Mokuzai was sleeping against a tree on the right side of the road with his left arm placed on top of his stomach as the sound of his light snoring could be heard to anyone close by, it had been nearly two days since he left Konahagakure to travel all the way to Kirigakure in search of his pursuit to master the blade. But while on his way Mokuzai failed to realize one thing, he had never set foot out of Konahagakure except the time where he had went to the Chunin exams in Komogakure, the landscape was so peaceful and warm that he could not help but take a couple of breaks down the road and this would be his second one where he was taking a peaceful nap.

He layed there in deep sleep dreaming about himself wearing a chunin jacket with his blade in its sheath on his back and him looking upon the entirety of a small village as if he was watching over it, the sight of what could be made him slightly drool in his sleep until suddenly a sound of  a elderly man  pierced his ears shocking him out of his sleep. Mokuzai woke up with a dazed look as his eye's slowly opened to reveal the sight of a older man with black hair that was beginning to turn white dressed in a pair of slightly beaten sandle's and a torn shirt, the man looked at him with a curious look as he started to straighten up his posture as he was bent downwards to get a closer look at the Senju

"Your not around here are you? Your clothe's are too new."

Mokuzai blinked a couple of times as he was just now coming out of the daze he was feeling like he was in, he then looked the man in the eye to answer his question.   "No sir, im just a humble traveler that saw a nice peaceful place to take a nap."

The elder man made a huffing sound as he begun to walk away following the path of the road leading to the left"This is no area to take a nap, you better go before you lose your life, by your headband your clearly from hidden leaf but all the way out here your practically a nobody and receive no backup if you find yourself in danger. You best be running back to your home kid.""

Mokuzai face scrounged up in a annoyed face look, he did not like the strange old man telling him what to do like that but he decided to let it go as he really needed to keep going or else he will never reach Kirigakure.

He would begin to walk away before suddenly a explosion went off behind him and he quickly turned around with a surprise expression, he would see black smoke in the distance and the sound of someone's cry. The elderly man who had been rude earlier demeanor changed as now he ran screaming towards the sight of the explosion yelling the name "Jeno-san!" over and over again, Mokuzai grumbled to himself as he wondered if he should get involved and help strangers or keep going towards Kirigakure. In the end his need to help others was just too strong for him as started to run towards the sight causing the black smoky air to emanate and flow into the wind.

It took six minutes going down a path before he reached a mini forest, it was on the same path to the area so Mokuzai decided to go through the forest. He would get a running start of three meters before jumping in the air towards a tree then use the built up momentum to jump to tree to tree, Mokuzai was smiling as he realized not long ago he was still of the same league as a academy student but right now he was Mokuzai Senju of Konahagakure making him feel confident.

After going through the mini forest that took thirteen minutes to pass through Mokuzai jumped down from the tree onto the ground, he was now close enough to see the black smoke was coming from a burning house in a village. He could see some villagers trying to put out the fire with buckets of water but at the rate they were going at the fire would consume the household in it's flames, Mokuzai was considering turning back at this point as he had turned his back as if he was coming to his sense's that this was not his business to meddle in until he heard the screams of a young boy crying out for his father.

"Someone, anyone my daddy is in their please help him!!"

Mokuzai would then clench his teeth as they made a clicking sound before he turned towards the village and jumped into the air  and then landing closer towards the village and begun to sprint towards the burning house while weaving hand-signs for Water Style:Water Trumpet Jutsu once he was within five meters of the house beside two of the villager's who were still attempting to put out a the fire, he then put a hand towards his mouth as he released a jet stream of water towards the burning house dousing the flame's by the time his jutsu ended the flame's were left to mere smoke and the house was a crisp black and falling apart.

Mokuzai walked into the house and heard the sounds of coughing, he would follow the noise leading him right to a adult male who was wearing nothing but pants and sandle's and he would go by the man and sling him over his shoulder which was quite difficult due to Mokuzai's size until he jumped out of a hole in the ceiling the fire made allowing him to jump back out.

He would land on a nearby spot and would slowly and carefully put the man down on the ground, the villager's quickly rushed over to look at Mokuzai with distrusting eye's some would retrieve the man while other's started pointing weapons at him. Mokuzai trying to avoid a fight spoke up "Im not your enemy, im just a ninja passing by and saw the explosion as i was passing by the area. Im no threat to you"

The villager's started mumbling among themselves as if they were deciding his fate, Mokuzai could clearly get away but there was something clearly wrong here and his curiosity wouldn't let him leave until it was satisfied.

WC:1,113


Chakra: 135/150

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It took about four minutes before the villagers infuriating conversation about him quieted down as they all towards him  with straight face's as the one in the middle spoke "Who are you?! Why are you here?!!" Mokuzai sighted heavily before looking the man in his eyes lazily "Like i send im just a ninja passing by who saw a explosion and thought i could help,which i did unless you forgot already." He would point to the man that he had just saved no less than seven minutes ago

Another villager would speak up taking a brave step forward "We can't just let you go, for all we know you could have been the one who caused all this!" Mokuzai suddenly hears the sound of approaching footsteps and wonders who's gonna be on his back now, he turns his head to look at the new arrival and it's the elderly man he meant on the road but he has his arm wrapped tightly around a female with shiny black hair wearing a kimono and he took a guess that this was his "Jeno-San"

"Let him go, during the time of the attack he was still near the road with me. He may be faster than me but i doubt the young men could move fast enough to be at two place's at once even if he used a shadow clone technique" Mokuzai cracked a small smile as he was relieved that someone finally took his side for once, the villagers know shocked by this new piece of news sighed before the man in the middle spoke first "Fine your free to go, now get out of here we got bigger problems"

"Now hold on a second i just didn't just happen to notice this village walking down the path, a sound of a explosion drew me in. I would like to know the story behind that" and one of the villagers from earlier spoke up again,"No! We will not ask any outsider for help,we can solve this issue on our own."

"Then let me ask you. How many more live's need to be wasted before you admit you need help? How many more boys sit helplessly as there father or mother or sibling is trapped and they can do nothing but sit back helpless. How many more?!" Mokuzai took a deep breath calming his obvious rage and aggravation "Just please let me help you, thats all i ask."

Mokuzai's tone and words clearly shocked the villagers as they simply looked at each other stun beyond compare until the elderly man spoke up "I say we should trust him, after all he already saved one of us right? I see no reason we should treat him like a outsider let alone like the bandits."

Mokuzai face turned sour at the word bandits, he could not stand such people who would gladly steal from others and not do any hard work themselves. "Well then...where shall i begin. It all started a couple years back when our small village was flourishing with food and water, suddenly a group of bandits and there leader who were injured from a previous battle landed in our peaceful home. Back then we were such fools that we let them stay, soon after that left but came back demanding more food and water repeatedly and we stopped giving what they asked for and thats when the attacks started. I can only assume until we reopen our relationship with them they will continue to attack and stop once the village no longer has a population to oppose them.

Once the man was finished his silent stood up as he asked a  simple question "Where can i find this bandit group?" The elderly man quickly released the answer from his thoughts "Swamp of Sorrow" In Kirigakure they hide there to avoid attention, what do you plan to do?"

Mokuzai cracked a smile "I'm just going to show them what happens to those that take advantage of others, thats all." The villagers looked at each other puzzled until Mokuzai continued "Ill be taking my leave now, if i stayed too long those bandits might come back with heavier force's. Ill assure you i will make sure to have that "chat" with their leader, for now this is goodbye."

He would then begin to walk away with haste towards to road that led to Kirigakure, his earlier attitude all but destroyed and replaced with the feeling of needing to put down a group of bandits as his first official business in Kirigakure.

-Exit Thread-

WC:819

Total WC:1,932

Chakra: 135/150


Travel Thread:
600/600 (1,332 Words Left)

C-Rank Jutsu: (Quick Learner SC)
900/900 + 150 Ryo(432 Words Left)

Strength Stat:
D ~> D-1, 325/325 + 25 Ryo.(107 Words Left)