MEETING JUROCHOU

At the tea house, Scarlet and others drank Tea and ate some snacks. Suddenly someone approached them and said "To be drinking Tea so carelessly on a beautiful day like this, being a ninja seems to be an easy profession"

Naruto: What did you say?

The man says "The village of Konoha must be a really peaceful place. All the ninjas are stupid looking"

Scarlet interrupted "You seem to have a problem in your eyes, mister, why don't I dig them out and insert it again maybe you would be able to better"

Naruto who was sitting beside Scarlet muttered "or you would not be able to see at all"

The man was startled by the intimidating tone of Scarlet and decided not to mess with her. He then said, "Oh there are cute girls here as well, I take back my words". He turned to Sakura and said "I am called Morino Idate. Lady, what's your name?"

Naruto gets irritated and says "Bastard, don't flirt with Sakura in front of us"

He says to Sakura "So it is Sakura, what a beautiful name. The fact that we have met must be some sort of fate. How about we talk about our future?"

Sakura asks "Our future?"

He says "I am talking about you quit being a ninja and become my wife"

Scarlet says "You better not provoke ninjas like this or else you will become a eunuch before you even now"

Idate says "I am joking, I Idate hate ninjas the most. If you wander around in the country of tea for much longer, I won't let you go unharmed."

Scarlet revealed some killing intent and said in a deep tone "Are you sure you want to threaten us?"

Idate shivered as he felt some threat from Scarlet, his instincts were screaming inside him to get away from her. Idate soon came out of fear and then went out of the tea house.

Naruto said "Cool! Nee chan, teach me how to do that too"

Scarlet looked at Naruto and said with a laugh "Forget it Naruto you will not be able to it"

Naruto asked, "Why will I not be able to it nee-chan?"

Scarlet says "You have a pure heart Naruto, you better remain like this. To develop killing intent you need to kill a lot of people and I don't want you to do that"

Naruto was silent, his mood was fluctuating continuously. He felt bad because Scarlet was forced to mature early to protect him and herself from the villagers and after that incident, she was cold to everyone except him.

Suddenly the shopkeeper came and gave us two receipts.

Sakura asked, "Why are there two receipts?"

The Shopkeeper replied "Oh that boy said that the four of you would pay for him"

Scarlet immediately stood from her chair as she said "Interesting, it is I who always cheats money from others and this brat wanted to cheat me"

After saying this Scarlet disappeared in a flash. Sasuke was stunned "I was not able to see how she disappeared, the gap between her and me is getting larger. I want Orochimaru to come faster, why is he taking so long"

Poor Sasuke didn't know that it was because of Scarlet's intervention in the fight b/w Orochimaru and Tsunade that caused him to take so long.

Idate was running away from the Tea shop at a high speed as he thinks 'There is no way that those blockhead ninjas will be able to keep up with me'

Idate stumbles upon a branch and falls down from the cliff. A knife slips from his jacket when suddenly a figure having red hair with hints of white catches it. The figure then kicks Idate onto the ground and keeps a leg on his head.

Idate lifts his head to see the girl he saw at the Tea shop. He mutters "How…How could you reach here so fast?"

Scarlet replies "Speed is in my blood you see (referring to Minato)"

Idate nods (Thinking it as some kekkei Genkai).

Scarlet says "You will now have to me the money paid for your receipt 120 Ryo plus a Fine of 100 Ryo for troubling me. If you don't have the money then I will keep this knife as compensation"

Idate shouts "Fine I will give you the money, don't dare to take the knife."

Idate then gave the money, Scarlet gave him the knife as he left.

Naruto and others arrived near Scarlet.

Naruto looks around and says "Nee-chan why did you stop here, that bastard is not here"

Scarlet replies "No need to trouble him Naruto, he gave 120 Ryo he was supposed to pay and also gave 100 Ryo as compensation for troubling us"

Naruto says "He might not be as bad as I thought"

While Sasuke and Sakura thought 'Compensation my ass! She must have threatened him for money'

Naruto says "But it was foolish of him to think that he could surpass us Shinobi in speed"

Scarlet replies "You are wrong Naruto, he was running while wearing weights similar to that of Lee's, his true speed is a lot higher than you see"

All of them were shocked to hear this, they then travelled towards the residence of Mr Jurochou.

After entering his residence, Mr Jurochou greeted them "Everyone thanks for coming"

Scarlet greeted "Long time no see Mr Jurochou, hope you are doing well"

Jurochou looked at Scarlet's face for some time and said: "It's been a while since I saw you, you are getting more beautiful."

Scarlet felt that Jurochou was hiding something but was not able to perceive it.

Sasuke the said "It looks we are done with the greetings so let's get down to the business. Lord Hokage asked us to get the mission details from you."

Jurochou then says "Do you guys know about Todoroki Taisha?"

All of them remained silent, he asked them to sit and then said "Everything started with a legend from a long time ago that when we dedicate the treasure balls of Ryuko to Todoroki Taisha the storm will be settled. Now it is an event that is conducted for every four years. Initially, it started as an event to dictate the treasure balls, but over time it became a festival where the person who comes first will dedicate them. But recently, it has begun to take on another form. In this port village, Degarashi, there are two clans. We, the Wasabi family and the long-standing Wagarashi family. Though this embarrassing, these two clans were in constant dispute and fought in city boundaries. Things were getting out of control and the people were getting hurts, so to resolve this Daimyo has brought forward this plan that the boss of the city will be chosen by events"

Sakura said "The event is Todoroki Taisha"

Jurochou nods, he pleads "So please help us, we cannot afford to lose to Wagarashi family"

Scarlet asks "So who do we need to protect?"

Jurochou says "That means you accepted the mission" Jurochou claps and Idate appears near the door as he says "Did you call for me boss?"

Scarlet says "Oh do you want to donate more money"

Idate gets pissed off, Jurochou says "So you guys are acquainted, it good then"

Jurochou says "You guys go out, I need to speak to Scarlet about something"

Everyone other than Scarlet went out.

Jurochou looked at Scarlet as he said: "You need to be very careful during the mission" and put a paper near Scarlet.

Scarlet saw that she had a bounty of 15 million and laughed as she said "15 million bounty as a genin, not bad"

Jurochou was startled by her reaction, he thought she would be frightened because of it and would quit the mission but she instead felt happy and proud! Jurochou sighs 'what kind of disciple did you select Tsunade?'

Scarlet took that paper and went out humming.

Elsewhere,

A root ninja came in front of a man who wears a headband of an Earth ninja but was crossed in the middle, indicating that he was a rogue ninja.

After hearing what the root ninja said, he laughed as he said: "15 million, I am coming!"