As a normal civilian from the Hidden Leaf Village, I live in as much peace as there is possible. I live outside of the village's walls and keep to myself, only going into town to sell the fruits and vegetables I grow on my plantation. I never became a ninja, but I can use the very basic techniques like the clone jutsu. After all, I own a very large plantation and it would be hard to maintain it by myself. I'm not much of a fan about fighting either, but since I live outside the village, I don't see much action. On the occasion some ninjas will be on a trip to tor from the village and I'll give them some food for the journey.
Although I don't live in the village, I hear all of the gossip that happens in the village. I have never met any of the subjects of interest, even if I had I never ask for names. I've found a long time ago that it's better to not know anything.
I was in my garden, in the rows of diakons, when I saw a group of ninja walking in the distance towards the Leaf Village. They were about a mile up, so I figured I could finish watering the daikon patch I was currently in. When I finished, they were within shouting distance so that's what I did.
"Hey! You four!"
"Who us?" The spikey haired blond teenager asked. Now that I could see them, I noticed the blond had really dazzling cerulean eyes, and whisker shaped scars on his cheeks. There was a pastel pink haired kunoichi who had really pretty mint green eyes.
"Well, you're the only four are the only four I see walking around." I said with a smile.
"Can we help you?" Asked who I'm assuming their sensei is. He stood at the same height as the blond shinobi. His head donned spikey brown hair with a metal face plate that framed his face with the leaf emblem stuck in the middle.
"Not really, I was just wondering if you'd like to join me for dinner."
"You must be Sayuri."
"That is correct"
"Uhhhh, sensei, who is she?"
"Lady Tsunade comes out to visit every once in a while." The pink haired kunoichi said.
"Why would Granny Tsunade come all the way out here?"
"An escape probably." I piped. "She can escape her Hokage duties and drink some sake. Anyways, if you've got some extra time, I have more than plenty to go around for supper."
"I don't see why we wouldn't be able to."
"Follow me, right this way then." I smiled grabbing my watering can and tarp of weeds, leading them to my little cottage. "The stew should be finishing up any minute, let me just take these weeds to my burn pit."
My home could probably be compared to a shack compared to the houses on the inside of the wall. But I found my little shake comfortable. A wooden fence has been placed around all of my land on the outside, then there is an additional fence surrounding just my home. Not that I like protection, because I am pretty sure no one cares much about my fields of growing vegetables, I just like the look of the double fences.
I went around the back of my cottage and emptied the tarp into a large fire pit. At the end of the harvesting season, I burn all of the weeds, so I don't accidently burn my crops. Coming back to the front of the cottage, I dropped the watering can off at the picnic table by the front door. I entered my cottage and I saw the ninja observing the inside. From the looks on the outside, the cottage looks barely big enough to fit four people, but with the proper arranging we were all able to fit inside comfortably. The hearth held a large pot of stew, big enough to probably fill armies of hungry teenage boys.
"All right friends, take a seat and I'll serve dinner." I exclaimed.
Everyone took their seats around the small table. The blond closest to me, then their sensei, across from the blond sat the pink haired kunoichi, then the short black haired crop top ninja next to her. I filled one bowl at a time, handing it to the blond and telling him to pass it down. Soon everyone had a bowl and I filled one for myself, I took a seat in between the sensei and the crop top ninja.
"I harvested all the veggies and spices, so I hope it's delicious and to your liking. Bon appetite." I exclaimed.
"Thank you for the food" the ninjas said in unison, preparing to chow down.
"Wow that was good!" The blond shouted out once he finished his bowl. "I can see why Granny comes out here!"
"Well thank you." I said eating my last few spoons of broth.
"So what do you do? Invite just any random ninja in for a bowl of stew? What's the catch?" The pink haired kunoichi asked.
"No catch. I'm a happy little farm girl who enjoys filling hard working ninja's bellies after long and hard missions. And I don't invite just any ninja. I invite only friendly looking ninjas. If they look like assassins, I let them be on their way. They might ask for something to eat so I'll give them some carrots or something. Only enough to hold them off and make them leave me alone." I explained.
"Well, I hate for us to eat and run, but the Hokage is waiting for the report on the latest mission."
"No problem! Tell Lady Tsunade I said hello and not to be a stranger."
"Thank you, Sayuri!" The pink haired kunoichi bowed, respectfully.
"The food was delicious!" The blond shouted,
"Your hospitality was very generous." The crop top ninja said with a smile.
"You're all very welcome and feel free to stop by again." I said with a large smile, waving at them, as they stepped outside of the gate to the road to the village. "All right, time to finish watering the daikons." I told to myself, feeling slightly re-energized.
I grabbed the watering can off of the picnic table and went back to work.
"Sayuri, you're going to start school at the academy soon." A woman with short red hair said to her daughter.
"But mom, I don't want to be a ninja. I don't want to take part in the fighting." A small Sayuri told her mother. "I don't want to cut my hair short and come home all beaten up every day."
"Oh Sayuri, being a ninja is much more than that. You get to defend the very village that helped your father and I raise you."
"I don't want to be a ninja." I told her a little more firmly.
"Sayuri. You're going to the ninja academy and that is that. Your father and I will not pay to send you to civilian school for the rest of your life."
"But.."
"No buts. I am not raising a civilian, I will raise a ninja."
"Another dream like that, huh" I murmured to myself. I looked at the clock and realized I should be getting up just about now to work in the garden, since it was five-thirty. So I got up and found a decent set of clothes to work in. I went into the bathroom and splashed water on my face to wash the sleep out of my eyes. "All right. Another long day of making my plants happy." I said looking into the mirror and smiling.