C rank self mod : Convoy

[Shouyu Hoshi]

A convoy mission was before the boy. He was clearly excited. He was dashing through the town on a whim that his sudden occurrence of more serious missions only meant that he was becoming closer to the anbu rank. Nothing would stop the boy now. Some people had waved him down, usually he would say hi but not this time, he was too busy. He wasn’t late or behind schedule, he just wanted to appear early in order to impress his peers. Not only his peers, but his superiors as well. And sure enough, the young kid arrived about fifteen minutes early.

The mission leader gave the debrief and Shouyu understood completely, he met with the civilians and introduced himself and they seemed quite nice and welcoming. He reassured their safety, and few other members of the village came to accompany him as back up. Now, with four shinobi and a medium size convoy, nothing should go south here, and so he was confident. After beginning, the pace started off slow, exiting the gates and traveling the borders on the dirt paved road. All the hierarchies were safe in carriages each with a shinobi at the entrance. Shouyu lead the entire convoy.

His purpose was to be the first line of sight, his gifted eyes were to spot any interruptions before they appeared or even had a chance to start. And so, the veins around his eyes on his face became present. Nothing would stop the boy from ensuring the convoy’s safety, and so, his head constantly turning left to right as if he were crossing a street. Though he had 360 degree vision and needed not to do this, he wanted his blind spot constantly in motion so not to be caught off guard by someone familiar with his blood line.

All of the ninja seemed relax, as if they had done this before. Still, he would not be the one to be caught slipping. However, regardless of how alert he was, the lot remained calm. He wanted to follow suit but kept the seriousness of his position as a priority. The convoy was completed, they had reached their destination and the convoy was thanking him fervently. He insisted it was nothing and that he was glad to. They exchanged some words and had hoped to see Shouyu again on their return to cloud, with that Shouyu nodded, saluted and was on his way.

 

[Shouyu Hoshi]

After completing his first mission, he dropped down to the lower levels and met up with another support group for a convoy mission. Over here Shouyu met with the exact same group as last time, a group of sensory types yet he was the only one who would excel at combat among them.

Shouyu then waited for the convoy to show and prepare themselves so that they could get going. Once they arrived they were immediately off in a hurry at that. This mission seemed like it would be easy one, just as the one before. On the road they encountered the usual lot of animals and other traveling merchants who were destined to wander this road from village to village. At a checkpoint they stopped so some of the merchants could take a break. Their stamina wasn’t like ninjas so they needed this. Especially traveling at a pace this fast.

The break wasn’t too long before the merchants suggested getting a move on doing what they must. And so they did, traveling the road once more. Shouyu was in the back, watching the six at all times. The group of ninja surrounded the convoy like a clock and if anything were too attack they would have no chance at a surprise attack. This was good, a vantage point, which is what they needed and Shouyu was sure the convoy felt safe with this formation, they had no complaints for far he assumed he was true about this. Along the way ninja would be communicating together on visiuals.

At the end of it all, they reached the place. The exchange was done, money accounted for, a receipt issued with a stamp of purchase. The convoy was off to return back to the village gates. With a lighter load, they were able to travel faster and needed no break to get back. They returned so fast Shouyu was utterly surprised. But even then he was happy, because his hunger was now scratching at his young stomach. He gave his farewell to the convoy and his group and darted away to his home back in the inner village.

WC 356

 

[Shouyu Hoshi]

Today’s convoy mission already began and Shouyu was ahead of them dealing with something diplomatic involving the trade to commence. I guess Kumo was short some amount of money and Shouyu was sent to handle the situation. They didn’t expect a kid to come and talk numbers, but Shouyu sufficed as his behavior was very kind and gave ease to the people he was dealing with, this was done fast and he gave word to HQ via his head set, poking a finger into his air to hear them more clearly aside from the outside white noise.

Shouyu stood at his position, waited for his business to leave and he jumped into a tree, entering stealth as he awaited the convoy. His eyes would examine everything within distance without the help of his blood line, he would let his eyes rest. He felt no need to keep depending on his blood line unless he really had to. So he could hear the convoy approaching, and nothing was proving to be anything of imminent danger so he jumped down to reveal himself. The convoy still had bend a turn in the trail before they could see Shouyu standing there.

As they turned the corner he was greeted by his comrades and he greeted them back, running up to them. He reported the situation and its success, everything was a misunderstanding and calculated properly, he returned the extra money he was given since it wasn’t needed, then soon the convoy continued its path down the paved road. Shouyu lead the convoy walking with a pep in his step that seemed to give energy to all of his current team, he always kept morale high. Reaching the location, they exchanged, signed a seal document, exchanged a receipt of purchase and split ways once again

Shouyu got back to the village and felt pooped. All these missions made his head dizzy, he just wanted to get home and eat some ramen, light up an incense and just relax for the rest of the day, boy he was tired. Two missions back to back today.
WC 350

 

[Shouyu Hoshi]

Hoshi woke up this morning fidgety. Another day as a Genin, yes it was. He sat up from his bed, swung his legs over the edge and leaned over shoving his face in his right hand. His arm stretched to the ceilings, stretching his arms and back, his arms fell to his side. He began to rotate his neck in a circle, and extend his arms from the side and rotate his shoulders. He swung his arms to the left and right simultaneously. Finally he got to his feet, bent over at the hip, bringing his fingertips to his toes and then palms to the floor.
Shouyu had finished stretching and felt the power of youth surging through his young boy. He walked off to his closet, sliding open the wooden door, with multiple hangers revealing the same clothing just in different colors, and few other outfits at that. Today was the usual, loose pants, kimono top, apron and belt pouches with a choice selection of ninja tools for the day. Pouches strapped, ninja sandals on, he wrapped up his hands and wrists before sliding his gauntlets with his eyes closed, sitting on the edge of the bed again, smirking.
He headed down stairs, not before grabbing a few native fruits he could snack on. Shouyu walked to the gates, usually he would be running but today he took his time. He wasn’t in a rush for this mission in fact, he needed time to think. This would also be a new mission for him, the first time having some kind of action involved. Shouyu was to overseer trade deals and determine friend or foe within an instant and provide support when needed. Passing through the Susukino District Shouyu greeted many people from the vendors, he was happy today like everyone else.
Through the Seki district it was the same, the tall towering buildings on top of buildings looked like playing blocks. Kumo looked so beautiful. With the arrival of some new goods it was up to Shouyu and a group of sensory ninjas to make sure no surprises were found during the transaction, a body guard if you would. When he arrived he was teamed with two other ninja, chuunin. He wondered why they would need a Genin and was informed why immediately. Apparently the sensory ninja lacked in physical capabilities and needed a close combat specialist to fully complete the team.
Shouyu nodded at his new duty and took it in immediately. They were debriefed on two locations where secretive trades of weaponry, intel, and scrolls were being exchanged with foreign nations. The ninja were to oversee if whether or not it was a planned attack or a decent exchange. With three sensory ninja no ninja would escape without being found it, and so they dispersed to the locations. Shouyu took one all to himself. The other two were strapped with flares like Shouyu himself if things got out of hand they could signal each other quickly.
At his position, Shouyu took a vantage point from a high perch. Looking down he could see the oncoming traders and Kumo’s merchants in the opposite direction. They both were with even numbers and carrying a big load. When they arrived, Shouyu would activate his Byakugan and look around for any chakra networks hiding out, but found none. He looked down at the trade, they seemed to be talking exchanging much conversation while the others were taking down their cargo and shipping it from one carrier to the other. Shouyu couldn’t make out any words, but from body language alone, things seemed fine.
These people seemed to have done business before, just judging from sight. And so Shouyu made a quick judgement call to leave it alone, they were almost don’t packing and signed the deal, getting ready to move out. Shouyu beat them to it and returned to link up with his team who encountered the same deal. This was basically the same as his convoy mission, just more behind the scenes since the since of ninjas could make these serious out of state trades troublesome. But at least everything went good and without a problem. For this Shouyu was quite thankful.

WC 702