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Akane adjusts her gear, walking in lockstep down the road leading tot he gates of the village, This would be it, the first time Akane had been charged with the taking down of ruffians of a serious breed. A nervous knot lodged in her throat kept her from making even the most simplest of noises, only being able to show her mission sheet as proof that she was allowed to leave the village, on her way to rid the village of one of the many small threats that plague the nation like an infestation of rodents. Once outside Akane composed herself, this was not going to be the last time she would have to do this and just because it was her first does not mean that she got to choke and mess it up.

Akane would get off the road now after the gates of the village became barely visible over the snow capped hills. Knowing that wherever her mark was it was going to be nearby after the village was out of earshot and any guard that would pass would be to tired or too weak to bother the group. The only information that Akane had to go on was that it was four males, with a threat ranking that below the average genin. Even still, as weak as they where as individuals, Akane knew that a straight up fight with the four of them in her position would be suicide. And so she did what she knew that she was best at, and stayed low to the ground, her hands close to each other, prepared to form signs whenever she needed them.

The stillness of the weather made the air bitter, the cold nipping at her face as she made tracks in the freshly laid snow. It was soft and fluffy, making crunching noises as it packed together under her feet. Sound traveled though the air, cutting through it like knife though butter, reaching her ear on the breeze, causing her head to turn to the west, an argument? or at least rough talking. Whatever it was, it betrayed these criminals, and put them a step closer to justice. Trudging through the snow until she reached a trail, formed though footprints of people who frequent the path regularly. She had to have been getting close, she could see smoke rise from a fire nearby, as well as a rock formation that blocked vision of the base of the fire, Akane running to the stones and putting her back to them, looking around carefully, wanting to make sure she was not being followed. She could hear them all now, speaking to one another, she could not make out their words however, Akane poked her head around the side of the rock formation, where she saw them around the fire.

Three of them, bound up in snow gear and welding improvised weapons. one of them had a hatchet, the other a lumberjack's axe, the two where talking, seeming like small talk, both of them holding ryo in their hands, tossing them into the air and laughing, most likely a recent conquest. The last of the three however was the most unsettling, he was setting up a snowman, if it could be called that, it was crudely put together, it actually did not look bad, if the man making it was 25 years younger. It did not seem as though it was made for aesthetics however, as the man brandished a rusty sickle, the brown rust that had eaten up most of the blade from being neglected in the snow too long made it a weak, but brutal weapon in it's own right. the edge of it sharpened to gleam in direct light, after putting the head of the snowman on, the bandit began his rant.

"That's right, you think you can mess with me, you FUCK!" the bandit would scream as he drove his foot into the bottom part of the snowman, caving in the large lower piece, the rest of it remaining stable. "I own you, you hear me?! I OWN YOU NOW! and you know what?!" The bandit would not finish his sentience, choosing instead to swing his sickle horizontally, making a rough cut that split the snowman's head in two, snow shooting out of the other side of the strike as the bandit laughed, shaking his head in amusement as he tipped the top part of the snowman's head off the rest of it's body. "Never gets old..."

Akane would hold her own mouth, she was shocked at the display, these people where dangerous, and Akane could not help but feel as though she was in over her head, the only thing was, the creeping thought that inched it's way into her head, and left her terrified for a moment as she realized. There are for confirmed members. Only three are accounted for. She would realize this in time, as the familiar sound of crunching packed snow would come from behind her, Immediately turning around, her trining kicking in as she used her Chakra Bow, Drawing it out of the thin air from her chakra, Pointing it along with a force arrow primed on his body The Bandit holding in his hand a sword, a spiked gauntlet on his off hand, panicked slightly at being spotted, he would call out. "GOT US A VISITOR BOYS!!" Ashe finished his sentience Akane would launch the arrow, driving it directly in the bandits chest, sending him back slightly and knocking he breath out of him, shaking his head and looking back up at her, this time with anger in his eyes, Akane would pull back another arrow and fire again, this time hitting him in his face, sending the bandit to the ground.

Akane looked behind her, she coul hear the other three coming already but knew this one would be out of the fight now at least, Akane needed to do something, and so she would jump her way up the rock formation, standing above the three bandits as the crowded around their friend. "Where is the visitor?!" the man with the sickle yelled, Akane gulped slightly, not wanting to picture what he would do to her if he got the chance, the other three are bandits, but that man, he was clearly in it for something more. She would aim her next arrow down at them, narrowing her eyes and whistling down at them, the three of them looking up dumbly and being struck by her barrage of three arrows. Two of them falling to the ground, knocked out or at least knocked senseless. The last one being the sickle man, Akane knew that he could not just be locked up, he had to be put down, looking down at the man as he began to attempt to climb the rock formation. "Get down here you stupid little BITCH!" Akane would stare down at him, the look in her eyes was a mixture of somber and dutiful, as the man came close to reaching the top, Akane would step on the man's hand, causing him to yelp in pain, Akane shifting her weight fully on the hand and lifting her other leg up, slamming it down on the man's face, pushing him and her down, the momentum and landing causing him to be knocked out upon hitting the ground, Akane on top of him still, stepping off of it and reaching down for the sickle, taking it and staring down at the man, gritting her teeth as she closed her eyes forcing herself to swing and-

The three remaining bandits where tied together, Akane leaving the area to report to the village of the bandits location, as well as the fate of the forth bandit.

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