Going Batty! (Mission)

[Masato]

Name: Going Batty.
Rank: D
IIC Length: 2 Nights.
Difficulty: Easy
Description: All over the village, there has been a recent uprising in bat sightings during sleeping hours. The shinobi must use any skill they have to get rid of as many bats as they can, any way possible (that doesn't damage property). If the shinobi wishes to take a bat in as their own pet, they have the right to do so.
Objective: Knock out some of these bats.
Reward: 1,000 Ryo

Mission Participants: Masato and Seiji Futakongo

[Masato]

Oh how easy it would be for the twins to complete this mission. Careful rhythmic patterns of their feet across the cobblestone pathways would carry them about the area. Walking in the center of the main trade district of the village, the twins would glance around at the surounding people, approaching them separately to gether information. As it was still light out, with many hours before the approaching darkness, they had all the time they could have possibly needed to set their trap.

The Futakongo, walking forth, would first eye a specific shopkeep amongst the crowd. His arms bore several scratches, although small, and they, too, littered his face. However, even through this disturbance, his shining attitude drew the twins ever closer, curious to see what they could learn from this man. With a bright smile would Masato be the first to speak, his tone reassuring and calm.

"Hello, sir, might I ask where you have obtained those wounds?"

The smile upon the man would temporarily fade as he was questioned, but he would soon liven up once more, eyeing the headbands that the two wore. Obviously sent from the village to help out with the problem, the vendor, who happen to sell fruits, woud begin his explanation of the attacks. Lately, a swarm of bats had been approaching the village late at night, swooping in from all directions to eat what they could find. One thing they enjoyed in particular were his fruits.

Generally, they approached from the North, or at least that is where the greatest numbers came from. Otherwise, they would move in from the West and East sides, and the South being the fewest swelling bats. Yet, holding no more information, he would direct the twins t another district, not too far from the current however. With a thankful nod, the twins would set off in the appointed direction. Within a matter of minutes, they cam upon a large abandoned dwelling, the floors apparently littered with bat droppings.

Of course, as they asked around, the twins would find that there were apparently three of these exact houses scattered around the village. All relatively close to the Trade District, it was told that the bats returned to these places after their harvest. They remained to feast until sunrise, at which point they set off in their flocks back to the forest. All the required information was now at hand for the Futakongo, and they would smirk as they returned to the Trade District.

[Masato]

The noon sun hovering lazily overhead, the warming rays would beat down upon the twins as they split from the Trade District. Each bearing directions to the houses that the bats returned to, they would set off to begin their mission. With only hours before sunset at this point, the twins would each reach their first destination. Masato, standing at an abandonded warehoue, beaten down and covered in bat droppings and discarded food; Seiji, standing before an old clock tower, covered with much the same.

Seiji now, raising his arms to the skies, would call forth a great portion of his bees. Soon would the skies be filled with their incessant buzzing, swirling 'round and 'round the tower unil they approached a broken window. Their wings beating them inside the tower, Seiji would enter through the doors as he peered around the cavernous tower. Avoiding the tras upon the floor, he would watch as the bees fluttered about the tower. Soon would their bodies disappear into cracks, holes, behind objects, etc. Commanded by Seiji, their defensive stance would be taken as they hid themselves.

Masato, just as his twin, was doing the same. Entering the beaten doors of the abandoned building, he would walk slowly around the waste as he slowly let forth a small stream of his insects. Their black bodies would blend easily with the shadows, fitting into even the smallest openings as their beings were slowly hidden. The eerie creeking of the warehouse would stir the insects slightly as they entered, but soon would their restlessness stop. The night was soon to approach.

And so, each twin would travel to two of the four buildings in which the bats were housing themselves. Their bugs finding housing of their own within the hidden places of the building, they would be prepared to ambush all the bats that should enter. With all four buildings complete, the twins would relocate themselves within the center of the Trade District, the center of it scattered with edible plants as a means to attract them to the spot. It was time to end this nuisance.

[Masato]

Finally, as the land was scoured in shadows, the moment of truth would arrive. Each twin standing at an opposite side of the Trade District, they would have to fight these creatures with only a third of their swarms. However, they still each bore a great amount of bugs within them, and the abandoned buildings as well had their own swarms. Two with bees, and two with Kikaichu, the twins would first fight the bats in the Trade District.

The first sign of their approach was the steady beat of a single pair of wings. Yet, within moments, a shriek would ring out, and that single flutter would turn into a thousand beating wings, the small yelps from the creatures alerting the twins of their arrival. Taking place within the shadows, the twins would watch in awe as their fat black bodies descended from the darkness and made an even thicker opaque wall.

A few minutes would pass, the bats first eating much of the fruit, then preparing to take off with it as they finished their first servings. Before they would ever lift-off with the food, however, the insects would be unleashed. First Seiji had engaged the enemy, bees flooding from his body and invading the night sky. The bats, startled, all raised into the air as they went for a little live meal. However, the bees numbers greatly outnumbered that of the bats, and so would the Kikai's.

For as the bats took off into the air, Masato would leap into action. The black bodies exiting the ninja, they would swarm from beneath the bats. In a confusion, the creatures would swirl about randomly, striking out at the insects as they lunged forward. However, due to the maneuvarability of the insects, many avoided these attacks and instead latched onto the bat's bodies.

As chakra was drained and poison placed within them, it would be seen in the decreasing movements of the vermin. Their wings fluttering ever slower, dropping slowly to the ground. Finally, their end would be met with a light thud, their bodies striking the earth and the insects rising to take on a new opponent. However, as the bats decreased slowly, the bugs would pull off, the two ninja running both East and West as the remaining bats would take off towards those respective havens. The other two were left to fend for themselves, although only about ten to fifteen went either North or South.

Running swiftly with the bats overhead, the two ninja would each burst into the buildings they had arrived at. Seiji at the Clock Tower, Masato at the Warehouse, the bats would flutter towards them in anger. With aims to strike the boys, they would be taken by surprise as, from the walls, emerged thousands of insects. Descending swiftly in a thick veil of black and yellow, or solid black, the threat would be engaged.

Again would the bees unload their poison into the bats, the Kikai leeching the chakra and energy from them. Swiftly did their numbers dwindle, the bees proceeding to fall down upon their bodies. Devouring them as not to leave a great mess, the vermin would soon be dealt with as the twins returned to the Trade District. Upon arrival, the sight of their swarms from the North and South dwellings would show their success, and the insects would return to their bodies, save for the bees eating the bats thick bodies.

Oh how easy it was for the twins to complete the mission.

[ Exit ]