The sun had officially lowered behind the mountains leaving only a burning orange tint over the horizon, and while Hinata's former division was now settling after a long day of fighting in the war the Hyuga was now moving in a eight man cell with orders directly from the supreme leader of the allied forces: Locate and rescue Captain Yamato and Anko Mitarashi .
Hinata dodged the claws of a white Zetsu and with her byakugan focused, slammed her palm into its abdomen sending it flying several yards back. Another approached swiftly from behind but the konoichi spun elegantly around its attack and thrust both of her hands into its side releasing a blast of chakra into her target, immediately killing him. After mentally confirming her kills Hinata move on to the next wave. Not to far from her was her cousin Neji who was surrounded by seven Zetsu who all lunged simultaneously, a small smile appeared on Hinata's face. "8 Trigrams Rotation!" Neji declared as he was engulfed by a blue ball of spinning energy. The Zetsu met the field with a violent clash and were launched away at incredible speeds. The cousins quickly found themselves standing side by side. Before them a horde of Zetsu were charging, preparing to claw them alive as they had done to many ninja already. Instinctively, they both moved into a gentle fist stance, their palms tucked at their sides next to each other then together they shouted "Eight trigrams Vacuum wall palm!" With that, they both thrust their palms forward releasing a wave of compressed chakra that plowed through the hoard. "Are you okay lady Hinata?" Neji asked surveying the battlefield intently. Hinata nodded. "And you Neji nii-san?" Hinata responded but before her question was answered the familiar voice of Inoichi Yamanaka materialized inside her head as if his thoughts were her own. Hinata Hyuga you have been summoned for an S rank mission. You are to meet you team captain at the Forest boarder immediately for an official debriefing and departure. Just as soon as the voice appeared it vanished leaving only Hinata's own thoughts. Hinata looked up at her cousin. "I-It's a S rank mission." Hinata explained. Neji smiled. "Then you should be going lady Hinata, I believe I can handle it here." Hinata paused for a moment "Be safe Neji." She said and with that pivoted away from the front line and ran towards the boarder. "You too lady Hinata." Neji said.
Hinata was the last member of the team to arrive and she was happy to see some of the most familiar faces she could have hoped for during this time, Kiba and Akamaru Inuzuka and Shino Aburame. "Ah Hinata you too huh?" Kiba said with a large grin. "looks like team 8 is all here." Akamaru, Kiba's giant canine companion let out a bark that reverberated within Hinata's chest cavity. A familiar feeling that made Hinata think of more peaceful times. Shino was silent as usual but the head nod that he gave signified to Hinata that he was in fact pleased to see her. "Glad you have made it lady Hyuga!" Said a lean, handsome man, from the stone village with dark spiky dark hair. Hinata blushed at the fact that if the man was given blue eyes instead of green, whiskers and blonde hair he would look like an older Naruto. "I am Suroshiki Naifu, but you may call me Captain Suro and I am the leader for this mission, that to my understanding will turn the tide of this war, I am honored to lead you all." Although the captains voice boomed he was warm and for a second Hinata almost forget they were in the midst of a war. "Konoha ninja!" Suro boomed. Hinata flinched while her teammates only glanced at their captain. "At the beginning of this war Yamato of the wood style and Anko Mitarashi were abducted. Our mission is simple but it is dangerous. We are to locate them, remove them from the Akatsuki influence, and get them to the extraction point. These shinobi are no ordinary prisoners of war they both are believed, by headquarters, to be extremely valuable pieces to the Akatsuki." " How so?" Shino asked, monotone as usual. "Autopsy reports on the white Zetsu show influence from Yamato's chakra, by removing him from the Akatsuki we will weaken if not completely halt the production of Zetsu. On the other hand Anko Mitarashi's chakra is registering all over the battle field through the reanimated corpse, it is believed that her chakra is being used to assist in controlling the corpse." "So this mission is based on hunches." another ninja said folding his arms. On his back was a large scroll of cloth. The sealing team Hinata thought to herself along with noting that he was also a Sunagakure ninja who preferred bandaged over real clothes. "We must trust HQ Hotai." Suro responded with a smile. Hotai exhaled then responded with a respectful nod. "Hotai, you and Neku are from the sealing teams so your jobs are simple, if we encounter any reanimated corpse you both know what to do" Suro said gesturing to another Suna ninja. Neku was dressed traditionally as a Suna ninja and sported three scrolls aligned vertically along each thigh. Both Hotai and Neku nodded in confirmation. Suro then turned to a brown haired konoichi. "Ameno you are vital to the success of this mission, do you understand why?" Suro asked "Yes sir." Ameno answered. "This is a rescue mission and I specialize in emergency healing." Ameno wore a sleeveless white tunic under her flap jacket and her brown hair was pulled back into a pony tail. It took a moment but Hinata recognized her as the ninja from the chunnin exams from almost two years ago. Another Suna ninja. "Correct!" Suro confirmed. He then looked at the only samurai in their party. Signifying his rank, the Samurai's helmet sported two horns. "Yoshiteru your sole purpose is to add in our ability to fight and quickly defeat enemies."Suro explained. "Understood" Yoshiteru said through his mask. "As for you three..." Suro said, finally looking at Team 8. "You don't have to spell it out buddy." Kiba grinned, showing his fangs. "We are team Kurenai, the best tracking team in the Leaf." Shino then spoke "The success of this mission is largely on our shoulders, why? Because without us, locating the targets may be impossible." Shino inserted. Suro smiled. "It seems we all know whats at stake here, we have wasted enough time." As the wind blew the team dashed into the trees.