[Mayonaka Homare]

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BIRDS LEAVE THE NEST
MISSION RANK: C
NPC REQUIREMENT: N/A
PARTICIPANTS: Homare Mayonaka, Amaya Shizu
DESCRIPTION:
Some merchants want to build their homes on the archipelago. Escort construction workers and merchants safely to their new settlements.

Can be Completed 3 Times!
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Homare was busying herself with pacing back and forth at the village gates of Kirigakure, wondering what this stranger was supposed to be like; she'd met with several strangers in the past few days, and her teammate had reacted to just the meeting with violence, which was somewhat terrifying for her still. She had to hope that at least most Kirigakure shinobi wouldn't turn a simple introduction into a battle, or she'd never be able to become more comfortable with talking to others, which she needed to learn to do if she was ever going to become the heiress of the Mayonaka clan and bring them all back together under a single clan home. While her parents had been able to find love with one another, they'd had to escape the Mayonaka clan together in order to have even a semblance of a normal life.

As it is, Homare was often given sidelong glances, even right now by the members of the caravan that was still getting ready to be off, mostly due to the fact that Homare had six arms; her top two were folded across her chest, the middle two were twiddling thumbs, and the bottom pair were situated akimbo, hands on hips style as she paces back and forth. At least her white kimono didn't have long sleeves, allowing all six arms to be free and out in the open, with each arm bearing a dark blue sleeve that matches a dark blue polyester bodysuit that is visible at her neck. Her blue hair was worn long and mostly plain, with the sash on her waist holding her axe and her sword, with her axe on her left and her sword on her right. The crimson half-corset around her waist is somewhat striking in color, as is the floral pattern over the left shoulder of her kimono. While the weather was somewhat cool, the natural mist that surrounds Kirigakure is no less thick than normal, obscuring faraway objects in a haze while puddles litter the ground all around.

Homare had no idea who Amaya Shizu was, but she hoped that they were at least going to be more friendly than one of her own teammates.

[Shizu Amaya]

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Mayonaka Homare

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Amaya’s fingers absently grazed through Shinkiro’s thick fur as the pair made their way to the village gates. It was best to keep the wolf within arm’s reach lest she find herself in trouble. Villagers kept their distance around Shinkiro, she was distrusting and anyone could see it in those glowering eyes. There was little to be done about it. A wolf was as wild as they came, all he could do was keep her close. If left to herself, the midnight wolf would make sure no one came within sight of Amaya.[break][break]

The caravan was assembled already as Amaya approached the village gates. He was ready to depart immediately. Amaya was in his own flak-jacket, styled after the Kirigakure fashion but a deeper, more subtle, shade of blue. Amongst the caravan, it was clear who his partner was. The Mayonaka girl stood out in her bright kimono and extra arms. Amaya had never met her before but he knew of her, a six-armed woman rarely went unnoticed, even in a crowded city.[break][break]



Shinkiro eyed the caravan, growling deeply at those they walked past. Amaya stroked her fur in an attempt to calm her, but she would bare her fangs at whatever she pleased. The wolf was a good judge of character and only momentarily regarded the other shinobi without so much as a sharp eye.[break][break]



"My apologies,” Amaya droned with a nod. "I must be late. Should we depart?”

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[Mayonaka Homare]

Homare is somewhat surprised to see the wolf with the shinobi that would be accompanying her on this mission, but she remembers hearing somewhere that dogs and wolves considered direct eye contact a direct challenge, so although she glances at the she-wolf, she just as quickly looks away to Amaya's face instead. The dark and brooding look would have probably made most girls think he was dark and mysterious, and probably attractive, but Homare seems at least somewhat disinterested, or perhaps simply reserved as far as other people were concerned. At the very least, he's polite enough to apologize when he feels he must have arrived late, but Homare meets it with her own formal civility.

"Mister Shizu, I presume. I'm Homare Mayonaka. No need for apologies, you're about on time; the merchants and construction workers needed more time than expected to have their wares prepared for transport."

As if on cue, the lead wagon begins its march towards the archipelago, and Homare quickly moves ahead, taking a point near the front, on the right side; in such a position, she'll be able to protect the middle wagon or the lead wagon, leaving Shizu with his own choice of where to position himself. As she walks, Homare's hands are finally free to do something other than fidget and worry, with her middle left hand holding firmly to her katana's handle and her middle right gripping the sheathe, ensuring she'll be able to draw it in an instant if needed, while her lower left hand is resting on the axe head, prepared to pull that out as well. In such a position, her upper hands are easily prepared to engage in handseals. In such a state, although the merchants and construction workers might find her appearance strange, they might feel that she's ready for anything.

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Amaya simply nodded in response to her introduction. As if having heard their conversation, the caravan quickly went into motion. Merchants and workers alike went into formation and began their promenade, although the merchants were eager to show they were above doing any of the heavy lifting and instead chatted amongst each other. Homare took position towards the front of the caravan, leaving Amaya to man the rear. As he fell into place, he gestured for Shinkiro to disappear.[break][break]

The wolftress quietly slunk into the surrounding foliage to patrol a wider perimeter around the caravan. Shinkiro knew to howl if she sensed any danger and went about her patrol. Various scents filled her, musty soil, the adrenaline of a squirrel, flitting birds, and the muskiness of the workers in the caravan. Each scent was carefully sorted in her mind as she kept herself aware of any new foreign scent markers.
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It would be slow traveling from the village to their drop off point, while the caravan was no means large there was too many supplies for swift movement. Amaya resigned himself to monitoring the road with occasional glances behind himself at the sound of a distant broken twig or rustling animal. His hearing was not so effective with the laughing merchants, but if he briefly closed his eyes and focused the sounds around him became much clearer. Even the faint pitter patter of woodland creatures could not escape his hearing.

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[Mayonaka Homare]

Homare simply did not have any additional sensory ability, so she was rather glad to have both Amaya and his wolfess along for the mission, especially as she can just barely see the canid rushing back and forth through the foliage through the mist. At least, she thinks it's actually the she-wolf. As it is, she's not really able to tell, but considering the fact that they're not being attacked by it, it must be the stranger's pet doing its job as a lookout for their group so as to avoid having them run into any of the unsavory sort that might try and rob the trio of wagons as they make their way towards the peninsula. She considers trying to strike up a conversation with this Amaya person, since she's never met them before, but when she turns her head to look at him, he's got his eyes closed, clearly focusing on something.

Instead of interrupting him, she returns to her own lookout job, her eyes shifting this way and that, although she's more likely to hear the wolf fighting with anyone that they have a chance to run into, rather than actually seeing anyone coming up to challenge them and try to rob the caravan. Unfortunately, this reminds Homare of the mission she'd been involved with earlier, and she remembers the tiger that had seemingly jumped out of the thick woodline at her, with some strange fascination that specifically made it focus on her, despite the other two ninja she'd been somewhat near to during the mission. Now she felt an eerily similar feeling, although she wasn't sure if it was because the wolf was sometimes glancing in her direction, or if there might be some ambush group ahead that was masking their scent and staying silent as to avoid being caught before they could put their own plan into motion. Homare just plain didn't like how quiet it was, especially since there was no birdsong...

[Shizu Amaya]

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The early morning sun had begun to grow higher into the sky as midday neared. The caravan and its protectors meandered along the path towards the new settlement. Very little of note happened, but the merchants had long since grown silent once they ran out of things to joke about. A mistless day left the group open to the strong sun and prying eyes, many of those in the caravan would soon be sweaty and irritable. They were unlikely to bother the shinobi with such grievances however. [break][break]

Occasionally, Shinkiro would sneak across the road from behind the caravan in order to patrol the other side. The wolf had yet to give a single growl, let alone a warning of danger. A good omen, for the time being. Amaya had not heard anything out of the ordinary, though he expected little trouble so close to Kirigakure and its regular patrols. The newfound stability the country had begun to enjoy did not mean old dangers still didn’t lurk about. Amaya itched to unsheath Hajimari, and let himself loose on a group of unlucky bandits. Oh, would that ever be nice. His fingers tapped the hilt of his blade eagerly.[break][break]

Closing his eyes once again, he let the sounds of the surrounding area whisper to him. Amaya reached out hoping to hear a clumsy footstep or a hushed conversation from within the trees. Anything. But all that came back to him were the regular going-ons of nature and the caravan. Amaya huffed, and if summoned by his displeasure, Shinkiro's deep howl brought the caravan to a halt.[break][break]

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[Mayonaka Homare]

Homare blinks at the sound of the wolf's howl and stops with the caravan as well, her pink eyes darting to where the howl came from. She brings her plain katana higher up on her waist, now holding it in a position that would allow her to instantly draw and slice at a target at the same time. Her grip on the hilt tightens, but she keeps herself still as she peers into the nearby forest. While the land of Mizu no Kuni wasn't usually as densely vegetative as Hi no Kuni, this particular part of the forest was thicker and far harder to see into. After a few moments of quietude, she turns her head to look towards Amaya.

"Mister Shizu, any chance you can tell what-"

It's at that moment that Homare sees something white out of the corner of her eye and she instantly turns her head back around again to see what it was, but whatever she'd seen had seemingly disappeared behind some foliage, leaving the flora quaking from the disturbance, which would probably also draw Amaya's attention with his well-honed senses, not that Homare herself could know that. She'd still seen something of it out of her periphery, and it had looked somewhat like a skull, with a rounded shape and two large dark openings that could have been eye sockets.

"Scratch that. Whatever it was the wolf found has found us, I think..."

Homare's lower left hand grabs up the axe head and heaves it higher upwards, allowing her upper left hand to catch it, somewhat like a juggling performance, and leaving her lower hands prepared for handseals while her two upper hands pull open the shinobi axe, preparing to swing it with a great deal of force. She's the appearance of readiness, her face blank of expression despite the fear she feels.

[Shizu Amaya]

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"We have guests.” Amaya responded, Hajimari already unsheathed and at the ready. Three more howls followed before Shinkiro emerged from the brush with her hackles raised. A howl for each threat she had found, whether or not there was more only time would tell. The wolf circled around Amaya, ready to protect him at any cost. "There are four,” Amaya added, realizing his partner would not understand the meaning behind the howls. [break][break]



Thankfully, the entire caravan had gone hush allowing Amaya to hear into the forest even clearer. With his eyes closed, he could make out the slight rustling of what must be four people. Not entirely brutish to have escaped notice before getting so close. They were relatively grouped together on the same side of the street. Eyes closed, Amaya pointed to the placement of each, evenly spaced the length of the caravan.[break][break]



How would you like to die? Amaya thought to himself with a fraction of smirk. The forest called to him, if he dove in he could cover it with blood. The urge made his blade arm itch, but he couldn’t leave the caravan unguarded. Not one civilian was to die, and he could not protect them while carving bandits in the forest. They would need to be roused from their hiding spots.
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Several shuriken whistled from beyond the treeline aimed at the two shinobi. Amaya’s blade met as many as he could, but two sank into the wagons behind him with a dull thud. No gasps from behind him, no blades met flesh. In response, Amaya pulled a kunai from one of his many utility pockets and let it loose towards the middle of the group. A red explosive note fluttered as it sailed through the air. Amaya would scatter them.



BANG flames and smoke billowed from the broken trees which cracked and fell in the explosion radius. A small portion of the forest cleared away.

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[Mayonaka Homare]

Homare simply nods once when Amaya mentions that there are four, which seems to set the younger Genin at ease; if the wolf and this other Genin could sense them, then they were indeed only humans, likely costumed to increase their intimidation. Not that Homare is going to let anyone else know that it had worked, if only temporarily, on her. As much as she's itching to go in and take them out herself, she's well aware that their highest priority is the safety and security of the merchants and builders that they were defending, so she continues to hold her position. Their being found out seems to have forced their hand, pushing them to go on the offensive first with a barrage of shuriken aimed at the two ninja guards, and Homare responds with a brilliant dual flash of bright, eye-catching steel as she deflects the stars with both sword and axe, knocking them away more successfully, if only because she had two weapons that could be used for deflection.

She notices the counterattack starting with Amaya throwing a single kunai into the forest where the throwing stars had come from, and she resheathes her katana, returning to that perfectly ready stance, and as soon as the explosion goes off, she rushes in afterwards. With a rapid flash, the kunoichi uses her thumb to push the tsuba forwards, then immediately lifting her thumb so she won't cut herself as the blade flashes from the scabbard to cut through one of the bandits completely; her axe swings at another, catching the burning man by surprise. The Genin displays what is likely to be another surprise for a third man as she uses the water from nearby puddles, forming them into shuriken that launch themselves at this final target before she backs away again, keeping her katana and her axe drawn and ready to see if the fourth bandit is about to try and launch a surprise attack of his own, as she'd not seen any fourth person during her rush in to dispatch whatever bandits she could find.

"That's three, Mister Shizu. Keep watch for a fourth... If they're not attacking us, they might be going to grab reinforcements..."

Homare almost sounds disappointed, though not with Amaya, just generally disappointed that she couldn't confirm that all four were taken down. Now, though, there was no real point in keeping the merchants and builders still, so she uses one of her free lower hands to wave the convoy forwards, though at a slightly slower pace.

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NAME: Iaido [Quickdraw]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Bukijutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION:

Iaido is a style of quickdraw. The secret behind the speed of this quick draw comes from two separate movements. The user will begin with their hands close each one on the opposite side of the tsuba [guard]. The two movements needed to take out the sword in an instant faster than one can raise their guard come from the pulling motion onto the sheath as the user takes out the sword as well as flicking the sword out with their thumb increasing the speed of the pull onto the handle.

NAME: Suiton: Mizu Shuriken [Water Release: Water Shuriken]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu, Shurikenjutsu
ELEMENT: Suiton
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION:

The user creates 10 shuriken, made out of water, and throws them at the opponent in quick succession. These water shuriken have the same cutting power as their metal counterparts.

[Shizu Amaya]

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Homare dashed into the settling explosion, her six arms began to make easy work of three of the bandits. Katana and axe cleanly ended three lives in near an instant. The last of the group barely made it out, a trail of blood following him into the forest. Amaya felt his heart drop, only the scraps left over for him. Hajimari vibrated in his hand, wanting to draw blood and nary a drop left. Either way he would savour what battle he could find, and leapt into the forest as well. [break][break]

The remaining man was easy to track, his injury left him fumbling through the foliage. Even without focusing, Amaya could make out his heavy footfalls and uneven pattern. It would be quick and clean, no doubt. If these bandits had let themselves be so easily slaughtered by his partner, it was a surprise they thought they could take a caravan with two shinobi. Perhaps there were more. Perhaps they were just idiots.[break][break]



Nevertheless, with one quick leap ahead, Hajimari embedded itself through the bandits spine. The two tumble together through the air, but Amaya slipped the blade out and landed safely on both feet. The bandit lay still in the brush, likely unable to move after severing part of his spine. Amaya approached the body and wiped his blade clean on the bandits' clothes. For good measure, he allowed his boot to fall heavily on the bandits’ neck. With a grotesque crack he knew they were dead.[break][break]



Amaya emerged from the treeline, not too far behind from where the caravan had moved along to. He fell into place at the rear of the caravan.[break][break]



"Taken care of.” Amaya said loudly enough to be heard by everyone. He did not want these folks worrying about more bandits coming for revenge. Shinkiro had already slunk back into the forest and was resuming her patrol.

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[Mayonaka Homare]

Homare herself sighs with relief when she hears Amaya give the all clear for that last bandit, trusting that he had dispatched their final attacker, and somewhat surprised at how easily the other ninja had managed to track him down and end him. This Genin she would not want to get on the bad side of, not that she was really planning to get on anyone's bad side in the first place. For now, Homare begins cleaning off both her axe and her katana, though as always, she keeps at least two hands free in preparation for any further assault from more bandits. As it is, the cleaning was at least simple, and she felt that she could relax at least a little for now as she goes into something of a zen-like trance. With Shinkiro patrolling, it left Homare with plenty of downtime while escorting the caravan, and so after she finishes cleaning her weapons, she turns a bit to study Amaya.

She hadn't actually seen him in action, as she'd been busy leading the convoy away from the ambush point, in case more bandit reinforcements came, but he seemed to have a fairly short blade as a weapon, which is somewhat odd to her, but at least they share a common interest in weaponry. She can assume that common interest, anyway. She hears a rustling and turns her head quickly, but it's only some small woodland creature that had been sunbathing and then became spooked by the approach of the wagons. At least now, Homare could see the very small port town that was being constructed in the scenic peninsula that would be the new home for these merchants and builders, at least for a while. There was still a good distance to go before they finally reach their destination, but at least it was visible from the top of the hill they had just climbed. Their mission was coming to an end at last, so she'd better try and be a little more sociable, or she'll likely only have more difficulties in the future with both her team and with bringing the Mayonaka under a single clan banner. She clears her throat a little so that she can be sure that her voice carries to the other Genin when she tries to make some small conversation with him.

"So, Mister Shizu. What are your plans after the mission is complete?"

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Amaya continued to listen to the sounds of the surrounding area, occasionally closing his eyes to focus. Things had returned to normal, just the sounds of small creatures living past the treeline or Shinkiro slinking about. With the final location visible in the far distance, it was unlikely more bandits would attempt to intercept the caravan. Though not completely unheard of. There would be no point in lowering his guard until the caravan was left behind in the village.[break][break]

Amaya glanced in Homare’s direction briefly as she cleared her throat loudly enough to be heard across the caravan. Small talk, one of his weakest skills. A simple enough question, but Amaya paused to find an appropriate answer for their current relationship.[break][break]

"Nothing.” Amaya decided eventually before hastily adding "Yourself?”[break][break]

It was not far from the truth. His plans were to feed himself and Shinkiro, and possibly find the time for late evening training. Though he was a shinobi, there is not much else he finds himself doing. He realized it was likely an unsatisfactory reply, but he never understood how people just sat around and chatted.

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[Mayonaka Homare]

Homare slowly shortens her axe back down to its shortened form, replacing it at her waist where it would hang from its head by her corset, then stows her katana back in its scabbard as well, still feeling a bit uneasy about the banditry that had attempted to take the small convoy. She wondered what exactly they might have hoped to take from them, as most of it only looked like building supplies, which would be of no use for bandits. Of course, a little bit of the merchants' wares included food, but most of their wares were nonperishable goods, which were fairly low on quality, even if they would keep for a long time. The Genin then decides there's no need to wonder at what they had wanted beyond the fact that they had wanted to take their goods and probably their lives.

Amaya clearing his throat takes Homare fully out of the somewhat absent-minded wondering, and she stares at him for a moment as he seems to consider what his answer will be, before giving her something extremely non-committal, leaving the Mayonaka blinking, partially in disappointment and partially in having to be the one to lead the conversation. It seems that although the two have something in common, that being their inability to keep up a conversation, it wasn't exactly a helpful characteristic to share. At least he leaves an opening for her to give an answer of her own by asking her for it.

"I was considering doing a bit of training out here, where there isn't much going on and a great deal of water. It would probably help me with learning to use more Suiton Ninjutsu, you see."

She's a bit surprised by the fact that her own answer is quite a bit longer than hers; that's not something she's used to, but she's seemingly going to end up being the talkative one, at least if she and Amaya go on more missions. It's good practice, she decides. At least they're gradually getting closer to the small village-to-be walking next to the caravan, which decreases the likelihood of another ambush, though Homare keeps a hand on each of her weapons. It helps that she has more than enough hands to do so.

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"Suiton.” Amaya thoughtfully murmured to himself once his partner finished speaking. "Is that what you specialize in?” [break][break]

Homare could easily have been a weapons specialist, but the pair had not displayed any true combat skills. She would never have suspected that Amaya’s skills lay heavily in genjutsu. At least this would give them something to discuss. It was an easy topic for two shinobi to ramble on about. Amaya’s lack of answer was not from a dislike for conversation, but a lack of skill. Oftentimes, he found himself wishing he could inject himself into a conversation. Create something resembling a social life, but for whatever reason his mind has cursed him with silence. He had long since resigned himself to that fate.[break][break]

Amaya imagined the woman had several interesting skills, mostly due to the extra sets of arms she sported. Homare was not the first Mayonaka that he had met. Her name escaped him, it had been quite a few years. Yet they briefly were assigned to the same team. That woman had specialized in the blade and her spidery heritage. Homare had yet to display any Mayonaka techniques beyond the extra arms, but there was no doubt she would at some point.[break][break]

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"Yes. Somewhat. I've some skill in using weaponry as well, as you've seen already, but I've been told I'm even more skilled in the use of Ninjutsu."

Homare herself was similarly unaccustomed to speaking, but now they had finally reached the peninsula that the new smaller village would be based in, and she sighs with relief as the guards take over the job of guarding the convoy on its way into the gradually growing village. She removes her hands from her weapons as they're surrounded by the guards and she can relax a little more. Homare stands back to let the guards take over and ensure that the caravan hadn't experienced any damage from the singular bandit attack they had managed to turn away, slightly surprised that the mission had been so simple for them to complete, but with two ninja involved and both seemingly ready for combat, it made sense that their mission should be so easy. She returns to the conversation with Amaya, at least a little more at ease than before and more ready to focus on having an actual conversation.

"I could see that you also have a weapon, so it must be one of the skills with which you are proficient... Perhaps we'll have a mission again soon."

She turns to see if the wolf is also following along with them, feeling as though she was being watched. She had to assume it was the she-wolf that had worked with Amaya to ensure the safety of the convoy, and Homare makes sure to keep a safe distance outside of Amaya's personal space, so as to not seem like a potential threat for either of them. She signs off on the completion of the mission as well, then gives Amaya a somewhat formal bow and a goodbye before she heads off towards the inside of the village.

[EXIT THREAD - MISSION COMPLETE]