Deleted Scene Episode 7

Timeline: Takes place between AtO's chapter 13 and 14
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Danzo-sama glanced at the file with utmost concentration. “None of our contacts can determine the breed of that animal.”
Everyone in the room stayed silent.
“But they're sure it's more than an ordinary owl because of its silver-hued feathers.” Danzo stood and moved to the window. He looked out into the dark night for quite some time before he said, “Jun.”
Jun stepped forward readily and knelt.  He quelled down his pride at being personally chosen for a mission by Danzo-sama because Root didn't have a need for pride. They only did the job they needed to do for the betterment of the village.
Danzo-sama didn't turn away from the window. “Your mission starting from today... is to observe that owl.”
Jun stilled in disbelief for a moment. He hadn't slaved away at his training so that he could go and observe a bird.
“Record it's daily activities. The routes it takes, where it stops frequently, what it does,” Danzo-sama said, unaware of Jun's inner turmoil. “As an unidentifiable breed, we can't underestimate it's intelligence. It might just have the ability to gather information for that Uzumaki.”
Jun ignored the slight show of frustrated emotion at the end of Danzo-sama's statement. Because some distant part of his own mind was still reeling with the thought of 'but it's just a bird'. He suppressed his rebellious thoughts and reminded himself that he had no right to question Danzo-sama's motives or missions. “Yes, Danzo-sama.”

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Jun stayed still on the tree branch and kept to the tree's shadow, even as his muscles twitched from being crouched in the same position for the past five hours.
The white owl, a few feet away on another tree's branch, rubbed it's head against the rough bark of the tree and then stretched out a wing.
And then yet again, it started preening it's feathers.
Jun twitched but dutifully wrote down his latest observation. 'Can spend hours at a time pretending to preen while discreetly observing location (today the owl stayed close to the Konoha's orphanage- hidden slightly in the trees)= patient and well-trained.'
After a few minutes of adding more details, Jun created a clone and sent his report back to headquarters.

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Danzo-sama slammed the report shut. “Who is she?”
“The owl, sir,” Jun replied.
“Any why did you feel the need to compromise your position to help her?”
“Her claws got snagged within the wire. If I left her there, she would have cut herself trying to get free.”
Danzo-sama didn't seemed pleased by the answer. “Tell me, Jun. How long have you been watching this animal?”
“Today was the fifth day, Danzo-sama,” Jun said, keeping as still as possible.
“Five days. It took five days for you to be compromised by a mere bird and fail a simple mission.” Danzo-sama turned to the other occupant in the room. “Check his chakra.”
Jun flinched as kikkai bugs landed on various points of his body and pulled at his chakra viciously.
After a few minutes, a solemn voice said, “There is no foreign chakra in his body.”
Danzo-sama clenched his fist tightly. “Then how did that owl get to him?”
After a few seconds, the other occupant replied. “Maybe the unnatural colouring on the feathers serve as some sort of defence mechanism by hypnotizing any predatory threats.”
“Report to the Nest,” Danzo-sama said with a dismissive glance to Jun. “They'll deal with your failure properly."
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Some random OC in a deleted scene? Bet you weren't expecting that, were you?

Jun: Depending on the way the kanji is written, it can have various meanings. Reason I chose it was because two of the meanings were “obey” and “conform to”.

Funnily enough, Jun doesn't actually show up in Chapter 14. But I wanted to post this to show that there are things going on that Harry doesn't necessarily find out/know about- if that makes any sense. And it fills up the story timeline for me.

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