The Prisoner of the Leaf

Chapter 6: The flower

Team 7 had made a victorious return to the village, laughing as they split up with Kakashi so the kids could go off and the sensei could report the mission to the Hokage, the 4 student ninja walked through the town and looked around a bit for stuff to spend with their reward money and a place to celebrate; as they were looking around different shops, naruto looked in the window of a clothing shop before the owner came out and pushed him down- Konan immediately noticed this and rushed at the civilian, punching him square in the face and through the glass window of his shop before grabbing the thing Naruto was looking at and giving it to him;

Konan; " It is rude to push a child and a crime so we'll be taking the jacket as an apology so we don't call the cops, prick "

He says taking Naruto away from the shop and helping him into the Jacket like an older brother, smiling and petting his head before the team began walking again; someone was watching though and was blushing heavily from the safety of their flower shop, fawning over the uchiha boy and the protective nature he so obviously had. The team walked a bit further before turning to hear someone running behind them, looking who it was; Ino was running to join them with a few flowers in her hands as she smiled- immediately Sakura started arguing with her thinking she was there for Sasuke but the blond pushed her out the way and handed the flowers to Konan who looked shocked, he stared at the flowers before taking them and thanking her with a gentle tone- moving closer and cupping her cheek and kissing her forehead which made her face glow red before running away, his team looked shocked and immediately started asking questions;

Naruto; " Why did you do that?! "

Sasuke; " Are you two dating? "

Sakura; " When did...? Why? "

Konan simply laughed before shrugging and walking away, he didn't blush but he didn't feel nothing towards Ino- she seemed sweet and he wanted to see if she actually liked him or was only attracted to him since there was a difference and since she blushed at him kissing her forehead he knew it was more possibly liking him. Konan kept getting questioned by his team before turning and heading into a blacksmith's shop to try get a custom weapon;

Blacksmith; " Ay, A kid such as yourself shouldn't be in here.. No weapons for pipsqueeks! "

Konan; " I'm a ninja don't worry, I should be able to get one no? "

Blacksmith; " These weapons are far too sharp and heavy for someone like yourself so as I said, scram "

Konan looked at the blacksmith, he was a large man possibly in his 40's with grey hair and many scars and burns, a leaf headband on his arm but another symbol tattooed on his hand; "Land of iron right? famous blacksmiths, good with tools and your definitely one of the finest, the scars up your arms indicate many mistakes but the callouses on your hands indicate experience am I right? "

Blacksmith; he laughed and looked the kid straight in the eyes, " Not many people can tell stuff like that from a couple seconds of glancing over a person but since you talk so highly of my craft why don't you tell me what you're here for an I might consider it "

Konan handed him a diagram, the blacksmith chuckled heartily and pat Konan's head, immediately standing up and going into the back before coming back a minute or so later with two books and a bag.

Blacksmith; " The diagram you gave was an original work right? one of the most detailed and planned pieces I've ever seen and I'd be happy to make it so let's get into the fine details, these books have types of materials you'll need for the glove part and the bag contains metal- your choice and since you seem to know the craft, why don't you have free reign and I won't say a word "

Konan smirked, looking through everything for atleast half an hour, taking every single aspect into mind as he looked between the books and the bag, measuring each material; it's cost to buy, the time taken to forge it or tan it, the risk rate in using it and the weight; he finally made a choice and chose a leather outer layer with wool padding on the inside, wrought iron in each knuckle and Carbon steel for the bladed parts. The diagram Konan gave was updated with all the materials required and was shown to him for final approving, Konan nodded. The weapon he planned was a set of gloves, leather dyed black on the outside with a soft wool padding inside, each knuckle would be fit with two pieces of wrought iron plating so the gap between the two pieces would allow him to bend his fingers and embedded in the back of the gloves would be carbon steel rods then when activated with chakra would form claws around his fingers and thumb like a cat allowing him to scratch and claw enemies like he did with his kunai against Zabuza.

Finally, Konan left the store to see Team 7 and Kakashi stood outside the shop waiting before immediately trying to rush off to ichiraku ramen after they had met back up with him, he agreed and went with them to the restaurant and enjoyed a celebatory meal with his team...