Catching the Stone Ninja Turtle [Closed]

From the window of her home, Shinobu observed the incoming sunrise. It had been a few days since she last had a chance to participate in a mission, so the excitement had caused her to wake up a bit earlier than she planned. “My, my… I can’t wait for it to start!” with a light smile etched across her visage, she patiently waited to kill some time. Most of her equipment was prepared already, so it was only a matter of checking up on Oboro before they could be on their way. Their mission wasn’t, quite frankly, anything special. She left, in a hurry, when the sun finally rose.

It was, in a sense, a bit of a challenge but still unique in its own way. The jet-black haired girl checked the scroll once more, “Still, to think we’d get a mission like this…” The contents included the tracking and capture of a land ninja turtle that seemed to have ignored orders in its last mission and refused to report for duty. Shinobu suppressed a chuckle as she read over the instructions again “Honestly… You’d think a D rank mission would include chasing cats or something like that…”

Though the target was a ninja, it only specialized in furtive and spying techniques, which brought it’s real active threat level down to D rank. If things went the way she expected, they’d get this mission done in no time. Shinobu stopped before Oboro’s house, a soft sigh escaping her mouth. “Ooooi! Oboro!” she called out, waiting for an answer. “It’s time! We need to finish the mission by the end of the day!”

If her fellow squad mate came out, she'd give him the scroll containing the details of the mission. "We got lucky this time, don't you think so? Better than helping that old lady buy things, when she can't even tell left from right."

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Shinobu almost snorted at Oboro's morning face. She spoke up as he arrived, “Now, now, don’t be like that. You look like an old man being so negative in the morning…” She puffed her nonexistent chest with pride when he admitted anything was better than dealing with the old lady. Hands on her hips, she finally let go of the air, “I knew you would be so excited for this mission!” she commented with a straight face, disregarding his morning complaints about the mission and the duties of being a ninja. Anyone could see the sarcasm dripping from her mouth and spewing from her words. “And do not call your client ‘old hag’. You will not get paid.”

If Oboro was done with checking the scroll, she would offer her hand to get it back. As they made their way through the rather quiet and beaten paths of the stone, the village soon sprung to life as time passed. As the number of sentries decreased, the number of stalls and people walking around increased. “We are supposed to start looking for clues near the gates, then work our way from there.” She closed the scroll for good, tucking it away in her light blue kimono.

“Still, I wonder what could have caused a ninja animal to not follow orders. I do not have any summon contracts, but I heard they were supposed to be quite loyal?” In the distance, they could see the gates already. From that distance, they could clearly tell there were two individuals that stood out from the crowd due to their shinobi attire. Apparently they were the ones that would relay more info on site before they could start their turtle hunting.

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“Yes, like that.” She nodded along to his obviously not compelled huzzah. Shinobu knew that the boy may not have been an early bird, but she didn’t really care. Neither did the kage, or the shitty situation of their country. Although she seemed unfazed by his words regarding money, they sank deep. Memories of days past came back and so did their bitter taste. Shinbou would never forget her early days of struggle, no matter how good her life was nowadays.

She could’ve argued against his points, but she’d rather not. Shinobu preferred to build a good relationship with people, rather than butt heads with them. “You really are not a morning person, huh…” she still held her carefree smile and didn’t let go of it even if he stared daggers at her. Shinobu was used to eyes like these, like the ones back when she wasn’t worth more than the dirt below the soles of her feet. “What, anything in my face? Do you perhaps like my features, Boro-kun?”

When they received their next bit of info on the assignment, Shinobu’s eyes narrowed in response. While Oboro checked the surrounding area, Shinobu enhanced her feet with chakra and bounced off the walls and onto the top of the nearby buildings, checking if there was anything out of the ordinary from there. Nothing. “If they have higher ranking officials involved, why haven’t they tried to do something about it yet…?” she murmured to herself, before she heard Oboro comment how he felt liek they were fucking with them. Shinobu followed her team mate from above the houses nearby, covering higher ground as she did so.

For some reason, however, the tracks stopped at a dead end in an alleyway. As it appeared to be near a storehouse of sorts, there were plenty of crates and barrels around. Shinobu hopped down from above, landing near Oboro. “Did you find anything?” If her team mate’s response was negative, she’d sigh and sit on one of the barrels around after brushing aside some of the dust on it. “If this keeps up, we will not make it very far. This feels like some sort of test…” The noirette dangled her legs about, chin rested on both hands. “Any idea about what we should do, Boro?”

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