Author's Note:
It seems that this story is my best out there, if the number of story alerts I've gotten is any indicator. As such, I pledge to focus on this story to the exclusion of others. I also pledge to try to update at least once a week. Feel free to email me to remind me if you wish. Reviews are also appreciated.
Ria is a character from a book I've written, along with Wolf. Right now I don't know how big of a role she'll play, because writing her may hurt. She is based off of my ex-girlfriend. Anyway...
On with the story!
Chapter 3
The chunin trio returned to Konoha and reported to the Hokage. Tsunade commended them on their survival of the situation. She especially commended Wolf, who humbly dismissed it as a matter of his weapon's superiority, not a matter of personal skill.
After he and Tenten returned to the shop, Tenten asked to examine his weapon. Wolf complied, even going as far as explaining the use of the bullets. After examining the weapon and understanding the role of the ammunition, Tenten promised to research creating more bullets.
While taking a custom order, Wolf discovered seals. The order had him place a simple explosive seal on the kunai, causing it to explode on impact. The concept intrigued him, and he created a few extra to experiment with. He forged the kunai with his particular skill, then called the customer.
When the customer came in, he exclaimed, "Hey, you're that new chunin that killed the curse-sealed Sound nin!"
"That's right. People call me Wolf."
"Well, Wolf, it's nice to meet you. My name's Uzumaki Naruto, and I'm gonna be the next Hokage!"
"Well, then, Uzumaki-san, here's to your career. Say, could you teach me more about seals?"
Naruto was taken aback by the level of respect the newcomer showed him. "Well, sure! It's kinda tough to learn, but I had the legendary Ero-Sannin to teach me, so I should be able to teach you, no problem!"
With that, a solid relationship was formed. Naruto met with Wolf daily to teach him about sealing jutsu. After a few weeks, Wolf had learned enough to begin experimenting with his own seals.
After a few weeks of experimenting, he felt confident enough to modify his trusty revolver. The seal he applied to his revolver allowed him to channel elemental chakra through the weapon, allowing him to imbue his bullets with any of the five elements. He also applied the first explosive seal to his bullets.
During this time, Tenten managed to make more bullets for his gun, through a chakra-intensive jutsu known as the Weapon Forging Jutsu. With more ammunition, he finally had enough to test-fire his modified weapon.
The first time he fired it, he channeled fire chakra into the weapon. This caused the entire weapon to change color, from a polished silver to a burnished crimson.
He looked at his weapon, now changed beyond what would have been though possible. Such a weapon deserved a name.
"I'll name you... Red Eagle."