Surpise! pt2 [C Rank]

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Difficulty: C [Moderate]
Task: The chuunin you found has gone missing! He has also taken his mother hostage, hence why the father processed this mission so quickly. He needs your help again! Find Agi and his mother and bring him in alive. Dead will result in a half payment of ryo. (500)
Reward: 50 Exp + 1000 RYO (if Alive). 50 Exp + 500 RYO (if Dead.)

Sora read the slip that was given to him from the kiosk at mission hq.

"Really?!" He shouted to himself. "What the hell man!" His little outburst turned a few heads. "Sorry" he said timidly having realized that people were staring at him.

Sora couldn't understand how or why this guy would kidnap his mother. Well actually the how was pretty easy, thanks to the training Agi had, but that made the why all the more prevalent.

Sora reasoned that he needed to find any info on Agi that he could before heading off in search of the guy. "Knowledge is half the battle and all that jazz." he thought as he headed in the direction of Agi's apartment complex.

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When Sora reached Agi's apartment complex he tried to figure out a plan. Should he just go ahead and break in to the apartment and look for clues? Or, should he try a more subtle approach and try to get info on his target? Sora really didn't want to go through the trouble of breaking into the apartment and being taken for a robber by neighbors. That would get him caught up with the MP's, which could be time consuming and could hinder his search. He decided to ask around a bit first before attempting any forced entry of the apartment.

He made his way to the main lobby of the complex. He had been through here a few days earlier on his previous mission but didn't pay it much mind. The lobby was kind of run down and dank. Not enough to give him chills or anything but it was on it's way. It was pretty spacious, he'd give it that. There was a small coffee table in one corner with a few old looking wooden chairs. Sora noticed that the magazines that were on the table were dated for three years prior.

"Hm." He said to no one, for no particular reason.

To his left was a wrap around counter with a small bell on it. It read "Ring for Landlord". Sora rung the bell, figuring that the landlord would probably have some sort of info on Agi.

A man stepped out from a doorway that was behind the counter. He looked like he was middle aged, maybe late thirties to mid forties. He was balding and a little taller than Sora. He had a small name tag that read "Suza" then beneath it "Landlord". Sora assumed that Suza was the man's name.

The landlord looked at Sora with a very disinterested stare.
"What can I do for ya?" He asked gruffly.

Sora ignored Suza's tone. "Hey, I'm on a mission given to me by Konoha, I'm trying to find Yenglen, Agi. I'd appreciate it if you could give me any information that you might have on him, or point me towards someone who would have such info." He said.

Suza stared at Sora for at least half a minute before making a break for the hallway behind him.

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Sora made his way thought the back hallway in pursuit of Suza. He saw Suza burst through a door at the end of the hallway. Sora followed and found that he was back outside in the village. He looked around furiously, trying to find Suza in the crowd. He noticed a man that looked like Suza running down the street to his left. Sora continued his pursuit. Suza pushed several people down as he passed them to slow Sora down. Sora jumped over these people apologizing as he did so.

Suza kept running. Sora decided to claim a nearby building to better follow the landlord. He made his way over the roof tops keeping an eye on his target. He saw Suza turn around to see if he was still being followed. Suza looked relieved and slowed his pace considerably before turning into an alley. He was probably pretty surprised when Sora, having jumped from the roof above landed on him. Suza let out a loud "AUUGH!"


Sora tied Suza up and had him sit in the ally.

"Sorry if I hurt you." he said "But I can't have you run if you've got info on my mission."

Suza looked at him with a poisonous stare.

"So where's Agi?"

"I ain't gonna tell no spy like you."

Sora's facial expression became one of confusion.
"Spy?" He asked.

"Yeah, Agi said that some people that were spying on the village would be coming after him. So screw you."

Sora just looked at the man. He sighed. "Get up" he said.

Sora led Suza back to the Kohnoha mission HQ. He took him to one of the kiosks then keyed in his information. On the screen the information for his current mission popped up. He pointed at the screen. "See this here? This is my mission. I'm to bring Agi in because he kidnapped his mother. Got it?"

Suza nodded.

"Good." Sora replied. He undid Suza's bindings. "Now tell me what you know about Agi."

"I don't know much. Just that he showed up a few years ago. He really kept to himself. Uh..... He would leave every few months or so for like two weeks. Said he was going to a family home out in the country or something like that."

That helped a little but Sora needed specifics. "Do you have a copy of his apartment key?"

"Yeah." said Suza.

"I'm gonna need it."

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Sora had gotten Agi's apartmentkey from the landlord after the trek back to the apartment building. He opened the door, half expecting for a bomb or two to go off in his face as he did so. The door swung open, no explosions or traps at the door.

Aside from a few rays of light that came in through the blinds the apartment was dark. Sora found the light switch on a near by wall and begun his search. I'm looking for anything that might give the slightest hint as to why someone would kidnap their mother.

Sora made his way methodically through the apartment, looking every place he could imagine that someone would hide information. After about an hour of thorough searching Sora was frustrated and empty handed. Then he noticed the map on the wall of the living room.

Sora drew closer to it to get a good look. It was a map of the Land of Fire. Close to it's center was the symbol of the leaf, which he knew marked where Konoha was. What caught Sora's attention was a small red circle that was out towards the coast. I looked like it was drawn onto the map with a marker. Just above it were the words "Vacation Home". Sora thought about how coincidental it would be for his target to literally leave a map to his location.

Well he did say he forgot things a lot. Sora thought to himself as he headed out the door. There wasn't any real evidence that Agi was at this vacation home but it was the only lead that he had. So he'd follow it.

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Sora set out for the Penglen's vacation home shortly after searching Agi's room. If the info on the map was correct (and man did he hope it was), then the house was just a six hours run away from Konoha.

"Great I needed some exercise." He said to no one in particular when he started running.

Sora arrived in the general area of the circle he had seen on the map in five hours instead of six. "Guess I'm in better shape than I thought... that or I need to work on my travel time calculations." He said, this time towards himself.

The vacation home was apparently located in a small village. At first Sora thought that it would be a good idea to ask the villagers about Agi, but then he remembered his interaction with the landlord. Agi might have gotten to the villagers with misinformation about anyone trying to find him, and Sora didn't have time to explain to the villagers or fight them. He decided to make his way around the parameter of the village to try and see if there were any roads that might lead to a separate area. He figured that rich people liked to live outside town, up on hills or by the beach. Not that there were any beaches in this area.

Eventually Sora found a small foot path that lead into the hills and voila there was a very large house on one of the hills. "That wasn't that hard." he said to himself. "I've got to stop talking to myself." He said to himself again.

While Sora wanted to just bust down the door of the house he knew that he couldn't, not just because he didn't know if Agi had set traps, but also because there was a hostage. Sora made the decision to stake out the house from a nearby tree.

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Sora had climbed into the tree and laid on a large branch fairly hight up. It was very uncomfortable. His position gave him a pretty good vantage point to see the house and the road that had brought him here. He could even make out the tops of a few buildings in the village nearby.

For the first three hours of his stake out nothing happened. Then about twenty minutes into the forth hour he noticed movement coming from the back of the house. Using his binoculars Sora was able to see that it was in fact Agi. He watched Agi go off down the road and into town. About an hour and a half later Agi returned and entered the house through the back again. Sora noted this for when he raided the house later.

Night had fallen by then and since Agi had returned he saw no movement come from the house. Sora was getting tired. He tried to stay awake but he couldn't keep his eyes open. He was awakened by the sound of the door of the house closing. It was morning and Agi was leaving. Sora decided that this was the best time to make a move. If he could get in and get the hostage he could set a trap for Agi who would be greatly confused when he returned.

Sora dropped down from the tree. When he hit the ground, he was greeted by Agi's heel in his stomach. It knocked the air out of Sora's lungs and sent him tumbling through the grass a few meters. He was able to use the momentum of his tumble to bring himself to his feet just in time to dodge a follow up attack by Agi with a tanto. Sora dodge rolled to the left, simultaneously reaching into his satchel to grab a kuni. He threw it at Agi who blocked it with his tanto.

The kuni had only been a distraction as Sora had made started forming handseals the second it left his hand. It only took him about a second to prepare his jutsu. He took a deep breath, then exhaled a large blast of wind that was known as "Daitoppa". Agi tried to dodge the move and was partially successful in that it only clipped his shoulder. Agi might have been able to continue fighting if he wasn't hit another one of Sora's attacks just before he was able to touch the ground coming out of his dodge. Sora had prepped another jutsu as soon as he fired "Daitoppa". It was ready to fire about the time that his first clipped Agi. This one was a more concentrated blast of air that was about a foot in diameter . It was called "Shinkuu Gyoku". It hit Agi square in the chest and propelled him into a tree. He didn't move after that.

Sora walked up to see if the guy was still alive. When he got close he saw that he was still breathing. Sora figured he was unconscious. He didn't want to take any extra risks though, he was already feeling bad about having been caught off guard in the first place, so he made a wind clone and had it tie Agi up while he stood by incase his opponent was just faking.

Once his target was secure, Sora began to search the house for the mother. He found her in one of the upstairs bedrooms. She had apparently been drugged and was just as unconscious as her son outside. Sora picked her up and brought her outside. For the return journey to Konoha he carried the mother while his clone carried Agi, just incase he woke up.

Neither of them were a problem on the run back. When they got back to the village, Sora dropped the mother off at the hospital then took Agi in for detainment.