A Busy Day (Private)

Missions:

The morning was warm and temperate, as it usually was in this village and a light rain fell on everything as it always seemed to in the Village Hidden in The Mists. Elliryana knelt at a headstone, an umbrella in her hand and protecting her form from the rain as she looked upon the name engraved within the stone. ‘Suriko Hyuuga’, the woman who had given her life, twice done so in fact. The brown haired young woman stared at the name as she remembered the woman she had grown up with. Working out her feelings for her now departed mother. The mother that had borne her life. The mother that had given up hers for Elliryana’s own. The mother that had lied to her all along. The girl's feelings were tumultuous at best on the matter. The relationship between her father and her had been changed by the fact. However her relationship with her mother was over. Simply because of the woman’s sacrifice on her behalf. Elliryana was grateful for her life, but she very much disliked the fact that she had been lied to by the woman.

For years she had been told she just had a weaker constitution, got tired easily, and other such excuses for why she fell ill easily. Yet the truth was that her heart had been too weak from the start. That she could die at any time by her heart giving out due to strain. She hadn’t known that, had never been told or had that explained. So she lived life like nothing had been wrong. She lived dealing with being tired easily, or weaker in health. Without knowing that she could just stop at any time. Eventually it had happened, and she had passed out when her heart had started to give out. Her mother however, Suriko Hyuuga, had chosen to give her heart to her daughter. She had that chance since Elliryana had lived long enough to grow of a size with her. Body mass, and gender play important roles for such transplants after all. The former more than the latter, but since the male gender is generally larger than the female it plays a factor in overall mass.

Elliryana still didn’t know how she felt about the woman’s decision. She had woken up after having passed out to find a world without her mother in it. Had awoken to her father, who then told her the truth of her life, and of the woman who had sacrificed herself for her daughter. Ellie hadn’t known what to say, what to do. She had always been shy and reserved, a direct result of her frailty early on. With her new heart though she had been able to focus on her shinobi training and had found, after she had recovered of course, that she was able to perform the duties and capabilities necessary. She had her mother to thank for that opportunity. Yet at the same time the fact that she had been lied to for years grated against her. Made her untrusting as a whole of others. She became even more reserved and did not open up easily to anyone anymore. The events of what had occurred, her collapse, the surgery, and her new awakening had taken place two years ago now. In that time she had completed the required taijutsu curriculum for the academy that she had so miserably failed before and graduated. As a matter of fact she had a slew of missions to do today, the first one which was to start soon and she needed to hurry.

Reaching out, she brushed off the headstone of the woman that had given her life. Then given her her own. Then she stood, her five foot four inches not standing very tall in the rain. She turned and made her way toward the mission point. She had a partner today it would seem, which meant she might have to socialize. Something she heavily disliked. She much preferred to quiet. At least the day was rainy, she loved the rain and she idly twirled her light pink umbrella in her hands as she moved. She wore her usual outfit, purple, flower patterned skirt; black boots; a black spaghetti-string camisole under a white sash that wraps around her neck and over her chest; and a yellow patterned belt with two separate, kimono-like pink and white sleeves secured by purple cords. Her headband was worn as a black on the yellow belt, the glint of metal drawing the eye to the Kirigakure symbol. She moved through the village after leaving the cemetery, making her way toward the residential area. As she walked she removed a small clipboard she had tucked into her sash and looked over it. The clipboard was a copy of a ledger page that someone in the tax office had included in the mission scroll. One name was highlighted on the paper that was slated for immediate collection. Other shinobi would handle other names on the list but this one was assigned to her and someone named ‘Shikuki’.

The name was ‘Yamamoto’, a common enough name and he owed quite a bit in back taxes to the village. Enough that his name was at the top of the list for them to take care of. They could collect others if they wanted but they absolutely had to make sure he paid. Literally, not figuratively. She was to meet her mission partner at the gate to the residential district within the village where they would walk the short distance to Yamamoto’s house. Then hopefully they would collect the money, and turn the funds into the tax office before moving onto the next mission they had. It was expected that they would be spending the day doing all three missions, and probably even well into the night. As such Elliryana had prepared for it and across her back was a small pack that held a couple of meals she had prepared in advance for the necessity. She arrived at the residential area gate in short order, pink umbrella making her an obvious beacon in the light crowd and she moved to wait by the doors. No one had arrived yet and so she waited patiently.

WC: 1,043

Shikuki awoke that morning with a stretch, she was not wearing anything from her night before, as that was how she liked to sleep, however news reached her yesterday that she realized would be in effect today. The letter on the bed stand next to her read Kunoichi Shikuki Reactivated. She let out a sigh, she had not put on her headband in quite some time, since graduation at the Academy in fact, how she missed the days before Xyxer came and took over simple little Shimagakure. Now they were a bustling power house of the world. Shikuki had taken the oppertunity to update her shinobi outfit. A mostly black outfit that was a size to small for her chest so it had to stay unzipped at that point. leaving plenty of cleavage. a Body suit, with her attaching a Pouch to her left leg, with the simple gear, and she took out the headband from her drawer. With it in hand she stared at it before taking the metal part off of it and attaching it directly to her body suit on the arm, and than used the cloth left over to tie her hair up in a high top pony tail to help lift her long hair up and to try to keep it out of the way, with two long bangs on either side of her face left to hang. She angular face being a little more pronunced due to this.

Her reddish brown eyes looked out at the day, and she nodded, it was time to get back into this Shinobi thing. And She took off, she already had a string of missions assigned to her it seemed, and she would take a look, apparently she had a partner she had to meet up with as well, the young woman took a deep breath, she would not be alone in this venture. And she would take off to go find this 'Elliryana'. After a time she arrived , it looked as if the other Kunoichi was just starting the rounds, hopping down from the roof tops which would cause some physics to happen in the chest area , she would look at the girl with the kirigakure symbol and called out to her "Elliryana? Names Shikuki, seems we are assigned together for the day. Shall we?"

And she would begin walking into the Residential District towards the house. and was jumping right into the fray as it were, walking right up with authority and knocked with enough heft to make the sound resonate throughout the house, However Using her allure Shikuki would speak up with her voice calling out "Mr... Yamamoto? " She read the name looking over at the girls clipboard that would surely be close by. Shikuki would take a step back in case the door open outward.

The brown haired girl with the pink umbrella would hear the impact of feet upon the ground nearby. Not the impact of a light step, but of someone jumping down from a higher elevation. The sound would immediately draw her attention and her white eyes would fall upon a dark haired girl in an outfit that barely maintained the illusion of modesty as her chest bounced up once her twice from the sudden arrest of her downward movement. Elliryana’s eyebrows would shoot up in mild surprise as she introduced herself as her mission partner for the day and without pause the more modestly dressed woman would move over so that they could share her umbrella. She was showing quite enough skin already, god forbid something slipped due to skin made slick from rain water. Once she had positioned herself so that her pink umbrella would shield both of them from the rain she would give the woman a small smile. “Good morning, yes, I’m Elliryana, but you can call me ‘Elli’ if you would like. Yes, let us be off.” She would say, before moving with the girl and keeping the umbrella centered over them. It was big enough to shield them from the rain if only just but Elli didn’t mind sharing space under it.

It wouldn’t take very long for them to arrive at Mr. Yamamoto’s abode and when they reached his stoop Shikuki would knock, the sound of her fist on wood sounding resolutely as she their presence, and their request for his presence at the door, known. At the same time she would speak up, her voice dripping with allure as she called out the man’s name. ‘I see, I suppose I should have guessed from her apparel, she’s going to try to seduce him. She seemed to be much more open with such things.’ Elli would think to herself as they waited for the man to come to the door. They would make for an odd study. What with Elliryana being dressed so modestly and being six inches shorter than her partner while Shikuki was dressed to draw the eye and to make one think inappropriate thoughts. It wouldn’t take very long for the door to be opened and an older, spare man, with a bald pate, wearing a white tee-shirt and wearing a spotless apron answered the door. He looked like he could be any age from thirty to fifty and he seemed to have a no-nonsense attitude. He took one look at Shikuki and his chest rose and fell quickly, as if laughing a single time before raising an eyebrow in curiosity. Obviously waiting for them to address him.

“Mr. Yamamoto?” Elliryana would ask, prompting him to nod once in acknowledgement. “We’ve been assigned to come collect your back taxes sir.” She would say, prompting the man to nod again with a grunt before he turned and disappeared inside. He would leave the door open, but not invite them in. Elliryana would look toward Shikuki, sharing a curious look with her if her dark haired companion chose to do so before turning back toward the open door. After a few minutes he would return, counting bills of ryo without saying a word. He would nod to himself before counting them again in front of them. Elliryana would count with him, her eyes following the flashing bills idly, as well as double checking he was paying the correct amount. When it was all said and done he was in fact paying the correct amount and he would pass the stack toward Shikuki. Seeing as Elli was holding the umbrella, it would be rude to hand it to her and complicate her ability to function. With that he would nod his head toward them, grunt once more, and then close the door, politely. Elliryana would blink once or twice, her head tilting in confusion. If he was able to pay it back upon asking, why not just pay it initially? Either way it didn’t matter, they had succeeded in obtaining the funds from the man and that mean they could call this mission done. They could but given how simple it had been to obtain the funds. Perhaps it wouldn’t hurt to try to get some more of the names on the list to pay their back taxes too. Turning to her mission partner she would shrug before adding voice to the thought.

“Well that was easier than I expected. Want to go after a few more names on the list?” She would ask, idly checking it as she asked. The next name was a Mrs. Shirogane, her amount wasn’t what Mr. Yamaguchi owed and she was still allowed another warning or two before the village would stop taking no as an answer. However it would not hurt to ask provided her mission partner was up to do so. The list on the clipboard was quite long, spanning multiple pages and no one expected them to collect everything from everyone successfully on this outing. They were actually only required to collect Mr. Yamamoto’s, or return with the report that he had refused once again at which point shinobi would be sent out to arrest him. Now however that was unnecessary. Elliryana shifted her umbrella into the crook of her arm as she pulled out a pen and marked out Mr. Yamamoto’s name on the list before returning the pen to an inner pocket and reclaiming the umbrella from it’s awkward position. With that done she would turn toward her partner for her answer as to if they should continue or not. Elli did not mind either way and in the end doing so would only help the village more. They did however have quite the busy day or missions ahead of them and so there was definitely a solid case for calling it there and moving on.

WC: 982
TWC: 2,025

Shikuki would note that she was not being touched by the cool light rain, which was almost more like a misting, rather amusing if one would ask. But she cared not rather she got wet, it only added to her allure, she thought. She would Watch as the door opened and Elli seemed to take charge of the event of talking, This could work out, Shikuki could start if up initially, help maybe to break the ice, and Elli could be the one to break the news. Not here for pleasure, here for buisness. She watched the ryo get counted and Shikuki made a note to look over at the clip board and also Confirm it was indeed the right amount. When handed the money Shikuki would give the old man a small smirk and slide the money into the cleavage that she showed, which it would seemingly disappear into without a trace. Yea she had a pouch she could put it in, but that could easily be pick pocketed. This place was much safer in Shikuki's experience. She would give the man a nod and turn around to Elli, bouncing over happily to her and look at the list.

"Well..." the Darker girl would start off "While this amount is more, this one is closer, How about we work Our Way inwards. See what we can collect for the day, and return when we feel like we have enough?" Now Shikuki knew that the village needed the taxes to help pay for a great deal of things, most namely that comes to mind is the Shinobi like herself. However she knew if she went to high strung into the gathering of the ryo, not only would that take away from others. She could be looked at as possible leadership material, and that was something she was trying to avoid herself.

Seeing the Address of the next location, she paused a moment to think. Now The names of the streets had changed since she was younger and living in this part of town, So she as she headed towards the direction she was certain was the right way, some memories returned to her of her days here. She took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. Oh to be innocent like that again. But she was once enjoying life in the higher class before getting reactivated. Having to actually work for a living, the Heeled boots she wore that came up to her knees was not a smart choice for this walking, but she would just have to deal as it was the price of her fashion selection and path of life that meant she could be called back at any point to.

Upon reaching the next door she would look at the name once more. And once registering it in her Mind would walk up to the door, giving it a sharp knock and repeating the process of calling out the name of the person to collect from, and Taking the step back once more. She would look at Elli and back at the next victim of tax collecting. Which made Shikuki think back to why she became a shinobi in the first place.... It was the missing leadership like this, which lead to the lower ranking policing force to collect taxes, however her family could not pay, and it was suggested that she get put into the academy. The pay could help mitigate the taxes owed until they were paid back. And so that is what she was eventually pushed to doing.

While Shikuki was kinda lost in her Memoirs the taxes would be collected, Shikuki herself would act almost on auto pilot, taking the money handed to her and placing it in the same place as the last bit of ryo. And she would look at the list and move on once more.

Shikuki would speak up to the girl she traveled with "So Elli, may I ask what it is that made you become a Shinobi?" A Typical question that one might ask when on an Assignment such as this, still in the village so the secret was not let out to the world beyond, but enough to allow fellow ninja to come closer together while passing by what seemed like a rather drab mission all in all.

Meanwhile, As they passed several gossiping moms, she could not help but to over hear a bit of information. Banana's missing and a shortage of them. Monkey fur .. and a rumor that some test animals escaped. Shikuki would shrug it off at this point, she was focus on the current task at hand. Trying to listen for Elli's Response if it was given.

Shikuki and Elli arriving at the next house. Shikuki would nudge Elli " I think you should knock for this one." It should be a female for this one, and Shikuki was not all that great with cohercing females if they were not interested in swinging her way, While Shikuki did not care either way, she would just be for the enjoyment of the company. She would wait to see if Elli took charge with this one or not.

TWC 1330/7000

Elliryana would feel her white eyes widen as Shikuki placed the payment from Mr. Yamamoto into her bosom. Such a blatant act of what one might construe as sexuality from the woman, especially given how revealing her garb was, was not what Elli had expected from a mission partner. However at the end of the day Elliryana did understand that different people did things in different ways. Though her surprise at the action would be noted by anyone nearby by the soft “Eep!” that emanated from her. Her clipboard would move up to hide her face in sheer reaction and the redness of her cheeks would be hidden behind the barrier of the wooden board in a vain attempt to hide her surprise and shyness. Still in the end Mr. Yamamoto had paid his taxes as he was asked to. Once that was all said and done Shikuki would respond to Elli’s thoughts with one of her own. She would comment on the fact that while Mrs. Shirogane was indeed the next highest on the list of people who owed she was not the closest to their current location.

After looking for herself Elli would see that her partner was correct and that it would indeed make more sense for them to work their way around to see how much they could gather as they worked their way inward. Nodding her head in agreement she would walk with the dark haired woman. As she did she would check the name of the next individual they were coming to and see that it was a man by the name of ‘Shinsui Shugokune’ nodding her head she would move to the man’s house and when Shikuki knocked would repeat the spiel from Mr. Yamamoto’s. “Good morning Mr. Shugokune! We’re shinobi from the village and we’re here to collect the taxes you owe to the village.” She would say, her voice bright and chipper. Sinshui was an almost bookish looking man with a narrow chin, long black hair, wearing a suit and glasses. He looked like he was about to leave when they knocked. The reaction she would get in response to her statement would be a grunt of annoyance as the man leered at Shikuki before turning to Elliryana in her more modest garb and speaking. “No, I’m not paying, and I not intention of doing so.” He would say. Prompting Elli to sigh in disappointment “I see, in that case I’ll add your name to the list.” She would say, flipping pages over in the clipboard as she did. Her voice was sad sounding and Shinsui would blink at her in bewilderment before responding “List? What List?” He would ask, an eyebrow raising as he looked between the two women untrusting.

Elliryana would sigh again, having not yet written his name on the clipboard, but she would answer. “The list of people that will have to be arrested and assets seized by the village for failing to pay their taxes that the village has the right to for the safety it provides. We’ll be returning to the mission counter sometime either later this morning or in the early afternoon I expect. When we arrive there we’ll turn in the mission and when your name is sorted a squad will arrive to remove you from your home and place you in prison. They might even wait until you’re asleep and you’ll just wake up in a cell. They are very efficient and quiet in that manner.” She would say, her voice simply matter-of-fact, as if talking about the weather or deciding what to order for lunch. An audible gulp would escape from Mr. Shugokune’s throat before he spoke again. “H-Hold on, lemme see what I can do, how much do I owe?” He would ask, her voice coming out quick. Elliryana would consult the front page of the clipboard before nodding her head. “5,000 ryo sir, five months worth of taxes.” She would say, before looking up to him again to him nodding emphatically before turning and disappearing into his home. A moment later he would return and hold the money out to her. Elli would simply let Shikuki take it as she marked off Mr. Shugokune’s name from the list. Her face would heat again as her dark haired companion again placed the funds into her cleavage. The action drawing the eye of Shinsui Shugokune. “Thank you sir, please have a nice day!” Elliryana would say, her chipper voice back in good order again before turning and moving back out into the rain. Her pink umbrella again shielding her and Shikuki from the weather.

As they moved toward the next name on the list, this once now being Mrs. Shirogane, Shikuki would pose a question to Elliryana. Her reason for becoming a shinobi. That was a bit of a personal question in Elliryana’s opinion. Her reasons were her own after all. However she understood that some people might consider such questions par for the course when it comes to the job and a result of simple curiosity. Still, Elliryana would take a few moments before answering the question. Taking her time to put the thoughts into words. “My reasons for becoming a shinobi are pretty boring compared to others I am afraid. I simply always wanted to be one. Many children have some wild fantasy about what they want to be. Some want to try to find a way to explore the stars. Some want to save lives. I simply wanted to be a shinobi. To be the master of my own body and mind and in the process protect and defend the village I call a home to the best of my ability. Really though, I think I wanted to do it so badly just to prove that I could.” She would say, her answer finishing as they passed by a group of gossiping women. They spoke of missing banana’s, monkey fur, and missing experiments. Those topics of discussion were of no surprise to Elliryana, they were the very next missions that she and Shibuki would be looking into. However rumours of things happening did nothing to help them in that regard. So she would ignore them and let them continue their discussion as they moved toward their next destination.

“What about you? How come you became a shinobi?” She would ask, idly figuring that if she was expected to answer the question then why not ask it in turn. It was only fair after all. To be honest the brunette did not really know if she wanted to know why Shikuki became a shinobi. She idly wondered if the answer to the question would cause her to blush. Which in turn made her consider what answers would cause her to do so. Which in turn caused a vicious cycle of causing her to think of those answers and therefore, you guessed it, blushing. She would feel her cheeks heat and in annoyance she would pout, giving her a petulant look. Eventually they would arrive at Mrs. Shirogane’s home but this time Shikuki would state that she thought Elli should knock for this one. This would cause the white eyed woman to blink at her before she considered what had happened thus far. When they had gone to houses that had belonged to names on the list that were men she was absolutely ready to knock and act in a seductive manner. Yet now that they were arriving at a woman’s house she was wanting to back it off and let Elli take over the entire scenario. Elli’s eye would twitch at that before sighing and giving the woman a shrug. “Fine, but if you’re not comfortable dealing with women with the whole ‘seductress’ schtick than why do it at all? Don’t you kind of have to play it up all the time for it to really work?” She would ask idly as she walked up the little path to the woman’s front door.

Knocking loudly, her knock loud, but polite, she would wait patiently at the door before it opened and Mrs. Shirogane answered the door. She was an attractive woman all things considered with long green hair, pale skin, and looking to be about Elli and Shikuki’s age. She had eyes the colour of honey and wore a long white shirt with jeans. She blinked at them curiously before speaking. “Hello?” To which Elli would respond with a cheery smile before speaking. “Good morning Mrs. Shirogane. We’re shinobi here to collect your back taxes that you owe the village.” She would say, her smile becoming a bit small and uncomfortable. This topic of discussion was never a good one but Mrs. Shirogane just blinked at her a couple of times before asking a question that Elliryana was not expecting. “What are taxes?” Elli would blink back a couple of times and open her mouth, pausing for a beat as if unsure what to say before continuing. “Oh..You don’t know? Well alright. ‘Taxes’ are funds you pay the village each month for the ability to live within its protective safety. It’s only a small fee each month, 1,000 ryo, but it adds up quickly if it isn’t paid. You currently owe 15,000 ryo to the village. My documentation says you’ve been informed you need to pay the taxes when your debt was at 5,000 ryo, and 10,000 ryo respectively. Was this not the case?” She would ask, prompting the woman’s mouth to form an ‘o’ at the explanation before shaking her head. “No, I wasn’t told any of that, and you’re the first visitors I’ve had regarding it. One moment, let me see what I can do.” She would say, prompting Elliryana to nod as Mrs. Shirogane went back inside. A few minutes went by before she opened the door once more, her face just a tad sweaty. “Sorry for the wait. I had to get something out of the oven too. Here you are, 15,000 Ryo, does that cover this months taxes too?” She would ask, prompting Elli to nod one more. “Yes Ma’am. Now what you’ll do is each month near the first you’ll get a letter from the ‘Kirigakure Tax Office’ with a request that you send your tax money in the provided return envelope. At the end of the month if you haven’t paid it starts to count against you. Next month you’d owe 2,000 ryo, and so on. This months tax bills already went out, so you’re debt free in Kirigakure’s eyes until the first of the month. At that point you’ll owe 1,000 ryo again, due by the end of the month. If you want, you can also make an in-person visit to the Tax Office to pay rather than mailing it in.” She would say, giving her all of the information and taking out a card. A small stack of them being clipped to the bottom of the clipboard. The card had the address of the tax office on it along with a small section of map that showed the location of a nearby landmark so it would be easier to find.

Mrs. Shirogane would take it and give the white eyed woman a beatific smile before nodding her head in thanks. “Thank you so much. I apologize for not having paid prior. I didn’t realize I needed to. I’ll take care of it on time in the future.” She would say before waving adieu to both women and closing the door. This would prompt Elli to pass the ryo she had been handed over to Shikuki, unless the dark haired woman had taken it when Mrs. Shirogane had offered. Idly Elliryana wondered if she would make this amount disappear into the great ‘bag of holding’ that her boobs seemed to make as well. Or if she would eventually run out of room. “Shall we continue? Or do you want to call it a day on this particular mission and head on in?” She would ask, turning her curious white eyes to the woman. They had more than succeeded in the mission. Mr. Yamamoto had owed 20,000 Ryo, Mr Shugokune had owed 5,000 and Mrs. Shirogane had owed 15,000. They had only been required to obtain Mr. Yamamoto’s debt, lest he be imprisoned. Hell, Elli had only told Mr. Shugokune that he would be because the man had openly stated that he had no intention of paying the money. Which would allow Elli to mark him down as ‘non-compliant’ rather than ‘Declined to pay at this time’. Which was what was usually marked down when one paid. Marking someone down as ‘non-compliant’ automatically got the village authorities involved. Now though, they had collected three debts, and where they were only expected to return with 20,000 ryo, they would instead be returning with double that. That could in all reasonable sense, call it a day and move on with their next mission. Idly the brunette would twirl her pink umbrella around, causing a little spray of rain to fling off and around them. No one was around close enough to be splashed and it was the idle little gesture of someone who wanted something to do with their hands.

WC: 2,206
TWC: 4,231

Hearing the eep escape the other girl made her chuckle softly. She could tell that her partner was not as open as she was about her sexuality, and that was okay, not everyone was fit for that kind of life. After she got the nod in agreement, she would continued as planned one to the next house. With Shikuki Handling the initial start up and doing as she planned, her best to keep him distracted and yet also compliant as possible. Yet when he seemed like he was not going to pay, Shikuki had other ways, but Elli piped up with a well spot on story. One that made Shikuki smile and look at the man as he went and gathered the money and brought it back to them, Shikuki yet again place it in her clevage where it would disappear.

AS they walked, Elli did answer in a sort of way the question that Shikuki had asked her, it was enough to make Shikuki wonder that was for sure. This girl she was with, she wanted to do it, no other reason beyond that, nothing pushed her into it against her will, nothing made her go running to it as a only option. That was simply a new answer, that She had not thought of, and than the question was turned around on her. “Well sad to say, I did not have as much Luxoury as you did, I was enrolled when I was younger, and then when I got older, I left for awhile, recently brought back cause like these Taxes, once its apart of the system it does not go away”

Elli tried to call her out as she approached the door, and Shikuki would sit back to allow Elli to handle the situation, She watched the woman’s shock on her face about the entire situation and Watched as Elli disappeared into the house following the woman. Shikuki would listen to the bustling going on around her. Listening for any possible leads for the following missions she was supposed to along with on.

Shikuki would shoot her head back towards the door as Elli walked back out. Shikuki would take the money and put it with the rest as she has to this point, putting the money safely down in her cleavage. Shikuki would Than smile and wave back to the lady as they began to leave , heading away from the residential District, Shikuki would look to Elli “ No, Not a Shtick, And I do it how I please, and I use it on females as well, But you seemed a little shy, figured I would see if you could take the lead for once, albeit you did a very good job. “ With the next question Shikuki would take the money out of her cleavage “ Okay I say we go ahead, turn this in, and lets move on to the next mission, We will get more physical work out of that one I think”

SHikuki would nod and take the lead heading back to the mission center to turn in the money. At which point she would look to Elli “By the way, What is the next mission exactly?” Shikuki would tilt her head at the girl, and smiled sheepishly at her.

1874/7000

All of the money would seemingly disappear into her mission partners' cleavage and Elli was starting to wonder what kind of fuckery was going on here. Regardless that would not matter in any way in terms of their mission assignments and so as they went to collect the money from the next individual, Mrs. Shirogane, she would simply let it drop from his list of mental curiosities. Instead Elliryana would consider what Shikuki had said about her own start to the shinobi world. Apparently she had been forced into the path, was enrolled against her will from what she could infer when she was much younger. Although when she was older she apparently left for a while before going back simply because it was all a part of the system that simply did not change. The fact that Shikuki seemingly did not have the choice when she was younger caused Elli to pause in her thoughts for a time. That seemed sad to her, the shinobi lifestyle was not something that one chose idly and the fact that someone had been forced down it seemed wrong somehow. Like ripping the freedom of their future choices from them somehow. She considered that for a while as she collected the money from Mrs. Shirogane, letting the thoughts occupy her mind as the woman dealt with her minor baking snafu and got the money for her.

When those funds too disappeared into the cleavage of one Shikuki Elli would again begin to wonder about the magic going on in that regard. Was there some sort of storage seal placed between the woman’s tits or something? She was not sure, but that would come as no surprise in the least to learn that at this point. It was after they had left Mrs. Shirogane’s home that her dark haired companion would comment on her seductress comment and cause Elli’s face to light up brilliantly. The fact that she was willing to use such tactics on females as well caused the brown haired girl to consider what would happen if her companion bit off more than she could chew. In that case one would either have to run, or accept the consequences of one’s actions. The thoughts of the kind of situations the woman would end up in if that occurred sent Elli to blushing up a storm as they moved and she fought to keep the thoughts from her head as best as she could. She did not know why they bugged her as much as they did and she wished they wouldn’t. In the end though this did not lend itself to finishing their missions and it was thanks to focusing on that simple fact that she could get control of her flushing features and calm down. All the while hoping that no one would notice.

At this point Shikuki would accept that they had collected enough money in back taxes for the day and that they should get it all turned in before moving on to the next mission. The hope that it would be a bit more active than the current one was. In the end Elli doubted that as it was just a reconnaissance mission to find, of all things, monkeys. However her partner would turn to her and sheepishly ask what the next mission was and the white eyed girl would feel a small shocked laugh escape her lips. The woman did not even know what the next mission was? That made it more amusing for some reason. “As stupid as it sounds, we are supposed to scout out the location of some escaped monkeys from the village. Apparently they were being used for testing purposes and their general location needs to be found. After that we report it in.” She would say, turning their path toward the tax office. “First though we have to turn in the money and the clipboard.” She would say, nodding down the road toward the tax office at it’s far end. It was a relatively small building with a front desk and a door to the back behind it. Generally an individual would be behind the counter to meet with people who came in while organizing the various file cabinets within and ensuring that everything was in order. Elli would move toward the tax office and enter the building, holding the door open for her partner before letting it close and turned toward the woman behind the counter. “Good morning, we’re here to turn in the mission to collect back taxes from those behind on their payments.” She would say to the brown haired woman wearing a business dress behind the counter. The woman would look up from her filing and nod before holding her hand out for the scroll. “Of course, may I have your scroll please?” She would ask, which prompted Elli to deposit the scroll into her outstretched hand.

The woman would open it and give a glance before nodding her head. “Excellent, the money please?” she would say, holding her hand out once more as she used the other to pull out a binder and opened it. Within were various names in the village in alphabetical order. It wasn’t everyone in the village by any means but it was also only one of several binders. She would take the time to search for the necessary name in the binder before making a notation and getting a different binder to search for one of the other names. Should Shikuki give her the funds they had collected she would open a cash registers drawer built into her desk and deposit the money within, closing her and relocking it with a key. Then she would finish up notating their payments, close up the binders, put then neatly away and turn back to them. “Thank you, we’ll report the mission success.” She would say, prompting a nod from Elli who then turned to leave. Again, holding the door open for her companion before letting it shut. “Now we have to go scout the various islands off the coast to track down the one with the escaped test animals on it. When we find it we report in, we aren’t to engage or progress further.” She would say to Shikuki as she began to walk toward the docks. A boat should be arranged for them and if not they could always just walk across the water. It wouldn’t hurt them or anything, however for missions out to the islands boats were usually reserved in advance for anyone below a certain rank since they frequently had lower reserves than higher ranked shinobi.

WC: 1,107
TWC: 5,338

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5,000 words (338 will carry on)
50 stats putting them all into Vigor, putting me at 75, new AP will be 790.) This maxes my stats so long as the claims here are approved
Finishing Shattering Thrust started here at B Rank leaving me with 4,100 words left.
using 1,750 on B rank Storm Senbon
Using the remaining 1,400 on Barrage of The Gentle Fist Putting me at 1,400/1,500.

Approved Elli

Shikuki had followed Elli to the office where they would turn in the first mission report. The lady behind the desk would ask for a scroll which elli produced, and than she requested the money, at which point Shikuki dug into her chest pocket and pull out the money and hand it to the lady with a slight wink at which time she would than spin around and face Elli as she began to give the low down on the next mission in their list of things to do. So it was to find the location of missing monkeys. Shikuki would look at the map and point at a location that was heavily forested. "This place seems logical for monkeys, If I remember right, the trees there grows bananas too." Shikuki would than remember back to a time before everything when her and her mother and the person she thought was her father would go there for picnics and she would always get a banana as a desert.

Shikuki would take off towards the island she pointed at, since the islands were connect by bridges. Plus the stroll would help Shikuki to face some things she had been running away from....

Flashback:

Shikuki had walked past  a ice cream stand where she would grab one and sit down, slowly sucking on it. She was enjoying it while she was lost in the memories, forgetting for a moment the mission that she was supposed to be on. all her woes washed away for that split second, but as the cold ice cream dripped onto her thigh, she was reminded once more of events past. It was a day much like this one actually, She was sitting on a bench with her mother eatting ice cream.

Again:

Shikuki would at any time if her attention was grabbed pop out of the day dreaming, and would than instantly remember the mission, at which time she would clean up herself and take off once more for the island she pointed at earlier. When getting close she would slow down, crouch down and step lighter than she had been. Which lets be honest was difficult in her choice of cloths , she would make note to select something a bit better next time, maybe change after getting the missions to be more appropiete for the situation.

She would note the tracks that eventually would become obvious, the banana peels, the shaken leaves that fell ealier than nature meant for them to. Shikuki would take to the branches much like one of the monkeys and making sure to aim for the thicker branches and using chakra to soften her landing each time to remove as much of the noise and initial weight of her landing as possible. Eventually they would come up a short distance from the monkeys. She would take a note and look at Elli making a nod to her as if to tell her, Okay I understand, we have located the monkeys.

However before leaving Shikuki noted their peculiar behaviour, they were just lazying around, and would even ignore each other calling for what seemed like help with a simple task, Was these monkeys revolting?

And yet that question made Shikuki think back to the time when she revolted...against her mother.

Final:

Shikuki would have been taking notes mindlessly about how they were living and such numbers and possible things that they seemed to be the most worried about, She hoped this would be enough information to complete both of their missions in one go, rather than having to walk back out to the location. Shikuki would head back with Elli.

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