Minoru watched his students from inside the tea shop. A wide smile was plastered over his features and it fell to allow him to take another drink from his cup. He was glad that they seemed to be getting along. There was an underlying fear that the girls’ home life and the relationship between their clans would bleed into their team life. The waitress came back to bring more tea and he smiled softly at her. 

Koharu was the first to enter the tea shop. She was uncomfortable with the warmth but it was a welcomed change to the bitter cold outside. Her hand flew up to rake her fingers through her long bangs, satisfied that the mark hidden under them was fully covered. Koharu motioned for her teammates to come inside as well, she decided to let them sit as close to the cold window as possible while she took the seat closest to the small walkway between their table and the next. "Glad to see that you all made it. I was getting worried." Minoru commented before gesturing to the three steaming cups of tea that the waitress placed in front of them. "Please take one." 

The violet haired girl thanked him before reaching for her own cup. It rested in front of her as she directed her attention to the man sitting across from them. 

"You must be wondering about your first mission. Relax Koharu you don't need to burn holes in my skull." Minoru joked as he placed his now empty tea cup back onto the table. The small girl was almost too much like her adoptive father, Minoru's senior and former mentor. Her cheeks flushed pink and she looked down. "Anyways," he changed the subject to more important matters, "You three will be finding two lost dogs for your first mission." Minoru slid a scroll to them from across the table, pointing out important things like where the dogs were last seen, what they looked like and who they belonged to. 

"Any questions?" He asked as his cup was refilled once again.

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Off to the side of the silver haired woman stood a fairly short man dressed in a simple white robe under a longer black and gold robe made of lighter material. Around his neck was a simple necklace of sorts made of a simple gold band with red string. His shaggy straw colored hair was held out of the way temporarily by a clip so he could write down a few notes. "It would be wise if you don't scare the elders, Aisukage-sama." His serious tone was punctuated with a wicked smirk that twisted his features. 

He was called Souma Hisakawa, the right hand of the Aisukage, and according to some rumors he did some of her dirty work for her. Well those were just rumors started by those who felt that the current Aisukage wasn't the right choice for their village. Souma sighed and placed the files he had been working on, onto the desk in front of the woman. They were files on Minoru's team and once again they were going over them. "Perhaps it would be wise to also meet with the whole team rather than just the two girls. It is good for their teammate, Kasumi, to know about them and what they are capable of." Souma said as a suggestion.


[@Arista]