Welcome to Gaia! ::

Belle was laying on the ground leaning up next to the massive pine tree in a deep sleep awaiting her three genin pupils. Her partner Kisoku was sleeping on her sprawled out on her stomach quite un-birdlike. No sounds can be heard from the forests except a few inaudible breaths.

Belle opened one eye and groaned, "Eh, Niji? You woke me up." She stated in a very slurred 'just waking up' voice. The jounin rolled over to face her pink haired friend, paused then said, "yeah... but i beat it."

"Hey, lookie therrrreeee... Pocky..." Belle stated in her signarture 'i want that' voice. Her hands slowly moved toward the pocky and Paku's head quickly swung around and glared. Belle quickly withdrew her hand and put them behind her back. She whistled the naruto theme then. "So Niji i missed you when i visited the Cloud Village. Paku hasn't gotten any chubbier i see." She smiled at Paku, then turned to Niji. "Have any crushes on anyone?"

"maybe, but it'd be no fun to tell you." Belle said as she sat up and leaned her back against the tree. "you'll have to guess... but first we need to get some chakra control in before the days over, and i go home and play kingdom hearts. Oh by the way did I tell you i barrowed that too?" She stated while scatching the back of head sleepily.

"No, Niji for your information I live there so i can easily come back and forth from your apartment!! The only other residence I've been to is Ray's, and that was for training purposes only..." Belle turned bright red, and saw a smirk grow on Niji's face. "Wait... It's not what you think!! Training as in, in ninja stuff!! and you know what no wonder i'm a jounin and your still a genin, because you have internet at your apartment and i know you don't just check your e-mail!!" Belle blushed much more after that. This wasn't helping at all. She looked down, "Paku, Niji needs to train all by herself, kay?" She coaxed him off of her shoulder with another box of pocky, because he had wholeheartedly downed the whole box that he stole from Niji.

"Like I just told you, it'd be no fun to tell you right off the bat. It could even be the Hokage for all you know." Belle gagged. "On second thought i'll give you a hint... it's not the Hokage, but anyway you should meet Ray. He should be over in the Forest of Death." She pointed behind her as if she actually knew what direction it was located from their current position. Belle whistled and Kisoku flew down from her perched spot on the tree above. "Come on, let's go."

[exit to Forest of Death]

Mizumi jumped into the clearing, landing without making a sound. She looked around.

"Hey...I'm late, and yet I'm the only one here. Just...great." She added a bit of sarcasm into the last sentence. "I guess I can train myself a little until they get here." She walked over the the stream and sat down on the edge of the water. She sat cross-legged style and did about 5 hand seals quickly. She was concentrating on the water, and fusing in genjutsu. She was starting to work on a technique known as Oite za Fuchi. Hopefully, she could fully master it soon.

Yuki popped out of the collar of Mizumi's top. She had managed to squirm her way in when Mizumi was grabbing her lunch. She noticed Mizumi was training and decided to not go near the water, or else she may be caught in a jutsu. She wriggled out of Mizumi's clothes and stretched out in a patch of sun.