It had been a couple days since Burittsu was permitted to rank up from Genin to now Chuunin he felt good indeed as he hoped this was the path that should shine upon him greatly. Wearing his usual black parachute pants without a shirt and a black scarf around his neck and head he seemed composed for once. As his body leaped from branch to branch he took each step with a burst of confidence in himself he was after all on his first mission as a Chuunin of the mist what made it all interesting was that he simply told someone would accompany him on his mission to make sure it was a complete success. This indeed was a surprise to the male as he was only accustomed to one other shinobi in the village but this also seemed like an ideal chance to see what the rest of the shinobi’s in the village were like maybe in a sense most of them know the pain of vengeance and darkness in their hearts. Bouncing from branch to branch he only quickly began to drown in own thoughts wondering if the other shinobi would be as warm hearted as Genbu or as cold as him. Knowing this he only hoped the two could see eye to eye in the mission to get it complete and for the sake of the village.

“In and out simple but far from a easy mission.”

Quickly coming to a stop upon the tree branch the smell of the sea was strong in the air as if Burittsu himself was directly on the beach about to submerge himself in the water. With a grin on his face his body seemed to tense as it had been sometime since he went off on a mission but at least if he did not attend it alone. He took a quick squat as he gazed upon the sky as the sun quickly descended trying to make an escape to the other side of the world this only made the shinobi think about his future as a shinobi of the mist. Taking a breath of air he stood straight up quickly pushing forward as the smell of the sea continued to carry on.

“Growing closer It See-”

Cutting off his words was a large crashing sound followed by the shouting mighty loud indeed as it only made Burittsu stop in his tracks looking down below in the shadows of the tree’s the shouting grew louder. Only to be quickly cut off Burittsu leaped onto another branch as he quickly looked around only to spot what seemed to be a crew of people getting off the boat. With the beach littered with nothing but wooden crates he could only make out what seemed to be a group of men pinning down one upon the ground. Most likely to keep his mouth shut due to the fact that fear itself most likely ran down their spines once they touched the land he wanted to jump in but as it looked most of the man carried mighty large spears the length of those would indeed become a problem for Burittsu especially on his first mission on his newly acquired rank.

“It’s best to wait for my partner for now let’s see what else they do.”

With a grin upon his face he watched them closely as a hunter stalked his prey the sun continued to set as the sky began to grow a tint of orange and black the shadows of the tree’s grew darker concealing the presence more of Burittsu. His eyes studying every move the group did removing the crates and placing them upon the beach it seemed too easy as if they done this a million times before it was almost sad to prove them wrong.

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Maigo adjusted his jacket on himself, tightening his belt around his sword and making sure the rest of his tools were equipped. He'd left Zero at home, no need for a sloth to get involved in any of this, backpack with a few supplies on his back in case he was gone for too long. Maigo dashed out of the village and headed towards the village gate as quickly as he could, another mission was merely another day for him, and one with decent enough pay hopefully. Arriving at the gate he lingered for a second, going to the guard and asking about his mission partner. It was usually decent etiquette to meet up and plan before hand, but apparently he'd gotten a bit ahead of himself and already headed out of the village.

Hopefully, towards the scene of their encounter and the bandits general location, if Maigo headed there, he should be able to find him. That or he'll be off somewhere else completely, but Maigo can handle a few simple bandits no problem. He hoped.

Heading off in the groups projected direction, somewhere near a port for ease of access and transportation, Maigo felt like he had been doing this so long that everything was becoming second nature to him. These criminals were all the same every time, always motivated by money or power, and non of them the gall to truly test himself with. The smell of salt tinted the air as he drew near, dashing through bushes and branch to branch. A slight fog grew into focus above his feet and the sound of birds and insects began to fill the air along with the calming sounds of rushing water from all around him.

A quick turn down the fork of a road, more salt in the air, so much familiarity to it all, Maigo slowed his approach and began to feel out the area around him. Keeping everything in mind, his perception acting as his saving grace as he stuck to the tree line and dashed forward. A quick glimmer, Maigo found a small encampment of them, at first glance he couldn't tell how many there were, but he stopped and leaned against a tree to his side. From above him though, just a few meters ahead stood a boy up on a branch observing the group, Maigo wondered if that was his partner for the mission, or just perhaps some wanderer waiting for them to depart. Or perhaps even a quite brave thief waiting to set them on a trap.

Maigo didn't know if he'd notice him yet, but with a quick draw of his sword and launch up towards the branch. He held the sword at his side as he approached next to him to question him on his presence, the sword held chest high and his off hand bracing it to give him some sort of warning. "You're the one I'm joining on my mission here? Or are you just some wanderer?" his tone stern waiting for whatever would come about.

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Assuming that this man was Maigo's partner, Maigo would drop his sword to his side, a quick shift in tone once he would have confirmation of his identity, "Sorry about that, can't be too careful you know. The name's Maigo Mugetsu..." he would add and turn his attention to the workers moving about and lifting boxes and other menial tasks. Another question coming about from his attention, "How long have you been watching them? What do we have to deal with here?" Maigo wondered about the boy and trying to formulate some sort of plan. The men seemed lightly armed so it shouldn't be anything too strenuous no matter what.

Before Maigo would let him go on he'd ask another question to get a better feel for how they would work together, "Also, what sort of skills do you possess? I'm beyond efficient in Genjutsu, Kenjutsu, and in improvisation." The last bit nothing more than his own flair for being able to act quickly in a bind and somehow escaping alive each time. He'd leave off waiting for a reply before going on to formulate any plan or such as that.

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"You're the one I'm joining on my mission here? Or are you just some wanderer?"


Burittsu could only widen his eyes as it seemed he was unable to detect the male especially when his guard was at his highest only with a sigh his eyes caught sight of the sword that was already drawn out. Looking up he could only describe the male as a carefree individual but quick to the point a shinobi like this was among him one who showed compassion. But understood by now how the system worked and by the looks of it already aware and prepared for the battle that was certain to come. What took the surprise out of Burittsu was how the male simply went on a good guess by putting his sword away Burittsu’s glare returned back to the smugglers down below.

"Sorry about that, can't be too careful you know. The name's Maigo Mugetsu..."


"How long have you been watching them? What do we have to deal with here?"


"Also, what sort of skills do you possess? I'm beyond efficient in Genjutsu, Kenjutsu, and in improvisation.”

Gazing up towards the shinobi again Burittsu only gave out a snicker as it was clear this was no mere shinobi he asked a good amount of questions which deserved a good solid answer. The male was obviously on another level and rank easily reaching Burittsu without a worry this only forced the young Genin to think about his life a bit more. Simply zoning out of the situation for a minute or two as his mind wandered through his every possible scenario his future could end up being. As a gasp of air escaped his breath he took in a deep breath to regain his composure but only wanted to know why this specific shinobi alone carried so much personality. Looking up at the male trying to lock eyes with the male seemed the ideal way to go to study him.

“You must have a bunch of friends with that personality that you got..”

“It’s nice to meet you Maigo I am Burittsu Yuki. It been about a couple minutes in fact the substance in the crate is unidentified but it looks like a simple task for people like us. As for my skills Taijutsu and Ninjutsu. It is as expected for a higher rank to get to know his comrades before battle just in case if one of them dies is it not?”

“Well i’ll tell you this I will not be dying till I obtain my goal let's get on with this mission you lead the way due to the fact it’s no clue that you’ve been through this before i’ll follow.”


Standing straight up covering his mouth as he let out a yawn the soft breeze touched his skin as he placed his hand upon the tree and gave a gesture with his hand pointing and leading to the smugglers. As if he was holding a door for a young woman allowing her to go in first then he would follow this was a no joking situation for the shinobi as if he ever joked before to begin with as he cracked his neck and began to squat down once more. The scent of the sea filled the air with a incredible strong scent he only awaited to see what this Maigo character could do for himself it looked as if the male could be enough trouble for Burittsu and his plans in the future. For now he once more gave out a sigh as he was ready to follow what he would call the leader of this mission due to amount of experience he had over the Genin. It seemed best to play nice and make him have some trust into Burittsu sitting upon the branch in silence he could only wait for the proper order to advance and kill these smugglers.

WC: 652

Burittsu Yuki. A few minutes surveillance would be more than enough for their mission though, from what Maigo saw there were no more than ten guys around doing a variety of tasks. Taijutsu and Ninjutsu, both good skills to have and it showed that he could at least handle himself as far as that was concerned. A second command to lead the way after reassurance that he wasn't going to die, Maigo chuckled at the thought, he was certainly ambitious and all. "Hold on a second there..." he slid his sword back into its sheathe for a brief moment as he looked onto the group.

"It seems that we have ten bandits to deal with, they should be easy enough to handle even for a genin so we'll have no problem. If you have any ninjutsu you'd like to use, do so entering in, I'll do the same. Then we stick to hand to hand combat from there." Maigo spoke waiting for his thoughts, wondering if he would have anything to add or take away from it.

It wouldn't matter much if he did or didn't, it would only affect how quickly he moved in on the troupe, Maigo would lay low, dashing down from the branch to a tree just across the roadway. Closing the gap a little bit between himself and the caravan and vanguard defending it. He would wait for Burittsu to either use his jutsu if he had something appropriate or he would grab the shruiken from his pouch and throw them in to the scene to his the first non-engaged combatant he could find.

Following his attack, and potentially Burittsu's, Maigo would dash in as quickly as he could, sword drawn to begin engaging them in hand to hand combat. His sharingan activated and focusing in on all of them, it would be less than a moment before Maigo would be upon them and with the element of surprise he would begin cutting them down one by one until the others came along. It would be easy, nothing more than slightly exhausted effort for him to cut around and through everyone as the duo would launch their attack.

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"Hold on a second there..."

Burittsu simply looked up once more as the male put away his blade he only thought of what could be so important to him that he had to on more to such a simple task. Maybe the enemies themselves have some sort of secret weapon the world and these two shinobi would never know if no one made a move. Simply cracking his neck and continuing to look upon the male he only waited for him to add on to the task well indeed what did he expect coming from a higher rank shinobi who had been on more dangerous missions than Burittsu had combined.

"It seems that we have ten bandits to deal with, they should be easy enough to handle even for a genin so we'll have no problem. If you have any ninjutsu you'd like to use, do so entering in, I'll do the same. Then we stick to hand to hand combat from there."

Only to watch the male leave his side and go on in his own way it had seem using jutsu on only ten would be such a waste jumping down from his branch he simply revealed what seemed to be three shuriken. Flicking his wrist he quickly released them towards the enemy as he formed a quick pattern of handsigns blowing behind the shurikens as three bullets of air quickly pushed behind the projectiles causing them to come clash head on with at least three out of the ten smugglers. Shredding through the skin of each one penetrating deep inside destroying tissue and muscle.

“Interesting..Seems easy enough.”

Keeping his distance from the male he could only that the Jounin indeed have everything handled as Burittsu only kept on. Revealing more projectiles with a demonic smile upon his face he was indeed was ready for the battle to come. He simply looked on waiting for Maigo to make his move and show the young Chunnin the power that came behind the rank.

WC:335

Maigo followed Burittsu's suit, releasing his own shuriken to incapacitate and slow another three on top of his. Maximizing their efforts to close the gap and make it easy, not that it wouldn't be easy enough anyways or anything like that, but every thought counted. His sword drawn, he would charge in after, cutting away at each one, leaving nothing in his wake. Their actions wouldn't be able to keep up, and sharingan activated he would leave nothing standing. Every slash would be met with a parry or total dodge and striking in between their attacks, they wouldn't stand a chance. He kept everything calculated and continued attacking, three severe cuts each, beyond enough to incapacitate them or even go as far as kill them.

His eyes watching their every move and chakra, their moves were obvious, they stood out like trees in a desert. One at a time, three cuts, for everyone of the ten that would come in his path, assuming Burittsu kept up, he wouldn't have to take long. And anyone left over would have their neck pierced by his blade after the fact, the cold gaze of his eyes and their power, nothing would escape his sight. Keeping a slight tab on Burittsu to make sure he wouldn't get overwhelmed or anything of that nature. But given their attack early to throw off their numbers if even for a moment, and the quickly approaching attacks, it wouldn't take more than the time to cut them, to bring them down.

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[OOC: Sorry for another short post, but you have the WC and I can easily hit it in my next post. So want to wrap it up and exit this thread? We can move onto more missions afterwards and grind a few more out if you want...]

Indeed it was truly amazing as he watched his own partner himself begin to cut down the enemy one by one he knew he could not catch up as in only a flash the bodies began to fall upon the ground. As it went from ten enemies to merely four and soon down to zero forming his hands together it was only best to use the same move he he used earlier as he quickly formed handsigns focusing on the remaining smugglers. Leaning forward he quickly puckered his lips and blew out four tiny bullets of air able to pierce through the enemies on contact as they traveled the land rather quickly it only took the breath and much chakra out of Burittsu. As he placed his hand upon his chest attempting to catch his breath the bullets headed on their path seemed impossible for these smugglers to detect or stop in time.

“Cmon Burittsu this is nothing.”

Cracking his neck and wrist he continued to look down upon the earth floor as the loud sound of the thumps hit upon the earth floor. Tilting his head up he could only see what was four bodies upon the earth floor motionless as a red pool of liquid began to spill upon the earth floor. It was a simple mission but one that forced him to push his limits. But indeed it was to protect the village and stop anything from occurring in the near future with a grin upon his face he only looked upon his partner as he could only think about how hard he must have trained to get to where he is at now.

“Good Job thank you for the help.”

Bowing to the male in a sign gratefulness as he simply began to walk away from the scene patting down his clothes removing the dust and dirt from his clothings. His only job was now to report back to the village and turn in his mission report and await his award for being a good shinobi and following simple orders from his higher ups indeed the mission shouldn't have took a tole on him but watching his ally it was a cake walk. Thinking about the mission he could only smile as he realized there was more than one great shinobi in the village it only made him want to be better than all of them.

WC: 400
Total WC: 2,024
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The smugglers cut down, it was like clock work and didn't affect him in the slightest. Wiping the blood off his blade onto the collar of one of the men, their work was done, their mission completed. Any remorse he had for them was gone with their decision and he'd leave it at that. Walking around the site to make sure everyone was taken care of and everything was secure, making sure with his own eyes and perception. He nodded at the thanks he received, it wasn't necessary but he'd gotten it anyways, leaving any reply for after they were done securing everything and marking the area.

Maigo watched as the boy who accompanied him walked away from the scene, he sighed a bit as he waited for the ANBU squad to come clean up the area and prep the stolen goods for transport back to the village. He supposed with the boy's departure that Maigo would be getting to handle the paperwork and turn in a report. Not that it mattered at all. He just hated paperwork in the end, the tediousness of it all. When everything was said and done, he left the site and headed back the village to turn everything in and collect his pay for the mission. Then it was on to the next one.

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