Two Swords on the Hunt! [Private/Jei]

Mission Description:

Seika was sitting on a rock next to one of the Land of Water's many streams, the Uzumaki's gaze watching the water curiously. She was waiting for her partner for the mission she had taken, from what she knew they were both weapon user's which would give them an edge when working together hopefully no pun intended. The woman's large nodachi was next to her, the sword about 3/4 of her height which made it much longer than what a normal swordsman would use. She was not a normal swordsman however. She began playing with her crimson locks watching her reflection in the slow moving water while her ears stayed sharp for the arrival of this other swordsman so they could proceed to eliminate this woman and take their bounty she did need money after all and you had to work for money, it was good you could just go out and kill a few people to get paid.

"Tick tock on the clock, where's that guy I need money not like I'm rich or anything"

Mission Progress: [1/7]

He had, admittedly, been dragging a little late. He felt sorry for this, and would express this in better form later. He had swiftly made his way to the pre agreed meeting area, and while late, was only 4 to five minutes late. Not a critical thing in this case, all things considered. Once arrived, his long legs would appear before the rest of him did; due to the constant mists around the village and land. It was almost a crime that most of the Kiri ninja would rather attack than defend. It's a darn shame that most are juts bloodthirsty. He'd hear her quip upon arriving, and respond with his own.

"I'm sorry. I had to do something before I got here. Are you still ready?"

He stood, sort of weaving standing. This was mainly out of habit, as weaving back and forth is the best way to ward of attacks. They either think you're crazy, or attempt to throw off the rhythm. They often only accomplished throwing off their own. The amazing swordmaster was a gentle boy, and it showed in how he responded to even the slightest of aggression.

The woman turned to face the boy who showed up and she nodded picking up her oversized sword and slinging it over her shoulder she nodded and turned to begin to walk towards the woman's last known location which was a smaller town on the outskirts on one of the islands that made up the Land of Water thankfully it was on the same island as Kirigakure so they didn't need to make a boat trip. She walked silently for the most part until they arrived at their destination and looked carefully around for any signs of her.

"So.. you see anyone that looks a bit shady around here? At least we know it's a woman, how hard can she be to find? Especially since she apparently sports a black dress but that's all the other guy could manage to tell me before he went back into a bubbling mess."

She looked around the area, looking back at the other swordsman occasionally to gauge his ability. He seemed a bit different than most Kiri-nin she knew or met, he seemed like he didn't belong in such a violent land but could hold his own so she wasn't going to complain.

Mission Progress: [2/7]

She was not the gentle type, the one they were hunting. That upset Chiruto, but not for the reasons most might think. She wasn't just trying to get them to stop fighting, if she was it'd be okay. It's obviously not the case. She was doing it to break them. A frown appeared upon Chiruto's face. He still lacked any killing intent, and it was blazingly obvious to anyone around that it was the case. On the black dress detail, it bothered him. He'd think that, with the details that they were given, the woman would just pop right out. That's the idea he had, anyway.

"I have a feeling, if she still wears the black dress, she wants to be found. If that's the case, she's really confident."

Chiruto could agree to being confident, but if one wore a black dress when they knew they were being hunted they were overconfident. That's just the fact of the matter. Chiruto, beyond being gentle, was somewhat smart. He could fight with some level of strategy when he wanted, which is why the lack of trying to fit in would've confused him. That, plus the woman being tall, led him to believe there was some level of confidence from the lady.

His hand moved down to his blade subconsciously. This feeling put him on edge.

"Ribbon control dictates a high level of chakra control, no?"

The woman stopped and nodded to what Chiruto said it made sense, it showed he was much more intelligent than a brute with a sword at least. Hopefully with their combined tactical ability and sword skills they could take this woman down even against her ribbons.

"Well it makes sense it and I am pretty sure you'd need quite good chakra control to be able to control ribbons with it so we should make ourselves known that we're looking for her. Alright."

She walked over to a group of people and began asking them about a woman in  black dress, continuing this process a few times if Chiruto was fine with it then eventually the word would hopefully get around about two ninja looking for a woman in  black dress, she kept looking out for any signs of her making sure her and her partner didn't get to far apart since she didn't want them to be picked off by surprise.

Mission Progress: [3/7]

His hand was gripping, then ungripping his blade. It was a simple nervousness that would actually go away once in combat, but it took getting into combat to get rid of it. It's his somewhat pacifistic nature comes in. He's not one by a long shot, but he does share a lot of traits with those that do.  Some of these traits being his aversion to combat, and even in combat, not murdering people. Some may take it for overconfidence, but those that look will know it's an aversion to combat unlike most ninja have.

When she spoke of her idea, he nodded and kept close. He was sure that the lady would turn up if they poked and proded around, but he also didn't want to get caught off guard. He kept his hand on his blade's handle. He kept it there and made sure that he could react to anything. That was just how it had to happen. He did have one thing to say.

"Would you want to do the killing blow, if required? I don't particularly like killing, despite my rather large amount of skill at it."

As Seika lead the two around a corner she looked down an alley before proceeding to walk a little more ahead, at the moment she was almost past it she noticed a ribbon shoot forward and try to wrap around Chiruto's blade and attempt to disarm him although the Uzumaki let herself fall backwards, the sword slung over her shoulder preventing the sword from being torn away by the ribbon and pinning the ribbon on the ground while she rolled back into a crouched position.

"Found her, nice thinking. Now let's try to avoid losing it doesn't sound to fun and sure. I'll kill this woman."

Seika looked at the woman that had put herself in a corner, probably thinking about disarming them and defeating them immediately thereafter although this cornered position did mean there was only one way that the two could get to her and that was a perfect linear area for those ribbons to attack from.

"What's the game plan pal?"

Mission Progress: [4/7]

"Despite my mild demeanor, I wish that you'll forgive me for the misuse of my skills."

He, using his immense level of physical strength, dragged out his katana from its sheath. He had decided to break the woman, make sure she didn't want to fight.  He, however, knew that this was a fighter better done by his teammate, all things considered. Especially if they wanted to fight this woman on even ground. He'd stab down on the ribbon, likely pinning it with an absolute show of force, and then he'd look in his pockets.

"Oh. I forgot my throwing weapons."

That wasn't a death sentence, sure. It did make this slightly more difficult, otherwise he could've just destroyed her with a kunai to the neck. This was just made slightly harder by his attitude and forgetting of throwing tools. He'd have to show this girl, his teammate on this mission, a trick or two with kunai later. That is, though, later. He was too busy putting all his weight onto the ribbon so that it'd stay in place.

Just like his teammate was doing up to this point.

Seeing him hold down the ribbon the Uzumaki grinned and unslung the sword from her shoulder, she hadn't bothered to bring a sheathe. She didn't come here to strike with blunt force, she came her to cut and kill. Forming a quick hand-seal the area would be filled with a thick mist that covered the entire alley way and blind the woman. Panicking her target began to flail multiple ribbons through the mist in an attempt to stop her and bind her. Silently the woman danced through the ribbons which was quite difficult and she was relying on hearing them well before they came into range. Her target wouldn't hear a thing though, hell neither of the two would hear or see a thing as Seika jumped and landed behind her target silently.

Only then would the mist dissipate and the Chiruto would see her behind the woman who was a little confused initially and grinned smugly at Chiruto as she assumed that Seika had used the mist to run away it wasn't until Seika leaned next to her head and breathed into her ear that her face changed to shock and the woman's body was skewered by the large sword but not enough to kill her. Giggling Seika shook her head in a disappointed manner.

"How disappointing, should I kill her now?"

Seika didn't notice the woman still having the concentration to use her ribbons and was surprised when the ribbon grabbed her around the leg and tightened painfully around her thigh and hung her upside down. The woman looking at Chiruto daring him to move forward to try and render aid.

"What now should I still kill her or do you want to?"

Mission Progress: [5/7]

"My partner might rely on some fancy mist tricks to dance around and avoid until she can kill. I'm afraid I'm not the same way."

There was a look of concern in his eyes, but more then that, there was a look of disappointment. The younger lass had gotten herself caught through sheer brash activities. He knew he'd have to rely on his speed and strength to get him through this.

"I'm sure this was all apart of your plan, Seika. Just... watch."

He took his blade, and weight, off of the ribbon that he was holding down. He'd then run forward, denoting to himself that he shouldn't raise his blade in anger. He'd have to just slaughter the woman. He'd run forward and, once nearing her and dodging all of the ribbons with his innate speed, would swing at the Ribbion lady, in a full attempt to lop off her head.

The cheeky red head woman stayed there in the binding before smirking as the woman in the black dress prepared to move the ribbon holding the Uzumaki to use her as a human shield, unfortunately that small adjustment of height was enough to get her within grasping range of the sword and using this opportunity she grasped it by the blade and adjusted it so that she could impale the woman and anchor herself to prevent her from taking that slash from Chiruto and left the woman to have her head lopped off which left the ribbons falling away and letting the woman stand up.

"To easy, almost had me there but good thing you're here huh. I think that's done, better take back her head as proof. How did you forget you ranged tools you silly goose?"

She giggled as she casually picked up the woman's head and wiped the blood on that stupid black dress of her's before heading out of the alley and leaving the mess. Clean up wasn't on that mission, that could be someone else's problem.

"Hey, I never got your name. What's it? I'm Seika Uzumaki."

Mission Progress: [6/7]

"I am Chiruto. I am a swordsman of exceeding skill."

He would go grab his sheath and put his blade back into it. He would look at the lady who had almost gotten herself killed. Getting a good look at her, she was a reasonbly tall lady who could've passed as a taijutsu artist, realistically. However, with that last name, he knew that wasn't the case. At least, outwardly. She probably held some talent, but the look of malcontent on his face was obvious to anyone who even slightly was looking.

"I don't like killing. I'd rather have my partner do it."

He would fix his sheath back onto his waist and then go back to having the concerned look on his face that was perpetually happening. He had murdered again. That wasn't good. He was trying to not kill or bring attention to who he was. He was particularly failing at that.

He would follow his teammate out, keeping 2 paces behind her in case of a secondary attacker.

The woman's stride didn't stop, she doubted they'd get a second attacker since there was only one woman and sure enough they didn't for the entire trip was was good. She thought so, the guy didn't seem to radiate that killing aura, it made her feel a little bad she actually got him into that position but ultimately it all worked out and what could she do? You can't go through life without doing some killing in this world.

"Alright, that makes sense. I apologise for putting you in the position of having to kill her."

She kept her stride and pace all the way back to Kirigakure where she'd turn to the man and smile after cashing in their prize for the reward, she offered her hand to shake his and turned around to leave.

"I hope we'll be seeing each other more, maybe we do some more missions sometime when you don't forget those kunai and stuff okay? Later."

With her comment she disappeared and left the young man to his own devices.

Mission Progress: [7/7]

He'd nod and understand what she was saying. Her confidence was good, but it was likely to get her in trouble. That was what impression that was given off to Chiruto. It's not that he lacked confidence. It's that he just didn't quite flaunt it like his teammate, but that was okay. His teammate was good at what she did, he was almost 100% sure of this. If she weren't so cool under pressure, that could've gone worse he felt. Of course, a lot of things of problems.

He felt the fact that he even needed her was a bad sign that perhaps his skill was wavering? He should've been able to cut the woman's head off without trying. However, he couldn't bother figuring out anything at the moment. He'd just have to pack it in and deal with it later.