Genin's Journey [Part 1]
I went to bed, hoping that my new teammates would not complain too much about D-Ranks, they are an easy source of cash, something I desperately needed for the next step of my training.
*Sigh* Mendokuse
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-Next Morning, Training Ground 15, 8 a.m.-
I got to the training ground 20 minutes ago, siblings arrived 5 minutes after I did. And finally, the sensei was here.
"Before we go for a mission we will do a light training session," Enma said, before making us run around the training ground for half an hour at maximum speed.
Seiryo and Akiko were sweating profoundly, Enma did not have a drop of sweat on his face while I was slightly winded. We sat down on a bench while sensei stand in front of us.
"So... What do you all want to learn?" he asks.
'Is Enma asking us what WE wish to learn? How does he expect us to know our options? Maybe because we are all clan children?' I thought to myself
"Me first. I want to learn cool Water Jutsu!" Hokage wannabe exclaimed.
"Alright..." Enma said
'Quite predictable, a ninjutsu specialist with solid taijutsu seems to be a good choice for him. His reserves are High Genin level already, while his control is not THAT far behind.' I thought to myself.
"What about you ponytails?" Enma asked
"Umm... I want to focus on medical ninjutsu. Tsunade-sama is my idol and I wanna be an amazing kunoichi like her." Akiko said
'I hope not too much like her. She is a drunk and a gambler. Although I sure as hell would kill to see an adult Akiko with those [Image of Tsunade's breasts pops into my head]' I shake my head and look at my teammates who were focusing at me.
"What about you girly?" Sensei asks.
"I'm manly dammit!" I muttered under my breath "Before I decide, can you tell us what you specialize in?" I asked
'Smart kid' he thought "Although I'm a well rounded, my specialty would be Kenjutsu and genjutsu."
I nod "I already know a bit of Kenjutsu, and I hope you can help me sensei." I said with a small smile. 'The genjutsu knowledge from Daisuke's father is probably more profound than anything he could/would teach me.'
Enma just nods his head "Good. For now, let's go to the mission desk and get our fist D-Rank." Enma-sensei begins walking towards the mission desk.
"Hurry up! Or else sensei and I are going to beat you there!" Seiryo was way too happy. I hope he keeps this enthusiasm when he learns what D-Rank truly means.
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-1 Month Later, Konoha River-
"We hate D-Ranks!" twins shouted in perfect synch.
"Why is catching fish a mission?" Seiryo asked to no one in particular. We were all standing on top of the water, catch fish with our bare hands. He was slightly shaking while his sister and I were easily standing on top of the water.
"Now, now, Seiryo. I specifically choose this mission so YOU can train in water walking. If you don't work hard, your sister or Daisuke-kun might become the next Hokage" Enma teased.
'Yeah, it's a good thing we all knew how to do Tree Walking so I didn't need to re-learn it and the Team started to learn Water Walking. At least my Kenjutsu improve greatly, having a teacher is really useful.' I thought
"Enma-sensei, don't be mean to Nii-san!" Akiko exclaimed
I tried to ignore them and quickly try to finish the mission, we needed to catch 100 fishes to complete the mission and we only had 8 more to go-7 more to go.
I did not get why Seiryo was complaining, unlike most genin teams we were getting some training done during our mission.
"Sensei, can we get a C-Rank mission? We have been doing these boring missions for the past month!" Seiryo exclaimed
'Well, they have been doing these missions for a month now, it may be good for them to see a higher level mission.' Enma thought
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-Later That Day-
'D-Rank missions might be boring, but the pay we get per-mission is usually around 10,000 Ryo. The village takes 10 percent, we then divide the rest between the four of us and THEN the clan takes 10 percent from my paycheck, finally, I'm left with little over 2,000 Ryo per-mission. And since we completed 45 missions in the past month, I could finally visit the old asshole...'
"Hello Kanjiro-san" I said
"Yo brat. It's been a while. How is that tanto treating you? Have you learned how to use it yet?" he said
"It's been fine, thank you." I said while thinking 'At least he is not being as big of an a**hole as he was before'
"So, what brings you here?" he asked
"I'm looking to buy ankle weights. Do you have any in stock?" I said
"I should have some in back," he said
"Is there any weight that can increase by infusing chakra?" I asked
"I do... But that will cost you more." he gained a smug smile "Can a shrimp, like you even afford it?"
"Can I see them?" I asked, ignoring the fact he was trying to rile me up.
"Wait for a second" he went back and returned with a pair of ankle weights, with seals attached "Here you go" he threw them to me "Put them on and channel a small amount of chakra into them.
I did as he told and to my delight, they glove white for a second, and then they weighed around 10 kg each. "How much?"
"2 of them will cost you 100,000 Ryo," Kanjiro said
"100,000? Haha. No need to joke. That's way too much" I laughed
"How much would you buy them for?" he asked
"Make it 25,000 for the 2," I said
"Hahaha, seriously? If I were to sell you for that low I would lose money and then I would have to close down the store." He laughed
"Well then, since I'm a genin now I can go to other stores, I'll just buy from someone else," I said walking towards the door. Just as I was about to leave
"Okay fine! I feel very generous today, I'll sell them to you for 90,000 Ryo"
I stopped and looked at him "Make it 30,000"
"85,000" he offered
"35,000" I countered
"80,000" he countered
"40,000" I said
"70,000," he said with a tone of finality "I will not go any lower than that, take it or leave it!"
"I'll take them." I passed him the bills and took the weights.
Before I can leave he said, "I liked you more when you didn't bargain."
I ignored him and left, happy with my new training tools.