The Big Bounty

[Nagato]

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MISSION NAME: The Bounty Will Be Claimed!
MISSION RANK: B
MISSION DESCRIPTION: The head of the Sakurai Clan has been targeted. They are a clan of herbalist who can make the greatest of medicine within the village, if their clan leader's head were to be taken it could be a great downfall to our village. It is unsure as to how many enemies there will be, so keep low. There could also be a traitor among them, so keep an eye on the leader and make sure not to let him out of your sight.
MISSION REWARD: 75 EXP & 5,000 RYO
MISSION LEVEL: Medium

The Sakurai Clan, the herbal wizards as some called them. These individuals brought about some breakthrough medicines, saving countless lives in the process. Today was the day that the village repay the favour. Rumour has it that the head of the Clan has been targeted for assassination. Although it’s only a rumour, the Sakurai Clan have requested that the village provide some guards in case something does take place. However, with it being a rumour from an unreliable source, the village assigned only one individual, Nagato. The decision was made based on Nagatos recent success in recovering the relevant evidence from the so called spy in the sky.

Throughout the course of the day, everything was quiet. Nagato was sat on the wooden footpath that led down to the shrubbery that the clan members were co-ordinating through. It seemed that they had a strategic approach for gathering the medicinal herbs; it came as no surprise considering how long the clan had focused on their art. Among the group was a man dressed in a light white orb, he was rather young, succeeded his father apparently. He was at discontent with the fact that someone was assigned to baby sit him, but it was his fathers wishes so who was Nagato to question it.

With his left hand, Nagato puhed his forehead protector further up his bicep, ensuring it was tight enough. His gaze shifted from person to person while a women made haste toward the clan leader. Nagato shifted out of his seat as chakra began funnelling down to his feet; after a long look at the women, he recognized her as the leaders sister and suddenly found himself back in his seat.

“Nee-samaaa… we need some poultice herbs. We need a lot because when aunty starts making them she wont be able to make them again for a week or two because you know how she gets be-” the girl rambled on for a good five minutes, it appeared to be a perk that ran through the family. 

[Nagato]

Nagatos attention shifted to the girl as he used his fist to push himself out of his seat. He then made his way down toward the clan leader who prepared a bag for a little journey to the outskirts of the village. Turned out that the herbs grew close to the lake, so this rather boring day became a little more interesting. He made mental note of everyone who was accompanying. Soon, they made their way down toward the gates and eventually left the village as they made their way into the forests.

Nagato couldn’t see nor sense anyone in the vicinity and within a few minutes they found themselves by a narrow lake that stretched both far and wide. The lake was around eleven meters in width and appeared around ten meters in depth. The clan members didn’t waste time and began picking the flowers while Nagato watched. Suddenly a BANG erupted from an area around fifty meters away; Nagato turned to the clan leader, feeling that this wasn’t some coincidence.

“We better get moving.” Nagato was quiet as he spoke, focusing his senses on his surroundings. The words that he uttered would be audible to those in his immediate vicinity but as everyone moved, he managed to drown out the sounds of the movement in order to determine what and who was heading toward them.

With that, the members collected the last of the plants and proceeded to walk back toward the village. As they began their journey, the sound of shuriken began whizzing through the area and a scream echoed into the vicinity. In that instant, Nagato focused some chakra to his hand, quickly drawing his Chokuto prior to throwing it in the shurikens trajectory whilst his body shifted covering the clan leader’s body.

“Stay close.”

[Nagato]

He whispered as he drew his second Chokuto, bracing for an attack. The other clansmen weren’t the targets, so it mattered not that they fled as the main attacking body would aim to kill the leader of the clan. One of the clansmen appeared injured around thirty feet from their location. Suddenly, a group of thirty if not more men were upon them, a lot of them grinned and wore forehead protectors that had the village symbols split cut down the center, rogues… mission ninja… call them what you will, they were here to claim the bounty.

Nagato shifted his sight to the river at which point he uttered,

“Jump in the river. “ Although the man was hesitant, Nagato had no choice but to use his free hand to drag the boy over toward the river. As they moved, he tripped and suddenly he began moving faster which only allowed Nagato to free up the hand that had been holding him. "OH MY GOOOOOOOD" the leader screamed. For a man who was also the leader of his clan, surely he could have had a more masculine scream.

As the duo made haste toward the river, an attack was upon them; all thirty individuals attacking simultaneously; The instant the clan leader jumped into the lake, water particles sprayed out and across the whole vicinity. Atop that, Nagato slammed half of his body into the river, releasing a gush of water out toward the enemies. Tensing his muscles, he raised his right hand as chakra began swerving in his palm; the chakra quickly released lightning orientated chakra which then began crawling across every water particle, simultaneously shocking the group of individuals that had come upon them.

All thirty men laid dead from the energy generated by the Chidori current, but the attack did take a good proportion of Nagatos chakra pool. As they dropped like flies, Nagato reached into the water, pulling the clan leader out and over his shoulder. He edged his body forward, sheathing his Chokuto before launching out toward the injured clansman. As he neared his body, he pulled him off the ground and went onto pull him up and over his shoulder; with the sudden aid of the body flicker jutsu, he took off toward village entrance.

[Nagato]

As he neared, the duo that had laid limp over his shoulders had regained consciousness and Nagato slowly put them down as they made the last trek toward the gates. Naturally, Nagato walked ahead of the duo, however as he rotated to check on the clan leader, he noticed the other clansman drawing a Kunai. He froze for a moment as Nagato set his sight on him, sighing a little in the process. Having realised that he had been found out, he spun around, swinging the Kunai toward the clan leaders throat while Nagato lunged forward, grabbing the clan leader’s leg before pulling. As he pulled his leg, the leader fell back, and the kunai effectively missed for a moment.

With his right hand, Nagato launched a bolt of lightning toward the traitor’s chest. The bolt ripped through the clothing and the very fibre of his being as it tore through the heart and left him limp and lifeless. As the clan leader stood back to his feet, he showed his gratitude, thanking him a hundred times over.

“Oh my goodness. Who would have though heh? That traitor heeeeeh- wait till I tell my father about this. He will have their whole family exposed… booted from the village at that! This is inexcusable! Pathetic! He was never a good herbalist anyway. I mean, can you blame him? His mother was some farmer from Kirigakure – Tss-“

As the duo neared the gates of the village, a member of the Kumogakure anbu appeared and Nagato simply gave the locations of the deceased individuals, allowing them to perform the cleaning process.

“Twenty five to thirty around ten kilometres from here by the long river that separates the forest. The vast majority will be deceased.” His sight focused on the masked man as he nodded, not speaking in response to what Nagato had to say. As Nagatos utterance came to an end, the clan leader decided to chip in.

[Nagato]

“You should have seen it! ” he motioned his hands “I jumped in the water and Pooof” he gestured the water traversing into the area “Then came the burst of divine electricity that simultaneously shocked them all! It was marvellous” The masked man simply nodded before vanishing from sight. Nagato had admired the Anbu operatives and had hoped to become a member among their ranks eventually. This was what all this build up was for, it was so that he could receive the approval to become an Anbu.

Having delivered the leader to the lion’s mane, they were greeted by a small group headed my a short frail old man who glanced up at Nagato while using his walking stick for support. It appeared that the news of the forest encounter had spread fast. But Nagato wasn’t too bothered about that fact as he was simply fulfilling his duties.

“You have my upmost thanks boy. You saved my only son from a certain distasteful death, for that I cannot show my gratitude. If ye’ ever require any herbs for treatment or otherwise, my family will always be of aid” The old man that had stood in front of the ground spoke with a mild and dry tone but as he did, Nagato had realised how much the current clan leader had meant to his father which made him contemplate whether Nagato would have any children to tend to in the same manner.

Nagato waved good bye before turning on his heels and walking toward the general vicinity of the Kages Castle. It was a grand building that stretched high into the sky; the entrance was as grand as the rest of the building, Nagato couldn’t take his eyes off it throughout the course of his approach. He shifted his right hand to his Chokuto, releasing it from the sheath, sending an ominous sound of metal sliding against metal before he pushed it back into the sheath, sending only the dull sound of the sheath striking the hilt. Nagato repeated the process two or three times before approaching the entrance to the castle.

Upon entering, Nagato didn’t have to go far, it was time to report the details of his mission back for review. Throughout the course of his entrance, Nagato contemplated the fee that he would be receiving for the mission. From what he remembered, the mission was ranked at B so the fee would be in the range of five to ten thousand Ryo. Money wasn’t anything to Nagato, but this was all a gateway to establishing a foundation for his reputation.

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