Making [Our] Way Downtown!

[M$]

Ahh, it had been awhile since I had been out of the village, and it actually felt quite good to leave the village again, even if this vacation would be a quite short one. Nothing new, the rain continued to fall, but about this time I had managed to don a straw hat from my back, which was held up by a thin white cotton string. Within my hand, the scroll which held the details for our mission would be held and I would hand it over to Kininata as we proceeded.

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Name: Shinobi Skills
Rank: C
IIC Length: 1 Day
Difficulty: Medium
Description: Some high ranking aristocrats within the capitol wish for a display from some of the more junior members of Amegakure's shinobi caste. As such, the Rokudaime has issued a mission for two aspiring gennin to showcase their talents in front of the gathered nobility in a battle. Of course, no blood need be shed, nor life wasted.But, the nobles are fully expecting a ferocious encounter!
Objective: Take part in a "friendly" spar for the nobles in rain's capitol!
Reward: 1500 Ryo

"It seems that our village destination would be the capital of the country, Yokoburi."

Why is it that this rain continues to fall? Are the God's crying?

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[kininata]

Kininata examined the scroll, and sighed. Entertaining nobles... I suppose its better than nothing. He nodded in reply to Kamitsuke's comment, and rolled the scroll back up. He spent only a moment considering how it would be best to do the mission, and then an idea cropped into his mind.

'Well, since we are going to entertain, I suppose I could have you do some training to prepare for it. After all, this spar is about the flash and style we add to it, not the substance.' He opened his left hand, extending it outwards. 'I can gather Chakra into my hand, summoning water to it into a sphere. However, its fairly dull to watch, and not very flashy.' Performing the most efficient way to do so, water from the rain simply formed an orb in his hands a few seconds later.

'If we are going to entertain, then we need to make even simple things like this seem extravagant.' He released the Chakra holding the water, and then started again, pumping more than twice the Chakra he had before - rather than simply forming a ball of water, he created a convoluted vortex of Chakra, spiraling water from all around him into the exact same ball of water he had created moments ago. 'Its exactly the same, only more flashy, more flourished. Practice that, keeping a mental note of how you can do that for all of your on Ninjutsu. Thats your little assignment as we take this walk.' He smiled, releasing the ball of water in a flourished explosion of water, and continued walking towards the capital alongside his team mate. This might be fun yet.

[M$]

I listened and watched as Kininata displayed such knowledge over the water technique. The thought of transforming a simple technique into a grandeur display of creativity had never entered my mind, and It seemed like it could actually be quite "fun", for lack of a better word. As we walked, I thought back into all the Ninjutsu techniques I knew, and ways of making them more flashy. My Ninjutsu set mainly consisted of Katon techniques, and even more so ones that worked from the mouth; either way, I would figure out a way by the time we reached the capital.

The rain continued to fall as we walked, but soon the sight of the capital would come into view, and i we kept a steady pace, we would be there in an half hour or so.

[kininata]

Kininata sighed with a glimmer of joy in his emotive breath - he had not been here for over a year, and yet still as he saw the capital city in the distance, perhaps half an hour away, he recalled the happier moments in his life when he was here... before he had to leave the village after his brother.

'As much as I don't miss the rain, I have missed this place.' He said towards his partner, tapping the edge of his rain-soaked hat. 'I've seen the capitals of four different countries in the last year, but none ever seem to quite match up to Yokoburi.' He turned around briefly, checking the path behind him for anyone that might be following in their steps, and then carried on walking with Kamitsuke... he might have been away for a while, but he was still quite aware of how much of a target some people may mark him as - even in his home country. However, for the meantime, he removed those dark thoughts from his conscious mind and focused on the spar to come, planning how he would provide entertainment for the nobles without going over the top.

[M$]

I felt rather embarrassed listening to the short tale of Kininata's travels, and the fact that this was my first true time visiting my country's capital, whilst she had visited four others, aside from Yokoburi. We steadily continued, and thoughts of manipulating my ninjutsu techniques into something grand stuck like glue within my mind.

"You ready?", ; the question creeped from my mouth as we came upon the capital city's entrance; it was time.

[kininata]

[OOC: I know the picture looks that way, and the name is wierd, but Kininata is a guy ]

He turned to his team mate, and grinned. 'Ready to have some fun, absolutely. I haven't done something like this since I left the academy.' He adjusted his personal sword, and knocked off some of the water on his hat before walking into the city with his team mate. Maybe this will test me enough to see how rusty I have gotten.]

[Exit to Yukubori with Kamitsuke]