Chapter 11: New Clothes… Again
"This is the best place to get custom clothes and gear, well aside from weapons anyway, we would need to go to a different place for those." said Den'atsu as they walked into a small out of the way shop in the shopping plaza of Jubilife City. The store was a small brick and mortar place with just a few racks of pants, tops, belts, and other items of that nature.
"Really? Cool!" Obito exclaimed with excitement as they looked around the small establishment.
"Yeah, I got my clothes made from the home store in Sunnyshore City before I left home."
A few minutes into their browsing the shop owner came out from the back of the store.
"Welcome to Akimori's Custom Look. Sorry for not greeting you boys when you walked in, I was busy with inventory in the back." Greeted the shop owner, "So is there anything I can do for you two?"
"Yeah, my friend here needs better clothes for training, were both Pokémon trainers and martial artists and well he didn't have much of a choice with his clothes right now. And I want him to have something that will not feel so restrictive like with jeans." Den'atsu explained to the short black haired shop owner.
The man nodded in understanding, "Is there a certain pattern or look that you want? Because when we decide on your look then we can concentrate on finding the right fabric." he said as he grabbed a sketchbook and pencil from behind the counter ready to sketch out an outfit.
For a while now Obito had an idea for his new outfit, something similar to his old outfit, but now he just wasn't sure of what he wanted. But after thinking about he had an idea for his new look.
"For my pants I want them like these but black instead of navy blue," Obito said as he brought out his old pair of pants to show the store clerk, who nodded and went to sketching, "also for my shirt I want it to be short sleeved zip up with Velcro pieces going over the zipper, but not one long strip, and I want-"
"Hang on kid, why don't you sketch that part for me, I already have the short sleeved and zipper parts done but why don't you show me what you mean by Velcro pieces." The clerk said as he handed Obito the sketchbook and pencil and Obito quickly sketched his idea and handed the sketchbook back to the clerk. The clerk gave a nod of approval and waved for the 12 year old trainer to continue with his wishes.
"For the everyday jacket though, I want a hoodie with this crest on it." Obito said as he showed the clerk one of the patches that Rowan had given him to use.
"Is that all?"
Obito was about to say yes when he was interrupted by Den, "No, can you also make another set of these?" showing the tall tanned man his shuriken and kunai pouches. The man nodded while sketching the pouches.
"Is that it kids?" asked the man.
"Well, almost. See the crest I showed you is my families crest, and well, I want my team members to wear it as well. But I don't know what I should do with the cloth when they evolve." Explained Obito, and the man put his sketchbook and pencil down on the counter.
"I see why this is a dilemma for you, tell you what, I have a friend who does this sort of thing for trainers and I can send her your families crest and your contact info and whenever you need to you can get in touch with her."
A grin dominated the cheerful shinobi's face, "Thank you so much! Only one problem, I don't have an X-Transceiver or anything like that."
"I can take care of that." Said Den as he gave an orange cell phone like device to Obito, "My Obāchan had a feeling that I would meet someone that would need this on my Journey and told me to give this to that person that I knew would need it. I honestly just took it to humor her, never thought she would be right though."
"Woah! This is so cool!" Obito said as he marveled at the rectangular piece of technology.
"I'll help you set it up later, after this."
"Sweet! Thanks Den!"
"Well if that's the case, here's my shop number, and e-mail and also this is my friends contact info and shop address." Said the tall bald and tanned shop clerk, "Now that that's over with let's talk fabric and colors."
For the next few hours Obito was feeling different fabrics for which one would be the best fit for his new outfit, and then came the colors. Obito's old outfit was a navy blue that looked almost black with orange trim. But because he likes orange that would still be a staple color in his outfit, but not to the point where it's obnoxious to look at. So the pants ended up being black and the high collared shirts color ended up being black as well with orange trimming on the short sleeves and the three orange Velcro pieces that go over the zipper. The last thing that Obito wanted was new black finger less gloves with metal plates over the top of the hand.
After getting the last of his demands in the muscled shop keep took Obito's measurements for his newest outfit everything was all set for them to leave.
"Welp, that's everything. Just give me a call when you get your phone set up so that way I can add your number to the order and I'll let you know when it's done."
"Cool, when it's done I'll let you know and you can send it to the Pokémon Center in the city I'm in." said Obito.
"I wouldn't expect anything less from a shinobi." Came the reply from the grinning shop clerk.
"How, how did you know we were shinobi?" came the shocked reply from Obito as he turned only to see Den'atsu's grinning face his ocean blue eyes shining with amusement.
The tanned man gave a throaty laugh at Obito's bewilderment, "I knew exactly what you were when you walked in. my names Akimori Kōten from the Akimori family. My family was already on the seas traveling to here when the Barrier was put in place. My family used to be a minor shinobi clan and we were about to go extinct when we dropped everything and moved here." Kōten explained.
"So the Barrier wasn't always there?"
Kōten nodded, "Yep, from my clan history classes when I was younger we were taught that when chakra was first becoming widespread the people of the Elemental Continent traded with the people of the Pokémon Regions regularly. But something happened, exactly what, isn't clear but the Legendaries had to seal off the continent from the rest of the world. So, what's been going on there?"
"Well, to be honest I didn't really pay attention in the Academy, well that along with my chronic lateness played a part in that. But, the Third Shinobi War broke out and well I was about to die but Xerneas stepped in well here I am."
"Hmm… well anyway I'll even throw in a new set of kunai and shuriken when your order is ready, also here is the number for my cousin who makes weapons let her know that Kōten told you about him." Kōten said as he wrote down the contact information for his cousin.
The two friends thanked him and left the small store, it was about 2:50 when they went for lunch. A late lunch it may be but lunch none the less, afterwards they went back to the park to relax. The boys were watching their Pokémon play together when they were figuring out what to do next.
"So I was thinking of heading out tomorrow to Oreburgh City." Said Obito as Yūgure tackled Raiton, playing had just turned into battle practice.
"Yeah, I was thinking that myself, but we would need to stock up. You more than me 'cause you have like zero money for anything, besides I'm buying, better safe than sorry."
"Ha ha, yeah." Obito said sheepishly.
"Hey! You with the goggles, I want a battle." Came the voice of a brown haired boy about his age.
Obito stood up, "Sure thing! Yūgure! Raiton! We have a battle!" called Obito as his houndour and shinx fell to his sides ready to battle.
