Kirai smiled happily as she strolled through the forest in her freshly washed red qi pao. Her amber eyes scanned left and right taking in the scenery and enjoying it too, the leafy tree tops, arboreal verdance, only allowing few rays of sunlight filter through. The random bunches of shrubery growing along the trees and even some ivy growing on trees.The young girl contained her walk fixing the bow tied in her hair that kept her long brown hair out of her eyes. She saw something glimmering ahead, something like a star, wondering what the light source was the young farmer girl began walking towards light source.

Kirai soon reached the top of the hill seeing what lay in front of her, a beautiful lake, gillmering prettily in the sunlight. "Wow! Its so beautiful!" The girl shrieked carefully running down the hill to reach the water source, it had been a while she had seen a large body of water, only creeks and streams and sometimes ponds. Kirai stumbled a slight bit having restricted movement in her qi pao also going down hill worked against her. Soon enough she made to the base of the lake, taking in the beauty of nature's wonder. The girl couldn't help but have the urge to go in for a quick swim. She quickly dismissed the idea because she had an odd feeling someone might watcher her, in the worst case possible some gross old pervert.

It had been two days now, two long and arduous days of sitting and waiting, sitting and watching, sitting and eating and even more sitting, and despite the lovely little lake view he had up there in his oh so comfy sniper’s nest, his rump was starting to tire and his rations of cow-hippo jerky were starting to run a bit low and though he really wasn’t supposed to, his mind started to question why exactly he had been sent here to sit and wait. All the Captain had told him was that his target would probably be making her way through these parts within a few days, and it was his job to be there when she did. Be there and bring her back.

He couldn’t help but heave a heavy sigh as his mind continued to wonder as to the importance of this mission; why the Captain had denied him of knowing anything other than the targets name, or any other information that would give him a clue as to why he had to bring this person back. Jobs like these were always the most annoying and yet he seemed to always be stuck on them.

Maybe the spirits had it in for him or maybe it was just that he had the worst luck out of all the other archers in the squad. But the reason was no longer important, he was here now, sitting on the branches of a tall and leafy oak with his bow at the ready and quiver in reach and the feeling of pointy twigs stabbing him every which way every time he moved so much as an inch, just watching and waiting for his target to come walking down that road, and so when he spotted the silhouette of someone coming down the path he couldn’t help but feel a bit skeptical, rubbing at his eyes with his free hand as if trying to make sure he wasn’t seeing things. This was it…

The archer stood perfectly still as the girl ran past his perch and towards the lake, and as she marveled at the sight of the shimmering blue he made his way down from his position quickly and quietly, just as he had been taught at the academy. He crept towards the girl, never straying too far from the cover that the shrubbery provided, and once he was close enough to the girl he stepped out into the open as he raised his bow and notched an arrow to the string before taking aim.

“Don’t make any sudden movements Kyoko Namabu!” The archer warned as he took a few more cautious steps forward “I’m here under orders to return you to the custody of the Fire Nation Army… “