Last minute Missions.

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It was a tad strange that a shipment had come in during mid winter, a shipment of farming soil that is, the manufactures didn't give much too go off, merely a list and the several sacks of dirt, perhaps there was a reason it was so sudden and secretive but the Ninja Missions Bureau didn't care much on the details, besides inspecting it too find it was just soil. They sent out a mission request and that was that, said mission request would sit there for a few hours before eventually mid-day someone picked it up and decided too do it.


It was a somewhat off day, the sky was clouded, with little sun light, not the kind of day you'd expect too get much done, Xena thought at least, she was laying in her room, half asleep, her night gown had risen up her leg a bit as a leg laid haphazardly off the side of her bed. Indeed it was as if a hurricane had torn through the bed, Xena laid on it even still her eyes shut and her hair a absolute mess, she wasn't planning too get up at the time so she certainly didn't expect it when a loud knock shook her more into the waking world, another knock would wake her fully before she could hear some yelling, it was her mother waking her, this early, what time even was it? Why couldn't she just sleep in 5 more minutes she asked herself in her head, her eyes remaining shut, she didn't even respond despite thinking she did, it wasn't until the door was kicked open that she rose up with some shock too find her rather angry mother standing in the door way, holding her hands up in a motion as if too say she surrendered, her mother walked out of the door way back into the main section of the house. "Fuck... Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned I guess..." Slowly the girl crawled out of bed completely, stretching her arms and legs as well as her back, guess she was working today even if she didn't want too, hopping up she sighed, shutting her door before sitting at her desk and taking a brush too her unruly hair, truthfully her hair was getting too be so long it might be best too cut it, but she enjoyed it being this long in all honesty, maybe simply cause it gave her a distinctive look. She pulled her clothing from the dresser in the desk, placing her night gown inside and changing too her robes, they were quite comfortable, being made of luxurious material does that she supposed. These missions were profitable at the very least, taking a leap out her window she made her way across Uchiha District towards the mission center.

Some Time Later

Coming too a landing atop a house overlooking the mission center, Xena hopped down too street level before walking over and into the center, she simply asked for any mission she could grab, being informed there was 4, with one she could do right now, the other 3 were expected too be ready in 2ish hours, this first one she asked the details on while agreeing too join in on the other 3 as well, this first one was a simply delivery mission, taking soil across town, why was soil brought into town mid winter she pondered, not taking too much time too question it she just accepted it and walking out and into a side room she found the soil that needed too be brought elsewhere. Sighing she placed seals upon the bags, setting them up too be summoned via the summoning technique, this would be easier then carrying them across the village. Having done so she'd begin making her way outside with a given map, it'd lead her too the villagers that wanted all this soil, it's still strange why they'd want soil in the middle of the winter, maybe they were simply stock piling and this was a late delivery, eh, unlikely. Though she supposed she didn't care now taking a leap into the sky, onto a building, this might take a good 30 or so minutes so, she began leaping from roof top too roof top, the first building wasn't actually that far away so this wouldn't be too bad... Landing infront of that building so soon, she signed the seal of confrontation, the bag appearing before her as she'd knock on the door before leaping into the sky again signing the body flicker technique too soar off through the sky looking through the blur of streets she eventually landed onto another building checking her map she went back down too street level, finding a house with a somewhat dead garden, this seemed too be the second place, walking over she once again sealed the sign of confrontation a bag of soil appearing before her as she knocked on the door, jumping onto a tree moving over towards a much more farm heavy district of the village, some 20 farms being visible the first one on the left had requested the final bag of soil, so landing there she'd do the final sign of confrontation knocking on the door as the soil appeared before leaping off, frankly this took her barely 15 minutes which shocked her, no doubt due too not having too carry the bags of soil by hand, making her way back too the mission center she'd likely have too wait until the others who were set too do the missions were around, so she'd take a seat crossing her legs and yawning.

WC:941 | MWC: 941/2150 | TMWC: 941/8600

Meanwhile, outside the main city of Konohagakure-no-Sato, within the village outskirts...


A young, short black-haired kunoichi readies herself for another 'bout of missions to complete. This time, with Xena, Nokino, and a quaternary member she's yet to meet personally herself. Nevertheless, she's excited to go on another assignment run with Yours Truly, donning a long open-sleeved, lavender-colored qipao with purple and white accents, fishnet undergarments, mesh legwear, a thin violet choker, shorts, and black open-foot sandals with her other ninja tools holstered at her left rear hip. An engraving of her clan symbol displays itself on the back of her qipao's torso and she wraps her village forehead protector around her hips securely, tugging at the bands before she nods to herself and slides the shoji door from her room, down the hallway and toward the living space.

"Oka-san, Onee-chan! I'll be—!" And she soon finds out her mother's nowhere to be seen. Himari puffs her cheeks and slides another shoji leading toward their backyard and finds no trace of the woman anywhere. "Maybe she's gone shopping together with Onee-chan," she murmurs to herself. "I'll leave 'em a note, then, just in case." She heads back inside for a notepad and pen, scribbling down a short message for her mother and sister before setting it down on the table. With that taken care of, she heads outside once more to begin her trek toward the village's mission assignment center.  Fortunately, the walk isn't too long, so she arrives at her destination with plenty of time to spare. Upon arrival, Himari sees a few shinobi already waiting in line, but they don't look familiar to her.

While Himari waits, she recalls the overview of the mission details and unfurls a missive she received from the administration facility of the specifics of the assignments she'll be doing today. Starting from the very top, the Konoha Ninja Academy is due for a revision of their Taijutsu training module and requires an expert in the discipline to assist in demonstrations and a brief sparring session to record for further evaluation from the higher-ups. Sounds like that'll be right up her ally considering—despite her proficiency in the Gentle Fist Art—she has experience utilizing non-Hyūga-related techniques throughout her ninja career, especially during the time her Byakugan had been dormant for up to 13 years until recently. The next is a talent show being hosted by the Academy, once again, however, being located at the village training grounds. The task is as simple as making sure nothing goes awry and no saboteurs during the event.

Thereafter, there's another task that requires the 4-man cell to remove a tree that's caused a considerable disturbance in the roads of Konohagakure-no Sato, alongside performing some landscaping work to make sure it doesn't happen again. Finally, Himari reads the last and most familiar mission: delivering a large order of soil throughout the village to those waiting for their shipment to arrive. Thankfully, none of these missions are inherently dangerous, but caution is always advised. She vividly recalls the first and last patrol mission she went on with Arutemisu and Tenshi that ended in subdued catastrophe.

"I wonder what Xena-san's doing," she wonders aloud, looking around for her friend before she spots her sitting down on one of the benches inside by her lonesome, too. "Ah! There she is!" Himari waves and strides over to her, taking a seat beside her on the bench. "Good morning, Xena-san! Hope I'm not late—Oh! And I've got a heap to tell you, too! Do you think it'll be long before the others come? Wouldn't wanna leave ya on a cliffhanger if they aren't!"

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WC: 608
TWC: 608/2,150
TMWC: 1,549//8,600

Yukio rushed out of the house, a bit of Wood Chakra closing and locking his door as he sprinted through the threshold. He was late! He was never late! He had agreed to take on a few missions with a team of other Genin like himself and should have met them at the administration building fifteen minutes ago! Molding chakra, he formed the Ram seal and flickered through the streets of the Village Hidden in the Leaves as fast as he could manage. Soon enough, and with only two civilians cursing at him for his tearing down the streets, he arrived at the Administration building, seeing two of the four of the squad he intended to work with already waiting on him. He stopped a block away and centered himself, smoothing out his appearance. It wouldn’t do to show up late and look disheveled. With one more burst of chakra, he flickered to the two genin waiting, Xena Uchiha and Himari Hyuga. Smiling a greeting, Yukio spoke with the two of them, bowing at his waist.

”My deepest apologies Xena, Himari! I got sidetracked on the road of life, you see…” Yukio trailed off, confused where he had heard the phrase from before. ”In any fashion, I am prepared now to assist! Are we still waiting for our fourth?” He asked of the two shinobi before him.

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WC: 227 | TWC: 227/2,150 | TMWC: 1,776/8,600

Xena had sat there for a long while, her legs slowly growing numb as she changed seating positions multiple times before finally resting on her knees, in a ceremonial sitting arrangement. due too how her family sat it was the most comfortable, sitting around the small table, talking about the daily happenings, though recently not much has happened, the Chuunin exams was coming up, though Xena was still unsure how she felt about it, she was confident she could manage things but depending on who she was put up against it could be a nightmare, speaking of Nightmares, since that night not long ago, with that strange woman, Xena's never been able too relax, always believing their precense was there, even when it almost definitely wasn't it was all so strange, rubbing the side of her head, the right specifically, the one where her eye was covered by her bangs, she felt across the wound, it was so smooth, you'd almost think nothing was ever there, and it was frightening, once the chuunin exams began, she'd be fighting for herself, and only herself, she didn't want too see her friends as enemies, but, she wasn't sure what else she could do, the teams seem to have fallen apart for most of them, she wondered how the exam and missions would go, hoping they'd just be sorted into new teams for it, though that would likely be wishful thinking wouldn't it, her mind wandering she came too a sudden thought, what if during the exams she came across the woman again, would she freeze? Would she be unable too defend herself, just like before, she wasn't sure. But she didn't want too feel as weak as she did then, she wouldn't allow herself no matter the case, it just wasn't something she could stand.

Sometime had passed, maybe, 20 minutes, or maybe less, Xena's racing thoughts coming too a silence once she could hear a familiar voice. That soft voice, one of youth, and precense, yet also a fierce determination. Only one of Xena's eyes opened on hearing the voice at first, with the second one following soon after, seeing the Young Hyuuga she's known for some time, surprisingly no sign of Zarina, out on her own for once, how they grow so quickly amazed Xena. Not that she was agaisnt it, the growth of the Hyuuga Clan always would surprise her again and again, it made her question her clans hatred towards them so often, perhaps it was only part of her clans history, she didn't want too let that definite her, that's for certain. The Hyuuga would begin apologizing for their being late, there was a set time too begin with Xena would question, though with a soft snicker she'd simply pat next too her commenting. "It's fine Himari-Chan, come, sit. There's plenty of time too talk I'm sure." Xena would say with a simple smile, though she'd question if Chan was the correct thing too call Himari, she always felt Himari was so much younger then her, but really just how old was Himari she wondered, her thoughts weren't able too last long before a male approached, one she's also met. Of the Senju clan, Yukio. She didn't know why, she also felt he was some rich boy, maybe because of his clothing style, she hasn't actually seen him in his battle attire, perhaps that WAS his battle attire, in which case, who was she too judge. "You're fine Yukio, feel free too sit, we were just getting ready too talk while waiting for you and Nurai I believe his name was." That last one never would show up, would they. A minute passed, then two, then five, and finally Xena took note of ten minutes passing, and would simply state. "I suppose Nurai isn't coming, maybe something more important came up." Xena would state with some bit of condesention but also with a bit of understanding, important things do happen, though not saying anything about them is rude in her eyes, Xena slowly would rise too a stand looking at the two before stretching.

"Well then, I'd say we best get going, wouldn't wanna be late now would we?" Xena stated with a simple smile, finally turning too the sliding door and sliding it open before stepping outside. They should get the tree situation dealt with first she believed, as the other 2 missions took place in the same area, after thinking that she'd state it aloud. "I think the best course of action would be dealing with the tree first, considering the other 2 missions are in the same place y'know?" She'd say turning her head a bit so that she wasn't talking too them while her back was faced at them completely. "You two think that's a good idea or you wanna go down too the academy first?" She'd ask wanting their opinion rather then just blatantly commanding them, should they agree that the best course would be going too the tree she'd begin walking in that direction, it was in the southern side of the village, near quite a few houses, it'd be best if one of them acted too remove the tree, while the others made sure it didn't fall on anything important, they could theoretically just burn it down but that brings the danger of setting nearby houses on fire. Which would just simply be a awful idea. Though if they decided they'd rather go too the academy Xena would nod accepting their choice, the academy was westward, about a mile away, jumping there wouldn't be that difficult, and with the use of body flicker which just ignores what you're normally physically able too do jumping there should be even easier, with that thought in mind however, she couldn't ponder just ditching her team, not only would that be rude it wouldn't be the best for them all, seeing how getting seperated in a team effort isn't the best for most circumstances, but that's simple knowledge is it not.

WC:1007 TWC:1948 MWC:1948/2866 TMWC:2783/8,600