Team Super Suna! Escort! (mission)

Haruki would not meet any of the children, since he did not need to make any physical contact with them. They were clients by the end of the day, and he had enough self-control to prevent himself from doing such a thing. If they were to depart, they needed to go now. And so when he was told to, the Akari would move towards the outside of the door, exiting the building as well before looking back to see if the others would follow. They were going to escort the lady and her grandchildren over towards Suna, not outside of her house, so he would go ahead at that point. Without that, though, he would place his hands into his pockets as he would prepare to guard them. With his blade on the left hip of his, he would then begin to look around the village. A small place for sure, they seemed to be humble and probably protected by Suna if he had to guess. With the small population, that was all that made sense to him. But hey, who was he to say anything? He never lived here and move likely never will, so who was he to say anything about their defenses? It will only be a factor if they ever get into battle, then Haru can see from that point.

Rae would pick herself up from the ground and smile at the girl and the lady before following Hiro and Haruki out of the house as she waited for the clients to get their travel items ready. As her gaze traveled over to Hiro, she noted that he seemed to be lost in though about something. The beauty would then proceed to walk over to him and nudge him on the shoulder, a small mischievous smirk playing on her lips. "You seem deep in though. Is it a girl?" She would ask him while tilting her head to one side. While they weren't in front of the clients Rae could easily let her foxy nature slip out. She would then lock her eyes with the black-haired male briefly, the small sexy smirk still playing on her lips before she heard footsteps approaching from the House of the people that they were supposed to guard.

 "We're ready" The old lady said as she stepped out of the door, Rae's smirk immediately wiped itself off of her face. The little kids followed after their grandmother suit and the young pink-haired girl gave Rae a beaming smile. "Well then, young ladies and gentlemen, please allow us to guide you and protect you through the deserts of Suna." The kunoichi would address the noble family politely as she gave them a small bow. Her eyes would quickly scan over the area, making sure that there was no danger nearby, before beginning to walk towards the desert, in direction to the Village hidden in the Sand. The family seemed to be following her which was also good. A small sigh of relief escaped her lips as she realized that she felt safe with Haruki and Hiro around. And if she felt safe, the family should feel even safer.

As Rae spoke, he snapped out of his little train of thought, Its nothing, don't worry about it. He didn't want to open up to her and have some weird "feelings session". He wasn't like that, caring about caring, feeling like having feelings. He quickly turned towards the gate and started walking towards the village gate. It was noticeable in the way he walked that something was wrong, whether it was anger or something else, you wouldn't be able to tell. In truth, he was filled with a mixture of feelings, confusion, a bit of sadness, and some anger at himself. He really hoped someone attacked, that way he could take those feelings out on someone. steering himself back towards Rae a bit, he would quietly say, sorry if it seemed like I was snapping earlier, I just don't really want to talk right now.

Well, he was going to have to watch the scene behind him unfold as they would then get out of the house, and the lady declared that she was prepared. Let's go, two simple words that would allow him to unsheathe his weapon, the first time revealing it to Hiro and Rae. In fact, it was the first time he ever felt like he had to use it, just in case they were going to end up in battle. All righty everyone, let's go! Haruki would tell them, moving at a gentle speed of 5 since he knew that they were just average people. It was going to take a long while to get to the village, it took him a few minutes to get to it at the speed of 125. And then they might end up getting attacked in the process. However, he felt very confident in his ability to protect the group. He had been training this whole time, and now it was going to show off. I have a small idea everyone. The desert can be harsh at points, so our priority is the lady and the children, even at the cost of us. So let's try to have at least one stay with them in the case of an emergency.

Rae could only raise an eyebrow at Hiro's behavior. It was rather unusual from him to be so frustrated about something. It was even weirder for him to apologize to her about something. Yeah. Something was definitely not good with Hiro today. "It's fine, I understand." The female would assure Hiro with a small friendly smile as he seemed like he needed it at the moment. As Haruki glided around them at an unusually slow speed for him, he gave them orders which Rae was not amused at. She did not enjoy being given orders but thankfully her rather laid-back personality took over at that moment. "Sure, Ill take the first shift." She volunteered as she stepped back towards the family. The kids quickly noticed this and surrounded her. The female was immediately bombarded with questions by the adorable young-lings around her. "Is the desert dangerous?" "Do you have a boyfriend?" "Can I try your headband on?" Rae could only laugh before beginning to answer them, one by one. The first question belonged to a boy with brown hair and blue eyes. "Yes, the desert is very dangerous." She told him quickly before focusing on the second question which came from a black-haired boy with blue eyes. She had to admit he looked a bit like a mini Hiro. "No, I don't have a boyfriend." The redhead said with a smile. She wasn't really a one-person woman but the child didn't need to know that detail. At the last question, the fiery female ruffled the pink-haired girl's hair in a friendly matter. "If you want to get one of these, you need to finish the ninja Academy at the Village Hidden in the Sand."

Hiro was happy that Rae had accepted his apology so easily, and when they left, he made sure to stay at the back of the group, keeping an eye on everything both behind them and around them, hoping to ensure that no one could sneak up on them. He also did his best to avoid conversation with the children, which was helped by the fact that they were seemingly obsessed with Rae. Good, I don't have to deal with them. He didn't like being out here with the responsibility of protecting these people, but was confident in himself and the other two to fight off anything that might attack. Besides, it'd be almost impossible to sneak up on a group in the desert unless you could go underground and come at them. Hopefully no one who wanted the old lady or her grandchildren could do that.

Haruki was truly his father's son, being able to give a few orders and take a moment to actually have those words said from his mouth. If he wanted to be a leader in the future, he would need to demonstrate more of it, even if he was not his father. However, Haruki was himself, and when Rae volunteered to be first, his neutral shaped lips would return back to their usual lifted form. That made things a lot easier for him, and now they were all set. All righty then, let's do this! The Akari would tell them, looking forward again before then traveling forward through the desert, this time at a speed of 15 so that he can be on the lookout for anything that might try to inflict damage onto him or the group. Nothing has been found yet, but he was always prepared. A shadow clone of him would be sent forward, ready to warn him. And he would send one to the back of the group as well, so that they could have all of the fields covered. The sides were okay, since they were in a village, so an obvious attack will be even more obvious from the sides. They seemed to be good for now, hopefully they can maintain this peace.

As the ninja squad and the family left the village and entered the desert, the beauty would talk with the kids for quite the continuation of time. They were cute and amusing. She had learned their names as well- the pink-haired girl was Sakura, the black-haired boy was called Elliot and the brown-haired boy was called Armani. Rae shook her head at the last name and laughed. The parents certainly had one hell of an imagination.  What sort of a weird name was Armani? They had talked about everything, from the life of a ninja, to her hair and even a bit about her preferences for guys. "A prince charming eh?" Rae put her hands behind her neck as she looked up at the blue sky. While Elliot was asking her a lot of questions about herself, this one had caught her off-guard. "I honestly don't think I need one. Damsels in distress need their princes to save them. I want to be a strong princess, capable of saving myself." The redhead told the three kids with a small smile. She received comments about that being cool causing a small smile to play across her lips. That smile immediately however turned upside down as she saw an oasis appear further ahead the Sandy dunes. When they were riding with Haruki earlier she was certain that her eyes didn't see water that was that blue. "We're in a genjutsu." Rae shouted to her partners, her shoulders immediately rising up with tension. The enemy had arrived.

Hiro would be mostly silent, up until the point where he heard Rae say that they were in a genjutsu. He would quickly dash towards the old lady and her grandchildren. I'll guard the clients, you two focus on finding them and keeping them from getting to the clients! He would take up his fighting stance, using genjutsu release to break out of it, expending a small amount of chakra in doing so. He hoped they wouldn't be fighting more than 3 people, as he doubted they would be able to keep more than that back from the clients.

Genjutsu Release, -5 ap
Total AP remaining= 66

The Genjutsu seems to not have too much Chakra in it, seeing as he was able to react to it after being told. What more? The resistance of the Chakra was so weak against his own Genjutsu release. They were trying to get the lot of them worn down, but if those enemies were unable to even maintain a decent amount of Chakra, then how did they expect themselves to last in battle against the Akari? Looking back to the two of them, he would send one Shadow Clone, the one behind the group, to assist the other two. The real Haruki would then close his eyes, looking for any flows of Chakra that were not familiar. He knew Rae's, her chakra was a burning wave of energy. Hiro's was more calm and collected, but that could mean anything. For Haruki, his was peppy and excited... And then this fourth one... It was not familiar... But it was near them. To the West! The attackers are westwards, I'll get them! Haruki would exclaim, revealing his Golden Eyes once again before placing his wheels on the ground, pushing them at 125 again. And so he'll probably be back with a few captured bodies. But he will need time first, thus needing him to depart from them.

840/845 AP