When Tsunade asked if they knew each other, Ryuu tears his eyes away from staring at Hikari to look at Tsunade, silently nodding. Yes, he knew her. She was a frequent visitor to their home. A friend to himself in Ryuu's eyes...and a crush. However, he'd never admit this out loud, she'd probably just look at him with pity in her eyes, or say something like how she couldn't return his feelings. He wasn't blind, or stupid. He knew that she held feelings for his older brother, no matter how foolish her choice might be. No matter if Kuro was just going to end up hurting her in the end.<br/><br/>Taking the scroll with the mission on it from Hikari, he glances over it, and like Hikari had said, it was definitely not too hard of a mission. Or at least for someone with their skills. Other Chunin his age might have a hard time with it, but he wasn't like other Chunin. He was Ryuunosuke Kazuhiro Uchiha. Graduating at the top of his class with the highest scores in his tests, he was capable of a lot. His team had even all graduated from the Chunin exams, making it through to the end, and he was promoted at the end to Chunin. He was quiet as Hikari said a few last things to the Lady Hokage, before turning to him and asking if he was ready to go. He nods quickly. "Yes."<br/><br/>He too bows in respect to the Hokage and as a way of farewell, before following Hikari out the door, so that they could leave for their mission right away. As he walked next to her, he had to fight from staring at her, instead, fixing his eyes in front of himself, and on the way that they were walking. He didn't want to seem weird or anything, wanting to make a good impression on her. She'd only seen him around at his house, and never really got to spend time together. He'd wanted to, but she'd always been busy or found other things to do, despite him knowing she wasn't busy.<br/><br/>Reaching the front gate, she speaks, and he finally looks at her, seeing it was fitting to do so. "Yeah, let's go." He says, a small smile on his face as he nods, heading out of the gate as he waves to one of the guards that he knew. "Come back safe, Ryuunosuke!" The guard says, and Ryuu grins wide, giving the guy a thumbs up, before leaving the village. "Alright!" He felt a bit more free now that he was out in the open, though he was still a bit nervous. Despite that, he didn't let it get to him, as they make their way.<br/><br/>"I'm going up!" He lets Hikari know, before jumping up into the tree branches, flipping a few times to get there, before running and jumping along the branches. The wind pulled at his hair, and it was like how it affected Kuro. It made him feel free. He takes a deep breath, a huge grin on his face, his eyes lit with excitement. Glancing to wherever Hikari was, he smiles widely at her, before picking up speed. Their goal was a bit away, and it would take a couple hours to get there, even if they were to move fast. He picks up speed, flipping and doing other acrobatics as he leaped from one tree branch to the next, and, after a short while he begins to laugh, having a great time just being free, letting loose.<br/><br/>He wondered what his brother was doing on his mission right now. And he also thought back...when Kuro and Hikari went on their mission together. What was he like? Was he like how he was around home? Probably...the guy never seemed to change, no matter how hard Ryuu tried to get to know him. Unlike his mother, Ryuu actually<span style="font-style: italic">tried</span>. But it didn't seem to do any good. And yet, after he'd come home after that one particular mission, Ryuu could see that his older brother had changed...maybe not a lot, but something, deep inside, had become different. And it had happened all because of Hikari...<br/><br/>Glancing toward her, he wondered just what she'd said or done to make his older brother chance so drastically. Small, yes. But it was drastic nonetheless. For a moment he just wondered...but knew it would do no good. Instead, he changes his mind to a different thought, wondering if he'd be able to show Hikari how strong he was. He wanted a chance to prove himself, to show that he too was worthy of her affection.