A Murky Situation [Mission]

[Sabo]

Name: Murky Situation in Clear Water
Rank: C
IIC Length: 96 hours
Difficulty: Unknown
Description: There have been various outbreaks of reported crime in the capital Mashimizu. Shinobi have been given the go-ahead to check out the areas throughout the village that has been hit the worst. There is an arsonist, a thief and a "soul magician." It is unknown if these three men work together, but find them and apprehend them.
Objective: Hunt down the three stooges.
Reward: 38,500 Ryo

Touka stood in the Capital Mashimizu, he wore his black kimono like usual, the chest area was closed up so nobody would be able to see the young genin's chest, not that he was hiding anything. Touka wore black sandals with black socks. He was dressed in all black, from head to toe. At his left hip, his sword was strapped, the young genin's sheath was completely dark as well. Only if you looked closely you would see his sheathe blending in with his clothes.

Touka had senbon, kunai and explosive tags inside his kimono. He was packed and ready to move out, 'Now where is that idiot?' Touka thought referring to the boy whom ran out of the kage tower, as well as breaking the wall with his own image. Right now in the capital Mashimizu, they weren't any crimes happening, but he knew later on in the day, the arsonist, thief or soul magician would appear.

Touka continued to look left and right for his partner.


Fire Shadow

[Fire Shadow]

"One dude who blaze up/one dude that 'takes from'/one dude that abuses his soul to 'poof' and make stuff/choosing a role is crucial/let's move and chase 'em/You 'Ju' I presume?/that's cool my dude, my name's 'Runt'/"

The words seemed to echo out of nowhere, but were obviously directed at Julken. From one of many puddles flooding the ground of Mashimizu, a young dark skinned boy who was more hair than body rose up, at first seeming to be made from water itself. He shook himself free of stray droplets and stared into the pale eyes of the youth who he'd been assigned to take this mission with, and nodded in his direction.

A brief survey of his own pack left him satisfied that he'd brought every item he owned with him, and he looked around the bustling city of Mashimizu. It was renowned for its criminal undercurrent, and luckily the village had been given a greenlight on putting an end to a trio of lawbreaker who'd thus far made a mockery of local law enforcement. Unsure of where exactly to begin their mission, Hashikkutsu started walking. Away from the bright lights of the busier streets, deeper into the murk of dull ghettoes that folded into themselves, making a maze of the cities more neglected areas.

"My map is a no-show/ You know where to go, bro?/" He asked Julken, taking a few seconds to look his partner over. He was dressed far more traditionally than Hashikkutsu, whose simple all black attire made him look more like a native of the city than a shinobi. He noticed the sheathed sword at the boy's side and whistled appreciatively, wondering how well he would be able to use it. The boy seemed to be older than him, and as was custom in Kirigakure, he assumed Julken would thus take the lead in figuring out their first course of action. Though they had not been briefed on their targets true abilities, Julken seemed confident enough to possibly be competent with his weapon. He took a small swig of his Life Water and would extend it out to the other boy in case he hadn't eaten, before awaiting further instructions.

[Sabo]

Touka heard echoes of words he couldn't put together to be an actual sentence, while the boy was talking thats when Touka finally got a hold on what he was saying 'Why is he calling me Julken? that's not even my name' the young boy sighed not even bothering to correct the Runt of what his actual name was 'Maybe I'll just keep Julken as a alias or code name' the mist shinobi nodded his head to Runt's first question.

Touka hated talking more than anything, so he would only signal Runt to follow him, the two were now walking all the way too one of the areas that have been hit most my the arsonist. 'The arsonist has set on fire nearly every house in this district, he's sure to come to this last one we'll catch him when he comes' Touka thought in his mind. 

The young genin turned to Runt 'This arsonist is going to come here at night, we'll wait here until then' Touka said to the boy, before jumping inside a lake. Touka needed to stay in water to survive because his body was made out of water, so he would relax inside the lake until the arsonist arrived.

[Fire Shadow]

So his partner knew how the arsonist thought, as well as where he might attack next. That worked out for Hashikkutsu perfectly - despite his youth he'd mastered water release, and felt that someone who set fires would be an easy enough opponent to deal with. Noting that the young boy next to him seemed to be a person of few words, Hashikkutsu only nodded and followed behind him, preferring the silence as well. He so often disturbed people with his cursed speech pattern that he found it much easier to say as little as possible.

It wasn't long before they came to a district that had obviously seen better days. Crammed with houses, it at first appeared to be some sort of ruins, or on a closer inspection, ground zero for some sort of bomb going off. It wasn't until they were actually walking down the streets and alleys that he was able to understand what they were seeing. Most of the houses in the area had been destroyed. Burnt to the ground, leaving behind little more than misshapen piles of ash that only vaguely resembled the buildings they'd been before.

Runt could not help but wonder if the arsonist had set fire to these houses while there were still people inside of them. His gaze veered off to a water tower near a hill overlooking the neighborhood. Realizing it was a good vantage point to be able to see someone suspicious approaching the few houses not already burnt, he attempted to indicate as much to his partner. He pointed a finger at the water tower once he could capture the other boy's attention, saying

"Gonna scrap/hot/good attack/good advantage spot/shook the rugrat/look back, bruh/above that junk/the crook'll squat/"

[Sabo]

Touka continued to relax in water, his slots were filling up once again and he finally felt more alive than usual, if he didn't do this once in a while, he could very much die, so the young genin made sure to do what he had to do. As he was relaxing in water, he heard a familiar voice, the voice of Runt in which he could never forget. He simply removed his head from the water and then he stared at Runt with an expressionless look on his face.

He didn't understand Runt so well, but he at least understood what he wanted to do. The tower, that would be a perfect vantage point for them to watch and wait for the arsonist or any other of the two criminals to arrive. Touka nodded quickly and then came out of the water, without saying anything, he signaled Runt to follow the young genin to the tower.

Immediately, Touka could feel the presence of another in the tower "Hey Runt be careful, someone is here" The mist shinobi looked through a hole in the wall and spotted the soul magician; one of their targets, he  pointed at the whole, trying to tell Runt that one of the criminals where inside. Touka unsheathed his sword and broke down the door, catching the soul magician, in his act of sorcery.

It looked like a fight was about to begin!

[Fire Shadow]

Being alerted to the presence of an enemy combatant steeled Runt's resolve, and allowed him to near instantly enter the battle-trance common to residents of Kirigakure. All of the emotion left the young man's face as he stared at the tower, focusing more than just his gaze on those who might be inside. He wasn't sure who the 'someone' inside actually was; it could have been any of the three they were looking for, or someone else entirely, but it seemed likely that whoever it was might be up to no good. After all, only ninja had any business sneaking about a water tower in a town as ruined as this one. They took up a flanking position, with Runt noticing how gracefully the other boy seemed to move out of the water in order to warn him of whoever was inside.

Once in the proper place, Runt reluctantly allowed himself to feel the input from his ancient blood ties, what shinobi called 'Kekkei Genkai'. He was soon after overwhelmed by a feeling of prickly pressure creeping across his skin; it was cold, but not freezing, oppressively heavy. The strange wiring of his brain allowed him to experience the emotions of others as physical feelings, and he recognized this feeling instantly. Bloodlust. The urge to kill. He looked back at the other boy, prepared to warn him, but had forgotten to deactivate his bloodlimit when he did so, and was shocked into silence instead. Ju's emotions felt to Runt like...nothing at all. He didn't feel anything. He almost had to check that his bloodlimit was working, so unusual was the absence of any feeling. It seemed his partner was one cool dude after all.

He had always refrained from having partners specifically because the feeling of their emotions could cause him pain if they were negative enough, and because shinobi from Kirigakure always seemed to have negative emotions. But that was not the case with Ju. He nodded patiently and looked back towards the person hiding in the tower. His hands rose suddenly, his fingers writing unknown letters into the air one after another. He seemed to inscribe a paragraph into space within the span of a few seconds, and he felt his chakra pull at his heart as several jutsu were performed without the need for seals. A red fog would then pull itself into being, compound, heavy and damp and invading every space of the tower. He heard whoever was inside exclaim in surprise, and felt the shift in his own physical responses as the man's emotions changed from bloodlust, to panic.

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Emotion To Touch Dimension
Somatic Jutsu
One Handed Jutsu
Crimson Mist Barrier
Unknown Technique Prep
Unknown Technique Prep

[Sabo]

Touka gripped onto the hilt of his sword, even though the weapon was sheathed, he was ready to attack at any moment. He turned over to Runt whom warned him of the mans killing intent, Touka had no choice, but to strike to kill as well. The mist invaded everywhere in the tower, the mist was dense and thick, he wasn't able to see anything. he hoped Runt had a plan, since he obscured his sight.

Touka knew that the soul magician was in this very room, but the mist obscured his sight. He could only rely on his senses to hold him together. He quietly unsheathed his sword, trying to make as little sound as possible, just to make sure it wouldn't put the magician on high alerts 'Hmm what could Runt possibly try to do here, I'm guessing he can sense the magicians movements, much better than I could' Touka thought holding his longsword with his two hands, it stood just a meter in front of his own nose.

[Fire Shadow]

The stranger's panic made him easy to track precisely, at least for Runt. The red mist spreading throughout the room in addition to hindering the magician's sight would also begin to grow thicker, more impeding, becoming a Solid Fog. It was directed away from Ju given Runt's ability to control and shape water, and once he was certain his target could not make an effective escape, the stifling red fog began to change once more.

It was gathered into the shape of small projectiles, shurikens, that at first were only a few in number. But as they whirled themselves into existence, clones of them were also formed from the same mist. Ju would find that his own visibility within the fog would be restored as the bulk of it was churned into additional shurikens. A few of the cloned projectiles would fly towards his target. While the person, whom Runt could now identify as male, attempted to shunt out of harm's way with his soul, the residual chakra-imbued fog of Runt''s jutsu would prevent the man from completing his technique.

He heard the man curse in response to the cloned shurikens flying towards him, watched him attempt to deflect the shurikens with a weapon he quick drew from his side. But each sword swing merely caused the shurikens to divide themselves into more, pulled from the mist, which also angled and flew towards the man, further intensifying his problems. In the exact moment that the man became confident the shurikens were only a nuisance that could cause him no harm, Runt sent the actual, solid shurikens towards him. They impacted the man from virtually all angles, digging themselves in deep and coating the inside of the tower in a shower of blood.  Runt pointed to his own wide-mouthed grin;  

"...my weapon is these words, you square/you pull a weapon, you'll get served, fool/I dare you/'me speak fluent murder weapon'/peace ain't a verb in there/its a curseword that means/'yeah, murder the speaker'/word to your greeting/soon as you move, i'll eat you...with these tooths/these two/and these two/and these too/"

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Solid Fog Jutsu
Mist Replication
Shuriken In The Mist Technique

[Sabo]

Touka's vision would be restored, and sooner than later the would magician would be dead. The young boy sheathed his sword and then approached the dead body, 'What a display of skill and tactics, he cloned the shurikens, he seems to be an experienced fighter' Touka thought looking at the soul magicians dead body. He saw nothing of value to him, so he would leave the room.

The two left the tower and Touka would spot the arsonist holding a lighter near a house he hadn't burned down "The Arsonist is right there" Touka unsheathed his blade and began to run, the arsonist had no idea that Touka was behind him, the young boy would stab his sword through the criminals back 'The only repentance for your sins is death' The young genin said before retracting his bloody blade and sheathing it.

Touka heard the sound of a woman's screams, he ran into the house that was soon to be burnt down by the arsonist. As he entered he saw the thief harassing a woman for money. The thief noticed the boy and rushed him with a short knife. Touka cut the mans arm off, before he could even strike, the mist shinobi would simply slice once more at his chest. He said nothing to the woman, he would simply leave the house and go back to Runt "The missions done, I've killed the rest, lets report back" 

Touka muttered.

-Mission Complete, Exit.