"Well…" Naruto said with a smile as the two spent the rest of the time drinking sake, while Naruto told Tsunade stories of all the pranks he had pulled on the perverted Sennin.
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The next morning Naruto was up bright and early again, after he finished his training Regime and eating a healthy breakfast the blond decided to go see if he could meet Tenten and her dad. Naruto walked through the streets of Konoha, as he watched the people getting ready for their day. It was still early in the morning so only a few people were up, allowing Naruto to just walk around and enjoy the quiet. Naruto made his way over to the Higarashi weapon store, opening the door which sounded with a chime.
He looked over at the cash register and saw Tenten, sitting on a stool and reading a magazine of some kind. Most likely a weapons magazine of some kind, Thought Naruto with a smile as he walked over and tapped on the desk, "good morning Tenten!"
Tenten looked up at Naruto and a blush quickly spread across her face, "good morning Naruto-kun! How are you doing?" Tenten asked.
Naruto gave the girl a smile, "not bad, I can't complain at least. What about you?"
"Oh I've been good," Tenten said as she squirmed in her seat a bit. "So um… how can I help you today?"
"Actually I was wondering if your dad was in," Naruto said as he tilted his head to the side.
Tenten was just about to respond when a gruff voice did it for her.
"He is in."
Naruto and Tenten turned their head to the stairs, and saw a man with messy brown hair walking down. He was of decent height being at about 5'9" and had a fairly bulky build, his eyes were a brown color much like Tenten's, giving Naruto the clue that this was her father. The blond noticed that the man walked with a slight limp, denoting that he had received some kind of injury to his heel. This as well as the general aura the man had, led Naruto to assume that he had been a shinobi at one point in his life.
Naruto bowed to the man, "it's a pleasure to meet you sir, I'm…"
"I know who you are," Tenten's father chuckled, "it's almost impossible not to with your reputation. And don't call me sir, I hate that respect crap." Naruto gave a grin as he scratched the back of his head, amusing the man who had seen that same expression on Minato's face many times in the past. "I'm Kenchi Higarashi," Kenchi introduced himself as he held out a hand.
Naruto smiled as he took it, "nice to meet you."
"Likewise, I was wondering when I would see you in my shop," Kenchi said, "so is there anything I could do for you?"
"Actually I was wondering if there was something I could do for you," Naruto said, getting two raised eyebrows from Tenten and Kenchi.
"Oh? And what is it that you can do for us?" Kenchi with his curiosity piqued.
"I can see that you guys sell things like standard sealing scrolls and exploding tags, however like most stores you guys don't have much else in the way of seals. I am currently in the process of creating several seals that will help Konoha," Naruto looked at the two of them. "I am sure you know that a clan needs to find some way to contribute to the village in some way Kenchi-san."
Kenchi nodded, "yes I am well aware of that, I take it this is your way to do that?"
"Yes," Naruto nodded, "I was hoping to have a demonstration at the end of the week. As you are the only shinobi store I know of that is run by a shinobi, I wanted to have you there."
"What makes you think I'm a shinobi?" Kenchi asked, if this boy, no man, he corrected himself. If this man was anything like Minato, then he would be able to give him an accurate dissertation of why he thought Kenchi was a shinobi.
"When you were walking down I noticed you have a slight limp, by the slight movements your leg makes I would say that the wound was caused by a sword to the heel. Wounds like that are not something civilians get and escape who ever gave it to them to alive, meaning you had to have been in combat at one point. Aside from that," Naruto shrugged, "your general aura is the same as anyone who has ever been a serious ninja at one point in their life."
He's just like his father, Kenchi thought with a smile. "That's a pretty good deduction, and you were right about the leg. So why is it that you feel it matters whether a store is shinobi owned or not?"
"Because that makes this shop far more popular than the other stores, since you have ninja experience and know what they would want." Naruto answered.
"I see," Kenchi said with a nod, "Because I have firsthand knowledge on what ninja want and the ability to forge custom weapons based on that knowledge, more ninja come to my store. If I were to endorse your seals they would sell that much more, am I right?" At Naruto's nod Kenchi continued, "this will also give you more of a profit in the end too, since more people will…"
"No," Kenchi and Tenten looked at Naruto as he spoke, "I'm not doing this for any monetary gain. You can keep any money you make, I have more than enough thanks to my book, I am simply doing this to help Konoha."
Kenchi blinked in surprise for several moments before he grinned, "you really are Minato's kid aren't you?"
Naruto smiled, "so I've been told."
"Well alright, I'll come to this demonstration of yours and if your stuff is any good we'll start selling them the moment its ready for the market."
Naruto nodded, "I appreciate this," the blond said before he looked over at Tenten, "you're welcome to come to if you would like."
Tenten blinked for a moment before blushing; "Thanks I think I will." she looked back up for a moment and tilted her head, "so what book were you talking about?"
Naruto looked at her with an odd expression before smiling; he reached into his pouch and pulled out Loveless. "I'm the author of this book," Naruto said with a grin, only to sweat drop when Tenten appeared in front of him with a copy of the book in her hand. I swear to Kami it's like these girls have a pocket dimension, where they can just pull anything out of it magically.
"This is my favorite book; can you sign it for me?" Tenten asked as he once again saw what he had taken to calling the Suta-Boushi No Jutsu (Starry Eye Jutsu).
Naruto shrugged before grabbing the book and signing it for her, after that he gave the two a good bye before heading home.
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