Reconnaissance: The Great Divide - Part Two [mission]

As I walked through the village, I thought of how beautifully the trees were growing and how peaceful it always was around the village. It was bright and early when I was walking through to check on the several buildings, shops and restaurants to make sure they were all holding up well. I reached the training field within a half hour when a female jounin appeared before me. “Sir. Forgive me for intruding, but I must ask that you go to the Great Divide. I was told to come here to find you and bring you there. There were some disturbances there and they want you to observe it yourself.” I listened carefully to his reasons for disturbing my morning stroll in the village, but then quickly changed thought and spoke swiftly. “I thank you for coming to me as soon as you could, though I wish this could’ve happened a little later. Regardless, lead the way. No time need wasted on idle standing.” We then began running in the direction of the Great Divide with a sense of urgency in our step and then the jounin began explaining more in-depth on the situation. “Just an hour ago, we were making our rounds along the cliffs of the Great Divide when one of our chakra specialists picked up a reading on the chakra in the area. We panicked when we had realized it was the chakra of the Nine-Tailed beast, so I was immediately sent to find you and bring you to the site to investigate personally.” My face became solid and firm when I heard the mentioning of the Nine-Tailed beast and then spoke again. “Now that I hear the rest of the information, I’m glad we left as we did. As soon as we arrive, I want you to rest a while. I will take your place for the next twelve hours.” When I said this, she nodded. “Thank you, Lord Tsurikage.”

When the jounin and I had arrived, another jounin intercepted our pathway and the girl who came to get me spoke to him. “Lord Tsurikage is here. He’s going to investigate the readings that we had discovered just a short while ago.” I then spoke after her with urgency in my voice. “Take me to the source of where you noticed this change in chakra flow, and also, give me your recent observations. I’m going to skim them over and begin from there.” The other jounin nodded and I followed him to the post that was up ahead where he would hand me his current observations. As this happened, I told the girl she could relax and get her rest. When we had gotten to the post, and when he gave the journal of his observations to me, I immediately opened it up and began sifting through all of its contents from the beginning. I however was not shocked at all by this sudden change in chakra, for I remembered that something just like this happened every year that had passed. By the time I had gotten to the site and read through all of the information in the journal, my twelve-hour shift was already half-way over. I knew though that I wouldn’t need to worry about it. For the rest of my shift, I walked the cliffs’ edges and described the logistics of the disturbance. The disturbance was that the Nine-Tails was moving its head while in its deep sleep and another factor was the chasm itself and the harsh weather it attracts.

As I finished noting my thoughts and observations in the journal, I closed it and sighed. It was finally done and I could finally return to the village. I walked to the building that was basically a station for the shinobi on duty and walked inside where I would then intercept a chuunin boy who was charged with taking the observations to the village. “You there, boy. Would you mind doing me a favor? Take this journal to the village ahead of me. I still have a few things to round up here. Thank you for your assistance.” The boy nodded and bowed immediately, his body tensed from me speaking with him no doubt, and then he ran out and off to the village to turn in the observations from the last twelve hours. I then gave my farewells to the other shinobi in the building, walked out of the building, and then began my short journey back to my village. As I ran, I thought of the day and what things I couldn't get done because of the emergency journey to the Great Divide. I then sighed. So much to do in the day, and yet so little time in the day to get it all done. The day would remain young for me today, as I most certainly would have things to do as soon as I arrive, such as paperwork, helping with daily chores, and looking over the shinobi who were training in the training grounds. I’m never going to be able to catch a break at night, am I? Too many tasks to be completed in the day for one person to handle. But I guess that’s why I’m the Tsurikage. I’m worthy of having the capacity of two or three grown men, at least that’s what my mother and father tell me. It’s probably just an esteem booster to help me get through daily challenges.

[Exit]