Kusagakure Gates

[Draven]

[enter from land of grass/exit to village]

In a yellow flash Godric teleported back to the Gates. He was on the outside and he noted to the guard. "Quick trip, easy business. Expect someone named Bobby, he is one of my knew fighting style teachers. I told him to come to the Meadows."

And with that Godric was back in the village.

[Draven]

[enter Village/exit to Land of Grass]

Moving through the Gates. He noted to the Guards. "I am going to every country to set up a travel network. I'll return when I am done. If you need me for anything, I am sure Yuri knows how to send word. I can be back in a...flash..." Thus Godric left the village for an adventure.

[Draven]

[enter from land of grass/exit to village]

In a yellow flash Godric returned to the gates of Kusagakure. He noted to the guards, "Let Yuri know I am capable of traversing the world without the need of normal travel. Teleportation should come be useful for the village." he smiled after presenting his headband. With that he was back to the village

[Inoryu]

{Enter from Kusa no Kuni}

    Inoryu would make his way through the dense forest alongside Satu until they reached the cobble-stone wall. The chunin moved a faux-stone that was actually a combination lock, transitioning the stone the exact pattern until the old, dried up waterfall began to shift to reveal an entrance, "Come on." Inoryu led Satu inside the gatehouse and brought the guards attention to his Kusagakure forehead protector by seeming to shift it to a more comfortable position, "Show him your headband," Inoryu instructed. After Satu displayed his forehead protector, granting him permission to enter, they would make their way to the mid-guard post where they would sign in with the date, time, and purpose of entry.

    The third and final checkpoint was just inside of the walls of the village, and the guards there only needed confirmation such as the first. Inoryu shifted his forehead protector and make sure Satu did the same. If the entry through the checkpoints went smoothly, Inoryu would formally welcome him to the village by saying, "Welcome to Kusagakure. The first place I want to take you to is our shop that supplies the ninja of the village. Then I'll show you where to train, sleep, accept missions, my dojo, everything."   

{Exit to Kusagakure} 

Utahhikari-Satu

[Utahhikari-Satu]

{Enter from Kusa no Kuni}

Following after Inoryu, Satu approached a cobble stone wall. He would stay back as Inoryu would approach a stone that would be revealed to be a locking device to an opening in the wall. 'What an ingenious way to deceive passer-byes', thought Satu. Upon entering the village gates Inoryu would brandish his head band and motion for Satu to follow suit. Intrigued by the guards Satu would gaze wide eyed up at them as they motioned them clear for entry.

Satu felt an excitement like the first time he entered the embassy or when first arriving at the temple of Dessabo. This excitement to explore and take in all he could. He would reassure himself that it would come in time as he followed Inoryu past the third check for entry into Kusagakure. Inoryu told Satu he would show him the shop first to outfit himself with proper gear for his role as a Kusa nin. Satu smiled in eager anticipation of this and also at the opportunity to acquire new things.

{Exit to Kusagakure}

[Inoryu]

SPOILER: Click to show

Mission-
Name: Guard Duty
Rank: C
IIC Length: 1 day.
Difficulty: Moderate.
Description: Help the Jounin guard the gates of Kusa.
Objective: Make 6 posts guarding the thread. The mission may be cut short if an incident arises.
Reward: 35,000 Ryo for 6 posts

    Inoryu waited for Team 3 inside the village near the village gates leaning against a nearby post. He had his usual weapons; a slot of bo shuriken, five of them containing his hiraishin seal, 由, along with an oversized, masterwork kunai hidden underneath his clothing, and a tanto secured to his left thigh. Umbrite protected his torso, right arm and shoulder, and head, and his left and right butt bag were outfitted purely for combat with various shuriken, explosive tags, kunai attached with explosives, caltrops, darts, disks, holder enhancements, as well as two pairs of manacles, five zip ties and four blood increasing pills. It was a clear morning in Spring, the moon still holding sovereignty over the dark sky. It was windy and a little chilly at 03:30, Inoryu surmised that when the sun came out it would be a perfect day. He was half an hour early before scheduled so he would merely take in the ambiance and read his textbook about the enchantment perception to pass the time. 

Utahhikari-Satu
Sabolian
M'yaku

[Sabolian]

When it was 03:50 Sabo arrived in the area, he wasn't seen immediately. because he started jumping a few roof tops before jumping down to the floor where Inoryu was "Why did you come so early, I only came ten minutes early just to be the first person to a place for once" Sabo said to Inoryu knowing that he had never arrived somewhere first before, the young blonde haired kid would sigh. He had his 15 bo and Hira shurikens in his pouch with just 5 paper tags this time he didn't bring any smoke pellets, he wore the usual a shirt, a set of gloves, trousers and a pair of boots.

[Utahhikari-Satu]

    There was a vacant silence surrounding Satu, He would tip toe cautiously toward the only light he could see. It was a deep wine colored light surrounded by a corona of emerald green. Satu began running toward this light as he did so he could hear thunderous claps. His feet assumed a timed rythym with the claps. The light was getting close. His eyes opened and one of his bunk mates stood above him clapping while saying, "Wake up Utahhikari-kun! You sleep like the dead jeez. Didn't you say you say had somewhere to be this morning?" Satu would bolt out of bed and scramble for his belongings before running into the showers of the barracks to rinse as quickly as possible.

    After a quick rinse he would throw on his bandoleer over his  greaves and torso armor pieces crafted by his beloved tutor and mentor, they were a comfortable fit and over this he wore a sheer oversized hooded cloak. Contained in the bandoleer were the basics of a medical nin. He packed a flint, his gyro compass, a field cauterizer, (3) rebar splints, an auto injector harness, (2) auto injector guns, a wineskin, and a small glass. He would strap his master crafted Katana named Warsoul to his side and depart from the gates with a piece of toast smeared with strawberry jam hanging from his lip.

    Summoning a saeor halo ym-hayrn for haste, he would ride it fast to his team's location. Spotting them he jumped from the halo quickly recalling it behind his head's posterior as he approached, ^{"Morning guys! Did I make it? Am I late?"} Satu would say after gulping down his last bite of toast.

[Inoryu]

    "Oh, hello Sabo, good question. I'm the type of person who doesn't like to rush. And besides, arriving half an hour early to any appointment is good discipline," Inoryu answered. A few seconds later, Satu arrived by riding on a mass of light, "Satu good morning. You're ten minutes early."

[M'yaku]

Hazuki reached the gates of the Hidden Grass Village soon after the rest of his team did. It seemed the next mission would be guarding the entrance to Kusagakure for a few hours. In surprising fashion, the bone user had his headband with him today, wrapped around his left arm near the elbow. His other shinobi equipment he had left at home - he doubted that he would need it - besides, he always had the power of his dead bone pulse.

"I'm here", he'd say to the three others, who had undoubtedly arrived more than a few minutes before him.

[Inoryu]

    "Good, we're all here. One of you have graduated from the Academy, but one of you had been recruited from outside of the village, and the other worked for BINGO so I feel a quick lesson is in order. When it comes to matters of national security, Kusagakure's number one protection is location. The founders of this village knew the landscape of Kusa no Kuni well and decided to build where they were least likely to be found. It is known to be near impossible to find Kusagakure when searching for it, no one in my knowledge had ever just found the village, it was always revealed by a local contact. 

    The next part of national security is information. Since the village is hidden, anyone who actually knows the village's location should have business here. The sentries guarding the gates are there to determine who is entering or leaving the village and why and record this information for the Kusakage. When entering from Kusa no Kuni, a person must present their name, headband, or a form of entry permission to the guards on duty. At the next point, also known as the mid-guard post, is where we'll be stationed. This is where a person must sign in or out with the date, time, and purpose of their entry or departure of the village which is co-signed by an attending guard. At this point is also a barracks where guards on forty eight hour shifts may sleep in shifts as necessary. The final checkpoint is another gatehouse, this one just inside of the walls of Kusagakure no Sato. At this final checkpoint when entering the village one must once again state their name and present a headband or form of entry permission to the guards on duty." 

    As Inoryu explained the gate's function, he had mentioned the shinobi headband numerous times and saw Hazuki's secured just above his elbow and Satu's and Sabo's were absent. He smirked and went to reach for his Kusagakure forehead protector when he realized that his was also absent. His smirk transitioned into disbelief, "I forgot my headband! I could've sworn I equipped it! Oh man, this is bad, if you don't have your shinobi headband, you can't access the gates and you fail the mission! I've gotten so used to glamouring my helmet that I forgot about the real thing! Be right back!" Inoryu exclaimed as he quickly rushed back home by way of rooftops. Within a couple of minutes he had made it home and secured his shinobi forehead protector loosely to his neck before rushing back to the gate. He reappeared to his team hunched over, out of breath and relieved with only a few minutes to spare, "Whew, I made it." 

[Sabolian]

Sabo laughed as Inoryu went to go get his headband, then he would sigh as he just remembered that he had left his own too, until he would feel something hard in one of his trouser pockets, he removed the object and it turned out to be his headband, he would give a sigh of relief before strapping his headband tightly across his right leg "Okay lets get to where we were stationed shall we?" The blonde haired shinobi said walking over to his post.

He would stand in his posts and begin to just observe the area, nothing much was happening so the young boy would sit on his chair and daydream for a while giving no regard to his mission.

[M'yaku]

He listened curiously to the captain's words as he began to explain the gates and their functions. It was true, hazuki had only been in Kusagakure for a few months and was still new to plenty - life in the village was much quieter than life in the wilds for sure. there was more structure, more poeple, and ultimately more security. A rather simple matter to comprehend, it wasn't difficult at all for Hazuki to learn, memorize, and retain the information as Inoryu spoke it.

In the time that it took Inoryu to leave and retrieve his headband, Hazuki had already taking up positions next to the many checkpoints in the same fashion as his partner Sabo had. Moments after he arrived, it seemed he would have his first taste of action. It was a man, older in age, dressed in white with a gray beard. He approached the checkpoint, handed over the documents that were needed and waited to be allowed through. A quick scan of his paperwork, and Hazuki understood that this man was a citizen of the village.

Without any obstruction, the Kaguya let him pass.

[Utahhikari-Satu]

    Satu couldn't believe he forgot his headband back at the barracks. He would hop onto his saeor ym-hayrn to make haste back to retrieve when a familiar voice called out to him, "Utahhikari!" a fellow bunkie by the name of Thomas Kincaid jogged up to the medical nin. Satu saw Thomas holding his headband and would sigh in relief, ^{"Thank you very much for bringing it Thomas"} Satu would accept the headband from Thomas and to his surprise Thomas also handed him a bento after saying, "I figured you were in such a hurry that you also forgot you would need to each lunch and not just toast." Thomas smiled at Satu and Satu returned the smile. He would return to the ranks of his team and sport his headband as he watched Thomas walk back to the barracks. ^{"Ok I am all set for duty"} Satu would notice the other genin had begun actively surveying the gates.

[Inoryu]

    "And that's why I arrive thirty minutes early," Inoryu said to his team with a countenance of relief after he entered the gates to his assigned duty station where Sabo, Hazuki and Satu were already posted. By the looks of things, they transitioned easily into this line of work. "Well, we're all here on time, and by the looks of it, Hazuki has got this handled." Inoryu would sit across the room with a clear view of all who were coming and going and observed the bearded man dressed in white continue the process of entering Kusagakure no Sato. It all was running smoothly, so in the meantime, Inoryu would pull out his book of enchantments and pick up where he left off. 

[Sabolian]

"Ahem!" Sabo opened his eyes and then stood across the counter "I would like to go back to the village please" the blonde haired kid would look at the headband and then sigh "What's your name?" Sabo said reluctantly hoping to get this done with as quickly as possible, so he would go back to is day dreaming "The names Wazami Swazi, i'm on the list" he said with a smile to back it up.

Sabo flickered through the book not knowing every ninja in the village since he just became one and a few seconds later he would find the name Wazami Swazim then he would sluggishly let the boy around his age go through, he opened and then closed the gate a second later he would fall back onto his seat, and 5 seconds later he heard "Ahem" Once again, he was angry.

[M'yaku]

It was a rather simple task, and that's what Hazuki thought about as each person attempted to enter and/or exit the village. Most of the poeple coming through had been validated, and provided proof via paperwork that was needed to enter without a hassle, but as with all things, there were a few bad apples out of the bunch. A young male, seemingly in his early twenties approached Hazuki's station -- from his observation skills, the Kaguya could tell that this was one knew combat - perhaps not as well as a shinobi - but he was definitely a warrior.

Black spiky hair, broud shoulders, muscles the size of a warhammer ... this guy was most likely a mercenary. Hazuki had noticed him a few spaces back in the line, yet the genin had no idea the problem this one would cause once it was his turn to pass through into the village. He was only a few spaces back though, so soon the Kaguya prodigy would know.

[Utahhikari-Satu]

    Satu played with the jewels in his hair nervously as he spoke with a well traveled handsome merchant looking to gain passage through the gates. He would tell Satu he was bringing salts to Kusagakure from the land of waves along with assortments of novelties such as abalone shells and various tinctures and potions from the sea. Intrigued by the merchant's tales of travel Satu would inquire if he had any ointments to aid with his personal skincare and hair care regimen. Meanwhile the line behind the merchant began to elongate as others became disgruntled at the lack of efficiency.

    "What is going on up there?" One passerby would yell from the building line.
    "I have urgent affairs!" another would demand.
    "These sheep are to be sheered and need to be groomed!" A herder would contest.

    Satu would look at the merchant, ^{"So you say this is good for balancing my skin against the moisture in the air here?"} He held a bottle and examined its label.

[Inoryu]

    Inoryu observed the first man to approach his station, he had mid-length hair with streaks of grey and wore a lime-green robe with navy blue borders. Bound to his waist was a couple of wineskins. Inoryu placed his finger on the paper before him, "Full name here, date and time here, and in a simple and concise manner, state your purpose for departure here." 

    "Why certainly," the man replied as he took a pen. Inoryu relaxed as the man scribbled away. A few seconds later, he returned the clipboard, "Here you go." Inoryu scanned the paper and read, "Full name: Akira Hanoki. Time and date...purpose for departure is vacation." 

    "You may pass," Inoryu said. He saw that there was a line forming on the opposite side and he had never thought that there was so much traffic entering the village. The next person approached his station, a shinobi of the Grass before he could help his team with the incoming people. "Your full name, date and time, and purpose for departure here please," Inoryu directed as he referred to each segment with his left pointer finger. The shinobi, possibly the same age as him had a lithe body type, dark hair and brown eyes and scribbled away on the paper before turning it back over to Inoryu. "Full name: Kurono Fu-u, date and time...purpose; C-rank mission," Inoryu read. "You are free to go," Inoryu said. The shinobi nodded, went on his way and Inoryu transitioned to the other side to help with the sudden influx of arrivals.   

[M'yaku]

The man had finally made his way to the front of the line, yet unlike those before him, who had their paperwork ready and presented it to the genin neatly and professionally, this man hadn't even batted an eye toward the Kaguya; he instead, tried to walk right past and through the gates. A single outstretched hand, open palm, would be the only thing stopping him from walking through. Hazuki noted how small his hand looked in comparison to the man's body, but that did not matter.

"Excuse me sir", as the man came to a stop.

"Identification and verification please..", he requested afterward. The man shot him a glare, yet the Kaguya would stand firm. His attempts at intimidation was futile -- Hazuki would relish in the opportunity to put beat down on any troublemaker, but he would refrain from doing so. Being a part of the team was beginning to change the genin - he was starting to realize that combat was not everything.

"If you have none sir, the please fill out this slip", he said as he would produce a wooden clip board and pen from his free hand.

Regardless of how the mercenary felt— this was standard protocol, and he would not pass until he complied.