![]() Katsuro didn't seem too pleased to be here, but she was glad he was, in a weird sort of way. She almost snorted at the last face she landed on. Seemed simple enough, however she glanced over the group that was under her guidance. They were going to escort the Kumogakure shinobi to their facilities, feed them, and then bring them here to her. She absorbed the information, sorting it out into the proper order before she nodded her head. She remained quiet as Mizuki spoke, her eyes focused on the Hokage. But a part of her was glad that she was being given that chance to do something good, something he would have wanted. Naruto was, after all, her grandfather, and that alone should have stripped her from even leading this team. She wasn't sure she was exactly the best person to handle the situation, but then again, it might as well be her. She was to lead one of the best teams at the moment, to ensure that everything went as smoothly as it could possibly go. ![]() Being the youngest of the group, would have normally caused her to be a little more temperamental, however this mission required her to be at her utmost behavoir. Kiyoko stood before the eight Hokage, her lips pursed deeply together as the older woman surveyed the team. Obtaining what she deemed to be the required amount of assent, the Hokage nodded. Difficult as it may be for some of them, it was imperative. These shinobi were ANBU, medics, members of village nobility, and sometimes even teachers. She wouldn’t usually be so stern about it, but she had a reputation for not suffering fools lightly, and she certainly would not tolerate any foolishness here. Other than that, do as Uzumaki tells you. You will meet them outside the gates, escort them to the guest facility, and see that they eat. If they make trouble, you are authorized to use exactly as much force as is necessary to stop that trouble. Until such time as any of them act untowardly, they are honored guests. “You are to be as hospitable as you possibly know how,” the sardonic inflection, ever so slight, gave away that she knew some of them weren’t capable of much in that department. There was no overestimating the importance of it. “That I do not have to remind you that the future of your village rests on this.” And because of how important their village was, the future of much of the world, not just its ninja. ![]() “I trust,” she said slowly, her voice on a lower register for a woman, so calm it could only be the kind of thing that masked something else. The Aburame’s bugs, the Tsukino’s eyes… and well, to be honest Yuhara was there because he wouldn’t hesitate to kill them if he needed to and the Uchiha present because the Hokage took great pleasure in watching him squirm… and because the Raikage was a Jinchūriki.įolding her hands behind her back, the Hokage tossed back her rose-colored ponytail and stared them down silently for a moment. The rest were there because they were either exceptionally talented or else because they had some ability that would be advantageous in such a scenario as this one. Kiyoko Uzumaki was the youngest, but also the most likely to succeed at being diplomatic and controlling herself, so she was nominally in charge of the team. She fully planned on taking advantage of that.īut in order to make sure things went as they needed to, his people would have to be watched without being caged, and for that, she needed these personnel. It was on her turf, surrounded by her people, and almost entirely on her terms. ![]() The Council was insistent that these peace talks go well, and she knew the newly-minted Raikage had scored himself serious points in the eyes of the rest of the world by being the first to extend his hand in this fashion… and by agreeing to a negotiation scenario that would be against he and his people from the very start. She’d had to balance her need to pick the people most likely to be able to handle the Raikage’s party with the competing need to encourage diplomacy rather than violence. They were Konohagakure’s best and brightest, in one way or another, though to call any of them ideal for this mission was a stretch. Mizuki Kawagure, Eighth Hokage, surveyed the young shinobi before her with a critical eye.
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