Rem shuffled back into her shop. Kakashi and Guy lumbered in behind her. Once they were inside the two men looked around inside the kimono shop. She could tell that they weren't admiring the shop's aesthetics—they were looking for clues. Making deductions. Looking for strengths and weaknesses. Rem gestured over to her sitting area and the two men sat down. They looked like giants sitting in her small, delicate furniture. Rem gently poured the two men cups of tea. The bitter smell filled the shop.

"Do you mind?" Kikashi asked, holding the letter between his nimble fingers.

"Go ahead." Rem twisted her lip. Yes, she hated ninja. She hated needing help too. But, she was in a bad situation and it looked like those men wouldn't go away anytime soon anyways.

Kakashi opened the letter. "My dear, sweet Rem," Kakashi read out loud. "You did very well polishing your floors last night. Sometimes I think you love that store more than me. It makes me jealous. I see you don't have many customers. Maybe I'll stop and pay you a visit sometime. Take care, my sweet." Kakashi flipped the letter over and looked over at Rem and Guy. "It's unsigned." He placed the letter on the table. Guy picked it up.

Rem stood over in the corner silently. Her hands were folded gently over her obi.

"How long has this been going on?" Guy asked. His whole tone changed to one of serious; he seemed so different than how he was outside with his 'arch rival.' Before, his voice sounded very dynamic but it now sounded serious.

"I've been receiving letters a few times a week for about a month now."

"I won't ask why you didn't report this activity earlier." Kakashi said.

Rem opened her mouth and then shut it again. She had the urge to respond and to say what was really on her mind but she didn't want to come off as rude so she stayed silent.

"Never mind that. We won't let this person's unyouthful activity go unpunished!" Guy stood up. His chair got knocked out from underneath him from the sheer force of his upward leap. Rem winced when she saw the chair hit her polished floor. She reached her hand out and then curled it back in front of her mouth. Guy picked up the chair and sat it back in its upward position.

"I prefer to keep my affairs private." Rem diplomatically stated. "I have kept this situation under control for the last month. However the frequency of the letters have increased as of late."

"Do you have any idea of who might be sending you these letters?" Kakashi asked.

"…No. I don't leave my shop much and I have a very…particular pool of customers that consist namely in nobles." Rem swallowed the lump in her throat. "So no, I don't know who could be doing this."

"Are you sure? Does anyone hold a grudge against you or something?" Guy asked.

"Not that I am aware of." Rem bit her lip. "Maybe this was a bad idea. I-I can solve this myself." Rem walked over to the door and gestured to the exit. "Good day."

Kakashi and Guy exchanged glances and walked over to the door.

"Thank you for the tea; it was delicious." Guy smiled with twinkling tea.

"You are welcome." Rem opened the door. "By your leave."

The two ninja walked out the door. Rem closed it behind them and let out a sigh. She went over to the sitting area and quickly removed the extra tea cups and polished up the sitting area table. She checked the floor for scratch marks to see if the green beast did any damage to her floor. Luckily he didn't. Careless ninja. She thought to herself.

Kakashi leaned his back against the outside store façade. He looked over at Guy, who folded his arms together. The two men were silent until Kakashi spoke up.

"I think there is more to this story than meets the eye." Kakashi said.

"You think so too?"

"Yeah. Look at her behavior. She hardly made eye contact. She looked like she didn't want us to come into the shop. It seemed like she only let us in and showed us the letter to stop our conversation."

"Hmmm…" Guy frowned and placed his hand under his chin. "She looked like she was watching for things out the window."

"Well, Guy, it looks like our contest is still on. I'm curious as to what's going on here."

"Me too. If I don't solve this before you, I'm going to do 1000 laps around Konoha!" He gave Kakashi a bright smile and a 'thumbs up' signal.

Kakashi effortlessly pushed himself off of the wall he was leaning against. He walked over closer to Guy and the two ninja began walking back towards the center of the village to the Hokage's office. Through the corner of Kakashi's eye, he could see Rem watching them walk away from the window of her store.