Hayate Gekko found himself in a distinctly bad mood. While he understood that Yugao often had to be outside the village for dangerous missions, she could usually be counted on to spend her time in the village sparring with him or sneaking away for some quality time together. Since that new shinobi had been recruited, Yugao had been grounded to Konoha. This would typically be a good thing, except she was always on the new Jounin's guard duty, and he had seen even less of her than he usually would. He had heard the rumors that his ANBU guards were dismissed with only Kakashi and Jiraiya acting as the new nin's leash, but then where was Hayate's fiance?