1 An Extra Pair of Eyes (Izumi) Thu Dec 27, 2018 4:47 pm
Akaneya
C-rank
- mission:
- Mission name: Extra Pair of Eyes.
Mission rank: B-A.
Objective: Proctor a match for the Exams.
Location:
Reward: 500/1000 Ryo +3/4 EP.
Mission Description: There are hundreds of matches taking place for the Chūnin exams, and more overseers are needed than ever to ensure the safety and fairness of the bouts we host.
Mission Details: You are in charge of half a day’s worth of matches, about 5 or 6. They will mostly go without incident, but a few entrants are especially bloodthirsty; restraining them will require defensive and/or supplementary jutsu of at least B-rank. This is overall an easy or boring mission, but necessary enough that you receive pay regardless.
The day had started much like any other - the streets were filled with crowds and incessant noise, a great host of people gathered and celebrating the ongoing Chunin Exams. It was a contest of will and wit, genin giving their all to take that time-honored step forward to the next rank. It was, to some degree, respectable - even if the arrogant children who went through might only see their ego inflate - because it would teach them all many valuable lessons about the way the world works.
Akaneya closed her eyes, remembering a time years ago. In the dark, subterranean lair that she had once called home, she stood in an open space. Not too open, for iron bars lined every door, and prisoners watched from the sidelines. Some cheered the battles before them, others cowered at the sight, but it was only a matter of time for them. She looked to her opponent, another prisoner; fresh from his cell, the man was easily twice her size. Taking up a defensive stance, she held her kunai tightly as the two began to circle one another.
Each fighter made a few flourishes of their blade, trying to intimidate the other. After what felt like an eternity, the brute charged - and she sidestepped readily. Leaving a scratch upon his back and jumping away to safety, she narrowly escaped a furious sweep of his fist. He was not amused. Beginning to circle again, Akaneya felt her arm grabbed by one of the onlookers. Trying to yank it out, she looked to see in the prisoner's eyes a sense of sheer terror - the likes one has when they know their end is near. He must've been new around here.
Slam - the brute violently pinned her to the wall while she was looking away. Aching all over her back, she looked to meet his gaze. The brute pulled his arm back, preparing to plunge his knife into her body, and so with no hesitation did she tear into the pinning arm with her bare teeth. Ripping from him a chunk of his very self, he fell backwards in shock. Akanaye jumped away once more as the brute regained his footing.
Ducking into a shadowy corner, holding her mass of red hair tightly behind her, and ducking to minimize the silhouette, the brute turned around and saw nothing. He might've seen if given a couple more seconds, but she used an inbuilt ability - she distorted a drip of water splashing on the ground to sound as if a metal clank. Briefly turning to look at the noise, this was all she needed; pulling herself up to stand and throwing the kunai with all her might, the blade landed straight into his neck. Out came a waterfall of rainbow hot springs, pouring onto a table of finely-spiced ramen steaming in its colorful bowl. A fluffy puppy came out to lick some sake off the floor, slurping with his goofy long tongue. Akaneya's father patted her on the shoulder, and reassured her of how proud he was of her progress, and that all would be well soon.
She averted her eyes from the starved rats scrounging the dungeon floor for meat, and looked up to the tall figure beside her. His cold, pale skin and his soothing voice all too recognizable. She looked back to the mess she had made for but a brief moment before being ushered back to her cell.
Akaneya opened her eyes. These little pests would never understand what the outside world was like without the blood, effort, and desperation of the Exams. This, she knew well. Perhaps that is why she had been instructed not to enlist in the exams, and perhaps it is why she had been told to proctor the young fighters despite being of their own rank. She would not be alone, of course; a higher-ranking shinobi would accompany her, watch her, and probably clean up whatever serious problems occurred. All that had to be done on her part was to show up for the damned thing.
Walking down the streets of Konoha, taking the path of least resistance at all possible occasions to avoid the crowds, the designated meeting spot came into vision. This was, supposedly, where she would meet her own Chunin or Jonin chaperone. Looking around, seeing none, she simply stood in the relatively empty space, waiting in absolute silence - as best as she could filter out the noises in the distance, at least. Akanaye began to wonder if her soon-to-be chaperone had been there the day that she arrived. It was, after all, only two or three years ago, though surely the majority of shinobi would've only heard second-or-third-hand.
Looking around once more, ever-vigilant, she waited.
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