"Wake up, you bothersome girl." Kuro heard, being shaken from her sleep.

"Where-" She cut off her sentence when she opened her eyes. It all came back to her; the trip here, meeting up with Shikamaru in the fields, and him showing her where her room would be. "Oh, never mind. Why are you in my room? Don't you know it's rude to wake a guest?" She rolled over, her face in the pillow.

"Tsunade sent a messenger bird. She wants us to join up with Team Kakashi. Apparently we're being assigned to a new second branch." Shikamaru pulled the blankets off of Kuro.

"Uggh… I hate waking up." She looked her eyes out from the pillow's darkness, squinting to adjust to the new lighting. Shikamaru was already ready to go, he was waiting on her. "Should I hurry?"

"No, we're not in any particular rush. I don't like being troubled to hurry awake either. That's why I let you sleep for a little while." He noted. "Now at least get your butt out of bed to eat. We may not need to hurry, but we still need to get going before noon." Kuro groaned once more, pulling herself upright and looking through squinted eyes for her bag. Shikamaru left to let her get dressed.