Scoutin' Some Bandits

Tsuyo's white eyes peered off close to the horizon, her clan's signature eyes remaining passive as if they were just a regular person's. Despite this, her supernatural perceptive capabilities even without her Byakugan is what earned her the moniker "Hawk" among the chuunin and jonin of the village. She could spot an enemy from miles away as soon as they were just a blip on the horizon. With her blessed eyes, it was exceedingly difficult to evade her notice. This unique pairing gave her a unique set of skills, which is why she was here today instead of somebody else.

One kilometer way was a cave that she had traced one of this bandit group's members to through the village that had sent the mission request. She had positioned herself at the top of the highest tree to give herself a better field of vision, though the forest still partially obstructed her view of the cave's entrance. Nobody had entered or exited it that she saw for the past five hours, and periodic activation of her Byakugan allowed her to see if anybody was within a five-hundred meter radius. Not even a shinobi hiding their chakra signature could hide their physical presence, and a shinobi hiding their physical presence could not hide their chakra signature. Such was the blessing of her clan, an almost unilateral defense against anybody who would try to sneak up on a Hyuga.

"Alright, enough staring. Time to see what's inside," she whispered to herself. A slight shift in her positioning allowed her to shrug her bow off her back and into her left hand. Tsuyo produced an arrow from the quiver at her hip and activated those sacred eyes of hers. The familiar sensation of the bulging veins was a relaxing feeling, as was the flood of information that initially hit her brain upon activating her dojutsu. When she first learned how to use her eyes, it had disoriented her badly. It was only through diligent practice that she was able to bear the sensory overload at such a young age, and now it was a comforting thing to have happen. A minor squinting of the eyes denoted the ability only she possessed, focusing her eyes on penetrating the area in front of her. Immediately, the range of her eyes doubled as the vision of the area behind her faded away. There would be no surprise counter assaults from the bandits in there, not against a shinobi such as Tsuyo. Soundlessly, the jonin began to hop from branch to branch to get closer to the cave.

Tsuyo approached the cave carefully until she was within range to start seeing what was inside with her dojutsu. Once this range was marked, she would get closer until the entire cave system was within her vision. This was why she was marked as the best scout in the village, as her early age and extraordinary talent at the art has placed her in her own branch of the military. She was the only scout that was allowed to go alone, even among the Hyuga, and when she was high up there were none who could escape her gaze. Tracking a bandit's layer on marking it out for a future assault was something she was born to do, a feat she could do with one eye shut.

There were no bandits within her line of sight as she took out a scroll and a piece of charcoal. Over the next ten minutes or so she would sketch out the outline of the cave system as well as any entrances and what appeared to be the main passageways. Large rooms with lots of traffic were recorded too, all of this detail quickly filling up the scroll's writing area. Once she was done, she stowed the charcoal in a pouch and gently tapped the scroll to get any loose pieces off of the surface of the paper before rolling the scroll up and tying a small piece of cloth around it to keep it shut. Without a sound, she turned back and would head for Konohagakure. Mission accomplished.



[exit to Konoha]