Mission name: Glad Tidings.
Mission rank: C-A.
Objective: Accelerate Konoha trade by giving.
Location: Marketplace.
Reward: 2/3/4 EP + give an item of equal rank to the mission. [See Details]

Mission Description: It's that semi-commercialized time of the year! Think about your Ninja Way and those of others on the Day of Vision; work with the smiths, tailors, and craftspeople of the Leaf to give something special to someone important.

Mission Details: In the giving spirit of the Rinne Festival, you're allowed to grant this mission's item reward to another player in the thread with you as a present! (That person joining the thread counts as another ninja accompanying you, letting you take this mission up to 1 rank higher than your own rank.) You can only take this mission once.

Mission done at A-rank

It was the second time that Fuyuko was going to wear her Kimono since becoming a full-fledged kunoichi. However there was a distinct difference between the two occurrences. Last time she went to the festival to just enjoy the festivities. While that’s also true for this time, it’s just that this time she’s going together with someone. Together with the man she loves spending her time with. Not only that, it was an extra special occasion. Today marked the day that they were dating for a year. For the past few weeks she had taught herself how to make a shirt and had been working on it in secret. It had been quite the task to do so however and hiding it while she worked on it proved to be quite the hassle as well. Although admittedly she had been a little dumb about it. She was going to hide the present with a seal on herself while the two of them are enjoying the festival which she could’ve done during the making of it as well. She let out a small sigh at the thought while she continued dressing herself.

Fuyuko was a sucker for traditional things and so preferred the silky feeling of the kimono of the more common yukata of the present day.  While traditionally one would wear a thin layer of clothes underneath, further she would personally also wear a bit of underwear for personal comfort. But not on this day, today she was feeling a little bit risky. So she decided to not put on either her panties or camisole. No she was going to be completely naked underneath her kimono. Ever since they had done it the first time whenever they had the opportunity they’ve been at it, almost as if they’re rabbits. This being such a special occasion, at least in her eyes, she figured she would treat Takao to an extra present. Her kimono had a typical cherry blossom design, however all the red and pink were changed with shades of blue, primarily the colors azure white and azure. However Fuyuko didn’t use the sash that was made for the Kimono, instead she used her headband to keep the piece together, just like last time.

From somewhere in the house she could her Takao yell asking if she was ready yet or not. All she could do was roll her eyes and sigh. Talking to herself she said “Do men just expect everything to be done in the blink of an eye?”. When she finished complaining to herself about the boys impatience she replied “Not quite yet! I’m almost done!” While on one hand she felt like he was being impatient on the other hand, she did understand where it came from. When the two of them left the mist village, which seemed like an eternity ago by now, he sounded really enthusiastic and passionate about everything that had any kind of relation to the village. Thinking back about how much of a little kid he seemed to be, a kid that was ready to receive his presents for his birthday, it put a smile on her face. She grabbed her silk international klein blue colored hair bow and started her wrestle match with her hair. The hair bow was something she found really pretty and she felt pretty whenever she wore it, but it was a pain in the ass to get in by herself. The position of the ponytail was high up and somewhere in the middle of a traditional and a sideways variant. With the hair in the right position she started to warp the silk fabric around her hair to keep it in place. Running her fingers through it a couple of times to make it a bit messier and lose, resulting in bits of her hair resting upon her left shoulder while the rest falls in front or behind it. Making a couple of slow twirls while she watched herself in a full body mirror to make sure everything looked good.

When she gave herself the okay she left the room and headed towards where Takao was. “Well how do I look?” she asked him, twirling for him just like she had done just now in front of the mirror to give him the full view of her in the dress. When he had replied she gave him another question “So what is this festival exactly? All you said was to get dressed for it and that we’d be going to it, but I don’t really know anything about it…”


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A red hue on her cheeks and a soft smile on her lips. That was Fuyuko’s face after Takao had kissed her and told her how he thinks about her looks. It stayed there when he moved onto her dress, but it disappeared halfway through that sentence where it go replaced. Her replacement expression can only be described as baffled with her jaw dropping. Takao himself following it up with a laugh was so typical of him, but that also increased the urge for herself to get back at him. However her mind couldn’t think fast enough of some sort of witty retort and so instead she decided to slap him on the arm whilst saying his name. She quickly changed the subject to what they were about to do to hide her embarrassment.

Her initial facial expression returned to her face as they made their way out of the house whilst she listened to Takao explain the festival they were about to attend. She had heard the name ‘Rinne Festival’ now and then whilst walking through the streets. However seeing as she was not from these lands they meant very little to her. So it was nice to learn more about the culture that Takao came from and even more so to learn it from him. To top it all off, he seemed to be in an incredibly mood, he wasn’t kidding when he said that he gets excited when the festivals come around when they made their way to Konoha from Kiri.

As they were talking about the festival. Well mostly just her listening to the tons of things that Takao explained about the festival, he made sure to also let her know that tonight was extra special. She wondered a little bit why he would say that. Two possibilities came to her mind. First off, there was more to this festival than he was giving off. Something special about the festival that only happens on a single day of the festival or perhaps something even more rare. The second thing, and the thing that was probably more likely was that it was something way closer to ‘home’. Something that was related to just the two of them, their one year anniversary. It widened her smile a bit, the thought that he had remembered this occasion was heartwarming for her. She tightened her grip a little bit and clung onto his arm more all while moving over a bit to walk closer next to him.

While they walked the sound of a group of people kept growing and growing. A lot of people passing by all dressed up at the end of the alleyway they were walking through. As they walked out of the alleyway a street filled with stands as far as the eyes could see. There was sooo much to see that she had no clue on what to focus. Perplexed by the size of the festival she was just standing there until Takao tugged her along to start doing things instead of just standing around. Him just doing the initial was enough for her to almost instantly take over control. While it was cute to watch him act like a kid, it was probably not his first time participating in such a festival. Instead she was going to lead him and enjoy all the things to her own hearts content.

“Hey little kid, let me be the kid” she said to Takao in a teasing way. With giving him room to reply to her statement, she wiggled her way past him and took the lead instead. Fuyuko was somewhat torn on the inside however. On one hand she wanted to visit as many stall as possible, but that meant she couldn’t see as many stalls as possible. Quickly she decided to just go for option B and see as much as possible and not necessarily participate or visit each and every one. So they strolled past a couple of stands until her eyes fell upon a certain type of stall. There were a bunch of fish in a tank and people were trying to fish them out or something. It looked interesting and so she took a sharp turn towards the stall. Wrestling her way to the other side of the street.

“Hai!! I’d like to try it out please!” she said to the owner of the stand. She got a brief rundown of what she was supposed to do. Her initial thought after receiving the instruction was that it was going to be extremely simple. Scoop into the water, grab a fish and if you can bring it to the plastic bag filled with water it was yours to keep. On top of that she just saw a little kid manage to do it, so surely she would be able to di it.

After having only attempted it for a little bit it became abundantly clear that this was going to be a lot harder than she had initially anticipated. The fish were first of all very alive, doing their best to not even be touched by the capturing device. The mand had told her she would only get 3 attempts at it as well. That wasn’t referencing to the fact that she could only scoop three times. No the thin sheet of whatever material it was, was incredibly susceptible to breaking. The moment the fish got out of the water the started move around a lot, slapping their body against the net and breaking it, thus they fell back into the tank. Fuyuko tried over and over. She had gotten to the point where she had spend so much money on it that she wasn’t willing to back off any longer, she wouldn’t go home without one now. Any attempt from Takao to help her was refused. She could do this by herself, not only that, it was also to proof to herself that she was capable of doing that.

Countless of attempts later finally, with a beat of ‘cheating’ later, she managed to capture a clownfish. The man wrapped up the bag and handed it over. “Thank you very much.” She replied and turned herself towards Takao. “Look look! I got it, isn’t it a cutie?!” Acting like a small kid and as if it didn’t cost her too much effort. “Where to should we go next?” she asked to see if there was anything particular he wanted to go. She was too into the game and because of it had lost track of time, so in case the special thing was time bound or restricted, it was better to see if they had to hurry somewhere or not.

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The feeling of Takao’s hand on top of her head had left her with a feeling of conflict. On one hand, she felt like she was being treated like a little kid where the hand was a sign of her to calm down over something so small. At the same time, it could also mean a sign of him being happy for her. Seeing the mood and the place they were at, the feeling of conflict that she had quickly subsided making room for other feelings to take over. Primarily the feelings of content and happiness. While Fuyuko has been fairly happy and content for the entire period of their relationship together, things still happened in the back of her mind that gently nibbled on her consciousness. However, being here together with Takao at the festival, on this special day and surrounded by the loud and cheerful crowd, those things too subsided.

Fuyuko locked her hand with Takao’s as she followed him through the streets again. They seemed to have a bit of time left, but she wasn’t sure how much so it was better for her to follow him around. Not that she minded either, she had been leading the date for a while as well, dragging him from place to place. Sampling all kinds of foods along the way and playing a vast array of different games without using their ninja powers. They had all been fair, unlike the fishing game. They had stumbled upon a game where you throw a ball against a stack of cans and get a prize if you knock them all over. Takao was very intent on playing it, but she wasn’t entirely sure why that was. Regardless she watched as he threw the first ball. She noted a couple of things. First of all, Takao threw waaay underneath his capabilities, even if he was holding back to come back to normal human strength. Second of all, this game appeared to be rigged in favor of the host as well.

What came next was not what she expected at all and she quite simply found it somewhat outrageous, but at the same time, she didn’t feel bad about it either. It was just a little bit overkill. The way he swung the ball at the stack of cans with all of his might was just ludicrous. She turned her head away from the shop owner so that he wouldn’t catch a glimpse of her facial expression. Her left hand covering her mouth and her eyes wide open at the thought of what she had just witnessed. Takao stood in front of her with a small smug smile on his face as he handed a plush toy over to her. It was of cute fox, she found it kind of funny it was a fox of all possible animals. Her perplexed feeling was still all over her face while she thanked him.

The two of them walked through the streets a bit more, eating a couple more unique foods that were only present at the festival. The food was so good that she had a hard time holding back, she was sure she had eaten at least her weights worth in food in the time they had been there. After having filled their stomachs to the brim Takao once again led Fuyuko around, this time however they went away from the crowd. Seeing as how he didn’t say anything, Fuyuko was certain that she was being led to the surprise. They walked uphill ever so slightly before arriving at their destination. A small smile appeared on her face as she saw a blanket laid out on the grassy hill. Fuyuko put the plush toy down before setting herself down closely next to him.

Her head rested gently on his shoulder as she watched in front of her over the lit up festival streets. She was wondering what was going to happen but was sure that time would eventually tell. Just as she could feel his arm wrapping around her, so did her arm wrap around his waist. A small light started to rise above the orange light of the streets. The light of a single lantern against the background of the starry night sky. It wouldn’t take long before a couple more joined. Quickly followed up by hundreds if not thousands more. Painting a pretty sky across over the night sky. Fuyuko was mesmerized by the lights and so everything that Takao was doing went unnoticed, despite the fact that it happened right underneath her nose. The poof of smoke that breezed by snapped her out of her trance and made her focus on Takao again.

“Awww” she replied and gave him a quick kiss on his lips before taking the box out of his hands. “I wonder what’s inside,” she said as she started to unwrap it. After taking off the lid it revealed a pair of gloves. “Thank you, Takao.” She replied with a smile on her face. She was very surprised by the fact that he had remembered that it was their anniversary, she didn’t think he was the type to remember such a thing and so had no expectations for something. “I also got something for you.” she continued whilst rolling up one of her sleeves which revealed a seal. Honestly, she was a little bit embarrassed because she hadn’t wrapped it up neatly like he had, but it was too late to do something about it now. Fuyuko unsealed the seal and a black t-shirt appeared in her hand which she handed over. “Happy anniversary to you too love.”

[EXIT THREAD]

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2852/2800 - A-rank mission (20% wc reduction from Takao's item.)

52 wc discraded.

A-Rank Mission Complete. (Konoha Headband used, 20% WC Reduction.)

166wc discarded.