Delivery! Go Go Sakaki Speed! {Mission}

[sakaki]

The mission in and of itself was fairly simply, by the by. Sakaki merely needed to transport a small package from one side of Kumo to the other. Niji had left her with the mission, though Sakaki was merely thankful that the older girl had assisted her in obtaining the mission. First steps were always the hardest, and having someone there that one was familiar with sure did make it feel less... well, scary.

Sakaki used this opportunity to test out what she’d learn about her Wheel Tech. She lifted one foot, and let a small amount of chakra flow to it. She was pleased as she heard the compartment on the bottom pop open and expel the two wheels there. She would press them into the dirt, and repeat the process with her other foot, soon balancing on the four wheels. She took a little breath and allowed just a little of her chakra to flow into the motors of her shoes.

Easy, easy, she thought to herself as her body jerked forward, pulled by the wheels. Sakaki re-composed herself for a moment before leaning forward and trying once again. This time she was able to go several feet without feeling her body get tugged towards the ground. She smiled proudly, doing a pair of squats to stretch herself before attempting the real thing.

[sakaki]

Okay, here we go, she thought as she charged up a bit of chakra. She leaned forward once again, and then released the built up energy, the motor whirring to life and jetting the small girl forward through the streets of Kumogakure. She did her best to stick to the back alleys, where she wouldn’t run the risk of running into crowds. She hadn’t quite mastered riding on the walls yet... that would be dealt with another day.

At the very least, she made it to the location of the package. Knocking upon the door of the postal building, she was soon greeted by an attendant, whom she showed her mission scroll. It was rather quickly that a parcel was deposited in her hands, an address scrawled on the side. It would be easy enough to find, she imagined, and so she was off once again, her wheels whirring as she blazed across Kumogakure at an incredible speed.

After a while, Sakaki would feel a little rambunctious. Gathering her chakra, she would crouch before launching herself up into the air. She felt as if she were soaring, and the glee that came with it caused her to start giggling. Her landing on a building may have been less than thrilling, but as she continued her trek, the excitement of leaping from building to building on her Wheel Tech was unaltered by the brief periods of being grounded.

[sakaki]

Unsurprisingly, there was no hindrance for her very simple mission. In what seemed like no time at all she found herself in the neighborhood that she needed to be in. She took up a vantage point as high as she could in order to have a look around. Spotting the numbered home, she made her way to it as a shinobi would, and would drop right in front of the door.

Knocking upon it just like at the postal building left her waiting just a few moments before the door swung open, revealing a fairly pretty young lady in an apron. Sakaki held up the package to her, which the woman examined. She thanked the little shinobi, and took the package from her, leaving Sakaki to make her way back to the mission office.

The uneventful trip back wasn’t really worth describing. Sakaki was just happy that her first mission had been such a success, albeit it had been exceptionally easy. It wasn’t like she had been forced to do anything strenuous. Even so, she was proud of her little self for doing so well, and the cool air brushing past her face and whipping through her hair felt indescribable. Yes, she, the little Sakaki, had completed a mission flawlessly!

[DAVID BOWE]

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