Rem has hated ninja for as long as she could remember, and yet she lived here in the Village Hidden in the Leaves.

She liked to keep the doors of her kimono shop closed. The shop was a small shop in Konoha which sold kimonos to the nobles when they came into town. Sometimes she sold kimonos to kunoichi when they were on a mission which required them but usually she preferred to deal with the nobles. The less she had to do with ninjas the better. That's precisely why she kept her doors shut. It was a bad business practice—she knew that—but her shop made enough money to close out that part of the world. A hole in the wall was her sanctuary.

She liked to keep her shop tidy. The floors were made of a light ash wood, which she polished every night before bed and tall, multi-colored kimonos stood on their display racks. There was a counter for the cash register and a small sitting area by the windows so her elite customers could converse with her over tea that she had imported from the Land of Tea itself. Rem had enough windows to let in natural light so the store had an ethereal glow about it.

Rem sat down in a chair and stared out the window. She sipped her tea as she watched the world go by as she daydreamed about mystical far-off lands.

She heard a loud crash outside her store and leapt out of her seat. She leaned over the table and looked out at the store. She tucked her pale blonde hair behind her ears and squinted her eyes to see out the window. She couldn't see anything from this perspective!

Rem shuffled over to the door in her geta sandals and cracked the door open. She gripped the collar of her yukata as she looked down the street and bit her lip. Would it be another note?

Instead she saw two grown men fighting each other. One was dressed head-to-toe in tree green and had black hair in a bowl haircut. The other had gravity-defying silver hair and his whole body was covered, save for his eye. Both men were wearing deep green jackets. She recognized those jackets—those were ninja jackets. They had the ninja head bands as well. Even though Rem liked to stay out of Konoha's affairs, she knew enough about this town to know that those ninja were Might Guy and Kakashi Hitake—the green beast and the copy ninja.

The green man and the silver haired man looked like they were…holding hands maybe? It was hard to tell. They seemed to be involved in some sort of a struggle. Their hands were moving at such a speed all Rem saw was a blur. They were being leaping back and fourth. At one point the silver haired man crashed into the wall. Then the green man. Then the silver man again. Finally they leapt back apart from each other.

"Well, Kakashi, it looks like I win again." The green man's—Might Guy's—booming voice filled the street.

"Oh well." Kakashi shrugged.

"Oh you and your cool indifference! You got to see the Power of Youth win again. It looks like you win at thumb wrestling this time, Kakashi Hitake."

So that's what they were doing. That seemed pretty violent for thumb wresting. Rem thought to herself.

"…And it looks like we have some company." Both men turned to Rem. Rem shrunk back behind the shelter that the shade that her door provided.

"Sorry, ma'am, my Eternal Rival and I can get carried away sometimes. When two ninja try their hardest, even a simple thumb wrestling contest can turn into an epic battle."

"That's interesting." Rem politely said. "Well, I'll leave you and your 'Eternal Rival' to go about your business. Good day." Rem went to close her door.

"Wait." Kakashi said. He folded his arms. Rem bit her lip. "You looked like you were nervous about something or anticipating something. What is going on?" Kakashi asked evenly.

"Nothing." Rem quickly replied. "Nothing at all. Do not worry, please. It's nothing that I cannot handle myself. Good day." She went to close the door again.

"Wait, are you sure? We can help you. What do you say, Kakashi, should our next contest be seeing who can help this woman solve her problem first?" Guy smiled with gleaming teeth.

Kakashi shrugged.

"No, really, I am fine. Please, do not worry."

"Are you sure that it has nothing to do with this letter here?" Kakashi picked up a note that was placed on Rem's door step. The young woman averted her eyes to the ground.

Guy looked at her with an eager anticipation.

"…Alright." Rem responded after a long pause. She opened her door. "Come inside." Rem cracked open the door more and gestured to the inside of her shop.

Rem hated ninja.