Ah, that was some great sleep, just as the doctor recommended! He had a nice twenty four hours of sweet dreams to end that terrible sleep deprivation that he had going on as a result of his adventures in Iwa. Of course, even Kashizudoto's rest was infiltrated by his shinobi adventures, which dominated his thoughts day and night; although, in his dreams, his shinobi career was a lot more epic and a lot less painful than in reality, so it was relatively nice to dream like that. Now that he was well-rested and just about ready to go on his adventure to Kumo, he remembered that he had just one thing left: to sign out of his room with the Administration Building and to announce his departure. Well, apparently that wasn't going to happen any time soon, as the Administration Building once again pulled him out for an urgent mission when they didn't have a native shinobi on hand...

"Hey, I'm leaving for Ku-" he remembered telling the front desk.

"No, no, wait! We need you to do one more thing: it's of utmost importance. Please, shinobi-san," he recelled the secretary interrupting him.

"You are not actually considering sending a kid to a f***ing sex ring, are you?" Kashizudoto remembered the man questioning.

"We have no choice, people are dying! We don't have anyone else on hand at the moment; they're all on missions. Do you understand what we're dealing with!?"

"Fine, fine. Kid, do you know what prostitution is?"

"Of course I do, it's when people pay to have sex."

"Today, there's too much openness about this stuff... That's why even the children are learning about it... Anyway kid, look, there's some gory stuff going on in a nearby whorehouse."

"Whorehouse?"

"It's a place where people buy and sell sex services. It's technically illegal in Iwa, but the rules are lax and never enforced, as it brings great revenue and recreation to the village. Now that brings me to your task. Many of the prostitutes from the whorehouse have gone missing. Their bodies have turned up days later, only for us to find that their organs are missing. We humbly request that you, a foreign shinobi, help us investigate this, and there will be a bountiful reward for your work."

"This stuff's messed up, but I'll do it anyway. Since I'm going to investigate, do I need a disguise or something?"

"Yes, shinobi-san, the madam of the brothel will supply you with that."

"The madam?"

"She's the owner, a powerful woman. Don't get on her bad side please and do as she asks you. She'll already be quite unimpressed with us sending a kid over to a brothel..."

Thus, the teen was sent on a mission that would more than likely show him some of the dirtiest things that he'd ever witnessed in his life.  He snuck into the whorehouse to meet the madam in his usual attire - he would obviously put on a disguise before meeting those who he was supposed to investigate. His mission outfit (and everyday outfit) consisted of a black swordsman's robe embroidered with gold patterns along the edges, a gift from Master Piandao, with his ninja tools attached to the left. On his left hip, for example, was a bamboo sheath containing the Tentetsutou, the sword that he forged out of a four billion year old meteorite during his apprenticeship under Piandao. Next to it was a 50 meter coil of wire, which had a variety of uses including but not limited to capturing enemies, propelling oneself towards a distant place, rappelling up vertical surfaces without the Supernatural Walking Practice, tightroping over a valley, assuring safety when being held up in the air only by a chakra-based jutsu (such was the case in his adventure with Fukai), and serving as a recording device to backtrack his steps when lost; however, he was sure to find many more uses for it in his adventures to come. Below the wire was a holster containing one kunai and three shuriken, just some basic projectiles that came in handy (especially when attached to his wire). Although he usually wore his Konoha hitae-ate in his forehead, he hid it within his swordsman's robe so as not to reveal that he was a foreign shinobi to anyone. Of course, all of these items as well as his robe would soon be hidden from plain sight when he received his disguise.

WC: 772

"A... child?" the madam would question in disgust at the sight of the thirteen year old, "Get the f*** out of here!" Well, that wasn't the warmest reception ever, but he couldn't blame the whorehouse owner for viewing this as sketchy.

"Fine, if you want more organs to be stolen," he responded, hoping to appeal to the madam's sense of grief at the loss of her employees.

"Hmmph... Fine, let me find something that fits you..." she muttered with her smoldering rage evident in her voice, "Here, this robe will do. It'll be able to cover this ninja robe of yours." She handed him a small blue robe which he put on top of his black swordsman's robe in order to conceal his identity as a shinobi entirely.

"We have a new member!" the madam yelled out, gathering all the prostitutes, male and female, to meet the new employee, "Our clients have recently expressed a preference for young boys. Give him your utmost respect as a coworker." Many had looks of surprise on their face, as even they were shocked by the prospect of a boy as young as him working at a brothel. Good thing he wasn't; this was all just a ploy. Soon, they all dispersed again to go work at their jobs, except for two female prostitutes who gave him two different offers.

One of them was a black-haired, black-eyed, tall woman wearing a traditional geisha outfit. She had a nice hourglass build going on; however, she didn't look like a normal prostitute, as she had a broadsword at her side. Apparently, she was a guard, and, thus, she offered him to help her guard the place, especially in light of the murders. Still, she was a suspect; all of the employees were suspects in this case.

The other one was an extremely sexy woman with long, flowing pink hair and a matching set of gorgeous eyes. She wore a pink kimono with floral patterns that left her right shoulder and her large cleavage, which was highlighted by the yellow obi that she was wearing on her stomach, unexposed. She, a very bubbly and involved person, excitedly offered to help Kashizudoto "learn the ropes" of the business. Of course the teen decided to follow around, or "investigate", the sexy, energetic woman around rather than the quiet, brooding one. He had to remember that he was still on a mission though, not a date.

WC: 1187

"My name is Yume," the prostitute spoke suggestively with a blush on her face, "How about we get you started, hm? How about... a bit of a practice session?" Wait, a... "practice session"? For a prostitute? Was that supposed to mean... The thought intrigued the young tokubetsu jonin, who would've liked nothing more at the moment than to go under the covers with someone as beautiful as her.

"Come with me," the prostitute would speak softly as she grabbed the boy's hand and took him into one of the rooms of the brothel, closing the door behind them. Oh goodness, he had to remember that he was still on a damn mission! This woman was definitely a probable suspect for the organ trade. Plus, a "practice session" would entail, most likely, the removal of clothes, which Kashizudoto couldn't afford considering that he was being disguised currently and that his weapons were underneath the blue robe that he was given by the madam. How could he get out of this situation without being suspicious? Meanwhile, she guided the boy to the bed, where she laid down and got comfortable.

"C'mon, don't be shy. How else are you gonna do this job?" she told him quietly, bringing her hands to the edges of her kimono as if she were about to undress. No, no, he had to stop this before it'd look to suspicious. He came up with an idea that would ensure that he would not lose his cover.

"Sorry, but you're a bit too ugly for me," he lied as he distanced himself from the bed, "Even prostitutes have to have a little taste." The woman's face suddenly turned bright red; obviously, being a prostitute, she was probably offended when told that she looked "ugly", which was of course a total lie.

"Fine then... I was gonna spare you from the business of organs since you're just a child, but I think that you're better off dead!" screamed the woman in anger. She just revealed her cover! The woman pulled out six scalpels (she was probably some kind of medic) and attacked Kashizudoto with three in each hand, who readily ripped off his blue robe to reveal his mission attire. He pulled out his blade with his right hand and then made a seal with his left in order to create three shadow clones: as that brooding guard lady was also a possible suspect, he'd need to check on her. The three shadow clones ran out the door as the original Kashizudoto prepared himself to fight and kill the hot woman. He kind of wished that he had that "practice session" instead of this.

Kashizudoto Chakra:

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WC: 1642

By this time, it was nightfall; the brothel was probably gonna close up in a few hours. However, it was anything but peaceful behind the closed doors. His shadow clones scoured the area as a team, eventually finding that one shady prostitute guard lady trying to flee with ten associates and a bag of goods; it was probably organs (disgusting).

"After them!" the lady cried while continuing to flee, "Don't let them escape!" Heeding her orders, the ten associates charged at the kage bunshin. Technically, one of them could have dissipated themselves and returned the knowledge of the organ thief to Kashizudoto, but it was unnecessary at this point since she had sorely underestimated the tokubetsu jonin's skills by sending her associates after his clones. One kage bunshin alone was enough to slash all of the associates down to the ground while the other two kage bunshin chased down and cornered the lady.

"You weakling! You'll pay!" she screamed, dropping the bag and drawing out her broadsword, which seemed a lot stronger than Kashizudoto's Tentetsutou. He had to use strength in numbers to overcome the powerful lady. She slashed her broadsword at the clones, who both parried the blade with the katanas, taking recoil from the force.

Meanwhile, in the brothel room, the original Kashizudoto was fighting Yume. Each one threw blows at each other, only to be blocked by the other's respective weapon(s). The hot woman's kimono was starting to noticeably get loose in the battle and had begun to settle down to reveal even more of her breast than it had before; any moment now, it could fall off (admittedly, Kashizudoto was really hoping for this).

She attempted to strike Kashizudoto straight in the chest with her scalpel; he sidestepped to the right and slashed her with his Tentetsutou, sending her crashing into the bed. He formed some hand seals and released from his mouth a flaming bullet taking the shape of the head of a dragon, which hit her, left minor third-degree burns all over her, and charred her kimono. Covered with burns all over, her beauty had vanished. As much as he felt bad about it, he had to give her justice. He slit her throat with his Tentetsutou and slipped out of the brothel room to go and find out where his clones were and what was holding them up. He figured that the guard lady was probably a co-conspirator in this and that the clones had caught her, which was exactly what happened, incidentally.

Kashizudoto Chakra:

WC: 2071

After knocking all the weaker associates back with his blade, the first shadow clone decided to relay the information on the current scene and their location to the original immediately, so it dispelled itself. Suddenly, the original recalled all the experiences of the clone and knew exactly what happened, rushing over to the location where the guard lady was fighting his two shadow clones. Suddenly, he saw one of them get hit by the nick of her broadsword; that was enough to completely destroy the clone. Damn it!

He weaved some hand seals with his left hand before molding the earth in front of him into a giant dragon head that shot ten mud balls at the organ thief. As a result, she was pommeled by at five of them, dodging the rest, and got knocked back to the ground with bruises all over. This was his window of opportunity! The shadow clone who was next to her immediately enflamed its blade with katon chakra, charged, and slashed at the lady while she was still down from the bottom right to the upper left of her body, leaving her with a giant gash running 2 1/2 inches to the flesh. Third degree burns ran through the entire wound as a result of his jutsu.

All of a sudden, she got back up with renewed strength, although she was limping a little bit. She swung her broadsword straight through the chest of the clone, who didn't have enough time to dodge it; this caused the clone to be destroyed with a poof. Now it was a weakened Kashizudoto versus a bruised lady with a broadsword.

He took advantage of all the damage she sustained by sending an attack from behind the back, which she would be in too frail a state to dodge so quickly. He weaved a few hand seals, levitating, from behind her, five tree branches, which he compressed into kunai, and five loose patches of dirt, which he compressed into shuriken, sending them flying from behind her. She noticed them quickly, but with all those bruises, she couldn't escape quick enough. She got hit in the back by all ten projectiles, sending her flying forwards flat on her face.

At this point, he ran towards her as fast as she could while she was trying to get up, landing a slash through her face before stabbing her straight through the jugular. She took a last breath before evidence of life vanished from her body. He had won this fight. Now it was time to report back to the madam and then to the Administration Building. This certainly was a... dirty adventure, but, in the end at least, he performed his duty as a shinobi without falling to his lust.

Kashizudoto Chakra:

WC: 2535

[Exit]

A-rank Mission: 2500/2500