I don't own Naruto and Change 123

Naruto's mind began to wonder while he had his arms in the water. He thought back to his second day with Kakashi, the day they had to do the bell test. After failing miserably in his straightforward attack on his sensei, said sensei used a very questionable method to shoot him into the river…actually his teacher humiliated him all day that day. Sure, after that he had some good times with his sensei but he was mostly interested in Sasuke, especially after the elimination round of the chunin exams. Even during the round he poked fun at Naruto, especially during Sakura's match with Ino. Honestly, no matter how Naruto looked at it, it always seemed like Kakashi never had an interest in Naruto.

Then he thought about Haku and Zabuza. Zabuza never showed it but he cared deeply about Haku. It could be that his sensei was doing the samething. Just like pervy-sage's example about the birds, but still, even then he felt hurt that his sensei had given him a guy he easily beat the first time around with erotic looking clones in favor of training Sasuke. Actually when Naruto thought about it, besides learning how to summon toads and use chakra, he didn't really accomplish much. He was sure Sasuke would come back with a whole new set of skills and a killer jutsu.

I got hurry and catch up, he thought to himself.

"Okay I'm done," he heard Fujiko's voice. Naruto pulled his arms out of the water, using the stone that lined the border of the river to push himself up to a stand. He quickly shook off the water while he turned to look at Fujiko. She was on her knees with Naruto's swords behind her and she had a Band-Aid on her cheek and knuckles; she was drawing thick lines on the ground with a thick piece of sharp wood. "It's still Motoko's body," Fujiko said when she caught Naruto staring at the Band-Aid, "It may not matter a much to us, but it's still Motoko's face. Usually Motoko gets into undesirable situations, a fight ensures, and she ends up with bruises. So we carry a first aid kit. There's no need to apologize and don't forget to put bandages on."

"Uh yeah, sorry," Naruto still apologized as he pulled out a roll of bandages and began to wrap his arms. After he was done he noticed that Fujiko was calmly waiting for him with a grid in front of her as well as wooden pieces on both sides with neat writing on them with what he suspected was pencil.

"Shogi?" Naruto asked as he recognized the shapes of the wooden constructs. "Wait…did you make those pieces?!"

"Yes, it took a while," Fujiko admitted.

"A while? Damn I couldn't do something like this in the amount of time you took, nor this well," Naruto said sitting down and taking piece, "it's really good, how did you make them with a kunai?"

"Tools are the major focus of my training. Speaking of which, thank you for letting me borrow it." She handed the kunai back to Naruto.

"No problem. So, major focus?" Naruto asked as he put away his kunai.

"Yes, you observed it earlier," Fujiko began. "Motoko's focus is on genjutsu and Hibiki's is taijutsu, mine is bukijutsu; speed and overall utility maximization."

"I-I see, so then why do we have stuff for shogi," Naruto asked in confusion.

"Hibiki forgot to mention that you are easy to aggravate, you have little patience, you are easy to fluster, and if Motoko's misdirection is anything to go by, you lack focus," she explained. "Also, I felt it was right to give your arms time to recuperate a bit before we see your grasp of bukijutsu; otherwise I would not be able to properly gauge your level. Shogi is a good way to learn how you think and strategize and how to rethink as well as teaching you to calm down and think about your next move. Also, keeping in mind HIbiki's rhythm, we can also see what patterns an opponent or yourself tend to fall back on."

"Um okay but heads up, I suck at it," Naruto said.

"Lets see," Fujiko said, "you do know how to play, correct?"

"Yeah, I know how the pieces move and that you can put pieces back on the board after you take them…you can do that right?"

"Yes, that is correct, and it takes up a whole turn," Fujiko said.

"Okay, so what are we playing for," Naruto asked with a cheery expression.

"…What?" she asked but her bland expression didn't change.

"You know, something to motivate us to win."

"…Alright, winner has to tell the loser how to improve."

"That's a pretty bland prize, dattebayo," Naruto said with awkward smile.

"Take it or leave it," Fujiko said as she picked up a pawn.

"Fine fine, just toss it," And Fijiko tossed the piece, then it hit the board, "you go first."

Three minutes later

"HOLY CRAP! WHAT JUST HAPPENED, DATTEBAYO!" Naruto shouted with his eyes wide open, Fujiko beat him quickly! Really quick! Even Shikamaru wasn't that fast.

"You lost," Fujiko said with her bland expression and a monotone voice. "From what I can tell, you kept moving pieces hoping something would go right."

"That obvious," Naruto said looking away trying to avoid her gaze while trembling.

"Well you should have a plan first," Fujiko said, "on this board you have the possibility to predict how your opponent will move to a certain degree. Plan with how your opponent will react in mind. If it doesn't go how you expect then change your strategy."

"Ahhh, but that's too much of hassle," Naruto said.

"Try," was Fujiko's response, with her face and tone it came off as cold, "you can start," Fujiko said. And for the next twelve minutes Naruto ended up playing against Fujiko. Naruto did as Fujiko said, he came up with plan, hoping Fujiko would move the way he wanted. She did not. She kept moving in ways Naruto didn't intend. The result, Naruto ended up losing pretty badly…again.

"Arrg, what now?"

"You should calm down and take it slow, you have all the time in the world," Fujiko said, "there's no need to rush. Calm down, take your time, and plan; eventually you'll work your way up to it."

And the next three games took a total of an hour and a half, each resulted in Naruto's loss. The first game, his strategy was pretty straightforward, going for an easy win. The second round he was baited too much and ended up losing all his pieces, that one took the most time. And the last game, he thought he was winning but it turns out with one move he ended up losing.

"You increased your focus," Fujiko said, "but you kept your attention focused on only my 'important' pieces too much that you ignored the 'lesser' pieces as well as the empty spaces. Always keep track of where every piece is and where any piece can appear. The right move with the right piece can change everything, regardless of whether it's insignificant or off the board."

"Yeah I noticed, dattebayo," Naruto said with a frown as he stretched while looking at the board.

"Well that's it."

"Hm?" Naruto let out as Fujiko stood up while dusting her legs.

"I've given your arms enough rest, are they well enough for a spar?"

"Yeah, I'm good to go," Standing up right away, eager to move around.

Fujiko nodded, "let's see how proficient you are in bukijutsu," Fujiko said picking up Naruto's Katana's turned around and tossed them at him. Naruto caught them but he fumbled a bit.

"HEY!"

"Always keep a close eye on all your possessions," Fujiko said, "be honest, you actually forgot about them."

"Um…yeah," Naruto admitted with a sigh. "So what do we do?"

"First, tell me what tools do you use on a regular basis?"

"Kunai, shuriken, and a paper bomb or two once in a while," he said putting the swords down.

"What about Makibishi?"

"Eh, caltrops aren't my things, I think my sensei is the only person who carries them. Plus they only waste space ya know."

"But they slow pursuing foes and restrict your enemies movements."

"And mine too, and after I spread them I have to pick them up or just cut my loses. Honestly, I rather waste money on explosive notes if its something I probably won't get back. Plus, if I throw them, they'll just run to some other locations so I have to chase the guys. So I basically threw them for nothing. I actually keep the set I was given to play jacks on days I feel crazy; hurts like hell but it gets me past the boredom."

"…" It seems like Fujiko was at loss for words, but only for a moment. "What about wires," she continued, seemingly unfazed.

"I tried to use them but I kept cutting my fingers for two weeks straight," Naruto said, while showing her his fingers that seemed a bit rough but were otherwise fine. "Besides my sensei, only one of my teammates can use it."

"I see, so just shurikenjutsu then," Fujiko said, she reached for one of her mini-scrolls, clicked it and out came a wooden staff, it seemed hand crafted. Almost immediately Naruto became wary of Fujiko's weapon, he saw what she could do with it. "Light sparing, don't be afraid to throw shurikens. Use what you have to its utmost advantage."

"Okay," Naruto said setting his swords by the stomp. He then turned to face Fujiko who already had a stance. He fixed his pouch and holster before he crouched. He moved his hand to his pouch. For a few moments he was at a standoff with Fujiko. Honestly he didn't want to move until she did. When he realized that she wasn't going to move, he did. He quickly threw a fist full of shurikens, three, at Fujiko. The plan was simple; get her distracted enough by the shuriken and get in close enough that she would not be able to use her staff that well. After that, he'd improvise from there. That was the plan anyway.

As Naruto got close, he pulled out his kunai, but then Fujiko did something he didn't expect. She used her staff, swung it around her body as well as turning a bit and deflected the shurikens, that's what he expected. What he didn't expect was that she was able to deflect them upward to the sky, something very difficult to do. What she did next made it clear why she went through the hassle. She began to spin and turn her body and proceeded to bat the falling shurikens back at Naruto without losing a bit of momentum! PAT-TAHT-TAT! If that wasn't crazy enough, Fujiko actually got them spinning dangerously, one horizontally and the other two vertically!

"The hell!" Naruto quickly dodged one vertical shuriken with a quick right spin; he crouched to avoid the second horizontal shuriken, and used his kunai to deflect the third. After he deflected it, he barely noticed the staff coming at him. He quickly jumped back and kept jumping back. Fujiko's attack pattern is as follows, with her left arm forward hiding her staff, she would use her right hand to jab her staff forward and quickly retrieve it, and this forced Naruto back (think of kaname's fight from kenichi the mightiest disciple). Naruto didn't have enough time to see how she was moving; it took everything he had just to avoid her attack. He tried jumping to the side but Fujiko would respond by spinning, as well as twisting her upper body, and bat him with the staff and, somehow, still managed to jab right away.

"Damn," he cursed as he jumped back only for his back to hit a tree, "Oh cr-OP!" Fujiko didn't show any mercy, she quickly began to barrage him with jabs.

If she was attacking him with just the length of the staff then he probably could have defended against it, especially with the kunai he currently had in hand or he could have taken the attack in order to catch the staff. Sadly though, Fujiko was attacking with the ends of the staff and not the length, and not only that, her quick jabs made it almost impossible for Naruto to grab on to the staff. Almost.

After two minutes of taking the attacks head on he managed to grab on to the staff with his left hand and quickly enforced the grip with his right while dropping the kunai. He let out a small smile over his little victory, but sadly it didn't last long. Fujiko already had a good grip on her staff, meaning she didn't waste time pushing the staff to her right in a downward motion while walking backwards, dragging Naruto along with the staff. Naruto had no choice but to let go…it was hard to tell if that was a mistake or not. As soon as the staff was released, Fujiko spun, swung her staff out-just narrowly avoiding touching the ground, and quickly guided the stick upward and landed a blow with its length on Naruto's back.

PAK!

"AAAH!" Naruto yelled as he fell to the ground, despite the pain he shot his hands forward to the ground. Unfortunately Fujiko's attack didn't stop there. After she landed the blow, the used the momentum to swing it around her body, her left hand down it's length while the right hand was up near the middle of the staff, and once she had a good grip she jabbed his back! "KAAAAAAAH!"

THUMP

"AHH!"

Naruto's body was sprawled on the ground. Naruto didn't move for a while. Then he pushed himself up as sucked in a huge breath of air. Fujiko last attack knocked the wind out him! Fujiko moved in front of him and offered him her hand, but she still had that monotone expression. Naruto was hesitant at first but he accepted.

"I apologize," Fujiko said, "I was trained to land an extra hit if my opponent allowed it to ensure my opponent goes down."

"It…" Naruto began as he slowly stood up while softly touching his back. "It worked-ow!"

"I see...while you rest, do you want me to give you an analysis."

"Sure, but if its alright with you, I'm going to lie down," Naruto said.

"On your stomach please," Fujiko said as she reached for another mini scroll.

"O-okay," Naruto said he winced a bit, figuring the best way to go about to avoid the pain, he just fell to his knees and then fell forward using his arms to control his descent. Then he heard a soft pop, then he heard her place something on the ground. He turned his head as best as he could, but he couldn't see anything. Then he felt her push his jacket and black t-shirt up. "Um…"

"Relax, I'm just applying ointment," Fujiko said already applying it on his back.

"Uuhr," he let with a shiver as the cool ointment was applied to his skin, making a sharp cold tingle run through his spine, before it was replaced with pain.

"I would have offered earlier for your arms but we are almost out," Fujiko explained. "Your faint was basic," she explained, "your general aim was on point. You were caught off gathered when I returned the shuriken. While dodging my attacks you failed to notice your surroundings. Even if you are unable to see behind, you are still able to see ahead of you, you should have been able to see that the distance between you and the trees at the other side of the field was increasing."

"I was too busy making sure you didn't hit me," Naruto quickly excused. "Seriously I couldn't escape."

"I see, tunnel vision. But even then you could do it," Fujiko said, "From what I observed in your test with Hibiki and near the end of ours, you are the type who is more comfortable handling attacks for an opportunity to counter attack. You were immediately put on guard when I quipped my bo staff, no doubt because of what you observed earlier. You knew there was a certain danger if you were hit, thus you avoided. It wasn't until you were backed into a corner that you reverted back to your tactic. What you could have done before you were backed in a corner is block a strike with your arm, off set my rhythm, and put distance between us. Also, had you timed it right you could have offset my rhythm by throwing a kunai, even if it only earns you few seconds, but after witnessing how I returned your attacks, you were dissuaded from throwing any objects."

"Whoa," was the only thing Naruto could say. "Oh wow," at the moment she was gently massaging Naruto's wounded area. Naruto could feel something extra…chakra? "You have to admit, that was pretty scary." She didn't acknowledge the comment.

"If you are up against an opponent with a bo staff, or any large weapon that requires speed and maneuverability, ideally what you would want to do is lure the opponent to an area where his or her movements are restricted. That is usually an unlikely scenario. But in this situation, dropping makibishis would have prevented me from pursuing you; even if it were only for a few seconds it would have been enough for you to create enough distance between us. With wires, if handled carefully, could have worked to restrict my movements, especially if you manage to attach the wire to one of the ends of the bo staff. At that point, it would be a struggle about who had control of the bo staff."

"So that's why you did this," Naruto said in realization. Fujiko wanted to show Naruto the good points of each tool.

"Yes. As you pointed out earlier, each tool has purpose that renders it useless on regular basis. It usually depends on the situation you are in. But the same could also be said if the tool was in the hands of an amateur."

"Yeah I think I heard that saying from my sensei before," Naruto said, "um, 'an amateur with a shuriken is weak against a master with a pebble?'"

"Right," Fujiko said, "leave your clothes like that for a while."

"Yeah, that felt nice," Naruto said, commenting on her message.

"Family remedy," Fujiko replied, though she didn't sound…anything, not happy, proud, sad or annoyed. She just sounded, bland. "Naruto, what else have you used your tools for?"

"Um…training," Naruto answered, "sometimes I would use kunais to cut a few things but I rarely use it outside of a fight."

"I gathered as much," Fujiko said, "the kunai you have are for battle purposes, not for utility."

"What do you mean?"

"Are you aware of the kunai's origin?"

"ummm…farming-"

"-Gardening," Fujiko quickly corrected.

"-Weapon-" Naruto continued.

"-Multipurpose tool," she corrected again, she lied down on her back next to Naruto with her eyes closed. "The other origin is a masonry tool. I'm sure you have seen a few variety of kunais."

"Hmmm actually now that you mention," Naruto said recalling the chunin exams, "there was actually this sound ninja in the exam that threw a kunai with a hole in the middle (manga)."

"Hmm I see, anything else?"

"Mmm oh yeah, Zabuza had this weird kunai that curved into an L shape (manga)."

"Zabuza? Zabuza the demon of the hidden mist," Fujiko turned her head to look at Naruto.

"Ah yeah, my team…were sort of the reason he's…"

"I see, I won't pry then," Fujiko said, noting how Naruto reacted, "if I had to guess I'd say the point of the kunai he used was for thrusting and stabbing. My father told me that Zabuza's style was attacking silently in a mist, logically you would need speed for that."

"Eh, you father fought Zabuza?"

"He fought with Zabuza," She corrected, "they worked a job together. He said he would have liked to challenge him but he didn't have time."

"Hehhhhh, I see," Naruto said with a sad tone.

"Well that's a story for another time, maybe on our date," Fujiko said, noting Naruto's tone.

"Ah-oh…yeah," Naruto said with a blush.

"Was that all the different types of kunai's you have observed thus far?"

"Um…I saw a few weird ones in the preliminaries. This brunet girl with panda buns or whatever, she's neji's-you know ne-"

"I know, I heard your explanation to Motoko," Fujiko verified.

"Well she's Neji's teammate, she lost against this suna chick. The panda girl, she throws her weapons. She threw all sorts of weapons, a lot of them were weird shaped kunais, sickles, axes and daggers and stuff, and the suna chick used wind or something to send them away. She can even fly with her fan too!"

"So she threw them…so a marksman," Fujiko muttered. "Well I can't say I approve all that much. Also a wind user… Well that aside, hopefully you understand the point. Kunai, as well a variety of tools, have a variety purposes and can be modified to suit a person's needs. The kunai you have is the general type that maximizes its use in a fight by boosting its durability with thickness and still have enough utility for basic use."

"Um I get it being thicker but what do you mean by utility?"

"It could be more useful out of a fight. Earlier you witnessed that I used your kunai to create shogi pieces. Thanks to its thickness it was capable of carving a tree, it could also be used to pry a few things. You can attach a rope to it and use it as an anchor or if you are climbing a mountain or a cliff you could use it as a piton if you lodge it in correctly or use it to rescue someone or make traps."

"um…"

"Pitons are pegs you see when you are climbing," Fujiko explained guessing where he would be confused.

"Oh I see," Naruto said recalling rock-climbing back at the academy, "you said it was a general one right?"

"Yes. I explained it earlier; any tool can be customized for different purposes and styles, though it is more expensive to do so. Are you okay now?"

"Um yeah." Naruto said as he stood up, letting his jacket and shirt fall down normally. He turned to see Fujiko putting her first-aid kit away. She stood up, placed the mini scroll on her belt. Picked up her staff ad twirled it a bit.

"Alright lets see how well you can use a kunai."

"Okay…um…" oh he said as he saw where she pointed with her staff, his kunai imbedded into the ground next to the tree. He quickly collected it, shook off the dirt, and got ready. "Okay, ready."

"Then lets begin," Fujiko said, this time she took the initiative. This time Fujiko threw in a variety of moves, her intent, rather than to beat Naruto, was to see where exactly his skill where at. She paid close attention whatever pattern she could find and how he reacts to every new move she threw at him. After a while she stopped using her bo staff and borrowed one of Naruto's kunai and sparred like that. She mixed her attacks she threw at Naruto, a kick here and there, swipes, punches, jabs and what not. After that she carved a target for Naruto to hit, he did a variety of throws including the angles he threw shuriken and kunai. It took all took a little over half an hour total.

"Alright, next is kenjutsu," Fujiko said.

"Right," Naruto nodded, he turned and ran to get his katanas, "um which one do you want?"

"First let me examine them," Fujiko said, Naruto handed her his sword without a second thought. Fujiko first picked the one with the blue handle with diamond patterns. She looked at it, touch the blade with her finger nail, she let out a slight frown as she inspected the finger nail. She quickly sheathed the blade and checked the other katana with the handled wrapped in bandages, she repeated the pattern and was dissatisfied as well. "Did you wash this?"

"Yep, my sensei cleaned it the first time after we were done training with it. I just washed it this morning-OW!" Naruto let out as he was hit in the head with the sheath of the katana. "What was that for!"

"Behavior adjustment," Fujiko explained coolly as she sheathed the blade. "My father did the same to me when I cleaned it like that. You're lucky it hasn't rusted yet."

"Huh?"

"When you washed it you washed with water and soap, washing away the choji oil which is bad. For decorative swords it's not really a problem but for real swords it's just irresponsible," Fujiko said.

"Uh…Choji oil," Naruto said imagining Choji sweating on top of a sword.

"It's a type of oil used to prevent rust, you can substitute it with camellia oil or mineral oil. With swords like these the first thing you want to do if you even touch it with your finger tip is clean it right away otherwise you would have rust in the form of a finger print. First you use a special wiping cloth to wipe away Debris. Then you use oil cloth to re-apply the oil and wipe away any excess oil with a special paper."

"So you don't use soap and water?"

"Never for katanas, that's how it rust."

"Okay," Naruto said, "oh wait," he said in realization, "this is the kind of thing they would use to get a cheaper price if I sell it, isn't it?"

"If you mean a store owner who sell's weapon or pawn shop, then yes."

"Crap," Naruto muttered.

"Don't worry, one of Captain Kosuke's friends owns a restaurant that uses camellia oil. She's well acquainted with Motoko so I'm sure she would not mind sparing a few drops to cover the blades."

"Oh sweet." Naruto said, "Thanks, it means a lot."

"It's not a problem," Fujiko said, "for now, let's see if you really don't have aptitude for kenjutsu."

"Um…" Naruto had practiced before with the swords. But it was with his sensei. He wasn't entirely sure they should start with katanas right off the bat. But then he remembered that Fujiko was an expert with weapon so he mustered up some courage. "Which one do you want to use?"

"Grab each one," She said, "the one you feel more comfortable with is the one you'll use. I'll use the other," She said.

"Comfortable?"

"Yes, in a fight, having a weapon you are more comfortable with can make all the difference. Though keep in mind that it does not have to be comfortable as in it fits your hand well or visually pleasing, its something you feel more at ease with."

"I see," Naruto said as he took a hold of the katanas. After a well he made his choice, "here," he handed on Fujiko the katana with the blue handle and diamond pattern. "I feel better with this one," he said holding the katana with the handle wrapped in bandages.

"Alright," She took a deep breath and gripped her the katana, then she released it, "Show me what you can do. Begin," she said. Again, Naruto was hesitant; it was a real Katana in his hands, with his sensei he was sure he could land a hit still not be able to scratch him. Again, he breathed in and remembered this was Fujiko's specialty; she would be to handle his attacks. So he copied her stance, sword in the middle of his body, both hands on the handle like Kakashi told him. After a moment, he charged at her with the katana raised high above his head. The next moment, she her katana right against his neck.

"…The heck?" Was all Naruto could say. After Naruto swung his katana down, Fujiko parried it with the back of her katana and slid her blade down his until it was just barely touching his neck.

"A katana is not limited to its edge; the back can also be used for offensive purposes."

"D-don't tell me," Naruto said already guessing what the answer was.

"The weapon I'm most comfortable with is a Katana," she replied. "It was the first weapon I was trained to use," she removed the sword from his neck and backed off, "you initially showed hesitation, but you shoved it aside. That's understandable. Training with real swords is not something you rush into,"

"Yeah my sensei told me the same," Naruto said, "train the basics with wooden or bamboo knockoffs. Then after you master the techniques you train without a fear of cutting or being cut."

"Yes, though I am impressed that you overcame your hesitation. Even someone ignorant or idiotic would still have not have been able to swing their swords full heartedly unless it was a dire situation."

"Well to be honest, I was worried that I might cut you, but I had faith that you-" Naruto was about to stab the ground and put his weight on the sword.

"Don't stab the ground," Fujiko quickly said.

"-oh right, sorry. I just had faith that you would be able to block anything I throw at you. Still for Katanas to be your thing, how come you use a staff instead?"

"Two reasons, the main one being that Motoko has no desire to hurt anyone. A Bo staff would allow me to incapacitate without a fatal injury. I'm ashamed to admit this, but I'm not at a level where I can use a sword well enough to be able to use it to Motoko's liking."

"I see," Naruto said guessing that Motoko would be that kind of person. "I guess that's also one of the reasons you guys are in the garrison."

"Right. While out family is of Shinobi descent, Motoko has no actual desire to fight, in the garrison we can work as an honorary shinobi and continue to hone our skills," she explained.

"So what's the other reason?"

"Tradition, something my father agrees with my mother's side of the family. In our family, it is believed that only by creating your own katana with your own sweat and effort poured into it can you actually respect and appreciate the blade. To create my Katana I would have to purchase Tamahagane and reserve a forge to myself. I can't ask for help from the black smith because I would have to use my family's method for creating swords, and it's something kept inside the family. Besides the effort, realistically no blacksmith would ever reserve their forge unless it is for a very large sum of money."

"I see," Naruto said. "That sounds like a huge hassle."

"Right, now then, let's continue."

Both Fujiko and Naruto were resting underneath a tree while they caught their breath. Naruto couldn't do much against Fujiko. At least when she had the staff and with a kunai he could at least do something. But Fujiko was just too good with the katana and Naruto had barely gotten used to it. It was like a teenager fighting with a brat.

"Mmm," he heard Fujiko groan as she rubbed her head. She seemed mad at that particular moment.

"You don't have to force yourself you know," Naruto said, sensing what she was upset about.

"Its not that," Fujiko said, guessing what conclusion Naruto got to. "Physically, all three of us can manage Motoko's body well, but the longer any of us stays out the more mentally taxing it becomes and fatigue has a greater effect on us."

"Eh? Then why didn't you say so, dattebayo? I mean so far you're the one I spent the most time with, so isn't your head hurting because you stayed out too long."

"Its fine," Fujiko said, "I'm almost done. From what I can tell your usage of kunais are average, your aim needs a little work as well your ability to curve objects. Using a katana is definitely not for you, and its not because you have no skills, but because you can't read distance that well."

"Distance?"

"When using weapons with a long reach the one thing you need to be able to do is tell the difference in distance and know when to strike. I don't know if it's because of the way you were trained, but getting in close with short-range weapon like kunais suits you better."

"Crap, so I'll never be able to use these," Naruto lifted the two Katanas with one hand.

"Not for another two years of constant training," Fujiko responded, "you'd have to retrain the way you fight. For now it's best to stick with kunai, if you want more range, a tonto might be better than a katana. It is a bit longer than a kunai but it still short enough for you to be able to use without too much training."

"I see, thanks."

"Your welcome. All that's left is ninjutsu."

"Ah I can't do that yet, right?"

"No it should be fine now."

"EH! Really?"

"Yes. Think of it like a fragile dam, once the water is out of the dam its out; usually in order to not harm yourself you need let your chakra out in low amounts before using huge amounts of chakra, the inverse could end in death."

"…How, exactly?"

"Your burn marks, they were around your chakra network, and your chakra network also includes your brain and your heart. Though it is a rare possibility it is nonetheless a possibility, so always be careful. Luckily you don't appear to have any cardiovascular problems nor any mental deficiencies. I assume that's why the hospital let you out."

"Um…I didn't go to the hospital..."

"…That's very irresponsible, you should always get yourself checked out if you feel that something is wrong with your body," Fujiko explained, but she didn't sound mad or concerned.

"I-I'll do it next time," Naruto said looking away with cold sweat dripping down his neck even though Fujiko still had her eyes closed.

"Be sure to do so," she said as she opened her eyes, she stood up, "now, show me which ninjutsu you are able to perform."

"You got it," Naruto said with a smile, he stood up and walked to the field. He turned around with a toothy grin with his hands together, "this is my best jutsu, Shadow Clone jutsu!" After that ten doubles appeared, all grinning. "Pretty cool, right, I can make more too." Fujiko walked up and poked the closest clone.

"Hmm," she hummed as she inspected them walking down to the last. Then she punched him in the gut.

"OHF!" The clone yelled hitting the ground.

"Fairly durable," she commented after seeing that the clone didn't explode into smoke, "alright." She walked to the next one, grabbed him by the hand confusing the clone, the other clones including the one on the ground and the original. She dragged the clone a good distance, whispered something in the clone's ear. "Alright, Naruto dispel it!" Fujiko called out from the distance.

"Okay," Naruto shouted back, he dispelled the clones. After that the clones disappeared leaving behind clouds of smoke that vanished quickly. Fujiko ran back to him. "So what did I tell your clone?"

"…How am I supposed to know?"

"Hmm, so that's why you're were surprised earlier."

"Huh?"

"Is that your only jutsu," Fujiko quickly questioned.

"Uh-no, I have this," hand sign, "Henge no jutsu!" Naruto turned into a perfect double of Fujiko, "I can also henge into weapons."

"I see, it's pretty good."

"Yeah," Naruto said dropping the henge and letting the cloud get off his body. He put his hand together and ran through the hand seals, "Substitution jutsu!" Suddenly Fujiko found herself staring at the woods from Naruto's spot while Naruto was staring at the other end from her spot.

"Is that it?" She asked turning around as Naruto did.

"Nope I also got this," Naruto bit his thumb which caught her attention, spread it on his remaining four fingers, ran through the handseals and yelled "Summoning jutsu!" and slammed the ground. A seal appeared on the ground, he pulled his hand and there was small explosion of smoke. After that a small reddish-orange toad with purple lips and purple highlights around its yellow eyes and stomach wearing a light navy-blue jacket appeared.

"Sup," the toad said with a smile, "Oh you're the new guy who summoned pops and stayed on his head. Nice to meet you, I'm Gamakichi."

"Oh, I'm Naruto Uzumaki," Honestly Naruto had no idea what he would summon, he just thoughtlessly did the jutsu so he wasn't freaking out about its size.

"Hmm, toads," Fujiko said with interest as she approached Gamakichi and crouched and touched his head and began to pet him. The toad in question began to 'melt' in her hands as she rubbed the sides of his head, she even had a small faint blush. She looked pretty cute. "How did you get a summoning contract?" She suddenly asked, bringing Naruto back to what they were doing.

"Oh, ah, pervy-sage let me sign it," Naruto replied.

"HA! Pervy-sage, I like that," Gamakichi said with a chuckle while enjoying Fujiko's soft petting, "you alright with me Naruto. So are you his girlfriend," he asked, causing Naruto blush, before he could say anything Fujiko spoke up.

"I don't know," Fujiko replied as she stood up. "We are going out on a date later on…maybe his significant other for the moment?"

"Works for me. Hey, so what did you summon me for? Showing off," he asked with a knowing smile.

"Ah n-no, she's helping get ready for the final round of the chunin exam."

"Oh boy the chunnin exams! I always wanted to be summoned for it!"

"Really you do?"

"Yeah! Tell you what; summon me during the chunin exam or during training for it and I'll give you a fifty percent discount on the fees until the chunin exam is over,"Gamakichi offered.

"Fee," Fujiko asked.

"Well yeah," Gamakichi replied, "it's not like we work for free."

"Yeah, but wouldn't a bigger toad be better," Naruto asked.

"Probably, but keep in mind, we don't take Ryos, no one takes us seriously when we use human money. Usually its tasty snacks, sake, materials, or even a new weapon or piece of armor."

"Oh crap don't remind me, I still need to figure out how the hell I'm going to get enough sake for your dad."

"Easy, save a bottle every week or so, but I'm serious, the bigger they are the more you have to pay not to mention the chakra cost as well as the built in time limit. With me I'm cheap plus I'm giving a discount, and if I can get my brother to help out, it's two toads for the price of one."

"Eh, that sounds good," Naruto said. "Alright what can you do?"

"I'm pretty much limited to three jutsu, Toad Oil bullet, Starch syrup gun, and a natural jutsu that lets me control and expand my tongue, see," he shot his tongue out into the sky at good length. "Plus a few chakra control techniques."

"What do the first two do," Fujiko asked.

"The first one is just firing a good amount of flammable oil created via-chakra, and I mean really flammable. If you ignite it, it'll burn good. The second is just gooey substance I create via-chakra, it's not much now but it's enough to get someone stuck for a while."

"Cool, dattebayo!" Naruto shouted, something like that would have probably stopped Fujiko in her tracks earlier when she first used the staff on him. "What about your brother?"

"Which one? I got like fifty."

"The one who would help in the chunin exams for half the cost."

"Oh Gamatatsu…yeah I'm gonna be honest with you, his only move is the tongue jutsu. But hey if we practice we could find a way to use him."

"Hmm, well I would like to save some chakra for after I beat Neji or if they do swap opponents I would like to save up to fight him…Alright I choose you guys."

"ALRIGHT!"

"Well with that out of the way, do you know of any other jutsu," Fujiko asked.

"Hmm, oh yeah this is my best jutsu, I've already beaten two people with it and got pervy sage to train me."

"Two people?"

"Yeah closet pervert named Ebisu who's a special jounin and the old man."

"Which old man?"

"You know, the old man, the third hokage," Naruto explained causing her to raise her eyebrows in mild surprise.

"Oh this I gotta see," Gamakichi said.

"Alright, here I go," Naruto clasped his hands together and ran through a few hand seals "Sexy jutsu!" And with a small burst of smoke, a taller and bustier female version appeared in Naruto with long blond pigtails appeared were her assets conveniently covered by the smoke. "Well whadduya think," the female version asked in seductive tone while the convenient smoke cloud covered her.

"…Are you serious," Gamakichi asked while shaking his head, "consider your current company."

Fujiko calmly walked up to Naruto and quickly used her hands to fan the smoke away and stared at fem-Naruto's breast. "Good color," she said as she reached out and grabbed both breast and gave them a good squeeze, which surprised both Naruto and Gamakichi.

"Eeek, what the heck, dattebayo," fem-Naruto asked turning the body away from Fujiko covering the breast before he released the jutsu.

"Hmm," Fujiko hummed as she squeezed her hands a bit, groped her self and then nodded, "the texture is very realistic and feels warm and firm but soft enough, anyone would have mistaken you for the real thing," she commented. "Did you grope women to find out the texture? I wonder, should I have added, 'you tiger,' to the end of that?"

"Wha-NO!" Naruto quickly denied. "I just snuck out the naughty magazines the shopkeepers keep hidden behind the black covers. I looked at the picture and the descriptions and take it from there," he explained.

"I see, then you must have very vivid imagination then; so would that make you a lecherous tiger," Fujiko wondered out loud.

"Oi oi, you make it sound like I'm a pervert, dattebayo."

"Well to be fair, you're the one transforming into a naked girl with modified henge," Gamakichi said. "And you're cool with it?"

"Hmm? Why wouldn't I be," Fujiko asked earnestly. "It is not uncommon for a boy Naruto's age to show an interest in the opposite sex, not to mention he claims to have defeated two powerful adversaries and managed to impress a powerful acquaintance who agreed to train him. If I had to worry over something, it would be what Naruto does in his spare time with one of his clones in this type of jutsu," Fujiko said with slight blush while looking away while still keeping a neutral expression.

"WHOA-NO! Don't put me in those weird situations, dattebayo!" Naruto whined with a red face. "And I did beat them. I used it on the third and he passed out! With Ebisu I made clones and turned into a harem jutsu! Should have seen it! He shot off like rocket!"

"I see, oh Hibiki says 'are you serious? Get the fuck out ha ha ha ha.'"

"Eh she can hear us?"

"Yes, they are both laughing," she replied while Gamakichi gave them both a confused look but just shrugged it off as they're inside thing.

"Oh right, well I guess it is funny."

"Yes, but I would be very careful about when you use it, obviously this technique can be used to catch someone off guard, but I have good feeling it would not have that great of an effect on the opposite sex. See if you can make a version for girls."

"Um you mean like a reverse sexy jutsu?" Naruto asked to which Fujiko gave a gentle nod, "Hmm I donno, sounds kinda weird."

"Well the normal version will not be as effective on most women," she explained, "also, men have different taste including if they like males or females, so maybe go for mono-gender character."
"Mmm I'll think about it," was all Naruto said with squinted eyes.

"Please do so. So is that it?"

"Yeah, also I can walk on trees and water."

"I see, for the most part I can tell that you are aware of how to use your jutsu, but you can always improve your jutsu and have certain tactics ready, in addition, I will teach you to better utilize the shadow clone jutsu. Also, from what I see, you have not used the summoning jutsu in an actual fight. So within few days, you, Gamakishi, and his brother Gamatatsu, are going to work together to come up with a simple strategy. Mmm," she rubbed her forehead as her body wavered a little bit.

"Whoa you alright," Naruto said rushing up to her and grabbing her shoulders and keeping her standing still.

"Just a little fatigued is all, just one more thing and I'm done," she said. "Do you know what your nature is?"

"Ah, people say knucklehead, I say Hokage material, now switch," he said with a concerned tone

"That's not what I mean," Fujiko said, "and by the looks of it you don't know either. This will be quick, do you know where I can start a fire."

"Yeah, I'll take you there," Naruto said picking her up and putting her over his right shoulder as he ran to the river then took off running upstream.

"Hey wait for me," Gamakichi shouted as he jumped on Naruto's left shoulder.