Treasure Within [Ancient, Ryuu, Invite]

Mission:

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WC: 257

The soul of a young boy moved through the realms of void space , dark world without stars .  In the land of iron appeared the boy in a beam of flashing light from the sky, the ground beneath him would erupt a dust cloud as he appeared on the ground. The dust cloud covering his presence intially, before dispersing into the air. The white eyed would remember neither the past nor the future , he would know of only the present. The tense feeling of the environment, the sudden change feels odd but didn't give off any hint for the boy to remember a thing about the past or future. The hollykage did a good job on his memory. The young need no scroll nor details on what to do, the hollykage did a good job on that one too. His brain would capture the scene of his appointed task.  The ground beneath his feet was plain ground with fine sand, the buildings in this weird place were far apart, widely spaced. The boy would begin to walk towards a particular direction. Though he knew what to do, he wanted to observe his surroundings first. The hyuuga would see smoke filling the sky some meters away from him, he would wonder what could have caused that. The hyuuga having activated his byakugan, would observe the area around the smoke, just then would he discover the mysterious cave he was searching for. The structure of the cave was quite complex, the cave was a big one , and the clusters of precious jewel that the boy was searching for was hidden somewhere in the cave. The hyuuga would begin to walk towards the cave's direction, with his byakugan active , he could see his entire surrounding up 100 meters radius. This was a place he had never  been to, on top of that, the cage looks a bit tricky as one could easily get lost in the cave with the interlink building structure. That's  how big it is.  The entrance of the cave is as wide as the cave itself. Solid rocks and concrete were the body of the cave , the entrance was as dark as night , but thankfully , his byakugan was his light in this dark world he is entering into. He would to  dare enter into the cave, his young but mighty spirit knew what exactly to do. Explore the cave, defeat the challenge that lies within, and retrieve this precious jewel. That was his only goal right now, the location of the precious jewel was not the problem, as he could see its' location with his byakugan. The problem is, getting to that particular location of the jewel. He would need to pass through these shattered routes, and not all these routes are safe to pass. Thanks to his surface walk/ tree climbing technique, he could actually walk on the walls of the cave to get to his destination on time. The eye is the light of the body, says an ancient quote. If then, ones’ eye is not light but darkness, then the eyes is blind and the body will fall into the bottomless pit. In this deep dark cave , the byakugan is the light of Sakuragi. The hyuuga entering into the cave would proceed in the search for the lost treasure.


WC: 551

Another odd dream.

Murata is unsure why she thinks 'another' as she materializes from light, thrown into the snow and cold. Has this happened before? She has an odd feeling that it has, and it triumphs over any confusion. She blinks out into the light, scanning over the faces of the two others present. There is a piece of paper in her gloved hand, but she finds that she already intuitively knows what it says, so she tucks it away for the moment. Murata is clad in her blue-tinged chain armor, a light cotton coat over top. She reaches for the chain hood hooked to her waist, donning it to stave off the wind already beginning to nip at her ears.

"Kato? No," Murata says, seemingly mostly to herself. The redhead's figure is strikingly similar to one she knows. Perhaps her mind is mixing and matching faces. The other gentleman is unfamiliar, but bears a Kirigakure headband - so even if none of this is real, it would behoove her to be polite to her comrade. "Good evening! I am Murata."

Murata turns her gaze to the entrance of the cave - dark and foreboding, torches outside of the entrance filling the air with the faint smell of smoke. Their flickering light does precious little to illuminate the entrance of the cavern. The entrance seems oddly artificial in a way that is unnerving, the mouth ringed with strange concrete relief carvings of beasts that Murata does not recognize. The moon catches the entrance just so, when the clouds allow it, a strange gleam running across the carvings.

Murata watches as a Hyuuga boy steps past the rest of the group, appearing to take no heed of their presence. He seems to be singularly focused on the cave, as if in some sort of trance. Then he is swallowed up into the dark. Murata would be concerned if she did not know what those bulging veins around his eyes meant. He likely has nothing to fear from the dim.

"I suppose we must follow, then?" Murata says, stepping towards the mouth of the cave - reaching to heft one of the torches at the entrance from its holder. She is not so gifted as the youth who walked ahead of them is.

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WC: 327
TWC: 584

As Shinji finished his verbal diarrhea, he started to sway on the spot from side to side, he looked off into the distance as the red-headed male replied to him, his attention already elsewhere. Coming through the trees was another boy, he did not seem to be a talker, walking straight past them and into the cave. Another individual showed up and introduced herself as Murata, with to which the redhead replied calling himself Noboru. As the two conversed in front of him Shinji started to mutter to himself under his breath, "Murata, Murata, Murata, Murata tutata, got it. Noboru, Noboru Noboru" Shinji turned from the couple as they mentioned they should follow the boy into the cave and started walking into the cave, still muttering to himself "Noboru Toboru, got it". Shinji struggled to pay attention when other people were talking, his word repetition helped him remember people's names. Shinji reached the mouth of the cave and took one of the torches that lit the entrance, he held it above his head as he pushed into the dark cave mouth.

Shinji started to walk along with one of the paths, once again talking to himself out loud "Now if I were a precious jewel were would be hiding". As the path started to narrow Shinji paid more attention to the floor, he did not want to find out what was in the drop below him, he gathered chakra to his core and pushed it out through his network and down to the soles of his feet, activating the surface walking technique. Shinji stayed on the floor but activated the jutsu just to be precautions. The cave started to widen in front of him, he turned back to make sure the other two were within sight, if they had torches it would have been easy to spot them. Shinji came to a stop as the cave widened enough to become a self-contained cavern, he could not see an exit apart from the one he stood at "Maybe this is the test?" He said turning back to get the attention of his fellow ninja.

WC: 354 
TWC: 586

Entering into the cave in the search for the previous jewel, the hyuuga would stay alert for any clue whatsoever .  He knew that a challenge lies ahead of him within the cave of whose details are unknown yet. The hyuuga would scan the rock and solid concrete walls of the cave, perhaps , there are ancient writings on the wall that could give him a clue to pass the challenge. Sakuragi knew the location of the jewel within the cave , so the location was not the problem. The main problem is getting to the location, the routes he is to walk past and the challenge that lies ahead of him pose the major problems, but regardless of what lies ahead , the success of this mission is of uttermost importance , or else he would fail the Hollykage and the hyuuga would be marked out of his good ninja list. The hyuuga boy would proceed in his long journey to search for the clusters of precious jewel, he would pass through many routes. There were places where the road was damaged and broken, Sakuragi would use his ninja skills, all thanks to the tree climbing and surface walking technique, he would successfully walk on the walls of the cave to move to the next junction. The hyuuga would stop at no cost until he has found the precious jewel.

TWC: 777

...Kaito? Her subconscious is not putting in much of an effort, is it? At least the surname is a novel invention. This doppelganger appears to be of the Cloud, the most familiar village to her besides the one she now calls home, simply due to proximity. Still, it is a mystery to her - based on how much rumors were mistaken about Kirigakure, she has to assume that the only useful knowledge in her head of the village is of that symbol.

"You have said our names many times, but you have not introduced yourself," Murata notes to Shinji with a tinge of humor in her voice. The torchlight licks against the walls, illuminating the strange, twisting forms of stone they find themselves walking through. The distant sound of water dripping reaches their ears. It reminds Murata of the mine she had become trapped in some weeks prior. It had surprised her just how much water there is in caves. The torch smoke mingles with the herbal tinge of Kaito's cigar in the cold air of the cave.

When they reach the cavern, there is no sign of the Hyuuga boy who had stepped ahead.

"Do you think he found an exit...?" Murata hums, running her hand along the wall. The damp stone has no answers for her.

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[TWC: 595]

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WC: 525
TWC: 1,109

Shinji's attention had been taking by the cave ahead, so when he replied to Murata it came almost as an afterthought "Shinji", he almost whispered at her. The missions had become the most important to Shinji's one-track mind, the meeting and greetings done in his mind, always thinking of his part in things last. Shinji began to pace quickly around the edge of the cave, he could see no way through, as he did so the more capable ninja behind him would act, accessing abilities to see ahead and then create a pathway, Shinji face turned from curiosity to happiness as he walked up to where Noboru had created an exit, or entrance depending at the way you viewed the world. Shinji stopped as Noboru suggested that the ladies go first, he waited for Murata to enter and then he stepped through "Then comes Age", he had his sayings mixed up and incorrect, as it was supposed to be eldest first. The tunnel was strangely constructed, but Shinji trusted his new teammate knew what he was doing and it was going to hold. The thought crossed his mind that as an Earth element user he should probably learn something that would help in this situation, currently, all he could do is move small sections fo earth up and down, this would definitely need to change if only he would remember this knowledge after he awoke back in his Island home.

WC: 240
TWC: 826