Waking up in the morning, my mother greeted me. "Kume, I got the stuff you wanted for the party tonight. Just leave everything to me and Izume, we will make sure Kurenai makes some emotional 'mistakes' after all, mother is good at handling women." She said, leaning over in bed, kissing me before leaving as I got out of bed.
Getting dressed as the sun hadn't come up yet, and mother was making breakfast for me as the others slept. She is a good mother; I am glad I was born to her. As I walked down the stairs, she smiled. "What kind of mission do you have today?" She asked, making me shrug.
"I won't know until I meet up with Kurenai Sensei, but it shouldn't be too hard with the twins, and I think we can probably handle A Rank missions now without problems," I said. I meant every word as someone who was used to the battlefield; killing or being killed isn't something new to me, and with how fanatical the twins are, they wouldn't hesitate to kill those I don't like.
My mother nodded; as a Kunoichi herself, she had a rough understanding of her son and the twins, and knew they were way above their rank's abilities. She never asked Kume how he did the things he did, as she trusted him completely. She brought the food to the table and sat on his lap as she started to feed her son.
"Mother, do you want to spoil me today?" I said with a chuckle, as she never did this before. "What's wrong with a mother showing her son some love?" She said this while faking a pout, making me roll my eyes as I opened my mouth, letting her put the bacon into it as I chewed, and then she kissed me, making me pass some of the bacon to her.
This was kind of fun, I thought to myself as we both ate together. As we finally finished eating, my mother stood up. I noticed a wet spot on my pant leg from where she had sat, making me look to see a damp spot on her white dress as she glanced over her shoulder and walked away. "Have fun on your first mission." She said as she entered the kitchen, and I stood up.
Well, let's get this done with, I said, slapping my cheeks and walking out of the house. The twins had left their home at the same time I did, and we headed towards the training ground. Making it there before the sun had crested over the horizon, as the sun finally rose above it, Kurenai walked up.
"I will now brief you on your mission. It is a C-rank, guard mission. We will be meeting with a priestess from the temple and will accompany her on a twenty-mile journey to the temple and then twenty miles back. It's a C-rank mission as she has been having issues with a stalker." She said, making me tilt my head as I spoke.
"Is the temple bringing gruads along also, and why is she being targeted by a stalker?" I asked, making her nod as she spoke. "The priestess is a special virgin priestess, so the temple will bring their female guards with her. As for why she is being targeted, it is said that she is of heavenly beauty, and she has grabbed the attention of a leader of a criminal organization that desires to turn her into a sex slave." She said.
That fucking bastard, only I can make sex slaves. I will kill him, I thought to myself. But if she is that good-looking, then I may want to take her for myself. Let's see how she looks before we make plans. I nodded to Kurenai Sensei as she spoke once more.
"I will hand out these communication devices, Kume. Since they have issues with males being close to her, I want you to travel two miles ahead of the group and act like a forward recon." She said as I spoke.
"If I came across bandits, may I kill them on sight, as I know bandits tend to wait in an ambush. If I spot them waiting for you, then it would be best for me to deal with them before the group reaches the area, or at the very least, make them flee." I said as she thought for a moment before speaking to me.
"How confident can you kill someone?" She asked me while looking me in the eyes. "I have no problem killing those who threaten those I care about. You and the twins are important to me. I won't hold back in killing them." I said without breaking eye contact as she wanted to see my resolve.
"Very well, if you feel like you can kill them without a problem, then do so. But give us a heads up and the numbers. I am a sensor-type ninja, so I will be able to pinpoint you from where we are. You will only be two to three miles ahead of us, so if it's too much for you to handle, we will be able to back you up." She said before turning to the twins.
"You two will ride with the priestess. Do not leave her side until we reach the temple here and the temple there. When we come back, I will be on top of the carriage, making sure to keep an eye on Kume." She said. The twins saluted as she looked at the three of us and nodded.
"Let's go meet our employer," Kurenai said as we followed behind her. It took us fifteen minutes to enter the temple court, as a group of women stopped us. "He stays here." One of the female guards said, and I nodded as the twins and Kurenai headed inside. I got looks of contempt, but I didn't care as I leaned against the wall waiting.
I pulled up the system and bought a few more Jutsu just in case, as I didn't know if we would run into any rogue ninja being paid by this stalker. But I did know one thing: if he wanted her, I had to have her first, so I started to make up a plan, as I couldn't let someone like this slip away. As I was in thought, the door to the temple opened and a woman wearing a veil and a priestess' outfit walked out.
I could tell by her body that she was in her twenties and that her clothes couldn't hide her sexy body from the eyes of a man who knows a woman's body. "Kume, you can start heading to the front of the village. We will be leaving the temple in twenty minutes, so you can start heading out around forty minutes from now," Kurenai said.
I looked at my watch and nodded as I turned and left the temple. After seeing the woman even covered, I had made up my mind; it seems like I will have to raid this temple in a few days. I thought with a smirk spreading across my face as I walked down the temple stairs.