Mission No. 3: The Hunt.

Knowing what was going on just a bit, Kratos had very many paranoia urges. He couldnt sleep at night. He couldnt stop thinking about it. He could hardly eat. Much less, He couldnt stop training. His knuckles had scars on them, as he wore an eye patch over the right eye. He over used his Satan's eye in the process. Kratos had informed little about the situation with his two students, and today, they will get up close and personal with the opponents. Wearing his heaviest armour, sharpening his blade, and equipting himself with extra Kunai and Shuriken, he was definantly ready.. But was his students?

It was morning, and Kratos had left notes on Klano, and Hoshimaru's doors. It held as much information as they needed to know, and the location to where he wanted them to meet him, and when. He leaned against the entrance gate of Konoha, yawning and looking up into the sky. Sighing, he continued to wait for both of them.

OOC: If you read this first, post.

Klano thought this to be another average day. His sensai and teamate, Hoshimaru, hadn't been on the next mission lately. He supposed that his spiritual uncle was thinking of a good 3rd reunition, for maybe this time it would be more serious. Upon waking up, he slipped on his battle clothes, just in case, like he did every morning. Then he went to the cupboard and got down some cerial. He was so tired, that when he poured his milk into the cerial, he began dazing off again. He woke up, startle a bit when the cold milk began dripping onto his lap. He shook his head furiosly, then went outside to get the towels he was drying out in the sun. Living on his own was harder then Klano thought it would be.

As he opened his door and jumped over his porch wall, he felt his hand ruffle over some paper. He was about to just let it go, and then continue trying to clean up his mess, but he descided to see what it was. He straightened the ruffled papaer, then took a look at it. He could already recognize the hand writing, and when he realized it was his uncle's, he was overwhelmed with excitement.

Dear Klano, I have another mission for you. Meet me by the Konaha gates, and don't bother to go get Hoshimaru. I gave him a note as well. Sincerely, your sensai, Kratos.

Klano jumped with excitement, an overly excited smile on his face. He had been waiting for this for a few weeks now, and it was finally here. His next mission. He slammed the note down on the porch wall and ran inside. He picked up his cereal bowl, no longer caring about the state of his clothes, or his messy table. He drank the entire bowl of cereal in one go, then wiped off his milk moustache and grabbed his items. He ran outside and slammed his door, still keeping a mental note of things he may have forgot. Nothing. He had locked the door and everything. Klano jumped down the stairs and into the streets of Konaha.

He didn't run, but merely walked very fast. If the other civilians and shinobi of Konaha saw a grown shinobi running, they would think something was wrong. Or maybe they would think he was crazy. After a while of walking, and at some points jogging, he reached the village gates. He could recognize the long red hair anywhere. It was his sensai, Kratos. Klano ran up to his uncle and was about to open his arms for a hug. Then he remembered that he was sixteen years old. He put his hands in his pocket and walked closer to his sensai.

"Hello uncle... have an interesting mission for us?"

Hoshimaru had decided to be better about his training now that he was living on his own because his father was constantly doing missions. At five o'clock in the morning, he woke up and made himself a breakfast of bacon, edemamae, and an apple. He rushed over to the training field in his newly made weighted training clothes in order to work on his speed and strength.

He started out simple. He went over to a tree and began punching and kicking it. He worked on some of his Taijutsu attacks and kept them up to par. Then he worked on Kenjutsu. He first used his Energy Blade to slice a few branches off a tree, then cut them into logs. He then practied his Kenjutsu by kicking the logs into the air and then cutting them with his katana. He would soon try to get a ninjuto as they are a quicker draw and stronger cut than a katana.

The sun had risen quickly and Hoshimaru was tired from taijutsu training, so he decided to take a break and go wash up, change into his other clothing, and rest. When he arrived at his door, he noticed a slip had been stuck to it while he was gone. It was from his sensei Kratos. It read:

Dear Hoshimaru, I have another mission for you. Meet me by the Konaha gates, and don't bother to go get Klano. I gave him a note as well. Sincerely, your sensai, Kratos.

A mission, huh? Hoshimaru thought. Damn, I'm already tired from training...oh well, I'll just grab another apple. He went into the house, changed out of his weighted training clothing into his regular ninja wear. He grabbed an apple and headed for the village gates. When he arrived there, he saw Klano and Kratos standing by the gate and walked briskly towards them.

This was definetely exciting enough for Klano. He had never par-took in anything so dangerous, so exciting, or so important. Or atleast, to him, it was important. He hadn't yet heard of the order, or their group antiques. they sounded powerful, and important however, so Klano figured that it was of the upmost importance that they do find them. He didn't have any fear about this mission, for he knew his sensai would protect him. This was a chance for Klano and his teamate Hoshimaru to show their hunting skills, and quite possibly their skills in combat as well. Klano straightened his head band and kept a calm front. "So, that's why you wanted to meet us at the Konaha gates. We're going hunting, I presume. Out of this village. Well, bring it on! I'm ready to find this 'Order', although they sound strong, so we should try to avoid fights." Klano said, realizing that he may have sounded cowardly. He probably did sound very cowardly, yet he knew it was a voice of reason. Klano never tried to give up reasoning in order to sound brave. he would sound brave when he was actually confident about something.

"The Order, huh?" asked Hoshimaru nonchalantly while stretching. The nonchalance was just a side effect from his still being a bit tired from training. He'd be more enthusiastic after he finished his apple and digested it, and also after eating a chakra pill he had brought along just in case. "So are they like an Akatsuki kind of group or something..." he asked with more intensity.

He had heard stories about Akatsuki. How they had control of the power of seven and a half of the nine powerful Bijuu at their control, how their leaders possessed two of the all-powerful Doujutsu: The Rinnegan and the Sharingan. How each member of the Akatsuki had a special power of their own that made them of the highest rank and thus, most dangerous. The mere thought of having to take on an entire group like that sent a shiver down Hoshimaru's spine instantly waking him up. "Are you sure we're ready for this?!" Hoshimaru yelped in fear. "Shouldn't we have at least a four-man team to even consider going on a mission like this?!"

"Magics..." Hoshimaru repeated quietly. He had no idea how these 'Magics' would manifest themselves or how powerful The Order really was. Based on Kratos's tone, Hoshimaru inferred that this was quite a big deal based on how tired and unnerved Kratos appeared. He had scars on his body and was wearing an eye patch, for starters. Hoshimaru wondered what the eye patch was for, but didn't bother asking in case it was a sensitive issue. He also noticed a graver pattern in Kratos's speech, such as the increased use of profanities, something Hoshimaru would have said himself. This was a completely different side of Kratos he had seen since their earlier training session where he seemed like a good-hearted young man, rather than a war-scarred commander. Hoshimaru just nodded and began to follow Kratos. "So where exactly are we headed, sensei?" he asked.

OOC: Post, lee.

(ooc: Call me dumb, but I seriously dont know what to post here. I mean, none of us know where the base is, and it would probably take like, a million posts to get there. Do you guys perhaps know where the base is, so we can rp like we're finding it? I don't mean to be lame, but you do know what I'm saying right?

OOC: I know exactly what we're doing.

OOC: Lee, I posted before, so could you take your turn please? Just ask who the Oz council is or something.

Klano began walking forward behind his sensai, enjoying the small silence. Their was no wind as he stepped, only the sound of their footsteps. He wasn't scared or nervous, only excited. He kept his hands in his back pockets as he walked fourth, then turned his head to see Hoshimaru ask something, that he had been wondering for quite some time. "So where exactly are we headed, sensei?" Hoshimaru asked. Klano walked forward and began listenting for a responce. If this was really a hunting mission, it could day weeks, monthes, maybe even a year. Klano didn't wake up this morning prepared for all that. But then again, shinobi had to be prepared for just about anything. He continued walking into the forest behind his uncle.

Kratos sighed as he heard Hoshimaru's question. He couldnt exactly answer it truthfully, so he replied with, "Somewhere. Im sure The Order will be hiding out anywhere. Who knows? they could be anywhere." He chuckled softly, but then, heard a bit of a ruffle on the right side of them. "Stay back.."He whispered to the team, walking up closer to the sound.

A man appeared out from behind a large tree. "Well... Hello there."the man said, smirking. His hair was black, and spikey. His eyes... It had the sharingan in them. It was one of the remaining Uchiha.

"What do you want, Uchiha?"Kratos demanded. The Uchiha smirked and responded sarcastically, "What you want." As he as well, was looking for The Order. "Now, I know that The Order is wanting to destroy all us shinobi. You dont expect me to be worried?"The Uchiha spoke, looking down at his feet. "Im willing to join your two man team... For the sake of us ninja."He added.

Kratos was unsure about this man, but he new that he was only wanting what was best for the villages at the moment. "Agreed."He said, backing up and getting out of his defencive stance. "My name is Kratos Aurion. This is Hoshimaru, and Klano."He introduced himself and his team. "My name is Shin Uchiha."Shin said, and that was all that he said.

"Wait a minute..." Hoshimaru started to say. "I remember you," he directed at the Uchiha. "Yeah, we took the Chuunin exams together a year or two ago. You were in the same group as me and Klano." He remembered watching Shin's fight against Dageki Hyuuga. By far one of the most intense matches in the exams that year. Two of the most powerful doujutsu pitted against each other.

Surely with Shin included the team was much stronger. The three Chuunin each with a Kekkei Genkai, Shin Uchiha with his Sharingan and all the abilities that came with it, Klano Kangai and his Wood manipulation, and Hoshimaru Yajin and his Light Energy manipulation. Hoshimaru himself had not even come close to mastery of his ability yet, but had some experience with it. He did not know or did not remember the extent to which Shin and Klano had mastery with their Kekkei Genkai, but Hoshimaru knew he had something the other two didn't: The Thunderbolt Seal. Feeling a little bit of competition between himself and his teammates, he knew that his extra power would either bring him up to par with the other two if he was behind, or would push him ahead if the three already were at the same level, but he tried not to dwell on this issue as much, for he knew the mission at hand would have to come before anything else.

He snapped himself out of his deep thought and reacted to what Kratos had said earlier. "'Somewhere', huh? Whatever you say, sensei. But is there anything we need to know about Magic or The Order? And what about this Oz council you mentioned before?"