Ryuu and Kazuko Gather Ingredients 10/29/2015

== Participants ==
Uzumaki Kazuko, Ryuu
== Title: Ryuu and Kazuko Gather Ingredients ==
Kazuko: *As Kazuko and Ryuu walked from the training grounds back towards the apartment they shared with Kazuki after realizing they didn’t have a key to get in. Kazuko stopped walking as they reached the board that the lower rank missions were posted on. Kazuko’s crimson hair was soaked from the pouring rain as she glanced over looking at the Missions that were listed. She saw a few different missions posted a few of them looked boring like gathering tea leaves and pulling weeds and she wasn’t going through the nightmare of babysitting again so that didn’t leave many options left. After a few seconds her pale right hand and reached up pulling a damp Mission paper off the board. It was similar to the first Mission she had done with Kazuki it was to gather ingredients for the Lounge Restaurant in the village. She thought about going back out in the woods after the last time when she encountered a bear and though she was stronger now she still couldn’t blow a hole in it like Kazuki had. She read what they were asking them to find this time and noticed that it was a bit different yet again on what they wanted. They listed that they needed several garlic bulbs, a pile of ginger root and some a pile of sage leaves. However, one thing on the list had not changed they needed meat as well and that was how the whole trouble had started. All those things with the exception of meat could fit into their pouches or they could stop past a stall and she could buy a small basket to use to carry everything when they headed out into the forest if Ryuu wanted to do this Mission. She glanced around to see if he stopped with her spotting him she held out the Mission paper to him and then spoke* “We could do this one it would probably keep us busy till Kazuki shows back up again to let us into the apartment.” *She smiled under her black masklike rebreather and waited for his answer*
IlRyuu: *Ryuu kept his pace by Kazuko as his mind wandered around, still amused that the two of them were going to have to keep themselves busy until Kazuki came back. In hindsight, he figured getting their own copies of the keys should’ve been something they took care of immediately, but there was no point to be upset about it now; Kazuki was gone and the two of them would have to deal with it until Kazuki got back. Besides, he was used to sleeping outside in Amegakure if it came down to it, but he didn’t want Kazuko to have to as well; but if it came down to it, they wouldn’t have much choice. He stopped as Kazuko stopped walking and took a look at the Missions board, where he just blinked and stared off in the distance as he waited for her to be done. He wondered where Kazuki went off to in such as rush, as well as their Sensei, but he was glad he still had one friend left to hang out with. He looked over to her as she picked out a mission for the two of them as he looked over and read the mission information and requirements. Looked like just gathering ingredients for the Lounge, which didn’t seem to hard but the idea of having to get the meat for them too confused him a little. Either way he simply just smiled and turned to Kazuko.* “Sure, let’s go for it.” *He then scratched the back of head as he looked at her.* “So, uh...do any plants grow around Amegakure; Looks like if we tried to plant anything, we’d drown them.” *Ryuu joked as he waited for Kazuko to either tell him where to go or to lead the way.*
Kazuko: *Kazuko watched as Ryuu took the paper form her and read it over as he finished and spoke she hid a laugh by biting her lip a bit* “Not that I know of the only tree I have ever seen is the large on in the Training grounds. However, with the Mission we can go just outside the village to the forest to gather them. I’m pretty sure everything should be easy to find well except the meat we might have to hunt for that not many dead animals laying around to find.” *she said this and then waved him to fallow her as she headed towards the gate that they had left through before it didn’t take long to get there it was a large metal purple gate and it lead to a giant bridge that Ryuu should remember from the Toad Mission as they finally reached the gate they were stopped by two shinobi whom were standing guard. Guard: “What business do you have outside of the village?” The first guard asked as Kazuko stopped not wanting to cause a problem she smiled under her rebreather and spoke kindly.* “We have accepted a Mission for the Lounge it is to gather ingredients from the forest outside we will be back as soon as we are done with the Mission.”* The first guard nodded but the second one spoke up then.* Guard: “Where is the Mission paper?” *Kazuko then pointed over to Ryuu whom was still carrying the Mission paper*
IlRyuu: *Ryuu heard Kazuko talk about how they were allowed to go outside of Amegakure to the forest to gather the ingredients needed for the mission. Ryuu gave off a mildly confused face at the thought of them being allowed to leave the village, but they had been allowed to leave just past the gate of Ame for that Toad mission they did a while back. He then followed Kazuko as she signaled for him to follow her, leading him to the large metal purple gate. On their way towards the gate, his mind wandered a bit once more before thinking of when their next group mission would be or if their Sensei would ever be on a mission with the three of them. The thoughts were shaken from his head as he saw a bridge when they passed the metallic gate, making him recall the last time they had been there before stopping as he heard someone speak to the two of them. As he turned his head towards the man, it was a guard asking where they were going outside of the village, to which Kazuko mentioned that they were gathering ingredients for the Lounge. The second guard then asked where the Mission paper was, to which Kazuko pointed to him which made Ryuu hold up the paper to the guard. The guard took the paper from Ryuu before reading it and then handing it back to Ryuu, nodding at him.* Guard: “Alright, you two run along.” *Ryuu took the paper back and walked by Kazuko towards the forest as he was ready to start their mission.*
Kazuko: *Kazuko nodded as Ryuu showed the mission and the guard waved them past. She smiled and then fallowed Ryuu out of the village into the forest. The forest was not to dense there were large openings between some of the trees while others had thick brush between them. She went back over the ingredients they needed in her head she knew where the ginger root was so that was the direction she headed in as she spoke up to Ryuu* “There should be Ginger root over this way” *She said as she started to walk in the direction through a gap between two large tree trunks. She kept walking till she found a tall plant with red flowers blooming on it. The plant was vary recognizable for those whom knew what ginger plants looked like those who didn’t might find It pretty to look at. She moved towards the plant then knelt down reaching into her pouch and pulling out a kunai. She gripped the kunai in her hand and started digging down into the ground with it trying to get to the root of the plant. This took a bit of time to finally reach the large twisting roots of the plant and she then began to slowly cut pieces by using her kunai like a saw to cut through the thick root she was cutting small pieces about two inches long each so that they would fit into the pouch. She kept cutting them that size and placing them into her pouch until she had about 15 pieces in her pouch. This was probably more then they needed but the extra could be used to cook food for the three of them at their apartment. She smiled to herself because ground up ginger root tasted really good in Ramen broth. She then looked at Ryuu and sighed softly. * “Unfortunately that is the only one I know exactly where it is…the others we will have to look around for I wouldn’t suggests splitting up either there are some larger animals that could do damage out here we should stick together.” *she then paused and looked around not sure where to head next* 
IlRyuu: *Ryuu followed Kazuko as she told him that she knew where to look for some ginger root as she walked towards a tall plant with red flowers on it. Ryuu didn’t really see much wildlife given where he lived, nor was he allowed outside of the village gates for anything other than missions, so he was hoping he wasn’t going to just stand there and do nothing; he knew some basic wildlife and what they looked like from books, but that’s as far as his knowledge went on botany. As Kazuko was busy getting the ginger root, he looked over and saw something in the distance that looked like some wildlife growing not too far from where they were. He looked at Kazuko as she spoke to him, saying that that was the only location she knew where the ingredients were and the rest they’d have to find on their own. She also mentioned not wanting to split up because of some of larger animals that could do some damage out here so it’d be better if they stuck together. He nodded at her before walking over to where he saw some thick green stems coming out of the ground with garlic growing at the end of the stems, even if most of it was covered by dirt. Ryuu took out a kunai, knelt down and began to dig underneath the wildlife until he pulled out one, looking at it as he was pretty sure it was a garlic bulb but he wasn’t too sure. He looked over his shoulder and whistled at Kazuko to get her attention and signaled her over to him. Once she made her way over to him, he held up the vegetation and showed it to her. * “This is our garlic bulb right?” *He asked, waiting for her to respond and hoping that her understanding of wildlife was better than his. *
Kazuko: *Kazuko watched as Ryuu walked over and started to dig at a large green stem with a kunai. She tilted her head and walked over to join him noticing a large number of the green steams growing out of the ground where the one he was digging was. As he finally pulled out a white bulb with a strong smell and asked her if it was indeed garlic she nodded her head. * “Yeah that is defiantly garlic and there is more growing scattered all around here” *she aid pointing at the other steam like plants. Still with her kunai in hand she would go over to another steam and keep doing that if her and Ryuu both kept digging them up she would only have to gather a total of five bulbs of garlic herself and if he gathered four more they would have enough. She dug out five garlic bulbs and tucked them in her pouch with the ginger root that she had gathered before getting up and looking around again. It took her some time but she finally saw a plant that looked like a cactus only low to the ground and round and the leaves were round and not pointy. She walked over and yelled to Ryuu.* “I found the sage” *she said as she placed her kunai back in her pouch and started to pluck the leaves off the plant*
IlRyuu: *Ryuu smiled as he heard that he had found the right wildlife as Kazuko began to take some out of the ground as well, picking out five as he continued to dig out the vegetation as well. After a few minutes, he pulled out four more of the garlic bulbs and placing them in his pouch as he put his kunai up. He then glanced over to Kazuko as she said that she found the sage leaves before he heard a rustling noise behind him from a small bush. He slowly slipped out the kunai he had just been holding a moment ago and brought it out in front of him before a small rabbit lunged out of the brush and stared at Ryuu. Ryuu blinked at the creature before it ran off and Ryuu quickly stood up and ran after it himself; while he didn’t want to kill the small creature, the mission did state that they would need meat as one of their ingredients to bring back, so he didn’t have much choice.*
*Kazuko finished tucking the leaves into her pouch and turned to face Ryuu just in time to see a small rabbit come out of the bushes and run off after staring at Ryuu and Ryuu chasing it. Not wanting to be left behind she chased after Ryuu Just as Ryuu closed in on the Rabbit Kazuko heard two distinctly different growls low and angry one from each side of them. Kazuko then froze and glanced to her right seeing a large grey wolf with green eye staring back at her she then glanced to the right spotting a black wolf with blue eyes staring back at her. This was not going to be good if Ryuu didn’t notice the wolves she was going to be fighting both alone. She Readied herself for a fight and crouched low just as the black wolf lunged at her and then the grey wolf circled around blocking her form getting to Ryuu. She dropped herself to the ground and rolled backwards to avoid the wolf though it landed right in front of her growling even more angry now both of the wolves were between her and Ryuu she got back to her feet and started to grab for her kunai that she had put back into her pouch.*
IlRyuu: *Ryuu almost caught the rabbit, but before he could he heard two low growls coming from his sides, making his stop his pursuit of the small creature and turned around as well as put his kunai up since the wolves were big and he didn’t want to try and stab one of them with a smaller blade; Kazuko had already taken a defensive stance at this point as Ryuu reached for his Dragon’s Fang, resting his hand on the handle of the blade as he became ready to draw it at any moment. When he saw the black wolf lunge at her, he quickly unsheathed his Dragon’s Fang and made his way towards her. The grey wolf quickly turned his gaze towards Ryuu and lunged after him quickly as the black one kept its focus on Kazuko. The wolf was successful in taking Ryuu down, but luckily Ryuu kept his free arm tucked underneath the animal’s throat, keeping its mouth away from his face as the wolf tried to bite him. Ryuu grabbed hold of his Dragon’s Fang tightly before bringing it up to the side of the wolf’s head, smacking it hard with his fist and the blade’s handle; upon impact, the wolf whimpered quietly as it fell off of him, just to make its way back up and lunge at Ryuu again. Ryuu quickly made his way back up to his feet before he saw the wolf lunge itself at him once more, causing him to bring up his blade defensively out in front of him as the wolf impaled itself on Ryuu’s blade. He felt the weight of the wolf on the blade weigh him down, causing him to drop the blade slightly as he watched the wolf struggle to get off of the katana, whimpering loudly from the pain. Ryuu quickly took out a kunai and quickly shoved the blade into the wolf’s throat, hearing it struggle out one more whimper before it stopped moving and breathing. Ryuu quickly turned around after dealing with the wolf, hoping Kazuko was doing alright in her fight with the other wolf. *
Kazuko:*Kazuko noticed Ryuu drawing his blade and then she knew he was going to take on one of the wolves she saw him make his move on the grey wolf then she locked eyes with the black wolf with blue eyes. It didn’t take long before the wolf let out a growl and tried to move but couldn’t Kazuko then moved forward with her kunai in hand and knelt down stabbing the wolf in the side of the neck puncturing its neck so it died instantly. She felt bad for killing the wolf so as it fell the ground she caught it and laid it to the ground gently and closed its eyes. She then looked up to see that Ryuu had finished dealing with his wolf if was also dead and she shook her head. If only the animals had stayed away they wouldn’t have had to die today. Kazuko then glanced at the two dead wolves as the glanced back and forth before speaking. * “Well I guess we have our meat…don’t want to let them go to waste.” *Kazuko then bent down and picked up the large wolf she struggled but got it over her shoulders and then stumbled a bit before getting her footing and taking a step forward. * “Lets head back we have everything now.” *She said this then started to head back through the forest and back to the village. She reached the gate and waited for Ryuu to catch up before heading into the village and to the lounge. Everyone was giving her strange looks for having a wolf draped over her shoulders but she didn’t care she had to finish her mission and get this stuff to the lounge. After a ten-minute walk through the village Kazuko reached the lounge and pushed open the door with her rear before entering and taking the wolf to the kitchen where she had taken the bear with Kazuki last time. She placed the black wolf down on the counter and then pulled out most of the ingredients that she had gathered saving some of the ginger that she had gathered for the dinner she planned on making for the three of them later. The chief thanked them both as he handed them their reward and nodded before getting back to cooking. Kazuko then shrugged and looked at Ryuu* “I guess that was interesting, twice now in those wood wild animals have attacked me…. Guess I have bad luck” *she sighed and shook her head. * “We should go see if Kazuki is back at the apartment yet to let us in.” *she finished then headed out of the lounge and back towards their apartment. * 
IlRyuu: *Ryuu sighed in relief as he watched Kazuko successfully kill the second wolf before she told them that they shouldn’t let the meat go to waste, to which he agreed with. He saw her struggle with her own wolf after leaning down to get his own wolf and put it over his own shoulder, he stumbled a bit too until he got the wolf over his shoulder securely. He heard Kazuko tell him that they should head back, to which he nodded and followed her through the forest and back to the village. They both walked into the Lounge as everyone gave the two of them weird looks, but they had to ignore them; they were only doing as the mission instructed them. Ryuu followed Kazuko into the kitchen and placed his wolf next to hers on the countertop and placed the garlic bulbs he had collected out from his pouch and placed them next to the wolves. The chef thanked them both and handed them their reward before going back to cooking. He looked over at Kazuko who shrugged at him and said that she had back luck.* “Nah; you would’ve probably had good luck if I didn’t chase after the rabbit.” *He joked at her then she said that they should go see if Kazuki was home as they both walked out of the Lounge and went back towards their apartment.*
== End Results: ==
After finding themselves locked out Ryuu and Kazuko decide to take a Mission. After gathering ingredients and and fighting and killing two wolves Ryuu and Kazuko turned in the Mission to the Lounge and headed back to the Apartment.