Author's Note: Yeah yeah, it's been all full of love and stuff for the past four chapters... Where is the action? (Not the current type in the story, the type in like action films and stuff! xD) It begins in this chapter folks and a new character is introduced, a wonderful potty-mouth and fiend of the sake variety, Ruri Hakaitsu!
Chapter Five: Remember The Name
A girl sat at the bar fiddling with the small mug of sake before her, humming songs she could hardly remember the names of and her black eyes staring into the liquid within blankly before lifting it to her lips and gulping it in a quick shot. She pressed her vibrant purple hair behind her ear, it came to about her shoulders, it used to be longer but she'd cut it ages ago having gotten frustrated with the maintenance of it. She heaved a sigh and poured herself another glass prior to noticing that someone was taping her shoulder, at that she turned with another mug-full of sake at her lips. Seeing who it was, she practically spewed it across the room, the woman before her dodged it and smiled nervously at her.
"Why hello, Ruri-san!" The dark-haired woman said with nervous laughter, rubbing the back of her head.
"Oi, Shizune-chan, you startled me..." Ruri said, in a slightly drunken manner, then after a moment her eyes bugged out and she realized why Shizune had come,"Oh no no no! Not a mission... Oi, it's late, please Shizune-chan, don't make me go... I like my sake!"
Shizune smiled lightly to the girl with the crazy and vibrant hue of purple for hair, and nodded. The Godaime Hokage requested that she find Ruri Hakaitsu and order her presence in the Hokage's office immediately, it was a late-night mission, but Ruri was to be the mission's head. She was up-to-par with Shikamaru Nara when it came to strategizing and analyzing, but he was busy, and the Hokage needed someone just as good as he was with such things. Shizune sighed at Ruri's pleading black eyes, it was clear the girl liked her day off, but this was an important mission and it needed to be done quickly and thoroughly, which is why the Hokage had chosen Kyoko Masuda's former team for the ones to accompany Ruri for this mission.
"I'm sorry, Ruri, but you have to... Hokage-sama desires me to bring you back with me to her office so she can relay the mission to you." Shizune smiled again, trying to put some ounce of cheer in Ruri's face.
"Agh! The sake, Shizune-neechan! The sake, goddamnit! There are only so many nights that I can get shitfaced..." Ruri sulked and nodded sadly to Shizune, gulping the last bit of her sake and placing the money on the bar, nodding to the tender with a heavy and angered sigh.
The two wandered out of the bar and followed Konoha's darkened streets for what seemed to Ruri, to be forever and a half. What the fuck? She thought to herself quite angrily. Am I the only available fucking Jounin tonight or some shit? I don't want a mission right now, I want to be so shitfaced I don't know where I am! She crossed he arms behind her head as she walked on, staring up at the darkened sky, lit by only a few stars as it wasn't completely pitch black yet. Soon the Hokage sign came into view, then she and Shizune continued into the office and she took a set before the desk. The seated person swivelled the chair to face her, a blonde and beautiful woman who looked to be 25, maybe 30, let her head lean on one hand, the elbow placed on the desk. I would have never pegged her to be over fucking 50 year old. Ruri blinked, thinking in her mind about the Hokage's appearance.
"Shizune-san, you've told her that I called her for a mission, ne?" The blonde woman spoke, still staring at Ruri.
"Hai, Hokage-sama!" Shizune nodded and stepped off to the side.
"Ruri Hakaitsu, skilled Jounin, genius strategist and analyst, extraordinary fighter and utilizer of supplies and team members' abilities." Tsunade looked at Ruri's file, impressed,"Also a potty-mouth and a bit too much of a fan of sake, ne?"
"Sake is a wonderful thing, Hokage-sama," Ruri giggled lightly and smiled to Tsunade.
"Oi, Ruri, I would like you to go to Yukigakure to retrieve a few scrolls from the old Imperial Museum currator there..." She paused, noting the confusion on Ruri's face,"You will need a three-man cell, as there may be this that pose a problem, I will let you head Kyoko Masuda's old cell."
"Hokage-sama! I have no issue with them... but honestly, must it be Yukigakure? The paths there are pretty dangerous right now!" Ruri looked more concerned than anything else.
"Your chosen team can take it on very well! Hateru Makuniri is a fine medical ninja and the other two are aces with defense and weaponry! Misa Nakamura is great with tracking and Kira Kurosaki is one of the best we have in terms foresight, she can see an ambush from miles away." Tsunade stated firmly, her eyes narrowing a moment.
"I sent Raidou, Aoba and Genma to get the other three, they should be here any moment now." Shizune added, then bowed her head to let Tsunade finish.
"You are to stop in Amegakure, they have a scroll we are in need of as well, these scrolls are crucial!" Tsunade emphasized that last word,"I am trusting you and the others... One thing, in Amegakure, it is said there might be a team of Otogakure shinobi, so be careful!"
The doors to the office opened, as the three aforementioned ninja walked in, Misa's face had a sour look and Kira was yawning. Hateru had a fading smile and his hair was a bit wet, but all three were still in their Jounin garb. Misa leaned against the backwall, still pouting, while the other two joined Ruri in sitting before the Hokage's desk. Tsunade sighed at the look on Misa's face, but what she had next to say perked her interest, and she knew it would. As it involved one of Misa's older mission, from a month or so ago.
"As I said, Ruri, there will be a Otogakure team, most likely led by a Kyari Sanako," Tsunade finished, looking to Misa,"You met her not to long ago, I read it in one of your mission reports."
"Yeah, she was a decent fighter... But honestly, I was... busy, shall we say..." Misa huffed, sighing angrily.
"Just cause you and Kitty were doing the nasty doesn't make this mission any less fucking important, Misa..." Ruri grinned menacingly at Misa, who returned the statement with ice-cold eye daggers.
"Misa-san, we all know what you and Kankurou-kun do most nights, it's not news..." Hateru smiled light-heartedly to her, ruffling his wet hair, hoping to dry it a little.
"Ha! Most nights? How about every night!" Kira scoffed at Hateru's words and both he and Ruri snickered.
"Like you've got room, Kira-sama! You think being my neighbored apartment, I can't hear you and Gaara-kun?" Misa eyed her, still pouting, then she looked to Hateru,"And you, missy, you and Neji do it how many times a day, hmmm?"
"That's enough, I do not need the rundown of my village's ninja sex lives, thank you," Tsunade sighed and leaned back in her chair,"Just get to Amegakure! Ruri will relay the details when you all meet at the front gate for departure. Now go get ready!"
The four strolled out of the office and Tsunade heaved a great sigh, those four had given her a slight headache with their little bickering session. Ruri placed her arms crossed behind her head, watching the other three split off towards their places. Both Misa and Kira the same direction, as they live next door to one another and Hateru headed towards the Hyuuga District. She simply headed straight to the center oh Konoha, her apartment was near to the shopping district and the 3 sake bars, in her opinion is was choice settling for her. Having all of Konoha's sake bars as her neighbors, she felt she'd be fine no matter what were to happen in Konoha, as long as those still stood. And her friends stayed safe. She stepped into her aparted and locked the door, following that she gather all possible supplies needed and cleaned herself up, popping a mint in her mouth to relieve the scent of sake leaking from her.
She smiled to herself and decided she was completely ready to go, grabbing her bag and stepping out of her apartment. She locked her door and trotted down the stairs and out the front, she headed off to Konoha's front gate. Where she would then await her team and they'd be off to Amegakure to start this fucking mission. She tried to bite through, she didn't want to fucking do it, but whatever... She had to!