Yaban Inuzuka
Yaban was about to turn and leave, but something unexpected happened, first he started to feel fatigued and drained. That wasn’t all though, shortly after a sudden urge to kill was within the vicinity, Kotashi instantly booked it as he ran in the opposite direction of where the conflict was! In the many years that Yaban and Kotashi had been together, they had never felt a sensation as intimidating as this one. The first time Yaban and Zemir met he caught a glimpse, but to see this actually go down for himself? It was absolutely insane and honestly, it started to terrify Yaban to a certain extent. His knees started to buckle as he noticed how he instantly went for Arata, his voice? Soundless as he tried to call out but something was holding him back. Yaban felt like he was actually suffocating at this very moment. In his mind, the words he heard were “Should I run? Why can’t I move my legs? What is THIS?!” He was so shocked that he noticed Asuka make a run for it also, it compelled him to move, but for some reason, he just couldn’t.
If the actions between Arata and Zemir happened, then Zemir would be on his way towards Yaban. As Asuka and of probably been in the crossfire of that attack which set him flying (Speaking hypothetically). Either way with Zemir now traveling towards Yaban for combat, Yaban simply grinned as he knew this would be one ass whooping, and he wouldn’t be delivering much. With Zemir using THRUSTERS to close the distance even faster, Yaban was grasped by the shoulders and dragged through the ground viciously, Through it, all Yaban yelled in agonizing pain like none before. It Asuka was getting away she would be able to hear it loud and clear. But somehow Yaban was mustering some type of strength to try and fight back, his eyes full of determination. His back was already extremely injured and probably received several broken bones. But survival kicked in, Yaban yelled out “ZEMIR THIS ISN’T YOU WAKE UP!” As Yaban decided to go all out in one singular attack. He hoped if this attack worked and at least delayed Zemir for A second whoever was down would be able to somehow get away. With that he went for a full spin, using attempting to use the passing fang while Zemir was grasping him. This would result in more of the ground being destroyed, but a strong possibility of Zemir receiving damage. Especially since they were close to one another, if the rotation worked Zemir would receive several lacerations that might be severe but who knew maybe he could survive this as well. Overall it was worth a try.
But after this attack was attempted and utilized, Yaban would be pretty drained since the bugs had already taken so much from him. He would slowly begin to close his eyes, if Zemir came to swing at his chest, it would be successful without a doubt as spew blood with a yell. Yaban had really taken a giant L here and right now he was truly broken, several rib fractures, skin on his back dragged out, and multiple bruises all around. But with that last attack, Yaban would be knocked unconscious. What would happen to the crew now that one of their most powerful members was officially down?!?!
Yaban'na chi Inuzuka
Yaban was on the offensive his alert was over the top as he went for the door instantly without thinking. His drilling attack would indeed successfully break through the door with force his violent rotation would be enough to save him from being entirely consumed by the bugs in the area. But as he landed he would find himself being mounted by more as they attempted to crawl up his legs. The moment he noticed this Yaban leaped up and started swinging his legs around rapidly in midair. They were literally everywhere! With this being noted and his sensing wouldn’t be successful, Yaban figured that they were surely in trouble and now had decided to be more intelligent with his decision making. As for Kotashi the moment Zemir went to save Asuka with his chain technique, Kotashi followed behind him by leaping onto his shoulder and exited with him saving him from contact with a lot of bugs. Had Zemir allowed it after they were out of the Hut he would jump off his shoulder and run back to Yaban simply to leap onto a branch and land side by side his owner. Now had Yaban’s attempt to shrug as many bugs off been successful, Yaban would aim for a branch since he was already outside. That's when he noticed Zemir close in on his position, he then asked if he sensed anyone, Yaban replied in an irritated way “NO! The dude must be hiding his scent, or using the scent of these damned bugs to cover his own!” Yaban was truly irritated as if this wasn’t a problem Yaban would have been able to pinpoint then mans location and beat him down.
“At this rate, we are going to have to find him manually.” Then an idea came to Yaban, all they needed was to get a glimpse of the real enemy once and Yaban would have him locked within his senses, guaranteed. Yaban then said “Take Kotashi with you! We need to split up, for now, we have no time to cover ground together! Yaban looked at Kotashi and said, “ Whenever you see the enemy and confirm it's them, take a good whiz on them.” He said this in a low tone that only Kotashi could hear, this would be understood between them as it was in preparation for later on. With that Kotashi would leap down and towards Zemir as Yaban said: “Trust me on this, run in a circle and I should meet you halfway on the opposite side!” He nodded and gave him a thumbs up with a smile of confidence. Yaban knew the bugs on him and it Kotashi stayed near him he would also get caught. So with a short moment of Kotashi being near, he was off and back towards Zemir, attempting to get on his shoulder. This was the first time Kotashi had ever worked with someone other than Yaban, the dire situation demanded it after all.
With that Yaban went in the opposite direction of whichever side Zemir had decided to run in, doing so he would move in a circular formation to ensure they were still within the area. Not only would this cover a large amount of space, it would also leave them close to their comrades so that they could meet up quick. Yaban didn’t have much time to waste because of the simple fact he had bugs on him, chakra was being absorbed consistently and eventually, Yaban would be dry of it. If this plan had worked in their favor, Yaban or even Kotashi might have been able to catch a glimpse of the lenses from afar, maybe through a small reflection of light from a specific angle? That was all dependent if they were able to cover that much space. If this had been caught as a Glimpse from Kotashi’s side, he would bark in the direction of where the reflection came from giving Zemir the impression of where he thought the enemy may be. As for Yaban the moment he caught it he would yell from the top of his lungs “COME HERE YOU FUCKING PUSSY!” This would give Zemir an impression of Yaban catching the enemy if he was far. With that, he would attempt to close in on his location, but that was only if he caught a glimpse of the enemies location as for now, he had to manually search for him since his senses couldn’t pick up his scent. Yaban continued to be active as he didn’t stop for one second, he knew if he stopped for a second the bugs would begin to swarm him as they more than likely would result in following both him and Zemir in this case. It was only a matter of time and effort before they could find at least the pod or the reflection of light through the opponent's lenses? What would be their way of figuring out the enemy?
Yaban kept silent as he noticed everyone was just in their own mind, being funny wasn’t going to work here at all. So he continued, but once he arrived Yaban had already been much more serious as he was changing his attitude as they approached their destination. Once they were there Yaban noticed the slight opening in the door, his ears perked up to the sound of it as he directed his gaze in that direction. He was out here and he just didn’t feel safe, he felt uneasy, he didn’t know why, but something about Kichaku made him skeptical. Maybe this could be considered wild instinct? Either way, it didn’t matter as everyone started making their way inside, Yaban simply followed behind and entered the building as well as everyone got situated. Yaban didn’t do anything, in fact, he didn’t even sit down, he just didn’t trust Kichaku. His eyes stared him down as he spoke, but first to ask the question was Zemir. His questions would shortly be answered by Kichaku as he gave his response and proceeded to ask for names. Zemir gave his without any remorse, but Yaban decided to be different about it. Yaban stared him in the eyes and waited for him to ask for his name when he did Yaban replied: “That’s not important right now, answer Zemir’s question.” His eyes showed no sense of playing this game, even if he had given a response, it didn’t matter as Yaban would resort to lying above all, the name he would give was “Nabay Inuzuka, this is Tashi” He pointed to his dog as he drove suspicion to himself. Yaban was playing it safe as he had no idea who Kichaku was, just because they served the same village didn’t mean he needed to abide by his orders.
This response would more than likely deviate Kichaku from saying anything about it or even trying to confirm that was his name. The reason why was because Yaban kept a strict face on him, he was dead serious right now as he didn’t care about his friends being loose around him after all, Zemir was friends with Asuka and Yaban was ready to fuck her shit up when the feast at Saburu’s house happened. It was just solved as they showed concern to Zemir’s situation and decided to help him to some extent. But Kichaku didn’t show any of the above, he just came out and started asking for names, so in that regard, Kichaku would receive a fake name which would result in being useless soon.
Shortly after Kichaku started explaining what situation going on, specifically the mission Asuka, Arata, and Chie went on. Yaban assumed Arata was the other individual here as Asuka he knew personally. But Chie was a person of interest in Yaban’s eyes as he knew her from the graduation, but after that day they have never crossed paths. Oh well, but Kichaku made her seem VERY important for some odd reason. With that being said, Yaban was shook slightly from the information delivered ‘Rogues.’ they were known to usually be threats since they LEFT their village. This shook Yaban, but then it motivated him to test himself against these enemies. But when Kichaku was finishing up his speech, something odd happened, his forehead gained a streak of blood dropping. Shortly after Kichaku was on the ground after he finished the last part of his speech. When he did fall, Kotashi jumped out of Yaban’s jacket and started barking randomly as Kotashi’s senses where much sensitive. So it was very possible for Kotashi to hear all this going on before all the bugs presented itself.
Yaban instantly went for pushing chakra into his limbs as he dropped to all fours and became much more ferocious than usual, Yaban was already uneasy so it was obvious he was ready to respond the moment this occurred. When he did he yelled in a commanding fashion “GET THE FUCK OUTTA MY WAY!” He then ran forward with pure speed and leaped off the ground with him hovering, he then started to spin viciously towards the door which was slammed shut, whoever did this, if there was someone they would be facing a real problem and soon. Yaban would practically be using the passing fang technique which was capable of breaking solid rock, so this was mere childsplay for him. If this happened successfully Yaban would instantly make an opening for everyone to get out. His vicious spinning might have also been a benefit as it would make it hard for any bugs to actually get on him and remain in place without being thrown off by the rapid speed Yaban span in.
So if this had worked successfully, the opening for the group to get out of the shack was made, and the moment Yaban came out of his passing fang, which was right after he finished breaking the door down by force to get everyone outside. When he stopped spinning and landed on all four, he pushed his chakra into his nose and started to sniff the air itself, this would more than likely be useful for them to find out if anyone was nearby them. After all, bugs didn’t just pop out of the woodworks and kill someone unless there was a host nearby. With that, it was all an attempt, but if Yaban was able to catch a SIMPLE whiff of whoever did this, they would be tracked instantly. After all, the Inuzuka were prestigious for their sense of smell especially for situations like this. But the question was… what would his team do with Yaban opening a path of escape? Would they start scattering like headless chickens or would they be ready to get this individual back for the ambush?
Yaban was actually relaxing at home, his back was sinking into his comfortable as he looked towards his ceiling and yawned. His mouth being open as he started speaking to Kotashi within that exact yawn. “Things have been crazy eh Kotashi? Mom won’t let me out since what happened in the village so it's been fucking without training, though I am sure once this is so-” out of nowhere a loud yelling was outside of his room, his eyes flickered towards the window as the voice was familiar, Yaban lifted his body from his bed as he carried the same attire as always, only difference at this moment was he carried in a T-shirt as opposed to his regular jacket. Yaban made note of Zemir mentioning that there was a ‘situation’ this caught Yaban’s attention almost instantly as he rose quickly from his bed and placed his jacket on his back. Yaban wasn’t much to talk when something serious had occurred and known his parent’s they wouldn’t allow him to leave under these circumstances. With Yaban’s jackets on, he ensured to pick up any item he needed, all of his Ninja tools, and even an extra meal.
With that Yaban jumped out the window and landed in front of Asuka and Zemir, Kotashi was already within his jacket as the moment Yaban put it on, Kotashi leaped into his arms and Yaban placed him comfortably in his jacket. His headband would be tight around his forehead as the village he represented was located where his belt would be. But that was beside the point, right now Yaban had approached Zemir and Asuka which seemed to be in a hurry, with him coming out he looked at Zemir and said with a giant smile on his face “Did someone call the problem solver?” He smiled as he tried to literally flex in a time of need which was very Yaban like. He then proceeded to meet Zemir’s fist bump halfway as it successfully would be done between the two before actually leaving. But when Asuka mentioned fighting people it fired Yaban up instantly, his face turned into an expression of manliness as he raised his fist up, his jawline extended outwards as Yaban said “ALRIGHT! LET'S GO MILLY WHOOP THESE GOOFY NIGGAS!!!!!” Yaban said with a roar which caused many people around them to stare.
He didn’t care as after Asuka would be left to lead the way, Yaban would merely follow. This would more than likely result in getting Saburu, and after getting him they would be on their way towards the meeting point. Yaban had no idea where the fuck they were going, but the farther they got from Konoha the more uneasy and serious he became. When they finally reached the Forest of death Yaban followed them reaching the fence in which they squeezed under and proceeded their journey. Once they reached their destination and Asuka presented herself to be with friends, naming the individual Kichaku. Yaban raised an eyebrow and said “The fuck is a Kichaku? Isn’t that some type of bug or some shit?” He said this in a normal fashion as he didn’t mean it in any offensive way. But it could surely be taken offensively, either way, Yaban stood there waiting for something to go down, after all this better be good if he missed a few hours of shut-eye.
(Yaban's face when he yelled out loud and was stared at.)
On Akushin’s end he was truly a crafty individual, he had devised a plan which would cause all the groundhogs to head towards a specific concentrated point of the field. The smell was truly provoking as several stopped popping out of the surface and went straight for the delicious smelling food Akushin had left out for them. Sometimes the best way to to get rid of a mammal pest, was by using their favorite substance ‘food.’ mammals loved food, especially Groundhogs as the purpose for tearing this greenery up was to get food. With them heading for the food, several if not the majority of the groundhogs would find themselves struggling to get to the pain point as so many had flooded that particular location. This resulted in the ground caving in on them due to pressure. With that the groundhogs would begin to squirm panicking and attempting to get out only to get intercepted by barbed wire which ripped through the flesh of those trying to get away. Aku would be able to witness the squeals and cries for help the rodent’s made, but it was dependant on him if he wanted to show mercy, more than likely it wouldn’t be the case mostly because this was a mission. Slowly but surely they would all be drowned by the trap Akushin had prepared, when the others returned they would need to give this ape a banana for his quick thinking!
As for Zemir who was dealing with the younger girl, he seemed pretty serious about getting help from the farmer. But the younger girl had opened the door, it seemed her gentle nature wasn’t enough to sway the strong minded boy as he insisted about talking to the head farmer. The little girl would nod and decided to give Zemir what he wanted, doing so she left the door open for Zemir to enter if he even dared too, if not he would be left waiting at the front door as the little girl went to get her father. The head farmer being interrupted would come downstairs and asked Zemir “Sup?” his voice was straightforward and to the point as the little girl was no longer in sight. The head farmer would ask him “You need something?” Had Zemir actually asked the question he initially had come to ask the head farmer would respond “attract them with food and them take them out when they are all in one place.” It was a simple yet effective method, one that Akushin was using which resulted successful. With that Zemir had his chance to apologize and if not the man would follow up and close the door in Zemir’s face, obviously it was all dependent on Zemir as he had his chance to apologize, or would his pride and honor get in the way?
As for Mitsuko, she was able to intercept the boy successfully as the name was obtained from him, she was really nice, and the boy somewhat found her cute as well. Most people would call this “Childhood crush” as he smiled and blushed slightly, he was young, but even young kids could experience feelings they didn’t understand. With her explaining that the brute had no way of controlling himself, Johan became more confident and started to speak more freely “I see, well I guess… he kinda spooked me didn’t expect someone to be that way.” Then the question about the head farmer popped up, she asked if he was literally the only one who did it, as Johan replied with a simple nod “Yeah, that's my father, I have a twin sister as well her name is Ana. Father fired everyone working for him and decided to work on the farm alone by himself, this all happened after mom died.” He said with a saddened face as he turned it to the side, that would solve a partial piece of the clue as to why the head farmer might be so strict and assholish. Johan followed up and added “Father was nice before, but when mom became ill and died, he changed, he still treats us fine, but lately he just works all the time without a moment to relax, the only time he relaxes is after his run at around 12 am, when he starts at 8 in the morning sharp.” Johan nodded as he made it clear to Mitsuko what the older man would actually do, it was pretty much up to her to put two and two together.
Yaban was home practically sleeping as he was being lazy on this beautiful day, his snore could be heard by his family as his mother and father simply spoke about how annoying his snore could be at times. Kotashi his trusty companion was on his bed, laying right next to Yaban as Yaban’s nose picked up the scent of something delicious, it might of been his mothers food as he woke up and stood up from his bed. His sudden movements would cause Kotashi to also wake up as his mouth watered a bit from hungry “That honestly smells so appealing right now.” Kotashi followed with barking once as Yaban started to get himself ready, his face showed the expression of someone tired as he started putting his clothes on, it being the usual attire he always carried. Once his jacket was on, he followed up with tying his white headband and heard someone call his name from his window, Yaban’s ears perked up as he followed up and approached the window to see who was calling out to him, it was his boy Zemir! Yaban cracked a smile as he was glad to have a friend like Zemir, from his usual isolated nature Yaban was growing and making friends left and right, it was odd, but surely rewarding to a certain extent.
It may have taken a few minutes for Yaban to come down, especially since he hadn’t responded to Zemir, but the footsteps and running could be heard inside on Zemir’s end. Within a few minutes the door swiftly opened as Yaban came out from the inside with Kotashi on his head literally resting still. Yaban had the same smile on his face as he followed and said “Me a QUITTER? You must be joking Zemir! I’m always trying to get stronger!” he paused for a second and noticed the brown bag in his hand as his nose perked up, he followed and asked him “What you got in the bag?! SHIT SMELLS GOOD AS FUCK!” With that Yaban’s mouth started to water as the drool was slightly visible, but before it could drop from his face he followed up and wiped it right off with his sleeve.
Yaban then said “My bad about that, let's get going! Where you tryna train? And what you want to train on?” Yaban asked innocently as he himself was unsure what he wanted to learn, but soon he was going to figure out, honestly he was thinking of learning the combined transformation jutsu. But that would be too much work so he had decided to work on his physical attributes instead. He waited for Zemir to give a response, once he did Yaban would then ask “Where this training happening then?” He asked confused as he allowed Zemir to lead the way, today was going to be a great day, Yaban could feel it.
It seemed the trio had split up to perform different tasks, Aku had decided to tackle the groundhogs by himself. Zemir had decided to ask the farmer on ways to deal with the hogs, and Mitsuko had left to approach the young boy who ran away. Aku would be successful in catching the first hog, but then after the other hogs who witnessed the death of their brother would move in different patterns from before, holes would become more apparent as the ground was becoming more hollow by the second, either he started kicking into high gear or the land he was standing on was going to sink underground. Plus eatings groundhogs which are known a rodent was pretty nasty so a gross taste would more than likely hit Aku’s mouth with that first bite. But after the ground was more hallow, the true trolling had commenced, with that many Groundhogs would begin coming out of different locations. They would continue to pop in and out of the ground completely teasing Aku making it seem like he really couldn’t catch them. Aku was below the ground, but this would give him more of an idea of how hallow the ground was becoming. Several tunnels had been created as even with his ability to dig under the surface, it was hard to understand how much damage these hogs were doing. Not to mention, the hogs never stopped digging as they continued without remorse.
Zemir traveling towards the main building where the farmer was would follow with knocking on his door loudly. From the loud knocking, an unlocking mechanism could be heard as the door was about to open. Then when the door opened a young girl about the same age as the boy they had just met out on the field would open the door. She consisted of pigtails as she noticed the caramel-skinned boy at the door, her voice was gentle yet straightforward as she was much harder to scare than her brother. One thing Zemir could tell was that she and the brother looked almost exactly the same, the only real difference being Gender. The younger girl would then ask Zemir “How can I help you, mister?” Her large eyes looked up at him with a warm smile that even if Zemir was rage incarnated, it was near impossible for him to be mad or yell at her. The head farmer was locked in his office so he couldn’t even hear the door being knocked on, the only reason this girl opened it was because she was in the living room and heard it. What would Zemir do since he was presented with this slight issue?
As for Mitsuko who apprehended the running boy, he would result in running into her as he fell to the ground getting his bottom dirty from it. He looked up at her and turned his head back and forth trying to understand how she got in front of him if he was ahead. That's when she mentioned it was rude to stare at them, the boy gulped as he replied: “S-sorry, I panicked after the other guy yelled…” He had ignored her comment to stop running earlier because he was actually scared. But once things had settled down and Mitsuko was addressing him in a gentle way, he became more comfortable and said “My name is Johan… Johan Libert.” He stood back up dusting himself off as he hoped things would go smoothly from this point on.
(Depiction of the girl at the door)
Tak mentioned a place nearby that was good for training, Yaban easily replied “Sounds good! Let’s get to work then!” With that Yaban had decided to help Tak, but Prince had taken the initiative and with that Tak followed and gave Yaban the heads up of where the handle is. Yaban easily nodded and proceeded to actually help him, he followed up and grabbed the trunk by the side where she mentioned and lifted with the group, this was done in response to Prince asking for help as Yaban easily said before picking the trunk up with his squad “I got you dude!” With that all three of them lifted the trunk with ease as Yaban followed to help them move it forward. Then the thought about how Azure mentioned that the squad should work as a team more often so this particular task would help them develop teamwork without a doubt.
With the group moving the tree towards the destination, things seemed fine because the weight was split into three people, but once 5 minutes passed, Yaban noticed the slow down in the group as Tak mentioned something about taking a break. Yaban was confused as he turned his head to look at why she had mentioned that, only to notice the hill they needed to go up and back down. A gulp could be heard as he hate lifted up hills, the task would become much more difficult, but hopefully something could be figured out. He then answered Tak “Yeah a break is a good idea so we can regain energy to push harder up this hill.” With that if everyone agreed Yaban would follow and drop the trunk down on the floor so they could actually rest for a few minutes. If not he would continue, but if they did rest up, Yaban would go into his pocket and pulled out 3 sticks of beef jerky. He was hungry and when Yaban was hungry he liked to eat. He turned to his squadmates and said “Want some beef jerky? No worries they are still in their wrap.” He offered it Tak and Prince hopefully they would take it as he followed with opening his own and taking a bite, shortly he would say “You know, we are all very similar I noticed that.” He said this while chewing on his food, though no food particles would fly out of his mouth. When he finished chewing and swallowed he added “I’m not very friendly people say, but you guys are dope and I fuck with ya’ll, especially you Prince that follow up on that meet up with Azure-sensei was fire.” He complimented his boy as he called out to Tak “I like you also, but you need to be more open and speak up more often! I’m sure you have some good abilities and a strong fighting spirit!” He said with a smile on his face as for once Yaban was actually changing from only being friends with Kotashi, he was developing new friends and that was always a plus in his eyes.
Yaban was glad that it seemed Saburu didn't mind him tagging along, not to mention Asuka seemed to have accepted his apology and dished out an apology on her end for being rude. He smiled to her hand shake and followed with shaking it with a firm and ‘sure’ expression. He then responded to Asuka “s’all good! I'm glad we can leave the past behind and now we can focus on the future of creating a true friendship between us all! Also I will gladly accept your invite” Yaban was surely cheering as he was glad! these individuals seemed friendly to his boy Zemir. Hell now they were friends with Yaban so everything was fine and dandy!
Yaban holding Kotashi would begin to pet him after he got comfortable and howled as after the handshake was completed he obviously released the contact. Everyone started talking about food especially how Saburu mentioned a real Akimichi feast. Yaban’s mouth started to water up as his stomach started to grumble. He looked to the group as Asuka started asking mad questions. Yaban instantly gave a slightly annoyed face, but kept it somewhat straight so it was hard to notice. But inside Yaban’s head he thought “man does she ask a lot of questions.” questions then when she asked about Yabans dogs name, he replied with a toothy grin
“His name is Kotashi! But you can call him Tashi! I will tell you only one person apart from me has been able to pet him! So don't try it unless you are willing to be bitten!” He chuckled lightly as he was actually serious but his relaxed nature made it seem like a joke. Either way now Yaban was following the group where ever they had decided to go as he was glad to have made 2 new friends. Who knew maybe this exact group could become a legendary group respected amongst Konoha! Only time would tell at this point.
Yaban was calm as he didn’t really have anything to say, he was personally happy things were getting solved even though Fujin got his ass beat by Zemir. But honestly the dick head deserved it for testing Zemir. After that had happened and Zemir returned to his old self, Yaban noticed that the other two had ignored him. But realistically the moment he noticed they were friends with Zemir, Yaban decided to stop the ferocious act and act accordingly. With that he got back to his two feet and walked towards the group, he didn’t apologize as personally he felt like he didn’t need too, his reason for battle was if they interfere with Zemir in which they didn’t and in fact wanted to help him. With that Yaban whistled for Kotashi as he came out of the alleyway and leaped forward into Yaban’s arms, this happened and Yaban easily caught him placing him in his jacket so he was comfortable and within Yaban’s range.
Then the food comment was made and Yaban’s eyes lit up graciously as he smiled in addition, he quickly said “Food also? Shit don’t mind if I do, im fucking starving! Also my apology about the rough introduction, I’m a bit ferocious and help my friends when they are in need as I noticed you two are the same with Zemir. So a Friend of Zemir is a friend of mine, the names Yaban! Nice to meet you guys!” He said with a smile as he probably expected them to know his name since the graduation gave that away, but just in case they forgot he gave this as a reminder.
Kotashi howled slightly before getting comfortable, when he settled in Yaban scratched the back of his head with a smile slapped onto his face as he was glad things had ended up the way they did. Fujin was defeated, Raijin didn’t do shit, Asuka offered to make food, and Saburu was able to get his hand on the damage good, though he mentioned there was places that would still accept it with the hole in it. In other words everything was falling into place and it seemed that the entire situation was solving itself, what ended seeming like a brawl turned into a reunion and probably a spark in friendship again.
The young boy stood behind the tree and proceeded to peek as he noticed the brown skinned individual was doing a dance, to it the young boy actually found it cool and started laughing. He truly did seem like a hard worker and he surely had the strength a Genin would have it seem. Then the other individual yelled loud enough to tell Aku to get back to work, the boy went back behind the tree and started to sweat lightly as Zemir was the one to apprehend him with a vicious attitude. When he called him out and continued to talk he showed that he wasn’t up for baby sitting, the boy was literally sweating and was about to piss himself as he didn’t expect someone to be this intimidating. He was young about the age of someone freshly joining the academy, but instead of a ninja he was a farmer's son.
The young boy had a name and it was merely James, he was nervous and really didn’t know what to say as he followed with stuttering “I-I-I-I-I-I- d-o” He took a deep swallow as he followed with trying to get the words out “I d-d-d-on’t need supervision sir…” With that being said Zemir would be able to back off as he said it loud enough but remained hidden so no one could see his scared shitless expression. That’s when the young boy literally started booking it trying to get away from the Genin. If anyone noticed he was literally drenched in sweat as he was terrified and was low key sweating bullets. Such an aggressive behavior from Zemir was something a young boy didn’t really expect, plus they were older so he didn’t even want to get close to an idea of a fight with them.
Now the crew had three choices, they had the option of going after the boy, splitting up, or continue their jobs on the field. With that being said out of nowhere the critters that the old man was saying would finally appear, below the ground it rumbled slightly as a noise which was weird came out somewhat as they came to the surface they stood upon. Out of nowhere it seemed like holes came up as from them groundhogs appeared and started fucking the farm field up, it seemed that since the weather had gotten better they had come out to actually strike. But they were fresh on the come up so a decision needed to be made! In terms of groundhogs they had to deal with? They had about 20-30 of them to work against as they started popping out one by one and seemed to be playing a game of whack and mole trolling them. But as they did it they started to hit some of the fields they had worked on already so it would make it more obvious why the farmer really needed them for this task. What would they do next!?
Yaban was relaxed as he approached Tak with the most laid back attitude ever, he was mostly just curious as to what she was actually doing out here. Her response was simple, she was buying supply for her home it seemed, but bringing them out here? Did she live on the outside of the village like Isamu? Well that would be found out eventually, he nodded and said “I see, seems legit.” The next question would be answered with “Well you see I was strolling around looking for a place to actually-” He followed and heard another voice approach from another direction, it was their other squadmate Prince! This caught Yaban off guard as it made him feel like Prince was spying on him, Kotashi was all comfortable in his jacket so he was relaxed and not paying attention at all, usually Yaban or Kotashi would be able to catch the scent of someone sneaking up on them.
When Prince arrived Yaban got instantly side tracked and decided to greet him completely forgetting about what he was talking about a few seconds ago. Prince then asked them what they were doing as Yaban easily replied “I was out for a walk looking for a place to train actually.” He chuckled slightly with a confident smile on his face. Yaban noticed Tak offering her drink to the others as Yaban declined the offer, after all he was fully energized and would probably need water later on when he was tired. He quickly proceeded to answer her request and said “Sure I don’t mind giving you a hand at all!” Yaban was all for helping his comrades as Azure made it clear that they needed to work together. Yaban was pretty relaxed and was willing to help in any way he could, once Prince had given his answer on helping, regardless if he accepted to help, Yaban would say “So what you need me to do? Help you move the trunk?” If so he would proceed to get in position to help her move it, hopefully Prince would help as this would help their teamwork to an extent.
Head Farmer
Everyone seemed to have taken the roasting very differently, but before Aku could even rebuttal or speak, the farmer really didn’t care what he had to say. In fact he followed and entered his house slamming the door in his face mid speech. This meaning that everything Aku said was for nothing as it passed through one ear and out the other. This left Aku talking to himself unless he decided to pull his words back and follow his squadmates. Inside the head farmer was doing his his usual work, he got to his desk and started filling out papers and quotas as the man was truly stressed, as stated had Zemir approached with a different attitude all of this would of never happened.
For the three Genin
As they continued their task and followed the instructions the Head farmer made, they started getting closer to finishing their task. Now one thing they could notice was that the head farmer literally had no one to help him do all of this work, so it easily resulted in the possibility of thinking ‘did he really do this usually on his own?’ Obviously someone as brash as Zemir, or as comedic like Akushin wouldn’t be able to notice this factor, but someone like Mitsuko would be able to notice this instantly with no problem at all. In fact she would be able to notice many things, but if she had decided to be angry and not pay attention then it would be disregarded till a possible later time. But if the group decided to take a quick breather, inside the Head Farmers house, someone could be noted inside watching them carefully, it surely wasn't the farmer, the person was much smaller and seemed much more frail than an adult. This was a mere child around the age of 9, he was still pretty young, but wasn’t gifted like the genin as he didn’t have the talent to become a shinobi, something he envied about them as he wished he could help his father with tasks around the field. He sighed as he muttered “I really miss mom, it's been so gloomy lately.” The boy said to himself as he proceeded to continue watching them, after about 5 minutes of watching the boy decided to actually go outside.
In second the boy would get dressed quickly and opened the back door smoothly, doing this he walked out while his father was distracted on making weekly quotas and reading paper work. The boy was blonde with blue eyes as he strolled outside and hid behind a tree to continue watching the three genin fulfill their duty, the reason he was watching was because he wanted to see if they would probably do any cool techniques that Genin/shinobi’s were able to do. Keeping an eye on them, the boy watched sinisterly in the shadows under a large tree. He was near the fields so if anyone really focused they would notice him, but the instant the boy noticed they saw him he would follow up and try to hide behind the tree, making a run for it behind the tree in a straight line trying to keep himself hidden so he could escape so they wouldn’t apprehend him. But it all depended, what would the group do? Approach the boy or let him be? It was a group decision, not like the head farmer was paying attention to him, he was in his office working on his paperwork as stated.
Yaban was casually strolling around the forest of Konoha, his mind was focused on other matters such as training and probably finding ways to become stronger as he needed to make that improvement. On his person he carried nothing, but his trusty companion Kotashi. He was walking around looking for a good place to relax and probably get to full on training, after all his hard work was only shown when he was alone or in a fight. He casually walked around minding his business, but once he arrived near the patches of the forest that were open but still surrounded by vegetation in terms of trees. He then noticed his squad member literally running through the six, he smelled the hard work she was going through as he could tell she was struggling. Yaban noticed Kotashi snuggling up in his jacket as he was comfortable. He chuckled lightly and decided to approach this individual.
Once he did he smirked lightly and noticed it was Tak one of the members from his squad. He approached while she was making her run back home it seemed as he called out to her “Yo Tak is that you? What the hell are you doing out here? Especially with the wooden trunk she was dragging, his expression showed that of confusion as he wanted to understand exactly what the point of this was? Was she doing physical endurance training? Or was just measuring her strength? Though Yaban had to commend her as she was surely strong as hell. Yaban carried his usual everyday attire, his attitude being as loud and boisterous as it always was. Yaban was truly interested in finding out exactly what Tak was doing on here.
Yaban had turned up and his presence was something everyone instantly noticed, especially the dumb bimbo thinking she was hot shit. She went as far to actually insult Yaban, saying he smelled, which might of been the true, but this was animal musk, and if it wasn’t manly enough, than she was just to young for him. He shrugged it off and said “Shut up, no one cares about what you say.” insulting her casually as he would repay her in full with some actual damage, after all Yaban didn’t girl a fuck if he hit a girl, especially one that didn’t know her place. But for now Yaban was watching as things unfolded, it seemed the dumbass standing on the money made his presence known and somewhat noticed Kotashi strolling and trying to remain completely unnoticed. Kotashi wasn’t the average pup, in fact he could actually smell emotions from time to time as his senses were that keen. But instead of making an actual move on the money, since he was made he strolled off for a later time acting like a stray dog to a certain extent. Kotashi would literally continue onforward and entered an alleyway of Konoha before waiting for Yaban to give him a signal.
Then the dumb broad followed and attacked the man standing on the money, doing this only triggered his response to which he blocked it off with an umbrella, yes a FUCKING UMBRELLA. YABANS eyes instantly glew up as he noticed how cool that actually was. He thought about it to himself “That dude uses an umbrella as a form of combat? The fuck? Can’t lie that was pretty cool.” But the fat dude was truly weird, he was trying to be uppity and as peaceful as possible, talking about sour language and such. Yaban really didn’t care as he ignored him and watched as Zemir made the first move, in a sense he expected this as the sense of killing intent hit the air, it wasn’t as strong as the day they met. But it was surely noticeable as anger was in the air, Yaban’s ferocious side became more visible as he looked at the others, specifically Asuka and Saburu. Zemir was surely to be covered by Yaban as he was willing to step in if one of these dimwits tried something.
Yaban called out to Saburu and Asuka saying “If you two make a move, I will make sure you regret it, don’t get involved with their fight! If anything I will probably give you a cut from my half.” He gave them a thumbs up trying to belittle them and placed himself above them in a verbal sense. But shortly after Yaban was placing his body on all fours as he became more animal like in a sense, he did this as this was the way he fought, he was a savage fighter and used any way of combat to his advantage. With his body flowing with chakra and him on all fours, if anyone decided to try some stupid shit, Yaban was ready to meet up with them and take this battle up a notch! He looked at them both with a vicious grin on his face, one that was surely ferocious and it would surely come off as intimidating almost as if they had been pit up against a wild animal. The words spilling in a darker tone “Try me I dare you!” He said as he was waiting patiently.
Yaban was simply strolling down the streets of kenosha, particularly the location where the market was, making his way calmly down the street he came to notice something. ‘Money’ his eyes lit up as he ignored everyone on the scene, but as the time progressed more people turned up and it was inevitable. He had his pup and his soul companion kotashi with him as he followed beside him towards the corner in which the money was located.
Yaban walked casually as everyone seemed to be bickering about who would take it, the last being the person to step on the money with his foot almost as if he was claiming the cash for himself. Yaban actually smiled as he had a plan, this would be easy pickings for the heart this young man. Walking up to everyone Yaban also noticed Zemir the dude he was training with last time. He looked to Zemir as he heard him cursing out the fat kid and the girl. He raised an eyebrow and said “Yo chill zemir, I want some of that Mula if anything let's share fam, as for all you goofy losers get lost.” while he was talking he hoped everyone's attention would be focused on him as Kotashi would be wandering around and knew the plan. If everyone's attention was directed in another direction.
Yaban would proceed to walk over to Fujin looking him in the eye as he said “get your foot off the cash before I blast your ass.” Yaban said as he was serious, he was interested in the money and if anything he was only going to split it with Zemir because he knew him. If this was successful and Fujin had directed his attention towards Yaban even possibly moving his body or foot to face him, Kotashi would attempt to smoothly take the cash by using his mouth to grasp it and take it away while Yaban tried to take everyone's attention. If things worked out Yabans sleek methods would probably get him the money without a doubt, but if anything this was looking like a true cluster fuck as everyone wanted the money.
Head Farmer
Man these kids had material on their tongues, they did arrive on time, but it felt like forever. The man sitting at his porch saw them over the horizon and spoke to himself before they arrived and fully introduced themselves. But instantly someone was hated the moment they started speaking, that individual was Zemir, man was his voice loud. Not to mention, he acted very entitled like he was running things around here. The Head Farmer stood back up in a serious way as he gave off a vibe that was very different from a Shinobi. He was regular civilian, but he had wisdom to cover for years. Zemir speaking that way only angered him since he was an older individual, so when he spoke up and mentioned they were from Konoha, the instant counter response was “If you don’t get your dirty ass off my land I’ma clap your shit little one. You speak so fresh, yet I can tell you live in a gutter.” The counter was incredible as it was surely to roast the fuck outta Zemir. A shinobi looking like he struggles everyday? That was funny as Farmer had it worse when Rogues came in demanding for shit.
The roast would be so quick and precise that it would instantly shut down Zemir talking. This was a lesson that older people needed to be respected. Shortly after came the other boy who had a more ‘calm’ attitude, but man he talked a lot, in fact the geezer gave him a look after he finished talking and responded to him “Monkey king? You mean the king of trash, better clean up after yourself with that bullshit here sonny.” He looked to the quiet girl after and stared at her intensely and said “As for you, I already dislike you, all quiet and shit in the back ground, didn’t you shinobi faggot learn to talk with respect? Shit they producing them shit level genin now I see. I figured as much.”
The shit talk the man was giving was something out of this world as he just seemed purely grumpy, the reason was mostly because Zemir triggered this attitude, had he stayed shut and acted respectful the quick roast session would never had happened. The worst part is they could respond but if they did the mission could of landed in failure quickly, so it was either they took the roast and apologized for the rude behavior, or they would be going home. Had they chosen to stay quiet, and even if they apologized or not, the head farmer added “Keep acting rough edged and see where that shit gets you I won’t even give you a task and waste your whole day here and report your mission failed. TRY ME!” The man yelled with pure confidence as they really had no choice but to deal with it or Fail a simple D rank mission. That being said if things had settled the farmer would say “Now that is over, if you scallywaggers get your ducks in a row you should be able to start the first task. All three of you will need to Farm and harvest fields today, so the task will be split into 3 parts. As you can see my land is massive, meaning the more massive the more animals can fuck with my crops, your job is to farm some of my plants and harvest the ones done. Then around the early afternoon, the critters who mess with my farm will arrive, that's when you guys will need to deal with them, after that you guys will need to clean up and assure everything is well planted and protected before you leave. I don’t care if the critters are dead, just make sure this damn thing never happens again, this doesn’t stop the supply runs for Konoha’s food will be soiled and we will be pushed back a week.” With that being said the farmer turned around and walked into his house opening hte door before he looked over his shoulder with a sly look on his face, he then said “Have fun, pussies, the fields are obviously outside, so figure out how you will do this.” He then entered his house and slammed the door with force in their face. That being said their task was given and now their first part needed to be done. In other words the first task was to harvest the plants done and plant the new ones for preparation (Also water them). Once they were done all they needed to do is come back to head farmer and tell him.
(Depiction of the farm field below)
(Note there are about 15 actual farm fields on this land so between each there should be 5 fields for each.)
Kichaku Nara
Kichaku was intensely focused on retrieving this dog, the moment they got deeper into the sewer, for some reason his stomach turn, did people refer to this as the ‘gut feeling?’ Something was telling him to go back, but the sake of this mission was to get that pup back, above all it was a freaking D rank mission, so it was an obvious failure wasn’t an option due to the difficulty level presented. Kichaku simply took a deep breath through his mouth and exhaled it a light as possible. For some reason, he was jittery as well, almost as if the excitement was running through his body. Kichaku was ready, but the people on his team were not, the only person who had heeded his request to get into Manju formation was Arata and this personally annoyed him. Hearing the far-fetched story of Zombies and crocodiles, along with them constantly talking was getting annoying as Kichaku wanted to listen carefully to everything that was going on in the sewer. That’s when Kichaku called Chie and Asuka’s attention “I said get into Manju formation I’m not going to ask you again.” A serious look of demand was on his face as things could get worse, after all, there was nothing wrong with following your gut feeling, so being prepared was a smart option to take on Kichaku’s end.
Once they were deeper Kichaku heard the puppy whimpering in the distance, he had heard some voices before, but he couldn’t make them out because his teammates behind him continued talking and masked whatever he could try to make out. From the sounds alone, Kichaku was able to confirm that they weren’t alone down here. Not to mention, that voice he had slightly heard but couldn’t make out the sentence was surely human so that debunked the entire imagination Asuka was running with. Kichaku then followed and whispered to himself “Shit, if only they were a bit quieter I could have gotten an actual idea of how deep they are.” Kichaku continued ahead and followed with being the leader of their unit. Arata asked for an order, as Kichaku raised his hand silently to indicate completely stopping, he then crouched and looked back at the team following up with saying in a hushed tone “Listen, you guys need to stop acting childish right now, outside in the open it was fine, but down here I want no words exchanged unless it's a call out or actual valuable information. If you guys remain silent for a few this mission can end quicker as he can probably pinpoint exactly how far in the puppy is.” Kichaku made this clear as he wanted silence, for the time being, the talking was getting out of hand especially in the location they were in.
If they had listened, Kichaku would follow with nodding, and actually began moving forward once more.This time if his request was taken seriously, Asuka, Chie, and Arata would be quiet and maybe the words he had heard earlier would be more clear, they had a whole dialogue and this group of individuals soiled it by talking. This only made it obvious that they needed to pursue the voices and the puppy to retrieve the pup safely. In other words, Kichaku and the team moved even deeper, still following whatever they had heard deep in the sewer. Were they stupid for this decision? Who knew but eventually they would find out, Kichaku above all kept his ears open to hear out any dialogue, maybe this time he would be able to make out the message he heard last time. All he could hope was that his damned team listened, but the real question remained ‘Who exactly was down here with them and the puppy?’
“No problem" Yaban replied, he was relaxed as he noticed how humble Zemir had become as Yaban had tried to befriend him over all. Getting strong together was the best idea for them to progress to a stronger point after all. With his attempts working, but at the same time failing. After he finished it he heard Zemir ask for the same treatment again. He seemed to have healed? Yaban was impressed by this as the bleeding was stopped and he seemed fine now, well at least for the most part. With his request Yaban asked carefully “you sure? That's pretty rough even for you…”
He mentioned as he decided to actually still hold back, but not in the sense of his technique being weaker, just the full potential of his technique wasn't going to be used. With his response more than likely being ‘yes.’ Yaban nodded as he followed up and said “Very well then." He smirked as he stepped back and decided to do one thing before actually doing the jutsu. He used the tiger hand seal and attempted to transform Kotashi into a perfect replica of Yaban. This attempt was actually successful as Yaban smirked in excitement. He then muttered “now that that's out of the way, back to our main business.” He followed up and got into his feral like stance as he went in for his passing fang technique once more. The speed and precision was strong once again and went for full force this time.
Yaban was countered and hit the ground hard as he had been halted by Zemir. When Yaban got back up he smirked in excitement as he had to give him props. Making that motion he said “Good shit! I give you props on that!” he smirked as he was obviously holding back his full attack, but this would signify the range of this armor. He nodded as he added “Not gunna lie, I didn't expect that much improvement” He then dispelled Kotashis transformation as he held it up for a long time. He was happy to help Zemir as he was happy to learn something as well. He then commented “let's get some Ramen?” he insisted as he added “if you need me to cover you I got man! A treat on mind end for hard work!” Yaban was full of comradery and wanted to distribute that with people he was growing around. Kotashi barked happily and jogged to Yaban leaping to be caught and put into his jacket making the indication to head out. He then added “how about Zemir?”
Yaban’na chi Inuzuka
Yaban was calm and proceeded with his approach to attack Zemir. Zemir would have been ready as his armor was covering his body, but just as Yaban went in for the strike on the enemy. Nothing had stopped him as the full force of his attack was attempted on Zemir. Though initially the armor was enough to block him off, but when Yaban noticed he was ripping through his armor, his holding back became a factor as to which resulted in Zemir stopping him successfully and slamming Yaban at a weird angle.
With Yaban being stopped Zemir reverted his armor and showed the lacerations on his body. Yaban felt bad as he personally didn't mean to harm him after all he was trying to befriend him. Then Yaban proceeded to ask if he was fine to which he replied he was and that he had been through worse. That confirmed that Zemir was a stallion and was able to take damage. With that Yaban smirked and helped Zemir into his feet as he requested getting a moment to recover. Yaban had obviously gotten back up as he was slammed to the ground by Zemir initially, but he ensured getting up and went to check up on Zemir and help him up. When he got up he replied to Zemir “No problem, let me know when you are ready!”
With that Yaban turned to look at Kotashi to which he closed in. When he did he decided to use the transformation technique on Kotashi, but it obviously failed as it was his first time using it on him. The tiger hand seal being held up as he hoped it would work eventually. Kotashi would bark slightly as it wasn't working to give him an impression it didn't work. Yaban sighed and responded “damn I thought that would work” he shrugged as he thought about ways to get this done successfully.
Yaban simply began to think carefully about ways to improve his success rate, but for now he would need to deal with failure as success would come soon. Yaban personally continued to attempt the jutsu as for a second attempt it was slightly successful, but it easily dispersed shortly after, all that could be noted on Zemir’s end was that Kotashi transformed into a somewhat identical copy of Yaban, though the differences was Kotashi didn't have the jacket, nor the white headband. So small difference were visible, but eventually practice would make perfect.