Maeno Juro arrived at the memorial stone at top speed, barely paying any attention at all to his surroundings.  Despite his best efforts, though, a sizable group was already gathered there.  Most of them looked exceedingly competent.  And of course he, the Genin, was late to his first meeting with his new squad.  Not a good precedent.<br/><br/>He came within earshot just as Gerun introduced himself.  With a short bow,  "My sincere apologies for tardiness as well.  My name is Maeno Juro; I hope to learn a great deal from our coming endeavors."  Inwardly, he cringed.  His friends could always tell when he was never because he started to average 3-4x as many syllables as words.  These people might not know that, though.  Whether that was better or worse was uncertain.  He barely noticed the mist-- he was almost entirely focused on the older shinobi.<em>One of these is the squad leader...</em>