Meanwhile in Iwagakure was team Jiraiya consisting of me (Minato), Sokko and Shoyu-Sha before coming all the way down to Iwagakure they first went to the Hokage’s office to pick up their mission details they were supposed to stay in Iwagakure in regular clothes gather information and assassinate ninja of Iwagakure without drawing any suspicion to ourselves, were supposed to stay here until we got a message to come back in case of an emergency or the mission is done in the Hokage’s eye. While on the way to Iwagakure the whole team looked like a bunch of little kids instead of a group of ninja from the opposite village coming here to spy, gather information and kill, while walking through the entrance of the village me, Sokko and Shoyu-Sha were looking around as if we saw something new, well because we did, we talked to each other about the all the stuff we saw like the shape of the houses the huge mountain surrounding the village also how every house is made from the same material as all the other ones, while walking around Jiraiya called us to come towards him which we all did he said [I know you guys are supposed to act like kids but make sure your also paying attention to your surroundings and how the design of this village is, were going to be staying in a Inn for the time being were here, in the morning we’ll act like regular civilians on the street but also gathering information from the shinobi here that are talking about the ongoing war and at night time were going to be assassinating people little by little striking fast not making any noise also not leaving any body or blood and were not going to kill enough to cause trouble or cause any suspicion around us you got it?] With all that being said we all agreed and started to be more careful of their surroundings and started to gather information breaking off in a different direction each. At night we geared up and started to execute an assassination, with only one slip up during the first attempt. After gearing up we left the Inn without making any noise and left for the mountains were it was said to be a few shinobi of Iwagakure there being lookouts and warning the other shinobi in the village incase of any invasion force from Konoha, while reaching the mountains Jiraiya gave us the plan for the in and out assassinations the plan was [For your very first mission all you have to do is kill any of the shinobi there and then leave the rest to me, all of you guys will be tasked with killing one without alerting people nearby if you can do that you will receive a passing grade] Hearing that they were all nervous to take their first life but they know they couldnt be scared because it’s a ninjas job also they're doing it for a good reason protecting the village they're growing up in by stopping the enemy before they grow anymore, so with that they had the reason that killing someone from Iwagakure is not bad but actually good so with that I spotted my first shinobi standing watch and looking out for any invader coming, I felt nervous and didn't attack straight away but waited a little bit until his nerves calmed down then decided to attack, I used my extreme speed and flashed behind the shinobi slit his throat and before any blood came out Jiraiya was already behind him taking his body away making it look like nobody was just killed there, after me it was Shoyu-Sha even though he wasn't as fast as me he was still fast enough to kill both of them and incase he messed up Jiraiya was still behind him to make sure nobody gets alerted of their presence, so rushing towards the two guards was Shoyu-Sha he wanted to prove himself to Sensei Jiraiya by taking the challenge of killing the two shinobi standing watch even though it would be his first kill he still wanted to pick up the challenge, so rushing towards them with a kunai in his hand was Shoyu-Sha while approaching them quickly Shoyu-Sha slit the throat of the first Shinobi and the one beside hiem realized that there was someone there but before he could say or do anything the other shinobi had his throat slit to, like the same with me before any blood came out Jiraiya cleaned the scene without any mistakes making it seem like nobody was there either, after killing the two shinobi Shoyu-Sha started to feel sick and ended up vomiting, me seeing this I walked up to him and patted him on his back saying [You’ll get used to this after a while, it’s our job as shinobi to protect our village no matter what we have to do, I also felt sick after killing the first shinobi but I held everything in because I can’t look weak in front of Sensei Jiraiya, but it’s still ok to feel sick after killing someone it’s only normal unless your Dakusodo or Sakkaku who have been killing from young their the only exceptions] after hearing that Shoyu-Sha looked at me and cleaned his mouth thinking [He’s right I can’t look weak in front of Sensei Jiraiya by vomiting I must be strong, i’m not like Dukasodo or Sakkaku who like to kill from what I heard from others back at the Academy I just have to do whatever it takes to protect the village and my clan] Lastly we have Sokko and this is where the problem came in, him being cocky in a serious situation almost risked the Iwagakure shinobi alerting other shinobi in the area, this is how it went, when it was Sokko turn he told both me and Shoyu-Sha [Watch and learn how a vetran shinobi does his assassinations, i’ll be in and out in a flash] while running in to kill a shinobi standing close to the door without checking if anyone was going to come out the door or if anyone was in the building Sokko rushed straight towards the shinobi standing by the door, when he was about to strike someone opened the door, the person opening the door seeing that there was someone trying to kill his friend he yelled out [WATCH OUT!] his friend hearing this looked forward and seen a shadow coming towards him and blocked with all the power he had since he didn't have any time to use a jutsu to block it, Jiraiya seeing this and hearing this, rushed towards the both of them before the situation got any worse rushing there faster than anyone seen Jiraiya killed the two shinobi and cleaned up the scene quickly making sure not to leave any clues on to what happened, while all that was happening me seeing that Sokko was standing there confused and lost, I rushed towards him to pull him out of the situation quickly before anything worse happened to him, after Jiraiya killed the shinobi we escaped and left before anymore shinobi came back and we went to the Inn, on the way back no one talked to each other it was just as silent as the night and we could hear the wind blowing and the water streams running, when we got back we all just went to sleep. Waking up in the morning after that night I walked straight to the bathroom trying to use it when I opened the door I saw Shoyu-Sha vomiting probably because what happened last night then I went to go check on Sokko but I seen him training immensely probably trying to make up for yesterday surpassing his current himself so the mistake yesterday wouldn't happen again I then went to go check on Sensei Jiraiya and we started to talk about yesterday and that's how the day went.

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