'Luckily for them he had his own limits unlike a certain blonde haired boy they knew'
Although Alex was battling to keep both her clan and her safe from harm she didn't let it interrupt her duties as a ninja of the hidden leaf. If it was necessary to keep her village and comrades safe then she would pretend nothing was wrong, and hope to the Hokage that Shino bit his lip when it came to what he overheard. After all they were on their way to retrieve a mission from Lady Hokage and Alex didn't want him blabbering about her clan life, then again this was Shino and blabbering wasn't quite his style.
Once the whole team was present, Lady Hokage gave them the brief of their B Rank mission. It shocked them all, although Hinata looked delighted once she found out.
" This mission is quite different from what you are used to. You are being put on guard duty for the Hokage's daughter of the night of her sixteenth birthday ball in the Hidden Grass Village. You are expected to dress and act accordantly. This is a very important mission so there is to be no slacking, however you must blend in so do what you will. Is that clear!?" She looked at each one of the team separately before dismissing the team. Once they were outside Kiba let out a large groan.
"Does that mean we have to act all fancy?!" He exclaimed while kicking the dirt path gently.
"Yes and both of you guys must do a good job of it too. Let's do this job right!" Alex beamed and clenched her fist. The stress and pain was still in her eyes, however she was using this mission as an excuse to increase the strength of her kekkei genkai and relax a little.
After an hour of Alex and Hinata packing the bag for the mission, the team met at the gates of the village. As the girls approach the boys, Alex could see the look of distress plastered all over Kiba's face and she couldn't help but laugh.
"Kiba, what's wrong? You don't want to dress up like a true gentlemen" She paused before continuing.
" If that's even possible"
Alex let a grin glaze over her lips before it turned to a look of anger as Kiba ruffed her black hair before replying to her.
"Says you. We've only ever seen each other in our mission gear"
Shino looked over his team with a sigh.
"Let's get on with it shall we? It takes four days to get to the hidden grass village"
With that the team nodded and waved good bye to their sensei. The look in Kurenai's eyes as Alex beamed at her was one of worry, she still wasn't sure what was happening to the hyperactive girl but she knew it wasn't good.
The journey to the hidden grass village went by without any hiccups as planned. The only interactive activity the team shared during the silence of the forests was Kiba constantly reminding Alex that if she kept reading while jumping from tree to tree she would fall. Of course he was correct and she did miss place her feet a few times but she was more interested in reading the theory behind her kekkei genkai that her father had given her than paying attention to what she was meant to be doing.
Four days later the team arrived at the village. It was a beautiful village that had no shortage of lush, green grass. Though that didn't come to Alex as a surprise considering where they were. As she walked through the gates to the village, she could feel Shino's gaze burrowing through the back of her head and into her mind. It was as if he was trying to read her mind, however she was too tired from the trip to the village and wasn't quite in the mood to deal with him and his ridiculous logic.
Once they had make it to the meeting point and collected the rest of the mission they departed to explore the small village. With the mission starting that night, the team had a few hours to kill before their work would start. With this time they all decided to spent it in different ways. Kiba had bolted off with Akamaru at the first sign of freedom and the rest of the team didn't want to know what kind of trouble they would be getting up to. Luckily for them he had his own limits unlike a certain blonde haired boy they knew, or at least once knew as they had not seen him in over a year.
"I'll make sure he doesn't get in any trouble" Hinata said before rushing over to follow the pair.
Alex turned to Shino with a small smile on her lips.
"I guess that leaves us two then." Before she was able to ask him if her wanted to spent this time exploring the village with her, he had turned around and walked off which caused her smile to mutate into a frown.
"Hey!" She ran after him and walked beside his covered up form.
"You know, Shino. If you didn't want to there is a word called no. Honestly" She glanced at him gently as her eyes twitched slightly. He was not on her good side today.
After a few moments he finally decided to speak up, however he decided to ignore her words.
"You should use this time to improve on your skills, after all you don't want your clan to fall, do you?"
With that he walked off and left Alex standing there with a shocked look on her face. She had so much pent up anger towards him recently and this situation just added towards it. She couldn't believe how rude he was, of course she was used to his blunt words and logic but her clan was sore spot and after what he had over heard he knew that. The tears that she had been holding back started to trickle down her pale cheeks. She knew he was right though, she needed to carry on training even if she was in a different village and so with the last few hours she had spare until the mission began Alex trained until her body couldn't take it any more.