Naruto glared over his shoulder at them before turning to face the green thing again. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto and these are my friends, Akimichi Chouji and Nara Shikamaru. I'm supposed to meet Tenten here this morning."
"Oah!" he screamed loudly. "How very youthful of our Tenten to have found such a man to date! We must fight to see if you are worthy."
Before Lee could do anything he was planted face first into the ground by a giant club. "Shut up you moron. I'm not dating him." She looked over her shoulder toward another young man and blushed slightly.
Hyuuga Neji Lv 24
"Sorry about him. He's an idiot," said Tenten, stepping over the twitching boy. "So you're here for that spar then?"
"Yeah," said Naruto, his eyes a bit wide as he stared at the club Tenten was swinging about so casually, the thing was easily as big as she was.
"Great, as soon as Gai-sensei gets here we can get started," she said simply. She then opened a scroll to seal away the club.
Naruto couldn't help using [Observe] on the club.
The Stupid Stick – A ridiculously slow club to swing, but capable of causing severe brain trauma if you do hit. Required Lv15. Stats: 50-100 Damage (melee), +20 STR, causes 'Daze' status effect, DUR 50/50.
Naruto tried not to snicker when he then saw Lee stand up and wobble his way back to the training post. He couldn't hold it back once he saw Lee start striking the post as if nothing ever happened a minute later.
"Don't worry about him, nothing keeps him down for long."
"Clearly," said Shikamaru flatly. "How often do you hit him with that thing? And how is he not brain damaged as a result?"
Tenten blatantly ignored the comment, choosing instead to start stretching and warming up.
Naruto, rather than comment, chose to join her in warming up and stretching. He had full bars of both HP and CP. He'd already activated his [Chakra Reinforcement], that plus the minor food buff, he was technically sitting at 1652/1652 HP.
Naruto suddenly paused in his stretching. Coming into the field was another green thing, slightly bigger. It was also walking on its hands with its feet dangling in the sky above it.
Tenten sighed. "Gai-sensei, why do you keep doing this to me? Why can't I have a normal sensei who does normal things? What did I do wrong in my previous life to deserve this?"
Meanwhile, Neji stood by watching, neither twitching nor acknowledging the strange man or his teammates. He simply chose to glare at Naruto and his friends.
"What's his deal?" asked Chouji, motioning to Neji.
"He takes being a shinobi very seriously," said Tenten. "He was last year's rookie of the year. He doesn't really approve of me sparing some academy students."
"So he's a jerk," said Naruto, reading between the lines.
Tenten turned a glare onto Naruto for the comment. "Gai-sensei, referee this match please."
"Yosh," said the man loudly, springing from his hands back to his feet. "First, we must go over the rules. No intentional killing blows allowed. If I see you going for the kill, I will break you. The match will last until one of you is unconscious. Any questions?"
"What are you?" Naruto asked in hushed voice, his eyes glued to the giant eyebrows on the man's face.
"Oh ho, you have never heard of the Beautiful Green Beast of Konoha? For I am he, but to those who know me best, I am Maito Gai."
Maito Gai Lv ?
Shikamaru groaned, seeing Naruto completely transfixed by the man. Walked up to Naruto and gave him a swift slap upside the head.
"What the hell was that for?" demanded Naruto, rounding on his friend.
"You were spacing out, now go fight, and try not to end up crippled. Dragging you to the hospital would be way too troublesome."
Naruto narrowed his eyes in warning to his friend before turn to face his opponent. "[Observe]."
Name: Higurashi Tenten
Title: Genin
Level: LV18
Affiliation: Konoha
HP: 1090/1090
CP: 330/330
STR: 33
VIT: 73
DEX: 129
INT: 33
WIS: 33
LUK: 10
Status: Weapon's Mistress (+2 DEX & +20 HP per Level, +20% Damage to all Bukijutsu Skills),Smithy (15% effectiveness to [Blacksmithing] Skill, +25% experience gain to [Blacksmithing] Skill), Real Kunoichi (+5 to all stats)
Higurashi Tenten is a Real Kunoichi and takes it very seriously. As seriously as she takes being a kunoichi, she takes being a blacksmith just as much so. She was trained from young age in both skills by her father after her mother failed to return from a mission. She has vowed to be just as strong and capable as any other shinobi.
Naruto blinked owlishly several times. He had to look again at Tenten's total DEX. "I'm fucked," he barely whispered.
"Hajime!" Gai shouted, stirring the pair into action.
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