Chapter 25

"There isn't any way we can thank you enough." Haruna said as she gave a bow. Gone were her old clothes that she used in order to hide as a merchant and in their stead was a royal kimono made out of clearly expensive and high quality fabric along with a pinkish red ornament in her head.

"Well, it was our mission. Even if we didn't know all the details about it in the beginning." I said, only to get swatted on the head by my bemused sensei. Understandable since even if I was right, the lady before me was now the Daimyo of a country. Even if it was a country as weak as the Land of Vegetables.

"Please, Yugao-san, he does have a point. Which is why I would like to ask you all to stay for tonight for our feast." Haruna said with a smile and I could swear that stars started to shine in Chocho's eyes at the word of 'feast'.

"Your grace, we would not wish to impose…"

"I insist." Haruna cut off Yugao's words before she could try to weasel out of the situation and start our journey back to Konoha.

"You heard her majesty sensei, it would be rude to reject her offer." Chocho nodded with a serious look on her face that was completely ruined by the small waterfall that was leaving her mouth.

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The meal had been delicious. As the name of their nation suggested, the feast was mostly made out of vegetable dishes. But there were also dishes that used river fishes or even beef in them, quite delicious.

Though, it was more or less just a meal for me. Guess I had been a little bit spoiled by Nene's dishes. It was rather hard to go against a chef who was native to a world where people could settle conflicts with cook offs.

After the feast had ended, we all left for our rooms, except for Chocho who had to be rolled to her room by Sumire after eating enough to look like a pufferfish.

As I looked up to the moon from the window, I couldn't help but wonder what tomorrow would bring.

"You seem rather happy." A voice came from behind and I turned around to see the new Daimyo of the land I had placed on the throne at my door in a kimono that was, while still quite expensive looking, far less exquisite than the one she had been wearing during the feast.

"Well, I did just save a country from usurpers and put the rightful heir to the throne in where she belonged." I said with a smirk while she chuckled.

"Yes, and throughout such ordeal you assaulted the rightful heir only once."

"That wasn't an assault. It was a lesson in manners." I said with a raised eyebrow, daring her to challenge my words. Which she did with a roll of her eyes.

"A lesson my ass, you were just being a bastard." She said with a smirk and I mockingly glared at her.

"First of all, do not say ass. You are a Daimyo now; say either rear, bottom or some other fancy word for it." I said with an exaggerated posh voice.

"Second of all, you should be careful with what you say unless you want me to give you a repeat performance." I said with a wiggle of my eyebrows, making the new ruler of the Land of Vegetables blush.

"And what if I do?" She asked as she walked up to me, making me raise me eyebrows.

"What if I want you to do it again, right now? What if I want you to do it again, anytime I want? Would you stay for it?" She whispered as she put a hand on my shoulder and looked up at me, her eyes glassy with emotions going through them faster than one could comprehend.

Guess the combination of my lures and the fact that I had pretty much been the knight with a white horse for her with my team killing the murderers of her father had been a bit too much for her. I could probably have her give me a love confession and capture her at any moment. Which made what I was about to do very awkward.

"So, would you?" She asked again and I looked down at her.

"I'm sorry." I simply shook my head and Haruna's gaze went down.

"…don't be. I should have expected this anyway. The mere thought of the heir of the great Senju clan staying in a weak country like my lands." She chuckled with self deprecation and unshed tears in her eyes. But I would have none of that, so I gripped her chin and made her look up again.

"Haruna, I may have no intention of staying in this land. But that doesn't mean that I have any intentions of letting you go either." I said as I gazed into her eyes. And then lowered my lips onto her's, allowing the Sticky Fingers lure to do its job and felt her squirm under me with pleasure and when we ended the kiss, she was panting very much like she was in heat.

"Hah… Daiki…"

"Shhhh." I placed a finger on her mouth in order to silence her, then put my other hand behind my back and pulled one of the jewelries I had from my pocket space.

"Just trust me." I whispered into her ear as I put the necklace around her neck and then made her look up again.

"Do you want this?" I asked and Haruna answered by simply invading my mouth with her tongue, making me push her down to the futon that had been placed in my room.

Long story short, neither of us really slept much that night.

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Tomorrow in their way back to Konoha, Yugao would be having some very important words with her dear student about getting too close to political figures. That is if she could bring herself to do so after what was likely to be a very sleepless night.

How she envied those who were not trained to hear the smallest of noises and react to them.

Well, at the very least she would have something of an entertainment for the night; the purple haired former ANBU thought as her hands got closer to her groin.

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