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"I'm almost done here, you can stay the night, I want the blade to feel familiar to you by tomorrow."

"Sounds good."

Hotarubi spent the rest of that day watching the blacksmith go to work, the proverbial chime of metal harshly banging against metal reverberated, hot, amber sparks showering the air with each strike. The room soon became extremely hot, causing Hotarubi to rid herself o her jacket. Most of her time was laying on the floor, but she made sure to lay far enough so that she was not mistakenly burned by the jumping sparks on accident.

"So, how long have you been doing this kinda stuff?"

The question came abruptly from the freckled face girl, hers shut as night encroached, stalking the once blue skies. Nightfall would come soon enough. "For about Fifteen years.My father taught me when I was younger, prolly about your age."

Hotarubi's stomach would slowly elevate with each breath she took, the pale, long scar across her belly tingled from the touch of the air directly hitting it. Hotarubi was excited for tomorrow, she hadn't spared anyone before, she did all her training alone and to be honest she didn't expect to be assigned a mission with actual conflict for quite sometime. It just felt like she could let loose, even if the fight wasn't one of danger.

"Finished Hotarubi!"

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Name: Enguard
Rank: C
Repeatable: Once per PC
Description: A local businessman and craftsman is attempting to promote his excellent craftsmanship. In a show of good sportsmanship, a rival craftsman shop has been issued a challenge. A friendly spar between two contestants to see whom's weaponry and creation was the best. Our client has reason to believe that they will be fighting dirty, as they have hired a rather dangerous individual to participate as their sponsor. Take on the competition as the client's sponsor, using a special katana, crafted to be unbreakable.
Obective: Fight as our client's represenative and prove his craftsmanship is best.
Reward: 50 EXP and 1,000 Ryo plus a C rank Katana. (While supplies last)

On with the next mission Hotarubi Arashiyama was assigned to take, she was already darting out her open window with the grace and lithe movements of a veteran alley cat. Her trademark red jacket fluttering freely in the breeze, her white tank top, lifting up, exposing her naked stomach to the cool air. With her heels hitting the rooftops she took off, breaking into a steady stride whilst, pinning her hair up and placing bands to restore back her usual pig-tails.

'This mission should be a lot more fun than the last...'

She thought as her mind traveled back, back into the memory of her receiving and accepting the mission. Her task was to meet up with a local businessman and craftsman who wanted to promote their work in a show of skill with a blade, it'd be a friendly sparring match to see who's forgery skills were best, but the opposition wouldn't be fighting fair, so thats why it was Hotarubi's duty and mission to take on the dangerous man hired, and prevail for her client. And Hotarubi had no plans of losing because of some underhanded schemes.

'Seems I'm already here!'

Leaping over the edge, Hotarubi slid down the walls of the alley way, her feet touching the earth with a soft thud. Her destination was a small crafting shop, but when the blond walked in, the smell of smoldering iron and steel was strong, pervading her sense of smell. It was overwhelming. Loud, thrumming sounds echoed, it was the sound of a hammer striking steel. Following it she saw a young man, his hair tied into a pony-tail, sleeves rolled up, dressed in villagers clothing. Approaching with caution she gulped before speaking.

"Um hello sir, you requested the assistance of a shinobi?"

SPOILER: Click to show

Name: Enguard
Rank: C
Repeatable: Once per PC
Description: A local businessman and craftsman is attempting to promote his excellent craftsmanship. In a show of good sportsmanship, a rival craftsman shop has been issued a challenge. A friendly spar between two contestants to see whom's weaponry and creation was the best. Our client has reason to believe that they will be fighting dirty, as they have hired a rather dangerous individual to participate as their sponsor. Take on the competition as the client's sponsor, using a special katana, crafted to be unbreakable.
Obective: Fight as our client's represenative and prove his craftsmanship is best.
Reward: 50 EXP and 1,000 Ryo plus a C rank Katana. (While supplies last)

The day slowly but surely shifted into a much darker scene, nights veil encroaching upon the day. Hotarubi had lost track of time with each bowl of ramen she prepared. She had already served so many people their faces started looking the same. How could that woman do this day after day? Dread showed in her eyes as the time started ticking by painfully slow that it seemed paint would dry before she would even begin to be finished with her work for today.

(smiling) "Order up! Thank you for your patronage!"

Handing another bowl to the customer, Hotraubi watched him woof it down with vigor, savoring each bite; however she wasn't so fond as before. The once intoxicating aroma was now a complete turn-off to Hotarubi, who really could put her food away when starving, but now, she'd made so much ramen, she was utterly sick of it for the day. Back to work, she began to boil the noodles and fry the pork that'd go with it. Perhaps the easiest thing was the broth. All she had to do was add in each measurement of ingredients as instructed and let it simmer for a fixed amount of time before coming all of it together.

"I see your working hard!"

"Your back, how did it go?"

"Good, and seems like your doing wonderful,look at these stuffed belly and satisfied faces!"

The last hour was slow, and the shop only got a handful of customers. Most of the time the owner was busy putting all the stuff she'd bought up, so Hotarubi continued serving until the shop closed. From there all she did was wash dishes, and finally she had finished a hard day of work, but the feeling of accomplishment, more than made up for her physical labor. "Thank you for your help today Hotarubi."

"Your welcome, just happy I could help!"

With that Hotarubi set out once more onto the streets of Konoha, with her mission complete!

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Name: Ramen, ramen, ramen!!!!
Rank: D
Repeatable: Yes
Description: The new Ichiraku Ramen shop is always bustling with business. As such, they often times run out of ingrediants and help with making enough ramen for their hungry customers. Run by only two people they occasionally need the assistance of the ever so energetic shinobi of Konoha.
Obective: Help the shop owners make and deliver ramen to their humble and hungry customers while they are out collecting ingrediants for more.
Reward: 20 EXP and 500 Ryo

"Welcome to Ichiraku's Ramen!"

A fairly large woman said, walking towards the counter and handing two customers a giant bowl of steaming ramen. The smell was enough to have Hotarubi's mouth watering in desire. Oh how she wanted to just sit there and order some noodles and just pig out till her tummy became dissented, but that wasn't her agenda today. No she was here to do a job and she'd most definitely do it right! Looking at her, Hotarubi put on her sternest expression, which really just looked silly, but nothing less she was being earnestly serious.

"Hotarubi Arashiyama here to assist you today as you've asked!"

"Our helps here already, how wonderful. Follow me dear!"

Following the owner of Ichiraku's ramen Hotarubi was directed into the place where she'd cook and serve, maybe even wash dishes, but ti was irrelevant at this point. The woman showed her where all the ingredients were, and how to use each and every item here. She also told Hoatrubi I'd the one taking orders, making them, and taking them to the people. Intently the freckled face girl listened, absorbing all she could. The owner repeated it all again, just to be clear Hotarubi had gotten the gist of what the owner wanted her to digest.

"So Hotarubi can I count on you?"

(enthusiastic) "Yes Ma'am!"

"Okay, im trusting you, now I'll be back as fast as I can."

With that said she took her leave to go refill up on stock lost over the week. As for Hotarubi, she quickly went to the front, taking all the orders, and returned back to the cooking area. Rolling up her sleeves, she began to slave over a hot bowl of well cook noodles. The recipe was so simple, yet delicious. Working fast she made sure not to take too long on the ramen, but also not to be too quick about it. It was hard work taking and making the orders, and she kinda felt bad about the owner, but remember the smile she wore, Hotarubi knew she enjoyed what she did.

SPOILER: Click to show

Name: Ramen, ramen, ramen!!!!
Rank: D
Repeatable: Yes
Description: The new Ichiraku Ramen shop is always bustling with business. As such, they often times run out of ingrediants and help with making enough ramen for their hungry customers. Run by only two people they occasionally need the assistance of the ever so energetic shinobi of Konoha.
Obective: Help the shop owners make and deliver ramen to their humble and hungry customers while they are out collecting ingrediants for more.
Reward: 20 EXP and 500 Ryo