Naruto strolled casually into the shop and was surprised to see Sakura about to leave with a large box he recognized as the same genin kit he'd gotten from Higurashi months ago along with a few other bags.
Sakura just huffed at the sight of him and stormed past.
"Whatever you said to her, well done," said Tenten, leafing through a stack of ryo, counting it over and over again.
"Told her she was a 'Fangirl', she didn't take it very well," he answered, surprised to see Tenten manning the counter.
"No, she most definitely did not," said Tenten, smiling happily. "Still, good job. If I'd known I would have so taken her to task for it. Anyway, what can I do for you?"
"Figured I'd take a look around, my team is taking its first C-rank and I'm pretty certain things are going to go to shit so I'd better prepare as best as I can.
"I understand," she said, studying him. "Your gear looks pretty good though, or are you looking for something with a bit more defense."
"I figure it's time to move up to some medium armor. I know it's a bit heavier and will probably slow me down slightly but the extra defense should balance it out."
"Let me get my dad then, he'd probably know what's best for you," she replied, disappearing into the back a second later.
Naruto walked the aisles, picking up the occasional piece then putting it back and moving on. He wasn't really sure what he should be looking for but Hiten always knew.
"So you're back, brat," greeted the older man.
"You know it," replied Naruto, smiling for his friend.
"So, medium armor this time?" he asked.
Naruto just nodded once firmly. "With the way things have been going, I seem to always be protecting my teammates while they go kill happy. Some medium armor wouldn't hurt."
Hiten nodded and walked through the aisles toward the large rack of jackets, he leafed through the jackets before pulling out a crimson red long sleeve jacket and tossed it to Naruto.
Naruto caught the jacket, it was a bit heavier than his current jacket but most of that was probably from the sleeves his current jacket did not possess.
Crimson Medium Body Armor – A tough long-sleeve jacket covered in thick cloth and lined with medium chain mesh and leather. This armor provides decent protection from weapons, easily stopping most shuriken and senbon from causing significant damage. Requires Lv20. Stats: +75 DEF, +10 STR, +10 VIT, DUR 75/75.
Naruto frowned a bit at the loss of dexterity but the additional armor was worth it.
Meanwhile, Hiten moved to another rack, this one filled with pants, all black and shades of dark blue. He finally pulled a pair and tossed them at Naruto.
Black Medium Leg Armor – Tough long pants covered in thick cloth and lined with medium chain mesh and leather. This armor provides decent protection from weapons, easily stopping most shuriken and senbon from causing significant damage. Requires Lv20. Stats: +75 DEF, +15 STR, +20 VIT, +5% effectiveness to [Stealth], DUR 75/75.
"That should work for you," said Hiten. "Anything else you might upgrade would be minimal without severely weighing you down.
"Thanks a lot. I appreciate it. I should probably stock up on some more fuinjutsu supplies, kunai and shuriken while I'm here. I lost a lot of weapons today in that training field."
"Not a problem," he replied, already on his way to the back room to get Naruto his supplies.
Naruto waited patiently by the counter for Hiten to return with his other supplies. It didn't take very long to get everything he'd asked for.
"I also got a bunch of stuff from one of the training fields, can you do anything with these?" Naruto asked, setting the claws and fangs on the counter.
"Wolves, were you training out by the power plant?"
"Yeah," he answered. "So, can you make anything with them?"
"Probably some daggers with the fangs. Maybe some claw weapons with the claws," mused Hiten, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.
"Cool," said Naruto, then he had another thought given his extra time. "Think you could teach me to make them myself?"
"I suppose, but it takes real dedication. Learning it you may have to give up fuinjutsu. I won't have a part time apprentice," said Hiten.
Would you like to replace [Fuinjutsu] skill with [Blacksmithing] skill?
Naruto quickly declined, he wasn't going to give up [Fuinjutsu] after all the time and effort he'd put into learning it already. "Ah, I think its best I stick with [Fuinjutsu] for now."
"Suit yourself, now get out of here brat. I've a business to run."
"What about the claws and fangs?"
"Leave them and I'll see what I can make for you. Come back in a few weeks for the finished product."
"Cool, I'm leaving a C-Rank tomorrow but when I get back I'll stop by to see what you've made. See you later, Higurashi-san."
Shopping done, Naruto left the shop, quickly adding his stuff to his inventory.
With so much time still on his hands he headed for the academy training field intent on gaining the status points and working on his skills some before he called it a night. He gained his stat points in a couple hours before turning to his skills.
Naruto started out running up and down a tall tree at the edge of the field, until he was down about 200 CP. After that he used [Raiton: Chakra Denka no Jutsu] for the first time. It was actually quite a strange feeling and it hurt like hell but did replenish his CP.
[Raiton Affinity]'s level has risen by one.
[Raiton: Chakra Denka no Jutsu]'s level has risen by one.
[Raiton Affinity]'s level has risen by one.
[Raiton: Chakra Denka no Jutsu]'s level has risen by one.
[Raiton Affinity]'s level has risen by one.
[Raiton: Chakra Denka no Jutsu]'s level has risen by one.
[Raiton Affinity]'s level has risen by one.
[Raiton: Chakra Denka no Jutsu]'s level has risen by one.
Naruto took a moment to check what the level had done for him and he was definitely pleased. The chakra regeneration increased to five per second but there was no reduction in cost. His affinity boost increased to 5% also. It would do for now.
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