Akira sat outside the hotel they'd been placed in for the while they were in the Storm Valley. It was quiet today. Something he was and wasn't used to. Akira lightly crossed his arms over one another as a cool breeze picked up. "Morning," he said as lightly as the wind when the door behind him opened.

It was too quiet for her liking lately. Things for the Storm Valley had been going well lately, which meant that nothing particularly exciting was happening. So, that being said, Ziade was going to go and take a walk, since the weather was rather nice. Well, to her anyways. It would give her a chance to think over what she planned on doing once the kage got wise, or, not so wise, and got rid of their protection. As she opened the door to the hotel, she looked at Akira as he greeted her. "Enjoying the weather Akira?" she asked.

Akira nodded. "It's nice." He didn't bother looking up at his leader. There was no need. No, he was not lazy, that was the last thing one could say about Akira. In fact he had some things to speak with Ziade about. "Take a walk?" He asked. Usually that was his way of saying, can I speak with you. He wasn't a very blunt person. Never could be, not in his nature.

Ziade was used to others not looking directly at her when they spoke to her. She didn't see it as disrespectful at all. In fact, it was quite the opposite. Most of the time, people were just too frightened of her to look at her directly. She knew Akira better than that though. She nodded at his request. "Very well," was her verbal response to him. She had a few ideas on why he'd wish to 'walk' with her. She herself was trying to figure out what the group was going to do next. What was best for the group now? They had enough money to last them a while now, living quite nicely. But it wouldn't last them forever. As the leader of this group, she had to know what would be best for her group. Most people just thought of Ziade as a ruthless woman who cared only for herself. Truth was, she looked after the Infamous Five as her own family. Or at least she tried to. Maybe she wasn't exactly the 'motherly' figure....okay, she was definitely not the motherly type, but she looked out for them, whether they knew it or not. Out from what seemed to be nowhere ran the little white fox that had found Ziade the night after her fight with Bat. It followed behind her as she started walking, knowing Akira would take up step either next to her or somewhere behind her.

Akira stood up as Ziade began to walk. He smiled at the little white fox. When Ziade ad first taken the small creature in he'd been somewhat surprised. He didn't think of Ziade as that type of person, but here she was, proving him wrong. He smiled lightly to himself. Walking a few paces behind Ziade he spoke between a whisper and a normal tone. "The new Kage is going to get rid of us soon. There's a chance in it, he has the place up and running, it's only a matter of time." Akira looked to his left and then to his right. "Our task do not have to end right off the bat. The Magma have been in a war with the Snake Ninja for a while, and there has recently been an attack on the Stealth by the Snow ninja." He looked down at the ground below him. "What do you plan on doing?"

Ziade looked lightly at the small fox as it trailed after her. She suspected that it was about a half a year old by now. The creature was still just a child, so to speak. Ziade listened as Akira spoke about how they were going to soon be dismissed, then stated their options. She'd thought about both options. Actually, in the two things he'd suggested, there were three options. They could help either the Magma, the Stealth, or the Snow. "Yes, I've thought about our next move. I've decided we'd be better off helping the Stealth Valley. The Magma war is nearly over, so that wouldn't give us a long term contract with them, if anything it would be relatively short. But then, the new battle between the Stealth and the Snow has just started. If we help the Stealth, they'll need someone to protect them while they rebuild, as the Storm did. In order for us to have a longer term, helping the Stealth would be our best bet," she told him. She had no issues with explaining her decision to Akira. If anything, she thought it best, as Akira was, in her mind, the only clear-minded individual. She trusted him to help her make decisions for the group, to give input where needed, and to voice any issues with her plans.

Akira understood that she wanted to go to the Stealth because they'd be needing help. But he had a deeper meaning for wanting to go to the Magma. Snake ninja carried venom on their weapons, and he didn't know if the Magma ninja had the cure. What if the snake ninja had used a different poison during their second attack. What if it the first cure was not strong enough. Akira's shoulder's drooped lightly. On the up side Akira knew that the IF were better off at the Stealth. He straightened up. He had to put his worries aside for the sake of the people that mattered. He'd learned the hard way that he could not help everyone. "There is a man by the name of Shen Kurabara that is the ANBU Captain. I do not think he will think it kind of us stepping in." Akira finally spoke. "He is, stubborn."

Ziade turned her head to look at Akira as he stated that the ANBU captain of the Stealth might not have liked it if they stepped in. "Stubborn?" She frowned lightly and looked back in front of her. "He is neither the Kage, nor the assistant of the Stealth, so it's not his decision. If the Kage herself says no, then we go to the Magma." She didn't want it to seem like they joined the Snow in their assault simply because the Stealth turned them down. Then again, maybe it would stop others from turning them down in the future. But aside from that, the Magma would also need protection after their war ended. The Snow's battle wasn't on their home front. Which meant that they wouldn't need protection after their little war. To add onto that, it seemed that their Kage, Micah was the type of person who would not accept outside help. Though she'd never met him, his actions told Ziade that the man was rather prideful.