Collecting ingredients 6-2-15

==Participants==
Uchiha Kaosu ,Nara Shikake  (NPC)
==Title: Collecting Ingredients With a Hunter Nin. 6/2/15==
UnaruInuzuka: -The Shikake clone settled in Yonshigakure was lounging on the kage roof top his eyes looking thru the black masks mesh holes up towards the hazy sky. The fog that hovered over the village making the mid morning sun almost dull in comparison to other places that he has been. Having been a hunter nin for years it had allowed him the opportunity to enjoy the chance of seeing other places in his life. He now had settled to being a guard for the Shikage, his previous team leader, and also be willing to protect their village instead of roaming. The village needed it, most of their higher ranked forces were short handed and the ones they did have were either rebuilding the village itself or out on missions gaining cash that is desperately needed for the village itself to recover. He usually was content in just lounging around but he felt a little bit antsy so he let those brown orbs lower and let his head lift from its prone spot and glanced around from his perch taking in the village itself. He then spotted their lone Uchiha in the streets and silently behind that mask he smirked suddenly getting a plan to stave off the boredom. He often was hanging around watching the others roaming the streets along with keeping a eye on the genin themselves, he had taken the time over the last few months to run his eye over all the genin graduates shinobi profiles so knew most if not all of them by sight. He flickered into the building and glanced around noticing Itsumo not in here… likely having wandered down to grab something to eat at this time so he took his chance. He took a small piece of paper and an ink pen before moving over to a stack of papers for mission to be given to the mission office in an hour from now. He shuffled thru them before he took note of one of the newest restaurants looking for some ingredients to be collected for them and nodded his head, this will do well enough and it will let him get out of the walls for a little while. He scribbled down the information of being asked to meet another genin at the gates in less than a hour for an ingredients run, the mention of needing herbs, berries and mushrooms gathered along with one animal killed for its meat the genin’s choice. With this he folded the paper and with a quick hand sign body flickered to in front of the Uchiha himself moving his hand with the note in front of him, he didn’t say anything the small symbol on the paper spoke of it being a mission. Clad in his black outfit arms bare and black hair in a ponytail he spoke of being a hunter nin of this village. When the note is taken he body flickers away without a single word to the boy appearing a good block and a half away from the entrance in a alley. With a little bit of chakra he was allotted his hands shifting to Dog, then edging into Boar, then slamming together in the Ram sign he was engulfed in a puff of smoke. When the smoke cleared he looked like a mini version of himself, four foot seven at thirteen. He removes his mask and reaches into his pouch taking out his scroll and slamming a hand on the symbol as he unrolled it he removed the grey oversized jacket of his. Looking at the mask one more time with almond shaped brown orbs he sealed it into the scroll and slipped it back into his hip pouch. He leaned himself against the wall and waited for that hour to pass by and a few minutes more essentially making himself a little late.-
Guest_IraUchiha: -How long had he been meditating for? He couldn't remember, but it didn't matter, as his concentration was broken by some ninja delivering him a mission then vanishing before he was able to get a good look. The only thing he was certain of was that it was a male. After reading over the note thoroughly, the male checked to make sure that his tools were all in place, including the two folded fuma shuriken, one at each hip. Gathering up his rucksack and the feast he had packed for lunch within, consisting of six kinds of sushi, two pounds of beef jerky, twenty four bottles of water, four peanut butter banana and honey sandwiches and a thermos of piping hot espresso, all courtesy of being bored the night before. He headed off towards the village gates, thinking about when the kage had given him a similar mission, thankful for the experience now that he thought was a minor annoyance before. He knew where to find all of the ingredients on the list, having gathered many of them for his own cooking endeavors, as well as for the previous mission. The fuma on his left hip held one tag stuck to each of the four blades while the right was bare. Both weapons held a handle running through the center ring, allowing them to be wielded as fist weapons. Moving quickly, he waited at the gate until exactly one minute after he was supposed to meet his partner, taking off towards a particularly bear infested thicket, knowing it was the best place to find the mushrooms that the restaurant was wanting,. They'd be the hardest to get, growing only in the caves where bears had hibernated in earlier in the year.-" Welp, here goes something..."- he muttered softly, the Uchiha bandana around his lower face muffling his voice further, though doing nothing to hide his amused and anticipatory tone-
UnaruInuzuka: -The transformed clone noticed that the Uchiha was walking off out the gate towards the bear infested part of the forest and chooses to start jogging to catch up as he called out. “Hey wait up!” –The easy excuse of having been told to meet up with an Uchiha and taking note of the symbol on the back of his jacket would keep his cover from being blown. Also the slight child like way he acted was calculated, he was doing things Shikake honestly grew out of but remembered quite clear of having done and was part of his personality, sure he was lazy and all but he was known as having been a troublemaker and friendly to others. He stumbled over a rock in the road hopping a few times to keep his balance before getting close to where the Uchiha was before lifting a hand to lightly rub the back of his head as if a little embarrassed.- “Hi there my names Shi, Sorry about taking a bit of time mom wouldn’t let me leave home without eating something first.” –He glanced around as if curious about the area, the black cloth mask keeping his features hidden but the warm breath of a soft puffing from him giving off a slight cloud of breath was showing thru his eyes scanning over the fogged up area before speaking up softly.- “Haven’t ever been outside the village much except for the deer forest on the other side of the village… have you?” –Truthfully the hunter nin this clone was made from knew every inch of the forests around the village for miles but wasn’t about to let anyone else know these facts especially when acting as a genin. He suddenly stopped his eyes upon a patch of berries and spoke up giving the Uchiha plenty of time to speak up before softly interrupting.- “Hey are those what we are needing?”
Guest_IraUchiha: -Stopping midstep, he turned to glance at the male who had introduced himself as Shi, instantly suspicious of a guy who just told him he was 'Death'. Chasing it from his mind, he thought 'Fitting name', though what he said aloud was, "Nice ta meetcha, I'm Kaosu, but my friends call me Ira. or they would, if I had any left, heh..or any to start with.." he shrugged, finding himself rambling. It wasn't often he got the chance to speak with someone made of flesh and blood rather than a training dummy made of burlap and straw, and this was a pleasant surprise.- "It is fine if you are late. I woulda just completed the mission and turned it in myself if you hadn't shown. No offense meant, of course, but a ninja must complete their mission, no matter what. I'd expect you'd do the same. I was hoping you'd catch up though. I'm not looking forward to this, but I know where to get the mushrooms we need.." he trailed off, glancing from his list to the berries that Shi stood beside, his jaw dropping. How'd he miss them? -"Thanks, Shi! If it wasn't for you I'd have missed those berry bushes..heh. Good eye!"- he praised his fellow, or what he thought was his fellow, genin.- " I know where to get the sweetest specimens though, heh. I found a nice little spot after I gathered some tea leaves one day.. but the point is, are you Shinobi enough to tangle with a bear? If not, I'm going to have o ask you to stay outside and gather up the rest of the ingredients. Maybe have you dart in and grab some of the mushrooms while I distract them.."- Kaosu was only half talking to SHi at this point, his feet carrying him towards where he knew the cave system was located, pondering how he could nicely ask Shi to try and stay out of harms way.- " Look.. its not that i don't think you can handle yourself.. but the mission was brought to me, meaning it is my mission. I can't have one of my allies getting hurt on my watch. If I'm ever gunna reach my goal, that’s the first step." He nodded, now fully talking to himself, trying to pump himself up. He hated bears, and hadn't even learned the most basic of his clan's fire jutsu. He was an Uchiha genin that didn't know the Grand Fireball. He was ashamed of himself, and terrified of the thought of dealing with a full grown mother bear and at least one cub that, by this time of year, would be the same size as her. He gulped almost audibly, trying to keep his cool.-
UnaruInuzuka: -He took in the name even if he already knew it thru records he had glanced thru on the graduates but found the interaction with them so much more telling. He took in the nickname he liked and filed that into his thoughts. He then took note of the fact of the other not quite having much ‘team work’ skills and considered this fact as well. He was quiet a moment as he mentioned the fact of having found berries he clearly missed and seemed to grin his eyes clearly showing it over the cloth mask but then he gave a small scowl at the whole thing about taking the mission and making it only his own… this wouldn’t do, he needs to understand even if he was given the slip that Everyone in the group he is with is considered to be part of the mission as well not just him even if technically he isn’t to get any credit in what is to happen the other wouldn’t know this fact.- “Hey I was not just coming along for shits and giggles… I’m here for this mission as well.” –He seemed to consider the fact a moment, tangling with one of those bears was nothing for him but he knew no genin would feel no fear at the idea of dealing with something that big so he let himself hesitate a moment before answering that question.- “Of course I am. Bet I'm better at keeping from getting injured than you are.” –His eyes lingered on the bush a little longer, those berries would have been fine for the asking mission but he was allowing the genin to run the show letting himself be there as backup, his steps joining the Uchihas own as they walked farther into the wooded area around the village. As he had been walking he often paused a second to snag some herbs he recognized as dill, parsley, rosemary and sage each pause only long enough to recognize it and snag a small handful from the bushes letting them grow more in time. His feet had always seeming to speed up and catch up as the other seemed to be lost in his own conversation to himself rather than Shikake himself. He then heard the comment of it being the Uchihas mission once again and spoke up - “Actually it may have been brought to you Kaosu but it doesn’t mean it is only your mission. After all doesn’t it claim that I was to meet you for it? That means it’s also My mission…” –As he let himself walk farther along before suddenly seeing a rabbit nibbling on some of the grass not far from the cave opening and with a light touch to the others shoulder motioned to the rabbit with the same hand and lifting a brow expecting the other to catch on, there was a mention to get a animal for meat on that slip of paper so the idea of needing to grab it while it was in the area was a likelihood.-
Guest_IraUchiha: -He was caught off guard by Shi's response, shutting up and nodding slowly. The guy was right. He was being big headed and full of himself. Hearing the 'challenge' from Shi, he vowed to dodge everything that came his way. he fell silent, eyes darting to the rabbit. He knew the drill. Shi had been smart, grabbing the herbs on the way in, something he would have done if he hadn't been monologuing. He really needed to get used to being around other people. Noting the position of the rabbit in relation to the cave, he jumped straight into the tree above them after picking a few berries from the bush beside him. Moving silently through the trees, he made a noose from his nin-wire, and used a second length to support the berries he'd picked just in front of the rabbit on the other side of the noose. Once it stuck it's head through to investigate Kaosu jerked up, tightening the slip knot and hoisting the terrified bunny into his arms. Working quickly, he positioned himself on the far side of the clearing where he strung up the rabbit by it's left rear leg, snapping it at the knee so that it begun squealing in agony, arousing the attention of the lone female grizzly that came slinking out of her cave, eyes heavy with sleep, to investigate the sound. The uchiha would have lowered the animal from the branches above, masking himself from the sight of the predator and giving his team mate the perfect chance to move in and gather the mushrooms from within the cave. It also exposed the bear's back to Shi, granting the perfect opportunity for a sneak attack as it moved to chow down.-
UnaruInuzuka: -He watched and waited as the Uchiha worked on the rabbit and let the bear catch the sound of a distressed animal. He had slipped to the opposite side of the cave and waited patiently a moment. Hearing the bear rustle to wake up from its sleep and go investigate he pulled a shuriken from his pouch and flung it at the rabbits throat slicing the artery in its neck the shuriken slamming into a tree beyond it, the rabbit did its job, it didn’t need to suffer more than it needed to. He soon slipped into the cave quickly letting his senses tell him if there was anything else in the cave that was missed along with to hunt out the mushrooms the other mentioned to be in here. He took a turn in the cave before finding what he was looking for. He pulled out a small cloth bag from his pouch and placed the herbs he had snagged on the way here and started placing the better ones into the bag taking a bit of time. He didn’t take much time, a minute or so knowing the bear will loose interest in the rabbit soon enough, something that small after all will not take long at all he gave himself time to get enough before working to slip back out. The bear did take a little time to take that snack and soon had gone to turn around. Shikake knew there was always that small chance of a animal acting different from its predicted movements, he was a bit slow in his actions and the transformed clone found itself in the sights of the bear itself as it turned around. The roar from it echoing off the trees all around as it noticed him in its den. He flipped back his small genin looking frame easily making the maneuver before dashing up a tree himself. He could have bound the bear but he wanted to see what the other will do to deal with this situation, he will only do something if he feels he cant do anything else but show some tricks of his.-
Guest_IraUchiha: -The instant the bear let loose its fury, the Uchiha followed the bear's gaze to Shi, cursing mentally that the bear had caught his scent. Now that the bear had exposed it's back, he drew the fuma shuriken from his right hip and slapped an exploding tag to each of the weapons bladed surfaces, and then a length of his wire around the center. He threw the weapon towards the left of the bear's neck, yanking to the side of his wire and altering the weapon's flight path, causing it to turn sharply to the right and wrapp around the animal's neck, each pass of the wire causing the blades too saw deeper into the thick hide and fat, the wire slipping into the gouges made and cutting deeper. Yoking up on the wire, he pulled it taut and buried the fuma as deep as possible, the chakra he coursed through the wire detonating the tags and removing the bears head in a crimson spray that turned the clearing a deep, rich wine red. Moving silently, he tied the bears limbs with his wire, the explosion cauterizing the neck wound, and proceeded to try and drag it out of the forest, shell shocked at what he had just done.-
UnaruInuzuka: -He watched as the young Uchiha ended up attacking with a fuma shuriken and literally cut the head off the bear and soon made a explosion happen that rocked the area slightly with the blast. He gave a blink of his eyes and smirked slightly, the kid has guts for sure and clearly skill. He watched from his perch just far enough out of the spray of the blood. He hopped down to the ground and lightly hopped over the puddles avoiding most if not all the blood to get close to the Uchiha, as soon as he got close he could see the shock of his actions on the bear and as he was tying it up to be dragged and saw the other trying.- “Wow almost thought she would get me, thanks, well I guess the one animal on the list is done with.” –He saw him struggle and he didn’t blame him it was huge, no way would one be drug out of here by them if they don’t either seal it or cut it down a bit. He reached out and grabbed him by the shoulder to stop his forward movements.- “Wait a moment Kaosu, how about you gather up some more of the berries and herbs while I cut it down a bit to make this easier for us both?” –He waited for the teen to take up the offer or make a comment to him, he had hoped the other would stay talkative but clearly his small moment of trying to help him understand the fundamentals of others around him had made him back off some… the clone hoped it didn’t last too long.-
Guest_IraUchiha: -His eyes, almost glassy as they turned their gaze towards Shi, seemed to be looking through the 'genin'. He'd never killed anything before, and always assumed he'd feel like a badass from a movie. This was different. he'd blown its head clean off, and felt nothing but horror from what he'd done. It was just defending tis territory and he'd killed it. The hand on his shoulder caused his to jump, snapping back to his senses.-" Yeah, of course you are a right.. I brought a scroll if you wanna seal it.. Imma.. Imma go pick some berries.."- he handed over the scroll before shambling over to the nearby bushes and absentmindedly picking them clean, his arms moving roboticly as he focused at his task, trying to distract himself, " H..hey, Shi, how long have you been in the village? I don't remember seeing you around, heh. You are probably from the top academy student class, right? Me, not so much.. I don't even have my clas kekkei genkai yet. I can't do any jutsu.. I'm a pretty lame Uchiha, ya know? How about you? What clan are you from?" He was just trying to make small talk, wanting to be, mentally, far away from what he'd done.-
UnaruInuzuka: -He watched as he moved off, he knew first kills were the hardest on genin, animals are hard to deal with, they just are doing what was natural, humans can even be worse when it’s a order that is given that the one executing it feels it wrong but also knows it needs to happen. No one in this shinobi world has it easy and the sooner one can get over the hurdle of having taken a life the better they are on the long run. He waited till he was already walking off taking the scroll from the other and giving a nod of his head. To make it as small of a strain of sealing for the clone as possible he worked on the animal. He cut it open and gutted it taking a couple of bags and placing the choice bits into it and sealed it. then he took to butchering it with a well honed kunai and the ninjato skinning it like a pro and soon quartering it quickly. As he was working he heard the other speak up and smirked softly.- “ All my life… A lot of the time I was stuck with my family to teach me and other times I was finding myself lagging behind in class, people started thinking I would never graduate with my grades but I guess someone realized I was a Nara and adjusted the lessons to fit my families… habits I guess you can say. It got me out of the academy to learn at my own pace, which was quicker than they thought, I mean I know a few skills but not too many so don’t go placing me at the top class, but for a while people thought I was one of the dumbest. I just didn’t really have much drive in getting things done I guess.” –He let his words ramble, keep the other focused, he needed the other to get back into the game, back to a steady mentality for all this, he was a shinobi, blood and all will become normal, and knowing you killed someone or something will be something he will soon handle. He finished dissecting the animal to the point it didn’t look like the animal anymore, its only signs of being one is the fur skin that he made sure to make well he took the time on that one, he knew the teen will recover from this eventually. He sealed the meat into the scroll and paused with the now rolled up fur before speaking again now that the animal was generally gone from sight.- “If you want my family has the means of making this into a rug or a bed cover if you want it, we have a herd of deer that occasionally we cull it for their meat hides and other items for medicinal properties. I know it’s a strange thing to keep but you may find it give you strength in this shinobi life knowing you had the strength to bring down such a animal, something not many people can claim at our age, I’m still surprised it worked.” –He buried anything left over out of the sight of the Uchiha and came to clean his arms and hands off with water before rolling up the scroll once again and moving over to the Uchiha holding it out as he waited for him to speak up.-
Guest_IraUchiha: -The talking was helping, and soon he was back to being himself, smirk and all. He actually caught sight of where Shi had buried the remains, moving over and kneeling. He uttered a hushed prayer, -" Poor lost soul, may you be reborn anew..".- Hearing the offer of an heirloom, he nodded,-" Yes, I'd like that. Maybe a cloak though. A cloak or a bed covering. SUrprise me, heh." His fellow genin had some wise words for his age, and he appreciated the male's intellect. " I assume your familly's "habits" refer to the legendary Nara Laziness?"- he wasn't trying to be mean, his voice full of mirth as he lead the way back through te forest, tlaking over his shoulder, " Heh, at least you can perform jutsu. ALl I know is what i learned in the academy, but I'll be changing that soon enough, just you wait and see." - he flashed a thumbs up before whistling softly, an answering rustle coming from the trees above. Seconds later two ferrets dropped down, one on each shoulder. The left was completely black save for white patches over each eye, and the right was it's exact, inverted duplicate, possessing a white pelt with black patches.-"Bake, Domo..how long have you two been following us?" The seemed to chittered, rubbing their faces against his.-" ALright guys, chill out, I'm fine. We were just heading home, and yes, I grabbed some extra berries for ya."- Looking back at Shi, he smiled, his eyes revealing the geasture his bandana hid," The white one is Bake, and her sister here is Domo. They're my buddies."-
UnaruInuzuka: -He grinned under the mask glad that the air was lightening for the other as he watched him give a prayer a nod of his head to this fact before hearing the comment of surprising him he gave a grin. A bed covering would be nice especially when winter comes around here… maybe even dye the underside and place a clasp on the edges and straighten it out a bit allowing the item to be both by placing the fur inside… His mind ran over the things quickly and grinned to his ideas before hearing the comment about him and the laziness. He gave off a chuckle and let his hand scratch the back of his head.- “Yeah you can say that but I was sooo bored.” –He didn’t add the fact that Shikake also was considered a troublemaker when he was denied the sleep and notoriously found himself stuck in a after school class as punishment… which never really worked, he slept thru most of those as well. His family finally chose home schooling to be better, and the way it was taught kept his mind focused. He gathered the fur and settled it onto a scroll of his own before sealing it and taking off after Kaosu.- “Hey don’t say you don’t know anything you took down a bear for crying out loud, think any other freshly out of the academy Genin could claim that??” –He let the grin be shown widely in his scrunched up eyes moments before he heard scrabbling of tiny paws with claws on it in the area and paused a moment considering what it was before seeing the two ferrets land on the Uchiha’s shoulders he blinked his chocolate orbs a moment before letting himself look at them and Kaosu interact, so pets of his. He then took note of him turning back to him and speaking about their names and what they mean to him. He let a smirk form to this before reaching out and lightly brushing a finger against their cheeks, he had an air about him that was a lot calmer than other teens when it came with animals, it made them trust when they are jittery, after all raising deer you needed them to trust you fully to have then get close to check them out and make sure they are healthy. He moved away from the contact as he stuck his hands into his pockets and started moving along towards the village knowing the restaurant they needed to head to just giving Kaosu enough time to catch up and walk along with him. He was one to talk if he was up for it but also can come to be very silent as well. He took note of the villages fog getting thick today… great no star gazing tonight… most he will see tonight is the moon like usual… a small annoyed grunt forming without realizing it as his eyes had looked up into the sky realizing the fog and the weather won’t be changing… At last Shikake was enjoying his time outside the village while this clone was helping care for these genin, on the village itself and also caring for the deer he had to leave behind to watch over the Shikage herself. He paused in the middle of the area where the restaurants were situated- “Ok I know the restaurant is close to around here but you got the address don’t you?”
Guest_IraUchiha: -Nodding slowly, Kaosu yawned and waved Shi off.- " Mhm, its on this note here.."-. He handed it over to his companion before rubbing his eyes. " Tell ya what, I"ll go announce we've completed the mission and you go turn in the ingredients. I desperatly need a nap after that.." - he was drained, and unable to think straight. Rubbing his temples, he corrected himself, " Ehh..maybe I should go with you? I mean, it is like you said, it was /our/ mission, you should be there when we complete it, and I should be there to make sure it is actually done. No offense mean t to you, Shi, but I just got hit with a sudden feeling of responsibility, thats all, heh."- He chuckled lightly at having changed his mind so fast, grinning once more from behind his bandana before jogging his way through the misty streets, recalling the building's address from memory. He'd wait out front until Shi arrived, holding the door open for him so that he could enter and hand over the ingredients. Afterwards, he'd let Shi take the lead.-
UnaruInuzuka: -The clone didn’t say anything as Kaosu had mentioned splitting up and only nodded when he heard him change his mind, soon waving off the mention of no offence quite easily, honestly in his mind he was glad the teen was willing to push past what he really wanted to do to actually keep to duty so he followed after him. He walked to the door and had the other opening it for him giving another nod of his head and a simple thanks for it as he was grabbing the scroll and the sacks of other items as he moved into the restaurant he gave a smile as he saw the cook and gave a small wave which he got in return before  he came over to see what the genin had to offer. Shikake’s clone moved over and rolled out the scroll and released the meat to settle on the table there along with the bag of mushrooms and the herbs. He knew that Kaosu had collected berries and he himself having snagged some himself he set what he had collected and motioned for the Uchiha to do the same with what he had got. As he did he pulled out a scroll and unrolled it motioning to the signature spot at the bottom. The thing is Kaosu had only been given the slip of paper for the mission not the main scroll… Him seeing this might make him consider his actions a little better in the future. As the item was signed he rolled it up and stepped out of the building with Kaosu at his side. He flipped the scroll to the teen and smirked under the cloth mask. He then moved off heading towards the kage building heading towards the mission office. It didn’t take long the Yonshigakure small enough to get there within minutes so his feet took him to the office and motioned for the teen to go and hand it in. When he went off to turn it in and the moment he had turned his back to him Shikake’s clone would have used a body flicker to leave and released the transformation as he was walking down the road a good block away. He reached into his pouch and puling out the black hunter nin mask and soon settled it back upon his features as he shucked that jacket off of himself flicking it over his shoulder humming a soft tune as he moved off to go find out what he can grab for lunch.-
Guest_IraUchiha: -He followed suit, bringing in the berries he'd picked for the mission, along with the few herbs he'd gathered. He'd finally shaken off the shock of klling the bear, feeling much better than he had minutes ago.He saw the scroll in Shi's possession and felt a lump grow in his throat, his mind chastising him for his brashness before. -"Excuse me, sir?" he motioned to the head waiter and pulling him aside for a private covnersation while he turned in his part of the mission ingredients. When they left, he smiled to himself before calling over to Shi, -"Hey, I got us a free meal there if we want. Y athink you minght wanna hang out some time?"- He was happy he had mae a new 'friend', wondering if maybe he was just being naive. They had only just met, and it was business. He pushed these thoughts aside as he caught the thrown scroll and nodded back towards the male. He followed the team's "leader" instructions affter he deciphered Shi was telling him to go on ahead, and went to turn the mission in, wondering where his new aquaintance had gone off to. He handed the scroll to the clerk, shaking his head slowly as he signed over the scroll. "Where did he go?" he mumbled before collecting his reward and heading outside and grabbing a skewer of meat fro a street vendor before heading to the training area to mediate. He shared the meal with his ferrets, wondering about what he would try to learn next, he let the two furred, furious warriors duke it out ofver the last hunk of carrot and potato as he walked across the pond, sitting cross legged atop it to return to training-
==End Results:==
Mission acomplished. Bear defeated. Shikake got to see how the genin reacts to groups.