Naruhina 123: Noted Noted... don't know about Hinata's and Shikamaru's mom though. let us just see what happen next, idk my own mind sometimes.
WindyCitySlayer1: Thank you!
Spellbat: how old is Luka? I believe it was said in the first chapter. she's currently four years older than Naruto and Sakura, which mean she's at her sixteen atm.
Guest: Thank you for the compliment! I always tries to not make my characters boring in my eyes. because if they're boring in my eyes, I believe they'll be much more boring in the reader's eyes.
Death Incarnate: haha ^^' sorry, but there's nothing too here. as I put more in depth about characters and the plots in this chapter. I promise next chapter will have lemon.
Kriim-Sauce786: This chapter will explain much more about Naruto's attitude. he won't be innocent, but he won't be angs too... (won't give any more info)
Kurokawa Kazunari: Welp, he will have some dom time... but it'll take a bit longer time, because he need to build up his confidence when it come to the girl for now. Of course, he would still be mainly bottom though.
fictionelement777: Endurance would be inside VIT. Speed is obviously AGI. Intelligent and Wisdom isn't something that Kyuubi could count, despite being inside Naruto, so it wont be shown. and thank you for the feedback, I'm trying my best to get better at english.
And for the others, THANK YOU very much for the compliments. I was very touched... Honest. Anyway, here is the fourth chapter of the Charming gamer, hope y'all like it!
-Disclaimer-
Nor Naruto or anyone in this story is mine.
But this story, the ideas here is mine. I spent days and nights, thinking about these chapters, how the plots should move. I hope you guys like it, and perhaps inspired by my story.
The charming gamer
Chapter 4, First connection
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The day is good, and there's no one being rude in his and his girlfriend's first date.
Of course, the actual compliment goes to the Kyuubi because it was the one that keep eating everyone's hate until their hate toward him reach zeros instantly… really, eating negative feeling is just so unreal to Naruto, even till now.
"So… How is it? It's good, right?"
Luka said from beside him as she licked the ice cream in her right hand, while her left is interlocked with his.
There are not many people around them, because Naruto had requested to Luka that they should date in a place where there's few people… it's for her own sake honestly. After all, while Luka herself doesn't seem to care what the people think about her if the information about their dating status leak, Naruto does care.
… She's one of the most beautiful girls within Konoha… while him…
Naruto shook his head wildly to kick out any bad thought crossing his mind. And of course, after this, he smiled shyly toward his girlfriend and nodded, answering her question just now.
Seeing his nod, Luka laughed happily, her face is filled with nothing but happiness once she sees his nods.
'Really… she has a nice laugh'
Seeing his girlfriend being happy, Naruto's heart feel at ease and light for some reason.
[Luka Haruno]
[Friendship: 80%]
[Lust: 50%]
Fortunately, even though they had such a great time, Luka's lust seems to increase very slowly, and thus, they could enjoy such a great time without being hindered by such a thing like carnal desire.
Well… such a thing only possible probably because from the beginning till now, Naruto has been holding out his pheromone with a very great constriction.
And it's very hard…
Really… like very hard.
He can't put it into words, but the closest he can think is like holding a breath. You can do it easily, but for how long? Sooner or later, you won't be able to hold out and in the end gasping for breath.
… He really needs to get as far as possible from everyone after this date is over.
"By the way, Luka… there's something I want to ask"
Even though she's his girlfriend, a tiny bit part of Naruto is still shy, calling her by name like this. Then again, just two to three days ago, she hated him with so much passion that if he were to meet her in a dark alley at night, she would've killed him without second thought.
But now?
If he were to meet her in a dark alley at night, she probably would kidnap and then rape him. just like what Ido and Yakumo had done.
"Sure, ask me anything, love"
"Well… I want to know whether you know which shop would accept any weapons I created… with a good price of course"
Here, Luka seemed to pause and blinked in confusion several times. Though after five seconds or so, she started to continue her walks again after she wrap her gloved arm around his waist, pressing his face into her side boobs every slightly and forcing him to smell her intoxicating scent.
Of course, his face bloom in red after she did this. Though, he doesn't do anything else as his feet are moving to follow her movement.
"Say… is that mean you know how to forge, Naruto?"
Her voice is so tiny, and if not because he has a sharp hearing, Naruto would've finds some difficult to hear her voice despite their closeness.
He… doesn't know why she suddenly become so secretive like this. However, trusting her, Naruto merely nods without any voice.
After she sees his nods, Luka ate down the last of her ice cream and start to looking around. And when she's sure no one's watching, Luka knelt down and suddenly lift him bridal style.
"E-mnn"
Just as he wanted to scream from the suddenness of her action, her palm covers his mouth quickly, forcing him to smell her hand's scent.
"Ssshh… there's something we should talk about, but not here. I'll flicker us to a much safer location, you trust me, right?"
The boy nodded shyly, and seeing this, Luka rewarded him with a short, yet passionately kiss on his cute lips, and after that, her hand covers his mouth once again. With his face already turn boiling red by now.
[Luka]
[Friendship: 81%]
[Lust: 65%]
Naruto is trying, trying so hard to resist his body's urge to release his pheromone. But with that last kiss, Luka unconsciously took a tiny chunk of his pheromone, thus her lust raised by more than ten percent.
…Fortunately, his control over his pheromone didn't slip up from such a thing.
And with that, Luka Haruno flickered off, her boyfriend in arms.
-Later-
Naruto expected Luka to bring him anywhere… but here? It never even crossed his mind.
Winds hit the boy's whole body as he was released from his girlfriend's warm, yet tight constraint. And immediately, his eyes went to the sight below him. the sight of his beloved village that is Konoha.
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Hokage monument… more specifically, the head of the fourth Hokage.
This was the place where Naruto sometimes would choose when he wanted to be left alone. A place where he knows no one could guess except those who's very close to him like the Hokage himself or Iruka-sensei.
And because of this, Naruto is sure that Luka bring him here without knowing that information.
"… Hey, are you cold?"
Warmth
Warmth fills Naruto's body as he feels the soft fur scarf wraps around his neck and the feeling of his girlfriend giving him a hug from behind, followed by a soft, loving kiss toward his cheek.
Of course, male he is, a healthy one too at that, he also could easily feel the twin softness that's pressing into his back head. And this, slowly but surely make his face red.
"Mnn… thanks, Luka-chan"
Naruto's face snuggles into her fur scarf, hiding his lower face completely as he could easily inhale her flowery scents.
He doesn't really need such a thing honestly, simply because since child he has been coming here frequently, even when there's a winter season. And he would sometimes come here with nothing but a simple t-shirt and short.
So, no… the winds here actually didn't bother him that much. But really, Luka's gesture is very heartwarming and make him fells harder for her.
"So, you said that you can forge, love?"
With a soft, loving smile in her face, Luka wrap one of her arms once again around her boyfriend's waist and pulled his face into her side bosom, where he could use it as a pillow and relaxes.
"Mnn… I can, why so secretive though, Luka?"
Well, not forging per se, but he can create any simple things like shuriken or kunai with his imagination alone.
The young woman let out a small hum after she heard his question. And as if thinking how to answer his question, Luka took her time by caressing his head ever gently.
And her answer… is not what Naruto expect.
"Because Konoha only have one blacksmith at the moment… and that is the Higurashi workshop"
She continues her story after that, about how normal blacksmith would never be able to create weapons for shinobis. The farthest they could make is probably kitchen knives or just plain swords that's normally used by bandits.
Blacksmith that could create Shinobi's necessity is a rarity.
Even Higurashi at the moment is slowly, but surely dying because he hasn't able to find a successor… with the man himself already reach his fifty.
"… From what I heard, his adopted daughter, Tenten Higurashi is currently trying her best to learn the art of smithing from her father. But alas, her talent lay on using weapons, not to create them"
"Tenten…"
Oh… Naruto had heard about her of course, the famous weapon mistress. And from her moniker alone say just how talented she is.
Many talented kid graduates, some with talent like no other like Sasuke or Neji Hyuga. But after two graduates, only Tenten gotten herself a moniker, that spoke just how good she is at weaponry compared to others.
She's just that good.
That… or the other female graduates is just that bad compared to her. after all, even his own former female classmates are mostly compromised of Sasuke's fans. With the one that wasn't among his fan is only Hinata.
"… I see, but, if Konoha only have one blacksmith at the moment, where did we get our weapons from?"
After all, with how many ninjas within Konoha, it's practically impossible for Higurashi to create so many weapons for all of them. And that's not including daily necessities like shurikens and kunais.
"Sadly… we imported most of them"
Luka said with a small frown in her face.
Konoha is seen by most people as the undefeatable village, one that had won the three great wars without any great losses.
But the truth is, Konoha already losses so many things… where is Senju, the clan of the founder of the village itself? Only Tsunade remaining, and she herself doesn't seem to keen on getting any child. Where's Uchiha, the clan of the co-founder of Konoha? After Itachi's betrayal, only his own little brother is alive, with the boy himself is seem to be more interested on revenge instead of becoming a ninja of the village.
And just as they lose these two clans, they also have lost a great blacksmithing clan that could create swords that rival even the mighty Kirigakure's seven swords.
… Luka have forgotten their name though.
Anyway, most weapon Konoha's ninjas uses right now is imported from nearby little villages or just come from the land of the iron itself. And transporting always need extra funds for the merchants, but ignoring extra funds, it also needs extra time, time that would be fatal if they're in the middle of a war or just simple mission.
How many times does Luka need something as simple as chakra kunai before she departed on her mission, only to disappointed because they shop were already out of stock?
Thinking about those time itself made her shake her head.
"I understand… so that's why you bring me here…"
He didn't need to be afraid a shop won't buy his things, simply because instead of reject, they would be ecstatic to buy from him instead from merchants coming from land of iron or another village.
"Yes… Love, if you really can make weapons good enough for ninjas…" Gently, Luka use her lithe fingers to guide his face toward hers. And for the first time ever since he knows her, Luka is having such a serious expression.
"… Instead of becoming a merchant, why don't you start your own corporation?"
-Later-
Yawn~
As he walks to around the village, Naruto yawned slightly. His body feel a bit stiff after he and his girlfriend talked for a long time about their plan to create a corporation.
It won't be easy.
Planning to become a merchant alone is enough to made his head slightly ached. But to create a whole new corporation?
'Oh god… so many information stuffed into my head'
Fortunately, Luka is the child of Mebuki Haruno, the woman who oversees any merchant's activities within Konoha's wall. And so, she has adequate intelligent and knowledge on how to create a corporation from the ground up.
And so, after hour after hour lecture ended, Naruto now know what should he do to kickstart his new job.
Well… maybe not now… because his mind is still aching after his girlfriend's lecture and need to rest for a bit. Maybe tomorrow?
'Mnn… tomorrow sounds good'
And with that as his last thought, Naruto fasten his walks to the forest.
After all, before he could go home, he needs to release the excessive amount of pheromone that he has been holding up since the morning. It's fortunate that Luka didn't tease him during her lecture, or it would explode right in her face.
He had seen her become a lustful beast… and while it was very pleasurable to him, he doesn't want to feel the next level of such a thing.
What come after lustful beast though?
Lustful monster?
Yeah, let's call anyone with lust above five hundred percent as that from now on.
"Hooo… are you classifying them now, boy?"
'Well… it should be fine, right?'
The great nine-tailed beast merely hummed at that. Though, before it could decide to go deeper into his mind and sleep, Naruto decide to ask something first.
'Say Kyuubi-san… after I got raped by Ido and Yakumo, why my stats didn't increase and only my CRM did?'
"Hmm… I thought it was obvious…"
When Naruto merely blinked in confusion several times, Kyuubi realize that it wasn't as obvious as it thought. Though in the end, the beast chose to shrugged its shoulders and explain.
"… It's simply because you didn't feel it"
For a bit, Naruto crouched his face as another confusion hit his mind. But five to ten seconds later, his eyes lit up in a realization manner, followed by his cheeks that quickly bloom in pink.
'You mean… my stats didn't increase because I didn't feel it when they raped me?'
"… Yes, like I said, it's obvious. My power is to let you copy power from anyone you fucked… why don't you translate this with your human mind, boy?"
Like always, Kyuubi chose to become mysterious and severed their connection after it said that.
FLINCH!
'Oooouch, my head'
Pain fills his mind as their connection severed so strongly, but already used to Kyuubi's antic, it took him no longer than three seconds before his mind in the end is relieved from the pain.
"… Stupid Kyuubi"
H muttered as lowly as possible as he then continues his walks with that.
But what did it mean by that?
Its power is to let him copy any power from anyone he fucked with….
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But it doesn't make any senseeeeeee!
Luka is sure cannot breathing underwater like his perk does! And talk about perks, many of his perks is not even something that normal human could have!
And we're talking about literal here, the only powers he should have by now is only Luka's perfect chakra control and Ido's reality genjutsu! While the other just come like… falling from the skies after he did something!
Ugh
And stupid Kyuubi just keep silent despite his inner rant. Does it really doesn't want to answer his question?
Wait… thinking again, his question was already gotten answered, doesn't it? The reason he didn't gained an increase in stats is simply because he wasn't conscious when they raped him…
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Oh well…
Let's just go to the forest right now.
Tired and having a headache from the beast within him, in the end Naruto chose to dashes into the forest of death.
-Later-
"This should be deep enough, right?"
The boy doesn't expect his question to be answered though, after all, except him, it should be only Kyuubi that could be called as 'nearby'.
And this deep into the forest of death, for a bit, Naruto feel a chilling wind caressing his neck and making his heart jump in fear.
"Oh shit! Oh shit!... who's there!? Come out if you dare!"
Rage overturned the fear as the boy yelled there into the silent forest, his hands already long since raised and palmed into familiar sign of ninja's academy kata.
Of course… said hands is also trembling so much from his fear of ghost.
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A minute of not getting any answer, in the end Naruto merely lowered his arms and turned around, his breath relaxing as he did so.
He should just finish his job here instead of wasting times…
Inhaling and exhaling the clean air of the forest for a few times, the boy soon releases all of his pent-up pheromone at once without further ado.
it has no color… unlike when it was coming out directly from the Kyuubi, which is pink in color.
Naruto honestly doesn't know the reason for this, but he's relieved because there's no way he would like to be seen letting out some kind of pink gas from his body, more so if he were to walk around the village.
After all, there's just a limit of a nonsense human can take before they snap.
By the way…
While his pheromone doesn't have any color, Naruto himself could still feel it as the air around him become thicker, so thick that he feels as if the air itself was already replaced by his pheromone that's filling the area around him.
"Hmm…"
He should just let out these pheromones in his room instead of this forest… at least with that, these pheromones also could be used as a trap if some civilians dare to vandalize his house when he's not at home.
"Say… Kyuubi-san… if any males were to inhale your pheromone, what will happen?"
"Pheromone induce attraction to you from opposite gender… it has no effect on males, you stupid mutt…"
"… I was just asking"
Already used to Kyuubi's rudeness, Naruto merely shrugged his shoulders while he said that sentence.
But still… the civilians that usually vandalized his house are mixed between males and females. Say… if he were to put his pheromones in his house in an act of trap for his female vandalizers, what could he do to them?
What will they do?
"They probably will start masturbating on your bed or your pillows… Hmm, say, will you sleep comfortably in a wet bed like that?"
'o-of course not!'
Blush overtake the boy's cheeks. Shyness and no small amount of shame filled his mind for his plan.
But then again, pheromone is lust inducing, what did he expect to happen?
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It took Naruto at least five or so minutes before in the end, there's no longer pent-up pheromones inside his body. And because he's also no longer need to holding it up by now, he let it out constantly… like a breathing.
"Mnn… that's should be all of it…"
Nodded in obviously relieved and satisfied manner, the boy soon smiled and turned around, walking ever slowly to his house.
-Later (Inuzuka compound)-
"Mom! MOOOOOOM!"
KNOCK KNOCK!
Crack~
The door to the bedroom of Inuzuka's clan head cracked a bit from how rough the person outside knocking it. However, this doesn't seem to deter the person from knocking it for several more times.
After all, the owner of said bedroom is simply uncaring despite the ruckus outside.
"Zzzzzzz~"
Tsume Inuzuka, the current clan head of the wild Inuzuka clan, her name alone sent shivers among every war veteran across elemental nation from her infamous wild, ferocious and yet loyal sides.
She's not as famous as the red death or the black killer of course, but still, anyone that had faced her in combat has been retired and said to lost most of their limbs from their combat with her.
And those retires famous quotes?
"Don't poke the dog… or it will become a hellhound"
And of course, it was also her that make her clan position within Konoha pretty high-up within the hierarchy.
"Mom! Oh, come on, MOOOOOM!"
However, it still doesn't change the fact that after she had a great night with her bestie that is Mikoto Uchiha, now Tsume Inuzuka is sleeping through everything like a log without care in a world.
Even the sound of her yelling daughter is muffled from how deep she is in her sleep that's bordering to passing out.
"Mnnn! Five more minutes mom…"
"I can hear you! And I'm your DAUGHTER HERE!"
CRACK
… Even the mighty door is proven useless before the wrath of a raging daughter as in the end, it was forced open, with Tsume's daughter herself is forcing her way inside with trembling shoulders until she's standing right beside her mother's bed, hands folding up under her decent bust and feet tapping in obviously impatient manner.
"…. Mom, I'm going to start to count until three, if you won't wake up until then, I'll throw a bunch of cats on top of you like last time"
"One"
"Two…"
…
Hana let the threat hanging for a few more seconds, knowing her mother already awake and clearly hearing her out from the fact her ears twitched just now.
"Geezz… alright, alright… what died and make you like a wet mutt, daughter?"
With a loud yawn which held a bit of growl, Tsume stretches her libs upward, her fangs glisten slightly in all of their glory. And of course, her large breasts pressed forward until they're almost spilling out from her sleeping dress.
"I… can't explain it. You should just see it for yourself, mom"
The clan head of Inuzuka's clan merely raised one of her eyebrows curiously from her daughter cryptic words. But in the end, she shrugged her shoulders in a rather uncaring manner.
Whatever make her daughter panties twist… it should be interesting.
Much more interesting than beating her son into submission to shape him into a good man.
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"… what's the hell is going on?"
Is the first sentence coming out from Tsume's mouth after she sees what event could make her daughter in a pinch enough to call her.
Now, unlike her, Hana Inuzuka is much gentler, calmer, and having no interest what-so-ever to become a clan head, more so because she just doesn't have that 'alpha' quality. But still… her quality lay in her medical knowledge, both for human and canine. And in Inuzuka, where human and their dog live and battle together, her talent is very much appreciated by everyone and makes her pretty well respected by her clan members, elder and young alike.
Though… what make her much more respected is the fact unlike the other who bonded with a dog breed by their clan, Hana had and still bonded to many wild canine breeds that lives inside the forest of death.
One could boast to have a rare breed within their clan, but Hana could call the said to be extinct canine breed with just a whistle.
She's the one that the other Inuzukas secretly wanted as heir, not Kiba, though this is already an open secret by now.
Not like the boy himself cares though, after all, in his mind, he's the alpha, the others are just too blind to see the obvious fact.
By the way…
Hana has a vet, one that's usually had few visitors daily. But today, her vet is bustling… and not bustling because of human customers.
Woof woof!
Aooooo~
Grrrrr!~
Dogs…
Wolfs…
So many rare and unique breed of canine is currently standing in front of the counter, lining up to be treated by Hana, and while this is not that unique for experience because Hana did have some canine customers here and there, the sheer numbers of canines lining up today is what make Tsume did a double take.
There's just no way so many canines got sick at the same time in a same day. Unless….
"Hey, you! Tell me what's happening in the forest!"
Tsume demanded with a growl toward one of the canines that's as tall as her when it stood. And while said canine at first want to growl back, after Tsume bare her fangs and growl once again, this time while leaking out a small bit of her chakra, it decided to answer her question.
Good boy.
"Woof! Grr~ Woof woof!"
"What do you mean by that? The air in the forest is strange? It feels as if wolf king had just taken a nap and leave after said nap, leaving his alpha's trail in the air?"
"Grrrr~ Woof Woof Woof!"
"Okay… it's not wolf king, but the remaining pressure in the forest feel just like his? And the pressure is enough to make any canine inside the forest become weak?"
And with that, the large wolf nodded, then turned around and leave Tsume alone to ponder.
Wolf king, huh…
"Oh, well…"
Thinking is not her forte, she should check the condition within the forest of death for now. And after she got some information, she could go to Nara's clan house to make Shikaku think for her.
Win and win situation in her mind…
Maybe not for Shikaku's mind though.
-Later (With Naruto)-
Blowing at the hot meat bun in his hands, Naruto ate the snack slowly, taking in the smell and the taste ever slowly. His eyes shone with happiness.
The seller just now was a girl, and because of his high charm, one wink is all it took for her to let him buy her snack.
It may sound cheap to most people, but really, people in Konoha just rarely let him buy anything from them, even this hot, tasty meat bun in his hands is the very first meat bun he ever tastes.
"Mnn… so good~"
… Ramen was and still the food of gods to Naruto though, there's nothing in this world that could persuade him to change that.
Ugh… thinking about ramen, it's been pretty long ever since he ate said food of gods.
"Come on Naruto, today ramen is on the house! You must success to graduate tomorrow, okay?"
In his walks, Naruto paused ever slightly. In his eyes, no small amount of shame could be hidden.
Teuchi… Ayame…
Both had trusted him so much… and yet…
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Taking another bite into the meat bun in his hands, Naruto continues his walks around the village with unknown destination.
'Kyuubi-san… am I right now strong enough?'
Strong enough to win against whoever the elders send for his life. Strong enough to survive in this cruel world, strong enough to stop cheating on Luka. And of course, strong enough for Kyuubi's recognition.
"Boy, not to burst out your bubble or anything, but you right now probably only around veteran genin… you might be able to fight against chuunin if you were to use that bloodline of Kurama, but against your assassins? Which I suspect would be consisted of jounins... think again before you ask next time…"
'I see… thank you, Kyuubi-san'
As he's deep in thinking, Naruto bumped into someone. Her cute, adorable squeak reach his ears rather nicely. Fortunately, because he and whoever he bumped with isn't that much different in height, they only stumbled a bit and doesn't fall or something like that.
"Eep!... N-Naruto-kun…"
And then blue met white…
When Naruto successfully refocused his sight, the one standing in front of him is actually Hinata, the heiress of the great Hyuga clan, and her faces turn red right after her eyes met his.
… for a small second, Naruto's eyes went to the ninja headband that's snugly tied over her neck. But he resisted the urge to comment as fast as it come.
He will create his own corporate with Luka's help. Being a ninja is a matter whether he's strong or not at this point because he already gained a new goal in life.
"Hey there, Hinata-chan, are you in a mission?"
Soft, yet a kind smile appears on Naruto's face as he said that. Among other graduate, Naruto could easily call someone as kind as Hinata as one of his friends, though of course… he would love to talks with her in class more if not for her always passed out after one minute he talked with her.
… She seems to have some kind of allergy toward his person.
'… Maybe it's my smell? I mean, she's basically a princess and always smell good compared to me'
And despite that, she never refused to talked with him despite her obvious allergy toward his smell. Really… Hinata is just too kind, unlike her family members that always keep their distant with him while sent him glares using their ugly, white eyes.
Hinata's? that white eyes really made her much more beautiful to him.
"N-No, K-Kurenai-sensei said we're free for a few hours"
She said shyly, her index fingers poking together in a rather adorable manner as her eyes turn downward, at the same time, her cheeks turn redder.
Unknown to Naruto, the girl is rubbing her thighs together as she feels the heat down there began to increase as she's getting so close with her lifetime crush. Though… for some reason, he's very charming today, and that smile just now…
Hinata' heart trembles as dirty thought crossed her mind. While outward, her face become much more crimson as bloods went to her face slowly and surely.
"Is that so?"
He's slightly curious just why the genin in front of him gain a free time, after all, from what he heard from the words of the street, new genin teams usually will have their first three months full of D-rank missions. You know… uprooting weeds, painting a wall and fence, finding some lost object, catching the infamous tora, and many more.
Then again, he doesn't want to be seen as too pushy, not by Hinata.
With a slightly raised eyebrow, the boy's eyes went upward slightly.
[Hinata Hyuga]
[Friendship: 60%]
[Lust: 40%]
Mnn, Hinata is just too kind… she's the very first person who has that much friendship with him despite him haven't done anything for her. As for her lust… well, it can't be helped. After all, he's constantly letting out his pheromone like breathing at the moment, let's just hope it won't get too high.
"Y-Yes, h-how about you, Naruto-kun? W-w-where are you going?"
"Well…" After the boy gulped down the last bit of his meat bun, he scratches his cheek lightly "… I kinda just… walking around, without destination honestly"
Light it is, the girl laughed lightly at his short and strange explanation, her lithe palm covering her cute laugh. At the same time, her eyes slightly closing in honest sign of mirth and amusement.
"Ehehe, is that so?"
"Mnn… After all, not everyone can become as busy as you, lady ninja"
His words came out as nothing but jest, and it was only this reason that Hinata responded with small shy nods, her fingers poking together once again in adorable action.
"I-I k-know you can b-become a great man without becoming a ninja, N-Naruto-kun"
Pure honesty is the only thing Naruto heard from the girl's words, despite the shutters. And this, make him unconsciously scratches his cheek in slight confusion. Really… just what he did to make Hinata, the heiress of the great clan of Hyuga to trust him this much?
Nope… can't recall anything.
But still, soft smile appears on his face from the girl's trust for him.
"Thanks, Hinata-chan"
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The two walks around for a bit after that. And strangely, Hinata is yet to pass out from her allergy to him. and albeit they didn't talk that much, the silent isn't that awkward for some reason.
"By the way Hinata-chan… who did you get for teacher?"
"O-oh, it's K-Kurenai-san, w-why do you a-ask, N-Naruto-kun?"
Kurenai?
That Kurenai?
The one few days ago has exactly one thousand percent of lust toward him?
"Oh… it's nothing Hinata-chan, just curious I guess"
So Kurenai's students that he knows by now should be Hinata and Kiba… and if he could guess the last, then it should be the one has tracking abilities just like those two.
… Probably that boy with glasses and bugs.
What's his name again?
'… I forgot'
Oh well… not a problem in the first place.
"Anyway, Hinata… I really enjoy our walk together. Unfortunately, I have some business to do at the moment…"
The disappointment in her eyes is too obvious for Naruto to not to notice. Though, not a seconds later, the disappointment was hidden deep within her soft smiles.
"Mnn, it's alright Naruto-kun… I really enjoyed our walks together too"
Naruto really resist the urge to scratch his head by now.
Just what did he do in the past that Hinata, the heir of the Hyuga clan become so attached to him like this?
But… that disappointment in her eyes…
"Heh, we should take another walk together sometimes… well, as long you've no problem with it, Hinata-chan"
Pink blossom in the girl's cheeks, and right in front of him, Hinata is rubbing her thighs together while poking her thumbs adorably.
Is she… nervous?
Before Naruto can say anything, Hinata already nodded at him, then ran away as fast as possible.
"Eh?"
This time, Naruto really can only scratch his cheek from the girl's confusing behavior.
Does she like him or not? Even with Kyuubi's power, girls still pretty confusing honestly.
Oh well, with sixty percent or so friendship, it's obvious that Hinata do think him as friend, no matter how confusing her attitude is.
Now… let's see…
'Higurashi's workshop… I believe it's somewhere around here…'
And with that, Naruto simply shrugged off his shoulders and walks away.
-Higurashi workshop-
Klink Klink
"Ah… Welcome, how can I help you?"
Higurashi Kenshin, a man with a greying hair and muscled body greeted Naruto when the boy enters the shop.
The man looks pretty intimidating if Naruto could be honest. However, from what he heard from the street, the man is pretty kind if you know him long enough.
"Sir… if I may be bold. Can I sell some of things I forged here?"
The very first plan to create his own corporation is to know whether the weapons forged using his imagination is good enough in the market's eyes. And really, which person to ask except the lone blacksmith master of Konoha himself?
"Hooo… Are you a blacksmith, boy?"
The man is amused, it's seen from his raised eyebrow. Though at the same time, his eyes judging him and know that he's not a blacksmith.
Without showing any fear, Naruto simply walks to the counter and placed a single kunai in front of the man.
"… No… or at least not yet. But I believe I can be a good blacksmith if I put more energy into it"
Kenshin didn't answer him at first, his eyes focusing into the Kunai that he takes from the counter.
"Hmmm…"
Swish swish
After that, he swings the kunai in his hand several times. And here, Naruto see it, a glint of amusement in the man's eyes.
And just like that, the muscled man placed the kunai back in the counter. His hands already folded in front of his chest.
"I give you 4 out of the 10, boy. Next time, do try give the tip some attention, it's important…"
"Eh?... it's bad?"
The man scoffed and sat down in his chair once more. His cheek's resting on his palm while his sharp gaze focusing on the boy's face, as if lose in memories.
"Of course… do you think becoming a blacksmith is easy? True, your kunai look like everyday kunai, but most ninja would notice the flaw immediately after a few swings…"
"I see…"
Honestly, Naruto never thought that his first plan would fail this bad. True, most would point out that there's a chance that Kenshin lied about his kunai's quality. But, looking up….
[Kenshin Higurashi]
[Friendship: 20%]
He's not a bad person, and with positive friendship points, there's just no reason for the man to lie to him.
"Here, take it"
Naruto broke out from his thought when he sees that Kenshin is giving him one of a normal looking kunai.
"Eh… is it really alright, old man?"
"Oi oi, who're you calling old now? I'm still in my prime if you want to know"
Naruto ignores the man's bickering as he simply took the kunai from his hand and try to swing it several times, then also did the same with his own kunai.
His eyebrows furrowed here…
There's a different, but… it's not much.
"It's may not much different, but let me say it like this… your kunai will never be able to be thrown"
Heard the man's words, Naruto simply look around, and when he took a notice of some training dummies, he threw Kenshin's kunai first, which hit the head. And when he follows it up by throwing his own kunai…
Thud
It hit the groin, perfectly if Naruto may add.
"Pfft, what kind of ninja shot that far away from target? And in that area nonetheless"
Naruto doesn't blush, nor he look embarrassed. He simply looks calculative for small seconds. And after he took the two kunais from the poor dummy, he threw his own kunai once again…
Thud
And this time, it pierced the dummy head and stabbed itself into the wall. Behind him, Kenshin has his mouth agape, his laughter stopped.
"… Now, don't be so surprised old man. First throw is just me threw my kunai using the same force I threw your kunai… So, it missed pretty far. Now, this second throw is me using the right force for my kunai… after all, what kind of ninja if they cannot adjust their own throw, right?"
This time, Naruto can't resist his own urge to plaster a smug smile on his face. Of course, with such a smug face, it was obvious that Kenshin began to get annoyed, seen from the vein that slowly forming on his temple.
"But still… not as many ninjas as good as me, right? So, I'll take this kunai of yours for reference, old man~ see you tomorrow!"
"You pompous brat!"
"Mwahahahahaha!"
And with that, Naruto ran out from the shop… behind him, Kenshin was throwing many kunais to his way, though everything missed and only stabs the walls.
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..
When there's no longer a hint of the boy's laughter, Kenshin slid down on his chair, then let out such a large sigh.
"Ah, damn Minato, even after you die, you still able to make me annoyed… damn you pompous bastard…"
The man's eyes went to the boy's handmade kunai in the corner of the room. Really… it should be almost impossible to throw such kunai straightly, more so for it to pierce through a dummy with one throw.
'… For him to be able to throw such kunai… just how many times have you thrown it, boy?'
After he thought like that, Kenshin huffed out with twitching eyebrow. Just like the father, it seems the son also as hardworking.
Hmp! Good for him then…
-With Naruto-
"Aaah~ that's a good run…"
For a small second, Naruto seems carefree. Though after said second ended, the boy walks away with calculative eyes. His right hand's holding the kunai made by the master blacksmith of Konoha.
With this, he has successfully made his own first connection, and because Naruto easily know that he had made a good impression on Kenshin, the man wouldn't refuse anything he sell to him next time they meet. Of course, as long said items quality is good enough in his eyes.
Though, quality doesn't really matter to him.
With Kenshin's kunai in his hand, Naruto already grasped the real weight and denseness of a good kunai in his mind. All he needs to do tomorrow is simply to create them.
'… For tomorrow, twenty kunai should be enough. After all, it would be too surprising if I successfully made thirty or so good kunai in less than a day time'
It's not like kunai is that cheap anyway, more so Kenshin's kunai. He should be able to make a good money for twenty of them tomorrow.
For now, what should he do?
"What do you mean what should you do? Go pick some good vixens… you're still far from being good after all"
but of course, the darkness incarnates, the destroyer, the nine-tailed fox suggested from his mind just as his mind coming up blank.
And as much as he hated to admit it, the creature is right. He's still weak, and Konoha wouldn't be silent for that much longer, there probably would be assassinate attempt sooner or later.
But the question is…
Who's the girl interested in him? as much as slightly it is?
There's Hinata, but she's a princess of the Hyuga clan, it would flip Konoha if he messed with her. Then there's Kurenai Yuhi, the woman who has around one thousand lusts toward his body, and yet didn't make any move despite their close proximity at the time.
'… I think I need to search for another girl who's interested in me'
"Atta boy, now that's what I'm talking about"
Alright, for now… let's get another run.
-Later-
[VIT +2]
[CRM +1]
"Pant… Pant… Status Window"
[Status Window]
Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Race: Human
STR : 102
AGI : 87
VIT : 72
CRM : 276
Titles : An Adorable Bottom (Make it almost impossible for your prey to resist dominating you once they reach [300%] lust threshold)
Perks :
-Undrowned : Cannot be drowned by any kind of liquid.
-Perfect Chakra Control : Able to use any jutsu without hindrance as long you have enough chakra.
-Tears of Innocent : Nullify any rage pointed at you if your girls found you cheating.
-Demonic Charmer : Passively thicken and increase the quality of your pheromone.
-He Who Play with dark side : slightly become more attune and resistant toward demonic chakra.
-Reality Genjutsu Mastery : Every illusion you make will have effects on the reality itself… you cannot use normal illusion because of this.
-Minor Incubus : XXXX XXXX XXXX
A slight increase, but for now, it should be enough until he found some girls to give him more increase in stats.
As the boy sighs away all of his tiredness, he walks to the nearest tree and sit down under it, his back slid down on its bark.
Huff
It would be a good time to have some drink honestly. Though unfortunately, he doesn't bring any, and most shops here has males as owner.
"… What are you doing here, dobe?"
"… Teme"
When he heard a familiar voice, Naruto's gaze went to his right. Immediately locking gaze with his most hateful rival in the academy, and their glares immediately exchange after their greet.
Sasuke Uchiha, son of the late Uchiha's clan head and Mikoto Uchiha. Sole male survivor after the Uchiha massacre… of course, not counting the other male which is his own brother, the culprit of Uchiha massacre itself.
Not that Naruto cares about his sobs story. The boy himself has been Naruto's rival ever since their meeting years ago.
Near Sasuke, Naruto take notice of the boy's teammates…
One of them is someone that could be called as human scarecrow, with one eye covered and mouth covered by mask. And while this one is obviously the teacher of this team, the man himself seems to be content by reading the book in his hand.
And no… it's not a healthy book.
[Kakashi Hatake]
[Friendship: 80%]
"…"
Naruto doesn't really know why the man seem to has high respect for him, but he doesn't have time to think about such a thing.
Another teammate of Sasuke is obviously Sakura, the blood-sibling of his girlfriend, and the one bullied him the most in the academy. Well… she mostly bullied him using words, like calling him orphan etc etc. and honestly, he no longer cares about such a thing, she's just a child after all, pampered one too nonetheless.
When his eyes met hers, Sakura's cheeks enflamed for a second. Though after she gathered her thought for a bit, she shook her head in denial and glared at him like a child she is.
'… She probably thought… 'Oh my god! This is Naruto baka! Get out the gutter, stupid hormone! You only love Sasuke-kun!' or something like that'
[Sakura Haruno]
[Friendship: -10%]
[Lust: 20%]
However, when Naruto looked into her stats, his eyes widen for a small second.
Her hate toward him… it's so… tiny.
Minus ten percent is just unfriendly. It just cannot be compared to Luka who had eighty percent of hate toward his person, which meant she would kill him without second thinking had she had the chance.
.
..
He really doesn't like her that much, more so after so many harsh words thrown at him by her. however, he pitied her heart that love Sasuke, a boy that has his heart set in stone to take revenge on his own brother.
'… Kyuubi-san… let's mark her as target'
"Mark her as target? HOHOOOO! Now you're talking my language boy! Let's start our HUNT!"
He really doesn't like Sakura that much… but he can imagine what will happen in the future if she's still chasing after Sasuke. Sadness and heartbreak's not something he wanted anyone to feel, even if they're his enemy, that's just the kind of person he is.
Before he can check the last member of Sasuke's team… the Uchiha boy himself walked to him with smug plastered in his face.
"Oi dobe, I'll ask you once again… this is training ground seven, where team seven, which is us by the way, train… and you, a reject of ninja, shouldn't be here, what are you doing?"
Naruto stood after he heard this, his own eyes matching Sasuke's glare.
"Is that so? Well… let me break this to you, Uchiha… I have the privilege to train anywhere I want. Given by Hokage himself, and you, genin aren't allowed to question such decision"
Sasuke look shocked for a second. Though after that, his glare become much more intense, as the two in the end keep glaring into each other eyes.
The boy may be his rival, but they were friend before it happens. And they can sense when each other lie, that's why Sasuke only make his glare more intense and not rejecting such notion said by Naruto.
Of course, envy is obvious in his eyes.
"Maa maa, that's alright you two…"
Just like that, the glares stop when Sasuke's team leader appear in the middle of them and began to ruffling their hairs. His eyes closed in upward U shape.
The two slapped the hands away at the same time, then scoffed, also at the same time.
"Hmp! I don't have time for this… see ya later, teme"
With that, Naruto turn around and walks away, and when he's several meters from them, his form flicker away, leaving a single leaf.
.
..
"Oh my… that's D-rank technique. I wonder where he learned that"
Is the only words said by Kakashi, which confuse his three students.
-Later-
"Jiji! May I have pork ramen? Special size of course!"
The time is around evening, and when Naruto found himself once again hungry, he immediately went to the place which never deny him entry from the beginning till now.
"My boy, is that you!? Where've you been? Ayame has been worried sick, you know?"
Teuchi Ichiraku, the man with a large heart and kindness. And Naruto doesn't know how, but his ramen is just far better than instant ramens which he ate every morning.
"Ehehe… Sorry Jiji, but I kinda failed on my test… and… well, I kinda upset for these few days"
"I see… welp, I hope my ramen could cheer you on then. Today is on the house!"
"Haha! You're the best, Ji-chan!"
The boy simply ate his food after that, at the same time also telling Teuchi about his life in these few days. Of course, he doesn't tell the man about his new power given by Kyuubi or that the fact he has Luka as girlfriend. After all, as far as Teuchi know Luka is only the crazy girl who hate him too much, so much that every time they met in the street, the girl would glare coldly.
… maybe someday he would bring her here.
"By the way Ji-chan, where's Ayame-nee?"
"Hmm…" While doing dishes, Teuchi paused for a bit, though continues not long after "… She took a break half an hour ago. She should be back before I close though"
Hummed, the boy simply nods and finished his food until not even smallest of soup remain.
"Ah~ that hit the spot, Ji-chan!"
"Ahaha, of course! My ramen is the best in the whole fire country after all!"
And the two laughed together after that. Of course, said laugh didn't last that long because like a ninja, a lone ANBU appear behind Naruto. And because Naruto sensed this using of his sharper stats, for a very small second, his fingers that's holding the chopsticks tense slightly, though immediately relaxes once he took notice of the familiar hawk themed mask.
"Naruto Uzumaki, you've been summoned by Lord Hokage"
Calmly, Naruto spin his chair and raised one of his eyebrows questioningly. His mind moving in every scenario he could imagine, but in the end, he simply shrugged his shoulders in rather uncaring manner.
He honestly doesn't know what Jiji want, but guessing here won't give him any answer.
"Sure… I don't have any plan at the moment, Ji-chan! See you later"
"Hai hai, see you later, my boy"
After Naruto jumped off from his stool, he gave a single nod toward the ANBU.
Seeing this, the hawk ANBU placed his hand on the boy's shoulder and use a body flicker technique.
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..
…
"Naruto-kun, I'm glad you could come"
Naruto's eyes narrowed slightly when he arrives in the Hokage's office. It's because beside the Hokage is the jounin that he met this evening… what's his name again?
The teacher of team seven, Kakashi Hatake if he's not wrong.
And the one beside the man is the one he knows very much… his own girlfriend, Luka Haruno.
The question is, what are they doing here?
And Luka's eyes… she probably kind of trying her hard to hide it, but there's simply no way to deceive his eyes. That wetness… she's trying her hard to resist her urge to cry.
"Actually Naruto-kun, I want to ask so-"
"Who makes her cry?"
Naruto was always a bright and polite young man in front of the Hokage. He may had played some pranks here and there, but everyone within Hiruzen's inner circle know that when the two met eyes to eyes, the young man was always polite and gentle and never use his prankster persona.
He was groomed to be a Hokage by the third Hokage himself. Taught the politic since he's seven years old, taught to always know that the world isn't black and white like so many people believe.
He has friends within ANBUs circle and they too know that behind the prankster persona is a gentle boy who know more about being Hokage than anyone else, second after the Hokage himself.
And that's why, when the Hokage and the ANBUs heard his words, they can't help but blinks in small amount of confusion.
"Naruto-kun?"
"I won't ask again… who make Luka, my girlfriend cry?"
"… I see"
To Hiruzen, this the very first time he sees his grandson figure having such sharp eyes which remind him of the boy's father.
Demand.
The fourth Hokage was a cheerful and kind man. But there's something that made him pretty feared within Konoha's rank. When he 'demand' something, you just can't help but gulped down your saliva and obey.
Some of the ANBUs jokes that it was probably an innate talent or some kind of strange bloodline. But Hiruzen never knew, simply because he never become a target of fourth Hokage's 'innate talent'.
Until now that is…
As Naruto Uzumaki stare at him with those cold and sharp eyes. Hiruzen can't help but having a lone sweat trailing down from his temple.
It's not fear… more like his inner self become pressured to obey the boy's demand.
'… it's… not a good feeling to have'
Hiruzen stood after that, his mouth exhaled a pretty large amount of smoke as he put down his tobacco.
Its not the time to have tobacco… not with the boy already at the edge.
"Why don't you take a seat first Naruto-kun… Cat, bring Naruto-kun his usual"
"Hai, Hokage-sama"
Like a shadow, a cat masked ANBU come out from the ceiling, and then flicker away not a second later.
Sigh
"… Alright"
With the Hokage, one jounin, one chunin that is his girlfriend, and few ANBUs in the ceiling watching, Naruto walks to the edge of the room. And his feet did something strange to the floor, or at least strange until two set of sofas come out with a poof of smokes, complete with a table in the middle.
Of course, Kakashi and Luka is the only two that didn't know about such seal existence that hid some relaxation sofas. As their mouth become agape.
"Ah, I really like this sofa… Luka-chan, why don't you sit here?"
As Naruto sat in one of the sofas, he pats the seat beside him with a smile in his face. Of course, at first, Luka looks conflicted, but watching her boyfriend having such calm and soft smile, she soon relaxes herself and followed his suit and sit beside him, their shoulder touching each other.
Naruto can feel it easily how she really wanted to wrap her hand around his waist like usual, but cannot because they're in front of the Hokage, and he understood her reasoning.
[Perk unlocked: Perfect lover]
Okay… new perk in the middle of nowhere… let's just read its effect later.
Few minutes after Naruto took his seat, Hiruzen already sat across of him. with a glass of tea in front of him and a glass of orange juice in front of Naruto.
The two didn't start immediately and content with drinking their drink for a bit.
"Naruto… let's cut to the case, I'm curious how you and Haruno-san ended up being together"
The Hokage broke the silence first.
Naruto notice many things here…
First, his girlfriend's flinch, which mean she was also probably being questioned by his grandfather figure. Second, the worries that tint the man's voice, which mean that despite his girlfriend's explanation, he's still probably need to hear it from his own mouth. And third, Kakashi's thumb up from his grandfather figure's back… he doesn't know the reason for this one though.
Sluuurp
The boy simply drank his juice for a few seconds. And then placed the glass back in front of him.
Thunk
"Few days ago… I was depressed…"
The boy started, but paused for a bit because he's complicating whether he should be honest about his meeting with Kyuubi or not. Of course, he won't talk about the power given to him, but just his meeting with the creature.
In the end, he chose to not to talk anything about Kyuubi, even about their meeting.
"Jiji… you taught me many things. How to become a good ninja, how Hokage should think, the politic and laws within Konoha… and yet, despite everything, I still failed"
The anguish and the sadness within the boy's voice are honest and there's no hint of deceitful. And heard this, the Hokage held a small amount of sympathy on his eyes. While beside him, Luka held his right hand gently, which he returned.
"Rule number fifty-six of ninja academy… if there's a student who've failed three time, then they're not allowed to become a genin of Konoha. And for three days, this rule kept repeating in my head… but after three days, I just can't keep doing it. Being depressed I meant… and well, I thought on becoming a merchant, and my first stop is to go to the library. And… Uhhh, I met Luka-chan in library"
The boy's cheeks become red here, while Luka also has smallest hint of embarrassment on her cheeks. Her eyes looking around that's not his way in a rather rare sight of her being shy.
Cough cough
Small it is, everyone heard an envious filled cough from the ceiling. Though they simply ignored it.
"… And well, Luka-chan hated me. I belief we also have some body conflict when we met in the library, didn't we?"
Like a deer caught in the middle of kunai rain, Luka's eyes widen, though because there's no condemning in her boyfriend's words, her blush simply darken as she nods silently.
Still…
"S-s-sorry, love"
"Ehe, it's alright Luka-chan… by the way Jiji, after we had our conflict, we kinda… talks, and here and there goes there, we ended up being a couple in the later day"
"Is that so…"
The Hokage's seems to still in a rather disbelief. Maybe because the man knows how deep Luka's grudge toward Naruto is. And one short story just simply cannot snuff his disbelief yet.
Even then, the man must at least give the girl some space now that his grandson figure gave out his testimonies. After all, Naruto isn't one that could be fooled by beauty alone, of this, Hiruzen believe… and there's also small part of him that hope that everything is true, that they both love each other without any motives from both sides, because he knows just how lonely his grandson figure is.
"Anyway… I answered your question. Now answer mine please…"
Ah… yes, why did Luka cry, Hiruzen belief that was the boy's question.
"I'm sorry Naruto-kun… but I belief your relationship with Haruno-san has leaked out… And after her mother, Mebuki Haruno heard of this… Luka-san was disowned"
"What!?"
Soooooo, like it? or you guys simply love it xD
this chapter goes in depth about the plot and didn't really give any lemon. Bummed? Sorry ^^'
I promise I'll give a lemon in the next chapter, please be patient until it come out, okay?