Hira walked down the street, he didnt know where to find the leaf administration building so he just continued down the path he was on. He then came across a somewhat older gentlemen sweeping the steps in front of his shop. "Excuse me sir do you know where to find the administration building. The man smiled and pointed to a red building down at the end of the street. Hira waved to him and ran to the building the man had gestured him to. As he walked inside someone greeted him and asked what he needed he replied "Is the hokage in? If he is would you get him for me, i would appreciate that."

"No point. I'm never in the office this time of day." Kenta was only even in the building because he was grabbing some tools from the ANBU storage. Storage scrolls, mostly; with tools and specialized items for the exams. "Kisame, eh? You're with the Kiri groups. There a problem I need to know about, or they send you as the delegate?"

Either way, the waved for the male to follow him; turning towards where his still soaked office was located. The shark might appreciate the change, it was cool and damp in there still; as he hadn't finished airing the room out properly after his previous little breakdown.

Hira listened to the hokages words then followed him when he was gestured to do so. As he walked with the hokage he said to him "Mr. Hokage i just dropped in to let you know that me and my squad mates were in your village for the exams. I thought it would be a good idea to let you know that." The hokage seemed nice and pretty young as well, he couldnt be a whole lot older than hira was himself.

"Yours was the first to arrive. Was a tad surprised; what with Hikou's death. I was half expecting Kiri to drop out. In the end; just shows you're better then most; to be able to compete after losing a Kage." His doors where slightly off their hinges; no one had come within a floor of the room since yesterday; and it would stay that way until Kenta told them otherwise. The flooded area was soothing; as he couldn't really escape to his normal quiet places for a while yet.

"Come in, find a chair; if you can. There was an... incident, yesterday. Kind of tore the place apart." His done was dismissive; an obvious 'do not ask'. He all but sank into his chair; sighing heavily as he propped now wet feet onto the desk. "Tell me something; how are your people handling everything?"

Hira followed the mizukage up the stairs and let out a small sigh of happiness when the hokage complimented him on his willingness to compete in the exams after hikous death. As he followed the hokage into his office he laughed at his comment about an "incident" occuring. He didnt find a chair but instead just leaned up against the wall. As the hokage asked him about how his people were holding up, hira wandered how to answer that question. "I wouldnt know sir, me and my squad left for the exams just a day or to after discovering mr. misora had been killed. Id imagine its pretty rough back home though if i had to guess, still he was always encouraging me to do good in the exams for kiri's sake and even though he is gone now thats what i plan to do.'

That... that sounded more like the Hikou he'd known; before the rumors of insanity had begun filtering out of the village. Strength of character; he'd passed it along. Good to know; it would help them in the coming months. "Well; hopefully we can make the transition to a new Mizukage as easy as it can ever be. I had planned to offer Kiri as much as I could; anything your people need. Our people where well on the way to a proper friendship; first time in generations that could be said. I was hoping to be able to continue that."

Kenta glanced towards the half covered window; staring out over the roof tops and trees of his village. "I sometimes wonder; would my people be as strong as yours, in the same situation. Long ago; when we lost our 3rd Hokage much as you've lost Hikou... we where that strong. I think... maybe we've grown a tad soft. No one even attempts to cause problems with us anymore. But then again; Konoha had thought the same of Kiri. Really, who was left that could even stand against our forces. The last of the great villages that could stand proud and true. Now... one is in shambles, their leader lost. The other mourns, and trains a wary eye on the rest of the world."

A shake of his head brought him back to reality; half smile appearing on his lips. "And listen to me rambling like an old fool; when I'm barely any older then you. This job; yanno? Makes you grow up; makes you older. I wouldn't say wiser; but you look at the world differently. Never really been sure if that was a good thing or not. Seemed to be; depending on where you where; you would change for the worse. But that's just ancient bias talking. We all see ourselves as the good; everything else as the bad, right?"

Tsuneko approached the village gate. She had had a rough, solo journey to get here, and that was reflected in her disheveled appearance. Her forehead protector was tied as a headband, apparently an attempt to bring some control over her long, tangled, white hair. Her complexion was pale with fatigue under the bangs that just covered her clan’s marks; lilac eyes seemed to almost glow against the pallidity, accented by the dark circles underlining them. Her bedraggled appearance drew the guard’s eye, even amongst the recent influx of outsiders for the Chuunin exams. When he questioned her, she replied in a slightly rough voice, although her tone was polite, "Kaguya, Tsuneko. Genin from Kirigakure.” She hesitated after he asked her purpose here. Clearing her throat, Tsuneko replied more clearly, “The Hokage. I’d like to meet with him, if that’s possible.” The guard explained that the Hokage was very busy with the Chuunin exams and, likely, wouldn’t be in his office, but he escorted the Genin there anyways.

They came to the damaged doors, and the guard knocked firmly on the wood before leading Tsuneko in. “Kaguya, Tsuneko, a Genin from Kirigakure, here to see you, sir.” He stepped to the side, waiting for orders from Kenta. Tsuneko stepped forward, taking in the soaked room without questioning its appearance. After seeing flames consume her entire village, a wet office didn't concern her. Lilac eyes flicked over to Hiragana, recognizing his fishlike appearance as a trait of the Kisame clan from Kiri, before looking back to the Kenta, assuming by his presence behind the desk that he was the Kage here. Hyper-aware of her rough appearance in the office of a kage, one from another village, no less, she opted for a respectful approach. Assuming that Kenta doesn't order her to leave, Tsuneko gave a small bow, her palms flat on her thighs. She straightened before explaining her presence here. “Hokage, sir, I’m here as a refugee from Kirigakure. A few days ago, Kiri was… Kiri was destroyed by Amaterasu.” She swallowed; voicing what had happened made it even more real. “No one else…” She glanced at Hiragana as she amended, “I didn’t see anyone else make it out.”

Hira waa about to speak again to the hokage when a genin with a Kiri headband rushed in, he did not know this person but he planned to welcome her as she was a fellow Kiri ninja but before he could greet her, she spoke and his eye's grew wide as can be. "Kiri... is... gone... what do you mean kiri is gone!" He didnt mean to yell at the girl but his emotions got the better of him and yelling at her is what he ended up doing. He was now in a state of shock, he grabbed her by her shoulders and spoke to her "Tell me... what do you mean kiri is gone!"

"...."

That... that was... how the... "Wait... it was an Amaterasu?" So then... the hints in the rumors, the weird stories coming from the sailors in the port... it was true. There was rogue Uchiha on the loose... and they where powerful enough to destroy an entire village. This was... this was bad.

"You saw the flames? You truly saw the flames? It wasn't a Genjutsu?" He had to be sure; he really did. As far as he knew; every living Uchiha was in Konoha and working for the village. The relations with the clan had flourished in the years since the end of the Great War; and with the appointment of two Uchiha as Sannin and the first in line for the Hokage title if anything happened to Kenta; the clan itself was perfectly placid and if anything; actively seeking ways to expand into the village again, return to the favored position they had shunned before. How could an Uchiha have done this...?

"It... there couldn't have been an Uchiha anywhere NEAR Kiri... not unless... not unless one fled under the former Hokage's reign. Sebasu Hyuuga; my predecessor, his reign was... unbelievable long. Decades; longer then most Ninja live. The records aren't the best, either; much was lost or destroyed. Even the records kept in the caves below the Hokage's Monument, the secondary records in the Temple of the Fire Sages... they're damaged; huge gaps and lack of records." The blonde leaned forward; elbows hitting his desk and fingers moving into his hair and gripping large chunks; like he was about to start ripping his hair out. Soft curses where muttered under his breath; both at the former Hokage and himself for allowing the damage to the records to stand as it had. "I... I don't even know..."

Otto walks up to the building that he knew was the hokage's building... or at least it said so on the paper in all honesty it smelled of dogs. That meant that the owner had dog or they just didn't care much about personal hygiene. Either way he wouldn't mention it that way he wouldn't end up with another royal ass beating. Otto approached the building slowly wearing his full attire including his beloved coat.

Two guards approached him and asked his buisness he simply smiled and handed his chunin exam papers the man looked them over the allowed the young man to pass with no hesitation(this was rather stupid considering what was going on but he's a guard not a genius). He enter the room and to his surprise he saw Hira and two other kiri nin anlready speaking with the kage(he reconized the kage from the hokage monument). The male kiri nin was probably a Jonin he had a more threatening demenor whereas the girl didn't seem to be a threat at all.

He coughs to announce his pressence then states, "Well, I have great timing it seems. Did I catch you guys at a bad time?"

It wasn't so much that Sero managed to get most of the way to the office with stealth but rather nothing about him remotely appeared threatening. the half bored emotionless gaze. the advanced tactics version 8 text book he was reading or the dull grey clothes. his Kiri head band around his neck hidden by the book his nose was buried in. still he seemed to arrive just after Otto as if totally unaware of the intensity of the room he raises his hand while standing behind otto as if saying here before letting his hand fall and returning to his reading.

of course he had not simply slipped in. he just matched his profile to a T and was allowed in for the scheduled visit.

Tsuneko flinched as Hiragana yelled at her; she didn’t know what she’d expected to happen when she told them. As the other Genin gripped her shoulders, she didn’t try to brush him off but met his eyes and repeated what she’d said. “Kirigakure was destroyed by Amaterasu.” She paused before describing it, trying to remain composed while she answered both of their questions. “The fire began at the walls before moving inwards… Whoever it set it didn’t want anyone to make it out. The tunnels under the Misty Salvage remained open briefly, that’s how I got out, but the fire..it spread so fast. Many people were caught inside when…” Hearing the screams of the villagers again, the same sound that haunted her dreams, Tsuneko trailed off; one hand came up to her temple, as if she had a headache, and she looked away from Hiragana’s demanding gaze.

She didn’t respond to the Hokage’s ramblings about records; her mind was in another place. The only thing that registered was his shock, confirming her belief that Konoha didn’t order the attack. She blinked, coming out of her memories, and looked over her shoulder as the door to the office opened as a shinobi entered. By his attire, she assumed that he must be from Kirigakure as well. A moment after he made his demand another Genin entered, also in Kiri dress. The ginger haired ninja was followed by another boy dressed in dull grey, who seemed so absorbed in his book that he was unaware of his surroundings. Making assumptions about the last ninja’s affiliation, as he had followed the ginger so carelessly, she vaguely wondered if the Genin in the room were Team One that she had heard were in Konoha for the Chuunin Exams. However, after the last had entered, her attention returned to the strongest shinobi in the room, Jurou and Kenta.

Hira began pacing around the room, his emotions all swirled up in a confused bundle. At this point he didnt know exactly what he was feeling. Sadness? Depression? Anger? He wasnt sure, all he knew was that something bad had happened and he still wasnt sure what to think of it. He then realized something he would have realized sooner if not for the chaos "Amaterasu... an uchiha did this... someone from your village did this mister hokage... He didnt know for sure if someone from the village of the leaf had acually done this, it was just as possible that a rogue had done this. He looked over at kenta and cringed his teeth, "So... what are we supposed to do now? Our kage is dead and our village gone, where do we go now?" It pained him to ask but it was a question that at the time.... needed to be answered.

"It can't... I swear to you; it wasn't one of mine. The Uchiha clan is tiny; compared to what it was; barely a dozen in active service, maybe that many that where never even ninja to begin with. Elders, barely able to pick up a knife; children mostly now. Naota and Amaya are about all that even have the power to make it to Kiri alone anyway; and neither has access to that kind of power. At all. It has to be a rouge; whoever it is; they are not under konoha's rule."

The blonde groaned in dismay, nearly as distraught as the assembled Kiri ninja. This was all kinds of hellish; a political nightmare that he didn't care about; a crime against humanity that had even his animalistic spirit weeping. "I can't... I don't even know what I can do here. Asylum, supplies to rebuild... that's nothing. I can't replace your safety, or sense of home. I can't... the people you've lost... I can't even imagine it. I am a child of peace; there hasn't been a major war in three generations; even our grandparents barely remember it. No one is prepared for this."

His mind finally allowed him to focus for a moment on the newest entrant to his office. Stock of white hair, shorter then normal... wait; he was who? "You... You're the Osada boy that Hikou spoke of; the Jounin?" That was perfect and slightly depressing all the same. To have the entire weight of the world now crashing down on someone that looked younger then he was? Tragic in entirely new ways. But then he had to check himself; for all he knew this person was twice his age and three times as experienced; with the things Kenta had seen, he knew better then to judge at first glance. "Well then, sir Mizukage... What do you suggest we do, here? Rouge... it has to be. My people... we will take our share of the responsibility for this; we produced yet another dangerous Uchiha menace; and they will be dealt with when we can; with full disclosure to your people of course. I would invite you to join in the hunt; honestly. The Gods know you deserve to destroy them, for what they have done to you."

I know a little about the culprit," Otto says with a half smile." From what I've seen he came to kiri for one of two reasons... he was bored or he was recruiting. It wouldn't surprise me if he had some little followers." Otto scratches his scalp then continues,"Hikou almost definitely started the fight because of his prejudice against rouges. Once the rouge saw that everyone still left for the exams despite the death of the kage her attacked out of either cowardice, to show us how stupid we were or simply because he wanted to show how awesome he was.." He didn't say this out of disrespect or to make himself seem like a know it all he wanted to set up a profile of this person so that they could find him easier.

“hmm” was the only sound Sero made as he put his book away to reveal his own Kiri headband tied around his neck. A more vital spot to protect in his opinion. He pulls out a notepad and a pen and begins to scribble while everyone talks. Finally once it reached a moment of silence he put his pin away and looked about before speaking in a monotone voice. His grey eyes looked bored. In fact he appeared to be the only person in the room not emotionally affected by this. Once he begins to read he just looks at his notes. It was obvious he was not a public speaker.

“The first step should be food sent along with workers and a small guard. I suggest the workers, guard, and food be sent by land giving Konoha enough time to gather its resources. The second step should be to mark Kiri’s territory to discourage any other villages trying to claim the land. Third step is to send the supplies by ship from Konoha. This will be faster and allow them to arrive shortly after the workers. While this is being done a representative should be sent to the pirates. We should either pay a couple of the stronger crews to protect the shipment or make an example of them. Once the resources arrive we should build a wall to persuade wild animals to avoid us and set up a watch. The first buildings to be built should be living quarters and a food and resource storage warehouse. Keep them from the elements until needed. After that a base of operations to get income and trade started in Kiri again. We can start rebuilding at that point with our own resources. After that it will be time to rebuild the homes and the market to encourage people to occupy Kiri and help with the rebuild. Finally complete our defenses and rebuild the school and any modifications can be made along the way.”

Released, Tsuneko stood back and listened to the others discuss what the next steps were. She hadn’t thought much farther ahead than getting here, and she was exhausted from making that solo trip already. She was surprised at the blunt tone the new Mizukage took with the Hokage, but the Genin was most caught off guard by the suggestion that the rogue might be coming here. Although she knew in the unemotional side of her brain that what Jurou said about the next target being the exams was logical, she couldn’t stop herself from interjecting in alarm, “No. He can’t be coming here.” It couldn’t happen. There was no way that the tragedy she had just barely escaped would follow her here. She looked wide-eyed between the two Kages, searching for some reassurance.

Hira looked at Jurou then over at kenta as he began pacing around the room, the thought of this rogue uchiha intervening in the chunin exams was definitly a hazard. He blurted out "If he comes during the exams who is to say that history wont repeate itself and the end result be the same as what orochimaru did along time ago?" History was one thing Hira was well read up on and he knew full well what had happened that day long ago. Well... mostly... he only knew what the Kirigakure archives did and that was quite a bit acually. He couldnt stand the thought of thie village being gone to, he had friends here he had acually grown to like this place. He looked at walked over to the neares wall and banged his head on it before turning around and propping himself up against it, bringing one leg up and crossing his arms. CIrcling his vision to everyone in the room. He then spoke to the hokage again "I also wish to know where a blade is... the samaheda, do you know where it is?"

The request from the other Kage had him confused; the term sounded familiar, but he wasn't sure where. One of Kiri's legendary blades; had to be. "I'm guessing no one knows the location of your village's blades, then? As far as I know; they're missing. Hikou was carrying the scroll storing them for the longest time; or so I was led to believe."

His attention turned to the red head with the book; one of the newer ones in the room. He was one of the exam participants, wasn't he; the face seemed half familiar the way that one seen in a photograph would. Then again; it was almost a given that any of them would be; save the young woman and the Mizukage. Blarg, focus was needed. "No offense, but I would more likely believe that the final attack that ended his life was provoked. Uchiha pride does not take well to boastful types like Hikou. He may have even survived; if he'd been able to control himself better. But that is just my humble opinion; as someone that was fairly familiar with the man. Your second theory; about recruiting. I counter with why Kiri? It had been so long since your village had been associated with anything like what a rouge looking to start trouble would want. Sure; Kiri nin are ridiculously powerful when properly trained; but that's a moot point if they can't be convinced to leave. Then again... that could tie into why the village was burned. Punishment for not producing what he wanted..."

Hang on... that blade...he remembered now; where he saw that name. A small note; half invisible in the back of the letter Hikou's family had sent him. It was almost like a watermark that had appeared when he'd soaked his office a few days prior. Reaching into his desk, he retrieved the small container that housed the papers sent before the burning of the village. "I think... I may have a clue on the blade you seek, Osada." He tossed the case to the Mizukage; a gentle underhand; nothing hard or overly fast. Easy and nonthreatening. "Papers sent by your elders and Misora's family. On the back of the papyrus looking page; a watermark of some type. I can't read the glyphs; I don't know what it says, but I can recognize the names of some of your missing blades."

Otto looks at the kage with a smile he was smarter than he looked, "Well sir," He does not say the sir sarcastically he is respecting the kage's authority. " Kiri was the best place at the time... with all due respect should this ninja be a current or even a past member of you village there is a chance for him to get reconized thus he would not go there until he had back up. Iwa and Suna were both desolate and scattered the ninja lacked leadership and thus they would be hard to find. Finally Hikou was not the most loved kage, and I say this in the greatest of respect for him, but he was not a loved kage." He says the last part for the benifit for his partner, Hira. He looked at the Mizukage thoughtfully then said, "He had formed several enemies over time and the chances of grabbing a ninja that hated his guts were good."

He sees the scroll and barely can contain himself he almost let out the most excited shout of his life the scroll... How did the hokage get it? Otto had studied the seven swords his entire life he coveted the Kiba blades; if he could just touch them he could die happy, and there they were not 5 feet from him.

Sero leaves the plan of action note on the desk and seems to fade through the rest in the room over to Hiragana like a phantom not touching anyone. he was light on his feet and creepy. some called him the phantom of the mist and even in his every day life he was creepy to be near. he was of average height but his hair floats about him as he moves like wisps and his feet though in boots are silent. His grey eye's look to his team mate for a moment without a word. He then turns and moves over to Otto to look him in the eye and study him for a moment. his gaze was penetrating and it was impossible to perceive his thoughts. he did not step between the two Kage though before he turns and heads to the door pulling out a cigarette and lighting it. smoking it in the hallway. he would wait for the adults to finish business.

Tsuneko had never paid much attention when there had been talk of the swords. With her Kekkei-Genkai, she didn’t feel a need or desire to possess one; she couldn’t understand why all of the fuss was being made over a piece of metal and how Mizukage could run out to go track them down at a time like this. The Genin didn’t comment on it as the others got excited over the idea of searching for them. Although she wasn’t really impressed, she knew it wouldn’t do to criticize their actions. Even if she could call herself a shinobi, she was aware that she was still, essentially, a nobody in this company. The trip here was wearing on her as she remained standing in the Hokage's office. Feeling rather useless, she decided to find a place to rest while the Kages worked out the details of their stay in Konoha. Whether it was short- or long-term, she did not know, but she was sure that they did not need her there to organize things. Excusing herself with slight bow, Tsuneko left the office.