ALL OUR GREAT THINGS TURN TO DUST [MISSION]

[Mitternacht]

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Civilian Fortification
Rank: D
Description: While Amegakure is now habitable, a considerable degree of the village is still in ruins, disregarded by its former leader. You need to travel down into the civilian area(s) and help rebuild and remodel any broken homes or repairs.
Workforce: 1-2
Reward: 100 Exp & 500 Ryo

Rubble Rubble
Rank: D
Description: Having, once again, been used as a battleground for an all out war, a great many buildings and houses lay in ruin. We need all of our able bodied shinobi to venture out and into the streets and pick up any debris, trash, and maybe a corpse or two.
Workforce: 1-2
Reward: 100 Exp & 500 Ryo

War never changes. And, more often than not, neither do political leaders. There will always be tyrants, there will always be kings, there will always be good, loving men. And even good men can be tyrants.

Yūrei had begun to lose his faith in "good men". All his time in Amegakure, he only knew evil men, like the "king" AU-2, and men forced to blindly follow evil. The village had been an uncultured wasteland of aggression and sin. This all, he mostly accredited to AU-2. But the rest of the credit he gave to simple entropy. When things had the chance of falling apart, and they always had such an option, then they would. Yūrei almost thought that a lot of the citizens were to blame. Even if society as they knew it fell apart around them, it was still their goal, their responsibility, to stay strong with their moral values. But also, morals was something unfortunately missing in the shinobi world.

He ruminated upon all this as he sat upon the husk of what used to be a small family home. The amount of disrepair the village was in disgusted Yūrei. He wasn't born in this nation, nor was any of his family here, but he still had come to love it. And now that it was free from it's tyrant, thanks to the actions of the Kekkai and Tenzō clans, it was time to rebuild. Would this cycle of destruction and reconstruction ever end?

A scoff slipped from his lips, followed by his mouth contorting in a grimace. He looked at all the rubble. Might as well get to work.

"Humans make me sick."

[The Dude]

Yui arrived on the scene somewhat later than normal, but she didn't have a lot of enthusiasm for this sort of work. She had come in search of her father who had only just recently been within these very walls before mysteriously vanishing. Now all the help she could hope to get was from these shinobi. Ninjas seeking to rebuild the village her family briefly called home before it's destruction. To be honest she didn't understand it at all. The village had been destroyed and split her family apart but there was no need to gather about again and have a repeat of what happened last time.

All the same as she arrived she could plainly see that the village was indeed a dusty horrible mess. Destruction was scarred all along it's face and part of her did feel a little compelled to clean up the place. Partly because it was the right thing to do, and partly to hide the shame of what tragedy had befallen this village. With a string of short hand seals, and without looking to see if anyone else was around she completed the technique.

Doryuu Taiga

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The earth beneath the largest pile of rubble, remains, and for lack of a better term 'unwanted stuff', seemed to corrode then liquify suddenly into a flowing river of mud. Large stones and heavy objects were pulled off from the pile before sinking underground to be buried with the rest of the past. Lighter objects that didn't sink flowed with the river out away from buildings to a vacant space once used for public gatherings of some kind.

"It's like sweeping all those horrible memories and mistakes under the rug isn't it?" she asked to one on in particular while brushing dust off herself from the shifting of the large mass that had been left to sit.

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Doryuu Taiga (Earth Flow Rivers)
Rank: B [100]
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 4
Chakra Consumption: High

Doryuu Taiga is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Earth Element. After forming the needed handseals, the user transforms the ground underneath their opponent into a river of mud. This river materializes suddenly and flows quickly, completely in the opposite direction that the opponent was originally moving. This technique is excellent for slowing people down and facilitating escapes, as the mud itself is highly constricting.

Note: The river flows in a straight line in whichever direction the user chooses; the direction cannot be altered afterward. The river can be no longer than 5 meters and no wider than 3 meters. The mud created by this technique can be used to facilitate other techniques that require mud.

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[Mitternacht]

All at once there was a rustle, a quake, a slight tremor, and the sound of many shifting objects. What was once rubble in front of Yūrei was now a cascading torrent of mud, violently displacing earth, trash, and everything in between. That was...quite the surprise. he thought, nearing the new river. What a powerful ability. Yūrei wasn't aware that the Hidden Rain had powerful users of the earth release. He smirked; earth was the antithesis to his own lightning powers. Maybe he would challenge this other shinobi?

"It's like sweeping all those horrible memories and mistakes under the rug, isn't it?"

His gaze followed the voice, up the river about thirty feet. At the mouth of it was a girl, a young girl. She was shorter than him, with long blonde hair, and, well, quite the rack. She was a cutie, but Yūrei wasn't much of a flirt. Girls made him kind of nervous. Most of the time. But that was just because he had more experience fighting than conversating with the ladies. He swallowed the lump rising in his throat.

"Nice move. I don't think any of my jutsu can help with the clearing or rebuilding, though. Sorry about that."

[The Dude]

Yui was startled when someone else had been there the entire time and quickly turned to face the man standing further down the river. He was taller with dark hair but was around the same age as Yui, or so she thought from this distance. 'Of course,' she thought to herself quickly retrieving the mission scroll she had received from the strap on her thigh, 'there was someone else I was supposed to be working with. But what was his name?' Her hands spread apart spreading the scroll before her face and her eyes scanned the paper looking for a fucking name.

"You must be... Yurei?" Yui asked at last tipping the top half of the scroll forward so she could see over the top at the man again before putting the scroll away. He was still so far away... annoying. She waved him over and smiled, "Well what are you waiting for useless?" she called in a friendly tease for his lack of techniques for the mission, "Hurry up and get over here so we can talk about what needs to still be done. Just because you don't have anything useful doesn't give you an excuse to be lazy! Explaining isn't excusing!"

Explaining isn't excusing. She smirked as she heard her father's words escape her lips. It was a little haunting that she still spoke so similar to the old man, but reassuring because it meant she had a strong bond with him. She just needed to find him and read any books he had written since then so she could brush up on her own writing skills.

The river of mud began to slow before finally coming to a stop and beginning to dry and harden. It had left a flat smooth trench like path in its wake that Yui looked at a moment cocking her head to the side and crossing her arms across her chest judgmentally. "Hmmmm, I think it'll actually be a really nice make shift road for the time until we can get proper workers for this sort of thing. What do you think useless?"

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[The Dude]

Useless wasn't talking, and after waiting for an unbearably long and awkward silence to pass Yui pursed her lips and turned her back to him. "Fine, I'll take care of this all by myselves. You can just sit there and do what you do best useless." She looked back over her shoulder smiling cheekily, "Least you get to watch me walk away." She teased casually before forming a short string of hand seals and calling upon the aid of two rock clones who broke free from the earth to take form before running after her.

Together but alone, Yui strode the makeshift road she had made, surveying the village around her casually. It sure was a lot of work, but thankfully she had not be tasked with fixing the entire village. This was after all a smaller mission for all the village shinobi to take part in at least a little to clean up this mess. Soon Yui spied the remains of the house she would claim as her own contribution to the renovation process. It was one of the many towering skyscrapers in the village but this one... couldn't be standing, or at least it shouldn't be!

The higher up the building the less damage had been taken, but down here on the ground by the foundations there was nothing but corroded materials that seamed to constantly groan from the stress. Not a safe place to enter and so with a wave of her hand Yui sent her two earth clones forward. They timidly approached careful of their step and began to search around and inspect the damage to the building. Yui wasn't an architect but piling rocks into buildings didn't seem too complicated. Surely she could manage a solution once she had some information.

[The Dude]

It didn't take the clones too long to find the problem to the failing building did indeed result from the very earth beneath the building eroding and sliding down hill due to the constant rainfall. They quickly escaped the impending fate of the building returning to Yui's side obediently before explaining the conditions. She held her chin thoughtfully considering the situation before coming to a very simple and logical conclusion. "So fixing the earth beneath the building would only be a temporary fix as well considering the hill it stands on. Well... that kind of sucks. Means this building won't survive here for more than a year no matter what."

Her hands swung wide before clapping together once enthusiastically. "Well then! No time like the present to ruin this building site!" She shouted to no one in particular. Her hands already together suddenly began to weave through a massive string of hand seals. She rarely used this technique. In fact, she had only mastered the technique and used it once in her lifetime. It was something she detested using. Not so much because it was a bad technique, as for the fact that it actually made her feel sick and weak.

Her clones watched on eagerly and prepared for what they already knew was coming. They of course recognized the technique and as beings sharing her knowledge previous to their own creation they knew the effects it would have on her and what they would be expected to do. Beneath Yui, the ground trembled and the building itself quaked as if it were fearful for what was to come next. Of course if it had been capable of sentience that could recognize what happened next it probably would've tried it's best to fall over and end it there!

[The Dude]

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Chikyuu Kyojin no Jutsu (Earth Giant Technique)
Rank: S (300)
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 15
Chakra Consumption: Massive

Chikyuu Kyojin no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Earth Element. After performing a long string of handseals, the user slams their hands against the ground and releases a large amount of their chakra. From beneath the user grows a gigantic humanoid made of rock, which rises with them on its shoulder. The earth quakes for 10 meters all around as this happens, throwing everyone - friend and foe alike - off-balance if they are within range. The giant will take orders from the user, as if it is a sentient being. Because of its size and composition, it is extremely difficult to fell this mighty creature.

Note: The giant cannot form handseals or perform jutsu, but its size is its real advantage in battle. It is 20 meters tall! The user can control its actions completely, or allow it to go wild.

Note: Only one opponent can be targeted at a time.

The very ground beneath the building rose slowly, hefting the massive building up into the air. The earth slowly separated and took a more definitive shape as a humanoid. But it was massive. Upon the back of it's neck and shoulders the building balanced and swayed precariously. His two massive arms stretched high up on either side to stabilize it and soon it began taking slow careful steps across the village careful not to step on any of the people, buildings, or tiny things of importance.

Yui herself swayed and staggered nearly falling from the sheer amount of chakra it took if not for the timely support of her two clones. Together they each took one of her arms around their shoulders and sprung forth pursuing the load bearing behemoth. They sprung up the sides of other skyscrapers careful of their weary master and her weakened condition. They soon bounded from the roof of a skyscraper onto the top of the earth giant's head before gently setting Yui down to catch her breath.

The swaying of the giant's slow steps proved to only make her feel sick however and she strained herself to not throw up. Looking forward instead she directed the giant into a free clearing on a part of the village she knew was still in development from her earlier mission with Ichi-san. It was a slow walk, but the giant made his way carefully across the village to the roaring encore of terrified citizens dashing out of it's way. "Well," Yui began with a pale face and trembling lips, "I guess, I could've given them some sort of forewarning huh?" She looked to her clones to see if the joke had landed but they only looked back at her with concern in their eyes. "Oh lighten up, I'll be fine as long as I've got you two here."

Sure enough she was right. The giant bore them to the free side of the village and upon finding a suitable location the clones once again aided Yui. This time the trio descended back towards the ground. Once they were on the ground the earth giant slowly took a kneeling position. Then he slowly laid flat using one hand to hold himself up while the other balanced the building until he was perfectly face down. Yui smiled and with a sweet little whistle, the stone giant become one with the earth again being swallowed into the massive ground and leaving a stagnant tower where there had once been an untended field of bodies. She had buried them, and moved the building to a safe location abiding by both of the missions in one fell swoop. "How's that for a genin?" she scoffed standing on her own and turning back to make her way slowly to the mission compound to report two jobs well done.

[Messatsu!]

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