"You are…. Usagi san, the current youngest Jonin." The man was polite. "How did you know my name ?"
"Well I heard it from Duy san. I was actually looking for him. I wanted to go on a B ranked mission. But since he is not here, would you mind joining us ?"
…
A wild Sasori showed up
"Is there any specific reason why you want a genin like me to participate in a B ranked mission?" Kisuke asked me.
"It is not an ordinary mission, Kisuke san. It is a mission that will take us straight to the hidden sand village. And considering the tension between our villages, I would have liked to take someone experienced as my teammate. Duy san is passionate and strong. But I have heard from him that you are really experienced. It is okay if you don't wanna join. But I would like you to join my team." I told Kisuke, maintaining my cheerful attitude.
"Hehe…. It is really very refreshing to see that there are young people who still respect people like me. Thank you for the opportunity. I will join you for your mission."
"It's okay, old man. Let's go. I still need to pick up another chunin." I told the old man before going towards the chunin waiting areas.
But surprisingly I found it almost empty.
"Huh ? This place is really empty…." I muttered to myself.
"Well that is to be expected. Even if it is officially not declared yet, preparation for the war has already begun. Most of the Chunins must be busy with the pre war preparation. But don't worry, Usagi san. I know a reliable man here. I will talk to him." Kisuke came forward to pick up our second teammate.
The guy he talked to was a man in his late twenties.
I didn't know his name. So I could only hope that he would turn out to be reliable enough.
"Here is our mission, guys. We will have to escort a merchant Caravan from the land of Fire to the hidden sand village. Once the merchant reaches the gates of the hidden sand, our mission will be over. Considering the civilian travelling speed, it should take us around a week and half or at most 2 weeks to travel. So prepare yourself accordingly. We will be leaving the village around 12 at noon." I briefed everyone about the mission.
Apart from Kisuke, the second eternal genin beside Duy, my team has Yuji and Toji. Toji was a civilian chunin.
'I don't know about his specialties. But he should be decent enough if he is getting recommended by an experienced shinobi like Kisuke.' Thinking it to myself I ordered everyone to prepare for a 2 weeks long mission.
I had already prepared for this type of long term mission. So I went straight back to my apartment to work on a few pending seals. Usually I use shadow clones to work on different types of seal while I am on regular missions or working in the barrier and sensory corps.
But this time I didn't waste any Chakra. I had quite a large Chakra reserve, comparable to that of the old hokage. But considering this was war time I didn't want to waste my Chakra now and regret it later. So I normally worked on a few new theories regarding the weapon I was planning to build for the next couple of hours. Around 10 minutes before the clock hit 12, I left my apartment and headed towards the Village entrance.
All of my teammates reached on time. And after registering our mission details at the gate, we finally left the village.
It took us around 5 hours to reach the fire capital where our client was. There were several reasons why I decided to travel during the day instead of travelling at night which would have saved us the bill for the inn, where we would be staying at night. During the war time, the majority of the infiltrators from the different villages entered different lands during the night for obvious reasons. Apart from the Hyuga clan, other people don't have Byakugan to see in the dark. So it is usually dangerous to travel during the night time.
As the mission leader, I gave the trio enough money to book a large room for the three of them while I went to meet our client.
Like I had expected, the client was not sure after seeing me. After all, I was too young to be considered a 'strong Ninja'. Even though it was my first time dealing with such a situation, I was mentally prepared for it. After 10 minutes of sweet talk he finally accepted me as the leader of the escort team. He was planning to leave early in the morning, around 6. So it was a good thing that we showed up on the previous evening. The Caravan will head out from The Fire capital and wind straight towards the border of the land of fire and land of wind. In that border town, the Caravan will stay for half a day. Half of his goods that he would be taking, was the order from a local noble from that area. In that town he will also switch from horses to Camels to travel in the desert. Then from there we will have to escort him all the way to the hidden sand village.
After chatting with the client for a while I returned to the inn, my other teammates were living, and booked another solo room for myself.
…
Kisuke, Toji, Yuji and Usagi stood in front of the merchant Caravan. The Caravan contained four horses and two carts. One of those carts was filled with rolls of Ninja mesh-fabric. It was the type of fabric that is used to build mesh underbody armour that most of the shinobi use. The goods of that cart will be going to the hidden sand village. The other cart was filled with rolls of silk fabric from the fire capital.
Apart from the merchant there were four of his servants travelling with the group.
"Alright everyone, we will be leaving now.
Kunoichi san, I will leave our security in your hands." The merchant said to Usagi.
"Don't worry Kazuki san. Leave it to us !" Flashing her usual bright smile Usagi assured the merchant before turning to her team.
"Diamond formation guys. Yuji kun, take the front. And keep checking our surroundings every once in a while using your sensory technique."
Yuji nodded and went to the front of the Caravan. Kisuke took the left side while Toji took the right side. Usagi remained at the back of the Caravan.
Since they were travelling on horses, their speed was faster than normal civilian walking speed. With a few breaks in the middle of their journey, the group managed to reach their destination around an hour after the Sunset. That night, the group stayed in the town as the merchant finished his transaction with the local noble. The next day, the Caravan, short of one cart, headed towards a village in the border of the land of fire and The land of wind. They were planning to change horses and take their goods on camels for the rest of their journey.
Fortunately everything went smoothly and around the end of the third day of their journey, they finally reached the hidden sand village.
Everyone was happy that despite the tension between the two villages the transaction at the gate of the hidden sand went smoothly. Obviously their team was not allowed to enter the village and had to return in the middle of the night. But since there were no sand storms in the desert, the group managed to reach a small village near an oasis after travelling for 4 hours. After taking some rest for the night, the group resumed their journey on the next day.
The overall mission went smoothly.
It was the real truth of the shinobi missions like escort missions or delivery missions. Not every high ranking mission is dangerous. In peacetime, an escort mission like that would have been considered as a C ranked mission. So Usagi was in a happy mood that everything went smoothly without any trouble.
Unfortunately for her, she celebrated a little too early.
"A massive Chakra signature was approaching us really fast !" Yuji warned the group a few miles before they could reach the border of the land of fire and the land of wind.
Usagi immediately went on high alert. But their opponent had already sensed them and had no intention of letting them go.
Usagi wanted to avoid confrontation with any hostile forces in a situation in which they have already completed their.
"Alright everyone, increase your speed. We don't want to fight when we have already completed our mission. Yuji kun, change our detection according to the pursuer." Usagi immediately gave those orders. The group followed them as they increased their speed and changed their direction.
But their enemy had no intention of letting them go that easily.
Only in a couple of minutes did their pursuer catch up to them.
"Sasori of the Red Sand !"
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