Mission: Find the Lost Pet - Masaru and Shizuka

## Mission Details

An elite member of the village has lost their pet somewhere in the village, and needs a ninja squad to find it. Begin the search and find the animal! (having it escape you at least once)

## Mission Precautions

Pet might attack if startled. By charging straight at pet, they would run off. If pet escapes village, mission ends in failure.

## Mission Precautions

(This is a new system in which will convey a little bit more detail onto what expect as for the journey. For each factor below as to what expect, it goes in five according levels: None, little, some, dangerous; severe.)

***Bandits- none***

***Aggressive Wildlife- none***

***Missing Nin- none***

***S-Rank Individuals- none***

***Bijuu- none***

***Other- some***

## Mission Summary

Masaru and Shizuka meet for the first time and discuss their plan in which they would catch the dog. They go for the typical search high and low approach but decided that you take too long. So instead, they use food to lure the dog out before chasing it down. Shizuka uses her Shadow Imitation Jutsu to hold the dog in place, whilst Masaru bounded it and carried it to it's owner.

## Missing Log:

YukoAburame:~The sun was on its slow decent from the sky as the time
began to push past noon. Masaru rested between two thick branches of a short
tree, meaning he was no more than probably four feet off the ground. He was
waiting for his companion that would help him complete this mission. It was his
first, and most likely not his last. The mission was simple; retrieve the dog
of a high ranking shinobi in the village. Hurting it was obviously out of the
question, so they would have to be gentle in the way they capture it. This was
a mission of intelligence and problem solving. Though the basic level of the
mission made it a low rank, Masaru was to take it as if it was an S Rank
mission. He wanted to do well on his first mission to prove he was cut out for
Shinobi. The only real problem was that he wasn’t trained to be gentle. He was
a Taijutsu expert, his grips were all but soft, but his foot work was precise and
his motions were fluid. Maybe he was better suited for the mission than he had
thought. He bought all of his standard equipment with him; his kunai, followed
by paper and smoke bombs. He planned to put the smoke bombs to use, possibly
blinding the dog before rushing in and giving it a good tackle. It was a medium
sized dog, not too big to be extremely dangerous, but not too small that one
could just pick it up with one hand and carry it back to its owner. He was
going to rely on his partner to do the grabbing if fast enough, if not Masaru’s
speed was more than enough to keep up with the lost dog in the chance that it felt
threatened and decided to run and hide.~

HikaruAkumuRyu: - The sun that shine so brightly would shine down a young girls face as she walked through a path out the village, The girl herself placed her right hand above her eyes while she squinted a bit due to the suns brightness which bugged her while she kept going on. This girl who walked on that path itself was Shizuka Nara a young Gennin who was asked to assist in this mission which was giving to her several hours ago, Everything in the mission was all written in a scroll which she read careful before heading out. While she walked on some more she finally spotted the tree that was mentioned in the scroll, Surprisingly while she looked she notice someone laying on the branch of the tree itself who happened to be Masaru who was the one she was to help capture the dog which was mentioned in the scroll as well. While she witness what she saw all she did was shook her head and smile “Must be him..” Shizuka mumbled as she grew closer and closer towards the tree, Once there all she would do was cough once while looking up towards him. “Your Masaru right?” She said as she looked up at Masaru who laid on the branch above.-

Guest\_YukoAburame: ~He
noticed a voice speaking towards him, asking if he was Masaru. He
quickly sprang to life and dropped out of the tree, landing on his feet
with ease.~ “I am Masaru, you must be Shizuka. Pleasure to meet you.”
~He said with a bow and a cheesy smile. He quickly straighten his
posture and began to speak firmly.~ “So, you probably already know the
briefing. Find the dog, capture it, and bring it back safely. It doesn’t
 sound too hard but knowing how animals work, things can get
complicated. We should get searching as soon as possible, the sun will
begin to set in a matter of hours and we don’t want to be looking for
the dog at night time. With that being said I think we should stay
together rather than split up, but I’ll take the high ground, scouting
along the rooftops, you can stick to the ground and check in places I
might not be able to see. Are there any objections to my plan? Feel free
 to add your own ideas. If not then we’ll move out and start to canvas
the area.” ~This was one of the rare times Masaru was serious. He gave
her the rundown as if he was a Jonin leading a team, though it was more
of a joint effort, no one having a higher rank or authority over the
other. For all he knew she could completely disregard his plan and ride
solo and find it herself. But he wanted them to work as a team in order
to get things done faster.~

HikaruAkumuRyu: -While
 she look towards him she would bow as well while responding. "Yes i am
and nice to meet you also" She said as she looked towards Masaru who
stood before her, Followed by what she said she would remain silent
while she listened to her he had said to her about the mission the two
was assign to doing. "There are no objections to the plan but i would
like to use the abilties of my clan in this to capture the dog without
harm probably at the right moment if its alright moment if a distraction
 is made" She nodded in agreement to the plan while adding a bit of an
idea on how to capture the dog in an easy without hurting it. After she
said what she said she would look towards him, Hoping he would agree to
what she had said.-

Guest\_YukoAburame: “Oh
right, you’re Nara. I have no problems with that, in fact that’s
probably better than what I had planned…there was a lot of tackling
involved.” ~He slightly chuckled before returning to a more serious
composure.~ “I’m guessing that’s the only addition to the plan. And with
 that we should get searching. You should follow my lead once I’m up
top. Be on the lookout for any kind of dog, there aren’t many just
roaming in the streets here in Hoshigakure. If I see anything, I’ll
whistle and point it out, and vice versa” ~He said. Then with a nod he
took off running towards the nearest building, infusing chakra into his
feet in order to run up the side and swiftly arrive on the rooftop. He
peered over the edge at her and gave her a thumbs up before running
along the rooftops. He made sure to stay near the edge as to get a
better look at the main street, stopping every now and then to peer down
 into an alley way before clearing it after making sure it didn’t
contain the dog. He expected her to somewhat be the person who trailed
behind a bit and double checked the place he looked at from the ground.
That way he could cover and a lot of a ground and spot any apparent
signs of it, and she could cover a bit less ground, but be thorough in
the search.~

HikaruAkumuRyu: -Shizuka
 did not say much but a few words"Well that is good to know" She said as
 she looked towards him, Hearing all he would say while thinking more
less of what to do while on the way. After several moments of talking
she began to follow him, Running about the same pace as he did while
the two went on there way but unlike him she remain on the ground like
both agreed on doing in order to scout the whole area further. While she
 ran passed the building she would look up for a moment, Noticing Masaru
 on the edge of the building giving her the thumbs up while she looked
before going on his way. Shizuka who was looking at him would stop
short just to nod after he gave her the thumbs up, Followed by that she
would continue on her way while looking around the area from left to
right for the dog.-

Guest\_YukoAburame: ~Masaru
 began to slow his pace from a run to more a jog as he began to search a
 bit more thoroughly himself. The village was a big place and the dog
could be anywhere. It was evident he would have to have some way of
luring it out into the open so it can be captured. He stopped moving all
 together and gave the whistle that would get her attention, hoping she
would stop to. He would then make his way down the building, sliding
down the side before kicking off the wall and rolling onto the dirt,
landing right in front of Shizuka.~ “I noticed that this could take
forever, we need to lure it out into the open with something. Possibly
some food, maybe it’s favorite toy, something. I’m no sensory type
shinobi so physically searching will in fact take hours. Do you have any
 ideas to speed up the process? Possibly a technique you can use?” ~He
asked, rather curiously. He wanted to wrap up the mission as soon as
possibly as it would look better on the report. That the mission was
finished within the hour, rather within the day.~

HikaruAkumuRyu: -Shizuka
 continued to walk more and more in the village until she heard him
whistle which caughter her attention, Upon here that she would stop
right away and looked behind when he whistled. "Yes it might be awhile
but i guess we can lure it with food or maybe other dogs" She said as
she looked towards Masaru, Giving him atleast one idea that might help
them speed the process in the mission.-

Guest\_YukoAburame: “I’m
sure we can find some food somewhere. Possibly some cooked meat rather
than typical dog food. I hear dogs like human food better.”~ He said
before looking around for any restaurant that might be selling cooked
beef, pork, or any meat basically. He knew Ramen places often served all
 of those things inside their ramen, so possibly he could get some right
 after they cook, and before they slice it up to put into a soup. ~
“Stay here, I know what to do. Be on the lookout for the dog.” ~He said
before quickly scurrying off to the nearest ramen place. Masaru always
seemed restless, never really staying still for more than a few
minutes…or seconds. He let his nose guide him to the smell of meat being
 cooked and noodles being soaked various sauces. It didn’t take long for
 him to find one. It was more of a street vendor kind of thing, not a
professional ramen place so to speak. They made it on a cart that was
portable, and seem to keep all of their stock behind the cart. The
vendor didn’t seem to have too much traffic, there was no line. That’s
when the “On Break” sign on the cart came into Masaru’s view. The owner
of the cart himself seemed to be relaxing reading some kind of book.
Masaru bolding walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder, which
startled the man, causing him to jump a bit. ~ “What part of on break
don’t you understand!” ~He yelled at Masaru, though Masaru seemed
unfazed.~ “I need your assistance. Official Shinobi business you see.”
~He said whilst turning to show the man the logo on his flak jacket.
Though the mission wasn’t officially from the Kage, so it didn’t benefit
 the Village as whole; the mission wasn’t really official Shinobi
business. It was more a favor to be done for a high ranking shinobi that
 did directly serve the Kage. But in Masaru’s mind, it was close
enough.~ “What ‘Official Shinobi business’ are you on?” ~The man said
with still a hint of attitude in his voice. ~ “Well you see…” ~Masaru
said whilst thinking of an important mission that would require the man
to help him or deal with the Hoshikage.~ “I’ve been tasked with finding
the dog of a S Rank rogue Inuzuka that is said to be hiding here.”
~Masaru said off the top of his head. ~ “Aren’t you a bit too young to
be doing that kind mission? You look fresh out of the Academy.” ~Masaru
 put on an angered face, one of intimidation, well the best
intimidation face he could put on for a baby face thirteen year old.~
“Look here mister, you don’t question the Hoshikage’s orders, nor do you
 question official Shinobi business. Why do you need to know the details
 of our mission. Are you a spy? I’m sure finding a spy will be a lot
more rewarding than finding a dog.” ~Masaru said while staring daggers
at the man.~ “No, no, I’m no spy. I’m just curious as to why such a
young protégé got to such a high level in order to do these kind of
missions. You must be really powerful mister, sir, mister.” ~He said
while tripping over his words.~ “I don’t believe you aren’t a spy…if you
 aren’t a spy, make me a ramen bowl, prove you aren’t just pretending to
 be a ramen vendor. Make it two. I like it spicy, with lots of onions
and beef. And don’t be stingy with the noodles.” ~Masaru said while
slamming his fist into the side of his cart. He was more like an angry
and spoiled kid rather than an intimidating shinobi, but his act seemed
to be getting the job done. The man rushed to his feet and instantly
began to adhere to his orders. He slapped slabs of raw meat on top of
the heated skillet he had built into his cart. ~ “And I want some extra
meat in a to-go box, seasoned, medium rare. Get on it!” ~The man worked
vigorously to meet Masaru’s demands. It didn’t take long before the
first bowl was done, as well as the second. The meet was then cooked in
put in a medium size box. Masaru didn’t really pay attention to the
whole process in which the ramen was being made, which would kind of
give away the fact that he was trying to see if he knew what he doing,
but the man seemed rather convinced in the fact that Masaru was somehow
from the Kage Office. The man handed the food to Masaru and he found his
 hands quickly full.~ “Anything else for you sir?” ~He said.~ “No. I
thank you for your service to the village.” ~Masaru said before turning
around and going back to Shizuka. She would see him coming from a
distance, ramen bowls in both hands and box of meat underneath his arm.
As soon as he got to her, he dropped the box onto the ground and
attempted to hand her a bowl.~ “I don’t know if you like it spicy but, I
 got this for you.” ~He said with another cheesy smile on his face.~ “I
got some meat we can use to lure the dog out, but we can’t do it on an
empty stomach.” ~He would pick up the box and proceed to the nearest
alleyway, before just opening box and dumping it all over the place. He
would then walk out of the alley before and walking across the street in
 order to sit on a box and eat his ramen, just watching the trap from a
safe distance.~

HikaruAkumuRyu: -Shizuka
 who was listening would nod as he spoke in agreement to what he said “I
 guess that might be the best choice for us” Shizuka said as she heard
what he had told her, Followed by that she would simple walk towards a
wall several moments after he went on his way to fetch some possible
food to us as bait. Once she was near the wall she would lean against it
 and did exactly what she was told by keeping her eyes on alert for
anything out of the usual. Shizuka who waited for a good while looked
towards Masaru coming back her way, Holding more then one box ramen in
his hand. “Oh why thanks” Shizuka said as she smiled warmly while taken
the bowl of ramen he handed to her, Once she the bowl in hand all she
would do was eat and wait until the plan began to unfold. The smell of
the food from the box began to spread through the whole area and
surprisingly after several dogs began to come out towards the location.
Shizuka who was eating began to stare at the dogs and notice one was
exactly as it was describe on the scroll given to her in the morning.-

Guest\_YukoAburame: ~As
Masaru slurped down his Ramen he paid close attention to the animals
that quickly flocked to the free food. Most seemed like strays, with a
few birds here and there as well as some cats. He pulled out the mission
 scroll in order to look over the details of the dog~ ‘Black with white
spots on paws. Scar just above the nose that runs up to left eye.’ ~He
put the scroll away and looked back up, examining every dog that was in
the mosh pit of sort. There were only a few dogs in general, and they
seemed to all be sharing with the other animals. That’s when another dog
 came up. It was black and somewhat matched the description of the dog
in question. He couldn’t see if it had a scar from the distance he was
at, but he did notice the white spots on its paws as it walked up so he
was going to take a gamble and go for it. He stood up silently and put
his half-eaten bowl of ramen in the place he sat at. ~ “Do you see that
dog right there?” ~He said whilst pointing out the dog he saw. It seemed
 she noticed it before him, but apparently wasn’t all too sure about it
and didn’t say anything. ~ “Come on, get ready. I’m going to distract
it. Get ready to use that jutsu of yours. I’m going to try to scare it
towards you.” ~He said before casually walking up to the pile of
animals. The birds flew away almost instantly, and the cats made
reluctant retreats. Some dogs did the same, leaving only about three
dogs and a few brave rats still picking at the scraps. He was able to
get a better look at the dog, and that’s when he said the scar. He was
sure it was the dog. Masaru turned around and pointed down the street,
in an attempt to tell her to go to the end of the alley way so she could
 cut off the dog whilst Masaru chased it forward towards her. He hoped
she picked up on the hint he was about to scare it on purpose. He began
to close in on the dog, being able to get as close as ten feet before it
 actually cared about how close he was. That’s when Masaru took off,
charging at the dog, not attempting to tackle it, but merely get it on
the run so he could steer it to his awaiting partner at the end of the
alley. The dog of course took off running full speed. The dog was fast,
but Masaru was built for speed so he didn’t have many problems keeping
up. ~

HikaruAkumuRyu: -Just
 like Masaru she would stare at the dog that appeared and carefully look
 at the dog from every point in order to see whather or not the dog was
the one the two were seeking,. Just by looking at the dogs appearance it
 would seem to look as it was describe on the scroll but there was no
proof since she could not see the scar either, Reguardless she knew the
two had to ad least check if the dog was indeed the one they needed to
capture. “Yes I see it but we need to double check if this dog is indeed
 the one..” She said as she too wanted to take a gamble on the dog
before them, Followed by that she would ready her left hand to prepare
for the jutsu while he slowly approached this dog in front of them. The
 moment he point down the street while looking back at her she knew more
 or less of what to do which was to go to the end of the ally way to cut
 off the dogs path while he chased the dog towards her. “This isn’t
working we need to switch the plan a little” She yelled as she could not
 quite catch the dog due to it not being in one spot, With this
happening she need to rethink the plan of catching him which meant he
had to stay put so she did what she needed by quickly placing her bowl
of ramen down moments before the dog in hopes it would slow it down
while taken a few steps back and trying the one hand seal once again.-

Guest\_YukoAburame: “You’re
 right, I’ll get it to stop. Stay behind me and wait until after I
disappear to start your jutsu. Time it well and you should be able to
get it just as it stops.”~ He shouted while still following the dog that
 kept a constant speed and turned in and out of alley ways. He needed to
 block the dog and give it no place to run, whilst making sure he didn’t
 hurt it. He hoped she knew what to do, as the timing would have to be
nearly perfect. He slipped two smoke bombs out of his jacket and gently
held them in his mouth as he made the hand sign Tiger. He channeled
chakra into his legs before releasing it all in one big burst that
enhanced his speed drastically for a short period of time. The technique
 was known as a Body Flicker. He moved quickly, circling around the dog
and reappearing fifteen feet in front of the rushing dog, leaving a
trail of wind in his wake. He moved so fast it would seem as though he
teleported, but it was all just one extremely fast movement. He hoped
she would have starting her jutsu by now, as he throw smokes bombs both
to his left and right, blocking the dog from having a clear view in
which it was running. If the dog was smart, it wouldn’t want to charge
it head on, so it would stop and turn around and try to go the other
way. At the moment it would stop and attempt to turn around, he hoped
that’s when he jutsu would catch it. The dog proceeded to follow what
Masaru predicted, it came to a completely halt as his reappearing was
sudden and it had to make a stop on the dime in order to start off in
the other direction, all that was left was for her to catch it.~

HikaruAkumuRyu: -Shizuka
 nodded the moment Masaru told her to remain behind while he made sure
he got the dog to stop in order for her to attempted the technique once
more. After she was told to get ready she began to prepare her chakra
aura while doing the right hand seal in order to bid the dog at the
right moment. While she ready herself she made sure she kept her eyes on
 every movement that occurred in order to catch the dog by using a
technique called Shadow Imitation Technique which allows her Shadow to
comes into contact anyones shadow, Once that is done the two shadows
merge and the person or animal is forced to imitate the user's
movements. While she continued to look on she notice the dog coming to a
 stop so she sent her shadow slowly towards him as it turned slowly the
other way which was her way, Once she did that it was all over for the
running dog all that was left was for Masaru to was to find another way
to contain the dog so she can release her the jutsu.-

Guest\_YukoAburame: ~Masaru
 smiled as the plan went well, and ended up actually working. The dog
was trapped, stuck, paralyzed and unable to move. Masaru had to act fast
 in order to subdue in before she couldn’t hold it anymore. He didn’t
bring any cage or anything so in the grand scheme of things, he wasn’t
prepared for the mission at all, and that’s not the sign of a good
Shinboi. But at least they got the dog faster than they would have. He
ran up to the dog and removed his shirt in order to hog tie the dog so
that it couldn’t run away again. It wasn’t the nicest thing to do, but
it was for the sake of the mission. He then took off one of his long
sleeve gloves and tied it around it’s mouth in order for it to act as a
muzzle and what not, so that he wouldn’t be bitten as he carried it. ~
“You can drop the jutsu now, the dog should be under control.” ~He said,
 as soon as she would the dog would begin to squirm and Masaru sat there
 and watched it until it eventually ran out of energy and gave up.
That’s when he picked it up and slung it across his shoulders.~ “Sorry
doggy, but I can’t let you get away again.” ~He said before beginning to
 walk out of the alley, a bit out of breath as the chase kind of worn
him out.~ “Well, lets get him back to his owner. He’ll be happy to see
him again.” ~He said to Shizuka before then starting on the route that
he knew led to the high ranking shinobi’s house.~

HikaruAkumuRyu: -The
 moment he told her to drop the jutsu she was relieved because it meant
the mission ended well which made her proud. "Alright" She said
cheerfully as she drop her hands down in order to stop her jutsu, After
she said that she would began to walk toward Masaru who held the dog
tied up with his own sleevs. As she got close she along with Masaru
would both make their way back in order to take the dog back to it's
owner. "Yes i agree" She replied as the two went off to the high ranking
 shinobi's house.-