Chapter 101: III Chapter 4 – Play the fool

"Hey, Gene, do me a favor, could you act like a curious little ignorant girl?" Tsukiko asked her midway, and Gene was slightly surprised at that before she nodded. 

"I can why?" Gene asked curiously. 

"Because you are the only one here they would buy it from, and I do not know the people we will be working with, people pay little attention to little naive girls and I want to know." 

"Well you are smaller.", she argued against it and Tsukiko shot her a look.

"I am the leader of this team, they would never believe me a foolish but skilled Shinobi girl, Shisui is too old for that and Uchiha and Itachi is well Uchiha, the next Uchiha heir leaving you. Please." 

"Alright, listen and be patient, the first rules of a good Shinobi." she repeated a lesson from the Academy and agreed to Tsukikos proposition, not entirely sure how to pull it off. 

"Right, you got it." 

The travels did not need long, since Tsukiko put on a killer pace, they even arrived early at the meeting point where another few guards were already waiting. It was the first Time Gene saw fighters that were not Shinobi, and without hiding her curiosity, she observed them. 
They reminded her of Samurai, warriors from old movies. 

All of them were clad in armor that had to be heavy, they carried grim expressions, Katanas at their hips and long Naginata in their hands, she even saw someone with a bow. The archer made her most curious and sneaking up on him, she looked at his bow, it wasn't a compound like hers, more simple and bigger than hers in comparison to his body size, almost like a long bow. 
The male observed her curiosity with an expression as if he wanted to shoo her away, but she ignored him. 

"Genevieve.", Tsukiko called out and pointed to them. "Get back, you are behaving like a county pumpkin." 

"Sorry, it's the first time I am actually seeing a Samurai and an Archer other than me and Aoki, I was curious about his boy, since I only know my model." 

"I understand your curiosity, but for now I would like to introduce us to the leader of these Samurai." Tsukiko said, and Gene nodded, walking back to her and taking her place behind her. 

"Well, since Genevieves attention is back to us, I would sure appreciate if you were less flippant, Gene." 

Gene pouted like a little girl would maybe do it. "Yes boss.", she said and pretended again to be more interested in everything else but the conversation happening while listening in on what they were saying. 

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"I am sorry for her behavior, she is talented and needs all the experience she can get. I am Tsukiko Hatake, this is my Team, Itachi and Shisui Uchiha and well ... Genevieve Bernaude, you can call her Gene, everyone does." Tsukiko introduced them and the Leader, a grim looking older Samurai man, took her hand. "I am Katsusa Taisuke. I am pleased to meet you, but there is a question that arises to me when seeing your team." 

"Our age, correct?" 

"Indeed, I have not been expecting, children." 

"I understand." Tsukiko closed her eyes. "It must certainly surprise you, as you were promised an elite Team for this mission of importance." Tsukiko pointed at them. "Let me explain, Shisui-san is an experienced Shinobi ranked Jonin, I myself work for the Hokage under normal circumstances along Shikaku Nara-san as a special Jonin. Itachi and Gene have both just graduated and are still ranked Genin, officially, but have the combat power of Chuunin, even if they do not appear like it. Gene has the longest attack range of all Shinobi in Konoha, and as she is NOT distracted, she actually is a very capable Ninjutsu user. Itachi is Uchiha and a good all-rounder, but even among his people, few are as skilled at Genjutsu and Fire based Ninijutsu." 

"I understand, I am grateful for your patience, and humbly sorry for my ignorance." 

"Nothing to be sorry for, I understand how you can come to this misunderstanding." Tsukiko said and Tsukiko smiled while Gene was continuing to play the fool and wandered off with Shisui following her, and she wandered around. She continued sneaking through the camp and whenever she saw someone interesting she headed off, with Shisui pulling her back at the right moments. 

The food provisions and everything was arranged as it should be, the weapons were well stocked, there were extra arrows in the back of one carriage. 

Good to know. 

The delegation arrived and Gene jumped off into a tree, settling down with her legs dangling down and wearing a smile. "You are playing your role well.", Shisui muttered and one of the Samurai looked up at them, she smiled brightly and waved at him giggling. 
"You are playing a good babysitter." she said back and looked at the diplomats who arrived. 

"Oh, they are flashy.", she muttered at seeing all that splendor and the lavish clothing. "Are they planning to travel like this." 

"They are politicians, your best friend is Tsukiko, they are all a bit off." Shisui noted. 

"You mean removed from loyalty, well, time to be a pretty, baubly, friendly, bubbly fool." Gene jumped down and hopped to the diplomats with a grin. 

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