The Office Of The Hitotokikage's Building

tsumi sat meditating in his chair. he began whispering sending his voice in search of Yakate and Neko.

Neko dashed through the door with umi in his arms"Tsumi-sama i'm here....sorry for being late yakate is too slow"

"Hey, Neko! Put me down! You didn't even consider my plan!" she flailed her arms and then broke free from Neko, getting on her feet. "Eh, never mind... at least we're here..."

"Well......I was bored" Neko scratches his head

"Oh come on...." she sighed and patted him on his shoulder. "You owe me one for not slapping you..." she chuckled as she whispered it to Neko.

His ears go down"Ok if you say so......Now tsumi-sama what was the order you wanted to give us?''

Yakate kept his slow pace as he walked to the door leading to Tsumi's office, and gently knocked on the door several times. Neko and Umi already entered. Kids... need to learn manners. SMirking, he yawned and waited for some response...

Tsumi looked at Umi and Neko. then heard the knock "get in here yakate"

"I can't believe that I'm actually in front of a kage... This is so exciting!" she smiled and looked around the room. "He has a nice spacious room too..."

Yakate walked in the room, shoving aside the door, and saw both Neko and Umi staring at the kage in delight. They reminded him of himself; what an honor it was to meet the kage... But now, seeing Tsumi was normal.

"What's our mission?"

Tsumi smiled. "well you and neko are going to the Village Hidden in the Nightmare to find a sword that was split in two....it happened over 200 years ago..so it might not even be there anymore...but i want you to look for this sword and bring anything else back you find..but it seams Umi wants to come so she can as well... you will act as the Squad leader for this mission" He said to Yakate.

"Squad leader... fine." He said, without any hesitation. He was expecting this from the start; he was the only genin in the team, most experienced in battle, and so much more. So...

A mission to find a long-lost sword, which is believed to be lost... for a long time. How classic. In the village Hidden in the Mist. An old artifact... sounds easy enough. But recovering a sword that is said to be gone, that was the hard part. And any unwelcome encounters... lets just hope the three of them were enough to fend off any bandits in their path.

"Should we go right now?" ...

"ok tsumi-sama we will be heading now for the ruins to get the parts from the sword back"

Tsumi nodded and showed the three ninja a photo of what the sword looked like when it was whole. He also gave Yakate two large pouches. "One is for the sword...the other for anything else you might find."

"Well, great Kage of the Time Village, I will do my best to find the sword... and I hope I could work with them, I'm not too good with a team...." she sighed and took one pouch from Yakate. "I'll carry this..."

A puch and a photo of what the sword might look like; all he needed for the mission. Maybe. Depending on the dangers involved.

As Yakate was relieved of one pouch, he said, "Thanks, and don't worry about working well in a team, I'm still a beginner too... just work together with your allies, in this case, me and Neko."

Now, to Nightmare, his old home. He wondered if he woudl be welcome there... but this mission, he had to complete this mission...

"Follow me..." Yakate yawned, and walked out of the office, stuffing one pouch in his pocket clumsily...