3 months after leaving the village hidden in Stone with Kurotsuchi, I finally finished visiting all my destinations and was now at the boarders of the Mist.
The Grass agreed immediately to help the Mist, which I rewarded them with a lot of books about herbs and their usage, since their land is able to grow too many herbs at once!
For the Rain, they didn't agree to the operation, so I promised them to increase their share in the farm from 10% to 15%, then they gladly accepted without any other words. A great deal for them, the Farm was still expanding and it was already making a lot of food, in the future it would make much more!
The Sand also didn't want to accept, but once I made the farm that is just outside their village bigger, they agreed since they will need to less food now, I also met Gaara for the first time, he was just like a statue, setting there and saying nothing, so I ignored him.
I kept making a shadow clone every week and send it to Konoha to see if something happened there or not. With the rise of the prices of almost everything, people in Konoha started blaming the greedy Cloud, everyone felt the same, but Haru who was considered the second leader of the Ito clan stood up and announced that the Ito clan will solve the market problem in the next 6 months, and that they should stand hand to hand now and support each other until then. Which means I need to find a way to solve the prices problem in the next 3 months.
Kurotsuchi the weirdo started showing her love to me by giving me flowers and being over protective when anyone intimidate me, but I usually keep punishing her for talking over other people who have high status, like Kages and Kage's assistants.
She started learning how to behave in front of important people, but still show her hostility when anyone tries to attack me in any way.
I once asked her "What do you like in me?"
She answered with a blush "You care about everyone, even our village that was always at war with Konoha, you care about them... This is why I love you"
She said 'I love you' instead of 'like you' just to make it clear to me... I put my hand on her hair and started shaking her hair until her hair style was no more, then pinched her and said "You are cheeky, I like it! But I have a lot of women at home, are you sure you can get along with them?"
She was blushing until the last part where her personality changed and she started punching me "Womanizer, trash! Go to hell!", and after punching me for too long she stopped with her act and started hugging me again... I don't know what to do with her.
I arrived at the mist and was escorted to the Mizukage, which was Mei. Mei seeing me with Kurotsuchi said that we were a great couple to tease me, after that we started talking business. The Mist unlike other places, they had 0 value in their land at all, they had islands, and that was it... They can go fishing, but everyone else can do that too, it is easy... I tried to think and think and think... Is tourism the only way? But then I remembered Europe, and globalization... I thought... Is there some Islands or even another continent in the other side of the sea? There most be right? there is no way this world is this small!
I asked Mei if anyone even tried that, but she said no one ever thought about crossing the sea. I smiled while putting a lot of money on the table saying "This is to help you in this hard time, don't think of it as a loan, but as a brother helping his sister... I need you to do me a favor on the other hand, I need you to build ships that can handle bad weather and make an attempt sailing to the east, and if you find anything, or got reports back that something was found, then tell me... Also don't worry about the trip's food, I will handle everything!"
I thought she would agree but she shocked me by saying "NOT FAIR!..." hearing that I was about to flip backward twice then ask her 'what is not fair?' but then she continued "Why do you only look at me as a sister but not the same way at other women? TOTALLY NOT FAIR!"
I sighed in relief "So you also want to be my wife?" She nodded with a blush... She looked sooo cuuuuute, I love cute things! damm, I would die one day from satisfaction of all the cute things in the world were collected in one place!
"So about what I said earlier, deal or no deal? Don't worry, if you find a land in the other side of the sea, I will marry you immediately". Hearing the last part, she stopped worrying and said "I agree! But you are not allowed to go back on your words, you better take care of me once I found those lands you are asking me to!"
but then out of no where came Kurotsuchi with another "NOT FAIR!... " I thought with this my deal with the Stone will be nullified, so I was worried! Then she dropped another bomb "Why did you give her a task and didn't give me any? If you are going to marry her, then you should marry me too! Am I not beautiful?"
I sighed again... Those heart attacks are coming my way... "No no, you are beautiful but your old man is scary! He said that if I touched you, he will chase me to the end of the world just to kill me! This is why I never dared to say 'I love you too' back, sorry!"
She started blushing then shouted "STUPID GRANDPA!", Mei and the people of the mist started laughing, they thought that we really looked like if we were tailored for one another.
I asked Kurotsuchi (Will shortcut her name to Kuro from now on!) as we left the hidden Mist "Do you want to go to the Stone right now, or want to come to my house in Konoha? I will show you my family if you want to!"
She started blushing then said "I am free, lets go to Konoha... But promise me to teach me some ninjutsu and how to become stronger, otherwise grandpa will chase you to the end of the world to kill you!"
I started giggling then nodded, we held hands and started running to Konoha together as if we were love birds, in the next days our relationship developed to hugging, and kissing on cheeks, but we didn't go any further, at least not before getting Onoki to agree to marry me his granddaughter.