An Unlikely Squad in the Mist

The dark clouds pouring torrential rain covered the heavens above Kirigakure, a small parchment of paper in the wrapped hands of a particular shinobi. Menma was adorned in his typical fashion, dark black hakama of his ronin robes, his torso covered in tight wrappings to hide him up to the bridge of his nose, his long silk black hair beginning to cling to his body as he became more and more saturated by the rain. He had read the details written on the slips of parchment a few times, though still he checked once more to ensure the meeting place for this selected team was correct. ‘Beneath the Willow on the edge of the lower district, there the select shinobi will convene for the missions.’ Menma looked up slightly to the long feathered branches of the willow, he had been here a few times before to simply rest undisturbed by the rest of the village.

As he took a seat beneath the trunk of the mighty tree, he slipped his katana sheath and all from his cloth belt. He took a seated position in which his left leg was fully extended on the ground, but his right was bent creating a resting place for his crossed arms supporting his head. His sheathed katana’s tip in the ground by his right foot and the hilt sticking up from within the bend of his right elbow. Menma sighed to himself for a mere moment as he continued to wait for the rest of the team, at first appearance most would assume he was oblivious to his surroundings as his eyes couldn’t be seen, hidden behind his forearm. However, in truth Menma was using his sense of hearing to differentiate the sounds of falling rain on the cobbles of the street from the sounds of peoples feet. The key was the weight behind the earthly impact, but regardless he awaited the start of the mission.

(WC 322)

Prim had been up and getting ready that morning as a scroll was dropped off for her. Was it missions with her usual team? A singular mission? Or a mission with some new people again? She was actually anticipating this! She enjoyed doing the missions with others and getting to meet the Shinobi or Kiri.
She put on her usual leather outfit, and boots before heading out the door to a different meeting spot! This definitely meant she wasn't running missions with her usual team and it meant she wasn't running missions alone! As she walked towards the meeting spot she noticed the dreary weather seemed to be setting the scene for the day. Normal spooky weather for the time of year it was!
The cobblestone path was kind of desolate and empty this morning, could be due to the timing, it was a time of day that you wouldn't see many people out and about, or it could be the weather. Prim's footsteps echoed across the pathway announcing her arrival to the meeting spot! She noticed the other Shinobi under the tree.
“I guess we are part of a team working on a mission! I'm Prim. Primrose Uchiha.” Prim said, smiling at the young man.
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