Playing Detective | Mission [ HAKAI KIDDOS ]

Positioned between Ikigai, whom she had walked with, and their acting leader for this mission, as it were, Kay would subtly step towards Saya and gently nudge her fellow kunoichi before nonchalantly whispering in her ear, her hand covering her mouth to try to prevent the two boys from hearing, “Do you think he just said twerp because he’s afraid to swear in front of us.”

Obsessed really. The words came from a lizard man with a strange and creepy look on his face, which only furthered their impact. This guy’s weeeeird, Kay thought to herself, luckily this time keeping her thoughts in her own head instead of out loud as she had done with the boy named Max. Kay’s eyes shifted a bit to the side to avoid eye contact with this guy as the awkward conversation about Ikigai’s obsessive behavior was brought to light. Ikigai did not seem to deny this at all, instead electing to ignore it. Kay guessed that she would ignore it as well, it had most likely been blown out of proportion, as while the two were training, Ikigai had not seemed to be interested in the manner that Shien seems to be hinting at, either through his dialogue or his body language.

However, Saya graciously moved the mission itself forward, although it seemed that Shien had caused for her and Ikigai to be paired up together. She herself had no issues with this, despite everything that had just unfolded, as long as she was not with Shien. That guy creeped her out a bit. Upon Ikigai’s confirmation, Kay would just nod her head. She was still short a few words after that rather uncomfortable bit.

“Right,” Kay interjected after Ikigai’s deduction. An awkward smile appeared on her face as she avoided looking him in the eyes, “Although we’re paired together for this, it might be a bit weird if you and I walked into the crowd. You don’t really-” she paused for a moment, searching for words that would not offend the incredibly tall, blue skinned boy who also had gills and other shark like features, “-blend into a crowd.” She turned around on her heel, eager to get the mission done, however. Then she would be able to move on to more training. “Let’s go!” she would exclaim with a finger pointed in the air as she began marching forward towards the sea of civilians.

WC: 1113

”I believe so,” the dark haired girl had responded to Kay, glancing at at her as they walked along. She left it at that, however, once their destination was within sights. It was then that their pairings were locked in and information was shared.

Saya waited patiently for Ikigai to give his two-cents in, though her brows furrowed at the mention of pickpockets rather than a master thief targeting the rich house owners. Nevertheless, the shark boy was correct in his observations and as the store was the centerpoint of their miscreant’s stomping grounds, it was not too far off to say that he or she started off as a pickpocket and worked on their skills. Evolving, as they will.

Despite her slight confusion she nodded at his contribution. ”We should keep an eye out for anyone that seems rich and-slash-or important. They’ll be the primary targets for either a house burglar or a pickpocket.” Saya looked between all of her current team members, waiting or simply observing for any signs that they understood what the mission entailed. They all seemed to as Kay was eager to move the mission along.

Before the blonde could completely immerse herself in the throngs of people, Saya made a grab for her elbow. ”Wait, Kay!”

Her grip was firm as she attempted to give the blonde girl pause. Saya quickly nodded her head in two different directions. ”We’ll take the West side, you guys take the East. Do a thorough sweep, and if no one pops up we’ll meet back here in thirty to forty-five minutes before trying again.

Take note of any suspicious activities. Apprehend them if caught in the act.” Then she added as an afterthought, ”Alive.”

They only had a few shots or less to get it done today. Their person of interest worked on a schedule, after all. If not, they’d have to return the following day to try again. And so on and so forth if they couldn’t succeed. Since they were genin, they were given more of the “easy” missions. Most of them being civil cases that their regular law enforcement had no time to put their energy in. They had bigger fish to fry. Like serial killers or attempted threats on their VIPs within the village.

Once their objectives have been solidified, Saya released her (presumed) hold on Kay and allowed her and Ikigai on their merry way. For a moment she watched and waited for the two to get their part of the mission started before turning to Shien and walking alongside him.

The green boy was somewhat of a chatterbox, Saya noted, as he had given Ikigai a teasing farewell. That and his conversation topics. ”That is… plausible,” she replied, eyes flickering from person to person as they walked and talked. ”Having more than one person doing jobs like these would make sense. We’re a village of ninjas so security here can be pretty tight. Hopefully, it’s just some slightly talented thieves with too much luck rather than a complete thief organization.”

Shien certainly had good points in regards to their mission, but he also seemed to have a bit of an attention disorder. ”Classical. Instrumentals. Traditional.” That was her answer to his question. While she would have enjoyed a more thorough discussion in music, they were on a mission. And she would not be distracted.

”You said you can track, right?” Saya asked. ”Can you tell me anything so far?”

WORD COUNT: 591
TOTAL WORD COUNT: 1405 + 591 = 1996

Though one wouldn’t expect it at first glance, the violent-haired girl, Saya, had something of a leadership quality. She was young, probably the same age as Shien himself, though, given his clan, he towered over her in height. Whoever she was, exactly, this wasn’t her first time on a mission, Shien could tell that much. In fact, she seemed the most experienced out of all of them. Ikigai came second, but just how much discrepancy there was between the two, Shien did not know. However, he could see the furrowed brows under her bangs in confusion, prompting him to chuckle at Ikigai’s remarks. Frankly, they didn’t make much sense to him either, but there was always the possibility of multiple thieves, though why one would want to risk getting caught in a place like Kumogakure was well beyond Shien’s comprehension. He had seen the rot forest. There wasn’t a doubt in his mind that’s what happened to the Hidden Cloud’s criminals.

The Doku, pursed his lips, anxiously waiting to get a move on. Saya briefly gave out reminders, suggestions, easy things to keep track of while on the search. This seemed easy enough. The four divided into pairs, separating into to cover the east and west portions of the village.

Shien’s ideas seemed to go over well in Saya’s mind, evoking a proud smile out of the Doku and probably some internal monologuing. “Yeah,” Shien said, recalling himself from his thoughts. “Hopefully. I can’t imagine actually becoming a thief in Kumogakure. Maybe another village but this risk here…” he trailed off, looking up at his brow with his eyes. “Well, it doesn’t seem like it’s worth it.”

The small talk, on the other hand, didn’t seem to pan out as well. But he did get a response at the very least, and a similarity between the pair. He tried to sift through the folders in his brain, coming up with a reason for such trivial talk at such a serious moment. Before he could respond however, Saya spoke up again, this time asking about the Doku’s tracking abilities. He blinked in response, almost shocked to some degree, before nodding. He stuttered, finding his words slowly. “Yeah, I, uh, let me just activate my jutsu,” he said, briefly closing his eyes. His voice became a whisper as the Mind Eye of the Kagura jutsu took effect, allowing him to see what others could not. “Let’s keep the conversation going,” Shien said, latching onto a reason for the musical discussion at last. “People are less likely to rob others when you’re talking about catching thieves,” he chimed with a smile, almost laughing. He hushed his voice further, providing what intel he could as quickly as possible. “No strong chakra signatures yet. I think we’re dealing with shinobi, here. Would explain why they haven’t been caught yet,” he said, transitioning into a louder voice as the pair continued. “I like the same,” he continued, nodding with a carefree expression. “No one in this village has any taste,” he laughed, his eyes, narrowing slightly as he continued his search.

WC: 1386

"Not that he made a good impression"

Ikigai would laugh at the comment. He hadn't known the boy long, but it was becoming clearly apparent that he was a strange one, and bad with first encounters. His first encounter with the boy had got him clubbed on the head. Shien's first encounter with Hakai, he'd called the man old. And now there was this.

He really did have bad luck.

"From what I can tell he's a good guy, just a little odd is all" The blue skinned boy would shrug. Truth be told he'd grown fond of Shien over the past couple days. He did find it kind of odd that she hadn't met many people yet though.

"You should try hanging out with Boru, or Yomu." He'd say referencing the mountainous chef, and the redheaded puppeteer. They were both longtime student's at the academy and he couldn't really help but feel like they'd be good company for the girl.

Searching on the streets for a couple of hours the pair would have no luck, and the sun would disappear behind the horizon, marking the end of their search. Sometime's missions were a game of luck, and they'd had none.

Ikigai would frown before suggesting "Guess that's it then. It'll be some other genin's mission tomorrow" He'd let out an audible groan as he stretched his arms above his head. "All that work for nothing, I wonder if Shien and that other girl had any luck"

--Exit--
Abandoning mission cuz saya's gonezo
WC: 1613
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