Chapter 69: CH 69
Tenten's father reached down behind the counter and picked up a wrapped bundle before placing it on the counter-top, "You paid when you dropped it off right?" Naruto nodded and pulled out a written receipt, "Alright then, she's all yours kid."
Naruto grinned and picked up his sword, testing it out somewhat before sheathing it on his back, "Ahh, I missed this thing. Thanks a lot sir, It's like it never even broke at all." Tenten's dad nodded and headed back to the back.
Tenten pointed at Naruto chidingly as a smile came to her lips, "Don't go breaking it again Naruto. I don't want to see that thing back in here in pieces."
Naruto scoffed, "Yes you do, that's more money for your shop girl. But yeah, it won't break anytime soon. I mean how often will I come across a guy that can make an indestructible bone drill around his arm?" After giving her a two-fingered salute he headed out of the shop for home.
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Naruto went to the only place that he knew there could be no one following him and once again traversed the terrain of the Forest of Death. Once he got himself inside and found a decent clearing he bit his thumb and made his hand-signs for a summoning.
"Who summoned me out here?" As the massive plume of smoke cleared it revealed Gamabunta looking down in front of him to see Naruto standing patiently, "What do you need kid? I told you not to summon me for dumb reasons."
Naruto didn't flinch from the toad's booming voice, "Gamabunta, I'll be straight with you since I know that you know who I really am. Tell me who it is that I look like." He saw Gamabunta almost drop his pipe from his mouth and nodded, "That's what I thought. I knew you knew."
Gamabunta sighed, letting out smoke from his mouth that covered Naruto, "I knew it from the second I saw you gaki. I just felt it wasn't my place to say anything about it, and later when I confronted Jiraiya about it after you first summoned me and blacked out he told me everything about it, even the seals. I mean come on kid, I worked with the man for years and then I end up seeing his chibified version sitting on my head twelve years later? I almost dropped us down that chasm we were stuck in."