"Say I need fifty dexterity points."
"How many do you have?"
"Thirty-six but have some points set aside for just in case things like this so . . ." Naruto opened his status page and added the fourteen points to his DEX. Then he tried the book again.
You've obtained the skill book [Beginner Uzuken Taijutsu].
Would you like to learn the skill?
You've upgraded your skill 'Advanced Academy Taijutsu' to 'Beginner Uzuken Taijutsu'.
[Beginner Uzuken Taijutsu (Passive) Lv30 Exp: 0.00%]
Passively increases STR 10%
Passively increases VIT 10%
Passively increases DEX 20%
"And now for the Kageken," said Kakashi, offering him the scroll.
You've obtained the skill book [Beginner Kageken Taijutsu].
Would you like to learn the skill?
Naruto took a deep breath and tapped the accept button.
Warning, this will replace 'Beginner Uzuken Taijutsu', do you wish to proceed?
"Crap, is says it will replace it."
"That's too bad, I guess you'll have to decide for yourself. Why don't you use the Uzuken for a few days and decide how you like it," suggested Kakashi. "For now, just hold onto the other scroll."
Naruto nodded and tapped the 'Decline (N)' button.
You've obtained the skill book [Beginner Kageken Taijutsu].
Would you like to augment the 'Beginner Uzuken Taijutsu' Skill?
Naruto's eyes widened then he shouted. "Woo hoo! Yatta!"
"What?" asked Kakashi, truly curious.
"After I hit no, another option popped up asking if I wanted to augment Uzuken."
"There you go then," said Kakashi, smiling through is mask at Naruto.
Naruto tapped the accept button.
You've upgraded your skill 'Beginner Uzuken Taijutsu' to 'Beginner Kage no Uzuken Taijutsu'
Passively increases STR 10%
Passively increases VIT 20%
Passively increases DEX 20%
"I take it that worked well then?" asked Kakashi.
"Hell yeah it did, this is freaking badass! I just need the intermediate scrolls for both styles to upgrade to the next grade," said Naruto, the energy and excitement were practically flowing off of him.
"I'm glad that worked so well," said Kakashi. "Anyway, we'll see what you've got tomorrow when we start sparring.
Naruto grinned.
"For now, go collect your teammates and head for Higurashi's," ordered Kakashi, only to vanish a moment later.
Naruto ran back to the field to see only Sakura remained.
"Where did Sasuke go?"
"He left, said he had stuff to do," answered Sakura with a shrug.
"You waited for me?"
"We did say we were going to Higurashi's right?"
"Yeah," said Naruto, grinning and scratching the back of his head in slight embarrassment. "We did, didn't we?" He honestly hadn't expect Sakura to wait for him.
"Afterwards, do you want to go to that training field again?" asked Sakura. "I could use the practice."
"Sure," said Naruto. "We just have to be quick about it, I don't particularly want to be hunting rats in the dark."
Sakura shivered slightly. "Yeah, let's get a move on."
Naruto and Sakura hurried through shopping at Higurashi's and got to the training field to clear it out. It went much faster this time than the first time they had come. Still, it got Sakura another much needed level.
You have slept in your bed. HP & CP are fully restored.
Naruto opened his eyes and looked at the message then closed it and rolled over to try to sleep more, this time just for the sake of. He quickly discovered it wasn't going to happen.
Naruto got out of bed after lounging for a while before accepting it was boring and not worth it. Naruto decided he was hungry and made himself a few Cup Ramen. So there he was, sitting on his beat up couch, eating with absolutely no idea what he was going to do on his self-appointed day off? Usually by now he would have cleared a training field or done his daily quests or started training his skills.
With his ramen devoured, Naruto grabbed one of his game console controller's and flipped the machine on. But after about five minutes of play he felt somewhat disgusted with himself. It wasn't fun anymore. I was dull and slow paced and just . . . not fun anymore. Naruto turned the game off and gave a look out his window, it was sunny out, a really nice day to go out.
Naruto stood and stretched before walking toward his bathroom. Ten minutes later he left with a giant frown on his face. His damned toilet finally broke completely. The damned seat finally busted off entirely and now the damned thing wouldn't flush and considering what he left in there it was not a good thing.
Naruto dressed and left his apartment walking down the stairs to his landlord's apartment where he knocked on the door.
"I'm coming," called a voice from the other side of the door. When it opened the landlord glared at him. "Oh, it's you, what do you want?"
"My toilet is broken," replied Naruto, not sure what the man would do.
"And that's my problem why?"
"You're the landlord," said Naruto as if it was obvious.
"So," he replied shortly.
"So it's your responsibility to fix it and everything else in my apartment that's broken," Naruto nearly shouted at the man.
"Hah, you seem to think you live in some major luxury apartment complex where they have maintenance staff. In case you haven't noticed, this is what's known as a slum. That means crap gets rundown and broken and never fixed unless the people that live here are stupid enough to try and fix it themselves. In a few years, this place will become such a shit hole that some rich shinobi or merchant will buy the building from me cheap, evict all the residents, take the building down and build some new luxury place until it runs down and becomes a slum and the process repeats over and over again."
"So what the fuck am I supposed to do about the fucking toilet?"
"Fix it yourself," said man, slamming the door shut in Naruto's face.
Life Quest Alert
Flushed down the drain: Fix your toilet.
Learn 'Home Repair and Maintenance' skill and use it to fix your toilet.
Completion Award: 1000 Exp
One month of free rent.
Increase reputation with landlord.
Completion Failure: 100 Exp
One month of double rent.
Unlivable Apartment – Eviction
Decrease reputation with landlord.
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