Junko was amongst the majority of the village when it can to the issue of hot springs. There was a vast hot spring down in Arcadia and shinobi were allowed to use it, if given permission of course and the biggest downside of it all was the “Arcadian Peace Treaty” which basically meant they couldn’t use it as any kind of tourist attraction, there were a strict set of rules and for as beautiful a place as it was, it was boring and tedious. Long story short, it was time for change and time to become proactive in helping her village flourish! The red headed girl had applied for a self-written mission, a simple enough mission that she was to take alone. Head into the mines, locate a source of volcanic spring activity and carve the area out and mapping it so that construction crews could begin building a resort down there. She could have easily asked for others to help, sought those skilled with earth jutsu, but no, this was a vigorous training schedule for her to undertake alone, to help her grow. After the fateful day that Junko and her Chuunin exam partners had found themselves in the depths of the mines, Junko had developed an almost symbiotic connection with the earth, it allowed for her to feel things others could not and even changed her body some, though not for the better some would argue. The teenager would begin her trek into the mines, lamp sat atop her head so she could map out the directions she was taking for posterity’s sake, she’d snake and wind her way lower and lower into the mines, watching for changes in vibrations and heat.
It took her at least two hours of wandering the snaky pathways and coming to dozens of dead ends before she felt something promising, pressing her hand against a wall of the cave, she could feel heat emanating from the other side and after doing a few quick scribbled and notes on her paper, she would place it into her backpack start doing a few warm-ups and began to praise her luck. “This is too good to be true, I find not only what seems to be a source, but also there’s a cavern nearby to dump all the excess rubble.” She’d smirk and get herself into a fighting stance and then throw her right fist forwards, the resulting destruction would probably be felt above as at least four tones of solid stone wall shattered under the girls fist though to her dismay, she had barely gotten through to the other side, the stone was warmer now though that a layer was peeled away. She continued to smash the wall two more times before it finally opened up into a beautiful looking cavern, the bats nesting there weren’t impressed, scattering past her as they flew out from her presence. She could see at least four small pools with a medium looking one at the back. The most eye catching thing about the place she was now stood in though was the lighting, a mixture of white and blue gems sat inside the stone walls, giving of an almost tranquil hue. Junko would pull out her notes from her backpack and start to sketch and write down noted about the area before looking around the cavern some more, hoping to find some more. She’d spend all day down in the hole, wrecking walls and moving rubble into the cavern that was now more like a refuse pit. She’d managed to uncover a couple dozen small hot springs and some larger ones in an area just shy of a square mile. “Welp, that about does it I think, areas as clear as I can make it without damaging the structural integrity.” She’d smile and nod, wiping some sweat from her brow as she made a few final notes and sketches on her note pad and then, with the map she’d drawn up, headed back to the surface with the good news.
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