"I hear you left the ANBU to take on this group of students," Might Guy chimed, oblivious to Seiri's unease at having him in close proximity to her. Not that she didn't like him, she just found him weird. "Ah, the fresh minds you get to mold. It's an admirable thing you're doing!" He gave the red head a thumbs up and grinned widely, his white teeth shining.

Seiri laughed nervously. "It's not so spectacular," she said as she rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "When I rescued all these kids, they had no where to go. The Priests had a nasty habit of destroying the villages that they stole kids from. Every one of them is an orphan. No family, no one to care about them. We only had each other in the Order. I think it's only natural and to be expected that they wanted to come back with me."

"They trust you," Might Guy added, looking out at the training field, noticing all the forlorn expressions of the teens and kids that sat about the area. "Though, there's an incredible lack of youthful spirit here!"

"They've had it rough..." Seiri said at length, thinking back to her own time being a Priest, "...and they've all done things that they're probably not proud of."

"Even so, shouldn't you send them through the academy to become ninjas? Why are you training them alone?"

"I guarantee you that every one of these kids would pass as a Jonin. They don't need academy training. They need to learn how to interact with the world again. I don't plan on drilling them senseless with training, I plan on getting them to open up and make friends. They need to start their new lives and learn how to be happy again."

"Well, if anyone can do that, I believe it's you," Gaid said, smiling all the while. Seiri stared up at him, a little amazed at his confidence in her. It was such a switch to what she was used to.

She grinned back, the biggest smile she'd ever made, "Thanks, Guy!"

He blushed at her innocent, appreciative expression-not having expected it.

"Am I interrupting?" A familiar voice called from behind. The duo turned to see the masked face of a silver haired ninja.

"Ah, my archrival!" Guy exclaimed, hands on his hips as he laughed.

"Yo," Kakashi answered back, waving lazily as he made his way over to Seiri. As he reached the duo, he looked out at all of Seiri's new students. "You've got a lot of work ahead of you."

She smiled, "I know. but they're worth it."

A brief moment of silence passed before Kakashi spoke once more, "Why are you here, Guy?"

The taller man chuckled and smirked, "Actually, I was waiting for you, old friend. We have a score to settle!"

"Can we do it later, I don't really feel up to a competition?" Kakashi sighed.

"Forfeiting? I guess today's points go to me then! I believe that evens out our score, and ties us." Guy winked towards Kakashi and Seiri, his expression both confident and a little smug.

"So you're only my equal because of cheating?" Kakashi asked, his tone disinterested.

Guy shrank, appearing hurt at the accusation. "Cheating?! I would never! Take that back!"

"But you just admitted that you're giving yourself points just because I won't go against you."

Guy grit his teeth, his brow furrowing. Then his expression was calm and he was smiling again, "Let's settle this in a race!"

Kakashi sighed deeply, "Alright, alright, if that's what it'll take to make you go away."

The two men took up their places side by side just behind Seiri.

"Same destination?" Guy asked.

"Yeah, that works," Kakashi agreed.

"And three! Two! One! Go!" Guy called. The duo sprinted off, leaving a trail of kicked up dust and dirt in their wake. Seiri watched after them for a moment, completely confused, before turning back to her students.

"Uhm..." She walked over to them, a couple were laughing softly over the absurdity of what just happened, a little bit of life in their eyes, "...I guess we can start our day now." Seiri was grinning though, and she beamed to see her students barriers chip away just a little bit.