it's been a long day [m]

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Li Li, being the fiesty girl she is, can't resist her urge for a good fight. So, she figured what better job for her is there than getting paid to beat up a punch of thugs? The mission? Simple, protecting a caravan of supplies from some unwanted denizens of Hi No Kuni. Although Li Li had no idea what exactly was she was trying to protect, it honestly made no difference to her, she was getting paid either way.

The caravan would emerge from the parted gates and come halt on Li Li's command. She would then
rotate her focus over to the gatekeepers, nodding them and givig them the ok to seal the gates back up.

With that, the horses pulking the caravan would progress into a mildly fast trot. The caravan really had nothing to worry about seeing as how they were so close to the village, but give or take an hour or so, Li Li expected the heated combat. The prospectof fightig an entire group of bandits excited her, evident by the fiery look in her eye and the way she stared at sky, as if she was stuck in some lucid deam. Little did she know that the next few hours would play out to be rather stale.

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[About thirty minutes had passed since they had left the comfort and security of Konohagakure No Sato for the dangers of the countryside. This is when Li Li became ever more cautious and wary of her surroundings. Her keen sense of hearing earned from her shinobi training would kick in, acting as the first line of defense.

It seemed Li Li would be tested quicker than she had anticipated. She intercepted an abrupt sound coming from the forest, a thud followed by a rustling of the scattered woodland vegetation. Holding her up to notify the caravan to roll to a stop, she checked her flanks and advanced cautiously into the area she had triangalated the sound to be
Knuckle dusters in hand, she carefully went through each bush looking for any traces of thugs, to her avail however, the only living thing she found was a small woodland creature, which Li Li had deduced to have caused the suspicious sound.

A large and long sigh of frustration found its way out of Li Li's mouth, the adrenaline that was just washing over her now receding. She emerged from the forest with a grim look of dissapointment, contrasting with the caravan's general look of relief.

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