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[Karmic Choice!]
[This question will determine the end result of your relationship with the Higurashi family. Choose carefully, because words once spoken cannot be taken back!]
Choice 1(Righteous): [Sure. It's yours.] -Immediate advancement to [Honoured] Reputation with [Higurashi Weapons and Apparels], [Higurashi Kanae] and [Higurashi Tatsuhiko]. Advancement to [Well Liked] Reputation with [Higurashi Tenten].
Choice 2 (Pragmatic): [On second thought, no. I might need it.] -50 Relationship with all Higurashi Family members, receive all remaining chakra metal.
The choice, for Naruto, was obvious.
"Sure thing." Naruto said with a nod, "You might need it for something for the village."
[Righteous] Choice made! +10 to [Righteous] Alignment!
Title: [Righteous Acolyte] obtained!
[Guide] updated! [Titles] and [Alignment] added!
Received tantō [Sumire]!
Received tantō [Tsubaki]!
"That's very good of you Naruto-kun!" Tatsuhiko boomed with a smile, "I can't thank you enough. Take these as a token of gratitude."
Reaching under the counter, the blacksmith pulled out a set of black fingerless gloves with metal over the back of the hand. The emblem of the Hidden Leaf was engraved on them metal and it shone as if it had just been freshly polished.
Which was actually very likely.
"Wow…thanks!" the blond boy said in awe.
"Ha-ha! No problem." the man grinned, "Now, in addition to the blades, I can give you a set of sheaths for them. How do you want to carry them?"
"At the small of my back." Naruto replied, miming drawing the blades from that location.
"Hmmm…I see…." Tatsuhiko nodded seriously, "I think I have what you're looking for over here."
He walked over, grabbed a set of sheaths for a nearby rack, and brought them back to show the boy. They were plain black and had built in sharpening stones. What was special about them was that they were designed to be able to be crossed over one another and secured tightly.
"These will serve you well." Tatsuhiko said as he carefully sheathed each blade into each sheathe, "I'll give you a care package as well; whetstones, cloths and a manual on how to sharpen your blades."
Saying so, he placed all of the above-mentioned items, plus the tantō, into a storage scroll and handed it to Naruto.
"Remember, you aren't allowed to carry weapons openly until you become a genin." the man cautioned Naruto sternly.
"Hai!" Naruto accepted the scroll carefully and put it into his pocket.
"Wanted to ask you something about your kodachi." Tatsuhiko said gruffly, "Now, I can do a standard design…or I can alter it somewhat."
"Alter it how?" Naruto asked.
"For example, adding an edge on the flat of the blade, about five inches long near the tip." the blacksmith replied, drawing a display kodachi and gesturing at where he meant, "Not many blades are double-edged, especially not kodachi, so it'll be a nasty surprise for anyone you cross blades with. I could also make the hilt extra long and add a kaiken into it for emergencies. Hidden arrays to store weapons…there's a lot of things I could do if you want me to. As for payment, the chakra metal you've given my family means that the sky's the limit."
The blond boy was stumped as he thought about it. He really had no idea about what he wanted for his blade. Being given basically a free hand to customise it with no limit on his finances was such a novelty that he had not expected it.
"Ummm…can I leave it up to you to decide?" Naruto asked, "I…really have no idea what to choose."
Tatsuhiko nodded understandingly. "That's fine. I have the metal heating up in the back right now, so I'll get started on it right away. Is there anything else you want to buy before I get started?"
"Three standard sets of shuriken." Naruto replied, "I ran out the other day."
"Still clearing out Training Ground 13, eh?" Tatsuhiko asked as he grabbed the requested items, "How far are you in?"
"Still just the first two sub-areas." Naruto scowled, "I go away for two days and the chakra mutations reappear. It's gotten to the point that it's ridiculous. But I didn't want to try my luck further in until I had some proper weapons."
He patted the scroll meaningfully and the blacksmith nodded approvingly.
"Always know when you might be in over your head. A good trait for a shinobi to have." he said, "As for the resurgence of the chakra mutations, it's because the chakra saturation seeps back into the area from the rest after a short while if cleared. You're going to have to kill all of the chakra mutations in all of the areas before the saturation will be removed completely."
"Something to work towards." Naruto said with a shrug as he pulled on his new gloves, "These look kick ass! Thanks, Tatsu-oji-san."
"No problem!" he chuckled, "Now I'd better get back to my forge. I'll let Ten-chan know you were here. She's going to be thrilled about the chakra metal. I'm going to make her a katana out of some of it."
"Glad to help!" Naruto grinned, "See ya later!"
As the blond boy trotted off, Tatsuhiko chuckled. He really was just like his mother.
Heading to his forge, he watched as Kanae worked the bellows.
"I take it he liked the tantō?" she said without missing a beat.
"Yep. He even reaffirmed that we can keep the excess chakra metal." Tatsuhiko replied, "He also left exactly what to do with his kodachi up to me. The poor boy looked stunned at the idea that I would let him tell me what to do with his sword."
"This village…has a lot…to answer for." Kanae grunted as she fanned the flame higher, "So what…are you gonna do?"
"Remember the plans I've been refining for Ten-chan's sword?" he asked, "I was thinking about using Naruto-kun's weapon as a beta test for it."
"Is that wise?" his wife asked as she paused to check the forge, "Or ethical?"
"Nothing will go wrong." Tatsuhiko assured her, "I've worked things out so all the additions and modifications come together smoothly. I've already done an alpha test with regular weapon-grade tamahagane and, aside from some minor issues that I've fixed; it turned out pretty damn good."
"Yes, but that was a katana, not a kodachi." Kanae pointed out reasonably.
"A few calculations and minor adjustments and it'll be fine." Tatsuhiko said firmly, "A kodachi is pretty much the same as a katana, aside from being slightly smaller. It won't be hard to adjust for that."
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