Everlasting Greenery- Mission for Kusa

[|Ayame Unbound|]

[Everlasting Greenery]
Rank: D
Danger: Very Low
Minimum Shinobi required: 1
Maximum Shinobi (Recommended): 1
Description of Mission: After the wonderful job a previous shinobi did with the agricultural committee for Kusagakure, shinobi will be constantly sent over there to ensure the beautiful nature that makes Kusa wonderful stays healthy.
How to Complete: Plant trees, water the flora, and do whatever it takes to keep Kusa green!
Pay rate for Mission: 500

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Ayame left the Kusakage’s office with a grin. She clutched the envelope tightly in her hand. This was a Hanako’s dream mission, and she had been lucky enough to get it! As she walked down the stone path she took in her surroundings. There was grass everywhere with a scattering of flowers. And everything looked like it could use a good watering.

Instead of opting to use a water skill to give the plants nourishment she went about it the old fashioned way. She took hoses and sprinklers and set them up in Kusa’s incredibly tall grass.

With the sprinklers set up and running she checked the time so she would know when to shut them off. Over watering a plant was just as dangerous as not watering it at all.

Her hands flew through seals and she slapped her palm down against the ground. She repeated this five times until she had a small pile of seeds at her disposal. She separated the seeds into piles. She had summoned roses, iris, sunflowers, and other flowers she knew would not be dwarfed by the tall grass of Kusa.

Along the road she planted her seeds, using genesis technique to give them a head start. Once the flowers began to bud she withdrew her hand and moved onto the next plant. She knew with proper care the residents of Kusa would be seeing all her plants flower within the next week.

Next Ayame decided to tackle the main part of the city where everything was stone and hard on the eyes. Her first stop was the Academy. She greeted the teachers happily before explaining herself.

”You see I’m on a mission for the Kusakage. I’m helping out keeping Kusa green and cheerful so I wanted to know if I could do some planting around the front of the academy.”

The teachers exchanged glances and agreed quickly. They asked if they could help in any way but Ayame refused.

”If any of the students want to help though I wouldn’t mind letting them.” She said with a grin.

Ten students ended up volunteering to help her, the majority of them were girls though that wasn’t a huge surprise.

With the students help she planted long rows of seeds. She decided on lilies and irises for the front of the building. They were all beautiful flowers. She had considered roses but the thorns seemed too dangerous for the children.

”Okay stand back everyone!” Ayame said as they planted the last seeds. The children hurried back from their newly made flower garden as Ayame began performing hand seals.

She stuck her hands into the freshly dug dirt and let her chakra flow through the flower bed. She heard the children gasp and clap as stems began too shoot up from the surface.

Ayame could feel the heat rising to her face. This was difficult. She was trying to grow what seemed like a million plants at once and she had to give each different plant different levels of chakra.

Once she grew the plants to the point of budding she withdrew her hands and clapped them together to remove the excess dirt. She ran the back of her arm over her forehead, knowing if she tried with her hand she’d just end up with a huge dirt streak covering her face.

”Alright everyone. I made these plants grow up most of the way but if you really, really want to see the flowers they are going to need to be watered.” Ayame explained as she stood up.

One eager student rushed to the hose causing Ayame to laugh. “No, no! Not yet silly.” She corrected the boy. “One person is going to need to water them every other day. I bet if you ask nicely your sensei will make a schedule so everyone gets to water them.” Ayame said with a wink.

The kids understood the idea and rushed to their sensei quickly. Ayame laughed quietly and shook her head.

”You have progressed nicely Ayame-chan.”

Ayame turned around. “Thank you Sora-sensei.” Ayame said as she bowed to her former academy teacher.

”Here, I wrote a letter for you to take to the Kusakage. Hopefully I will see you again soon.”

Ayame thanked her teacher profusely and headed to her next destination. She wasn’t ready to return to the Kage yet. Not when she had just begun her mission. By the time she was done Kusa would be engulfed in plants.

Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Mi (Summoning Technique: Seeds)
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Summons ten seeds.
Special: Dog, Boar, Monkey, Bear, Sheep
Drawback: The things summoned are only seeds, not full-grown plants.
Description: Can summon the following seeds:

Tree (varieties include elm, oak, apple, cherry, birch, cedar, camellia, cypress, fir, lilac, magnolia, maple, plum, spruce, sycamore, willow)

Vine (regular, thick, thorn)

Flower (roses, daisies, lilacs, and sunflowers are the most common flowers created- there are plenty more that can be dependant on the situation, but it would take forever to list them all)

Ninpou: Souseiki no Jutsu (Genesis)
Rank: C or B, depending.
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Causes seeds to grow.
Special: Ram, Rat, Tiger, Snake, Dog, Ram
Drawback: Can only effect one seed at a time.
Description: A blue light envelops a seed and the user forces it to grow at a rapid pace.
Flowers are C rank growth; they grow within seconds and require little chakra in order to grow. Can grow inside the hand, but will die within thirty minutes if not placed into the ground.
Vines are C rank growth; they grow about 10m/second. One seed is capable of growing 100m worth of vines. Must grow inside the ground.

Trees are B rank growth; they grow within minutes, generally within one turn, but is dependant on the size you want the tree to be. Depending on how far you spur the growth process, it can require little chakra (to the growth of a sapling) or a large amount of chakra (growing into a fully-grown adult tree). If you grow it into an adult tree, it can produce fruit, etc., that are common with the type of tree you grow. Must grow inside of the ground.
Limit: Must have the Wood Release

[|Ayame Unbound|]

Ayame left the Academy with the letter from her former sensei. However she was not ready to turn in it. She made her way to the center of town and took out her bag of seeds.

After a quick chat with the business owner she began planting in his dirt filled window boxes. Since the man ran a hardware store she decided on a flower called ‘Poor Man’s Weather Glass’. With the seeds planted she grew them up to semi-adulthood.

With the flowers grown she went inside to explain the plants to the owner. With some prodding she drew him out to the window box. “These are very special plants. They should help you predict business, or at least rain.” Ayame said with a smile.

“And how do they do that Missy?” The owner demanded.

“Well, these plants close up during cloudy weather, especially when it’s about to rain. On Sunny days they open up wide. And I’m sure you do better business on sunny day’s right?” Ayame asked.

”You’ve got that right.” The man said gruffly. “Well thank you girly. I wrote a little something down for you take sayin’ you did stuff for me for the mission and what not.”

”Thank you sir. If you never need anything feel free to call me.” Ayame said with a bow. She took the letter and made her way to the next business. Next she came upon a gift shop. They sold usual things like books and card, chocolates and flowers.

Much to her surprise the flowers were a sad excuse for living.

”Hi may I help you?” The woman behind the counter said in a falsely cheerful voice.

”Actually I was wondering if I could help you.” Ayame said as she approached the counter. “The Kage sent me on a mission to help keep Kusa green so I was wondering if I could so something for your flowers.”

The woman’s eyes narrowed suspiciously. “What?” She demanded.

Ayame showed her the letter from the Kage and the woman agreed reluctantly. Ayame grabbed a watering can from the back and gave all the flowers a drink. She fed the plants and gave them a small spark of chakra. It wasn’t quite the genesis technique but it was something to keep them healthy.

”That’s all Miss, thank you for allowing me to help.” Ayame said politely as she bowed out of the shop.

Once outside Ayame took a good look around Kusa. Tall grass sprouted everywhere there was dirt. Trees grew tall and strong in the rich soil and the flowers were happy and in bloom. Kusa was turning out to look quite beautiful in Ayame’s opinion.

Making sure she had her letters for the Kusakage she headed back to the office, proud of her full days work.

[|Ayame Unbound|]

(Exit Stage Left~)