Some people were like that. Come the Chunin Exams, Naruto was already the rising star of the village, pulling everyone into his orbit. Now, just over three years later, he's practically their center. The brat who used to scream about being Hokage... Not many people doubted it would happen some day. Not anymore.

Some people just had charisma.

"I know what I want," she murmurs, half to herself. Then she clears her throat. "Magic weapons, goofy instruments, mystic mirrors... It's like someone dumped a bunch of fables into a room and didn't care about categorization or anything." She considers for a moment. "I wonder where the really dangerous stuff is. They gotta have some, right?"