Chapter 4: First Creation

"Finally got the design right!" Yelled a boy that looked no older then thirteen, he had dull steel eyes, long black, and white tipped hair with two bangs on both side of his face and the rest of his hair put up in a pony tail.

The boy who just yelled out loud was indeed Ed, ever since the uchiha massacre three years ago, Ed had thought of the idea to create a modern day crutch but he could never design on how he wanted it as he wanted to make a personal one for him alone. For this he needed to make it so it was the right length, the grip around his wrist was nice and tight, the handle was not to thin or thick, it was sturdy and more.

The reason why he wanted to make one is so that if he was ever attacked like the uchiha, then he would need to run but the ones made in this world are to inconvenient, so he would make one him self, and pray he is never attacked by someone of itachi's level because no matter how good the crutch is then he would only be able to wait for death.

"Quit yer yapping brat." A muscular man stood next to Ed, right as he shouted the man whacked Ed at the back of the head for yelling.

"What was that for old man, no wait, never mind that. Have a look at the design I made this is what I am going to use when making my self a new crutch." Ed stood in front of his master, Hirotoko and showed him the paper with the design o it with a smug and proud look.

"Let's see, hmm it's not bad for the first time your doing this without any help, what's this why d you want a hidden blade at the end of it." Hirotoko snatched the paper out of Eds hands and had a look through the paper and design.

"In case I have to defend my self when I got out of the village, who knows what kind of bandits I might run into." 'And Ninja' Ed thought, though he could not be a ninja, and was still a civilian, he still trained in chakra techniques to enhance his body to defend himself if he was ever attacked, after all the elemental nations where never a safe place.

To defend him self even with his apparent disability, he took inspiration from a character he remembered from the show in Sunagakure, shira. Shira had managed to create his own taijutsu style because he can't use ninjutsu, or genjutsu. Ed, though no genius thought to replicate that idea, so he learnt a bit of medical ninjutsu. Though he was nowhere near creating his own style he hoped to make one before the start of act two - naruto shippuden.

With helping out at the forge, everyday since he graduated, Ed's physical body grew stronger with each passing day, increasing his physical chakra, which when mixed with his spiritual chakra, he now has the reserves of a low rank chunin, or at least that is what hirotoko said when he asked about his reserves.

"Hmmmm, hmmm, it's not, wait wait wait, what. DO YOU PLAN TO MAKE THE ENTIRE THING OUT OF CHAKRA CONDUCTIVE METAL!" Hirotoko shouted out loud in a shocked tone of voice. After all the Murakami Clan, is the one who holds monopoly over chakra metal, and the most they give out is enough for a short knife(s) like the one Asuma Sarutobi has.

"I know what your thinking, don't worry I have stockpiled enough chakra metal to forge this thing, I have been stockpiling for three years, I just didn't know what I wanted to make with it. Plus I only have enough metal to make one of these crutch's, so I can't make a mistake, when forging it."Ed explained to Hirotoko, as he took the paper design off him and looked through it all again.

Ed planed to make it look like accelerator's one from majutsu no index, but instead of having the guard only at the back he would make it cover his entire forearm only leave out the handle where he needs to grab. This is to ensure that he would not lose it if someone tries to hit it out of his hands. He would also fit in a slim rapier in the middle of it so that he has a weapon to fight with.

He was going to make the entire thing out of chakra metal, because even though it is rare, it was also the best weapon to use, when enhanced as it is light durable, and once he made it with his own chakra, it would be easier for him to input chakra then others.

"Haaah, as long as you know what you are doing kid." Hirotoko looked like he wanted to say something but stopped when seeing the expression on Eds face, he had seen the same one on may other people, not matter what he said the kid would not change his mind.

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*BANG* *BANG*

A youth of sixteen years old sat in front of a forge and kept hammering the piece of metal before him with no flicker or change in expression, which unlike the hot malleable metal in front of him was as unmoving and icy as a steel cold blade.

It was Ed as he sat there making the final piece of his new crutch, he felt with this along with all the training that he have done, that he would be able to protect himself from normal people and ninja in this world, but if he made enemies with the like of the 3rd hokage, orochimaru, naruto, itachi, pain, obito etc he would survive the first minute of the fight, he would be dead before he knew it.

"Phew" Ed released a breath of cold air that he did not know he was holding now that he finished making the final piece. Ed then sat there with all the piece's of his crutch in front of him, before he slowly started to put it together.

As he slid the last piece in he felt quite emotional, as this was the first things that he had made by himself without any ones help. He had made, kunai, shuriken, senbon needles, but he had help when he made those. This was his first ever self made piece of equipment, it felt only right that he alone have it. Hirotoko even told him that the rings that him and his wife used for there wedding was the first thing he made without any help as well. Though back then he picked up blacksmithing so that he doesn't run out of weapons on a mission, as he was a weapon freak as much as his daughter.

"I'm Home." A thirteen year old Tenten just came bursting through the door, after the academy.

"Welcome home Tenten, oh, you brought back guests have you. It's nice to see you again Lee, Neji, Guy." Ed said calmly once Tenten brought back her team, 'since she just got her team, it should be a year before canon then' Ed thought.

"IT IS NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN SIR!!" - Lee

"IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU IN SUCH HIGH SPIRITS YOUNG EDWARD, THIS MUST BE THE POWER OF YOUTH!!" - Guy

""YOUTH!!!!"" - Lee & Guy

"Humph" - Neji