Kinaga walked through the open (it's about midnight), heading into the forest. Hearing a branch crack, he pulled out a kunai and stopped walking. A shadowy figure stepped out from behind a tree and into the moonlight, revealing a man, about in his late 20's, short and spiked blond hair, with a no sleeved shirt, and a tattoo on his arm of the symbol air. He looked at Kinaga and smiled. "Don't worry," he said. "I'm not here to fight you, I just want you to hear me out. Walk with me?" He said, motioning towards the path of the forest. Kinaga narrowed his eyes suspiciously. The man tilted his head a little. "Come now, you don't think it's a trap do you?"

"It's not out of the question," Kinaga said, still not moving.

The man looked at Kinaga. "Look, I'm unarmed, and if worst comes to worst, you can take me as hostage. You know personally that the Mizuraki clan doesn't leave their members behind. Now come, I just want you to hear what I have to say, Kinaga."

Kinaga looked at him, still suspicious and still with his kunai out. "Fine." He started walking next to the man. "But if you try anything...."

The man laughed. "You Stealth ninja are all so paranoid, aren't you?" He sighed. "Listen to me, I know that you personally have a problem with what your clan does. Seems no one else has a problem with it, do they though? It's all for the good of the Stealth Village, they say."

Kinaga unintentionally added in "But it's not for the good of the individual."

The man looked at Kinaga and smiled. "Precisely." He sighed. "I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Kuuro, of the Mizuraki clan." He looked at Kinaga then went on. "We've noticed you in particular because of the bitterness you're always hiding whenever you come upon a member of your clan. You know already what we're trying to do Kinaga, we're trying to put a stop to the cruelty that your clan causes upon the individual member. You could help us, that's why we're trying to negotiate the way we are."

Kinaga looked at Kuuro. "That last batch of ninja you sent tried to kill me and my student!" Kinaga said angrily.

Kuuro shrugged. "It was a simple misunderstanding. Tiashi was one of our...not-so-bright, members. She didn't understand what we were trying to do. Right now, we want you to consider helping us. It doesn't have to be an immediate decision, we know this will be a tough choice to make with what you have in the Stealth Valley. But....it will be for the fate of the Unabara clan's future. Please, just consider our offer Kinaga."

Kinaga silently walked down the forest's path next to Kuuro.

Kuuro smiled. "Silence is a good thing, it mean you're considering it." He looked behind them through the forest's path. "Someone is coming, I'll leave you to your decision. Consider carefully," he said, then disappeared.

Kinaga stopped walking and looked behind him and leaned on a tree, waiting for whoever was walking this far down the forest's path.

Rumiko walked down the path on his way home. It was almost midnight and he sighed. What if she catches me out this late. He sighed. He kept walking at his normal pace deciding to just deal with what she dishes out. As he walked her heard voices. Wonder who that is, he thought.

He walked into view seeing Unabara. This guys gona start thinking I'm a stalker if I'm not careful. But it's too late to trun back now. He walked up with his head down acting as if he didn't notice him and walked right by. To play it off even more he had a kunai in hand. Wonder who he was talking to. Hope I didn't intrude.

Kinaga swallowed as he noticed it was Rumiko, but then sighed. He smiled lightly. "Goin' home a bit late Rumiko?" he asked, laughing a little.

Rumiko looked up and smiled. "Oh, hi Kinaga," he said with a smile putting the kunai away. "How are you," he asked avoiding the late question.

Kinaga smiled. "I'm fine, how about you?" Of all the people I'd want to run into right now....Rumiko isn't one of them....Just when he was starting to trust me....the Mizuraki clan has to go and show up....

Rumiko smiled. "I'm really good," he said trying not to ask who his sensei was talking to. Then he grinned. Probably some girl he doesn't want to be seen with.

Kinaga smiled. "What're you grinning about?" he asked, finding it kinda funny that he started grinning out of nowhere. That's not like him at all...

Rumiko smiled. "Oh, ust thinking about how we always meet," he said. "I was afraid you were gonna start thinking I was some kind of stalker or something," he said with a smile. Yeah right, Kinaga Unabara-sensei has a girlfriend!

Kinaga looked at Rumiko. Is that seriously what he was thinking? "I don't think that I'd start thinking that."

Rumiko grinned. He has no clue. He smiled. "Well that's good to know sensei. So what are you doing out at neraly midnight," he asked.

Kinaga shrugged. "Just taking a walk," he said, which wasn't altogether a lie. He had been taking a walk before Kuuro came along.

"I see, you sure do take alot of walks." He said with a shrug. I wondering if he was thiking about those ninja again.

He shrugged. "My house gets boring and I didn't want to wake Isaac up." He laughed a little. "It looked like he was having a good dream."

Rumiko smiled. "Sure," he said with a grin imagining Isaac dreming. "Well, this is one nice day. What have you been up to today," he asked curiously.

Kinaga looked at Rumiko. "Nothing too important." He shrugged. "I didn't train today, or else it wouldn't have been a nice day," he said with a small laugh. "I looked up some missions I think would be good for our squad to do. Nothing too much."

Rumiko brightened up some with the mention of a mission."Mission, huh," he said. "Like what and waht rank! What will we be doing. Please don't say some baby stuff like water plants or something boring like that," he said with a smile.

Kinaga laughed as Rumiko automatically brightened up. "Most likely a C-rank mission. It depends, I haven't figured out which one you guys are gonna do yet."

"Well okay," he said calming down a little bit. His face turned red with embarresment. "So, what are thy like," he asked.

Kinaga looked at Rumiko. "They'll probably most likely be escort missions, as most C-ranked are."

Rumiko shrugged. "That's cool. I wonder who will be escorting. As long as it's not some old drunk who thinks that we have to do his every bidding I'm okay," he said smiling.

Kinaga laughed. "Yeah, I've heard that one of the squads had to go on a mission like that once. It turned out to be a B-ranked mission the whole time." He said, then shrugged.

Rumiko sighed. "Let's hope outs don't turn out to be a B-rankd. Besides that guy was just being cheap and if Jutsu found out someone was cheating her of her moeny she'd go crazy on them," he said with a bit of laughter.

Kinaga laughed. "Yeah, as far as military goes, the Stealth has it made, but when it comes to economy, well, let's just say....we'll get there," he said, laughing a little.

"Yeah," he said. "We'll get there eventually," he said. He leaned against a tree. I wonder who was talking to him. He shrugged and decided to take ask the question without seeming like he was trying to pry. "Hey sensei, before I got here I heard somebody talking, did you see anybody?" He asked.

Kinaga frowned and looked at Rumiko. What should I tell him....? "Yeah, not too sure who it was though." He shrugged. Consider carefully.... the man's phrase ran through his head. I can't leave the Stealth Valley...all my friends and students are here....