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While on a routine training sortie, Team Aona was assaulted by an unknown assassin. The attack was quick. Midori was killed instantaneously, and Aona severely injured herself trying to save Mara and me. Aona, perhaps for the first time in her life, acted her age; she took one look at Midori and had a complete breakdown. Her lack of command experience was irrelevant and should not be held against her; even in a proper state of mind, she couldn't have done much at that point with so many broken bones. Since Aona did not specify a chain of command, I assumed command as de facto Lieutenant. I assigned Mara to guard the wounded while I attempted to stall or distract our assailant.

The enemy was a single Earth-nin of significant ability, and I did not recognize him; most likely a Jounin or ANBU if he was sent to assassinate Aona. He referred to her as "Kendo-chan", which may imply prior acquaintance. Nevertheless, I was at a significant disadvantage against such an opponent. To defeat an opponent so far beyond my abilities was highly unlikely, so I called for reinforcements and stalled the enemy until they arrived. Given our distance from the village proper, ANBU would have taken too long to arrive, so I called Kei, a Jounin who was leading his own squad on a training sortie nearby. Kei was, to the best of my knowledge, an ANBU candidate, and his prior history with Aona made him uniquely inclined towards defending her and her students. The enemy disengaged quickly once Kei arrived, and escaped. Medical teams and ANBU showed up at this point to help with cleanup.

My conclusions and suggestions are as follows:

First, an investigation should be mounted into the identity of the unknown ninja, and orders for his capture should be added to the bingo book, that he might be tried for his readily apparent crimes of manslaughter and attempted homicide, first degree.

Second, Aona had been a Jounin for only two weeks, and she had been hospitalized for most of that period of time. She was not given appropriate command training befitting her rank before being sent back to active duty, nor was she even given sufficient time for her wounds to heal. On both counts, this was dangerously negligent on the part of her superiors, and an inquiry should be made into who authorized her return to active duty.

Third, given my unusual degree of ability and knowledge regarding military tactics and strategy, I believe that it would be wise that I be formally instated as Aona's Lieutenant in a more official capacity, that my own knowledge might augment her own.