The scorching sun beated through the thickets of trees, shining upon two ninjas, unaware of the heat. A string of kunais flew out a girl's hand. She wore a pink Chinese tanktop and a pair of black capris, the sharp blades sliced through the air, heading for a boy with long black hair, tied to a loose ponytail at the end. He swiftly dodged two that attacked him from the left, and smacked the other two away with the back of his bandaged hand. The girl smirked, pulling two scrolls out from the back of her pocket, she threw them up into the air and soared with them up into the sky. The scrolls encircled her body like a cage as she grabbed fistfuls of weapons from the enchanted parchment. The hundreds of weapons raced through the wind, heading for the boy. Almost immediately, he held both of his hands out and began to spin in a continuous rotation.
"HAKKESHOU KAITEN!" he shouted. The weapons flew in different directions, thrusted away by the chakra filled rotation that was his ultimate defense.
The girl fell to the ground smiling, "Your reflexes are even faster today than they were yesterday," she commented. She picked up the two scrolls, and the real fallen kunais that hadn't vanished after the spell.
The rotation stopped. He secretly smiled at what she told him, "Come on," he said, "Gai-Sensei and Lee are probably waiting for us already.
"Hnh," she nodded, falling into steps with him as they walked out of the forest.
"It's scorching hot out here!" cried Tenten, "I bet you I could fry and egg if I put it on the ground right now," she remarked, shielding her eyes from the glaring sun. "Aren't you hot?" she asked.
He ignored her, heading for the spot that Gai-Sensei and Lee stood, waiting behind the Academy. "YOSH! You two are finally here! Today is the Springtime of youth! The Mizukage is coming to visit! We will amaze him with our amazing skills and make this entire west side of Konoha look amazing! I'll definitely beat you this time Kakashi!" shouted Gai, thrusting his fist into the air. Neji scoffed as Tenten sighed.
The old Mizukage of the water village had just retired, appointing a new Mizukage to the position. The new Mizukage, who, when he went into office, had immediately tried to make peace with all the neighboring nations. He was supposed to arrive in Konoha the next day to speak to the Godaime and set up a peace treaty, so all the genin teams had been forced with the duty to make the city look presentable. Kakashi's team had been sent to the north side, Kurenai's to the south, and Asuma's to the east. How awfully boring and pointless this was going to be, thought Tenten.
"Gai-Sensei, you will definitely beat Kakashi-Sensei today! We will make this sparkling clean and spotless!" shouted Lee over enthusiastically as usual. Tenten sighed, Didn't he understand that they couldn't just make it spotless, they actually had to make it look appealing? she wondered. But she was okay, she had grown used to Lee's enthusiasm long ago.
"Yes! Of course Lee! My wonderful student!" cried Gai-Sensei, hugging Lee. But somehow, the fact that Gai-Sensei and Lee could make the sun set any time of the day they wanted and have dolphins jump behind them never ceased to amaze her. Suddenly, they stopped and stared at Neji in question. All three of them were visibly hot, with beats of sweat dripping down their foreheads, but Neji seemed unfazed by the heat, not a single drop of sweat slipped from his face. "Aren't you..." began Lee, still hugging onto Gai.
"...hot?" finished Gai.
"Iie," answered Neji, his arms folded. They both stared at him with amazed looks on their face.
On the outside, Neji seemed undisturbed by the weather, but on the inside he was ready to die from all the heat that his light, brown jacket was capturing and keeping. In the winter his jacket acted as a wonderful insulator, capturing the heat and keeping it in to warm him up, but in the summer it was a nightmare, burning his body up to a temperature beyond belief. Nobody realized how sweaty he was inside the jacket since he never took it off, and he wasn't planning to let anybody know anytime soon, but inside, he was like a waterfall about to explode. Secretly, Neji grimaced as he lagged behind Gai-Sensei and Lee with Tenten, Maybe he wouldn't wear the heavy jacket tomorrow.
"Mizukage-sama, wait up!" cried a girl with dark, brown hair that fell to her shoulders. "Should we not visit the Hokage first, before we go anywhere else?" she asked, catching up to a man who wore a black turtleneck shirt and a long pair of black pants.
"Come on Rei, don't you want to explore the city first? I want to be able to walk through this city like a regular tourist before they find out I'm the Mizukage," grinned a tall, dark brown haired man. He had a gentle, kind looking face, and dark brown eyes, that seemed soft and understanding.
The girl blushed and nodded, "H-Hai!" she cried as she followed him while he walked through the city.