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Post by The Legend Excalibur » Mon Jul 09, 2018 5:53 pm

The further and further they followed the trail, the more and more Vale began to wonder what kind of creature could've done all this. As he and Kotaru sprinted through the pine forest, he marveled at the damage. The dirt in some places looked like it had been beaten with a shovel or spade, the underbrush that lie within it being completely uprooted and tossed. Tree trunks were shattered in some places, looking as if an axe had been taken to them by a mad man. And of course, there was the corpses. Not many, just one or two deer unlucky enough to be caught in the way, but the way they'd been gored....

He shook his head. Thoughts like that weren't needed, especially a this crucial point in the mission. Daylight was fading, meaning that their window to clearly follow the beast was closing fast. At best, they found it, killed it, and returned to the village, no fuss. Worst case... it became nightfall, and they walked right into it's belly. Or he did. Vale didn't think that Kotaru would actually let him get eaten, but.... well, some things are better left unsaid.

"Wait" He stopped his sprint, catching himself on a pine branch a few feet above the ground. Going to his sack, he pulled out the booklet of maps. "According to the maps, we're heading towards a cliff-face. That means that likely, our objective makes it's home in a cave."
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[PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by Kao » Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:51 pm

Kotaru landed roughly on a thick branch - not because he has lost his balance but because Vale stopped. He shot an irritable glance at the genin and then closed his eyes, willing himself to stay professional. The entire time they had been running hadn't felt like running at all. The jounin was used to being the one who had to work to keep up with his teammates, so being on the other side and having to slow his pace considerably was frustrating to the boy. He felt like he had been crawling along as he followed Vale, but he knew that the genin was probably moving as quickly as he could.

"According to the maps," he mocked under his voice, not loud enough for Vale to make out his words but loud enough that the genin would hear the mumbling. He cracked his knuckles, looking around briefly before saying loud enough for Vale to hear, "Let's hurry up then. Hunting after dark probably won't be fun for you." That night would be a new moon, so if their hunt lasted past sundown they would have next to no light. At that point the hunt would be dangerous and Kotaru would suggest that they retreat back to the tiny, ruined village to find some overnight lodging. Kotaru absolutely did not want to have to share a room with Vale, so he wanted to get the mission over with before it came to that.

The jounin hopped down from his perch in the tree, and after walking only a few feet forward he came to the cliffside that Vale had mentioned. Kotaru peeked over the edge, noting that the drop was nothing to sniff at. "Don't fall," he said to Vale, his tone dangerously close to joking as he looked around. He knew he could have easily made his way down with his eroshiin, but Vale was another story. "Shall we shave of time with surface walking or do you have a handy book tucked in there that shows you a different way down?"
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[PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by The Legend Excalibur » Wed Jul 11, 2018 4:59 pm

Had they kept their pace, it was likely they would've flew straight off the side of the cliff, considering how sudden the drop was. Briefly, he considered sharing this with Kotaru, but thought better of it. They had an hour, maybe two tops amount of daylight left, and he didn't want to waste a minute of it arguing or exchanging snark.

Approaching the edge of the cliff and kneeling to peer over it, he considered their options. He figured Kotaru was being polite in his own way, finding it likely that the Jounin possessed a eroshiin, and easily could glide down. While surface walking was a possibility, simply sliding down would prove the safer option, since he could more easily control his descent than if he were running directly down, and was more quick than walking directly down.

How did the beast get down this part, anyway? He'd not followed where the trail went, but their was what looked to be a cave near the bottom, most likely it's den. Maybe they would luck out, and it was sleeping away whatever food it'd managed to make off with.

"We'll simply slide down the cliff face, using the barest amount of chakra on our feet to stay planted on the surface. It'd be the quickest and safest maneuver.. for me, at least. Feel free to glide down ahead of me, if you can." With that, he went over the edge, and began his descent down. He leaned against the cliff, the slight angle of it aiding him in maintaining his balance, as he went down quickly.
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Post by Kao » Thu Jul 12, 2018 6:52 pm

"...if you can," he said.

The jounin clenched his jaw at that comment. He thought about extending his melashiin and grabbing him by the neck and telling him to break free if he could, or catching him in a genjutsu and telling him to escape from it if he could. But Kotaru's rage bubbled only briefly and settled to a simmer as he tried to keep in mind that the mission was more important than putting the genin in his place. There would be time for that once their prey was dead.

Kotaru glowered but said nothing as Vale started to make his way down by dangerously sliding on the cliff face. It was a risk to make an uncontrolled descent like that, but Kotaru didn't quite care enough about the boy's safety to try to talk him out of it. Worst case scenario the genin would go tumbling down, break a couple bones or two, and the jounin would have to carry him back for medical assistance. Perhaps that wasn't the worst case scenario - Vale could have snapped that neck of his on the way down - but Kotaru wasn't expecting the younger shinobi to be done in by the rocks.

Instead of following Vale by skidding down the cliff, Kotaru focused his chakra to the bottom of his feet and made his way down with a leisurely jog. His descent was slower than the genin's, but for what he lost in speed he made up for in control. It gave him room to take in their surroundings and by the time he was on level ground again he had already spotted the same type of footprints that the beast had left behind in the village.

"You're doing so well," he commented, sarcasm dripping. "It's almost as if you don't need me." Kotaru's eyes followed the prints to the cave's entrance. As if on cue, the sound of loud snorting came from just past the entrance. Whatever was hiding in the cave was stirring, and from the sound of its footsteps, it was huge. "Oooh, looks like it's time to get started, Vale."

The jounin watched as two large, fat warthogs plodded out of the darkness of the cave. They snorted in his direction, beady eyes looking between the shinobi, and they finally set their gazes on Vale. Kotaru crossed his arms; they were just giant pigs, and he was sure he could take them on his own if it came to that. "Time to prove yourself, Vale."
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[PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by The Legend Excalibur » Thu Jul 19, 2018 3:34 pm

He almost had almost completely tuned out Kotaru's voice, as his gaze settled on the two boars. They were massive things, easily having bodies bordering the width of the pine trees of the forest. He was half surprised the ground didn't crack as they walked. It rumbled well enough.

This was it. It was odd feeling... the adrenaline coursing throughout his body, the beginnings of sweat beading across his forehead... Was he nervous? Hell yes. His first actual taste of real combat, and it was against monsters. Seemed like every part of their body screamed aggression. From the jagged, stiff fur hairs that lined their bodies, to the hefty hooves that carried their weight, to the tusks, which easily could've been 3 feet each....

A loud snort by one of the boars brought Vale out of his reflection. He flinched at the sound, but didn't falter. Focus, he reminded himself. This was no time to have divided thoughts. His mind should only be occupied by how to kill these things. How, was exactly the problem, though. Their hide looked thick, and the hairs looked more like bristles. No way his shuriken would be able to cut through, let alone pierce them. And his wire would only do so much as serve as a garrot.... but the tusks made that also a hard option.

Maybe if he.... his thought wouldn't finish, as he heard another snort, this one more aggressive. On reflex, his head snapped to the source of the sound, which was the boar on his left. But all it was doing was beating on the ground, making noise. Almost as if it were... His eyes widened in realization, and as if by instinct, he triggered his phasmashiin to emerge. The Akari organ broke through the skin of his elbow, and quickly coiled around the length of his enter arm, as it it were a giant screw. Bracing, Vale turned and brought the shiin up in front of his body in guard, right as he felt the full brunt of the other boar's charge, which flung him backwards off his feet, and into a tree trunk, splintering the bark of it's surface.

Vale could do little for the first few moments but gasp for air. That hurt like hell, and if he'd been any other Genin, it might've been fatal. He looked up, his vision a bit dazed, searching for the boars. So this was what it was like in the field?
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Post by Kao » Tue Jul 24, 2018 12:40 am

Kotaru watched closely as Vale faced, off against the hogs. It was clear from the younger boy's expression that he was really thinking over his options, but he was so caught up with planning that he barely had time to defend himself against the beast's first attack. Vale went crashing into a tree, and the sight and sound of Vale struggling for air made the jounin shake his head. Kotaru hummed to himself as he stared at Vale's phasmashiin. It was one he didn't have, but the thought of taking it never crossed his mind. The phasmashiin was one he had no interest in.

"You're spending too much time thinking," Kotaru coached, momentarily ignoring the second boar that was now stomping at him. It was typical of a genin to overthink things, but in this moment behaving like a genin would get Vale hurt, or worse. "The best shinobi are able to strategize and make decisions more quickly. Might wanna get up before he attacks again."

When the second boar snorted once more, the sound followed by that of heavy hooves pounding in to the dirt, he knew without looking that it was beginning its charge. Kotaru sighed and focused a small amount of chakra to the small of his back. Three long, nearly black melashiin tendrils emerged from his back as the animal charged. Barely blinking, Kotaru extended his melashiin and crouched just before slamming the shiin onto the ground. The boar was only a few feet away from goring the boy, but Kotaru had used used he melashiin to propel himself above and over the boar.

Kotaru landed, taking advantage of the boar's brief confusion. "Get up, Vale!" he said more forcefully. Kotaru had no intention of interfering too much, but if Vale continued to struggle he would have no choice.
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Re: [PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by The Legend Excalibur » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:27 pm

The boar didn't seem to be in a merciful mood, and so didn't give Vale more than a few seconds of recovery before it started another charge. Acting off mostly reflexive instinct, he'd leap backwards, plant himself against the tree's trunk a couple of meters above the ground.

The boar would smash into the trunk, further damaging it and sending splinters flying. As it stubbornly smashed into the trunk repeatedly, Vale reflected on Kotaru's advice. This wasn't like chess or go. He couldn't spend all the time in the world developing a tactic or strategy to win. He had to use what he had on hand. What were two monstrous boars, his ninja tools, and some massive.... trees.

It was as if a lightbulb had gone off in his head. "Kotaru! You've got to trust on this... go to the tree opposite of me, and let you boar smash into the trunk!" He yelled towards the Jounin. The tree he referred to was 2 meters away from his own, and similarly thick.

He hoped this plan would work.
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Post by Kao » Tue Aug 21, 2018 3:49 pm

Kotaru's brow jutted quizzically at Vale's words. The genin went from barely acknowledging Kotaru to suddenly shouting what could almost be taken as a command, and the jounin snorted briefly at the thought. Without wasting more time he turned to the boar, grabbing its attention by moving his melashiin in quick, undulating motions. The oversized animal finally recovered from its confusion and turned to snort at the jounin, and it kept its eyes on the boy as he backed away slowly.

Finally, the boar charged, the sound of its feet thundering in Kotaru's ears. But the boy grinned, and when the boar was within a few feet of Kotaru, he crouched and swiftly leaped up and over to land on the other side of the animal. With no time to react and stop its charge, the boar ran head first into the tree. The tree cracked and splintered, sending wooden shrapnel flying around them. Kotaru paused and glanced toward Vale, waiting for the genin's follow up in his plan.
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Re: [PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by The Legend Excalibur » Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:32 pm

A wash of relief would flow into Vale's chest as Kotaru followed along without resistance. Part of him worried he'd not do it, and instead take it as some sort of insult or something.

He'd wait for his boar to smash into the trunk of his tree a few more times, damaging and weakening the wood further, before he'd carry out his plan. Tying 2 meters of wire on either end to two of his shuriken, he'd stab one of them into the wood of his tree. He'd throw the second shuriken into the trunk of the second, just below where Kotaru was.

Pulling the line, he made sure it was secure, before he removed his jacket, and wrapped it around one of his arms. Inhaling, Vale would run up the trunk of his tree, going onwards for several meters, before he backflipped off of it, and began falling down.

Performing a string of hand seals, he'd coat two shuriken with Raiton chakra, and fling them at the two boars. With the added sharpness of the infused chakra, they'd cut into their hides, and shock them, paralyzing them for a brief moment. Though a moment would be all Vale needed.

"Jump!" He'd yell at Kotaru, as he caught the wire suspended between the two trees. Vale's weight plus his momentum, added with the now weakened structure of the tree trunks, would cause the two pines to come crashing down, both of them bearing down with their full weight onto the still paralyzed boars with a crash, flinging dirt and debris into the night air.
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Re: [PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by Kao » Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:09 pm

As Vale performed his maneuvers with the wires and immediately shocked the boars with raiton, Kotaru quickly figured out what the younger shinobi was trying to accomplish. He didn't need the command and was already jumping into the air as the syllable left Vale's throat. While he was at it, Kotaru qucikly sent a small rush of chakra to his shoulder blades and his eroshiin formed, and with a strong flap of the wings he easily cleared the top of the trees. Once the debris settled, Kotaru dropped down from the sky and landed next to Vale.

"Not bad," he commented as he folded the eroshiin to his body and observed the scene. Vale did well in handling the job, and though he didn't think the genin would have been able to handle it completely on his own, he was at least competent enough to take advice and formulate a plan. But he was still a genin, and Kotaru wasn't one to offer many compliments. 'Not bad' was the best Vale would get. "Not how I'd have done it, but not bad."

Just as he was going to suggest they kill the boars and be done with it, he heard another, quite familiar noise several meters behind them. It was sound of enraged snorting, and Kotaru stiffened when he realized they weren't done.

This boar was nothing like the ones Vale had just taken down. It was absurdly large, two or three times the size of the others. It had to weight a couple tons at the very least, and even in the darkness of night the jounin could tell that the boar was pissed. Kotaru hummed and stretched his eroshiin before quipping, "Looks like you're not quite done here, Vale."
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Re: [PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by The Legend Excalibur » Thu Aug 23, 2018 2:54 pm

Vale had barely dusted himself off from the debris when he felt the ground rumble. His body would tense, and he could feel the adrenaline in his body surge with a newly found intensity. He turned to see the outline of the what could only be described as an actual monster, where the other two boars were merely beasts.

Kotaru... what... what do we do?" His voice wasn't trembling, but it was low, Vale being afraid of setting the boar off. Something that size, what could they do? The same trick wouldn't work twice, not on something that size. And it wasn't likely he'd be able to pierce it's hide, not without plenty of force...

The boar snorted, then scratched the ground with it's paw. And then it charged. Vale would leap backwards, connecting with a tree and holding himself there with chakra, only for the boar to smash right through it, toppling his momentary haven and sending him down with it.
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Re: [PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by Kao » Thu Aug 23, 2018 4:04 pm

Kotaru sighed as the boar snorted, knowing at that point that the sound was the beast's tell that it was ready to attack. Just as he thought, it charged, and the jounin swiftly unfolded his wings and leapt skyward after Vale had already jumped backward. The tree Vale had used as a perch to get away from the boar was quickly destroyed. But before Vale could tumble down and into the animal's reach, Kotaru flew down and grabbed the younger shinobi around the chest with his melashiin and immediately flew upwards, hopefully high enough where they couldn't be reached.

"Since this is primarily your mission," Kotaru finally replied as the boar righted itself and eyed them, "there's a few options. One, you can try to handle it yourself. I'm only here to supervise, remember?" His tone had a harsh edge, though it was nothing compared to his fierce gaze. Just as he thought, a mission meant for chuunin was too much for Vale. A genin fresh out of the academy had no business on these kinds of missions, and it led him to believe that there had been some sort of mistake in the offices. That, or someone was fucking with them for laughs.

"But I obviously wouldn't allow that. This boar is too much for you to handle, so if you tried to take it on yourself you won't make it out in one piece. Two, we can retreat. But that would put the village back there in danger and I would have to log the mission as a failure."

As the boar continued to snort and stomp at them, clearly frustrated that they were hovering outside of its reach, Kotaru turned midair and flew toward the top of the cliff. He set Vale down on the ledge, his melashiin flicking in agitation once the genin was out of his grip. "Best option is to let me handle it from here. If that's okay with you, oh leader." His last words dripped with sarcasm, and by then his attention was back on the monster boar below them. Clearly he wasn't impressed with the younger ninja and was growing more and more agitated with the entire situation.
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Re: [PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by The Legend Excalibur » Thu Aug 23, 2018 5:11 pm

At this point Vale had grown tired of Kotaru's attitude and sarcasm. It was already clear to him that he wasn't on even the same game as him, let alone level. He didn't need to be reminded of it every single moment of the entire mission.

He began to feel the irritation in him build and build, like a boiling pot that's had too much water put in it. The specially crafted mask he'd so long used to hide his true emotions had begun to crack under the stress of the situation, and seemed like it was going to shatter at any moment.....

Vale realized he held his hand in a white knuckle grip, that he was trembling. Inhaling deeply, he'd stare over the edge of the cliff, looking at the boar. "I don't see any other option, Kotaru-san." He said. The trembling had stopped, and his voice was oddly calm given how it was just a while ago. Cold, even.

"Could you please take care of the larger boar?"
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Post by Kao » Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:15 pm

He didn't need to be told twice. Without another word, Kotaru spread his wings and took off, slowly making his way back to where the boar stood waiting for him. The closer he got to the ground, the angrier the boar became, and as Kotaru's feet quietly touched the ground the wild pig let out several long, deep snorts. The thing truly was enormous, and each time it stomped the ground the earth around them trembled. He knew that if Vale or any other shinobi his age tried to fight it - especially alone - they wouldn't have a chance.

But Kotaru wasn't an average fourteen year old. With a surge of chakra to his throat his lacrishiin emerged and coated his entire body in living armor. The blue scales caught the moonlight, rippling as the boy swung his arms back and forth to loosen up his body. When the boar began charging, its hoof falls sounding like thunder, Kotaru braced himself and held his arms out in front of him. The beast collided with him, sending the boy skidding backward several meters. But otherwise Kotaru didn't budge, and eventually the boar was forced to come to a stop as the jounin pushed against the boar's body and resisted it.

'You're not that strong, piggy!' Kotaru grunted as he grabbed each side of the boar's snout then swung his body around, carrying the beast with him. The animal's weight forced him to exert much of his strength so that he could throw the enormous swine and send it crashing into the side of the cliff and away from the nearby trees. Though it landed awkwardly on its side, the pig didn't need much time to recover, giving Kotaru only a small window to rush into hand seals. But by the time the animal righted itself, its fate was already sealed.

The jounin stood with his fingers pointed toward the beast, a small ball of flames forming at his fingertips. The boar turned again and took several threatening steps toward him, though its attention seemed to briefly turn to a cave that was about a dozen meters to their left. But Kotaru didn't notice. With a cruel smirk he sent the katon flying toward the boar and flames hit the beast directly in the face. The katon immediately erupted into a roaring pillar, catching the boar inside.
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After performing the needed seals, Kotaru extends two fingers and a ball of katon chakra roughly 9 inches in diameters will form at the end of them. The chakra can then be launched at a speed of 25 and hits with a strength of 15, and can travel up to 25 meters. On contact, the katon will erupt into a pillar 5 meters tall with a 5 meter diameter. The pillar will burn for two posts before fading.
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Akari KotaruBanninIwagakure no Sato Team 18 Jousai [color=#1fb8a3]
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Yanagida Yukino Special Jounin Iwagakure no Sato [color=#a07ac2]
Ishiwara SetsunaChuunin Iwagakure no Sato[color=#E81D1D]
Enkouten Mai Jounin Iwagakure no Sato [color=#CE5412]
Aisu Namie Chuunin Kirigakure no Sato [color=#5bc2d4]
Awai FusaeA-Rank MNKonohagakure no Sato[color=#D95FEA]
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Sakata KannaIwagakure Councilwoman [color=#3DA43B]
Hazuki Shuran Jinchuuriki researcher [color=#E854C0]
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Re: [PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by The Legend Excalibur » Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:59 pm

Vale noticed the larger boar become distracted, even briefly, by something. But not wanting to disrupt Kotaru during the the fight, he kept it to himself. He watched as he finished off the boar, before going down the side of the cliff, this time taking a que form Kotaru and simply running down it, trusting in his control to not slip and fall.

Once he reached the bottom, he'd recoil at the smell of the now charred boar, which smelled like a mix of barbeque and manure, for all but too obvious reasons. Walking around it, he'd look to Kotaru, not bothering say anything, knowing it'd mean nothing to the proud Jounin.

Instead, he'd go peeking inside the cave the smaller boars had emerged from, rationalizing in his mind maybe their was something more to the place.
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Re: [PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by Kao » Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:25 pm

Kotaru watched the boar burn, making sure that it was burning to death and wouldn't find some way to escape the flames. He also had to make sure the pillar of flames stayed under control. Although he had thrown the boar away from the trees, they were still in a forest and the last thing Kotaru wasn't to deal with was accidentally starting a forest fire. Soon the air was filled with the stench of burning hair and flesh, and the boy's nose briefly wrinkled at the odor.

"We're done here, so le...t's...." The jounin trailed off when he turned and realized Vale wasn't there. It took him a moment to find where the genin had disappeared to, and he frowned. "Oi. Vale. The fuck are you doing?" He dismissed all three of his shiin and half-walked half-stomped to where Vale was exploring. "It's dark," he pointed out, though the still-burning pillar of katon was lighting up the area considerably. "Don't go poking around in a cave by yourself after we just finished fighting.... Hey. Hey. Are you listening?"
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Yanagida Yukino Special Jounin Iwagakure no Sato [color=#a07ac2]
Ishiwara SetsunaChuunin Iwagakure no Sato[color=#E81D1D]
Enkouten Mai Jounin Iwagakure no Sato [color=#CE5412]
Aisu Namie Chuunin Kirigakure no Sato [color=#5bc2d4]
Awai FusaeA-Rank MNKonohagakure no Sato[color=#D95FEA]
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Sakata KannaIwagakure Councilwoman [color=#3DA43B]
Hazuki Shuran Jinchuuriki researcher [color=#E854C0]
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Re: [PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by The Legend Excalibur » Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:55 pm

The fact was Vale wasn't listening, because something else had piqued his interest more than Kotaru's voice. If he listened closely, he could make out quite whines, squeals really, coming from a niche within the cave. Taking catious steps forward, he got closer and close to the sounds, before he stumbled upon a nest of sorts, made from twigs and dead leaves and other softened debris.

Looking into it, he saw the source of the noise; a small, most probably newly borne boar, a babe, sleeping within. That meant they'd just killed it's mother, and most likely one of those two could have been it's siblings. Without anyone, it'd probably die.

"End it's life now." A voice at the back of his head told him. It'd be cruel to leave alone like this, to starve to death or be eaten by predators. Better to just end it now.... "Do it..." The voice said. Vale hesitated, as his hand slowly drifted to his pouch.....

A short while later Vale returned to Kotaru at the mouth of the cave, carrying a bundle wrapped in his jacket. "Sorry, are you ready to go, Kotaru-san?" He asked.
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Re: [PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by Kao » Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:07 pm

The genin was almost as stubborn as Kotaru. Unlike Vale, the older Akari didn't venture any farther than the mouth of the cave. He had a rather interesting history when it came to caves, and it was to the point that he preferred not to enter any caves or caverns unless he was looking to fight some gigantic spirit. Vale finally emerged, and the jounin eyed him suspiciously. "What, no thank you? 'Oh Kotaru-san, that was so great, you doing what I couldn't have done against that boar.' A little gratitude would be- what the hell is that?"

As he ranted, Kotaru's eyes found the small bundle in the younger shinobi's jacket. He couldn't tell what it was because of how Vale had wrapped it, but from the tiny sounds it was making he had one good guess. "No. Absolutely not. No souvenirs, put it back." The jounin turned, ready to lead them back up the cliffside and to the small, wrecked village. They needed to tell them that their mission had been completely before heading back to Iwagakure.

"Put it back," he repeated over his shoulder. Though his words were firm, they lacked his usual edge. Not only that, but he didn't look back to check that Vale had heeded his command.
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Yanagida Yukino Special Jounin Iwagakure no Sato [color=#a07ac2]
Ishiwara SetsunaChuunin Iwagakure no Sato[color=#E81D1D]
Enkouten Mai Jounin Iwagakure no Sato [color=#CE5412]
Aisu Namie Chuunin Kirigakure no Sato [color=#5bc2d4]
Awai FusaeA-Rank MNKonohagakure no Sato[color=#D95FEA]
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Sakata KannaIwagakure Councilwoman [color=#3DA43B]
Hazuki Shuran Jinchuuriki researcher [color=#E854C0]
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Re: [PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by The Legend Excalibur » Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:38 pm

"You handled the boar like I couldn't have, Kotaru-san." He said, his polite tone having returned to his voice. His temper had seemed to simmer down, the annoyance and anger he'd felt minutes before subsiding. He looked at the babe. It was actually quite small, no bigger than his head in size. It weighed a couple dozen pounds or so, though.

He adjusted the makeshift carry-on he'd tied from his jacket. "If I put it back Kotaru, then it'll die. Even you aren't that cold-hearted." He said, walking up to stand at the mouth of the cave, besides the Jounin. "Besides I think the village would be interested in boars as large and tough as these. We could rival the Leaf with their nin-kin if we we're able to raise them."
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Re: [PB Part 2]Lions, Tigers, and....Boars?!?

Post by Kao » Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:36 pm

"Yeah, assuming you can even breed it since you only have one. Besides, we don't need pigs to stomp Konoha in the ground." Kotaru stopped walking, glanced at the baby pig, and sighed. He had to admit that it was awfully cute, but he still had reservations. The other boars were aggressive, and he wasn't sure if it was safe to bring it along knowing how big it could get. For what felt like the hundredth time that day, the jounin sighed then motioned for Vale to follow him. When they finally were at the top of the cliff and heading back to the small village, he couldn't help but notice that Vale still toted the baby boar in his arms.

A whirlwind of insults and reproaches came to mind, but when the little pig snorted softly and wiggled in Vale's arms, Kotaru surprised himself by relenting. "Fine, fine. But I'm putting it in my report. If you get chewed out for bringing back a smelly friend, that's on you."

Kotaru fell silent, mentally going over everything that had happened that day. It wasn't his first time supervising a lower-ranked shinobi, so he knew what the officers would be looking for in a report. How Vale performed, his strengths and weaknesses, all of it would need to be included in great detail. Kotaru knew what to write for all of that since, in hindsight, Vale's performance wasn't the worst he had ever seen from someone who was in over his head. Though he did slightly better than expected, Vale needed a lot of work and training. Not only that, but Kotaru needed to work on his leadership skills. Vale annoyed him to no end - though he wasn't entirely sure why - and it affected how he handled the mission. He was a jounin without the leadership expected of a jounin and he still had a long way to go.

The revelation ticked him off.

"Let's go then," he announced, and the two Akari headed back to the village.
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Komiya ShizuoJounin Iwagakure no Sato [color=#209DD3]
Yanagida Yukino Special Jounin Iwagakure no Sato [color=#a07ac2]
Ishiwara SetsunaChuunin Iwagakure no Sato[color=#E81D1D]
Enkouten Mai Jounin Iwagakure no Sato [color=#CE5412]
Aisu Namie Chuunin Kirigakure no Sato [color=#5bc2d4]
Awai FusaeA-Rank MNKonohagakure no Sato[color=#D95FEA]
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Sakata KannaIwagakure Councilwoman [color=#3DA43B]
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