Takeshi recently received a new B ranked mission that seemed interesting. Takeshi hadn’t done a mission like this before, so he found it cool to think about. He wasn’t this excited about a mission since his first C rank mission back when he was a Genin. Takeshi woke up bright and early, and just like everyday, he started it with his workouts. They seemed to always take at least forty-five minutes to finish, which wasn’t really a problem. However, this time instead of going straight to the shower, he decided to do something different. He found that if he meditated for at least thirty minutes everyday, he would be much more productive throughout the day. So he took his meditative stance of choice, and assumed the position and fell into a trance. Now, the thing about his stance was, he would have to stand up on one leg, and keep his concentration, and then slowly work his way into the next position. The catch was, Takeshi would have to stay upside down on his ceiling by using his chakra to stick to it. Which wasn’t a hard thing to do, but it would be the transition of positions that would catch him up. Takeshi meditated for a little over his half hour mark, which wasn’t a bad thing. In meditation, it wasn’t so much as getting visions, but just trying to keep the mind clear. It was even said that some masters of the art would be able to float in the air with little to no effort. In any case, the sun was starting to come out, so he went into the shower to wash off the sweat that was stuck to his skin. As he walked out of the shower with his towel drying his hair, he thought about the ANBU again. It wasn’t something that he thought about too much anymore like it did earlier in his career.


Takeshi moved from his bathroom, to his bedroom and hung his wet towel up. It would have been nice to sit and ponder his future, but he had to get ready for his mission. He changed into his mission gear, which was nothing more that his black coat, black shinobi pants, and his black shinobi sandals. What Takeshi found interesting, was that his coat and several places where it had been cut that his mother sewed back up. Sure he could have gotten a new coat, but he felt like it added a little personality to his coat. Takeshi put on a white undershirt before he put on his coat, he didn’t like feeling naked under his coat. On his way out the house, his mother greeted him with a smile. She insisted he got something eat, Takeshi didn’t feel like getting a big breakfast, but it wasn’t an option. So he got a piece of toast that she already had prepared for him and he headed out. The sun on this day was bright, but it wasn’t too hot. If anything, it was like fall weather, or maybe spring weather. It felt nice, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. Takeshi ate his toast as he pondered his new mission details. This was a B rank mission so it wouldn’t be easy, but it shouldn’t be too hard. From his mission, there have been two Chuunin rank ninja who have been suspected of trying to leave the village. This of course was a problem, which could easily become inflated. The catch was, there wasn’t any hard evidence of their actions.  So it was Takeshi’s job to find this evidence, and if necessary, to arrest these people.


First things first, he had to find them. Takeshi knew he couldn’t just start searching for them in his current state. He didn’t want to take the chance and raise suspicions to himself. So he decided to use his transformation technique. This was a simple academy level jutsu that allowed the user to turn into just about everything. He planned ot use this in conjunction with his shadow doppelganger technique.Takeshi made sure nobody was looking, and then he jumped onto a nearby roof. First he used his transformation technique, and turned into a black cat. He felt like a cat was the best thing to transform into, seeing as how there seemed to be an abundance of cats that roamed Konoha these days. After he turned into a cat, he used shadow doppelganger technique which felt a little awkward at first, since at the the moment he had no fingers. He managed to make due with what he had, and he created four clones of himself. This used up a lot of his chakra, but he decided to use it until he found out where the two Chuunin were. He made a plan with his clones so that if they saw them, they would follow them until he found some good evidence. In the meantime, the other clones would continue to search for the two Chuunin.


The two Chuunin in question were two people that Takeshi never met personally. One was a girl who was the same age as Takeshi, though, he wasn’t sure if she was in the same academy class as him. From the description Takeshi got, she seemed to be a fairly attractive female. She had brown hair with bangs and brown eyes. She was also had a fair complexion, and her name was Shizuka Fushayami . As for the other Chuunin, he was around twenty one, or maybe like twenty. His hair was pretty long, but not as long as Takeshi’s, and he had tanned skin. His name was Kaito Asara and he seemed to always have a swagger about things. This information ran through Takeshi’s head as he searched around the village for any sign of them being around. His clones all scattered and searched the areas they were assigned to, so that they could keep from covering ground that has already been covered. Takeshi came up with a set time so that they could meet back up at, and instructed that if one of the clones found the two, he would follow them. That way Takeshi and the other three clones would know what area to check, and what they would need to do.


A few hours passed, and Takeshi didn’t come up with anything. The time had come to meet up with his other clones in hope that one of them found something. So he made his way back over to the original spot he created the clones. The sun had shifted into more of a three o’clock position in the sky. Takeshi, still in his cat form, jumped from building to building, having finally gotten used to the new form he was in. Takeshi quickly found his way back to meet up spot and he saw all four of his clones already there. As he landed into the little group circle the cats formed, he saw that one of the clones had something to say. As it turned out, he didn’t find the Chuunin, but instead found out where they lived. He managed to sneak in there while they were gone and found a piece of paper that would be enough to serve as evidence. The clone went on to say what was on the paper, and how it had detailed information about the village’s infrastructure. Takeshi was quite suprised and curious as to how a couple of Chuunin found some to the stuff out. The clone managed to seal the paper in using the Uzumaki sealing technique. The paper would be safe enough there, but that still didn’t tell them where the two Chuunin were. So Takeshi dispersed the clones and managed to get a good amount of his chakra back. Not only that, but he managed to get the whereabouts of the apartment the Chuunin were living in.


Takeshi decided to make his way over there to see if the two made it back home yet. It didn’t take him long to find his way there, and when he got there, he saw the two. From what Takeshi could see while looking in through the open window, was the girl yelling about something. Takeshi was still in his cat form, but he didn’t want to get too close, so he just found a spot and watched the two argue. From what Takeshi could tell by lip reading was that Kaito lost the paper two times before for whatever reason. Aside from that, Takeshi couldn’t really tell what they were talking about. Then Takeshi saw Shizuka write something on another piece of paper. Takeshi just guessed that she was drawing up the information again, and if she really was, Takeshi would be impressed. Takeshi sat and watched through the window for hours, occasionally moving around to not raise suspicion. Then, the sun disappered and the night sky took over. The weather changed slightly, and the wind brought in sudden chills, though it wasn’t enough to warrant winter cloths. The two Chuunin left the apartment and started to jump around on rooftops. Takeshi followed while still in his cat form, the black fur making a good camouflage. He followed the Chuunin through all sorts of holes, and secret passages they probably created. Takeshi found out that this way they were going led outside the village walls. The Chuunin sped up, and so did Takeshi, the ninja jumped from branch to branch with Takeshi keeping his distance. Eventually, Takeshi saw two other people in the shadows, and Takeshi watched as the Chuunin and the people began to talk.


While they did this, Takeshi already had a planned developed in his head that could work. He created two shadow clones, both in the forms of black cats once again. The shadow clones already knew what to do, so they put the plan in action. The plan was to send in a clone to cause a distraction, so he could seperate the two Chuunin and cause confusion. While in this confusion, Takeshi would use the clones to detain all the people involved. So Takeshi watched as the first clone made his way closer the group. As he made his way closer, Shizuka pulled out the piece of paper and held it out for the other two people. Takeshi knew that the clone would use this opportunity and he did. The clone ran in and snatched the piece of paper, Shizuka herself was ready to go after the clone, but Kaito stopped her and went after it himself. Takeshi and his other clone moved in quickly. Takeshi used Wind Release: Stream on the loose dirt which made an excellent smoke screen. After a few moments, Takeshi released his cat form and used his clan’s kekkai genkai. Which was his chakra chains and along with his clones, he managed to capture all four people. It was quite the hassle dragging the four back to the village, they put up quite the struggle. Takeshi gave them to the interrogators along with the evidence he got. Takeshi never found out what happened to them, but he knew it wasn’t something good, in any case, he got his mission done.

1901/1500 Mission Completed