"Oh you are on tree hugger!" she grinned, "what are the stakes?"
"If I win you treat me to lunch," I smiled. Rivora raised an eyebrow, "a date? Really?"
"Yup. Plus I'm hungry," que hungry stomach.
The sun konichi rolled her eyes, "fine. But if I win you owe me your copy of Bashamichi work...you do have it on you yes?"
I nodded, "yep," I carried it in my inventory. It really was a good book. I extended my hand, "deal?"
"Deal," she shock it, "now start sealing tree hugger," she scoffed.
I smiled as I took out and empty scroll and brush. Ko and the others gathered around as I st down in the hotel lobby, placing the scroll on the tea table there and began to construct a seal. Rivora raised an unimpressed eyebrow as she saw the way my brush moved, while Ko groaned, what's bugging him?
"And done," I finished at the ten minute mark.
Ping! A new seal recipe has been added! Electromagnetic shock wave, B rank Seal sends out a blast of electromagnetic energy that demagnetizes everything within a 20 feet radius.
"How do we know if it'll actually work?" Rivora asked crossing her arms.
I shrugged, "I guess you'll just have to trust me," she raised an eyebrow, "or use it against your kazekage and see if his gold reacts the same way. It is based around the same principles yes?"
Rivora's eyes blinked, "how did you know that?"
I shrugged, "I told you, I know a lot about great ninjas," that made her more relaxed, "anyway, I win, so I demand lunch!"
"Please, we don't' even know if it works, it could be a dud," the sun konich shrugged. I smiled back, "fine, be that way. But you still owe me a date. And...well, I'm still hungry."
She rolled her eyes and turned to Ko, "you got it from here?" Shit! Shit! I need to talk her and learn more about scorch release.
"Actually, we are really hungry, if you wouldn't mind, could you show us the nearest restaurant?" Ko asked with a smile. Thank you sensei! It's like you read my mind!
Rivora groaned for a moment before nodding, "I guess it's fine," she then turned to me, "but I'm not paying."
I rolled up the seal and put it way, "it's fine, be sandy, see if I care."
She groaned, "oh god, that pun, it's like you think no one has ever used that before," she then took us around, stopping a restaurant that served meals throughout the day. She sat with us for lunch, she and I constantly exchanging book ideas and the like. Half way through the meal though, I finally decided to approach the topic I was so anxious about.
"You know there are a lot of great stories about ninjas, but not enough about kunoichis," I stated, through the statement out in the open.
"That's true," Rivora nodded as she ate her rice.
"Well, there's wonder woman," China offered.
"She isn't real kid," Rivora shot the girl down, making her blush in embarrassment, "we're talking about real konichis."
"Like Tsunade," I offered, gentle pressing China's hand to make her seem more confident.
"R-right," she nodded.
I turned to Rivora, "hey, I just realised, Suna doesn't really have any famous kunoichi's do they?" She scoffed, "I thought you liked reading history kid, of course we do! We have Chiyo, the mistress of puppets!"
I shrugged, "anyone else?"
"Hm," she blinked, "oh, yes, we have the Kazekage's own daughter, Temari, amazing wind user."
I groaned, "yeah...well, I don't know about her, but I think I understand what you're saying. Wasn't there also some woman who had a special release? Scorch was it?"
Rivora nodded, "yup. Her name was Pakura, she died a hero. Fucking Iwa had her killed," she cursed.
I frowned, "I guess we all hate Iwa. Hm, if I recall correctly she died on an embassy mission to Kiri yes?"
Rivora nodded, "yup, that's correct. Got ambushed and left for dead." "Damn, the village must have taken that hard. Did she have any family?" I asked with concern.
"Not that I know," she shrugged, "she did have a student named Maki, she took it harder than all of us."
I frowned, "hmm, makes sense Kiri killing her, considering their hatred of bloodlines. I suppose with her death you guys lost all records of the scorch release as well. Too bad you won't be able to train the next one you happen across."
The Suna ninja nodded, "yes, that's true. But not to worry, from what I've been told the scorch release is a very adaptive herself didn't actually have anyone to teach her, she just went ahead and did it. I think Maki once mentioned that her master had built her style up from the ground up." "Woah, that's pretty amazing," Zuma said in awe.
"You sure it isn't just boring and bland?" Rivora asked with a smile.
We laughed as Zumo blushed even further, but inside I was seething. I had nothing to go on. Pakura herself had built her style up from scratch, guess I'll just have to do the same. Damn, this is going to be hard.
Ping!
Quest completed!
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Rewards:
TM: Hurricane +3 potions Wait what? A TM? A technical machine? One that can teach pokemon special moves?! Holy shit! This is my first time even seeing one of these things! I'm so going to check it out later tonight!
After lunch we got back to our hotel, escorted by Rivora. She checked us into our room and left, warning us to stay inside or else.
The moment we stepped into the room though China cried out, "Yami! Why do you always flirt with every woman we meet!"
I blinked, "well...I was trying to maintain Suna Konoha relations, everyone seemed kind of...hostile to us."
"Oh really?" Zumo asked rolling his eyes, "I'm sure that's true. Can't you just liked tell the truth man? You don't have to make up such lies."
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