Mahoro Ando, Naruto Uzumaki, and one other were needed to complete the main team.
"You know, the teams so far have been boy-boy-girl," pointed out Slash.
"Yeah, so?" asked Naruto.
"So making a second girl for the team bucks that tradition," pointed out Slash.
"Yes, but what have our missions been lately?" asked Naruto.
"Point taken, they haven't been very traditional either," admitted Slash. "Yet you want to be accepted - and accepting some traditions would seem to be appropriate for that."
"Maybe," admitted Naruto.
Mahoro looked over the designs and frowned slightly.
"Something wrong?" asked Slash.
"Why does she have... such..." Mahoro made a gesture as if pressing basketballs to her chest.
"They aren't that big," protested Slash.
"Well," said Naruto, wiping sweat off his forehead and leaving a grease smudge, "the thing is that you're primarily a front-line fighter."
"Right," said Mahoro.
"My gun and my talents make me a good mid-to-long range," said Naruto as he threw a wrench at a shadow clone who was slacking. "So, another short-range to occupy the enemy while I ready stuff."
"That doesn't answer my question," noted Mahoro.
"Oh, that goes back to what I said earlier - what kinda mission we been getting lately?" asked Naruto as he turned back to his project.
"Building companion AIs for ANBU, painting fences, pulling weeds," began Mahoro. "Neighborhood cleaning. Installing wired communications at security checkpoints."
"Exactly," said Naruto. "So, we're not exactly getting out and about. No princess rescuing. No bandit beating. No legendary monsters to capture. No ancient tombs filled with the secrets of the ages to find. None of that stuff."
Slash and Mahoro looked at each other briefly as Naruto finished fitting a silver square onto a pair of goggles.
"So," said Naruto. "Someone who can fight, but also someone who can help with the whole image thing. That's why-"
"What happened to the armored warrior?" asked Slash.
"Fabber isn't big enough to produce some of the parts yet," said Naruto.
[Affirmative. Upgrade to Fab-2 recommended.]
"I wonder if Ibiki-san would approve," pondered Naruto.
"Ibiki-sensei, in order to upgrade Fabricator-san I need a small building like a storage shed in order to-"
"Approved," said Ibiki Morino.
"You haven't heard the whole thing," said Naruto.
"I've noticed your 'Fab' device only makes small parts, and I had a bet with Anko that you'd approach me about building a bigger one," said Ibiki, not even looking up from his paperwork. "Approved."
"Oh," said Naruto, falling silent for a moment.
Ibiki silently counted. One, two, three...
"So who won?" asked Naruto.
Ibiki glanced up, crooking an eyebrow.
"Cool," said Naruto.
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