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"Really...you want me to run up 50 flights of stairs...." Takeshi shook his head as he stretched his legs "Whatever you say- Phia-sama." Takeshi quickly took to the stairs as he controlled his breathing rate. his legs getting a good workout. In a minute and 50 seconds, Takeshi was already up to level 39 and he wasn't breaking a sweat. Moving at the more jogging pace he moved up the last few flights of stairs occasional skipping a few stairs along the way.

"Floor....50." Takeshi tapped the railing to signal his finish, we would now wait for the others to catch up to you. "Fancy hotel though, not as awesome as mine i might add." he frowned slightly "Why is she treated us like servants? Why is Tsukiko a sucker for money?" grunted at his numerous question he ruffled his own hair "If Sensei needed money, she could have asked. I've got enough in the bank...which reminds me that i need to take some out later on....." his voice railed off as he gripped Phia's handbag.

"Nah...better not look into it, who knows what would happen?"

"We will be working with Minamoru-san and a Kakiyama-san for the duration of this mission," said the green-haired chunin as he acquiesced to the genin's request, leading the younger ninja through the busy streets of Konohagakure towards the mighty gates that served as the entrance of the village and protection against all those who sought to do harm against them. Had he chosen any other team members, he would have been trying to find their location in the village (a difficult task even if he had established any meaningful rapport whatsoever with the others), but due to personal unfamiliarity with both of their targets and their relative lack of renown in comparison to the Uzumaki heir tagging alongside him, he had chosen a different approach to the issue.

Haruka flipped open his phone, moving his hand closer into the shadows of the Konohagakure Gate in order to prevent the glare from reflecting off the surface of the device. He had bought a Konoha phonebook on a whim a few months back, and he was making use of it by searching for the entries of Yamato and Gin. The former was surprisingly easy to find, mostly due to the fact that nobody else possessed the surname of "Minamoru", especially when it seemed to be written entirely in katakana. The latter on the other hand, despite being a new arrival to the village it seemed, shared a name with a local rice cracker company, and the green-haired chunin had nearly called the number before realising his mistake.

With little flourish, the teenaged ninja simply texted both Gin and Yamato, sending the exact same message to them so that they would arrive at the gate post-haste.

Your presence is required for a mission.
Serving as bodyguard detail for Minister of Defence Yoshimura Hideo and family in the Capital.
Prepare rapidly and meet at the Central Gate by 1200 hours.
Ueno Haruka, Chunin, ID 199391

"And now we wait," he murmured.

@FallenTrinity
@Partisan

Training had finished but he found a slight disappoint ment in himself.Yes he defeated his clones with relative ease but still had taken a Nick to the arm but that could be patched up. The dummies were killed by a kind of wire that ran through the necks of two and the shoulder of one, a spark jumping off the wire now and again. He started to take the wire out until he heard his phone buzz.

'Hm? Requested for joint operations mission?'

"Ha! Finally something to do. Wait do I have everything?

Gin searched his gear to make sure he had the mission necessities. He was missing some rations for the trip so he decided to create a water clone that would fetch the needed rations while the real Gin made his way to Ueno. He pulled out his phone and flipped it open.

Ueno Haruka
This is Gin Kakiyama, Chuunin, ID 620866
I look forward to working with you and your team in this joint operation.
I am currently on my way to meet you and the team and have sent a clone of mine to retrieve a few supplies for me.
If you have any questions feel free to ask

Gin's personality changed when on missions to that of a disciplined solider, like his father. "Missions come first but that doesn't mean that it should stay strictly mission. Don't be afraid to talk to your comrades or the client himself." His father always said this to him until he died. He was well respected and and known as a great swordsman. Gin wanted to follow in the same footprints as his dad. But everyone starts somewhere. He sighed as he walked down a street towards the gates.

I'm wondering who this Haruka character is. Really wondering who else is on the team...

His clone had made it to the store and grabbed the necessities, rations and water with a small pouch of solider pills. Alright time to meet with the team. Hopefully Gin is there.
After paying the shop owner the clone made his way out the store and leapt up onto the rooftop and dashed towards the gate to meet with Gin.
@Crimmy

The outstretched hand was ignored, instead Miyaka decided to slip the bill into Tsukiko's cleavage. The woman stood still for a moment, seemingly in shock, before her open palm clenched into a fist. Without a word of complaint she recoiled her hand inwards and extracted the money from her breasts, pocketing it properly. "Don't do that again," Tsukiko demanded, her voice low and agitated. It was a simple command, she figured it was likely that Miyaka would follow it considering the strength she demonstrated on Takeshi's face just prior. Speaking of, Tsukiko barely gave him attention after he apologized. The boy was definitely scared to some degree, considering he also apologized to Tsukiko despite having given her no direct grievance. She simply hit him for money, she couldn't care less how he addressed the actress bitch.

So the party continued onwards. At the entrance to the fancy building the girl decided to have Jaakuna instigate a nearby jounin. What is this girl up to? Tsukiko began to wonder, keeping her mouth shut as the boy actually walked up to the innocent shinobi that was minding his own business. She didn't get to see the result of the encounter as the rest continued indoors. It was here when Miyaka gave more demands for the kids. I get it, she's got a whole squad so she can use us for entertainment. The realization irked her, but it didn't exactly anger her. At least she isn't making me do stupid shit for money. I'd hit any of these brats for free if they were actually out of line. Takeshi's next trial was to run the entire fifty flights of stairs with the girl's surprisingly heavy bag. He seemed fit enough to handle it, though three minutes would be a bit close.

Daiki, however, seemed less obliged to follow his command. When ordered to walk like he had no knees, which was a silly request in itself, he declined. The older woman wouldn't care either way under normal circumstances, because she wouldn't care how stupid other people looked, but once again Miyaka had provided an incentive to crack down. She didn't show off the money this time, but the implication was there. "She's paying us, we do what we're told," Tsukiko responded to Daiki's plea, already crossing her arms over her chest and looking down at the red-haired boy. "Now walk the way she told you, Red. Or you won't be walking ever again."

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Rin seemed upset by Shin's suggestion of a change of clothes. "Wasn't about style..." he muttered under his breath, hoping she didn't hear him since she seemed like the verbally abusive type. "But whatever." Shin ignored her comments about his own clothes, as he was already very familiar with how the style worked and what the purpose of his attire was. But Rin stopped mid-sentence at one point and it puzzled Shin. Briefly.

When he turned around, he completely froze. "Hey, Sentou." Shin coolly leaned against the door frame, taking the "coolest" pose he could to impress the stark naked girl. Blood was leaking from his nose but he failed to notice. "I think you're just fine withou-" His suggestion was interrupted by Rin forcing Sentou into the house to get clothed. Only after the two girls vanished into the mansion did Shin realize his nose was bleeding, prompting him to quickly wipe his face with the back of his jacket sleeve. I need to work on that nosebleed thing. After being invited in by Rin's older sister, who seemed much nicer and more reasonable, Shin simply just took a look around. "This sure is a fancy place."

He didn't get to admire it long before the two girls returned, fully clothed now, and dragged him along to the meeting with the mission client. They were put on a boat, captained by a woman with a well-endowed woman with a voluptuous figure and little clothes. I like this mission. Shin kept a smirk almost the entire trip. Being surrounded by girls is just fine for me, even if one of them is too young and flat. Being out at sea, just me and... Then the other passenger revealed himself. And some guy that looks better than me... His ego suddenly deflated, the smirk disappearing from his face. As it turned out he was the captain's son, which goes to show how old that woman really is despite her looks. Still would rather it be the captain's daughter or something... He called them in to explain the mission, snapping Shin out of his daze. "Alright, so what's the deal here?"

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They were nearing the park, and Aoi was more than happy to listen to her friend's current situation. Though that happiness would reduce itself to a sad frown as she acknowledged the full situation of Akio's life. Downtown was a nasty place, but she didn't expect Akio to dislike it to such an extent. Then again, a lot of thee apartment buildings looked very filthy and the people around it didn't seem to be the friendliest. Plus Tsukiko lived there, so it was bound to be fucked up in more than one way. A thought lingered in Aoi's mind, perhaps she could be roommates with her new friend if she really wanted out of that shit-hole, but this was still kind of an awkward subject even the clown was aware couldn't be simply suggested out of the blue without at least a few prerequisites.

As they entered the park, Akio asked a question concerning Aoi's choices. The clown went silent for a moment, giving a few 'hmmm' and 'uhhh' until they reached a bench where she'd decide it'd be the best place to land. It was under a tree so they had a bit of shading to protect themselves from the merciless sun. Now she was comfortable enough to reply to her friend's question.

"Well... I think it's because I knew, and they knew, that I'd have to leave the nest at one point. They always knew that deep down I needed to leave and see the world for myself, meet new people, have a family, become someone... My sister Mia is the contrary, hahaha!"

She rested her head against her friend's shoulder as she paused for a few seconds, gathering her thoughts together so she could finish wording her thought process. It wasn't a very easy task for her, to put into words what she thought. By then Akio would probably know that Aoi wasn't the best speaker in the world, but she was exceptionally good at making people feel at ease. Even those who hated her, which was rare.

"So when I was asked to be a shinobi here, I was all like "YEAH! That'd be so awesome!". It is pretty cool to be a shinobi, I met a lot of people and I've become strong~ Now I just need to start a real life here I guess. That and have 5 or 6 kids~"

She chuckled with that last part, but she was very sincere about it all. Aoi wasn't one to keep a lot of secrets, she was a little too simple to have such darkness in her background. It was also quite clear she liked kids, a lot. To her they were the most fun, even if they required a lot of care. They didn't have this viral malice every individual eventually develops as they grow in this world. It wouldn't mean she wouldn't love her own as they grew older, but she didn't seem to mind the workload it would need to keep such a large amount of children happy.

"HEY! I'll get us some ice cream real quick!"

She randomly clapped her hands to raise the mood back up, jumping on her feet as she jogged to the small ice cream stand in the center of the park. The line was finally gone but some people were visibly heading to get some, so she made her way as quickly as possible. She bought a strawberry cone and a vanilla cone, paying for both as she ran back to give the pink colored treat to her friend. It was quite hot out so they'd have to hurry in eating those, and Aoi wouldn't waste time.

"Mmmm! They have the best ice cream here! It's similar to like... Jumping super high in the air for the first time~"

With that note of philosophy coming from yours truly, she enjoyed her treat as slowly as possible. It wasn't like food where she could just down everything and still be satisfied. Here it'd be a sacred snack she could just consume entirely without at least enjoying it.

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Phia could only be satisfied to see her dedicated workers do everything she asked, including Tsukiko. However her reply wouldn't be something the actress would take lightly. Not at the very least. But it didn't matter too much, it wasn't like she could do anything to Miyaka given her position in this time and place. Jaakuna was running to his possible doom while Takeshi bowed down in obedience like a well trained slave and went on his stair climbing journey. Something quickly irked her: Daiki's pride.

'Hah. Is he serious? Does he actually think his existence is worth anything more than what I'm offering? He should be fucking happy I pay him to do such basic shit.'

Her look seemed displeased to say the least, but she was rather good at hiding her evil intentions, concealing it all behind a simple expression of worry and sadness. She was seriously going to make this appear as some sort of harmless game even if she played with the very identities of these kids that wanted nothing more than to accomplish their shinobi goals. To her, they were simple shinobi out of many others, easily interchangeable and no value in their word other than their potential to kill who she didn't like. She hopped off Daiki's shoulder and turned to face to defiant young man.

"No one likes a buzzkill, Red! I'm afraid you'll have to do what Green did but with only one leg... Like a pirate having a bad wood day! Get it?! Or else Black will have to exact her threats and impose real limitations..."

She pretended to be innocently disappointed, but these two could now clearly see her sadistic intentions. They were to entertain the highest elite in entertainment, something that would likely prove to be quite difficult for such refined tastes. Like trying to appeal a chef in cuisine, the exotic nature of these tasks would likely leave these people in a state that could be best described as agonizing or maybe even scarred by disgust.

'Take that, fuck face. I'm nice enough to give you money to do a few meters like a retarded cuntwaffle, but noooooo, fucking pride for a shitty clansman. Know your place.'

"Black! Come with me to the elevator! We have to check on Green~ I'm sure Yellow is fine!"

'Hope he gets his faggot ass kicked, yeah. I want some damn fruit salad.'

And as such, she rushed into the elevator, leaving Daiki to deal with either this task or a broken leg. As the elevator reached the 50th floor, she'd find Takeshi had completed his objective. She'd toss a few bills at him, all accumulating to the 500 she promised. Speaking of which, she remembered she didn't pay Tsukiko early. Once again, she'd fit money into her cleavage, this time 1000 ryo, plus she'd add 200 more before she'd seize the opportunity to speak.

"This is for being such a good worker, and this is to shut the fuck up. Green! While we wait for our friends, I'll give you 2000 ryo if you managed to break down my Penthouse's door with three or less tackles! Like a police raider! You must always be ready to take down strong doors."

'Yes, go full retard. You know you want to impress me. You and your inbred genes. Fucking hell, even the purest of genepools would be entirely rekt by fuck ups like this. Man I which I could just... UGH... Stab my fucking thumbs in his eyes.'

She'd boss them around some more, raising her voice and adding some sass when she got all vulgar. This would likely surprise her new workers more than it should considering she acted all angelic until this point. This could be considered as a slip up, but it didn't matter, they were her's and she didn't want the Jonin to back talk to her and say what she can and cannot do. Added to that would be the fact that the door was reinforced, making it exceptionally difficult to break through, but not impossible for someone like Takeshi. However if he were to break in this way, he'd have a brick crash on his head the instant he'd get through. Not deadly, but extremely painful, which would of course cause immense laughter for the batshit actress.

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Meanwhile ... The Jonin was indeed minding his own business, having himself a quick smoke while patrolling a crowded area. He was quite the big man too, the type that would intimidate any average individual. But he also seemed quite chill, possibly the pothead type that was more peacey than anything else. However as Jaakuna solicited the man's attention, it would be quite visible that the man was not as patient as many would expect him to be. In fact, he quickly threw away his cigarette and gave the boy a chilling glare. He was fixating the teen as if he had committed some crime and would proceed to beat out information out of him.

"What the fuck do you want, punk? I don't fucking know what you're talking about. However you're creeping the fuck out of a lot of these people by walking around the way you do, kid."

The man would press his hand against Jaak's shoulder and shove him away as a warning.

"Get dressed or I'll arrest you. You're also interrupting official Shinobi business, so I suggest you keep on walking and live your pretty boy life. Fucking prick..."

He murmured that last part, but it was loud enough for Jaakuna to hear it entirely.

---

His options faded and his answer remained upon hearing Tsukiko's words. It was automatic, an instinct beyond his control. He turned towards the tall woman, looking up at her glare with his own defying eyes.

“You're wrong, Captain Tsukiko. ” A dull light glinted inside him as he paused with thought. “But for the sake of the mission, why not.”

Daiki waited until Tsukiko and Ms. Miyaka had all entered the elevator before heading to the stairs. Then, as fast as physically possible, leapt onto the railings and continued up until the 50th floor was clear. Takeshi had beaten him there. Stopping at the door, he activated his sharingan to see where Miyaka and Tsukiko were. They were just getting off. His red eyes became gold as he deactivated the flow of chakra and pushed open the door.

Once he got inside, he found the stance she had ordered and hopped through the door. He glanced up at them, a gentle smile on his face as placed his foot on the ground.

He walked up just in time to see the cruel demon that hid behind the green veil.

“Good, so you finally reveal yourself for the spoiled brat that you are. That makes this so much easier,” he stated vaguely as he sauntered towards her, his smile flattening into a grimace. “You see, ninjas are divided into clans. And most clans are vastly different. The Naito for instance … we don't take kindly to threats or disrespect. Its sorta of a … tick of ours.”

“Continue on this path and I don't care if you are my charge, I'll introduce you to reality.”

He bent down to her level, fully situated in a crouch, his hands hanging between his legs. “Don't underestimate us ninjas, Ms. Phia. We're deadly weapons,” He whispered lowly, even despite the closeness, it would be a strain for anyone other than Miyaka to pick out.

Before she could respond, Daiki raised up and held a hand out to Takeshi for him to stop. It was ridiculous that they would put their pride as ninja in the boxing-ring for such a brat. For the Naito … no, he couldn't speak for the Naito, but for himself; His name and dignity … was to be protected no matter the cost. It was fine when no one acknowledged him at all but to do so with utter distaste and discourtesy was … inexcusable.

I'll have to thank Tsukiko-sensei for helping me realize that.

Though, if incredibly persistent, he wouldn't stop him. Instead, Daiki leaned up against the wall of the door and crossed his arms. He had decided that he'd take no money from Miyaka. He was a loyal dog, or so the saying went, but loyalty was earned not bought.

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Giichi followed with a certain amount of wonder. Another mission so soon and instead of dreading it, he was actually excited. A dream … one that revealed itself in the midst of overwhelming power drove him now. It was … exhilarating.

He adjusted his back-pack on his shoulders once they got to the gates. “Awesome. I worked with Yamato-sama once before already. It'll be great to learn from the three of you. I guess I'm just crazy lucky.”

While Haruka pulled his phone out to text Yamato and Gin, Giichi couldn't help but inwardly cringe at the sight of the flip-phone. He couldn't remember the last time he saw someone with a phone like that but he guessed to each their own. Either way, he was crazy excited. He trailed over to Haruka, his orange jacket being pulled by a wayward wind.

“So, what's the mission?” he asked, his voice reaching the final stages of puberty. “C, B, or A rank? I've been getting pretty good missions lately. Probably because I'm a Uzumaki.” He said that last part casually.

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There was one thing about money that Takeshi didn't like.

Sure it was to pay bills, buy food anything that required currency. But when someone throws money at you like to poor bastard that is desperate. It really shows how much your payer thinks of you. Miyaka was definitely not the nice girl he had in his mind. This girl had a sadistic nature and the tendency to look down on others, even to buy people with money. Like a certain someone said:

"Everyone has got a price..."

As Takeshi saw Phia throwing money at him. He had a quick sense to take his balisong knife and quickly stab in her in the jugulars, watching her gasp for air as his 'other' self watch in pure satisfaction. But just like how the girl haired girl had kept her emotions hidden. Takeshi was a Ninja and he to could do what she was doing. He refrained from doing so but instead looked at the notes floating slowly towards the ground before looking back at Phia.

"This is for being such a good worker, and this is to shut the fuck up. Green! While we wait for our friends, I'll give you 2000 ryo if you managed to break down my Penthouse's door with three or less tackles! Like a police raider! You must always be ready to take down strong doors." She asked him. Once again, he visioned him popping up behind her and snapping her neck. But he kept a smile on his face and his fantasized intention under the radar.

Daiki who had arrived just before they did gave a speech about their mission. They were Ninja and not her playthings. He looked at Takeshi and he responded to him. The red haired leaned back on the wall. Sighing the hooded ninja turned his full attention towards her penthouse door. 'Let's be reasonable here...why would she make me break her own door down? As far as i know her fake personalities hasn't attracted any hate to her, the occasion stalker here and there...but nothing to serious.'

Giving a push on the door, he raised an eyebrow, feeling how stiff the door was the green haired ninja continued to feel the door for any weak points. It was sturdy as anything, but it wasn't unbreakable. "Sure, Ojou-sama. I can Break the door for you. Keep the money please." He turn to her with a neutral expression before looking back and taking a step backwards. Exhaling he stood sideways and lifted his right leg up "Three tries to open up? That should be enough." Before he was feeling the door and noticed how the top and bottom of the left side of the door was slightly tougher then any other parts of the door. He deducted that was where the hinges of the door was located.

Kicking the door where the hinges where. He gave a strong yet elegant kick to the top and bottom. He could feel from the kick that the door had become loose, he prided himself on the fact that while he was weaker than the others, his Taijutsu was top notch. "Please correct yourself on one thing, Ojou-sama. I am not a member of the police force, if you wanted that, you've should have asked Sento or the Uchihas." Stepping back for the final attack. Takeshi raised his right arm and curled his fingers just above his palm. "Just like in the arcade..." Channeling his force like a half empty bottle, he moved his flow back and forth before getting the timing right. "HA!"

Slamming his palm into the door he forced his energy into the door, blasting it of it hinges while the lock for the door was completely snapped of. Sighing to himself he looked at the door that was still standing. A light tap on it and sure enough, it fell down with a thud, the place shook with the small tremor "All done, if you want to pay anyone, please give it to Sensei." he bowed to phia as he spoke, another blunt thud fell to the floor, slowly turning his head around he saw placed on top of the heavy door.

It was a brick.

"...Seriously?" he pointed at the brick "That's your line of defense?"

Akio listened intently to her friend, finding what she said to be rather interesting. She couldn't help but contrast it with that of her own relatiimship with her brother before the massacre. He would've never been so understanding, she was sure of it, not because he didn't trust her on her own, but he had always been too protective. Sometimes, she wonders if that over-protectiveness is why he didn't take her with him that night . . . to keep her safe from whatever he had become. It was a nice thought, at least, one that made it hurt less when she thought about how easily he had chosen to abandon her, taking away her baby sister to places unknown.

Feeling a little depressed again, she unknowingly snuggled a little closer to Aoi when the clown girl laid her head upon Akio's shoulder. She was brought out of this funk rather soon, however, as Aoi confessed to her want for the simple life, something Akio could relate to. What got a good-hearted chuckle out of Akio however was the amount of children she wanted to have.

"If that's your dream for the future, I'd suggest jetting for the jonin promotion, cause trying to feed a family like that on a Chunin's average income is goung to be rough. That being said, I think you'd be a wonderful mom for each and everyone of the little tykes . . . especially if you use that little goo trick of your's to keep them alk behaving. I know I wouldn't want to mess with a lady who could literally stick you in the corner. And if that doesn't work, just let me see them, I'll be sure to set them straight." Akio took on somewhat feral-looking grin as she spoke, a clear indication of Tsukiko's influence. After that, Akio would begin to eat her ice cream, quicky devouring the whole thing, cone and all. Unlike Aoi, she found the action of eating the treat more enjoyable than actually taking the time to taste it. Licking her fingers clean as she waited for Aoi to finish her treat, Akio stretched a little before letting out a sigh of contentment.

However, that look didn't stay long, as her eyes soon began to drift in the direction of where the training grounds were located, a thought slowly forming as she did do. "Hey Aoi, want to go have a little spar at the training grounds? Could be me versus tpu, us versus some of your clones, or you and your clones against me. I just feelweird when I don't get at least some form of training in everyday, and having a partner would be nice. If you don't want to, though, that's fine."

@Savato

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Yamato was now walking casually through Smalltown, walking past the school and looking at the academy students that were outside, practicing with their teacher. He would stand at the metal fence and look into the schoolyard, gazing over the kids that were training. “The future of Konoha,” he murmured to himself before pushing himself away from the fencing. If anyone was nearby they probably expected him to say something nice, or comforting about these children. No such thing was the case. “.. pathetic.” He walked along the road further until he felt something buzz in his pocket. With a casual movement he went into his pocket with his hand and pulled out the hi-tec phone that he had gotten from his father. It was state of the art from a Minamoru tech research department somewhere in Financial, that Yamato didn't quite know the details of. Never the less, he was the only one that had this new phone, since it was essentially a prototype. It worked fine, just.. it wasn't actually that useful. The GPS on it was severely lacking and near useless in the field, the speakers were downgraded to make room for memory space, it was all a big mess. But atleast it looked good, and it worked quite well compared to older phones. Still, it wasn't a phone fit for a shinobi. Not that Yamato seemed to care. He gazed over the text and didn't even bother to answer. “Fucking Haruka.. lazy asshole.” he said as he took a running start into a jump onto nearby roofs, which caused several of the academy students to look up, and after him. That in turn caused the teacher to yell out, “Oi! Pay attention ya' brats!”

He continued on his way towards the gates, which had been a favored meeting spot for generations now. And it seemed Haruka had been a fan of old time meeting places, too, since when Yamato arrived he could already tell Haruka was there along with another familiar face. Yamato took a final leap and landed right next to Giichi, placing a hand on his shoulder very suddenly with a tight grip. Giichi was facing Yamato with his back so Yamato had no doubts he'd scare the boy, not that he cared that much, but he figured that this mission was a good time to maintain relations with the Uzumaki clan in name of his father. Like his father said, the deeds of the father live on in the child, but the deeds of the child live on in the name of the father. In a way it was true - if your father was a hero, you would be respected. But if you are a brat, everyone will think your father was a bad father. Maybe that was why Yamato was highly regarded by other clan heads, even though he never met them. Reijo's influence must've garnered that attention, from the Uzumaki's and anyone else. But while the clanheads regarded Yamato highly, he also had many rivals due to his father.

Yamato would then slowly rise from his crouching position that he had landed in to save his knees from strain, still holding onto Giichi. Once he was standing fully upright he'd raise his hand and then place it back down on Giichi's shoulder, giving him a shoulder pat of sorts. His eyes, however, were pointed at Haruka. “Haruka..” he said, staring Haruka in the eyes. It was a greeting of sorts, a very strange one at that, but a greeting. He would then look to his right, and slightly down, looking Giichi in the eyes. “Giichi. Good afternoon.” After that he would let go of the boys shoulder and then cross his arms in front of him, looking at Haruka again. It seemed like he was waiting on an explanation as to what this mission was, and why he was called here.

The reply text sent back to Gin Kakiyama was a simple one, laconically encompassing all that was required by the mission's leader.

Understood.

Haruka flipped closed his phone, dropping it into the front pocket of his flak jacket. Unlike his previous mission, the green-haired chunin was travelling surprisingly lightweight, having brought along mostly certain shinobi essentials and a few ration packs in case of any detours during the journey to the Capital. The fact that they would be confined mostly to the largest city in the Land of Fire meant that a lot of the equipment needed for reconnaissance or delivery missions were completely unnecessary. Their location would be static, and extra things would really only serve to hinder them in their duties.

"We have been tasked to protect the Minister of Defence in the Capital," he replied smoothly, glancing over at the genin he had brought along with his warm blue eyes. "The mission rating according to the scroll has been tentatively placed as a B of low-import, mostly due to the political consequences that could occur."

There was also, of course, an avenue of investigation that required the skills of the team present. Bodyguarding was well and truly fine, but it was likely that some of them would be called up to assist in finding out who was targeting Yoshimura Hideo and his family, and the motives behind the threats. However, if all went well, it could have easily been of the same rating as a difficult C-rank.

"Your family name means nothing to those assigning missions, Uzumaki-kun," added Haruka, idly making half-seals with his left hand. "It will always be your own competence that decides that."

Though the boy did seem to have his head in the clouds, if he had forgotten the basic outline of the mission details already. But he would be fine, hopefully. Haruka trusted the records of his genin recruit's missions.

Ah. And now here was the next member of their team.

"Minamoru-kun," he replied politely, meeting Yamato's gaze unflinchingly. "It is good to see you. I assume you are familiar with the current political situation in regards to Minister Yoshimura?"

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Saburo had just finished his list of what was in Sentou's appartment, and was now en route to Aoi's house. He knew it was in the outskirts of Konoha, in the forests. He knew, especially, that it was very close to Yamato's house for some reason. Likely because she worked for Yamato's mother. Atleast, that is what the files about Aoi had said, he had no idea about her current occupation aside from being a shinobi. With gentle jumps he stepped from tree branch to tree branch, until he had arrived on scene. With a light thud that kicked up some dust, he would land in front of Aoi's house. “What a cute little house,” he noted, looking at the caravan house with two hands in his side. “Not very tactical however.” he added, while looking at the small capacity the house seemed to have, as well as it's remote location with nothing stopping people from entering. He was about to prove that last part, too.

Like he had with Sentou's house, he now walked up to the front door. He imagined nobody was home because he had literally seen Aoi and Akio in the center of the city earlier, and there was no way they'd caught up with him. Actually, he imagined the two of them would be busy for the rest of the day. So he bent over a bit and started lockpicking the front door, and with remarkable ease, it opened. Almost like it'd never been unlocked. Saburo bounced back up, standing straight again with a surprised expression as he didn't really have to put in much time. Some shinobi Aoi was.. her door was protected about as well as the Naito family had respect! Saburo laughed in a weird way at his own joke, since it was well known that the Naito family had some respect, but according to the files he had read on Daiki before transferring to the regular shinobi force, the Naito family was well known for doing what had to be done. This didn't earn them much respect and fame in Konoha, although Saburo could respect the attitude they had. They were definetely good candidates for the 11th. Ofcourse, that also meant that the joke was that Aoi's door was hardly locked well, at all! Saburo laughed again after explaining the joke to himself in his head again.

With a small push he pushed open the door and walked into Aoi's house, looking around a bit before taking out his notebook. The place.. was strange. But Saburo enjoyed that a little bit, since he was also quite strange. He started noting down several things before noticing the cabinet on the right side of the entrance. Curiosity got the better of him, and he walked over to the cabinet, before pulling it open.

As soon as he had opened the door, a whole load of candy wrappers started pouring out of the cabinet. It wasn't 5 or 6, no, it was hundreds of them upon end. Saburo stood in the middle of the stream of candy wrappers, looking at the cabinet with an uninterested gaze. “Interesting.” he said as he started noting down what had just happened.

• ...
• Approximately 649 candy wrappers in cabinet. Seem to be stored in a rag, hanging at the end of the cabinet, with a seal on it. Akin to her famous storage jutsu.
• ...

He would then step out of the candywrappers and look into the cabinet more closely. If he recalled correctly, the files also said something about rumours of her training a bear to dance on the latest song of Narusasu. If that bear wasn't in her room, it had to be in the cabinet. Well, it was.. sort of. He reached out and took out a large bear plush, and observed it more closely. He figured there was nothing interesting about the plush at all until he turned it over, discovering a seal on the back of the plush. “More interesting.” he noted, as he placed back the plush and put it inside the cabinet again, before writing down the details of the plush. After that, he closed the cabinet doors and left the candywrappers laying there.

He moved on throughout the room and noted down everything he saw, besides what he'd already written. He noticed some peculiar things, and they were certainly interesting, and while others may have laughed, Saburo simply nodded at them all and wrote them down, showing just how much he cared for Aoi's little antics. “Hmm..”

• Clothes in trashbin. Likely because cabinet was full of trash.
• A book called 'Reading Exercises for Dummies' on bed. Aoi can't read. Known fact.
• A stack of comic books under bed, labeled 'for birthdays.' Aoi collects free stuff to give out on birthdays. Clever. Should do this, too.
• Sets of underwear laying on bed, not sure if clean or not. (Several scratches here, scratching away the idea that they were clean.) After testing, deemed not clean.
• ... no laundry machine.
• Bathroom empty of any beauty products. Muckus used to cover beauty imperfections? Should ask. Maybe Saburo Uchiha can be beautiful, too, with her help.
• Wall full of pictures. Most of them are friends. Some are circus-related. Not sure if private or not. Just kidding. (The next line is scribbly, from laughing) Nothing is private in Konoha.
• Two beds for one person. Boyfriend? No male articles in house. Roommate? Files never indicated such thing. Maybe one bed is for practicing saltoes. Should ask Aoi if I can test bed later.

As anyone with a normal brain could see, most of the things Saburo noted down were highly questionable, and others were just plain clueless. Asking if one could test the bed was a bad innuendo, and Saburo also seemed to have no respect for privacy. Then again, what was really private in Konoha?

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I knew this wouldn't be easy.

Ideally, Jaakuna would prefer this guy to just say "it wasn't me, sorry" or something that wouldn't incite some kind of confrontational response on Jaakuna's end. And yet, as this guy pointed out that his clothing style was giving people the "creeps" Jaakuna felt a certain urge to punch this guy's lights out just for that comment alone. However, it wouldn't be until what he did next that warrented a verbal response from JAakuna.

"Do you have no idea who I am!?" Jaakuna yelled at the brown-haired guy, "I'm Jaakuna Sawada, a Chunin-level Shinobi of the Leaf and little brother to Konoha's North Star, Hideyoshi Sawada. You don't want to make an enemy of me, you fucking shit." Jaakuna said. Jaakuna had then proceeded to put a hand on the man's shoulder and turning him around. "Now you apologize to ME for interrupted official Shinobi business, you fucking asshole."

Whether what Jaakuna just did was helping his situation or hurting it wasn't obvious to Sundance, but deep down in his gut, he had a feeling that he was about to find out exactly which it was.

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@Savato

Like the rest of her teammates she gets herself to pay attention to the anticipated lecture of their client, Sentō blushed along with Rin by the mere muscular display of their client, Hiro. He is like one of the hottest hunks around the planet as hyped by Sentō's mind. Still, her awareness of the mission retains and not let her delusions get in the way. Sentō pays attention for what the man have to say. Still his body is distracting as it is that it makes most girls swoon over him and turn manly man into questioning their sexuality due to how hot Hiro is.

"KYAAAA!!" Sentou's reaction to the man.

The muscular Hiro sat and stripped his pants into a leotard swimsuit pants. He demonstrated it because they are going to need the seaweeds that his mother gave him.

"Brats. My name is Hiro, that's my mom and let's skip introductions." He said with a rash manner while eating a pack of rice, tuna, mackerel and with a gourd of wine. He simply eats while talking and let his mom do weird body languages that implies the hints and details they need to know, as lewd as it is, the hints and objects flashed by the mother would just make a person like Shin nosebleed.

He uses a ref hanky to wipe of the excess crumbs and food off of his face, erotically disturbing and distracting to the girls. Continuing; "First off, the seaweed is a temporary use. You will turn into merfolk looking like fishes, half human half fish thingy. Don't eat it yet unless needed." Hiro demonstrated the use of the seaweed by having an aquarium summoned. From there he talks telepathically to the Konoha Shinobi and his mom.

"You will be hive minded like I am. Now for the mission. Yukigakure, my village is somehow crystallized or so frozen yet the people are alive. Furthermore the turtle island is there and its 9 tailed beasts are there too. All I'm asking is for you to unfreeze the island or whatever properties does such jutsu have." He said while on water.

Continuing his sayings; "Sen-chan, Rin-nyan." He gives Sentou and Rin an affectionate nickname. She swooned yet creep out at the same time.

"Yes?" She asks.

"Put on your clothes and quit harassing on the Ice Princess." It's only a matter of time that Sentou's habits infects everyone rather, she stripped Rin swiftly. Sentou gulps and quarrels a bit with Rin, she cover themselves up.

"Anyhow. This will be a stealth mission, go by underwater and you'll find the entrance. Beware of the Pirates. Any questions?"

Gin's clone made it to a rooftop that was just above the gates. He looked down and took noticed to the 3 individuals talking to each other. One who had blonde hair and blue eyes, most likely an Uzumaki, a green hair ninja who held himself in a peculiar manner, that of relaxed individual and was addressed as "Haruka" and the third seemed to have a bit of an attitude by the way he stood. 'Hmm...These are the three that Gin will be working with huh? An Uzumaki, the green haired one must be Huraka considering that's what the others called him and the last one was...Yamamoto or Yamato...Wonder whose leading the team.' The clone pondered as he looked down. With a shrug he leapt from the rooftop above and landed a few feet away from them. "So, you must be Gin's comrades for this mission. Gin should be here shortly." Kakiyama had only been a couple minutes behind his duplicate as he made his way to an opening in the road that led to the front gates where he could see that his clone had met his team already. He sighed as he made his way over to them with his eyes squinted lightly, behind his mask was an obvious smirk. "Before we get started, let me introduce myself. I'm Gin Kakiyama, chuunin. I look forward to working with you. I hope it wasn't to hard to get in touch with me considering how unacquainted I am with this village. His voice was smooth yet held a rough edge to it. He glanced over to his clone who nodded and handed him his supplies which consisted of rations, two water canteens, a few extra kunai and shurikens. Gin then nodded to his clone and with a simple hand sign, the clone dispersed into a pool of water. Its memories fusing with Gin's own. He knew that he was texted for a escort mission but wanted to make sure that the information was clarified. He glanced over at the blonde haired boy and eye smiled. "You must be an Uzumaki, pleasure to meet you, I hope to see that you live up to your clan's fame. As for you..." He looked over at the green haired one with a raised eyebrow. "You must be Haruka-san. Didn't really expect to get." He looked over at the last one And your Yamato...Or was it Yamamoto?"

He stood there and looked out the gate as he laid his hand on the hilt of Sukkaikatta, its grey and icy blue sheath shined slightly in the afternoon sun. "So I was told that we had an escort detail huh? For a Yoshimura-sama? Any information as to the duration of the mission?"

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Aoi giggled as her friend started to blather on about how the clown girl would be a great mother and the proper orientation she should take to make end's meet. Aoi had already considered it, getting up in ranks, but it wasn't really her decision to make, all she had to do was do her job right and just maybe she'd get the position eventually. The young girl blushed ever so slightly when Akio weaved multiple compliments on her subject, feeling slightly embarrassed but deep down she knew it was damn true. She could only imagine herself raising kids, having a great life as a parent even if she'd often hear that such a life would be a hell. There was the thing she didn't agree with, she didn't want the typical life. Oh no, and Akio would be wrong to think the performer only had this for her future.

"Hee hee~ But I also want to be a famous performer or shinobi, whichever is easier~ I can't bear simplicity..."

She'd confess to her friend as she got off her butt to stand up. While Akio proposed to go out and spar all of a sudden, Aoi would poke the taller girl's nose with the little bit of ice cream left on her cone, effectively leaving a white lump on the Tendou's nose. She quickly finished her ice cream so she could conceive the idea of kicking the heck out of her new close friend. Well not really kick her, but show that she was the badass of Konoha of course. She'd nod rapidly in reply to Akio's question.

"Oh you're on! You and me, non-deadly jutsu allowed! No cutting stuff thingies! I'm going to kick your tiny butt to the mooooon!"

She'd wail before dashing toward the training grounds, performing various front flips and cartwheels on the way there. She almost made it seem like a race, never letting her friend get the upper hand. Luckily for the clown, her speed and agility were her strong points and she easily got around faster than most shinobi of her level. The dress she was wearing was maybe not the most adapted for such a show, but it didn't really matter to her since playing around with ridiculous costume is what she did her whole life.

There were quite a few people in the way, normal civilians trying to have a nice time, but they were giving Aoi a really hard time to beat Akio to the battlegrounds. And so, the logical course of action would be to jump on their heads, hop by hop, like in some ridiculous cartoon she probably watched this morning before departing. With each leap, a whining scream of annoyance resulted of it, causing many heads to turn toward the direction of the girl. She didn't seem to mind at all, quite the contrary actually, she sure as heck liked the attention she was receiving.

"If I win you give me five Ryo!"

She'd announce just as they were going to arrive. The clown was confident enough in her speed to take on the Tendou like that. But they would eventually make it and Aoi would already start to stretch her body in preparation for the fight. She empty her pockets, masses of cards she use as weapons flew out in the air and into oblivion. She didn't seem to mind, but that would only be for entertainment purposes: As they flew in the air, they all exploded like fire crackers, making tiny fireworks in the process. The flashing lights were enough of a distraction for Aoi to quickly bounce on a wooden pole with her arms in the air.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, today I'm kicking the butt of Akio Tendou! Watch me as I do it with one eye closed!"

She was evidently provoking Akio. The fight had started the instant she announced suck a cocky thing. But to make this really salty for the taller girl, she'd winked at Akio and kept the eyelid closed.

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The girl's eye twitched when Daiki had the audacity to lecture her on clans and being a ninja. It was quite intriguing at the same time, however, how would he know that wasn't a ninja herself? And a clansman for that matter? Miyaka witnessed it every day, shinobi thinking they've transcended life before they had a lousy military status and the grace of being born in inclusive and inbred groups. To ease the stress Daiki was imposing with his morals, she ruffled her pure, green hair and sighed before gesturing Tsukiko to handle him in some way.

'It's funny, does he think he's the first to tell me that? Does he think this is even my first time doing this? Shinobi wasting their breath... They don't make them as cunning these days. Garbage.'

"Green! You were supposed to tackle it hard, not go all special technical on it! You'll get a prize later~"

She walked through the smashed door and finally entered her large penthouse. But as Takeshi gave her the attitude with that 'seriously', she almost lost her shit. She paused in the middle of her walk, taking in another deep breath before walking once more.

"Black. Him too. Five grand."

'If you kill him, I may have to cut it a little. But just a little...'

He tone wasn't as innocent this time, she was dead serious, like a kingpin ordering an execution after having joked around a bit. She made herself comfortable in the large residence, but a quick illumination in her mind. She had to check on Jaakuna. She quickly run out of the interior and into the massive balcony she had for herself. She hopped on the ledge like some kind of insane stunt double and tried to find Jaakuna in the streets from the 50th floor.

"Black! When you're done bring them in please! They gotta see this!"

'Holy shit, I hope we got some fruit sauce.'

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It was the last straw for the targeted Jonin. He gave the boy a chance to scram despite his obvious exposure in a public place and his misbehavior toward a law enforcer. Jaakuna's status didn't matter, he was fucking with someone of superior ranks and interfering with his work, all the while the chuuning himself was a shinobi like the man. As Jaakuna placed his hand on the Jonin, the man would swiftly grab the boy's wrist. Cuffs would lock on that same wrist as he had caught the boy rather easily considering his higher rank and experience. Jaakuna was now handcuffed in one hand.

"Alright, that's it kid, you done goofed. You're under arrest. I'm tired of downtown brats like you thinking you're above everything. You can tell these Sawada people that the law is above them."

He'd righteously say like a typical cop. Though the reality was, he'd likely do it to crush Jaakuna's pride and make him shut up. The consequences could be rather big if he kept going after all. The man would attempt the cuff the other hand to successfully arrest the boy and block his chakra with the tool. They were those nifty Uchiha handcuffs that sealed chakra while both ends were locked.

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On top of the hotel building, Miyaka would finally be able to spot Jaakuna being arrested by the Jonin. She couldn't hear what was being said, but it sure as hell seemed funny to her. She'd pick up a loud-speaker and screamed through it while pointing it at Jaakuna's direction. Needless to say, it'd capture a lot of attention.

"Hey Yellow! Don't tell him about the drugs!"

'HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Maybe we'll get some police violence and brutal frisking!'

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Momoi Hiromoto Yasei yawn loudly, neglecting to cover her mouth as he stretched her arms "Damn the sun feels good today! Shame i've got shit all to do." pouting she looked around to find that her trance of pure boredom had taken her to the training ground "Yikes, when is the last time i came here?" Momoi looked around the area, seeing the small river she smiled, that little lake was best for having a bath during the hot days. Of course it was illegal, but she simply didn't not give.

"I guess i could do something training or something, the sun is way to up to be drinking time." rubbing her hair furiously she gave a yell of frustration "Dear Sage of Six Path in the sky: Give the Gypsy something to do!" praying to the Sage she waited for a response.

Nothing happened.

"Well, so much for that shit." she deadpanned, before falling to her ass. Momoi tended to grass with a black gloves "Should i go bra shopping?" a seductive smile appeared on her lips as she look down at her crotch "Or...should i tend to something else~?"

Before any dirty acts were done, the sound of two girl talking made Momoi face the direction of the noise. The girl take looked like a clown was doing all sort of crazy moves while the girl with white hair was following her. "Just what are these cuties up to?" Turning around to face them, Momoi learnt the two were about to spar against each other "Goodie, this will definitely cure my shitty boredom!" A grin appeared on her face "Maybe i can fight the winner!"

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"What fucking law? Last I checked, having an unzipped jacket isn't breaking any."

To the best of Jaakuna's knowledge, there wasn't any laws he was breaking. If this guy really wanted to stretch it, then he could probably bring Jaakuna in for some kind of Indecent Exposure bullshit, but that would be abusing his power. Then again, based on the way the guy was looking at Jaakuna, it seemed that's what exactly he was about to do.

And then the cunt spoke.

Fuck. Jaakuna knew in that very moment that one of two things were going to happen. The guy here would tell the bitch to butt out of 'Official Shinobi Busniess' or he would take her word for it and book Jaakuna on phony drug charges. Jaakuna was hoping silently that it was the former. He did not want to go back to jail espeically since the first time was a complete misunderstanding. He knew that if it happened again, he was looking at another couple of days due to some idiot's 'misunderstanding' of the situation.

Just standing there, Jaakuna looked at his surroundings. Slowly, there was a crowd gathering around them. What was even worse, it seemed that one of his hands were cuffed. Jaakuna could press his luck and used some of his capoeria moves to possibly get away, but that most likely would make his situation even worse. The only alternative was surrender peacefully. He knew the kind of cuffs on him. They were those new Uchiha Chakra Suppression Handcuffs. They were able to seal in chakra of the one using them. The trick about them, however, was that they needed to be locked on both hands in order for them to work, as Jaakuna could still feel his chakra flowing through his tenketsu points in the hand that was already cuffed.

Why is it always me? Jaakuna simply sighed as he looked to the guy who had him half-cuffed.

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Even though she was distracted by that hunk of beef in front of her, Rin was able to multitask. Her eyes were on his body while her ears took in all of the information he gave about the mission, even the bit about the seaweed. So, they're some kind of gill-making shit? Interesting. It was indeed interesting as now Rin finally knew exactly what the seaweed was for.

As Hiro would explain the contents of the mission, Rin bit her lip with her thumb inbetween them. “Yukigakure huh? Okay, should be easy I guess.” Rin murmured as Hiro explained that the msision was a high-stealth one and that they would be going underwater. And that they should beware of pirates. Rin laughed a little out loud on the mention of the pirates. “Pirates ain’t shit.” Rin chuckled as if the thought of Pirates were nothing.

When Hiro was finished, he asked if there were any questions from the lot. “No questions here. Let’s just get it done so I can be home in time for dinner.” Rin said , looking to Sentou with a smirk.

Shouken stood at water's edge of a small pond on the outskirts of Konoha, where he had been touching up on his techniques. His gaze was fixed upon a rather large tree on the opposing side of the small body of water. Shouken's eyes closed slowly, as his palms met in the center of his body. With great speed, Shouken conducted the required set of hand signals and prepared his jutsu.

"Water Style: Gunshot!!!!" He said angrily, tilting his head back and clenching his fists. Chakra ran through Shouken's body, but only took form within his mouth. With great concentration, the watery chakra condensed and was ready to be unleashed. Lunging forward and widening his eyes, Shouken unleashed the jutsu, aiming at the big tree.

The shot skimmed acrossed the water, parting the pond to where the ground beneath was almost visible. It struck the tree with great force, nearly knocking it down...But not quite.

Shouken, furious with his lack of strength, assumed the appropriate position once again and brought his palms back to the center of his body. He reached deep within his mind and soul, attempting to scrounge up all his remaining chakra to give one final effort.

Flashbacks of his mother flurried through his thoughts and filled him with rage. Immediately after the thought, Shouken repeated the process of the jutsu, still aiming at the tree.

"Water Style: Gunshot!!!!"

After condensing his chakra, Shouken spit his shot out. The ball of water was much larger than last, splashing much of the water in the pond onto the bank. The water flew much faster and with much more intensity. It struck the tree along with 3 others behind it, clearing a small patch of the forest. Shouken excited, yet exhausted, let out a small laugh and collapsed to the ground on his back, completely drained of chakra.

Once Shouken regained his energy he had decided on returning to the village to mingle with his peers and possibly look for a challenge. He had plenty of time before his father wanted him home and figured a walk back to the walls of konohagakure would allow him to recuperate most of his chakra.

Akio gave a small chuckled at Aoi's enthusiasm, giving a nod of agreement to her conditions. It was just a simple spar, so no need for them to go all out against each other, but she also didn't have much in the ways of close quarter's combat either. She had her sebon, but she doubted that she'd be able to pin Aoi with those due to how flexible and agile she was. I'm at a bit of a disadvantage here, but I'm sure I'll think of something. She thought with a grin, looking towards where the small clown girl was making her way to the training ground in the flashiest way possible. Taking the hint of a challenge, Akio was quick to pursue the girl, and once they got to where people were around, she flew up from the streets onto the rooftops, leaping from place to place with a dancer's grace at an impressive speed. Due to her more favorable position of the rooftops to Aoi's jumping on the head and shoulders of bystanders below, Akio was in the lead for a little bit, but lost it slightly in the transition from roof to ground, allowing the harlequin to overtake her to the training grounds.

As she arrived to witness Aoi's little performance, as well as her show of confidence, Akio merely cracked he knuckles in preparation for the coming fight. Seeing as how most of her weapon's would be of no use here, she also proceeded to take off her hoodie, leaving her in a black tank-top, her bindings being visible from the sides. She removed the shrunken and Kunai from her pouch, but kept the senbon, knowing she might need them to hinder the girl's movements a bit if she were to have a chance. Of course that mean actually hitting her with them in the right place, no easy feat, especially with Aoi as her opponent. Since all of her focus was on Aoi, she missed the presence of the scantily-glad spectator watching the fight. The run here was enough of a warm-up, so after she had placed her weapon's down, she wasted no time launching a small barrage of senbon Aoi's way. This was more of a distraction then an actually attack, to keep the girl busy while she ran through a quick stream of hand signs.

"If you insist, but don't get too shocked when you see where that gets you, Raiton: Thunder Bow!" She called out to the clown girl with a short chuckle, the crude construct of electricity forming in her hands, in which she would quickly do a rapid fire barrage at Aoi while making a strafe to the right, shooting of about 6 shots, before she leaping into one of the trees that ringed the training ground. While she was inside of the tree, she canceled the jutsu so she could create a simple trap net in front of her, to catch either Aoi, should she pursue, or one of her Goo attacks. If Aoi got caught, she'd be able to easily escape, as it was a rushed job, but she'd have to also deal with the amount of electricity that Akio was pushing into the net with her static string, enough that it would temporarily shock her enough to let the Tendou get a shot with her thunder bow, which she summoned again in preparation. If Aoi gave her enough time before pursuing, She'd be able to fire off some homing bolts, though she'd of course tone down the power each one had so that it would severely hurt her friend. Just give her a bit of a shock to her system, enough to make her dizzy for a bit, but that was all.

@Savato
@Akashi Mayhiro

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As the jounin looked at the bills that was once again wedged between her cleavage, Tsukiko made it clear to her green hair women not to it again. But she noticed something else. Phia had placed more money than before. Without looking at her. The black haired women sighed and took the wad of cash and placed with along with the other notes in her pocket. "Whatever." she muttered, What was with her and placing money in there? She sure as hell wasn't a stripper the last time she checked herself. As Dakik gave some cliched speech about of what being a ninja was all about, resulting in her rolling her eyes. "Natio, shut up before i do that to you: permanently." she snarled "Know your damn role and shut your damn mouth."

Deep down she couldn't give a fuck about the mission, the pay was the only thing that was making her stay, plus the little extra that the green haired chick was giving. Speaking of which:

"Green! I'll give you 2000 ryo if you managed to break down my Penthouse's door with three or less tackles! Like a police raider! You must always be ready to take down strong doors." Phia challenged Takeshi as she held out the said about of cash to him. Tsukiko looked at the money before looking at Phia. She could have easily said something. But decided not to. She was trying to find a fuck to give, but failed.

The older women watched at Takeshi took down the door with ease before he pointed at the brick that soon followed after the fall of the door. "...Seriously?" he pointed at the brick "That's your line of defense?" Tsukiko couldn't help but to smirk at his question.

"Of course not you dumbshit" she scoffed. Takeshi offered Phia to give the money to her. Instead of feeling flattered. It pissed her off.

"Do you think of me as a whore, Ruzuzaki?" She asked dangerously "Because that's how i'm feeling now since you said it."

"Green! You were supposed to tackle it hard, not go all special technical on it! You'll get a prize later~"

She walked through the smashed door and finally entered her large penthouse. But as Takeshi gave her the attitude with that 'seriously', she almost lost her shit. She paused in the middle of her walk, taking in another deep breath before walking once more.

"Black. Him too. Five grand."

"...Alright then." she grinned darkly while cracking her knuckles and approached Takeshi. "Takeshi, do not dare put any resistance against me or i will inflict more pain on you, that's an order from your teacher." her muttered before looking at Daiki "You're next brat. I have to 'discipline' my student first."

"Sensei" Growled Takeshi as he balled his hand into fist. "Fine....do what you have to-" A sharp knee to the stomach cut the green haired ninja of sentence as he fell to his knees. The honey badger quickly grabbed him by his shirt and repeatedly smashed him in the face, not even flinching as his blood painted her face. Her emotionless face returned his cries and grunts of pain. before he spat blood onto the ground. "Tough as always, sensei."

"Daiki!" Takeshi called out "It's time to unleash your hidden power!" He reached out a hand to him.

"Summon Saber!" Maybe it was from the brutal beat down that Tsukiko was currently giving him. But Takeshi had somehow mistaken Daiki for a main character in a Manga he was reading awhile ago. Daiki was the spitting image of him really.

She remained silent as she lifted him and drove him into the walls, forcing him to cough up more blood. Taking her hand she began slapping in the face "How does it feel Ruzuzaki? To be beating up by a whore you pictured your teacher!?"

"I...never did....I want to help you-" A hand claps over his mouth before Tsukiko leaned over. Takeshi was waiting for something kind of insult of threat for her.

"Grit your teeth....and thank you." His mind went blank before the Black haired women headbutted him, knocking his bloody ass out cold before letting him slump to the floor. Sighing she turned her attention to Daiki. "So Mr. Defiance, how would you like to do this?" Before the red haired ninja could speak, he upper cut him with ease. "How about summoning this 'saber' to save you now!?"

To Phia ears, she could hear the sound of fist upon flesh and multiple bangs on the wall and Daiki voice crying out in pain. After a few minutes. Tsuikio carried to two unconscious ninjas into the room before throwing them on the floor. Before walking over to the Balcony where the walking money was. She witness Jaakuna getting arrested. She frown at the slight 'Meh, at least he doesn't have to put up with her.'

"I've given them the 'discipline' you paid me for" she looked over to the blood mess of Daiki and Takeshi. She held out her hand. "Place it where i think your going to place it and i break it: don't try to cry wolf, you'll be obstructing a Ninja on duty."