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Date: December 2, 2015
Summary:
Kaneko, Hotaru, and Akio find themselves on a ‘mission’ to retrieve candy.
Poster's note: foul language filtered in obvious places.
"Murasame Strife - Ties Mended, Candy Stolen"
Iwagakure
Kaneko had dragged Akio and Hotaru to the sweet shoppe owned by Kamizuru in the early dawn, just before the shop would open. Honey treats were usually displayed, but today the shelves were surprisingly void of… Well, everything! "WHERE IS THAT NO GOOD WORKER OF MINE?!" yells a cranky older woman. She suddenly leaves the shop and spots Kaneko and co… "You three! Genin? Help me now. A THIEF took my candy right from under my nose!" she huffs. "That way, now, get along. Make yourselves useful already." Then the woman would turn back to her shop and re-enter the building, putting the 'closed' sign up.
Kaneko stands there for a few moments in shock, then glances to her friends. "Umm… Guess we have to go find a candy thief…?" she says, giving them an apologetic and helpless look. "Gomen… I didn't think this would happen.." The girl at least had her sword… "Let's go, Hotaru-chan! Akio-kun!"
Well, it wasn't as if Hotaru needed to be dragged. There's always time for sweets every day. Sweets in the morning is just another guilty pleasure. Hotaru walked along as quickly as she could, dressed in a long-skirted blue outfit today. It didn't take long for everyone to enter the shoppe before it became rather clear that they weren't going to get Kamizuru sweets early in the morning. Someone took it all…
"Miss, we are um… We aren't on duty…" She would look at Kaneko with a slight expression of defeat. "Kaneko, today was supposed to be our break day! We can't just… She hasn't submitted a formal request and… …" She watches as Kaneko over-excitedly takes the mission without second thought. Hotaru would place her head in her hands. "Ugh… Too early for this…" Hotaru would point at the lady and tell her rather sternly. "Okay, but we're not doing this for free. We're getting candy, or… or else!"
Akio had no problem doing this even if they weren't on duty. "No it's fine Hotaru. We can do this on our break day. Just gives us extra reason tog et things later, and to be established as the best ninja in the village." He smiled some as he tried to say something he felt Hotaru might gain enthusiasm from. Then he would follow along with Kaneko to wherever they were being lead to. "Okay. So where do we start. Was their a specific person to follow? Or did we just get told about someone stealing?"
"Umm… I think she pointed that way," Kaneko says, indicating the way to the village gates. "Let's go over there. And then see if there are any carts that left. If not, then one of us can stay there and wait while the other two look for it," Kaneko suggests. The girl glances to the pair for confirmation, then would start off with her plan unless stopped.
Well, they better get free candy. "Kaneko, clearly, I need to come along. I'm… pretty good at finding stuff. Akio can stay…" Hotaru would say, casting a quick glance upon Akio. "No… Actually… We should all go together… As a team. So…" That was a confirmation, no need to stop a reasonably good plan. Hotaru would follow Kaneko to the city gates… "If… I'm not too slow…" Slow, because of her leg strength…
Akio looks between them two, and ponders what they could do. "Nah you two can follow them, and I can stay back to watch out for the thief." He knew he was the one new here, and the outsider. No need to be jumpy about being a part of the two that follow, and Hotaru obviously wanted to despite her weaker legs."First we have to get to the gate first anyways though."
"Geez, we'll figure it out soon enough. No need to go volunteering yet," Kaneko huffs. "We'll see," is all she says. The girl would drag the pair towards the gates, almost, if they weren't keeping up with her pace, and then she would pause upon seeing the guards. Adults… The girl wasn't sure if they'd take her seriously. Oh well… "Excuse me!" she says loudly, waving to the man. "I wanted to know if there was a cart that passed by here recently? It should be loaded with a bunch of sweets and everything!"
The guard blinks when he is called over to and peers down at the group of kids. He recognizes the hitai-ate to mark them as genin of the Hidden Stone, and he just nods his head. "Yes'm. 'bout twenty marks ago. Not through the gate, but there were a bunch of kids after this one dud's hide. Must've scented the candy from a mile 'way," he chuckles. Somehow kids always knew where the sweets were… Word travels fast.
Hotaru is not going to need dragging! Though, it's about time she found a technique that helped her move. When they come across the guards, Hotaru would manage to catch up while panting a little. "You mean… Kaneko… Do you think… That it wasn't a kid that stole the candy?" She expected that it was some rascal that decided to rob the Kamizuru candy shop. "I'm really surprised, actually…" She adjusts her sleeves, closing her eyes and huffing. She hated being wrong, but that was the nature of the business. "This is bad… I can't use water Ninjutsu, or I'll get the candy soaked… If I use fire Ninjutsu, I'll burn the candy… there's no winning…" Hotaru realizes.
Akio looks at the other two as they arrive at the gates. "Don't worry Hotaru. I got this man. Between the metal I can use and my ability to follow him using the earth he won't get away." He smiles once before looking between Kaneko and the guards. "So if not through the gates where did he go?" Then he sends some chakra into the ground to see if he can feel the patter of feet anywhere nearby.
RPCOMBAT: Akio defends against with a TREMOR-SENSE…34
The guard gestures in a rather vague direction. "Over there somewhere. Prolly set up shop. I thought he was a merchant, so I wasn't really questioning his presence. Here, I'll show you once my shift is ov-" "I can watch the gate for you!" Kaneko immediately says. "Hotaru-chan, you and Akio-kun can get the thief. You two have better skills than I do for this kind of mission, you know?" The guard would blink a bit then nod. "Alright, girl. I'll leave a note saying what you're doing here. You need to watch the gate and keep an eye on suspicious characters, then report 'em back. Got it?" Kaneko would nod, then the guard would turn to Akio and Hotaru. "So then, you two… Ready?"
"I'm ready." Hotaru would say as she tapped her cane down. "… Though, I honestly should be the one waiting, I'll defer to your judgement Kaneko-chan." Defer. A big word she learned a few days ago. Though Hotaru was not exactly ready to start running after someone, she was sure Akio could at least slow them down in time for her to get to it. "I'm counting on you to stop the theives Akio. Once you've stopped them, I'll catch up and we can deal with them together, okay?"
Akio looks between Hotaru and Kaneko with a silent nod of agreement when he moves off ahead of Hotaru some. He felt bad just leaving her behind some, but he wouldn't easily be able to both carry her there and get there quickly. She wouldn't be super slow though luckily. He moved as quickly as he could to to find the people, and knowing that his tremor sense would not be super useful he just looked with his basic senses to spot the kids and the candy thief.
RPCOMBAT: Akio defends against with a PERCEPTION…23
Akio looks between Hotaru and Kaneko with a silent nod of agreement when he moves off ahead of Hotaru some with the guard. "Yeah I am ready. Me and you can just hurry on, and she will catch up if we have not stopped them yet. Unless you could carry her?" He felt bad just leaving her behind some, but he wouldn't easily be able to both carry her there and get there quickly, so maybe the guard could do it? She wouldn't be super slow though luckily if left behind so it isn't a big problem. He moved as quickly as he could to to find the people following the guard as he went, and knowing that his tremor sense would not be super useful he just looked with his basic senses to spot the kids and the candy thief if the guard didn't spot them first.
Kaneko would wave to the pair and watch as they go, then her attention would shift to those passing in and out of Iwagakure. Nope. No one suspicious yet! The girl may have taken on the most boring task of the trio… She gives a small frown when someone recognizes her as he passes by. "Kaneko-san..?"
Akio and Hotaru would continue to follow along with the guard. He led them at a steady pace, though it would require Hotaru to lag considerably behind before he would even think of carrying the weak-legged dragon. Eventually, with or without picking up Hotaru, they would reach a small alleyway with a ton of kids crowding it. Candy litters the ground and more seems to fall from the sky as the thief tosses the candy to the children. … Everyone present was cheering, and the melodious voice of the thief rang through the air. "Come one, come all, come and see the show~ We've treats and we've candy; people go with the flow~…" As the rhyme continues, Akio and Hotaru would both feel a bit of genjutsu tugging at their minds….
[NPC System]: Performing Thief roll(s) Melodic Daze vs Hotaru from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 21. - Rolled by: Kaneko
RPCOMBAT: Hotaru defends against with a GENJUTSU-PERCEPTION…16
Hotaru would very quickly fall to the genjutsu, being unable to fight genjutsu quite yet. Sadly. It didn't take long until she joined in with the crowd, trying to get her own share of the candy. It all seemed like it was a good idea for some reason…
[NPC System]: Performing Thief roll(s) Melodic Daze vs Akio from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 31. - Rolled by: Kaneko
RPCOMBAT: Akio defends against with a SELF-INFLICT…16
Akio quickly joined Hotaru. He never had much candy or maybe even none, so why was this so tempting. As he walked he kicked his foot against the ground to try to cause some pain, but all it did was cause pain as he continued on towards this candy menace…didn't even get to attempt trapping him.
The voice… Kaneko practically froze when she heard it. But the note of uncertainty? That was… New… "Sentora," the young girl would say icily back to her cousin as she turned to face him. "What do you want? I'm busy." The young girl would stare at the older Murasame. He had been punished by the clan due to his and Zora's attempt on her life. And now he looked pretty pathetic in her eyes. His hair was unkempt, and his eyes lost the spark of mean confidence that she usually saw.
Sentora would hesitate for a few moments before taking a breath. "I wanted to apologize for what me and Zora did to you. It wasn't right… /I/ knew it wasn't right, but I chose to follow him. I… I know what I did is unforgivable, but I wanna make it up to you… I never wanted to see you dead, and … honestly, I didn't think he'd go so low in a /mission/."
The performer smiled as the newcomers came. Even the guard had failed to notice the genjutsu, and he was entranced… The man began to start acting like a young child, grabbing at candy and cheering loudly. Of course, his presence as a guard was noticed, so the creeper decided to make his move… Suddenly, he would make a handseal, and the chains would break loose from the ground. Those in the area were trapped within the seals, minus the guard, and the man began to pile the children into the cart he stole…
When Hotaru unwrapped the first piece of Kamizuru candy, and placed it upon her mouth, it was most certainly Wasabe flavor. That pain was enough to wake her up out of the genjutsu, and a few moments later she would be assessing the situation. "Genjutsu…" She would furrow her brow, and likely be angry enough to attempt to attack the candy-thief. "HEY, YOU! Thief! It isn't okay to steal candy, and I -HATE- wasabe!" The Wasabe-hating Watanabe would bring her hands together in a seal. "Unforgivable! Now you're going to jail for real!"
COMBAT: Hotaru attacks target 1 with WATER-CHAINS with a roll of: 35
[NPC System]: Illusionist roll(s) Blocking Chained Seals from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 32. - Rolled by: Kaneko
Akio had not even had the candy make it to his mouth. The moment all those kids got swooped up his mind went into overtime quickly reacting. Firstly about the same time the water chains come out so does the metal binds from the ground below. The binds would wrap up the legs and anything else unless the chains got some. Then from where he was he would also look to the guard. He was not skilled enough to pull him out of genjutsu, but just maybe he would snap out himself.
COMBAT: Akio attacks target 1 with BRANCHING-METAL-BINDS with a roll of: 29
[NPC System]: Illusionist roll(s) Blocking Chained Seals from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 37. - Rolled by: Kaneko
The man blinks as he finds himself wrapped in water chains. Some of the water splashed against the seals that existed, and the binds of metal just knocked against the barrier before being unable to continue to their target, but he was caught! But with some unspoken order, all eyes of the children would turn to the two 'invaders'. This included the guard… And then chaos ensued, as all the children and the guard started trying to tackle the genin. Some would be a bit more vicious and bite or claw at the shinobi.
Kaneko stares at Sentora incredulously. "And you exp- well, no, you don't. But… Honestly, Sentora, you sound kind of pitiful. Why on /earth/ did you think to follow Zora when he was being as mouse-brained as he was?! Abandoning his comrades? Letting us deal with those bandits? He even tried to set the bandits on us! Survival of the fittest licorice." Kaneko scowled a bit. "I know it wasn't all you, Sentora. You /used/ to be a decent guy. But the fact that you're associated with him at all?"
Sentora would look down guiltily. "I know I screwed up… I shouldn't have… I just… He's like my brother, you know? I can't just abandon him like that… I wanted… I tried… And I usually succeeded in finding the good in him. But that last time… And then with all that happened after? It was like cold water. Which is why I wanted to talk to you. Figures that your father wouldn't let me near, though, after the incidents…"
[NPC System]: Angry Mob roll(s) Tackle-Bite-Kick vs Hotaru from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 40. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Angry Mob roll(s) Tackle-Bite-Kick vs Hotaru from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 27. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Angry Mob roll(s) Tackle-Bite-Kick vs Hotaru from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 23. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Angry Mob roll(s) Tackle-Bite-Kick vs Hotaru from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 23. - Rolled by: Kaneko
RP: Hotaru transforms into LINES-OF-PURPOSE.
RPCOMBAT: Hotaru defends against with a WATER-CLONE…54
COMBAT: Hotaru focuses 2460 stamina to turn it into 3000 usable chakra!
RPCOMBAT: Hotaru defends against with a WATER-RIBBONS…26
RPCOMBAT: Hotaru defends against with a WATER-RIBBONS…29
RPCOMBAT: Hotaru defends against with a WATER-RIBBONS…44
RPCOMBAT: Hotaru took 100 damage.
Hotaru would would have been jumped on by all sorts of kids! Kids that nibbled and bit her! Yet, that was merely a clone! The real Hotaru was behind the fake one. It didn't stop the children's assault, and they would bite Hotaru's arm, causing her to yelp! "Ah! I… I can't attack kids!" Hotaru would say as she created a seal and trusted in her ribbons to deflect the children. "Akio, there isn't much we can do here!"
[NPC System]: Angry Mob roll(s) Tackle-Bite-Kick vs Akio from 15 to 40 and get(s) a 40. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Angry Mob roll(s) Tackle-Bite-Kick vs Akio from 15 to 40 and get(s) a 28. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Angry Mob roll(s) Tackle-Bite-Kick vs Akio from 15 to 40 and get(s) a 32. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Angry Mob roll(s) Tackle-Bite-Kick vs Akio from 15 to 40 and get(s) a 32. - Rolled by: Kaneko
COMBAT: Akio focuses 1731 stamina to turn it into 2000 usable chakra!
RP: Akio transforms into SIZZLE-I.
RPCOMBAT: Akio defends against with a CRUMBLE…19
RPCOMBAT: Akio defends against with a CRUMBLE…19
RPCOMBAT: Akio defends against with a CRUMBLE…22
RPCOMBAT: Akio defends against with a CRUMBLE…33
RPCOMBAT: Akio took 300 damage.
Akio would get jumped by this army of kids, and sadly kicked around a few times before finally turning to earth and appearing elsewhere. "Hotaru. What do you think we should do? We can't exactly just hurt these kids, but there are so many that if we don't do something we are screwed. I can try to trap them in metal, but that is mostly it." He then prepares for just that.
Kaneko rolls her eyes a bit. "Yeah, but even brothers don't know everything, Sen. Tell you what. Next time you act? Figure out what's going through your brain. And figure out where your loyalties lie." Kaneko raises a hand, though, offering it to Sentora. "And make it a promise. If you break it, I get to come at you."
Sentora offers a weak smile and nods, clasping Kaneko's hand in his own. "Deal…"
Meanwhile…
The children would continue to assault the Shinobi. And as they did such, the split concentration of Hotaru is not enough for the man in his binds to be kept still for long! He breaks free of them quite easily after a few kids nudge him, and then… He disappears with a poof! … Odd… Regardless, the children continue to attack Hotaru and Akio. Even the guard that helped manages to get in some strikes.
[NPC System]: Children roll(s) Physical vs. Hotaru from 15 to 45 and get(s) a 18. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Children roll(s) Physical vs. Hotaru from 15 to 45 and get(s) a 20. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Children roll(s) Physical vs. Hotaru from 15 to 45 and get(s) a 36. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Guard roll(s) Sharp vs. Hotaru from 30 to 55 and get(s) a 50. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Guard roll(s) Sharp vs. Hotaru from 30 to 55 and get(s) a 33. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Guard roll(s) Sharp vs. Hotaru from 30 to 55 and get(s) a 34. - Rolled by: Kaneko
RPCOMBAT: Hotaru defends against with a WATER-RIBBONS…27
RPCOMBAT: Hotaru defends against with a WATER-RIBBONS…43
RPCOMBAT: Hotaru defends against with a WATER-CLONE…37
RPCOMBAT: Hotaru defends against with a WATER-CLONE…57
RPCOMBAT: Hotaru defends against with a WATER-CLONE…55
RPCOMBAT: Hotaru defends against with a WATER-CLONE…35
Hotaru is going to to run out of chakra fast if she doesn't do something now. "Akio, we have to attack the genjutsu user!" Hotaru says as she wills up the last bit of chakra she has. "This one… is on you! You have to find him and fight him. I'll forge the path for you…"
Hotaru knows that as soon as the mist fades, that the children and the Guard will attack her. She will get heavily wounded… Akio needs to hurry! She places her hands in a seal, and focuses the mist around everyone but Akio… She leaves the area between Akio and the genjutsu user clear… He needed to go now!
COMBAT: Hotaru attacks target 1 with HIDDEN-MIST-TECHNIQUE with a roll of: 39
COMBAT: Hotaru attacks target 2 with HIDDEN-MIST-TECHNIQUE with a roll of: 34
COMBAT: Hotaru attacks target 3 with HIDDEN-MIST-TECHNIQUE with a roll of: 28
COMBAT: Hotaru attacks target 4 with HIDDEN-MIST-TECHNIQUE with a roll of: 38
COMBAT: Hotaru attacks target 5 with HIDDEN-MIST-TECHNIQUE with a roll of: 28
COMBAT: Hotaru attacks target 6 with HIDDEN-MIST-TECHNIQUE with a roll of: 39
[NPC System]: Children roll(s) Perception vs. Hotaru from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 31. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Children roll(s) Perception vs. Hotaru from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 24. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Children roll(s) Perception vs. Hotaru from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 40. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Children roll(s) Perception vs. Hotaru from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 30. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Children roll(s) Perception vs. Hotaru from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 37. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Guard roll(s) Perception vs. Hotaru from 35 to 60 and get(s) a 56. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Guard roll(s) Sharp vs. Akio from 30 to 55 and get(s) a 38. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Guard roll(s) Sharp vs. Akio from 30 to 55 and get(s) a 36. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Guard roll(s) Sharp vs. Akio from 30 to 55 and get(s) a 54. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Children roll(s) Sharp vs. Akio from 15 to 35 and get(s) a 30. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Children roll(s) Sharp vs. Akio from 15 to 35 and get(s) a 15. - Rolled by: Kaneko
[NPC System]: Children roll(s) Sharp vs. Akio from 15 to 35 and get(s) a 25. - Rolled by: Kaneko
RPCOMBAT: Akio defends against with a FIRE-REPLACEMENT…21
RPCOMBAT: Akio defends against with a FIRE-REPLACEMENT…22
RPCOMBAT: Akio defends against with a FIRE-REPLACEMENT…31
RPCOMBAT: Akio defends against with a FIRE-REPLACEMENT…25
RPCOMBAT: Akio defends against with a FIRE-REPLACEMENT…34
RPCOMBAT: Akio defends against with a FIRE-REPLACEMENT…20
RPCOMBAT: Akio took 1100 damage.
RPCOMBAT: Akio defends against with a TREMOR-SENSE…34
Akio was utterly destroyed by the onslaught that came towards him. This is what happens when everything you are taught is built to kill and not protect. Anyhow he stood there with multiple cuts from random things and a weapon the guard used lodged into his side. Luckily now everyone was surrounded in mist. Though the one who started this is gone. His only answer right now since his tremor sense does not find him would be to tie up the threat still here…the guard.
COMBAT: Akio attacks target 1 with BRANCHING-METAL-BINDS with a roll of: 28
[NPC System]: Guard roll(s) Dodge vs Akio from 15 to 35 and get(s) a 24. - Rolled by: Kaneko
The guard is suddenly, though a stroke of luck on Akio's side, wrapped in metal, and he ends up tripping and falling over himself. Just in time, perhaps, as the fall seems to have knocked him to his senses. The guard blinks and rubs his head. "Huh… Umm… What… What happened?" he asked confusedly. The man tugs at the metal binds with a frown. Looking around, most of the kids seemed to be returning to their usual docile selves. And the mist is starting to thin from Akio's use of fire. "Hey, candy!" one kid shouts, and the candy spree is back on. Of course, at this point, it may not matter… No one would wanna sell that after it was thrown to the kids.
Kaneko and Sentora had made up their differences at the gate, and they parted to their separate ways so Kaneko could continue to keep an eye out for that guard that was so kind as to help her friends. If she knew what had happened, though, she would have been fighting next to them in a heartbeat…
Hotaru was glad everything was solved. Seems like the impromptu mission was over. "Good job, Akio… Let's uh… Get Kaneko to help us clean the Candy up…" If there would be any left by the time they got her.
Akio dropped to the ground actually releasing the metal around the guard. The kunai/knife or whatever still stuck in his side, and him just lying there for a moment worn out and heavily injured. "I think I need to get to the hospital……" Hopefully the guard would grab him and bring him there, but Akio would make sure that Kaneko was alerted to his condition.
Well, of course the guard would bring Akio back to the hospital before he would alert Kaneko where her friends were all located! Kaneko would frown at the news, and she would go to the hospital right away… But she had to help with the candy business. So she and Hotaru would go to deal with the candy while the guard took his post up again. Akin would have to wait for a bit… The shop-lady didn't really reward the team for their attempt to bring her candy back because they only brought back a quarter of her total shipment. BUT, the woman was happy to have a bit, so she told them to take one piece each. "And one for that boy," she would tell them. Kaneko bows her head in thanks, and then she and Hotaru would wander to the hospital to check on their teammate.
