Groceries! [M] [Open]

[sesshi]

Mission:

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Groceries!
Rank: D
Ninja needed: 1-3
Mission info: The aged Mrs. Godo can no longer manage the walk to the local grocer, let alone the task of shopping. She has commissioned the village to do her weekly shopping. Go to her home in the Easter Zone, collect her money and grocery list, and buy her groceries.
Special Info: This mission can be repeated indefinitely.

Restaurants, relaxing youngsters, city guards. Sesshi took a left turn. Book stores, pet stores, shopping housewives, a small, blond kid crying in the dooropening of what appeared to be a small store for bonsai-supplies. Sesshi paused for a moment and turned his head towards the toddler. For a split seconds, the shark's heart melted and he considered to help the boy, ask him what was bothering him. But before he had even moved a muscle, an elderly lady who appeared to be the child's grandmother dashed out of the store with surprisingly speed and agility, swooped her weeping relative from the doorstep and began comforting it by means of gentle pats on its back. Ironically, the scene made Sesshi agitated rather than happy, cozy and warm on the inside. The old crane's appearance had once again reminded him of what had to be done.

Another left turn. Sesshi now found himself in previously unexplored terrain. A narrow but cozy street, said to be known for housing many of Kirigakure's retired ninja legends - and smelling like the old veterans too. Sesshi took a deep breath, followed by a long and tired sigh. Warm air filled his lungs, a queer smell began dominating his nostrils; A most curious odor best described as a combination of fresh bakes cookies, cheap cologne and dirty laundry. If it wasn't for the dull task ahead, the eccentric Genin would have been fascinated by everything his senses were perceiving; But the dull task did exist, had to be done and cast a shadow over how Sesshi saw the unique neighborhood. Ignoring a great many "Hello"'s and "Good afternoon"'s, he dragged his feet forward and kept his vicious, yellow eye open for number 9. Bloody, godforsaken number 9.

[Taizo]

Such a disappointment somebody had already taken the mission for this week, but this small bump in the road wouldn't stop the great Taizo. He planned to go along and aid with this mission, it would be finished quicker with two people taking part after all, as the work load would be split between them. In the end they would both get paid the full wages so if anything it just meant the job would be easier, or at least that was what should happen in theory.

Taizo had already been informed of Mrs. Godo locational, so he had set off the idea being that he would hopefully get there before the other ninja had the chance to leave the house. The reason for this should be pretty clear, if the ninja had left by the time Taizo arrived then he wouldn't know what they looked like it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Taizo would arrive on the roof of the house, this street was well know for two things, powerful retired ninjas and the other was the amount of cookies that were handed out on a regular basis. If the other ninja wasn't careful he would be swarmed with old people forced to drink tea with them. So Taizo had decided to eliminate the chances of this happening to him by entering by roof top. The houses on the opposite side of the road had the even numbers so when he saw numbers ten and eight opposite he would stop. Jumping down from the roof into the garden, Taizo would make a small roll as he hit the floor so as to break his fall distributing the impact around his body so, thus reducing the possibility of injury.

Taizo had already checked that there was no traps, looking from the roof. He would then knock on the door waiting for Mrs. Godo to answer. He could probably get his own shopping as he was at it, but this would depend on the products and his partner. So all he could do for the moment was wait.

[sesshi]

3...5.... Sesshi silently read the house numbers as he dragged himself along well-tended potted flowers, perfectly painted fences and fresh cut lawns, dodging elderly people in the process. The pink-dressed grandmother from number 6 hurried out of her front yard upon catching a glimpse of a youngster in her neighborhood, apparently planning to offer the Genin a cup of fresh whatever kind of drink it was she had just made. As soon as she became aware of the boys rather vicious, shark-like appearance however, and had a glare of his tiny yellow eyes cast in her direction, she backed off and dripped back into her kitchen. The street might have been a pleasure to walk through for numerous people for its immense number of amusing stereotypes. But then again, Sesshi was not the person to draw joy out of sitting down and watching. Especially not on a day like this with such a task at hand.

The Hoshigake mindlessly wandered on. "13...15.... It was not until number 19 that he realized he had already passed his destination and, under protest, turned his firm body around and head for the 'infamous' number 9. Knowing exactly where Mrs. Godo lived now, and no longer having to focus his attention on the streetnumbers, Sesshi utilized the few seconds it took to reach the house to observe his surroundings and get a taste of the atmosphere that ruled in this exceptional neighborhood. As he did so, his unnaturally keen eye caught the shimmer of something shiny; A forehead protector, so it seemed, located somewhere high at number 9. At first, Sesshi guessed it was the old lady herself, still wearing her forehead protector, staring out of one of her windows, waiting for the Genin to arrive and fetch her groceries. But further observation proved it was actually a boy, only several years older than Sesshi himself, quietly keeping an eye on the street. A Genin would have no good reason to show up in this neighborhood voluntarily, thus a feeling in Sesshi's guts told him this had to have something to do with todays mission. A secret ambush test, set up by his sensei? Or someone trying to steal his mission and wage? Coming to a halt at the entrance of the front yard, Sesshi looked up and shouted at the mysterious roofdweller. ""Hey, you! Up there! What on earth do you think you're doing?!"

Ability used:

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Kowai Shiryoku (Frightening Eyesight)
Rank: D, C, B, A, S
Type: Passive / Special Bloodline Technique / Taijutsu
Range: Self
Stamina: --
Special: Allows the user to have naturally enhanced eyesight in both the day and the night. As with all forms of enhanced senses, they are also more susceptible to their perspective weaknesses. Cannot be used to sense chakra. Rank determines range of enhanced vision.

D: 10 meters
C: 20 meters
B: 30 meters
A: 40 meters
S: 50 meters

Description: Sharks have amazing eyesight. Since they often swim the depths of the ocean, where it is dark and what little light that comes through the water is distorted, their ability to perceive minor changes is particularly excellent. Members of the clan learn to mimic these enhanced perceptions, able to peer through the darkest of night as if it were noon and the ability to notice subtle changes like the fluttering of a specific leaf in the wind.
Domain: Hoshigake. Samehada.

[Taizo]

Taizo's keen senses had already given away the presents of a person on the street. Although there movements had been silent they had still drawn the attention of the residents of the street. Causing the sudden appearance of deranged of ladies brandishing cookies and cups of tea, quite a fearsome sign indeed. Taizo already knew that it wouldn't be long until, this person spotted him after all his black ninja attire didn't blend in at this time of day.

Taizo would be listen for movement inside the house, which he would find in the form of the opening of a door and the call. [yellow]“I will be there in a second dear”[/yellow]. This gave Taizo time to respond to the mystery person, he would turn around to face them his cool red gaze would scan there body. [blue]“Hey, you! Up there! What on earth do you think you're doing?!"[/blue].

Taizo had already made a few assumptions based on the man's appearance and manner of speaking. There was a certainly a air of carelessness with this boy, his shouting across the street showed this. When combined with his high Taizo would come to the conclusion that he was just a kid, well either that or a old man with ADHD. But this wasn't the most striking thing about his appearance of the boy was grey, in skin tone. Which meant that it was likely that he was from the Hoshigake clan.

A quick check confirmed that the old lady had yet to come to the door, maybe she was searching for her keys? It was a ninja rule to never reveal your current mission so he didn't plan on just declaring that he was here for a task instead he decided to pretend he was here out of the goodness of his heart. This could draw the young ninja into revealing the reason why he was on the street, because the manner in which the residents were speaking to him suggested that he wasn't a regular here, so it seemed unlikely that he was hear to visit his grandmother.

[red] “I am a volunteer here to help Mrs. Godo, with her weekly shopping. ”[/red] he would reply before continuing in a patronize voice [red] “You are a where that there is old residents on this street be careful not to scare them with your loud voice.”[/red] The young man would probably take this as joke after all Taizo knew that he had been stopped by several old people already.

With this said he would turn back around, summoning a single crow to sit upon his shoulder facing the male. The door would open with a decrepit old lady greeting Taizo, and inviting him in. [yellow] “Hello there son, I take it your the one that was sent for the shopping mission.”[/yellow]It wasn't much of a surprise that this old woman needed assistance with her shopping, she looked like she was on deaths door. Taizo decided to allow her to live, after all she would die before long anyway, so it would be a needless waste of his time.

The raven prince would enter the house, this woman could have been seriously injured after all Taizo wore nothing to signify he was from this village, as he kept his forehead protector in his butt bag. Maybe this was a sign that she thought the hidden mist was impenetrable. What would the other ninja do ? Would he run home crying like a little girl or would he join Taizo in Mrs. Godo's house ?

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Sanzengarasu no Jutsu (Scattering One Thousand Crows Technique)
--Rank: C [learned 10 times]
--Type: Supplementary / Secret Technique
--Range: See special!
--Chakra: Mid
--Special: Crows can exist as far as the eye can see, or until the user leaves the thread, and take no additional chakra for upkeep. Up to 10 are summonsed the first time, with 10 more each time this jutsu is re-learned. Crows move almost as fast as kunai, and maintain a mental chakra connection to the user for the sake of communication.
--Description: The base behind the Akegarasu is their control and use of crows in battle, displayed well with this technique. After forming a few simple seals, the crow king will call upon a murder of crows to fly around and envelop the target, causing confusion with their dark forms and quick movement. From here, either a comrade or the user can move within the flock wearing dark clothes and wielding a dark weapon almost undetected. With the target distracted by the crows, the ninja can strike more efficiently. Finally, the mass of crows can obscure any retreating ninja, as the crows are massive in numbers and composed of the user's chakra. When no longer needed, the murder of crows will simply puff away in smoke.
--Domain: Akegarasu.

[sesshi]

OOC: Quite short, but I'm afrade I'm out of time. :S

Sesshi narrowed his eyes and glared at the boy in black. Scare residents with his loud voice, was this guy serious? He doubted he would even be capable of scaring the elderly shinobi if he wanted to; The cookie-fanatics seemed hell bent on offering youngsters their treats and one yell more or less was unlikely to stop them from pursuing their goal. Though his correct speech and patronizing voice suggested otherwise, Sesshi was positive the boy wore a mask, figuratively speaking. There was no way he simply was a volunteer as he claimed, there was more to this. And whatever it was, and despite detesting his mission, the impulsive shark-boy was to proud of a shinobi to let the next best guy steal his tasks. With a determined pace, he decided to follow the two inside.

Sesshi kept an eye on the boy - A disgusted eye when he decided to throw up a crow from his gullet and let it sit on his shoulder. Further ignoring the rancid act however, he squeezed himself past the boy though the narrow hallway and walked up to the old and fragile Mrs. Godo. "Don't let this guy fool you, Mrs. Godo. It was me who was sent to fetch your groceries!". He turned around and gestured at the crow-boy as he continued on a somewhat agitated tone. "You heard him just now. He was not sent by the village council, he's a 'volunteer', or so he claims. I doubt there's any truth to his story"

[Taizo]

OOC: I left it for a bit in case you wanted to edit your post

Taizo's crow would spot the movements of the young boy and inform him about his actions, although this was partly unessary he knew already from the boys brash actions that he wouldn't be the type to flee. [blue]"Don't let this guy fool you, Mrs. Godo. It was me who was sent to fetch your groceries! You heard him just now. He was not sent by the village council, he's a 'volunteer', or so he claims. I doubt there's any truth to his story"[/blue]

Taizo's face would remain emotionless as he looked at the boy, was he really serious? His loud attitude was starting to wear on Taizo was there really any need to shout all the time, the poor old lady could have almost been scared to death. It seemed there was two possibilities kill this fool or work with him, it seemed his loud voice had saved him as there would be to many witnesses for Taizo's likely so he would allow him to live. So he would need to explain what was happening so as to avoid any confusion. [red]“It would appear that we have the objective, so we can work together and complete the task quickly or you go home empty handed”[/red]

Mrs Godo let out a small chuckle as she most likely recalled a memory of times gone by [yellow]“Well boys will be boys”[/yellow], Taizo would then make his way closer to the old woman being careful not to knock any of the ornements that where littered across the hallway. [red]“Mrs. Godo, it is my understanding that you have a list prepared for us. We will be taking it and leaving for the shops.”[/red] Taizo would make a small glance at the boy to see what he was doing in more depth.

The old lady would nod and then produce a crinkled piece of paper which was apparently the shopping list for the mission. Taizo would take the list from her and spin around leaving the house, he planned on returning before long whether it was with the shark or not he didn't mind.

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[sesshi]

OOC: Very kind of you, but I decided to leave it for what it was. I'll try to show you my best from now on. ^-^

“It would appear that we have the objective, so we can work together and complete the task quickly or you go home empty handed”

Who was this boy to maintain such a cocky attitude? Who was this boy to think he could go and make the rules? It didn't take much to make shark's blood boil and the boy's continuous patronization was more than sufficient. With a thick vein popping through his gray-skinned skull, Sesshi bent slightly over in a burst of rage as his left claw reached for his deep blue robe (taking off his robe before preforming any heavy, physical task was one of Sesshi's most notable quirks) and his right reached for the large mallet on his back. "Why you... His hands itched to batter the living daylight out of this mysterious competitor. Regardless of the dark boy's abilities, Sesshi would not be stepped on like this. But as he was about show the boy was crossing a Hoshigake was all about, his small, yellow eye fell on the petite Mrs Godo behind him...

"Fine", Sesshi sighed as he watched the boy receive what appeared to be a wrinkled list and reluctantly lowered his hands again. Swallowing his pride, even Sesshi had to conclude this was no time nor place for violence. Old Mrs. Godo didn't look like she could take too much - Hell, she looked like she could kick the bucket within the next few minutes. Despite not caring much for the weak and needy, the last thing Sesshi wanted to do is start a clash in the perfectly clean and tidy hallway of his ancient employer. He turned around and decided to follow the crow boy, closing the door behind him. "We'll be back in a moment, Mrs. Godo. Leave it all to us"

With a few quick steps, Sesshi caught up with his unexpected 'teammate'. Reluctant as he was to complete the mission with this avian lunatic by his side, it looked like he had no choice but to accept his so-called assistance. Besides, that guy had the grocery list. For a few seconds, they strode side by side. Silently. Sesshi only exchanging a quick glare with the crow on the boy's shoulder, whom he still detested for having been spit out by its owner. Ofcourse, it was only a matter of time before the shark would once again open his loud mouth. "I'm not sure what you're up to, but I hope you do realize you're not getting a yen from this missions reward?"

[Taizo]

Taizo would leave the house ignoring what the shark had to say, after all it would probably be mindless rubbish. His raven would notice the boy reaching for a weapon and so inform Taizo about it, Taizo didn't consider it much of a threat though so decided to pretend he hadn't seen it. There was one part of the ninjas monologue that Taizo did take note of, [blue]"I'm not sure what you're up to, but I hope you do realize you're not getting a yen from this missions reward?" [/blue]

Quite a funny remark, was this guy really a ninja or was he a comedian. Maybe he hadn't noticed but Taizo was the one with the list, without it there was no hope of completing the mission. So if Taizo was to run now, the shark would be left with no way of achieving the task. Although he wouldn't make any comment about it, instead he would simply keep walking into town, ignoring the old people as the came to offer a variety of sweets and drinks.

[red]“Do you have any experience in this area? Looks to me like you've never been on a mission before.”[/red]

[sesshi]

“Do you have any experience in this area? Looks to me like you've never been on a mission before.”

Slowly but steadily, the extraordinary couple made its way towards the center of the village. And as they crept further away from miss Godo's house, potted plants gradually made place for cold iron streetlights, senior apartments for small shops and retirees for shopping housewives. None of these changes in scenery mattered to Sesshi however. As a matter of fact, he barely noticed them. All of his attention went to controlling his temper with the little self-control he possessed and resisting the urge to stomp his 'companion' on the spot. The crow-boy's attitude angered him to no ends, but since the dark newcomer did not appear to have any thoughts of leaving, and since Sesshi was incapable of just abandoning his mission, it seemed like he was forced to stick with the guy.

"I've been on plenty of missions. Don't underestimate me", Sesshi boasted as he cast a self-confident smirk in the boy and his crow's direction. And in a sense, he wasn't lying. He had done countless missions involving aiding elderly people, thus could be called an expert in this mission's area. On the other hand, the only real mission he ever went on was a C-rank taken by a relative who lived a couple of doors away not shortly after Sesshi had become a Genin and which he then tagged along with. And even on that mission, he ended up watching by the sideline as the relative did all the work.

The boy was right and Sesshi knew it: He lacked any form of experience with complicated tasks. But there was no need for the boy to know this as it would probably only fuel his massive ego and patronizing behavior, something Sesshi would rather not see happen. Therefor, he chose to lie; Sesshi was an adept liar, especially when it came down to saving his image. Without any sign of deception, Sesshi claimed to have experience before adding a slight insult: "Ofcourse, I wouldn't expect you to recognize experience when you meet it"

[Taizo]

[blue]"I've been on plenty of missions. Don't underestimate me"[/blue]. Perhaps the boy was telling the truth, although Taizo didn’t think this was the case. The boy looked like he was still wet behind the ears, maybe that’s why he had took such a simple mission to gain a little more experience, or perhaps he was scared to take a real mission. [blue]"Of course, I wouldn't expect you to recognize experience when you meet it"[/blue] Was he really expected to believe this ?

[red]“I see, so your very experienced, so experienced that you take missions about delivering shopping and are still a genin ? Maybe one day I can be as great as you”[/red] It would be pretty clear that Taizo was being sarcastic, as he spoke he would open the door for one of the stores. Once again it should be clear that some of the items from the list where from this store but would the shark boy realise this ?

[red]“There isn't a lot on the list, eggs, bread, milk, pasta, mince... Ill get the first half you get the second, or does that sound to difficult to you ?”[/red] This was a rhetorical question which would be made clear when Taizo simply walked off down one of the shops lanes to gather his half of the shopping list. Hopefully this mission would be over soon as he had something else to do.

[sesshi]

With gnashing teeth, Sesshi listened to the crow boy's sarcastic reply as he opened a random store's door. If he had been aiming for provoking a reaction from the shark-boy, he was being definitely successful. The boy's patronizing attitude and sharp tongue taunted the Hoshigake to no ends. Before the strange duo had actually set foot in the establishment, Sesshi had already opened his mouth to release a sneer for the sake of retaliation. "You think you know it all, don't you? Well allow me to emphasize the fact you're still here with me, fetching an old hag's groceries just like me, and have yet to give my any reason for believing you're not a Gen..." But Sesshi's vicious, verbal counterattack seemed futile. He might as well have been talking to a brick wall, as the crow boy paid him no attention and walked off into a lane. The only sign of acknowledgment Sesshi received was a brief and degrading instruction:“There isn't a lot on the list, eggs, bread, milk, pasta, mince... Ill get the first half you get the second, or does that sound to difficult to you ?”

For a second, Sesshi thanked God for a moment of rest from his agonizing company and walked into a different lane than his partner. As he marched past a great number of product however, he realized he was still not in the possession of the list and thus had no idea what "his half" looked like. Letting out an annoyed grunt, he turned around and tracked his partner past boxes of cereal and jars of honey, yelling at him as soon as the stranger appeared in his eyesight. "If you want me to fetch one half of the groceries, you're going to have to give me one half of the list, you idiot!"

[addy-hime ♥]

Sesshi: 45 EXP.

Taizo: 50 EXP.

[Taizo]

[blue]"If you want me to fetch one half of the groceries, you're going to have to give me one half of the list, you idiot!" [/blue] In any other situation Taizo might have actually been shocked by this comment but he had already seen the stupidity of his 'team mate'. He would turn around to face him, soon the boy would release his error unless he was incredible stupid. After picking a basket up he would say [red] “Hmm you really are an imbecile, are you unable to remember the items I read out to you ? That was your half, are you sure you graduated from the academy ? ”[/red] A wide mocking smile would be formed across, Taizo's face the first sign of any emotion. This was beginning to be a mental attack on the shark boy, after all what could he do Taizo was interested to know. He had already seen the boys stupidity so perhaps he would like to take a swing at him ? Only time would tell.

With this Taizo would turn, and start to gather the items on his half of the list, butter, tomatoes etc. He would place them all into a basket that he was carrying. After a small check of the list to see that all of the items where there he would head towards the counter. As he had received no money towards the buying of the products he would assume that the old lady had some form of an account with the shop. He would place the basket on the counter, before addressing the cashier directly [red] “Hello, Mrs. Godo shopping. Is there some kind of arrangement for this ?”[/red]

[sesshi]

"You do realize that.." Sesshi was about to argue with the crow-boy over his words, hoping to explain to his "companion" that the products he named might as well have been a fragment from the list, given as an example of the kind of things mrs. Godo asked for, instead of his actual half of the groceries. Halfway his sentence however the shark realized that, even though he did not wish for the crow to have this small victory, arguing over the matter would do nothing but prologue the torture. Letting out yet another annoyed grunt, he turned around and disappeared into the shopping lanes, off to fetch his part.

It was not until the clerk was already packing the crow's half into a paper bag that Sesshi reappeared, struggling to balance a poorly stacked pile of groceries on his two muscular arms. Upon the cashiers question if this was also a part of the delivery,
-"Do you want those products to go along with these, sir?"-
, he briefly nodded and roughly deposited the goods on the old wooden counter, greatly putting the piece of furniture to the test in the process. The cashier made no remark as he began to pack Sesshi's half of the groceries however, nor did he question if the two halves belonged to eachother. Whether they liked it or not, the crow and the shark's argument just then had coupled the two for now, in an unpleasant and involuntarily way. For the time being, the two were Kirigakure's extraordinary grocery-fetching team.

[Taizo]

It wasn't long until the shark had returned with the items on the list, he had them all precariously balanced upon his arms making it appear like they could give way and fall to the ground at any moment. [green]"Do you want those products to go along with these, sir?"[/green] the nod from his partner answered the cashiers question, packing the items up in paper bags. Once packages were ready Taizo would take one from the counter leaving the other for the shark, with this he would head out of the shop and head back towards the old lady's house.

[red] “I was beginning to think you were lost in that store”[/red] Yet another snide comment, from the size of the store it would be physically impossible to get lost inside it. Yet another dig at his intelligence and how Taizo believed he was better than him