Stealing Nanako - Temple raid

This was a slow morning at the Kaguya's residence. Sanae was indeed the one making her breakfast because her father was out on a mission so she was now that her mother and her uncle had left the house. It felt kind of empty and a little too big for the two of them alone and of course for her it was kind of scary that she was now sitting here all by herself to the mission she had been assigned to with a fellow Shinobi was exactly what she needed to get her mind of the things that troubled her. So she made herself a bento box with some curry for lunch while she was eating some cereals with milk on the side. When she was finished she took a look at the mirror. She had put her black ninja Suite beneath like usual just as if it belonged to the fashion. No one has ever really seen it for what it was and then the more casual looking stuff like the half shirt and the skirt on top and well it looked a okay, maybe even a little modern or even comfy so its true purpose was hidden and then she looked at her headband. With a sign she just threw it against the wall. Why did she have this, if she was never allowed to wear it, because her own people would reject her if she tried to do what she was taught, act like a Shinobi.

Well this time it might have served a reason, since their objective was breaking into one of the temples and getting out a young woman who did not want to follow the faith, but was driven into it from her father who wanted to have full control over his daughters live via faith and its strict rules. Most interesting was that the mother had commissioned this mission for her daughter to be set free and now this was in her hands. The date was today and the morning she would sit and watch the many acolytes walk by to spot a person that would fit the description of the girl. Blond, small, freckled about 10 years of age, green eyes and a happy demeanour and while doing so she would meet up with her partner for today's task. Orokana, she knew that name and smilingly she remembered her lesson with him not long ago. She was kind of glad to again meet someone she had met before so there would be an easier ask to get along and sort out who is in command, because Sanae knew, that Orokana was more experienced and she respected him for that. So after she finished everything it was time to go into the city.

It did not take long until the young Shinobi had made her way from her porch towards the cities centre where she was now looking out for the rendezvous point. It was described as huge sculpture of the holy person of the church which both of them would be investigating today. So there was the moment were Sanae stood in front of it and read the insignia. "For we lay our trust into the hands of the one with the heavy heart, because it is used to carry the burden without complaining." She thought about it and nodded. Someone who never knew the hardships of a burden carried was not ready to carry another ones sorrow with the care and respect it needed. While thinking about this philosophical question she looked around for Orokana and naturally the girl whenever she saw a young acolyte or student pass through the gates of the temple most times in the presence of a higher ranking superior adult.

WC: 625

orokana was getting ready as he grabbed his clothes and cloak. his mind was racing as he thought about the mission he was told to do today. he remembered the name for who he was doing it as sanea and noted she was just a genin, he figued he was just going to have to protect her more or less since she didnt need someone like oro, or they wanted to see how effectively he can use his genjutsu in a capture style mission. of course it wouldnt be hard for him since he noted most of the people in the village wherent ninjas. he finished by placing his sword on his left hip then started on his way. he wasnt use to living in the castle with some of the other guards. he was use to living alone, cooking and cleaning as things got dirty. he missed his books as well. but this wasnt him feeling home sick. oro hated the leaf for many reasons. and was happy he never had to go back... for a while, he knew one day he would go back, in chains or in a body bag. still he didnt dread it. once he was near the rendezvous point he saw his partner. she was reading the insignia of a statue he noted. he made sure his hood was down not to add attention to himself. then slowly walked behind her and said. "morning miss sanae, ready?" short and simple, he smiled softly trying to seem pleasant. where ever the girl was they needed to get it wouldnt be an issue for oro, he could just knock out everyone in the area and walk in, but it wouldnt be fun for his friend. he would bow lightly and say "i will follow your lead, milady." he looked at her as he waited to see what she was going to do. oro toke notice of everything about the girl like he had before. memorizing her all over again. then with his stare he looked at where they would be going.

She did not have to wait for long because just as she had read the sign she could hear a familiar voice say her name. She turned on her heels making her hair spin with her and she smiled at the young man in front of her. "Orokana!" , she exclaimed joyfully, "It is so good to see you", then she bowed like she was used to, hands front and body bent down but not arching the back. She was glad to see him since she had talked and trained with him before so meeting him was nice and after being so polite to bow she then took a step towards him embracing him with a hug, if he did not run from it. "I am glad to meet you again", she said before looking over at the temple. Just as she had decided to give a status report he then said something surprising. He would be following her lead? She tilted her head. Was he really serious and giving her the lead in the operation and there for the responsibility for the mission, him, her and their target and the lives of all of them? She blinked again and still he seemed like this was what he said so she ran a hand through her hair and straightened her back.

Then after clearing her throat she said, that while she had been standing here, their target the young Nanako did not pass by her or left the building in any way so she might either be still out or still inside. That they would have the day to confirm her whereabouts and then take her to the gazebo in the water garden at night where she would be taken to her mother which was the last point on the Shinobi's to do list. "I am not quite sure if I should be leading this operation, because I do not really have experience in his kind of field, but if you wish so, I will give it my best shot", she then said looking at Oro still a little unsure if he was still agreeing. While she was talking she once in a while looked at the passing crowds and at the end there was a group of girls accompanied by a priestess were there was a young blond girl with freckles and green eyes just like Nanako had been described in the mission text. The group was chattering about a newborn baby they visited to see how babies were given their blessings for being born while they were following the priestess into the temple.

WC: 434
TWC: 1059

orokana let her hug him. but he felt awkward but he hugged back slowly trying to not be awkward. then said to her once she started asking. "i know that miss sanae, but the only way for you to learn and get experience is to do it, and dont worry, i am here to make sure you, and the mission, are fine." the hug threw him off for a moment but that didnt matter. they had a job to do so he quickly regain his footing. the girl felt warm in his embrace. or was he cold. well it didnt matter. "feel free to use me how you see fit, but do remember, these are normal people. so we are much faster. and more dangerous, though i dont mind doing anything to complete the mission i would rather not kill a man that cant fight." that was a small lie. if the man was asleep and was highly dangerous he would kill him, but thats not what he meant when he said that, he knew she would know. and he figured the girl never killed unlike oro has a small amount of times just with bandits. this was an easy mission so it didnt matter. he looked around and saw some couples holding hands and walking. he didnt know where he was but he saw this was a popular dating spot. he didnt know how long the hug was but he would let her go as she did. the last time something like this happened would be back in the leaf with his first team he was in. but that felt like a long time ago now and it didnt matter. honestly he couldnt even remember their names. oro would rub his head and sigh as he felt disappointment for those days. he was happy he never had to go back. "after you miss" he gestured to start the mission. this would be nice and fast. "hey if we do this fast enough we can have lunch together." he said hoping to keep her mind off of her leading the mission. oro dug his hands in his pockets weather or not they walked and talked or not.

It was a kind of soft hug, just as if he was not trying to break her. She enjoyed it as long as it lasted and then looked at him smiling her gentle and sweet smile. "You can drop the miss if you like, I am not that old and we do know each other, don't we Oro-sempai?" , she tilted her head to look at him from a different angle. Then she stood up straight again and looked over at the temple gate where the children had vanished into. "Well the mission asks of us to be silent and undetected. I have planned for us to take the guided tour, to have a first impression of the building, then sure we can have lunch together while we plan the abduction of the girl so that we can get her to the gazebo in time tonight", she tipped her index finger against her lower lip and then said dead serious: "But you do not need to have lunch with me that is, we can discuss it before or after, but I would be so very happy if you would eat with me."
She would let him think about what she said about the plan and their plans in between and also her way of going at the problem at hand. She was not sure how to do things like that, but with someone like her Genjutsu teacher backing her up, what in the world could go wrong? For her it was crystal clear, nothing could go wrong. It felt kind of good to be entrusted with this task.

WC: 267
TWC: 1326

"i like calling you miss though, sounds nice and elegant, like a queen." he joked. then rubbed his head when she started to talk. he made sure he was always looking into her eyes. the tour idea wasnt bad but they might remember their faces, which wasnt an issue for oro since his cloak made him unable to be recognized at all. but for sanae it might be a small issue. though he figured it should be fine. then they where going to plan more later it seemed. then when sanae talked about lunch oro said once she was finished. "i wouldnt ask if i didnt want to. i would try and avoid the question." he nodded. he didnt mind having lunch, he needed to get closer to more hoshi ninjas. which was an easy thing to do since he knew some that like him. but he still knew so few. he felt his notebook in his pocket. it was a nice feeling to have what he valued most always with him. he still needed to work on it since it can let him put people that hear him speak about the genjutsu to be put into said genjutsu. an amazing thing in his mind. and might be useful in this mission if it needed to be. "how long is this tour going to be anyways?" he asked mainly because he didnt know how long they could talk about random boring things that once happened in the place. not like there was any rush for they have all day and its not even noon yet. he hopped there was a food place close by for when they needed to eat. he half hopped she didnt bring a lunch because he would feel awkward for if he needed to buy something and she made her own nicer lunch.

She blushed as he said he liked to call her that way because it sounded elegant like a queen. She surly knew she was no queen at all, but it sounded sweet and she liked it. As he came to the lunch question she nodded. It was kind of fun to talk about the day and the plans just as if they were old friends planning a trip around the city. She smiled a little and then returned to the question at hand. Shortly she thought about it, she had recently informed herself about all this stuff because she had been helping as tourist guide standing in front of the palace. So she knew a lot of stuff about the attractions and somewhere in the fountain of wisdom insider her mind there were the short facts about the temples and in there where the times they took for tours. "It is about an hour and a half, depending on how much questions are asked and answered", she then said nodding, "And they do start to every full hour. I will use the transformation Jutsu while attending the tour, because those people know me. I do sometimes bring deliveries over there and the young acolytes have stopped pushing and beating me because I once forgot to remove my headband before entering, but it is still dangerous if they notice me", she scratched the back of her head, "They are not so strong, but many small hits do come together." While she said so she was unconsciously touching her eye that had been bruised in the process. Then she shook of the thoughts and smiled again at her opposite. "Anything else to sort out before we enter the temple of doom over there?" , she chuckled a little because it indeed was no pleasant place to be at.

WC: 305
TWC: 1631

orokana listened to the girls plan and nodded. she seemed to know more then he thought she would about this place. and it seemed she didnt have found memories of the place. but that was going to help. oro took her hand and said. "yeah no im good, milady. i always wanted a crystal skull. and a female sidekick." trying to make her come back from her memories. then let go of her hand. "want me to take the lead or do you want to?" he asked starting to walk to it. he didnt think the mission would take so long to do. they just needed to scout it out and wait till nightfall. but more importantly he needed to think about lunch. he didnt have breakfast so he wanted to eat. but this wasnt going to take long. he wanted to see how the place looked. if they have any naked statues like in some books he read. as he walked he said. "so with this many holy places in hoshi do you think many people get married a lot. or i guess die a lot?" he didnt know much about religion. "are you a religious person." he asked trying to learn more about her.

She flinched shortly as he took her hand but then smiled at him nodding quickly. She did not get his reference but she got the gesture he was trying to get across to her. For a brief moment she gently squeezed his hand before he let go and she got to do the Jutsu she was planning on doing so she would not be recognized. So she formed the Seals Dog, Boar and Ram to do the transformation technique and then she turned with a great poof. Out of the fog stepped a slightly taller, merely older, black haired Version of herself. The clan's marks on her forehead had disappeared and she took out a small Mirror checking herself. Then she nodded at her mirror image and put it back into her bag looking at Oroana: "I'll be alright I suppose, don't worry about me." Then she followed her way towards the temple and thought about: "Mhmm married? I guess so I mean a lot people in my neighbourhood are married and well dying. That is a thing you have to do one way or another, people do not have a choice there", she shrugged it off, but then thought about it a little longer, how was it with faith and dying? The next question took her back and she turned her face towards him: "Not especially, well I pray, but I do not really believe? Or I do believe different because I do imagine the god differently than the people here because why would they hate us so much?", she shook her head. "Do you understand why the gods of Hoshi despise us so much? Well our sometimes scary abilities are devastating, but we do not always use them for bad things? Do we?", she mumbled along. While they were walking towards the temple but she fell silent as they were entering because the topic could give them away. Slowly she grabbed his arm holding onto it as they passed the gate which had insignias of the gods carved into its stone pillars.

WC: 344
TWC: 1975

Transformation Technique:

orokana listened to her talk as they walked. the idea of a god wasnt new to oro but he didnt care about it to explore. for oro life was just a string of fate he couldnt control. once they walked in the gate the place was pretty much quiet. not many people. he looked down at sanae still holding his arm. "where is the tour guide?" he asked with a smile. he needed to act kind and interested in things for this to work, or play it like his girlfriend dragged him here and he doesnt care, both would work for what they where doing but just being nice and interested would favor him better since he could ask questions. he looked around taking in the area in the gate. it was another small area with some grass and flowers. then the entrance to the place. all had white stones. maybe marble. oro wasnt very big on rocks so he really didnt know. "maybe we should get married here hey babe?" he kept looking around. seeing little people here and there. he hoped she didnt take this the wrong way. and hoped she knew what he was doing. as he waited to try and see the tour guide he yawned. not getting a lot of sleep.