Youthful Endeavours[Open!]

[Himura Kumonosuke]

It was another average day,Konoha with it's people all around the streets doing their daily routines:going to the places where they work,selling food and other useful things,along with some shinobi that are also doing their daily routinesatrolling,doing missions,watching over Konoha,in the crowd of people,a group of children would then be seen walking around,trying to find something fun to do,then as one of them looked into the mountain with the faces of the past and present Hokages,he then suggested.

"I say we climb Hokage Rock...".

The one that suggested had red fang-like symbols on his cheeks,and a dog on top of his head,resting,and as he thought moments ago,thinking that climbing Hokage Rock would be a fun thing to do,as it was said that being on it will show a bird's eye view of the entire village,to know if its really true as it sounds,he suggested it moments later.

Then after he suggested it,he then places his fingers,rubbing it on his chin,and pausing for a moment,thinking,as to how they will climb the rock,as they couldn't possibly get on it without any tools,maybe by using rope?climbing picks?or any other tools,and that was not the only thing he was thinking about,he was also thinking how they would obtain them,through stealing? he asked himself,but he had a bit of doubt that it may be unsuccessful as last time they tried,they had a bit of a "conversation" with a shinobi and as he only had limited ideas,he then asks his friends to how they will get tools and how they will climb Hokage Rock.

"And guys,how will we climb Hokage Rock,we can't possibly climb it with bare hands,right?We are going to need climbing tools,but how are we going to get the tools then?".

He asked them,wanting to know if they already possess those tools or if they have any way to get them,and as he asks them,he then pauses and waits for them to know if they know any way to find climbing tools.

 

[Kuru Naohiro]

Riku had to admire the scale of the Hokage monument when you got close to it, the mountain face had a way of making you feel insignificant at times. He’d come here today on the lead of his friend, Kiramaru, he’d been searching for something to do and Riku couldn’t argue with the goal, it was a boring day.

“Climb the monument …” Riku pondered, looking upwards, “Well, I don’t got anything. We’d need to rig up some impromptu equipment.”

He crossed his arms while looking up at the monument in thought. He’d decided to wear something a touch different today, he’d noticed how often he favoured robes and wanted to test out different styles. Riku’s clothing consisted of a gold coloured parachute pants and matching vest, to complement the vest he made sure to have the fabric custom made with silver outlining. The sleeveless clothing did feel a touch breezy compared to his normal clothes, but he had to admit, he liked the style.

“I’ve got some spare kunai from training,” Riku offered, revealing some from his pocket, “Suppose we could grab some spare rope from around the place and make some quick climbing gear from that.”

He then gave a grin, rubbing the back of his head. He hadn’t expected to come up with many plans today, he’d expected Kiramaru to bring them to go spar or something. Riku looked towards the group with a shrug, his arms staying crossed afterwards.

“Atleast that’s all I got,” Riku said with a smile, “Anyone else got a proposal?”

 

[Asano Kairen]

Well today is a boring day so Nitish decides to hang out with those two trouble maker. So Nitish hangs out with them and then Kira gives an idea out of nowhere to climb the hokage stone faces and then Nitish replies to that idea “Yeah, that’s right y’all we should climb it.” And then after Nitish says this he sees that they were thinking about how to climb up and they only gets the idea to use some climbing equipment’s but Nitish doesn’t say anything about that and let them figure it out how to climb it and then after a little while later Riku gives the idea to use spare kunai and some rope to climb up.

So Nitish say’s to them “Here Riku have some of my spare kunai.” But in his mind he got another idea that he doesn’t want to revel so he makes it as a secret and whispers to himself “If you are a shinobi and you can use your chakra then use it to climb the mountain.” And there was another reason why Nitish don’t want to revel this secret because he don’t want to harm any kind of the injuries to those little kids and their cute little faces. So he doesn’t tell them this because they are the trouble maker squad after all. So Nitish decides and whispers to himself “I will not also use chakra to climb those hokage rock faces. So I don’t take them into danger zone and also not to get myself into danger with those little trouble makers.” And then Nitish sees them and says “Let’s collect some rope… okey you all.” And then Nitish waits for their answer.
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[Himura Kumonosuke]

Then as the first things to be used as climbing tools were dealt with,they then need some other material:rope,and after pausing and thinking while Nitish and Riku were conversing,he then remmembers the abundance of ropes he has in his home,after realizing,he then suggests it to them.

"Hey guys,I have some rope,tons of em actually".

He then finished speaking and paused,then after hearing Nitish about climbing with chakra,he then thought of it,how can chakra be used to climb? He asked himself,because of that,he asks Nitish about the way of climbing the mentioned monument.

"Climbing,using chakra?...How?".

He asks him,puzzled,as he was not sure how can it be done,through earth style by making stairs of rock?Or wind style and getting blown up to the top?Wait that's silly,he said in his mind,as it would take a powerful type of wind to blow people up to the top,and the other concern about it is the safety of a landing,then as Nitish also mentioned about the so called "Danger Zone",He also asks about it.

"Nitish,what danger zone?..Is there actually something like that in Hokage Rock?".

As he asks about it,he fell silent and stared at the monument,squinting his eyes,wanting to where the said "danger zone" even exists,then as he looked at the hair of yhe faces,he then assumes it's the hair,as their pointy hair would be a danger falling to,he thought.

 

[Kuru Naohiro]

Riku glanced between the two with a smile, taking the kunai from Nitish and examining them. The kunai and rope would probably be a tricky method of climbing up, but it was doable. The boy looked between his two companions, Kiramaru was talking about something that Nitish had said, had he whispered it?

“Look, look,” Riku said with a grin, “We can get rope from your place, but that’s a bit of a walk.”

Riku pointed towards the tourist area that surrounded the Hokage monument, this place brought in swarms of tourists on both the top and bottom of the monument. One only had to look around to see people admiring the monument, Riku’s known a few that come to see it yearly from other villages.

“This place is always expanding,” Riku explained, walking off, “Expansion means construction, construction needs supplies. That means rope is within our grasp!”

Riku then gave a smirk before taking off with a run towards the tourist side, searching for any construction spots, he expected the two to catch on, whether they search with him or separate.

“Last one to find some rope is a rotten dumpling!” He shouted at them.

 

[Asano Kairen]

And then after a little while later Kira says that he has tons of the ropes at his house. And then after a little while later when Nitish whispers himself he forgets about Kira and his Dogs senses and ultimately Kira hears him whispering and asks Nitish “Climbing,using chakra?...How?" And then Nitish thinks “Now, there’s no use in hiding it anymore.” And then Kira asks him “Nitish,what danger zone?..Is there actually something like that in Hokage Rock?" And now then after a little pause without delaying it Nitish starts telling Kira about the questions he asked to him and also feels a little happy because Riku didn’t get to hear them and then Riku says “Look, look, We can get rope from your place, but that’s a bit of a walk.” And then Nitish says to Riku “Okey, then what should we do.” And then Riku shows them the area where construction is ongoing and gives an idea to take rope from there. And before running towards that place he says “Last one to find some rope is a rotten dumpling!”

And then Nitish says to Kira “Kira come with me I will tell you everything you heard from me” and then Nitish takes Kira with him towards the Hokage rocks and says “Using chakra means when you concentrate some of your chakra on your feets for a constant time and then start climbing step by step the place you want to climb like this I will show you.” And then Nitish starts showing how to climb tree or mountain using chakra and says “Now, you understand and about that danger zone its nothing but you two are just kids so you can’t concentrate chakra for long and you can fall from there and can get any kind of injure or you can simply just die. So I could give an idea not to use this way and start collecting ropes I know you heard Riku what he said before leaving.” And then Nitish runs towards the opposite direction where Riku headed and says to Kira “We will meet here…okey and now start collecting ropes don’t do anything that I said. You heard me right Kira.” And then Nitish starts collecting Ropes form the places near his house and hokage rocks.
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[Himura Kumonosuke]

Then after a few minutes of Nitish explaining how the said climbing the monument with chakra,and after explaining,he then nods,as climbing that monument with chakra would be a fatal mistake,the type of mistake Kira wouldn't like to get,and that's either death or injury.

Then as Nitish started to collect ropes,he also does the same,but before that,he picks up his and puts the dog on his chest,zipping his jacket and putting his dog in it,with the head and front paws out,then as he finished that,he then pulls out an unusual weapon,a sickle,with a chain on the end of it's handle?,then after that,he jumps infront of the wall,then throwing the sickle at the edge of the roof,and using it as a hook to help him climb up,after he is now on the roof,he then walks through them and reached his home,then picking some rope and then returning,with the rope wrapped on his body,to hold it.

 

[Kuru Naohiro]

Riku ran past the tourist booths and attractions, his eyes darting to his sides as he looked for decent construction zones. He saw a few collapsed tents that were to be put up, and from them he quickly took the rope that was to hold it. He kept it wrapped across his chest as he sprinted, determined to beat the others in the challenge, mostly out of boredom.

“Sorry, shinobi business!” Riku declared as he leaped at a line of rope being used to hang colourful decorations.

As he tore the rope, he made a dash towards the more solid foundations, where the stalls and tents that made up the decorations of the tourist area died out. He didn’t find any rope here, but as he jogged through the streets, he saw what he was looking for. Several cans of paint, lying beside a almost finished building, waiting to be used in its decoration. With a smirk, Riku ran past, snatching up the cans in his hands before running back to where his friends were, hearing the shouts of protest from the construction workers as he turned the corner.

As he neared the meet up point, rope tied around his chest and cans of paint clattering in his hands, he gave a grin, seeing Kiramaru also returning to the location. The white haired boy dropped his cans of paint, turning towards his friend as he neared the area with a welcoming smile.

“Think we’ll have enough?” Riku asked questioningly.

 

[Asano Kairen]

Well Nitish was really heading near his house so he could get some of the ropes there and then when he arrived there he starts finding the ropes and then after a little while later unfortunately he wasn’t able to find any rope there so he then goes out of his house and then once again heads towards another direction so he could get some ropes and then while he was finding ropes he get the hit on his head of an thing that he has ropes in his house under his bed. So Nitish once again starts running towards his house so he could able to find some ropes. And then after arriving his house he get the ropes from the underneath of his bed and then starts running towards the hokage rocks so he can arrive there first with ropes and say to Riku and Kira “You two lost..hehehe.” and then while thinking it he increases his speed so he can arrive there soon enough to tease them. And he started seeing hokage rocks from a distance and then thinks “Looks like I am the first one.” And then runs more fast to the rocks and starts finding those to if in case they get there first.
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[Motomiya Jo]

Kazuma stood at the base of the Hokage cliffside looking up at the carvings on the rock wall. His eyes traced the different features and his mind wandered to the past few months. His father in the hospital dying of the disease. His mother heard weeping after her husband passed away. His own cold determination to become the strongest medical ninja of the village. He was only 10 years old, and yet he felt like he aged twice that in a matter of moments. Looking up at the cliff face he could only wonder, could one of the Hokage do something if they knew.

Shaking his head he heard someone running up from one of the streets. Turning his head he saw someone close to his age hurrying up with rope. The red hair was easy to spot in the sun, and the outfit denoted one who might be an academy student as well. The young man passed Kazuma, and his curiosity got the better of him. He turned and took off after him with his backpack holding the book he borrowed from his mother. He stopped when he noticed a group of the youths gathering at the base of the mountain; each carrying a rope. Are they planning on climbing it?

 

[Himura Kumonosuke]

Then,as they have reach the are of the monument where they will start to climb,an abrupt,powerful pass of the wind would start to rush by them,their hairs would then brush along the direction to where the wind was passing like leaves on a tree,then after the wind passes by,Kira then pulls out a sickle with a chain connected on the end of the handle,the object would be called,The Kusarigama,after that,he then informs them about his plan.

"Okay,this is how it will turn out,I climb up first,then tie the rope onto the places I could possibly tie it,it would take a bit of time though,I must find a secure place to tie it on,after that you all climb".

After finishing,he then imagines how it will happen,to find any flaws that need fixing,while doing so,he squints his eyes and focuses his attention at the wall of rock they will climb to and tie a rope so that they can also climb,as they do not seem to have any tools that can be used to climb the monument,then while doing so,he lifts up his dog and puts it inside the jacket,with it's frontal body which has the head and frontal paws,then while he did so,the dog holds on the outside of his jacket,so that when he climbs,the dog won't fall off into it's demise.

 

[Kuru Naohiro]

Riku gave a confirming nod to the plan, a smile going on his face as he collected the rope the crew had gathered, tying it to together to form a safety line between them. Once he knew it was secured, he gave the thumbs up to Kiramaru to begin climbing.

“We got plenty of rope,” Riku said happily, his eyes casually darting towards the difference in woven ropes, “This should be a breeze.”

As he stared at the woven ropes, he raised an amused eyebrow, this wasn’t the kind of rope you used in basic stalls and tents. He had a suspicion that his crew had just grabbed rope from elsewhere, guess he should’ve expected that. As he returned from his thoughts, he noticed out of the corner of his eye someone staring at the group, another kid from the looks of it. Riku glanced at the bundle of rope before handing it over to Nitish with a grin.

“Here, Blinks,” Riku said with a smile, “You go up after Kira, just wrap some of the rope around your torso, you know how it goes.”

With that to keep him occupied, he walked over to the stranger with a curious smile. Must’ve been out here to see the sights, Riku assumed. Once he reached the stranger, he threw a hand out with a playful look.

“Hey there stranger,” Riku said with a wink, “Got some spare rope over there and I need to tie it to someone. Want to stop staring and join in?”

He gave the offer with a purposeful strangeness to it, the reactions it gave was more entertaining than the offers sometimes. His eyes watched the stranger with a twinkle, waiting for his response with curiosity.

 

[Asano Kairen]

As Nitish finds them they all starts tying up the ropes with the equipments and then starts climbing and the first one to climb was Kira and then while he was climbing the mountain Riku says “We got plenty of rope, This should be a breeze.” And then Nitish observes Riku and he sees that he was a bit confused and thinking about something. And Nitish know that when he was running towards this place someone was chasing him but who is he? And Nitish want to know and then after a little pause Riku says “Here, Blinks, You go up after Kira, just wrap some of the rope around your torso, you know how it goes.” And then Nitish answers to Riku “Hey RIku don’t call me by that name.” And then Nitish starts tying up the rope near his torso. And then he starts climbing and then sees Riku going somewhere else and then he sees down and then he sees that Riku was talking to the kid who was chasing him. And Nitish whispers to himself “Awww… man that Riku now he was taking that kid in the crew.” And then ignores him and climbs up the mountain and then shouts at Riku “Hey, Riku get up already we are late at schedule, we gotta hurry the stuff up.” And then he does the well said climbing but nobody knows only Nitish know that he was also using his chakra to climb the hokage rocks.​

 

[Motomiya Jo]

Kazuma looked up the face of the rock wall and suppressed a shudder. He wasn’t really afraid of heights, but he wasn’t good with them either. The most he ever climbed as a large tree near where he and his mother lived, and that wasn’t tall enough that he’d be seriously injured if he fell. So when one of the boys offered the rope to participate he shook his head. ”No. I think I’ll watch from down here.”

As if to enforce his decision Kazuma took out the book he carried and sat down with his back to a wall. He looked up to see that the by he followed with the red hair was climbing already. The youth was climbing it pretty easily, and Kazuma could only watch in awe as he scrambled up like a monkey. My dad could do that. He told me in his stories. It was part of being a ninja his father said. Learning to control your chakra. Would he be able to do the same when he went to the academy? Right now he was satisfied with just watching.

 

[Himura Kumonosuke]

After doing planning it out,he then threw his kusarigama up,and while he did so,he held onto the chain it has,until it stabbed onto the rock wall,and to check if the sickle has stabbed deep enought into the rock,he then pulls the chain multiple time,as the stability was proven to be adequate,he then quickly ran up vertically,and whilst dojng so,he stabs a few kunai on the ground to mark the good spots for tying the rope,while doing that,he then comments about the job on how easy it is.

"This is too easy.....I could probably do this all day".

After climbing high enough,the sickle he threw that stabbed the wall was next to him,to elevate even higher onto the wall of rock,he had to pull it out and throw it onto somewhere higher,after planning that in his mind,he then proceeds to pull it out,but when he did that,he fell,no longer having something to hold on,while in mid-air and almost at the floor that would spell oblivion on them his dog started to bark loudly,after it was done barking,Kira then stabbed the sickle onto the wall and pressed his feet and free arm onto it,while he was at it,he safely dragged back to the ground,sighing in relief,random questions of the subconscious might pop up to someone who heard the barking,why did the dog not bark a second before falling,and why at the midst of falling?Maybe it told it's human kin what to do to save their lives,it may sound far fetched,but who knows?Maybe the dog did tell what to do,maybe not.

"That....was a close one,thanks Katsu".

After safely landing,he then looked down his shirt on where his dog was and thanked him,confirming that it was indeed the dog whom told him to do the action to save themselves from falling.

 

[Kuru Naohiro]

Riku gave a confused look to the person who turned him down, did he just get beat by a book? The concept gave him a grin as he nodded to the person before running back towards the group. He grabbed hold of the rope that laid on the ground still and quickly fastened a harness of his own before the rope ran out. With a final tighten, Riku grabbed a few of the crews hastily constructed climbing equipment and lifted his paintcans.

“Wait up,” Riku exclaimed, tying the paint cans to his harness, “Not all of us are half dogs!”

He gave a playful grin to Kiramaru, patting him on the back before helping back onto the wall. Stepping backwards and waving to Nitish to slow down, to let Kiramaru get back infront of the climbing team.

"Blinks, slow down," Riku said, "You'll get the rope caught if you get ahead of Kira."

With that, Riku grabbed hold of the rocky surface and began to climb upwards, giving a grunt with each rock as he lifted himself. He looked upwards, past the two of his companions that had gotten ahead of him, seeing the bottom side of the monuments. He had to admire the size, they certainly had a style going for them.

“You know,” Riku said as he climbed, “I think we should build that kinda stuff. The monuments, I mean. Learn some jutsu here and there, it’d be a breeze!”

He gave a laugh as he continued to climb, the paintcans attached to his harness rattling across the stones as he followed behind the duo. Without chakra or special tools, Riku seemed to be the slowest, relying on the improv climbing equipment made of kunai. As he considered his own question, he decided to bring up another one.

“Actually …” Riku pondered between grunts, “Why don’t shinobi use their jutsu to help more? Feels like they never bother.”