Heat swelled within the forest, causing the flowers, ranging from red to yellow, to follow the sun's ray and soaking up the warmth. Kara felt a calmness run over her, as she walked up to a dark green tree, and sat down, leaning back against the trunk. Stress was killing her, inside out, that she almost felt nervous to relax and expected someone to jump out and attack her. She sighed deeply, keeping up her guard, thinking back to her students. Mika, Dan, and Yosuke were part of the reason why she was stress. Ever since she came back from her mission, the three had be nagging her about training. Sometimes she wished that they were still ten years old, back when they followed orders and didn't bother her as much. Then again...times have changed and so did they, heck even she's changed. She was once a person who cared only about herself but once she became a shinobi, she's been caring more about the people around her, especially her students.

"Good hiding place you got here."
Kara looked up, a jot of fear in her chest, and saw Kakashi, kneeling in the tree above her. She smiled weakly and nodded, relived that it was only him.
"Students are starting to get annoying." She stated just as Kakashi jumped down from the tree and sat next to her.
"Really giving you a hard time, huh."
"Yeah, their getting a bit feisty since they haven't been on a mission for awhile." She said with a sigh
"I'm sure, you'll find something for them to do in the mean time."
Kara rolled her eyes and leaned back against the tree, feeling tension in her shoulder. It's been a day, since her last mission and while her students were on their, work related breaks, she was running between villages. First, it was from the Leaf to the Sand village, delivering secret messages (because the birds were out of service). Then it was traveling to the Stone Village and recently, it was to the Mist Village and that one wasn't the most easiest.
"So, I got some news about something." Kakashi said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"What?"
"Guy decided it was best if we throw you a surprise party."
"A surprise party?" Kara repeated, not sure how she felt about a party.
"Yeah, thought it was best to give you a party before we organize the war."

The Fourth Great Ninja War was on the rise. So far, nothing has happened but knowing how things go, something bad was bound to happen. The village was destroyed and even still danger was still near. Really it was a big mess that required secure steps and there wasn't room to mess up, not when there's so much at stake.
"He really doesn't have to do that." Kara said
Kakashi sighed "You know Guy, he's not going to crush down the idea. So you might as well go along with it."
"Fine but you know I'm not a fan of parties." Kara stated and stood up, dusting off her pants
"Yeah, I know. That's why I told him not to do it" He said, getting up along with her. "But if you ask me, it's a good idea."
"I guess but right now?"
"Better now than never." Kakashi stated
Kara bit her lower lip slightly, thinking. There wasn't much that they were doing right now, they were waiting for orders from the Hokage, who would be Kakashi and he wasn't going to be official until two days from now.
"Better now than." She said "Just tell Guy not to go all out."
"Sure. Good luck with those three." He said before leaving her alone with a puff of white smoke.

Kara sighed to herself, parties really weren't her thing. She saw no need for them and she couldn't even remember the last time she had a birthday party. The timing didn't feel right to her but Kakashi said it was. War was coming and it's probably wasn't the best idea to waste time on her. Right now, she just wanted to mentally prepare herself because going to war wasn't something she expected to experience again.