Taking the long route towards the  administration building to enjoy the sights of Kirigakure No Sato before a mission task was a routine that felt nearly as natural as cleansing himself to the young Senju, It had been only a year since he had graduated from the academy in Konohagakure yet here he was walking to another village's main assignment building to request a higher ranking mission only those of chunin rank and above were trusted to accomplish. The prospect of taking on a B-rank mission was one that caused a mixture of utter excitement and a hing of nervousness as he didn't know how well he would be able to perform compared to other ninja of the same rank if he was put in a squad, but more so then the feeling of inadequacy was the gnawing feeling of how his father took a B-rank mission with a squad and had ultimately ended up a dead man with the last moments of his life shrouded in mystery. But as he stood in front of the administration building he would push those emotions and thoughts out because for better or worse he was a chunin now, such feelings would slow him down and possibly lead him to a grave of his own creation.

With a deep breath Mokuzai would clear his mind of his thoughts before stepping in as normally as he always did and headed straight for the jounin at the desk, now that he was a higher ranking shinobi he would now study the appearance of as many other chunins and jonins as he could because after all these people might one day be the very ninja he will have to put his life at risk for as well as their's in his. The young Senju spoke first, "I would like to request a B-rank mission please." The jonin gave a light smirk before it faded as quickly as it came "Your in luck, it just so happens a day earlier another proficient ninja from Konohagakure requested a B-rank mission. Listen closely as what im about to tell you is of top  priority, i will be handing you  travel documents to allow access to cross into  Lightning Country as  the objective is not to capture a traitor alive but to kill him and anyone related that aided his escape. No exceptions. Before you leave i suggest you read  and remember this information very carefully as one you depart there will be no ANBU to assist you, as i stated earlier another capable ninja will be joining you and with any luck so will a third for a total of a three man squad under the name "Searchlight"  and represent the Mist even if you leave our nation. Good luck, and bring honor to the Kirigakure No Sato!" Mokuzai simply bowed as he said, "I will do my upmost best to eliminate anyone who dare's to turn their back on their comrade's." and then he stood upright as he turned to leave through the door he entered from.

As soon as he was out he would read the dossier with the information sealed inside, the mission didn't leave much to the imagination as it explained they were to trail a Kirigakure ninja gone rouge who had escaped right through the village gate's as stated by a report by a genin. It would continue to say that there was obviously someone who had assisted him in this endeavor and he was also to be hunted and killed as was the way of dealing with traitors in the village, Mokuzai was not one to easily murder a fellow shinobi however in a case like this where he abandoned his village and comrade's he was no longer a ally meaning that his own sense of moral did not protect this certain shinobi from feeling the future thin metal of the young Senju's blade across his skin.

Now that he had the information he would simply have to wait another day before he was off, the jonin had mentioned that there was a shinobi who had already requested and was given this mission prior to him and he would hope that since he had more ample time he spent it wisely on figuring out all related shinobi to this act of betrayer. Mokuzai would quickly rush home as he immediately begun preparing himself for the possibly long journey as it could take several day's if the traitor had covered his tracks well, he would go into  his closet and pull out a mechanism that was used to sharpen his blade's  as it was a way for him to save money beside's the fact that he had to replace the actual mechanism every four to six sharpening or his own weapon was at risk of breaking. Within hours he felt well prepared but now it was late and he would take himself to bed.

The young Senju would wake up the following day as he had slept nearly the entirety of the day but it was still two hours before even dusk would arrive, he quickly dressed himself needing no need of a shower as he had took one before falling asleep as put on his white v-cut shirt along with his long blue coat with blue linings and standard issue black shinobi pants and sandle's before finishing his look by wrapping his signature blue bandanna around his head to conceal his Konohagakure headband as well as to keep his hair from blocking his eyesight and then quickly re tightened the bandage's around his arm's that concealed secret scrolls before rushing out the door wide-eyed and ready.

It would not take him long to reach the village gates and he would rush towards the rendezvous spot jumping from tree to tree before arriving there as he landed onto the ground with only seemingly no sound but only a small dust cloud rising up from where his feet landed, he quickly scanned the area before noticing a shinobi wearing what he assumed was a mask belonging to someone of the ANBU and he would walk closer before introducing himself "Mokuzai Senju, reporting for the top prority B-rank mission."


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It was the first mission of potentially many that she got in this particular fashion. Fuyuko had made a special request at the administration building. The request was that if a mission popped up that required her skills or someone needed the company of a chuunin they could send her a letter with enough details and she’d show up. She had made this particular request so that if the village needed her help she would give it instantly, but she didn’t particularly want to spend time checking up to see if there was work for her. She much rather wanted to spend time with the new love of her life. Spent as much time with him as possible before they’d eventually both end up getting super busy with their own things again. But as long as Takao was capable of staying in the mist village, she wanted to be with him. But today wouldn’t be a day where she’d be capable of spending a lot of time with him, if any at all.

No the young genin that was standing at her door with a letter which entailed the mission details prevented another day in bliss. Fuyuko thanked the genin and saw her off before opening the letter and reading the mission details. At first the mission didn’t seem to difficult, just go retrieve someone that was trying to defect, she was hopeful that it wouldn’t turn out bloody. However as she kept on reading the details it was quite the opposite. “Killing him huh….” she thought to herself as she let out a gentle sigh. Why didn’t the village use prisons or some sort of rehabilitation center. Why did the blade have to be drawn so quickly. Shed the blood of people that could probably saved if just pushed in the right direction with some proper guidance. But alas, it wasn’t her place to argue to cities politics, at least not for the time being. She would just need to swallow the pill and do as she was told. Fuyuko ran a small lightning current between her fingers and held the piece of paper in the current until it would catch fire. She knew enough to not need the piece of paper anymore nor did she want another reminder on what her task was, her mind was more than enough.


The attire for today’s mission would be nothing special and really just consist of the usual. Tight fitting leggings and shirt which was mostly covered by the village’s flack jacket. The jacket contained two empty scrolls and a few of her coins in various pockets. Around her leg was the standard tool holder where some kunai and shuriken were held. Her hairdo was a loose ponytail held together in a bun by a pair of chopsticks letting a little bit of her girlish side still shine through. Because she prepared well in advance before she needed to arrive at the rendezvous point she decided to take her time walking to it. Enjoying the sight of the glowing afternoon sky as the sun started closing in on the horizon.

When she closed in on the designated meeting area it appeared that she was the last to arrive. She could see Mokuzai standing on the ground looking up into the tree at a person. Presumably male, but it was hard to tell in today’s age, more often than not were the genders of people mistaken. She would make a gentle wave at about shoulder height if Mokuzai would notice her arrival, if he did not she would hold off on the wave until speaking up to greet them. “Hello there, I assume you two will be my squad partners for the mission?”


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As he introduced himself the ANBU would do a silent head tilt followed by a wave of his hand and then proceeded to tuck in a paper bag and ink brushes into his pouch before jumping down and standing eye level with Mokuzai,The young Senju pondered if the ANBU was artist in his spare time. Once he was on the ground he would kneel bringing his attention to a large bag that contained camping equipment,supplies and even some additional ninja tools that could come in handy and Mokuzai begun to lightly chuckle as his squad member was quite prepared for the mission ahead that filled him with confidence that they would all come back alive that cleared his earlier fears. Seconds after finishing packing the ANBU looked towards his way and begun pushing his mask up that grasped his curiosity at who he was and had been nearly shocked when the first detail he saw was blonde hair and he knew only one person with such a hair, just as the mask was completely off the blonde hair fell to the shinobi's left eye revealing the face of Kirei, Uchiha as he said "Hey, brah. Haven't seen you much since you spazzed out in the garden that one time, ahahaha~"

"Kirei..!?" He was surprised to see such a familiar face on the mission, but at the same time it was a little awkward as the last time they had meant Mokuzai had a unexpected moment of weakness where he completely loss his cool and ended up ultimately surrendering their little sparring match. Before he could get a word in the Uchiha gave him a friendly hug and he would become stunned by the action as it had been a long time since somebody had hugged him and it felt strangely alien to him now, in response he would simply pat Kirei's back as he was not ready to outright hug someone back. Now that they moment was done they would wait for the final piece of their team but they would not wait long as the sound of another voice pierced their ear's that shifted their attention to a kunoichi that also attended the tedious camp named Fuyuko.

With the arrival of the kunoichi it was time to move on with the mission as evening became  dusk and the chill of Kirigakure's cold nights begun to set in, Kirei had also assumed this as he slipped back on his ANBU mask then hoisted the pack with all the mission supplies onto his back before sprinting off deeper into the woods. As they traveled Mokuzai could hardly see the ninja due to his clothing being dark and well suited for night travel however the sound of his steps and movements were enough for the Senju not to get lost in the dead of night as they traveled through the tree's, although he knew they were on a serious mission he could not help but enjoy himself with his squad as this was the first time he truly begun to feel that he was a ninja like  his father before his passing.

As they passed through the mainland Mokuzai would take in the surrounding sights to make sure they weren't being followed but thats just what he would tell people, He really really enjoyed the scenery as they passed through thin forest's and even passed by rice fields as the sun begun to rose and the citizens of the land started their long day of tending to their fields. By early morning they had made it to a shoreline with active waves where a fishing town lay resting  in a hidden bay harbor. According to the information it was a vessel owned by the village itself for missions oversea's that required immediate resolutions, they begun to move out towards sea as the boat gently rocked with the rhythm of the wave's and things seemed a little tense now that they were crossing over to the land of Kumogakure.

In a attempt to ease the growing tension as they neared the mission main location Mokuzai would find Kirei first below the deck and take a seat with him while delivering a warm smile before speaking, "So, i guess both the Senju and the Uchiha are still growing strong, eh? It's really comforting to know i have such skilled shinobi by my side on such a intense mission. But lets put that aside as im really here to apologize for are last meeting, i was not in my right mind but im better now and look forward to our mission together " The young Senju would scratch his head with his right point finger as he smiled awkwardly at the situation he put himself in just decided to get right to the point, "Next time...i won't let you win so easily!" By those words he meant but one thing and that was to challenge the Uchiha as he waited for his reply to another fight later on in the future.

Now that he had spoke with Kirei he would speak to Fuyuko,honestly other then her name and her performance during the chunin exams he had no information on her and that only gathered the attention of his curiosity. He searched the vessel until finding her on her own and called out her name while waving at her, "Hey Fuyuko what's you up too?" If she answered he would listen and if she didn't he would continue to speak, "Although we haven't met before i watched you at the chunin exam's it's too bad you couldn't beat the red-head chick but you did amazing up until that point." Mokuzai would sigh deeply and just let himself fall into the rhythm of the boat as he begun to relax himself and fall asleep.

By the time he had woken up it was nearly into the evening of the next day and the boat was close to docking, Kirei arrived on deck while Fuyuko was somewhere nearby before speaking. "Before we arrive we should have an idea of what we're gonna do, right? I mean, I've read the dossier but with just three of us we'll have to plan more than just to...Kill them. I don't know if it makes me sound weak but do either of you think there's another way?" True enough the mission did make the point of having to kill and make the bodies of all associated with the ninja's disappear incredibly clear, Mokuzai begun if their was a way to do this mission without killing anyone either but it was highly unlikely possibility without one of them surviving and the consequences coming back to them. The young Senju cleared his throat before speaking "Although i would rather avoid killing anyone the mission is very clear on what we got to do, Kill Kiro Osada and make all those related to his escape..disappear. I hate it too but...orders are orders."

Once they arrived on the mainland Mokuzai would speak plainly about what he believed should be their next course of action, "Now that were here we should begin our operations, we should split into three tasks. First, one of us needs to set up a well hidden camp site. Secondly, we need someone to gather information from the surrounding area about new arrivals to narrow down the search. And lastly to secure food so that we don't starve. Any objections?" If someone had a better idea he would hear them out and if not he would let them choose which tasks they would want to take before proceeding into his own.


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Fuyuko greeted the two young man from the hidden leaf village with whom she shared the rigorous training at death camp. She knew very little about either of them and especially little about the blonde guy named Kirei. Not that she knew much more about Mokuzai, however she knew at the very least he was a Senju and that he participated in the Chuunin Exams. As for Kirei the information she had about him was merely just knowing that he was deemed good enough to participate at the camp. However the getup he was wearing was a little bit strange to her, why was he wearing a mask that was akin to that of the ANBU? It was a little bit peculiar and made her a little bit wary of him. Him and Mokuzai might have free roam within the village because of the exchange program that there is between the hidden leaf village and mist village, but that didn’t mean she shouldn’t beware of what they might do.

With that thought locked into the back of her head she would put on her usual soft and gentle face as if nothing was going on. “Well I hadn’t quite caught your name just yet, having to deal with the hothead kind of made me forget about most things that happened. Anyway seeing as we’re all here and it’s a long way before we reach our destination, it’s probably better if we head out right away.” She said whilst tilting her head slightly and smiling. The two seemed to agree with her and the three of them headed out through the village gate and into the wilderness. Fuyuko had taken up the rear position as they ran through the open fields and jumped from branch to branch. This way she could keep a watchful eye on both of the leaf boys without looking too suspicious.  She had noticed the friendly hug they gave each other before she had been noticed earlier and thus deemed that Mokuzai at least didn’t find it strange that Kirei was walking around with an ANBU mask while not being at the rank yet where that was normal. If anything, if he was truly part of it, he wouldn’t reveal his identity like that. The whole thing made very little sense to her. But there wasn’t too much she could do about it now but take mental notes of what would happen.


Upon arrival at port village the trio headed straight for the docks to set out on to the sea. Their documents got checked quickly before they boarded. It made Fuyuko wonder how the person they’re pursuing could’ve left the country. You needed legitimate documents to get a boat from this place and presumably the other harbors as well and the rigorous process they put their documents through made it next to impossible to use fake documents. Did they perhaps use rowing boats to get across the water or reached a ship that wasn’t affiliated with the village? She couldn’t really draw any certain conclusions at this point in time, but at least she could formulate some possible scenario’s in which they managed to escape the country undetected. With the documents checked they went onboard the ship that was reserved for them and set out to sail.

Fuyuko wanted to plan with her partners about what they would do when they reached the lightning country. Their general approach to the mission but also their capabilities in combat. Find out if they could cover each-others shortcomings and possibly strengthen their strengths. But before that Fuyuko would head over to the bow of the ship and stand there. Feel the breeze of the sea caress her face and flow through her hair. The wind wasn’t strong so it felt nice and gentle and was a pleasant experience all together. She sat down and closed her eyes. It didn’t take too long for her to consumed by the feeling that eventually put her to sleep.

However It wouldn’t take too long however for her short nap to be disturbed by someone calling out to her. She turned around and saw Mokuzai. “Oh hey there Mokuzai, I’m just sitting here and enjoying the sight of the sea, the wind blowing against my face and the salty smell it carries. What about you?” Mokuzai took the conversation in a completely different direction and started talking about the exams. More specifically the fight she had with Izumi in which she got defeated in mere seconds. “Aahh…” she said as she chuckled and scratched the back of her head. “Yeah, I made a slight error in judgement and got defeated pretty decisively. I wasn’t able to watch any of your matches however, how did they go?” After their conversation he seemed to fall asleep himself.


A few minutes would pass as she observed the sleeping Mokuzai before she would stand up and seek out the young blonde. She wanted a bit more information about him before they’d start the dangerous part of their mission. “Oh there you are Kirei.” she said with her normal warm tone. “I was wondering if you were up for a bit of a chat.” She would patiently await Kirei’s reply. If he declined her offer she’d wave goodbye and head back up and doze off again in the position she had been in earlier until her attention was required again. However were he to accept her offer for a chat she’d come closer and grab a seat next to him.

“So I was wondering, what brings you to the misty lands of Mizu no Kuni?” The conversation that would flow out of it would be answered with normal standard answers or followed up with questions that were obvious. Mostly to build up a friendly atmosphere and relationship between them, before she’d ask the question that was more important to her. “The real reason I came to see you is that I’ve been wondering for a bit now, why do you walk around with a mask that resembles that of the ANBU?” Her voice filled with sincere curiosity. Did he do it because he wanted to be like them or did he perhaps just like the look of the mask they use? Fuyuko would patiently await a possible explanation that could come out of his mouth and nod along if he did so.


Eventually the pair would decide to seek out Mokuzai to talk about their plan of attack for the mission. Kirei spoke up first and showed some discontent with what the mission forced them to do. It put a small smile on Fuyuko’s face to see that he wasn’t so ready to jump the gun and just straight up kill the target. Mokuzai followed up on Kirei’s question. He wasn’t too much like Kirei, despite showing a similar detest for having to kill their target, he didn’t seem to have a single problem with shoving his personal opinion to the side and do as he was told. When he was finished speaking it was Fuyuko’s turn to speak up. “Well I’m not too fond of having to kill our target either, if possible I’d like to capture him and take him back to the village were they can do it themselves. It doesn’t make our hands less dirty, but we don’t have to do what we don’t want to do. However if we can’t succeed without killing him then so be it.” She let out a sigh as she finished her sentence. Her eyes looking a little bit gloomy at the thought of having to kill. She changed the topic, and with it the tone of her voice, to something that was related but not directly talking about the killing of the person. “Anyway, what are the two of you capable of doing combat wise? I personally possess Ninjutsu and Fuuinjutsu and my elements are Raiton and Suiton. I’m mostly a defensive person, but have some offensive capabilities.”


When the boat reached the shore Fuyuko was the first to jump off of the boat and set foot on shore and stretching when she had firmly planted both feet on the ground. While she didn’t mind being on a boat, but she much preferred having her feet upon the solid surface of the earth. Being upon a boat made her feel a little bit disconnected from it. When Mokuzai also set foot ashore he suggested a plan of attack. However there was a small problem with it in Fuyuko’s eyes. “Well securing some food and water isn’t too difficult, we can just get some right here in town.” She said with an ‘all knowing’ sarcastic voice but her face portrayed that she was clearly teasing him a little bit. “We do need to gather some information about the surrounding area, however I’m not so sure we are going to find much that we could use here. They’ve gone through great lengths to get here without anyone knowing, so I doubt they’d show their faces in a crowded place like this. We probably have a much better chance to find more information about them further away from the shore.”

“My theory is that they didn’t set foot on one of the ports of the lightning country and instead set foot ashore at some remote location out of sight of civilization. Then tracked inwards and sought out a small village in which they could stock or restock on supplies and continue their journey. So we could inquire about the location of neighboring small villages perhaps. What do you think of that Kirei?” Fuyuko would wait to see if Kirei would chime in or not.

Eventually she’d go on to address Mokuzai’s first point he made. “Finally Mokuzai, setting up camp doesn’t make all too much sense if we don’t have a rough indication of where we should search, so that should probably wait until we do have clue. So for the time being we can just sleep in one of the inns of this port city.” She’d pause a little bit waiting to see what kind of responses the two leaf boys would offer. If they’d have their own objections to her proposed actions or additions to it. No matter what came out of the discussion Fuyuko would suggest that they rest up for the night anyway. Tracking people at night was difficult enough as it is, but most people they could potentially get clues from would probably be vast asleep anyway.


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Once Mokuzai had found Kirei and apologized for their last encounter the young uchiha expressed how he had been doing missions every single day throughout his duration in Kirigakure and mentioned how he also looked more built in strength and introduced a question of his own asking if he had planned to return back to Konohagakure any time soon, "Ah...well..between you and me, i miss Konoha dearly....as well as my mother who works in the hospital as a medical nin. I have another mission after this one that could be as possibly as dangerous but once i settle that affair i do plan to return back home, how about you?"  Now that he answered his question Kirei would think of his own but before doing so he explained to Mokuzai that what happened at the field was forgiven and that when they arrived back in Kirigakure they should go to the training gardens and get in a few rounds, Kirei even offered to let the young Senju go first this time which brought both a chuckle and laugh to his face.

Excusing himself he had immediately went to go see Fuyuko as well, due to him speaking before actually setting eye's on her it seemed he had woken her up from a rather peaceful rest. Surprisingly she had not seemed angry by his sudden appearance at all and calmly expressed how she was enjoying the sight of the sea and the salty smell that the wind carried along with it, although it might have seemed rude to her he cut her short on that conversation and asked about her battle in the Chunin Exams in which she would simply explain while looking perplexed with a hint of a chuckle within her voice as she scratched the back of her head “Yeah, I made a slight error in judgement and got defeated pretty decisively. I wasn’t able to watch any of your matches however, how did they go?” Mokuzai gave a gloomy expression while looking downwards before perking up again only to  scratch the back of his head while giving off a faint smile, "It was fine up until a certain point, but during my last match i found my opponent to be stronger in me in every way and although i tried to make up for it with sound planning and tactics, my endurance and strength gave out in the end and i was sorely defeated."

Without even realizing it Mokuzai had fallen asleep after talking to Fuyuko as some time had passed indicated by how the sun was positioned in the sky, both of them were now coming into view and he would sit there half dazed whilst his body recovered from its sleepy state of mind. Sometime into the chat had passed as they discussed about the mission until Kirei asked the group their opinion on killing the shinobi's they were sent to track, although Kirei and Mokuzai had different opinions they did both agree that killing wasn't a hobby they tended to enjoy and even Fuyuko seemed to hold the same opinion in mins but stated that had it been possible she would have liked to captured them and let the village deal with the killing part but also agreed that if the mission stated it was the only way they would have to just clench their teeth and bare it.

The topic that they had all avoided to that point left the ride silent, Mokuzai knew not what was going on in their heads but he had hoped they didn't see him as a heartless monster but yet he wondered if he actually was as his glance drifted to the crashing waves of the ocean toppling over each other. Fuyuko would speak up once more while changing the topic and ask what combat capabilities did he and Kirei possess and stated that she herself used ninjutsu and fuuinjutsu with the addition of her elements being suiton and raiton that was mostly used in terms of defense with some offensive abilities,“Quite the deadly combination you have there. As for me i use both Ninjutsu and Bukijutsu in  incorporation with my suiton, doton, and mokuton for which im named after that happens to also be my clan's kenkai genkai that im sure your all familiar with by now."

Now after their ride had made it ashore Mokuzai expressed what he believed their first course of actions should be and Fuyuko would throw in her response  on that idea by stating the food and water situation was hardly a problem as they could easily get it from the the towns with a face that made a sweat drop roll down his cheek on how simple her explanation was compared to his complex idea. She did agree with the information gathering but pulled up the point that not much could be gained in this area since the rogue's had made such a effort to disappear unnoticed it seemed highly unlikely they would stick close to the shore of a public dock in which he had to completely agree with form a logical standpoint, while stating that smaller village's further away maybe more beneficial towards their task as she had suspected the ninja's would need to stay out of the sight of the the country's citizens while making sure they had enough supplies to make it to wherever they were going.

She turned towards Kirei to see if he had anything to say but the boy was in though as well and she decided to continue as she pointed out that setting camp would be rather pointless without any real indications of where they should search and suggested it would be better to rent a inn in the town, Mokuzai found himself baffled at the logic he was being assaulted with as up until this point his logic had never really been called into question but now it seemed like it was insufficient. He decided that during the mission he would step up his game as logical thinking could be the line between life and death in the dangerous world of shinobi.

Kirei would now speak up agreeing with Fuyuko in which Mokuzai held no opposition with considering how logically sound her plan was but then Kirei would continue on, he explained that they did not know the number of supplies they currently possessed so he though of the idea to just question any of the shops and people around the area and once again the young Senju held no opposition to this plan letting the two other ninja's take charge in the planning of the mission seeing as how his logical thinking skills were insufficient at the moment. Kirei also suggested that since they still had time they split up while he went into the wilderness to scout  with his sharingan in hopes to capture any chakra signal's and said that they should find a inn for the night as he would stay up later as his sharingan worked better in the dark, "Be careful Kirei, although its easier for you to track dont forget this is a B-rank mission were taking and could pose higher ranked shinobi to go up against. They may have some tracking skills of their own were not yet aware of or some insurance to cover their tracks."

Without directly looking at him Kirei would wave off before disappearing to go do his task, he hoped his friend would take his advice seriously. Turning back to Fuyuko he would smile gently before speaking and looking at her shinobi headband, "Although im sure you might disagree, it think it be best to take that headband off or at least hide it for now. Like i stated earlier we don't know what traps or assets they set in place and the Kirigakure headband could very well set them off on our sudden appearance here but ill leave that to you. For now i believe i should go book that inn for us, im not sure how just capable you are but earlier you said you were the defensive type which gives me the mental hint your  much faster which is better suited for information gathering around this town. Right?" He would give a gentle smile as he finished speaking as he waited for her reply.

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The reason Kirei gave to come to Mizu no Kuni was somewhat left open for interpretation. It was quite obvious that there was more to it then he was giving away, but Fuyuko decided it was most likely better to not pry into it further, at least not at this point in time. After the opening question they continued conversing about the more trivial things of life. Clothing was one of the subjects and Kirei shared his strong feelings for disliking fancy clothing while for Fuyuko it was quite the opposite. She actually enjoyed dressing up fancy from time to time. Telling him that it was a nice distraction from the shinobi world, detach from that kind of life and just be ‘normal’. Beyond that she shared her immense love for nature and how she liked poetry as an outlet for her feelings when she felt stuck in them.

In the middle of all of that Kirei’s mask was also addressed, as was her plan from the beginning. The response she got from him to the question was not one that she really expected. It showed a gentler side of him. She wondered if he would’ve given the same answer if Mokuzai was there in the room as well or not. She didn’t think any less manly of him or anything among those lines, if anything he felt manlier? It took courage to be able to come face to face with your ‘shortcomings’. “I wouldn’t call you weak. It takes strength to admit that you have shortcomings in certain areas. So if anything, you’re stronger then you think in a sense.” Fuyuko replied with a genuine smile before he eyes trailed off to think about an answer for his question. “Hhmmm… I’m not sure if I got something that makes me feel stronger, but there is something that makes me feel more at ease. This life, the shinobi life, isn’t really meant for me either. But there are things that help me fit in better within the world. So if you count that as something that makes me feel stronger than it’s that, but I wouldn’t call it that myself.”


It seemed like, even though Kirei was opposed to the idea, he would rather follow order than choose to follow what he was feeling. It was a good quality to have, but at the same time, it wasn’t good to succumb fully to what the village wanted from you. At least that’s how Fuyuko felt about it, you should be able to stay true to yourself to a certain degree. She did however like he idea he proposed as an alternative and was not opposed of trying to go that route. While she didn’t fully agree with killing him instead of prolonging the inevitable, she did mask herself so. “I suppose the two of you are right that it’s better to kill him then to ‘torture’ him on the route back. However I prefer the option of finding if he had committed any crimes within the lightning country and handing him over to the lightning village.” But even that would still just be a delay of execution she felt like, surely he would still be handed over to Kiri when their time in Kumo would be served. At the very least they’d still be branded traitors to the country.

It was somewhat unfortunate that Mokuzai didn’t really have any affinity for a certain style, be that offensive, defensive or supportive. At least if he did have one, he didn’t share it with the group which left Fuyuko interpreting it as him being just as an all-round person. This left them with a defensive person, supportive and an allrounder. So the composition was mostly supportive/defensive. Seeing as she did express her ability for some offensive capabilities it would probably come down to her to end up taking down the main guy. With that in mind the voyage to the lightning country continued.


The planning between the three of them went rather smoothly. Mokuzai’s points had been good, the execution however was somewhat lacking but that was okay. Herself and Kirei seemed plenty capable of building on top of the initial idea and how to make the flourish properly. Kirei seemed eager to fulfill his scouting roll and Fuyuko couldn’t really bring herself to prevent the young Uchiha from doing so and just let him go. He might have superior vision to the other two in the party, but like Mokuzai addressed, who said they weren’t on the watch out themselves. He’d be all alone with no back-up, but the glint in his eyes was just not something she could take away from him. Mokuzai finally also had some words for her about her headband and she would take them to heart, but left the headband on for now regardless. There wasn’t much risk wearing it as long as she stayed in the town.


With the group now fully split apart Fuyuko strolled slowly through the town. Asking shop owners where the group they were chasing might have dropped by. But one after another it was just like she had expected. No one had seen other Kirigakure shinobi in recent time besides herself and the common merchants. Fuyuko kept on walking through the streets her mind drifting through thoughts of what they could possibly be doing. What course of actions would she take if she was on the run in foreign lands. Eventually she’d standstill a couple of meters away from the main gate to the port. A man with a cart came in. “It’s worth a shot” she thought to herself. She conversed with the traveling person. He mentioned seeing a decently sized group walking north-west of the village in the early morning. They were definitely not locals and seemed a little bit shady. Reasonably so the merchant didn’t interact with the group either and just minded his own business.

It was worth investigating tomorrow, but with this information she went back and started searching for the inn they’d be staying at. Upon finding it she’d climb on top of the roof. She had spent some time herself to find it and didn’t want to make Kirei go through the same struggle. As long as he had his Sharingan active he’d be able to find the place easy. Fuyuko concentrated some chakra in her fingertip and wrote ‘Kiri’ on the chimney. The words would last till the next morning before being completely erased. When the three of them would be together again she would share the information. Whether that was before they went to bed or when they all woke up in the wee morning was somewhat irrelevant.


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Although no words were shared between Mokuzai and Fuyuko after his suggestion about her headband she seemed to agree and headed off, now that each of them were split apart it was time for Mokuzai to do his part for the mission, however he felt the gnawing of irritation of doing the simple job of finding a Inn as he was more so a man of action than anything else yet he always done what he though was best but this was still troubling to say the least.

Swallowing his deep pride Mokuzai begun walking thought the streets of the small port village he know found himself in searching for a Inn for which he and his companions would rest their bodies in for the night that was quickly approaching, he would ask the village locals for a overnight Inn with decent accommodations enough to fit three people and each would tell him a different name's such as the "Owls eye" or "Sleeping oasis", but these Inn's required more than a night's stay to sleep there so he felt utterly lost with the earlier feeling irritation settling deeper into the recesses of his mind. It had been nearly a hour since his search took root and he had found nearly nothing, the emotion of anger and frustration and annoyance on his face was clear as day causing citizens of the port to stay away making it even more difficult but then he found it, a decent sized inn that carried the name "Desserts Haven"

Desserts Haven Inn:

Despite the name it held the inn had quite a bit of greenery and water surrounding it, the display was enough to wane Mokuzai's current emotions as he chuckled at the irony of the establishment, with no other current inns in mind the young Senju decided to walk towards the front doors of the building. When he entered the sound of a small chime bell would ring as he was meant with the face of a elderly man, on closer inspection he might have not been as elderly as he appeared as his face held little wrinkles and his earlier assumption had been based on the fact the man's hair was rather thin as it layed on top of his head, he wore a black kimono that had a rather intricate red outline to it near the base lane of his neck going down his body to the very bottom making it seemingly pop off of his body for a more beautiful effect.

Mokuzai would be casted out of his own thoughts with the sound of the man coughing that was clearly a ploy to catch his attention, "Ah sorry about that, i was just thinking how wonderfully arranged your attire is. My name is Mokuzai, i wish to purchase a room with three separate bed's for a overnight stay please." The man would release a slight groan before replying, "Although we offer that service due to the frequency of those type of request's i'll have to charge you the regular fee of five hundred and fifty plus the extra fee of three hundred ryo." The young Senju would pull out a small bag of ryo filled to the brim, "This is one thousand and three hundred ryo, the money is yours on the request that my companions and my stay here are kept sealed permanently. Understand?" The man simply nodded in response and pocketed the extra money for himself, he then guided Mokuzai through the building to his squads room that consisted of three comfy looking bed and a bathroom with bath included,  he would smile as this would be the highlight of his day after hours of aggressively angered searching.

Now left alone once more Mokuzai would move towards the bed to the far left and sit on it before falling back and staring at the ceiling, his job which was much to easy now left him with a sense of boredom as he would slowly close his eye's and listen to the flow of running water outside the room, the other guests pleasantly talking among themselves, the soothing lullaby of a summers cricket song.  Perhaps for one who was not so mission focused as he was the sounds around would work like a soothing lullaby, however the young Senju had no such luck as he now felt the feeling of irritation at his contribution to the mission dwindle with each passing second, quickly rising from his bed Mokuzai walked straight towards the backdoor as he slid it open and re-closed it with one goal in mind, to help find any possible leads.

The young Senju now back in the middle of the port village would think to himself as he jumped from rooftop to rooftop, "If i was in cahoots with a rogue shinobi and wanted to stay out of sight, where would i go?" Mokuzai would repeat the answer to himself continuously  and eventually come upon the conclusion that he would pick a abandoned warehouse or anything out of plain sight, following that notion he would search the village as the sun turned from the highest point of the sky to a lower point as time passed on until he found a warehouse with lights on away from the public eye.

It was a lot darker then it had been when he started searching for leads, but looking around the outside of the  warehouse he could see three moving target's armed with blade's across their backs,focusing his gaze he noticed the relaxed stances the three moving people had below making them rather easy to take out, Mokuzai swiftly leaped over to the roof of the warehouse and saw one of the targets with their back turned towards him while standing next to a stacked crate box's. Beginning his infiltration the young senju quickly jumped down behind the man before grabbing their mouth area silencing them with a tight grip with his left hand as he quickly pulled out a kunai with his other hand and impaled it with swift speed right in the center of their neck, he quickly moved behind the cracks and waited for the man's struggle's to cease as blood quietly dripped off the kunai, seconds would pass and he no longer felt the slightest resistance coming from the man's body and let go and removed his kunai letting their blood continue to leak out.

Mokuzai quickly searched the now dead corpse for any weapons and found that he had been well armed with ten more kunai, this would save him the trouble of having to use ninjutsu to subdue the remaining duo, stripping his clothes the young Senju took on the appearance of the target garnished like a mercenary and begun to walk plainly towards another isolated target and they would turn around to speak, "Jihi get back to your post!" As Mokuzai loomed closer he would make a quick movement as he pulled out his katana piercing straight through the mercenary's vocal cords before slicing it open even further so that there sound would only be replaced with the gurgling of them choking on their blood,this noise although small was enough to attract the attention of the third body and Mokuzai quickly throw his blade attached to his hands with chakra strings aiming for the vocal cords once more silencing the man before he could let out a cry for help, it was obvious to him at this point if there was more waiting he would be late in re-arriving to the inn. Mokuzai quickly weaved a hand-sign causing a water clone to appear, "Tell Fuyuko and Kirei that i have found a possible lead to our targets and i am currently subduing them for information and that i'll be late, if they ask something of you do as your told."

The clone responded with but a simple wave of the head before jumping off to the inn where his teammates were hopefully gathering, but for now Mokuzai had affairs of his own and he would so alone if he had too.


Chakra: 180/200

Jutsu used:

WC:1,409

Total WC:5,217

Was the first thought that crossed Fuyuko's mind as she had finally found the inn where Mokuzai had managed to get them a room. She got told by the owner of the inn which room was theirs for the night. With the information she needed she bowed and thanked him for it all and made her way up the stairs to their room. She knocked on the door to let Mokuzai know that she was going to come into the room. She waited and waited, but there was no reply from the other side even after repeated knocks. "Did he already fall asleep?" she wondered. Seeing as a minute or two had already passed and there was still no reply from the other side of the door. She carefully opened the door and made her way slowly into the room so to not disturb Mokuzai if they were truly sleeping already. However once she had fully made her way into the room there was no one to be found. It was just herself and three empty beds.

It wouldn't help for her to go out back into town to look for her partners. There was a decent chance that they would just continuously miss each other and so Fuyuko decided to just stay within the boundaries of the four walls that made her sleeping quarters for the night. Eventually after having laid on the bed for a bit Mokuzai would suddenly show up, but in quite the hurry. Mokuzai quickly explained the situation and there was only really one thought that started rushing through her mind "Why is he being so careless after telling Kirei to be careful...". "Tell me where the real you is! He needs the backup. Also stay here and wait till Kirei shows up and instantly tell him what you told me plus the location." Fuyuko waited till she got the answer she needed and then opened the window and dashed off to the location things were going down.

When Fuyuko arrived it was relatively quiet there was some ruckus inside of the warehouse she was standing next to. Not being entirely sure what the situation was Fuyuko decided it was best to channel some chakra under her feet and stick to the ceiling till she knew better what the current standings were.


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Sorry for the short post :x
Will update post later with the super natural walking practice, but must sleep for now~

Now that he had dispatched his clone to inform his companions of his location Mokuzai could now deal with the rest of the group inside. Due to disguising himself as one of the mercenary's the young shinobi did not need to exaggerate his movements and simply opened the door that lead inside and then closed it so nobody could escape easily through the exit without having to waste precious seconds to open it back up. Thankfully the three body guards outside showed just how tight security was in the area and Mokuzai no longer needed to worry about being overly cautious on his way of handling the remaining mercenaries inside the warehouse.

The young Senju now carefully walked slow enough to conceal his movements but quick enough as to not arouse suspicion from anyone inside, as he inched closer towards the center of the warehouse he begun to hear voice's from within and as he peeked from his location he saw a big mercenary with a shaved head wearing nothing but  a mask that covered just his eye's with heavy gear on, "Hey boss, how long we gotta stay here?" From across the big one sat a smaller one who wore no mask, but just by the way his posture looked relaxed and how he held a cigar in his mouth while talking with utter dominance in his voice one could tell that he was in charge. "Quiet Dodoara! It's bad enough a man of my stature has to stay here under the thumb of some ninja, i dont need to hear shit from you as well. Were be out of here soon, shouldn't be long until they make their escape."

Although the mercenary's kept talking their was no need for Mokuzai to continue listening, they had already said enough to convince him they were working for the rogue ninja meaning he could now press them further under the command of Kirigakure. He had only seen two but their could possibly be more hidden, he would make everyone's death but the leaders swift as killing wasn't something he enjoyed but was necessary to cover all ends in the shinobi world.

The young shinobi emerged from the corner walking with a very relaxed stance and slight smile, his presence immediately alerting the mercenaries who were having a pleasant talk up until that point, the big guy roared with anger and confusion in his voice, "Who the hell are you?! How did you get in here?! Mokuzai kept walking ignoring the man's questions, he didn't really need to answer them since he was about to die, instead he begun speaking to the boss behind his back, "Im terribly sorry for my rudeness,but im going to need to ask a few questions."

The big man throw a punch in which Mokuzai easily evaded before taking out a kunai and stabbing it right into the center of his throat, he started tumbling back and the Senju kicked his leg in to easily make him fall. But before he could press further Kirei appeared and started asking questions, he easily scared the man into the information they needed to proceed and was the first one to head out, leaving the boss to Mokuzai, not wanting to wast time he did exactly what he had done for the others and used their own kunai to impale their throats.

He followed Kirei's trail and started to catch up with him, as he made his way through the tree's he heard the sound of something flying in the air and stopped to see a kunai flying by, out of the tree a man appeared wearing a Kirigakure shinobi head-band scratched out wearing a chunin jacket, he found one of the man and hoped kirei would find the other.

Mokuzai looked onward towards the man in front of him, "Im guessing your the ninja that left, Asuske Kaguya was it? Im sorry we had to meet on such circumstance's but you should know why im here, right?"

Asuske nods his head, "You been sent to kill me and my sensai right? im afraid i can't let you do that, your be dieing in this forest today. May i have your name so i may engrave it into my memory?"

"Mokuzai, Mokuzai Senju."

"I see..What is the hidden leaf doing all the way in Kumogakure hunting a ex-Kiri ninja? Shouldn't you be playing with all your leaf friends?"

Mokuzai chuckled at the joke as he reached into his back pocket, he secretly used wood style making three seed pop out into the pouch and then pulled out three senbon and attached chakra strings to them held it in his hand before making them thin enough to the point of being almost translucent by using fine chakra control, "Sorry, but my play date was canceled until i deal with you!" The Senju throw the first needle and then sent the other two flying towards the tip of the first one that changed their trajectory.

The Kiri chunin moved out of the way of the first Senbon and made a amused face, "If thats all you got your not even worth kill-" Mokuzai as he was talking used the chakra strings to re position the senbons before all three impaled into the chunin's stomach, he then pulled on the chakra strings connecting to them with all his strength that made the guy fly through the air towards him.

The Kiri chunin quickly reacted by putting up his hands, bone's started to poke out before shooting at Mokuzai, The Senju quickly let himself fall back allowing him to dodge the bone's as they flew but a inch by his face before  piercing the tree branch behind him, but this also  allowed the chunin to pull out the senbons as Mokuzai curled his body in the air to let him land on his feet.

The Kiri chunin looked down at him with a smile "Well played, you changed the trajectory of your senbon's using chakra strings and then used it to pull me in, your worth killing after all" He then threw up a scroll in front of him and made the release hand-seal that summoned barbed wire all around him with his left hand holding the handle of it's beginning.

Mokuzai didn't like the fact it was twenty feet long but the chunin seemed to make a misjudgment, they were surrounded by tree's. Even if the weapon would prove to be quite deadly in a area where there is so much cover to hide behind, or use as defensive structure's the lasso like bob wire would be utterly useless unless the attacking ninja went on the defensive, it would be a swift victory if the chunin lacked the common sense to see that.

Spinning the bob wire the Kiri Ninja then lashed it out towards the Senju, Mokuzai quickly jumped up into the air to dodge it, the chunin quickly pulled back the lasso and fixed it's aim so that it would be coming straight towards Mokuzai from below.  The Senju activated his chakra in the air and a disk shaped appeared from in front of him and he curled his body in and then pushed himself against the disk figure allowing him to avoid the bob wire while moving back at the wire kept going straight up the air, the chunin started to laugh evilly as he then swung his wire back down as Mokuzai was in it's direct line of attack.

For a second the Senju thought, "What a fool.." and as the wire came back down he created a second disk figure that allowed him to move to the left while midair, he then pulled out one of the seeds he was holding and shot it out towards the chunin's legs before they became entangled in a heap of thorns that caused one inch deep cut's that bonded him down as he screamed, Mokuzai then took out his blade and imbued it in chakra before throwing it out right towards the chunin.

In fear of the blade he had closed his eye's but for a second nothing happened, "HA! Yo-UGHA!!" Before he could even finish his sentence a large but thin wooden branch shaped like sword emerged from the branch in front of him that pierced three inch's deep into their heart, it was a jutsu aimed at a vital for the sole purpose of killing the target, the chunin simply stared into Mokuzai's eye's as he himself landed on a branch with a deep sigh as he had actually exhausted some of his chakra and was beginning to feel somewhat lethargic.

The chunin kept looking into his eye's but within seconds the light faded from his own as he passed away with a large wooden sword pierced through his heart, Mokuzai completed his mission and now it was up to Kirei to do his.

-Exit Thread-

Chakra: 130/200

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Total WC:6,740

B-rank Mission: 3,100/3,100 (3,640 Words Left)

Water Element B to A-rank: 3000/3000 (640 Words Left)

25 Ryo per 100 words 25 * 6= 150 Ryo

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Following Kirei through the woods was certainly not an easy task. It wasn’t really that he outpaced her, it was more the fact that she completely had no clue where he was going. The way he moved through the shadows made it incredibly hard for her to know which ways he was going and so she found herself not running at full speed after him. Instead she looked for the markings he left behind on his trail, guiding her and Mokuzai through the woods. She didn’t like that they had to run through the dark of the night, but they had little choice. They had found the location of the deserters and who knows how long they were to remain in that location. Eventually they’d reach the top of a hill and overlooked what appeared to be a campsite.

No words were spoken, the three of them merely looked at the encampment and observed what was going on. Only three people were visible from her point of view. Fuyuko simply waited until Kirei would do something. He had been taking the charge during the night and it had gone smoothly thus far so Fuyuko didn’t have too much of a problem with letting him keeping the lead. A bit of time passed before Kirei went on the move again without talking. Fuyuko tried her best once again to stay hidden in the shadows like him, but couldn’t melt with the shadows like he did. So she would wait in the shadows until an opening would appear or until it would appear that Kirei was going to need help. On her descent she made sure to stay hidden behind the trees as much as possible in effort to not alert any of the guards that were stationed at the tents.

It would appear that her descent down the hill went without any trouble as Kirei was able to take out the guard closest to her current location. Without a sound the guard vanished into the shadows like Kirei did. Infiltration seemed to be going fairly well up to this point. Fuyuko looked around quickly if she was capable of spotting Mokuzai around somewhere. After looking around for a bit there wasn’t a single sign of him being around. She wondered if he was doing alright, but now wasn’t really the time to think about that. She had to stay focused on the task at hand. Make sure that no one was sneaking up on her or that the almost stationary ‘guards’ spotted her. She thought of a plan of attack to help out Kirei before activating her first technique of this engagement. After performing the required hand seal another copy of herself appeared right behind her. She could make more clones but that would leave all of them with a significant decreased amount of chakra. Thus Fuyuko opted to only create a singular clone of herself and split the chakra in half.

Since she had made the clone after thinking of her plan of attack the clone was aware of what would be happening next without a need for words to be spoken. The real Fuyuko would run ahead with the clone following up behind. Both of them would do their best to make no sounds while traversing the woods to one of the other guards. When they got close enough the real Fuyuko would rustle a bush. Hard enough that it would be within audible range of the guard, but soft enough that it wouldn’t really be noticeable beyond that. It prompted the guard to become alerted and check out where the noise came from. The clone was hiding behind a tree next to the path the guard would be walking if he came to check out the origin of the noise. The darkness of the night really made this tactic possible. The clone was hidden within the shadow of the tree and the guard walked right by. The clone pulled their right arm back and swung straight for the guards temple. Knocking him out on the spot. The real Fuyuko would come out now and catch the falling guard to insure that no further unnecessary noise would be made. There was no need to alert the rest of the camp with a rather audible thud as the guard would hit the ground uncontrollably.



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OOC: Kirei has permission to use my character during his post (as we discussed).

After that, Fuyuko had the target to look at it where Kirei would be. Looking at what would happen. Did he make a move or was that for a new moment where they could strike. What followed was something that Fuyuko would never think of in her wildest dreams. The mission was sneaky all the time. Every movement the group made was reasonably well thought out and executed with as little noise as possible. All this to ensure that the moment that the most difficult part came, it had become a piece. But that plan did not look like the path they are walking on. No, they had switched a good number of gears.

Kirei was no longer walking around in the shadows. He had been stripped there and started a whole attack. It came as a steady shock for Fuyuko. He had said that he was not so good at attacks. That being cunning and waiting more was his thing. His task with the power of his eyes and the ability to move in the images of objects. That was what she was told, but that was not really the truth. For example, are more than capable. He showed the power to move the earth and control fire. On the one hand, Fuyuko was a little happy that Kirei was in it, but on the other hand, she also got a little angry. He had lied, or perhaps not necessarily lied, but he had withheld information. Information that could have been an asset for the execution of the mission.

It was only too late for Fuyuko to worry about it. The only thing she does now was to go with the flow of the fight. Kirei might have given up his own position, but her own position was not unknown. Perhaps this was part of the boy's plan, but that was difficult to communicate conforming. It is what it is, now it was her to do that now. Fuyuko looked at how Kirei struggled through without too much trouble. As she watched, she maneuvered to a new position. Certainly not as silent as before, there was no need for that. The sound of the fight would easily come over the sound of a few tufts of cracking twigs.

Both the real Fuyuko and her clone had not seen a single moment where Kirei really was in danger and that she had to jump. Her attention to the boy was abruptly broken when sound came from her other side. Her left arm quickly slipped down her body and reached for her pouch. From there she took one of her kunai's and held it firmly in her hand. A man jumped out of the dark and the two started their own fight almost immediately. Fuyuko wanted to finish the fight without using any techniques. The use of techniques would immediately give away its position. Although the sound of metal that hit each other was not the softest sound, at least it did not really give a visual indication that something was wrong.

While the real Fuyuko was successful with one of the bandits, her clone was still in the shadows. The clone tried her best to keep an eye on both the boy and the real version of her. This so that she could help both at any time. Although it had become quite difficult for her to keep an eye on the boy. The moonlight and a small flame here and there were the only light sources. It was enough to see people's shadows, but to be able to follow them in the fog went too far. Her eyes were not good enough to see what was going on in the fog.

A scream came from the direction Kirei was fighting and it sent a shiver over the backbones of the clone and the real version. She now had to finish her own fight quickly so that she could help her partner. Fuyuko had hoped she could end her fight without having to kill the person, but that required more work and precision. Unfortunately, now there was no time for that, she felt responsible for the well-being of her teammates. After all, she was the oldest in group, and although they all had the same rank, she had her rank longer than her partners. The clone came out of the bushes. The man with whom the real Fuyuko was fighting was distracted for the smallest moment and that was just enough for her to use it. Her kunai slipped past her opponent's sword. Since the sword of her opponent had no parapet, her own weapon slipped along the length of the weapon and into the knuckles of her opponent. A scream of pain came from his mouth while the kunai was cutting against the bone making sure that he dropped his weapon.

Without waiting for what would happen, she made her next move. The position of her hand around the weapon changed a bit to have better grip for the next movement. Though she had thought that she had to finish it quickly she still had a little grace for her enemy. She jumped forward, the gap between the two no longer existed. The tip of her weapon began to poke against the right side of his chest before it was slowly and deeper into his flesh. She had some luck with pointing her weapon. It was possible to insert the weapon exactly between two of its ribs and so could enter the full length. The man fell backwards and started again with a new deafening scream.

By turning off her enemy she could finally give her attention to Kirei. Hopefully he was not as hurt as the person she had just stabbed, but she feared for the worst. The scream that was released was not a scream that would let you go for a little pain. No, that was a shout for when you actually could not have it anymore. The awkward fog was still in the way, but with a few simple hand movements and a roll on the ground where she put her hand on, the fog slowly disappeared. After the fog had been sucked up, she only saw the situation in which Kirei found herself. The enemy was bent over Kirei and was about to strike. His weapon slipped through the air towards the boy. A blow or cut that would certainly have terrible consequences if it hit.

So three kunai's follow in the direction of the attacker. One focused on the weapon, another focused on the man's head and the last just in front of him. This to force him back and away from Kirei. Her weapons would hit him before his stroke would come, but unfortunately his caliber was good enough to see what was going on. Without too much trouble where counterattack evaded, but that was okay. She had not expected anything else and the goal of that attack had been achieved. After all, the man was two steps away from Kirei. Fuyuko and her clone came running as quickly as possible. She wanted to ask how it was with him, but decided to remain silent. The sooner she put an end to it, the faster it would go better with Kirei.

The duo of herself was ruthless. Even though Fuyuko had never fought in such a way, it went pretty well. She blocked attacks for each other and made use of openings that were made by each other. She could notice that the villain was in better physical condition, but she had the advantage of being with two. The only thing she had to take care of was that he could not use his hands for anything other than blocking and ordinary attacks. Gradually the trio moved a bit further away from Kirei. The man distracted by what appears to be an infinitely long attack did not realize that he was coming closer and closer to his tree with his back.

Finally the moment was there, his attention was broken for a fraction of a second when his back came into contact with the tree. His head turned to see what was behind him. That moment secured the victory for her. One hit after another made contact with his body. Slowly but surely he was beaten to a pulp. There was no stopping the blows that Fuyuko handed out. The man slowly fell through his knees. His stamina slowed until he just could not and sat on the floor. It was over, well, almost. There was one more thing that needed to happen. Even though she was pretty upset when they were on the boat, her teammates agreed that it had to be done, so it was.

Again she grabbed her pouch, this time not to grab a kunai, but to grab a simple coin. Her hair started to stand up a little while she was charging herself. She threw the coin in the air, the static charge became clearer until it all disappeared in one go when she gave a pinch to the falling coin with her thumb. With a high speed the coin shot against the villain and ended his life. As a tear rolled down her cheek, Fuyuko turned and ran back to Kirei. "You idiot!" She almost shouted. "You could have been dead! Is it going?" She followed angrily and worried at the same time. "Can you walk?"


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Fuyuko felt super relieved when she noticed that Kirei was capable of moving about on his own. It was also quite apparent that the words she had spoken had upset the boy of sorts. As if he was looking for an excuse for his actions. There was no need for him to excuse him after all. He simply did what he thought was the best course of action for the mission and there’s nothing wrong with it. The two of them were still relatively new to the way of a shinobi. They would have to stumble and fall at times so they can learn from their mistakes. Unfortunately in their line of work it just often meant getting hurt. She was just glad that he was relatively uninjured. When he had finished speaking his heavy words Fuyuko couldn’t help but gently wrap her arms around him and holding him tight. Her right hand on top of his head and gently stroking it. “It’s okay Kirei. You did the right thing.” She spoke softly as she tried to comfort the young boy. In the situation they were in, she couldn’t help but feel like the protective older sister. Wanting to protect their younger brother from the evil of the world.

She ended up fixing and better applying the makeshift bandages for Kirei’s wounds before the two of them would venture back towards the port. Walking at whichever pace was most comfortable for Kirei and supporting him whenever and wherever he would need it. It was a bit harder to navigate their way back up the mountain with one of them being injured, but it was nothing the two of them couldn’t conquer together.

This mission was just another nail in the coffin. Another testimony to Fuyuko that the way that Kiri was going about their ways was just wrong. There was no reason, or rather, no justifiable reason for them to abolish all the prisons in the country. Sure crime rates would plummet, but why rob people of their chance for redemption. With each passing day the village just drove her further and further away from it. The country that she once loved so deeply only got darker and darker as time went on. As time went on the painting of the country she had in her mind only become slowly more tainted and tarnished. Feeling of despise for the village grew with every mission she had to execute. Her hands slowly turning into things that she would sometimes have trouble recognizing as her own. Should she move on?

Was it coincidence or was it meant to be? The words Kirei spoke to her resonated so well with her own mind. It was almost creepy how close they were to her own thoughts, as if he was reading her mind. She shook the eerie thought aside as she continued to carefully listen to his words. They didn’t really come as a surprise to her, he didn’t seem like the person that was fit for Kiri, but neither was she. Should she leave the village behind as well? That was a thought that she could digest on at a later point. She chuckled slightly at his last sentence followed up by a quick reply to it. “I don’t think they would kill you for that. I have done very similar things even in front of high ranking jonins and I’m still here. You’ll be fine, besides not everyone can be a stone cold killer from the get go. Some people, like us, would need to get shaped to fit the mould.”

“Well first of all mister.” She started off saying a little bit sassy before returning to her normal soft caring voice. “You’re not dumb at all. If anything I think you and maybe me as well are smart for questioning the way things are. What’s the point of living if you’re but a mindless machine that executes tasks. That doesn’t sound like an interesting life at all. As for us all being family? I’m not sure how to answer it, but regardless of if we are actually family or not, we should treat each other like how we would want to be treated ourselves. Would you want to die when you had made a mistake? I certainly wouldn’t.”

Her eyes turned towards the sky before speaking up one final time about the topic. “Kiri will change its ways. I’m just not sure how to achieve it or when to achieve it, but it will.”


[Exit Thread]

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3100wc - mission completion
4000wc - training Fuin A>S

discarding 27 wc