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You know if she starts working on her crafting skills and makes any guns, Tenten will claim them as her babies.
Sakura Haruno The Gaming Addict, and Her Gamified Life [Naruto]
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You know if she starts working on her crafting skills and makes any guns, Tenten will claim them as her babies.
Thats probably just Sakura getting in her crafting moods
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- Russia
That's some very good method of coloring ones hair. Looks like Ino used some Chakra-infused paint or probably some mutated plant.
Sakura parents might think what Sakura now blond to support Naruto by LOOKING like his sister?
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Warning: rule 6 prohibits the sexualisation of minors
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- United Kingdom
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Sendicard
Writer of Sakura
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- New Mexico, USA
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- YouPick
I honestly hadn't thought about that, and now I probably will write a scene with that concept.
I love the solidarity idea. Sakura already wears all three clan symbols, why not her hair?
I thought you said that Sakura's hair staying blond was more something in the system respecting her cosmetic mods. Or her Sleep skill counting it as something to heal.
I picture a scene where Ino brings it up as going something like:
Ino: Sakura, it's really sweet that you've been touching up the dye job so that we still match.
Sakura: I've been doing what now?
Because it seems quite likely that Sakura doesn't realize that hair dye doesn't last forever, nor does it color your roots as your hair grows. The only questions are how much she freaks out over that, and whether she unlocks the appearance editor.
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If so, I still want for her to remain blonde after finding out about the dye as a show of support for Naruto and their sibling bond.
If she decides to due her hair as support for Sasuke too, will she get something like Rogue from X-Men as a hair coloring? With strands of different color?
If she decides to due her hair as support for Sasuke too, will she get something like Rogue from X-Men as a hair coloring? With strands of different color?
Sendicard
Writer of Sakura
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- New Mexico, USA
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- YouPick
It is.I thought you said that Sakura's hair staying blond was more something in the system respecting her cosmetic mods. Or her Sleep skill counting it as something to heal.
I picture a scene where Ino brings it up as going something like:
Ino: Sakura, it's really sweet that you've been touching up the dye job so that we still match.
Sakura: I've been doing what now?
Because it seems quite likely that Sakura doesn't realize that hair dye doesn't last forever, nor does it color your roots as your hair grows. The only questions are how much she freaks out over that, and whether she unlocks the appearance editor.
Her parents can think it's an act of solidarity, and the system can respect it.
Appearance editor, I uh, think I'll skip giving her that system just yet. A part of her growth has been caring about her looks. I still haven't reached that personally... To be fair the last time I left the house, it was shortly after gunshots, and a lady screamed at a delusion about how it "murdered everyone!"
Wasn't aware I'd been murdered but if the lady says so.
What I'm saying is I live in a bad place and don't leave so what do I care if my hair is a little uncared for.
I do not intend for her to stay blonde forever, but, since it's been so long, I definitely don't intend to just change it without notice or scene either.
It'll be significant, I'll figure it out.
Krazyfan1
Worrying for the future.
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I'm imagining her having one of those rgb type wheels, and her hair just cycling through the colors.and whether she unlocks the appearance editor.
Give it to her unrestricted and she's going to hit reset so fast.
Typical 12 year old with an avatar editor only uses the extreme sliders with no patience.
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Today I've met a wild Squirrel and this scene appeared in my mind.
Team 7 gathered (probably before finals of Chuunin exam)
Naruto: "Guys, I wanna introduce you to someone. Meet Kurama!"
Kurama appears.
Kakashi: "This is very impressive, Naruto. Let's see how much self control you have in this form."
Sakura: "Awsome!"
Kurama preen at attention and looks around. Kurama pounce!
"Who is the cutest littlest murder machine in Konoha? Yes, you are! Yes you are." Says Kurama while holding Sakura in his PAWS.
Sakura - wiggle, wigGLE, WIGGLE!
Team 7 gathered (probably before finals of Chuunin exam)
Naruto: "Guys, I wanna introduce you to someone. Meet Kurama!"
Kurama appears.
Kakashi: "This is very impressive, Naruto. Let's see how much self control you have in this form."
Sakura: "Awsome!"
Kurama preen at attention and looks around. Kurama pounce!
"Who is the cutest littlest murder machine in Konoha? Yes, you are! Yes you are." Says Kurama while holding Sakura in his PAWS.
Sakura - wiggle, wigGLE, WIGGLE!
Sendicard
Writer of Sakura
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- YouPick
Sakura's wiggle is a defining characteristic.
The Haruno Wiggle is magical.
Canon Side-Story: Crafting Tutorial
Sendicard
Writer of Sakura
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- YouPick
Another week above $70, another Side-Story voted on by the $10 Patrons. Thank you for your support, stuff like this wouldn't exist without you.
Technically this is a sequence break. This Side-Story takes place in late Arc 5, but like, there's nothing spoiler here unless you think Sakura and Tenten being alive is a spoiler of note.
If you were really hoping for their untimely demise uh, sorry about this I guess.
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Back in the dungeon, she had to deny this prompt, but here at home she has no reason not to partake and unlock an entire tree of potential power gain. Up to this point, all her training has been focused on getting more Chakra. All of her gains have been a direct result of trying to improve her Constitution so that her Chakra Pool could rise. She's so much stronger than she used to be, and yet, despite her strength, she finds she could be so much more.
Crafting systems, gathering professions, making use of rare loot to achieve greater advantages and eke out a win on the balls of her feet. It's one of the things she loves the most about games; just how much can be done with an indirect route to power. Applying creativity to her tasks and forming a strategy, item, or solving problems with alternative solutions is just awesome!
It's time to put the physical workouts aside for a bit and do something for her soul.
She presses yes on the prompt, and finds she's immediately given a progress bar.
That's an odd wording, but it passes by her like the wind does. Standing at their normal training grounds, she expected it to try and teach her about potions or something from the herbs and leaves around, so she's a bit surprised when what pops up is nothing of the sort.
"Uh… Okay." She was really expecting herbalism or something, but, sure, whatever. She wants to say hello to Tenten anyways.
"Welcome to Higurash-oh it's you." Tenten cuts herself off immediately with a grimace.
"Ow, just me?" Sakura asks, walking into the shop with a confident stride, "I thought we'd really bonded."
"We did just, you know, I'd like it if I didn't have to see you for a while is all," Tenten manages to fake a smile, "but I won't turn away a friend. What do you need?"
"Crafting tutorial." Sakura says, and just like that, the room flashes purple, a radar line flowing through everything in sight.
"It uh, wants me to-"
"I saw it," Tenten interrupts her, "come on, I want to see what stupid nonsense your system thinks blacksmithing is." Tenten leads her right into the back, into their home proper and past it to the forge. She takes it in, finding it somewhat relieving to see Tenten's home looks normal and isn't some dirty, garbage filled mess like Naruto's was. She didn't think so, but it's good to confirm her friends are doing well.
"Let me find a- um, okay, that wasn't there before." Tenten leads her through the forge, deep into the dark depths of the actually pretty well lit room and to an anvil. She had expected the forge to be some dark place, the only light coming from a roaring fire with molten metal and a giant of a man smashing a hammer down.
She gets a fairly modern storage shed with lots of tools hanging around and plenty of conveniences. Yes, the stations are here, but they're clean and well cared for and there's no giant of a man smashing things together carelessly and creating mythical weaponry like it's just a thing to do.
The anvil has a big ingot of steel on it, and a comically large one-handed hammer that Sakura is sure isn't normally what Tenten uses. "Here, take em, your system created these, they're yours."
Sakura finds the hammer feels natural in her hands, and picking up the wide ingot, it feels almost weightless.
"Uh, that was a lot of words." Sakura gulps.
"It was insulting is what it was," Tenten grumbles, "I guess I have to deal with that since I'm a part of the tutorial, wish I couldn't read it, genuinely."
Sakura flickers through the sudden menu prompt, and selects the Kunai Template, placing the bar on the anvil, she grips the one-handed hammer in both hands for confidence, and doesn't hesitate.
She just starts smacking as hard as she can. Tenten stands there shaking her head, wincing at the way she's manhandling the metal, but she says nothing. Not even when sparks start flying from each hit, dissipating into the air never to be seen again.
Tenten stays silent until the thirteenth smack, when the metal suddenly glows. "Wow." Sakura gasps.
"Ridiculous." Tenten shakes her head harder, a sour grimace permanently painted on her features..
When the light fades, they're staring at a very high quality looking steel kunai on the table, much better than any Sakura owns if she's to admit it.
"I can't believe that used an entire Ingot of steel… I can't believe you had an Ingot of steel in the first place."
"Is that weird?" Sakura asks.
"Steel is a mixture of iron and carbon, it even being in that form like that implies your system thinks Steel just comes that way prepackaged." Tenten throws her hands up in the air, clearly on the verge of screaming.
"So it couldn't come like that?" Sakura asks, "like if someone made it specifically?"
"It could, just, graaah!" Sakura's not planning to learn normal blacksmithing, so she largely tones her out as Tenten begins to rant by her side.
She reads instead.
Flipping through that menu, she only has one Modifier currently, so she decides to apply it even if she's not exactly a fan of it. She does have to complete the tutorial…
Pressing the button to apply it, her hammer glows, and she smacks the Kunai. She takes great care in watching as the glow transfers from her hammer into the kunai in front of her. It flows over it, inscribing flaming words into it that soon disappear into the metal and leave a glistening Kunai that looks exactly like it did before.
She quickly activates her Item Appraisal Skill on the newly minted item. She has a suspicion it's not normal at all.
"Wow," Sakura takes that in, "can you read that?"
"Nope," Tenten shakes her head, "do I want to?"
"Nope."
"..." Tenten sighs, she clearly saw all that.
"Five minutes."
"What?" Sakura looks up at her irate friend.
"You can do competent blacksmithing after five minutes of training!" The shouting doesn't die down for a while.
Technically this is a sequence break. This Side-Story takes place in late Arc 5, but like, there's nothing spoiler here unless you think Sakura and Tenten being alive is a spoiler of note.
If you were really hoping for their untimely demise uh, sorry about this I guess.
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| Caution: Before you can learn how to use crafting skills, you must complete the Crafting Tutorial. Would you like to begin now? |
Back in the dungeon, she had to deny this prompt, but here at home she has no reason not to partake and unlock an entire tree of potential power gain. Up to this point, all her training has been focused on getting more Chakra. All of her gains have been a direct result of trying to improve her Constitution so that her Chakra Pool could rise. She's so much stronger than she used to be, and yet, despite her strength, she finds she could be so much more.
Crafting systems, gathering professions, making use of rare loot to achieve greater advantages and eke out a win on the balls of her feet. It's one of the things she loves the most about games; just how much can be done with an indirect route to power. Applying creativity to her tasks and forming a strategy, item, or solving problems with alternative solutions is just awesome!
It's time to put the physical workouts aside for a bit and do something for her soul.
She presses yes on the prompt, and finds she's immediately given a progress bar.
| Scanning area to create Crafting Tutorial in Player Setting |
That's an odd wording, but it passes by her like the wind does. Standing at their normal training grounds, she expected it to try and teach her about potions or something from the herbs and leaves around, so she's a bit surprised when what pops up is nothing of the sort.
| It has been determined based on your Relationships and proximities, that the best Crafting Tutorial for you is Basic Smithing, please report to Tenten |
"Uh… Okay." She was really expecting herbalism or something, but, sure, whatever. She wants to say hello to Tenten anyways.
"Welcome to Higurash-oh it's you." Tenten cuts herself off immediately with a grimace.
"Ow, just me?" Sakura asks, walking into the shop with a confident stride, "I thought we'd really bonded."
"We did just, you know, I'd like it if I didn't have to see you for a while is all," Tenten manages to fake a smile, "but I won't turn away a friend. What do you need?"
"Crafting tutorial." Sakura says, and just like that, the room flashes purple, a radar line flowing through everything in sight.
| Step One: Take a Hammer and a bar of steel, and craft a single Kunai |
"It uh, wants me to-"
"I saw it," Tenten interrupts her, "come on, I want to see what stupid nonsense your system thinks blacksmithing is." Tenten leads her right into the back, into their home proper and past it to the forge. She takes it in, finding it somewhat relieving to see Tenten's home looks normal and isn't some dirty, garbage filled mess like Naruto's was. She didn't think so, but it's good to confirm her friends are doing well.
"Let me find a- um, okay, that wasn't there before." Tenten leads her through the forge, deep into the dark depths of the actually pretty well lit room and to an anvil. She had expected the forge to be some dark place, the only light coming from a roaring fire with molten metal and a giant of a man smashing a hammer down.
She gets a fairly modern storage shed with lots of tools hanging around and plenty of conveniences. Yes, the stations are here, but they're clean and well cared for and there's no giant of a man smashing things together carelessly and creating mythical weaponry like it's just a thing to do.
The anvil has a big ingot of steel on it, and a comically large one-handed hammer that Sakura is sure isn't normally what Tenten uses. "Here, take em, your system created these, they're yours."
Sakura finds the hammer feels natural in her hands, and picking up the wide ingot, it feels almost weightless.
| You'll find that crafting is less about the how, and more about the what. Your world works off the Rule of Can, not the Rule of Should, which means that using the system you can streamline most of the nitty gritty and skip right to the 'Did It' part. Place the Ingot on the Anvil, and smack it a few dozen times, after selecting the Kunai Template |
"Uh, that was a lot of words." Sakura gulps.
"It was insulting is what it was," Tenten grumbles, "I guess I have to deal with that since I'm a part of the tutorial, wish I couldn't read it, genuinely."
Sakura flickers through the sudden menu prompt, and selects the Kunai Template, placing the bar on the anvil, she grips the one-handed hammer in both hands for confidence, and doesn't hesitate.
She just starts smacking as hard as she can. Tenten stands there shaking her head, wincing at the way she's manhandling the metal, but she says nothing. Not even when sparks start flying from each hit, dissipating into the air never to be seen again.
Tenten stays silent until the thirteenth smack, when the metal suddenly glows. "Wow." Sakura gasps.
"Ridiculous." Tenten shakes her head harder, a sour grimace permanently painted on her features..
When the light fades, they're staring at a very high quality looking steel kunai on the table, much better than any Sakura owns if she's to admit it.
"I can't believe that used an entire Ingot of steel… I can't believe you had an Ingot of steel in the first place."
"Is that weird?" Sakura asks.
"Steel is a mixture of iron and carbon, it even being in that form like that implies your system thinks Steel just comes that way prepackaged." Tenten throws her hands up in the air, clearly on the verge of screaming.
"So it couldn't come like that?" Sakura asks, "like if someone made it specifically?"
"It could, just, graaah!" Sakura's not planning to learn normal blacksmithing, so she largely tones her out as Tenten begins to rant by her side.
She reads instead.
| Step One complete. Step Two: Take the Hardened Steel Kunai and apply a Modifier to it. You'll have a chance to succeed or fail based on the item you're trying to Modify and the Modifier you're trying to apply. In this case, you will succeed, so don't worry about it. |
Flipping through that menu, she only has one Modifier currently, so she decides to apply it even if she's not exactly a fan of it. She does have to complete the tutorial…
Pressing the button to apply it, her hammer glows, and she smacks the Kunai. She takes great care in watching as the glow transfers from her hammer into the kunai in front of her. It flows over it, inscribing flaming words into it that soon disappear into the metal and leave a glistening Kunai that looks exactly like it did before.
She quickly activates her Item Appraisal Skill on the newly minted item. She has a suspicion it's not normal at all.
| Hardened Steel Kunai (Friendly Fire) Rare Some say this especially high quality Kunai thirsts for blood, and it totally does! It does 200% more damage to those that think the user is friendly, including themselves. Is just a regular Kunai after the first strike unless the target is truly stupid and still thinks the person stabbing them is friendly. Does normal damage if the target is neutral or hostile to the user. |
"Wow," Sakura takes that in, "can you read that?"
"Nope," Tenten shakes her head, "do I want to?"
"Nope."
| Congratulations, you officially understand how crafting works. You simply find the tools necessary, apply the template, create the thing, then apply a modifier to the finished product. That's the entire process. |
| You have now gained the trait: Crafting Novice: You have completed the Crafting Tutorial and may now learn Crafting Skills, you've unlocked Crafting Menus and the Crafting Interface |
| You have now gained the Skill: Blacksmithing Lvl 1: You may now make Basic Blacksmithing crafts should you have the tools, materials, and time on your hands. Basic Blacksmithing crafts include Kunai, Shuriken, and anything simple to metalwork. |
"..." Tenten sighs, she clearly saw all that.
"Five minutes."
"What?" Sakura looks up at her irate friend.
"You can do competent blacksmithing after five minutes of training!" The shouting doesn't die down for a while.
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Sakura: "Oh, you don't know the half of it."
Stratagemini
Totally a Fire Ferret.
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So it's great for surprise ninja stabbings. And probably more effective at sparring. And by more effective I mean you probably shouldn't use it.
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- USA
OK, that, right there, makes me lose a lot of the interest I'd built up for this story. Gamer powers in Naruto, fine. Actual random encounters like it's a fucking video game, no. Especially with things that don't even exist in Naruto. Not sure if I'll continue past this.
Sendicard
Writer of Sakura
- Location
- New Mexico, USA
- Pronouns
- YouPick
Like it's a fucking video game...
You mean the story called... gamified life?
About the gaming addict, stuck in a video game system out of nowhere?
It's AU, it's always been AU, it's very open about being AU. It's a video game AU, with video game features, and video game powers, and video game mechanics.
It's been very, very clear about this.
So my suggestion, if the very clear labeling of the story is a problem to you...
Don't continue. Go away.
And don't inform everyone on the thread that you're one of those people that substitutes sugar for salt in a cookie recipe and then complains it's salty.
Oh wait, you just did that... Maybe go back in time?
Did we invent time travel yet? We should, this guy needs it.
- Location
- USA
Rule 3: Be Civil
A video game SYSTEM. Not an actual video game. Big difference there. You tagged this story with:
Nowhere is there "it's a fucking video game". I've read probably hundreds of gamer stories by this point, and about 99% of them add gamer elements to another IP, while only a vanishingly small percentage turns the actual world into a video game directly. And out of those few, most if not all other than this one make that clear up front.
No, it hasn't. It's not in the name. It's not in the tags (see above). It's not in the intro blurb. It's not in the first 10 chapters. And it's not in your signature, which only says, "Sakura Haruno is a gaming addict, now she has gaming powers." All that's there is a Gamer-esque SYSTEM. Gaming POWERS. Not "I'm in an actual video game, complete with out-of-context goblins and shit."
What IS in the intro blurb is: "Come chat, give feedback, call me an idiot."
You are an idiot. Not to mention a complete asshole. You are the dipshit who mislabeled his story, didn't realize that he mislabeled it, and then whined at and insulted someone who pointed out that it's not what was advertised.
Oh, don't worry, I will. Before your asshat response I was on the fence, but now that I see what a chode you are I'm outta here.
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This story is AU
Sendicard
Writer of Sakura
- Location
- New Mexico, USA
- Pronouns
- YouPick
Okay, in other news, for anyone still not aware, and doesn't know what the LitRPG tag means, this is AU.
This story is not canon.
In fact, it gets aggressively less canon as time goes on.
There's an Isekai character introduced in Arc 4, a random encounter with goblins from another world is in Wave, and the concept of other worlds is going to be a theme that comes up several times in the story.
If that's not your thing, and you'd really like to dip. That's okay, you're allowed to choose what you read. There are like a million Naruto fanfictions, I wouldn't ask you to read something you don't like.
Please just go, please do not email 1000 people to tell them you're mad at me.
If you absolutely must, DM me, I'll happily give you a hug and wish you well on your way.
This story is not canon.
In fact, it gets aggressively less canon as time goes on.
There's an Isekai character introduced in Arc 4, a random encounter with goblins from another world is in Wave, and the concept of other worlds is going to be a theme that comes up several times in the story.
If that's not your thing, and you'd really like to dip. That's okay, you're allowed to choose what you read. There are like a million Naruto fanfictions, I wouldn't ask you to read something you don't like.
Please just go, please do not email 1000 people to tell them you're mad at me.
If you absolutely must, DM me, I'll happily give you a hug and wish you well on your way.
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Of Advertisements and Corporate Design - By Zachert45 on SB (Noncanon)
Sendicard
Writer of Sakura
- Location
- New Mexico, USA
- Pronouns
- YouPick
Small Disclaimer: Not made by me, made by Zachert45 on SB, go clap for them.
"I'M CRAZY UZUMAKI AND YOU WON'T FIND BETTER DEALS THAN HERE!" *Explosion of smoke and confetti*
"WE HAVE ALL THE WEAPONS AND GEAR YOU WILL EVER NEED AT CRAZY LOW PRICES, DOWN AT HIGURASHI'S WEAPONS!"
*Panning shots of interior with focus on various ninja gear and weapons lining the wall, then refocus on the same young man but looking more refined and in a better suit*
"At Hiurashi's we strive to give you the best in quality for all of your weapon and gear needs."
"From our expansive range of Blades, Staves, Firearms, Tags, Knives, and Throwing Implements to our unmatched prices, Higurashi's has your needs met.
*As the name of gear mentioned, spotlight shots of the named items show various high-quality gear mentioned along with low priced tags*
"Need repair work on your favorite item, not to worry as we offer repair services on all of our offerings free of charge. Not a Higurashi Item, no problems as our in-house smiths can work on your items for a nominal fee."
*Panning shots of forge area, a young lady hard at work hammering out a heated piece of steel is seen as part of the shot*
"Our Master Craft Forgemasters bring you only our finest of work. Need a Custom Order, our wait times are short enough on most orders to have your needs met in a timely fashion and we keep you advised on your order every stage of development."
*Panning shot of a weapons range, various customers trying out weapons*
"Feel free to test any of our products before you buy them, know the quality we make in every item."
*Panning shot of various price tags with differing range of discounts listed being shown*
"Rotating deals ensure that no matter what you chose, you will have the best price given to you."
*Shot of a young lady talking with a customer, finalizing a sale*
"Know that all your purchases are backed with a satisfaction guarantee or your money back."
"Also included free of charge is our weapons and gear insurance package, if it gets damaged for any reason bring it on back and we will work to fix or replace it."
*Shot of the front of Higurashi's Weapons with the same first young man, from the start*
"THIS MONTH ONLY WE HAVE A SPECIAL GOING ON, WHEN YOU BUY A PACK OF KUNAI GET 3 PACKS FREE!"
*Shot of 12 pack Kunai with split shot of two more packs marked 'FREE!'*
"THATS RIGHT, WHEN YOU BUY A 12 PACK KUNAI YOU CAN GET ANOTHER THREE 12 PACK FREE!"
*A flashing FREE! is shown on screen*
"HAVE A KUNAI FOR EVERY OCCASION! SCHOOL HAVING A POP QUIZ ON HISTORY, HAVE A KUNAI FOR THAT! NEED TO WALK YOUR NINJA DOG, HAVE A KUNAI FOR THAT! SUPRISE PARTY FOR YOUR AUNT'S GARDEN HARVEST, HAVE A KUNAI FOR THAT! EX-LOVER STALKING YOU ACROSS THE NATION, HAVE A KUNAI FOR THAT! YOUR HOKAGE TALKING YOU DOWN FOR HAVING TOO MANY KUNAI, HAVE A KUNAI FOR THAT!"
*Images of various events change to show examples for what is listed off*
"SO, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, COME ON DOWN TO HIGURASHI'S WEAPONS TODAY!"
*Explosion of Confetti and colored smoke to show the local address of the store in question along with operating hours*
...
The video finished playing to the members in the boardroom, a nervous looking Naruto looks toward the other Naruto's in the room. The light storm going on outside the International Uzumaki Conglomerate (IUC) was starting to get a little worse. Business Naruto, the founder and head of the IUC looks toward the marketing division clone with deep thought before speaking.
"Not as refined of an advertisement as I expected, but it works for what you were given with for a budget. I would advise to either use Crazy Uzumaki bit fully or not at all, mixing with a refined style clashes with the tone set when the advertisement started. It very much causes a disconnect with viewers with that tonal difference. As for our involvement, we don't want to come off as too heavy handed now that we are starting to invest more heavily into our partner businesses, so perhaps rework it to be a bit simpler." Business looks to the other head division clones going from right to left, before settling on Logistics.
"How is the report coming along Logistics?" he asks
"After sorting out all of the quirk-based kunai, we are looking at roughly 2.6 million generic kunai, only 16% of the crafted kunai were quirked with various effects, so this is not too bad all things considering. We are lucky Sakura did not start the enchantment tutorial as well, otherwise we would have magic or more likely cursed kunai of unknown amounts... " Logistics states, "The fact alone she produced so many kunai to rank up her crafting skill is already bad enough, at least Ms. Higurashi pays attention to market trends of supply and demand when crafting. We are going to crash the kunai pricing index with how many are going to market currently. Sadly, Leaf already has contracts out for suppliers and until those run out, they cannot accept our stock supply. We were really hoping they would take most of these kunai off our hands so we do not flood the general market as badly as we are going to be doing. Less a war breaks, out we are not likely to off load all of these kunai quickly and that is not to say what else Sakura decides to mass produce, I don't think I need to point out how badly either of these will affect us."
"The last thing we need is a war Sakura flooding the market with cheap empowered weapons." states Research Naruto, "I know we hold the supply right now but that is only due to how lucky we are she remembers to drop off her crafted gear at Ms. Higurashi's. Cursed weapons research has slowed and we have too many sensitive projects going on right now, we need to be in a more stable position. I almost had a breakthrough the other day with Project KUMA, if we are successful with the project then overall effectiveness should rise by 200%-500%."
"Our defense teams are enough for right now that we are over supplied on kunai and as requested, we are working with local contractors to not break local economies. With our current quarterly rate of expansion, we should have enough defense contractor clone coverage to cover all of our ventures." Security Naruto speaks up, "Many of the villages are not happy we are expanding into the Defense and Arms Manufacturing sectors, we should continue to expect push back from them for the time being. I will continue to make sure our holdings are protected, but if we are going to swap to expand as aggressively as outlined in EMPTY LOT proposal then we are going to need a lot more manpower, and I do not mean more clones either." he finishes off.
Business takes in the information from the various heads, then looks to everyone before addressing them, "Logistics, keep working on those reports. See how viable the environmental impact will be for smelting down all the kunai back to raw material if we go that route. I want to know exactly how much product we have to work with if we are going to go through with arms exports to Sound and Wave aligned expansion towns. As a reminder we both have trips with local leaders of each town regarding the contracts in a few weeks, so I rather we know how many kunai we will be offering.
"Research, keep working on those projects we have priority on. I expect more results by next quarter and to be further along than where we are right now."
"Security, follow plan J2 for rate of expansion of our defense forces and I expect you to expand our force projection cabilities by 12%. Keep the going 80/20 clone to local contractor rate as best you can. If the Villages want to play hard ball, then I want us to be holding a few extra cards when we are called to the table. I will allocate some extra funds to your department, see if some of your local contractors are willing to sell some of their training to our forces, I rather we gain some more perspective on other styles if only to know how to deal with them."
"Marketing, keep working on the advertisement, I have given my thoughts on it, but it may work better as a radio spot than multimedia, fine tune it either way."
"Meeting is adjourned, reminder that Share Holders Sakura and Naruto will be stopping by next week for a meeting, I will be bringing up expansion plans with them. Reminder that all divisions should keep reports submitted on time before our quarterly meetings so as to better prepare for said meeting."
As the all the various department heads leave to their various offices, Business turns to look out the window, hands behind his back. the rain was starting to pour harder now as thunder and lightning starts to roll in. He reminds himself of all the happiness he has obtained since being brought into Sakura's Family, the joys of finding a passion in working, the content in making a corporation that he can provide back to his found family, the anger at the scorn he has received not only from the various Leaf villagers but from the other Villages for his company's actions, the fear in potentially losing everything of this due to the actions of Sakura and Naruto, if not his own. His hands clench as thinking over that last part, lightning flashes lighting up the window, showing Business's reflection back at him, the glowing eyes staring back at him. Thunder booms as he turns away, he has more meetings to get ready for...
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*Panning shot of Higurashi's Weapons Shop exterior before moving inward to show interior with a young man in a suit staring at the camera*
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*Panning shots of interior with focus on various ninja gear and weapons lining the wall, then refocus on the same young man but looking more refined and in a better suit*
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*As the name of gear mentioned, spotlight shots of the named items show various high-quality gear mentioned along with low priced tags*
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*Panning shots of forge area, a young lady hard at work hammering out a heated piece of steel is seen as part of the shot*
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*Panning shot of a weapons range, various customers trying out weapons*
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*Panning shot of various price tags with differing range of discounts listed being shown*
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*Shot of a young lady talking with a customer, finalizing a sale*
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*Shot of the front of Higurashi's Weapons with the same first young man, from the start*
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The video finished playing to the members in the boardroom, a nervous looking Naruto looks toward the other Naruto's in the room. The light storm going on outside the International Uzumaki Conglomerate (IUC) was starting to get a little worse. Business Naruto, the founder and head of the IUC looks toward the marketing division clone with deep thought before speaking.
"Not as refined of an advertisement as I expected, but it works for what you were given with for a budget. I would advise to either use Crazy Uzumaki bit fully or not at all, mixing with a refined style clashes with the tone set when the advertisement started. It very much causes a disconnect with viewers with that tonal difference. As for our involvement, we don't want to come off as too heavy handed now that we are starting to invest more heavily into our partner businesses, so perhaps rework it to be a bit simpler." Business looks to the other head division clones going from right to left, before settling on Logistics.
"How is the report coming along Logistics?" he asks
"After sorting out all of the quirk-based kunai, we are looking at roughly 2.6 million generic kunai, only 16% of the crafted kunai were quirked with various effects, so this is not too bad all things considering. We are lucky Sakura did not start the enchantment tutorial as well, otherwise we would have magic or more likely cursed kunai of unknown amounts... " Logistics states, "The fact alone she produced so many kunai to rank up her crafting skill is already bad enough, at least Ms. Higurashi pays attention to market trends of supply and demand when crafting. We are going to crash the kunai pricing index with how many are going to market currently. Sadly, Leaf already has contracts out for suppliers and until those run out, they cannot accept our stock supply. We were really hoping they would take most of these kunai off our hands so we do not flood the general market as badly as we are going to be doing. Less a war breaks, out we are not likely to off load all of these kunai quickly and that is not to say what else Sakura decides to mass produce, I don't think I need to point out how badly either of these will affect us."
"The last thing we need is a war Sakura flooding the market with cheap empowered weapons." states Research Naruto, "I know we hold the supply right now but that is only due to how lucky we are she remembers to drop off her crafted gear at Ms. Higurashi's. Cursed weapons research has slowed and we have too many sensitive projects going on right now, we need to be in a more stable position. I almost had a breakthrough the other day with Project KUMA, if we are successful with the project then overall effectiveness should rise by 200%-500%."
"Our defense teams are enough for right now that we are over supplied on kunai and as requested, we are working with local contractors to not break local economies. With our current quarterly rate of expansion, we should have enough defense contractor clone coverage to cover all of our ventures." Security Naruto speaks up, "Many of the villages are not happy we are expanding into the Defense and Arms Manufacturing sectors, we should continue to expect push back from them for the time being. I will continue to make sure our holdings are protected, but if we are going to swap to expand as aggressively as outlined in EMPTY LOT proposal then we are going to need a lot more manpower, and I do not mean more clones either." he finishes off.
Business takes in the information from the various heads, then looks to everyone before addressing them, "Logistics, keep working on those reports. See how viable the environmental impact will be for smelting down all the kunai back to raw material if we go that route. I want to know exactly how much product we have to work with if we are going to go through with arms exports to Sound and Wave aligned expansion towns. As a reminder we both have trips with local leaders of each town regarding the contracts in a few weeks, so I rather we know how many kunai we will be offering.
"Research, keep working on those projects we have priority on. I expect more results by next quarter and to be further along than where we are right now."
"Security, follow plan J2 for rate of expansion of our defense forces and I expect you to expand our force projection cabilities by 12%. Keep the going 80/20 clone to local contractor rate as best you can. If the Villages want to play hard ball, then I want us to be holding a few extra cards when we are called to the table. I will allocate some extra funds to your department, see if some of your local contractors are willing to sell some of their training to our forces, I rather we gain some more perspective on other styles if only to know how to deal with them."
"Marketing, keep working on the advertisement, I have given my thoughts on it, but it may work better as a radio spot than multimedia, fine tune it either way."
"Meeting is adjourned, reminder that Share Holders Sakura and Naruto will be stopping by next week for a meeting, I will be bringing up expansion plans with them. Reminder that all divisions should keep reports submitted on time before our quarterly meetings so as to better prepare for said meeting."
As the all the various department heads leave to their various offices, Business turns to look out the window, hands behind his back. the rain was starting to pour harder now as thunder and lightning starts to roll in. He reminds himself of all the happiness he has obtained since being brought into Sakura's Family, the joys of finding a passion in working, the content in making a corporation that he can provide back to his found family, the anger at the scorn he has received not only from the various Leaf villagers but from the other Villages for his company's actions, the fear in potentially losing everything of this due to the actions of Sakura and Naruto, if not his own. His hands clench as thinking over that last part, lightning flashes lighting up the window, showing Business's reflection back at him, the glowing eyes staring back at him. Thunder booms as he turns away, he has more meetings to get ready for...
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Winged One
Not the Simurgh
- Location
- definitely the ground
- Pronouns
- They/Them/It
Uh... I feel like it'd be better to let weapons sit in a warehouse for a while than to export them to countries yours is at cold war with.
Sendicard
Writer of Sakura
- Location
- New Mexico, USA
- Pronouns
- YouPick
Well, you see, if you're making a ton of money funding their attempts to kill you, you'll have more money to defend yourself.
It's pure alpha, total business potency.
Gotta get that dough. I think Zachert's totally onto something. Hehe.