Mari groaned as she got up, holding a hand to her head. She blinked for a few moments, collecting her bearings. As she moved, some of Shukaku's chakra-sand-sludge leaked out of her abused holes.<strong>"Ung... damnit. I really need a bath after all this.</strong>" she said, shaking her head. Mari looked around, and saw that Hitomi was so far the only one awake, though Tashi was waking up and Chiyo.<br/><br/><strong>"Right, the sun is setting, so we've apparently slept for a while. Why are you still with us? Isn't your mission to get Aimi and return home?" </strong>Mari said, fists balling. She forced her hands to relax.<strong>"And I need to get back to escorting this lout back to his village."</strong>