I kept these abilities to myself and didn’t even tell my sensei about them as a result of how dangerous the information was. While I trusted her I also knew that this was something far too impactful for her to keep to herself from the village. Knowing this I simply chose to remove the burdensome information from the equation by keeping it to myself. This way if it eventually leaks somehow she can honestly claim ignorance as she genuinely didn’t know. That said I may or may not have taken slight advantage of it to renovate my house.-
It was a bit tricky but I figured out how to create a material that was exactly the same as wood but with three key differences. The first was that there was no grain to the material since it hadn’t actually been grown like a tree. The second was that it was as hard and durable as chakra metal due to it’s high density. The final part was that it was HIGHLY chakra resistant for the off chance my house got attacked. By resistant I mean any jutsu below B rank wouldn’t damage it at all.-
I effectively 3d printed each of the parts for my house with my [Creation] ability and rebuilt the whole place with this superior material. Karen had been more or less absent during this time as she was still caught up in her insecurities after my sensei had exposed her. Honestly I was a little offended that she thought so little of me. I wasn’t such a heartless bastard as to hate her or something stupid like that for developing feelings for me. Still I didn’t press the matter and let her have her space until she figured out how she wanted to handle this situation.-
As I quickly discovered however everyone including my beasts all thought Karin and I were a couple already so I got more than a few weird looks when the gossip of the truth of the matter got out. My classmates even teased me about it when they ran into me at the ramen shop or on the way back to my home. Teuchi even admitted that he had assumed we were dating already after how well we acted together. It honestly felt like the only person who hadn’t thought this was the few who actually understood what was going on and of course me.-
“Um, do you, um want to go out with me?” Karin eventually brought herself to ask nervously while fidgeting shyly.
“Sure , what do you have in mind?” I asked calmly.
“What? Really!?” she exclaimed in surprise.
I nodded “I did agree yes. Is that so odd?” I asked confused since I was under the impression it was a matter of time anyways.
“I just, I don’t know thought you’d be more unwilling I guess?” she said a little lost.
“Why? It’s not like this changes much. We have lived together and regularly went out together so all that is different is the context behind it.” I said honestly.
She paused for a moment looking deep in thought before blushing as she realized that I was right. She had probably been so caught up in the context until now that she failed to realize that we were already acting similar to a couple just without the more intimate stuff.
“So what did you have in mind, I have no preferences as you know.” I said with a smile.
“Um maybe go see the merchants and get food?” she said unsure of herself.
“Alright then, shall we?” I asked with a smile while holding out my hand for her to take it.
She almost squealed in joy at holding hands with me and a smile threatened to split her face as we walked through the village. The villagers just gave us knowing smiles and a few of older folk even complimented us as a couple. I more or less also let Karin dictate the pacing of the date and may as well have been an accessory for her to show off. Something that she definitely didn’t mind taking advantage of at all stroll in a convoluted manner around the village before we finally hit the merchants.-
“Hey look at this!”
“It’s so pretty!”
“Can I have this?”
I was subjected to every mans woe when we got there though as she went into shopping mode. Jewelry, clothes, bits and bobbles that had no practical application you name it and she at least spared it a glance if it was there. My role? I was the bank of course buying whatever her heart was set on while trying not to punch the smug merchants that were overcharging after hyping their products.-
‘Thirty thousand ryo for a hair clip she probably won’t ever wear again.’ I thought at the most recent purchase she made.
It was a bejeweled onyx butterfly hairpin with a silver base material that while of good quality had absolutely zero utility beyond looking nice as it held hair in place. This shopping trip was rather rather extravagant considering it ended up costing me nearly half a million ryo and I only bought three things for myself. The first was a scroll detailing a rather advanced form of acupuncture that used to belong to a clan that was forced to sell their secret art to survive.-
The technique was a good addition to the iryonin techniques we had here in Konoha and something I’m sure my sensei will be happy to have since every little bit helps where medicine is concerned. As an added bonus it would be something that may interest the few Hyuga clan members that specialized in iryonin jutsu as it worked well with their byakugan. The second thing I bought was a puzzle box that had a surprising amount of natural energy around it and to my surprise couldn’t be seen through with my new perception.-
This peaked my interest and the sheer complexity of the design only served to hold it as it looked like a d20 the size of a basketball at first glance but was so much more than that. It held thousands of odd symbols that functioned as buttons and could be turned, twisted and rotated to advance the puzzles completion. The final thing I bought was both to be expected and interested Karin at the same time, a small bright yellow frog in a glass enclosure.
“Is it a chakra beast?” she asked looking at the thing in the glass case curiously.
“Not exactly, it’s got the potential to be one but what I find most curious about it is that last I checked this species of frog was extinct due to where they liked to live.” I said honestly.