Mission name: Keeping Tabs.
Mission rank: A-rank.
Objective: Privately extract refugees to Iwa and replace them with state spies.
Location: Any.
Reward: 1000 + 4 EP
Mission Description: Entrusted with this assignment, shinobi are to extract small numbers of refugees through private mountain paths and replace them with trained Iwagakure spies who will migrate to other nations under cover.
Development References: What Lies Beneath Event.
Mission Details: Characters will meet with a single spy who works with the Iwagakure government and must scout refugee camp locations to find a suitable person to replace. Maintaining secrecy is the most important aspect of this mission and shinobi who are careless will be noticed by any of the five A-ranked Kumo military who guard the camps, who will attack if alerted with A-rank katanas, Ninjutsu/Taijutsu(Strength), Fire/Earth and all A-rank or lower library techniques. Once a lookalike has been found, they must be lured away from other refugees where they can be taken to Iwa in secret while the spy replaces them.

Verdandi had been informed by the administration that all three nations were recently working on the premise to undermine Kumo's stability. This enclosed information was yet not revealed below A-Rank missions most of the time except for ANBU or under very special circumstances. Verdandi had been working undercover as ANBU initiate for quite some time now. Messing with Kumo was nothing new to her. But this time they were supposed to get a spy into their numbers. It was hinted that she and her other helping hand would probably have to silently take out one of the overseers at Kumo's refugee camp for this mission to be successfully. Considering the rumoured strength of the overseer, Verd was informed that doing this task alone would be her undoing. Especially if they tried to do things the quiet way. They would have to lure him away or something… Verd wasn't sure yet how to do it. But as a first step they had to find a potential doppelganger to begin with. The spy in question had been surgically adjusted to have a very common suna-like facial expression that fit the common standards of the refugees around here. To find a suitable sunaan that could be replaced, Verdandi and her teammate would have to spy into the refugee camps around her too. Which then ultimately meant that they would have to somehow disguise themselves to look around the refugee camps first. Only a perfect fit would be enough to satisfy the requirements.

Verdandi was already worrying too much however. First things first, she had to go and meet up with her partner. Maybe he or she would have a good idea how to avoid killing the overseer? Sneaking into the camps wasn't necessarily required. Under the guise of a simple visit either of them could get a look into the refugee camps. However, bringing a person past the security check in and out, especially convincing one of them to play along… Hmmm many questions remained. As well as getting intel on the person so the spy wouldn't be clueless as towards whom they were supposed to impersonate. Maybe they would have to stage some sort of accident that would make it legit that he lost his memory? Verdandi was scratching the back of her head. Making her way to the Konoha Border Camp where she was supposed to meet up with a tactical officer and her partner-in-crime to be. Ideas on how to actually execute this mission would have to be properly brain stormed there. On her way she would try to figure out a good suggestion on what to say to get access to the refugee camps. Verdandi was messing with her own hair as at first, she didn't really get any good ideas. But then it hit her like a big fat shoe right in the face. Medical treatment… Yes, that's gonna be it. With her idea in mind she finally made it past the Konoha Camp's entrance. The guard boys already knowing her well considering how often she's been here lately.

Making her way to the tent in question to find the tactical officer and a young pretty lady inside that had a very unusually familiar chakra signature. The officer stepped out after greeting Verdandi to get some water for the lot of them. Verdandi shook the ladies palm identifying herself as 'Mikumi' pretty sure that Verd knew this person, her jaw dropped intensely as she implied that she was but the same guy that created a garden Eden in the snow. The slightly snobbish if not sometimes overly self-secure senju that had a very skilled talent of annoying while intriguing Verdandi. Dandi would immediately ask for 'How', 'Why', 'Where' and the other big questions one would ask if one was to potentially change their whole gender. Their talk would be cut short and potentially delayed to later for when they were on the move towards the refugee camps. The tactical officer returned and asked how the two wanted to go by and around their assigned duty and Verdandi would eventually swallow her personal questions for the Senju girl and concentrate at the task at hand for a minute. "I personally think we should get some med-nin with us and act as their guards, while they go into the camps under the disguise of looking for sick people. Even the Kumo-nin will be open minded if we collide them with the possibility of a nasty infection around them."


760

Chakra 330 / 350:

Mikumi was currently meditating on a large boulder within the training grounds of Konoha, with the on-going war still going on the small escape from the madness granted the same type of relaxation she found that she needed like a long bath after a strenuous journey. Mikumi had just returned from the front line's of the war with Suna herself, although she was not alone and even had the pleasure of getting to know two more Konoha comrade's the back to back missions had taken their toll, yet as she recalled the events she found herself....more experienced and knowledgeable about the world and its inner workings. For most of her life she switched from the personality of happy and quite air-headed to focused and deadly, but her experiences in the war granted her a new outlook to how to go about things, Mikumi even learned the fine art of negotiations although she wasn't very good at it yet it was still a much-needed skill in her arsenal that would prove useful to her in future endeavors.

While her eyes were closed she could hear the wingbeat of a bird from sixteen meters away, at first she simply ignored it but as it seemed to approach closer she opened her eyes to look its way and found that it was a messenger bird, a small sigh would escape her lips as she begun to stand up and hold out her left arm for the small creature to land on. She quickly unattached the note from its right leg as she said "Thank you" and flung her arm upwards to give it a boost before it flew off back to the messenger station. She quickly unclasped the small red tie holding the scroll closed and stretched it out to read it, the scroll itself was as vague as possible simply describing to report to Konoha Camp's entrance. Mikumi hadn't gotten a lot of message's such as this until just recently but by know, she realized there was a pattern as this type of mission summon usually meant the mission itself was meant for spec. jounin and above while this method was a way to avoid valuable information leaking within the village just in case there was a spy among the citizens or other shinobi. She was obliged to obey and immediately made her way towards the camp as recent events lead to her always having full attire on and weaponry just encase the village was attacked by those seeking revenge.  

Within minutes she arrived at the camp and made her way to the specific tent the mission, she announced herself and a male voice with a slight slur as if they had been working all night would allow her access to come in. When she walked in her earlier assumption was correct as the shinobi had black bag's under their eyes, Mikumi would mentally commend him for his hard work but her thoughts were cut short as the shinobi begun to explain the situation, "Welcome Moku- no... its Mikumi now right? Anyway, you been assigned a highly classified mission within Kumogakure. The situation is that Konoha, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure have been all working together to undermine Kumo's stability, your job this time around is to scout the enemy camps taking note of a high ranking officer and then slip a spy of our own into their ranks. Be advised that this mission most likely will include you and your partner to take out the higher rank shinobi their all together while still slipping the spy in making this mission an A-rank one, which I already know you have never taken yourself before. We ourselves had already made preparations by surgically altering one of our own to resemble a Sungakure ninja, however even with this alteration they wouldn't know how to act and that's where you come in, you also need to learn whatever high-ranking shinobi your choosing habit's, tendencies, anything you can gather to make their assimilation as perfect as possible."

She had been so engrossed in the information she was receiving that she hadn't notice somebody approaching until the tent opened up making her head turn her head back and would be utterly surprised to have the Kirigakure kunoichi Lady Verdandi right in front of her, although Mikumi had only helped her train and eventually went on to make a garden in her homeland she still remembered her and thought of her fondly, however it was a bit saddening to think that her own friend would no longer recognize her in this form. The tactical officer stepped out after greeting Verdandi to get some water for them both, Verdandi shook her hand and she would convey her name was Mikumi while also coming out with the truth and saying that once upon a time she knew her as Mokuzai Senju the creator of her Eden Garden back in her homeland, Verdandi jaw literally dropped in her surprise causing a giggle to erupt from Mikumi's lips as she tried to cover her mouth to stop herself.

She started to ask a lot of questions but Mikumi only response was that "it's a long story really." before they started bantering and talking about smaller yet invaluable topics. When the tactical officer returned with water and posed the question of what their plan of action was Verdandi spoke first, "I personally think we should get some med-nin with us and act as their guards, while they go into the camps under the disguise of looking for sick people. Even the Kumo-nin will be open minded if we collide them with the possibility of a nasty infection around them."
Mikumi quickly responded, "If it's a medical ninja then you already have one Verdandi, your plan is very doable and would be the safest course of action to infiltrate their base without attracting too much negative attention. Due to my new green skin ill have to transform myself, and if they happen to break it I can simply explain that this is the infection that we're sent to cure making our lie even more believable." She would finish then take a sip of her water causing the flowers in her hair to brighten in color a bit, "This is good water~!" she would say with a smile

WC:1,053

Verdandi took a while to get warm with the topic. She couldn't really decide what to feel about the genderbend. Verd's supposed romantic interest, Chigetsu was literally genderfluid in the very nature that his body could take forms and shapes that were very much up to his very desire. Even though she had seen Chi in his female form before, he always used to return back to his certainly feminine but male body. Verd was slightly confused at her own train of thoughts as without having the actual explanation of what really happened to Moku, she couldn't really pin her finger down over if she could like the whole act just as she had found Chi's transformation rather funny and alluring. Or if she would end up being so stuck up as to potentially feel grossed about it? It was hurting her brain cells. But one thing for sure certainly helped. The fact that she had not seen Moku in quite some time and the fact that this new personification of him was, for Verdandi's standards, more attractive and interesting by all means. The slightly weird combination of her body slowly transforming along with the very nature of her unique element. Something she had read in books could happen if you undergo certain genetic experiments. That practice had been done so way back in the past but Verd was sure those procedures had been lost to the ages. Did the new Mokuzai… Did Mikumi gain access to these forbidden scrolls? Or did she develop her very own version of it?

Verd had to give it a rest, being interesting or not wouldn't help with the fact, that they did have a mission to do and the weird shinobi trying to get the two Special Jounin to work wouldn't take their idling and chit chatting for granted. Verd straightened herself. Her almost blind eye neatly covered beneath the eye patch. It was but a few days before she would receive her own body modification. But there was no reason to tell the tree lady about this little addition to Verdandi's physical appearance. She'd figure it out sooner or later if they kept on clashing with each other on their pathways in life. Which seemed to be quite the given as fate had played in that favour many times already. Verdandi nodded. They finalized their idea and moved out. Avalanche would soon join them. The large bear recognizing his former friend despite her gender. Be it due to a familiar smell or even just Mikumi's warmth of her very own chakra. The bear completely ignorant to any physical chances one might go through. Rubbing his head to Miku's arm and palm to get some pets and snuggles. Avalanche was near 2 meters tall from feet to shoulder. Surpassing human size by now whilst he barely got to chest height last time the two of them met. Reminding Mikumi on the unusual nature of growth that went along in genes of chakra influenced animals.

Verdandi would climb on Avalanches back and offer Mikumi a hand to join in on the transportation offered. If she agreed or not was up to her. However, they would make their way close to the first Kumo camp in question. Avalanche would tend to stay back and not get too close to the camps to avoid being sighted and taking too much attention. The primary phase was to find someone with the facial properties working fine with their spy. The spy himself made his way to the meeting point on his own and would not join them on their movements towards the camps. He was to remain ready until Verd and Miku had already found a suitable exchange persona. Hence, he would remain on the closest well with some trees giving shadow from the sun, alongside Avalanche so he could take care of protecting their VIP. Dandi suggested Miku to split up with her for the scouting part of the mission. Leaving the pretty tree lady to work on her disguise as Verdandi simply took the appearance of a medical consultant. If she was to snoop around nearby the camps she could just as well already do so in her medical disguise. Waving to Miku and giving Avalanche a last rub to his head, allowing some of her ice to cover his fur as a little remainder for him to stay cool within suna's heat. The young bear offering some cuddles to the spy whom politely denied and searched his own tree nearby.

Five camps could come into question. Two each, Miku going north and Verd starting south until they might meet in the fifth one in the middle. Dandi was wearing an official Iwagakure medic badge that they had custom made for her. Not rarely would she be stopped by the Kumo ninja. But Verdandi chose the appearance of one of the Iwagakure medics she had met in the past already. The orange hair and the young face structure giving her a harmless appearance. Verd would certainly also play the part of an insecure and clumsy young lady. Whenever asked what she was doing here she would flash the medic badge, explaining that they were searching for sick people among the refugees. In the first camp she was blatantly pushed away and told to get lost. While in the second they allowed her more freedom. Even to go inside the camp. Verdandi could snoop around freely and would find a multitude of potential targets. Taking her notes as she moved on. She wasn't fully sure if she had met the perfect match. But she'd decide once conversing with Miku over her own experience and findings. The fact that they would have easy access to camp no. 2 was already a positive thing. However maybe Miku would find an even better location for their plot. Not rarely would she feel the stare of a high ranked shinobi in her neck. The overseers. Whomever they decide to mess with, will potentially have a bad day to come for them. Verd moved on, waiting at the entrance of the central camp to approached by Miku's disguised self. Ready to share her findings with her.


1040 / 1800

Verdandi's disguise:

It was nice to see Verdandi after so long Mikumi would think to herself, to Verdandi it might not have seemed as long as Mikumi was making it sound but to her, it was another lifetime ago, mostly because it was. To Mikumi her new form granted sensual and mental sensations far different than she had experienced as a male, thinking back on it even the deadly cold-demeanor in combat and on missions didn't seem to hold the same aggression she once had. She considered the possibility that although she mentally resigned herself to this new form of her's when she looked deeper down within herself she hadn't actually given up completely, maybe in time she'll find a way to keep her newfound unity with her element but for now "Mikumi" was here to stay. Snapping back to reality just in time for the tactical ninja to ask them their last decision on what to do in which they discussed one last time before finalizing the plan and heading out.

They quickly made their way outside and from a short distance Mikumi could see a large bear approaching her and would get a little spooked by its nature until she recalled a memory of a baby polar bear that Verdandi had just taken under her wing last time they meant, "Is that.." Sure enough, the bear headed straight towards her and started rubbing his head to her arm and palm in an act of affection and Mikumi yielded by scratching the bear under its chin while her other hand rubbed along the side of their left body, "Avalanche! My, my look how you grew into a big ball of handomeness~ All the lady polar bears must be swooning at your feet" Mikumi would say jokingly while giggling at her own joke while she witnessed that Avalanche now stood two meters tall easily surpassing her in height, unlike the first time they had meant.

Verdandi climbed onto Avalanches back and then extended her hand to Mikumi so that they may ride on Avalanches back together, Mikumi didn't hesitate to reach out her hands and let her friend lift her up onto her trusty companions back, as she adjusted her butt on top of Avalanches fur she would find that it was more comfortable then she previously thought. While they made their way towards the camp Mikumi recalled how they first meant, it was by random chance, a lowly ranked mission scaring off a group of Kirigakure low-ranked ninja that had gone wrong and ended up in a fight, It was then that Mikumi saw Verdandi's talent as a shinobi and eventually taught her some ninjutsu in his free time that also ended up in an invitation to her home country where she created a garden. Just recalling the events Mikumi realized just how strange yet adventurous her earlier life was, but more than that she was impressed that Verdandi kept with her training and despite being a lower ranked at the time they were now riding a giant polar bear as equally ranked shinobi, how strange life was but as they approached the camp she soon put those thoughts to rest.

Once they had gotten close enough to spot the camp Verdandi would have Avalanche make a slight detour to a shaded part of the area so they weren't spotted, the spy had been watching the camp from a shaded area under a tree and as they arrived he simply took a single glance at them, the spy had red hair that seemed to flow forward ending up to a tip just overlapping his face, a somewhat arrogant look which Mikumi hopped he would leave behind, and  for clothing a simple white t-shirt overlapped with a dark blue jacket and white pant's with standard shinobi sandal's, for the first time despite the spy being a Konoha ninja Mikumi did not like what she saw one bit and it displayed on her face with a light scowl.

Shrugging off her personal reflection of the spy Verdandi mentioned it was best for them o split up and look for the proper shinobi with a resemblance to the spy so he could infiltrate the base, Mikumi nodded her head in agreement and activated a transformation jutsu ending up in a cloud of smoke surrounding her. When the smoke cleared it would reveal Mikumi now with medium brown hair that pointed upwards and had a sunflower centered in the middle as decoration, her clothing now consisting of shoulder blade's relating to rocks, her shirt now a  slightly darker shade of orange and purple fashioned to simulate armor, her pants were simply black that went down and tucked into light brown boots. Although Mikumi had her doubts at first it seemed with the transformation jutsu she could at least change her appearance, that was good to know as when she had free time she would yet again explore her medical ninjutsu talents to make use of this new discovery but now was not the time.

Right before they split apart Verdandi said there were five camps so while she went towards the southside Mikumi was to go towards the north. Mikumi quickly made her way to the first camp and although the guards were suspicious she simply pointed towards the top of her head where the sunflower was located, although it was meant for decor it was actually her medical badge and sure enough after explaining that among the ninja there was an epidemic that made shinobi green and contaminated the water's the guards allowed easy access inside the camp in which Mikumi made a mental note for later. As she walked through the camp under the guise of a possible epidemic outbreak she spotted a few potential suitors but none that would make the spy's assimilation nearly perfect.

She moved onwards towards the second camp, they allowed her access as well but without two guards to her left and right side taking the potential threat more seriously than the first camp, she walked around the camp once more simply taking mental note's with a disinterested face, it seemed this camp was hopeless too. Suddenly just before she left, she felt a slight tap on her shoulder causing her to look around, she would be amazed as original she thought it was the spy blowing his own cover but to her surprise, it was a slightly older looking male who was wearing clothing thicker than standard Sungakure ninja but held the aura associated with A-rank ninja. "Yes, what is it, I'm quite busy." Mikumi would say and the man sneezed to the empty space behind him before turning around in a bit of cold sweat, "I heard your a medical ninja checking our camps for sick patients? For the past week, I had this nasty cold and it seems to be getting worst. I am hoping you can take me to our sick bay and check me out for the epidemic? I don't want to be a risk to our forces with this war going on."

The timing couldn't be any more perfect Mikumi would say inside her head, it was almost time for them to meet but the opportunity was too perfect, "Yes, I will check you. Guards my medical assistant is in the center camp, she is wearing a medical robe and has an eyepatch over one of her eyes can you fetch her for me and tell her that we have found a male showing the sickness symptoms and that she needs to bring the vaccine we left hidden outside the camp but under no circumstances are you allowed to follow her" The guards nodded but the jonin himself eyed Mikumi before asking, "Why would you leave the vaccine out the camp?" Mikumi turned around, "The vaccine unless injected directly into the skin can be contaminated as well, without knowing exactly who is infected until we check ourselves bringing the vaccine into the camps is a risk we can't afford and having guards that know exactly where to find it is an even bigger risk as they themselves could take it if they get infected."

Not knowing how exactly how to respond about what she said the jonin simply nodded and started walking with her towards the sickbay, upon arrival Mikumi would be making a heavy dosed sleeping tonic under the guise that the checking procedure could be quite painful if the man was awake. Upon Verdandi arrival with the "vaccine" she would excuse the guards if she decided to keep them alive and tell them nobody but her and her assistant may enter the tent as if even a single drop of the man's bodily fluids and other things were to make contact with anyone else it could cause even more cases to erupt.

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Total WC: 2,562

Verdandi would giggle to herself whenever she could observe a gentle exchange of affection between Avalanche and Mikumi. She would certainly wonder a while what her Senju friend might have experienced to be chigetsufied. However, she wouldn't lie to herself as she obviously seemed to prefer the new form over the olde one. Having the pretty flower lady squeeze herself forth a few times during the ride wouldn't leave Verd without blushing a cheeky smile away from her lips. She could always find joy in little moments of friction like that. At point 'shade' the spy might seem arrogant but certainly capable. His distinctive face would certainly be a hard find but with the right clothes it might just about work out. When Miku didn't arrive at the checkpoint in question, Verd was certain she had been held up somewhere along the road. Dandi moved into camp no. 5 to glare around. Flashing her fake medic badge at each opportunity. The camp was very calm and nice. It would have been an easy task to infiltrate this one. But sadly, none of the prisoners really worked in resemblance to their spy. Verd would scratch her head in worry slowly moving out from the middle camp and waiting again for her partner. But once more nothing happened. Once the two guards appeared, she was very curious as to why they would directly approach her. Spotting Verd's medical badge they confronted her. Dandi kept a palm behind her back at a kunai… just in case.

Once they explained the situation and how she was to be invited to the upper camp by her 'superior' left Verd to giggle. Miku certainly made progress in their search but Verd also knew that any guards involved in either of this would only end up being a complication. She insisted them to tag along as she was to pick up the 'vaccine' not far from here. Directly leading them to the shaded trees where Avalanche and the spy were supposed to rest. Approaching them. Both the spy and Ava were about as confused as the two guards the closer they came to each other. The guards certainly frightened by the large bear despite Verdandi telling them that he was a friend. But their confusion rose further as a weirdly dressed version of their units commander would become more and more clearly into their vision. Saluting before him completely confused and calling him out by his rank. Verdandi would realize that the 'spy' exchange target Miku had chosen must indeed be their superior. Which was viable information. While they were facing the equally confused spy who somewhat tried to improvise as if he totally knew what was going on, Verd was already forming a myriad of hand seals and gave Avalanche a slight nod and pointed him at the nearest soldier. Once Verd's chakra was formed she would reach out with her palm forward. Pushing it to the right soldiers back and applying the paralysation technique.

As her victim fell to the ground and started to yell. The second guard would turn around to face Verdandi and unsheathe his blade against her. Avalanche however would catch glimpse of his cue to move and crashed into the soldier from behind. Verd shortly adjusted herself forward, lifting her knee as the poor sod would fall from Ava's push town and get knocked out by the heavy impact of Verdandi's leg greeting his forehead. With one guard knocked out and the other paralyzed, Verd would shortly confirm to herself that they were stable however. Placing them into the shade beneath the trees and telling Avalanche to guard them. Once that all was over with, the spy would approach Verdandi and ask her in a mildly annoyed voice. "What is this all about?" But Verd would growl back at him like an animal, which instantly resulted in Avalanche hearing it and facing the spy as he would roar angry at his face. It was a simple way of expressing that the spy should watch his tongue whilst around the snow princess. Being arrogant or not, she didn't like to be barked at, especially if her work was being questioned. She was certain her skills were quite proficient and her methods tended to work out quite well. Mostly. Or at least many times. Or at least she liked to think so. Or at least the missions tended to end in a success. However, reasonable concerns or not. She'd not let him bark at her like that.

"Alright. My friend has found a replacement persona for you and is currently still kind of stuck in their camp. Hence, she sent these lovely people to come and fetch me. Or at least the vaccine. Which means I had a free pass into the camp. But now we both have one. Once you are their superior you might have to explain to the troops how these two soldiers here got… expelled from their duty at the camp. But I'm sure you'll figure something out. I'll take them to the Iwa camp later. For now, I must ask you to use your transformation technique to slip into one of the guard's identity. I'll do the same and we'll return to the camp in question together. Hopefully, in time, our mutual friend has already taken care of the one we're about to replace. But just stay ready in case we still need to… fight a bit. We can't really know what's going to happen inside the camp. So, I'll have to ask you to stay low, observe and extract as many useful information as possible that might help you slip into the role of the superior you are supposed to be. We might have to find some of the 'staff' files of the camp to get a proper picture. Unfortunately, I can't read minds just yet… we'll have to cope with it the more old-fashioned way okay?"

With that being said. The spy should have a proper picture of the situation. Both of them ready to finish their duties now. Verd would lead ahead on their way to the camp in question. Slowly sneaking past the gate with the guard badges they had stolen from their respective replacement guards. Moving through the camp until at least one soldier approached them. "Did you find the vaccine? The commander is getting anxious!" Verd would nod and lift a little flask filled with suiton water and some crystalline ice in it. Looking all fancy and weird, however it was nothing but a see-through drinking flask that has been frozen by Verdandi's cold palm a bit. The guard was leading them towards the big tent in question. Verd quickly figuring that, seeing the many people standing all around the tent, it might be difficult to do their job undiscovered. She silently formed some hand seals and started to exhale almost invisible mists of Hyouton charged air from her lips. It'd leave her throat aching for a bit but the cloud quickly moved into the masses of refugees. Causing them to cough loudly, some feeling their throats freeze up and hypothermia raising in their lungs. The sudden effect obviously creating a panic. Verdandi fuelled this further by screaming out. "Infection! Disease! We're all doomed!" and then using the state of panic to push the guard before them into the masses. She gripped the spy's palm with her own hand and slowly pulled him along towards the tent in question.

Moving inside to find only Miku with the sleeping commander next to her on a medic bed. Verd shortly checked if any guards remained inside. But the other medics had already left the tent to go for the panic and the coughing masses. Verd tapped on the spy's back and whispered something in his ear. He nodded and simply undid his transformation, sticking his head only past the curtains of the tent and calling for the soldiers near the tent, commanding them to go and take care of the mess instead of 'just standing around here like fools'. Giving Verdandi, Miku and the spy some proper, uninterrupted privacy with the commander. Verd shortly confirmed with Miku that everything was well for her and then told the spy to pick up on the commander's clothes. Stripping the original down to his very underwear and properly dressing the untransformed spy into his new identity. Verdandi picked up a dead man's body bag, pulling it over the 'former' commander and disguising him as a corpse instead of a sleeping man. Before she'd move him however. Verd would apply her ice-prison technique on the guy. Completely covering the sleeping man in a thick layer of A-Rank chakra infused frost that will keep him trapped and unable to do anything even if he was to wake up. Verd gazed around and the spy lurked his head out of the tent again. The guards and medics were still busy with the commotion created by the coughing and throat aching refugees. The effect would probably not last as long as usual in the desert heat.

Verdandi grabbed the body bag with the ice sculpture, still disguised as a guard. Looking at Miku whom certainly figured the situation out by now. "I'm gonna bring this buddy to the shaded tree spot. I suggest you help our friend here get to the intel he needs to properly slip into the persona he's supposed to be. Considering he's the commander you should easily pass into any restricted area with him. Get hold of the personal files or something… I'm sure you will figure something out darling <3"

Verd chuckled to herself. It wasn't really a command rather than a challenge. Expecting Miku to find her own ways into extracting that intel from the camp and the make her way outside. Verd pulling a body bag out of the camp left the first guards a gasped, but as they turned they would see their 'commander' standing at the entrance of the tent. Having thought for a second that he had fallen victim. The guards wondered whom might have died. But Verdandi brushed them off and quickly disappeared into the still panic filled masses of the refugee camp. Making her way for the gates. Leaving Miku and the spy behind to do their very own final challenge now. Hopefully completing this mission soonish and be over with it.


1770 / 3570

Chakra 280 / 350:

Now that the two guards were on the way to retrieve Verdandi for the next phase of their mission Mikumi had the Iwa nin walk in front of her as he leads her to the direction of the medical tent for her to investigate his "Illness". As they near the tent the Suna ninja gets curious and starts asking questions, "So, do you know how this outbreak started? How do you guys cure it?" Mikumi casually answering using the lie she had set up in place for the very questions he was asking, "A high-ranking jonin who was sent into a mission in Iwagakure was fighting on the front lines, according to his story  one of their strongest medical ninjas on the opposing side used a jutsu that made people sick within the radius and from there those people spread it and so on. Haven't you heard of this? I thought you were a jonin." Mikumo would add to the last part to make the jonin in front of her feel like his information was lacking so that he feels a sense of embarrassment and try to cover it up with a white lie. "Of course I have!" Mikumi let out a humming sound as she somewhat enjoyed playing on the males intelligence, "Then I guess you also heard that the vaccine was created combining the cells of the very first person who was infected along with a superior user of Katon nature." The male looked slightly nervous at this information, "Obviously..."

Within a few more minutes they had finally reached the medical tent and Mikumi would go in first telling the Iwa jonin to wait outside and don't move an inch from his spot, inside there was only but three medics with one looking absolutely confident, one subpar, and the final one looking like a frightened deer about to meet its end. Mikumi pointed towards the subpar looking medic, "You, stay. You other two need to leave as I will be operating on a dangerous patient with a infectious disease but I still need one medic to stay and help me create a sleeping tonic for the patient, then you may leave as well before I call him in." Mikumi would say using the air of authority she had gained with getting to Sp. Jounin rank in Konohagakure. The nurses fearing their own safety left quickly while the remaining one stayed but it was clear from their trembling they were not comfortable with staying either Mikumi grabbed her hands and looked her directly in the eye with an assuring motherly look she herself didn't know she could express, "Listen to me, I need your help but we need to act fast, I need the strongest sleeping tonic you know how to make." The medic responded with a confident look before they started to move at a fast pace while gathering a large bowl and a few ingredients such as Lavender, Aloe Vera, and Valerian.

As Mikumi watcher her gather the specific ingredients she was impressed, despite the medics looks she was actually well versed as she chooses plants that were well known to cause sleeping effects more so with them combined the jounin would be in a practical coma for a couple of hours. After the medic ground up the ingredients for her and presented them she simply waved her off telling her she could go, right after she left Mikumi would search through the medical cabinet and found just the herb she was looking for, a plant known as the  hemlock, poison hemlock, or spotted parsley, a plant that caused paralysis. Mikumi took two handfuls and put it in the bowl and started to mix it into the concoction, as she did this she poured honey into it to give it a sweet taste as to entice the jonin to take it willingly.

Now that she was ready she simply went to the entrance of the tent and motioned for the jonin to come in which he complied willingly to, as he walked in Mikumi pointed towards one of the medical beds for him to sit on while she poured her mixture into a cup and then walked over and handed it to him, the jonin smelled it and had a smile which quickly faded into a look of curiosity as he looked her in the eye, "It smells sweet but what is this for? weren't you checking to see if I had the illness?"  Mikumi put on a pair of medical gloves while talking, "The process of checking for the illness is the least to say, a painful process that I can't have you moving around for so as a precaution and also for your own good its better to be in a peaceful sleep in which that concoction does, understand?"  The jounin although reluctant gave a nod before consuming the substance with a  few gulps then handing the cup to Mikumi in which she put down on a nearby table as the jounin started to lay down on the table, "Sweet dreams, were be sure that you're all taking care of." Mikumi would say sweetly as the jonin fell asleep.

After waiting a few minutes while reading a small book left by one of the medics Mikumi would hear a loud commotion outside followed by the words, "Infection! Disease! We're all doomed!" In Verdandi's voice causing her to close the book and stand up waiting for her to enter the tent. When Verdandi made her way inside along with a guard which she would assume was the spy in disguise she would simply nod at her as Verdandi asked if everything went well in which she would simply nod again with a huge smile before they proceeded, Verd shortly commanded the spy to take the commander's clothes stripping the original down to his very underwear and properly dressing the untransformed spy into his new identity after deactivating it. Verdandi picked up a dead man's body bag, pulling it over the 'former' commander and disguising him as a corpse instead of a sleeping man. Before she'd move him, however. Verd would apply an ice-layer of her own design on the "dead male" trapping him just encase that if he woke up from the drug induced coma he would still be unable to do anything, Mikumi and Verd could still hear the guards and medics trying to contain the commotion created by whatever Verdandi had set outside but time was running out for there private moment.

Verdandi grabbed the body bag layered in thick ice that she had disguised as a guard. Looking at Mikumi as she spoke, "I'm gonna bring this buddy to the shaded tree spot. I suggest you help our friend here get to the intel he needs to properly slip into the persona he's supposed to be. Considering he's the commander you should easily pass into any restricted area with him. Get hold of the personal files or something… I'm sure you will figure something out darling <3"  Once Verdandi left Mikumi turned to the spy, she still didn't like him so she roughly grabbed the collar of his shirt before talking, "Listen to me, when we go out there your going to pretend like you lost your voice temporary because of the treatment i gave you and simple answer any basic question with gestures and facial expressions, got it?!" The spy nodded to her sudden anger and they proceeded out the door where the tent was somewhat surrounded.

One of the guards called out "Commander what happened? all you alright?!" One of the camp's residents would then say, "Who was in the body bag" while another would say, "Is there a possible chance for another outbreak!?" The commander would simply raise his hand and the area fell silent and Mikumi spoke in his place, "Everyone please calm down, I assure you your Commanders life is no longer at stake, however, due to the treatments medical procedure he has temporarily lost his voice in the meantime. As for the body bag you just witnessed it happened to be an earlier guard who had the illness evolve past the point of saving him and I had to  have him disposed off to keep the camp safe, in light of this the outbreak anyone the guard had come in to contact with may be infected along with anyone who made contact with those people and so forth. For the safety of the camp, everyone including the guards needs to stay inside their tents and wait for further instructions, that be all"

With a simple gesture the commander waved them off and everyone was reluctant but slowly moved back towards their tents however right before one of the guards left the "Commander" grabbed on to his sleeves while Mikumi spoke in his place, "The commander would like for you to escort us to the central part of the camp where all documents relating to everyone here is held so that we may evaluate and point out those who have the highest rate of being infected with the illness."  The guard looking towards his commander would only get a gesture that meant leading the way causing the guard to nod and lead them east of the camp.

After some time they made it to a large tent and the guard bowed before leaving them be, Mikumi and the "Commander" stepped forth into the tent where a few of the attendants greeted him and asked what they could do which was greeted by silence giving them confused looks in which Mikumi explained for him, "Due to a recent illness breakout in which the Commander was inflicted with he just underwent a medical procedure that cured him but for the meantime his voice is lost to the point of a whisper. The commander and I are here to investigate all subjects within the camp to fi-" The "commander" got closer and pretended to whisper into her ear, "Tell them to locate and hand over all files belonging to the war prisoners of Iwagakure."  Mikumi then looked back at the people present, "The Commander would like to find all records relating to those of Iwagakure that are held hostage here, as they were in the battle they may contain the illness and will need to be disposed of ...permanently. And as the leading medic well versed in the illness i will need the files of all the commanders present including his own so that I may assure the commanders themselves are not spreading the illness" Once more the people present looked onwards towards their commander in which he gave a loud stomp sending them into a fury to do his bidding.

Afer nearly a hour of waiting in the old commanders personal room three assistants would make their way in with plenty of personal folders and placed them on his desk before leaving them in private, after waiting to see if they were listening in to make sure they were safe Mikumi spoke to the spy, "Alright time for phase three. In fifteen minutes I will use the camp intercom to announce your voice had slightly changed and that you have an order from the head of the Sungakure force's. You will then announce that all Iwagakure war prisoners are to be forcibly sent out of the camps by the guards and commanders as they carry the highest risk of the illness and that failure to comply with this order will result in treason and execution to the highest extent of Sungakure law, you ready?"
The "Commander" nodded and Mikumi waited to the allotted time and then turned on the intercom which boomed loud throughout all five camps and even half a mile out, " Good news everyone, one of the leading commanders who had undergone the illness personally has not only been cured but has recovered his voice albeit slightly changed from the procedure, he is here and has a message to all five camps, Commander."  She then handed over it to the disguised spy for him to speak, "Greeting everyone due to the recent illness I haven't been myself but thanks to the efforts of our medics I feel good as new. Unfortunately, this is no time to rest as I have an official order from the leader of our force's, all Iwagakure prisoners are to be escorted out of the camp to be disposed of by the guards and other commanders as they carry the highest infection chance among any of us. Failure to comply with this order will result in treason and therefore execution. All guards will see one of our medics right outside the front gates where you are to relinquish all refugee's to her so that she may lead them further away safely to dispose of them and close the gates, that is all."

With everything set in place, Mikumi stood up and simply bowed to the spy as she made her way to the front gate to retrieve the prisoners leaving the spy behind.


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And hence, the deed was done. Verdandi placed the body bag down into the san, opening it to see that her target was still in cryogenic stasis. One of the many perks of having a rather powerful ice technique. You can conserve living things without harming them. Verd chuckled and stared at his ugly face and had to admit that his resemblance to the spy was indeed uncanny. Avalanche had meanwhile taken good care of the guards. One of them seemed to have waken up from his slumber during the time Verd was gone as he had a large paw mark on his cheek. Knowing Ava to be a rather passive creature she figured one of them woke up and got loud. Verd checked their vitals just to make sure they were doing ok. War prisoners were fine, considering that Iwa would treat them nicely. They didn't necessarily have to kill these people. But after some time, Verdandi got curious. She formed a shadow clone to move back to the camp. By the time she arrived there, a lot of Iwa-nin in shackles were being placed outside and lined up. Verd could only guess who's work that was. Scratching the back of her clone head before she made it back past the entrance. The panic and commotion had gotten better now that the effects of Verdandi's Hypothermia jutsu were about to dissolve themselves from the people inside the camp. Leaving them to return to health slowly. A multitude of medics diagnosed a 'cold' to the targets in question, unable to figure out how they suddenly got that however.

Verdandi was impressed, the calmer the camp got the less crowded it would become, people would return to their jobs and tasks and the line in front of the medical wards had gotten smaller. Even though the lot of them gladly watched those 'filthy Iwa-nin' leave their camp and take 'their damned disease with them' so it was sort of a funny turn of events how Miku had twisted the situation around. The whole operation seemed complete. The spy commander had now his official throne in this camp. A ton of files that explained the depths of the character he had to learn about and a somewhat legit reason with his voice. If all fails there would still be voice distortion techniques and items to help with that problem. Verd figured that if she brought back the two guards, there would be a good way, under the guise of transformation techniques, where Iwa nin could come and go into the camp disguised as these two guards to help the spy commander with his deeds. But such kind of planning was left to the Iwa's administration to deal with and was no longer part of Verdandi's mission in this scheme. Verd waved up to the spy commander once he could be seen walking around the command posts balcony. Miku would soon come from the central encampment out to make her leave. Verd gracefully joined her side as she made her way to the entrance.

The spy commander figured, he'd add that the Iwa prisoners were to be sent back to the Iwa camp, where they could spread their disease instead. Cheered by the camp's soldiers, the lot of them now had a legit reason to march straight towards the Iwa camp. With Verdandi's fake guard and Mikumi at the tip of their group. Verd could only hope the spy would do a good job as they ultimately left him behind to his own devices. After a few minutes, Verd told Miku to keep walking and that she'd now go fetch the prisoners. Dispelling her bunshin-self and sending all up-to-date information about what was going on straight into Verdandi's memory. Whom then would load up the three prisoners onto Avalanches back, tying them up with some chakra strings against the bear, then climbing up the large bear herself as she would make her way from the oasis back to the Iwa camp. Once they would arrive there, Verd could see that Mikumi was already helping the Iwa-nin remove their shackles and prisoners garbs to be sent to various medical tents for inspection. Miku could help as well but they'd soon figure that despite some minor malnourishment most of the prisoners were in pretty good shape. They would soon be sent to a more comfortable camp far outside the war zones. Where they could relax and get back into shape. Eventually returning home to Iwagakure or getting a second chance on suna's battlefield.

Mikumi was commended for her extra success with the prisoners while Verdandi dropped off the two guards and the good ole commander at Iwa's camp prison. The guards would be quickly processed and added to the rest of the pirsoners, while the commander, due to his dangerous rank and potential chakra abilities, would be taken to a very specific high security cell, with chakra suppression, fuinjutsu to seal away his abilities inside the room and a multitude of other security measurements that escaped Verdandi's logic as due for their purpose. Verd would return to the camp entrance and eventually find Miku taking a break after all the medical examinations in the very tent where they originally started out from. Dandi chuckled. Being back to her olde self now. Avalanche moving into a corner near the fire, the desert could become quite cold at night and despite the polar bear having a certain joy for rather cool environment he had gotten himself more used to the comfortable feel of warmth in this whole desert thingy. Though, most of the time Verd had to use her Hyouton chakra to cool him down. The mid-day sun was a killer for the poor bear. But having a temperature regulating chakra nature was indeed useful sometimes. Verd would sit down. It was time to relax. Soon she'd head back home to the Kiri-camp and take on her next assignment. But for now, she just wanted to spend another few minutes with Miku.

"Care to tell me the story of how you turned yourself into a really hot tree?"


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Following up on her task, Mikumi made her way to the front of the camp and waited, it wouldn't be very long until the guards came up with prisoners in shackles lined up in a single line with one behind the other as the guards forced them just outside the door in an orderly fashion while Mikumi had a chart and wrote information down that had completely no relevance with the situation just to look like she was properly taking inventory of the "Iwa-scum" so nobody would question her actions even at the very end. Now with all the prisoners properly lined up outside the camp, Mikumi would see Verdandi join her side in which she Verdandi  told her to keep walking and that she'd now go fetch the prisoners, she returned shortly with Avalanche and three new prisoners tied to his back with some chakra strings, Mikumi made nothing of it as she made her own way back from the oasis to the camp in Iwa.

Mikumi had been the first to arrived and begun helping the Iwa-nin remove their shackles and prisoners garbs to be sent to various medical tents for inspection and volunteered as she wanted to help more, but upon investigation none of the prisoners were gravely ill but rather just suffering from minor malnourishment  that would be solved after a few good meals in their bodies, Mikumi hopped that they would treat themselves with care during their recovery and go home to see their families before deciding to return back to the war, but this was not her decision to make so she didn't reflect too hard on it.

After some praise from the higher-ups in which Mikumi shyly accepted she reported back to the same tent that they had started in nuzzling up by the fire, not long after Verdandi finally arrived and while Avalanche cuddled himself nearby Verdandi also relaxed before asking after getting herself cozy, "Care to tell me the story of how you turned yourself into a really hot tree?" Mikumi then hummed with a happy tone before answering, "Well its quite a bit of a story, you see after being on a battlefield for some time I had wanted to amplify my clans abilities and started performing medical exams on myself to pinpoint just how to accomplish that idea, I eventually found injecting myself with my own cells was the way to do it, however it seems my own blood may have been too potent resulting in the physique I have now, it may be green but its actually quite comfortable and the experiment ended up working."

Mikumi would take a deep breath after finishing, "How about you Verdandi? In the time we were apart you made it to spec.jounin, tell your old senpai all about it~"


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Verdandi made some space for Mikumi to move in with the lot of them. Letting her too cuddle herself against the giant bear resulting in a few comfy growls from the large furball while yet he kept his eyes shut. Today had been a good day. Lots of work done at a rather efficient team work. Verd enjoyed the thought of having done some extra deeds with Miku's prisoner extraction. Verd rarely added more to a mission than what she was supposed to, leaving her to wonder if she had limited her creativity too much. Eventually that might change from now on as she felt quite inspired by the Senju girl. Verd however yawned as well. She was getting really sleepy and was deeply in need for proper rest. However, she did want to hear a bit about Miku's strange transformation. As she explained it to have been experimenting on herself with Mokuton infused Senju cells Verd wondered if she would turn into a hot ice boy if she tried the same with Hyouton. Giggling a little about that thought and eventually sharing her silly anecdote. Mikumi was a great person. Verdandi hoped that she wouldn't suffer from any backlashes of these genetic experiments. Cell stuff could quickly get out of hand and turn back on you. Verd had read many intel about medical experiments. Mostly about the legal ones did by Tsuyo in Kirigakure and the illegal ones conducted by the Ouroboros Clan whom kind of have a reputation of being cold hearted and addicted to genetic experiments.

Verdandi would share a lot of news with Mikumi. The fact that her left eye was turning blind. Her coming operation. The little secret that she had gotten her hands on a rare Sharingan Eye that will be taking the place of her broken oculus and eventually too result in an experiment that might enhance Verdandi powers. On that note, both of them seemed to put their desire to advance and raise in strength above their own security and well-being. At least allowing a certain risk to remain within their lives. Verdandi would philosophize about that someday one of these risks will eventually backlash and become a burden to them. Maybe.

As Mikumi asked how it went for Verd, oh she had a lot of stories to share. Her adventures in Lord Sero's mansion, her first visit to Hansha's Death Camp. Her various missions with her weird little Squad called Ahoban. Her travels into the land of snow and her ambition to raise more and more strength in the village of Heidel to create her perfect safe haven for her people. Her continuous weird relationship to Haka Osada the spider girl and her potential little romance with Chigetsu the magic boy made of water. The like 30-40 missions she was running in crazy errand speed for the Suna Invasion. Dozens of little anecdotes about Verd making new fun friends along the way. Actually, remembering a lot of these things made Verdandi smile quite brightly. She would start to bother Miku to tell her some stories as well, anything that could be fun. Deeply enjoying this moment of break from the war and just spending time with a friend. They would probably keep chit chatting and talking about all kinds of stuff weighing on their heavy chests or just roaming their minds.

Eventually, even breaks would come to an end. Verdandi would most likely fall asleep against Avalanche with or without Mikumi doing the same at her side. The next morning, they would meet for a proper good bye. Verdandi would make sure to give her hot tree friend and tight snuggle and thank her once again for all the good work. Verdandi however, had another assignment that was waiting for her. Another job that would require her to go deep into the bowls of enemy movement. She hoped that mission would go as well as the one conducted with Mikumi's help. And so Verdandi vanished under the body flicker technique into the wind, leaving behind a few snowflakes that would drop on Mikumi's flowery hair before playfully melting into little water droplets.

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Upon asking Verdandi about her life situation as a shinobi she began to tell her many things. The first being of her left eye and how it was turning blind as well as an upcoming operation on how she planned to implant a Sharingan eye that she had received at one point to replace it, Mikumi wondered on just how she procured such a rare item but thought it is best to leave it alone.  The two would go on for hours trading stories with one another of their current and future missions and adventures, but soon it got dark and the two female kunoichis that had a long day felt their eyes got heavy and eventually drifted off to a peaceful sleep surrounded by the warmth of Verdandi's faithful friend Avalanche.

The next morning, they meet for a proper goodbye. Verdandi pulled Mikumi in for a tight snuggle and thank her once again for all the good work in which Mikumi replied in kind as it was a two-man operation. Verdandi however, had another assignment that was waiting for her in which Mikumi did not bother asking about, and so Verdandi vanished under the body flicker technique into the wind, leaving behind a few snowflakes that would drop on Mikumi's flowery hair before playfully melting into little water droplets, Mikumi hopped she would see her friend once more after the war had ended.

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