"Really? Why, it's so cute?" Karin asked surprised at my answer.

  "While it's bright yellow coloration is indeed very attractive to the eye it is also a warning to any would be predators. It says "I'm poisonous, do me!". Ironically it was because of this very same poisonous nature pounded by the pces they liked to live that they were killed until none could be found anymore. They liked dark, cool, watery habitats with lots of moss and bugs, in other words wells. The toxins in their skin would leeto the water and those that drank it fell ill and more often then not perished as a result." I expined calmly while Karin gasped in shock as she looked at the small frog in a new light.

  "Does that mean that this is probably the st member of the species?" she asked curiously.

  I shook my head "Unlikely given hs reproduce. They y dozens of eggs at a time and if only half of those survive long enough to reproduce themselves that number would explode in a short period of time. More likely than not there is a y of these frogs somewhere that survived the culling and this little fellow was unlucky enough to be spotted and captured by the mert who saw the possibility of someone wanting such a vibrant creature." I said with a smile.

  "Why did you buy it if that's true then?" she asked fused.

  "Because the value of these frogs was also the reason they were killed, their toxin. If properly applied it is a very potent ahetid with a steady supply of the toxin cheap as well. My sensei would be more than happy if I were to create a small habitat for a y of these frogs for the vilge." I said and she smiled.

  "That sounds abht." she said as we moved on.

  Once we were done shopping Karin dragged me to an expensive couple restaurant that was disgustingly pink. The entire menu was prised of dishes meant to be eaten by two people that had cheesy names like "lovebird shake" or "lovers embrace". We got some astonished looks when not only did we NOT share our food with each other but we both ate enough to feed ten people easy. That was a fat huhousand ryo go admittedly we both ehe food so it's fine.-

  We talked on the way home after eating as we walked nid slowly.

  "Today was... pleasant. You may approach me again for another such time iure should you like to." I said pausing slightly at the start to y words carefully.

  Shae giggled "You really are terrible with this sort of thing aren't you?" she teased with a smile.

  "What did you expect from a recluse?" I asked rhetorically with a shrug.

  When we finally got home she gave me a quick pe the cheek before running away with her face as red as her hair leaviunned on the spot.

  I eventually just chuckled and shook my head befoing to the crystal cavern I slept in normally. I found it easier to rest in a pce full of natural energy like this but that may just be because it eased the trouble my passive sage mode went through to maintain itself. More abundant natural energy naturally meant that my body didn't have to gather the stuff due to scarcity. It also helped that I didn't have to suppress my senses here as for some reason I couldn't perceive anything through these crystals.-

  I had thought of creating a door out of the crystals for the cavern so I couldn't sense what was down the cave leading to it but thought better of it in the end. The five days were fairly peaceful as I worked to create a fitting and accessible but enclosed area for my new frog to live. It wouldn't do for any of the future inhabitants of the pce to get out and possibly ehe wells around the vilge after all. It wasn't even that hard to set up as there ce a few feet below the ground where water naturally collected until it was absorbed by a ck of rain to keep the soil moist.-

  All I had to do was dig down to that point before creating ah release dome to cover the hole and install a small area with two s doors to keep any frogs from esg when someone came in to collect their toxins in a hal fashion. The toxins were quite potent so even a little went a long erhaps the vilge may cull their numbers ohere is too many but when there is only a few this worked fine.-

  I o import some of the moss the frogs liked and had the Aburame help with the bugs they liked but I got the pce more or less self sustaining and added the frog in. I had already inquired as to where the mert found it to begin with and my sensei had issued a mission to search that area and bring back at least een more members of the species. The squad assighis task also o mark dowhey found the things on a map in case the transferred popution failed to survive for some reason.-

  At the end of this week my sensei finally got bae about the results of my blood tests. I was also required to go in for an examination but at the end I was given a bill of health. Despite this however my sensei put heavy emphasis on me rep any disfort in my bardless of how minor. I didn't hesitate to agree here as I was frankly bored out of my mind since I couldn't train this whole time.-

  Cleared to train I wasted no time at all seeing what ges my transformation had caused to my ability to utilize my chakra armor. C my arms and torso was easy and while I felt a little resistance it went to my waist it formed there as well no problem. Finally it began to stall at my knees and came to a snails pace at the middle of my shins.-

  'Ah man so close, just a bit more and then my head to plete the teique finally' I thought excitedly.