Kakashi and Sasuke jumped through the trees in the forest to the Leaf Village returning from their mission. It was early in the morning and Sasuke was in a grouchy mood, which meant any bad news wouldn't help him. Not to mention that the village they were just in had a storm and they were still wet from their trip. Kakashi hoped that bad news wouldn't come by too soon. Sadly, his hopes went up too high.
"Hold on, Sasuke." Kakashi said as he stopped jumping among the branches and landed on the ground.
"What is it now." Sasuke grumbled.
"We have visitors. The good kind." The wind stirred a bit and from out of the trees, a few figures with jounin jackets appeared and landed in front of Kakashi. "Well, well, well. No surprise here that you're in this squad… Kasaigaru."
Kasaigaru, being leader, stepped forward and nodded. "Of course. Tsunade personally chose me for this mission. And good morning Sasuke." Sasuke grunted and looked away, uninterested. Then Kasaigaru's eyes went slightly dark as he looked at Kakashi and Sasuke's clothes. "Why are you wet?"
"The village we were just at had a bad storm. We got soaked during our mission and we're still not dry yet." Kakashi explained.
Kasaigaru never relaxed. "How bad?"
Confused, Kakashi chose his words carefully. "Bad enough for it to come to the Leaf village also. It'll probably get there in a few hours. Most likely tonight."
Kasaigaru looked at the ground, thoughtful, "I see… And you two are heading back now?"
"Now, now, Kasaigaru, what do you need us to do? Kakashi said. "You're up to something is all I know."
Kasaigaru sighed and looked not at Kakashi, but at Sasuke. "Sasuke, may I speak with you? My team, you may go on ahead without me. I'll catch up."
"I guess I'll go on ahead too. Meet me back at the Hokage's office Sasuke." Kakashi said and ran off. Sasuke stared at Kasaigaru suspiciously.
Kasaigaru watched Kakashi go off into the trees and turned back to Sasuke. "Don't worry, it's nothing too serious. I'm just a little worried about Ryume."
Sasuke became alert, "Did something happen? Is she okay?"
"Relax, she's fine… She's probably having the time of her life right now, actually. But anyways, whenever it rains in the leaf, it's usually pretty bad. And no one really knows about this except Ryume's siblings and myself." Kasaigaru paced while he talked, "Ryume has a problem with storms. If it thunders, she freezes up and hides somewhere. She's just terrified of thunder storms."
"So you want me to watch out for her?" Sasuke asked, slightly confused.
Kasaigaru stopped pacing and looked off into the forest. "No… there's something else I need you to do." He sighed, "You see, Ryume is on a date with Hikuro right now, all day."
Sasuke growled softly and muttered darkly under his breath, "Hikuro…"
Kasaigaru moved on, "Unfortunately, he doesn't know about this. So if a storm were to hit, I don't want her getting hurt. If you don't mind just telling him this, that'd help me and Ryume a lot."
Sasuke nodded. "Where are they going?"
"Uhh…" Kasaigaru scratched the back of his head. "I have no idea."
Sasuke sighed angrily, "It'll take me forever to find them! I'll leave now."
Kasaigaru nodded and watched Sasuke run off into the trees. "Let's just hope things don't turn out bad…"