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Omake: That time an aspiring weapons mistress discovered that she loves cannons!
A wide-eyed young girl could do naught but stare at the glowing sphere of pure power that spiraled into being within her hidden sanctuary. Her father's crafting room was behind the family-owned shop, but long ago she had found the hidden basement! More like a bunker in all actuality, there was a war occurring when the place had been built, after all.
She had snuck away after closing shop upstairs; her father and mother were out on a late-night date at one of the village's restaurants… barbecue, if she remembered correctly. The young girl was a prodigy at her prospective craft and profession. Her father was still better at their family craftwork, though, and she was intent to surpass his skill… she needed to create new and unique tools to use in her profession! She needed an edge against potential foes and rivals. While outclassed by many in her line of work, she was still a force to be reckoned with. She was used to seeing what many average people called strange… especially when it came to the topic of her teacher and fellow students.
So, it was with shock and slight trepidation that she watched the swirling powerful orb pop into existence not ten paces away from her. She pressed herself against the wall, completely baffled at this new situation, and waited for what would happen next. After all, she didn't feel like she was under attack… yet.
Suddenly, a huge burst of odd (way too clean to be natural) air flew out of the spiraling orb and blew her notes and blueprints all over her hidden sanctuary. The air was followed by a large, wide pipe closed off on both ends… almost like a weird mini coffin of some sort. It landed with a thud on the floor before the orb began sparking with silent lightning (which is eerily creepy!) and suddenly shrank into nothing… leaving no sign it had ever been there, other than the odd-smelling air and the object it deposited.
After recovering a bit from her shock, the girl, no older than 14, crept up to the large object. Observing it, she noted it had flecks of green paint that were burnt. Something had really sandpapered and burned this thing at the same time… for it was gray and black metal now, all former paint nearly unnoticeable.
She shrieked and jumped back when there was a hiss and a small pop from the object… now revealed to be a container, as its hatch had just popped off. Regaining her courage, the girl investigated the container to see one large and two small devices, with many squarish things packed around them. All the devices were resting in shape-cut slots in a material she had never seen before.
The amount of detail and obvious moving parts she could see on the items from her current vantage point astounded her. Reaching in with shaking hands, she removed the larger object of the three and began to study it.
~Five minutes later~
*BOOOOOM*
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The now frazzled girl stared at the new torso-sized hole in the basement wall… she looked long and hard between this now-revealed weapon and what she had accidentally done with it… it was a miracle that she hadn't blown off her arms and broken her bones when she had accidentally activated the device.
Could she even properly use this in her profession? It could kill her with its backlash after activation… then again, her sensei had recently taught her how to temporarily strengthen one's body to withstand a great force. Now, that could work in her favor…
Slowly, a fate-despising and youthful grin, which spelled out pure malevolence on her enemies, spread across her face. Her hair, which was normally put up into cute buns, changed its appearance with a mere tilt of her head, somehow giving off a sinisterly dangerous aura as her eyes became that of an enraptured addict… an addict of weapons.
There was no doubt about it now, with these to reverse engineer, she would surpass her father's skill in weapon crafting.
And with her new tools, she would stand above all others. She could see her title now.
She would become the goddess of all weapon mistresses…
Believe it!
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Maybe Sensei and Rock Lee would like to play a game of dodge the new weapon in their teammates arsenal, surely they would consider this a worthy challenge once she demonstrated its capabilities, make it a surprise even and just make sure she missed? Yes, that would work, maybe give them both a new haircut at the same time while she was at.
Splitting their hair down the middle wouldn't make their bowl cuts any more ridiculous than they already were, she would need to practice first. And figure out how to craft new ammunition with her chakra forging techniques.
The look on their faces would likely make suffering their presence finally worth it.
She couldn't wait!
Authors Note:
This Omake was originally attached to the Unknown Defender CH16. The tests happening at The Hold had unintended consequences.