The Search

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The Search
 
It is your job to search, find and return a sealed chest deep within a cave in the Land of Fire (The map and instructions are inclosed in this file). Inside the Cave is a Scroll containing various information that I, The Hokage, need desperately. the cave is scattered with Bandits, whom I'm sure you can handle, under no circumstances are you to attempt to open the chest or scroll.
 
Mission Rank: D-Rank
Shinobi Assigned: Arashi Hatake
 
 
 
 
 
Mission Log
 
Tenma walked slowly through the woods looking at a map that he had received for his mission. His mission being to receive a chest that is hidden deep within a cave that was located within the land of fire, the mission should be easy except for an occasional bandit within said cave. As he walked he spotted that entrance to the cave and slid the map into a pouch that was on his back right hip. "So this is the cave I have to go through..." He said in his mind as he scanned his surroundings, seeing that only one bandit was guarding the outside of the cave holding a rusted, dull sword. He ducked behind some near by bushes and continued to sneak as close as possible to the bandit, keeping his breathing calm he slowly crept up behind the bandit, remaining calm and collected as he gets closer he accidentally steps on a twig, causing a cracking sound merely a foot behind the bandit. In response the bandit turned around to see what had caused the sound, only to see a man crouched down behind him, looking up at him with wide eyes. "Well hello there princess" said the bandit, now that Tenma was up close he could tell that the bandit was actually well built and bulky, compared to his own lean muscles and about the age of 25 or so. Quickly Tenma slammed his fist into the bandits stomach causing him to double over in pain with a growl "Why you little..." was all the bandit could get out before Tenma quickly drop kicked him causing him to face plant into the ground and as he went to get back up Tenma gave him one last kick in the head to knock him out. Letting out a small sigh of relief he said "Well that could have gone better." before he put his hands under the arms of the bandit and dragged him into the bushes to hide him from other bandits, forming the hand signs Dog, Boar, Ram he said "Transformation Jutsu" only seconds before a cloud of smoke appeared and he appeared as the knocked out bandit in front of him, however this form wouldn't last for more than 10 minutes due to having to constantly emit chakra and if he had to talk to any other bandits it could be shorter due to having to maintain concentration. He arose from the bushes and walked into the cave, it was damp and dark with the exception of the few torches along the walls, the smell was as if something had rotted inside causing him to wrinkle his nose slightly and continue his decent through the cave, looking around carefully for anything that they could use as a storage room for things they had looted or found, this being much easier said than done due to this being a cave unknown to him and while searching he had to maintain as much focus as possible to keep the transformation technique solid enough to fool the bandits that he occasionally walked past, after several minutes of walking he quickly ducked down behind a group of stalagmites and released the jutsu, turning back to his original form and he let out a sigh of relief and continued deeper into the cave, hunched down as to not be seen and make an un-necessary confrontations, though the cave had some bandits it wasn't too much, but better safe than sorry.  As he approached an intersection where the path went off into 2 directions he sighed "Things can never be easy for me can they? " Upon finishing this sentence he decided that he will take the left tunnel and walk down until he reached a dead end, but instead of stopping he walked closer to it, banging his head against it "Why.Does.This.Happen.To.Me." He said between each slam of his head into the rock wall, slowly he turned around and went back, taking the right tunnel and following it down to an open area full of junk that had been taken. Smiling he spotted the small chest that containing the scroll, quickly grabbing it off the brown crate it was set on top of he turned and went back the way he came, the chest in his right hand, ducking through the bandits as well as he could until he moved into a corridor where the bandits had been sitting around and eating, making sneaking by them harder than the single bandits spread throughout the cave, kneeling down he weaved more hand signs: Ram, Snake, Tiger. Doing so would cause an identical clone to appear next to him, this clone however lacking a physical form so it was more like a hologram making him run out in the open so that the bandits could easily see it, as the clone ran straight across, not able to do any real interesting movements the bandits hopped up there being 4 in total, one being big and bulky like the guy at the entrance but much taller, one being smaller than Tenma and from the looks of it most likely younger, the next one was of a medium size with lean muscle and the last one being slightly taller than the average person but fat instead of muscular. "How did he get in here!? Get him!" Yelled the skinny one as they all took off running for the clone that would soon dissipate, the fat one being in back trying to keep up with the others being funny to watch which caused Tenma to let out a very small "Heh." sound. Tenma grabbed the small trunk and took off full on sprinting towards the exit, the light shining through allowing his eyes to adjust more to the light, upon nearing the exit the bandit that had been knocked out previously was slowly walking around the corner holding his head, right as he reached him Tenma punched him in the exact same place as before but instead of drop kicking him he grabbed the bandits arm and flipped him over his shoulder, causing him to land on his back, that being very basic that any person could learn within 10 minutes of trying. Once reaching the exit he began his run back to the Hokage to turn in his mission and the sealed chest.