Board Thread:The World/@comment-24728353-20191221004914/@comment-44040794-20191222152827

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Tarou shook Hanzo's hand without a doubt when it was offered to him and said "Name's Tarou, don't forget it." The toothy smile he always had would shimmer against the light, his red iris' gleaming with the rays. From there, Tarou would follow them and as they stopped, he'd speak only to then end up listening to their choices. With Kin leading the way, he noticed how he lit the torch. It was dark as hell in this cave but the torch really lit it up "Awww, so cool!" he said in excitement but wasn't too loud as usual. Just in case there was something like a bear in the cave or even a horde of bats! Tarou in general was getting giddy just thinking about going through such a scary place even though he got spooked just by someone coming up behind him. He was between Kin and Azel as it would probably be safer for the youngest to be some form of protected by the obviously more experienced shinobi.

It was then as they ventured in further that Tarou heard Kin's voice say to have their guard up. Tarou wasn't really too worried due to having Hanzo there since he stated he was more useful in the cave itself while even having two Chunin there. Physically, the youngling was not prepared at all other than keeping his hands to his sides at the ready to sling out what he had to but mentally, he had thought of ways he could use his own jutsus if need be but due to the destructive nature they had, it could be bad in such a tight place. That's when Tarou felt the rumbling along the cavern surrounding them. It was unsettling to say the least but Tarou's smile never wavered. This was the life of a shinobi, fighting and exploring! There was other things but this was the gritty stuff that forced the boy's heart to race. He was unusually quiet compared to the whole time since this team had met him. Seeing an elevator after going a bit further.

Looking further into the structure of the cave around them, Tarou started to notice blue cracks on the ground and near the elevator. The rumbling became more harsh but it was definitely closer. Whatever it was, didn't seem like it could be friendly or even human for that fact! Looking to his comrades, he pointed out the cracks and said lightly "Guys, look. What's that glowing?" His voice wasn't hushed but it wasn't overlapping the sounds of the cave itself. However, just a minute later or so, Tarou heard voices coming from the distance ahead of them..or maybe it was behind them. The depths of the cave and echoes was making it hard for Tarou to pinpoint exactly where they were but they were somewhere close to them and only getting closer. Hearing the conversation about how whatever was down there could make someone rich made Tarou's eyes light up as thoughts spun in his mind for a moment of gambling after of course getting his mom the medication she needed to continue going and get better. He didn't care about the fact that whomever went down never came back, it was a chance! Maybe one in a gajillion!!! Tarou looked to his team, half ready to just follow their choice since he'd be outnumbered and half ready to just go down by himself. Though, this wasn't the mission and the boy had to remind himself of that. Whatever the others chose would be there way on this selection and not to mention, Tarou was ready to kick some bandit booty anyways!