[Right][h2][color=8882be]Koharu[/color][/h2]
[I]Morning // Land of Wind: Demon Desert[/i][/right]

Shame burned brightly on her face and she couldn't look at them. She'd been captured and held hostage on top of losing her character. She felt like a loser in that moment. Koharu kept her eyes fixed on the sand they sat on, even as Natsuko rubbed ointment onto the burns. Koharu was pissed off at that team and at herself. She should have avoided capture. She should have fended them off better. There were so many things that she thought that she should have done differently. The girl knew that getting so worked up would only cause problems but she couldn't help it. She was angry. 
As a result of her anger, Koharu felt much colder, physically, than she typically did. It wasn't just a few degrees of a difference. She felt like she was made of ice. A cold aura was noticeable around her.

When the girl finally worked up the courage to look at her teammates, some of that anger dissipated. [Color=8882be]"I'm sorry."[/color] She wasn't sure why she was apologizing to them. Maybe it was because she thought she'd disappointed them. They'd been worried about her safety. All of that unnecessary worry had been piled onto them because of her. It was pointless of apologizing for something that could have happened to any of them. She took a breath and looked up at them. [Color=8882be]"They have a fire release user, the boy with black hair. The girl is fast and the other boy uses bursts of wind to get behind people. They...also use joint attacks like we do. That's how I got burnt."[/color] Koharu said. At least she'd been observant. 
[Color=8882be]"And they've fought recently. The orange haired one has a bad ankle so he isn't moving much beyond using his wind jutsu."[/color] The boy had been aided by his teammates to walk. He was a liability that they'd protect. 
She stood up and dusted the sand off of her. [Color=8882be]"Let's go get them. They couldn't have made it very far. I'm pissed off."[/color] She'd made up her mind. Revenge was something that her dad told her was for fools, you couldn't change the things that happened, but in that moment she wanted to get her revenge. 

They'd used the clone method again and she made three ice clones. They took a bit more chakra but the technique was easier to use, plus if they needed to fight then they were a bit more durable, given that they were made of ice. They could shatter if one knew how to hit them just right or used enough force.  They moved in the direction that the enemy team had disappeared and fanned out from there. Thankfully the boy with the wind had gotten too tired to cover their tracks halfway through their escape.

[hr][right][h2][color=orange]Tetsu[/color][/h2]
[I]Afternoon // Land of Wind: Demon Desert[/i][/right]

"We should have talked to them…" 

"You're still going on about that? Aimi, you can't negotiate with everyone. That girl we captured was a pain." Haruto said from the small fire where he was roasting the scorpion tail. "Right Tetsu?" 

[Color=orange]"He's right. That girl wouldn't have listened and I doubt that they would have too. You seen that boy on their team."[/color] Tetsu was just glad that they got what they wanted out of them and another fight hadn't happened. He was keeping watch while the others rested up. He was a horrible cook so both Aimi and Haru had agreed to put him on guard duty for the time being. They didn't need to battle food poisoning on top of other teams. 

"But...they could help us! You know that Atsushi and his team are dangerous! That girl used ice. We can use that to our advantage." Aimi frowned, drawing a line in the sand. Haru and Tetsu just didn't understand, that was all. How many people knew how to counter ice based attacks? Plus it had been nice being around the girl because she'd wicked away the heat. 

"If they can even follow our trail." Haru said as he used a kunai to flip the scorpion meat over. He'd used his wind to cover their tracks and was fairly confident that he'd done a good enough job at that. 
They'd even found a gully to hide in for the time being so the light of their fire was hidden as well. 
Tetsu sighed. Aimi did have a good point about Team One. They were beasts in human skin. They would have a fair chance of being able to do some serious damage to most of the teams within this desert. But he didn't want to admit that they would need help in getting the characters back. Atsushi was a puppet freak who had an unfair advantage of being somewhat of a prodigy. 
When the meat was done cooking, Tetsu abandoned his post to eat with his team. It was risky but he just needed a break. He pulled his shirt up to look at the bruise that was forming from where he'd been sucker punched by that girl. The meat was good and it filled his belly to the point that he was sure he could just fall asleep. 

He returned to his post, letting the other two eat their fill. He was anxious about the other team finding them. Even if Haru had covered their tracks it was likely that they'd encounter someone soon enough. The words of the other boy came back to him. They'd find them. 
Time had passed rather slowly after that. Haru's ankle was rebandaged and Aimi was left on watch so Tetsu could rest. "We didn't get as much as I thought we would have." Haru said, looking over their loot. They couldn't take the sword from that pale haired girl because anytime they tried, she'd fight against them.

[Color=8882be]"Good. We'll be taking it all back then."[/color] 

Both boys shot up to find the source of the voice. The three genin surrounded them, blocking all but one way out. Tetsu glared at the pale haired girl, taking in the way she stood with her sword ready to strike. She seemed haughty and smug, like she knew that they'd win. They likely would. His team was tired and they'd already fought twice in a day. [Color=orange]"Is that so?"[/color] Tetsu was unprepared for how quick the girl was. While not as fast as Aimi, she was still decently fast. The space between them was cleared in an instant but her assault was cut short by his teammate. He wanted to curse at Aimi but he couldn't. The girl was simply doing what she believed was right. 

"Please let us forge an alliance!" She begged, arms thrown out to the sides to block her teammates in. "There's a team stronger than anything you've faced before and they're collecting characters. If you help us then we can all get the characters that we need to move on!" 

There was a rustling sound behind her and she quickly scolded their orange haired teammate, just as the pale haired girl moved to get around her. "Don't you dare fight, Haru. You're injured!"

"It's just a sprain!"

[Color=8882be]"It's just burns!"[/color]

Tetsu laughed louder than he should have as the two genin yelled at the same time. Oh man that was just too good. What were the odds that they'd fight someone also named Haru?

[Right][h2][color=maroon]Atsushi[/color][/h2]
[I]Afternoon // Land of Wind: Demon Desert[/i][/right]

[Color=maroon]"ACHOO!"[/color] Atsushi rubbed his nose with the back of his hand. [Color=maroon]"I think someone's talking about us."[/color] His voice was soft yet quite deadpan and he was ninety percent sure that his team wasn't listening. Ah well, they never listened and he'd simply given up trying to explain things to them. He was just there to make sure that they didn't kill each other. 

[@Typical]