"I'm sorry I hurt your feelings back then," mumbled Naruto.
"So, are you better now?"
"Oh yeah, nothing can keep me down for long," said Naruto, boasting a bit. "Plus sleeping in a bed restores like 75% of my HP and CP. It's kind of badass."
"How does that work exactly? I mean, you can be knocked out and stuff right? Does that mean you have zero HP or something?"
"Zero is dead," answered Naruto. "I'm not quite sure how the knock out mechanic works exactly. I've been knocked out at almost half health but it was also a massive blow to the head so maybe it's like a status effect."
"Status effect? Like that 'Book Smart' thing I have."
"Kind of, it's more like being poisoned, it's only temporary."
"Ah, what else does it do? Your gamer thing?"
"Well, I can learn all kinds of skills and improve them by practicing them repeatedly. Like my [Kage Buki no Jutsu], when I first learned it, it cost me 10 CP per copy and now it only costs 5 CP and my AoE accuracy has increased by 15%."
"AoE?"
"Area of Effect," explained Naruto.
"That is so weird," she finally said after a moment of silence. "So, could I like improve my iryojutsu faster if I was teamed with you again?"
"Maybe, I'm not sure. I know that Shikamaru and Chouji abuse the shit out my gamer ability every chance they get."
"Shikamaru and Chouji know?"
"Yeah, they've become really good friends. We run training fields together all the time."
"What level are they?"
"Chouji was level 19 last time I saw him and Shikamaru was level 21. But they both might gain a level on the C-Rank mission they are on now."
"What level is Kakashi-sensei?"
"Don't know, all I see for him is question mark. It means his level is too high for me to read. Most genin I've run into are between level ten and twenty-five or so. Chuunin start around level twenty-five and go from there. I'd guess most jounin are around level forty or fifty."
"So if my experience gain is minus 25%, why am I the same level as Chouji? Should my level be lower?"
"Well, you have been working really hard lately and you do the same missions as me and Sasuke so you get plenty of experience. You'll probably be super overpowered once you get over that stupid 'Fangirl' thing."
"I can get over it?"
"Well, yeah, of course you can. Kakashi-sensei used to have a bunch of 'Lazy' remarks on his status and they are gone now."
"What? But he's the laziest guy I know other than Shikamaru."
"I know," said Naruto emphatically. "I don't get it either but it's true. He's not technically lazy. I even asked him about it and he said that it was because he was on time and made us train and do missions."
"That's all it took?"
"Apparently, talk about some bullshit," complained Naruto.
"So why am I still a 'Fangirl'?"
Naruto shrugged. "Don't know, you'll have to figure that out for yourself. If you ask me, you need to decide what's more important, 'Sasuke-kun' or being a shinobi but that's just what I think."
Sakura frowned. "Anyway, what are you going to do now?"
"Train. Train until I drop."
"Can I join you? Like in a team or party. I want to see what it can really do."
"Sure," said Naruto, wordlessly forming a team and inviting Sakura.
Sakura was slightly startled when the invite came wordlessly. "You don't have to say it out loud or anything?"
"Nope," grinned Naruto, enjoying Sakura's look of surprise.
"So now what?"
"Well, what do you want to improve?"
"Well, I could use some work on my Shosen Jutsu (Mystical Palm Healing)."
"Healing huh, well let me drain some CP first then I can use my [Raiton: Chakra Denka no Jutsu] and you can heal me after that," offered Naruto.
"Okay," said Sakura, curious to how it would all work out.
"[Kage Bunshin no Jutsu]," said Naruto aloud, mostly for Sakura's benefit. He only formed one clone but it was enough to drain half his CP in an instant.
Sakura was startled when she saw half of Naruto's chakra vanish in an instant. "Wow, how much chakra does that use?"
"Half for the first clone and then it splits what it takes to form more clones after that."
"How much CP do you have?"
"I have 2941 when full," answered Naruto.
"Status," said Sakura, popping up her status window. "Why do you have so much?"
"It's kind of a bloodline thing," he replied, it was half true after all. He then sat down and wordlessly began using [Raiton: Chakra Denka no Jutsu]. It still hurt but now it was more of a stinging than actual pain. It took about three minutes to completely refill his CP.
"Okay, you're up," said Naruto, smiling at his teammate and almost friend.
Sakura stepped up behind the sitting Naruto and did a few hand seals causing her hands to glow green. She placed her hands on his back and suddenly stepped back after a second.
"What? What's wrong?" Naruto asked after only being healed a few ticks.
"It works. I didn't expect it to really work. I mean, it showed how much I healed you and how much Chakra I used per second healing you."
"Of course it worked. I told you it would."
Sakura shook herself of her surprise and went back to healing him. It didn't take long for her to heal him back to full but it drained a lot of her chakra points. When she finished, she sat down breathing heavily.
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