The warriors had gathered and fought, trying to buy the rest of them time to get away. Those fleeing had been the noncombatants, primarily the youngest.
They were all female, all had cat ears and tails. They were known as the Miqo'te. (Though there were different accents and dialects apparently.)
"Nyan! Welcome to Ichiraku's!" declared one as she greeted customers.
Naruto blinked at the Miqo'te his age. "Uhm."
"Ah, Naruto," said Teuchi. "You met our new hire."
"Nyan! Welcome to Ichiraku's!" declared the young catgirl as two more of her race stepped up.
"Chilled fish ramen," said one, pulling her gloves off.
"Nyan!" said the young greeter. "Fish is very fresh today!"
"Oh? In that case I'll have the same," said the other Miqo'te.
"'New hire'?" asked Naruto.
Teuchi nodded as Ayame went to work on the ramen. "Lisa here runs deliveries."
"Nyan!" agreed Lisa cheerfully.
"Oh, well, good," said Naruto. "I'm glad to see they're making friends."
"That they are," said Teuchi. "If they'd just been refugees from some war - well we get those every so often anyway. These though - they're friendly, attractive, and have skills they can market."
"Flattery will get you a bigger tip," said one of the Miqo'te customers with an appropriate cat-smile.
"Well, look at you, Rin," said Teuchi. "You're a top class weaponsmith."
The catgirl inclined her head but then her ramen was put in front of her and she gave her attention to that.
"I just wish I could save more..." said Naruto sadly.
Teuchi shook his head. "I know how you feel, but the Hokage's right. Trying to save people is all well and good - but there's no room or resources for too many people. Look at your first effort - you got twenty four of Miqo'te here. If you'd gotten much more, we would have had to turn some away just because taking in that many people at once was a strain."
"Still..." grumped Naruto.
"If it's any consolation," said Teuchi as he took in the way Naruto was slumping on his stool, "there's talk about you making a second attempt to see if you end up with the same results."
"Without the seal-array, I can't do it again," complained Naruto. "That particular summon requires the scroll it's written on to be present. That's been locked away."
"Well, it's getting close to the genin test anyway," said Teuchi. "You'll be needing to concentrate on that."
"It's four months away," complained Naruto.
"That's my point," pointed out Teuchi.
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