Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, or any of the other elements you see appear. I leave that to more... inspired gentlemen.
A/N I've lost way too many hours playing Cities. Where does the time go, seriously? Also! I feel I should note I renamed the Blade of Wind jutsu that Baki uses, or at least, a simpler version. His attack seems to have multiple blades, but I'd have to go back and watch the episode and I just can't be bothered. I also refuse to acknowledge Temari's attacks english name as Wind Scythe, it's a damn Sickle Weasel.
Reviewers Inimica, Meiaideas12, and the Guest: Thank you, I try. :) I try to write the life of the character as I imagine this, and it's led to use the use of this writing style. I get to get rid of most of the "high society" speach found in novels. It's plenty of fun. Ragna: Ino and the MC are 3 years older than Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata and the others. I bumped her up to his age. They just don't interact much because A: those kids are 5 and B: My character is at least over 2 decades old, stuck in an 8 year olds body, and slightly off-center because of 8 year old instincts and adult thoughts. I was hoping I'd portrayed this properly. I haven't really shown much on the Academy itself because its been so heavily used and it tends to strangle a writer when they try it. My apologies.
"Speaking."
'Inner Speech.' (This will be rare, I personally only acknowledge its use in checking if something is fit for public saying myself)
Game/Alerts/Jutsu
"Animal speech."
"Demonic and Summon speech."
(2 Months Later)
I had to clean the clinic, kennels, and house for an entire month. It would have been 2 if Kanemaru hadn't spoken up about our attempt at Fang Passing Fang. The house arrest she put me on lasted the full 2 months, except heavy training took over my free time during the second month. The good news was we managed to learn Fang Passing Fang to an acceptable level, and I was given some time to work on Steel Passing Fang as well.
Ino was even limited in visitation to the damn yoga days. And to make it even better, my mother wasn't even specifically mad at me for going into the training grounds and disobeying her command. That was brushed off as an 'Alpha' thing. What pissed her off was going off and fighting a bunch of creatures they were still trying to identify, without telling anyone or taking any backup other than Kanemaru.
But finally, my day of freedom had arrived! I'd get to do whatever I want. Though, considering the first thing I wanted to do was check out that new jutsu scroll I'd never been allowed the time to look at I wasn't really going anywhere.
"Might as well start reading it now," I muttered, rolling out of bed, leaving Kanemaru behind to snore. "Need to get him a doggy bed or something."
A quick shower later and I scurried back to my room, opening my inventory and taking out the scroll. A quick Observe had me silently cursing my coin-flip luck.
Scroll of Learning
Wind Release: Wind Scythe Jutsu: Manipulating the wind around a body part (or weapon), the user slices it in the direction they intend the attack to travel, causing the wind to react violently and create an attack potentially capable of cutting steel. Damage: 30 Cost: 20 Chakra.
Requirements to Learn: Wind Release or a Wind Affinity to absorb the scroll. Without either of these, efforts to learn a scroll will have to be undertaken the manual way. Note: Having Wind Release will allow to the scroll to not be destroyed.
"Something good followed by something annoying." I gave a sigh as I put the scroll back in my inventory.
We hadn't even properly learned anything about affinities in the Academy, and my mom didn't explain anything either. My best bet was... Hana! Not paying any heed to the early time I'd woken up at, I scurried down the hall as quickly and silently as I could. No reason to tempt fate after all.
I really shouldn't have said that. I'd forgotten that this is Hana's usual time to wake up, and walked in halfway through her changing. I was desperately trying to forget what had been visible for the 2 seconds of pure shock before she'd reacted by finishing pulling her bra on and I'd fallen to the floor covering my eyes.
"Ok Tetto, why the hell didn't you knock?" I heard from above me.
"I'm sorry Hana-nee," I whimpered. "I tempted fate and forgot."
A sigh came from my sister as she ruffled my hair. "Well you've learned not to enter a girls bedroom with knocking... Haven't you?" The implied threat was very clear.
I should point out that I've never been very adept at handling teen girls, and unfortunately when I entered this world Hana had also aged up 3 extra years. Walking in on your almost 14 year old sister is enough to get you mental issues, so I just dumbly nodded my head.
"I'm dressed. Open your eyes idiot. You came to ask for something didn't you?"
My eyes shot open and I stared straight at her face. "How did you know?"
A short laugh came from her, "That's the only time you forget to knock, little brother. Now hurry up, I need to do my stretches and you need to scram." To emphasize her point, she stared at the door for several seconds.
"Do you have chakra paper?" I ask hopefully.
"What the hell do you need that for, don't you train enough?" Even as she was asking for my reasoning, my amazing older sister was obviously going to get something.
"I wanna find out my affinity so I can learn more jutsu, obviously." I shrugged mildly. "I'm gonna need more things eventually."
"That's true," she replied, pulling a small box out of her closet. "But you haven't even gotten the Henge down yet, what makes you think you're ready for jutsu?"
"The Henge is evil, and I haven't really been paying attention to it." It was true, I'd mostly ignored the stupid thing in trying to get my other abilities figured out. I was going to need to finish learning it, and soon.
"Whatever," she tossed a sheet of paper at me before shoving the box back in the closet. "Channel your chakra, if it crumbles it's Earth, crinkling is Lightning, soggy is Water, cutting is Wind, burning is Fire. Hurry up."
I obeyed promptly, mild disappointment rolling off me when it just crumbled away to dust. "Earth Affinity? Why does it have to be Earth?"
"Sorry little brother." She didn't look or sound sorry as she started pushing me from her room. "Just remember to knock, or the next time I'm tying you up on the Hokage Monument butt naked."
"I'll be good Hana-nee," I promised, scurrying away as swiftly as I could.
No matter how old you were, some things were just always going to embarrass you. I made note to never mention this even to Kanemaru, the hound was getting suspiciously sarcastic. I'll fully admit that most of my impulses want me to make sarcastic comments, but it totally wasn't fair that nobody else I hung out with heard his snark but me. He behaved so damn cuddly around them I wouldn't be surprised to find him spending more time with my wife than I if I ever got married.
I could wake Kiba up and make him train with me, oh that would be sweet. But I decided he gets to the few years of childhood he has left. It was starting to get too cold outside for early morning training, and my mom was off on another mission today so we were on our own. I was wondering what I was going to accomplish now that my leash was off, when it hit me.
Just because I couldn't learn that cool scythe attack, didn't mean I couldn't learn a different jutsu. After all, I'd just discovered my affinity! I'm pretty sure the clan had my great-uncle or something working in the archives, it couldn't be too difficult to ask for something.
Turns out, the old geezer had no qualms about giving me a copy of the Hidden Mole Jutsu but apparently I was 'far too young' to bother trying with the other techniques we had. Even the C rank jutsu we had in the archives would cause massive amounts of property damage.
I shook Kanemaru awake when I returned to my room, holding the scroll proudly.
Scroll of Learning
Earth Release: Hidden Mole Jutsu: Channelling chakra into the earth turns it into a fine sand around the users body. This technique can be used for escaping, hiding, or launching a surprise attack. Cost: 15 Chakra.
Requirements to Learn: Earth Release or Earth Affinity.
I quickly 'learned' the jutsu, causing the scroll to disappear in a soft golden light. I sat there basking in the knowledge of moving through the earth.
"Don't you have those points to use?" Kanemaru reminded me.
"I... actually forgot about those, thanks," I replied.
I put my points into strength, vitality, intelligence, wisdom, and chakra. A nice balance was needed after all. Now that I had a new jutsu to use, I'd need to train it. And I knew just how to do it.
"So I just gotta ask Hana-nee to take us?" Kiba asked me for the third time.
"Yeah pup, and I'll even teach you the jutsu when you get older." I replied, smirking softly as his eyes went wide.
"Really Aniki? You promise?" I will not deign to acknowledge the jutsu my 5 year old brother was using with his eyes. Little brat.
"Yup, now go on and make me proud pup." Hana-nee was going to kill me for unleashing Kiba on her, but as he ran off in excitement I couldn't help but smile.
Hana demanded I do her chores for a week. I countered by refusing to do her laundry. The negotiations to go to an uninfested training ground were still going strong a half hour later.
"For the last time Hana-nee, I refuse to do your laundy!" I shouted. "I don't want to ever see, hear about, or touch your underwear. I refuse!"
"Fine brat, then you'll do my chores for 2 weeks instead." She replied, smirking at my outrage.
"How about 1 week, and I won't tell mom you skipped out on washing the dishes last week to go spy on the Uchiha kid." I'd saw her following 11 year old Itachi Uchiha, like a fangirl.
My negotiation tactics were underhanded as all hell, but I wanted to be a ninja, so whatever.
Hana went bright red, in embarrassment or anger I couldn't tell. "How about I tell mom you were spying on me changing then?"
I scoffed even as I blushed at the reminder. "That was an accident, she knows I forget things when I get excited. It's not my fault I take after her."
She grumbled for a bit before biting her lip in thought. "What do you want?" She finally asked.
"I'll do your share of the chores for 2 weeks. You get to handle our laundry." I paused before I added, "I'll keep quiet about your little fangirl episode, but you have to take us to a training ground so I can get some damn practice. If you can help me find a useful earth jutsu I'd be thankful."
"I'm going to wash your mouth out," she warned before she sighed. "But I'll get the triplets."
"As long as my Nee-chan is happy, I don't care." That earned me a smile and hug, apparently we were done negotiating. Go me!
When we finally got to training ground 19 she made me run laps. Kiba wanted to run with me so I humored them both, but I still dragged Hana and our ninken into running with us. We dropped our speed down to what Kiba could sustain, playing a lazy game of tag between all of us.
My first use of Hidden Mole ended with me stuck head first into the dirt, kicking my legs into the air and hearing howling laughter echoing across the grounds. Kiba, bless him, only laughed for a few seconds before dragging Kanemaru to get me free.
"How'd the dirt taste?" Kanemaru snickered.
I spit dirt into his face, causing him to yelp and wipe his nose off. "Don't give me any ideas of making you learn this too," I threatened.
He snickered again as I ran through the hand-seals to go underground once more. The first attempt had ended poorly because I put too much chakra into it by accident and when I encountered no real resistance I tried to draw back on it, causing it to harden around parts of me. My second attempt was more like trying to swim through mud, and I hopped out quickly.
"Damn it all, why the hell can't I do this?" I shouted.
"Mouth. Soap. Mom," my sister growled out, causing me to pale.
"Sorry," I muttered.
"You just picked up the scroll today didn't you?" At my nod she sighed. "Seriously, you still can't complete a proper Henge, but you pick up something that quickly? Even if it doesn't work properly yet, that's just silly."
"In my defense, I was never given a scroll to learn it. Just lots of practice. To be entirely honest, I'd probably have it down just fine if I had a scroll." I tried again, focusing on trying to restrict the jutsu down to 20 chakra points.
"I'll get you a damn scroll then," she told me as I drew myself from my new pit.
It was surprisingly sticky this time, like a damn glue. Maybe it was my control, I'd never actually paid attention to my intelligence and wisdom stats, they just kinda seemed there. Sure, I'd done the leaf sticking thing like everyone else, but it felt robotic to me. And that's when I had a flash of inspiration.
"Earth Release: Hidden Mole Jutsu," I called out, activating the ability from my skills menu.
When I sunk into the ground like water down a drain, I realised just how badly I'd been messing it up. I was trying to use it half like a jutsu, and half like a game skill. I was using hand-seals with it, and most of my abilities didn't require them at all. I had to mold my chakra sometimes, but while I still could use hand-seals just as well as the others, I'd be much further behind if I only stuck with learning that way.
I was given a damn cheat ability to make any jutsu I learned work. I swam around below the ground for a bit, popping my hand out to smack Kiba in the back. I could hear his shouts and Hana's laughter as I pondered about this.
I could, potentially, demonstrate my massive cheat of the system in front of my mother. She'd definitely want to know how I did it, but I could come up with a lie. When you were living one, even if only in your own mind, it got easier. I idly noted I'd never actually taken the time to sort between current-me and previous-me, the one without the memories of Inuzuka Tetto.
The character creation had truly merged my mind with that of an 8 year olds... and basically eliminated half of my usual thoughts, which were about women, simply by throwing me into a body too young to bother with it. If I demonstrated my ability, it would get me out of the Academy faster, allowing me to grow at a much higher pace. But I'd leave Ino behind, and as much as she bugged me, and fawned over Kanemaru when she thought I wasn't looking, she was technically my only human friend.
'Fuck,' I thought suddenly. 'I really haven't done anything in these months that have passed. I've been living, true, and training, even if not as strongly as I know I could.'
The really big slap to the face was realizing just how much time I'd wasted. Instead of wondering about events, I should get started on manipulating them. Most people would be thinking 'gather the harem, be the best!' right about now. But I'd realized something. There were quite a few S-class ninja in the world who could butcher me several different ways before I could react.
I need friends. Even minions. Somebody there to protect me and watch my back as I deal with all the shit in life... Kanemaru just wasn't enough, no offense to the guy. I was going to do something stupid to rectify this, but it could potentially get me in a lot of trouble in a bad bad way.
I popped out of the ground directly in front of Hana and Kiba, causing them to step back in shock. "We need to talk. Now. Come here Kanemaru."
"So you're telling me this life is a game in your eyes, and you want us to get involved in this insanity with you?" Hana asked while crossing her arms.
"So cool Aniki!" Kiba shouted, eyes wide. "Can I be awesome like you too?"
"Uh, wait until you're at least 8 Kiba. I'll get you started then?" Honestly, I never had a little brother to worship me in my previous experience. An annoying nephew yes, brother no.
Kiba pouted while Hana continued to stare at me. "Well?" She prompted.
"I don't know? But seriously, who else besides Ino-chan can I ask?" I mean, it was kinda obvious. "She's literally the only person outside the clan I bother talking to. I don't think I've seen anyone interesting in the last few months to catch my attention."
"I'll... think about it. No promises." She did give me a soft smile though, yay. "I'm not entirely sure I feel like experiencing these dungeons you talked about."
I shivered even as I took Fire-Rat's Haori out and put it on. "You gotta admit, it's kinda bad ass."
Hana bonked Kiba on the head before he could ask a stupid question. "Ask Ino-chan about it. I'll come along with you if she agrees to it."
I shrugged, "Couldn't ask for more than that. Now let's go home and get lunch."
"Yeah! Aniki's making lunch!" Kiba shouted, rushing off.
"Well fuck, I forgot that," I muttered.
"Yeah, you're still getting the soap, second life or not." Hana had a stare that could put grown men and wild animals in fear.
"It was fucking worth it." Oh my, I may become like Hidan. That's a terrifying thought, I must remember to burn him with fire or something.
It was worth it. Also, I make some great tacos for a nearly 9 year old body. I'd have to make plans on scoping out the Uchiha Clan compound, but that could wait until after I'd gotten some dungeon time with Ino-chan in. Of course, explaining to her is likely going to cause me more than one headache.
Knowing her, she'd end up claiming to be my mistress or something to pass off our training sessions. 8 year olds terrify me. And the girls just get worse as they get older. Much worse.
As I roped Kiba into helping with the dishes, Hana left to get get a scroll on the Henge for me. We spent a little time lounging around waiting for her return. I hated waiting more than just about anything.
"Here, brat," I heard Hana say before something hit my head.
I turned slightly to see a scroll laying on the ground from where it'd bounced off me.
Scroll of Learning
Henge: A transformation jutsu requiring the user to output a set level of chakra and keep the transformation in mind to sustain it. Injury or too much stress upon the mind will cause the jutsu to fail. Cost: 10 Chakra.
Requirements to Learn: Intelligence: 2 Wisdom: 1
I learned it instantly, the golden light drawing wide eyes from Hana and Kiba. "Henge," I called. I disappeared in a puff of smoke, and when it cleared the appearance of my mother stared back at everyone.
Hana stepped forward slowly, checking me over and raising her hand to my head. With a quick flick of her finger I landed on my butt, the transformation disappearing with another puff of smoke.
"Not bad little brother." Hana commented. "Good enough to pass the exams at least."
I scoffed as I shook my head, "Now I just need to teach Ino-chan and get some practice."
She hummed in thought for a moment. "You can invite her to your party can't you?"
"Uh, yeah?" I tilted my head, trying to think of why she asked.
"Does that mean she can learn the scrolls like you can?" Oh holy shit. "Couldn't you have her learn one the same way, and another jutsu for extra points during the test?"
"You're a genius Hana-nee!" I shouted, bolting upright. "C'mon Kanemaru."
"Do we have to?" He sighed, still laying by the window. "I'd much rather take a nap."
"You know, if you bring your brush, I'm sure she won't mind grooming you while we talk." If there was one thing Ino was willing to do, it was spoil my partner rotten.
My point was proven as he hopped up and raced to our room for his brush. As I made my way to the front door, he reappeared with it in his mouth. As we were walking, I took a quick look at my stats.
Inuzuka Tetto
Age: 8
Level: 3 Experience: 40%
Titles: N/A
Status: N/A
Health: 220/220 Chakra Pool: 105/105
Strength: 6 Dexterity: 4 Vitality: 8 Intelligence: 5 Wisdom: 4 Chakra: 4
Bloodline: Steel Release: An interesting and powerful bloodline, it can be manipulated in many ways by a proper user.
Gamer's Body. Passive. Lvl Max. Grants the ability to live life like a video game. Status, Health, and Chakra return upon resting.
Gamer's Mind. Passive. Lvl Max. Grants the ability to calmly and peacefully think things through, to a certain extent. Grants limited to resistance to Genjutsu.
Earth Affinity
Money: 3500 Ryo
Skills:
Four Legs Technique: 29/50: The tandard Inuzuka Taijutsu style involving dropping to all fours and extending your claws and fangs by using chakra. Enables high speed movement and boosted reflexes.
Passing Fang: 28/50: Spinning at extreme speeds causes a tornado-like attack that will inflict beast-like wounds when contact is made. This technique is the most basic version, not requiring a ninken partner. Cost: 5 Chakra.
Fang Passing Fang: 6/50 A coordination jutsu requiring a partner, primarily a ninken. This ability has far greater potential damage. Cost: 10 Chakra from each user.
Clone Jutsu: An illusion that is basically worthless against a real Shinobi, easily identified because of the lack of shadow. Cost: 10 Chakra.
Shurikenjutsu: 15/50
Kenjutsu: 25/50
Ninjato: 20/50
Observe: Cost: 3 Chakra.
Body Replacement Jutsu: 17/50: Cost: 5 Chakra.
Steel Beast Claw: 18/50: Hardening the hands, rarely the shins and feet, into steel like properties allows great destructive force behind Taijutsu attacks and techniques. Cost: 15 Chakra.
Steel Passing Fang: 10/50: Damage: 15 Cost: 10 Chakra.
Hidden Mole Jutsu: 2/50: Channelling chakra into the earth turns it into a fine sand around the users body. This technique can be used for escaping, hiding, or launching a surprise attack. Cost: 15 Chakra.
Henge: 2/50: A transformation jutsu requiring the user to output a set level of chakra and keep the transformation in mind to sustain it. Injury or too much stress upon the mind will cause the jutsu to fail. Cost: 10 Chakra.
I'd totally forgotten my mom made me replace my shuriken and kunai out of pocket... She'd also cut my allowance for a while, forcing me to use my own money to send Kiba for snacks. Thankfully that didn't last long.
Kanemaru practically dragged me down the street on our way to Ino's house. I really should learn better than to bribe him, he's starting to expect it to get him to do things. Just like his partner, heh.
As I knocked on the door, Kanemaru let out a bark. "Kanemaru! Tetto-kun!" Oh no, why is she excited?
As I was contemplating retreat, Kanemaru bit my pant lag and held me in place. "Oh come on partner, let me go."
"No. The cute girl is going to brush my fur, and you're going to talk, and like it." Uh, what?
"Are you conspiring with my mother to play matchmaker?"
"Maybe," was all I got before the door in front of us opened.
Ino stood there with a bright smile on her face, eyes sparkling with excitement. A little behind her I saw her younger brother Inokku run past. What was with the naming scheme? I mean, I know I can't cast stones, mostly because my family names the kids after body parts, but still.
"Hey Ino-chan," I say with a smile. "Kanemaru wanted you to brush his fur, apparently you're his favorite."
"Is that right?" She turned that sparkle onto my buddy in an instant. "Well come in guys, do you want something to drink?"
I glanced at Kanemaru who shook his head. "No, we're good. Let's head up to your room, I want to talk to you."
Oh no, she's blushing. This is bad. "My room? Tetto-kun wants to go to my room." I'm not sure she was entirely there at the moment.
"Well yeah, being best friends means we can go in each others rooms doesn't it?" I must save myself quickly.
She actually blushed deeper, but led the way through the house. I waved at her father Inoichi as we passed, and his eyebrow went up as he watched us. 'Play it cool, keep calm. She won't freak out too badly.' Well at least, that was my hope. I was going to do things a little differently than I had with Kiba and Hana, more along the lines of how I told Kanemaru.
Ino's room was surprisingly non-girly. Sure, there were a couple flowers, but it was done in a pretty neutral shade of blue that actually... "The walls are the same color as your eyes, Ino-chan." Damnit, I need to stop talking sometimes. I could see the blush deepen even as she nodded to my statement.
"So," she started as she pulled Kanemaru closer to her and caught the brush I tossed. "What do you need to talk about?"
Quest Alert! Best Friends Don't Lie: Ino Yamanaka is your best friend, and it falls to you to tell her about yourself. Be careful, because not all truths are helpful.
Objective: Inform Ino about your powers, and recruit her help.
Rewards: 20% Exp for all party members.
Ino recieves: 5 stat points
Health Potion x2
Money: 1000 Ryo
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Failure Penalties: You may be subjected to a Yamana mind search, be careful in your story.
This Quest cannot be declined!
Well... that made things easier. Kanemaru could see the pop up, and his eyes were wide as he stared at me. I gave him a small smile and nod.
"Invite to party Ino Yamanaka," I called.
"Wha-" She cut off as a party invite popped up in front of her.
"I've got... interesting abilities Ino-chan." I shuffled for a moment as she continued staring at the screen. "I'm going to get stronger, but I really don't want to leave you behind."
I watched as she took a deep breath and pressed the yes option. "Explain," she said, eyes boring into me.
"It's a game. An interesting one, and it gives me some serious advantages over the others, but I'm still getting used to it." I rubbed the back of my shaggy hair briefly. "We can learn jutsu scrolls by absorbing them, I guess, but it only works if you have the affinity, release, or the jutsu is unaligned."
"The Henge?" She asked.
I nodded. "Learned it before I came over."
"And how exactly are we going to become stronger?"
Kanemaru gave a snort and rolled his eyes. "Silly girl, we're going to fight things of course."
"You speak!" Ino shouted, causing Kanemaru and I to widen our eyes.
"You can understand me?" He asked, looking up at her.
"Yep! Isn't this great Kanemaru?" That bright eyed smile was back in full force.
"Sure..."
"Why do you sound so disappointed?" She asked.
"It's because now you can understand his sarcastic remarks and so he's got to behave around you," I replied, causing Kanemaru to glare at me.
"So he takes after you?" I laughed and nodded. "Well that's ok Kanemaru, I still think you're adorable."
I snickered lightly at the look on his face. "Back to important matters, we would go find and fight in dungeons. Those things seem to be great for training. Of course, we'll drag Hana along with us just in case."
"You mean we'd be doing the same thing that got you grounded, only without being grounded?" The brush was gliding through Kanemaru's fur as she spoke, calmly accepting and patient.
"Well... Hana would be with us, so my mom won't get mad at me. I'll see if I can get some chakra paper from Hana and I'll even ask your dad if it's ok to train with us if I have to." Any man that can totally mind fuck me without effort must be respected, at all costs.
"And you'll be my boyfriend!" She threw in out of nowhere.
Kanemaru and I blinked several times, before he erupted into barking laughter and my face grew red. "We're 8!" I yelled.
"So?" Oh no, a head tilt... must resist cuteness.
"How about I agree to a date when we're older... like, chunin older?" I asked, trying to come up with a reasonable position to decline her demands.
"Ok," she chirped.
Wait, what? Did I just cause mayhem and misery upon myself? Probably. Maybe she'll forget about it before we were chunin. I could only hope.
"So you want to take my daughter, my princess, out into those dangeous training grounds?" Inoichi had one hell of a death glare. Even with Gamer's Mind the highly restrained and precisely targetted Killing Intent was almost causing me to shake.
"My sister Hana will be with us, and Kanemaru. We'll be able to handle it just fine, we'll avoid the strong stuff." If it wasn't for Ino holding me in place by hugging my arm, I'd have back up a few steps at least.
"Oh let her go dear," I heard Kanae, Ino's mother, behind us. "Tetto-kun won't let anything happen to our precious Ino-chan, will you Tetto-kun?" Oh my sweet merciful Log, she was scarier than Inoichi by a mile.
"Of course not ma'am, nothing worse than the normal training we do, at least." I reply. "And Hana knows a little about medical jutsu, apparently it's a requirement to be able to treat both Inuzuka partners in an emergency."
"See dear," she turned to Ino's father. "She'll be perfectly fine in the hands of this boy."
He sighed quietly, and we exchanged knowing glances and nods. "Yes dear, but not today. She can go tomorrow, she promised to help me tidy up the shop before dinner."
"Well there you go Tetto-kun," the smile on that woman terrified me more than my mother when she was plotting punishments. "Now please be a dear and run along to inform your sister. I'm sure Ino-chan will be over bright and early tomorrow morning."
"Yes ma'am," I bowed, dragging Kanemaru out. "See you tomorrow Ino-chan!" I called over my shoulder as we made a hasty retreat.
Quest Completed: Best Friends Don't Lie
Rewards: 20% Exp for all party members.
Ino recieves: 5 stat points
Health Potion x2
Money: 1000 Ryo
Ino Yamanaka Achieved [Crush] Secondary Reputation.
I'm just going to ignore that last one for as long as possible. Nope, not dealing with it. I'd told Ino to hang on to her stat points until we could see where she needed them most, because I hadn't used Observe on her in a while and we'd need to sit down and discuss it.
As Kanemaru and I made our way home, I couldn't help but feel a slight dread at my mom and Ino's morning yoga. Maybe I should wake up early and hide until my mom gave up? No, that'd make Ino sad and my mom would kill me. Ugh, well at least Hana will take me to a dungeon now! Unfortunately, I forgot she was waiting at home with a bar of soap and a sadistic smile. Damnit.
End.
A/N: I didn't make this as long as I could because I somehow gave myself food poisoning this morning, and my cousin is supposed to come up from out of state tomorrow, so my weekend is going to be packed. I'll get a little writing done, but I had to force myself today so I'm going to spend most of tomorrow recovering before I get swarmed by his brats.