Hey there! Sorry for not updating so long. I got a couple of days break so finally I can add on a new chapter. Here it is!
Konan stopped abruptly on a branch and scouted over the horizon. Not far from there was a small village, of which she had come across a few times before. She already had plans in her mind. First, she will lay low for a while until she had managed to gather supplies and weaponries she needed. To face the Hokage's apprentice, she will have to be extra ready.
She jumped down and landed on her feet on the ground. Time to put on a disguise. Konan had changed her training attire to something more normal. She had put on a forest green kimono and her blue hair dyed black. Her shuriken holster and kunai pouch hidden beneath the clothes.
Clutching a basket filled with flowers in one hand she approached the gate. As expected, two guards blocked her way, one of them even fingering his holster mockingly. "Where do you think you are going?" ask the one with wild brown hair and a long scar on one cheek.
"Oh, sorry. I was thinking about spending some time here. I have never been here before, but it is very beautiful," Konan had made sure she put on her best innocent voice. It must have worked since they let her pass. Another guard inside the gate told her to write her name down in the record book, which means she had to think of a name, fast. 'Wazana……Miwako,' that name suddenly popped into her mind.
"So, Miwako-chan! You are thinking of what to do in this village? If you want some fun, you will be going to need the right person," he cocked an eyebrow seductively, or so he thought. "Thanks for the offer, but I am not interested. Maybe you can have some jolly good time with that depressed friends of yours," she pointed at the guards on the gate, before turning around and walked away.
The village was quite traditional. The road was not from pavement, and the buildings were almost entirely from woods. A large fountain was placed in the heart of the village, with all the important places in the village around it. This included the only inn in the village. Konan wanted a nice, warm bath and a good, restful sleep more than anything else at that moment. She had been travelling for three days straight from the base and would appreciate an opportunity to have some rest.
The inn was not as bad as she thought. Instead of gloomy and dark like the shops next to it, the lobby was very bright. A small fountain was put in the middle of the lobby and a long wooden bench was pushed up against the wall on the right side. A large calligraphy art was hung on the wall in the left side and a tall potted plant was stashed in one corner. Overall, the inn offered a warm sense of welcome.
She went straight for the counter where a short, plump woman with healthy looking rosy cheeks looking over the record book. "Yes, miss. May I help you?" she asked with a smile. "I would like to rent a room please," she faked a smile in order to maintain her disguise. "Well, you sure are lucky. The rooms are fully booked but one of our customers seems like he would like to cancel his reservation. You can take his room in that case," 'Miwako' nodded and reached for a pen to write down her name, but someone snatched it away before she can even put the tip on the paper.
"You can take his room if he decided not to come. Unfortunately, he had arrived and would like to have his room," the man said casually, playing the pen between her gloved fingers. "Sir, I don't know your problem but my problem right now is that I want a room," she said sternly and attempted to reach for the pen from his hand.
He moved away and appeared on her other side. "Sir, I am really sorry. But you were three hours late and I had given your room to this young lady-". "I was late but I am still here and I still want my room. She can spend the night in any guy's house but me unfortunately. Not a single girl will allow me to spend a might over at their place. Now, who should get the room?" he moved forward and wrote down his name. Konan yanked away the pen and the book from him. "Me, myself and I! Not you, I'm sorry," she cross out his name and put on her fake name before he snatched it from her again.
"Troublesome. This girl is as stubborn as a donkey," her heightened sense of hearing caught his mutterings. "You called me a what?" she asked dangerously, her fingers tapping the table as a warning. "I didn't say anything. Why would I call a lioness like you a donkey? I mean-". "That's it! You are asking for it!" she was about to draw out her kunai when something glistening on his forehead that caught her attention. A Konoha Hitai-ate, which means he was a Konoha shinobi.
Konan is meeting someone new. Who would it be? Any guesses?
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