Early hours into the morning, even the sun wasn't in the sky, yet the objects around both Naruto's and Ryozo's camp was visible to every eye. The small bugs to the tents which they slept in, each stood out as much as the next.

A loud crashing sound seemed to bring Ryozo out of his peaceful sleep, as everyone else within the camp was up on their feet within seconds, standing outside their tents and in their cloths. Ryozo however, wasn't so eager to leave the comfort of his bed until the crashing sounded again… And again… Again…

Until Ronin jumped down onto the tent, where he knew the bed would have been, now forcing Ryozo to move if he liked it or not. "Wake up boy!" A grin could be heard within his voice as he jumped back.

Ryozo now rolled out from his bed, and just stayed where he had ended up, with the morning being way too early for his liking now. "Why don't you bloody sleep longer?!" His voice ratty, knowing full well not to leave the collapsed shelter of the tent with which he hid in.

" 'Cause the early bird catches the worm." A remembered voice now sounded from within the crowd which had built up around Ryozo's tent, easily made out by the small whispers which came from every angle.

"Well go catch it then… I'll stick with the damn beetles."

"Sorry. Team effort now get your butt up and let's get going!" A annoyed voice, probably Keiji was now shouting towards Ryozo, as they all seemed to hunt down food together.

"Whatever…" His groan now grew as he forced himself to sit up underneath the sheet of the fallen tent. "You really could eat without me you know." As he got quickly dressed, he left the tent; his eyes near enough shut reducing his visibility quiet a bit as well as slight sluggish movements. As his hair also seemed to stick out on random ends, making it look like he had just woken up after a house party.

"Come on! Cheer up!" The happy and rather cheery voice would have only been one person in the whole camp – Suichi, who was now patting Ryozo upon the back. "You'll sleep longer tomorrow night. I think. Today, feels funny."

"Alright guys. Time to pair you up, as we've got a new guy in our ranks, looks like someone is going to be by themselves." Ronin now scanned the crowd looking for someone he knew would manage on their own.

Senichi, a boy who had rather long hair flowing from his head, as his gaze seemed to be drifting of else where into the distance stood out compared to all the others.

"Senichi! You're going alone." Ronin now grinned ever so slightly towards him. "And your partner Suichi will team up with Ryozo for today."

Senichi didn't seem much fazed by the attempt to separate the two of them; a mere shrug flowed from his shoulders. Yet Suichi's jaw seemed to drop as he was used to fighting side-by-side with Senichi. "Eep…" Passed through Suichi's lips as he looked towards Ryozo.

"This would be fun to see." Keiji grinned now turning away from the girl who he had picked for the moment as his partner.

"I really think Suichi would just slow him down." Another voice called straight behind Keiji's

"Its not like either are special."

"Shut ya trap."

Mumbling from the left and from the right seemed to engulf Suichi as he wasn't used to be the one who everyone talked about, especially when the 'new-be' of the group was flowing with him for the first time since he had been there.

"Don't worry, you'll both be fine." The girl who was Keiji's partner smiled toward Suichi which for some reason brought colour back towards his cheeks.

"I will be. Especially if you're waiting for me when I get back." Suichi now grinned as he winked towards the purple haired girl before turning back towards Ronin who was already an inch from both him and Ryozo.

What they had to do was swiftly covered within a small sentence, as both Ryozo and Suichi now nodded before they had disappeared from the sight of everyone else in the camp. Now Ronin parted from ear to ear telling the partners what they had to do for today's tasks, until it came down to Senichi being the only one left. "I think… You'd best go follow Ryozo and Suichi… For some reason I don't trust Suichi to work well with him. Maybe I should have paired you with him."

Senichi now sighed ever so slightly, actually wanting to do something today. "Well maybe you should have just paired me with Ryozo instead, or just sent Ryozo by himself, I'm not going to baby sit him all the time." A growl passed along with Senichi's words, as soon as he finished speaking he had disappeared towards the center field which held most of the food which they had – From meat right down to dull vegetables.

Now the sun was finally breaking through the hills upon the side of the mountains which was to the east of Ryozo and Suichi who were both lying in wait for a deer each to cross their paths, both with daggered blades within their hands.

"I hope you know what you've got to do." Suichi laughed softly as in the side of the bush came a rattling sound, something either trying to free itself, or something waking from its slumber.

Ryozo's eyes also shot of in that direction upon seeing two horns prop up from beside the bush, a swift sound of the dagger cutting through the air could be heard, now piecing something as a gasp for air was the last thing to be heard – Other than the bang of the creature down to the floor.

"I think I've got it pretty good." Ryozo's mouth now pulled up in the corners with a small smirk spreading across his lips.

"Damn it…" Suichi now groaned as he paced forward ever so slowly, making sure never to step on anything that would give him away to the surrounding animals. Yet as he stepped a alerted bird now squawked due to seeing the dead body upon the floor – Waking up every animal in the area.

Senichi now finally caught up with the two of them, now hearing the deer, and other creatures quickly climbing to their feet to flee the area. His eyes darted ever so slightly towards Ryozo who was well hidden and then to Suichi who was out within the open. "Idiot…" He mumbled softly, now pulling out a small dagger of his own and throwing it through the first deer which had crossed his path – Swift and easy due to the chaos the creatures where in.

"Saved." A grin now crossed Suichi's lips as he turned towards where the dagger had come from. "I knew you would come sooner or later."

"Lucky for you I did. So did he make a kill?"

"I made one, until he decided to try and show off." Ryozo now turned to Senichi giving him a glare for a moment, as he wasn't directly spoken to, yet spoken off.