Board Thread:Konoha Missions/@comment-26510601-20160420201150/@comment-30575150-20161201032936

Approaching a vendor Naraku would find himself a cooing Rooster that clucked madly for its own life. “Hm. Do tigers eat poultry?” He thought aloud. “Aye, that they do young one.” From the other side of the stand a man previously out of view came into sight. A shrub of greying hair stood atop a dumpy bronze skinned man who spoke with intimate animosity “The local menace ate my last stock of these cooing fellows.” He spat onto the floor as he spoke as if it were the tiger he was spitting on.

“How much for a live chicken?” Naraku asked earnestly  “100 ryo kid.” Naraku found his heart sinking into his gut as such a number flashed hotter than Hellfire, there was no way on his low income that he could ever afford such a fine cut of prey. “Can we make a deal maybe?” The man seemed to be growing agitated with the pestering groveling that came from Naraku “Look kid, I don’t know where you’re from or who you are but you ain’t getting one of my chickens for free.”  Naraku hesitated for a moment before pulling from his ebony cloak a head band imprinted with the Hidden Leaf symbol and he once more spoke this time his voice growing deeper and his tone grimmer “I think I am a Shinobi of the Leaf and a member of the legendary Team Instinct.” He paused a moment gauging the fear that slowly washed over the vendors face. He turned around and pointed to the bird symbol that rested on his back and then brandished his headband once again as if to solidify the seriousness of him “So can we make a deal now?” He hated having to use his status as a Shinobi to extort things but alas it was an effective means and the man responded losing his confidence to a new timidness as he spoke “Lod Shinobi I had no intention of insulting you! Please ignore my rudeness and save this village of ours!” He prostrated himself his head bending so far down that one could tell he was truly desperate to save his own village. “Give me a rooster and I’ll see what I can do.” Naraku didn’t stutter or show any of his usual shyness, in this moment he showed the brilliant coldness that a Shinobi must have when dealing with fodder existences such as this shop owner. And so with rooster in hand Naraku made his way to reunite with this rest of his squad.



