Zen woke up. He was feeling...better. That spar with his students filled him with the vim and vigor he missed. Something that one his age should really have naturally....

Either way, he had a job to do. The absolute same one that he did before, no less.... He had heard rumors of the boar he and Takumi had subdued raging about the Wild West again. Was it some folly of theirs that this menace was out and about again? Surely not.... Zen wondered what could have been wrong with the poor thing that it was doing such heinous things. As he had thought before, animals do not do things without reason, even if people think that they are mindless.

Regardless.....Zen set off for the Wild West after he had donned his Black Coat as usual. What he wanted....he wanted to be something of importance in Iwa. That's when it hit him. He knew that Arashi was going to be something great, and Dengen was already so....Takumi was on that path as well. Zen needed to put the thing he had resolved to be the best at to use. He had to use his knowledge. And so, he decided from then on that he would be the captain of ANBU. The Kyouga had done the Village Hidden in Stones a great many services. But he wanted to be something more than a member of Team Alpha. And he didn't want to just be ANBU. He wanted to be able to do something even better for the village...he would become the most senior of captains. He didn't need to be Tsuchikage to be able to change things. He, after all, was but one of many tools of the ninja world. He knew his place. Zen, however, was the type of person to be passive-aggressive if push came to shove. So, he needed to do missions. A great many of them. Whether taking care of someone's cat or taking care of their life, the Profound Mirror would be of as much service as he could.

While musing about his purpose in life, Zen had unexpectedly arrived at the farmer's house faster than he thought he would. He was supposed to meet up with Takumi again....since it was a mission shared between the two. Knocking on the door, and getting no response, Zen opened it. He saw the farmer on the floor, shaking. Running up to him, he tried to get a little of the old man's focus. "What happened!?" "I....I fed it. It...wanted more, but I -cough wheeze cough- didn't have anything else to give it. It ran off again....Please...-hack wheeze splortch-" The old man, upon inspection, seemed to have been headbutted by the huge pig-beast. So much that it made him cough up blood. Zen really needed to learn medical ninjutsu... but first, this had to stop.

He stepped out of the door, hood still up. An anonymous avenger.

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Takumi had heard rumors that the boar was running loose in the wild west again. This was a problem he could not let that thing run wild again. So he got up and got dressed wearing his normal clothes with one exception he reached in his closet and pulled out a Iwa chuunin jacket and put it on. This was taku's emblem of rank. So he zipped it up and walked out the door. As he was walking toward the wild west again he thought about what he was going to do with his life he knew that Arashi was going to be Tsuchikage. So he thought about what HE was going to be. It was then and there he decided to become an Iwa ANBU operative. He knew that his skills could come in handy in the field of assassinations. Then after that he planned on becoming on of Iwa's Sannin so that he could help Arashi with the village as much as he could. Once he realized how close he was to the farm he began to think about the mission. This boar would undeniably remember him and Zenchi. So this could get ugly. He then arrived at the farm as he got close to the house he saw Zen put his hood up. Taku laughed a bit then walked over and said "Hi Zen how ya been since the last time we were here.".

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"Hi, Zen, how ya been since the last time we were here?"
"I've been doing well... however, we really need to stop that boar. That beast left this man in almost critical condition. He'll be okay as long as we finish this quickly. Then we can take him to the hospital."

Zen knew the boar-beast well now. He knew what its mannerisms were. He knew its tracks. And above all, he sadly knew that he had to kill it. It was a fruitless effort, though, to try and humanely diffuse this situation. And so Zen set off for the pig. The poor thing.

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Takumi agreed this boar was to dangerous to be left alone now. He followed right behind Zen until he heard the sound of snorting Taku stopped and looked around for the boar. He saw the boar heading off back into a field. He knew this may be the only chance to kill him without any other people getting hurt. He looked at Zen and Then began to sneak behind the pig. Once he got close he hid in the grass and bit his finger and smacked the ground *poof* a small cloud of smoke appeared and in it was his wolf. He looked toward Zen and nodded to him signaling for a distraction.

Word count 113/1000
Total word count 353/1000

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This was coming to a head very quickly. The boar, it seems, had chanced to meet the two ninja--now both high-rank shinobi--and they had to get rid of it while they had the chance. Takumi, hiding in a bush, began making hand seals.... oh great. The wolf. The dreaded wolf. Zen hated that thing. But this was no time for sentiment..... that canine summon was one of the most useful jutsu in Takumi's arsenal. Needless to day, he hadn't seen the Senju use the clan's famed Mokuton yet.... Zen was looking forward to it, but not looking forward to it. He was wondering about Wood Release, but didn't really want to see it used on the pig. He needed to end this quickly....he didn't need any more depressing sights right now. Making hand seals, Zen created mirrors to make flashes so as to lead the boar astray. "Go right ahead..."

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Takumi saw the flash the boar was blinded the time was now he sent his wolf in to bite the boar again. Same as lat time but this time the boar was so agitated that it kicked and slammed his wolf in the head. Though the wolf was only shaken this was there only chance to take it by surprise. Takumi knew he had to stop the pig from thrashing so he made some hand signs and looked at zen and said. "Zen i finally have a jutsu you would hate more than the art of decapitation". with that taku slammed his hand down on the ground turning every piece of dirt within 20 feet into quick sand. He saw the pig slowly start to sink and squeal as it went down. He was not going to grown it in sand though. The only reason for the sand was to stop him from thrashing so much. It would also keep the pig from attacking them. He then turned to Zen and said. "Alright he is caught so how are we going to do this Zen". He then turned back to Zen to see what he was going to say.

Word count 204/1000
Total word count 557/1000

Chakra=85/120 jutsu inside:

This needed to end...Zen was already exhausted from this little exertion. What was he supposed to do about this...? It was getting worse and worse, and he couldn't stop it. It says something if the best medical professionals in your village couldn't help you. Zen had come to terms with the sad truth that his time might come before he expected.... but he never wanted to go out like that. If his life was cut short, it would be while making use of himself.

"Alright he is caught so how are we going to do this Zen"
Huh....it was a large-scale Doton technique....it dragged those in it down like quicksand, and it could harden again by Takumi's will, it would seem. Takumi was definitely right, though, with his snarky little comment. That would be a devastating move to get trapped in....one couldn't even Nawanuke out of there like Zen had devised with the Decapitation technique. It was literally being trapped by the earth itself....dangerous. Though, Zen's priority was never to block, but dodge if he could.

The boar itself was still writhing in its cement prison. Zen decided that if they were going to kill it, they would do it humanely. Part of its front legs were still above-ground... "Demonic Illusion."
With those words, each semi-stomp the boar made on the ground would crack, crack, crack it. It fell into an abyss, the deepest of slumbers.

The hooded, cloaked figure walked away from Takumi. "Do as you will. Mirror Clone." A copy of him appeared, ready to help the Chuunin with whatever needed to be done. The original, however, walked a good distance away, and started to meditate.

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[Zen Mentally Left the Thread]

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Taku sensed there was a issue with Zen but he lft it alone it was Zen's business not his so he turned back to the boar and said "Well first things first" Taku said as he smacked the ground re-solidifying the quick sand he did not want the boar going under while he was doing this. He looked at the mirror clone then turned his arms into long pieces of wood with sharp edges then taku did his job he chopped the boars head clean off heck even if he was not in a genjutsu he would not have felt a thing but taku felt better knowing he was out when it happened. He then plled the boar out of the ground or what was left of him and buried him. He then looked at the Zen clone and said "Alright we need to go back and help the farmer". The Zen clone agreed and they walked back. Taku with the help of Zen clone hoisted the man up and began the trip back to The hospital. When they got there a doctor immediately got the man into a room and began to look him over. After about an hour the doctor walked out and said "Well the man will be just fine but when happened to him he looks like he got hit by a truck". Taku looked at the mirror Zen and said "Actually it was a boar sir and will he be alright". The doctor looked at him and said "Well yes hell be fine in about a week after he gets some rest". And as the doctor was about to leave he stopped turned and said "DID YOU JUST SAY HE WAS HIT BY A BOAR". Taku looked at him and said "Yes why". The doctor looked at him and said "oh nothing just making sure". then taku thought he heard the doctor say something about the man being lucky to be alive. Taku then walked in the man's room and sat at the foot of the bed and said "Well sir the boar is taken care of" The man looked at him and said "Thank you boy". Taku got up and left with the Zen clone. As the were leaving he looked at the clone and said "Well on to the next mission i guess". And with that he and the mirror Zen left the hospital and went towards the real Zen so the could go get there money for the mission.

Word count 450/1000
Total word count 1007/1000

Chakra=65/120 jutsu inside: