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Mapping: Ame no Kuni
Rank: C
Description: Simple enough, venture out into the land of Rain and map out all possible pathways and routes for our future convoys. Stay alert, the wildlife within Ame no Kuni is know to be vicious and unforgiving around this time of year.
Workforce: 1-2
Reward: 200 Exp & 1000 Ryo

Yui had taken off at a fast speed, but a manageable one allowing for her now brother to catch up in a fairly speedy manner. As Ichi followed he confessed his unfamiliarity with the city itself and turned her head to look at him before saying, "Yeah, I'm still fairly new to the village myself. But I do know where the gates are, why don't we start there and we can hit a few landmarks as we go while looking for some shortcuts?"

The mission would actually be very helpful to both of them in the long run. Knowing the ins and outs of a village was rudimentary in not only moving about it in every day life, but even in the village's defense. It was an unfortunate fact that Amegakure was a village surrounded by countries that frequented war across their country merely to cross toward their enemies. Because of this bad placement, Yui had a few brief flashes of memory in which her family huddled together in bunkers while praying for their father's safety.

They soon wound their way running along the rooftops and walls of the skyscrapers that stabbed skyward. The sky grew dark as clouds began to amass and block out what little sun there had been. The gates came into view at last as the skyscrapers grew more and more sparse. In a matter of a few moments the young shinobi had sped across the stress and rooftops and landed on the top of the gates themselves.

Two veteran shinobi stood ontop of the gate and nodded acknowledgment as they arrived. "Hello there, what brings you all the way up here on a day like today?" His gaze turned skyward and he mused quietly, "Looks the same way it does everyday doesn't it?" He turned back to the two and smiled, "Like rain."

"True enough," Yui agreed. "We're actually out here because we're on a minor scouting and mapping assignment. My name is Yui and this is my brother, Ichi." She said gesturing towards the uchiha she assumed was beside her. "We're working directly for the kage Ji-sama in order to get a more accurate and up to date system of maps for the village and key points of interest." She withdrew a map scroll unraveling before the group, "Are you able to verify the information on this map is up to dates as far as the gates and walls are concerned?"

Yuijumped back down onto the dock to stand beside her new brother of unique circumstances. She sat down on the dock beside him and pulled out a mission scroll. "Well, as it turns out my family has a history of going missing in action, so I guess we'll just have to go out on missions together to keep an eye out eh?" She elbowed him gently in the ribs teasingly.

Her hands spread apart unraveling the mission scroll, "It's actually rather funny that you bring up doing missions. I'm supposed to be doing a mission right now to scout out the terrain, but I figured I would just sign off on it and be done with it." She smirked mischievously, "But as long as I've got someone to talk to while I wander about the land aimlessly I don't mind spending my time on it to get paid."

She sprung lightly to her feet and pushed on Ichi's shoulder playfully, "Well come on then, this was your idea wasn't it? Let's get started on it already I've already wasted just about an hour wandering about before I found you!" With that she turned and sprinted off away from the docks and back to the mainland expecting her new friend to follow.

"Honorable Raikage-sama, my lord Yotsuki has been expecting you for some time. Please come in and follow me, but don't touch anything if you would be so kind." The man at the doors seemed to have sprung to life at last. He turned about and with some considerable force pushed the doors swinging in before leading the kage inside.

As they walked through the massive building the neat little man would mention the occasional tid-bit of information about the house as he had become accustomed to doing with visitors. "The doors were made of solid stone and arranged to only swing inwards The initial designs swung out onto the steps but this proved a mistake because powerful winds and storms we get up here in the mountains literally wrenched the doors free from their frames and sent them tumbling down the mountain side." His facts continued and he rambled on apathetic whether the kage was actually listening or not.

Yotsuki Manor loomed in the night sky. It had been built at one of the highest peaks in the entire village and was fabled to have the most beautiful view penetrating even the veil of clouds. It was here that the newest Raikage was destined to end up this evening. He had received a scroll inviting him to a dinner in his honor to welcome him as a new leader. But the true intentions were not so simplistic.

It wasn't raining, but lightning forked across the sky constantly lighting up the village in flashes. The large doors of the manor stood dark in the spasms of light. Before the doors stood a shinobi with his arms folded behind his back. He wore an expensive suit with a bow tie and shiny boots, but apart from this flash appearance he didn't really do much at all. Just stood before the doors peering ahead through the open air waiting.

"Ranshi huh? I think I preferred calling you salty dog, but I guess we're just two different people. So tell me then Ichi," Yui began with a smirk while rocking back and forth from heel to toe, "How does a wave sneak up on you like that? Aren't they typically larger and on some level noisy?" she laughed shortly before continuing, "I'm kidding, I sure you have your reasons for being distracted."

Stepping across to the opposite side of the deck, she sprung up onto a post and perched there hugging her knees to her chest. "So, the new guy in town huh? That's exciting I bet. Don't bet on trying to use some sort of exotic accent from out of town on me though cause I'll tell you right now that it won't work. Because, I too am new to the village. I was born here but my mother took me and my brother and escaped somehow." She paused again mulling over her own thoughts, but not growing distant for her memories of the event were extremely vague and fuzzy.

"In fact, I still thought the village was gone and just happened to find it as it returns to the world by chance. I'm only still here because," she paused realizing she had nearly let her mouth run its course. "because... I think the kage is a babe! Now you know my secret, so don't go running your mouth about it or I'll have to beat you up and ruin whatever reputation you've acquired as a ninja." It was a lie. Outlandish and stupid, but embarrassing enough to be somewhat credible.

The man laughed heartily patting the clone on the shoulder, "Well there's drinking! Actually, drinking is nearly inescapable down here." It truly was. The people were doing various activities in their personal cliques, but every man in the surprisingly nice room had a mug or bottle of some kind in their hands. "You see kid, this entire village is filled with salmon! Oh, sure we travel the wide world and each man has his stories to tell but we always come back up river for this festivity. It's a gathering of..." and his words slurred beyond comprehension as he distractedly made his way to the counter.

The room has high ceilings and hosts a large party of various people. Some sit at the counter, playing games that seem to involve a deck of cards, a knife, and a mallet. In another corner, elderly men were sitting around a fire and merely talking and drinking. In the far end of the cave involved a rather silly event of men being hung upside down from the ceiling before having to sit up to take a drink from their mugs. To the left was a group of three playing instruments to a beat that steadily seemed to change after every brief break they used to drink more.





Near the outskirts of the village the eyes of Uchiha reveal all. It's a ring. A ring on the ground that encircles the village at it's border pulses with a chakra emanating and flowing. It is a sealing technique, that much is easily identifiable as are the properties. The line does not allow people to cross. Anyone who would step across would feel their chakra system spontaneously combusting and burning away their bodies. Perhaps most interesting, is the lack of a source of power. The seal itself is merely a tattoo on the earth hidden beneath a thin layer of dirt, but there is no inscription for a source of this function. It must be drawing power from elsewhere.