Nousei looks back across the mirage covered desert behind him noticing that village was finally out of sight. It was strange, but he felt a strange joy in vacating that place. The young shinobi didn't know why, but he could tell that it was better that he wasn't there for the time being. Trying to keep the mission at hand focused in his mind Nousei walked behind his team while maintaining observant of the area around them. He was glad that his sensei appeared to know where she was going, because out here everything looked incredibly similar. "Shall we press forward now?" Ozume asks.