The Winding Path

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### Mission Summary

[This mission will be delivered by way of scroll to those in participation] The mission entitles the escort of a VIP target that is carrying a secret missive from Konoha to a border village where they are scheduled to meet a representative of the land of iron. Due to the time constraints once the mission begins you are already slightly off schedule. So you must take the infamous winding path forest clearing to possible shave off some time. Our VIP is inside a small carriage with Cloth on either sides to protect his identity the two chunnin assigned will have to carry him through said forest and attempt to make sure he makes it out in one piece or at least the information he is carrying does. Many choices will be made whether they turn to be good or bad is your choice.

### Mission Log:

Keruberosu: |GH| - It was
 for once a relatively gloomy day in Konoha the clouds hung over the sky
 it darkening more and more with each passing hour. So it was a good
chance of rainfall ahead of them, as it was Garric’s ritual he would
atop his Hyuga main branch family residence on a side roof sitting there
 soaking up some of the sun that was left untouched by cloud coverage.
He sat up and cracked his neck as well as rubbing it; Garric had a
Bandage around most of the left side of his head and spanned to cover
his entire forehead. It stained a faint color of red due to some blood.
This was due to yesterday’s scuffle he had with their new squad leader.
Garric had wondered if Kazuki met Lagi yet, he sure hoped he did. Kazuki
 was going to give him hell if he told him the truth about what happened
 with his bandages. Garric would only sit back and stretch out his body
still aching from the blast but shortly after a courier shinobi would
appear in front of him. I would flail my arms in surprise and scream,
“OI BAKA WARN ME NEXT TIME!” The courier shinobi could only respond
with. “Sorry, too urgent” Shortly afterwards he left as quickly as he
originally came only leaving a mission scroll with the Kage’s seal on it
 behind. His blank hues would give it a look and then he proceeded to
reach down and grab it. Slowly he un-rolled the scroll and began to read
 it his eyes were scanning over the parchment carefully making sure to
understand each detail. Afterward he would huff the scroll into the air
and watch it casually float as he hopped up onto his feet and shook off
some of the tension from his body. “Well here we go again.” These
statements being followed by a closed eye sigh. “Well at least Kazuki is
 coming; it’ll make it less painless.” Taking a strong leap he’d jump
clear across from where he currently was out of the Hyuga compound his
family lived at and he began to casually stroll through town as he made
his way to the Uzumaki compound where his best friend and squad mate
lived. They haven’t seen each other in a few weeks so this ought to be a
 good time. After a good 15 or so minutes of by passing the townsfolk
and the overall traffic busy Konoha had going through it throughout the
day he reached the Uzumaki compound. With both hands in his pockets he
went up to the guard and usually stood watch and he exclaimed. “Oi, mind
 bringing out Kazuki for me, we have a mission. I was told to meet up
with him before we go to the starting sight.” The guard would silently
nod and proceed to turn heel and enter the compound after walking down a
 long corridor then taking a right he’d appear in front of a cherry oak
door with the name slate belonging to a certain Kazuki Uzumaki.
Afterwards the guard would knock and say. “Your bud is out here waiting
for you. Hyuga by the looks of him says you both have a mission to do.
Might want to hurry.” While this is happening Garric would be kicking

Paradinight: -Kazuki
 sat on his bed meditating on this gloomy day. He hadn't met his sensei
yet and was waiting to for almost weeks. "Another day goes by." He said
to himself as he laid back down. He was prepared to leave but was
waiting for Garric to show up. "What's taking him so long?" He sighed
and got up off of his bed to go to the kitchen. He heard a knock on his
door. "Your bud out here is waiting for you. Might want to hurry." He
took a carton of milk and chugged it down. "I'll be out in a moment." He
 said after burping loudly. He opened his door then shut it as he left
the house. He was not in much of a rush to go on the mission so he moved
 at a slow pace. Once he arrived he waved at Garric who was kicking the
dirt around "You having fun? I'm ready to go and comeback." He said with
 half smile. "To be completely honest I'd rather meet my sensei but I
guess he's too busy these days." He walked past Garric and scratched his
 head. "No matter lets just get going shall we?" He looked up at the sky
 and sighed. "Has to be a terrible day.-

Keruberosu: |GH| - Once
Garric saw Kazuki came out from the compound he rushed up on him and
slung a arm around him while giving him a noogie. “Sheesh man sad as
ever aren’t we?” As he began to walk ahead Garric sped up a little bit
and began to walk besides him. He examined his expression up and down a
little bit before once again speaking. “I know it’s supposedly going to
be another crappy mission but Sheesh can at least act somewhat happy to
see your brother in crime. The pride of the Hyuga the man with the
plan!” He placed his hands over his own mouth and began to making a
silent screaming crowd sound to further add to the effect of what he was
 trying to saying. After some time he began to laugh and then held the
side of his face the laughing causing some of his muscles in his face to
 strain and it was pretty painful. But he tried to shake it off and act
normal but awkwardly scratching his head. After going for awhile little
droplets of rain hit against the top of his head and the ground. Garric
would look up and stomp the ground in defiance. “Hopefully it doesn’t
rain or this could get really bad.” Then they reached the missions
starting site there stood a dignitary which face couldn’t be made out
because of the head wrapping that enclosed his entire face besides the
eyes. But from the rest of the body gave leeway to believe it was most
likely a woman. Garric eyes honed in on her womanly mounds so to speak
he couldn’t help but stare. The VIP would stare at Garric starting and
turn around quickly with a loud huff, “Instead of being a pervert why
don’t we get along with this already we are already late as it is.” Upon
 hearing these words Garric exclaimed “Who? I don’t see any of those
around here. But you have a point; I want to be home in time for
dinner.” [In Kazuki’s next post he can choose to make fun of Garric by
calling him out, or defending his bro by insulting the VIPS opinion.
This will change how the mission continues.] The VIP would enter the
small carriage and sit now the only thing that could be seen is the
shadow figure. Garric stood on the left side and hoisted his side of the
 carriage up, it now weighing a lot but enough to give him some sort of
muscle strain. Now he simply waited for Kazuki to grab the other end and
 they could begin the journey. The clouds in the sky growing darker and

Paradinight: -Kazuki's
 facial expression didn't really change as he continued to walk
alongside Garric. "It's good to see that you're still the same person
since we were younger." He sighed and scratched his head as Garric made
crowd noises. "How can he be so cheerful on such a gloomy day." He was
rather curious at that, but he continued to walk. He started to feel
little droplets on his head and sighed extremely loud while clenching
his jaw. "Just what we need for this mission....... rain." They reached
the starting site for their mission and Kazuki turned his attention
straight the VIP and sighed. As soon as she called Garric a pervert
Kazuki immeadiately defended him. "We're teenage boys ever heard of
hormones you dumb bi...." Kazuki stopped himself from completing his
sentence. The VIP looked really annoyed at Kazuki, but he didn't really
care much. "why don’t we get along with this already we are already late
 as it is." She would say. He watched the VIP enter the small carriage
and sit inside as Garric stood on the left side and hoisted his side of
the carriage up. Kazuki made a gesture with his hands as if he wanted to
 choke her. "I really have to do this Garric? This is stupid her legs
aren't broken she can walk." He was in complete disbelief as he went to
the right side of the carriage and hoisted it up it was a bit heavier
than he expected but he could manage. "Garric let's go before i get
even more annoyed with this woman."-

Raibu: “721!
 722! 723!..” Tsuyoshi's fists were bruised as a result of him spending
the most of his morning honing his Taijutsu. Tsuyoshi pulled his arm
back one last time, and unleashed a devastating punch on the training
log he had been using as his practice dummy. “750..!”. Tsuyoshi sat down
 upon the ground, heaving a relieved sigh. “Beat yesterday’s record..
tomorrow I’ll try for 1000!”. Tsuyoshi reached into his tool pouch and
pulled out a roll of bandages. He wrapped his knuckles, which had
accumulated quite a bit of blood. Once the bandages were wrapped tight
around his hands, he stood back up, hopped onto his hands, and began
doing laps around the field. Several minutes into his lap training, a
stressed looking shinobi hobbled into his view holding what seemed to be
 a scroll. Tsuyoshi flipped himself, landing firmly back onto his feet,
and sprinted towards the shinobi. “I assume this message is for me?”
Tsuyoshi didn’t give the Shinobi a chance to respond, or even hand the
missive to him before he snatched it from his hand. Tsuyoshi quickly
unfurled the scroll and read its contents. “Great! A mission!” The
Shinobi raised a hand and begin to speak. “It was supposed to be
delivered to you nearly 20 minutes ago…” Tsuyoshi immediately dropped
the scroll and began sprinting towards the start site for the mission.
“Late… Just another race!” Tsuyoshi glided through trees, scaled over
buildings, and hopped from rooftop to rooftop. He finally found the
mission location. He spotted two other shinobi he had never met before,
along with a rather large carriage, which would contain they person they
 were supposed to be escorting. He jumped from the rooftop, landing
firmly next to the carriage. “Tsuyoshi Yamanaka! Reporting for duty!”
tsuyoshi placed his hand to his forehead, giving a stiff salute. “Never
seen either of you guys before.. are you new?!” Tsuyoshi leaned against
the carriage, only to be met with a dissatisfied, womanly growl.
Tsuyoshi jumped back and examined the carriage. “Say, are we
transporting some type of demon? Or maybe a wild animal!?” Tsuyoshi
poked his head inside the carriage, only to be met with a painful slap.
Pulling his head out, he rubbed the side of his face and sighed. “I wish
 it were a demon or wild animal..”

 -Garric could only help but flash a cheeky smile as Kazuki came to his
aid, he’d pretend to shed a fake tear as he waved his fingers in the
air. “Brotherly love conquerors all!” After said statement he would give
 a few chuckles before starting to move with the carriage. “Well Kazuki
I’m really not aware of her stature in the village but given the fact
she needs chunnin for escort and to be carried to said destination she
must have a some sort of importance. It’s probably best not t---“ Then
mid sentence he was cut off by the arrival of a new person he nearly
dropped the carriage because he was startled by the yell. He turned just
 enough to see his face but not fully turned so that the person could
see him. “Well isn’t that a entrance, I was only told 2 people would be
on this mission. Guess the Kage had other things in mind. Garric
pleasure.” He really didn’t care that much a new person came because the
 weight of the carriage was his main focus it was fairly heavy and
needed a good bit of elbow grease to keep it upright. “Hey Tsuyoshi mind
 going to the front of it and start pulling your weight, would make it a
 lot easier on all of us.” Then within the carriage the VIP would snort
out air in some form of defiance and had her arms crossed over her
chest. She listened to the words of Tsuyoshi and ignored it for now. But
 it was safe to say her disposition towards them was waning more and
more. Garric would simply laugh to himself as they continued, “Alright
well let’s get a move on, we’re already a good bit behind schedule we
have to take the infamous winding path clearing to shave off some time
of the journey. Anybody any objections?” Garric and company continued to
 walk and he simply waited for a reply his right hand reaching up to his
 forehead and removing some sweat. Now all of a sudden the weather began
 to start up again it starting as a light shower of rain it began
coating the ground. The water being light enough to show reflections of
their own persons in it, Keru was waving a hand over his face as he
giggled. Within the carriage the VIP observed him and questioned how is

Paradinight: -Kazuki
 watched as a new person arrived. "Do we really need someone else here?"
 He just shook his head and continued to hold up his side of the
carriage. He didn't introduce himself to Tsuyoshi mainly because he was
irriated enough. "I would rather die at this point." He said to himself
while Tsuyoshi stuck his head in the carriage receiving a painful slap
in the face. "That's what you get for being nosy idiot." Kazuki would
smirk a bit and continue to walk holding up his side of the carriage.
There was a light shower of rain and Kazuki exhaled sharply. "Garric
please kill me now." He said as he continued to walk. His hair was
getting wet and he started to sneeze lowering the carriage down by
accident. "Sorry about that." The VIP shook her head. Kazuki looked back
 with the corner of his eyes and saw her shaking her head which annoyed
him. "If she actually used her legs and walked this mission would be
much easier." He thought as he hoisted the right side of the carriage
back up and continued walking. "I could be doing something a lot more
interesting. Like learning a new jutsu." He shook his head as the
raindrops slid down his face. "Maybe I should just quit being a shinobi
so I don't have to worry about helping people out. It's a waste of my
talent." He said in thought.-

Raibu: Tsuyoshi
 immediately ran to the front of the carriage, hooked his underneath,
and hoisted it up with relative ease. Tsuyoshi held his head down as
beads of sweat began to accumulate on his forehead. “Hmm.. Just another
strength exercise.” Tsuyoshi slowed his pace down slightly, noticing
that he was walking much faster than his counterparts. Tsuyoshi turned
his head back and yelled, “Red haired one, pick up the pace a little.
You’re lagging behind!”. As the rain began to fall, Tsuyoshi looked up
at the clouds. It hardly ever rained in Konoha, or even around it.
“Rain. Who would have expected such a thing.” Tsuyoshi was then taken by
 surprise as the carriage suddenly lowered, causing him to nearly lose
his grip. He gave a very subtle scowl and shook his head. “Read haired
one, you should probably work on your strength, you seem to be lacking.”
 Tsuyoshi regained his grip and continued walking forward, shaking the
rain from his hair as he did so. Tsuyoshi then began to speak in a
louder fashion, so that the VIP could hear him. “So, is there any reason
 why you can’t walk, and force us to lug you around like this?” He heard
 a loud scoff come from the carriage, but no words after. This slightly
irritated Tsuyoshi, but he kept his respectful demeanor and kept
trudging onward.

BaransuKenzai: The
 moment it began to rain that subtle pitter patter of rain colliding
with the earth was almost soothing to his ears. His skin moist to the
touch and his gills pulsating with the moisture that filled the area. In
 time thunder began to clap overhead with as if one were banging upon
drums and with that Lagi’s image was soon enveloped in electricity.In
those same moments he found himself crouched he could be seen checking
his watch. He let out a brief bit of air from his lungs just before
taking off. If one were to be looking down on him from above they would
soon find his image crouched and with that he took off into the tree
line with little hesitation. It was as if he was blazing a trail of
glory as he made his way towards the squad of shinobi that had been
dispatched to retrieve the VIP. In passing if those same shinobi were to
 be looking up at the sky it was as if the lightning storms above were
following his lightning enhanced physique as he soon came across those
same three shinobi he’d been informed about. They in turn revealed to be
 carrying a young woman in a carriage. In those passing moments that
he’d arrive his lightning chakra mode would fade from view and with that
 he’d be standing in front of three young men. “I take it you’re the
shinobi the village dispatched. If so I am the jonin they sent to
accompany you sorry i’m a bit late.”

to the choice of two pathways. He would convene with the group for a few short
moments including the VIP even though she wasn’t very liked by the party at the
moment in a vote of majority rule we ended up deciding for the faster route the
left path. The rain seemed to get heavier and heavier by the moment it almost
dropping hard like little pellets against the skin. Garric yelled out to them
all since it was hard to hear over the sound of crashing rain, “GUYS IM GONNA
USE BYAKUGAN TO MAKE IT EASIER TO GUIDE US. JUST KEEP WALKING FORWARD IF YOU CAN’T
SEE.” All the veins hidden beneath the bandages that covered his forehead
bulged forth and both his eyes dilated and popped forward and he yelled out. “BYAKUGAN”
and it was now activated he could see better through the heavy rain and could
easily sense incoming danger within a 50 meter radius easier. So as they began
to walk along the narrow path Garric had the unfortunate luck of being on the
left said where the 100ft+ drop off the mountain could be seen and he tried to
keep composure but heights was one of the things that nearly made him piss his
pants on impact. Everything had seemingly went well so far and then BAM. The
storm that had being hailing on them since the beginning of the mission hit its
climax so much water had accumulated on the right side inclined hill and now
came a huge mud slide that would easily in compass the entire narrow pathway.
It was flowing down at a whopping 55 miles an hour giving them nearly any time
to react. Garric could sense it through the nearly no visibility rain but the
earth beneath them was mud even with their chakra points in the feet they could
walk through the dense mud like it was nothing. Garric with no hesitation
yelled out. “GUYS TO THE RIGHT! MUD SLIDE, GET OUT OF THE WAYY!!!” The VIP
screeched and began to panic from inside of the Carriage, Garric went macho
mode and started lifting more of his weight on his side since he was in
possible danger of going off the cliff. “MISS YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF THE
CARRIAGE NOW OR YOU WILL DIE.” Once that statement ended the water swarmed onto
the road it almost 5 ft in height enough to nearly swallow all of the shinobi
and surely the carriage with them if they didn’t react. Garric was swept off
the side of the cliff and as he began to drop he force his hand into the soft
earth on the side of the drop and slowly began to lose grip. The water that
kept coming from the mud slide smashing against his head and face. The carriage
was holding on by a thread but it was soon to go over the cliff if no one
intervened. “SHIT” was all that could be heard it was muffled by the loud
sounds of rain and water gurgling as he tried to avoid falling and possibly drowning

Paradinight: -Kazuki
 kept on walking as the rain poured down on them. His clothes was
getting soaked along with his hair. "Damn it I'm getting wet ( ͡° ͜ʖ
͡°)." He said as he continued pulling the carriage with all his
strength. They took the left path and continued on walking. He wasn't
sure how much he could take with this bad weather and heavy carriage.
"Hey you in the carriage why don't you make yourself and get out of the
carriage so we can drop it." She scoffed at him and turned her head
paying no attention to him. "This mission better pay well." he thought.
Garric began to scream "GUYS IM GONNA USE BYAKUGAN TO MAKE IT EASIER TO
GUIDE US. JUST KEEP WALKING FORWARD IF YOU CAN’T SEE.” Kazuki smirked.
"Thanks Garric this should be easier. He spoke too soon as he started to
 see the mud around his feet. "Disgusting........Dammit i didn't sign up
 for this bullshit." Kazuki let go of his side of the carriage and
backed at the VIP. "Get out of the carriage now!" He extended his arms
out in attempt to catch her. "Jump out now I'll catch you I promise."
The road was almost flooded and Kazuki's eyes widened in fear. "Do you
want to die get in my arms and I'll keep you safe.......Hurry!" He
looked over at Garric and started to worry. "Are you alright Garric?
Just hold out a little bit longer I got her. "Jump now we don't have
time to waste!" The VIP hesitated for a few seconds and then she closed
her eyes and jumped towards him. He caught her and looked in her eyes.
"The names Kazuki Uzumaki remember the name." He said trying to make her
 feel comfortable. "Garric, Tsuyoshi drop the carriage now. I got her."
The carriage was soon about to go over the cliff they needed to let go
of the carriage so it could fall." Kazuki didn't focus too much on the
carriage until he asked her a question. "Is the scroll on you?" She
shook her head. "I left it in the carriage. He immeadiately dropped her
on the ground and pulled onto the right side of the carriage. "Tsuyoshi
jump into the carriage and pull out the scroll. "Garric and I will hold
the carriage. As the VIP started to crawl on the floor Kazuki kicked her
 in her rump to make her move faster down the path. "I can't use earth
style right now." he thought. "The cracks in the ground could easily
fill up with the water so It's impossible. It was up to Tsuyoshi to grab
 the scroll while Garric and him kept the carriage from falling. "Just
hold in for a few more seconds Garric." He said holding up his side of
the carriage up with all his strength.-

Raibu: Tsuyoshi
 shook out his hair as the slight drizzle soon turned into a torrential
downpour. Just what they needed, torrential rain whilst trying to carry a
 carriage with an important passenger. This was just bound to turn into a
 disaster. They soon stumbled upon two different paths. After a few
moments of discussion, they decided to choose the left path. They began
trudging up the left path. Pretty soon, the incline became extremely
difficult to climb, and Tsuyoshi began struggling to keep himself
upright. As the rain downpoured, Tsuyoshi heard one of his counterparts
shout something, but could hardly make it out due to the sound of the
torrential downpour. Tsuyoshi then felt a disgusting feeling around his
ankles. The mud was starting to run down the incline, and fast. Tsuyoshi
 then felt the carriage jerk as the other two dropped their sides. He
had nearly fallen backwards over the carriage, but managed to catch
himself as soon as he dropped the carriage. Tsuyoshi forced his feet out
 of the mud and turned to look at his comrades. Kazuki was already
attempting to rescue the VIP, and Garric seemed to be in distress
hanging off the side of the massive hill. Tsuyoshi then heard Kazuki
yell for him to retrieve the scroll from the carriage. Tsuyoshi nodded,
and hopped onto the side of the carriage, trying his best to disperse
his weight evenly as his comrades held onto the carriage. He jumped
through the side of the carriage, landing inside with a loud thud and
began fumbling around for the scroll. Because the carriage had been
disturbed, the scroll could have been anywhere. Tsuyoshi spent another
few seconds fumbling before he laid his hands on the scroll. He quickly
grabbed it up and stuffed it into one of the pouches on his flak jacket,
 to protect it from the torrential rain. Tsuyoshi then jumped out of the
 carriage and landed in the mud. “DROP THE CARRIAGE!”. Tsuyoshi then
quickly crawled through the thick mud, carefully making his way over to
where Garric was hanging. He lowered his body as far as it would go
without him falling, and extended his arm towards the distressed
shinobi.

BaransuKenzai: The
 moment the group had chosen their path Lagi continued to follow behind
the group with little hesitation only to have been met with a torrent of
 mud. He scoffed a bit as he rolled his shoulders a bit that same rain
he had finally come to enjoy ruined by a mudslide. The carriage now gone
 and the scroll along with the Vip seemingly safe within the care of the
 chunin. He soon called out to Garrick and the others “Is everyone
okay?” Although from what his keen eyes could gather Garrick seemed to
be the one at most risk along with the young man known as Tsuyoshi and
with that he’d began flowing a bit of his own lightning chakra into his
legs to allow him to gather them one by one and move them away from the
overwhelming flow of water. In passing Lagi had pulled himself from the
initial flow of water allowing him to move somewhat freely as he began
speeding about his way. The first amongst his grasp was Garrick and
Tsuyoshi. Snatching Garrick’s physique from the ledge he’d been hanging
from. The mud that would’ve been flowing over Tsuyoshi’s physique made
gathering him a bit more risky as his torso would reveal to have been
slightly ascue in that position. If the young man was taking a breath at
 that brief moment he’d find himself gasping for air the moment Lagi had
 snatched his physique from that locale. In doing so he was hoping
Garrick was keeping a level head in these waking moments because if he’d
 chosen to over react his arm would in turn find itself broken. Once
Garricks mind would have caught up with his body he’d find himself
further down the road from the group along with being free from the
torrent of mud that had flowed down the hill. Lagi soon after made his
way towards Kazuki only to have his intended path interrupted by a
rather large oak tree. The moment that same tree found itself barreling
into Lagi’s way, he in turn tucked his shoulder only to deliver a burst
of chakra upon his point of impact allowing him to use his sheer speed
and momentum to decimate the tree’s massive structure. Lagi in turn
grabbed the Vip and Kazuki and delivered them in the same place he’d
deposited Garrick.

 -Garric would be clinging on for dear life the soft earth that his hand
 would stuffed into could only hold for put so long and his companions
didn’t look they were having any easier of a time getting a grip on the
situation at hand. The water being swallowed by him since his face was
literally at the edge of the drop was blurring his vision somewhat even
with the Byakugan activated. By just like the super hero he was Lagi the
 leader of Squad 00 and a famous shinobi within Konoha came to Garric’s
rescue once more. At this point he made more water in his lungs then he
had anywhere else and he uncontroably coughed up spouts of water over
and over again while in his clutches until he was finally put in a spot a
 little bit ahead of the path. Said area was free of rain thanks to the
thick leaves of the trees around them. He smashed his hands into the
soft earth and the veins his neck increasing in number as he heaved out
ounces of muddy water from his lungs. The pain is partial stomach acid
entering his throat from the heaving only made it even worse in his case
 but eventually after enough struggling he was able to get most of it
out. He then deactivated his Byakugan for the time being. His head was
pounding and he wasn’t able to focus that well due to loss of oxygen in
his body. He sat up daintily against a random tree letting small
droplets of brush down against his face and soak into his already
somewhat bloody bandages. Once everyone was into the clearing he was in
thanks to Lagi’s heroics the VIP would crouch down and uncover her hands
 and began to emit a soft green chakra with weird overall warmth to it.
She used mystic palm technique on Garric’s head while everyone gathered
themselves. She turned to the Jonin and said “This boy has undergone a
lot of head trauma in the past week he hasn’t even fully healed and he
is still using his body. We should be more careful.” After some time she
 stopped and turned back to simply standing there and doing nothing.
Garric would finally regain full control of himself and exclaim as
everyone stood around. “Oi, we still got a mission to do. Rain can’t
take down the pride of the Hyuga Duh.” He shined a toothy grin before

Paradinight: -Kazuki
 just stood there shocked at the entire situation, but he was relieved
to see Garric still fine and smiling. "You're a tough one." He turned
his attention to the road ahead of him and sighed somewhat exhausted
from carrying the carriage. He walked slowly and had a bad feeling as
they walked towards a nearby village. He didn't really say anything
about the feeling in his gut. He just ignored it and continued to walk
with some mud in between his toes. "I need to take a shower now." He
thought. "I'm so filthy it's disgusting," He was getting pretty tired of
 the mission at hand and wanted to go home. This mission proved to be
much more of a challenge than he thought it would be. His clothes were
still soaked from the rain which kept him shivering while he was
walking. "We should be almost to our destination, but why do i feel this
 sense of danger in my gut." His mind stayed wrapped around that feeling
 and he kept himself ready for almost anything. "Not sure if Garric and
 Tsuyoshi are as ready as I am though I'm not positive if my gut is
right." He wasn't sure but if said trouble came they would have to be.
He kept a close eye on the VIP as he darted his eyes left and right to
make sure there was no one around.-

BaransuKenzai: Lagi
 stretched a bitch extending and retracting the muscles in his legs to
relieve a bit of the strain that had been put on them during his
journey.He soon came to a stand with his arms crossed about his chest
and with that he’d turn to garrick only to speak briefly. “Let’s get
this on the road. Passing through the bordering villages up ahead seems
like the best option.” In passing once the group was situated they would
 indeed make their way onto the next area. Their brief time together was
 indeed soon coming to an end as the distance from Konoha was growing
smaller and smaller. Lagi smirked a bit at the previous comment the VIP
had made about Garricks condition only thinking to himself that only the
 toughest of Chunin would be able to hold their own against him.

Raibu: Tsuyoshi
 stood up, completely covered in mud. He wiped the thick sludge from his
 flak jacket and pants. “Maybe we should have taken the longer way,
might have been less messy.” Tsuyoshi hung his head, with most of his
passion drained that he had before the mission took a downturn. Tsuyoshi
 released a rather loud sigh. and placed his hands behind his head. He
had also felt one-upped. Some random Shinobi, appearing out of nowhere,
and then saving all of them. Tsuyoshi easily could have done the same,
even if it was much more difficult for him to do so. Tsuyoshi reached
into the pouch he had placed the scroll in and quickly removed it,
inspecting it for any signs of damage. Once he was through scrutinizing
the roll of paper, he placed it back into the pouch, and latched it
shut. Upon hearing the mystery Shinobi state that they should pass
through the bordering villages, Tsuyoshi mustered up the energy and took
 ahead of the group. Walking at a much faster pace than the others. His
ambition was slowly beginning to return, as well as his pseudo-energy.
They were soon about to pass into the first border village, and by this
time, Tsuyoshi was already several yards ahead of the group. Ignoring
any obvious signs of danger that might arise, Tsuyoshi kept trudging
forward.

Keruberosu: |GH| -Garric
was glad to see everyone seemed to had made it out alright, he could
only laugh as they trudged forward in the heavy rain he thinking to
himself. “A boring B-rank huh? Guess fate had other plans for today. I’m
 guessing it can’t get much worse at this point or at least that’s what I
 think.” After moving for awhile Garric stood close to the VIP and
Kazuki but also kept a close eye on Tsuyoshi that seemed to want to out
hustle everyone by walking faster. After a good 20 of 30 minutes of
walking once again through all the heavy rain and open fields towards
the border village the group finally arrives. But what awaited them was
something no one could truly be prepared for there was seared corpses
all over the ground. Black charcoal looking skin that was clearly burned
 off, said figures once being humans the poses some of them took made
this obvious. They were begging for dear life and holding onto it as
much as they could but to no real avail. Garric even as tough as he was
could only place a hand over his mouth in disbelief his Byakugan scanned
 over each body to see if there was anybody even alive in any building
and he found the smallest of chakra signatures through a wall. But now
the choice was would Garric let the group know of the signature or would
 they simply trend on through the village and just continue on the
journey, this was the last check point before the meeting area so this
surely would be the last decision to make. Garric was in disbelief and
exclaimed. “What the hell could’ve done this? So many people, so much
death…. Not even a shinobi can contemplate this.” The VIP would be
shaking not only from the cold but because she was overwhelmed by the
scene in front of them. She began to sob and cry the tears rolling down
her face could be seen even though she wore quite the bulky headdress
this entire mission. Garric could only look on for the duration and took
 a moment to look at everyone else wondering how they would react.
Garric was already worried about Kazuki his will was waning from the
previous experience and hoped this wouldn’t further scar anyone else.

BaransuKenzai: Lagi
 had given the order to move on past the crippled bordering village and
with that the group had done so. The rain still beating down upon them
all as they made their way through the murky surface. The puddles of
water that had been scattered about the ground were like mirrors into
the soul. The things these young men and women had seen on their journey
 was more than anyone should have to bare in one day. As time went on
the group eventually came across a trio of samurai each donning their
typical garb. The leader of the group soon stepped forward his left hand
 resting on the scabbard of his sword and the others that accompanying
him doing the same. In passing the Vip that had been accompanying the
group stepped forward and into the custody of the trio her eyes still
flowing with tears. She had been disturbed by some of the things she saw
 on her venture to this destination but in time Lagi was sure she would
bury these emotions like most people do.

Paradinight: -The
 rain was still pouring down, but Kazuki felt a great sense of relief as
 the mission was almost over. He could soon go home and relax himself
after a somewhat dangerous mission. He was still a bit shaky from all of
 the previous events that past. Seeing all the burnt dead bodies didn't
startle at all. He just sighed and continued walking. "They were weak
that's why they died." He said in thought. The VIP bursted in tears
beside him which made him shake his head. "This is the ninja
world........ things like this happen a lot. Now stop crying and get a
move on." She looked up at him with tears in her eyes. He paid no
attention to her and continued on. As they encountered the the trio of
samurai the VIP stepped forth and went to the trio still crying. He
looked up at the sky and took a deep breath. "So it's finally over." He
looked over at Garric and said. "Did seeing all those bodies scare you? I
 would hope not." His eyes were empty not showing any sign of sympathy
for the dead.-

Keruberosu: |GH| -He
would simply lag behind almost everyone while they continued to walk.
The mental images of the people burnt alive and most cuts and slit on a
bunch of area of their body left quite the mental image. It was like
when you got a bad taste in your mouth and it was almost like something
couldn’t get it out. Garric knew he left somebody back there to die, not
 even knowing their circumstance or what they been through. He fucking
abandoned where was there to die with no mercy being shown. The mission
had certainly taken its toll on him, his mind was far into the clouds at
 this point and all the pointless chatter that was going on between the
iron and the VIP was slipping his mind but the words and picture image
of Kazuki snapped him back into reality for a short amount of time.
Garric responded with an unsure nature “Yeah man of course not, I’m not
even worried.” He shortly turned and walked away from the group somewhat
 off into the field and he simply laid there looking up at the sky
questioning everything that the voices in his head began to question.
Simply waiting for someone to come retrieve him for the journey home.-

Raibu: Tsuyoshi’s
 pace quickly slowed as they stumbled upon the village. Charred bodies
littered the street, and the smell of burning flesh lingered in the air.
 It was almost enough to make him vomit. He had soon fell back far
enough so that he was now rejoined with the group. He could tell, even
by not looking at them, that his comrades seemed troubled by the sight
as well. “This is madness. Who could have done such a thing?” The scale
of damage was unbelievable. It was more than likely that a band of Rogue
 Ninja had pillaged the village, taking whatever they could, and just
slaughtered everyone in the process. Tsuyoshi then heard the whimpers
coming from the VIP, and this just made him feel even worse. When they
had chosen to ignore the faint chakra signature that had been detected,
this made Tsuyoshi clenched his fist in anger, but he. maintained his
composure. As much as he was opposed to just leaving this person behind,
 he still had an obligation to follow orders. They were soon met by the
trio of Samurai, which Tsuyoshi hadn’t even noticed until he nearly
bumped into them. His mind was just lost in thought, pondering what
tragedy could have possibly occurred. Definitely something to report
once they made it back to Konoha. As the dealings with the Samurai were
being handled, Tsuyoshi sat upon the ground with his legs crossed, not
even caring to eavesdrop upon the conversation. This event had actually
managed to snuff out his mood, and he wasn’t sure how long it would take
 from him to get it back.

BaransuKenzai: Lagi
 remained behind the chunin he’d been accompanying on their mission
simply giving a brief nod as the samurai slipped into the bordering
brush soon to vanish. The moment garrick found himself going to lie down
 in the field he would only be met by Lagi only seconds after he’d left
the group. If one were to be watching Lagi’s motions in those split
seconds they would only find an after image. He soon turned his
attention to garrick only to extend his hand and help him up, Lagi
still donned that same childish smile he had during their meeting in the
 village. In time the group eventually made their way back to the
village, the same pair of gate guards greeting the group as they cross
the threshold of Konoha's gates. The rain eventually came to a stop and
with that the gloomy air that hung over the village eventually
dispersed.