Board Thread:Kōgakure Missions/@comment-34754862-20170502042019/@comment-28412345-20170502154442

Shoka was having a nice dinner with the entire family when they heard a knock at the door. A messenger had come to deliver a parchment to Shoka. His fathr went to greet the messenger, accepted the parchment then gave it to his son. Although he had a pretty good idea of what it was, he didn't want to tell shoka and waited for the look of surpise on His face. When shoka opened the letter, he read it carefully, twice in fact, just to make sure it wasn't a hoax. He leapt up shouting with joy as he raised his fist. "Yesssss my first real mission." Both his older sisters as well and mother smiled proud of him. His father was holding his side laughing that he son could be so joyous over work. "Wait until you become more powerful like your old man, you will be getting very tired of missions soon." Shoka shot his dad a stern look once he made that statement. "Pfft, as if". The eldest reached for the parchment and read it over. Her smile then began to fade before she looked up at her little brother. "Is anyone important you coming a long for the trip?" Shoka never thought about that until she mentioned it. He pondered the names, two of which were close and one was his current sensei. He shrugged at thr thought then casted it away in the back of his mind. "Well my sensei and mentor will be coming a long so i shouldn't have to worry anything." His sister frowned with that answer. She was more concerned if this was how Shoka's eyes would be opened. Only time would tell. She had a low sigh then handed him back thr parchment in which he quickly snatched from her hands and ran upstairs to prepare himself. He quickly assesed a few items, his ninjato, his kunais, shuriken, and bow and arrows. Each of his weapons were prepped, clean, and for any problems. He had done this nearly every night religously as his father wanted him to always have his tools ready just in case. Once that was done, he went to pick out a robe he would think that fit hom perfectly. As he was making his way to the closet, his mom walked in with a new robe she made for him personally. "I didn't knwo when you would be sent but i had a feeling ot would he soon so i made this." It was a robe much like Shoka's old attire aside from it having a silk underside to both keep him cool and move faster since it wasn't just some heavy cloth. He also noticed that it came with a hood. He smiled up at his mom then hugged her tight. "Thanks mom, i love it" she would hug him for a moment longer than patted his back to let him finish packing. Once Hiroshoka was sure he had everything, he put them all on his sofa while he climbed into bed for a good night's rest.

The next morning, Shoka's own excitement beat the clock once more as he was up by 4:45. Not wasting any time, he quickly showred and dressed himself then headed out the door after eating a big breakfast. Seeing how he had time, Shoka took his time walking towards the gate entrance while admiring everyhing about this village. He took in a deep breath, he was still somewhat nervous and could feel butterflies in his stomach. The only thing on his mind was..."did i train hard enough?" He hoped he would be able to keep up with the others. Also knowing that taka would be there to watch him in action, he hoped taka wouldnt be disappointed in making him one of his elites. Almsot by the gate, he could see there was someone there already. It was taka. Shoka shot his hand up in the air and waved then ran the last 50 feet. "Heya Lo-...Taka".