Timber!

Deforestation Link

Mission Details:

Sentos bed was noticeably more comfortable than usual tonight, he noticed it the moment his back had met the surface of the mattress and began to wonder why it was. Could it be that he was simply exhausted from his rigorous training or was it something more. Had the bed finally… His thoughts would drift away and it would become increasingly obvious that yes. It was because of the fact that he was tired from his training session. His eyes would close and his thoughts would subside as he drifted into what had to be the most peaceful sleep he had gotten in months.

The reason for this heavy exhaustion was due to the most intensive day as a gennin he had had as of yet. Completing a mission and getting in rigorous lightweight rock training had been a heavy toll on the young senju, his chakra was not growing at as fast a rate as his body, and due to this the over use of his ninjutsu often left him out of breath and his body aching. Yes this sleep was much needed for him.

His eyes slowly opened like one might expect from a hospital scene in a very cheesy movie, the black slots opening to a ray of light and the surroundings slowly changing from a blurry and blinding light to the beautiful scene that was his bedroom. Sento would sit up and raise his arms into the air in order to stretch his arms. As he did so he would immediately realize he was still sore from the day before and would wince in pain in order to show it. “My god, that hurt” He’d think to himself as he rolled out of the bed and placed his feet onto his wooden floor.

Fighting the pain he’d raise his arms again, this time completing the stretch in order to wake himself up despite the aches that came with it. After all, he was a shinobi and he had work to do. Letting something as petty and low as a sore arm get in the way of doing his job would be next to disgraceful. Glancing to the clock on the wall he’d quickly see that it was about time for him to get moving. The boy had gotten a summons for a mission last night telling him exactly where to be and at what time.

According to whoever sent for him it seemed that there was a large oak tree growing right next to the large wooden walls that sheltered the city of konoha. It was both inconvenient for the guards and the wall, and a weakness in the village defenses, an enemy or something like it could easily use it to climb into the area and that simply could not fly in the village hidden in the leaves. So the village had decided to push the glorified yardwork onto a randomly selected gennin, and it seemed that sento had drawn the short straw.

Letting out an almost defeated sigh Sento would rub the back of his head trying to decided how to deal with this problem. The first and most obvious thing that he noted was he was probably going to need a saw, I mean sure Suiton Suidanha and rasengan could most likely rip through a tree with a significant amount of ease, but they were both overly forceful and would surely give him little control over where they might fall. Whereas with a saw he could simply cut it at an angle and force it to fall in a manner so that it wouldn't hit the wall. This particular method would give him more control and was much more desirable.

So without further ado the white haired gennin would take to the streets of konoha once more sliding on his green hoodie as he swept himself out the door and onto the dirt roads. The first thing he noticed as he got outside was that the cold winds of winter seemed to finally be passing and the beaming sun of konoha seemed to finally be bringing warmth to the villagers in its absence.

A smile would appear on the senju’s face. This was the perfect time of year, the middle ground between both summer and winter, a perfect balance. And he had no complaints, continuing his relatively fast pace he would take note of the seemingly large amount of people on the streets. It was kind of early in the morning and usually one had to wait a while to see the streets this dense with bodies, so naturally it seemed peculiar that it was so ripe with life at this hour.

His walk was short lived, as his destination was not far. About thirteen minutes in his steps would stop and his head would rise to look at the large wooden building in front of him, It was a supplies shop, Not a weapons shop but simply set aside in the village for civilians to buy tools for around the house. Things like brooms, Hammers, Screwdrivers… And you guessed it. Saws. Stepping in through the front door he’d see a vast amount of wooden shelves all holding these household items he had just described and he would turn his head towards one of the employees.

Sento wasn’t someone who liked to waste time if he didn’t have to so instead of scouring through the shelves he decided it would be a better idea to simply ask the employees where one might be. After All the people worked here and no doubt had a better knowledge of where things belonged in this massive store. Signaling over to the nearest employee he’d politely ask. “Excuse me I’m trying to complete a mission, and long story short I need to cut down a tree? Think you can point me to the section where I might find a saw?” He’d ask.

The elderly woman would give a polite smile as her frail old hands pointed in the general direction of an aisle to the far right. “You’ll find it over there dear” she’d say in a nice tone. Sento would thank her before walking away and couldn’t help but note how much nicer this old woman was than the old hag in the library who constantly bullied him. Thank god, maybe the elderly people of Konoha weren't all that bad afterall. Maybe the librarian was just a grade a jerk.

Completing his short walk to the aisle his byakugan would begin to scan the shelves looking downwards he’d see scythes, rakes, and several other tools that were often used for farming. Finally at the very end of the row he would set his eyes on the sharp metal blade that was a saw. His young but strong hands would grip it and he’d carry it carefully, after all this thing was about as dangerous as a kunai in the right hands, and should be treated with the same respect as one.

He then payed for saw at the front desk, surprised to see that the same woman who had helped him locate the saw would be checking him out. In fact, as he turned his head he was surprised to see that she was the only employee he could locate at the moment. Tilting his head in confusion he’d look back to the woman and decided it wasn’t really an interesting talking point, instead he just handed over the ryo that the woman asked him too before being given the saw back and told to have a nice day. Upon hearing this he’d flash a quick smile and say “Thanks you too”

Leaving the store he realized his day was quickly coming to a close, and took special note of the sun beginning to set. This wasn’t good considering the mission had a deadline and he had just recently been chewed out by a jounin for consistently being late, the last thing he needed on his record was an incomplete mission. Luckily the senju had recently developed a solution to this troubling issue. The lightweight rock technique was a time honored jutsu for people who specialized in the earth element and he had spent the day learning the lesser version of it. But today he decided he’d get started on learning the A rank version of the technique to further increase his abilities.

Clipping the saw to his belt he’d free up his hands and begin to sprint allowing the chakra around him to envelop him entirely, before beginning to let the chakra inside of him expand to create an almost weightless sensation as he began to lose density. He figured the best way to unlock this ability higher power was to continue using it on such a scale that he could continue to raise its effects on himself and his items. But for now it just seemed like the same effect as the technique he had learned the other day.

Sure he was moving fast, but he had seen other gennin move faster, and if he wanted to compete with them he was going to have to get in a lot of practice. Weaving from side to side, he’d find himself dodging several crashes with the populated streets he had mentioned earlier. Nervously he’d wave his hand while continuing his motion and turning his head saying “Sorry” To whoever he may blow past, after all it was only polite to apologize for inconveniencing those around him.

His momentum would begin to come to a close as he neared the massive wooden gates of Konoha, the main entrance to the village was heavily guarded with several jounin standing watch and Sento would give a slight wave before pointing to his headband. “I’m here to cut down a tree” He’d say before motioning to the saw at his hip. Hopefully one of these men knew where it was or he was going to be in for a long day of walking around the entirety of the village trying to find this oak tree.

Luckily it seemed that the jounin in charge had been expecting him. “Yah you’re sento right… We were expecting you about 20 minutes ago.” The man would say clearly disappointed in sento’s timing.. But hey the gennin still had a bit of daylight left and could probably still meet the deadline if he really tried. “Yah sorry about that… Had to go pick up the saw!” He’d say before the jounin continued to speak.

“Alright follow me I’ll bring you to it” Sento of course quickly followed the man's instructions and body flickered onto the top so that he could meet him. The jounin was fast however and Sento found himself having to use the lightweight technique just to keep up with him, as the man seemed to show no interest in slowing down for the gennin who had already shown up late, and sento couldn’t honestly blame him, so he made no mention for the man to slow down and instead used his chakra to close the gap.

After about three minutes of running the two would find themselves underneath the shade of the tree that ran well above the height of the wall they were standing on. Looking down from the wall sento could see several branches that seemed to look like a spiraling staircase coming right to the wall and immediately realized why they wanted this cut down. Now ready to begin the practice he’d motion to the jounin that he could leave before hopping over the wall and using the surface running technique to sprint along the several meter high wall until he found himself safely on the ground next to the base of the tree.

Unclipping the saw from his belt he’d begin to cut into the side of the tree, the bark was rough and it would take more than a little effort but eventually he’d cut about halfway into the tree on the side opposite of the wall making sure to take out a trunk of the tree making a triangular cut. This chunk was to control the fall, as the other half that remained uncut would serve the purpose of snapping and forcing it to fall into the chunk he had already created.



Shuffling his feet to the side of the tree that faced Konoha's wall, his arms already tired sento would then use suiton suidanha to slice the remaining half of the tree and watch as it fell towards the forestry in the opposite direction of the wooden structure behind him.

Exit
WC: 2029
Requesting: 3 AP, 1K Ryo, 1 Completed D rank Mission + 1K words towards Ultra Lightweight Rock Tech

A Senju destroying trees? This is something I can get behind.

Approved.

As Sento watched the tree fall he took a bit of pride in his work, the crashing wood, crunching into the dirt surface made a pleasant thud, and as he looked at the fallen oak monstrosity he could tell somebody was going to have to cut this up and haul it off. He figured it was better him than someone else so he quickly began to saw into the trunk splitting it into several tiny logs, all even in length at about 4 feet long. Just large enough to be easily lifted and moved. The senju wasn’t particularly strong for a shinobi, but he had more than enough body mass to lift these logs with ease.

One by one he’d begin to pick them up and carry them to the front of the village, when he arrived the first time he’d meet the same jounin who had helped to guide him to the tree and asked where he should put the logs. After All the way sento saw it was that there was no need to let such resources go to waste, rotting somewhere in the woods. This lumber could be used to help keep someone's house warm or to fuel someone's grill. And with all the tiny logs waiting to be carried back in that field, he could think of several more uses.

The jounin in front of him, whose eyes were almost emotionless simply directed him in a general direction by extending both his arm and index finger to the right, motioning to a factory near the front of the gate. “Go bring it to them I Guess, they could probably make some furniture or something out of it” The man would offer with a clearly bored tone. Sento didn’t really blame him for such a tone though, the man was on guard duty… Quite possibly one of the most boring jobs you could get. Sento would much rather take the glorified lumber jack job over the man's current position, which usually added up to standing for hours at a time on all feet doing nothing but watching one specific area.

“Alright thanks” The yellow eyed gennin would say as he kept walking with the wooden log tucked underneath his arms. The factory was only a couple meters and he dropped it on the outside as a woman came running up to him at what was an alarming rate. Frantically he’d turn around and was about to hit her in self defense when he noticed the scared look on her eyes. She seemed to be crying which was odd for her age, she had to be at least fourty with those baggy eyes. “Can I help you” He’d say in response.

“MY SOOOOOOOOON” She’d say while wailing. Obviously she was concerned about his safety so Sento decided to investigate. “Do you need help?” He’d ask and the woman would simply tug on his shirt dragging him back towards the front gate, where the bored jounin seemed to finally show a hint of emotion laughing at the young gennin getting manhandled by a woman. “This way this way” She’d say continuing to tug.

Sento was mildly annoyed at the woman's rather over the top sulking but hey her son could be in real danger, so who was he to judge. So instead of forcing himself free from the womans grip which he knew he could do he’d simply suggest. “You know we can move faster if you simply let me run right” The woman would let out a quite sob as she continued running before managing to mutter. “O… Right of course” And letting Sento’s sleeve dangle free once more.

“Alright, now where's your son? Is he in danger?” He’d say as his arms and legs pumped forwards, he wasn’t running at full speed because if he did this woman would be left in the dust and not be able to guide him, instead he’d almost be jogging allowing the woman to control the direction they were going. Turning his soft yellow eyes in her direction he’d watch her facial expressions as she began to speak. “My poor son is a bit of an idiot, he’s stuck in a tree with hornets! I ran to get help as fast as I could” She’d say wiping a tear from her eyes.

Sento thought it was a bit ridiculous at first but after a bit of thought could tell why she was so concerned. She was the boy's mother and if a hornet stung him and he reacted poorly falling from the height he was at would not be a welcome sight for a mother. So instead of mocking her for her concern for her son he’d simply continue to follow her as she lead him down the dirt road that lead into Konoha and into the dense forestry that surrounded it.

Peeking his head from left to right he’d search for any signs of the boy, ensuring that he look high into the dense leafy canopies, the shade from the trees and the quickly descending nightfall however made it difficult to see, Perhaps if he had been born into the hyuuga clan he would have been at least a little useful, but for now.. The darkness would make his job of finding this boy significantly harder turning his head towards the forty ish year old woman he’d give a look of concern before saying.

“It’s getting dark, do you know if we're almost there.. We should probably find him quick” He didn’t want to scare the woman but if she didn’t know where the child was exactly it was going to get increasingly difficult to find him as time went on. Patiently awaiting the woman's response his head would turn left and right once more, returning to the monotonous task of looking for a helpless child unable to get down from a tree he had so desperately tried to climb. It was a bit sad really, to think that the kid had gotten stuck and that the woman had, needed to run so far to find help. This kid had to be scared, all alone and out in the dark.

The woman would answer him after about 10 seconds of pondering which direction to travel, pointing towards a nearby creek. “I know we were near the water when he started climbing but I can't remember Exactly where” She’d say with a more than confused expression. Sento rubbed the back of his head before he told her to wait by a tree, making a wood clone to keep her company and protect her from any wild animals that may come out in the middle of night, looking for a snack and mistaking her for one.

The clone would emerge from his back forming at first as a wooden branch splitting out of his back, before slowly morphing into a humanoid shape, and growing skin and hair. The whole process usually freaked Sento out in all honesty, watching a piece of wood slowly morph into your own body was a gross experience that he’d prefer not to watch if at all possible. But hey the technique was useful there was no denying that. “Wait here” The two Sento’s would say in unison before looking at each other slightly confused.

Sento would ease that confusion by signaling through mental their mental connection. “I’ll go look for him… You stay here”

The clone would nod in understanding before turning to keep a close look on the concerned mother. No harm would come to her under its watch. The real Sento however faced a much harder task, locating a scared boy in the entirety of a forest where his only clue was that the boy ‘Might’ be in a tree near the water” This was looking like it was going to be a long day and he sighed at the thought of not being able to go to his bed for a couple more hours. He cherished his sleep after all.

Still even through all the bad, there was one silver lining to this mission. Sento was getting to explore more than he ever had, this area in the forest was further than even omega outpost where he and Ashi had spent the day on guard duty, and this time he wasn’t only allowed but encouraged to explore. Sento always wanted to see the world and this was a marvelous opportunity to be outside of Konohagakure walls.

The forest looked different at night too, the green leaves and vinery was almost impossible to see, instead the imagery in front of the young shinobi was quite the opposite. The brown bark on the towering trees turned to almost a grey shade, and the water instead of reflecting the blue sky, would be black aside from the reflection of the moon caught inside it. Still not finding any sight of the boy he thought to himself that it was about time to try a new tactic. Instead of relying on his eyes he’d turn to his ears. “HEY KID! IM A GENNIN FROM THE VILLAGE YOUR MOM SENT ME TO FIND YOU!” He’d shout at the top of his lungs.

He’d put his hands up and cup them around his ears immediately after doing so in order to try and catch a hint of the boys voice. Sadly there didn’t seem to be a response, Sento immediately thought that the boy must have been scared to answer an unfamiliar voice in the middle of the night with nobody he knew to trust. In an effort to gain the hiding boys trust he’d shout “YOUR MOM HAS BLACK HAIR, SHE’S KIND, AND SHE’S VERY WORRIED! I’M HERE TO HELP I PROMISE” He’d say, hoping that the slight description he had given of the boy's mother would serve as proof that he knew her.

He was about to give up when he heard a voice from about 30 meters away and turned to face it. The words seemed to be coming from the trees and sento quickly tracked the general area while listening to what the boy had to say. The words had fear behind them, and from the whimpering he could tell that the child was no older than 7. Much too young to be left out in the woods alone. “Where's my mom?” was what the kid would ask first. “Why isn’t she here”

Sento would begin to climb the tree with the surface climbing technique and stopped about 15 meters short when he saw the hornets nest he had been warned about. He gave a slight laugh as he realized how small it was. It could be obliterated by anyone of his jutsu and anything in it would die. From the reaction the mom had given him he expected it to be the home of 100 plus of those little shits.
Touching into the tree he’d force a slab of wood that he could manipulate easily to come out of the trunk, and slowly begin to envelop the nest hanging from the branch. The wood would offer no escape for the hornets and he’d crush them into dust as he continued to walk towards the kid. “I told your mom to wait with my clone in a safe area… It’s dangerous to be out in the woods at this time of day” As he finished he’d reach his hand out to the boy.

The scared boy would hesitantly reach out and sento would quickly hold onto him, lifting him up and putting him onto his back, in order to give him a piggy back ride while he walked down the trunk of the tree using his chakra to keep him from falling. As he did so he’d give a mental note to his wood clone telling him that it could let the mother know that the child was safe and that they could begin to walk home. After all night had fallen over an hour ago, and he was expected back in Konoha right about now.

WC: 2010
EXIT
Requesting: 3 AP, 1K Ryo, 1 Completed D rank Mission

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