[Tokonatsu Kaoru]

Tokonatsu Kaoru

Nodding to Zura with a pleased smile as the older Genin managed to dislodge the resin from the horn, Kaoru watched as a large cricket emerged from the resin in a plume of smoke, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword as he stared at the summon for a few moments.

"I ain't the guy that summoned you before," he confirmed, not sure if the creature would get hostile at that revelation, "I was trying to figure out what was going on with that suit of armour, since it's been causing trouble for its owner. Don't suppose you're the one that was responsible for the missing items from previous locations?" he asked, still somewhat wary and making sure he was between the cricket and the old man.

"If you are, who set you up for it, and are you gonna cause us any trouble?" he added, not really wanting to fight the summon but also not willing to just ignore it. Ideally he'd fix the old man's armour up, taken the resin block back to the village and then forget it ever existed. Maybe he'd even get rewarded for returning with some sort of odd summoning contract.

He could dream at any rate.

Word Count: 205
Mission: 16/15
Combat Information:

SPOILER: Click to show

Relevant SAs:
Strength of the Samurai
Coming from a long samurai lineage, coupled with intense physical training, Kaoru has far greater physical strength than most other people of his rank. Even amongst the Bukijutsu and Taijutsu specialists he stands amongst the top in terms of his raw physical power.

Enhanced Chakra Reserves
Kaoru's body contains a vast well of chakra, able to perform even the most chakra intensive jutsu around without having to worry about running out.

Jutsu Used:
N/A

Tags: Ronin

[Ronin]

"Hmm, hmm...” the cricket said somewhat absentmindedly to Kaoru's admission of not being the one who had summoned him before. It didn't seem to matter to the giant bug any way. The question as to whether the cricket was responsible for the 'cursedness' of the armor was met with a blank stare, though with the lack of notable muscles on the face of a giant bug, it would be difficult to know what the insect was thinking.

The second set of questions got a more comprehensive response. "I'll answer your last question first, as I think that's more important,” the bug replied. "I like being chill and doing chill stuff,” whatever an insect's definition of 'chill' was, "but I can throw hands if you want trouble... or legs, in my case. Not feeling up for it, though.” The cricket paused to tend to one of his antennae. "As to who set me up for this game, it was some guy called Kaba--”

"Kaba! That miserable snake!" the old man interjected. "He was the first person to whom I sold the armor, and the first person to report it cursed. He'd been rather displeased about the price I had placed on it, so it seems he must have put in the insect curse thing, so that I would probably throw the armor away or something, and he could claim it!" The cricket sighed. "Yeah well, seems everyone likes him these days. Personally, I think I'm done working for him. He doesn't give me snacks, and only summons me at night to play alone inside that box of metal.” 'Box of metal' being the armor. It would appear that the seal-inscribed resin allowed the cricket to be summoned from a remote location.

Zura chuckled. "So that's what the fuss was all about, huh? Some cheapskate wants the armor, and decides to play a prank on ol' geezer here, to hoodwink him into losing it or something. Seems this village has its fair share of pinchpennies.” The old man huffed, but seemed too pleased that his problem was solved to focus on Zura. The cricket, for his part, turned to the taller Genin. "Yeah, so you have any snacks or something on you?” Silence. "Eh, guess it isn't only the folk in this village who are cheapskates.” And with another plume of smoke, it was gone.

"Stupid trashy cockroach,” Zura muttered. "I guess we can round up and get out of here. The armor shouldn't give you any more issues, old man. You should be able to sell it good, now.”

Tokonatsu Kaoru

[Tokonatsu Kaoru]

Tokonatsu Kaoru

It seemed that the cricket was really willing to spill all the details without much prompting, a fact which was surprisingly lucky considering how things tended to go for him usually, though for a moment he felt himself get a bit excited at the thought of getting to actually have a fight, but alas it seemed that wasn't going to be on the cards.

With the mystery solved, Kaoru was relatively content to sit back and wait for the conversation to reach its end, with the cricket disappearing in a puff of smoke and the block of resin quickly snatched off the ground and tucked into a pocket somewhere on his person. "Well Ojii-san, it seems we solved the mystery for you as requested, now you should be able to sell that armour on to someone without a problem. If you could just sign off on this slip to say we have completed our task that would be appreciated."

Waiting briefly to get the receipt, Kaoru would depart alongside Zura, shaking his head slightly to his partner once they were far way enough to no longer be visible to the old man. "What a dumbass situation, who'da guessed that there was going to be a summon in it..." he complained relatively good naturedly, "well, least we got something neat out of it".

At least it had ended relatively quickly, he would have hated to prolong the agony.

[END]

Word Count: 237
Mission: 18/15
Combat Information:

SPOILER: Click to show

Relevant SAs:
Strength of the Samurai
Coming from a long samurai lineage, coupled with intense physical training, Kaoru has far greater physical strength than most other people of his rank. Even amongst the Bukijutsu and Taijutsu specialists he stands amongst the top in terms of his raw physical power.

Enhanced Chakra Reserves
Kaoru's body contains a vast well of chakra, able to perform even the most chakra intensive jutsu around without having to worry about running out.

Jutsu Used:
N/A

Tags: Ronin