Exterminate the Weak

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## Mission Briefing

A band of good for nothing bandits have caught the attention of the locals of Konoha and are requesting that they be handled. The trading routes traveled by most of the merchants traveling from the east are being terrorized by these bandits and this is hindering Konoha's ability to rebuilding effectively and in a timely manner.

Four shinobi were sent out to gather information on the bandits and they returned stating that the bandits are large in number and don't seem to have the capacity to use chakra like a shinobi. They're base of operations is a fortress located within an abandoned village. Squad 00 has been selected to clear the area of the bandits to restore some order within the eastern section of the Land of Fire.

## Participants

Kurasuke as Story Master

Lagi Makato

Garric Hyuga

Ashi Inuzuka

## Weakling Exterminators

Kurasuke: It was a late afternoon in Konoha, the Sun had begun its slow descent to where it would eventually disappear behind the Earth and the twilight of night take its place. Recently, Squad 00 had received an urgent mission asking for them to come and take out a bandit camp that had recently situated near the village. More recently, there had been deaths and others gone missing when traveling through the near area of the camp. This A-rank mission doesn’t suspect any users of chakra, yet, so for the most part it would appear to be an easy mission to go on at first. The east gate to Konoha stood proud, as most houses did with a large portion of the Hidden Leaf currently being reworked a month after the horrid attack which the village had faced, but endured. Lights began to spark about, as the village prepared for the descending darkness that would mask most things outside of this haven. A stable awaited nearby, with horses ready to ride onward for their riders. Given the distance from the village to the suspected area of the camp, night would have already fallen by the time the team arrived. Upon arriving to the general area, there was a near highway which many traversed to and from before the events which scared many away. Along this highway was a village, where the squad could investigate more into the situation if they liked, or head straight into the forest and see what they could do. Among these things were limitless options, but these were among the first two that were most obvious.

BaransuKenzai: As Night fall came the members of squad 00 had been standing at the village gates Lagi began passing out several small blue tooth radios to both Ashi and Garric. This was done so that in the even of them splitting up the group would be able to stay in contact with ease. Once this had happened he would look to them all and begin speaking “Lets keep this clean. . . no mistakes and keep your eyes open at all times” with that he had stepped outside the village gates and leapt in to the forest landing on single branch awaiting his squad to join him. His movements were far from heavy as the birds and other creatures of the night hadn’t been disturbed in the least. He’d only smile a bit as he pulled his goggles over his eyes and pulled up a small face mask to cover his mouth. Lagi revealed to be donning a shirt for once in his life. It in turn showed to be a long sleeve turtle neck shirt accented by a pair of black thermal gloves.

Kare: - After their training session, Ashi went home to rest up and tend to his minor injuries. As nightfall was closing in, Ashi hurried to the Eastern Wall of Konoha wearing a long sleeve thermal shirt under a light crew neck sweater with a face mask attachment; mask doesn't cover his nose. He also wore a light long sleeve hoodie with a slightly large hood to cast a shadow over his face, but his eyes would glow through the shadow so he wore tinted googles to hide his glow. He wore slightly baggy pants that are tapered around the ankles and steel toed boots. He wore fingerless gloves and around his waist he wore a pouch that contained the majority of his tools. As he arrived to the gate, Lagi handed him a wireless radio that fit perfectly within his ear; Ashi synced up his radio frequency with Lagi's frequency prior to heading out to the field. Chamaru's coat was already enough to help him camouflage out in the wilderness, but Ashi darkened the shades of his coat just to be sure. As Lagi sprung up and over the gate, Ashi and Chamaru followed behind him, just trailing a few feet behind him. Ashi would come to a halt on the branch behind Lagi and awaited further instruction. -

Kurasuke: Given the group was to make their way into the forest, for a number of reasons, they would find a rather dark area. There weren’t many lights outside of villages, and even when they were they didn’t travel far into the abyss that was the night. The color black, staining the world and draining it in variety of color. Unfortunately, there was a new moon out and to some degree that could cause problems for those with normal eye sight. However, at the same time it made it ever better for Squad 00 on their journey. The forest itself was rather dense with flora, great trees sprung from the Earth, and there was a number of wild berry bushes and other such things that made it so crowded. The creatures of the night, however, didn’t appear to be coming out as of yet. There was the occasional noise from such things, say twigs snapping under the feet of a scavenger, the wind masking the howls of the wolves crying out to the stars… just nothing out of peculiar. It was strange the further they walked, as around the time they further reached into the forest they would begin to hear much noise across a great hill. Beyond it was a drop-off, where they could see and hear more of this peculiarity within the night.

BaransuKenzai: In the wake of Garric joining the rest of Squad 00 the trio had set out upon their journey within minutes they had covered a great distance. In time Lagi had come over their radios and began giving orders “Ashi you and Chamaru go scout ahead and radio back what you find. Garrick I want you to keep any eye out for anyone in the surrounding area.” They couldn’t have been to far off from the encampment that the bandits had made. There were some clear signs that people had been passing through the area before the disturbance of the leaves had stopped. If Ashi and his ninken followed orders they would begin searching for a scent and Garric searching for any nearby chakra signatures that stood out. The creatures of the night scuttling by searching for their prey much like squad 00 had been. Teamwork was what made this squad unstoppable on paper it was just a matter of time before that in itself was fact.

Kare: - Ashi nodded his head at Lagi's order and sprinted out ahead of the squad. Within a couple of minutes Ashi was nearly half a mile ahead of his teammates. He came to a halt and crouched up on a branch with Chamaru beside him. Ashi placed his hand on Chamaru's head and was suddenly engulfed within a cloud of bone white smoke. As the smoke dimmed, Ashi had transformed himself into an exact clone of Chamaru. Ashi and Chamaru would leap down to the ground and scurry of in opposite directions, making sure to concentrate his chakra to his nose as he scouted the forest for the scent of other humans. Wandering through the forest, Ashi stopped at a couple of edible berry bushes to get a little snack as he searched, but for the most part all he could smell were wild animals. As a gust of wind brushed his face, he caught the scent of black powder. Ashi inhaled deeply and began to trace the smell in his mind, weaving through the randomly sprouted trees and into a small camp of bandits. There was an overwhelming scent of black powder but within the scent Ashi was able to identify male bandits, pork, and alcohol. - "Northeast. Two miles an a half. Several bandits armed with black powder. Heading in that direction." - Ashi howled up out at the moon in short high pitched bursts and within a matter of seconds Chamaru was at his side. The two of them began to sprint towards the area at a steady pace. As Ashi followed the scent, he found the perfect location to set up and stalk the individuals he managed to lock on to via their scent; a large hill that towered over what seemed to be a camp. He would lay there with Chamaru, the two of them huddled up against each other as they waited for Lagi and Garric. - "In position. Possible bandit camp a couple of yards ahead." -

Kurasuke: As the two neared the drop-off the hill, their eye’s gaze would most likely meet the noise of commotion and the scent found by the Inuzuka. Not too far off was a small village, stemming from a lone mountain that rose much higher than the hill the two shinobi were currently on. For the Inuzuka, the first smell that would most definitely come up was that of blood. Its smell, rich in iron so powerful it could knock a normal man off his feet given the disparaging scent, came directly from the village. Among it were other things like that which was common for people: Musk, food, drink; etc. For the Hyūga, with his given eyesight, if he were to look further into the compound he would perhaps see a large establishment of people still walking and moving around. There were some injured, and some screaming aloud as they danced in the warm mirth of the campfire. There was something odd about other things, the town itself seemed to have a makeshift wall around it. There was only a single entrance to be seen, where an opening led out from the town and onto the highway. Similar to how the Leaf’s own gates are guarded, there were guards stationed here and there but perhaps a little more so than what could be said of the Leaf. The tall, sharpened logs of wood that made for a discouraging wall prevented normal people from daring to traverse them would perhaps prove to be a bit of a problem if any shinobi were to cross them. Nothing told of their ability in strength, perhaps some were moldy, the jumping itself required skill so that there wasn’t an accidental case of impalement, and so on. Overall, it was more than obviously not a safe place to go and most likely the “abandoned” village talked about before… slaughtered, more like. Perhaps this wasn’t even the village described? Maybe the bandits were expanding in territory and claiming what they could? The information needed would surely be figured out soon enough, depending upon the choices of this squad.

BaransuKenzai: Lagi had taken in the intel gathered by both of his students his lips growing into a soft smirk. He in turn told Garrick to take note of the few guards that had been stationed amongst the two watchtowers. In passing he radioed Ashi to inform him that they were making their move. “Ashi I want you and Chamaru to take out the pair in the watch towers with kunai so we can scale the wall. Garrick once that's done we’re going to jump the wall. Once inside we’ll begin taking them out and move on to the next.” Had Garric chosen to follow behind Lagi and Ashi done as order the guards that had been watching the over the gates would fall over dead, in seconds Lagi had launched himself over the wall with ease. In doing so he would take note of the guard that had been stationed upon the opposite side of the wall landing on his shoulders delivering his full body weight upon him. This would cause this mans collar bone to shatter like glass sending him in to shock in seconds. In passing he’d be left to bleed out internally amongst the shadows. Lagi soon began to whisper amongst the comm’s “All clear move in Ashi.”

Kare: - Ashi listened in on the radio to Lagi's orders and simply notified Lagi that he was on the move. Ashi and Chamaru sprinted down the hill and split at the base. Ashi ran around through the left side of the forest, making sure to avoid being detected by the few bandits that were drinking away their sorrows on the other side of the hill. Chamaru was doing to same on the opposite side of Ashi. The two of them quickly approached the makeshift wall around what seemed to be an abandoned village, but what caught Ashi's attention the most of the overpowering smell of blood. - "Could they have murdered everyone within the village?" - Ashi thought to himself, but he didn't let that get in the way of his current task. He stopped focusing his chakra into his nose; the smell of the blood was quite strong and was only being amplified by Ashi enhancing his sense of smell, and when Chamaru was in position, they both turned into Ashi. They would swiftly scale up the side of the wall, masking their bodies within the shadows and wait for the guards to walk up to the edge of their posts. Ashi would snicker a bit to draw the guards attention on his side, while Chamaru let out a soft high pitched giggle to draw the attention of his guard. As they approached the edge to see what was there, Ashi and Chamaru engulfed their nails with chakra and rammed it through the guards' throats, effectively silencing them and ending their lives on the spot. Ashi and Chamaru made sure not to drop the guards over the edge, but simply positioned them against one of the support beams so it looked like they were still alive and vigilant. - "Targets down. Proceed." - Ashi waited for further instructions while he carefully looted the guard's pockets and scanned the post to see if there were any pouches or chests of equipment. [Please provide a run down of any equipment Ashi might have found on the guard's person or laying around on the ground at the post.] Chamaru would lay prone and wait for Ashi's signal before moving. -

BaransuKenzai: Lagi let out a brief sigh as he saw garric ignore the orders that had been given. This wasn’t what Lagi needed, he in turn cut garric a rather scolding look as he stepped away from the mans now limp body. “Keep your head clear Garric I told you no mistakes…” In passing Ashi could be seen searching one of the guards pockets only to find a lighter, a few cigarettes, and pamphlet showing a brief sketch up of this portion of their base. Upon this happening Lagi would point forward before speaking “Lets move up…” The moment they had begun about their way weaving between a few buildings every now and then they would in turn encounter a total of 7 more guards. Lagi had given a brief smile before stepping into the open his hands in his pockets. The set of bandits that had been moving between buildings soon came to a halt only to notice Lagi’s physique cloaked in the shadow of one of the buildings. His shadow was flickering amidst the flame of the bonfire, which had been lit. They had all lined up in front of Lagi as if he was alone ready to take him on. In passing Lagi had spoken in to the comm’s Garric you take the 2 on the right, Ashi you and Chamaru take the 2 on the left. If the pair had actually followed orders the group of bandits that had been standing in front of Lagi would branch off in an attempt to engage in combat with the two chunin.

Kare: - Ashi was slightly annoyed at the fact that Garric interfered with his orders, but he didn't let it get the best of him while on the mission. As they moved up to one of the buildings as a group, Lagi encountered seven more guards and two of them branched off to charge at Chamaru and him, while another pair went to keep Garric busy. Ashi didn't concentrate his chakra into his nose because he would be overwhelmed by the strong smell of blood that was lingering around the village so he had to rely on simple taijutsu and his other jutsu. He analyzed his opponents and quickly scanned his allies opponents as he crouched down onto all fours and Chamaru kept the guards coming after him busy by running around and hitting them at they're off balance or in awkward positions. In the meanwhile, Ashi focused his chakra from his core and into his lungs, filling them to capacity as he sprinted around the zone of conflict and then released his a thick murky olive colored smokescreen from his mouth. Ashi would zig zag around Lagi and Garric, making sure to avoid being hit by their opponents; the smokescreen will not affect Lagi or Garric directly, not Chamaru or Ashi, but the guards would be blinded and their throats with start to burn and cause them to start coughing up. Ashi made sure to concentrate on containing the smoke screen within their immediate area and avoid it spreading out into the village. Would then return to aid Chamaru and start to deal with the guards Lagi ordered him to take care of. Ashi would simply use basic taijutsu to knock them off their balance while rendered useless within the smokescreen and then open palm strike them both in the face to stun them and leave them unable to continue combat. Chamaru would stick close Ashi as some of the smoke in Ashi's area began to gather and form two humanoid figure that would soon polish its flaws to form exact smoke clones of Ashi and Chamaru. -

Kurasuke: Turning down a corner, a rather indiscriminate man walked about the streets. His arms lay slack by his side, while an inquisitive eye looked from beneath a non la. He sort of just sat there, and watched the whole process as the smoke rose and an odd set of shuriken flew from a hay bale he was nearby. Tucking at his cap slightly, the stranger then said aloud for all to hear, “The fact you guys were able to kill 2… and your techniques. Well, hope there’s not any more of you at least.” With that, the figure turned into a puff of smoke; a shadow clone. At that instant, a horn blasted through the air. It sang 12 times, before stopping completely; perhaps leaving an odd look to everyone except the guards currently in battle. It didn’t even take a blink of an eye before the building which the other stood shattered, glass cascading to the ground in small bits as 8 figures dropped to the ground with great thuds. The 8 before the shinobi were men armored to the brim with full samurai attire, perhaps well-found accoutrements of the bandits from raids prior. Each of them held a sword, all taking them from their sheaths as they looked at the situation. While Garric was still hidden, the 8 could at least identify the shinobi and their ninken (along with the additional clones from the smoke caused by Ashi). The bandits split into two, equal groups; with the first immediately heading to Lagi’s position and the others looking to the clones as though trying to determine what they could of the situation. After a moment, the group decided to stand before the clones and separate them from the apparent leader of the operation. Taking a defensive stand, the samurai facing Ashi, Chamaru, and his clones prepared for any incoming attack. Meanwhile the four taking on Lagi surrounded him before taking a charge in an attempt to mutilate the jōnin’s body by impaling him with multiple swords… Of course, even though it seemed like most things were going as planned; something was rather off. It wasn’t the disconcerting feeling of the incoming horde of bandits either, who began to pound their war-drums and others scream aloud in the name of blood… something just wasn’t right. Perhaps it was just a feeling, but maybe there was something else lurking in the shadows.

BaransuKenzai: In those moments that the four found themselves rushing in on Lagi his lips grew into a soft smirk. In seconds Lagi’s image had vanished if they had been capable track of his position he’d be seen hurtling towards the earth after taking such a leap. He’d put him self at such a height that if he’d impacted the ground it would have left a small crater in his wake. This in turn would’ve left the squad of eight that stood before them off balance. In the wake of the ground crumbling beneath their feet Lagi would’ve surged a bit of his chakra into his legs and with that he began about his way. The first bandit to encounter (starting from the right) lagi would find himself being met with a devastating roundhouse kick to the rib cage. This would in turn cause several of his ribs to shatter upon contact. The amount of force applied in that single kick was like being hit by a freight train at high speeds. This in turn sent the bandit into his closest companion with ease. In the wake of this Lagi’s image was interrupted by a cloud of smoke. This revealed to be Ling the panda king bringing himself forth he wasn’t one to leave his master alone in a fight. He had done this by using a bit of his own chakra to force summon himself onto the battlefield. The pair that had been caught in the wake of Lagi’s round house kick would be met with Lings own fist. He delivered a rather aggressive haymaker from over head to Lagi’s opponents sending their bodies even further into the earth. That same armor they had been donning was seemingly useless as the razor like edge that had been added to his attacks was seemingly sawing through their armor leaving them with cracked and nearly shattered sections of each layer. Ling had taken the next in line as he attempted to take a crescent swipe with his own blade catching the blade with ease due to the zen gates variation needle jizo. Ling: “Lets play a game…” The moment this was said Ling had taken the man still attached to his sword with a firm grip and thrown him several meters in the air. In seconds Ling followed suit his image seemingly a blur to those incapable of keeping up. The moment he had come into striking distance he delivered a devastating uppercut to send his target even higher and with that he wrapped his arms his physique giving him a bear hug of sorts. If one were to slow down these moments frame by frame they would find Ling and his target slamming into the earth in front of Chimaru and Ashi’s squad of assailents. Leaving their attackers blinded briefly by the dust and spatter of blood that had flown from the area of impact. In passing lagi could still be seen duking it out with the remaining member of his group bobbing and weaving between his lunges and swipes in attempt to impale Lagi’s physique. In turn it could be seen that Lagi had taken several minor gashes to his chest and face. He was taking enjoyment in playing with his food. In the wake of every opening his opponent had given him Lagi was bludgeoning him with kicks. These each briefly backed by a bit of his lightning chakra giving it a bit of extra oomf leaving his targets armor dented. If one were to take an X-ray to what remained underneath they would only find bruised and seared skin along with sever broken ribs. His lips grew into a soft smirk as he got the sudden thought to try the same with his fire release. He soon removed his right hand from his pocket and began to heat it up greatly with the help of his fire release. In a moments notice it was as if thunder had clapped overhead. His target had dropped his guard briefly in the wake of him take a downward vertical strike. This in turn left his face open for the picking due to him wielding the blade with two hands he had no way of protecting against such a fearsome action. Upon contact the air quaked and his helmet crunched his skull as Lagi slammed his fist into his skull. In the mean while ling could still be seen working on the four that had been attempting to go after Chimaru and Ashi. His fangs showing with such an aggressive smile as he took up the south pawn stance and began delivering a series of ten blows ranging from body shots and ending with an uppercut (Starting his assault from left to right). The moment he had knocked his first target into the air a total of five feet. In seconds Lagi could be seen above him raining down with a double hammer fist this in turn would’ve caused his body to meet the earth with enough force to be left unconscious. The next in line would find himself being met with a swift snap kick to his side had he guarded up with his sword lagi’s foot would have become engulfed in a searing flame causing the blade to melt and bend upon contact allowing his kick to in turn send him flying and in turn hurtle into the person next to him knocking him off balance. Ling and Lagi would in turn mirror each others actions as they delivered an axe kick to the bandit that had been knocked into the other would both be sent into the earth with equal force leaving the earth slightly shattered. The remaining target would find himself met with an aggressive double snap kick sending him hurtling through the near by building and out the other side. Lagi had indeed begun to break a sweat even with Ling’s assistance. He soon became rather aggravated with the fact the alarm had even been sounded. Lings towering physique simply stood behind Lagi’s as he began to speak with a bellowing tone “I see you’ve grown some runt..” Lagi gave a brief nod before looking towards the pass that led behind the mountain.

Kare: - As one of the guards wandered around the corner of where Squad 00 was combating guards, all he would see is a murky olive green smokescreen that wasn't spreading from the immediate area. He would be engulfed in a cloud of smoke and vanish from the scene and shortly after the alarm would echo throughout the entire village. Soon after the alarm settled a group of eight samurai foolishly leaped into the smokescreen in an attempt to find out what was going on within, but were instantly blinded by the fumes and began coughing up a storm; a few of the samurai would drop to their knees as the began having trouble breathing due to health issues. Lagi would focus on taking out the samurai and the guards that were already in the area and in the midst of his strikes a large panda was summoned. Ashi and Chamaru didn't want to interfere, seeing as the two of them laid waste to their enemies, so they would begin to retreat back towards the guard posts; they hid within some shrubbery that grew alongside a small building near the zone of conflict. - "I've left the zone. On standby. Waiting for further instructions." - Ashi and Chamaru camouflaged well within the bushes and the two clones, one of Ashi and Chamaru, would stand nearby Lagi ready to erupt to cloak Lagi's movements if he left the smokescreen. - "Lagi. My smoke clones are tailing you. They'll erupt if you get caught outside of the smokescreen to cloak your movements." - As Ashi finished speaking into the earpiece, the smokescreen would slowly, but surely, start to dim and vanish. Lagi would have enough time to leave the smokescreen and hide or proceed to move deeper into the village. Ashi would pull out a kunai and an paper bomb and would begin to wrap it around the handle of the kunai to prepare for what he was going to do next. -