Board Thread:Konoha Missions/@comment-26021384-20170805023551/@comment-26021384-20170808052936

The cave was a safe bet, and the sound of the ocean was enough ambience for them to sleep soundly. The two shared a good meal, some good stories together, and eventually came up to awake in the morning thanks to the sound of seagulls.

Shien would be the first to wake up and yawn, standing up and dusting himself off as he looked to get things ready for the time to set out. "Sucks that Bofu isn't here. He had our camping gear too."

The two had no signs of Bofu showing up, and now it was time to get moving again. SHien would pt Michirama on the back and look to move on through the sand. From there it was a rock climbing adventure to get back up onto the proper land and they could start heading on toward their next destination, South of Konohagakure.

Shien would be stopping at a tree now and then to update his map, comparing the forests in his up to date map to the forests in the old world map. They had clearly changed their bounadries, and the generic drawing of trees wasn't enough, Shien was making tree symbols on his new map to match the borders of the forests as they went in and came out of each one. When they got toward the lands to the southwest, where many people were either enemies or ambiguous, Shien and Michirama would be getting accosted in a small valley like area with a running waterfall behind them as they continued on.

It looked as though a boat had been brought up onland, cut in half and the two pieces used as housing for a den of thieves. And it would just so happen that a good seven of them came out, looking to rob from both Shien and Michirama.

They weren't ninja, but they certainly were equipped. They were lead by a protly woman wielding an oni club that just cracked the ground by touching it with a little of its weight. There were twins in the background with a set of bows and arrows. A halberd wielding tall man with facial paint. One man crouched low to the ground with two knives drawn. And there were two more wielding a set of sickle and chains with gloves linked to one another.

The woman spoke for the group from on high, looking down on the two travelers from her seat on the ship, "Hand over everything you got and turn the other way if you want to live."

Shien looked at Michirama and then waved to the woman with a happy grin on his face, "I'm terribly sorry. We're not carrying anything valuable, just some maps and surveying the land! You wouldn't want any maps would you?"

"No, but that sword is worth enough. So what'll it be? Your sword or your lives?" They had the high ground on Shien and Michirama, and they also had the wherewithall to fight back. But they weren't as gifted with chakra as ninja should be.