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Vincent smiled as he watched Zin take his route just like any other ninja of Konoha. Using the roofs as if they were miniature sidewalks. Still, Vincent wasn't about to use that route just yet mainly because he couldn't help but think about how annoyed people would get with footsteps going on overhead a lot of the time. On the other hand he figured as well that the people of Konoha were used to it. Or have enough insulation to dull the sounds of feet on the roof.

He turned back towards Hiniko, "Shall we?"

(Exit to Training Grounds)

One of the Haseo clones stepped inside the abandoned ramen shop. This was a rather small building so he didn't need to have a blueprint. Going to the back room, Haseo leaned against the wall and waited patiently.

Vincent had approached the Ichiraku Ramen Bar. It was hard to believe that this was the place where he had joined Zin and Hiniko and the three of them had become a team. He pushed aside the curtain that separated the bar from the rest of the street. He was greeted by the wonderfully salty scent of the Ramen broth as well as the steam of the noodles in the air.

"Welcome," The old man Teuchi called out, "Have you come for Ramen?"

"I'm afraid not, sir," Vincent said respectfully, "I'm here about a cat."

"A cat?" Teuchi said, "I'm afraid you must go to a pet store for that."

"I'm afraid for this one is one that has gone missing that I am searching for a client."

"Ah. A Shinobi Mission it is?"

"Yes," Vincent answered, "Have you seen a cat that has a red ribbon on it's left ear."

"Actually yes," Teuchi's daughter Ayame said as she looked up from washing bowls.

"Where is the cat then?" Vincent asked.

"He's sitting on the chair at the end of the bar."

Vincent looked and there it was. A small black and white cat with a red ribbon tied around its ear. The cat was licking up a small saucer of milk that sat on the bar. Where it was standing on its hind legs and had it's paws on the bar.

"Come on," Vincent said to the cat, "Time to go back home, Mister Muggles."

The cat stopped and looked at Vincent and without a single blink of an eye the cat leaped off of the chair and dashed away from the way from the Ichiraku Ramen bar. He shoved away the curtains and tried to gauge where the cat was heading. He saw a blur of black fur making its way towards the Fallen Leaves of Konoha Cemetery.

[Mission: Catch a Cat - Post 2/5]

[Exit to Fallen Leaves of Konoha Cemetary]

Vincent had approached the Ichiraku Ramen Bar. He threw back the curtain and was greeted by Teuchi and Ayame who seemed surprised by his appearance.

“Back for more?” Ayame said

“Of you or the Ramen?” Vincent joked.

Ayame blushed, “Now, now. I know you have Hiniko.”

“I’m sorry,” Vincent laughed, “But seriously I have a mission on hand. I have a large stack of Ramen orders to make.”

“What’d you need?” Teuchi asked.

Vincent pulled out the list, “I need… three miso ramen, two Tonkotsu Ramen, five Shoyu Ramen, one Shio Ramen, and one Takayama Ramen.”

“To go?” Ayame asked.

“That’s right.” Vincent said, “I know your ramen is delicious but I can’t eat all that by myself. Not in one sitting at least.”

“Very well, let’s get to work Ayame,” Teuchi said with his gung-ho attitude towards his craft.

“Here’s the money to pay for it.” Vincent said as he handed the wad of cash to Ayame. She stuffed it into the cash box and gave Vincent his change while she went back to fixing the orders.

Vincent sat waiting with his leg jumping up and down. He didn’t know why he was like this especially since the client didn’t exactly say how much time they had between the ramen orders and the time that the party would start.

He watched as both Ayame and Teuchi worked their cooking magic and the stacks of ramen bowls began to pile up on the bar.

“I believe that’s all of them.” Teuchi said.

Vincent counted, “Five….ten…twelve. Yup I think that’s it. Thanks very much you two.”

Vincent carefully gathered up the bowels and headed back to the client’s house

[Mission: Order Food at the Ramen Shop – Post 2/3]

[Exit to Main Street of the Leaf]

(from Konoha dorms)
Sitting down on an empty stool, Kensei realized that this was the first time he'd ever been to Ichiraku's. Of course, he had heard of it before, but never actually been there. "I guess i'll have a large shrimp ramen." A few minutes later he dug into his meal and was surprised at how good it tasted. Finishing his meal, He left to continue his training to become a genin. Throwing down the payment and a tip as he went.

(exit to Training Grounds)
[Learned: Ichiraku ramen= deliciousness]

Blade entered the Ramen shop, a single insect sitting on his shoulder flew upwards and started flying around him. The way it flew, was rather chaotic, like a common fly. Blade merely sat down on the stool, adjusting his sunglasses as he looked up. "Hello sir..." he stated grimly as he looked at the menu. "Steak ramen...with a glass of milk please..." Blade stated simply as he placed some coins on the table. His sand village headband given to him by his partner was visible on his forehead. As he waited for his meal to be ready, the cook gave him his glass of cold milk and placed it to his left. He then began writing on the napkin using a pen that he had taken out of his pocket. Hopefully Zane's instructions would be clear and he wouldn't have to blow this place up to oblivion...though the thought was sort of apealing to him.

Blade held back the urge to grin as the insect that had been flying around landed atop of her menu, under vegetable beef ramen coincidentally. The bug scurried along the menu as it attempted to crawl on her hand. Blade simply adjusted his sunglasses and took a sip of his milk, a childish addiction that he had, and merely kept tabs on his insect. He was curious as to what type of shinobis were here in Konoha, and his insect would gather just that.

(Meh...it happens don't worry about it)