Konoha Bar.
Chiye Jun asked politely:
"Excuse me, are you Miss Fujikaze Yukie?"
Kazahana Koyuki looked up at him, her eyes unfocused.
"I'm Fujikaze Yukie, but I'm not a miss... Thank you for earlier."
Chiye Jun gave an awkward smile and introduced himself.
"Heh heh, my name is Chiye Jun. I'm a Konoha ninja assigned to escort you back to your country. So please come back to the studio with me now and wait to set sail the day after tomorrow."
Because Chiye Jun knew she had already run away five times.
Kazahana Koyuki gazed at him through bleary eyes.
Hmph!
Another brat using the ninja name as an excuse to take advantage of her!
She had already beaten up one blond, bearded guy at the studio earlier.
In the end.
She slumped drunkenly onto the bar counter.
Chiye Jun hoisted her over his shoulder and strode out of the bar under everyone's watchful eyes.
Who would dare stop him...
After taking her back to the studio, he handed her over to Sandayū.
The man was Kazahana Koyuki's manager.
A little old man who looked very honest.
"Thank you so much. We were still looking for her. Could I trouble you to take her to her cabin to rest?"
Chiye Jun thought about it and gladly agreed.
Inside the dim cabin.
He laid Kazahana Koyuki on the bed and gently pulled up the blanket.
At that very moment, in the Hokage Building.
The Third Hokage was watching through his crystal ball.
What he saw was Chiye Jun sitting on the sofa at home, knitting a sweater.
"Such a good child. He's truly handy with his hands."
That was actually Chiye Jun's bone clone...
Morning in the cabin.
Specks of sunlight filtered in through the curtains.
Kazahana Koyuki slowly opened