Hotaru and Rin spent the morning training together, after receiving their next mission. The area around them had obviously suffered a fair bit of damage, despite their attempts to minimize the damage. Once they had finished, they decided to head over to the ramen shop for some lunch. They walked through the streets, Rin quiet as they walked, while Hotaru chatted on about the mission. "I wonder what these guys will be like." She wondered aloud, getting no real response from Rin. "I hope they're nice. Not like those last guys we were stuck with." She shuddered at the memory of their last mission. Their two partners had been... interesting, to put it nicely. They had both been incredibly flirty, which had made things very uncomfortable for her and Rin.<br/><br/>As a result, Hotaru had rather hoped that their next mission wouldn't involve other people. Rin, on the other hand, always wished to avoid being put on missions with other people. Unfortunately, the Hokage didn't see things the same way, and felt the need to put them with another group of individuals. Neither of them knew any of the others who would be joining them, although Rin had done a little research on them, or at least their skills as shinobi. Their personalities mattered less to him than their ability to aid in the completion of the mission. They were quite an interesting group of individuals. One in particular piqued his interest a bit. Largely because he wasn't able to find much of anything on them. Perhaps not so strange when considering where he came from.<br/><br/>They arrived at the ramen shop before their new teammates, taking their seats and ordering food. They didn't have to wait long before the Chūnin that would be joining them arrived. He was the youngest of their group, and a rather unique case. Not only was he a Chūnin, where the others were Jonin or anbu, but because he was unique as a shinobi, due to his visual condition. Rin thought that, despite the fact that he was a Chūnin, the Hokage wouldn't have assigned him if she didn't believe him to be capable. Thus, he would believe him to be capable, until or unless he proved otherwise.<br/><br/>"Hello!" Hotaru greeted the newly arrived shinobi with a smile, poking her head out to see him. "I'm Hotaru. Pleasure to meet you." she introduced herself with a friendly smile before holding the curtain at the entrance open for him. "Come on in and join us." she invited him in. "Mister strong and silent over there is Rin." she introduced him and Rin gave a sort-of wave at him, knowing he had his own way of<span style="font-style: italic">seeing</span>the world around him, but he never said a word. Hotaru took her own seat once more and waited for Shin to take his seat. "Well, that's three of us. Only two more to go." she commented as she took a sip of her drink.<br/><br/>Rin didn't reply, which Hotaru was used to. He thought that one of their other members was nearby, but he figured he would show himself in due time, when he was ready. Until then, he would just eat his ramen and wait. If he didn't show up now, he would show up when they got ready to head out on the mission. It was inevitable. It hardly mattered to him whether it was now or later. Hotaru, on the other hand, was curious to meet the other members of their squad, but she would try her best to be patient, at least for now.