1 Patrol [Mission | Private] Mon Feb 26, 2018 6:46 pm
Chigetsu Hōzuki
Dead
He almost was beginning to regret this. Taking on a group of academy students for training was something that seemed so innocuous and normal when it first occurred to him. It disturbed Chigetsu how easily his mind had accepted the idea in the moment. Their first encounter should have been enough to tell him exactly what sort of trouble he was getting into. They were all only eight, and because of that the common sense that should have been common to a shinobi was completely absent from them. The 'training' that he gave to them so far consisted of beating the trash out of them and then later asking them to stay under water as long as they possibly could. Both events he had experienced with them consisted of what he assumed would be unpleasant experiences. There was also that while they were at the pool Chigetsu had punched a child so hard that it appeared like he pooped his pants. Needless to say, it seemed like these children should want to have nothing to do with him. For some reason each event only made them more insistent on catching his attention. It was frustrating. It was annoying. It was extremely odd. Chigestu didn't understand. Understanding and speaking to children should have been easy, right? He thought that maybe practicing with these eight-year olds would give him enough confidence and experience that maybe he would eventually be able to hold a conversion with somebody his own age, but this wasn't working at all. Especially with how they seemed to want to follow him around so often. He had promised Akari some one on one training, but this really wasn't what he had in mind. She was clear in the corner of his eye now, trailing along in a manner that Chigetsu might even call 'stealthy' if he were being kind. The girl had no training in stealth of any sort, having only entered the academy relatively recently, so her idea of stealthy was very similar to what an absolute beginner would think was stealthy. She was simply doing her best to stay out of sight, but at the same time was following at a fixed distance in a rather obvious way. She stopped when Chigetsu did and moved when he did as well. He almost wanted to chide her. She should know better and it was tempting in the moment to stop and give her a lesson on what real stealth would look like, but Chigetsu was determined not to allow her to notice that he was on to him. Plus, that would be long and extensive training session that would take multiple lessons, and he was supposed to be doing this mission. He would just have t- "Kill her. Strike her down. Leave her bloodied and -" "No." Chigetsu would immediately whisper down to his kunai, who seemed to have the wrong idea about this all. "She's just a child. I don't really want to kill-" He would hush suddenly, realizing that his muttering had caught the attention of a passerby. Two big brown eyes were caught on him, staring him down rather intensely as the shopkeeper from the stand he had been inspecting gave him a rather nasty case of the stink eye. Slowly Chigetsu would offer an awkward smile towards the man before turning away. He needed to make a mental not to be more careful before conversing with weaponry in public. "You want to though, don't you?" As soon as he was a good few steps away from the shopkeeper he had disturbed he would resume the conversation, shaking his head. "No. It's just a little bit irritating. Don't need to do anything hasty." "Why not? It would be easier that way." "Not afterwards. Too much mess and then there'd be consequences if anyone..." His mind would trail off. He was getting too distracted. The fact that he was currently on a mission and was apparently doing something important occurred to him somewhere in the back of his mind. All he really had been doing was wandering aimlessly through the streets of Kirigakure. It wasn't as if they had given him much direction in specifics for this one, but he felt like just walking around without a destination for a few hours was a bit too mind numbing for even a D-Rank mission. Chigetsu wanted to do something and feel valuable to the Hidden Mist Village, not just do some boring nonsense that was completely irrelevant to everything and everyone. He knew that it was probably good to have activate genin on the streets in case of crimes and also that letting them patrol the streets like this allowed them to get well associated with the layout of the greater village, but at the same time Chigetsu had a burning need in his soul to feel valuable to the cause. This certainty didn't seem like it was very valuable.
Maybe though... Maybe he could do something useful to the village and help get Akari off his tail at the same time. Or at least force her to learn some basic stealth techniques in a sort of trial by fire. Yes, that was an excellent idea... "What are you thinking of?" The kunai would question, seeming to sense the look on his face. It was a bit strange how the weapons apparently could sense his emotions and facial expressions, and be somewhat aware of their surroundings, but couldn't read his more complicated thoughts. It was definitely curious to Chigetsu. Something he would have to think about another time though. The idea that had occurred to him was more important. He could do something useful, patrol the villages, and get rid of this academy student problem all in one fell swoop. Chigetsu diverted from the path he had been taking, instead turning to head towards the Siren's Den.
[WC: 994]
Maybe though... Maybe he could do something useful to the village and help get Akari off his tail at the same time. Or at least force her to learn some basic stealth techniques in a sort of trial by fire. Yes, that was an excellent idea... "What are you thinking of?" The kunai would question, seeming to sense the look on his face. It was a bit strange how the weapons apparently could sense his emotions and facial expressions, and be somewhat aware of their surroundings, but couldn't read his more complicated thoughts. It was definitely curious to Chigetsu. Something he would have to think about another time though. The idea that had occurred to him was more important. He could do something useful, patrol the villages, and get rid of this academy student problem all in one fell swoop. Chigetsu diverted from the path he had been taking, instead turning to head towards the Siren's Den.
[WC: 994]