Heihachi was going to do a mission with his brother and another girl whom he'd never met before. The mission was to try to catch a bandit who had been robbing a shop in Suna. Heihachi was comfortable with the mission, especially because his older brother was there. Although they were each directed to take a different route to the meeting place, he was more excited than scared, for he knew that he would be protected. He was also especially excited to try out his puppet. It was night time, the time in which the robber had been making his lifts on the "Kiri Kiri Resteraunt". Heihachi walked through the streets and alleys of Suna with his usual cadence. His arms would sway left and right as he would walk, his arm movement being completely non-correspondent to his leg movements.

Heihachi was especially light and quite, so as he traveled through the sandy streets, the crickets would seem louder than his own footsteps. He spotted the resteraunt which was the supposed victim of the thievery. He made a light jog to the back of the resteraunt, sitting down quickly and leaning his back against the wall. He couldn't hear anything. He looked up into the starry night sky, awaiting his brother and other companion.

After finishing the "Library Assistant"-mission with success, Misoka had signed up for another, more difficult one. It was classified as C-Rank; she had to catch a robber with the help of two other Genins. Misoka wasn't too sure whether her father would approve of her chosen mission or not (since he was away for the next two weeks), but hey - after all, he had been the one telling her to gain some money! And she was ready for this. It shouldn't be so hard to deal with a bandit.
Her pace quickened as she saw a short boy standing at the back of the restaurant. He must be one of her teammates for this mission.

"Hello," Misoka whispered when she was in front of him. For a moment, she considered taking her hood off, but then decided against it. She had deliberately changed into a black hood jacket, supposing that the bandit might catch a glimpse of her light blonde hair color in the night. Or was she overthinking this? Anyway.
"I'm one of your teammates," she went on a bit hesitantly. Without ostentation - so she hoped - Misoka looked the boy over. First thing she noticed: He was shorter than her, which relieved her instantly. Plus, he looked as if he was younger than her... maybe 13 or 14 years old; probably just turned Genin. There was no need to fear him.
'No need at all', she repeated in her mind. 'I can't let my stupid fears get in the way now. I've got to concentrate on this mission... and the bandit.'

Her facial expression was rather serious as she still felt a bit uneasy doing a mission with two males. What if she messed up?
She shook her head slightly, forbidding her to think like that.

WC 301/1000

Hotaru stretched as he awoken from his nap. He had originally done this to keep awake while they waited for the bandit. Using his hands, he stretched his neck to hear a sharp pop. There it was, it felt good to get his body limber before getting out of bed. Swinging his legs over the bed, Hotaru's feet felt the cold of the floor. He was going to be dealing with a bandit today. If thy did indeed find him and an altercation began, it would be an excellent time to test out his puppet; Phantom.

Looking over at the stand he used to house Phantom, he noticed he was not there. In his stead there was a single red scroll. He had forgotten he had sealed his beloved puppet in the scroll hours ago. He smiled at his forgetfulness. Strolling across the floor, he went to his armoire and changed into his usual garb. It was his traditional black puppetry clothes. Black pants and a light, breathable long sleeved garb. Its long sleeves were cut diagonally so as to not interfere with his hand movements. Attaching the red scroll to his white sash , he was headed out the door and towards the Kiri Kiri restaurant.

Sunagakure was devoid of any noise, aside from the occasional insect cherpping. Walking down the streets he saw the dark houses under the moonlight. Its occupants long asleep and recuperating from the previous days business. Instead of in bed, Hotaru was doing something productive. He continued his routet the restaurant thinking of the specifics of the mission. He would be doing it with his younger brother, Heihachi and a girl names Misoka. It should be a fun enough mission. He got to stop a dastardly criminal from stealing the restaurants hard earned money. It actually made him sick when people stole others belongings because they were to lazy to work for wealth or prestige. Realizing he was at the spot, he went around to the back of the restaurant.

Rounding the corner he saw his two teammates. His brother was being his usual aloof self, geting comfortable against a wall. He also saw his new teammate was a young girl clothed in a black hood. " So the gangs all here, huh?" He said out loud. Facing his female partner he said,"Well im sure you've met my brother Heihachi. I'm Hotaru, the elder brother." With that he took a place against the wall and waited for the response.



WC: 414/1000

The cold silence of the winter night was broken by a soft voice- a presence which Heihachi would not have suspected without their greeting. A soft-spoken "Hello," from the person before him, whom he could not identify properly due to a hood which covered their face. For a second, he was shocked and a bit frightened. He thought, Crap, it's the robber... He opened his mouth slightly, a look of worried curiosity across his face. Then, she presented herself as one of his teammates. A light sigh of relief. "Hey, take off the hood. I don't care how ugly you are, you really scared me." Heihachi spoke these words all a bit monotonously, aiming to get revenge on the teammate for startling him.

Heihachi didn't wait for a response, or to see if the person would take their hood off. He scooted to the edge of the resteraunt, looking over the side to see if he could get the robber in view, or to see if he was even coming out tonight. As he scanned the area extensively as much as he could, he spoke again. "My name's Heihachi Chikamatsu. What's yours?" If he couldn't identify them by appearance, he had to atleast know a name. He looked around a bit more, finally spotting a dark figure in the night. The figure was seated on a bench in front of the resteraunt. Heihachi then withdrew backwords a little bit, so that only half of his right eye was looking out over the resteraunt. "Uggh, where's Hota.." he whispered.

As if in answer to his prayers. Hotaru came from behind the building and joined the two. He stopped peaking at the man and turned back to the two of his teammates. He held up a signle finger infront of his mouth, signalling for them to lower their voices, mainly Hotaru. This time, he spoke in a whispered tone. "Thanks for introducing me again, Hota. Real big help." Makato then pointed to where he saw the target in question.

"Our targets over there. How should we bring him down?"

Misoka blinked, surprised by her teammate's 'warm' welcome. She didn't get to answer anything - and to tell the truth, she couldn't think of a good reply anyway - , so she only nodded slightly. If he felt more comfortable with seeing his teammates, she wouldn't argue. On second thought, Misoka could always choose to cover herself again when they were facing the enemy.
Slowly, she slid the hood off her head, revealing not only her face, but also her blonde hair cascading over her shoulders.
At the same time, the boy spoke again.

"Misoka Karisuma," she answered, still in a soft tone of voice. After all, the bandit might appear anytime and it wouldn't be so good if he heard some people talking nearby. When she saw the boy's, Heihachi's, body stiffen for a split second, she stepped next to him. "Did you spot..." She paused, seeing what he saw. There was a dark figure near the entry of the restaurant. The bandit? If it was him sitting on that bench, what was he waiting for?

Another voice made her snap out of her thoughts and swiftly turn around. Oh.. just her other teammate. He introduced himself as Hotaru, Heihachi's elder brother. Furthermore, he was pretty tall and Misoka found it difficult to guess his age.
"My name's Misoka," she said once more, almost inaudibly. Brothers, huh? It might be ridiculous, but she hoped that they wouldn't look down on her just because she was a girl and not related to them.

Then Heihachi pointed to the man on the bench, stating that this was her target. Misoka examined the man further... Well, he did look suspicious... And why would someone sit on that bench in the middle of the night? Except if he was a harmless drunk.

WC (total) 554/1000

Hotaru smirked at his brothers condescending remark. He was always a little smart ass, but thats what he liked about him. Even though he wouldn't show it, Heihach was important to him. He was the one person his age that really "got" him. "No problem brother."Hotaru said with a smirk.He then saw his brother point out the location of the thief and asked how they should take cake of him.

Before he would answer his brother, he would address his other teammate. After he had introduced himself and she did the same. Upon lifting the hood that his her face he saw gorgeous blonde hair that lined her face. He wondered why he hid her head from view. Maybe she was shy, or maybe she didn't want to be seen, whatever reason it was he could now put the name to the face. Looking back at his brother "To answear your question, were gonna use stenlth to scope him out. Heihachi, you and Misoka go on top of the roof while i use Phantom to scope him out."

With that, Hotaru unfashioned the red scroll from the back of his waist and unwound it. They were behind the restaurant so he did not worry that the man would see them. He placed the scroll on the ground placing his palm directly in the center of the writing. Making a hand seal with his left hand he channeled chakra into the scroll. With a small puff of smoke, Phantom was reviled. He stood at six foot, and had the structure of a very thin and tall man. With the black cloak he wore he could potentially pass for a human. Well, if the stranger didnt look at the foot and a half iron claws that poked out from his sleeves

Connecting his chakra strings to the puppet, he hid behind the wall and with a rhythmic twitch of his fingers it hovered over to the stranger. His plan was to use the puppet to catch his attention while His teammates waited for things to turn south. He would confront him with Phantom and they would go from there. As phantoms slim frame drifted over to the bandit. He wondered how the thief would react.


WC: 375
Total: 789/1000

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Heihachi was not quick to respond to his older brother's plan, mainly because he was so stunned by the beautiful girl who had removed her hood. The young genin's eyes were glued to her luscious blonde hair which fell over the hood she once wore, and her gorgeous blue eyes. Hotaru had already began to initiate the plan to defeat the robber, whereas Heihachi just sat where he was, completely still. As a few awkward seconds in time progressed, Heihachi was blushing. He quickly stood up and turned around, folding his arms and facing the back wall of the resteraunt.

"Come on. Let's go.."

Heihachi jumped high up onto the roof, landing with as little noise as he could. He got on his hands and knees to scale over the building to get to the front side, so as not to further alert the suspect. He would slowly creep to the front edge of the roof, peeking over it to see his brother's puppet-Phantom- approaching the suspected thief. As the phantom puppet drew closer and closer, the man on the bench stood up. The shadow that the resteraunt cast on the man was now lifted as he rose from his original seat. As the moonlight was cast upon his figure, a suna headband became visible. The man began tossing and turning, barely able to keep his footing. He burped. Just another drunk. He yelled and began to run away from the puppet, tumbling into the sand a few times as he ran through the streets of Suna.

Just then, from out of the kiri kiri shop, another figure walked out, holding a bag in his hands. "Guys, he's there." Heihachi said in a loud, yet drone voice. The man looked up to first see the genin on the roof, then looked at Phantom. He folded the bag and started to take off.

Heihachi unraveled his scroll which he kept in his jacket pocket, summoning his puppet, Arumajiro. The large, 10 foot puppet fell down to the floor as Heihachi controlled him from the roof. As Heihachi got up and ran across the rooftops, catching up to the burglar, the puppet would move locations as well. With a flick of his fingers, Heihachi's puppet was now positioned directly infront of the burglar, smashing down into the sand with a large thud. The thief grimaced, taking out a small blade from his hip sheath. He stabbed at the puppet's abdomen without knowing that it was made of metal. The thiefs blade collided with the metal on the puppet, causing the blade to backlash and wobble a bit. He cursed, sheathing the blade once again.

Heihaci smiled, moving each finger on his hand in a rhytmic pattern, causing his puppet to take lifelike steps in the burglar's direction. With each step, a large amount of sand would be displaced under it's footsteps due to it's massive weight. The burglar panicked, and ran back towards the front of the resteraunt, where Misoka and Hotaru could make their moves.

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Misoka could feel her cheeks heat up as she felt their gazes lingering on her for a few seconds. At least they seemed to acknowledge her somehow since the younger brother of them sounded a bit nicer than before.
"Got it," she nodded, following Heihachi on his way up to the rooftop. By sending chakra to her feet she could reach the top easily without making a sound.
In order to have a better view, the young Sand-nin crawled closer to her teammate positioned at the front edge of the roof.
So she could closely watch Hotaru's phantom puppet approaching the man on the bench. Soon it turned out that her doubts had been justified in the end: That man was merely a drunk and meant no harm to them. Moreover, he wasn't the bandit they were looking for. The real target had either yet to appear or to come out of the restaurant.
The latter held truth. Heihachi didn't hesitate to state the bandit's whereabouts when the thief came out holding a bag in his hands and looking up in surprise at the Genin's voice.
The fight was about to begin. As there was no need to cower anymore, Misoka clenched her fists and stood up. The younger of the Chikamatsu brothers had already summoned his own puppet, basically chasing the bandit around with the help of it.
So both of them - Hotaru and Heihachi - were puppetry users, Misoka thought to herself, but she couldn't say she was surprised. They were closely related to each other, after all.

Soon enough, the bandit, who was already freaked out by weird puppets surrounding him, ran back towards the restaurant, supposedly in order to hide inside. His panic-stricken face and sounds would almost be pitiful if he hadn't asked for it by robbing this restaurant again and again.
Anyway, it seemed to be her turn now.

Quickly, she took out three of her makibishis and threw them in the bandit's direction to restrict his further movement. As always, her small, but fine weapons landed with their spiked faces pointing upwards so that the bandit did not only stumble over them, but also had his feet pierced. He let out an agonizing cry; meanwhile Misoka jumped off the roof to stand face-to-face with her enemy.
Still groaning and pulling the makibishis out of his feet, the man looked up furiously, ready to charge at her with his blade. Instead, he stopped midway as an amused smirk spread across his face.
"Oh, so they're sending a pretty girl to keep me company as well. How very thoughtful of them." His stinking breath was almost unbearable.

At his words, Misoka felt herself shudder for a split second, going through a nasty flashback, before she got a hold of herself and took advantage of her enemy's moment of hesitation. With bright anger burning in her chest, she threw a kick at his left hand so that he let the bag drop.
"Damn you!" The man roared in response and this time, did indeed charge at her with his blade. In an instant, Misoka took out her kunai to block the attack.
A clashing sound filled the night.
When the bandit drew his sword for the second time, the young kunoichi ducked herself under the blow and snatched the bag from the ground.

"Hotaru, Heihachi! I've got the money!"

"You stay right here, slut! Give that back to me!" The bandit shouted as she quickly returned to Hotaru.
After chasing her for the first few meters, the thief seemed to change his mind, realizing in what danger he was.
He cursed under his breath and then tried to run off into the night.

WC (total) 1171/1000

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Well his plan had been for nothing, the suspicious man on the bench was a drunk. Like most people he ran at the sight of his puppet. Well who wouldn't if a six foot tall robed skeleton with giant claws were after you? He chuckled at the poor mans torment. One of the reasons he made Phantom's outward appearance was just for the creepy/ scary factor. Thinking nothing more of the subject, Hotaru was ready to reel Phantom back in, but something caught his eyes and ears. The first that caught his ear was Heihach yelling that the bandit was running out of the restaurant. The second was the conformation with his eyes. Well for a thief he really wasn't that stealthy at all. Never the less he would try, along with his teammates to apprehend him.

Coming out from his hiding place from behind the restaurant he could see the upcoming events unfold nicely. Seeing his puppet he folloed the drunks example and ran. Luckily his brother was at the right place at the right time. He unsealed his puppet and the imposing beast reared his head. His brothers puppet, Arumajiro was a behemoth. Towering over even his puppets fix foot tall stature. It was imposing, of course; but it was mainly a defensive puppet. All bark and no bite Hotaru liked to tease his brother. The puppet was based off of an armadillo, albeit a ten foot tall one. The gargantuan jumped from the roof, scaring the bandit to Misoka.

By now, Hotaru and his puppet were a few meters behind Misoka who was now combating the bandit. In the altercation the bandit had pulled a kunai on his partner, while his partner had done the same. Blocking his attack and dodging the other slash the thief had wound up, she re-stole the bag of money. This put a smile on Hotaru's face. The bandit had tried to follow Misoka but she had retreated behind Phantom, somewhere the bandit was hesitant to go. Instead he chose the seemingly safer route. Bu now Hotaru and his weapon where a mere meter from the villain. When Hotaru saw him try to duck into the shop to hide, that is when he made his move. Swinging his arms towards the bandit and manipulating his philangies made Phantom come to life. The puppet sprang forth with a boost of speed, floating above the ground, not even touching the floor. Closing the meter between them, Phantom grabbed the bandit and wrapped his arms around the front of the bandits chest. His clawed hands would be placed in a crossed fashion and his "nails" planted firmly into the thief's collar bones. Not enough to cause any serious harm, just to deter him from trying to escape. If he struggled or otherwise tried to escape. The razor sharp claws that phantom was known for would slice into his skin. "Gotcha you bastard", said Hotaru with a grin. The thief indeed stopped his struggle and acknowledged that he was caught. Without any further altercations he was safely transported to the Sunagakure police.

WC:516
TOTAL: 1385/1000

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