"Finally my little ninjas are to gradute today" Ms. Umaki stated sniffling a bit as she looked at her old Academy students with tearful eyes. "Is seemed like just yesterday you were learning how to control your chakura" she added sniffling some more. The students chuckled or laughed nervusly at their teacher's behavior, she was the most brutal teacher in the Academy and seeing her cry was really creepy. Ms. Umaki sniffled a bit more, wiped her eyes from under her glasses before clearing her throat to finally be serious. "Okay...enough with the emotional part...I'll be assigning you all to teams now and you'll meet your teacher tomorrow...here goes: Team 1...Team 2...Team 3..." Ms. Umaki called down the list the name of the teams slowly, but still sniffling a bit.

Tough teacher my butt... Sayori thought, her magenta-purple eyes stared out the window boredly, not caring of what was happening in class that day. She had decided the day before she'd skip but remembered she had to get her head band, the sign of her graduting the Academy; her attitude was much more coldre then usual and as always was a ghost to everyone in her class. Her long black-brown hair fell down at bother her sides in to twin pony tails, her pale skin seemed to shimmer with the sunlight coming from the window next to her on the last row in the back. Sayori stood at 5' 3'' shorter then most of the girls in class but a lot tough; she always thought of herself tougher then most girls in her age range or even older then some of the others. Sighing softly, her eyes narrowed as they kept watching the cherry blossoms fall down the sakura trees outside ...beautiful... she thought calmly in her head, actually admiring the beauty of spring.

"Team 7, Kania Anizami, Hiroshi Nakamura and Hitachia Blossomiku Uchiha...Team 8, Sayori Kurono, Shin Ayanami and Tatsuya Miyamata..." Ms. Umaki announced casully, pushing her glasses in place in the bridge of her nose.

Sayori looked up from her day dreaming when she heard her name been called, she directed her eyes to her teacher before wondering who the hell was Shin Ayanami and Tatsuya Miyamata.



When class was over, Ms. Umaki stated that it'd be best to meet their team mates before leaving the classroom because they would soon be together for a few years. Sayori stood up from her desk, not knowing who her teams were and somehow didn't care either, she just wanted to go home and get things ready for tomorrow. She walked down the side stairway to reach the front of the class which was somewhat crowded with her "classmates". Sayori felt very wierded out for she hated crowds so she tried her hardest to pass all of them out the door, she took a deep breath out side, going to the open large window taking in the fresh air. Of course my team mates won't know who I am...no one does...

Hitachia looked up at the sound of her name. She was sniffing the air, she had smelled something......something in someones blood. She looked at the source: Sayori Kurono. Sayori-chan was always a loner, no one wanted to be around her. 'I guess the could sense that One-Tailed bat in her....it's not that hard, even for a human.' But even so, she got up and walked up to Sayori. "Your the source of what I'm smelling, huh?" Hitachia asked her. Her light brown hair glimmered in the sunlight that shone in through the window. Hitachia got into a better position away from the light, her Bijuu hated the light. It instead wished for this girl's blood to be shed.

The academy student's have gathered in Ms. Umaki most of them, thanks mostly to his constant skipping, Tatsuya had never seen. with all of these new faces Tatsuya was having a silent freak out & all he wanted to do was get out of here but, he can't since he still need to get his head band he was not going through this again, so the most he could do right now is hide under his hood. After awhile of the teacher reminiscing, she started to hand out the head bands as she assigned the teams. As Ms. Umaki calls his name Tatsuya's freak out turns into a full blown panic attack and he loses control of his Kekkai genkai as noxious purple gas start's to come out of his pours he runs out an screams "I've gotta go" as he rushes to an emergency exit then sit's under a tree and take's of his jacket to air out of poison gas and clam down.

"Shin-chan please go out with me!" Shin took a step back as he looked up at the guy who had just asked Shin out. A gentle smile formed on Shin's lips as he stared up at the guy who was half a foot taller then him. Shin's feminine appearance and soft voice was always getting him in these kinds of situations. Shin was dressed in a lovely red kimono and would rarely wore guy clothing. Shin's soft voice began to form words as he continued to look up at the man. "I would but..." Shin was interrupted before he could finish and couldn't finish the rest of him sentence. "I understand someone as beautiful as you couldn't possibly go out with someone like me." Shin looked at him kinda funny. "No you don't understand at.. Wait you think I'm beautiful." It was Shin's Achilles Heel when ever someone called him beautiful. No no Shin get yourself together he thinks your a girl he told himself. "I'm sorry but I'm a boy." It looked as if the guys entire world had just crashed and he stood there petrified. "A boy?" Shin looked up at him happily. "Yep a boy. I'm one hundred percent man." The guy walked away like he had lost a fight.

"Thats the second time today, but they both said I was beautiful so I'll let it slide hehe. Shin headed to class in a particulary good mood today. It was the last day of class and they would be graduating. He was so exited that he had left early just so he could be the first to arrive. Waiting in his seat patiently for the rest of the students to enter he sat at his desk balancing a kunai on his finger. When class was over and the names of the teams had been called out Shin followed his new team mate Sayori Kurono since his other team mate had left in a hurry. He stopped though as he saw the Uchiha girl walking toward her. The False Sharingan flashed in his eyes for a second and then disappeared. He didn't trust Hitachia Uchiha not one bit, but that wouldn't stop him from making a friend out of her.

Shin walked over to them and listened to what Hitachia was saying which kinda confused him. He looked at Sayori and then back at Hitachia was he missing something he wondered. He got a bit closer to Sayori and tried to smell what Hitachia was smelling. "I don't know what you mean she smells fine to me maybe your nose is broken." Shin punched the side of his head slightly. "Ah I almost forgot Sayori Kuruno I'm Shin Ayanami and we will be team mates starting today." Shin wasn't as dumb as he acted he too could smell the blood of those who were possessed, but he didn't let it bother him. They couldn't help it that they were chosen to be containers so Shin wouldn't blame them for it. "So then I guess I'm gonna go introduce myself to my other team mate." Shin's False Sharingan flashed again while he was looking at Hitachia he wasn't going to allow meaningless blood shed while he was around.

Shin left the classroom whisling. He was in a good mood that he had made two new friends today. "Sayori and Hitachia he thought. I hope those two will be able to get along and now what of the other member." Shin walked over to where Tatsuya was. As he got closer he started to feel a little light headed. Must be the Ikioi doku he thought. He had heard about it from some of the teachers and wondered about its abilities. For some reason Shin had always been drawn to other peoples bloodlines and Tatsuya was no different. Shin stumbled over to him laughing while he did. "Haha the poison in the air has dissipated, but left behind vapor trails that even though their no longer harmful their really good a causing me to feel light headed. Anyway Tatsuya I'm Shin Ayanami and will be team mates starting today. I wanted to talk to Sayori some more, but she was busy with someone else so I thought I would follow you out here. Your Kekkei Genkai is quite impressive, but it seems a little dangerous to. Anyway I can't keep rambling on all day. I've got people to see and places to go. Or is it places to go and people to see I can never remember. Well I'll see you tomorrow when we meet are teacher." Shin ran off towards the city smiling the whole way and singing a song he just wrote. "Shin Ayanami just made three new friends. Sayori, Hitachia, and Tatsuya." Shin acted like a child without knowing what was soon to come. His entire world would be crushed by the weight of his past and who he used to be.

Ion abruptly appeared on the ledge above the graduating students with her feet dangling leisurely. She narrowed her eyes in displeasure from the boredom of having to observe the future ninjas. Her leader had told her to carefully place herself within a close proximity to the students. "Know your future opponents and allies!" she was always told during her hard trainings.

Although Ion usually complied to whatever her leader wished her to do, she couldn't help but scoff. She brushed a long strand of stray hair from her face and snorted softly as she spied a boy wildly running out of the room with purple gas spewing out of his clothes. The female ninja looked away from the foolishness and gazed far into the distance.

Thouroughly uninterested in the going-ons, Ion extended her hand outwards and absent-mindedly created a tiny ball of fire that floated in the middle of her palm. Despite her usual emotionless mannerisms, she smiled a tiny smile at the resonating warmth. She unconsciously tipped her hand sideways and froze in fear as the fire slipped out of her hand and fell below her.. where the students resided. Ion cursed under her breath and scrambled upwards, blushing at her mistake.

Sayori turned her head over to th e source of the voice she head just suddenly heard, her eyes empty, cold like ice. She didn't responded to the girl she just kept looking at her, wondering as to way she was talking to her. Sayori knew this girl had a demon in her just like she did, but somehow she couldn't feel smpathy or equality between the girl and herself. She didn't respond, seeing as her voice would be heard and that was something she didn't want. Sayori then heard another voice, this time a male, at first pitch she thought it was a girl but then she knew that voice a little to while. It came from the guy she didn't really like, he looked like a girl and somehow she saw him as a deciver, a seeker of attention, or even a bit vain, even if she could never remember his name. Sayori turned only her eyes to him, cold and somewhat hateful, her eyes would have widen if she had no self contol over herself when she heard she was in the same team as him. Great...I got stuck with the least person I wanted to be with... she thought angrily inside in her mind. Sayori watched as he quickly left, she felt relived. Before the other girl had a chance to turned around, Sayori had walked away from her in the opposite direction. She hadn't anwsered her question and didn't plan to do so anytime soon. Sayori went to an open window and jumped on top of it and then jumped up to the roof top. She walked on the ledge of the roof causlly her hands behind her back, as she walked she stopped when she noticed something down below. "Oh its just him...and who is that?" Sayori whispered to herself emotionlessly, her black dress ruffling in the wind that past by just like her long black-brown hair swayed around her.

Wonder if his also in my....team...

On top of the Konohagakure Ninja Academy, Tokaji sat on the roof peering down at all the graduating ninjas, and meeting with their new squad companions. Tokaji was here with Ion, seeing he had to accompany her due to the leader's orders having to accompany her.Tokaji wore his Anbu mask with a horizontal cut underneath the left eye hole and his Akatsuki cloak. He continued to watch the many graduates communicate with each other seeing many with smiles and grins while the few others had a look of disappointment on their face.

After a few seconds Tokaji looked in the direction of Ion, seeing her stare off in a distance holding a small fire in her hand tilting it allowing it to fall. Tokaji let out a sigh seeing he had to take action or risk being discovered by Konohagakure's forces, mainly Anbu and jonnin. Tokaji made three hand signs ,Tiger>Dragon>Snake in less then two seconds before he flung his hand in a horizontal arc and said "Suiton no Jutsu: Water Spear Strike" flinging a sharp projectile of water at blinding speed at the fire ball, enough to extinguish the entire flame if it hit. Tokaji hoped he hit the fire ball or they would possibly be discovered.

After he had flung his projectile of water, he jumped a few steps to Ion and darted her a glance "Next time be aware of what your doing.You might blow our cover, and you better hope my water spear extinguishes the fire you dropped." he told Ion continuing to stare at her from behind his Anbu mask with his eyes in a expression of disappointment. Tokaji turned away and faced the opposite direction looking at the mountain with the past hokage's faces, beginning to have flashbacks when he graduated this academy.

--Spring, April 10th 2009; Hidden Leaf Village, Country of Fire; Ninja Academy--
Hina sitting at the back of the class looking out the window and ignoring the academy teacher at the front of the room. Team 1...Team 2...Team 3..." Ms. Umaki called down the list the name of the teams slowly, but still sniffling a bit.

Hina absent mindedly rubbed her neck where the seal imprinted into her neck lay. She rubbed it, and frowned as someone else was staring at her. She gave him a "What?" look and turned away. A yawn came from behind her, very loud and dark, Miyako had woken up, the head coming out of the back of Hina's neck, her sisters Miyako, tilted upwards and opened its eyes to the boy who was staring at Hina only moments before. The boy went white and faced the front, most of the villagers were used to the Kekkei Genkai The twins had, Soma no Ko, but some still... were ignorant.

"Woken up finally?" whispered Hina cheerfully. "Unfortunately, yes" Miyako replied lazily. "Where are we?". " The academy, silly" Hina giggled. "Alright, i'm going back to sleep then" Miyako said with no emotion what so ever and the head tilted down again resting its chin on Hina's back and Hina pulled over the hood of her fleece jumper she wore over her gear, the symbol of the Senju clan imprinted on the back of it.

"Team 7, Kania Anizami, Hiroshi Nakamura and Hitachia Blossomiku Uchiha...Team 8, Sayori Kurono, Shin Ayanami and Tatsuya Miyamata..." Ms. Umaki announced casually, pushing her glasses in place in the bridge of her nose.
--Class is now Over--
Hina stood up quickly and skipped cheerfully to the front of the class. "Umaki sensei?" she said beaming up at the teacher. "Miyako woke up whilst you were reading the Teams, and she mad such a fuss!" she said pulling a funny face. "That we missed who was in the teams!" she continued over excitedly. "Do you think you could tell, me, uh, us." she corrected her self mid sentence. "What Team we are in?" Hina said Beaming up innocently at Ms. Umaki, little would one guess that a demon was concealed in the connected twins bodies.

After a night of hard drinking Sakino was trying to sleep in, when the phone start to ring waking him up, "DAMN IT!" Sakino shouts as he's forced out of his sleep and answers the phone with "WHAT!" as the conversation goes on Sakino says "oh my deepest apologies... yes ...but.. understood" he hangs up and starts his daily routine a quick shower, shave deodorant, brushing his teeth, and getting dressed. he wore his uniform since he was supposed to be on some official business for the Uchiha clan the only thing he wore that was not regulation was the blue scarf that Harumi gave to him five days before Kenjirou's betrayal. now fully dressed he grabs his keys, lighter, some smokes, and his flask then walks out the door and heads to the academy to check on this Hitachia Blossomiku Uchiha girl that he was suppose to look after. upon reaching the academy Sakino burst into Ms.umaki's room and lets out a loud whistle to get attention as soon as he got the desired attention he shouts "Listen up Hitachia Blossomiku Uchiha, I'm Sakino Uchiha and for now on your under my care, now this dose not mean that you are been transferred to my team, it means your coming with me to your new home now!"

Ion stared back at Tokaji's mask apathetically, resenting his assistance and that disappointed look he gave her. Although she was grateful for the save, she'd rather the academy burn down than receive help from Tokaji. She raised her eyebrows questioningly, wondering why he was here of all places. Ion hesitated before standing and moving closer to him; She stood a few steps behind the man, careful to keep a good distance away. It was hard to trust anyone these days.. even your own allies.

Ion folded her arms and spoke to him, not sure if he was listening or not.. as Tokaji seemed to be in some kind of trance. "What are you doing here?" she asked. Her voice was casual, although it had an icy undertone. "I don't recall you being assigned to . . ." Ion stopped midsentence and neglected to finish her sentence. She awaited his response.

Hitachia turned to see a man, way older than her, say "Listen up Hitachia Blossomiku Uchiha, I'm Sakino Uchiha and for now on your under my care, now this dose not mean that you are been transferred to my team, it means your coming with me to your new home now!" Hitachia almost snorted, but she remembered his name. "But why right now?" Hitachia asked. "Besides, I've been taking care of myself for how long?" Hitachia could smell the demon in him, plus that they were of the same blood. "Oh well, I guess I can't blame the ignorance of the Hokage." She walked up to Sakino, and looked up at him. She could tell that he'd rather be sleeping. "Let's go then."

Half of Tokaji's consciousness was within reality while the other half of it was in his flashbacks. He would remember the first time he graduated the academy, where they normally got along with each other and got to know each other. During his flashback while looking at the faces of the past hokages, the half of consciousness that was within reality told him, he was being talked to, causing him to end his flashback and listen to what Ion had to say.Tokaji listened to Ion ask him the question "What are you doing here?" she asked. Her voice was casual, although it had an icy undertone. "I don't recall you being assigned to . . ."

Tokaji turned to Ion with his eyes closed seeming to regain his composure. He opened his eyes after a few seconds, revealing his dark red eyes that showed a expression of calmness. "The leader assigned me to accompany you after you left about twenty minutes. He said that you might blow your cover and get captured or possibly killed.It was a last minute thing." Tokaji said in a calm voice that seemed serious yet friendly. "He also told me to show you the areas of Konohagakure just in case you blew our cover before I got a chance to prevent it. It was lucky I was here to prevent you from accidently burning down the Ninja Academy I graduated from as well as blowing your cover." Tokaji said with a tone of relief while he shrugged.

Tokaji opened his Akatsuki cloak and let his left hand reach into the inside pocket. He pulled out a small gourd filled with cool herbal tea, that he mainly uses to calm his nerves. Tokaji placed his right hand on the side of his mask to pull it off, revealing his face as well as the small scar horizontal scar underneath his left eye. He began to pull the lid off the top of the gourd and placed the open space of the gourd between his lips to take a big and long sip of his herbal tea.

Taking a huge sip of the herbal tea for about seven seconds total, Tokaji stopped drinking from the gourd and inhaled some air while placing the lid of the gourd back on top of it. Tokaji placed the gourd back into the pocket inside his Akatsuki cloak where he originally took it out from and began to put his Anbu mask back on to hide his face again, he began to adjust it to make it so he can see better."So Ion when do you plan on leaving Konohagakure, because this place is giving me painful memories." he told Ion as he turned his head down to the talking students for a few seconds before he looked back to Ion, with a expression of seriousness in his eyes. "I may also be your permanent partner if the leader decides to partner us up, but who know, I may not.

Tokaji shrugged and sat back down on the ledge letting his legs hang down in the air above the graduates. He hoped that they wouldn't run into no Anbus, for it would seem to depress him more as well as set loose some emotional conflict with a few other members that might have cared for him in the past. Tokaji looked up to Ion for a second then spoke "So would you like to talk about something or like to go somewhere else possibly or just continue to watch the many graduates still meeting with each other" He asked Ion with a calm tone looking at her waiting for a reply.

Ion clearly felt a wave of hurt stab through her like a knife. Did her leader really think she was that incompetent that he/she had to assign another to look after her? She had always been loyal to her higher ups and had never failed to accomplish a mission given to her.. no matter how clumsy she may be. "I'm not that weak.." Ion muttered aloud, to no one in particular.. or to, perhaps reassure herself and diminish the growing inconfidence that shrouded her in doubt.

Ion brooded, completely enveloped in her current dilemma as Tokaji took a long drink from his gourd. She barely noticed his actions as she was busy evaluating her flaws, weaknesses, and strengths. The girl gazed into the distance, lost in her own thoughts with a doubtful expression upon her features. Thoughts flitted across her mind at rapid speed and she missed the first question Tokaji had asked her.

The only bit she heard was, "permanent partner". Ion's dull gray eyes widened in surprise as her head snapped up from her reverie. "P-partners?" she stuttered, disbelieving; Ion had never been good in teams.. as she was always known to be a lone figure. She stared at Tokaji with an unappreciative look on her face before smoothing her facial features. She appeared to be resolute and dutiful. "Whatever he says is best. I trust him completely," Ion stated loyally.

Ion watched him sit upon the ledge. She relaxed and shrugged, sitting next to him, cross-legged. "So would you like to talk about something or like to go somewhere else possibly or just continue to watch the many graduates still meeting with each other?" The girl looked at him curiously, for she could hear some sort of emotion in his tone. Although she couldn't see his face behind the mask, she was definitely sure he was depressed about something. "Oh, yeah.. wasn't this the place you were trained?" she asked casually, completely unaware of his feelings. Ion didn't and would probably never understand the emotions he felt towards the academy.

Kania had remained mostly silent throughout the whole thing. She casually picked her papers off her desk area and put them away, thinking back to the fact that she now had a team that she had to deal with. She didn't work well with people. Really she didn't. But she had to suck it up and deal with it. Pulling out a book from the large pouch at her side she engrossed herself in it, ignoring everything and everyone around her...that is until Sakino burst into the room with his loud voice. She growled under her breath. "Nuisance," she muttered. He may have been older than her, she thought but that didn't mean he could just interrupt her peace and quiet. Snapping the book shut, she looked up at Sakino, a bored expression on her face before looking over at her teammate Hitachia.

Tokaji looked at Ion with a cold serious stare for a second before it turned to a calm and friendly expression. Tokaji listened to Ion hearing her say "Oh, yeah.., wasn’t this the place you were trained?" his eyes met with hers for a second before looking down at the groups of graduates and replying “Yes this is the same exact Ninja Academy I graduated from. I have a few fond memories here, with my squad.”Tokaji said in a calm tone hitting both of his heels together out of natural action, watching the graduates on the bottom.

Tokaji looked back to Ion seeing she was bothered about what he said about being partners, he also heard her blurt out “I’m not that weak.” before he took the long drink of the tea about three minutes ago.”You aren’t weak, I don’t even think your weak, but leader sent me here to accompany you for a few reasons. One you can blow your cover, with one wrong clumsy move. Two you do not know the paths and routes of konohagakure like I do. Three if you were discovered, how will you escape all of Konoha’s military forces, you are inside the village where it is heavily guarded and, under constant patrol.”Tokaji told Ion this to let her know why the leader sent him out to accompany her, and the possible hazards of the infiltration.

Tokaji looked down at the graduates of the ninja academy seeing some of them starting to leave with each other, knowing they would all soon scatter. He looked back at Ion, with a look of friendliness in his eyes, something he hasn’t done in a while. “There is a reason behind action, which is why the leader sent me here with you. If I wasn’t here you would have probably injured one of these graduates and burn this building as well. This would result in the entire Konoha military force mobile and on the hunt for you, setting traps and path blocks for you and eventually capturing or possibly killing you” He told Ion in his calm tone still, telling her the result of what that small fire could have done.
“I barely escaped my own squad when I tried to escape. The result of it was a lot of wounds and four stab wounds in my back as well as this scar under my left eye.” He pointed to the small horizontal cut into the mask showing the scar somewhat. “And tell me the truth, you don’t really like me do you?” he asked Ion seeing she had a expression on her face when he said permanent partners a while back. Tokaji watched ion waiting for a reply still sitting on the ledge letting his legs hang down.

Shin looked around the city for any missions that required his assistance. He was always searching the city before school started in the hopes of finding someone in need of his help. There was news of a lose cat somewhere in the city and that it's owners were very worried, but Shin had looked through the whole city and didn't come up with any clues. Shin was excellent when it came to tracking, so figured it must of been someones prank to get a lower ranking ninja to waste their time. As Shin continued his search he ended up in a different part of town that he had only been to once or twice. The buildings around this place looked older and more feeble then the ones where he lived and the people stared at him as if he was an intruder. As Shin was just about to leave he was stopped by a powerful chakra presence from behind him. When he turned around he saw a tall man wearing an Anbu mask staring at him. "Umm. Can I help you sir?" The man pulled out a long sword and lunged at Shin giving him little time to react. Shin's False Sharingan activated giving him a chance to survive by dodging the attack and following it up with a swift kick to the right temple. His attack missed though as he expected. Fighting with an Anbu was completely different then fighting with a genin or chunnin.

"Very good Shin that's what I was looking for." Shin still panting from running all the way there looked up at him with different eyes then he had shown anyone else. "What do you mean? Why did you attack me?" Shin felt as if the Anbu was smiling under his mask as he talked. "Those eyes are the eyes of someone who can kill without remorse. I came today to see what the future Anbu member Shin Ayanami was capable of." Shin didn't have time to respond before the man had disappeared and left him asking questions. What did he mean future Anbu?

On the way back to Shin's house he was greeted by his new sister who was waiting for him all day to get home. She had planned a surprise party for his acceptance in becoming an Anbu. Shin decided it was better to keep his discusion with the Anbu a secret from everyone else.

Ion observed the students scurrying beneath them. She sighed. Could killing one of them really be so bad? They didn't even seem notice their presence yet.. how would the next generation ninjas survive in battles? Looking at how strong Tokaji turned out, Ion knew not to doubt the teachers of the academy and decided not to voice her opinions.

Still staring at the building, she half-listened to the explanation Tokaji had given. Even so, Ion still felt a bit betrayed. The girl flinched and frowned before looking backwards at the town. "Someone just used.. sharingan?" Ion shook her head and looked away, dismissing it as nothing important that she had to worry about.

She looked back at Tokaji, who was still talking about traps and blocks and whatnot. Ion glanced at the scar and frowned again, resenting his squad's betrayal. “And tell me the truth, you don’t really like me do you?” he asked. A bit taken aback, Ion had no idea what to say. She wasn't very fond of him, but it was more like she didn't work well in team surroundings. Ion stared at him blankly and stood. "I just can't get used to the idea of partners, that's all.. Although I will definitely follow along if leader suggests it." she replied in a matter-of-fact tone.

Without warning or explanation, Ion leaped off the cliff and landed lightly on the heels of her feet, in the middle of the academy grounds. She didn't seem to find herself suspicious looking, although the girl really did look out of place. Her hand was enshrouded by a orange mist that radiated steam and heat. Ion placed her glowing hands on the hilts of her twin blades that were safely latched to the side of her hips and proceeded to stroll into the academy.

"Hmmm alright then just needed to know that much." Tokaji said to himself as he heard Ion sandals skid as she jumped off the cliff of their position. He watched as ion landed lightly on the balls of her feet, seeing a small cloud of dust upon her landing, ion looked out of place, on the academy grounds. Tokaji watched as Ion hand glowed a orange mist, and placed them on the hilts of her weapons that were latched at her sides safely. Seeing Ion beginning to walk into the academy, Tokaji stared back into the village knowing something was going to go wrong, he could feel it.

After a few seconds Tokaji decided to follow Ion inside the Academy, to make sure she did not do anything rash, and offensive. Tokaji jumped off the Cliff Ion did a few minutes ago, and landed on his feet seconds after. Tokaji looked around upon landing seeing the place was almost empty, except for a few students still taking with each other. The students looked at Tokaji for a few seconds then looked back to each other and resumed to talk. He began to walk in the same direction Ion went into, at a fast calm pace, in time catching up to her with in a few seconds.

Moments later Tokaji was near Ion walking at her side.he looked into the class rooms seeing a few students had detention and a few teachers were reading something. Tokaji looked ahead to see, a few other Ninja teachers beginning to walk into their direction. Tokaji looked at Ion for a second then looked back at the approaching ninjas."You know what to do don't you, or do I have to guide you through this." he told Ion as they got closer to the approaching ninjas, that seemed to have a serious look in thier eyes.

Ion glanced sideways, unsurprised to see Tokaji next to her. "You know what to do don't you, or do I have to guide you through this." he asked her. She stopped walking through the hallway and stared at the man behind the mask questioningly. "We have a plan?" she asked incredulously, raising her eyebrows in surprise. Ion hadn't thought of a plan.. she naturally assumed they'd infiltrate the academy and take out anybody who recognized them or questioned their intentions in a suspicious manner. Deciding it was best not to tell Tokaji this for the sake of her ego, she looked at him calmly, her face a mask of experience maturity, and smiled at him in a sly manner. "I mean.. of course. Please, just leave this to me," she said smoothly and continued to walk forward, expecting him to follow.

A couple of students stared at them curiously, although she could tell none of them sensed anything wrong with the strangers. To answer their looks of suspicion, Ion smiled at each of them warmly, for she had always been good with children.

"Pardon, are you two students here?"
Ion looked at the man who had asked her the question and glanced at the woman beside him. Teachers.
"Um.. Yeah, we should really be going now.. If you'll excuse us," she replied in an innocent tone. Ion moved to the side in an attempt for escape, but the woman blocked her pathway. The 2 teachers exchanged glances, disbelieving.
Ion tensed and her eyes grew cold. "We really must be going now."

The male teacher seemed to look at Tokaji, observing what he wore seeing that he was wearing a Akatsuki cloak, but most inside the village have never heard of the Akatsuki accept Jonnin and Anbu. The man then moved to the face of Tokaji seeing his Anbu mask that hid his face. "How can you two be students if this fine Gentlemen is in the Anbu black ops squad." the man told Ion seeming to stare at Tokaji suspiciously, catching something that seemed fishy about Ion and Tokaji. He looked at the male teacher in the eyes seeing they were catching on too them both. Then another teacher came in from behind, it was another male. he asked the two other teachers "What seems to be the problem here?" he asked both the teachers who seemed suspicious of Tokaji and Ion.


The teacher that came from the back came to the front to get a look at the two people that were being observed by the teachers. "Yes do you know these two from here?" the woman teacher asked, seeming very thoughtful. the male teacher took a look at both of them seeming to find noting wrong until he reached Tokaji, seeing his mask had a cut on it under the left eye hole. The teacher's eyes widened in shock and said "Warn the Anbu black ops squad, its Tok..aahhhhh" he was cut short with a chop strike into the side of his neck by Toakaji.The other teacher looked in horror for a second before being struck in the same place, causing them to fall to the ground instantly, unconscious.

Tokaji positioned the bodies against the wall to make it seem as though they fell asleep in the hallway. Tokaji looked to ion in the eyes, and said "These three would of blown our cover if I hadn't done that. i stricken them in a nerve point that cuts off there memories, so they have never seen us." He told Ion with a calm tone, waiting for ion to reply.