library chores?[m]

[Noboru]

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name; library duties
rank; d
description; There has been a new shipment of books and scroll to the Library. These books and scroll's have come from the far corners of the known world, offering villagers information to a new range things. But, it seems that there are far too many items for the old, library ladies to sort through and organise onto the shelves. Your mission is to help the lovely librarians in sorting the new material and putting them onto the shelves. This excerise is a great way to improve teamwork.
reward; 25 experience, 500 ryo
minimum shinobi; one
mission status; interminable, credit vegapunk

The genin wished that the mission compound had more..interesting, more action packed missions. Like, actually going off into battle or what not. However, since there weren't many missions left that he hadn't already done he decided to just do a mission that wanted you to help out at the library. He didn't often ready but perhaps he could spend a small amount of time reading some of the books and gain some knowledge. His mother always seemed to read whenever she wasn't busy with housework or when she wasn't helping out the village. Nobu himself didn't really mind reading, he just never really found the time to. More like, he enjoyed sleeping more than he did reading or doing something else. However, he remembered as a kid that his mother used to always read to him every night, to keep him from asking where his father was or why he didn't have a father like the other kids did. It had kept young Nobu's mind distracted with the wonders, story, tails and universe of the books his mother read to him. Plus..his mother's voice had always soothed him to sleep to the point that he fell asleep before she even finished reading the story.

Noboru now stood in front of the library, of which he had only visited a few times throughout his childhood and time at the academy. He had almost forgot what it looked like. He grinned a little, his hands on his hips. This would be fun, not! While he didn't mind reading and books in general because they could be very knowledgeable doing boring chores like helping out the librarian sort through books and put them on the right shelves wasn't his sort of thing. But, he had said that about babysitting and helping bring joy and play to the young children of Kumogakure and it had been a little fun. Plus, he had sort of made a new friend, even though the kid was younger than him. He supposed helping others came with a reward and if it was to help him achieve his goals then he would just have to persevere and make do with what he had or was offered.

He walked forward, up the steps that led up to the door of the library. The door was closed but it was probably unlocked for it was a village building for all to go into. He turned the handle and walked in. He headed towards the desk in the center of the building. The library was a decent size, with book shelves spread out to either side of the desk in the middle of building. There seemed to be someone at the desk, however she had her back turned away from him. "Hey..I'm here to help out here, something about too many books for you to organize," he said. The lady turned around, however, as Nobu was expecting a older looking lady he was greeting by a girl who seemed not much older than he was.

She smiled at him, greeting him. "I'm here to help as well, the librarian Ms. Yoko, had grown tired I told her I could handle things here," she said to him. "However, she'll return later to close up.."

"Oh.. I see. Well, I'm Noboru" he said extending his hand towards her. She was really pretty, he wondered why he hadn't seen her around before. She shook his hand and then set down a book she had been holding to herself. Nobu began to think that this might be worth it. Having a pretty lady to work with made it so much easier to pass the day.

"Natsumi..." she said to him, then looked around. "There are still a lot of books and things to sort through so we have our work cut out, I've stacked some books already that need to be put on the shelves. I'll sort through them and let you put them on the shelves." she suggested to Nobu.

"Sounds good to me," he said to her, giving her a thumbs up. She then reached down and handed him a stack of about seven books, practically shoving them at him.

"These go over there," she said pointing to the right. She seemed very straight forward. "A to L is over there, M to Z is over there."

Noboru took the books with both of his hands then gave an exasperated look. This might not be as fun as he thought, the girl didn't seem one to strike up random conversation with him or really want to talk to him at all. He went to the side of the building she had pointed to, looking at the last name of the books he was carrying. This would be the start to a boring day full of putting books back where they were supposed to go. How fun.

[Noboru]

Noboru had already been at this library business for thirty minutes and it had already become extremely boring to him to the point that it was repetitive. Plus, it was very quiet accept for when Noboru asked where these books went or where these scrolls went. The girl, Natsumi, rarely talked only on the occasion that she needed him to do something or another. He began to think that it might have been better to have been stuck with the librarian herself, though she would probably nag him, complain that he was doing something wrong and be overall rude to him..though he was probably stereo typing and actually now that he thought about it he'd rather be stuck with this girl than some nag librarian who told him to be quiet by ushering sshhh every time he made even a single noise. He would just have to try and strike up some conversation with the girl.

And what other way to do it besides asking her, "So do you like books?" real smooth Noboru. She'd probably arrive at the conclusion that he was trying to talk to her, though the silence had been a bit awkward. They were two individuals alone doing library chores in almost complete silence.

The girl looked up at Noboru from what she was doing, "They're practically my life," she said to him as she flipped through another book and then set it in a stack of books. She had a few stacks surrounding her, and even though Noboru had put away a few of the stacks already they never seemed to stop rising.

"Oh, I see. My mom used to read to me, but other than that I can't say I really enjoy books," he said to her being truthful. He was always polite with woman, even though he was usually the jokester, well had been known for being one. However he seemed to have outgrown that part of him.

She smiled and continued with her work, almost as if she didn't want to talk to him anymore. However after looking at two more books she spoke, "I guessed when you first arrived that this was merely a chore for you..something from the Raikage. But, you're not as stuck up as the other ninjas," she said to him as she placed another book into a different stack this time though. Noboru was a bit susprised by her words, but took another stack that had grown taller since he had taken previous books before.

"Stuck up, eh?" he asked, grinning some. He proceeded to put the books away on the shelves.

"Even though you seemed like you didn't want to do this, you didn't really complain. Where as others would have complained... its hard to find people to help out around the village, well those that are willing but occasionally a shinobi such as yourself comes along.

Noboru couldn't help but smile at the girl's words. He continued to put the books away, occasionally striking up conversation with the girl. Whether it was something about books, or what they did in general. Another half hour passed by, then it began to get even later...

[Noboru]

Noboru decided to stay until all the items were put on the shelves and the library itself was in decent and clean shape. As the time went on, he didn't seem to mind helping out anymore. The girl made it worthwhile. She had become a bit more friendly with him. He made her smile and even laugh a few times as they conversed about random topics. As he was stacking some scrolls on a table he asked, "So would you recommend any books?" he asked as he finished stacking them and walked back to the main desk.

"There's thousands of books in here, whether they are novels or actual fact. You might be interested in reading some bit about the village's history, its interesting and some information in the books mightn't be something you knew or learned in the academy," she explained to him as she was organizing some papers on the librarian's desk. He watched her as she placed the papers in neat stacks on the desk.

"I'll check it out sometime I have free time," he said to her, his hands on his hip as he turned around and looked at the library. It was much neater than when he had first come in. There had been boxes of books that had been shipped here. They had done a good job and Nobu was impressed himself. He probaby wouldn't have been able to do this without Natsumi's help. He also felt that he had achieved something today even though he hadn't really expected to achieve much today since doing library work wasn't that great of an achievement. And even though he had been stuck here for a few hours it actually didn't feel that long when you had someone to talk to.

As he looked around he turned back to the girl, "Seems we're done, ya?" he asked. He didn't really feel like leaving, even though he sort of had some prior engagements to go to later. The girl nodded and smiled. Just then the door to the library opened and they both turned their attention towards the doorway. In walked the librarian who was a woman with brown hair with a few gray streaks, showing that she was indeed aging. She had glasses on her face and was carrying a few books in her arms. She looked towards the two, "Wow, wonderful work..Ah, whose this?" she asked as she walked closer to the two.

"He came in awhile after you left, he's been helping me," Natsumi explained, then looked towards Noboru. "He's been a good sport in helping me, I probably would have been here another hour or two if he hadn't arrived," she added.

Noboru nodded his head. "Ah, it was nothing," he said, relaxing some on the desk behind him. He pretended it was a piece of cake, but it had been a bit tiresome to put away all of those books. The two cleaned up a little more and the librarian thanked them for their help again. They left the library and as they were about to go their separate ways Nobu asked her some, "Can I walk you home? These streets can be pretty dangerous ya know," he said. It was around four o'clock and the sun was out. The girl smiled and Noboru raised his hands behind his head, waiting for her reply.

"Sure, but don't get any ideas that I am going to go out with you," she said to him and he was a bit startled but caught himself.

"W-wha?" he asked, looking at her as he rubbed his head. "Of course not..!" he announced after. "I, I was just being a gentleman.." he said trying to recover his cool. Smooth.

The girl giggled but let him take her home. It wasn't that long to her place and he said goodbye. Saying that he'd hope to see her around. He then went home, grinning the whole way home. Today was a pretty good day~

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