"Where will I find you tomorrow?" asked Naruto.
"I'll find you, for now, go with Asuma and get started on what he's got to teach you," ordered Jiraiya.
"Come on, kid, leave the old man to his drinking, we've still got some daylight to burn," Asuma put a hand on Naruto's shoulder and guided him out of the bar.
"So where do we go first?" asked Naruto.
"First, we need to get you a pair of Chakra-To," answered Asuma.
"Sweet, so Higurashi's then?" asked Naruto.
"Good to know you like the higher quality stuff. Let's go."
Naruto followed Asuma to Higurashi's, he wanted to ask questions, especially about how he was going to get that much experience in so little time not that Asuma could answer so for now he chose simply to be quiet and wait.
"Yo, Hiten, you here you lazy ass?" called Asuma as he entered the shop.
"Ass-uma, what do you want?" replied the shop owner, grinning the entire time.
"Need some Chakra-To for my temporary student here," answered Asuma, motioning to Naruto.
"Oh, teaching this one huh? Naruto, be careful around this guy. He's dumb and skilled, a dangerous combination. Then again, maybe you'll be okay with him."
"I think I was just insulted but I'm going to let that go so you sell me some good Chakra-To."
"Good answer," laughed Hiten. "Let me go get you a decent pair from the back."
"I thought you said-"
Naruto was cut off with a look that clearly warned him to shut the hell up and say thank you. "Right, thank you, sir."
"That's what I thought," said Hiten, continuing into the back of the shop.
The man returned a moment later with a black box which he set on the counter. "Here you go kid."
"How much?" asked Naruto, afraid to open the lid and look at them.
"500000 Ryo," answered Hiten.
"500000 Ryo, what the hell man?"
"Correct me if I'm wrong, brat, but don't you still have a very valuable coupon you earned from my daughter a while back? 50% off?"
It was like the skies parted and angels' songs filled the shop. Naruto opened his inventory and cheered when he saw he still had the coupon, pulling it from his inventory he held it out to Hiten.
"That's what I thought," said the man, taking the coupon.
"What the hell was that?" asked Asuma, focused on Naruto pulling the coupon out of thin air.
"So, now that'll be 250000, can you afford that?"
Naruto once again pulled out the cash from his inventory and set the nice, neat, clean stack of ryo on the counter.
Asuma meanwhile was poking the air in front of Naruto.
"Um, sensei, what are you doing?" asked Naruto, looking at the older man.
"How did you do that?"
"Do what?" asked Naruto.
"You pulled that coupon and the money out of thin air. How did you do it?"
"Ah . . . um . . . hmm . . . [Fuinjutsu]?"
Asuma closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. "You know what, forget it. I don't want to know. Why don't you go ahead check out your new Chakra-To?"
Naruto's hands shook a little as he reached out to box and lifted the lid off of it. Inside the box, and wrapped in a silk cloth were two trench knives. Along the knuckle was a jagged blade that continued down into a jagged blade about one and a half times longer than the grip.
"Nasty," complimented Asuma, pulling his own out and setting the next to Naruto's. His were jagged along the knuckles as well but the blade was curve, it was also a few solid inches longer as well as having a larger grip.
Naruto looked back at his blades using [Observe] popping up a description window.
Jagged Chakra-To – A chakra-to designed for smaller hands, these trench knives sport a jagged edge better for trapping of weapons. They are extremely durable and sharp, capable of easily channeling massive amounts of chakra without degrading. Stats: 50-75 Damage. DUR 120/120
Naruto picked up the blades quickly slipping one on to each hand, experimentally pushing a little chakra into each. He was surprised by how easily they accepted the chakra, usually when he pushed chakra into his kunai they would resist him, wasting a ton of chakra in the process.
"Not bad kid" said Asuma. "And you already know how to add chakra to them so that makes things a lot easier."
"What do you mean? Makes what easier?"
"Teaching you to put futon chakra into them, kid."
"Again, what do you mean? Why futon chakra?"
"The primary attribute of futon chakra is its ability to cut," Asuma explain, pulling out a normal kunai then slicing it in half effortlessly with his chakra-to. "If you can learn to control and harness futon chakra that becomes possible."
"Can I do that even if I don't have a futon affinity?" he asked.
"Yeah, it's a lot harder but it's possible. Do you know your chakra affinity?"
"Well, I've developed some raiton and doton but I can't buy the paper to find out for sure."
Asuma chortled. "Hiten, one sheet please."
"Sure, 10000 ryo," he said, pulling up a slip from under the counter and setting it on top.
Asuma and Hiten both looked at Naruto expectantly.
Naruto sighed and put the money on the counter, grumbling the whole time. "Now what?"
"Just channel a little chakra into it," said Asuma.
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