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When Yasu returns to her village she's immediately stopped by the patrol, "Yasu, the elders and chief want to see you." Sighing mentally she goes to the council house and kneels before them, her eyes lowered to the ground.

"Yasu, I know this is not the norm for our clan but we've just received word that a ninja from another clan has been roaming around. A renegade ninja in this region is problematic. So I want you to go to the local villages and see if you can find this man." Her father tosses a packet that has a drawn portrait of the man in question. Looking at it she sees a man that might be the same one she saw earlier. She didn't know why he was there but she had to do what was best for her village.

The elder shuffles his way into the room where the young man is waiting for him, bowing slightly in greeting. "Sorry for the long wait, as you can see I'm not as young as I used to be. Welcome to our village, dinner will be served shortly, but let me show you to your room." He leads the young man down a side hallway, to a room over looking the back garden. "This is a room with a nice view of the garden. My granddaughter will be by shortly to get you for dinner." Leaving the room and heading back to the main portion of the building, the elder pulls a piece of paper from his robes, looking at the drawing of the man he just took to that room. Sighing, he knew that the ninja clan of this area would soon be sending someone out to look for the man, probably their most skilled killer.