Maikeru rolled his eyes. This is twice now he had to do this. He was getting tired of these academy students thinking they are hot stuff, and forming their little gangs. He looked at the paper. More spray painting. What did they call themselves? The Iron Tables? The hell? He sighed and folded the paper into many pieces, placing it in his pocket. The Black Tables is one of the many small academy gangs in Iwagakure. The funny thing was that they were going to "war" with a rival gang, the Mountain Cobras. It was nothing more than two school cliques pulling revenge pranks on each other. This wouldn't be much of a problem if there weren't people in the crossfire. Maikeru sighed. This seemed to be a bit of an epidemic. A bunch of kids grouping together forming their little groups for validation of one another. The group of kids were supposedly having a meeting today. The Iron Tables. Maikeru sighed. It was a stupid name. It was supposed to be in a small cave not too far outside of Iwagakure. He was getting a partner this time, considering the group was a bit larger than the others. The instructors at the academy informed him that they were going to launch an attack on Mountain Cobras. He rushed to the area, expecting his appointed partner to be there. Maikeru jumped from rooftop to rooftop, with many people looking at him strange. Take a picture it'll last longer Maikeru went pass the Village gate to be met with rocky mountain. He had located the cave, but hadn't seen his partner anywhere. He sat and waited, just to make sure he was in the right one. When he heard a noise of two kids walking and talking, he quickly hid behind a rock. "So yeah. She totally is into me."
"Dude you are so smooth." Well he knew he was at the right cave. He watched the two go inside. Maikeru heard a few more of them not too long after. It was advised not to act without his partner. Maikeru wasn't one for rules, but he decided to follow anyway. The ninja sat and waited for his teammate to arrive.

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Tenjin sat at the desk in his room, it was early in the morning but he had decided that instead of heading to the training grounds like normal this morning he would utilize his time to read a book he had recently picked up from the library. It was a very basic book on ninjutsu that would allow him to become more proficient in his particle release training. He knew there were several ninjutsu specialist in Iwagakure, and that he would need to learn a great deal before he came reknown like them, but learning just the basics of ninjutsu for now would be good. Plus it would allow him to stretch his mind intellectually, and give his body some much needed rest. The book was detailed, showing several examples of ninjutsu techniques that were E ranked, D ranked, and even C ranked. He spent most of his time studying the hand seals so that he would know how to recognize them in regards to their pattern and know if he could use the knowledge to get one step ahead in combat. The book had detailed out how to shape ones chakra and focus in on the weak aspects of the body, and then guide your chakra to those parts and in a way give it more power.

Tenjin was quite intrigued by the fact that hand seals had a certain strength to it, that was also in part linked to the amount of chakra the user put into the technique. Looking up from his study of the book he noted that it was already breaking into the afternoon. That was a good enough time to head out to the mission building and get one for the day. Pushing himself up he began to clean the room up, making sure all the books on his shelf were placed alphabetically by topic and his desk was uncluttered, leaving only a large notepad on top of the desk with a pen. His bed was made with a crisp sharpness, so much so that not a rinckle was found. Nodding to himself the boy turned and left his house, as he had already eaten when he got up this morning. Once he was outside he continued to stroll along the street enjoying the view of his village just starting to wake up for the day.

It brought a certain amount of pride to the young boy to know his village was beginning to bustle with life and energy. The sun was visibly continuing to rise as he entered the mission building and approached the desk assigned for E through D rank missions. There was hardly anyone lining up to get missions, but Tenjin needed to build up his reputation so he took every opportunity he can to complete some. Stepping up to the mission proctor, he braced himself to speak, “Sir, Genin ranked Tenjin reporting for a D rank mission.” He had seen this mission proctor before back when he had taken the gang related missions. He remembered just how nervous he had been the first time, as he didnt know what to expect. The man nodded politely to him before tossing a scroll at Tenjin. “Heard you did pretty well on that mission to catch the academy gang. I figure you can handle this one now. Good luck, Genin.” Tenjin nodded giving a crisp salute before speaking, “Thank you sir! I shall endeavor to complete this mission with the utmost haste. Have a good day, Sir.” The man just nodded waving him off.

Tenjin then moved to a secluded area to study the mission’s details. Apparently there was a young academy student gang operating in the village. It wasn’t considered dangerous enough that a Chuunin or higher needed to be called to handle the issue but it was an annoyance and causing a bit of a ruckus with the civilians, so they preferred to have two genin handle this task. The mission detailed the gangs head quarter, and without hesitation, Tenjin was able to body flicker his way to the area. Knowing that he has been in this cave before when he, himself was an academy student, this was certainly a ‘hang out’ spot for the school kids. While appearing next to the cave, Tenjin noticed another genin stealthely hidden outside of the cave. Tenjin walked up behind the shinobi and to not startle him, he began to talk in a whisper. “So you must be my partner on this mission. Any thoughts on how you want to go about starting it?” Tenjin wanted to know if the shinobi had any plans since he appeared to have been here slightly longer that Tenjin, and whatever the shinobi had planned for Tenjin, he was certainly capable and willing to complete it. Before the pair entered the cave though, he would remark on the fact that he didnt introduce himself yet, “Before we go, I suppose we should introduce ourselves. My name is Tenjin. Whats yours?” This was certainly enough formality as Tenjin was ready to complete the mission and attain his reward. Any other socialization, can be done after the mission.

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Maikeru heard someone come close. He clenched his fist, getting ready punch a kid in the face. To his slight surprise, and slight disappointment, it was his Genin partner that was supposed to accompany him. "Sneaking up on me! Not a wise choice. I'm trained to combat that. And my name is Maikeru Otsuka. And I already know your's. Tenjin. We gotta bit of a job to do. It's super simple. We go in, and beat up 5he academy students, tie them up, and have the awaiting volunteer off duty ANBU, which I'm sure are watching us as we speak, come in and pick them up. And then we go to the other hideout, do the same thing again. And be ready to do this again. Nothing too serious. There are six of them in there, and I gotta be honest, they don't have the highest grades in the academy if you know what I mean. And that's about it. Ready? Yeah? Alright LET'S GO!"

Maikeru ran in there, feeling. "Alright you little punks! Time for a spanking!!" The cave wasn't well lit, so all Maikeru saw was screaming faceless little figures. He needed to teach the kids a lesson. He wasn't going to go easy on them. He grabbed one of them by the hair. It felt like and sounded like a female. He drove his fist into her stomach. "Time to learn some discipline! Little pukes!" he saw another small figure and kicked it in the face. He felt a combination of saliva and a small amount of blood on his foot. Maikeru grabbed another, and gave it consecutive slaps across the face. He took the rope from around his waist and ran around the three of them. Maikeru pulled it, forcing them together. Maikeru ran towards them and tied the rope. He past Tenjin, yelling "the other three is all yours." Hearing them whine and protest from the dragging across a rocky cave floor, he threw them outside.


"Well that was fun. As soon as my partner gets out of here you will be picked up and I will be heading over to your rivals. Serves your right for choosing a dark cave as a base of operations." The boy with a footprint on his face, a black eye, and a bleeding nose screamed, "you could have killed us!"

"And you are absolutely right! I could have killed you. But I didn't!"
Maikeru made sure that his tone was seething with smugness. He crosses his arms and leaned against a rock, waiting for Tenjin to finish his business.

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"Alright let's go." Tenjin said as he witnessed his partner dart toward the large underground chamber, of natural origin, in a hillside. As the two noticed the cave, Maikeru would run up to it. As the Otsuka ran past Tenjin, he decided to speed up and follow him. Noticing that he was just a tad bit faster than his pal, he decided to keep up with his speed. Tenjin only ran at half his speed behind Maikeru. This made it so he would stay a few inches behind his partner without the gap closing until Tenjin decided to slow down. After they had gotten to the entrance, Tenjin stopped. It seemed like he was thinking. The dark cave, appeared normal, nothing looked out of the ordinary. The cave's mouth wasn't huge, it was about 8 feet long and 10 feet wide. The cave didn't go out like some caves, but more inward into the rocky mountain formation. While Maikeru barged in, Tenjin in the other hand continued to walk into the cave. As Tenjin was walking inside of the cave, he noticed carvings were on the walls of the cave, it was grafiti. He did not pay too much attention to them, but they looked like weird symbols. Tenjin knows they must have a meaning to them. As these gang members wouldn’t just write and draw random things on the walls. But this was not a time to figure it out, nor was it his job at the moment. As Tenjin was walking, he heard what sounded like action coming from deeper in the cave. ‘I think the Otsuka made it already.”

There was a part of him that hoped that the mission would get done fast so that he could train more, and another part of him wanted him to have a great adventure in the dark cave. Also with his thoughts was the new shinobi he met, Maikeru Otsuka. He was a genin like Tenjin, but coming from the Otsuka clan, he must have a special skill set that Tenjin has never bared witness. It was at this time that Tenjin decided to catch up, Tenjin proceeded to press both of his feet onto the ground, his calf muscles bulging, slowly expanding in size, and he disappeared forward. A cloud of sand spiraling in a circle, where he previously stood. He reappears in front of Maikeru, hearing him proclaim the other three being his responsibility.Tenjin looks back at the passing Otsuka to see him dragging the academy students out, Tenjin didn’t necessarily approve of his methods but after remembering the mission dossier words that ‘force is not recommended’ is sort of implied that it was still within the shinobis rights.

Tenjin enters the gangs headquarters quietly. The cave consisted of a stack of hay, four-feet in height, a desk, and a mirror, which lies on the floor of the cave. Walking towards the desk, Tenjin opens the top drawer, reaching into it with his right hand, he slowly removes a kunai. Staring at the kunai in bliss, Tenjin closes the drawer, and is about to exit the room when he notices the three remaining academy students appearing afraid if nothing else. Reaching out towards the kids with his left hand, a single finger touches nearing one of the academy students, and instantly Tenjin hears a heart wrenching scream. Withdrawing his hand, he stumbles backwards, the sound of the scream began echoing in the cave. “Stop screaming!” Tenjin yelled out, and as the screech was no more, Tenjin continued, “You guys are in trouble. There is no point on continuing with this charade, pretending that you are shinobi. If you keep this up, you will be kicked out of the academy and thus will never reach the ranks of even the lowest class of shinobi.” The kids listened to Tenjins words, “My mission said that no force is recommended, but as you saw my partner, he doesn’t care much for that aspect of the regulations. I’m definitely not going to throw a punch, but if you dont come with me I will have my teammate come back in.” The kids appeared scared of the threat, and rather than drag them out, they willingly followed Tenjin out. Once reaching the outside of the cave, Tenjin proceeded to speak to the group, “You will all be getting picked up by an ANBU so…” before finishing his words, an ANBU appeared in front of Tenjin and finished off telling the academy students of the consequences that they will be facing. Luckily, none will be getting kicked out of school. Tenjin then turned to Maikeru and said, "Off to the next hideout?

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“Yup yup. Off to the next one. Their rivals. You do good work you know. Though, I think you should have knocked some sense into them. Teach em a lesson about misbehaving. I guess you might be a softie. Anyway, their hideout I think is not actually a hideout. Its on top of a plateau directly on the other side of the village. The village is in between them, so it would only make sense for their to be collateral damages. I think wrecking a restaurant was the straw that broke the camel’s humped back. Anyhow, we better get going, they should be starting their plotting soon. And they have an even bigger group, so there is a slight chance that we will get overwhelmed. We can’t get the drop on them as easily, since they were smart enough to not have their hideout be a cave. And they recently learned shadow clone jutsu. Damn I wasted a lot of time just talking when we should be going, so LETS GO!!!”

Maikeru had to admit, he was feeling particularly optimistic. He ran with Tenjin all the other way to the other side of the village, hopping on top of and over many rocky buildings. He couldn’t help but be in a good mood today. Even though he should really feel guilty about beating up a few kids. Naaahhh they were brats anyway. He immediately brushed the thought aside until just outside the village he saw a high point, being a plateau. He shouted at Tenjin ahead of him. He could see the figures joking and laughing in the distance. “We should probably surprise them, and catch them off-guard. I’m gonna go ahead.”

Maikeru sped up to the side of the elevation, jumped up and shouted at all of them. “Alright. Kiddies, play time is over!!” He landed his right foot into the back a boy. “He grabbed a girl by the shoulders, pulling her in to his knee before shoving her away.”
“Shadow Clone Jutsu!!”
Dammit! Should of known! They probably used the jutsu so much that its practically instinct in the face of danger. When he turned around, he saw that there were multiple sets of the same kids. “Oh heeeelllllll no.” They all rushed him. Maikeru made kicks and punches of them, many of them exploding into a cloud of smoke, while others full back. Until one kid begin putting Maikeru in a choke hold. The Genin struggled, until he felt the academy student bite his ear.
“AAAAHHHHH!!! You little piss ant!!” Maikeru began punching at the kids head, until he was able to knock him off. Maikeru took a breath of releife before jumping away, grabbing at his bleeding ear. He saw that some of them had Kunai. “Tenjin, you take out as many as you can, I’m gonna suicide them!” Maikeru sunk into the ground. Double Suicide Decapitation. He targeted many of them, pulling them into the plateau. He figured he would act as a surprise attack while Tenjin would make quicker work of them then Maikeru could. Once it was all said and done, he jumped from the ground, seeing all of them were either subdued by Tenjin, or Barried into the ground. Wow. For a bunch of little brats, I got to amdit you all can sure hold your own. At least the future of this village is going to be formidable. Anyway Tenjin I have to bolt and check out this bleeding ear.” He glared at the culprit of blood spilling from hsi ear. The ninja smirked and blew a raspberry at him. Maikeru smirked back. Ah. So rebellious. “Like the last time the ANBU should be here to pick them up. And I am sure you won’t mind if you wait for them to get here while I go back for the injury and stuff. See ya and good work on today! You are an excellent ninja. Later!" Maikeru jumped off the platue and headed off into the distance. He thought about the kids from today. They  were brats, but they were strong for their age. Even the ones who he handed their asses to. They could take a few hits. And the kids after that gave him a good fight. Maikeru thought about what they could become as soon as this rebellious phase of their's passes. They could seriously become strong ninja who could properly protect this village. He grabbed his ear as a surge of pain begins to sting it. Despite his injury, he held on to his good mood.

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After hearing where the rivals would be, Tenjin followed Maikeru in order to hunt down the academy gang. This is apparently a special case of academy student gang as they consist of a once nearly extinct clan that has given birth to the Hattori clan. This special clan is able to utilize techniques two rank above their perceived power level, meaning that these academy student were able to utilize the shadow clone technique. Nevertheless, their clan has nearly become extinct due to the body not being able to sustain such powerful jutsu. It is a wonder that some of their youngsters are rejoining the shinobi lifestyle after the clan has overtly quit the shinobi lifestyle due to the strain it produced within their bodies.

Nearing the place where the gang members were last spotted he began moving much slower and stealthier to avoid giving himself away before it was the necessary time. Hearing his partner decided to ambush the group as he went in ahead, Tenjin slowly crept in to see what he was doing, and here they were as soon as he drew close enough, Maikeru was once again enveloped in the action. There were five of them from what Tenjin could tell right off the bat, but due to the shadow clone technique, more kept appearing. Other than the number he noticed a few more things about the unwanted fellows, things like the fact they only kept kunai in hand. They were oblivious to Tenjin's presents, sitting roughly ten or so meters away up in the trees. They were in a small opening between the trees, however, large branches still sat high above them. That gave Tenjin a little idea as to how he would start his attack off.

Reaching into his pouch, Tenjin pulled out a few of his senbons, after which he began launching a series of the projectile weapons aimed at the large branches resting above the academy gangs crew. The pack of senbon impacted the branches and severed them causing them to fall towards the bandits in a hail of hard wood. Immediately upon seeing the threat they retreated however still sticking together. Tenjin gave chase, being sure to keep out of sight. After a few moments they stopped and so did Tenjin, he remained quiet to listen in as a few of them spoke.

"Someone is here!" "Watch the treetops!" After another few moments Tenjin dropped down from the trees a few meters away from them finally allowing them to know of his presence.
"I have been instructed to bring you guys in. I'll allow you to choose how this ends and normally I would say choose wisely but I believe you would." The gang members upon listening to his speech simply laughed at him and the one in front charged at Tenjin. Swinging a punch aimed for Tenjin's jaw at a speed easily detected and evaded by Tenjin, as he ducked underneath the punch he brought his fist up into the academy students chin with an uppercut before kicking him in the stomach hard and sending him flying back towards his pals. Now the kids all charged at Tenjin, all except the now unconscious one lying in the dirt. “Shadow Clone Jutsu!” they all yelled out.

Tenjin drew his kunai and also dashed towards the gang members. As he drew close, they unsheathed a few kunai knives themselves, so that they could counter his kunai strikes with blades of their own. They all attacked Tenjin at once the first one slashing at Tenjin stomach, an easy attack to leap over. As he leaped over and landed behind the academy student, he kicked his back and sent him into the dirt as well, as he disappeared in a puff of smoke. The other academy gang members leapt at him all at once, Tenjin simply jumped out of the way and planted his kunai down into the back of one of the shadow clones. "One down, you sure you don't want to quit while you still can?" Tenjin said with a grin but to his surprise they replied with a threat. "You’re going regret that creep."

Tenjin readied himself with a kunai in hand, and charged at them immediately stopping when he got in close range, kicking dirt up into the face of the first academy gang member to blind him as he drove the hilt of his kunai into the gang members stomach, knocking the wind from his lungs. As that guy fell to the ground, his shadow clones immediately disappeared. The other academy gang members immediately sprang at him. He dodged the first few slashes before he was able to kick the kunai from one of the gang members hand, disarming him. Afterwards he parried a thrust from another clone and Tenjin countered with a fatal slash to the clones back, seeing just a cloud where he last stood. The last shadow clone began to retreat but it was too late now, Tenjin threw his sword into the clones leg seeing it disappear too. Tenjin noticed as the kids that werent knocked out were exhausted. “You guys are not prepared to fully utilize this jutsu. You should take it easy, as you all obviously have potential.” Tenjin then turned to the kids as they conceited defeat and said, “Pick up your friend over there, we have to go back to your ‘base’ as we will be meeting an ANBU that is coming for you guys.” The kids were ashamed to have lost so easily, as they suspected that because they held a B rank tech in their arsenal, that they should have been more powerful. Yet, they still haven't learned about conserving ones energy, and as academy student, a b rank technique would certainly take all of the chakra. When Tenjin arrived, he saw the rest of the gang member dug into the ground with only their head popping out, after speaking to Maikeru, he agreed to wait for the ANBU, and as the ANBU arrived, Tenjin felt the need to let the ANBU know to go easy on the youths. The ANBU cold heartedly said, “It isnt my job to assign their punishment. Like you, Im only following orders.” Tenjin looked at the youths and felt a little bad considering that they didnt seem like bad kids. ‘They never do’ Tenjin thought, but they surely had to learn their lesson in order to stop causing mayhem in Iwagakure no sato. As the future, they need to be more orderly afterall. Once the mission was complete, Tenjin body flickered out, and was able to leave the area in what would be perceived to the academy students as a blnk of an eye.

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