<div class="floatleft">(http://images4.fanpop.com/image/polls/535000/535536_1283929197177_full.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Karin Isako<br/><strong>Location:</strong>First stop on the way to Kirigakure<br/><strong>Doing:</strong>Setting up camp and making nice with Nanase, trying to get her strength on her side, just in case.<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Nanase Uzumaki, Tsuneo Uchiha, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio<br/><strong>Warning:</strong>Pretending to be kinder than normal, less manipulative.<br/><hr/><br/><em><strong>"Of course not, Karin-chan!  It looks like we have a nice group here, right?"</strong></em>said Nanase-chan with a goofy smile on her face and giving her a thumbs up.  Karin just smiled as warmly as she could,<strong>"Thank you, Nanase-chan.  It does indeed look like we have a nice, little team here.  I do wonder about the boys though.  I mean, they seem so.....so.... ~"</strong>She paused as if she were searching for a word to describe them before waving her hand,<strong>"~ The seem so dull, you know?  It's not like I don't like a brooding guy, but they seem to be more brooding than the norm, no?"</strong>Karin finished setting up her little bedding and was about to say something more when Terumi-sensei appeared  behind them!  Although Karin didn't reveal any outward signs of surprise other than a slight widening of her eyes, she was still questioning how she missed her appearing.<br/><br/><em><strong>"So girls, enjoying the experience so far? Anyone been to Kirigakure before?"</strong></em>asked Terumi-sensei, making some small talk now that both the boys were out of sight and earshot.  This left Karin with a slight dilemma as she could certainly answer the first question easily and truthfully, but the second question was a little harder to answer.  She and her team had done a mission close to the village before, but never crossed the border.  It was one of their last missions before they became chosen to be part of the Task Force program and they had to chase down a villager from their village who was trying to take stolen data across boarders.  It had been a very near thing, barely a half a kilometer from the edge of Kirigakure's country's boarder.<br/><br/>So, with barely a second's pause, Karin answered confidently,<strong>"I have to say that I have so far,  It's been rather quiet, but I'm not complaining.  I do crave some action to keep myself on my toes and my skills sharp, but not if it means putting my team in danger."</strong>All that she said was truth as, although Karin was a manipulative bitch at times, she wasn't the kind to put anyone on her team in danger.  Her fighting style mirrored that as she ambushed foes with her multitude of puppets while playing defense with her singular defensive puppet, which could double as a safe place to tend to a wounded teammate.  Karin continued,<strong>"As for ever being to Kirigakure, I've never been.  I've never even been in the land of the Mist, let alone the village.  This will be a first for me, actually."</strong><br/><br/>As they continued talking, Karin noted that Tsuneo-kun had returned with the fish, which he set on the ground, wrapped in his shirt, before he lay down to look at the sky.  Karin didn't hear what he said as he had muttered something, but she rather wished he'd at least be a little more friendly to them.  Though, she could tell that he was far more open than Chishio-kun.  Speaking of, he seemed to have returned minutes after Tsuneo-kun and started preparing the fish.  He set up the fire and disappeared for a few moments outside the camp before returning with the fish.  For all of her issues with him, she had to admit that he was decent at cooking, something of which she wasn't very good at.