Rumiko sat with his arms behind his head and sighed as he lay in the grass. He was taking a small break and trying to get ready for the long trek ahead. Just the other day he'd been named the new assistant Kage. He wasn't sure if he was ready for it, but Shana needed his help and he'd help her as much as he could. He smiled. It seemed nice to have some change in the village these days.

Kenjiro smiled happily,walking through the open and thinking about nothing in particular.Since he was made the new kage's assistant,he'd been busy as heck and this was the first break he'd gotten in a while so he was pretty happy.So much in fact,he was humming a merry tone.

Rumiko looked up at the sound of someone humming. Was that Kenjiro. Rumiko sat up so he could see upright. "hey Kenjiro," he said with a small wave. "What's going on?" He asked. He hadn't seen Kenjiro in a long time. Wow, time sure did fly. It was perfect until you started to get old. :}

Kenjiro looked around,hearing his name called."Yo Rumiko!"he called,smiling at him."I'm just thinking about my new position as the Stealth kage assistant,"he said."I heard that you became a kage assistant,too,right?"he asked.

Rumiko nodded. "Yeah, I'm helping out the new Kage, her name's Shana. What happened to Bell the reason she quit," he asked with curiosity. He'd known Bell since the time he'd come to the village. When Jaymaru was still mad at him, she was the one who helped him out. He still owed her back, but wasn'ty sure how to repay her.

"Just a lot of stuff was going on,so she needed a break,I guess,"he said,not quite sure of it himself.He'd never asked Bell about it,he was too nervous about the new position."So,how have you been?"he asked.