At 2:59 PM, Ibuki intensely watched at the clock, waiting to get out of her first day of school. The bell rings a minute later and she feels relieved. Ibuki, Sarai, Makoto, and Elena walked outside of school together.
"First day of school was fun wasn't it, guys? We got to see our friends again after a long break!" Elena commented excitedly.
"Sure, that's nice but there were no new good looking guys. Every guys at school right now are just not my type. Maybe I should move to another school to meet cool and handsome guys. Ibuki replied in a bored tone.
"Hey! Don't say that Ibuki!" Sarai shot back.
"That's right! If you leave, who else will put the art of ninjutsu to shame?" Makoto sneered at Ibuki.
"Relax guys! I was just kidding about the whole moving thing. Besides, nobody in this world can put ninjutsu to shame!"
"Hmph! You ninjas are so boring!"
"Ahem, hey Ibuki let's go back to our ninja camp this way. I just found out about this shortcut yesterday." Sarai points out at a turn while trying to break up the heat between Ibuki and Makoto before a fight breaks out.
"Well, we'll be seeing you girls tomorrow. Bye bye!" said Elena while she waves her hand to Ibuki and Sarai.
"Bye!" Ibuki and Sarai waves back at Elena.
A moment later, Ibuki and Sarai finally made it to the camp.
"That was no shortcut, Sarai! I can't believe you got me into following you." Ibuki yelled in front of the camp, but soon interrupted by Yuta, a fellow ninja student .
"Hey Ibuki-chan, Master Enjo and Master Sanjou wants to speak to you... privately." Yuta gave the message with a serious face.
"Huh? What about, Yuta?"
"I don't know. I was just told to bring this message to you."
"Umm... okay. Give me a minute to change to my ninja clothes."
Then, Ibuki goes to her masters' quarters and knocks on the door with her trademark ninja gi.
"Come in, Ibuki." said Master Sanjou.
Ibuki sees both Master Enjo and Sanjou sitting on the floor facing her.
"What do you need from me, sensei?"
"We have a special mission, and we both believe that you are suited for it." Said Master Enjo.
"A group of rebels known as Yggdrasil has requested a skilled infiltrator to retrieve information related to the Mishima Zaibatsu's secret project on developing biological weapons located inside the Mishima Polytechnics High School in Osaka, Japan. They believe if the info are leaked to the whole world, the Mishima Zaibatsu will make a lot more enemies and would put swift actions on arresting Heihachi Mishima, the mastermind behind this scheme, and strengthen the Yggdrasil's cause. Heihachi Mishima will also be your new principal." Master Sanjou explained.
"Osaka? That's very far from here! Wait, what do you mean by new principal! You're not saying-."
"I'm afraid that you will have to transfer to that school. You might have to stay there for a while starting tomorrow."
"What! Tomorrow! That's not fair! Why didn't you tell me about this before? Can you at least let me bring Sarai?"
"We just received this request today while you are at school, and it is an urgent matter that cannot be delayed for long. Also, bringing Sarai won't be possible. You know that she is still less experienced than you. Bringing her would be dangerous for her and the mission. You have been enrolled in that school and you will live with the rebels. A true ninja must be able to cope with uncertainties."
"I still don't understand why this matters so much." Ibuki complained, unenthusiastic about the mission.
"Ibuki, I know this is hard for you to accept now, but Japan... no, the world needs to know what Heihachi is doing right now. His corruption can deliver destruction in this world. You will be able to return here and your old school after the mission is done." Master Enjo tries to persuade Ibuki on accepting the mission.
Ibuki thinks about Master Enjo on how he saved her from a life of a perfect assassin and gave her the privilege of having a normal life of a teenage girl. She would feel bad if she rejects this mission.
"Ok, I will accept the mission. I will need time to be prepared for tomorrow."
"Before you go, I want you to go over these two dossiers. One is Heihachi, and the other is Lars Alexandersson, the rebel group leader. Don't let anyone see this but you." Master Enjo hands out the classified documents to Ibuki.
"Can I tell my friends that I am leaving?"
"If you mean Sarai, Makoto, and Elena, then yes. They did help protect our village from Geki clan in the past after all. But you cannot tell anyone else. You may also bring anything you wish for this mission. Remember, you want to be perceived as a regular student. I will excuse you and Sarai from training today. Spend your last day with your friends well."
"Yes master, thank you very much." Ibuki leaves the room.
Ibuki heads to her room and Don-chan runs up to her.
"Hey Don-chan..." said Ibuki with a frown on her face, which also made her pet tanuki sad.
"To be honest, I'm still not thrilled about this new mission sensei gave me, especially on the fact that I have to leave my friends for a while including you Don-chan, but I couldn't refuse. I don't want to disappoint Master Enjo. He gave me opportunities to experience life of a normal teenage girl after all." Ibuki's pet tanuki began to climb on her trying to comfort her and to make every second he will spend time together on her last day at the village counts.
Ibuki still holds the two dossiers on her hand. Trying to suppress her sadness, she decided to check out the documents before hanging out with her friends.
"Well, I suppose I should see what's up with these guys. Let's start with the guy I'll work with." She opened the folder with a small amount of paper. Ibuki first noticed a full body picture of Lars.
"Wow, he's pretty cute, but his outfit doesn't match him at all. His hair is pretty wild too, wilder than mine, in fact." Don-chan looks at Lars's picture and is interested.
"Hee-hee. Don-chan, you know that I can't let anyone see this other than me, right?" Don-chan is beginning to show fear after her joking remark.
"Nah, don't worry about it. Nobody here understands you but me anyway." Don-chan became relieved.
"Now let's continue with this Lars guy. Former leader of the Tekken Force who formed a coup on the Mishima Zaibatsu. Trained from his youth and shows excellent fighting prowess and leadership skills. His charisma and willingness to fight alongside his comrades made him a popular leader. Wow, this Mishima Zaibatsu must be messed up if it has a group of its own members trying to take over them. Lars sounds pretty strong too, he sounds like my type of guy, and I could probably overlook his silly Saturday morning cartoon outfit and his crazy hair." Ibuki blushed while reading, commentate, and daydreaming at the same time.
"Let's move on to the bad guy." She opened a thick file containing Heihachi Mishima's information.
"This guy must be notorious to have such big files." Again, Ibuki noticed a picture first, and she is repulsed from what she sees.
"Yuck, an old guy! He got the crazy hairdo too. I hope that Lars is not related to this creep. OK, I already have a conclusion about this old geezer. First, his thick file makes him a dangerous man. Second, his ugly mad face makes him a person that I would hate to deal with. Third, the fact that he will be my new principal totally ruined the mood. That's it; I don't want or plan to read about this guy anymore!" Don-chan expressed his agreement by nodding.
"I need to find and meet up with Sarai. I feel like I need to get that anomaly out of my head. Bye Don-chan!" Ibuki walks out of her room.