Rays of light pierced the canopy of the forest above, casting a pattern of shade and illumination upon the leaves below. A quartet of shinobi (and one ninja wolf) casually walked through it without a path to follow. In the distance, the sound of rushing water through one of the land's titular rivers could be heard.<br/><br/>The Tani ninja were leisurely making their way back to the village, returning from the successful completion of their mission in a beachside village far to the south. "Well!" Came the feminine voice of their jounin instructor Maki, "This looks like a good place to stop for lunch, ah?"<br/><br/>She smiled and sat down onto a fallen log. The woman was young, probably only around twenty or so, for a jounin. Though she was officially just on the cusp of such a rank within the village. Clad in the usual shinobi attire, a battle vest with bracers and shoulder pads worn over a loose and obscuring black outfit. The kunoichi was fair, albiet physically innocuous, with brown hair and eyes, two large bangs framing her face (the right being slightly longer) and the rest of her hair arranged in a bun held in place by a senbon. "We'll need dry wood for a fire," Maki declared as she leaned back to relax, "Some fresh water for the tea,"<br/><br/>"And of course, something to eat." The kunoichi added as she put her hands in her lap with a lackadaisical slump, "So!" The ninja's smile turned mischevious, "Who wants to catch it?" She challenged, her eyes narrowing and her eyebrow arched high.