Mission: Escort B Rank(Invite, Akio & Takeshi: No kill/Main)

Mission Name: Escort Mission
Rank: B-rank
Type: npc
Client: The prince of a wealthy family
Exp/Ryo Reward: 400 EXP, 500 Ryo
Mission Description: A wealthy family has requested that their son be transported to his parents home on the opposite side of the Land of Water. Meet with the prince in the village and escort him safely to the home. You will most likely be met by bandits or thugs who want to capture the prince. The prince is extremely stuck up, but try your hardest to treat him with respect. His family is very high profile figures in the village.
Location: Land of Water
Additional Information: n/a
Eligible Members: C-rank & up | Or if a genin is accompanied by a C-rank or up they may also attend

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It seems I am going to have some fresh blood with me this time... Rei said to himself as he read over the details of the mission written in a scroll. Kirigakure had tasked Rei once before to protect a certain young and rather spoiled prince. He had worked as fresh blood himself with the assistance of a village Jounin leading the mission. Now, it was Rei's turn to take up that mantle. Scanning over the list of names accompanying him, Rei was pleasantly surprised to learn that the two young shinobi attending this escort mission with him would be no other than the two young Uchiha he had met not too long ago in casual environments. The downside of the mission was the news that the spoiled and child-like snobby prince was back in Kirigakure and the village requested a B Rank mission to escort the prince back home as swiftly as possible. They really want this guy out of the village, don't they? Rei said out loud as he chuckled.

Rei looked at the messenger who stood by awaiting his command. Tell the other two to meet me at the fountain in the middle of the square in two hours. he told the messenger who had yet to take the mission details to the two young Uchiha. Rei was going to go and retrieve the prince first before meeting them. Rei returned to his house and changed clothing into his Special Jounin attire with his dark grey flak jacket that sported Kirigakure's metal village emblem on both shoulders. He zipped up his vest after having wrappe dhis arms and legs up in white bandages and putting on his 3/4 length pants and long black sleeved shirt. He slipped on his black shinobi sandals and then set out towards the hotel Rei already knew the prince was at. There was only a couple of lavish hotels in Kirigakure and seruely the prince would pick th emost expensive one assuming it was the best. Aside from that, the mission details said where to find him and pick him up. He met the guards at the front desk. I'm here for the prince, I'm his escort. The two guards recognized Rei from the past mission and nodded: they handed him four heavy suitcases and then called down the prince. If the prince recognized him, he didn't show it. Rei greeted him respectfully and then lead him towards the village square where Akio and Takeshi should be awaiting his arrival. He hoped they would get along well.

A young boy of age ten, standing just barely over the height of five feet and weighing scarcely over one-hundred pounds, Takeshi Uchiha was making his way from his home to th village gates to wait for the rest of his team. He had received a scroll this morning via messenger hawk from the Kirigakure council, saying that he would be going on this mission per request of Jounin, Uchiha Rei. This excited the boy very much. He had been itching to go on an exciting excursion ever since he'd graduated from the academy. He just really hoped it'd be something cool, like hunting bandits or taking down a rogue or something. however, he kind of felt maybe it wouldn't be that serious of a mission, because he had to remember he was just a Genin. A Jounin wouldn't want to imperil someone who was so green in the field of Shinobi'ism. Still, getting to go on a mission with his new Sensei? Awesome. Now he only wished he'd gotten all the details of the mission. He guessed he'd have to ask Rei what the objective and such was.

The boy made his way through the winding and foggy streets of the village, passing by men, women, boys, and ewwww.....girls. He rolled his eyes at a girl who was wearing too much perfume and ridiculous loud pink clothing. He put on the speed then, running for the gates. When he got there finally, he had skidded to a halt, turned about face, and waited for his Master. He had everything he needed for a good day of work. Leather jacket, leather boots, leather gloves, high-collar Uchiha clan t-shirt, two fuuma shuriken, a bundle of regular shuriken, a bundle of kunai, and a roll of ninja wire, and oh yes....some smoke bombs! Everything was accounted for!

[307 WC]

The sun had just rose into the sky when Akio would be awoken by the chirping of birds and the beams of light that would shine through his window and onto the young Uchiha's face. Groaning loudly as he tossed and turned in his bed he would finally roll out of bed, running his hand through his messy hair before hopping n the shower. Lazily showering the Uchiha would almost fall back asleep in the shower before he would force himself out of the shower and dry off. Pulling on a plain black t-shirt along with back black pants. Akio would stumble over to his bed as he sat back down, slipping on darknavy blue leg warmers along with matching dark navy blue sandals. Returning to the bathroom the Genin would comb his hair straight before tossing it around a bit so it wasn't completely straight, giving t a slightly messy look.

Leaving his house the Genn would check all of his pouches not having much besides a few senbon and a single smoke bomb. The only other things he would have would be the scroll containing his Sensei's body along with a fuma shuriken which was folded up and strapped on the shinobi's back. Having planned an event less day ahead of him Akio would be surprised as a hawk would land on his shoulder. Noticing the container on it's back Akio would unlatch it with a single hand as a rolled up piece of parchment would slip out. Closing the container and latching it Akio would run a finger under the hawk's beak before watching it fly off. Unrolling the paper Ako would sigh at the mention of a mission.

While he was glad to know he would be taken on a higher level mission he was not in anyway ready to jump back into missions. Honestly he could have easily stayed in bed all day, but decided to force himself to go outside today. Upon reading, or rather skimming, through the mission details Akio would find where he was expected to be and at what time along with a familiar name on the list. Apparently the same shinobi that had sealed his Sensei's body within the scroll currently in one of the Genin's pouches was the leader on this mission. Although he doubted that the man was a Jounin Akio was quite curious if he might be the man's student soon. Akio suspected that this would be a mission not only testing the Genin, but to see how well Rei was for a leadership position since he would soon be granted the permission to train a squad of the village.

Hurrying through town since he lived outside of the gate Akio would not want to be late. After all how would that look on the record if he were to be late for his first 'high ranking' mission. Arriving at the fountain in the square Akio did not wish to interact with any of the nearby people. So as such he would not be waiting in the square, instead the troubled Uchiha would simply sit among a cluster of creates that were far enough to keep Akio out of any social interactions, but close enough for him to be able to quickly walk over to Rei should he notice the man.

WC: 554

Rei arrived at the square in timely fashion but saw neither young Uchiha boy: he would have frowned, but he had been a Genin only recently himself. Kowing how a Genin thought, Rei would know that as one of their first high ranking missions, these Uchiha boys would want to be early and very prepared, overly prepared even. Rei knew both boys from previous engagements and both boys had latent talent that only needed nurted and guided to blossom into very skilled and promising shinobi. It was like Rei was watching his own childhood, the darkness these boy's faced in their personal lives: losing loved ones and loved ones being attacked for little to no reason just because they were Uchiha... and yet the boys didn't give up. Let's go to the front gate prince, my two mission teammates will meet us there. the prince pouted at having to walk further, Rei rolled his eyes, they would have to walk by there regardless to leave the village.

Once at the gate, Rei set his eyes to scan the area. Finding each boy was easy, Takeshi was a smaller boy at the age of ten years old, a cute little boy who was looking around for his soon to be sensei. Akio sat higher on some crates, eagerly scanning to find Rei among the travelers to and from the village gate. He made eye contact with both of them as they looked about and he would walk in the middle direction of the boys to allow them both to zero in on his position. This is the young prince we will be escorting safely across the land of water. Rei introduced them to the prince who nodded in an uncaring fashion. This prince is important in the village's eyes, so treat him with dignity. he cast serious eyes at the toy boys and then handed them each two suitcases full of clothing and souvenirs.

He didnt have to say it, as a genin himself, he had carried the luggage from point A to point B while Sanosuke had focused on guarding the prince as the higher ranking shinobi. Surely these two Genin would understand as well: being the lower rank, they were tasked with more grunt work than ninja work. Even so, Rei expected little to no resistance. To him, he had transported the prince once before and it felt like the village just wanted the prince out of their village quickly to void trouble. The group of four would travel outside the gate and to a small farm nearby where a team of two horses and a wagon waited: as the prince was royalty, he refused to walk and had arranged a wagon for himself to ride in. The shinobi could walk or ride, he didnt care but it could only comfortably fit two others. Rei would instruct Akio and Takeshi to unload the luggage into the wagon and ride it. Rei being the faster and stronger of the three, would travel alongside the wagon the distance to their destination.

Takeshi was just standing around, looking around and waiting for Rei to come, and wondering who the other person on the mission was. That might have been explainable though, once another kid showed up in the same area, as if he were waiting on someone too. By the looks of this other guy, he was also an Uchiha, and he was taller than Takeshi, though Takeshi didn't really know how old he was, he was definitely older than he was. The other shinobi looked more mature, like he'd hit the icky puberty already. Hell, he probably liked girls. That just made Tak shiver. He couldn't bare to think of one day liking a female. Girls were evil.

Anyway, Takeshi waved to the other kid who had weird golden eyes and long hair in a bluish black color. He didn't say anything though, but he was at least acknowledging his existence whilst letting himself be known. He didn't really even have much longer to wait for Rei, fortunately, as after a few more minutes of being around here, Uchiha Rei showed up, along with some pissy guy who looked stuck up. Takeshi instantly didn't like that guy, but he made no comment, as it would be rude. He could save all his rude comments for girls that messed with him.

Rei would explain that the guy with him was a Prince and that he was important and they should respect him. Takeshi didn't know about really giving a brat like that any respect, however he'd play the game as long as the Prince didn't try him. Takeshi nodded obediently and silently. He understood the directive at least, and that was to help escort this guy through the Land of Water.  Now the next part however, was something the child would hate. This was because Takeshi was made to carry two large and heavy bags full of stuff that belonged to Mr. Bratty Pants. Takeshi glowered slightly, glanced at the Prince in distaste and gritted his teeth, but he'd turn around in less than a minute and start hauling out, moving out with all the strength and will he could muster. The boy thought of a simple and easy number cadence in his head. 'On, two, three four, one two three four, left, right, left right, left, right.' It helped him to keep a steady rhythm in his gait as they walked to the farm. Takeshi was sweating, not used to carrying heavy things. he had to think of what might be a positive outcome of this though....strong muscles.

Finally, when they'd reach the agon with the horses at the farm, Rei instructed Takeshi and the other Genin to board the wagon after loading the Prince's things. Takeshi therefore would load the bags, and sit at the very back of the wagon, not wanting to be anywhere near the brat Prince, lest he wish to say or do something rude and end up making the mission a failure. Instead, Takeshi decided to speak to the other Genin, asking, "So what's your name? I'm Uchiha Takeshi. This is my first big mission. I've done a lot of D ranks and one C rank though.", then he was quiet, waiting for a reply.

[540 WC][847 total WC]

Sitting on the pile of crates Akio would notice Rei as he walked into the square and would gently jump from the crates to the floor. Saying nothing he would glance over to the other boy that had walked toward Rei before taking the suitcases Rei offered him. Arriving a bit later Akio would be the second to be handed two suitcases. Arrivng second Akio would grab his suitcases without a word before following the other Genin and Rei. Coming up on the farm Akio was honestly a bit confused on why they were going out of their way when they should be attending directly to the mission. Although his curiosity would be quelled as he noticed the wagon. It made sense to use a wagon with all the luggage, but Akio was sure it was for the Prince more than their convenience.

Loading the wagon Akio would yawn before sitting in the back, far away from where he expected everyone else to sit. Having less trouble carrying and loading the luggage Akio would be first to the back as he was joined by the other Genin. Although he had enough time to be caught up in his own thoughts. Not realizing the Genin sitting down beside him as he had rolled out the scroll Rei had given him and was examining it. His eyes scanning the paper as he admired the marks upon it. One hand holding the rest of the scroll as a finger from the other slowly traced the dried ink marks. Simply looking at the scroll Akio would feel a warm empty feeling swell in his chest. It became hard to breath as he swallowed. The signs weren't noticeable, although tears we're threatening to surface as the boy stared at the mark the represented his sealed away Sensei's corpse.

Akio would be pushed to his emotional breaking point right as he heard a voice beside him begin talking. The sound would be enough to pull him back from the brink of tears as his eyes shifted over to the other Genin. His stare would pierce the air itself as he seemed to be staring right through Takeshi himself. "Akio..." While it was only a single word that he mentioned in a murmured tone anyone could tell the ice cold feeling it held. The way it almost had no emotion in it at all, but still managed to sting simply cause of how distant it was. Turning back to the scroll Akio would roll it up before securing the pages and tucking it back into one of his pouches and latching the pouch shut as well.

Thinking over the other boy's words once more Akio would sigh, he was glad to know so many Uchiha existed, but he was growing a bit tiresome of it. It may just be the stress he was going through, but was it really so hard to find a shinobi in the village that didn't hold the prestigious name? Either way it didn't matter to Akio he would brush it off as an off thought as he brought his legs up from the side of the wagon and sat with his heels on the edge of the wood, his knees brought up to his chest as he laced his fingers together and placed them on top of his knees. His eyes would peer over his knuckles as he focused his gaze off in the distance and thought silently to himself. While he had once been outspoken an arrogant Akio had become quiet and thoughtful, lookng more toward the future than dwelling in the present.

WC: 602
Total: 1,156

Rei would walk alongside the wagon the whole way, his eyes open to both threats around them and also paying mild attention to the two Genin in his care. He hadn't been sure how the two boys would interact: Takeshi seemed cheerful and social while Akio represented how Rei truly felt. Inside, Rei felt much like Akio, but Rei held a strong face and kept a more neutral expression than that of pain or sorrow.We should be there in a few hours. Rei said out loud to both the Genin as well as the prince.

Good! Because this long trip is too much for my stamina and this sun is unbearable! complained the prince, finding his stamina drained just by sitting. Rei found that funny but kept it to himself. True to his word, they arrived at the mansion of the Daimyo's estate in around three hours. Attendants and servants rushed out of the house to take the prince and his luggage, the ladies pampered the young prince who acted a victim and totally worn out just for attention. Someone offered a quick thanks to the three shinobi who had successfully protected the spoiled prince. Rei sighed as they were left outside in a hurry. He let the horses rest, fed they some hay and watered them. They would stay there for an hour and then turn around to resume their journey home to their village. This time Rei jumped into the wagon with his new students and directed the horses.

probably the easiest B Rank mission you two will ever do, consider yourselves lucky you got an easy mission to start with. Im sure you were expecting something more.... more! he teased them and chuckled a little as they traveled back to the village. The trip back was less painful somehow and much quicker, those trips returning always seemed less long than usual- maybe it was because they had something to actually look forward to? That and they didnt have to listen to the prince complaining about his "hardships" Rei had done this mission once before and had been subjected to listening to that prince talk about how he was swindled out of some pocket change by some street urchents, it was a funny story or so Rei had thought. He didn't dare show it as a Genin though for fear of offending the prince, now as a Special Jounin, he just didnt care at all. It wasn't his place to concern his own feelings in this mission, no matter how boring.

Spoiler:

The other Genin merely told Takeshi his name was Akio. He looked like he was distancing himself. Maybe he had a lot of things going on in his life. Takeshi sort of felt bad for asking him anything now. Maybe from now on, he'd only ask questions if he really needed to, and other than that, just reply back. A lot of people all over the Shinobi nations had hardships in their lives. Sure, Takeshi had lost his Grandmother and his Father was maimed and robbed of his eyes, but at least he still had both of his parents, a sibling, and a grandfather. He was one of the fortunate few in this world. Reflecting on this, the boy was quiet and looked rather forlorned, as opposed to the way he cheerfully expressed himself earlier. This continued all the way up until they reached the destination the Prince was going to, the Daimyo's palace. So, the Prince was the son of the Daimyo huh? He watched as the spoiled Prince was whisked away by his many loyal servants, and his things were gathered. The Prince looked so ungrateful. He hadn't even thanked them for helping him get home safely.

'I definitely don't want to be like him, ever.', Takeshi thought. He was happy that his family were a wealthy Shinobi famly, and that the Uchiha Clan was powerful and prosperous in Kirigakure, but he never would allow him to become a spoiled bigot. This was a vow he made to himself. Takeshi had hated the Prince's complaining and how he acted so dainty. Takeshi was glad, that even though he wasn't a teenager yet, he was stronger minded and stronger bodied than that guy.

Now, after an hour of sitting around dully, it was finally time to go home. Takeshi's expression had turned three different ways this trip. Happy when it began, depressed after thinking about what mght be Akio's problem, and them rather angry on the way home. The child frowned the entire ride home, his arms folded about his chest, looking grumpy. His stomach hurt too. He'd never gone this long without eating. As soon as he got home, he hoped Mom had dinner ready. He did agree however, the mission could have went a lot worse. It could have also been a lot less dull and annoying though, if something had actually happened.

[Mission Complete. Exit.]

[396 WC][1243/850 WC total]