I sighed, "fine," I gave the man ten ryu and took the gun. I aimed at the figures and searched for something I wanted. Seeing a packet of special tea up near the fifth shelf I aimed and fired, managing to take it down with my third pellet. The next two were useless as I tried to get a frog wallet which I figured Naruto would like.
"Here you go sir! Some of the best tea in this land! Show those people in Konoha how real tea is made," the man said with a laugh as people around him chuckled as well. We took our prizes and left, by now Zumo and Ko had already gone and gotten something to eat, squid on a stick by the looks of things.
We walked around for some time, watching the stall, playing a few games. Zumo tried the shooting game as well but failed, badly He tried four times the poor kid. It go so bad Ko had to step in and help him shoot down the stuffed monkey toy he wanted, but hey, at least he was happy.
It was some time later when I noticed something, the people began to slowly move towards the shrine, growing curious Ko has us follow them and there on the top was a shrine that looked bigger than the Hyuuga compound.
The crowd however was too thick, we couldn't see past them. Ko tapped a villager's shoulder gaining his attention, "excuse me sir, but why is everyone gathered here?" "Ninjas from Konoha huh? Well you see the annual tea ceremony is just about to begin," he said pointing at the shrine, "but for people like us we can't see shit, it's too bad really. I heard the shrine maiden this year is supposed to be really cute."
I turned to Ko, "sensei, for the sake of learning more about Konoha's close allies I suggest we try and find a better vantage point to see this shrine maiden."
Zumo snorted, "you just want to perve on the shrine maiden." China blushed at the suggestion while Ko chuckled.
I turned to Zumo, "I don't perv on women," China smiled, "I check them out. There's a difference."
"Yami!" China roared, her face turning red.
"Now now, no fighting," Ko quickly stepped in defusing the situation, "alright Yami, if you really want to see this then," he looked around spotting a tall tree in the back, "there, climb that tree. The rest of us will stay here."
"Right, will do," I saluted the man and ran off.
"And don't try to perve on her!" Zumo called out, laughing as China began to scold him for acting rudely.
I climbed the tree quickly without using chakra, don't want Ko knowing I can do that just yet. I looked around and for the first time realised just how crowded this thing is. It seemed like the whole village was here.
I looked around some more when suddenly the entire crowd became silent. The doors to the shrine opened up and out walked two older women, both around their forties. They walked out with tea making instruments and walked into the crowd.
The people split apart giving them way. They stopped before a well near the shrine whose mouth was sealed shut by a giant metal grate. One of the women took out a very old looking key and used it to unlock the metal bars and lift the grates open while the other set up the tea making tools.
And then, there was a gasp as another woman walked out of the shrine. The woman was dressed in a shrine maidens robes, she looked maybe 16, maybe younger. She had red hair with purple hued eyes. Her body was very mature for her age, even the baggy robes she wore could do little to hide her curvy figure.
I narrowed my eyes at her name;
Rias Uzumaki, Shrine maiden of the Gekara Lv- 14 REp- 0 An Uzumaki? Well, I suppose that would explain the red hair. Hm, curious, is her sealing rich blood the reason why she is a shrine maiden tasked with keep a monster at bay? If there even is a monster in the first place, for all anyone knows the whole mountain monster thing could just be a story.
I saw Rias walked towards the well, the other women preparing a cushion before the tea ceremony station. Once their job was done they moved away letting Rias sit alone before the tea making instruments.
Her hands moved like water, one could almost feel the calmness of her movement influencing the tea. I closed my eyes and reached out with my chakra sensory perk, feeling the almost smoothing chakra she had within her heart. She wasn't just making tea, she was infusing it with her chakra! No wonder it's said to be potent!
She moved her hands like a water moving through a brooke before finally pouring the finally concoction into a cup. By now the people had all stopped moving the aroma of the tea reaching everyone's noses, making them all less agitated. Rias stood up and walked towards the well, she was moments away when suddenly I felt a spike in chakra.
"Ko sensei!" I cried out, I was too far but he wasn't, they were closer to it than I was.
"I see it!" Ko replied as he leaped out of the crowd, stopping before the chakra spike which came roaring out of the woods in the form of a giant fireball.
"ARGH!" the people yelled as they all broke out of their trance, breaking into a panic and running away.
Ko's hands blurred through hand seals, "Earth release: Earth style wall!" a twenty foot earth wall came out of the ground before the fire ball, taking the full blast head on.
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Save the priestess! Reward:
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+8,000 EXP Failure:
The destruction of the Land of Tea Do you accept?
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