When I wake up in the morning I feel much better. I know I dreamed last night, but I can't remember any of it on waking, and I decide that's a good thing. My dreams have not been very enjoyable as of late.

I get up and make myself presentable quickly, and then head out the door. Unfortunately Luo is waiting for me outside the door. As he falls into step beside me silently, I make a mental note to myself to talk to Temari about this arrangement.

Before heading to the hospital I stop for a quick breakfast. Luo, who still hasn't said so much as a hello, sits next to me.

"Are you planning on following me all day?" I ask irritably.

He shrugs. "If I have to."

I glare at him, and he smirks, and then breakfast comes and we eat in silence. In angry silence. I keep imagining all the ways I could make him squirm, or cause him pain, and I find that I feel even better after breakfast.

When it comes time to pay, Luo pays for my breakfast as well as his.

"From our country to you." he says, with his heavy lidded smile. I notice now that he has very long eyelashes for a man. It seems unfortunate that Temari should be right about his appearances, when he seems like such a… a pig.

Thinking of pigs makes me miss Ino, and I'm feeling a little down when I enter the hospital again. It doesn't take long before I'm too busy to feel down though. As soon as I walk in the man behind the desk points frantically down the hall, and I follow his directions. Soon enough I'm surrounded by young ninja, and I have no idea what I'm doing with them.

"What so you think of your class?" Seri asks, coming up behind them. She hands me a clipboard and smiles. "I figure the best way to teach them is to show them right? Have fun!" And with that she leaves me.

And I'm perfectly lost. I stare at the kids around me, looking up at me expectantly. Then I look at the clipboard in my hand. There are three cases attached to it, and I assume that Seri expects me to take care of them.

First things first.

"Hello, everyone. I hope you're ready to pay attention; this isn't going to be pretty." I look into the eyes of each of my new students. There are four of them; three girls and one boy. This isn't fair; that's more than jonin have to teach from the academy. I don't especially want to be 'sensei' to four children. One, maybe two would have been nice.

Oh well, what can I do?

"First I'd like to know all of your names." I say.

I wait while they all introduce themselves. They all have nice, common names that I'm sure I'll forget by tomorrow, but I can deal with that later.

"Now who can tell me where room 234 is?" I ask, holding up the clipboard.

The tallest of the girls, Mai I think, holds up her hand. "That's on the second floor." She says, and I tell her to lead the way. My new students lead me to an elevator and up one floor then to the room. And Luo tags along.

"This is it." Mai declares when we reach the door.

"Good. How old are you Mai?" I ask, only now wondering.

"I'm thirteen years old."

I look from her to the others. She actually looks older than the others. Unless she looks old for her age, I've been stuck with a bunch of children. But I know well that just because they're young doesn't necessarily mean they're still children. Especially living in this country. And this also means that they must be quite talented, to be studying medicine at such a young age.

"Well, let's get this over with shall we?"