Errand mission [D rank]

[Guyviroth]

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☆ Name: Errand
Rank: D-Rank
Repeatable: Yes
Description: Just as ample as the number of Shinobi who protect the Hidden Leaf, the population of the elderly and needy thrive in the masses. Mrs.Ishigama, a local owner of one of the many markets in Konoha has requested the aid of the Ninja. With a small list of fruits and vegatables harvested south of her location, Ishigama has asked that you retrieve a small portion of these delicacies to replenish her low supplies. For compensation, she’s willing to pay modestly for your efforts and time.
Reward: 500 Ryo, 25exp

The day did sure seem to flow by quickly. Almost too quickly, Helios thought to himself; he still had a lot of things he wanted to get done today; another mission, finishing his game of chess, taking out the garbage, preparing his own dinner, such and such. Looking at the hanging clock on the wall that was the shape of an awakened Sharingan, he noticed it was only 4pm, so he didn't think of having too less of time to get his things done. Staring intently at the clock, he remembered what his mother used to say about it, how his ancestor worked closely with the Uchiha clan, and as such was a gift kept in the household for many decades. Turning back to the small table in which he kept the newly purchased chess set, he began to set up the pieces accordingly. It seemed rather all too simple, he thought to himself, that at least Shogi produced a more tactical approach to the game of taking pieces and in certain movements.

Before minutes passed, Helios began to grow less and less fond of the game. But then again it only cost him very little in the first place, especially for something marked as an "antique". Regardless, he realised that he needed some sort of action, something to do that involved working his body. Evidentally, from what he'd done so far he began to realise that the outer world isn't all sunshine and skittles; it was dangerous, even for high ranking shinobi of the village. He would of chosen a higher rank otherwise, but instead decided that he should remain low for the time being, sticking to the usual boring D rank missions tasked to him. Still, he needed the training to up his chakra control as well, but it seemed that by doing these menial manual labour tasks he was beginning to feel and increase in his own strength, in his own control of his energies. It was almost as though he could feel like he could just hold his hand out and freeze everything in front of him. Of course, he couldn't. He'd tried earlier.

Sitting up from the chair he had lounged at, he began to look around to make sure he wasn't forgetting anything. However, this time he decided he would leave his smoke bombs and explosive tags in his room; for a D rank mission he knew he wouldn't need them unless some random goat decided to attack him. Even then, his kakkou would see to it that the goat wouldn't be standing for much longer. Taking the items from his pouch, he left them scrambled within a small container so that the grenades wouldn't roll off the desk. Taking a stride towards the door to his house, he left to the streets.

[Guyviroth]

The sun was begining to set in the distance to the west, but it was surprising that anyone would still be out here even as the sky darkened. Then again, the village was probably the most secure location for miles. Hell, one could just leave their doors wide open and no one would dare to steal anything should they not want to be interrogated by the leading jounin squads on the street. Helios has always heard that if a jounin catches you doing anything illegal they would use jutsu to attack your mind until you were punished enough. But then again, that was more than likely a story told to little kids to make them into upstanding citizens.

Taking the path to the Hokage's office to view the mission board, Helios began to feel uneasy. As though someone was trying to follow him but not making such a good go of it. As he turned, suddenly a man stared right into the face of the pale boy, smiling a toothy grin. Helios quickly grabbed at the sword of his handle tightly, but not drawing it until the man had provoked a reaction out of him. Suddenly the man began to chuckle slightly, keeping the smile about him. "Hey, boy, you're headin' for the Hokage's office, right?" the man scuffled; he seemed to not be very well at all, almost as though he had come down with a fever of something, but yet was able to maintain such a composure. This guy must be really energetic. or excited. I happen to know that one of the missions is to go harvest some stuff for one of the stall keepers. How do I know this, you say? Cuz my daughter's gone to do the exact some thing!" Perhaps you two can work with eachother? Give a lil girl a hand, why don'tchya?"

"..." Helios seemed rather distant, though it wasn't surprising considering he was having a conversation with a man not much taller than himself, dark brushed back hair, oddly energetic and happy, and with a runny nose. It was a rather long pause before Helios would respond, having trying to get his brain back on track with the offer. "Yes, sure, I'll give your daughter a hand... The man smiled and nodded, turning back around and stumbling back the direction he came from; seemed the fever was affecting either his eye sight or his equalibrium. regardless, Helios maintained his course to the Hokage's office to review the mission board to make sure it was still there.

[Guyviroth]

No matter how many times Helios walked up these stairs they only seemed to get longer and longer. Wel, then again it was only the second time, so perhaps he just needed to get used to them. Walking down one of the corridors, he began to browse and the rather large notice board for missions. The contracts seemed to be laid out in a grid fashion, obviously to make it easier for people to find the mission they want. On top of that, they were also in alpabetical order, although the name of the mission Helios didn't have a clue about. After a brief moment he had found the mission on the board. Unclipping it from the large board of birch, he began to make his way up the other set of stairs to the office. If running around collecting produce wasn't doing his body much good, then the walking was.

Before Helios could open the door, he began to hear raised voices coming from the other side. One of them sounded like a girl's voice; high pitched, almost squeaky. A bratty, too. Must of been the guy's daughter the man was talking about. The other was of a man, but rather gruff yet composed. Couldn't of been the Kage's. Was more than likely the Jounin who was handing out missions. Walking into the room after knocking, Helios saw a small girl in a pink dress with light blonde hair in a ponytail. 'No way... is that... the same girl from before?' Helios thought to himself; the same girl that gave Helios the pink bow from rescuing Ayane?

The two didn't seem to notice as Helios walked into the room, still having an argument. "But why can't I go on this mission?" the girl pleased with the jounin in front of her; the height difference was astounding that Helios felt horrible watching as a man three feet taller than her was using his height and his voice to show off his superiority. Astonishingly, the girl didn't seem to be affected by this. "I'm just as good as any other Genin here!"

"Because you're only an academy student, Juri," the Jounin responded to her in kind. By addressing her by her first name it was a possibility that this man knew of her. A sensei, more than likely. Would also explain why they were going at it so vigorously. "That is why you cannot go on this mission!" I know your dad said you should apply for here but your studies come first!"

Helios shook is head and stepped forwards, the Jouning turning his head to the young boy and sighed softly, but before the jounin could speak, Helios had claimed the first stretch of words. "In that case, she can accompany me on the mission," The girl turned, instinctively recognizing his voice. As he eyes set upon his frame, she recognized him entirely, wide open smile with sparkled eyes. It was almost too cute not to just go 'Awww'. "If she wants to have some field work under her belt, I don't see why we should deny her that. After all, it's only harvesting, wouldn't you agree sensei?" The girl turned back to the jounin, with a peerless face of determination ecthed within. Seemd the Jounin didn't want to speak and instead shrugged, stamping the sheet as in progress, marking down both Helios and Juri's names. Turning away, Helios began to walk out of the office before calling after the little girl. "Juri, is it? Don't fall behind or I'm leaving you here." Harsh as it was, Juri understood the symbolism of his words and tagged along closely behind as they both left the office.

[Guyviroth]

Just south of the location of the stall, not far from the village market district, laid several plots of land all dug up and ploughed with several crops nestled within the earth. Fresh vegetables of various kinds; Daikon, Kabu, Jagaimo, Satsumaimo, Nagaimo, Hakusai, Horenso, Mizuna and much more; could be seen, ripe and awaiting the picking. There was also a neatly laid path of slabs set up in a grid-like fashion to easily circumnavigate each plot of land so that the farmers didn't have to get their shoes dirty by stepping onto the dirt when harvesting. Conveniently, there were several baskets piled one atop of another near the entrance to the fields for farmers to put their groceries. Taking a couple, Helios began to venture to one of the closer plots of land, with Juri following behind with another two baskets.

"So, er, mister, how are we going to get those vegetables out of the ground?" Juri asked, with a puzzled look on her face. She began to look around, but all she could see was the greenery of crops, the earthen brown of dirt and the steel of fencing. No tools to be found anywhere. "Don'tchya need, like... tools n stuff to get these vegetables out?"

Helios kneeled down and placed the baskets he was carrying on the ground, then began to scan the earth in front of him. trailing his fingers along the ground, he began to put more pressure until about half of his forefinger hit harded, compact earth. He deducted that the soil was rather loose, at least as much as the vegetables should of gone under. Standing up, he did the same for the other plot of land next to it. Same result. "We don't need tools for this job. Our hands will be good enough." Helios heard a large gasp from behind him, as though Juri reacted to something that was completely impossible. Or something she just didn't want to hear. "What's wrong? I thought you wanted to do this mission? Cold feet? The pun wasn't intended as he was an ice user, but the statement and question still stood.

Juri huffed without a single word, and then turned to the plot of land adjacent to Helios', noticing the leaves of a Daikon, a giant white raddish, and gripped on with a single hand. Pulling, she couldn't get the crop to budge. Gripping with two hands, she squatted down and began to pull again, straining her arms as much as she could. The daikon budged a little, coming through the earth, but as Juri gave another strong pull she ended up pulling off the leaves of the daikon and falling back onto her rump. Sighing, she let go of the leaves. "Who knew this would be so... hard? she said in a soft but deterred voice.

Helios, however, smiled a little for the young girl's resolve, and was feeling uncomfortable seeing her disheartened. He placed a hand on her shoulder, to which she turned to see his face of concern and serenity. "Don't worry about it," he assured her, helping her back to her feet and pointing to around the edges of the field at the leaved vegetables and fruit that littered the perimeter. "Go and harvest whatever you can from them. You just need to pull them from the stem, okay?" Juri nodded with a smile and hurried to one of the vines with a basket in hand. Helios watched as Juri smiled, picking off a small cabbage roll and holding it for Helios to see with a large open smile, as Helios smiled back and nodded.

What Helios felt was something he had never felt before. Something in his mind began to relax, but at the same time fill his heart with something that he hadn't experienced before this moment. The smile on his face was almost set in stone, as he kept shifting his gaze to Juri as she was trying so hard to follow in Helios' lead, grasping as the small fruit, the larger leaf vegetables with both hands, standing n her toes to reach the higher ones up, while Helios used his own bodily strength to easily pull up two vegetables at a time with both hands. What was it that he was feeling at this moment, in this course of a couple of hours of harvesting? Pride in what he saw was his student? Care for another, younger child? Protection for what he felt needed it the most? Perhaps this was something he could think about later.

[Guyviroth]

Two hours had passed since the mission started, and since Helios and Juri had started their harvesting. They had managed to fill seven baskets full with fruit and vegetables from the plots of land, but to them it didn't seem enough; they still onyl covered four plots with so many more to go, but both of them were starting to get tired and exhausted, not to mention dirty. Well, Helios was covered in dirt up his arms and over his hakama, while Juri's hands just smelt of cabbage. As both of them walked from the street to the stall where their client had to be met, many of the villagers were starting to stare at them; while jursu was somewhat clean with only dirty sandals and a single basket held in two hands, Helios had a rather large branch supported upon the back of his shoulders, hands holding it with three baskets handing from each end, covered in earth from the waist down as well as his hands.

"Hey mister, how comes I'm so clean and you're covered in mud?" Violet asked, but with a face as though it was a mix of smug and rhetoricy. She giggled softly as she looked at Helios' dirt-stained clothing and how it contrasted so much with the snow white color of the rest of his clothing. "Perhaps next time you should wear clothes that aren't so... bright."

"Because you were the one struggling to grab a simple vegetable from such loose soil, that's why." Helios smirked as Juri huffed and turned facing forwards again. After a brief moment both of them arrived at the stall with their harvest, but the woman seemed to be mesmerised at the amount of produce they'd gathered. As Helios looked at the stall, he noticed that what she had out was only a fraction of what both of them had harvested in two hours. Well, at least she wouldn't have to harvest any more stuff for a few days. Placing the baskets down on the floor, Helios chuckled a little. "Here you go. Sorry if we brought... too much." The woman smiled lightly, but it was any guess on how she was going to take all seven baskets back to her home. Hopefully she didn't live too far away.

"So er, mister? Does that mean we can go get our reward now?"

"Yes, we can, Juri. Oh and, call me Helios, okay?" Juri nodded with a smile as the two of them began to walk back to the Hokage's office to turn in their success. However, Helios had a rather good idea. It was times like these that he should be a certified doctrate in geniousness. Why walk, when you could run? "Oh, Juri, I almost forgot to give you something."

"Oh? What did you fo--" before Juri could finish, Helios patted Juri on the head. But normally that would be a good thing, but not when his hands were covered in scraps of mud, dirt and whatever else was in the soil. Helios smirked as he saw her face turn sour while he lifted his hand off, seeing the crumbs of earth blend in with her bright platinum blonde hair. "Ewwwww! That's not funny, Helios!" Before she could do anything else, Helios sprinted off towards the Hokage's office, with Juri behind him with her fist in the air. Seemed like the mission was a success.

EXIT

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