Guardian's Angel.|Private

[ryo]

Name: Waves Ho
Rank: C
IIC Length: 2 Days
Difficulty: Moderate, Squad required
Description: An Earth merchant has just struck a deal to deliver goods to the Land of Water Capital. Rather than pay the expensive insurance fee, he has chosen to hire Stone nins to escort the caravan. He does not expect any trouble, but he's heard stories of pirates on the high seas and wants the escort just in case. The merchant will be waiting in the Earth Capital.
Objective: Escort the merchant and his goods to the Land of Water Capital.
Reward: 1500 Ryo

<sub>The breeze rolled across the rocky surface of the plains; a normal day in the country, was it not. Skys were pretty clear. The air smelled fresh. The sun wasn't too harsh. Perfect travel conditions one would think. As the lower part of his robes danced in the wind, the golden-crowned Chuunin made his way across the rugged surface of his homeland.

"Yaaaaaaawn". The rather loud and probably unnessecary noise that the boy did as he yawned was sure to break the sound of natures orchestra; the birds singing their tunes. His right hand in its usual spot in the boys pocket, and his left hand wiping the crust from his eyes, the boy seemed rather dazed. Though in actuality, he was psyched.

It had been a long while since he'd done any sort of mission; especially one where he had some help. It was at this point that the boy would finally speak. "So Naira, is this your first mission?", he asked, turning his head to slide only a bit. he knew no whether the girl was behind him, or if she was even still with him; he hadn't spoken to her in about a half an hour.</sub>

[Nira]

"Hrmmmmmm Yap!" Naira said, seemingly having taken about a couple seconds to think out the answer. "Teh firrs biggy one a less." She continued, still following Yahiko as she talked. She didn't take too much notice on the weather, she just knew the breeze was blowing her hair back, and it was a nice feeling.

"Iv ben outsid teh villag a lut thou." Naira continued, still keeping behind Yahiko, matching his pace pretty cleanly.

[ryo]

_{"Oh really now?", the boy said, turning completly towards the young kunoichi now. Having made minor adjustments to his walking, the boy would continue talking; walking backwards. "Betcha never been across the ocean." he stated in a sarcastic, yet kind voice. It was odd; he'd gotten use to the girls talking so quickly. Now it didn't even bother him anymore. It was actually kind of nice; it lightened the mood a bit.}

[Nira]

"Nop, bit I wil son!" Naira said, in reply to Yahiko's comment. She still followed Yahiko as he walked backwards, in fact, she liked to be able to speak face to face with Yahiko, even though the walk was strange. She sort of stared silently giggling for a few seconds after that she the two walked through the plains. Quite suddenly, Naira would cry out "Ooooooo! Thers teh cappy!". It was her way of saying that they had arrived at the capital, and indeed, there it would be, the capital of the Earth Country.

It was... a faster walk than one would expect.

{Move to Earth Capital}

[hotaru]

Moved~

[ryo]

<sub>2 Hour Time Skip

"Bah, where the hell is the freegin caravan...", the boy spoke angrily. As his body shifted continuously between the passing civilians that flooded the streets of the Capital, his eyes would be gazing all about; trying to find the merchant and his caravan. Niether seemed to be around at the moment, and the quantity of people constantly bumping into him was becoming a tad irritating.

Oh-, the boy thought, realizing what exactly he had just said. He had nearly forgotten that he was in the presence of a minor, and thus his words should be chosen very carfully. "Naira, keep a look out for the merchant and his cargo, kay...", the boy spoke as he continued pacing forward.</sub>

[Nira]

"Ohke doke!" Naira would say in reply to Yahiko's comment. In reply, she would climb up a wall with a bit of chakra, and look onwards for a merchant and his things. She also kept her eye on Yahiko so that she wouldn't lose him. On the high ground, Naira managed to stop three targets, three merchants with some cargo. One of them may or may not be the merchant in question. Either way, Naira got some target lock ons, and now it was time to check if they were true and correct.

Now, if Naira had looked a little more carefully, the merchant on the far left was dressed to travel and had food plainly visible, thus that would be the target. Well, you can't exactly get much out of Naira.

"Yaah heee kooooooooo, I ce thri merchan frum up hear!" Naira would yell to Yahiko.

[ryo]

<sub>"Yaah heee kooooooooo, I ce thri merchan frum up hear!", the girls voice called out. Little hesitation held the boy back; he quickly turned around, only to find his little buddy gone. Alas, with an adjustment of the boys head, he found his friend. She was holding her position utop a building. The girl apparently had good eyes for such young age. "Really!?", the boy called out, a bit amazed that she'd posibly found the fellow they were in search of.

A burst of chakra aimed at the ground brought the Chuunin to the peak of a building as well, though this one was across the street from Nairas building. No sooner after landing atop the tiled roof of the structure, Golden hues scanned the ground; looking for the merchants obviously. "..........Oh!", the boy claimed as he caught a glimpse of one of the Mercahnts and his cargo. "Umm, alright. Imma check this one over here!", the boy said, extending a hand and pointig to the one he was speaking of. "You check out one of the other two, and if you find the one we're looking for, then yell up!", the boy added, raising his voice so that she could hear form here position.

With that said, the boy leaped forward, making his exit from one building and his entrance to anothers roof. Though this roof wasn't flat; it was more of a triangular shape. Thus, upon contact with said roof, the boy slid down, rather fast have you, towards the edge. Regardless, his composure remained calm; he wasn't afraid. It took mere seconds for him to exit from the roofs edge. From there, he'd descend to the ground below; landing right infront of the merchant.

Thump!

The boys momentum made him crouch when he landed on the ground, but once he stood up, he got a good look at the merchant. He was middle-aged, kind of short, had grayish-brown hair, and was wearing over-alls. "o-oh!", the man stated, apparently just now realizing that Yahiko was there. Allowing his body to become erect, the boy spoke.

"Hey. You're a merchant right?", the boy asked. It'd be pointless to continue if he wasn't one. "Yes, Yes I am.", the man replied. "My name Yahiko Nade, and i've been ordered to escort your cargo to the land of Waves", Yahiko continued. The mans eyes shrunk a bit, giving a look of confusion to the Iwagakur ninja. "That's nice and all, but i'm not going to the land of Waves. This cargo is being delivered to the Thunder country."

"Oh.", the boy said. Apparently this guy wasn't the one then. "erm, sorry for wasting your time", he added before rushing into the crowds. He'd move on to the next one now. 'I wonder if Naira's foun him yet...'</sub>

[Nira]

"Okai Yaheeko!" Naira would reply, as Yahiko left the wall, Naira would perform hand signs, concentrating chakra towards her shoulder area. She saw the one the Yahiko aimed for, so she went for next closest one. In a leap, Naira would jump off the building, and as she jumped, Falcon wings would grow from her shoulder blade area, eventually gliding Naira would. Being a ninja, there was no big reason Naira did this, but it was fun to feel the air rush past her head and fly with her wings. Quickly, she would decent to the merchant below.

"Hailo Meeeerrchannt, I ish hear to heap joo tak joor stuffies to teh Wave Country!" Naira would cry out, alarming the Merchant.

"What you? Your only... I mean, aren't you too young to play the ninja game?"

However, Naira wasn't paying attention, when she found out it was the actual merchant, she would just yell out again.

"Yahiiiikooo! I foun hin!!!!"

[ryo]

"Yahiiiikooo! I foun hin!!!!"

Eyes widened almost instantly as the boy was stopped in his tracks by the sound of his teammate. It was a wonder that he'd been able to hear her over the bustling noises that the capital city was presenting. Regardless, her voice rang out from somewhere to the Chuunins left. "Nice, Naira", the boy said to himself, grinning. No sooner did he change his course; now he headed to the left.

It took about a minute to get across the street. 'Damned toursts...', he boy though, pushing through the last few people in his way. Upon making his exit from the wave of people that littered the street, he immediatley spotted his young companion, as well as an older looking fellow. 'He must be the guy.', the Chuunin thought, heading for them.

"You must be the merchant. I'm Yahiko Nade, and I see you've already met my teammate Naira Trion Hwoubieng. We'll be escorting you from here to the land of Waves, as you probably already know.", the boy said, placing his hand on his teammates head, paying little attention to her wings.

He'd seen weirder things.

[Nira]

"Hai Yahheekoooo!" Naira would say, as her team leader dropped in and placed his hand on her head. "Mista Merchat looks funny." She would comment, apparently in a very random way.

The Merchant would just raise his eyebrows at the comment, but brushed it off his mind and looked to Yahiko.

"Right, yes, thank you for responding on such short notice, we should move along quickly, time is money, as some would say." The Merchant would say, directing to the older and probably more experienced Ninja.

"Yaay! Roooaaaaddd Twip!" Naira would randomly comment again, giggling and hopping up and down, once again causing the merchant to raise his eyebrow.

[ryo]

'Time is money, eh...', the boy though, merely watching as the fellow scurried to the head of the caravan. 'Naira's right; this guy is a bit wierd', he added, a smirk appearing on his face. Slowly the caravan began to move; the rumbling sounds that it made kind of muffled the sounds of the capitals crowds. As a cloud of dust slowly began to materialize, Yahiko began walking forward.

"C'mon Naira. The quicker we can get this thing to the Land of Waves, the quicker we can get some Mulaaaaah!", the boy said smiling as he jogged to the caravans side.

[Nira]

"Yaaay! Mula!" Naira would say, following along with Yahiko as they went along with the Caravans. Her wings were folded along her back since she didn't need them, and she skipped happily along with everyone. "Misan misan goin du a miiiiisssaannn!" She would sing as she skipped along. She didn't know what 'Mula' was, but she was a follower, and she was following Yahiko along.

[ryo]

<sub>It didn't take too long for the caravan to reach a steady and quick speed of travel; the boy had to keep his jogging pace just to keep up with the thing. Has a steady beat of footfall carried the boy though the exiting streets of the capital, he'd begin to wonder how his sister was doing. Why? He didn't know.

The Chuunin really didn't tell her about this mission, even though it he was having to leave the village. He did hope that she wasn't worried about him; though when they met downtown, she didn't seem like she missed him all that much. Eyes narrowing a bit now, he'd continue his pace of running, swiftly heading in the direction of the capitals exit.</sub>

Move to Earth Country

[hotaru]

moved

[Nira]

"Wii ar folloin teh caravin far an far awai, followin teh caravin far an far todai!" Naira would sing, still distracting herself with her singing as she followed along the merchants. Her wings would still be out, and they would shine as the light hit them. This was a fairly easy mission, Naira was just following her team leader with a bunch of weird merchant folk to a country she doubt was noticed much. "Ooooh! The grass is getting taller!" Naira would say, noticing how the grass along the road seemed to get taller and taller as they went.

It was quite an obvious sign that they were slowly entering the area of the Grass Country, eventually the grass might be tall enough to engulf Naira completely, go figure.

{Move to Grass}

[Zetsumei]

Moved

[ryo]

<sub>The rolling plains and beautiful valleys that the Grass country presented was stunning; the Chuunin hadn't been here on his travels, so it was all new to him. The horses that were pulling the caravan had slowed up quite a bit. No longer did the boy need to jog in order to a void being left behind by the merchant and his cargo.

A walking pace was all he needed at the moment, which is why he had the time to embrace the scenery. The tall grass shrouding everything from his waste down, the boy would wonder how Naira was holding up. Hopefully she could see, despite her size. Nonetheless, he refrained from slowing up. Rather, he merely spoke to her.

"Naira, how ya holdin' up?", he asked</sub>

[Nira]

"Guh... tu muc gwas heir, Im goin ta tu skii." Naira would reply, oddly muffled by grass. Her wings would suddenly spread out, and she would take off into the sky, once she was at a comfortable height, she would just glide in circles while keeping within earshot and with a clean sight of the merchant plus her teammate. "Fliin ish sho fun and beta than bein in gwass." Naira would say as she circled about. "Hai Yah hee kooo, ther ar sooooooo many pwetty mounts aroun hear!" She would soon say, noticing a small line of mountains to the east of her. They weren't going in that direction, so they were no problem, just a nice scenery.

[ryo]

<sub>"Yeah. I know right?", the boy would say, completely oblivious to the fact that the girl was no longer on earth. Nonetheless, the tall and dense grass would slowly begin to diminish; as if the land was stricken with plague. More trees would begin to sprout up. The valleys and hills that added curvature to the land would be smoothed out over a few hours of walking. A forest floor is what took its place, and allowed the caravan to pick up speed once again.

Now at a jogging pace, the land of waves was becoming closer and closer. It was only a matter of time.</sub>

Move to Fire.