Chapter 29 - Incident (3)

[Speed Sight Level 20, Exp-6%]

[Linked Shadow Clone Level 17, Exp-20%]

[Chidori Tempest Level 17, Exp-1%]

[Demon Perk Obtained]

[+1 Str, +1 End, +1 Dex, +3 Vit per level.]

Naruto: "Demon Perk? What's that?"

[A perk that is gained when one starts generating demonic power.]

Naruto: "?" He thought about it some more and when he remembered, he felt a bit stupid. "Check Race Status."

[Human(?) (95%), Demon (5%)]

Naruto: "Blue did mention that. So what's my base unit?"

Naruto: "Oh." Naruto didn't look much surprised. He already knew his bloodline was the lowest it can be so he thought that he would at least get decimal numbers or something. "Doesn't matter for now. Time to have some real grub."

He went to the kitchen and transformed into what he thinks will be his ȧduŀt form. He found out that using the Potent Transformation is much more realistic than the normal one and so his brilliant idea was to use his newfound height in his daily activities that he normally could not do without help, like cooking. Always needing that darn chair shattered his pride every day.

Going back to the ID Create world, he saw the clones from last night along with the ones he left for extra training before he went to the Hokage tower.

Naruto: "Alright guys. Dispel." And they all did.

[Linked Shadow Clones Level 19, Exp-76%]

[Tree Walking Exercise Level 30, Exp-100%] --> [Tree Walking Exercise Level Max]

[Water Walking Exercise Level 3, Exp-4%]

[Chakra Weapon Creation Level 7, Exp-13%]

Naruto: "Interesting skill. Chakra weapons..." 'Wonder what kind of sharpness they would have? What if I try to add the concept of condensing of the Rasengan in the skill. That way, the weapon could be heavier or even sharper. Or what if I added the piercing nature of lightning or the sharp nature of wind? Even maybe the rotation of the Rasengan.' He kept going on and on. 'So many ideas. So little time. Whatever.'

After his daily routine, he put on some clothes. Not his usual ones but rather ones that he stole specifically for going out. Today was a special day for him. It was the first time he would visit his friend's house. Just the thought excited him. Naruto's optimism came from the fact that his friends are very accepting and are okay with him. So by that logic, the parents who raised them should be like that too right?

Well, Naruto believed in that but after a moment or two, he discarded that thought. No matter how nice it sounded, reality and imagination are two different things. Naruto has lost the ability to believe in the good of people but who can blame him.

Once he finished dressing himself up, he headed at exactly 8:00 AM sharp. Only to return home to quickly shower and put on his deodorant and lotion. With this mind being filled with thoughts, he forgot how sweaty he was when he woke up. Sending a transformed clone out to do the laundry, Naruto summoned an ID Clone to make sure things are getting done.

Leaving the house for the second time, Naruto felt that he was finally ready to go. As he walked out, the slight breeze made his hair dance and his streaks of blue hair moving along with the rest of the blond made it quite mesmerizing. Some girls that were walking by looked at him and were quite attracted until they got a good look of his face and then they ran away ashamed.

Throughout the walk to the Akimichis, Naruto enjoyed the walk and discarded all looks and glances. Then there was the fact that he walked past a shop that interested him quite a bit. The Yamanaka Flower Shop. Why did it interest him? Because of one, he likes some flowers and he discovered that when he was reading in the library but also two, he saw his two friends interact wth a blond girl.

Walking up to them, he decided to greet them. This caused all three to look at him with different reactions. His two friends were a little curious as to why their new friend looks a little different and the girl was confused as to the identity of this fine person.

?: "Who are you?"

Shikamaru: "He's a friend Ino." Choji nodded at Shikimaru's words and approached Naruto with his chips to which Naruto accept the snacks with enthusiasm. Ino thought that Naruto's small burst of happiness at eating chips was quite cute but she shook that thought away quickly.

Ino: "So will you introduce yourself or are you going to stuff your face in chips?" She wasn't really angry but it did bother her when people ignored her.

Naruto: "Hm?" He looked at Ino. "I'm going to stuff my face." he said before continuing to eat the chips with Choji. Ino's eye twitched and her blood started to boil from the answer that she obtained from him. She started to approach him but Shikimaru held her back. "What? You want to beat me up?"

Ino: "Yes!" She answered as she tried to escape Shikamaru's hold which was slowly weakening as time passed.

Naruto: "Okay then. Shikamaru, let her go. I want to see exactly what she wants to do to me."

Shikamaru: "You sure man?"

Naruto: "Yeah."

Shikamaru: "Don't say I didn't warn you." He let go of her. The moment she was released, she stomped her way to Naruto with a glare. She threw a punch and then the next blink after, she realized that she was in the middle of falling to the floor. Only she felt the pain that was on her backside did her body catch up to what was happening.

While this was happening, Naruto was observing his body. He didn't know what was going on. One second he was normal and then the next, it looked like time slowed down quite a bit. Perhaps it was he who became extremely fast.

Naruto: "Cain. What happened?"

[One of your new manifested abilities for the blue lightning. Your entire body got a temporary boost in agility and reaction.]

Naruto: "Cool. So far, the blue lightning provides the new speed boost, the ability to warm me, summoning lightning bolts from every part of my body, and the resistance. That's pretty good for the lowest level. Maybe I'll get more as time passes."

While Naruto was checking his body, Shikamaru and Choji on the side had their mouths open. All they knew was that when they coincidently blinked together, Ino was falling to the ground. They would laugh at the fact that Ino fell as if she slipped on a banana but they would be beaten up if they did.

Ino: "Owww. What happened?" She said as she rubbed her back. As she got up, she looked around for anything that she might have slipped on but found nothing instead. Thinking that Naruto pulled some tricks, she became angrier.

Naruto: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Ino: "This was your fault. You did something." She replied as she pointed her fingers at him.

Naruto: "No I didn't." He played innocent.

Ino: "It must be you! I don't just fall randomly." Naruto shrugged.

Naruto: "Maybe you're clumsy?"

Ino: "YOU! I am not clumsy!!" She screamed out.

?: "Now now. Calm down Ino." Ino heard the voice and turned to him.

Ino: "But dad. He did something. I'm sure of it."

?: "Do you have any proof?"

Ino: "No...."

?: "See. Problem solved then right? You just accidentally fell."

Ino: "Whatever." She looked down. Even though she was utterly unconvinced, she still went with it because she couldn't refute it.

?: "So who are you, young man?"

Naruto: "I'm Naruto."

?: "I am Inoichi Yamanaka. Welcome to my shop." He looked at Shikamaru and Choji. "You guys ready to go?" Shikamaru lazily shrugged while Choji looked a bit excited. Ino didn't look like she wanted to but instead was starring daggers at Naruto. "Let's go then."

Everybody left the building and Inoichi and Naruto was the last ones to leave.

Inoichi: "Don't ever touch my daughter." He said as walked beside Naruto.

Naruto: "What are you talking about?"

Inoichi: "I know it was you. I don't know how you did it but I know for sure it was you."

Naruto: "Oh? Why do you think so?"

Inoichi: "Because Ino, Choji, and Shikamaru are childhood friends and I know that none of them are capable of hurting another without feeling anything."

Naruto: "...is that it?"

Inochi: "That and the fact that I trained Ino. Even though she can not be called Genin yet, she is still nonetheless trained by me so she can't fall that easily. So that leaves only you, a stranger who would feel nothing of hurting another stranger." Naruto smiled.

Naruto: "Good conclusion but there is still no evidence so please, stop breathing down my neck."

Inoichi: "Hmph." He said as he started to ignore Naruto. Naruto himself had strange thought as he walked with the group to their destination.

Naruto: 'Seriously? Another version of me from a different timeline actually decided to date that gorilla of a girl? What circumstances led to that? I must know so I can avoid it.' He thought. Then he had a bright idea. 'Cain buddy.'

[No.]