Cats O' Plenty [M]

[Kusa's Vine]

*~Here Kitty Kitty~*
Rank: D
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 2
Description: The token crazy cat lady of kusagakure believes that a few of her cats have been kidnapped! She has sent a bulletin to the ninja of the village to help bring her pets back and deliver swift justice on the perpetrator. However, inclosed in the envelope was a note from the woman’s house keeper. I’ve checked, counted and re-counted. All of the cats are here. If you just bring 5 cats from the streets and tell a tale of your heroic triumph over the bandits, you will be paid!
How to complete: Wrangle up 5 feral cats from the streets and deliver them to the womans home. Then tell a convincing story of how you “rescued” her babies. This should take 3 posts
Pay: 700

Issac returned to Kusa the following day after his little run in at the cave. His arm was still wrapped and he was still sore but his mission for the day wasn’t one of to much difficulty. It was actually a little embarrassing that a shinobi would have to complete this task. Collecting a few felines and making up some tall tale about how they were stolen by some degenerates. Issac sighed heavily as he reached the center of town. He looked left then right not exactly sure how to go about catching one cat let alone five. He picked a road and began his search. On the first road he passed Mr. Fuujis shop and as he heard his stomach speak to him. He just realized that he had skipped on breakfast this morning the medication he received the previous day made him sleep in and he was off to make it to the village before it got to late in the day. Now that he was here and he wasn’t quite sure how he was going to catch these cats he decided that he would grab some food. Unfortunately there was only one seat open in the very center of the counter. Issac took a seat pulling his cloak back slightly so his face wasn’t entirely covered. A young lady came up to Issac as he looked up he was greeted with a pretty young girl, this must have been Fuujis daughter. Issac placed his order, some simple rice cakes and sushi rolls.

He sat patiently waiting for his food. When it arrived he accidentally reached out with his hand extending his vines to grab some chopsticks that were just out of reach. He kicked himself as soon as he did it he wasn’t in disguise and many could see him, Mr. Fuuji was one of them they locked eyes for a moment then they both went back to what they were doing. Issac knew his previous cover had been blown. When he finished his food he paid the bill throwing the young one something extra, as he walked around the building to get onto the next road Fuuji came out the back asking him to stop. Issac was close to taking off but it was to late he was already busted. Turning slowly he was greeted with a grinning Fuuji, “I know why you did it I know the story of your clan, but I ask why now do you show yourself?” “Being approached by ANBU in the middle of the night will change ones decisions” The man nodded his head and looked Issac over a for a moment. “Regardless of your intentions I was glad to have you help me out here the other day.” Issac bowed slightly, “The pleasure was all mine, if you’ll excuse me I have some cats to round up.” Issac said with boredom in his voice. Fuuji perked up a bit. “If your looking for cats, I’ve got a few fish from this morning. They haven’t turned they should be good for a few hours. Would you like them I can wrap them up for you.” A smile crept across his face. That would be perfect he would be able to set up a few traps with some fish and round up those cats in no time. Issac accepted the fish and walked in through the back door with Fuuji to get the fish. He left laden down with several pounds of fish. He knew exactly how he was going to do this now he would just have to go set up.

[Kusa's Vine]

It was about an hour and a half later when Issac had finally had all the fish set up in different places scattered throughout the village. He set himself in the center of the small traps as he sat against tree one hand on the ground the vines protruding out of his fingertips and the palm of his hand would be stretched out through the village. He had a long range with his vines and used his sensitivity to track the movements of anything near the fish he had set up. He had eight sets of fish just in case a few weren’t found or one of the cats managed to get away from him. Issac bowed his head and closed his eyes trying to find a way to better concentrate on the surroundings of each of the traps. The farthest one he had set up was about eighty meters away from his current position. He tried to keep most of his focus on this one as he could freely feel most of the other ones. The sound of the village on the other side of the tree wasn’t as big of a distraction as he though it was going to be. He wasn’t used to the hustle and bustle of so many people living all the way out in the fields but his concentration was solid right now. A girl or possibly a young boy at thirty meters feet padding away following a ball as it bounced about, possibly a couple at forty-five their foot steps were in sync and they were very close together. He finally thought he caught his first break and it was close too about twenty two meters away. As the small body approached his vine Issac was ready to spring the vine from the ground. The vine was buried only a fraction of an inch bellow the surface so he wouldn’t tear to much up when he would retract it to his position.

As the animal crouched and began to nibble on the fish Issac took his chance springing from behind it he wrapped its middle trying not to injure it tying its legs quickly as his vine came up out of the ground he lifted his head as he pulled the cat from around the corner. He made sure to keep it off of the ground he didn’t want to hurt it. When it finally got close enough he set it on the ground keeping the vine around it almost like a collar. He smiled at the cat reaching into the bag sitting near him and produced some fish, the cat was cautious at first but hunger trumps most things. The cat began to eat he was distracted slightly by the cat but his focus snapped quickly back to his vines as he felt something else. Were cats really that rampant in the village? It must have been the smell of the fish, he would have to really thank Mr. Fuuji later on. The second one was another cat this one a rather hefty one, he had to reach out another vine to grab the cat so he didn’t have to drag it by its belly. He wasn’t sitting there for long when he had four felines munching away merrily on a feast of fish before him. He almost had the fifth one quickly but it turned out to be a rather vicious raccoon that manages to eat through his vine. Issac found it rather amusing. It took about another half hour for him to round up the last one. He had five cats with really no way of transporting them. Luckily one of his vines was run over by what felt like a small wagon not to far away. He turned to see a young girl with a wagon and a ball. It was most likely the same person as before. As the young one saw the cats she dropped the handle and ran over to Issac dropping down as she began to bet the cats that didn’t shy away. She started bombarding him with questions, how did you catch them, why were they on leashes, why did they all smell like fish, could she have one? Issac had agreed that she could in fact have one as long as he could borrow her wagon to transport them. He figured the women wouldn’t notice losing a cat that wasn’t hers in the first place as she would have four others to tend to. Issac and the girl loaded the cats into the wagon and set off as Issac looked to his parchment for where the lady lived.

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As Issac arrived the house keeper stood outside paddling a rug trying to get the last remnants of dust from it. At his arrival she shook her head as she pursed her lips. “I’ll tell you this women is going to be overtaken by these small beasts, I take it your from the kage? I was honestly hopping no one would come and she would come to her senses. I hope you don’t expect to leave all these animals here. Heaven knows we don’t need one more let alone five.” Issac shook his head looking down at the girl holding the wagon as she petted one of the cats. “No not at all these cats belong to this young girl I’m just borrowing them” With that her eyes light up as she realized he was going to get to keep all of the cats. With a little work they managed to get all the cats into the house and present them to the crazy lady the housekeeping insisting that they not be let loose as she didn’t want them to be left in the house. The lady demanded that she be told where the bandits where and had they been subdued and how had they acquired her precious cats of which she looked at as if she didn’t remember them, because she didn’t. Issac began to tell her the tale of the bandits. He told her they called themselves the “true cat burglars” and that they were after only the finest breed of cat. That’s what led them to her, each and everyone of her cats were truly rare and priceless. Every now and then she would shriek or agree on how special her cats were. He led on to tell her how the cats were guarded with topnotch security and it took everything he had to get past the guards, finally the cats were retrieved and he made a daring escape from the cat burglars camp. He told her that she would no longer have anything to worry about he took care of the bandits and they wouldn’t be coming back.

She seemed to believe the story and although the weak performance he had put on Issac was surprised he guessed that since she had her cats back that’s all she cared about he could have told her anything as long as she had them safe and back at home. Issac tried to get out of there as quick as possible when they left the house keeper lead them to the room with all the cats to make it seem like they were putting them where they belonged. She quietly and quickly shooed them out of the house, Issac smiled as the girl walked away a wagon full of cats in tow. He would be headed for the kages office to turn in another mission.