Keisuke felt extremely disappointed. Most other teams had either been led away from the academy by their new sensei or had been given the location where this person could be found. He, and his new teammates, had been given a challenge instead. They had already introduced themselves. His new friends were called Takata Kaoru and Muira Nori, whom the teacher had presented as Nori Muira. They seemed normal enough, but with ninjas you could never be sure. 
“Find the hint in the envelope on the back of a black cat…” Keisuke turned the sentence inside out in his head, he tried to find something else to work with. 
“Considering the time restriction of five minutes the cat must be somewhere close to the academy.” This was Nori speaking. 
“That’s right, it’d take us at least five minutes just to get to places like the watchtower, the seven swordsmen compound or the harbor.” Kaoru chimed in. 
“So we’re looking for a black cat with an envelope on its back somewhere within five minutes’ run from here. that doesn’t narrow it down much, but at least it’s a start…” 

Keisuke got up and walked over to the door, he got his forehead protector and tied it neatly around his head. “The timer starts when we open this door, get ready. I’ll search the square and mizukage mansion.” From his pouch he pulled out his standard-issue com-set and put it around his neck. “I’ll be on frequency 18, let me know if you find anything.” 
Without any more warning he put his foot to the door and it flew open with a bang. the sight on the other side of the door was breathtaking. Hundreds if not thousands of cats were waiting for them. Some black, some white and some in between. The cats all looked back at him as if they were judging him, which was part of why Keisuke didn't like cats, smug bastards... While he was still recuperating from the shock Nori came walking by, he was humming something Keisuke couldn't quite make out and started to toss pieces of fish around. It looked like a good strategy until one of the little beasts suddenly attacked. The critter got away with a mouthful of fish which would've been entertaining to no end if Nori's next words hadn't ruined the joke. The cat had the envelope. 
"Piss on this" Keisuke swore under his breath, he had been too busy enjoying Nori's demise to see where the cat had run off to. Surveying the scene in front of him there were several groups of cats leaving the academy at high speed. Before the eyes of his new teammates Keisuke suddenly disappeared, and he didn't reappear again until he was far from the door where he'd left his teammates, right behind a big, black cat.