To a celebratory dinner, then.

Nice.

Very much. 

Tomorrow - they should meet to write their mission reports together, honestly.

Nod.

Where?

Probably somewhere with a table and pens... Does Shinrei's apartment work?

Should do.

Alright, cool.

Then Elaise will show up in the morning.

They've all been up for a bit, but haven't started without her.

Shinrei would like to work on their official story for what happened during their C-rank, first.

"So we need to explain why we came back early?"

She nods.

"Do we have to worry about what the last outpost saw of us?"

"We should take it into account," she says, "Mostly to include us handing off our mission there without obvious injuries."

Nod.

"They'll know not to gossip about groups passing through - it is technically possible for that information to filter out, though."

"Do you think one of us being sick is believable?"

"You'd have to be fairly sick for the mission to be dropped and not delayed - but we can claim a subtle, progressive problem I suspected that I wanted to get checked and treatment started... Sayuri was also still acting sick at the outpost, I think."

"Should it be just her or everyone?"

"Depends on what we're claiming - if it isn't infectious, it makes less sense for it to have gotten everyone. But it's not unreasonable for a jounin who's never taken a team before, with new genin on their first C-rank, to pull the entire team back if one has to return."

"Probably best to keep it as close to the truth as we can, and Sayuri was the one worst off at the end of the fight."

"I think it's... Easier to cover, if Sayuri is the only one expected to have been ever ill, too. More means more to hide."

"All right."

She helps them come up with enough details to sound realistically condensed down - they don't need to give illness details in the written report, too, though they should know and agree on more if questioned (but should not volunteer too much).

After that - full reports for Intelligence, which will take rather more time. 

Yeah. But important to get all the details out, so they can figure out the best way to fight and/or run for next time.

Solemn nod. 

And the best way for others to interfere with the Akatsuki's goals.