A week went by and Hayashi trained as hard as his hurt body allowed him to. He never strained himself, never going too far or getting hurt. Most of his training went into making more efficient use of chakra, genjutsu, and Water Style techniques since his Fire Style was already strong. The Sharingan had also gotten stronger due to Hayashi's match with Izu and the training that followed, and Hayashi felt that he was now somewhere where he needed to be in his training. It didn't hurt that Hayashi had learned swordsmanship from his match with Izu with the copy wheel eye. A week had passed and Hayashi was wondering how Izu and Arashi were since he hadn't seen them in a while and since Izu had gotten hurt badly just like Hayashi and the Uchiha wanted to know how his injuries were.

That's when it happened, Hayashi heard Akio, he didn't have time to talk to Izu and Arashi at all. They were all told that their first mission was happening right then, since Shisui couldn't make it in time, but he'd catch up with them soon. The mission was to go and attack Orochimaru and put a stop to him. It was very dangerous, out of all the ninja that Hayashi had heard about Orochimaru was the most brutal and wouldn't hesitate to kill them all. However, this didn't seem to affect Hayashi since he was aching from not battling in a week and he needed the rush again.

That's when Arashi mentioned being excited for this mission, and Hayashi turned to him, noticing something different about his fellow clan member, but he couldn't quite tell what it was, but he smiled anyway.

Then Izu responded by getting mad at Arashi since he apparently didn't like the team they were. "Oh, come on Izu, we'll be fine, I've been aching to battle since last week" Hayashi began, with excitement noticeable in his voice, "and I don't think you should talk about worrying for us when it wasn't you who won a week ago" he finished, mocking Izu. Hayashi could tell that this will most likely anger the mist ninja beyond belief, but he thought it'd be good motivation so that he goes all out on this mission. Hayashi then turned to Arashi and smiled at him, "Looking at you I can tell your training went well, keep it up and don't worry about us, we'll be ok!" Hayashi said in a friendly tone. Hayashi then noticed Rin's expression and could tell she was worried, so he decided to try and calm her a little bit. "Don't worry Rin, like I said we'll be fine, and if we mess up or something I'll take responsibility and, if necessary, take the bullet as well" he said, looking calm and unsure of whether he was making the right choice or not, but he believed that he should lay his life down should it be necessary since it felt like his team was his responsibility even though he wasn't leader. That went for everyone, even Izu and Hiro, however much he may dislike Hiro and Izu may dislike him.