Thief in the Night[M][P]

[Kaizer]

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Thief in the Night
Rank: B.
Shinobi Required: 1-3.
Mission Information: A man has wired his house to be thief-proof, his paranoia pushing him to the very brink. He wants to test his new subjects and has asked some ninja to break in and check the effectiveness of the system. He refuses to tolerate mistakes, and wants to identify any malfunctions before a real thief finds them for him. Warning that the security measures are tough and violence is very likely to occur. Be very cautious.
Special Information: Can be done repeatedly.
Reward: 100 EXP & 2,500 Ryo.

Yaosuke walked into a quiet bar, three thugs sat on stools at the bar. Each one dressed roughly but carried heavily. Something he noted mentally for future reference. From his vantage point he could make out broadswords in the hips of each, and a dagger or two in different locations on the three. His black eyes peered cautiously at them, while the mask cast deep shadows in his eye sockets. To the thugs at the bar, his eyes would appear large black slots where the mask had been changed to allow eyesight.

A thin looking businessman sat in a dark blue suit in a booth. On the table sat two separate glasses of whiskey on coasters. The man looked up, medium length gold hair showered down around his features, covering his ears, most of his forehead and the rest of his head. After recognizing the Ice Raven, his hand rose above the table and motioned for the Dragon Slayer to take a seat opposite him. Yaosuke walked carefully to the table, bending down he slid into the booth and along the seat, opposite his contractor.

For a moment they sat, and stared at each other, trying to gauge the reactions. Problem is that Yaosuke didn’t like staring, nor that he had to let a drink go to waste because of his mask while concealing his identity. Yaosuke gently pushed the glass back next to the other glass which was now half empty. For a moment silence ensued before the suit talked. “I am your contractor, I will not tell you my name, nor will you ask it.” He said cooly, pausing and taking a sip from his glass. “I required you to re-acquisition some items for me. They will be at this address. Do not get caught, do not leave any trace. If you are in trouble, take what notes you can and report back to me. You will be paid for either the collection of the items, or the retrieval of the information. Items take highest priority however.” He said without giving Yaosuke room to ask questions, not that he had any. “Now go.” He finished, his tone final.

Yaosuke nodded, the only real thing he communicated to his contractor other than pushing back the glass of liquor. Sliding across the seat Yaosuke turned and stood, his cloak straightening out and giving him a taller appearance. He slowly carried himself across the room, around and back towards the door. His passage was blocked by a brute. One of the few thugs who had been sitting on the stools by the bar. Footsteps pounded behind him, giving the presence of back-up away. Yaosuke twisted slightly, allowing him to gauge all the thugs who surrounded him through the corner of his mask’s eye socket.

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[Kaizer]

“You’z taken up a mission, when youz come back, youz pay us.” The brute said, his jaw thick and wide, while his posture was tall and unsteady for combat. Pushovers. Two senbons ringed out around the bar, followed by another two. Yaosukes body did not move at all, his clothing however had. The cloak which surrounded his figure swung backwards. Four holes had ripped through the fabric, searing the edges of the holes. The thugs behind Yaosuje dropped after a wicked spray of blood spread across the room and floor. His head never moved after locking sight with the brute, almost like a trance. A single hand lifted from his cloak, it’s metal clean and majestic looking. A final senbom ringed out, a flame burst forth from the barrel before a bullet came spiraling out. Lodging itself in the larger man’s head, he fell backwards with a loud thud, nearby chairs bounced with the impact.

Placing the handgun back in its holster, Yaosuke walked over the large man and continued outside to his mission’s destination. The blood along the wall and across the bar was still warm to the touch when the stood swung shut. Yaosuke crouched low in a shadow, brushing against his figure were leaves from a bush growing against the tree. He had waited until the bright sun had called it a day and crawled below the horizon to let Yaosuke’s favorite matter come about the land. Darkness crawled across every surface, its deceptive nature hiding even the most un-subtle creatures which walked, crawled, slithered or had other means of transport. Even they would cast doubts with in the most strong-willed mind.

The black mask which sat upon his face turned slowly, the black orbs behind watched with curiosity. The target house was apparently the host of a party for this particular night. Although he could easily pull it off another night, a deviant smile spread across his lips beneath. A challenge was more than appropriate for his current mood and this surely was one. The outside of the house was still covered in deep shadows and the only source of light came from the lights which shone with in.

His dark form slipped across the street, heading in beside the house and into its dark shadow. The house next to it sat close but with no windows looking into the gap. Yaosuke’s slim figure hugged against the wall before looking up. He needed a way in, and one he could get to quite easily, without breaking a window. Any sign of his entrance would be a big problem.

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[Kaizer]

Next to the two story house, against the strong sturdy building leaned Yaosuke his figured heavily pressed against the smooth material which made up one of the walls. His form was completely covered in shadow, even someone who looked directly at him would have trouble telling anything was there, let alone that it was him. With a quick shuffle he moved towards the back of the house. The back part of the house had a verandah allowing quick easy access to the top floor. Scooting closer he stepped away from the building, a magic seal appeared beneath his feet for a moment and then he was gone.

Jumping up to the second story using the ninja abilities Yaosuke had landed on the wide rail, it was then he noticed an even better access point. Quickly magic built up again beneath him and he jumped higher onto the roof. A square of faint light shone towards the sky. Yaousuke approached carefully, observing the edges of the glass for a hinge or hatch of some sort. Below he saw a carpeted floor and a few pieces of furniture on the outskirts of the wall. His fingers found the latch and he flicked it off, silently opening it up and dropping in.

Landing quietly in the room, he swiftly made way for the open door and closed it. He needed no light for the moment and would advance from here in a moment. For now he had this room to search. Walking around he observed several of the items, the room appeared to currently be in use, slightly messy and the bed was slightly ruffled. But the room held character unlike a guest room. Still he searched and found nothing.

Slipping towards the door Yaosuke tried to make as little noise as possible. Now came the real problem, on the other side of the door lay one of his biggest weaknesses. Light. While not a physical weaknesses, for stealth mission with lots of people around. It made the whole thing extremely difficult. The source of light was coming from outside the door and down the hall. Though faint at his end, if someone was there at exactly the wrong time, he would be spotted easily.

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[Kaizer]

Still he carefully stepped out and across into the opposite room. Closing the door behind himself with a quiet push, he stepped into a dark haven. Little light managed to get into the room like the previous. His eyes adjusted lazily and soon he could make out various forms of furniture sitting around. Again the room appeared to be something that was currently in use, although this occupant really had little regard for the condition he or she left their room in. Clothes scattered across the floor, the bed unmade and items all over the desk.

Still he ignored the random cluttered mess and moved through the room silently, his black gloves serving him well with no prints. The black fabric rubbed gently across his hand with the movements. Still he found nothing in the room. Sighing to himself he couldn’t help but think of the worst case scenario for the mission. Which was him having to head into the main room to find the small objects he so desired at this very moment. 

Yaosuke stood inside a bedroom once more, the door slightly ajar allowing him to view down the hall without too much exposure to himself. Looking through the slots in his white mask, he spotted slight movement and watch intensely but the movement passed and didn’t return. He opened the door further and slipped out, and down the opposite end of the hall to the final room in this area of the house.

Slipping into the final room his heart nearly jumped a beat. But his instincts were correct. In the corner of the room sat a tall figure. Dark clothing protruding through the deepest shadow in the shape of a person. That alone send shivers through Yaosuke's spine which showed just how badly he didn’t want to be caught. When he walked up to the figure though he noticed it was a mannequin with some fabric covering it. The whole room was strewn with fabrics of all sizes as though someone had stood in the middle of the room, spun around hard and let go of a bunch of clothing.

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[Kaizer]

Stepping through the mess he crossed to a particular dresser and found a few pictures frames. His mood lightened considerably. These were the pictures his contractor had asked him to find. He only had a few other things to collect now, and with no other room remaining, he stepped out into the hallway. His dark clothing’s stark lines lit up from the light at the other end. Though unlike if a spotlight was on him, it was enough to barely make out the shape. 

His form quickly shifted into a hurried mode. He ran lightly to towards the light, the end of the hallway being his only real way out of this part of the house. His dark clothing shuffled with each step and he cursed himself for not bringing a partner along, a distraction would be suitably perfect right now, and yet he had to remain alone. He didn't want to hurt anyone either so that made things worse, if he was caught he would be in serious trouble. And yet, his mind was still at relative ease despite all these minor complications.

His formed stepped into the light and immediately his figure brightened. The mask upon his face almost shone with a golden aura and his dark clothes immediately darkened as his surroundings became much brighter. The stark contrast alone was enough to make his clothing look darker than it had moments ago. He turned to the light-switch and quickly flicked it off, sending the once golden glow upon the room into the dark hungry depths of the shadows. It almost made him wonder what they would be like if they were alive, after all they swallowed light pretty easily when they could. Shaking his head he tossed the thoughts aside and focused on his searching.

He bought a black gloved hand up to a drawer and slowly pulled it over, the wooden material naturally making a scraping sound as it descended from its hole. His other hand slithered inside and searched the contents like hungry dogs with the scent of their prey. Nothing of value was found, and so he searched the next draw with the same approach, but instead lifted the drawer slightly, discarding the scrapping that had occurred on the previous one. Movement at the staircase alerted him to the presence of another human being, and with unnatural reflexes he slid the drawer back into place quietly and slipped behind the couch, his figure bent low to avoid eyesight.

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[Kaizer]

A young boy walked carefully up the stairs, his eyes down and observing each carpet covered step before he put his foot down, as though to check their existence was still there before he decided to trust them. His hand trailed across the wall effortlessly and on its own, sometimes gliding low and at other times flying high above his head. Yaosuke watched carefully from behind the couch, his figure well enough away that the darkness covered him mask so that the boy couldn't make him out. With a quick turn and a noise the boy turned the corner and disappeared down the hall. A moment later a light flicked on, and then a large shadow was thrown across it. Yaosuke exhaled, the shadow was a door being shut. Apparently the party wasn't to the child's nature.

Yaosuke rose slowly and went back to the same drawer, applying similar methods to which he had last time to extract the drawer quietly and erase suspicion from the people below. His hand searched thoroughly, sometime shifting the components of the drawer, which in turn made a slight noise. But never once did someone come up to check for the presence of an intruder. For that's what he was, an intruder into their very own home. His dark figure slowly ruffled through each and every crevice looking for a particular device in which he could then take back to his contractor.

His search came to an end when he found himself standing near the staircase, the entire upstairs department having been searched entirely. However not a single thing looked like it had been disturbed. Perfection in the way of a thorough and pro-performed search. However, he still lacked a few items to turn around and head back, so instead he slowly walked down the narrow stairway. Would he be able to find what he needed downstairs? Or would he run straight into trouble. A few things worried him, one for example is the inaccuracy of his report of how many people were actually in the vicinity. He counted more than what he was expected, but his second count had thrown the number down conditionally. His large shape stopped at the bottom of the stairway, a medium length hallway connected to the end of the stairs, the light came from the other end, where he could make out two males who sat at a table laughing along to a joke with some other people he couldn't quite make-out.

Stepping gingerly out of the shadow, he quickly stepped down the hallway with light pattering feet and into the slightly ajar doorway. Jackpot. He had stepped into the unused lounge-room and assumed the occupants were using the dining area or a secondary lounge-room for their entertainment for the night. In the room was a long shelf, stacked along it was a very long line of photo's which matched the description he had been given. He didn't need to take them all, only a few. Then he started wondering, if he took them it wouldn't take long for someone to notice a missing picture. Looking into the adjoining room he found a few more picture frames which weren't quite so immediately observant. He quickly slipped into the room and made way for the photo frames.

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[Kaizer]

"We did see that right?" One man asked, his whisper shaky and high pitched. "Yeah, no way that would just our eye's messing with us." The other man replied, his voice just as shaky and his movement still slow.

Yaosuke needed to hear no more. Their presence was closer enough. Shifting suddenly his body turned and sent a knee into the topmost man's chest, knocking him backwards. As one fell, the other was stuck with only one way to go and a big man coming from the opposite direction. Yaosuke immediately turned and sprinted upstairs. Both men fell with a large ruckus followed by a number of groans from the bottom of the stairway. Their wives and other members of the party rushed to their sides, checking to see if they were okay. Another male leaped over them and up the stairs, following just as quickly as Yaosuke had escaped.

The black cloaked man with the mask mask sat quietly in one room, the door slightly ajar but away from any source of light, allowing him to avoid being spotted properly. He was in the only room with no sky light and the original room he had come through remained the only taken room. The boy from earlier had taken hold of his entrance with the light on. Yaosuke cursed to himself lightly before a figure appeared before the door. Taking a step back he prepared himself once more. This man was quicker though. With a hard swing he sent Yaosuke a step back.

The two faced each other, the larger man trying to adjust to the light difference between the lit hallway and the severely dark room and figure which now stood before him. Without wasting any additional time Vince stepped forth, his fist cracked against the man's nose, and he followed through with a quick sweep of his legs which caught beneath the larger man's knee, sending him falling backwards with a thud. Ditching the idea of the skylight and the same retreat. Yaosuke turned and immediately sprinted towards the window. Since his cover had already been blown, rather than waste time to unlock he, he unhooked a pistol and send three bullets through the window in a triangle fashion before jumping through. Glass shattered as it collided with the hard concrete below and soon lights flicked on in the surrounding houses from the noise.

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[Kaizer]

"Instead of shifting his direction of travel, Yaosuke remained straight on course and traveled for the house opposite the one he had just invaded. Soon the street were filled with curious onlookers, most having been awoken from the noise, clearly visible while they stumbled around with their hands to their eyes trying to rub the fatigue away frantically. Without taking the time to look, Yaousuke kept his speed up and as he came to the single storied house, a seal appeared beneath his feet, glowing bright through the dark of the night. Jumping with renewed power he was sent high onto the house's roof, landing halfway along the structure. His speed never deterred and soon his figure was well away from the noise and curious eyes of the onlooker.

Later on he approached the same bar he had been in much earlier. The door swung open easily, and the bar tender looked at him with a vicious gaze. Yaosuke immediately brought his hands up in a sign for no intentions. With a quick nod the white masked ghost was given access to the bar, and the booths. Patting the cloak as he went to sit down in a booth, he felt the form of the photographs he had been assigned to collect. Their importance was worth enough ryo to Yaousuke to actually put himself on the line for them. Though it wasn't extremely dangerous, it was still more than what he normally would for a number of photos.

A glass of liquor slid across the table after a coaster had been tossed his way. The waitress knew Yaosuke well enough from his frequented visits. She placed a fresh pack of cigarettes on the table along with a lighter, then walked off briskly. She knew he wasn't one to talk or explain his day to most. She had often seen girls try to wiggle their way into his grasp, but like a man on a mission he coolly disregarded them and often left early to avoid their pestering. The only people Yaosuke seemed to get along with were the arrogant kind, treating most around them like total crap. The reason for this though, was that they paid the best for missions.

A moment later a man in a suit joined the mask man, taking the drink in his hand and slipping back the dark liquor. A moment passed before he looked at Yaosuke properly, his hair sleek and features well looked after. Placing the glass back on the coaster, he leaned back silently, observing the Uchiha  slowly slid his hands into the coat and pulled out the retrieved items. The suit briefly observed their condition and stature before placing them in a bag he had brought in.

"How was it?"


He asked curiously. Hoping to question Yaosuke on what exactly happened during the night.

"It was fine, a little messy but nothing will stain. There are too many dark spots for the thief to hide. Guards aren't very alert especially with expert thieves. I suggest maybe chakra detectors of some sort to use against ninjutsu camouflage."

Yaosuke replied, he knew which words would give what meaning, but to a random stranger it wouldn't sound so bad. And with that the larger man pulled out a smaller bag from the larger he had beside him, sliding it across the table. 

"A pleasure, remain available."

The suit said before sliding along the seat to exit the booth, and then walking out of the bar.

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[Kaizer]

He was asked to return to the house one more time as a last test of some sort. His mission was not completed per say. Apparently some devices had not been turned on so the test earlier was slightly in accurate. Coming towards the house. Yaosuke had approached the way he had come from before but this tome there were slightly more guards. Hiding sighing the bushes as he laid flat on his belly he would listen carefully as footsteps came across the dirt soil. As the footstep Baganda to leave he would jump up and knock the guy pt with a simple punch. Carving him before hr hit the ground Yaosuke would avoid all noise. 

Soon he would find an entrance to the house through a back door the had not been shut as a guard came out of the door. In the house he would begin to move silently through the shadows. Knowing his environment now he knew what was too happen. Suddenly he would hear footsteps in the kitchen followed by a small light that only could come from a flashlight. He was almost there. Staying as silent as ever the light would come closer and closer until finally all Yaosuke needed to do was reach out a fist and bam the guard had been knocked out once again. 

Climbing silently up the stairs he headed for a specific room. This time it was the kids room. The kid was fast asleep snorin like their was no tomorrow. Grabbing the item I was given from my bag I would take the plush Teddy Bear out from it's hiding spot and place it within the Childs arms. It was nice to see children happy though Yaosuke felt really awkward watching a child slept he smiled. So innocent and pure from the ninja world. Not knowing what may lie ahead. With a final effort he would escape through the window and be done eth the mission

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Yaosuke: 10 EXP.