The sun was high, and the village had seemed pretty peaceful. Near the Hokage memorial was a man sitting in loose fitted clothing. He had a long Kiseru(about two feet long) and long brown hair. Yawning at the mid day nap he had taken; he relights his Kiseru with a match and picks up his circular glasses to put back on his face. Scratching his head, the Jōnin is greeted by a ninja hailing from the Land of Wind. "Well it seems like you're lax as ever." The ninja states to him. He gives an interested yet annoyed look at him, knowing he has a mission or direct order from his superiors to answer to. He sighs and says, "Well it looks like it wasn't gonna be a lazy day anyway. Why can't a man just enjoy the history behind the six Hokage heads and just love the spring day we're having?" The Sand ninja chuckles and agrees.

"Kuriame! We need to go get Indigo! It's time for the weekly meet up of our squad!"

"SHUTTAP! It's alright if you wanna see your GIRLFRIEND~ so badly, but I have important things to do! I don't really care for what our squad leader wants us to do for "Building comradeship," and all that junk. Right now there's a great day and a gallon of water at my disposal, and much of the window shopping at sharp ninja tools to be seen here!"

"Well I guess the sun is pretty out….but if you wanna be late and make ol' Smoky-sensei wait, then don't expect sympathy from anyone."

It was another usual mid week encounter with squad 7 of their graduating class; Kuriame Hozuki, passionately and intensely arguing against their class genius, Akira Hatake. Both brilliant Chūnin, however they hate to admit their friendship fully. He mumbles some sort of philosophy about a bright spring day and ventures in the opposite direction of Kuriame. She pays no mind to him leaving until she notices her water jug missing. She chuckles and pulls out a water bottle to drink, mumbling under her breathe, "Baka."

Akira continues to walk until he finds himself in the rich district of Konohagakure. There he waits by the gate, and begins to play with his kunai. He enjoys the passing birds until he hears a loud crash from inside the property. He kicks off from leaning against the gate and flips over to the top of the gate. A kunai is tossed at him, he catches two. "Well I'm glad my granddaughter is in the hands of someone capable; even if you're left over experiment of the Leaf." barks an old woman at him. He angrily tosses the kunai back at the feet of the old woman. Akira smiles and says, "Why hello lady Hanabi. I'm glad you praise me with such words of encouragement towards being partnered with your granddaughter." Before Hanabi responds, Indigo shyly passes her grandmother.

Both of their faces change instantly, only smiling as they both greet Indigo. She blushes and bows to her grandmother to say goodbye. She grabs her hand and praises her a bit as she points towards the other side of the house where she had just made a crater. "I see you've gotten better at the finishing strike in your gentle fist! I can't wait to see you surpass your father as the current head of the main branch. It's all thanks to your training here, not to your team or your lazy loaf of a sensei you have." Indigo gives a disappointing face at the lack of credit she gives her squad members and before she tries to protest against them, her grandmother already finds herself back inside for a cup of tea.

She embarrassingly apologizes to Akira for the rudeness of her grandmother, but quietly enough to not let her actually hear it. Both giggle at the strong willed old woman, and continue on their way out. They continue to the famous ramen shop that the legendary ninja Naruto would often go to. There they find Kuriame waiting outside the shop, angrily tapping her foot and playing with her hair. When they are in eye shot she begins to greet them by yelling their names and waving. Akira sighs by the obnoxiousness she is presenting, while Indigo only laughs at the joy of seeing her squad together.

Akira reaches the shop first and is about to enter the shop without even acknowledging Kuriame, but is sadly stopped and pulled out of the shop and thrown to the ground outside. "DON'T PLAY DUMB GRUNGLETOAD! GIVE ME BACK MY WATER!" Kuriame screams at him. He chuckles on the ground and a poof of smoke appears. Where his body was are chopsticks from inside the store. In front of Kuriame falls the gallon of water, nearly hitting her. Indigo looks up to see the shining spiky silver hair gleam in the bright sun. She blushes as Kuriame can't help but feel the same, mumbling, "Thank you," under her breath. He flips back down to land directly in the middle of them, as they all enter the shop together.

Several bowls of ramen later….

They all pile out of the small shop, bellies full and happy that they all got to spend time together. They all agree to head to the famous training grounds to have a simple walk down memory lane. It's been years since they had all pasted the Chūnin exams. Their sensei had purposefully made them take the exams right away, and didn't expect any to actually pass. He happily rewarded them with an upper cartilage piercing on their right; the jewelry was of the Konohagakure symbol.

They had been expecting to meet up with their sensei soon, and weren't surprised that they would have to wait or find him to actually get the next mission. On their walk to the training grounds there was a lot of Kuriame arguing with Akira, who was purposefully acting aloof but giving witty remarks. Indigo was simply smiling amongst her beloved comrades, happy that they were able to stick together even after becoming graduated Shinobi of their village. Upon arriving at the training grounds, Akira instinctively went up to the memorial stone to scout for Sakumo Hatake's name.

Indigo shyly approaches behind him and apologizes once more for her grandmother's remark. "You know….it doesn't matter if you actually have parents or not. You are still an amazing Shinobi. It doesn't matter what others think, because you are still an amazing ninja….and a more amazing comrade…" says Indigo as her face begins to turn bright red. Kuriame agrees with an affirming pat on the back and changes the subject, "You know, these training grounds as a Genin were fun. Don't you remember Ol' Smoky with the bells?" Akira looks up and smiles retorting with, "Yeah I do! I remember how you tried to offer me as a sacrifice and tried to eat his lunch as we fought for the bells." Kuriame blushes and agrees. Indigo interjects with,

"Well….I wasn't nearly as much help at that time as you were. Trying to fight him head on was a mistake, but then I found my love and talent for setting traps and doing more stealthy type of approaching problems as a Shinobi!"

"Not to be rude, but traps and ambushing is more our type of thing." says a voice from a different direction. All of squad 7 turns towards a tree off to the side. There they see a beautiful girl with long her and a very strange sword on her back, and hanging on the branch that they're on is a boy chained to the brim. His face emotionless, and hers smiling, they both approach squad 7. Kuriame instantly realizes the sword on the girls back and barks back, "Just what do Mist ninja think they're doing in this part of Konohagakure? What's more, why is a Ninja of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist casually visiting such a place in a time of peace? YOU LOT SHOULD BE…." Until all of squad 7 falls asleep.

From behind them walks a tall, skinny, boy with massive white fur covering his body. He shifts his masks once again and waves towards his companions. All of a sudden all three Mist ninja see four kunai land in a square around them with something tied to them, and they all begin to be shot up into the sky as a thick smoke surrounds them. "You know, that was very rude from both parties. If you say it's a time of peace, theres no need to be hostile towards them…..KURIAME!" All three leaf ninja awake to see their sensei glaring down at them in slight anger and disappointment.

"Alright, now when they get back down you're not only gonna apologize that I stepped in, but also for you absolute rudeness towards them. Understand me?" says Smoky-sensei. All three ninja look ashamed at the ground, but Kuriame spouts back, "BUT! THEY STARTED IT! THEY SAID AMBUSHING WAS THEIR THING! AND A ONE OF THE SEVEN SWORDSMEN OF THE BLOODY MIST IS HERE! WHAT IN JELLYBEANS NAME IS THAT HORSESHIT!?" Smoky sighs and exhales a large amount of smoke at Kuriame. "Are you sure they are? If she was, she wouldn't have fallen for the simple trap that I placed instantly as they all gathered. Maybe she doesn't know of them but holds the relic of it? Use your head, you're better than this." He says back. She shows an even more ashamed face by her actions as the mist ninja begin to land. The girl and chained boy land quickly as the jutsu ends.

Neither looks happy, but also don't pull out any weapons. The third one is nowhere in sight. Smoky chuckles and nudges his ninja team forward. Indigo steps forward, "I'm terribly sorry for the rudeness that we committed. Kuriame was upset by that sword, and we hold a lot of pride in our abilities. My name is Indigo Hyuuga, this boy is Akira Hatake, and my friend here is Kuriame Hozuki. We humbly request you accept our apology, and take our new warm greeting towards you."

The girl smiles and greets them back warmly. "Hello, My name is Mio Kimihime, it's a pleasure. This guy right here is one of my best friends Seijitora Zen, and the nomadic ninja is Kurokano Kurama. Both of these guys are very shy, but Kurokano is extremely shy. It's rare he even is seen by anyone outside the vill…" as Mio is interrupted, "YOU WORTHLESS POTATOS! WHY ARE YOU BEING SO RUDE TO A VILLAGE YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN IN BEFORE!" screams Ramos-sensei as she forces Seijitora to bow in apology. His head hits the ground and she nearly buries him as she slams his head continuously into the ground.

Mio laughs slightly and blows a few times before stopping. Smoky laughs and greets Ramos happily. "Welcome to Konohagakure! I'm the Smoking Wing Sage, at your service! I also can't help but be curious, but did you say Kurokano? He's famous around the Land of Fire for being a fairy tale water spirit in your village! That's quite an impressive team of elite ninja you have here!" Ramos laughs in response blowing all Smoky's praise away saying, "Not really. They're all just normal Chūnin of the Mist. The REAL ninja to praise is our little princess here! She's actually the rank of Tokubetsu Jōnin! She's the talent of the team by far! Hahahaha!" Squad 7 all look at each other in confusion, trying to confirm the level of favoritism that Mio seems to have from her sensei.

"But I would like to ask for a favor! Can you direct us to the Hokage's building please? We have a simple C-ranked mission to complete with them." asks Ramos-sensei. Smoky happily agrees to help them out, but asks for a wager, "That won't be a problem, but may I ask a favor of a dual amongst our little teams here? Sure they're higher ranked Shinobi, but let's let them grow a rivalry between Villages to increase comradeship? Plus we can watch!" Smoky offers excitingly. Ramos agrees excitingly to show off Mio. All of squad 7 and 4 face palm at the feeling of truly being play toys to their seniors.