Heeey~ Sup? I'm good, thanks for asking. Anyway, here's the next chapter, it's kinda filler-y, but I felt it needed to be like that. Hope you enjoy it anyway.
Legend: nothing this time. Enjoy knowing the meaning of every word in this chapter.
Posting for the second time beacause fuck you online spell check for screwing me over. Funny thing Hanzo the salamander was corrected to Heinz the Salamander... He makes the best ketchup, like seriously.
"So, little missy, what's the plan?" Jiraiya spoke out as we reached the gate. We were bypassing the line of civilians and going straight to the little booth where two chuunin sat. I couldn't help but notice that it didn't contain Izumo and Kotetsu... That actually says a lot about the timeline. Jiraiya seems to be overly acquainted with the entry process, so I ll just let him handle that. I hand him my traveling documentation.
''Well... I was thinking I should go and meet the Hokage. I was thinking along the way on what I should do from now on and I came to the idea of opening up a tea shop, with a special room for tea ceremonies of course, it is one of my specialties.''
''Is that so? Well you came to the right place, then. We can go straight to the Hokage and get you signed up in the civilian register and you can submit the documents for the permit for your tea shop.''
''That would be great, Jiraiya-sama.'' I look up at him with a smile. Thanks to this oaf I won't have to wait days, or even months, just to get an audience with the Hokage. What tea house? You might be asking yourself right about now. Well... I do need a cover for my business. The thing is, when Saeko said that my debt was paid in full, she meant that all of my previous payments are returned to me, that, along with the money I earned on the side, leaves me with quite a lot of money actually. Lucky.
So, I'm perfectly capable of buying a place and turning it into what I need. I could have my own fancy place tea house. I would, of course, use the knowledge from my previous life in terms of desserts and teas, that will attract customers and spread the word about me. This is important because I intend not to be in Konoha more then I have to. My shop will be located just outside Konoha, on a well traveled and popular road that civilians and ninja alike frequent. That way I can have customers of all sorts, for both of my businesses.
By this point Jiraiya has already passed one long line of people, and is leading me to the other. The Hokage tower. As Jiraiya is talking my previous suspicions are confirmed as I look up at the Hokage mountain. There are three heads carved there, with the current Hokage being Sarutobi Hiruzen. This also works in my favor because most of my knowledge is of the following years. Also lucky.
We are taking the winding stairs that go up and around the red and white beehive wannabe. As soon as we enter Jiraiya is throwing hello's out like candy. At this point he's really popular. You see, despite my freakout earlier, I do actually have a sense of the time and place things are happening right now, I had it since I first saw Jiraiya in the hall in front of my not-mothers room. Just the fact that things were going outside of my expectations threw me for a loop, and I panicked. I began to doubt my knowledge. But I came to, the sole fact that my mother wasn't Chihiro but someone else shouldn't be that important in the whole scheme of things. Same for me leaving the brothel earlier then planned.
On the day that I saw Jiraiya, judging by his hair length, the lack of age shown in his face, his exuberance... This all means that the Jiraiya that I met on that day was the Jiraiya before he became one of the sannin, before he faced off against Hanzo the Salamander. It turns out he hasn't even begun the whore intel gathering thing. I'm stealing his idea and copyrighting it to my name.
And now is obviously after that, the war is over, the second one that is, more are to come. This means that Sakumo has committed suicide, Kakashi is on a team with Obito and Rin with Minato as their sensei. Soon enough the third war will come, and the whole shebang of Obito giving his eye to Kakashi and him killing the bijuu possessed Rin... I definitely wont be in Konoha for that. This means that Kakashi is like, six years old. It also means that the war will start in maybe a year, if I'm lucky.
Sooner if I'm not. It will last for like two years, after that Minato is promoted to Hokage, Naruto is born and then the whole Kyuubi deal. God, I so do not want to be in Konoha right now, but it is the safest place when considering security... Maybe I should hold off building my tea house business until after the Kyuubi destroys most of Konoha. Yeah, maybe...
We are waiting for the secretary to announce our presence to the Hokage. It reminds me of going to see my principle in high school. I'm withholding information that may very well save thousands of lives. But, giving that away doesn't work in my favor. If I change things too soon all of my knowledge may become obsolete. But the fact that the third war has not even begun yet... It means my plans will have to wait. But I already told Jiraiya of my plans to start the tea house business, that may have been a mistake... But I ll figure it out, like immediately, we have just entered the Hokage office.
Said Hokage is still looking at the papers laid out in front of him. We are left to stand there as-
"Hey old man! I'm back!" ...Or not.
"Yes Jiraiya, I can see that."
"I wonder how since you haven't actually raised your head since we came in."
At that the Hokage raised his head and with a raised eyebrow asked "We?"
"Yeah, we. This is Mitsuki-chan. She want's to live in Konoha so I brought her here."
I can see the Hokage heaving a big sigh at that. Looks like we trampled all over the usual protocol. Oh well.
"It is is a pleasure to make your acquaintance Hokage-sama, I am Mitsuki of Tanzaku." I introduce myself while giving a deep bow to the Hokage. As I straighten out I can see him looking skeptically at me, and then at Jiraiya, back and forth a couple of times before asking
"Please don't be offended by my asking Mitsuki-chan, but are you pregnant?"
I can see Jiraiya doing a double take before trying to stutter out an answer to that. I beat him to it.
"No, Hokage-sama, I... am unable to have a child." Because I'm a dude.
"I see. Then what is your purpose of being here?"
"I came to Konoha to have a better life, Hokage-sama. I also believe that I will be safer here than I was in Tanzaku town. I also... I have wanted to open a tea shop. I know that that will need a lot of work and money, and it will take time, but I am prepared to work for my dream Hokage-sama." That's right, I'm spewing your will of fire bullshit right back at ya. Can you deny a pretty lady her dream?
"Hmm, I see... " He must see really well for his age.
"Very well then. You can take the required forms from my secretary out front and bring them filled out to me on Wednesday at 11 o'clock."
"Thank you very much Hokage sama!"
"Welcome to Konoha, Mitsuki-chan."
"Yes!"
That actually went rather well, I think. I bow to the Hokage again, and once to Jiraiya, and promptly get my ass out. I have an apartment to hunt.
I greet the secretary, asking her for the forms I need to fill out.
"I'm sorry miss, but do you think you can help me with one more thing?"
"Of course dear, what is it?"
"Well, I'm actually looking for an apartment, but I don't know where to even start..."
I make sure to arrange my face to look pitiful.
"Oh dear! Why didn't you say so!" I just did. "Here you go. This here has all the listings for the available apartments, their location and price range. If you get lost be sure to ask for help! You're going to be a citizen of Konoha soon, we treat our people really well."
"Oh thank you so much! You have been a great help to me."
"No problem dear. Be sure to come say hi when you come in on Wednesday."
"Of course. Bye~!"
Social interactions drain me off my will to live sometimes... I think I just got cavities with how obnoxiously sweet I was being, but never mind, I got what I needed. Time to go hunting.
As I walk around Konoha I see just how many people are here, all milling about, no face looking different to me. Until I see a blur on the rooftops. If I wasn't also able to do that I would probably be cursing them. I mean, is roofhopping awesome or what? And-oh! Here's the first prospective apartment.
Near the center, large building so I'll have many snoopy neighbors, but also looks a bit high end, the price too.
Next, I decide as I continue my trek closer to the walls. More ninja are going to be living there. That might be a good or a bad thing, depends on how I play it. But all in all, there are probably more benefits than not. So ninja dwellings it is.
After a 15 minute walk I arrive at the next location. Now, this is what I'm talking about. A park close by, local shops, ninja roofhopping all over the place, smaller buildings-less neighbors. Let's go and meet the landlord.
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So... I got the apartment. It's nice, not really big, and relatively cheap. I also got a discount on the account of me being a young girl living all alone, boo hoo.
The good thing about this place is that both my neighbors are ninja, that way I can already start building my network of information. Without them knowing anything about it, of course.
Time to unpack then, and go eat something, I'm starving. After that buy furniture, maybe paint the walls a different color, buy tea sets... Hmm, I kinda feel like a bachelor in his first apartment. It's kind of nice, being normal for a change. If this wasn't the world of Naruto it would probably be an everyday thing... But since it is, it just means that I have to get all the mundane things done and over with as soon as possible, and get on with the plan. I've been thinking of studying fuuinjutsu on the side, I also need to secretly practice what shishou taught me. It won't do to get out of shape.
Haaa... Looks like my life is about to get a lot busier. But that's okay though, monotony is a killer, I might be a normal person in this abnormal world but that doesn't mean that I won't come out on top in the end. I just need to play the game right, and making everyone think of me as that cute girl doing tea ceremonies and chatting up the cute ninja boys... Well, it's just the first step of many.
Is it too bland? I don't know... I'll try and make the next chapter the bomb, and spoiler alert: we're meeting Kakashi! yaaay.
