Mission #1 capture or convince (Liliana)

[Ishi]

Ishi was jumping from the rooftops following the girl she had seen earlier that matched her mission statement all the way into the buisness section that was of course until the flooding crowd had blocked the girl from Ishi's keen sight and swallowed her into their midst drowning her from Ishi's keen gaze, This of course annoyed the cat-ninja who gently scratched through her long crimson hair before dropping to the street hoping to be able to spot the girl on the street-level.

Sighing she starts gently pushing through people before picking the slight smell of the girl back up a blessing to Ishi as she slightly tweaks her ear to turn in the direction the smell was coming from only to hear gruff voices apparently shouting at the scent-trail that appeared to be unmoving now.

Sighing she follows her nose as quickly as she could and walks into a dark alleyway that led off from the busy main-section and sure enough the girl was there pinned up by three quite large gentlemen.

Ishi let out a sigh of annoyance and quickly moved up behind the largest targeting his vital nerves and various pressure-points on the man's body and dropping him to the ground as quickly as she had appeared.

"Now you other two leave now or deal with the same trouble that Ishi can bring down upon you." She said shyly before posing on the man's head an impressive stunt for a girl as tall as she.

[Liliana]

Liliana was running errands. Admittedly she hadn't been told to run errands but the mistress was being completely unreliable for anything. It was a disappointment to be sure but not as much as the lack of discipline. For a woman who had previously held a torture chamber, the punishments had gone from tame and dull all the way to nonexistent. She was starting to feel as if her time was wasted here but the alternative was that she abandon her mistress. It was something she did not want to do, and she was getting the impression that without her there to do everything the mistress probably wouldn't last a week in the current state she was in.

Slightly less troubling though far more immediate was that she was being followed. The person had skills and training but it was less than perfect and there were many mistakes made. Still, she was curious and bored and decided that a confrontation or conversation might be a delightful change of pace from the current doldrums she was trapped in.

[Ishi]

Sighing after she took down the last two that had posed a threat she turns to look at the girl her ears twitching slightly again.

"A-are you alright?" She asked a tint of her nerves breaking through her voice as her face starts to darken to match her hair.

"I-Ishi um was sent here to um..." She trailed off covering her face with her hair

[Liliana]

"Your form was shaky, your lucky these thugs had the experience of a maggot or else you wouldn't have come out on top as easily as you had." Liliana replied to the question and began to walk away. "Why are you following me." A question it was though she phased it less as a question and more as a direct order. She also didn't stop or wait for the girl. Liliana didn't even look back to see if the girl was following at her heals. She knew answers would come one way or another.

She was also very sure that this had nothing to do with her family, if it had, they wouldn't have sent a child, let alone one so untrained. The curiosity burned within her though. Obviously there was some connection, but she wasn't willing to give up her upper hand for it yet.

[Ishi]

"I-I Ishi was sent by my family to see if Ishi could coax you into joining us. O-or more accurately Ishi chose the mission because Ishi heard rumors about you and w-wanted to see you for herself." She said following at her heals like a puppy who had been given a bone. Twitching her ears slightly as the insults or more accurately advice on her form sunk in.

"I-Ishi thought that you were in trouble though so a little gratitude may be in order" She said still covering her face.

[Liliana]

"Well if your so desperate then you are welcome." She knew what the girl had meant but there was a precedent sent. So someone had sent the girl after her. It was sort of gratifying to know they hadn't forgotten her. Though she was annoyed that she had been underestimated. It wasn't as if she had completely forsaken her training. She still didn't look at the girl as she kept moving along. Slowly she increased her pace faster and faster, though she wasn't obvious about it.

[Ishi]

Managing to keep up easily enough Ishi sensed that the girl was getting ready to run from her and currently in this place it would be all too easy for her to make her escape. Well Ishi wasn't going to allow that quickly grabbing the girls arm she pulls her with surprising force into another alleyway nearby before quickly tying up the girls legs.

"Listen Ishi doesn't mean any harm alright? Ishi ju-just wanted to give you this as well and ma-maybe spend some time with you so please don't run from Ishi" she said handing Liliana a note scrawled in the language of her own people but hopefully understandable to Liliana

[Liliana]

Liliana was starting to get annoyed by the girl's constant interruptions. She slipped out of the bonds quite easily and slid the note into her pocket. "Very well, I shall look at it when I have time later. You can be on your way now." She stepped out of the alley and back into the crowd. It wasn't as if she was trying to hide, if she had Liliana was sure that the girl couldn't keep up with all the tricks she knew. Still, it was interesting to see how the girl reacted.

[Ishi]

Letting out another sigh of annoyance she slipped into the crowd and using one of the tricks she had mastered changes her clothing to mask what she looked like. Then disguised as an old beggar she follows on again.

[Liliana]

Liliana was pleased that at the girl didn't give up easily, it was a good sign that the old ways hadn't died off despite her parents acting like it would. Still, she had things to do and couldn't be bothered about a minor tail. So Liliana did her shopping as usual. She looked for bargains, made deals, and just generally shopped until she had generally everything the mistress would probably need for the next few days.

[Ishi]

Keeping up and changing costumes consistently to match with the surrounding environment switching between another merchant a random bystander and a few acts as she follows Liliana she hoped that even through this simple act she prooved her worth to train under her even if she can't convince her to return to her clan.

[Liliana]

Liliana was getting bored with the charade, it wasn't as if she was learning anything. She didn't bother looking at the girl when she spoke, she knew the girl was listening. "If you're going to come along despite my misgivings, you might as well help carry some of these bags." She held out an arm laden with several bags.

[Ishi]

Grinning she claps her hands together and grabs the bags as quickly as the third clap sounded.

"Ishi won't let you down Ishi promises." She said her tail and ears revealed now and twitching slightly as she took the weight of the bags and balanced it so that it was even on both arms.

[Liliana]

Liliana moved the bags to even out the weight between both arms as well. She didn't need it but she was pleased enough to pass off the heaviest of all the bags to the girl. "You obviously know about me, or at least what you were told before the mission. However tell me about yourself. You might as well since I could find out if I felt it was necessary. It's just easier on you if you tell me now." She started taking the long way back to the castle.

[Ishi]

"Well as a girl... Ishi is a failure and as a ninja well yeah Ishi fails there too..." She said blushing softly again.

"But Ishi tries hard to prove that Ishi is worthy of at least something even if Ishi doesn't fall into line like everybody else or like the opposite gender like the rest of Ishi's clan. Ishi can't help it but Ishi guesses that its probably her fault somewhere." She said her ears and tail drooping now.