1 The Sealer Sealed In: Nobuya's First Mission! [Private] [Mission] Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:21 pm
Nobuya
D-rank
- Mission: Securing Assets:
- Mission name: Securing Assets (Repeatable)
Mission rank: D
Objective: Secure important assets for Kirigakure’s effort
Location: Kiri
Reward: 150 Ryo
Mission description: “Raw metals are needed for the smithies and crafters. There’s an old abandoned mine on one of the islands west of here to collect them. Some say it’s haunted, be careful.”
Mission details: Go and collect 5 to 10 kilos of raw materials from the old abandoned mine, the mine seems to have had an accident some time ago, leaving raw materials lying around after travelling 200+ meters deep, haunting sightings up to the writer.
I had finally done it. I, Nobuya Yomechiro, had actually passed the graduation exam and become a full-fledged ninja of Kirigakure. I was still in shock at the prospect, staring at my shiny new headband that signified my newly acquired status in the mirror of my room. If I was going to be honest, it looked a little bit weird. It was like a whole different Nobuya was staring back at me, a Nobuya with responsibility. I couldn’t just be the kid who would shirk schoolwork so that I could have more time to mess with sealing jutsu. I was a part of my village, and a part of my nation’s military forces if need be. And especially in Kirigakure, that meant that I had to be a fighter, at least in mentality. We may have left the days of the “Bloody Mist” behind us, but we still had a culture that very much enjoyed a good fight every now and again. Of course, I would still be the kid spending as much time as possible messing with new fuuinjutsu techniques, but now I wouldn’t quite have the opportunity I would before. I sighed, and of course the Nobuya in the mirror sighed back. It was still strange to see that Nobuya in a headband (and of course it was very strange that I was thinking somewhat in the third person), but I knew I couldn’t just stare into the mirror all day. This was the day I was going to receive my first mission! I was a bit nervous, but that feeling was quickly overcome with excitement. I know it was just going to be a D-rank mission, probably finding a lost book or getting pet food for Lady Mikzukage’s tiger or something, but it was my first step towards becoming a better ninja, and I couldn’t wait.
After eating a quick breakfast, I headed out towards Kirigakure’s mission board to see what my day would be spent on.
“Securing Assets,” I mumbled to myself. Seemed simple enough. There was an abandoned mine to the west of here, and they needed someone to go and collect some materials from it. I could do that! I was a bit puzzled by the mention of the mine supposedly being haunted, but I just smiled to myself.
I wonder if I could somehow make a ghost-sealing jutsu? Would ghosts just be made of chakra, or would I need to do something like what I’ve been working on with my Kunai-Catching Seal? Wait, why am I even thinking about this? I have a mission to do!
I snapped myself out of my self-created daze and, after officially taking the mission, set off for the docks. Apparently, there was a boat that was taking ninja like myself, mostly Genin, out to the different islands for pretty similar missions. A few of my classmates were also there, experiencing their first missions too. After talking to some of the others, I discovered that I apparently was the only one going to a haunted mine.
“Yeah, that place’s spooky. My older brother had to go there once. He wouldn’t talk to me for a week. Something really shook him up.”
“Oh, you’d never catch me going there. Even for a prank, that place’s too creepy.”
“Ah, what’s everyone getting so worked up about? It’s probably fine. Still, uh…be careful Nobuya. You don’t happen to have, like, an anti-possession seal, do ya?”
Well, isn’t this just fantastic. My first mission, and I was being warned not to get possessed. How would I even come up with an anti-possession seal? Actually, now that I think about it, if my previous hypothesis about ghosts being made out of chakra, or at least a chakra-like substance, was correct, it wouldn’t necessarily be to hard to- NOBUYA!
I interrupted my own train of thought. I couldn’t get bogged down with daydreaming about new jutsu right now, I had a mission to get prepared for.
…I could isolate the foreign chakra using my own chakra, and drive it into a seal somewhere! That actually wouldn’t be a bad defense against genjutsu, now that I thought about it. The problem, of course would be-NOBUYA! WHAT DID I JUST SAY/THINK TO YOU/ME! FOCUS ON THE MISSION NOW, RESEARCH AND DEVELOP NEW SEALING JUTSU LATER.
After snapping myself out of it a second time, I double-checked the kunai and senbon I had packed this morning. I didn’t really think I would need any of it, but a ninja must always be prepared, and its better to be safe than sorry, and all sorts of other sayings I learned at the academy that would probably apply to this situation. I was all good to go. The ferryman approached, and we set off on a rather short and uneventful boat ride. Soon, I was at the island.
“Alright, you’re one of the ones who’s gathering materials, so you’ll be picked up about five hours from now in a boat that can actually accommodate cargo,” explained the ferryman. I waved goodbye and he set off.
I turned around and followed the worn-out path to the long-abandoned mine.
Welp, guess I better get started.
WC: 902