Day 7 of the mission marked the day we return to the village. We have now completed 10 D ranks and 1 A rank (from a C turned A rank) and it marked the ended of our fourth week as a team.

Returning to the Hidden Leaf excited every member of Team Kalin and as soon as the village gates came into view, they began to push their exhausted, injured bodies to the limit until they reached their destination.

The group of four (plus the Kirema triplets, making seven) stood directly outside of the village Hidden in the Leaves, panting and gazing up at the great Hokage's faces that watched over the village. They were finally home! It had only been a week since they'd left the village for the mission, but that felt like years. The team had overcome their problems with one another, had fought rogue ninja and had nearly died. A mission that was supposed to be only three days had changed them almost completely.

Kalin-sensei turned to her young genin students, forcing them to tear their gazes away from the stone faces, "I know that your all happy to be back in the village, but don't forget to check into the hospital. All of you. The Ninken need to get to the vet, too." She said sternly, "If you don't, I will drag you there myself."

Honba, Toroi, and Akane nodded. They were all hopefully smart enough to know that they needed more medical attention than they had gotten Akane thought, though she would make sure Kakashi-San knew of Honba's injuries to make sure.

"Now." Sensei continued, straightening her wounded back, "I'm going to report to the third Hokage. All three of you are free to go. But check into the medical center as soon as possible."

"Sensei, your repeating yourself." Toroi commented, earning a light smack from Akan, he shouldn't be back talking and the soon Sensei said her pice and talked to the third the sooner she would get treatment as well.

Honba was practically bouncing on her heels as she asked, "Is th-that all, Sensei?" Her voice still held a slight stutter because of the poison. Akane had assured her it would wear off soon from what Akane did know.

Kalin-sensei sighed, with a smile, "That's all. Plus, you'll have some vacation time to recuperate, so no training tomorrow."

There all silently cheered. They would have the time to catch up on anything they'd missed, and see their loved ones.

"Go on." Kalin-sensei said as she walked through the gates, checking in with the two guard ninjas, for Team Kalin, which marked their returned, before disappearing to the Hokage's office.

Honba, Akane and Toroi glanced at each other. Toroi cleared his throat, feeling the need to say something. "Well... Um.. Thanks you two. We didn't die."

"Obviously." Akane stated, then the corner of her mouth lifted even if that statement was a little dumb, "We made it." She gave Toroi a look, "But boy, you sounded awkward."

Honba sighed a relieved sigh, "Our first a-actual mission was A-ranked guys. And we completed it."

"I feel kinda proud." Toroi said in a voice that clearly showed he wasn't used to the feeling that way.

Akane nodded in agreement, "I think we can officially call ourselves a functioning team. Although we need to get to the hospital, guys..."

Honba laughed, "Yeah. And thank g-goodness!" She paused, "We're awesome."

Toroi and Akane chuckled, but didn't disagree. The conversation slipping away, they shared one more glance before crossing into their village, their home.

They were barely ten feet from the gate when Kakashi-san grabbed Honba in a bone crushing hug. Akane was surprise he hadn't gotten her as soon as they were in site of the village.

"Your safe..." Kakashi-san murmured into Honba's unwashed hair. His grip loosened slightly, but he still held his sister tightly in his arms.

Toroi and Akane took this as their sign to go, but not before Akane stealthily slipped a note she had just written into Kakashi-san's pocket. Kakashi would take care of their teammate... Of their (Kakashi and Akane) Honba/pack mate.

The note read:

Hey Kakashi,

I'm not sure if Honba will tell you, but she got poisoned. She was treated for it, but she should still go to the hospital.

- Akane

PS: Toroi and I are going to hospital for a checking over before I take the Kirema triplets to vet.

Once at the hospital Toroi and Akane went their separate ways. Akane knew he would be fine and that the sooner she got though her check up the sooner the Kirema could get their own.

They were fine just need some rest. Though Kiba seem to think otherwise, as his Akane and Kirema had come home hurt. He ended up falling asleep with a tight hold on Akane and she ended up staying at the head house that night. Hana and the Haimaru brothers join them in the living room. While Hana and the adults had held back they to had been worried and weren't happy about what had happened.