Mission name: The troublesome Quad Crew
Mission rank: C
Objective: To elimate a group of bandits terrorizing the Thunder Grounds
Location: Thunder Grounds
Reward: 300
Mission description: There is a small group of low-rank Shinobi of unknown origin preventing anyone from entering the thunder grounds, remove their exsistance.
Mission details: There are Four bandits at the thunder grounds, the first will be standing in the middle of the thunder grouds waiting for you to arrive, once you do show up, he will attack you. once you finish him off the other two will jump out from bushes on opposite ends of each other and they will both run at you.  the fourth and final one will apologize and beg for his life, it will be your choice to spar him or take his life, however given the mission statements to remove them from existence, if you let him live he will run away never to return again and you will recieve a 20 ryo deduction from your reward, or you can simply kill him.

The bandits all have one kunai each and all know D-rank taijustu with D-rank strength and everything else E-ranked. they are all Genin rank.

The day was still early when the report about a group of bandits that were causing trouble and not letting people train down at a place called the Thunder Grounds, Raphael had been working in the administration office offering his help wherever he could doing his best to work for some income. Raphael had been to the Thunder Grounds a few times before taking chances in the dangerous terrain full of lightning strikes, "What better way to test my skills" Raphael thought aloud as he took a look at the flyer they just posted about the trouble that the gang was causing as well as the bounty they were offering for the person or persons that dealt with them. A smile formed on the boy's face as he made his way out of the administration building before quickly taking to the roof tops and making his way towards the village gates. It was a great test of his skills to train there as he had in the past, this time would not be for training and would be his greatest test yet. Never before had the boy faced an opposition in conditions such as this and it would prove to be the greatest testament of his abilities thus far, to face a group of enemies as well as the element of lightning itself at the same time he would have to stay on his toes. Still anyone causing trouble needed to be dealt with and be was going to be the one that dealt with it, as he approached the Thunder Grounds Raphael quickly began molding his chakra both inwardly as well as out opening his senses as well as his core. Not only would he have his wind sense to aid him, he would have his agility as well that sound help him considering the multiple opponents that he was to face. Raphael marveled at the amount of lightning strikes he saw, sometimes they were so rapid it looked as if they all struck at the sametime in different locations.

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As the boy entered into the Thunder Grounds he could feel his hairs stand on its end all over his body, he forgot what a truly electrifying feeling the air was in this place is, it was as if the very air itself was stimulating every inch of his body sending it into overdrive. He remembered his thrill of training here the first time he had come, he had never trained so hard in his life but now would be different. Raphael did not come here to train nor would he be alone, he face a group of unknown numbers and he knew he would have to be at his best to take care of these trouble makers. This group of thugs that thought themselves to be shinobi preventing those like himself from training in the grounds. Lightning crashed down on a lightning rod just a few meters away from him, after a few seconds thought Raphael decided it best to hurry and find these problem makers and deal with them quickly. Who knows they might even prove to be a challenge for the boy amd give him a true challenge, Raphael felt he was in need of a good work out and if anything if they did not prove themselves a challenge maybe the lightning would. As the boy neared the center of the Thunder Grounds he felt a small blip on the edge of his wind sense, he could not tell what it was due to the small nature of the movement but due to itself difference in it compared to that of all the other blips caused by the lightning strikes he decided he should check it out. As he drew closer to what was causing the blip in his chakra he saw a figure standing in the center of an area that looked as if someone had removed the lightning rods that filled this grounds. He ducked behind a large boulder that was a few feet away from him, it appeared he had noticed the man before the man noticed him. At least it did not appear that the man had noticed him as he did not make a move or say anything, the boy was approximately fifteen meters away from the man and could hear him talking to someone which meant that he was not alone. It was possible that these were the men that had been causing trouble but he would not know until he got closer to them and revealing himself, he wanted to listen to see if he could tell if they were a threat before he acted.

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Looking around the area Raphael noticed the holes that once held the lightning rods all over, he would have to watch his step to avoid them. The sudden charge of electricity in the air was unsettling and alerted the boy to the impending danger, without the lightning rods drawning in the lightning in this area the boy thought he would of been safe from it but it seemed the natural formations of the rocks drew in the lightning as well. They boy quickly jumped away from the rock seconds before the lightning struck the rock, breathing a sigh of relief from the near miss the boy did not even think about the fact that he was now exposed to the man standing a few meters away from him. "Ya've come to the wrong place boy this is my terf, and ya not welcome here. Now get before I beat ya." Raphael smiled he was hoping that he could of gotten a drop on the man, but it was not like he could change the past and he had to deal with what he got. Raphael knew he needed to get closer to the man so he had to keep the man distracted long enough for him to get close, "I am sorry sir I am just out here looking for somewhere and someone to train with. When I saw you I thought maybe you were another shinobi that I could spar with." As the boy spoke he slowly inched closer to the man so the while sizing the man up as well as taking note of the surroundings and looking for the source of the other voice that the man had been speaking to. The man bellowed out a laugh at the boy's words, "you thought you would train with me?" The man continued to laugh bending over and holding his gut as he did, Raphael used this to his advantage and was able to draw himself closer to the man. The man was obvious over confident in his own abilities or he was underestimated the boy's ability based on their size difference, something that the man would soon regret.

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By the time the man had stopped laughing and wiped his eyes from the tears that formed from him laughing so hard the boy had been able to get almost ten meters closer and the man seemed not to notice, "ah thanks for that kid now get out of here." The man said his voice turning serious, it could be that he did notice the boy being closer or maybe it was something else. "Your not scared to spar against me are you?" The boy taunted knowing full well that he could best this man in a few strikes, he decided instead to toy with the man. "I mean after all I am just a boy how much harm could I possibly be? Surely a big guy like you could beat me, I think it would be a good training." The man had lost his sense of humour and now spoke with anger in his voice, "Kid I gave ya a warning and ya keep pushing it, so not only am I going to beat ya but ima take all ya money to." The man charged at the boy fist raised high to strike him, Raphael did his best not to smile the man's movements were slow and it was obvious that most of his size was fat and not muscle. When the man can into strike the boy simply took a step back twisting his body so that the man swung and hit nothing but air, however he finished it by using the man's momentum against him and with a gentle nudge tripped the man with his foot sending him to the ground. Raphael stifled a laugh he did not want the man to realize his skill just yet, after all he was having fun and if the man realized how skilled he was it might not be as fun. "Oh I am sorry I did not mean to trip you are you ok," the boy jested in an innocent voice. The man did not seem amused however and quickly jumped to his feet, "enough games!" the man shouted before unleashing a series of punches and kicks in an attempt to strike the boy.

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Everything that the man threw at him the boy would simply step back and avoid it was honestly child's play, to think this man was causing so much trouble and yet he can not even land a hit on the boy. Raphael was disappointed to say the least he had thought for sure that he would get a work out, but with the way this man was moving it did not look like that was going to happen. "What's wrong big guy you look like your getting tired, we haven't even started yet and you are already sweating and breathing hard do you need to take a break or something oldtimer." The boy taunted the man, poking the bear so to speak. The man became enraged and he pulled out a Kunai from his belt and started swinging it wildly in the air towards the boy, it was clear that the boy's taunting was working and the man was not using reason in the fight leaving himself open as well as not paying attention to what he was doing. The man was of course no threat to the boy considering the fact of how slow the man was he was not concerned about the Kunai wielding madman, he had hoped he would get a workout for this mission but it was obvious the boy would have more of a workout with the lightning instead of this man. Raphael waited until the man swung the Kunai downward before striking him twice in the arm instantly causing the man to drop the Kunai he held, the boy then proceeded to do a twist spinning himself around to the man's side and striking him a third time in the ribs. By this point the man would understand the boy's skill as he held nothing back from his strikes, his strikes to the man's arm broke the bone in both locations and the follow up shot to the ribs broke at least two of them if not more. The man let out a gasp, but Raphael could not tell if it was a gasp of amazement in the boy's strength or a gasp because one of the man's ribs just punctured his lung. Either way it was the last sound the man made, in one fluid motion the boy jumped into the air spun and came down hard on the man with the heel of his foot. The heel struck the man in the back of the head which alone was probably enough to kill the man, but the impact shot the man to the ground where it almost left an impression of the man's body in the dirt.

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Raphael would stick out his foot and poke at the man, nothing happened and he did not see the man's chest moving indicating that he was breathing. Before the boy could bend down to check for a pulse two more thugs jumped out from the bushes, "ya measly lil runt, ima skin ya alive" the first one shouted as he charged towards the boy, Raphael turned his attention to the first one putting his back to the second. The boy had to make a choice considering they were ambushing him from opposite sides of the area, and since the first one was drawing all the attention and charging at him Raphael looked to face him. The second however sneaking he thought he was being he was not, though in his defence he had no way of knowing that the boy could sense his movements no matter how quietly he tried to move. The boy figured out the ploy before the pair even got close to him, the first one was a distraction while the second snuck up from behind and attacked while their target was unaware. Their only problem was that their target was Raphael, and he was aware. As the two men closed in on him Raphael waited unto just as the second man went to grab him from behind before dropping to his hand and spinning rapidly with the help of his chakra letting his feet fly into both of the men in a whirlwind of kicks. After the spin full of kicks to both the mens mid section there was little doubt in the boy's mind how this was going to end, with a quick burst of chakra he launched himself into the air five meters above the men. He really did not even need his chakra to deal with these peons, they were obviously just as weak as the first man though he did give them credit to their planned attempt at a sneak attack even if it was obvious. Once the boy landed his feet on the ground the boy reached out and grabbed both of the men and spun them around as if he was a top and they were his counter balances. When Raphael stopped spinning he looked to the two men in his arms and laughed as the first one puked right on the second one, Raphael let go of the men it was obvious that the strikes to the stomach area in addition to the spinning was too much for the pair. Raphael decided he would end their misery and end them, charging chakra into both of his fist the boy dashed forward striking both the men in the chest no doubt collapsing their rib cage as it shot them both away from him crashing into the side of a monumental boulder that looked to be a mini mountain. "Well if the punch did not kill them the mountain probably did." The boy said with a chuckle as he turned to see a fourth man trembling in fear on his knees.

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"Please kid I don't want any trouble," the man said his words trembling as much as his body was. "Don't want any trouble?" The boy laughed "you and your gang were the ones causing the trouble, I'm the one they sent in to clean up you trouble makers." The boy stated as he started walking towards the man, the man began to cower and a wet stain covered his pants. "No it was me I never done nothing it was all them I swear. If you let me go I will leave amd never come back I promise you will never hear from me again." The man pleaded outstretching his hand to the boy hoping that the boy would show him mercy. Raphael smiled taking the man's outstretched hand in his, "don't worry about it, I know you are a man of your word. I will never hear from you again." The smile faded from the boy's face as he broke the man's fingers, "because dead men don't talk." The boy said before stepping around and snapping the man's neck. "No Mercy shown here," the boy said as he turned and walked away from the massacre he had created the four bodies scattered across the thunder grounds. Despite the men not being a workout it was at least fun, and Raphael was going to make some money out of it.

{Exit Thread}

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1500/1500 mission completed *300 Ryo
1213/1200 Extra word count *25×100 *300 Ryo