The day had arrived for Zaria and Takada to execute their mission. Zaria sat at the kitchen table writing out a detailed plan on a map she made by memory. She waited on Takada to arrive so she could discuss her plan with him. Tosen walked in the kitchen ready to make breakfast.

"What are you doing?" Tosen asked seeing how focused Zaria was. She didn't answer and continued scribbling things on her paper. He knew that when she was focused like this that she ignored everyone in order to maintain her focus. He just shrugged his shoulders and reached into the fridge to grab some eggs for his breakfast. As he was about to turn the stove on there was a knock at the door. Usually no one comes over in the morning so Tosen was curious to see who it was. He walked into the mud room and opened the door.

"Takada? What are you doing her" Tosen asked. Takada has never been over the house before.

"Sorry to bother you so early Tosen, but I'm here to see Zaria" Takada responded. Tosen nodded and let him in. He guided Takada into the kitchen where Zaria was. Takada took a seat next to her.
"Why am I not surprised that you're writing down a detailed plan. You know you're not even going to follow through with it" Takada commented. Zaria gritted her teeth but resisted the urge to slap him.

"If you knew the enemy we we're going to deal with you would be carefully planning you strategy too" Zaria responded. Takada looked confused now. What enemy was she talking about? He glanced over at her paper and saw the name Orochimaru. That put him in shock.

"O-Orchimaru?" Takada stuttered. Zaria nodded her head not even looking at him.

"Zaria are you insane? Is this why you asked me to come? Are you trying to get me killed?" Takada questioned in a panic. Zaria giggled in response. Even though Takada talks big he panics a lot.

"Relax, just trust me for once. As long as we stay hidden we won't have to worry about engaging in battle or dying" Zaria stated. "If we get caught just leave everything to me." She continued. "I've got a trump card" she said as she gave Takada a smirk. It wasn't that Takada didn't trust her. He trusted her completely with his life. It was the idea of infiltrated a hideout in the Sound Village that bothered him. Also the fact that Zaria wants to handle everything on her own if they get caught. He always knew she was insane. Takada knew he wasn't going to standby and watch Zaria take all the action. He was going to support her whether she liked it or not. They continued on discussing ways on how to enter the Sound Village without getting caught. The Sound and the Grass were considered enemies so they knew it wasn't going to be easy to sneak in.

"I've already managed to sneak into the Sound Village and find Orochimaru's hideout so that part is taken care of" Zaria stated. Takada was shocked and impressed at the same time. He knew what Zaria was capable of. However, he didn't know about how much stronger she has gotten since the chunin exams. She was the reason he made it out of the survival round. If Zaria and her team hadn't shown up when they did, he would have been dead. Takada listened to Zaria's plan carefully. If Zaria was able to get through the Sound Village with no harm and able to follow an elite ninja without being detected then maybe it was going to be easy after all. Zaria got up from the table.

"wait here for a second I'm going to get my mission gear" Zaria said as she went up to her room. She changed her clothes putting on her usually mission gear. She came back down and Takada got up. Zaria gestured to him that it was time to go. Takada nodded and followed Zaria out the door. They walked downtown in order to take shortcut to the village gate. There they ran into Zaria's team mates.

"Takada you jerk you better take really good care of Zaria! If she comes home with as little as a scratch on her I'll kill you!" Raiden shouted. Satoru sighed knowing Raiden was going to cause a scene. Takada looked at him annoyed.

"You really are an idiot aren't you Rai?" Takada questioned. That made Raiden more angry.

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!" Raiden shouted with anger.
"Raiden will you shut up, you're causing a scene. Everyone is staring at us" Satoru voiced.

"I don't care! He's got some nerve taking Zaria away from us" Raiden continued to shout. Zaria wanted to say something, but knew it would be pointless.

"For your information, she asked me to come along." Takada stated annoyed with Raiden.

"So What she's not your team mate!" Raiden pestered.

"You're just jealous that Zaria wanted me to go on a mission with her and not you" Takada teased. Raiden growled at Takada. Zaria was getting annoyed now. She grabbed Takada by the back of his collar and dragged him away.

"You two can fight some other time. We have a mission to take care of" Zaria uttered to Takada. Both Raiden and Satoru looked at them confused. After they were gone Raiden crossed his arms and grumbled under his breath.

"It's not fair. What's so great about Takada?" Raiden mumbled. Satoru chuckled at Raiden. Satoru wasn't really a big fan of Takada either, but he wasn't the one that really voiced his opinion like Raiden did.

"Relax will you. It's just one mission. What harm can it do?" Satoru said trying to calm his team mate.

"Oh cut it Satoru. You and I both know that you hate Takada spending time alone with Zaria more than I do" Raiden countered. He was right, but like he said before it was just a mission.

"Yeah, but I'm not overreacting like you are" Satoru stated. "Like I said it's just a mission and plus Zaria doesn't even like Takada" He finished. Raiden gave a devious smirk that puzzled Satoru.

"Oh yeah then why did she willing pick him to go with her on a mission and not her own team mates? Don't you think it's a little weird how she told us not to get involved meanwhile she has absolutely no problem with Takada tagging along?" Raiden mentioned. Satoru knew he was right. It was a little weird that she did that. He even remembers her absolutely hating him when they were all in the academy together. She always called him a "show-off" or an "complete idiot". Now Satoru started to panic on the inside. What if there was something more going on? What if she actually like Takada over him? All these thoughts were racing through his mind. Raiden knew that he got to him. He chuckled as he watched Satoru go crazy in his thoughts.

"Calm down dude...like you said it's just a mission. What harm could it do?" Raiden said quoting Satoru from earlier. Satoru growled with a slight blush and smacked Raiden upside the head and walked away.

"Ouch...man Satoru you didn't need to hit me" Raiden said rubbing the back of his head. He eventually caught up to Satoru who didn't respond to him.

Zaria and Takada made there way to the gate. It was going to be at least two days before they arrived at the Sound Village. Once they arrived at the gate the went over the plan again just to be sure everything would work out perfectly and no small details were left out. When they were done with that , they made their way into the forest leaving the village. Zaria had never been on a mission with Takada before so she hoped that they would have at least somewhat decent teamwork. She knew of Takada's abilities which was why she chose him to come with her in the first place.

"That Raiden is a real piece of work. I don't know how you deal with him on a daily basis" Takada commented.

"With sheer will power not to slap him" Zaria replied. Takada chuckled in response. Despite her attitude towards Both Raiden and Takada, she actually liked having them around. Even though Raiden was the same age as her Zaria always thought of him as a younger brother. Takada she thought of as a close friend just like Satoru. It was a long journey ahead. Hopefully it would go by smoothly.