As Kuronotsurugi knelt there, low on the branch, his eyes fixated on the view ahead of him, moving to follow every so often, he not only picked up a group of people's chakra flow, heading towards the three who were in front of him, the larger group coming from the general direction of the village of sound, which was no doubt where they had come from. But not only could he see those people, but another, singular chakra flow. It was unlike any other, powerful, and strangely colored. Focusing in on it, lifting his eyes from the three men, he saw, not too far from where he was, Hikari.<br/><br/>Her eyes were intently focused on the three below, something about her body language said that she recognized those people, or maybe just one. Interesting...So, she had ties to someone in Otogakure, did she? Well, that certainly would make some change in pace, and maybe make this mission in which they were on not as boring.<br/><br/>Even as she stayed where she was, Kuronotsurugi didn't want to risk anything, and so deactivates his Byakugan, shortly after activating his Sharingan, which, at the time, had three tomoe. They glowed red in the dark, but even if one looked up, saw this, they'd think it was simply a night animal of some sort. If anything, Kuronotsurugi was proud of his power, and he was always trying to gain more. He knew of what background he was, and what he was capable, and he would do anything to obtain that. Which was one of the reasons as to what he was planning once he got back to the village from this mission that he was on right now.<br/><br/>He wasn't about to risk startling Hikari by going over to her, so instead stayed where he was, observing from his own perch in the trees. The larger group reaches the group of three, and from where he was up above, it was impossible for him to hear what was being said, all he could watch were the body movements, and read the lips of the people talking. The Sharingan picked up everything hyper speed, and gave him perfect clarity, and even though the chakra reading wasn't as powerful as his Byakugan, he could still make it out.<br/><br/>'What was is the status? Have you figured out what is going on?' One of the people who came from the village asks to the individual with darker hair. The one with the sword had light brown hair and was a male, the third was female with red hair. Whatever the darker male had said seemed to have ticked the first speaker off, and it wasn't at him. No, it was at the girl, and he was shocked to see the man raise a hand and smack her across the face, sending her sprawling to the ground, where she stayed, not getting up, and he could see that she was trembling, as her hand rose to touch her face that had been hit.<br/><br/>'Let's go.' The man was saying, and the two men step forward. The red haired girl started to get up, but the male stopped her, stepping on her side, pinning her to the ground. 'No. You stay here. Maybe a night out will teach you to make mistakes.' She concedes, and they then walk away, heading back in the direction of the village.<br/><br/>He doesn't follow, instead, waits until the perfect moment, and in the blink of an eye drops to the ground, next to the red head. Before she could do or say anything, he brings a swift hand to the back of her neck, knocking her out cold, her body falling to the ground. He pulls a bit of rope from his bag, and ties her up, hands, ankles, and gagging her as well. He then looks up in the general direction where Hikari was, before picking the red head up, easily throwing her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, as if she weighed nothing at all, bounding upwards and heading back to their 'camp'. He knew that this wasn't part of the mission, but he wasn't about to pass the opportunity of a little interrogation.