"Shin, he's heading your way..." said the voice of Igaki, the mission leader. They were in the Land of Greens, awaiting a dangerous criminal. He was reported to be passing through a canyon that forked off into two directions. One led to an isolated village, the other led to the Land of Fire and the Hidden Leaf Village. Shin was lying in wait at the fork.
"Roger that, Igaki. I have visual. He's mine." reported Shin with a smirk. The criminal was heading straight for a slew of wire traps Shin had set. He didn't expect any of the traps to work, but they would serve well enough as distraction to give Shin an edge in the fight he was certain would ensue.
Shin was certain that his two squadmates, Riku and Igaki, were heading his way to provide backup. Riku, like Shin, was 17, and still somewaht new to being a chuunin. Igaki, though, was 23, had been a chuunin for quite some time, and for that was chosen as this team's leader for the mission. Shin, though, secretly hoped he would take this criminal down before his squadmates arrived. After all, promotion to jonin rank wasn't easy, and a ninja needed all the clout they could get to succeed. This was because, unlike chuunin promotions, jonin promotion was given to chuunin who proved they could handle it, and wasn't standardized into an exam. For this reason, some chuunin could be pretty competitive.