@kaasama || To old bonds and new life
0400 hours, Callico Apartments - Complex A, Apartment number 21 . . . The sun was far from begining to peak when a messenger had knocked loudly on the screen window of the small apartment. First knock didn’t earn a response, second knock earned a disgruntled groin from the pair on the bed, and third knock earned the messenger nin a lovely view of Aburame Shibi - rushly dressed in a silky pink and colorful butterfly patterned bathrobe. Along with his signature sunglasses.
It was certainly a look, what with his mess of curly hair adding an extra sense of what had been a comfortable rest. If this had not been an apparent serious matter he might have actually gotten a chuckle out of his fellow shinobi.
“Aburame Shibi, You are summoned to come immediately on behalf of the Lord Hokage under the code Persian Cub.” It wouldn’t have been obvious but his eyes grew wide behind his shades - had someone really done that? He wondered. Yet all he did was nod, Shibi knew better then to run his mouth when there was an urgent matter. Well even more so, a man of few words was what he was after all.
In a moments notice the messenger was gone, like he had never been there at all.
This was meant to be his week off. He had even planned things around it, though he knew better then to set anything in stone, being a Shinobi meant never truly having down time. Even more so when you were rising through the ranks. It just looked like when he got back they’d have to do it then, much to the displeasure that thought came.
“Shiiii...” A soft and somewhat croaky voice reached out to him.
It hurt to hear, but he knew he would have to respond.
“...I’ll be back soon...”
After a small bit of early morning apologies, he grabbed his coat and headed out.
0430 hours, Hokage’s office . . . Once there he noted his old squadmate had been summoned as well, it was pleasing to know he would be working with someone he knew. Someone he could work well with.
It meant things would surely go more smoothly to boot.
“Uchiha Mikoto, Aburame Shibi you two are to track down and capture the charged criminal Umesaka Kao. They have been charged with Kidnapping Ambassador Oshima Kaoru’s young son and you are to bring them in anyway you wish- unless it’s unavoidable to kill then you are allowed permission to dispose in anyway you see fit. What is most important though...is that you are to retrieve the Ambassador’s son Oshima Toju as quickly as possible and even more importantly alive.”
That had been nearly a week ago when they were assigned to track and retrieve the child.
There had only been a few short clues, red moss that grew to the east that felt cold once the sun shined upon it, a missing sandal of a small size, whoever had taken Toju knew what they were doing. Because even with the note and his beetles it had been rough to track much of anything.
It was in a small patch of a logging forest though that had given them another- stronger, better chance.
“Mikoto...we got something.” His voice was low in a hushed manner. Back firm against the rough barked tree. Head gave a quick nod to a person in distance befitting a brief description they had been given of an associate of Umesaka. Slightly obese, average height, and currently early balding head of greyish blue hair. The main key item though was the ever present dusky Orange handkerchief with the symbols of a cat print he had tied around his neck.
From afar it looked like the unnamed man was heading deep into the logging forest with a bit of a worried and slightly panicked sense about him. Almost like he didn’t exactly know or want to be there.
Shibi had already sent a lone female towards his direction and most of the area was clear. That was mostly easy to tell, though he could tell of a few employees that were currently taking what seemed to be a break in the distance. But otherwise there wasn’t much else to report so...
He’d wait for her word to do much more.