Patrol Mission:

The journey was not too tough as the wind and sand was blowing through his strangely coloured hair as he kept his one wing in front of his face to make his way to the tower. He did not know why, but recently the sand dunes had become a place filled with bandits of all shapes and sizes. He kept on through the sand as he carefully checked his map to make sure where he was headed was correct. If the tower did not stand out so much this would be a much more difficult mission. He was on a patrol to find any clues on the enemy that has been plaguing the sands and lands of sunagakure.

There had been caravans looted and torn apart as these bandits ravaged everything in sight. After roughly an hour he had finally reached the tower as he went inside, there was a smell of blood and a few wolves that were taking shelter in one of the old fire places that had been used to send smoke to the top of this once active tower. He was told he could get a good view from there as well as it being a good spot to begin taking flight from. He looked out on the open sands and could not see much other then dust clouds as if there was a sand storm blowing about. Once the weather died down he would have to begin his search as well as reporting back anything he learned that day.

He took out his notebook and wrote down that a small family of wolves have taken shelter in the abandoned tower and that the fire place had some rather recent coals in them meaning it was occupied by unidentified people as he knew he would have to be careful and stay vigilant as he sat upon the highest point of the old tower.

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The winds were finally dying down as it would soon be time, the previous day in an area near to this tower a caravan was looted and the family of merchants in it were killed and had their bodies ripped apart with violent blades as the gory view of the scene made some members of the squad who found them throwing up while the more experienced ones sighed as they did not have the free time to pursue it any further they placed a mission for extra people for patrols in order to get the more exact location. Noel knew he had to find out if it was a once off incident or if there were some unscrupulous villains making this land their home.

Finally it was time as Noel got out and climbed to the very top of the tower standing above the world as he looked back and saw his village in the distance, then turned his back to the village and looked out to the large space of land he would need to patrol as he spread out his wings. He felt the wind blowing through his feathers as he was preparing to make his journey as his wings were adjusting to the new swirls and swerves in the wind as he took off and started flying around over the land looking out for suspicious targets as he began to wonder if things would still go well having not fully been prepared to go solo so soon.

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He had been flying around like a hawk in the sky as he noticed what appeared to be tracks in the sand which were fading fast, the fact that he could see the tracks meant the men were close and as he flew down closer to the ground he could smell the scent of blood and other strange materials which could be clothing and merchandise of sorts as he flapped his wings to regain his height as the wind seemed to make their scent even stronger as he swirled around and then flew up higher so the sun would block anyone's view of him as he circled around in search of the ones who had plundered this area. He continued his patrol as his eyes were focusing on his surroundings very carefully.

Flying through the sky like a bird without fear as he did not want to waste too much time since he had a limit to how long he could keep this up and he was not the best trained individual when it came to flying as he did swivel and swerve occasionally cause of the wind itself.

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Noel began to slow down and turned a sharp turn to the left as he noticed what looked like a group of bandits as he quickly went to a sand dune hill to hide. He then crawled up to the top peaking out ever so slightly as he looked down towards the location they were in. He wondered why they would be slowing down at this point, but it became clearer that this was more or less there camping spot planned for the night. He noticed there were people looking out as he buried his head in the sand as he listened in for anyone or anything that may spot him.

He did not want to repeat his previous mistake and he was not sure how strong or how many there actually were, but he did confirm a location as he moved down a bit he placed his kunai in the sand after activating his special technique. He used his secret technique known as Kisoteki Sukyan, which meant it was a basic scan, which would help to ensure he was safe as he began drawing out a rough map since he had a general idea as he looked to where the tower was from which he left.

He was waiting patiently as he wondered if he had enough to keep going through until the night. He had patrolled for a while and this was the only really suspicious thing he found all day. He finally finished the map as he had wondered if they had moved, as he looked the sun was going down and his time to get away was soon. He moved slowly, with darkness now upon the land they would not spot him and while in normal cases he would have left sooner, he did not want to risk being seen during his report back which did not have a set time. It was recon and he set the map to urgent so that higher ranking shinobi could deal with this situation.

He took a deep breathe and felt thankful he did not get any pings as he checked out the few fires and the encampment had a few walls set up now that it stood out even more at night then during the day. The idea was probably that during the day they were easy to see, but at night they needed to have torches up and running to ensure that they could see since staying in the dark would not help them too much if they get ambushed themselves. He finally turned away not really caring about his replaceable kunai as he got ready and took flight into the dark skies, no shadows since it was also cloudy.

Unless they were sensory shinobi with a vast range they were not going to find him anytime soon as he flew off into the night to the nearest outpost.

Chakra = 200 - 15(three posts of flying) - 10(basic scan technique)
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Noel continued on his flight path as he prepared to give in his report to the nearest outpost as he saw it in the distance as they took out their viewing gear while a sensory shinobi identified his chakra signature as they prepared for potential invasion. They however did quick confirmation and laid down their weapons to allow him to land at the outpost. He began to point in the general direction that he had flown from while co-ordinating it with the map he drew as they began to mark the path while Noel watched in order to better learn the skills for map drawing as well as wanting a copy of the map himself afterwards.

They began making preparations and directed him to return to the main village as his mission was now complete. He was really tired since he pushed the limits of how long he can fly around on a mission as he took flight again heading straight towards his home he realised that what he saw at the compound was more then ten, maybe even fifteen or so bandits but he did not have a good enough view to determine it. He also noticed lots of wild animals seemed to be roaming around at night as he heard strange animal sounds, had he continued the mission on foot would he have had to face these wild animals. It was unclear, but he knew that he had to train so he could perform his missions without needing the cover of darkness for safety. He learned this from Sye as well and knew that he needed a way to hide his presence without giving away his location as he returned from his patrol.

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MISSION COMPLETE!!!