Naruto: The Shadow Game System.

I managed to level up my Eavesdropping skill by three levels;

Easdropping, Lv- 7 (43%) Your ability to listen in someone else's conversation without them being aware of it. This is a very important skill for a ninja to possess for information gathering.

Range: 16 feet (100% accuracy) -10% accuracy for every additional feet And thanks to me washing dishes every morning and night I also leveled up my maintenances skill;

Maintenance, Lv- 7 (89%) Maintaining something is just as important as owning it.

+7% bonus to all items you maintain (clean, polish oil) for whatever their use is Bonus lasts for 40 minutes And this did get me a bonus. The Matron seemed to lose her anger at me, I guess me being so ready to help out by washing dishes made her like me more. Her REP score went back to 0, but hey, at least she doesn't hate me.

I listened to classes everyday and got a three points for INT because of that;

INT- 11 (+2) And of course the few days I managed to convince Naruto to train with me I managed to run and work up a sweat, which gained me a two points for VIT;

VIT- 8 But I didn't just run around in circles, no, a few days Naruto and I took turns tossing my kunai into targets. This gave me a new skill!

Kunai techniques, Lv- 3 (83%) Your ability to handle a kunai accurately. Aquaracy- 20% Bonus- 2% to DMG Not a bad skill if I do say so myself. Unfortunately I haven't been able to level it up.

I also finished reading the books I got from the library. I returned them and got more books to read, this time two more fantasy stories along with a book about muscle training and one about cooking, you know, just for fun.

And boy did I get a shock when I took up the book about cooking. Apparently it was a skill book and could teach me how to cook instantly, but in the process I would end up destroying the book, I cannot afford that right now, so I had to learn it the old fashioned way. And what a surprise, it seemed if I read a skill book instead of absorbing the knowledge, I would still gain the knowledge and the book would remain intact!

But since I didn't want any physical proof of my powers I couldn't afford to keep the scroll about the Disturbance style just lying around. Either way, I got another skill;

Cooking, Lv- 1 (0%) You can cook and make something to eat. It may not be edible.

Bonus- 2% to all food items you make The book didn't give me any recipes, I'm guessing I need to absorb a book in order for that to happen. But this was enough, for now.

At the end of class Naruto and I went back to the park, laughing and playing as usual. Naruto suggested we play hide and seek and I agreed. He was it and I took this time to train my stealth skills. Which...well, really wasn't all that great.

But I lasted ten minutes before he found me, so I'll take that as a win.

We played for an hour or so before his stomach began to growl. Naruto's eyes light up, "hey I know! Let's go to Ichiraku's!"

And my eyes widened as well, 'of course! If any place has a golden leaf it should be that one! Oh why didn't I think of it before! Screw me and my stupid tunnel vision!' I was about to say yes before stopping myself, "ah sorry Naruto, I can't."

"Eh? Why not?" he asked. I shrugged, "I don't have a no money, sorry."

Naruto snorted, "is that all? No problem I can pay for you this time!"

"Naruto please it's really not needed, I don't like it when people pay for me by taking pity on me," I huffed, I really didn't like being a charity case.

"Oh shut up! Come on! It's my treat and when you start making money being a ninja you can treat me!" he cried out dragging us out of the park. I tried to argue, but I knew it would be pointless.

We walked around the village before arriving at a small ramen stand around a street corner. We walked in and immediately Naruto ran up and jumped onto the stool, "heya Ayame! One Miso ramen and one pork ramen please!"

I sat down next to him and saw the two chefs on the other side of the table. An older man; Teuchi Yagu, Ramen Chief master Lv- 18 REP- 0 Ayame Yagyuu, Chief apprentice Lv- 12 REP- 0 "Hey Naruto, you're looking chipper today," Teuchi smiled, "your order's coming right up!" "Thanks uncle chief!" Naruto grinned.

"Who's your friend Naruto?" Ayame asked with a smile.

"This is Yami! The guy I told you about," Naruto turned to me, "this big sister Ayame, she works here with her dad! Old man Teuchi!" "Hey! I'm not that old!" Teuchi yelled back. "Hehe, sorry," Naruto said scratching his head. "Ah, so you're this Yami Naruto keeps talking about," Ayame turned to me and bowe, "thank you for taking care of him, I know he's a pain sometimes, but please be patient."

Oh she's cute, deciding to have a little fun I smiled and spoke in a clear tone of voice, "if a beautiful girl like you asks me that of course I would agree."

Ayame blushed, "well aren't you a charmer."

I shrugged, "not really, but when I see something I like I tend to make your opinion known. Say how old are you?"

Ayame blinked, "16 why do you ask?"

I smirked, "I like my women older. Eight years isn't that big a difference right? Do you want to go out on a date when I become a ninja? I know this great ramen place a friend told me about, best place in town, plus it has a cute waitress."

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