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Naruto, the Dimension Hopping Ninja: 0
No, just no, I sensed something off going into that place, and then I got a careful look at the theme of the shop. No.

Stunk, the Human: 0
It's somebodies fetish, but it is not mine.

Zel, the Human: 0
I don't roll that way.

Brooz, the Dog Hyrbid: 2
No, but the store had a very nice smell to it, so not a zero, and they give great belly rubs, but I'm not going there for sex.

Crim, the Angel: 9
It was a nice, enjoyable experience with company that I greatly enjoyed. It felt nice having a person who understood some of the things that I enjoy. It felt like I could take advantage of the best of both worlds, without being judged for it due to how controversial of an issue it seems to be.

"YIKES, these scores... and those guys look like they are half dead."

"Like their entire worlds just shattered."

Stunk had a burnt out cigarette hanging from his lips as he stared down at his hands, his food going uneaten after what happened at the last Succu-place they went to. His hands were shaking randomly when his mind forced him to go through the memories of the horror that he had experience at that shop.

-In Ivy's Room-

Ivy was just barely peeking out from her pot as Naruto sat on the soil next to her, she had her vines stretching out from her pot and going downstairs so that she could do her job and keep the food being prepared. She was tempted to move her pot into the kitchen so that she could more easily do just that in the future, but she didn't want to just spend all day, everday, in this soil. So she left it whenever she needed to work hard.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"I didn't get traumatized... as much as the other guys, except for Crim who rolls that way." Naruto shivered, but he had always kind of known that fact about Crim. Stunk and the others knew that Crim was different than them when it came to preferred partners. "... The Tricky Trap... is not a Succu-Girl store." Naruto stated to Ivy with a shiver.

"Oh?"

"It's an Inbo store."

"OH!"

Succu-girls were female sex workers, but Inbos were the male version of that. The Tricky Trap was a store that was filled with Traps. Men who looked damn near identical to women other than for the fact that, well, they were still men downstairs. The store was themed around that, so they only hired males who looked like women for the shop. Not only that, but they hired Rainbows for the job, since a lot of men liked to visit the shop for what they sold. Rainbows being the term for Inbos who would take both male and female customers.

"The Tricky Trap... OH... I get it, that's pretty clever of them to advertise that way. But, didn't you have sex with me when I was a man?"

"But you're still a girl, and you didn't change too much in a male form so it was easy to ignore the fact that you had a penis, and I had a woman body at the time. These aren't women transformed with magic, these are men who were born men. I know you, so it was easy for me to just remember that you're a woman. So it was easier with that store... and honestly... traps bring up some... uncomfortable memories." Naruto stated as he thought of Haku, the first trap that he had a crush on. He remembered that revelation so well that it was nearly impossible for him to forget about the shock that he got from even remembering it.

Part of him rejected the truth.

Ivy was enjoying talking with Naruto in her amazing soil, when a stray thought, a random thought, popped into her head. A thought that she had not thought to ask Naruto before now, since the timing for the question never seemed right to her.

"Hey Naruto, when is your birthday?"

"Tomorrow."

"... Excuse me..." Ivy got out of her pot and started to walk to the door.

-Behind the Pub, 10 Minutes Later-

"Tomorrow is Naruto's birthday."

"What!?" Crim asked in shock and horror, not having a gift planned or anything. Naruto did so much for him all the time and acted like a great big brother, and here he was not even knowing when his birthday was.

Meidri covered her mouth with her hands.

"Oh... is that all this is about? I already got him a gift, he got my a pretty nice set of whetstones for my birthday about a month ago." Stunk scratched the back of his head, this emergency meeting having brought him out of his trap induced confusion. He didn't learn about the traps until the pants came down.

"You did!?"

He saw a dick bigger than his own, which made it even worse.

Traps did NOT need to have huge dicks.

"I got him a pretty good book, I found a book on gardening from our world, since it matches with his hobby, he might like to compare the techniques from our world and the different plants we have here." Zel stated with a small smile. He had his hands in his pockets as he spoke, he didn't quite understand why humans celebrated birthdays, but he was fine with it.

"His hobby is gardening, I had no clue!?"

"A book on gardening is what you got him, good gift. I got him a new orange jacket, since his current one is getting worn down." Brooz stated as he actually showed off the gift that he had on his person. It was a loose fitting orange hoodie, with the only difference from the one that Naruto had being that it was made to be more sturdy. "Got a fairy friend of mine to stitch some wire mesh into it, should sturdy it up a bit more."

"So practical!?"

"I got him a set of playing cards, I made them myself and the pictures on the cards feature artistic drawings of all the girls that Naruto has given high scores to." Kanchal added as he crossed his arms. He was a great artist, and he had wanted to make something for Naruto that he could have fun with and enjoy as a memento of several of his best succu-girl visits. "... None of you knew his birthday was tomorrow, he told us about it when we asked months ago." Kanchal tilted his head in confusion.

"The... subject never came up." Meidri admitted.

Not that she was thinking straight, for her birthday, Naruto got her a nice magically heated blanket for those times when she laid eggs and would sleep in a nest with them so that she could nurture her maternal instincts and practice not sleeping on top of the eggs. She could have asked him about his birthday then and there, but the thought didn't come up to her. She had just been so blown away by how thoughtful of a gift it was. He gave her just the thing that she wanted, and he put his heart and soul into finding a great gift for her.

Crim raised his hand.

"Actually, now that I'm remembering... Naruto's parents died on his birthday, and his father died a second time on his 17th birthday. I don't think he celebrates his own birthday." Crim couldn't imagine a person quite enjoying a day that was a reminder of everything that he had lost. The day would always feel tainted by the deaths of his parents.

"Wait... his dad died TWICE?"

"Yeah, apparently he was brought back to semi-life on his 17th birthday, and then died again. So Naruto got to experience his father dying on his birthday a second time."

"Damn, hardcore."

'What do I get him? What can I get him that can compete with the gift he got me?' Ivy's mind went into absolute overdrive when she tried to think about any gift that she could get him that could even begin to match with what he had gotten her. At the same time, he got her something that mere money couldn't buy either. He jumped into a volcano for her gift, and he put the time and effort into MAKING the pot that held the soil. Sure, the pot didn't look super nice, but he put so much work into the gift that it came straight from the heart.

"Stunk, what did you get him?"

Stunk pulled out a booklet of tickets.

"I went to all of his favorite Succu-girl stores, found his favorite girls, and bought these tickets. Each ticket is worth a 4 hour free visit for Naruto. There are about 20 tickets in here total." Stunk got Naruto a gift related to sex with women. "The girls were all too happy to help." Stunk deadpanned, since they charged him far less than they normally would for such a ticket.

Still, his gift was ALSO thoughtful in it's own way, and customized to Naruto personally.

"Damn, I can't even get mad." Meidri hated how perverted the gift was.

It was so stupid, but SO well thought out.

"Wait... when did he give you your birthday gifts? I don't remember that happening?" Crim asked with a tilted head.

"Well duh, we didn't make a big deal out of it. He usually just had a clone wait for us in our rooms with the gifts, so it wasn't anything important." Brooz was pretty sure that none of them made a scene for how amazing the gifts were. They were just average, guy gifts to each other for their bro birthdays.

Not a big deal.

"Oh... how could I forget, I already got Naruto a gift, silly me!" Meidri tried to play it cool.

She was going to stay up all night to work on her gift, but she needed to save face right now. She always collected her feathers as they fell off, well it would seem it was time to put them to good use and use them to make Naruto a quality feather blanket in return for all of the help that he would give to her. Not to mention the amazing magically heated blanket that he got her for her birthday.

-With Naruto-

"Hey idiot, don't forget about your birthday tomorrow."

"Huh? Oh right, tomorrow is my birthday. I guess I'll sleep in a little, I definitely deserve it after all my hard work." Naruto stated in response to Kurama. He tended not to celebrate his birthday, mostly because he just didn't celebrate it. He never had much of a reason to celebrate, and he had no harsh feelings towards his birthday.

He didn't hate his birthday, but other than his increasing age, he usually just treated the day like it was any other day.

"You want to celebrate it?"

"Yeah, I did say I was going to sleep in. That sounds like an awesome way to start my birthday." Naruto had a grin on his face as he spoke.

He could use a good rest.

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