Kyo watched the Hokage closely. During their few interactions he always cautiously studied the leader of their village, adorning his Hokage garb. ~[i]This is the man who leads our village.. the man they say can be in two places at once..[/i]~ Kyo's gaze flittered over to Shinko over in the shadows before back to the Hokage. Senna stood a step behind Kyo, absentmindedly staring at the ground. She was only half-present in the room with them, the loss of Mizuki hitting her hard. She still could not feel his presence anywhere, even with her Kekkei Genkai. This loss was significant to her, Mizuki had been through a lot with her and Kyo, and maybe, just maybe, if she wasn't so invested in Kyo than Mizuki wouldn't have stormed off and he would still be there with them. 

"..." Kyo could not bring himself to admit failure. He didn't take disappointment well, and it shamed him to return from a mission without a comrade, even if they did complete the mission. "We completed the mission.." he began with a tone of reluctance. "..two of the three bodies of the missing squad were found in the Forest of Death. They were murdered by another Shinobi judging by their wounds, not an animal or an accident. Despite finding them, during the mission one of our squad ran off on his own and before we knew it, he was gone. Our sensory-nin here, Senna, is of the Akizakura clan. Her sensory abilities are beyond measure. And yet, she tells me our comrades chakra just vanished without a trace. There was no trail to follow, Hokage-sama." Kyo explained. He hesitated for a brief moment before finishing his report. "If it were up to me, I would have stayed to find out comrade, however Senna picked up on a killing intent stronger than she had ever felt before... it scared her to the point of paralysis and so I made the call to return her to safety and report back what we learned." The guilt was evident in his next statement. "Hokage-sama... Words do not describe how sorry we are for being unable to successfully bring back our comrade with us.. and so, I will personally offer myself to go and look for him alone. I believe myself more than capable to handle this situation." Kyo's face shifted to a stern resolve. He obviously resented himself for leaving Mizuki out there and had to make amends for that, no matter how foolish it was of a decision. 

"No Kyo, you can't!! You didn't feel what I felt! You'll die if you go out there!" Senna broke free from the chains of self pity as she heard the love of her life proclaim his foolish call to arms in order to save their comrade that may or may not even still be breathing. She looked over to Gisho with pleading eyes that begged for mercy. "Hokage-Sama you can't let him go! You can't let anyone in there, not tonight, not tomorrow for the exams, not until you figure out what's in that forest!! It's pure evil, I swear!" She pleaded with him, tears welling in her eyes. The love she had for Kyo was plain and obvious. She just lost a good friend, she knew he was dead, she wouldn't toy with the idea that he survived, not after what she felt. She only hoped the Hokage would listen and call off the Jonin exams and refuse Kyo's offer before someone else fell the same fate as Mizuki.