The sounds of laughter echoed throughout the some what empty bar that Zetsume was in having a casual drink with his dog Repede. Besides themselves, only one other booth had people in it which had a few adult men clearly blowing off steam from the casual work days. From where he was, Zetsume could hear their entire conversation of their disdain towards their boss, the lot of them spoke so cruel. Zetsume found himself entranced by listening to them, almost as if acting he was a part of them. Giving a small smile, Zetsume took his shot and went to stand up as he had his fill of the civility life. However, before he could stand up a large explosion shook the bar as everyone got quiet. Zetsume and Repede rushed out of the door to see the commotion as fellow Kumogakure ninja ran past him and Zetsume grabbed one of their arms to question him.

"What's going on, are we under attack?" , Zetsume said worryingly to the panting man, who was trying to catch his breath. He gave a promptly reply within a few moments of breathing, clearly he was not in the best of shape but could hold his own. "Sir, a man used an explosion to slip by the guards after failing the screening. Those affected are being rushed to the hospital. Our description of him is vague,
a man in his thirties with brown hair and a large burn mark on the side of his neck. Right now we are being sent to cover the Kumogakure village area with eyes everywhere. We will get him."

With that being said, the man began to sprint faster than he was running before to catch up to his comrades. Zetsume would have to hunt this man down if he would go so far as to harm the people within his village. His blood began to boil and rage was felt deep in his heart. Without a word to Repede, Zetsume would use the rooftops to view the world from a bird's eye view. This man was here for something, though Zetsume knew not what he could want but what does everyone want. Money. Keeping his eyes peeled for any disturbances as did Repede. A scream was heard in the distance and Zetsume followed promptly.

Kogah, an elderly local banker was just closing up shop with his daughter when the mad man showed up. This man was covered in sweat and dirty, his hair was in clumps and a large scar resided on the side of his neck. His eyes to Kogah were beyond mortifying, and before the old banker could think, the mad man grabbed his daughter before putting a Kunai to her throat as her eyes swelled with tears and her heart with fear. With a loud yell, he spoke to the elderly man in a forceful and maniacal way. "Stuff all you can in a bag as fast as you can, for every second I wait your daughter loses blood!" The mad man made a small slit on the girls throat, almost cutting the jugular and licked her blood. The old banker begged the man to stop as he quickly gathered what the man said. He began to stuff large amounts of money into a large bag, wasting no time. To this man, his money was not worth his daughters life. He would give it all and face his customers with a heavy heart than live out the rest of his days visiting his daughters grave. Luckily for the two, Zetsume was close by.

It did not take long for Zetsume to find the commotion. From the rooftops, he looked down at the man holding the hostage. Zetsume could not risk her being in more danger should he expose himself. On the same coin, he could not let this go on much longer. He did not want those two living in fear of being robbed like this again. How did he get past the wall and security so easily. Concentrating, Zetsume formed a Chakra bow within his left hand and drew out a chakra arrow. From this height and trajectory, Zetsume would easily be able to kill the man. However, as far as Zetsume knew no one was killed yet, just injured and not serious ones at that. He would try to reason with the man, but first had to get her to safety. While holding the arrow back, Zetsume spoke to Repede to give him instructions on how to deal with this situation.

"I need you to get close, I am going to try and shoot at his knuckled holding the kunai.
That is when I need you to separate them, push them down and drag her to safety. Leave the rest to me."

Repede nodded and jumped from the rooftops, landing safely on the ground with no sound. He crept beside the building until he was close, the man had his eyes on the prize and was not focusing hard on the situation he put himself in. Perhaps the mad man thought he could actually pull this off. When Repede gave the signal of being in a good position. Zetsume let go of the arrow.

The mad man had made it this far, and he thought he was going to make it further. Just as the old banker was about to hand him the money, an arrow broke through the window, traveling down the mans arm from his knuckles. The kunai was dropped as the hand could not function like it could, he made a horrendous yell, gripping to the woman wildly as Repede came full force and ran into the back of the man. This all happened so fast as both the mad man and the hostage fell to the ground just seconds after  the arrow had pierced his hand. The mad man crawled and tried to grab the girl, but Repede began to drag her back by her shirt as another arrow flew through the sky and landed in the man's other hand before disappearing. Jumping from where he was, Zetsume figured he would try and reason with this guy. Zetsume calmly walked into the shop as Repede was between the elderly banker's daughter and the mad man growling ferociously nipping at the man anytime he tried to move. Zetsume waved to the banker and her daughter keeping his bow in hand in case the man tried to do anything else. In the mad man's position he was in, he did not look like that much of a threat. Zetsume walked over to him, stepping on the hand that had a crushed knuckle, speaking to him like that of a cat would to their mice. ""By authority granted in me, I will spare your life until trial or you can die now. Terrorism, kidnapping, burglary are high crimes around here. What say you, speak loud as I want your full attention." Zetsume stepped off the man's hand to let him a moment of no pain. He panted hard on the floor as blood seeped from both his hands, however, his face was still the same manacle look that was like before. He spat at Zetsume before speaking, "Quiet lap dog, go back and sniff your masters ass! You are not a fighter, you are a coward in the shadows!" Zetsume grinned just a little, as he was about to enjoy this. Over and over Zetsume shot the man with arrows in spots that would not be vital but would prove to be quite painful. Crushing kneecaps, elbows, shoulders, Zetsume was having his fill, the man cried in pain after the first few, while he talked big game, pain was just the same. It was not until the bankers daughter ran up from behind Zetsume grabbing him and begging him to stop did he realize that the man had long been dead. Many holes ravaged his body, and despite not hitting anything vital, he lost too much blood. Zetsume sighed as he turned around to a crowd of people staring at him mostly mortified. While he did save the day so to speak, the way he did it seemed to weigh heavy on a lot of hearts. These people knew not of the hardships of battle, they wanted Zetsume to show him mercy. That was not in his style, he chose to attack this village, he was just unlucky that Zetsume was indeed a coward archer. That was why he did so well, with enough range he could effectively protect the village from a view point. Zetsume laughed a little as the thought of him being in a tall structure shooting down at invaders made him somewhat excited. The people were not impressed by his smile, they thought he enjoyed it even though his mind was elsewhere. Zetsume walked through the people as they moved out of his way, the medical staff showed up and took care of the body. During the following days Zetsume was up for psych evaluation. People had sent in request that he get mentally checked out, and the doctors said he was perfectly fine. It was not that Zetsume enjoyed hurting others, he just enjoyed protecting people to such a degree than causing pain to those who wish to harm those people gave him a small joy. Zetsume went to receive his payment for killing this man and protecting the village even though what he did was a tad over kill.

Mission:

WC: 1588/1500 Done