Hunt for Rare Flowers [Travel/Mission Thread]

[DJ Loki]

Name: Rare Flowers Returning to the Garden
Rank: "B"
IIC Length: 2 days
Difficulty: Easy - Hard
Description: Yuri the Kuskage has received information on the location of Houkou Uchiha. She is putting together a group of ninja to go with her to track him down and bring him back to Kusagakure. She has no intention of harming him, but she has no idea how he will respond to the Presences of the group. She Hopes to bring him back to Kusagakure peacefully, but has no illusions that things could end badly. Come at your own risk, our target is dangerous.
Objective: Help the Kusakage find and persuade Houkou Uchiha to return to Kusagakure.
Reward: 50,000 Ryo

***Mission Start***

Yuri stood at the meeting point waiting for her Ninja to arrive. She wasn't very skilled at fighting and ass such didn't have much with her in the way of gear. She wore her usual grab and debated for a while whether or not she should wear her Kage robes, but she decided against it. She didn't want to draw any unwanted attention to herself. Twiddled her thumbs a little bit as this was a risky move she had planned. Not only bringing a criminal and known terrorist back into the fold, but trying to do it without notice was a little tricky. She sighed as she adjusted the resonance sword on her hip, she really was much skilled in the ways of using it. Just barely about to do the most basic of things. She surely wasn't a sword master by any stretch of the imagination, hopefully she wouldn't need to be for what was to come.

Mr. Nettte was a constant reminder that things seldom went the way that she wanted them too, but she was beginning to gasp his power, and once she had done so completely, the rest of the world would fall to her feet, and she would be able to finally bring Kusa out of the dismal muck it has been stuck in fro so long.

[Takeuchi]

It was finally time to begin the hunt for Houkou Uchiha. Mukuro was equipped and ready to with his shock enhanced gloves worn on each hand and the sword Banryu strapped to his back. His AnBu gear had been hidden back a ways and he wore his usual suit as he arrived at the rendezvous point and waved in greeting of Yuri. "I hope you didn't wait long." His belt had a small pouch which contained a compass, three blood clot pills, and three soldier pills. That was all he was planning on bringing along with him, there wasn't need for much else.

"Viola should be here so- Aagh." Pain suddenly shot through his body and his skin smoothed out and eyes returned to normal. A moment later his skin began to bubble slightly as the side effects of his body rejecting the ritual of the clan began to take shape. His muscles bulged tearing through his fitted clothing leaving his suit tattered, his pants were also torn by the bulking up of his muscles. His face took on a bit of a squashed look and his nose had swelled up and took on a broken look as well. Staggering during the change to his appearance, the Uchiha has braced his stance to keep from falling over. After a minute the change shifted and he was able to suppress the lingering pain from the alteration.

"Ugh, what the hell just happened there?" Not only had his physical appearance changed, his voice became a bit deeper and gravelly.

[DJ Loki]

"Ummm... It looks like you just got hit with a Mac Trunk is what happened. Geez Old man... what the hell was that?" Yuri would say as Muruko would seem to transform in front of her. She would sigh and shake her head, "Well whatever, as long as you're good to go we can head out. Viola won't be able to join us at the moment. Some unforeseen circumstances have arisen. If she can get things sorted swiftly enough she can met us there. The two of us will have to do for now." Yuri would say giving Muruko a final look. She hope the change wasn't permanent, his was rather good looking before. Would be such a waste. Yuri shrugged her shoulders as she would begin to walk, "Ok we need to make our way through the Land of Fire. I have already set up a Ship to get us to the Land of Snow. Now... which way is the Land of Fire?"

Yuri scratched the back of her head, realizing that she brought neither map nor compass with her. She wasn't very keen of long travels so such things never resonated as a need for her. She would look back at the depressingly transformed Muruko and said, "Ummm, you got a map or something? I have no clue which way to go."

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I AM ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL

(the thread is now GM'd by snowflake.) 

[Takeuchi]

"I think," he said while looking at his meaty hand, "my body might have rejected the Lizard ritual I had and another part of my genes took over." The look of contemplation likely looked odd on the broad, brutish features of this new face. Giving a shrug, Takeuchi returned his attention to the Kusakage, "Well, there's no issue. If anything I just look more the part I already play." The girl suddenly had a little abashed as she spoke about forgetting both a compass and a map, luckily for her she was with an experienced traveler. He hadn't brought a map, but he brought a compass and knew the general direction of the countries they needed to head to.

"I have a compass and we'll need to go south southeast to get to the Land of Fire and from there we can take a boat north northeast to the Land of Snow." Mukuro pulled out his compass and checked the direction, turning until he faced the necessary direction. "This way. When we get on the boat we'll need to check the compass as well, we may not be the one in charge, but if you don't check them every now and then they'll sometimes just go to the nearest convenient port and charge you for travel anyways." He began to walk in the direction, might as well start along the way.

[KoKoKo]

Viola was running late and she knew it, sorting things out at the academy and getting adequate cover was difficult. She arranged for a newly promoted chuunin to help while handing over her lesson plans. Sprinting through the Land, Viola would quickly make up the ground. Her Outfit was the same she normally wore, the sleeveless tunic covering the grey and mesh top beneath, the skirt and shorts coupled with the thigh length ninja boots to help keep her warm, while a cloak was around her neck flying behind almost like a cape. Around Viola's neck she wore her badge of honour, not something she wore all too often - it was a mission only piece, the Kusa Headband.

Viola had no real equipment on her, she felt a little un prepared but her knowledge of survival skills covered a lot of things she missed, such as her uncanny (125) direction sense meaning she almost never got lost. Upon cartching up with the two Kagé, present and former Viola would slow down and merge into their walking speed. "I Apologise for the delay, sorting out the family and the academy cover was an issue. We don't have enough shinobi quite qualified or reliable to cover for the extended period of time, but I managed to pull in a favour from a friend."

While walking next to the duo Viola's hand made her way up to her golden locks and she would put her hair into a pony tail, her preferred style for any mission which could involve danger. "Land of Snow, yes?" She was just double checking what she had heard upon arrival and with her use of direction sense and what Mukuro had said she was confident with the route the trio would take.

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(moved to land of fire.)

[DJ Loki]

"No worries Viola, you're here now that's all that matters." Yuri would say to her political Adviser as they made their way through the Land of Fire. This was a little unnerving for her, as she didn't like travel much and this was not friendly territory. There was no telling what could be lurking for them here. Yuri would activate her Byakugan as they made their way through this hostile land. She would stay at full alert until she they would arrive at the boat that would lead them to their target. "Um once we get there, be at full alert, I have no idea how he's going to respond to a trio of high profile Kusa Ninja tracking him down. Prepare for the worst. But regardless, we're taking him back with us, of his own free will or not. Understood?" Yuri would say to the lot of them as they approached the docks where they would depart on their ship that would take them to the Land of Snow.

[Takeuchi]

"Ah, I see you made it, Viola." He walked through the Land of Fire with the others without much of a worry, this was not his first time moving through hostile territory. He looked over at the other two during their travels and noticed that the veins around Yuri's eyes were bulging, the telltale sign of Byakugan being activated. "Calm down, Yuri, you're just wasting your energy with that. Be ready, but don't expend too much energy trying to pick out every single possible threat." He seemed relaxed, but his senses were sharpened and seeking out the sounds of approach and other signs that there may be someone or something coming for them. "As long as he can remain calm and rational everything will be okay."

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[KoKoKo]

"Mukuro is right, having you byakugan active makes you look suspicious and like you're doing more than just passing through the land, if it makes you feel better I can use my eyes instead they aren't as obvious when active if you don't already know my original eye colour." The trio continued their passage through the land, she picked up on Mukuro's subtle looking out while she too kept her senses open. The subtilty of observation they would probably have to teach Yuri at some point, it saves chakra too. "My genjutsu may struggle a little against him because he is an uchiha if it does come down to force. I do have other techniques for a situation like this, I'm just informing that it may not be the most reliable approach if it is needed.

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The road would eventually lead through the forest to a small coastal village on the bay of the gulf of fire. From here they would need to charter a boat to seek passage to the land of snow. There were a few boats tied up at the dock. It was clear from the state of things around here that the town was absolutely a bit on the impoverished side. The boats seemed old, refitted and formatted several times over. The paint of the vessels was worn and chipped in some places. Fishermen and merchants moved around on the dock moving their daily catch or goods from their schooners and caravels. 

There along the warf was a old wooden shack that had a sign over the top of it painted. "Bubba's Fairyin' services." There out in the front in a pair of loose overalls with a strap missing stood the proprietor of the building. In his right hang hung a large, unlabeled, growler shaped bottle filled with some sort of liquid. Bubba was sporting a five o'clock shadow and was covered in all manners of oils and grease as he watched the waves lap up on the shore. 

[DJ Loki]

Yuri looked over at Mukuro and Viola, "That's easy for you to say. I'm already not a fan of travel. The last time I traveled my parents, we were almost killed by a random mudslide, and then they were killed by bandits... so excuse me if I'm a little paranoid." Yuri said as she kept her Byakugan activated. While their advice was more than likely correct, she just felt safer with it activated. "I should probably by shades or tinted goggles or something, so it won't be so obvious.... Well whatever, you live and learn... right?" Yuri would begin to chuckle a bit to herself as they finally made their way to the port.

She let out a sigh as she would now deactivate her Byakugan, and walked up to Bubba, "Um... e-excuse me sir? I believe I have made a reservation for transportation to the Land of snow? It should be under Dusty Fields a party of 3? I-I'm Dusty, this is my party. Hello.." She smiled at Bubba. It wasn't uncommon for ninja to give out false names when making reservations, especially in enemy territory, but if the other two didn't know already that would know... Yuri had a flair for unusual names. She felt if you were going to come up with names for yourself, you might as well have a little fun with it.

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Bubba turned over to look at the little one with the weird eyes and began to speak. "Rite o'er on der dock o'er der." Bubba said taking a moment to look at girl again. "Git on o'er der do ank' an hell fix yuh right on up." Bubba nodded and reached back over to his jug and took another big long swig of the liquid. He paused for a moment before looking back at the girl. "Gurl wait one hur minute. You ain't no Dusty." Bubba said a bit annoyed by the situation. 

[Takeuchi]

"Can't let one bad experience ruin something for you, though I guess I can see how it would become a trauma." She spoke of getting something to just hide it to which he interjected, "I would advise just getting more comfortable travelling, leaving it activated will leave you drained if you actually DO get attacked. Instead sharpen your normal senses so you can rely on them rather than expending extra energy and putting yourself into a more dangerous situation than necessary." Such was his advise as they made their way to the pier and met up with the proprietor of the ferry service, Bubba. When the request for our reservation under the name Dusty was greeted with suspicion the Uchiha let out a grunt.

He sidled up behind Yuri, staying a bit to her left so she could be moved out of the way more easily if need be. "The lady said her reservation's under the name Dusty. We'll be getting on our boat, you gotta problem?" Mukuro rested his right hand on Yuri's shoulder giving it a firm grip without being overly tight about it. His left hand reached toward the handle of Banryu, not grabbing it just yet, simply letting the man know he could take up the massive blade if need be. Though that would most likely not be done if a tussle became necessary. His fists and body were far deadlier than most blades could be.

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Bubba looked up at the man and got a hostile look on his face very suddenly. "Yur god damn ight we got a problem hur." Bubba said with indignation. "Ish ight er is a family budniss an' I ain gonna be strong arm'd inna shit!" He said. People from all across the dock were starting to take notice of the situation including some of the port officials. Currently they didn't see anything that required them to intervene but a few of them were gravitating towards the group just in case. It was a really small village and the community was really tight. Several of the other people on the dock were already starting to shoot the party nasty looks. "If yur eally 'Dusty'." The Bubba said with air quotes. "emme see some ID." He said flatly.  

[KoKoKo]

Viola watched the situation at the dock unfold noticing all the people around them begin to take interest. She knew she had to defuse the situation and understood the dynamics of small villages. She walked behind Yuri and placed a hand on Mukuro shoulder. "Calm down sweetie. No need to threaten the poor man, he is just thinking about his family and business" while hidden behind Yuri she had a small flash of hand seals hidden behind the other two using the master rank pattern Jutsu, Hypnotist captivating voice aiming her focus onto the boatman. In s slightly flirty and cheeky voice (but not over the top) she spoke to the boatman "Please ignore the big guy. He is very protective of Dusty and I. My names Violet, we understand that you need to look after your family. We are too, one of our people has gone astray and we want to save him. We won't cause you any trouble, please could you help us. We don't know how long he might have in Snow." She stepped out from behind the pair and smiled at Bubba awaiting his reply.

[KoKoKo]

Viola watched the situation at the dock unfold noticing all the people around them begin to take interest. She knew she had to defuse the situation and understood the dynamics of small villages. She walked behind Yuri and placed a hand on Mukuro shoulder. "Calm down sweetie. No need to threaten the poor man, he is just thinking about his family and business" while hidden behind Yuri she had a small flash of hand seals hidden behind the other two using the master rank pattern Jutsu, Hypnotist captivating voice aiming her focus onto the boatman. In s slightly flirty and cheeky voice (but not over the top) she spoke to the boatman "Please ignore the big guy. He is very protective of Dusty and I. My names Violet, we understand that you need to look after your family. We are too, one of our people has gone astray and we want to save him. We won't cause you any trouble, please could you help us. We don't know how long he might have in Snow." She stepped out from behind the pair and smiled at Bubba awaiting his reply.

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Bubba relaxed a bit and his expression softened. He was charmed by the lovely lady to say the least. He cleared his throat and tried to speak more clearly for the girl but his accent still came through. "Lookie her missy. I god't a redervation' for a Dusty Fields." The man looked at her apologetic. "I jut need to she an Id an I an send yuh on yur way." Bubba looked over at the other men who were watching and they seemed to think he had it handled. 

[DJ Loki]

"ID? What?! Who carries ID around with them? That's weird... that's weird right?" Yuri would look over at the others. Again she wasn't use to travel, in fact she never traveled, so she had no idea that she needed Identification, in fact this was the first time that she had left the Land of Grass since she was a child. She rubbed the back of her head, as she didn't have real identification on her. "Like I paid right... I put the reservation under Dusty... I have like a receipt... where is it?... Ummm" Yuri would go digging through her pockets, "See?... so, what's the deal Bubba?" Yuri would ask curiously.

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Bubba reached over to finally pick up the small tag and finally looked it over before grunting and pointing over to the dock and motioning towards the far right edge of the dock. "checks out... It gonna be dat der faw ight boat." Bubba's chest swelled with pride as he told them where his boat was. If they followed his instructions past the busy dock and water way they would eventually find Buba's boat. Although perhaps boat wasn't the proper word it was more of a pleasure yacht. 

The Yacht was massive and had a pool complete with a pool side bar. The boat looked out of place and absolutely lavish compared to the small wooden dinghies and fishing boats that filled the dock.