The Great Scroll Heist [Forbidden Fruit Quest]

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Reo arrived in the Village Hidden in the Leaf - Konohagakure - at dusk. He was excited for the mission he was to undertake. As a new Genin, it was unusual to be sent on a mission without one’s Jounin accompanying them. That was what made this mission so special for Reo. Of course, the mission itself was...grey. He’d call it grey in an attempt to convince himself he wasn’t doing a terrible thing.

The reason he was worried that he was doing something terrible is because their mission was to steal the Kinjutsu scroll of Konoha. Suna’s sources had revealed that the scroll had a jutsu on it which would return it to Konoha Headquarters as soon as it left the Fire Country. That’s why their task wasn’t to bring the scroll back to their village. It was to learn jutsu so that they can bring the secrets of the scroll back with them


[154 words, Post 1]

~ Leave ~

Fuu was a lot less worried about the whole being left alone thing, Fuu was also less than concerned that they were going to steal secrets from Konoha as she was always taught not to particularly like the leaf ninja. Besides, they obviously wanted their secrets stolen if they were going to leave them to where an Genin nearly fresh out of academy could get them without stopping them they were kind of asking to be stolen from. On the other hand it was her opinion that this might just be a training drill between the villages and they were just being left in the dark. She wasn’t going to say that out loud though because if she was right it would ruin it and if she was wrong well then, that was a whole different can of worms. Thankfully Fuu would just listen to orders without digging to much into them, and so she got prepared for their dusk time mission.

(162)

Reo had thought long and hard about how they were going to enter the village while they were on the road. He came to the perfect solution; they should just walk in. It had been a long time since the villages were at war and two Genin arriving would hardly cause alarm to be raised. It was actually Shao Hyuuga who helped Reo see that this would work. So, Reo casually approached the doors to the village.

Despite the relative peace between the villages, there was a guard standing there. A ninja telling from his headband, though it wasn’t possible to tell one’s rank from their headband.

“Ho, there. What business do you have in the land of fire

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Fuu took the initiative on this one she had been having to listin to Shao tell her things about the hidden leaf while he was at the village. She had learned something that was easily the best reason for tourism by ninja into the hidden leaf. ”Fuu heard about the best ramen shop in the great kingdoms from her friend! My partner didn’t believe the claim as it stood so we’re here to eat Ichiraku ramen! The same kind that one of the previous hokage liked, and then he’ll know that ichiraku ramen is the best ramen shop in the whole world! Also Fuu wants to try it really bad too.” She finished her little speech to the slightly startled face of the gate watcher.

(125)

The guard stared at Fuu with a puzzled look as she talked - though his face lit up when she mentioned the name Ichiraku. “Oh! I love that place! This’ll surely be worth the trip. You know, my uncle runs the shop. If you really want, I could maybe talk to him about opening up a Suna branch of the ramen shop…”

Reo stared at the guard oddly as he talked. Ramen? Reo had never eaten ramen in his life. Food was for the body. It existed so one could achieve physical perfection. Ramen did not help this. Well, Reo knew he was a terrible liar so he turned his head away just as he saw the guard opening the gate. He kept his silence as he slowly moved through the wooden gate. Though, the young ninja did have to wonder about the scenery. With his head turned, Reo could see green plants everywhere. Trees. Grass. Flowers. It was so unlike Suna that it was amazing.


[post 3: 165 words]

Fuu giggled at the guard as they passed and turned to Ryo rolling her eyes as the scene finally caught up because he wasn’t looking forward. ”Ryo we’ve been past the barrier of where everything is sand for like, forever have you really just been focused on the road this whole time? Nevermind we have some time to kill before nightfall I say we follow through with my little suggestion. That ramen shop is on the way anyhow.” She skipped forward and walked backwards so that she could face him with a smile on her face and not a worry in the world. ”Poker face is an important ninja skill, or maybe that’s just kunoichi? Either way you need to get one” she stuck her tongue out and spun back around to lead them down the street.

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“I was focused on where we are going. I know they say Journey before Destination and all that, but I was determined. It was the first time I had ever left suna and I didn’t want to be lost!” Of course, Fuu was as happy go lucky as ever as she skipped around. Reo closed his mind as he took a few steps and collected himself. She was right. He could have given them all away right then and ruined the mission. What good would he be then?

“Good point. I’ll work on it. Now what, though? Do you have any idea where we need to go?” Reo asked as he looked around them. A villaeg was a village, but ninja villages had a way of being large.


[post 4: 128 words]

Fuu didn’t pause in her skipping as she pointed towards the biggest building in the city. ”I think that Fuu should be able to work her way inside with her particular skills, Fuu practices medical ninjutsu too you know. The hospital is under the offices so that will be our in. Do you know the Transformation technique, it would help but Fuu doesn’t absolutely need you to have it for this to work. Oh and the ramen shop is in the third district” She pointed over in a direction, she was suddenly glad that her dad drilled her in the basics of city planning and how districts worked. A lot of random knowledge that her dad taught her turned out to be important. ”Although most of this stuff is just me guessing and hoping that things work but everything is always some percentage of good luck and a whole lot of hard work.”

(153)

“I do not know the Transformation technique but if you want me to get into the hospital.” Reo reached out to try to grab Fuu’s shoulder as he talked. He wanted her to stop skipping and listen to him seriously. “Then shoot me with whatever you’ve got. I’m a tough person. I can take it. Also, if it helps you be mad enough to hit me with fire, I cannot see you as a Medical Ninja. I am imagining you just burning wounds close. Searing….I don’t know. There’s a word for it.”

Reo braced himself for the impact. This was going to hurt


[post 5: 104 words]