Mission: Rebuilding The Orphanage

[kazumaru]

kininata said:

--- Helping to rebuild the orphanage --- (Single)
Rank: D Rank
Requested Numbers: 1 Team
Briefing:
My predecessor, Corrin Maeda, was fond of the orphanage. It was destroyed during the attack, and now that things are settling down, it's time to get the Village back on track. As such, I wish for the orphanage to be rebuilt for all the new orphans made during the travesty.
rewards: 250 Ryo Each
Currently Assigned: None

Kazumaru yawned. it was early, and and still dark outside, yet his alarm clock was ringing defiantly, mocking his need for sleep.

"its too early..." said Kazumaru "who set the ala-" he instantly remembered that it was he who set his alarm clock for 4:30 AM, because just yesterday, he had received a mission. He was told to take ananta shesha, as a two man team to rebuild the orphanage. "damn... what kind of a mission is getting up at 4:30 to build an orphanage... oh well... i guess someone has to do it. ananta will be happy to see me..."

Kazumaru got up and took a shower and soon after, got dressed. he put on a wind breaker, and pants. simple, and casual. going through his morning rituals, he always thought. thought about things. things like what would happen in the day to come. maybe even what would happen the second he got out of the bathroom. he thought because he had to. because something was always pulling at the edge of his mind, and it made him think.

finishing with his teeth now, Kazumaru took his ninja tools, and all the objects he needed, and walked outside... into the pouring rain. he felt no need to run. he would be outside all day, working on the orphanage... why not get wet now?

walking through the village, Kazumaru made his way to the house of his childhood friend, Ananta Shesha. Strange as Ananta could be sometimes, he had grown fond of him.

The farmiliar house of his companion came into veiw, and kazumaru made his way to the door to welcome his friend to Team Ue-bu.

.

[Ananta]

Ananta sat on his bed cross legged, as he had the long night, it was a sleepless night for him, one of many, not that he detested sleep or had any irrational reason to avoid it, he just found it at some point sin time to just fall into unconsciousness. It held no bearing on him regardless the reasons.
He stared out his window, the rain had been continuously pouring and hadn't let up at all in all the hours he had been awake for and the pitter patter of rain drops had added into the combined music of the early mourning that had fueled his increasing will to defeat his current adversary of weariness.
Drifting in and out of poetic muse was what he did, he would either analyze something to the single stupidest detail or fancily and transform the world around him to allot a moment of faux peace or happiness.
Not that he lived a wretched life, he corrected himself, he had Kazumaru, and he had the potential strength he would gain to protect him, in fact, things could not be better, he began to shiver with anticipation, he had been paired into a temporary two man team with Kazumaru for the upcoming mission.
Soft new pit pats joined with the rain, they were muffled and drawn out, footsteps.
His eyes popped wide open as he flung his head to the side to check the time.
His mission was at hand, he began to salivate, Kazumaru was within hearing distance, and soon enough, he giggled, would be insight, he could see him.
He hadn't changed from the previous nights clothes, he didn't plan too, they felt right for today, maybe they would become lucky garments.
And before the clock had reached passed the thirty second mark of the new minute he was standing unconditionally at his front door, like a dog awaiting it's master.

[kazumaru]

Kazumaru approached the door of his companion, and began to knock.

once...

twice...

he didnt get to knock a third time, because Ananta seemed to already be waiting at the door for him. it startled Kazumaru a bit, but at least he knew he would always have a team mate he could count on, and who would be there. He was in no hurry to get to the orphanage though, but a mission was a mission.

with his hair plastered to his forehead, and his clothes sticking to his skin from the downpour, Kazumaru flashed a smile at Ananta. "welcome to team Ue-Bu Ananta. we have our first mission" he said, trying to sound enthusiastic.

"so lets head to the orphanage right away, and get this work done, alright?"

He started to turn around, hoping Ananta would follow him outside.

[Ananta]

Ananta followed closely as Kazumaru moved away from his house, however his steps slowed as he came out into the open rain, e detested getting wet, not that he had a problem with water itself, but the state change was uncomfortable for him, not to mention that he had only recently recovered from a battle with small pond not too long ago in training to learn a new Jutsu
However he was spurred into locomotion once again with the recognition that he had been paired alone with Kazumaru, no third party to complicate anything, they were as perfect gears with one another, training and jobs moved as clockwork when they were teamed together, this would move quickly.
"Ue-Bu, huh, does this make us a wave then, to remove and replace"?
He chuckled toward himself but silenced his amusement before it erupted into real laughter.
"How far is the site"?
He asked before Kazumaru could answer his first and most likely rhetoricle question, never loosing pace with his team leader.

[kazumaru]

"Right up the road actually..." Kazumaru replied, in a bland tone "we're going to help with rebuilding the orphanage. nothing special, but a mission's a mission."

A little further up the road, Kazumaru could see the site of the orphanage. on one side, a wall was blown out, the debris had obviously been cleared from that area by workers on site. the other side, most of the roof was still in tact, but a large hole in the roofing was visable... and it was a rather large hole...

approaching the orphanage, a man in a hard hat walked up to the two shinobi, obviously there to give them direction.

"hello!" the man said in a cheery mood, tipping his hat to the shinobi. "you two must be the help the amekage sent to assist in rebuilding the orphanage!"

"help..." kazumaru thought. that word was unnapealing... it made him feel like some common worker rather than a ninja...

"yes, we're the ninja that the amekage sent... what would you have us do?"

the man pulled out a list of items, and ran through it.

"we need help repairing the crane... we need it to fill in that wall over there. also, the roofing needs to be redone. it should be easy for a ninja to get up there." said the man


"alright... i'll take the crane..." kazumaru said "lets get to work."

[Ananta]

He watched as Kazumaru, went off to work on the broken crane, and his demeanor did nothing to hide his disappointment, Ananta had not the technical brilliance to work on many of the more advanced machines, mechanical or otherwise.
"I suppose then, I'll be helping with the roof".
He said rather matter-of-factly as he almost stomped off toward what he assumed was a flooding building.

His hands and knees slid deftly up the side of a tree, as if in a crawling motion, aiming to find a perch to launch himself from, which would not be hard to find, he realized as he found a limb high enough for him to almost walk from the tree to the failing roof.

Ananta, looked out at the damage, it wasn't too extensive, most of the original support remained, and a good relaying of the outer protecting tiles and planks would probably be all that was necessary, but there was still structural damage, and it could collapse much later on just from sheer stress, and thats as far as he could get out of what the saw, if there was some major flaw in the roof, or much less to worry about then he could figure, he couldn't even contemplate with his little knowledge on architecture.

[kininata]

[Ok folks, give me one more post each that will go to finishing off the basic repairs for the orphanage - say... three-four paragraphs each.]

[kazumaru]

[alright here i go. hah, its gunna be interesting having 4 people on our team, haha.]

The crane itself, was taller than the orphanage it was being used to fix. A large yellow box with a metal shaft acsending from it, with a hook at the end, which could be fastened to things such as a wrecking ball, or a claw-like appendage. Kazumaru had seen cranes before, but not this close, and he was about to work on one. he hoped the damage was basic. above that, he just hoped it didnt take any annoying amount of time. He wanted to relax, and ponder things. However, even though he doesnt like to do work, people often confuse Kazumaru's laziness with carelessness. when he does a job, he ALWAYS gets it done as best he can, sparing no effort. there was no question that behind his lazy demeanor, Kazumaru deserved his new position on his team as team leader.

In Kazumaru's run in with the contractor of the work site, he was not told what the problem with the crane was. The truth was, none of the workers were sure. he would have to find it on his own. "alright boys... come on out...Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu!" Kazumaru said, and made the correct hand signs.

kazumaru said:

Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu (Water Clone)
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect:
Special: Handseals
Drawback:
Description: Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique that utilizes water to create a Bunshin clone. Unlike a normal Bunshin, the Mizu Bunshin has the ability to interact more with the environment due to it having physical substance. This allows the clone to carry out limited attacks on its target. The range of the clone is limited; however, it can not travel very far from the original body. If the Mizu Bunshin is injured, the clone will usually revert back into its natural water state. When first learned the user is capable of having or capable of creating up to Five Clones. Each time learned the user learns this technique the number of Clones is capable of increasing by one. The maximum amount of clones is Ten for the Difficulty Class of D Rank. For each Difficulty Rank Increase the number increases by five of maximum but learning is still one per learned.
Limit: Water Release

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puddles of water around the site, began to take humanoid shapes; exact copies of Kazumaru. The 5 water clones created were now standing around Kazumaru, awaiting orders, but unlike soldiers, or some one who would follow orders, the clones had the same attitude as Kazumaru. at the moment, they were dull, bored, and lazy. the only bad side effect of clone jutsus... "alright boys, lets get to work here. and no slacking, no matter how bored you are." He couldnt emphasize that point enough. "see that crane over there? the workers are getting some trouble from it... and have no idea what the problem is. i'm counting on you guys to find the problem. got it?" "yeah, whatever" one of them replied, as they started to search the crane.

in nearly 20 minutes, all the clones had something to say. 2 of them strongly beleived the spark plug was the problem. another 2 thought that the wiring was messed up, while the last one thought the treads could use some work. "alright... thanks guys." Kazumaru said "time for me to get to work" He would start with the spark plug. he was sure there should be some in the work shed he could replace the old one with. Searching around in numerous boxes, and various shelves. There was a box of 7 spark plugs. "jackpot" he said. it took a while, but after going through 3 dead spark plugs, he found one that actually worked. things seemed on track.

The wires in the crane were in working order, but the treads seemed like they could use some work. he figured he would let the crane workers, and the contractor know about this little inconvenience, but for now, he decided to go see how ananta's work was doing.

[Ananta]

Ananta, had begun working on the roof, mostly re-shingling it, however as time dragged on, and that particular job began to grow tiresome and tedious, Ananta brought it upon himself to gather a small team of workers to repalce sections of beaming and lay down planking.
The minutes dragged on and on, and every chance he got Ananta stole a glance over at kazumaru, as he tinkered about with the broke crane, he and his five water clones , it was one of the few traits of his friends that Ananta had passionately been jealous of, his technical savvy. Ananta couldn't operate much of anything larger and more complicated than a clock no matter how intelligent he fancied himself, nor what plans he entertained in his head, he knew his weakness and knew it was deep rooted. He was a luddite, and he embraced it, technology was the assassin of culture, and it murdered ingenuity, what ever he got out of using his bare hands, was all he ever would need.
Ananta laid down shingle after shingle, tile after tile and plank after plan, hammering and nailing down throwing on smudges of paste and fixative to hold everything together, hopefully there weren't any air pockets within the mixture, or it would be bust.
As work dragged on and on, and kazumaru finished up his part of the work, Ananta putting the finishing touches on his roof, picked p on the approaching footsteps his friends shoes gave off, They were almost as a fingerprint, or rather his walk was, the way he carried himself and the weight he put on his feet had conditioned Ananta to learn to pick up his friends oncoming, He looked over to see that indeed his friend was walking over.

[kininata]

{Mission Complete.}

[Narration:
With the crane now operational, and the roof now well on its way towards completion, the supervisor comes waves for you both to approach him. Once you do, he hands out a scroll for one of you to take, as well as two pouches contained Ryo in each.]

'Well, you did a fine job with the help. Soon we can start getting the kids back in here and start working on the Amekage's tower again. Thanks for the helping hand!'

[Completing this mission has reduced the requirements to rebuild the Amekage's Tower. Payment has been given.]