Rayne's journey to the Hokage's office was short after she walked off from Ino and Sakura's conversation. She got to the tower within two minutes and walked in heading towards the stairs. The ninja that were present in the building were giving her strange looks, either because of the fact that she still wore her dark blue sunglasses inside or the wave of killer intent that ever so slowly radiated off of her. In her mind, even though she wouldn't show it, Rayne was raving mad.

'How could they think that I would ever be loyal to that bastard!? After all the damn things he did to me. Isn't Tsunade trusting me enough to show those poor excuses for kunochi that I would never betray this village!?!'

Rayne was so lost in her own thoughts that went she got to the doors that led into Tsunade's office, that she completely disregarded the two jounin standing guard outside and walked through the doors and straight into the office. She walked right up to Tsunade's desk and slammed her hands down, scattering papers everywhere.

"Have you never taught anyone in this village to mind their own business!?!" Rayne's voice rose at the end of her sentence. Tsunade just started at her like nothing out of the ordinary happened.

"So, now that the whole village has probably heard you're outburst, you want to tell me what set you off this morning?" The corners of Tsunade's mouth were upturned in an amused smirk and Rayne stood in front of her a light blush on her face that no one would notice unless they looked very closely. Rayne flopped down in the chair in front of the desk and sighed, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Stupid people who think stupid things," she muttered, barely above a whisper.

"Shizune," Tsunade said looking at the older of her two apprentices. "Close the door."

Shizune looked at the doors and sighed. She would have to get those repaired soon. One was hanging of its hinges and the other had a chunk missing out of it. She closed the doors to the best of her ability and glared at the two standing guard, her silent warning that they should mind their own business.

Once the doors were 'closed', Tsunade continued. "I'm guessing Sakura said something about you still be connected to Orochimaru?"

Rayne glared at Tsunade, "You just had to go and tell her I was trained by that damn bastard. Now she'll probably spread it around and I'll end up being as hated as Naruto."

"Well...wait a second. How do you know Naruto is hated by the villagers?"

Rayne gave Tsunade a look that said 'you've got to be kidding', and said, "It was obvious when I met him that he was the one the Kyuubi was sealed in. So obviously the villagers hate him."

"Well, I'll give you that. Who was Sakura talking to anyways?"

"That Ino girl, why?"

"Because Sakura only shares things with Ino when it's something she doesn't want anyone else to hear."

Rayne's expression softened a bit. "Oh..."

"How about we move on to the real reason why you're here. Through my experience with you," Tsunade said, voice more like that of someone who was responsible for a whole village, "I believe that you would be at ANBU status. I can have you immediately out into their ranks if that is your wish."

"As much as I would love that, I'd rather just be a jounin for now. Until I get used to this village again, that is."

"Alright." Tsunade quickly pulled a piece of paper in front of her and wrote down a few things. She then pushed it over to Rayne for her to sign. Although she trusted Tsunade, she'd had too many experiences with contracts not to look one over before signing it. She quickly read the paper and then signed it. She handed it back to Tsunade with a small smile.

"Well," Tsunade started. "Now that that is taken care of, I'm going to send you out on your first mission." Rayne gave a small smile and made a noise that somewhat resembled a laugh, shaking her head.

"How did I know that was coming?" At that moment there was a knock at the door. Tsunade signaled for Shizune to open the doors and she did just that. Three people walked in and stood beside the chair Rayne was sitting in. None of them seemed to notice that she was sitting there and she took the advantage to take a look at them. She immediately recognized all of them and rolled her eyes. Of course Tsunade would team her up with these people for her first mission in Konoha in many years.

"Finally! We have a mission!" Naruto yelled even thought Tsunade was sitting not even a meter away from him. Sakura hit him on the head while Sasuke just 'hn'ed.

Tsunade waited for them to calm down before she started to explain. "Your mission is very simple. There is a group of bandits not far from the village that are hindering the passers-by. The four of you are to intercept them and if it comes to it, dispose of them. Is that clear?"

"All but one thing, Tsunade-shishou," Sakura stated.

"What's that Sakura?"

"You said the four of us, but I only see three of us here." Rayne made a small coughing noise that brought Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke's attention to her.

"I'm the fourth person." Rayne stood from her chair and stretched. She stood between Sasuke and Naruto, making her seem smaller than she really was, although she was the shortest of the four of them. Actually, she was the shortest out of all the people that had been at the training grounds the day before.

"Who's the leader?" Sasuke asked, already assuming that it would be him or Sakura, knowing that it wouldn't be Naruto and doubting it would be this other girl because this was only her second day within the village.

"Rayne will be the leader of this mission."

Rayne sighed and shook her head. "You don't even give me time to get to know people before you put me in charge of them."

"That's because one, it's you and two, you know who all of them are and their backgrounds so I'm sure you'll be fine."

"Alright, when do you want this done by?"

"As soon as possible."

"Okay," Rayne turned to the other three in the room. "Can you all meet me at the gates in an hour?"

"Hai," they all answered and a few seconds later disappeared. Rayne turned back to Tsunade and said, "We won't be too long," before disappearing, leaving only a blue and white feather floating where she was standing.

Tsunade gave a little laugh. "Only Rayne." She turned and looked out the window, towards the gates of Konoha. "Now they'll be able to see what Rayne is really all about. Let's hope she earns their trust. Maybe then, eventually, they'll gain her trust. God knows how much she needs people that she can trust."