Saburo had spent his early hours doing some mundane tasks - cleaning some of the 11th corps clothing, arranging some files for his superiors, handing out breakfast to those that lived inside the 11th HQ. Basic tasks that everyone in the 11th corps was expected to do at one point or another. However he had known he had a mission later that day, or atleast he'd have to leave for one. Whether the mission would be completed today or not would be up for questioning. However, this meant that Saburo had to leave the headquarters early. As soon as he left the headquarters, however, he would head for Yuens house. Being in the 11th corps, Yuen would probably not know much of Saburo, if she knew anything at all. He, however, knew a great deal about Yuen, reports, filings, and even some closer investigations. She was a part of the Uchiha clan, and whether she wanted to or not, she was related to Saburo in some form or another. She fell into, what was known to the 11th as, Saburo's greatest fixation.
He noticed Yuen leaving as soon as he had arrived, and instead of greeting her, he trailed her from a distance. He walked on top of the roof, in utmost silence, utilising his 11th corps training to walk in complete silence. It would be extremely unlikely that Saburo would be noticed by her, unless she'd activate her sharingan for some obscene reason. As he stepped Madara's Gunbai swayed gently on his back, from both the movement and the wind. And so, he would follow her until she entered some derelict bar. With a quick hop he let himself fall down onto the ground, landing on one knee and a foot, touching the ground with his hand to stabilise himself before getting up completely. Taking a minute to enter, just in case Yuen would think it was strange for Saburo to immediately follow her in, he stood outside the door and texted Daiki. He'd need to know where to go, obviously. With a few quick touches of the buttons on his phone, he texted Daiki the adress and then headed in.
“Hello, cousin.” he said as he stepped inside, patting down his clothes a bit, as he was still wearing the 11th corps uniform, with only the white armband missing. He glanced around the bar briefly, before looking at Yuen with a warm smile, though one that was obviously as fake as the peaceful state the world was in at the moment. He must've been practicing his fake smiling
“I knew that the Uchiha had fallen deep..” he said, looking around some more before walking up to the counter and sitting down next to Yuen.
“.. but as low to visit places like these, I never had imagined.” Gently he tapped on the counter as he turned his body to face Yuen, looking her up and down. It was like he was judging her, though in reality he was just making a mental imprint of what she looked like, to refreshen his memory. Last time he'd spied on her under orders of the 11th was quite some years ago. As he was done, he spun his body back towards the counter and looked around some more.
“I am Saburo Uchiha, senior member of the 11th corps. I'll be leading the team for this mission. You read the mission statement, correct? Am I right to assume you know who we are going up against, and the dangers attached to that, denoting the targets fondness for the Sharingan, and stealing them?”Slowly he turned the stool around, and stepped down onto the ground, leaving the chair behind him. He walked to the doorway, which wasn't more than a curtain hanging in front of the entrance to the shop. He raised the curtain, and looked back at Yuen.
“The 11th corps had been chasing this man for a while, but we never got the okay to take him down. Zeno Hakarasu considered it a danger to the public, disregarding the harm that might befall the world if the Yakuza get their hands on even more Sharingan. It's a powerful tool we have, one that shouldn't be in the hands of those with bad intentions, and more over, those that lack the self control to use our tool.” He smiled eerily once more, without a use, without a reason to smile. He just did, for some reason. He then stepped outside, without telling Yuen to follow, although that much was clear from his behaviour and him telling her he was the leader. Perhaps it remained from the 11th corps, where he expected people to follow in the same way he followed without having to ask for permission or orders to follow.
As soon as Yuen would join him outside in the cold evening breeze, he would look up and down the street to find a trace of Daiki.
“Now, we wait for my new brother. He recently came back to the clan, in case you didn't hear. Similarily to me, he was in a different clan. The difference was that I remained a part of the Uchiha clan, and he didn't. But I brought him back. I gave him a present, you'll see.” he said, talking about the Sword of Kusanagi, the sword that Sasuke had used before and that had been broken, but after some time, restored again. Now, two of the worlds most valuable artifacts were in the hands of the Uchiha clan once more, the Gunbai that Madara used, in the hands of Saburo Uchiha, and the Sword of Kusanagi, in the hands of Daiki Uchiha. Saburo turned and faced Yuen, smiling as he did, before walking closer and putting a hand on her shoulder.
“Tell me cousin, what kind of gifts do you like?”
Hajime had awoken after an annoying night, filled with stupor from two fools, who he could only guess at the time were drunk. He had been too busy at the time trying to sleep, and so he had only murmured
“Shut up.. I wanna sleep..” in the middle of the night, before falling back asleep with one arm under his cushion, and the other hanging off the side of his bed. It was extra strange for him, because while Chihiro had the luxury of having her own bedroom, Hajime's bed was more or less right besides the kitchen, practically in the living room. The small amount of privacy he had came from a kitchen counter that blocked Chihiro's vision from her room to his bed, but that wasn't nearly enough for him to feel any sense of privacy at any time.
THe next morning was, mostly, spent in his bed. Hajime had a spell of laziness overcome him, and somehow didn't notice that Takeo had entered the appartment. Why did Iwao demand the keys to the appartment again, he wondered briefly when he woke up, but realized quickly enough that he was living with the heir, and not some random Hyuga. Ofcourse he'd demand the keys. That only made sense. A quick peek with one eye made it clear Takeo had fallen asleep, which only added to the weirdness of this morning.
“Hrng.... tea... I need.... tea...” he moaned, as he got up and stumbled into the kitchen. As soon as he had made his tea, he heard the annoying loud sound of a shower turning on. Well, atleast he had his tea. It seemed Takeo woke up at the same moment too. The next things happened in a blur for Hajime, only managing to drink a few sips of his tea before being ordered to come with Takeo.
“Huh? ye-yes, okay.”Waiting in front of the door they heard all kinds of sounds, but Hajime had expected Momoi to have left early in the morning, as he didn't hear much more for the rest of the night. He was actually kind of surprised neither Chihiro nor Momoi had asked him to join in the drinking, though he would've declined anyway. He was more or less only here to watch over Chihiro, and that wouldn't go so well if he was drunk all the time. He'd have asked Momoi to leave, but Iwao never really said anything about that so he didn't bother. Her presence wasn't exactly enlightening or making Hajime more happy, however.
Then suddenly,
BOOM! Something or someone ran into him, and he was suddenly on the ground. While it took Chihiro apparently a minute to realize what had happened, Hajime was fully aware of what had happened. The sudden press of a female body up against your own was hard to miss, especially for a boy his age, and while Chihiro was not exactly a Tsukiko - breast wise - she still pressed up against Hajime hard enough for him to realize what was what. But before long he received a rather hard slap on his cheek, instantly making his cheek red and causing Takeo to give, what Hajime could only expect to be, a comforting kind of mocking laugh. Meanwhile Chihiro got off of him and ran into her room, causing Hajime to yell after her.
“Hey! You ran into me! What was that good f-” He only had his sentence cut off when he saw a glimpse of what looked like a foot in bed, causing the sudden realization that Momoi had never left. He quickly looked over towards Takeo, but he had turned around quick enough to not see it at all. That was a relief, since if he had seen it, that meant that it wasn't only Chihiro that was getting a rant, it was also Hajime. In fact, it was more than likely going to be just Hajime getting a beating for this, since he was more or less responsible for ensuring Iwao's wishes regarding Chihiro were fulfilled in a respectable manner - unlike Chihiro, who seemed to never give a damn.
He quickly scrambled to get up, and then faced Takeo, bowing quickly.
“H-hai! I'll make sure she arrives shortly.” he said, before turning around and knocking on Chihiro's door a few times, rather hard.
Rei was quite ecstatic to have received a mission, after waiting so long. She'd been quite tense ever since the Great Coup that took place, and the amount of missions had been astonishingly low, giving Rei a reason to believe that she'd never do a mission again. An exaggeration ofcourse, but it genuinely felt that way when she was forced to sit inside a full week, waiting for the rain to subside, which it ofcourse never really did. The morning of her mission however, she was up extra early to make sure she had all her gear. Kunai, shuriken, it was all assorted. Ofcourse, it was only later she realized they were going on a semi-spying mission. There were extremely slim chances of her getting to use any of these tools.
So she simply showered, applied all her make up, combed her hair and put on her shinobi outfit, with the athletic crop top, half zipped hoodie with the hood up, since it was raining today. The only thing she knew about the mission, other than the goal, was that she'd be led by one of her favorite chunins, Akio Tendou. They'd never really spoken but the girl was extremely friendly, just like Aoi, so there was really no reason why Rei wouldn't get along with her. That, and Akio was pretty, and Rei always liked telling people how pretty they were. Especially Akio's hair was a focus for Rei.
She headed out after getting some quick breakfast, running through the rain, causing splashes behind her whenever she ran through a puddle. She ran all the way to the village, enjoying her time outside for once, even with the rain, and ran up to where she'd meet Akio. All she had with her was a few kunai, and even those were obviously not going to be used according to her. As she closed in on Akio she realized she was the first. Getting closer, she slowed down her pace and started waving cheerfully at Akio.
“Akio-cháááán! Hiiiii!” she yelled, before stopping in front of the girl, smiling at her like an idiot.
“Your hair looks so nice today, even with the rain. How did you do that? You have to tell me your secret some day, or else I'll be angry at you forever, haha!” she said, obviously joking. Though, really, none would understand why Rei had such a fixation on beauty. Perhaps it was something that came with always having been the popular girl. Atleast now she was treading outside of her usual friend circle, and was even trying to make friends with people she usually wouldn't speak to except in passing, such as Akio and Aoi.
“Can you tell me what the plan is? That way I can lecture the other two about the mission, and pretend I know everything. That would be funny, wouldn't it?”
