as well. She kept herself unreadable, especially her eyes. They held little emotion, the current one being cautious around Mitsu and testy around Yoshimaru, but overall they were like barriers as well. At the moment she would be like this for a long time until she could learn to trust them. Even then she was always cautious. They only person whom even came close to majority, if not all, of her trust was her foster parents and Shihouin. She was occasionally skeptical about him as well but that never changed the fact she trusted him with her life and safety.

"Pleasure to meet you as well," she said casually, an odd deadness in her voice and tone. She sounded serious yet calm as well, probably something odd but it was just her being passive. She began to predict that already Mitsu would probably be the teammate he got along with the most. So, she didn't mind being a little more open towards him when it came to information. This didn't mean she would easily tell him anything about who she was though. Just minor details regarding the team and what not.

"I was told that I would be in a team with you two and that I was replacing someone as well but honestly, I have also been a fill in for Team 1 at one point and occasionally do missions with them so who knows if I will stay here or if I am another temporary here as well."

In all honesty she really did hope she was stuck here and not have to wait again for another team. She was sick of waiting on the Hokage to place her in one. She was sick of being moved around. And most of all, she was sick of having to worry about how she was going to get stronger and who would train her. She didn't have an official sensei nor was she an apprentice to anyone. Actually she never even met Team 1's sensei but that didn't matter. She wasn't there long enough anyway.

As Mitsu walked over and offered her an apple she raised a hand to decline and shook her head. She had a distaste for 98% of all human foods and she didn't need them to survive. All she would need is blood to drink, that was all. It fed her, kept her healthy, and most of all kept her moving. It was her life source. She had to admit though, despite the fact she also hated most human drinks she couldn't pass up water, coffee, rootbeer, and especially tea. She loved tea.

While this all occurred Nasa kept her guard as she waited for their sensei to arrive; her slight excitement secretly growing inside. Her anticipation was also growing as well. For once she may actually have a sensei and learn something. Then she could get stronger and catch up to Shihouin. Mostly though, then she could get closer and closer to her goals. Who wouldn't be excited about that?

Yoshimaru smirked widely at Mitsu because he didn't take the comment the wrong way. He let out a slight laugh as he smirked at him. Yoshimaru heard Mitsu's talk about Nasamea being paranoid and he had to agree; she was being quite paranoid. 'I do have to agree about it being dangerous, maybe if we were more high-ranked, but at this point in time, genin sharing names with genin isn't a malcious action, and it would not result in something of the same magnitude.' He causallywalked forward towards Mitsu because he was still a little curious about this recent development. For some reason as he walked closer to mitsu he could smell something like blood in the air. That iron tenge met a climax as he walked past Nasamea toward Mitsu. 'Blood seems to be around her, like an ambiance.' Finally he had reached Mitsu's side.

"So, you are our replacement for Grogu? I must say I will miss that strange person because I have always been a quite curious person. I didn't get to know much about him but his love for food and his taijutsu abilities. Now, a new person joins the team, and I welcome you as you take his place on what I would like to think as a family. Nasamea, I'm not going to tell you my life story, but I think you can surmise some information about me from what I have just said. I am quite long winded aren't I? Anyways, I went on this great rant and I almost forgot to ask you the most important question. How are you two?" Although it was rhetorical question, it was just meant to be a joke, and had no deep meaning to it. It was just meant to be an ice-breaker. He smiled at Nasamea with a gleem of hope in his eye that no one in this team would leave him, just as Grogu had.

Finally, he looked back over to Mitsu with his left hand at his side, and extending his right hand for Mitsu to shake it. He looked at the apple for a second and with his left hand he waved it off, and he patted his pockets to show that he had already had some food, which could be infered from the lumps in the place of his pockets. He left went back to his side. It was a more formal greeting for Mitsu instead of actually just coming into the area and joking around with him. Such formalities, like that and saying your name first before asking for one, thought Yoshimaru, would help keep a solid foundation in a starting friendship. He waited until Mitsu shook his hand, and he turned back to Nasamea.

The rain was hitting the trees causing a sound like that pitter patter of feet on a floor. It was a relaxing yet dreadful sound. Yet again, it was raining in Konoha, there were claps of thunder in the sky from the super heated air from lightning bolts and the much cooler air touching, which caused the sound. In the air above the area where they were at, the sky would light up every now and again, and the droplets of water fell.

He then said loudly, louder than anyone actually needed him to speak, "Where is our lazy sensei? She is probably drinking again. What a drunk." Yoshimaru look around in the trees, skimming them for signs that a person might be there, but the wind and rain were impeeding his vision because they were rustling around the leaves and needles in the trees around him. Also, he was loosely scanning because he was keeping a partial amount of attention on Nasamea and Mitsu, but didn't want to be rude, and every time they would speak, or a new event would occur, he would divert his attention there, though not all of it.

Coal remains neatly tucked away behind a large bunch of thick pine needles, watching from above as a massive roadrunner was approaching from the side. Alert as always, Coal's vantage point certainly allowed her to be the first to notice the thing. Rain or not she had been listening in on her students, while they in turn seemed to be quite talkative amongst each other. Even the new one seemed to be fitting in well enough, for a group of ninja. She remains silent and just watches, letting her plan unfold for now. Judging reactions was always fun, and who knew what could end up happening?

The crunching of small twigs under large feet would go mostly unnoticed thanks to the loud downpour, but even the falling rain couldn't obscure the full sight of the thing as it entered the small section of forest the group had gathered in. The surrounding landscape, though more namely the forest of death itself, was rife with oversized versions of typical animals, though a bird of this stature had yet to be seen. It strode easily on two legs, towering over the genin at a good nine feet tall. With the full length of its tail included, the beast was just over twenty feet long, and seemed to be hunting for something. Its feathers were a slate colored grey mottled with dark and light browns. The crest on its head made it obvious to coal what the bird was, but she was unsure if any of her students had studied zoology enough to recognize species. She shrugs to herself, as it really did not matter.

Enormous as it was, the bird approaching the students now was a friend of hers, so she knew her students were in good hands. Of course, the massive beast gave no such comforts to the students. As it spies the three children in the clearing it makes a great fuss and chirps its massive head off. It's beady black eyes flick over each of the three in turn, before displaying what can only be either excitement, or anger. The bird leans forward and opens its beak, and instead of a sing-song sound of pretty chimes and pleasant tones, the birds size has it resembling more the foghorn of some giant transport vessel. While perhaps not quite as low pitched, it was easily as loud and earsplitting in volume. After it yells it rears back up on its feet and spreads its wings.

With the single action the thing goes from huge to massive, its wingspan reaching almost 30 feet in length. As its wing flap quickly it causes a large disturbance in the falling rain, and whips it into a pelting mist of wind and rain. It continues to belt out more loud, low pitched chirping as it flaps its massive wings, then stops as suddenly as it began. It chirps once more then, perhaps a little surprisingly, just falls quiet and still. It begins to look from one genin to the next as though it was awaiting some sort of reaction. Above, Its all she could do to keep herself from laughing at the situation. Even she wasn't really sure what sort of charade the bird was on about, but it made little sense. She wouldn't be surprised if the students didn't kick the bird's butt; no doubt Grogu would have already begun his attack.

Uncomfortable and wet as the shadow clone was, she continues to watch and wait. Oh how she longed to be sipping something warm, but work always seemed to get in the way. She maintains her stillness, though drips with the rain. She'd be soaked to the bone even if she had brought an umbrella, but a bit of tolerance can go a long way. Without the rain they might have spied her, or heard her approach, but with the veil of both sound and sight, she knew she was safe from discovery. Without the rain they could have heard the summoned bird approach, but the rain dulled all the senses. Sadly, however, it was also all she could do to listen in on her students, and watch their actions from a distance. Lucky for Coal, she had decades of practice under her belt, and well trained senses to utilize.

As both Nasa and Yoshimaru declined his offer for an apple, he just tossed them behind him and into the forest. He knew they would either decay or some animal would find them. The rain was pouring and Mitsu's hair began to fall, he didn't like his hair in his face, it impaired his sight. He brushed aside his hair and heard Yoshimaru make the joke about their drunken sensei. He still hadn't known much of her personality all that much, so he wasn't going to be one to judge. He didn't think the joke to be humorous, but more annoying. He knew Yoshi was just trying to break the awkward silence, but it only made Mitsu like the silence better. Suddenly, Mitsu noticed something approach. Something big.

Something is coming...is that a bird? It...it is! That bird is huge! And its...lets see...a road runner? I think it is. I guess reading a few books on birds pulled off after all.

Suddenly the bird bellowed a loud tone, then spread its wings, its very large wings and created a large blast of wind. The wind nearly put Mitsu off balance but he held his place. The bird then suddenly stopped and began chirping.

Ok...what the hell was that!? Either way, it doesn't seem to be doing any true harm, but I'll keep my guard up and see what it does. I have a feeling Lady Coal has something to do with this.

Mitsu prepared his hands for finger bullets in case it decided to move any closer. He had no idea if they would harm the bird in any way, but it would at least serve as a distraction for him to pull something else off. In this case, he would shoot the bullets if it neared, then draw out a bond sword, mostly remaining in his arm, then focus lightning chakra through it. and act accordingly. But for now, Mitsu just stood his ground waiting for it to act.

After Yoshimaru began to speak, Nasamea soon found herself tuning him out while directing her attention to their surroundings. At first she was simply peering around searching for any details they may have missed regarding their sensei or whatever else. Maybe this wasn't the right spot after all no matter how much of a coincidence it was that all three met here. That, or their sensei managed to get lost. So far, she seemed to be late. But was she? Something began to feel odd and as Nasamea's paranoia began to kick in she felt almost as though they were being watched. Anyone could hide like she had. Take a pine tree and your scent is masked, especially in the rain. She thought maybe she would sensed their sensei when she first arrived though. Would someone really wait in a tree that long? She shook her head a bit from the thoughts as she began to scan the area again. While lost in her thoughts she found herself staring at the pine trees and even the bushes below. Once again, it was one of her zone out sessions.

It was then that her eyes had fallen to a bush just behind Mitsu. It almost seemed like she was staring at him but if he moved from one side to the other he would notice that she was actually gazing past him; her focus tuning into something else. Something felt bad, real bad. Something that was causing her animal-like instincts to kick in as she listened to the area around them, a heavy breath of air being emitted from her as it sounded like a huff. She could have sworn she heard something moving. A being that made more noise then for it to simply be the wind. How could one ignore the large cracking sounds from what sounded like large footsteps or the fact the trees behind her were moving. Just before she was ready to spring around and look her eyes then switched over to Mitsu. It was then she noticed his expression as it began to change. That was precisely what she needed to clarify that something was wrong. She could read loud and clear that something was behind her and that he was looking right at it. From the odd noises through the rain it must have been big too. As these sounds of movement grew closer she finally made moved from her rock as she used her feet to push herself off. Landing with grace a few feet to Mitsu's right she pivoted off her foot to where she would turn her body and see what was coming towards them; a giant bird. Correction, a giant roadrunner. What was a desert dwelling creature doing in the middle of a giant forest?

It was then the random road runner leaned its head towards them and emitted a loud bellow towards them as though it were unhappy. Its wings then spread out in the attempt to make it seem bigger then what it was, a normal technique used by animals to make them seem more threatening. Maybe it was unhappy that it was in a giant forest and NOT in a desert. Maybe it had chicks it was trying to protect. Personally, Nasamea didn't give a crap then. As it fussed she soon found herself feeling the strong need to protect not only herself but her teammates as well; mainly Mitsu since Yoshimaru talked to much. The main thing though was that she felt the need to stand her ground, to fight for the place she stood, and to protect it. Due to her lineage and bloodline, she was born not only as a monster but as a queen or the leader of her clan. This meant she had to know how to defend herself for if she stayed weak she may one day find another one of the three other queens that could try to murder her like they did her parents. Besides, natural animal instinct was saying to fight status or not.

After the bird performed its threatening action, her iris's began to turn red as her pupils narrowing to mimic a felines. She stared at the bird's beady black eyes as though trying to stare it down despite the fact it currently stood over her all the while baring her teeth. Chakra slightly surrounded them as her teeth started to grow a bit sharper, her pupils finally narrowed and eyes blazing crimson red as she emitted a slight snarl. Despite being small in this form she knew her true one was much stronger with a good capability of taking the bird out. She was studying every detail she could and watching it for the very slightest movements to prepare a possibly attack. Overall, she wasn't going to shift forms though. Her emotional block wouldn't allow that but this was something to explain at a later date. She obviously wasn't about to back down no matter how big the thing seemed. What did the others have in mind though and mainly, what did the bird want to do? Besides the fact that there was a roadrunner in the middle of a forest, as mentioned before, she was also finding it rather strange that their sensei was still nowhere to be seen. Coincidence maybe but she had some doubts.

As the rain pounded the ground and the trees around causing sounds of all kinds, Yoshimaru heard the noise the bird made. It was in the bushes, and it was some type of bird. He watched as the bird got bigger and bigger with the expansion of the wings trying to intempidate the team. He eyed it without hesitating from his spot. It was odd that this large animal was here because this was the training grounds. The only gaint animals that Yoshimaru remembered hearing about around this area was in the forest of death, but this was not the forest of death and certainly this was the training grounds. And yet, his sensei wasn't there yet: this even was most likely related to the dealing of their devious sensei who was most likely testing them, or, perhaps, he was just being a little bit too quick to judge about things.

Yoshimaru watched the new girl in his pariphrial vision that was supposed to replace Grogu on the team get a little strange. Actually, this change was more than a little strange. Although he really couldn't see her transform in front of his eyes, due to the fact that she was facing the large beast like bird with powerful legs, but she was acting strange. She was acting like a terrorial animal that was just theatened by an interloping animal. Mitsu on the other hand was being like his normal self: he was trying to be calm and collected, trying to get prepared for the next move of the gaint bird. Obviously he was going to prepare some type of move with his bone pulse kekkei genkai, which Yoshimaru recognized, although his experience with his team mate had not been very much at this point in time.

With Yoshimaru's left hand by his side, he didn't move, or he might spook the beast into attacking by accident. He had his hand by his side before hand, which was very near his ninja pouch. Although the girl did also smeel like iron, there was a secondary smell of iron in the air, even stronger than the smell that came from the girl. The smell grew and grew, and the point of origin was Yoshimaru. Anyone in the immediate area could smell this blood that was around him even with the smell of rain all around them. Yoshimaru's eyes were crimson shining at the bird staring it down in its eyes. Although people say to look a person's hips because they never lie about the direction the person was going, but this was a totally different thing that he was dealing with. It was an animal, not a human, also it most likely wouldn't have a doujutsu like the sharingan. The eyes would tell Yoshimaru what the animal would do next. Not only would this tell him where the animal would go, but it would also cause a wild animal to either attack or run away, though Yoshimaru had his doubts that this animal was a wild animal.

Yoshimaru stared the bird down with a fire in his eyes. A smoldering flame of great passion was in his eyes telling the bird to go away. He didn't flinch, smile, or speak; he only stood there with his left hand at his side. His expression was straight, neither smile nor a frown. One would say that he had a poker face. Would this animal fight, or stand down and run away? What did his new teammate have in store for this bird, and what is up with this girl anyways? There was only was thing that he actually did know, if the bird were to attack, Yoshimaru would try his damnedist to protect his teammates, even Nasamea, though he was quite rude to him, it didn't matter. He would have a quick memory and forgive and forget like many people in this world thought.

The massive bird tilts its head to the side, judging the three with emotionless black eyes, and a rather cold gaze. Its sharp beak opens once and closes with a sharp clack, then perhaps most surprisingly of all; the thing talks. "Well, I say. I've never met such a pack of stiffs in all my days, just standing there staring, mouth agape, without even so much as a howdy doo." it begins, it's voice quite foreign. It sounded very human, and clearly male, but that unrecognizable accent could only be described as British, for those who knew of such a word. The large roadrunner stands up straight, ignoring the rain as it reaches out with a wing, and scratches beneath its chin for a moment. "Here I show up and perform the ritual dance of greeting, and all you three lack wits just stand there and stare. Quite rude, I must say. Indeed, quite rude."

"I say, while I have had my share of run ins with hooligans and ruffians in the past, you three boring ilk leave me craving more stimulation than silence. Can you not at all, or is it simply my own splendor that has left your tongues so thoroughly tied? Speak up then, say hello." he says, with no patience for youth. Indeed, he talked like someone's over active grandfather, or perhaps a nanny or coach. He continues to eye the young students, while in the tree tops Coal can not help but laugh a little. She'd received much the same treatment from the prim and proper bird, and thought it much nicer to be on this side of it all for once.

She doesn't move to reveal herself just yet; she only shifts some to keep herself comfortable. The soft rustling of the bark beneath her feet and hands might give her away to those who stand well beneath her, but she hoped the rain would continue to conceal her. Still, she was getting slightly careless. Comfortable or not Coal was typically able to maintain any position in silence before moving and betraying her location. Still, the three below her were just unskilled genin, not highly trained jounin such as herself. After the slight shifting in position Coal falls still once more, and just resumes watching the scene below her.

Kusamaru, who'd yet to give up his name, was up to his favorite past time: Talking his head off. Once started, it seemed as though the bird just loved to hear himself talk. Though he insisted that the three genin issue a formal greeting for the sake of good manners, the fowl never really gave them the chance. Only a breath after finishing the sentence, the bird had interrupted their efforts and continued on his own tirade. "Hello indeed, as if just a simple greeting would ever forgive such blatant disregard for proper manners and protocol. A half hearted salutation does nothing to atone for the previous lack of etiquette, nor the grand social faux-pas you three so proudly flopped upon the scene from the beginning."

"Why in my day we had respect for the glorious elders from days long past. When big poppa bird came cantering in after a grand safari all the chicks would flock through the scrubs with banners waving, and an endless shower of celebratory paper and debris. We'd all gather for a grand feast and festivities in honor of the grandness that is the eldest of the flock and listen well to every detail of their previous epic adventures of battling the elements and monsters out in the vast wilds of the world we all live in." the bird unfortunately continues. Indeed, it did not seem as though he was about to stop. The bird barely paused to breath between sentences and seemed rather intent on hogging the entirety of the conversation all for himself. Even now the bird wasn't finished talking. If something wasn't done he would just continue ad-nausium, until the genin were old enough to graduate, or someone put an end to it.

Suddenly, the giant road runner began talking. Yes, talking. Mitsu almost couldn't believe it himself. Then he realized that this made sence. The bird was a summoned one. He knew that summoned animals can tend to be large, and all have the ability to speak and understand human languages. Mitsu immediately became fond of the bird's accent, and had a feeling it would not stop talking until they were chunin, if given the chance. Mitsu wasn't going to let that happen, and decided to stop it all now, but giving it the proper greeting it had previously requested for.

"Umm, excuse me sir. Pardon my interruption, but i would like to introduce myself if you please. I am Mitsuhide Katsudo, and it is a pleasure meeting you. I assume that you were summoned here by our sensei Lady Coal, who is most likely in the area around here somewhere.
If you please, I ask that you may introduce yourself, but not until after my fellow genin members have done so themselves, as that would be rude and disrespectful, especially since you asked us to introduce ourselves first."

The rain was getting annoying to Mitsu, but he was happy that the ground here had more vegetation than the last place they had met. Mitsu then finally took the time to look over at his teammates. Nasa's eyes were like a cat's and her teeth were sharpened. Mitsu was startled by this, but yet not, as this proved his offset feeling about her from the beginning. He looked over at Yoshimaru and smelled iron near him. Mitsu settled his chakra and stopped working on his bone sword and let is arm's bone structure return to normal. He then returned to peeling his apple, taking a bite as he awaited for Nasa and Yoshi to introduce themselves, then being followed by the road runner.

The strong scent of a familiar iron began to partially cloud her thoughts. At first the overbearing smell was hard to pinpoint due to it being all around her but soon she was able to spot that it was coming from her teammate. Although she had recently fed and was under control now, that didn't mean she would have the urge later down the road. Especially if she continued to have a disliking for the fellow. She felt she would stop herself since he was a teammate but sometimes her hunger, when she hadn't fed for a very long time, could get the best of her. Her red hues moved away from the bird as they flit over to Yoshimaru. For a moment she eyed him like he was something to eat before her attention returned to the bird. By then her persistent snarls were beginning to fade as she watched the bird, waiting for its attack. However, it appeared she wasn't about to get one.

As soon as the bird began to talk she had already started to lose some respect. By the time it began to rattle on and on, calling them rude and multiple other things, it was gone all together. Being an animal it should have known that that was a sign of saying 'this is my territory, get out' or at least a mark of utter distress. Nasamea knew there was no way in hell that was a way of saying hello. Roadrunner that belonged in some desert or not, that was definatly not a greeting. Now Nasamea was pissed; the glare on her face on appearing more threatening due to her eyes still remaining red. Her pupils and teeth returned to normal as well as her stance, but her eyes were still solid crimson due to her anger.

"A greeting? You call that a greeting" her last sentence came off as a bit of threatening snarl. Her anger had raised but now she began to sink into a very calm state, her posture relaxing and eyes changing back to amber.

"If you were to go to any other creature in the woods they would have attacked you over feeling that their territory or lives were threatened. Here you are doing you're little show and yet you call us rude? How about a hello instead or 'hi how are you this fine day' but no you chose the threatening approach.That right there is what I find to be rude."

It was obvious that the roadrunner wasn't getting any "hello! Happy day!" from her nor her name. She refused to say it now. Her glare still held but she appeared normal again, a sigh escaping her for a moment. At the moment this wasn't her facade but true emotion. It was infuriating that the damn bird was wasting time as well. Nasamea didn't entirely feel like being in a true hurry, but it was rather ridiculous that it was rattling on about stuff nobody truly cared about.

With her attention soon falling away from the roadrunner she began to search the trees and brush all around. Her nose twitched a little, a sign of her smelling the air. The rain would have made all scents masked, it was what she had used to her advantage earlier. Releasing a sigh she glanced over at Mitsu and Yoshimaru before muttering to them, "just keep the bird busy..."

After that she turned to her right and took off in run. She soon leaped into the pine trees all around before beginning to search. Her theory was that if the roadrunner was around, their sensei had to be. If not then she would probably wait until she did show herself. Going from tree to tree, Nasamea would search for the slightest details until she found her, her sensei showed herself, or whatever else.

The animalistic way that Nasamea had looked at Yoshimaru with was quite disturbing, although it isn't really scare him. It was just another curious observation that he had made from that key look. As soon as, or soon after, she had looked at him with that look in her face, she seemed to hunger for blood. He still didn't move from his position even when she looked at him, but still he was a little prepared if she might look control. He was still looking at the said bird that came out of the forest in front of them,

'So the bird can speak, meaning the thing must be a summon or something of the sorts. I wonder where our sensei is? She must been somewhere around here if the summon is here' Yoshimaru look at the talkitive bird as it kept talking. That thing was much more long winded than Yoshimaru could ever imagine himself, and he chuckled a little at this fact making a little joke in his mind, but this rain was making his patients ware very thin because he was starting to get a little annoyed. It was raining so much and it was pouring on his head, but this damned bird keeps jabbering on.

Yoshimaru payed attention to both of the responces of Mitsu and Nasamea, but for once he wasn't going to go on a long winded speak at the bird about how annoyed and peeved he was; instead he decided, since it seemed like Nasamea didn't like his speeches that she would perfer silence from him. Soon a wide smile was cracked on his mouth as Nasamea took off into the forest: he knew that she knew something was up, and obviously since she did have great animal instincts from what he surmised, it was better her than him. She was going off to get their sensei, Lady Coal. Hopefully, she could drag her ass back to the training grounds by some sort of means. The thought of this was making him chuckle just a little more.

Still keeping his hand at his side, he starred into the eyes of the roadrunner. He wanted to know what this thing was going to go when it reacted to Nasamea's leaving. Yoshimaru was going to keep her safe if that bird was going to attack her from behind. The smell of iron was still in the area, but it wasn't increasing anymore. It stayed a constant in conjunction with the wind and rain masking it to a certain extent. He still did need to keep in mind that he might have to be careful with her about blood. Still he smiled at it, glaring into his eyes as if looking into its soul. Perhaps, he was being too serious about this, but with any foriegn thing, one must be cautious especially if the foriegn antity had at first pronunced itself like it had. Mitsu would get the hint that he should probably keep talking, but also be prepared, considering that he wasn't. Someone had to keep up with the dayly speaking quota for Yoshimaru.

“Threatening assault indeed, the Mahibutru ritual greeting dance far out ages the likes of this little forest. I dare say, dear boy, that with a friend like this you won't be needing to make many enemies. The sheer nerve... to flaunt a perfectly executed salutation then just walk off in a huff as though I had threatened her." the bird continues, paying only mild attention to Nasamea as she wanders off towards the tree. It was all in good fun, so he'd let her do whatever she wished. His attention remained on Mitsu, though the occasional glance was cast in Yoshi's direction as well. "Eh, I suppose the one with all the spirit is the loud one, while he's the quiet one eh? I say, dear boy, buck up. It's not as though I'm going to bite you. No no, lad, humans taste awful. Unpalatable, I must say, and no sport at all to hunt."

"As two of you surmised, I am here on the behalf of the resplendent Lady Coal, who remains in Konoha in all of its roofs and splendor. You see, she sends her concerns over this dreadful downpour. She suspects there is something sinister at work with this seemingly unceasing rain, so the brave lass has taken it fully upon herself to get to the bottom of it all you see. Oh yes, even now she toils away in the warm confines of some peaceful tavern, contemplating the source of so much curious sprikling. But fear not, good fellows, because her search will not be in vain. No no, I should say certainly not! We can all trust that in her wisdom the fair Lady will seek out, discover, and resolve whatever effect be pulling the strings behind this torrential.. nae, this fluid onslaught of perilous precipitation."

At long last a small pause forms in the bird’s audible abuse of the freedom to speak. Indeed, it wasn't likely to stop, and in no time would be rambling on about both the weather, and Lady Coal's more admirable traits. The clone can only smirk, as even Coal herself has a hard time taking the rather long winded bird seriously. She had figured the bird was the amusing sort of insane, so she was alright with his attitude. Lounging in her tree she simply watches the three below. They did seem to be taking it well enough, though the new one seemed to be up to no good. Coal was in one of the closest trees to the clearing, and she stuck out like a sore thumb when not fully concealed. Once Nasamea climbed up only a few branches the bright flame reds and oranges of her robes stand out in stark contrast to the greens and browns around her.

She didn't do much to keep herself hidden. Not getting involved would be no fun, after all, and why not let the new girl find her? She did take the initiative to go looking, after all. She was spotted easily enough just sitting casually on a higher branch in a tree just beside the one Nasa had chosen. Her feet dangled below her, bare as ever and dripping with rain like the rest of her. She doesn't say anything, or move, or even seem to surprised or upset. If anything, Coal simple seems amused. She just grins rather easily, and waves with her left hand. From a distance it's easy enough to make out the few tattoos that are visible on her body, though otherwise she seems like little more than a rather attractive woman. Coal carries no weapons, no pouches, no visible equipment at all. All she seems to have is her robes.

While Coal's clone awaits Nasa's next move, the bird turns back towards Mitsu. With only a half second pause to catch his breath, Kusamaru continues on with his relentless verbal distraction. "Indeed, given any problem the fair lady could solve any of this world’s problems. This endless downpour will break and the sun will shine, you mark my words lad. I've bore witness with my own eyes to the numerous miracles that woman is capable of, and parting rain clouds would be the last thing to surprise me. I say, if she tried hard enough she could charm the sun itself and draw it out just so it could get a better look at her."

Dear god this bird isn't going to shut up is he? And the 'she is looking into the rain'? I bet that just means she is too lazy to go out into the rain and is sitting on her ass getting drunk. A fine ass at that, but still. Unless I see some action, I'm just going to leave.

The downpour was aggravating Mitsu. Anger was the only real emotion he showed out of any other, and is face was expressing agitation. He was getting really sick of all this rain. And was angered by this bird's lame excuse as to why their sensei wasn't there. He knew why there was so much rain. It was because a hurricane ran amok all over the Land of Fire, that's why.

"I'm sorry my good sir, but if we are not going to be doing anything other than talk, then I am simply going to leave. I do not mean to be rude, but I did not plan on coming here just to get wet and chat. I came because I was hoping I would get some training. Now, I'll stay for only a few more moments, then I will take leave to train on my own. Yoshimaru, feel free to join me unless this meeting gets some action."

Mitsu then bowed to the road runner and walked over to beneath a tree and sat down next to the trunk. He was still rained on, but it wasn't nearly as much as before when out in the rain itself. The noise of the rain seemed to be muffled a little while under the tree. Mitsu tried to put his hair to where is was before it rained, but it didn't work. He remembered that Nasa had taken off in a nearby tree. Probably to look for their sensei. Mitsu thought Nasa would either find a clone, or just waste her time and never find anything. He didn't care either way, as he would be leaving soon if things didn't pick up.

The moment she took the trees was the time she caught sight of a woman whom happened to fit the description of their sensei. Nasamea had climbed the tree a few branches at a time before sitting in a crouch. Her amber hues gazed around before noticing the odd orange color mixed with the green that surrounded almost all of the area. The woman's form stuck out like a sore thumb, especially when she motioned her hand. This little action was enough to catch Nasamea's wary eyes instantaneously.

As her amber hues locked onto the woman she let out a deep quick breath while a bit of a glare returned to her face. The woman had to be her and if not necessarily her, then a clone at least. Rain would affect a simple E rank but not a kage bushin. Due to her last run in with another woman, Chunin she believed, and getting attacked by an explosive clone Nasamea approached with caution. Of course, if she were struck or if attacked by fire or an explosion she would regenerate. Since she had recently fed, this process would work at its normal fast rate. However, her team may find her even more odd then what they may think already and so she didn't want to chance anything.

Nasamea stopped in a branch a few meters away and above the woman. At least she would have the advantage by coming from above, even though it would be a Jounin she would be up against. She had the speed and strength of at least a low B rank ninja at least but this woman was most likely A rank or possibly higher. Continuing to keep her guard, she crouched on the branch as her narrowed eyes gazed at the woman. She actually didn't know what to say to her, feeling a sense of respect already. It was very odd of her, but she attempted to pull through.

"You meet the description perfectly.... Lady Coal... so why is it you're up here sitting in this tree and using your pet rather than being down there...", she asked, her voice filled with a bit of anger blended with a casual side to it. Her partial irritation did become more apparent though as her tone then took on a more bitter and yet challenging approach, "that is, of course, if you're truly Lady Coal...."

She believed the quote 'expect the unexpected' and although she did not know whether or not it was a clone. Nasamea was merely the type of person to challenge any other female, especially if that female happened to be their sensei. In her mind, she could have been the real Coal or even a male impostor whom looked like her but Nasa was just.... Nasa.

Yet again Yoshimaru was there staring at the big bird as he liked to think of it. The thing was never going to stop talking, at least it seemed that way to him, and Yoshimaru noticed that it had seemed that way to his teammate, Mitsu. He didn't want to take this seemingly unstoppable blibber blabber of this idiotic thing, and its foreign accent that could only be described by the word "English" even though he himself didn't actually know what that term would have meant in this situation. Yet, he seemed to be a little unproturbed in his actions of just staring at the bird and not speaking at all.

This rain was going beyond annoying, but no signs of anger or peevishness was shown on his face at all. He just let that anger fester and boil inside of him: he was going to blow up like a volcano if he didn't do anything to release his anger soon. The winds even started to pick up a little making the pouring rain hit the skin with an even harder force. The rains large drops plus the now picked-up wind felt like someone hitting him with small rocks or something of the sorts. As the droplets hit his skin, they exploded becoming like small bombs on his flesh; he was going to blow up soon, but when and in what way was even a mystery to him at this moment in time.

Finally, he was over it. "Shut the hell up you damned dumbass bird with a funny accent. My sensei is late, and she sends her summoning with a weird ass accent. Furthermore, you still don't cease talking. It is like an itch to me to shut you up. With this messy combination of things, you continue to make things worse. I am normally not like this, actually far from like this. Lady Coal probably sent you to test our petients, to wear them to the point where we couldn't stand it any more, and I am flirting with that line. Only now I have figured this fact out after getting rid of my festering furiocity that was building up with me. Now, what business has Lady Coal sent you here on? Considering we are her team, it would be quite rude to withhold such facts. Also, do not speak so liberally; it is quite unbecoming." He finally let it all flow out of him. His rage was gone, it was cooled by the very thing that had heated it up, the rain.

Finally he settled down, the faint iron smell in the air was gone soon after he was done speaking, and he relaxed his hand at his side. He didn't take his eyes off the bird though. He moved towards where Mitsu had gone. He was being smart by going underniethe a tree because eventhough you shouldn't sit under trees in stroms, this wasn't a thunder storm. Out of the corner of his eye he kept an eye on the bird brain near him. Soon, he reached where Mitsu was, and although rain was still reaching him, it wasn't nearly as bad. Probably 95% of the rain was stopped by the cover of the trees.

Yoshimaru didn't sit down though. The ground underniethe them was a big old muky mess. It reminded him of the day when they fought Lady Coal. He really didn't wish to get that dirty at all. Soon he got out a few oranges from his pocket and a kunai from his ninja pouch. He cut the orange into 8 equal slices of equal volume and surface area. He started to eat the orange, but before he got too into eating he looked over at the bird. "You may talk a lot, but I should at least offer you something. I have oranges and apples. If you want one, I will throw you one." He then looked over at Mitsu for a second, even though he have an apple previously. It was nice to see if he wanted some too. He then looked back at the bird, and he waited for a second to see what that bird's responce was going to be.

"Well I never! Such disrespect and disregard for civility and manners. Fruit indeed." The bird huffs, then turns his back on the group. Though he doesn't turn back towards the three, it doesn't shut him up. The bird continues on endlessly, constantly jabbering on about the clear lack of respect the genin have for their elders. If you could believe the bird himself you'd have to think he was a grand hero. Indeed, he proceeds to ramble on and on and on about varied places he's been, and things he has seen, and eaten. On and on the bird drones, unless stopped. By now, however, there was little doubt that most people were just ignoring the bird.

In the tree, the clone continues to grin at Nasamea, now paying less attention to the ground below. The genin had found her easily enough, and Coal seemed quite pleased with the fact. In spite of being caught in the tree Coal remains passive and leisurely, as if this was more a daytrip through the park than a meeting of warriors. She shrugs her shoulders just slightly, and replies in a calm, and clearly quite cheerful voice. "Well that all depends on your whole outlook on things. I can be in several places at once.. but I'm here talking, right?"

Her voice seems as slow as she is, though it is, if anything, quite pleasing to sit and listen too. She continues off after wiggling around just slightly to get more comfortable. She no longer needed to remain hidden. "You must be the newest addition to the team. It is nice to meet you, I am Coal. Welcome to Squad Three, I hope it's been treating you well so far?" she asks, curious if she'd been fitting in so far. "As you might know I served for a very long time in Konoha's Hospital, but have since moved on to the library. I hope I'm able to use my knowledge and wisdom to help teach you and your friends everything you want to know."

Coal falls quiet, but continues to smile. Unlike her birdy friend she didn't want to dominate the conversation. Her eyes trail to the side for a moment and glance down at her summons, as well as her other two students. She'd be curious if they hadn't spotted her by now. Since they likely had, Coal smiles brighter and waves to the two boys on the ground as well. Though she was soaked to the bone, the rain didn't seem to be dampering her mood at all.

Mitsu just sat there listening to the bird ramble on and on about respect for elders. Mitsu has the upmost respect for nearly all his elders, so this struck a bit of a nerve with him. But he did not want his friend Yoshimaru to know this, so he simply spoke calmly with his head down and eyes closed.

"Dear sir, it is not that I do not respect my elders, far from it. It is just that I am growing tired of the constant rain fall and it is 'dampening' my mood if you will. I have also been unable to train at all with my team, and I would like it to be started and for our team to actually do something. We have not even been on a single mission. So, I was a bit excited when I recieved notice of another meeting. But now that I've found out I've only to come here to be spoken to by a bird, I am quite agitated. And I am sure my friend Yoshimaru here is feeling similarly, so please forgive the both of us."

Mitsu then leaned his had back on the trunk of the tree and saw his sensei waving down at him and Yoshi. He had no idea why, but he just started a small quiet laugh, and it slowly growing into a louder and louder laugh until he was laughing hysterically. He was holding his sides while he was laughing. He then suddenly stopped and stood up and changed to a crouching position. He then backed away from the tree slightly and ran forward, straight for it. He ran all the way up the tree to where Lady Coal was sitting and landed on a secure nearby branch and smiled at his sensei. He had no idea what came over him, maybe he went slightly insane for a moment, he didn't know. But he was excited that his sensei was here, or at least a clone, since the bird told him she was sitting on her ass inside somewhere. But even a clone meant they were going to be at least tested, or hopefully to him, training.

Nasamea continued to hold her crouch although she shifted a bit to get more comfortable. Her eyes remained on Coal as she continued to listen to her and their surroundings. She seemed so calm and honestly, despite Nasamea's outer coating, she found her true side beginning to come out as she fell under the calm spell. She was still on edge, waiting for anything to happen but at the same time she grew a sense of relaxation amongst the previous chaos from the bird and the fact it was raining. Honestly, Nasamea didn't mind the rain all the much. She enjoyed listening to it before going to sleep at night an of course it helped her hunt and keep the scent of blood and her own hidden. She was a careful hunter so she managed to stay undercover during her time in Konoha but she felt some easement when hunting in the rain.

Getting back to subject, Nasamea sat in silence while gazing at Coal. Her eyes and expression were mostly unreadable except for the minor hint of curiosity. This was the first time Nasamea actually sat and listened to another woman, besides her mother, and actually was the first time she appeared calm before anyone but Shi and her foster parents. Normally the first time someone met her, she would give off an angry expression and spit venom at the person. However this time, her tone was soft.

"Actually yes... I am from what I was told...at least unless I am a temporary again," she said before letting out a sigh. She then continued to speak, ignoring Mitsu's odd laughing in the background, "my first team never showed and then i was a temporary member in Team 1 but otherwise... this may be the first time the sensei and the other teammates came."

For anyone that knew Nasa they would probably be surprised considering it was very unlike her to give anyone even her name. Yet here she was giving more information then she did to anyone in a week, minus Shi and her parents. She almost began to hate the fact she was. This inner stress was starting to slowly build her anger back yet she remained calm. That is, until her other teammate showed up. In an instant, nice and calm Nasamea changed into the usual half glaring girl who seemed to be temperamental. It was her natural defense to keep people out so they didn't even think about getting to close.

"Well anyway, is it possible we could get started on doing something. Maybe do some traveling..." she said, glaring a bit at Mitsu before turning her attention to Coal. She gazed right into Coal's eyes as if searching deep inside her, "if you get what I mean." She sounded a bit angry as always. What would Coal think of her behavior? She kind of didn't care either way for at the moment, she was just interested in who was leading her and wished to know more about her other teammates.

Yoshimaru put the two remaining oranges back into his right pocket, and he brought out an apple from his left. At first he held the apple out in the rain ignoring the useless banter of the idiotic bird. He was washing it for the bird, allowing any unwanted or potentially harmful material off of the skin of the apple because he had remembered that he had yet to wash these apples. Finally, he brought it back to himself, and he rubbed it with the cloth of his his clothes that was a part of his shirt that he was wearing. Once the water was rubbed off he tossed the apple towards the head of the still ranting road runner.

While Yoshimaru was doing this he almost missed his sensei in the tree. From where he was standing he could see her vaguely with another figure by her, which he figured was probably Nasamea, but she didn't seem to have the same tone about her body from what he saw before. From such a far distance away, though, he couldn't really make out much, and really the only think he noticed was her body language. It was obvious that Mitsu could see them, too. Soon after he had tossed the apple at the monstrous bird, Mitsu jumped away into the trees toward the two figures that were in the trees before having a wierd laughing fit, which Yoshimaru had noted in his mind for future circumstances like this. Yoshimaru would follow after him soon, but he had some previous engagements with the bird, so he had to break the conversation, rather a soliloquy due to the soloness of the overwhelming speaking habits of the bird. Finally, Yoshimaru looked at it and stated, "I must be off with the rest of my team. I do not wish to be rude, but I believe my sensei is in those trees right there." He points to the spot where is two teammates and sensei currently were.

Yoshimaru made one hand sign gathering chakra into his feet. He then jumped from the ground to a tree near him in a way where his feet would land on the tree first, and his feet hit the tree and stuck for a second. Although he almost slipped off of the tree because it was raining so much outside, he managed to add more chakra into his feet causing little cracking sounds of the tree bark underniethe him, but he managed to finally balance his chakra without falling. Soon enough, he was running up the tree at full speed upwards. He then reached his other team mates and sensei.

The clothes that Yoshimaru wore were soaked from the rain. They had been ravaged from the rain just like his hair. At this point in time, Yoshimaru's hair was weighted down by the shear amount of water that it contained, though, for the first time in the long time this really didn't bother him. The rain was training him not to be peeved at it, and now he was not annoyed at all. That infuriating bird had taken his hate onto itself by speaking so liberally and rapidly. Eventhough that bird was so annoying, it had helped him in a way. He stood smiling before his team mates, though, it wasn't a crazy smile, it was more of a calm smile filled with in undertone of blissful happiness at that moment.

Yoshimaru was noticed how rain soaked the other were, including their sensei, whom he didn't really believe was actually their sensei in person. He believed that Lady Coal was a little bit too smart to be out here in the rain yet again like last time. She would know the chaos that would insue if she was here with that bloody bird of hers. It would be like the Greek Godess Eris releasing her one of a kind type of judgement onto mankind, only to have it hit back at her face. Although, Yoshimaru had no idea of this mythology, but he had a feeling of what it would be like. "Lady Coal-sama, what do you have planned for our team? I do remember hearing something about missions being abundant around the village. It could mean traveling like what Nasamea wanted," announced Yoshimaru. He had previously heard what Nasamea had said from a little bit away before he had arrived. The though of traveling actually sounded great to Yoshimaru because he hadn't been out of Konohagakure no Sato in a long amount of time, and he was ready to go out and see the world. He still retained his calm smile as he remained there waiting for a responce.