119. Yukie Fujikaze

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"Yo! How was the movie?" Kakashi squatted on a telephone pole, holding Make-Out Paradise in one hand and greeting Naruto and the others with the other.

When Naruto looked up, he was almost startled and complained, "Forget the movie for now. Can you come down and talk properly?"

Kakashi jumped down and asked, "What's wrong?"

"That pose just now was too intense and uncomfortable." Naruto added, "If you weren't holding Make-Out Paradise but a blade, I'd have thought you were going to kill my entire clan." 'Like Itachi...'

Kakashi blinked in confusion. "What kind of pressure could that be? As shinobi, squatting on telephone poles is pretty normal."

Naturally, Kakashi didn't know what Naruto was thinking, so he moved on to the mission briefing.

"Our mission this time is to escort the actress Fujikaze Yukie, who plays Princess Fūn, to the Land of Snow and protect her until the film is completed."

"A C-rank mission?" Naruto immediately thought of the C-rank escort mission that Tazuna had lied about.

"No, it's A-rank," Kakashi corrected.

Sasuke looked surprised. "A-rank? For just escorting an actress? It doesn't seem that dangerous."

Kakashi explained, "You can't assume that, Sasuke. Many people might target a celebrity like her. We can't predict the opponent's strength, so we can't take this lightly."

Sakura thought for a moment and asked, "So the actual difficulty is somewhere between C-rank and A-rank, but because of the potential for powerful enemies, the client labelled it as A-rank?"

"Exactly," Kakashi replied, snapping his book shut. "Let's get moving."

Naruto thought the client seemed pretty reasonable. At least they were upfront about the possible dangers, unlike the old man Tazuna.

Even if the enemy was tough, they had made the difficulty clear from the start and would pay accordingly.

Naruto couldn't quite recall all the details of this old mission. He only remembered that the enemies relied heavily on technology.

The chakra armour from the Land of Snow stood out in his mind, and it seemed formidable. Still, it wasn't too much of a problem.

"Kakashi-sensei, have you been to the Land of Snow before? I remember you gave me a picture book about it on my third birthday," Naruto tried to remind Kakashi, thinking he had once been on a mission to protect Yukie.

"Ah, yes. That happened," Kakashi said, his face turning nostalgic. It had been nearly ten years. Back then, they had barely escaped after being beaten by the Snow Ninjas' chakra armour.

Kakashi recalled the enemy from that time and the underdeveloped chakra armour, but somehow he couldn't place Fujikaze Yukie, the actress. His memory was truly unreliable.

Naruto didn't think much about it. Kakashi's shaky memory wouldn't affect the current mission.

The team of four arrived at the client's residence. The entrance opened into a hall filled with costumes and props.

Posters for the movie were on the walls, and the director sat with the actors, discussing the next scenes to be shot.

Their client, Asama Sandayū, came forward to greet them. When he saw the three young shinobi behind Kakashi, he said, "Apologies for the delay. I'm Asama Sandayū, Yukie-sama's manager. Is this the legendary 'Second Yellow Flash'?"

"Huh?" Naruto was taken aback. "I didn't know I had that title."

Kakashi chuckled. "After your performance against Gaara during the Chūnin Exams, a lot of people saw it. Now, many are saying you've inherited the Fourth Hokage's techniques and are calling you Konoha's second Yellow Flash."

Naruto finally understood. During the exams, he had shown off a Flying Thunder God and Rasengan combo. It wasn't too powerful at the time, but it certainly looked cool.

At that moment, a group of people in samurai armour entered, escorting a beautiful woman in costume—it was Fujikaze Yukie, using her pseudonym Kazahana Koyuki.

"Let go of me!" Fujikaze Yukie struggled, shouting as she resisted.

Sakura, recognizing the actress from the movie they had just watched, asked, "What's going on?"

The other actors didn't seem fazed. They explained, "Those are her bodyguards and stunt doubles. Yukie-sama often tries to run off without permission."

"Is it alright for the lead actress to act like this all the time?" Sakura couldn't believe the difference between the fearless princess in the movie and the woman standing before her, who seemed to always skip work.

"Yukie-sama doesn't have much stamina, but she's not someone who shirks her duties," one of the actors added.

The director chimed in. "I don't care what she does in her personal time, as long as she delivers a top-notch performance when the cameras are rolling. She's a natural-born actress."

Naruto pouted. "Big deal. Even my shadow clones are great actors."

Sandayū tried reasoning with her. "Please, Yukie-sama, don't be so stubborn. The crew is about to set off for the Land of Snow."

"Let go of me! I'm not going to the Land of Snow! I've had enough! I'm not playing Princess Fūn anymore!" Fujikaze Yukie's struggles intensified.

"Please, Yukie-sama, only you can embody Princess Fūn," Sandayū pleaded.

Kakashi sighed. "We don't have a choice." He lifted his forehead protector to reveal his Sharingan. A single glance put Yukie into a trance, and he caught her as she slumped forward.

Naruto stood there, dumbfounded. "How are you so good at that? Are we shinobi or human traffickers?"

"Kakashi-sensei, you've been single way too long. There are laws against this sort of thing," Naruto teased.

Kakashi shot Naruto a deadpan look. "Don't overthink it. She's just exhausted. This is the fastest and easiest way."

"Oh..." Naruto mumbled. A beautiful woman passed out in the arms of a mysterious man. Something still didn't seem right about this situation.

Kakashi boarded the ship with Fujikaze Yukie in tow, and Naruto followed closely behind.

As the ship set sail, the crew began preparing the scene, waiting for Yukie to wake up so they could start filming.

Naruto, growing bored after a while, started practising chakra manipulation, focusing on the natural transformation of his chakra.

He was learning the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, although he wouldn't be able to throw it until he mastered Sage Mode. Still, he could hope that his clones could do the job for now.

Sasuke was practising the natural transformation of his lightning chakra.

Recently, Kakashi had developed a new Lightning Jutsu based on Chidori, but Sasuke's control wasn't strong enough yet.

Kakashi had advised Sasuke to keep honing his nature transformation. Maybe in the future, Sasuke could develop a Lightning Jutsu that suited him better.

Meanwhile, Sakura was studying medical books as usual. Tsunade had assigned her a significant amount of reading—many of which she needed to memorize completely.

As for Kakashi? He wandered off to a quiet corner, likely up to something unknown. Naruto, of course, didn't bother asking.

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