Missing Cats

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Sukoshi was up early this morning he couldn't help but be excited, because it was today that he was going to be doing his first ninja mission. It was only a D-Rank mission but to Sukoshi a mission was a mission no matter how dangerous or how degrading it was. Of course while in the process of choosing a mission, he choose the one with the cats. Some old lady had some cats go missing on her and Sukoshi had a good idea where to start searching. In his previous experiences any animal that is lost would normally head for somewhere they can either get food, smell food or steal food.

So first on his agenda was to go to Kirigakure marketplace, if he were a cat that is exactly the first place that he would go. Just as expected Sukoshi found the cats all huddled up in a bunch. This was all too easy, ripe for the picking. Sukoshi snuck up behind the cats trying his hardest not to make any noise, but it was not in the stars to be that easy. BANG! Sukoshi tripped on a chair just in front of the group of cats. As soon as they saw him they took off, scattering in all different directions.

Sukoshi took off in the direction of the last cat he saw in the marketplace. Scouring the village, Sukoshi was amazed at how smart these cats seemed to be as if mocking him letting him get close then just as his within grasping range taking off. Getting frusted, Sukoshi didn't realise the increase in speed he was getting and how he was starting to recognise the patterns they were using to escape. This aided him in retrieving the first two cats of the day but just as he put them back it seemed as though they changed their strategies.

He spent most of the day searching and retriving the missing cats and as the bright day sky turned to a dark pink Sukoshi only had three cats left to find. Jumping from rooftop to rooftop, Sukoshi managed to find two of the last three missing cats and honed in to their position as quick as he could. On his first sweep he managed to grab one of the two but the other escaped, quickly putting the cat into the cage, Sukoshi managed to catch up to the other cat and corner him. He grabbed the cat tight enough so not to hurt him but strong enough to be able to stop him from scratching his face as it flung desperatly.

The pink sky turned to a navy blue and Sukoshi was still unable to find the last cat, as he mopped to the ladies house to go tell her the bad news he noticed something small black and quick out the corner of his eye. Without noticed Sukoshi blasted off after it, this was because he knew this was the last cat. After a few minutes of struggling to corner the cat he managed to grab it in a last ditch attempt to capture it but his luck and perseverance payed off and he managed to just get the cat in his fingertips. After delivering the cat the the old lady, Sukoshi staring reflectivly at the night sky proud of how his first true ninja mission played out.

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