duty; ♥ [mission]

Border patrol, huh? Hadn't that essentially been what Kain had just done? He and Coco had been wandering out from the gates and stumbled upon a foreign ninja, one that was too close to the gates for comfort - and although Kain DID have every intention of cutting him to bits, the Mist ninja threw the first punch.. and, well, we know how that ended for him! But here he was, OFFICIALLY watching the borders, and what a piece of shit this was. He had mentally decided that he was going to get double pay for this, and not to mention he still had the head of the intruder, so you best believe he was going to get a bounty and reward from that, too! Unfortunately for him, here he was, only hours after his most recent kill and he already wanted to go out for more - which is where the slight sense of excitement in this mission came from! Kain, although outwardly appearing lazy sprawled out on the ground, was actually somewhat looking forward to lurking around the countryside, keeping an eye out for any threats - and, more importantly, potential prey!

"Right!"

He jumped to his feet, quickly shaking the dust and dirt off his clothing (he couldn't be bothered getting an earful from Coco) and immediately moved to sit on a large rock instead. This was pretty much the exact same scenario that played out this morning, but this time their roles were reversed, although rather than sitting about Kain had all his weapons and equipment laid out in front of him. With a face that showed he was putting a lot of thought into this! There were kunai, shuriken, explosive tags and explosive pouches (half of these courtesy of the mist shinobi!), and while this was all fine and dandy, it was a real big cluttered mess. He would need to sell off some of this gear, and while he was at it he really needed to get himself a new set of weights, seeing as the ones currently on his ankles weren't even noticeable at this point. But that there was the annoying part, he needed money for all of this, and he could not STAND doing missions to get paid, let alone stand the village itself as of late. I mean, other shinobi were out scouting entire villages, and here they were, watching the fucking border!

"This is shit!"

Coincidentally he said it right as Coco approached, and in little more than a few minutes that one thought had put him from excited, to totally unhappy with this all! He threw all of his items back into his pouch with a sour demeanor, then immediately stepped off the rock in Coco's direction, dropping to his feet and watching her approach. Her bag was noticeably stuffed to its limits, and Kain didn't know what she was trying to bring along with her, or why she even carried things around in there in the first place - it was awfully impractical for a shinobi! His right arm came upwards, digits pushing themselves into spiky, unkempt hair, and he just maintained a sort of confused expression as she neared,

"What's in the bag?"

His first thought was of course something useless, like a change of clothes.

His confused, yet interested, expression had quickly morphed into one of annoyance. Of course, she had to remind him that the samurai were lurking around THEIR borders, protecting THEIR village, what the fuck was this? Were they ninja, or were they samurai? Throughout the course of his life, these two worlds had never met (at least in his experience), and if anything, Kain got the impression that this was a silent takeover of sorts. A devastating war cripples all the shinobi villages, and then the Samurai silently move in and incorporate themselves into not only the government, but into the security and protection of the villages? Maybe it was due to him being a Kagehebi that he could notice it so well, but the Samurai were sure being snaky with these tactics, and he couldn't help but feel he was the only one seeing this all! The Kage of his village had basically rolled over and accepted it all, then left the brunt of the work to the Samurai, leaving Genin like Coco and himself to cover the sections they weren't patrolling?

"Fucking Samurai! I'm wanna do more than throw things at them.."

He turned to the rock, quickly snatching a water bottle of his own, keeping it in his hand for the walk. It was going to be long and tedious, but they were getting paid for it he supposed, although this didn't change just how unhappy he was with this whole scenario. What were the other villages up to? How were they recovering? Were they as submissive to the Samurai as Iwa was? What were their plans for the coming years? Kain didn't like his position in all of this one bit, and to be honest, he was open to new goals - and allegiances, provided it was promising enough, of course. Kain just kinda stood there, listening as she went over their course, taking a couple glances at the map, somewhat unsure of what exactly they'd do on this trek. Essentially all they had to do was take a big walk and keep an eye out for anything obvious, they had the entire afternoon ahead of them to do so and the sooner he got away from all this the better. With a nod of his head to Coco, Kain proceeded to trail on behind her as he often did, taking this time to pay more attention to opening his water more than anything.

"They really did give us awfully plain supplies.."

He tore the top off, bringing the bottle to his lips and taking a few sips, then spinning the cap back on and tucking the bottle into his pocket. And so, off the two went, walking along not on a designated path, but in just a general direction. Odds were they weren't going to run into anything, and already being in a bad mood over things wasn't good as it was, but having no fun while on this mission was just going to put him in a rather vile state. Kain was fairly temperamental, and despite the fact he was rather clever he tended to lose his cool - and not in the sense that he'd get mad, either.. he just, well, he'd get a little crazy. Boots thudded into the ground rather loudly as he walked on, now being to Coco's side rather than behind her. His machete clanged on his left hip, while the severed head of the mist shinobi bounced around in his satchel. And while it was still sunny, it was apparent by its lower position in the sky that at some point this mission would carry out during the night, and they both knew how he liked to prowl around in the dark!

"Y'know, I'm really get sick of th-"

He stopped, not just his sentence, but his walking too. Crimson eyes had set their sights well off into the distance, he had noticed the faintest of movements, just enough to catch his attention, and what he seen he did not like. The armour, the swords, it was clear what they were.. Samurai. Not but a few minutes into their patrol did they catch sight of them, after Kain had just finished thinking about how much he disliked it all, and it was taking a whole lot of willpower not to just cut them down right now!

"Oi, up ahead.."

He spoke quietly to Coco, nodding his head in the direction of the foreigners, although she had probably noticed them too when Kain stopped moving. Snaky-eyes watched the men, ill-intent written all over his face, but this was not the time nor place for that.. or was it?

exit. ♥