Takuya walked up to Konoha’s Administration building, where the Hokage and some of his most trusted shinobi and assistants conducted their work. He walked with his shoulders sunk down, and a smirk on his face. Today’s mission did not involve covert affairs in other nations, or working with Jonin level ninjas to track down criminals. It was about painting the walls of the administration building.

The sun was setting quite fast, and Takuya knew the Hokage wanted the paint to be finished before nightfall. He didn’t want the village kids to mess with the wet paint in the morning. Takuya got out a few paint brushes, a bucket of paint, and a few drop clothes. He didn’t want the paint to get on anything. Takuya then knelt down, placed the brush inside the can of paint, and began to brush ever so carefully on to the walls of the building.

Takuya noticed the old walls of the Administration building, and he thought of all of the ninjas that had been inside this building. The Leaf shinobi were famed for being some of the fiercest ninja, and all of them had been inside this building one day or another. These outer red walls still stood tall due to all of the ninja over the years protecting our village. All of the people he respected and more had been around this area, practicing, training, and fighting for the others of the Hidden Leaf.

After finishing the lower floors, he worked his way up using a ladder, and began to paint the higher walls. Reaching up he realized that maybe he could become a defender to his people, and an asset to this village. Every coat of paint was a step towards a completed mission, and he knew while this maybe didn’t directly help his village, one day he would. He climbed the ladder even higher, trying to reach underneath one of the balconies. He brought his paint can up and a brush and climbed to the very top of the ladder.

Unfortunately, the ladder was a little short, and Takuya missed the trajectory. He put his ladder a little too far to one side. He climbed up the ladder and figured he could reach it. At the very top of the ladder, he set his can of paint down on one of the rungs, and plopped his brush in. After pulling it out, and dabbing the excess off, Takuya leaned to one side of the ladder and began to reach under the balcony.
Takuya almost got all of the balcony. He took another dab into the can of paint and strained to reach the far end of the balcony. At that moment, the ladder lost its hold against the wall, Takuya’s weight was all on one side of the ladder. It began to slowly tilt until it was too late, and swiftly fell to the ground. Takuya took the can down with him, and was now covered head to toe in red paint.

After Takuya washed off and finished off a few of the details, the Administration building looked brand new. With a fresh coat of paint, the building kept a certain charm. Takuya walked a ways from the building to take in the new view, and to get the smell of paint out of his head. He could smell paint even after he washed it out of his hair. As he looked again at the new building, it gave him hope that the Leaf village had strong ninja like the past, and that he could be part of that generation. After all, as long as Hokage Kenta liked the new paint, he had a shot. His goal was so close to him, and for once in his life, he felt like he could reach it. Takuya could protect all of his new friends.

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