[Nara Shun]

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Mission Title: Footprint
Mission Rank: C-rank
NPC Required: No
Random Mission Scenario: Disabled
Participants: Nara Shun, Uchiha Daredemo
Open, Repeatable and even solo capable for all ranks!
Description:
This a simple mission in which shinobi have the take of patrolling the border town with the aim of establishing further ninja presence in the town so that criminals think twice about committing crimes within the town, you never know you might even encounter a crime or two while on patrol if that is the case stop them and arrest them.

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It was going to be an exciting day! Shun was finally doing missions and today marked her first time in border town. Uchiha Daredemo and herself, two members of Genin Team 3, were sent on a mission together near the border of Arashi no Kuni. The two teenagers had arrived just half an hour ago and were greeted by an officer of the law. He waited for them at the main road entrance of the city. The man was long, slim and a little lanky. His complexion was paler than Shun’s and he had heavy bags under his eyes.

”Good afternoon.” the man stated upon greeting the youngsters, ”Welcome to our humble town. My name is Nakamura Genji and I’m one of the law enforcement officers here. The current patrol will finish in approximately an hour. Your patrol will start at eighteen hundred hours and end tomorrow at six hundred hours. The patrol radius is the west side of the town. The town square is the divider,” he paused to point behind him where a tall clock tower peeked over the roofs of buildings. That must have been the square he was referring to. ”If you have any questions, my house is just three blocks down this road.” he pointed to a road behind him turning northeast. ”It’s a grey house with the family name ‘Nakamura’ on it. Any questions?”

Shun nodded in understanding. It was pretty straight forward but she held space for Daredemo to speak first if he wanted to.

”Thank you, sir! My name is Nara Shun. It is lovely to meet you.” Shun spoke politely with a light bow. Most of the old clans were taught good manners so she made sure to show respect to people around her.

Eventually they would be free to enter further into town. Shun’s eyes gleamed as she eagerly took in her surroundings. The air smelled different here. It looked a lot smaller than Konoha but there was charm to it. ”Da-re-de-moo, shall we go get something to eat or some tea? It was a long road here. There’s still an hour until we start, so...” she spun on her heels to walk backwards and face her Uchiha teammate. They had only met recently but Shun felt very comfortable around Dare. She would gage his reaction and follow wherever his stomach would want them to, if need be.

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Tag: Daredemo
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[Daredemo]

DaREDEMO Nara Shun

    Daredemo had been to the border town before with Miroru, but it had been quite some time. Before the exams had taken place. It was certainly growing, getting better and stronger. Yet the stronger it grew, the more protection it needed from Konoha. Helping this place grow, it helped the village grow, it helped the nation grow. Daredemo could see that from the way more and more genin had been being sent here as of late. How the guard shifts grew longer. Soon enough, this village would have it's own ninja permanently housed here, he was sure of it.

    And, so, his job as a protector only grew. And it started with his current task, sharpening his blade. Daredemo took great care in keeping the blade as sharp as he could manage. He had long spent time caring for the shrine weapons, and he would care for his brother's blade with that very same reverence. Every nick buffered out, every edge smoothed, the cloth on the handle tightened.

    The longer he spent caring for it, the more lost in his own world he had become. So much that he barely caught that he was being spoken to, until it was time for him to reply.

    "Your town is in good hands, the tree is strong, it's roots reach far." Daredemo bowed to the man before following his compatriot into the city. His eyes beginning to treat the city with the same analytical reverence he had been treating his blade. Taking care to keep his gaze focused to any shadowy place, any unwelcomed figure. Yet now he did leave room to listen to Shun. "Tea could be nice, if I remember right there should be a small place just down the road here."

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”This street?” Shun pointed at it while walking forward down the said street. She lifted her arms above her head and laced her fingers behind her head as they walked. There was a nice summer’s breeze and she didn’t want to rush to work too quickly. Of course, the excitement of a new assignment was in the air but she did not want to rush it. It was so much better to take in her surroundings.

Daredemo looked more cautious than she did. The girl looked at him thoughtfully as they walked and then spoke up as they were coming to a tea shop. ”The tree is strong? That sounded like it could come from my grandpa. Where is the metaphor old-man wisdom coming from, Dare? Did you read a self-help book or something?” she asked nonchalantly. Of course, it was in good humour because Shun would poke a little fun where she could to lighten the mood. While quick in most things, the Nara girl chose to not take life too seriously unless the situation really called for it and, instead, went with the flow. Travelling the world was her biggest dream so she was quite excited to be in a new place.

The duo would enter a small tea shop and instantly their senses would pick up a delicious scent of pastry and confection with a background mixed scent of different tea leaves. ”Oooh, I smell jasmine~” Shun sang and would go up to the counter to order a pot of jasmine tea with some honey and lemon and some dango as well. Afterwards, she’d motion to a table at the window and would head over.

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[Daredemo]

DaREDEMO Nara Shun

    "I was a shrine maiden for a long time you know," Dare didn't exactly hide the idea that he was trans, though he was unable to recall if he had ever spoken about it with Shun in the past. He was sure the girl would find out eventually though, so it didn't really matter if she found out now. "It teaches you a lot about simple nindo to give people. I think that they're fairly useful to help people feel... content." 

    Daredemo continued to walk with the girl towards the tea shop he was sure was just a short skip away. The two seemed similar enough, both were fairly analytical, both enjoyed tea, both appeared to be hard workers. It should be a decent enough alliance, however long the team remained. Daredemo was happy to enter the shop and smell all of the delicate aromas drifting through. He tilted his head looking over the options put before him. 

    "I always love matcha... but culinary grade can never live up to ceremonial grade, the one true shame of leaving the shrine, missing out on that amazing matcha. So, I think i'll go for some genmaicha. The nice nutty flavor is always wonderful. Are you going with the Jasmine Shun?" It had taken a moment, but Daredemo had finally remembered to stop rambling about tea and actually engage with his compatriot for the mission here today. He turned to her with the same bright smile he had greeted the shop owner with.

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”A shrine maiden?!” Shun repeated in disbelief? Never had she heard of this before. The girl leaned in close to her teammate and tried to see if he was lying or not. Didn’t look like it. Shrine maidens were usually girls, no? How would a boy look in the clothes? Probably kind of precious.

”Oh! Then!” she ran over to a branch lying next to a bush they passed and picked it up to hand to Dare ”You can just purify this village with some ritual dance and then we can call our patrol finished! the Nara teenager announced and handed the branch to Dara. It was not one of those bell shaking things and obviously Shun meant it as a joke but it would still be fun to see what the Uchiha teen would do with that information.

In the tea shop.

Now sitting with a cup of jasmine tea in front of her and some honey and lemon mixed in it, the girl lazily stirred the contents of her cup while looking outside the window. It was dusk. She rested her chin in her hand and glanced back at the other Team 3 Member. ”So, why become a shinobi if you already had a way to help people at the shrine?” They didn’t know much about each other. While they were alike, all Shun knew about Daredemo was that he liked to think himself the smartest in the room. It was not a bad thing at all - but taught her to watch what the boy does first and leave some things unsaid. Perhaps, getting to know him better would make it easier to understand why he did the things he did.

The duo were set to report for duty in 30 min…

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[Daredemo]

DaREDEMO Nara Shun

    Daredemo chuckled at the implication that he could simply wave his arms and purify the village. If only it really was that simple he'd have likely done so the the Uchiha compound years ago. No, blessings helped good propagate, but it wasn't enough to save the world from darkness, from ill intentions from rotten people. His father lived in the sacred shrine itself, and yet was just as dark and gruff as he'd always been. The world would be so much better if maiden's could truly drive away all of the evil spirits in the world. 

    The boy didn't want to dwell too much on that history however, it made sense to him to simply lean back and allow the past to fade away in the noise of the tea shop. To move on to what came next, their mission, their conversations. But the Nara's question was still about his past. Daredemo paused for a moment, trying to think about how to answer it. 

    "In simple terms... I couldn't stay in that shrine." that was all he cared to say on the matter of why he left for now. As for why he was a shinobi, he felt far more comfortable answering that. "I liked sword work. I found myself pretty skilled at things such as kunai usage and physical combat from a young age. Before I was in the academy. So it only seemed natural to expand that knowledge, to try and grow as a shinobi."

    "what about you?" Daredemo sipped his teas as he looked up at Shun, a soft smile forming, "why do you want to be a shinobi?"

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