[b]Hiroto[/b]

All around him, Hiroto heard the sounds of training. In fact, there were two fellow genin sparring not too far away. They seemed to have to caught Reiji's attention, Hiroto even feeling tempted to smack his partner upside the head to get him to pay attention to sensei, but Reiji turned back toward them on his own soon enough. During this, their sensei confirmed that she did indeed make a name for herself from psychological screwing people up, she even claimed that she could have been doing that to them right now. Hiroto gulped, even fighting back a sigh of relief when she said she was just joking. Then came the details of their first mission.

"Protecting a carnival, huh? Sounds easy enough." said Hiroto as they walked. In fact it sounded [i]too[/i] easy. Hearing the sounds of training and sparring, it made Hiroto itch for a fight. But if the only threat to this carnival was bandits, then any fighting they might see would be dull at best. Bandits were just thugs with no chakra, no jutsu, no nothing. Well, if they attacked in groups they might prove at least a little interesting, but beyond that? Anyway, Hiroto decided not to let himself get too distracted, and decided to ask another question, this time addressing his teammate, "Higashi, huh? Have I heard that name before? Rings a bell, that's for sure." Hiroto never really bothered to learn much about the great clans, instead deciding to keep his distance from them. After all, they were full of spoiled brats who got their jollies from bullying commoners like Hiroto, and frankly Hiroto intended to kick all their asses and bring them all down a peg or three. Some of them, Hiroto knew, could really use a good lesson in humility.

Right about that time, someone yelled about a thief, "Yes!" cheered Hiroto, gearing to finally kick some ass. But then, the thief approached and just... keeled over. The hell? That was probably the first real Genjutsu Hiroto had ever seen someone use, "What happened? Geez, and I thought I'd have an ass to kick." he just shrugged, now almost hoping there would be some kind of attack on the carnival later. Still, sensei just completely owned that guy and she didn't even lift a friggin' finger! Damn... just, damn!

[b]Satsuma[/b]

Out of curiosity, Satsuma checked the latest team rosters to see who Hiroto had been paired up with. He raised an eyebrow at the name Akiyama. He'd heard of her, certainly, the Genjutsu specialist who managed to "obtain" a Sharingan. Knowing his pupil, she'd have her hands full, that was for sure. Still, maybe a Genjutsu specialist could teach the boy something about patience, something Hiroto definitely struggled with. As for the teammate, Higashi, Satsuma had only one concern: Hiroto hated nobility, it was people in those social classes that picked on him so harshly in the academy. This had to be intentional, pairing the boy up with people who directly challenged his outlook in order to force him to overcome his personal weaknesses. But of course, there were ways it could backfire as well.

"I hope you know what you're doing Sebaru..." Satsuma said under his breath as he turned to walk away, "...either way this should turn out pretty interesting."