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Mana took the letter from her and flipped it open. When he finished he looked up at the ninja he had at his disposal for the time. "So, Mizukage-sama handed ya ova ta me fer now, eh? Hmph." He picked up his water bottle and took a drink before continuing. "Ya gat a name girly?"

"Good ta meetcha, Yagi. Ya'ready know my name so I ain't gonna botha sayin' it." He pointed to a beam that supported a pulley. The rope was broken but had snagged on the pulley wheel, there was a bolt that was loose and it was just barely holding up a bundle of planks. The planks were all tied together securely and held in the air by the rope on the pulley that had snapped. Mana pulled out a few screws, screw driver and looked over to one of his men. He made a loud whistle to get his attention. "OI! HIDEKI! GIMME 'AT ROPE!" he called out. The man pulled the coiled rope that hung from his belt off and flung it at Mana, who caught it with ease. He held the items out to Yagi. "Take 'ese 'n fix 'at. Replace tha rope with this un n' tie it to the one 'at's round those planks. Clear?" It would be a dman shame if she didn't fix it in time. Plus he'd be pretty pissed.

Mana had been hammering nails into place, but looked up when Yagi finally returned. 'Took'er long enough.' he muttered in his head. But to her he said, "A'right," he made the last strike on the nail in the wood and ran his now free hand through his hair, trying to think of what else he needed done. He looked down to the floor underneath him. Well all the walls of the first through fifth floors were done, and he did have an order of paints waiting to be picked up. He looked at his watch to check the time. 'Yea, I gatta send sum'un ova 'ere soon.' He looked back up at Yagi. "Go ta tha village gate, 'ere should be an old man with a huge crate of paints. Get 'at, sign fer it an' brig it 'ere. Yu'll be takin' care a the first fi'e floor's paint jabs." He turned back to his own work, assuming, at this point he didn't need to check to see if a ninja understood their assignment.

Mana glared down at the boy. "Took ya long enough!" he spat. He had a fair number of good workers, though he still needed another pair of hands, hence why he gave the Mizukage this mission request. But so far, good help wasn't coming anywhere near his way. This kid didn't look like he'd be much better, but beggers can't be choosers. At least he was there."Go ta a't shed ova there." he said, pointing to a shed just a little ways away. "There's a huge crate'a paints inside. Get tha sapphire blue paint cans n' brushes. Yu'll be takin' care a the first fi'e floors' paint jabs. Make sure ya grab tha white sheets in 'ere ta lay 'em out on tha floor, so ya don' spill paint."

Inside the structure, all the walls of the first five floors were finished aside from their paint jobs and a few other details that would be taken care of by the decoraters that were coming in a few days. But they'd said it would be best if they at least got at least that much of the paint job done before hand. Yeah, it was a lot of work for one kid, but who cared. Besides, this kid was a ninja right? He could handle it. And it would be pretty hard for him to screw up when all the walls that were to be painted were marked with a huge 'X,' the same color blue as the paint buckets. Well, why should he have his men waste their efforts painting when there were more important things to be done?

"YO! YOU KIKIMARU?" came a voice from above. A construction worker, the head, Mana sat on one of the window sills of the third floor. All had been completed fully aside from the interior. It made the place look pretty damn ugly, but it looked better than it did when it had blown up. He seemed pretty relaxed. Truth was, he was one of the only people still hanging around. He was there because he was incharge of the whole shebang here, and waiting on the people hired to decorate the interior later on that day. There was just one thing he needed done before they arrived, and who better to get the job done quickly than a ninja, right?

"Yup. Whatcha need ta do, is see at stack a' paint buckets o'er 'ere!" he pointed down at the ground beside the building. There was a massive stack of paint buckets, all the same color. "Use 'at paint on e'ry wall 'at's marked with a blue 'S' n' ONLY where it's marked." This was obviously a D-Rank mission, but a mission all the same. Not every mission Mist got required risking one's neck, but they needed to be done just as much as all others. "An' 'is needs ta be done quickly. First three floors're a'ready done. Ya just gat tha last four ta do. Gat it?"