He lay still in bed staring at the wooden ceiling tracing it's unique design with green eye orbs. The house had been built by him all thanks to the unique skill of the senju clan which he happenednto posses. He moved his eyes away from the ceiling and focused his view towards the window while waiting for the rising sun. His day was about to begin but this time it is going to begin with him being a fully fledged shinobi of the cloud village. He is going to walk through the village proudly as Syn Itami, the new name bestowed upon him by the Raikage after his arrival to Kumogakure no sato. He had travelled far and wide in pursuit of who he was and now he is aware. His days of self doubt we're over.

The sun rose in all of it's glory as little rays brought life upon he that still laid still on the bed. Syn sat up in bed and inhaled deeply before exhaling. He did so two more times before raising the bed covers and getting out of bed. He had a village to serve, a duty to perform, an honour to guard. He wasted no time in freshening up and getting his clothes on.  His attire was a nicely fitted coat that reached to his knees as well as fitted trousers tucked into his black shoes. His Kumogakure no sato head band was firmly attached to the head of the belt around his waist making it only visible if he we're to tilt the jacket a bit. His ninja pouch was also hung on the belt along with his scrolls that filled other pockets.

He walked into the kitchen to prepare something that would hold his stomach for the day. He could go without eating but there was nothing stopping himnfrom having breakfast so he just decided to have it. He had cooked a lot back in the land of stone due to the fact that he did not want so many people seeing him so he mostly stayed indoors working on puppets and their mechanisms. He put on the cooker and placed the frying pan on it after which he poured in some eggs he had whisked. Cooking wasn't so hard but it was also not something he could say he loved, it was just something he had to do sometimes. The egg was done and so he served himself along with some slices of bread and a glass of milk. Pretty nutritious for breakfast. The jounin was half way done with his dish when someone came knocking on his door.

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He stood up from where he sat and walked toward the door to open it. At the door was a shinobi that he did not remember having met before. "Speak.."he told the shinobi. Composing himself, he began;

"This is a message from the administration building. A shinobi of the cloud who's name is Tobetsu Kuro has been spotted around the borders and he his suspected of trying to desert the village. The anbu have a lot of work on their hands thus it falls to you, one of the village's high ranking shinobi to stop him from divulging our village's secrets. Beware of his temper.

The shinobi bowed and left Syn to take action. The jounin looked at the sky and felt a shroud of duty cover him and the weight of responsibility falling on his shoulders.. 'the anbu have a lot of work on their hands thus it falls to you, one of the village's high ranking shinobi..' those words rung in his head and echoed themselves over and over. He had a mission to fulfill. The senju closed his door and walked back in, he looked at his break fast but all appetite was lost. He cleaned up the table swiftly but calmly before getting his black shades and putting them on. He picked up his iPod and head phones where they lay and strapped it to his waist while blasting loud rock music through the headphones. He then exited his home fully equipped.

Upon getting outside, he sprung unto a roof top and accelerated at his top speed towards the village gates. He knew that there were others faster than him but to the civilians and lesser ninjas, he was going to be seen just as a gust of wind raising up nylons and pieces of paper as he ran past. He sprinted past the village gates leaving the guard with a surprised look on their faces as he headed towards the borders. He had not gone too far from the gates when he saw two shinobis laying dead as a result of a fight that appeared not to last too long.

Syn could now see the traitor in the distance and it did not take long to catch up to him. Tobetsu who was already aware that he was being followed spun around and threw five kunais at Syn which was dodged perfectly by the jounin.

"Do you also want to die like the others you saw on your way here..?" the traitor asked with rage in his voice.

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TWC: 872

Syn paused and took a moment to remove the head phones and rested them around his neck. Through black shades, he examined the man who was only about thirty metres away from where he stood. The only visible weapon on the man was one katana and no armour of any sort seemed to be present.

"If only you would just follow me back to the village quietly then we can avoid spilling blood on this virgin ground.." Syn said knowing the man was hard hearted and that he would not heed the sensible advice.

The man seemed to be infuriated the more by what Syn had just said and instead of replying with words, he simply acted with force. Unsheathing his sword from it's scabbard, the man struck the earth in a swinging motion towards Syn and a blade of water erupted from the earth slicing everything in it's path and opening it's jaws to get the one man standing in the distance. Syn was aware of this water technique owing to the fact that he had it in his jutsu arsenal. It was the rising cutter technique and he knew just how to counter it. As the water drew close to eliminate it's target, Syn jumped high enough to clear the water's height and that ended the first attack.

Syn cracked his knuckles and stretched his fingers knowing how long it had been since he used a string. Erupting three green strings from his finger tips, he pulled out all three of his scrolls and with a single hand seal puffs of smoke appeared and revealed two identical humanoid puppets and one dwarfish one. The puppets all had green hairs and they were coated in green and white apparels. The first two puppets happened to be an exact replica of Syn's former self. Ten strings were distributed amongst the puppets and with fine control, the two. humanoid puppets stood still while the dwarf looking one stood on top of both.

Let's dance.. he said under his breath.

All puppets were launched at the jounin with full speed. Chi took him from the front and shot out ten kunais towards him, Wrath took to the left and also shot out ten shuriken and ten senbons while Temp flunked to the right with his eternal hammer ready to crush bones and the chain yanker launched at a speed of fifteen meter per second toward the target's left ankle. The traitor proved his skill as a jounin, blocking and dodging all projectiles shot at him. He even managed to land a blow on Temp's torso before he could get crushed by the hammer but he did not see the chain yanker as it stuck it's claws about two inches into the man's flesh. Syn tucked on the chain and forcefully ripped it out to cause more pain and damage after which he made his puppets stand guard and await their opponent's next move because Syn wanted to have fun.

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TWC: 1374

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TWC:1977

What reason did this man have to want to leave the hidden cloud village? Did he just want to defect for no reason.. or maybe he wanted to sell out the village's information at a very good price.. better still he might want to leave the village in search of power and he was so desperate that he killed two shinobis of the cloud village that happened to be his comrade. Has Kumogakure fallen allow that ninjas were now confident of leaving the village in broad daylight? Syn was never really part of the village's forces before, he wasn't even a citizen at all. He was only given permission to stay in the village till his issue was decided upon. Now things we're different, he had pledged his services to the village and whenever he is called upon, he would be expected to carry out his duty perfectly. Due to this, whatever this traitor's reason is for trying to defect Syn did not care. His mission was to track and kill and not to bring him in. No need for scum like this to remain within the walls of the hidden cloud village because mostly people like him are easily swayed over to the enemy side.

The thought that this young man had betrayed the village just dawned on Syn and it was making him furious. Syn had not lived for eternity in this village but he had come to call it his home. A place where he was recognized and even looked up to. Not every where one can lay his head or receive good food or entertainment is fit to be called home rather a place where he could leave for a trip or a mission and yet they would still expect his return and either congratulate or scold him on the success or failure of his assignment, such place he could confidently call home. Yet it seemed unbelievably true that someone who had served the village up to join in rank would just decide to leave one day. This only gave room for more conclusions that Tobetsu had been against the village for quite some time and perhaps he had been selling out the village's information to my willing buyer. If he had been doing this for long, no doubt he would try to leave the village someday but he had chosen the wrong day to betray Kumogakure no sato.

Syn pulled in all three puppets behind him and let go of their strings. A series of hand seals were formed in quick succession as his muscles flexed marvelously. He did not have the time to lash out his anger through words but his method of killing this traitor would do. With a clap of his palm, two dragon emerged from behind him. One made of water and the other made of earth. Two creatures of natural elements shining bright yellow lights from their eye sockets and both releasing a thunderous roar that only made Tobetsu realize that he was dealing with the wrong guy. Twenty bullets were launched from the mouth of both dragons, ten bullets made of mud and the other ten made of water. The jounin tried to fight back, cutting through the bullets but he just could not keep up. The sound of bones breaking could be heard from where Syn as Tobetsu's sword slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a clanking sound. His body was dripping of blood and it was obvious it was crying to be put out of it's misery but not just yet.

Syn formed few more hand seals and expelled rock from his mouth to create a humanoid creature about three times his own size. This giant golem approached Tobetsu and swept him off of his feet before slamming him forth and back into the ground like a flail thereby crushing whatever bones was left in the body of this human. The golem would finally land a blow directly on Tobetsu's heart and stopping it immediately after which the golem would revert back to rock. His death was fashionable after all.. Syn would say within himself as he would turn and head towards the village with the dead ninja over his shoulder after he must have retrieved all of his belongings from the battle field.

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TWC:2707
Mission complete2500/2500