[center][h3]Zeno Hakarasu and his council[/h3] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyuh4Tk4vf0]14:06, Hokage's office, August 24, meeting called for by the Hokage[/url][/center] [hr] With all the Hokage's council members gathered in one place, Zeno clenched his fists and breathes heavily, sitting down on his chair. "First of all, I am relieved that the village is safe from the Jashin but don't worry, we will get to that topic later. Right now what's more important is to thwart this man." Zeno pressed his remote control and flashed the picture of the man in the projector. The projector was shining on the wall. "This man is a masterless samurai, a ronin. He attacked me few hours ago after I finally noticed him, after being negligent of him tailing me for the past two months." He paused and drank from his glass of wine. "This man infiltrated a samurai castle, feigning to be a student and stole four scrolls. He sold the first three scrolls to three Yakuza families. Currently, he's headed to Kirigakure to settle a deal for the last scroll." Zeno knew this all due to the ANBU specialists informing him of the incident during the shinobi alliance meeting and his shadow clone intercepted the ronin's movements that's headed to Kirigakure. "That is all, Commander Fujitora, I need you to make four teams for each designated location and scroll. Ayame, a mother must stay close to her daughter, Sentou is to be in your team. That is all." Afterwards he walk towards to Fujitora and whispered, "This book, whatever you do don't open it. Guard it with your life, I'll see you later in the outskirts of the village with Ayame and Tsukiko." Taking the time to process everything, Fujitora surely regretted not taking a puff from his favorite formula before arriving. After all his break wasn't entirely finished. They had the creepy cultists running about and now affairs with a hermit kingdom of technologically archaic Samurai on their tail as well. Sighing as he looked at the presentation, his exasperation reaching the peak of its potential when he realized he'd have to make teams and maybe even guide one. As if the pain in the ass paperwork wasn't enough. He took Zeno's book of course, minding very little of it in the heat of the moment considering what extra workload he'd get. "[color=silver][b]Yeah, thanks. I'll get right on it.[/b][/color]" Passing by the Hokage, Fujitora approached his sister, appearing as solemn as ever, the book still on his hand. She could feel the grudge he was holding against her for the stunt she pulled at the restaurant. He stealthly formed a grin in an angle that only she could see and the rest of the council would have to do with his cheek. "[color=silver][b]So... Guess you're keeping that weird Uchiha kid. You sure you want to go out in this expedition?[/b][/color]" He asked her, curious as to what would be running in her mind after all these cryptic sayings and her lack of reaction toward Zeno's desire for her to actually go out on this more than likely dangerous mission. Ayame could only look at Fujitora with an annoyed expression, his smug and annoying sucking the lifeblood out of her yet again. [color=black]“It's part of a contract I made long ago with her father. She's my ward, I can't help it, even if she's an Uchiha. And no, I don't want to go out. But I have to, orders are orders. And if the ronin are involved, I want to know more. Besides.. I need to prepare for [i]him.[/i] Surely you understand.”[/color] Fujitora nodded slowly, slightly giggling as if Ayame had made a bad, naughty joke. He ended up shaking his head slightly at her choice of wording. But she had little enthousiasm for leading a team, let alone a team with Sentou in it. There'd be too much to pay attention to, especially with kids running around. Chunin were capable shinobi, but not every chunin was as capable as the next. And while Sentou was a sweet kid, she wasn't serious. And it seemed like in this case the matter wasn't only a mission, it was also political. Her eyes wandered to Zeno and she couldn't help but wonder what the man had been doing all this time. She knew of the fact that the man was at a meeting, but it seemed farfetched that he would be capable of doing both the meeting, managing the village with a shadow clone, and go after a ronin. Her eyes had grown more weary and cold, something she couldn't quite explain herself, feeling tired of this all, the entire situation. Nothing ever seemed to change. Never the less she'd comply with the man's orders. Leading a team.. how troublesome. She hoped she could atleast get some normal chunin in her team. Ones that can follow orders and not act brazenly like others. [color=black]“Hokage-sama, do we have a name for this ronin?”[/color] she asked, directing the attention back to the Hokage. Sure, the hokage could send her out into the field, which wasn't exactly her job to begin with. But he wouldn't get away with this so easily. [color=black]“Do we have a kill or capture order? Are the scrolls expendable or should we safeguard them? What are the known characteristics of the Yakuza families? Are we acting under jurisdiction of Konoha, or is this a secret op? Why are we sending chunin, and not trained jonin? Why not the ANBU? Why is Konoha dealing with this and not Kirigakure, or the samurai themselves? This isn't our task.”[/color] Zeno replied, "I don't know his name but more importantly, we need him alive and the Yakuza families well, let's just say they aren't friendly. This is a secret operative mission given by the Chancellor of Shinobi Alliance herself. The rest of the villages are doing their part too but for Konoha, it is the crucial situation." He answered her questions. While Ayame was having her little chat with the Hokage, which Fujitora would shamlessly eavesdrop, he'd be writing various names on a notepad. There was quite the wide selection of people to choose from to form these teams, but he'd stick to three chuunin with one Jonin. Rearraging the order of certain names, he'd turn to Ayame who had received her answer. "[color=silver][b]Aya, any preferences? I've marked the Uchiha girl under you.[/b][/color]" He'd ask, getting one team out of the way would ease the creation of the remaining brackets and allow for a faster process. [color=black]“Doushita, Fujitora? Don't bother me with your job. Just make sure I can do my mission..”[/color] she said with a smile at the man, waiting for him to finish the bracketing so she could go home and plan the operation. [hr] [list] [*][i]Team Ronin Takedown, Ayame Choko[/i] [b]Sentou Uchiha Daiki Naito Haruka Ueno[/b] [*][i]Team Scroll Recovery #1, Tsukiko Umene[/i] [b]Aoi Don Maquia Nobunaga Inuzuka Yamato Minamoru[/b] [*][i]Team Scroll Recovery #2, Hideyoshi Sawada[/i] [b]Takeshi Hanami Fubuki Hotsuin Naomi Hyuuga[/b] [*][i]Team Scroll Recovery #3, Fujitora Choko[/i] [b]Paneru Yagyu Shin Maru Jaakuna Sawada[/b] [*][i]Team Samurai Investigation, Megumi Tanpopo[/i] [b]Rin Reikan Dotomare Osumari Giichi Uzumaki[/b] [/list] [hr] As soon as Fujitora was done, and handed over Ayame's bracket, she would take it with both hands and make a little bow. [color=black]“Arigato, nii-san.”[/color] Ayame would then turn around, bow slightly for the hokage before she'd leave the building. There was no time to be wasted and they'd be leaving soon, as soon as all the other teams were ready. As head of the ronin interception squad, she'd likely be in command of the entire operation, although obviously the other jonin had as much invoice as she did. Never the less, she'd need to plan a strategy. As she got home she would sit at her desk, where she usually made poison, and grabbed a pencil and paper. With rapid pencil brushes she started writing down possible strategies to use versus a ronin which would be in accordance with her teams strengths and weaknesses. [i]Always think 200 steps ahead, Ayame-chan.[/i] [color=black]“Hai, sensei...”[/color] she uttered to herself as she wrote furiously.