I met up with my team in a small part of town, just by a tree near the hot springs. I loved going to the hot springs, it was my favorite place to go. "Are we there?" Gingu asked. "Ya we're here." I said as I looked at the tree. "Kai, you're here early!" said a familiar voice. There standing in front of me was Inu Yamanaka. "Hey!" I said as I ran over to her. "What is she doing here?" Inu said looking at Gingu. "She has a name, her name is Gingu, and Gingu is my best friend?" I said disapprovingly to Inu. Inu stepped back a step, shocked; I guess that she had never been told off by anyone. "O-oh, ok." Inu said gulping. Gingu stepped forward. And whispered to me: "it ok, if I am going to be a ninja, I am going to need to learn how to protect myself." I nodded. "OI! I hope you too aren't getting into a fight on the first mission!" we looked up and saw Ken Hyuga. "G- g-good morning Ken!" Gingu said. Gingu has liked Ken ever since the academy training. I looked at her and nudged her. "Good morning… Gingu right?" he asked. "Y-Ya." She said now blushing and looking away. "Good morning Kai, what's up?" he asked. "Nothing really, what about you?" I asked. "Nothing, hey did you here about that meeting all of the elite ninja had to go too?" he asked, "How could I not? My dad is the hokage!" I said looking at him putting my hand on my hip. "Oh Ya, I forgot…" he said scratching the back of his head. "My mom and dad had to go to that, it lasted almost all night!" Inu said. "I heard they discussed things about our new missions." Gingu said, face still red. "Ya, what ever." Inu said. I looked down for there was nothing left to talk about. Ken looked down too, then he reached down and picked a white flower, it was pretty. I looked up as he lifted his head. He took a step forward now about an inch away form me. "Here, this is a pretty flower, you should have it Kai, it reminds me of you." He put it in my dark brown bangs on the right and held his had on my ear. I looked into his light blue eyes, but then I remembered that Gingu liked him. "Thanks!" I said as I jumped back five feet. Gingu looked sad. "I-I should go, bye Kai, bye Ken!" Gingu said and she ran off. I watched her as she ran to where her team was, and I saw a tear falling into the breeze then landing on the dirt path. I felt bad… I really did! But there was nothing I could do. "You guys getting into a fight already?" we turned and saw Shikamaru-sensei. "No, not yet." I said looking at Inu and Ken. Shikamaru-sensei looked at us a little disappointed… but then again he always does (he's pretty lazy). He was the first one in the village to get married to a girl outside the village. I haven't met her yet, but I hear she is pretty harsh but can be nice, that's what Shikamaru-sensei told us. "Alright, I have your first mission." Shikamaru-sensei said. We all looked at him with wide eyes. We were all there, all of the team, everyone. He told us the mission and I took a step back, because this was going to be hard.