The two days had passed faster than I wanted it to. Aiyuna-sensei had been the first one to meet us at the gate with another woman and a man. Walking up to them I was the second of the team to be at the gate ten minutes before the recommended time instead of an hour like two days ago.

"Aiyuna-sensei, who are they?" I asked pointing to the two people leaning against the gate.

"Ah Fuyuka, they are the mission I was told you that we had a few days ago." I looked at her and rolled my eyes. She always does this; never tells us about the actual mission until the second of.

"Technically sensei, you didn't tell us anything about the mission; only when and where you wanted us to meet up at." She rubbed the back of her neck while giving a cheesy smile then continued to explain.

"We are to escort them back to Yukigakure. Hope you brought something warm." I sighed. I guess it's a good thing I always pack different type of clothes just in case. The duo was now making their way up to us. The female was smiling and seemed to be bouncing off the walls with the way she couldn't stand still for more than a minute, the male on the other hand was calm and collected. Upon further inspection of them I noticed that they had a weapon pouch on their thighs. If they were ninja why are we escorting them then? When the duo was close enough to where they didn't have to shout the woman had started to introduce herself.

"Hi, my name is Aiko and this is Miato." She pointed to the man. He bowed slightly and mumbled something; I'm going to assume that he was saying his thanks but then again I could be completely wrong. To acknowledge her speaking I nodded as the rest of my team had shown up. Ren was waving his hands around and smiling, as for Fumiko she was just smiling. I can see why this would be exciting for them this was the first mission that we have done together as a team in a while. The reason for this was I was a Chuunin same with Fumiko. Ren had almost made it the second time we were at the Chuunin Exams but was beat out by a sand nin. It wasn't till they got close enough for them to hear me; did I ask if they had any cold weather gear and they just looked at me slightly confused.

"Fuyuka's right yah know" Aiko said "you're going to need it." Ren and Fumiko looked at each other and shook their head in a no manner, I chuckled at them and told them not to worry I had extra cold weather gear just in case this would happen. With that being said we were off in a flash. The first thirty minutes of the mission were Aiko and Miato explaining the mission to Fumiko and Ren and why it related to us. I felt that part was self-explanatory, we were to guard and protect if needed until they got to Yukigakure. We also discovered that they were famous in Yukigakure and were budding entertainers in other nations. Like the land of fire and land of the wind. We traveled by tree top in the rainy weather. I could tell that the duo was excited to be out of the eternal rain that fell here that was for certain.

The rest of the day went that way till we made it to Amegakure and Konohagakure's boarders. Aiyuna-sensei had said that if we went that route it would be quicker than cutting through three to four different nations and what not. Aiko had hit it off with Ren and Fumiko as she was chatting up a storm with them. I frowned, no not because I'm jealous or anything like that it's just that this mission will be the last I see of them for I don't know how long. I think Miato saw the frown so he slowed down to my pace; I was in the back of the formation.

"What's wrong child?" Miato asked "You've been really quite." I looked at him, choosing my words carefully as not to arise any suspicion that I was planning on leaving after the mission was over.

"Oh, nothing is wrong. I'm just thinking way too much." I responded. I honestly think he didn't buy it. He's very perceptive if that's the case. Miato hummed to him-self.

"I don't think that's the case but I will not pry, for it does not concern me."

"Thank you Miato-san. If you could though would you keep your suspicion to your-self till we are no longer around you." I stated softly. Miato was kind enough to agree to it, I wouldn't want my team to worry about me. We did continue to converse about random things. That conversation took my mind off my thinking about my plans for the first part of the trip. When we stopped for the night we were in Konohagakure's forest. If we were to go any further we would have made our way to Konoha, my ultimate destination. Aiko had sat on the ground in a comical manner; earing a few chuckles from Ren, Aiyuna-sensei and Fumiko. In the end she fell asleep as soon as she had plopped down on the ground snoring loudly. Miato-san sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose which drastically reduced the noise.

Aiyuna-sensei had told us to gather the necessaries for the night such as food, wood and water. She appointed me as the food hunter and the water gatherer. Fumiko and Ren were appointed to gather wood for the fire. After she finished her orders we went off in search of what we were told to gather. I was perched on a tree branch nearby to search the woods for animals. 'Ame-san a little help here.' I thought. I knew she heard because I heard an annoyed sigh.

"There's a lake a few miles south of here but be careful I sensed a few other presences around the lake." She said. Jumping to the water source she had mentioned she was right there were people there. There was a man who wore a green jump suit and a kid that if you cut the braid and shove him in the jumpsuit thing as well, you'd have twins. I didn't want to interrupt their training so I tried to go up stream a bit. I took two steps forward and was greeted with the green clad man in front of me, giving off a stern look and was treating me as an intruder. I don't mind typical protocol, I could be considered suspicious and a threat to the peace of the village if I was really trying to… not, well maybe suspicious. This might get tricky if I say the wrong words to him.

"Who are you?" The Mr. Green as I'm going to call him for now asked.

"Me, I'm Fuyuka."