Sealsmith: Refreshing Defenses [Kizmaru]

Mission Being Done:

Keita had been looking for something to do with his friend Kizmaru for quite a while, and soon an opportunity presented itself in the form of some sort of defense being breached in a nearby noble estate, and they required some people that were skilled in fuuinjutsu to go and fix it for them. This seemed like a pretty good and easy mission for the two, and they could chat it up while doing it, as their fuuinjutsu techniques were fairly good, Keita especially. He was not sure about the level of mastery that his friend Kizmaru had attained in fuu8injutsu since he had started training in it, but he knew himself, and he had quite a bit of confidence in himself to do what he needed to do. As he had picked up this mission from the reception area of the administration building, he wanted to go and inform Kizmaru that he had taken it, and great ready to head over to the estate of the noble. Still, this was something that did not require haste, he was not even sure if Kizmaru would accept this mission as what he wanted to do, as Keita was responsible for going and finding something for them to occupy their time with. Keita started walking to the kage office, and soon he found himself out on the streets, wandering around on this fairly foggy day, meandering towards the kage offices, not quite in a hurry, but not being lazy either. He knew that when he got there, Kizmaru would be there somewhere and greet him, and he would not have to go into the actual office at all. As he got closer to the building, holding the missing in his right hand, he noticed that there were a few people standing outside of the kage building, seemingly discussing something and waiting for something to happen. Keita had no idea what was going on, and decided to go up and ask them was was happening with them all standing around like that. It seemed that the kage was not in his office right now, and they were sitting here, seeing if one of the secretaries could assist them, and they seemed rather busy with the kage not being there that day. 

This was strange, but Keita pushed it into the back of his mind as he sat there, and finished his conversation with the people outside, thanking them for the information, before walking away towards a nice courtyard outside of the office. There were a couple of benches surrounding a fountain and some hedges that looked quite beautiful, and some of the benches were used by some of the villagers as they were sitting there waiting for the crowd in front of the kage offices to disperse a bit, and so Keita would walk over and sit on one that was fairly close to the fountain. It was rather calming, and Keita looked around, waiting. he knew that he was not the hardest person to pick out of a crowd because of his armor and the fact that most people in the village knew him, so he figured that Kizmaru would find him with relative ease when he was ready to go and start the mission. It was also a possibility that Kizmaru would just tell him that he did not want to do this mission, and to pick out a new one to person, but he wanted to do this one since it focused on fuuinjutsu, and he wanted to try and figure out how a home with a fuuinjutsu seal around it was breached, but apparently nothing was stolen, as that would have been in the synopsis of the mission as well if it was.
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WC: 624

It's been awhile since the two of them had gotten together in order to do some kind of mission for the village. Kizmaru was dressed up in his normal attire of a yellow button down shirt, navy blue pants and black ninja tabi. He wore a jounin flak jacket over his attire more as a badge of honor than actual armor since he wanted to spoof as a Kirigakure Jounin. Despite being discreet most of the time, it'd be a real problem if another Kiri Jounin decided they wanted to confirm if his credentials were valid or not. Luckily it's never gotten to that point before as he was always hanging around Keita. Speaking of Keita, he had been informed that the two of them would take part in a mission that required Fuinjutsu specialists to take part in. Something about rebuilding the defense matrix to a noble's home or something. He figured he would get more details of this in a bit if he just looked for Keita. Kizmaru  had initially gone off to the administration building in order to officially take a job but he decided since Keita was already doing that, there was no need for him to do the same.

 Trotting around the village, he noticed it was rather foggy but not to the point where it obscured his vision too much. he could still see perfectly fine amidst this weather. When he walked back to the Kage's estate, he noticed a group of people in front of the building that he didn't recognize. He figured it was best he avoided going anywhere near there or he'd most likely be sucked into matters he didn't care to deal with at the moment. Even though he was in disguise, it was best for him to not risk being spotted regardless so instead, he decided to take a detour and walk a different route to who knows where. Placing his hands into his pockets, Kizmaru decided he'd loop around the village before coming back to see if the people crowding around the estate were still hanging around or if they had finally gone their way. It seems they had so he was now comfortable with looking around for his friend Keita in hopes to see if he had picked up the so-called mission they were supposed to undergo and complete. It had been awhile since they did anything remotely fun so he was looking forward to this experience.

Unfortunately, he had to leave Ram behind as taking him out nowadays while he was a Jounin was far too risky for him until he could get a disguise tailored just for him. It would still be a large coincidence that his familiar "happened" to be the same as the current Mizukage's but he had to make do with whatever excuses or fibs he could think of in order to change the topic of companions when he was mingling with other Jounin. Walking around the courtyard, he noticed there were still some people lingering around that he had seen before but the crowd of people wasn't as big. He figured it was safe enough to walk amongst most of them as long as he kept his head down. In the midst of the crowd he saw his buddy, Keita sitting on a bench somewhere near a fountain. Approaching him through the crowd, Kizmaru waved his hand in order to get his attention without uttering a word. They were still among people near the estate and he didn't want to risk saying anything, even should he disguise the sound of his voice. When he got Keita's attention, he motioned with his head to go to someplace secluded that was nearby. 

Walking in the direction he motioned in, Kizmaru had taken him a few blocks away from the Kage's estate before he felt it safe to talk freely. Now that they were alone, he could do so without fear. "Hey Keita, what's up? I would have liked to meet up with you sooner but the large crowd in front of my estate was a little unnerving. I don't know if they would have recognized me or not even though I  had my face while I'm the Mizukage but I didn't want to take any chances. I think I might have even seen you talking with them earlier but I decided not to approach for reasons stated previously. By the way, who were they," Kizmaru had inquired. After pausing for a second, he figured he didn't give a damn who they were and decided to continue anyway. "Well, I guess I'll cross that bridge when I get there. For now, what kind of mission did you get for us this time buddy? I know its a little strange for the Kage to go out and do grunt work but sometimes, I feel the need to stretch my legs, ya know," Kizmaru said a bit wearily.

W.C: 822

Keita was sitting there, waiting for his friend to come and greet him, but he would be disappointed because something like that was bound not to happen, as he was sitting there calmly, and no one came up to him. As he was looking around, soon he saw Kizmaru off to the side somewhere, and as soon as their eyes met, Kizmaru signaled to Keita that they should go somewhere else to talk. Keita thought this was okay, but he was wondering why Kizmaru wanted to suddenly be all secretive, and was pretty sure he was still in his jounin outfit, which was not associated with the kage or his office at all, but he would never understand keeping that much of a secret from regular people, so he was unsure if what Kizmaru was going through was normal or if he was being over cautious. Anyways, Keita decided now that he was going to go ahead and get up to meet Kizmaru at the place that was a bit more secluded so that they could talk about the mission at hand. Keita walked over with Kizmaru a couple of blocks before they started speaking, and Kizmaru started explaining why he did not feel like showing himself when there was a big crowd outside of the office, and even asked who they were for a moment, before continuing on with his statements, saying that it was unusual for Kages to do this type of grunt work, but he wanted to actually go out and do something every once in a while. 

"I was trying to see why they were crowding around the building, and it simply appears that there are very few people in the office today to handle their requests, so it has been flooded a bit with people. I assume the secretaries and other workers there will be fine for today. As for the mission I've picked out, it seems some nobles had some sort of fuuinjutsu defense around their house that has been breached, and they need a couple of people who know fuuinjutsu to go and fix it." Keita would say, before taking out the details of the mission and handing it over to Kizmaru, allowing him to read the full information. Apparently they were going out to a hill side that was near the ocean, and the people who owned the manor they were fixing the defensive array on owned a large fishing company in the village, so they were rather important. Keita did not really care, however, anyone could go out and catch fish, so even if the company went under, another would most likely replace it immediately. 

After he let Kizmaru see, he would then start talking about what they were going to do, and if they should be fast when they went over there, or if they wanted to be more relaxed when doing the mission. "So, when did you want to head out, and do you want to hurry up and complete it, or stretch your legts a bit more and take a bit more time to do so. The nobles will most likely have to frame of reference for how long it should take to finish this, so we could relax a bit." Keita suggested, but still wanted to know if Kizmaru wanted to relax or speed through this.
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WC: 559

Kizmaru was surprised at the sheer amount of people that were here today over what he considered some trivial matters. It wasn't even anything that required, as far as he knew anyway but he figured if it did, somebody else would be there to pick up the slack. Well, that was fine. He'd be able to deal with it when he got back. For now he primarily wanted to focus on whatever mission Keita had managed to wrangle up for the both of them to do. "I see. Well it sucks for them. The Mizukage will be busy doing field work today just the way he likes to do it from time to time. I'll deal with their shenanigans later but for now I just want a break from it all. Now then, you said we have a job that involved shinobi that were knowledgeable in Fuinjutsu to rebuild some kind of  defenses for a noble that's been breached, correct? That sounds kind of interesting and I've never thought of doing that myself for protection. Yeah, this sounds like it could be a learning experience for me. Maybe I'll learn how it works and incorporate it into something I could use for the entire village. Or at least, specific parts of the region anyway." Kizmaru liked the sound of that idea and so he figured it'd be in his best interest to go and tag along to learn more about this "defense matrix". Keita then asked if he would like for them to head to their destination now or if they should take their time since it seems the nobles would need it anyway to figure out their issue anyways. 

Kizmaru pondered on how he wanted to go about this but in the end, he figured if the nobles needed time anyway, they might as well take their own time to do other things. If this was the case, he wondered why they would request help so early in the first place anyway instead of when preparations were almost done. It's not like they'd have to wait long after the request was sent, they are nobles after all and do get some privilege of priority. Regardless, he'd give his answer to Keita. "Well, if the nobles need time I say we should give it to them. Is there any specific time the nobles would want us to be there or do we just get there whenever? I feel as if we should head to our destination first and hang around nearby until they are ready or something along those lines just to be safe," Kizmaru said a bit confused. Lifting both arms up, he'd place them at the back of his head, tilting it upwards as if he was contemplating what they should do. He wished this was immediate so he didn't have to think about this at all but things were never as simple as he would hope for them to be in the shinobi world. At the same time, a thought crossed his mind as he wondered if he left enough food out for Ram since he currently wasn't with him. Well, he should be fine, maybe.

W.C: 529

Keita chuckled a bit when Kizmaru started his slight rant on the fact that the kage was going to be out on break and that the people waiting in the line at the office were just out of luck today. It was well within his ability and station to want some time off for himself every now and then, Keita could not blame him for that, but he was also going to be there to remind him that he needed to get back to the office, within reason of course. For now, going on this mission was something that would allow him to take a much needed break, especially because there was no reason that this mission should turn hostile in any way. Keita also listened to his opinions on using fuuinjutsu as a defense, and wondering how he could incorporate it into the village. 

“Kiz, did you forget about the storm barrier around the village?” Keita would say teasingly, as if something so simple slipped his mind and he should be ashamed. Keita then listened to him state his opinion on staking out the place first, and he agreed, nodding. “Surveying the area for a bit sounds like a great idea, let’s go.” Keita would say, before walking down a specific road that led to the estates. As they were getting close, Keita made sure to survey the area, watching out for anything that could be of note, and did not really notice anything out of place for the most part. The estate that they were heading to was a fairly small one, how rich people were concerned, but still had a few acres of land, a three story manor, and a large garden outside that was constantly tended to by some of the non-ninja folk of the village. 

“Rather extravagant for a ninja village, don’t you think?” Keita would say, before taking a quick glance around the estate, looking for signs of fuuinjutsu.
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WC: 325

Shaking away his thoughts about Ram, he figured the little spike ball could serve to go on a diet anyway. Chuckling to himself, Kizmaru figured he'd get this job over with to take his mind off of paperwork although he couldn't completely get the thought of the people in front of the Kage's estate out of his head. For some odd reason, he had a prediction that it's going to end with calling shinobi guards to escort most of them out when things get too rowdy. Letting out an audible sigh, it seems Keita was in his teasing mood once again, as he so coyly reminded him of the storm barrier. It's not like Kizmaru had forgotten about the storm barrier. There's always a constant reminder of it everyday. Though this was a tropical island, it's not like its a place that could be treated as a resort. Kizmaru figured he should adjust the severity of the storm from time to time when it was vacation time for the rest of the world. One day, he'd like for the storm barrier to only be visible in clear times of strife and assault. And the rest of the time, go back to its tropical, vacation-like serenity that it once had.

"I didn't forget, it's just that one day I'd like to turn this island back into a resort where it isn't constantly raining and storming all the time. This was once a fancy resort you know, made even fancier when Tenga and Shima joined together to form the new Kirigakure nation that exists today. On top of that, should the storm barrier ever be penetrated by something powerful enough, I would like for there to be a second line of defense to at least make sure each villager would have some sort of minor defense should anything drastic happen. You know, keep them alive and unharmed for just a bit longer until help arrives. It's always good to have contingencies in case the original plan goes awry," Kizmaru had said. As he finished saying this, a reflection of his life began to come across him. He figured he'd come a long way from the carefree child he used to be. He always hated the thought of being a shinobi from the bottom of his heart as he always thought they were the root of every world problem. After all, it was Kiri Ninja who had basically given Konoha families the ultimatum. 

And now he was the sole leader of a nation governing both military and economic matters. Whoever the previous Mizukage was sure was something in order to take on the roles of two or more different kinds of leaders without having a second or third option to back him up. It does sound like a dictatorship though and he can't say he really liked the thought of that. Regardless, the two of them had made it to their client's home where they would have to begin work and rebuild the defense matrix. It wasn't going to happen immediately so Kizmaru figured he'd kill some time by just daydreaming some more and talking to his buddy Keita.  Eventually, the time came for them to fix the defense matrix the way they wanted which took a few hours admittedly. After he was done, he would go and collect his payment, bid Keita farewell even though he would just see him later while he was in his Mizukage attire.

[Exit.]

W.C: 576
T.W:C: 1,927

Loot Claims
Claiming 9000 ryo from mission and 1500 ryo from max AP conversion

Stat Claims
Using 1,900 words to take 19 points away from Chakra.

Ability Claims
Using 250 words into learning Chakra Scrambling Seal 
Using 1,600 words into Half Handsign Mastery of Nativity of a World of Trees

While Keita was teasing Kizmaru a bit, he had gotten what he wanted, which was for Kizmaru to go a bit defensive and start a rant. He always laughed when his friend did this, because it was just messing with him at the end of the day, so there was no reason to be serious and give a serious, in depth answer. Keita knew the merits of having fail safes and various back ups, as he had learned quite a few of them that were now in his personal arsenal. Speaking of which, he thought back on how many seals he had on his body, and wanted to put another one just in case, but he looked around and noticed that he had yet to use any of them, so he would relax for now, in case he wanted to use the last one he could put on his body for another purpose. As they were walking around talking, Keita was still looking around the estate, and felt like not really talking to the people there until the job was completed.

Keita saw that some of the seals had been marked off, and he noted that this could only happen if the person who broke in knew that the formation was there, and knew fuuinjutsu breaking as a technique. This must have been a ninja at the least, but Keita did not really bother with that, and started remaking the seals and patching up the defenses with Kizmaru. “Yeah I know that fail safes are good, I was just messing with you.” Keita would also say to Kizmaru as they were wandering around. After a while, it seemed that the two had patched up the system outside and Keita tested the defense just in case, and it seemed to be fine. Kizmaru simply got his stuff and left, with Keita walking up to the person and telling him that the job was done, and getting the signature saying that the mission was a success.
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Exit
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WC: 334
Total WC: 1842
Claiming 9000 ryo from mission and 1500 ryo from max AP conversion
Using 867 words towards Unity Seal, completing it with discount, previous training HERE
Using 975 words towards Healing Bite with discount 975/1125 for B rank

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