Hana's get rich quick scheme. [M]

[Hana]

Follow the Yellow Dirt Road!
Rank: C
Ninja needed: 1-3
Mission info: Mr. Han, a traveling merchant, is wary of the Yellow Road to the east - it is said that a demon haunts it at night. In truth, it is simply a band of vagabonds who dress as Akuma and rob and kill travelers. Lure out the thugs and deal with them, permanently.

In economical times like these, money was sparse for those of which did not lurk within the the upper levels of society, those of which like Hana. One couldn't go to say that Hana was greedy, or had a lust for money, simply put, she liked having a bit of spare change so that once and awhile she could spoil herself. Being a shinobi of the Hidden Mist, she thought it would be best to put her talents to work and take up a slew of missions so that she could refill her empty pockets.

The mission she was partaking in had discreet details. A group of troublemakers were committing the crime of theft and murder, two terrible sins, on unsuspecting travelers of the Yellow Road. This road was a staple pathway for commodities and trade within Kirigakure, and countless lives, and merchandise had been lost within their spree. Hana however, was sent to stop this permanently, while simaltaneously acting as a body gaurd for a man named Mr.Han.

The instructions laid out on the mission scroll led Hana's wayward self to a small, quaint looking house. It was dwarfed by it's neighbors, and it was old... it sorta had a vintage feel to it. It was apparent this house was old, and resilient, and Hana suspected the owner was just like it.

Cool breezes grazed her skin as a mist settled in. Hana approached the door of the house, and using her fist, knocked on it lightly, as to cue this Mr. Han to her side.

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"W..wh...who is it?!" squeaked a timid, shy voice that could barely be heard from the otherside of the door.

"I am a shinobi from Kirigakure, I was sent here to act as your escort for today. I take it your Mr. Han?"

The door between them creeked open, and in the now empty spaced appeared a small man of frail build. He was hunched over, with a cane firmly grasped within his hands, and a multitude of goods strapped on his back. Hana noticed the greying hairs, or lack thereof on top of his head, along with the wrinkling eyebrows, and deducted that the man was atleast in his late 60's if not 70's.

"Mr. Han! Don't stress yourself like that! As a honorable kunoichi, I cannot let myself watch you suffer when I can be of service! Let me take those packages."

The old man smiled, and slowly unhinged and handed the rucksack to Hana, who would promptly place the bag onto her shoulders after receiving it.

"Now then, let's get a move on it! We're behind our schedule, and there's a terrible mist setting in. I hope you know these roads well!"

The old man nodded, yet again he dared not speak a word. Great.

[Hana]

The Yellow Road was indeed... Yellow. Despite the heavy mist, it was pretty easy for Hana, an inexperienced traveler, to navigate. The old man took the lead, allowing Hana to make sure everything went smoothly by protecting his flanks. Unfortunately, with the old man in the lead, their pace was comparable to a snail.

The mission seemed to drag on for ages by the mans stalled walking patterns. Hana began to entertain herself with mundane tendencies, such as whistling and fiddling with her long, brown hair, curling and tugging on it. Hana made sure never to truly lose focus though, danger could be, and was lurking around every corner.

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And then it happened. A rustling, followed by deliberately quiet whispering was heard by Hana on her left flank. Thanks to her finely tuned ears, the words of the two individuals, semingly men, where as clear as day. Smirking a kunai slipped from the sleeve of her left arm, and she then proceeded to whip out her arm, sending the kunai straight into the point where she had triangulated one of the voices, while simaltaneously saying a few choice words.

"Tch, it's going to take a lot more than that to ambush a ninja like me!"

A scream could be heard from her left, confirming her kill. In this thick mist, it was hard to make things out, but Hana would be able to see the shadowy figure approaching, more than likely the second man rushing to avenge his partner.

His attempt would be futile, as a second kunai in Hana's sleeve slipped out into her hand, and this time rather than be used as a projectile, she would put it to use as a melee instrument, delivering two precise cuts to the approaching man's abdomen and throat in that order. She would follow this up with a roundhouse kick, sending the man tumbling to the frightened old man's feet.

It seemed the threat had been vanquished.


It was a good thing that Hana had kept her wits about her, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to react to the events that had just transpired

[Hana]

Petty criminals they were. How these guys got the slip on all the travelers this entire time was beyond her, the citizens of Mizu No Kuni must really be a bunch of pushovers, but that's where shinobi's came in, the protectors of those who can't protect themselves.

It had seemed the worst was over, as Hana gave a once over to both her flanks, her ears tuned in to hear the slightest of noises. All was well until she turned to the frightened man.

She saw him, clutched in a chokehold with a knife pressed against his throat, standing behind him was a middle-aged man with a disturbing smile on his face.

"Drop the dagger girly or this lil' fagget here gets it." The man said, Hana knew he couldn't be reasoned with, but obliged him either way by dropping the kunai. A flurry of handseals followed this and Hana couldn't help but crack a smile.

"I know about your lil' ninja shit shinobi, if anything comes near me, I'll make sure to slit this guy's throat real--"

His sentence was stopped right in it's track as branches emerged from the ground, binding the man's arms and legs, and giving a small shove to the old man, sending him stumbling towards Hana. Hana would catch the man and preform a one-handed tiger seal, commencing the life draining branches work on the man's chakra systems. She would leave him here for death, and simply continued on the Yellow Road, cheerfully nudging on the old man, assuring him no other dangers were lurking.

"Mission accomplished!" she murmured to herself.

[Hana]

Wild Crocodile!
Rank: C
Ninja needed: 1-3
Mission info: A massive crocodile is roaming the countryside. Find it and kill it. Or tame it - the choice is yours!

The next mission Hana would partake had less human casulties, and more so feral ones, as Hana preferred. She wasn't apt for killing of others, and although she would do it in cold blood, she preferes not to, and won't if the situation doesn't call for immediate action. Animals were different however.

Apparently a huge crocodile, supposedly 4 meters in length and 1 and a half in girth was roaming the countryside and causing a ruckus throughout it. Hana was sent here to take care of it.

After extracting some information from the locals, Hana had been able to find a trail, footprints denoting that the bestial creature had been here. Hana would follow these foot steps in hopes of finding her little friend.

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The foot prints would lead to a small swamp, specifically to the foot of a small, but deep pond. Seemingly this was the pond where the crocodile was at. Wits about her, Hana took a step onto the water, focusing chakra at the soles of her feet to facilitate her journey across it, as it kept her suspended just above it as to not fall into the water, where Hana would be fair game for the crocodile. A mist settled in, an omen to things to come, and in response, Hana prepared a kunai with an explosive tag on it. The question she wanted asked was, where the hell was this crocodile?

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So... to find out, she threw the kunai a sizeable distance away, so that she was clear from the blast radius, waited a few seconds for the combination of the cold hard steel and gravity to pull it down into the bed of the pond, and formed a simple handseal, detonating the explosive tag attached to the kunai. A fountain like blast emerged from the water, stirring the surface greatly, and shaking Hana a bit. No luck though, the crocodile was still nowhere to be found.

And then, right as Hana was about to give up, a huge beast lunged at her from the point of the explosion, emerging in a bath of bloodied water, with an intent to kill and an unfaultering rage. Luckily, Hana was able to react in time and move away from the snapping jaws of the beast. Had it not been for Hana's shinobi training she would have a goner for sure.

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The proceeding actions would come in a flash; as Hana regained her balance on the surface of the water, the crocodile came for yet another assualt, which Hana dodged with a simple duck, letting the beast fly right over her head, plunging back into the water.

She looked around, trying to locate the beast before it made her lunch, but it was to no avail as the murky waters clouded her vision

"Man, I wish I had some dojutsu right about now!"

Even in the face of danger, Hana was able to crack a joke. It was her goofy nature, she can't, rather doesn't want to be serious, even if her life is in jepoardy. After chuckling to herself a bit, she looked around once again, and once again her efforts proved futile. Suddenly, she felt a disturbance of the water beneath her, and reactions kicked in, compelling her to leap from the water back to the land behind her. She had yet again grazed the touch of death, as the crocodile had came from below to try and swallow her whole. A path of churned water was made by the crocodile as it approached the kunoichi, who was now on land. Hana took this time to prepare another kunai and explosive tag duo.

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A few short moments passed before the crocodile succesfully resurfaced from the water onto land, where it would give a billowing roar before attempting to charge Hana once and for all.

Hana however, had a different plan for this crocodile. As soon as it opened its maw, Hana would skillfully and swiftly send the kunai she had prepared into the esophogaus of the beast, peircing the soft tissue of it's upper roof. The beast squealed in pain, and in reaction tried to desperately run away, but it was too late.

Hana would purposely let the crocodile return to the water before finally detonating the tag, resulting in a grand explosion of water, blood and guts. As the disturbed water settled, the dismembered body of the croc floated to the surface, signifying that her job was a job well done.

[Hana]

Murder in Kawatonton!
Rank: C
Ninja needed: 1-3
Mission info: A teenage girl was brutally murder Kawatonton, a town just north of Kirigakure. A second was brutalized, but escaped death. Find the killer and give him a dose of his own medicine.

Oh what a world it was, that people would go around killing one another for no reason. Atleast the shinobi were somewhat justified in their practice. Hana, though not much of a killer herself, had no problem dealing with vermin like the ones she was assigned to take care of. It didn't phase her one bit, one could say she enjoyed eliminating people like this. To think someone could stoop so low, it sickened her, and in her eyes, such scum didn't deserve to live.

Hana read the mission scroll which detailed a brutal murderer, apparently a white male in his middle ages, that had already claimed the life of one female, and almost claimed another. The mission also detailed the location where all the crimes had been committed thus far, and logically, Hana would head there for her investigation.

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Hana was the perfect canidate for this particular mission, for she was a young girl, small in stature, and had a very innocent look to her face. Since the criminal was known to target girls, Hana's small self would have been the most perfect bait for the killer.

The location were the killer was known to strike was a small, lonely park. Hana chose an idle bench, the same one the two victims supposedly sat on and waited.

Ten to twenty minutes passed before Hana's patience was seemingly would have been rewarded, as a man in a peacoat, with a matching fedora sat down near her, hunched over in thought. Hana's muscles tensed up and adrenaline flooded her veins, but to no avail, as the mysterious man made no sudden movements whatsoever, he simply gave her a greeting. Strange.

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[Hana]

"Hello young lady! My aren't you a fine one." the man said, being ever so careful to keep from sounding flirtatious.

"Thank you, and how about you stop hiding your face so I can return the compliment, hm?"

She knew exactly what she was doing. She didn't care for the niceties this man was putting up, as Hana was extremely suspicious of this character. How likely was it for a sane male to think he can walk up to a female in the middle of no where and start commenting on her physical traits? Flatteries like that got him nowhere.

The man revealed his face at Hana's whim however, and, as she predicted, the face matched the detail of the killer perfectly. Hana had to actively hold back the anger she felt, and was able to muster up the courage to lie yet again.

"Oh my, you are a rather dashing man sir!"

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[Hana]

"Thank you, oh and I know this is sudden, but I'm short some cast, and I would love to have you partake in a little play I am putting together in a few days, how about you come over to my place and we can discuss this in private? Oh and I never got your name beautiful!"

"It's Hana, and yes I'd love to!"

This was just too easy, Hana was playing him like a fiddle. The two would get up from the bench, and begin a walk to supposedly the man's house. The killer would direct Hana into a dark, gloomy forest. To think that ANYONE could have fallen for something like this was beyond her. Hana made sure to stay infront of the man, giving him an excuse to lash out at her, and in effect, giving her a reason to kill him.

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[Hana]

And so he did. The man would crack a devious smile as he fumbled clumsily in his pocket, unsheathing a sharp knife in an attempt to hack and slash Hana to peices. The clutter of metal would be heard by Hana, cueing her into action.

The man attempted a slash at her bare neck, which Hana avoided with a quick duck. She would turn around gracefully in her crouch, and then spring up from it with great force, giving him a powerful uppercut that sent him flying backwards, incapacitated.

"Your going to jail now, bub."

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