[center]For the Dango´s ... euhm ... to meet Aiko Cho-Hon![/center]

Mamoru got up early this morning - he was supposed to meet his new team after all! Aiko-sama was his Sensei during the time skip as well, so she was not really a new face, but Mamoru looked forward to see her once again. As for the rest of his team, he was in the dark about them, but none the less, he looked forward to meet them. With the events of the Hon Estate long behind them, they were now prepared to grow once again. Mamoru used the time that passed to maximize his growth - he had many pleasant memories from those months. Either it was training with Aiko-sama or solo training, it never ceased to drive him forward and advance even more. The Chuunin exams slowly approached and Mamoru wanted to do his best, to make himself, Aiko-sama and everybody he held dear proud. Thus, he got up from his bed and started to prepare himself. A routine morning exercise followed by other necessary things and in an hour, Mamoru was ready to head out.

The last thing he picked up was his sword. He was always keeping it next to the one thing he was fond of from the Hon Estate siege - the traditional shinobi armor. He was slowly repairing the armor, as it suffered quite a lot of punishment during the fights, but it saved his life on more than one occasion. He touched the neck part of the armor - where he engraved the Senju clan symbol. Placing his sword on its strap on his back and picking up his scarf, he headed towards the dango shop where he was supposed to meet Aiko-sama and the rest of his team. His excitement made his steps much faster than they obviously were and within a few minutes, he was already at the dango shop, and he immediately spotted Aiko-sama. Approaching her, a wide smile appeared on his lips - he was just glad to see her. Sitting down next to her, he greeted his Sensei.

[b]" Aiko-sama! I am so glad you could remain my sensei ... I am super excited for our team to start training and doing missions and meet each other and ... excuse me, I am just ... excited."[/b]