Yamato the Exorcist [Mission]

[Insanity within the Falls]

Name: The Haunted
Rank: D
IIC Length: 2 Days (48 Hours)
Difficulty: Easy
Objective: Perform an exorcism in the house to rid it off spirits.
Description: There is a house within the village that has had reports of unusual phenomena occurring. Incidents include: Objects moving around on their own, screams from unknown people, blood pouring down the stairs and writing upon paintings. The house’s owners have grown afraid of these occurrences and has requested that someone investigate the house and perform an exorcism if needed.
Reward: 3,125 Ryo for a Non-Ninja; 4,000 Ryo for a Ninja.


Walking through the village, Yamato looked for the house that was in his mission scroll. The mission he had received this time had been a little odd. Even though it was a D rank mission, he wasn't walking dogs or teaching kids. Instead he was performing an exorcism to rid the house of spirits. He didn't know how he felt about that since he didn't even know if he believed in spirits. He had never seen one before and like the saying went, seeing is believing.

In order to prepare himself for this unusual endeavor, Yamato had gotten himself a cross, a bible, and some salt. He had seen a movie where a priest used these three things to get rid of a demon. He didn't know if it would work, but he was still going to try. If it really was a ghost, this would be the only thing that could effect in. Weapons wouldn't work because its body was incorporeal. Hopefully these sacred items would.

After a few more minutes of walking, Yamato arrived at the house he needed to be at. Knocking on the door firmly, he waited for a response. A few seconds later, the door creaked open and revealed a young man. The young man opened the door wider and let him inside the house once he realized who he was. After he was in the house, Yamato sat at a nearby table with his client. It was there that they talked.

According to his client, this house was haunted. Yamato had assumed as much based on what the scroll said. He had to be careful about believed the client, since the house could just seemed haunted. It could actually be a genjutsu. And since the client wasn't a ninja, he wouldn't know that a genjutsu had been cast on him. Or it could actually be a ghost, and in that case Yamato didn't know what he would do.

While they were talking, Yamato noticed a nearby cup moving. Intrigued, he focused all of his attention on it. On the counter behind the client, a white cup was somehow sliding across the counter with no one touching it. Was this the ghost his client had talked about? Before the cup could fall to the ground, Yamato burst from his seat and grabbed it right as it fell. Placing it back on the counter, he surveyed the house in a new light. Something was going on, and he needed to find out what.

He would have to do it on his own unfortunately seeing as how the client had left. Once he explained what happened with the cup, his client had begun to get all sweaty. After a few minutes of fidgeting, his client said he had something to do and abruptly left. It didn't really matter though since he wouldn't be of much use anyway. Turning towards the steps, Yamato headed towards the client's room. According to him, this was where the ghost most frequently appeared.

Swinging the door to the room open, Yamato stepped inside. Flicking the light switch on, he looked around the room. From what he could see, everything was normal. There wasn't anything that seemed to be paranormal, although the client's room was a mess. He didn't know if that was thanks to the client himself or because of the ghost. Grabbing a nearby chair and sitting down, Yamato waited. Hopefully the ghost would show itself soon since he didn't want to wait all day to deal with it.

[Insanity within the Falls]

Staring at the wall that was in front of him, Yamato began to slowly doze off. He was abruptly woken up a few minutes later however by a loud scream.Shaking the tiredness from his body, he looked around cautiously. He was positive it was the ghost because the client wasn't back home yet. If he came inside, Yamato would've heard. He was a ninja after all.

Getting up from his chair, Yamato looked around cautiously. As he did, a trail of goosebumps began to appear on his neck. Something was in the room with him, he just couldn't see it. Jumping over to a nearby wall, he placed his back against it. By doing this, he limited the amount of space the ghost could sneak up on him. He had no idea if ghosts were actually dangerous, and he wasn't that eager to find out.

Not even a minute later, blood began pouring down the wall across from Yamato. With his nerves on edge, he stared at it cautiously. After it had been flowing for a little bit, it began to form a message.

LEAVE

If Yamato wasn't a ninja, he might have actually left. But this was his mission, and he was going to finish it. Pulling out a container of salt, he began tossing it around the room. It was time to find out if it did anything. A few seconds after tossing the salt in a particular direction, he heard a loud scream. Turning back to see who was making the noise, Yamato's face paled. What the hell was in front of him?

As Yamato stared at the pale dead woman, his face whitened. He had always been thought that ghost weren't real. And if they weren't, then what the hell was in front of him? Grabbing the salt tightly in his hands, he proceeded to sling some more at the ghost. He had a job to do, and he was going to do it.

The moment the salt touched the ghost, she screamed in pain. With an angry look upon her face, she charged at Yamato. Dodging the attack, Yamato pulled out a cross and held it in front of him. While he was holding the cross, the ghost refused to go near him. Huh, the items he bought were actually useful. Putting the salt back into his pocket, Yamato grabbed the bible he had brought. Opening a random page, he began to read.

At first nothing happened. But the more he read, the more the ghost in front of him screamed. She seemed to be in extreme pain by the looks of it, but Yamato didn't stop. It wasn't his fault she was dead, he was just helping her move on. Albeit in a barbaric manner.

A few minutes later, the ghost in front of him erupted with a painful shriek. The house was filled with silence as Yamato waited for the ghost to come back. When it didn't, Yamato went downstairs. It was there that he waited for his client. When his client came back, he told him what happened and then headed towards the tower. He had killed a ghost today, but he didn't know how he felt about it. It wasn't as peaceful as some of the movies showed it to be.