Naruto: The Life Changer

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Streets of Konohagakure

Naruto wandered back to his apartment with Iruka-sensei, who kindly volunteered to take the clothing bags. Naruto had also prevailed upon him to keep his graduation outfit at his house, just in case someone broke into his apartment and wrecked it.

Iruka had developed a pained look at that but had acceded to Naruto's request, as long as Naruto promised to actually pay attention in class and not paint bomb Mizuki when he entered the classroom…again.

Begrudgingly, Naruto had agreed, but he privately started planning to paint bomb Mizuki anywhere but the Academy…heheheheh.

"Iruka-sensei, you know all those weapons back at Higurashi's?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah?" Iruka replied, "Thinking of saving up to buy one?"

"I…dunno." Naruto admitted, "I can't really see the point buying one if I fail the exam because of that damn Bunshin no Jutsu again."

The Chunin-sensei nodded at that. Naruto was excellent at the Henge no Jutsu (Transformation Jutsu) and had some skill with the Kawarimi no Jutsu (Substitution Jutsu), but kept stumbling at the basic illusory clone jutsu.

"I can see how that might impact your decision." he admitted, "I'll mention it to Hokage-sama, alright. He should be able to figure something out…maybe an exemption of some sort. A student who couldn't mould chakra externally last year was granted an exemption, although he was ranked as the Dead Last because of it. He's one of Tenten's teammates right now."

"How the hell is that fair?" Naruto grumbled, "I can use the Henge and Kawarimi but failed! This guy can't even do that! All I can't do is that stupid illusion clone that is so useless it might as well not exist!"

"Naruto…" Iruka sighed. He knew that the blond wasn't being cruel or mean. On the contrary, he had a point. Someone who wasn't even able to use chakra properly for any the Academy Three had graduated, while Naruto had failed twice because he was unable to perform one of them properly.

Another good point Naruto had made was about the Bunshin. It was a very useless technique that was rarely, if ever, used post-graduation because any shinobi (hell, anyone with common sense!) could distinguish the illusions from the original, as the illusions had no shadows.

'The guidelines merely say that graduates 'have to demonstrate mastery of a Bunshin no Jutsu'. It isn't specifically stated that is has to be THEBunshin no Jutsu, just A Bunshin no Jutsu.' Iruka considered before nodding.

"I'll have a word with Hokage-sama, Naruto." the scar-faced Chunin promised, "I have an idea that might work, but I have to run it past him first."

"Oh. OK." Naruto nodded, "I was wondering what kind of weapons would suit me better."

"Not any polearm weapons." Iruka said immediately, "Nor anything too heavy, like a mace, so spears and the like are out, as are hammers or maces."

"Nodachi fall under long weapons as well." Naruto muttered, "Ditto for Katana…what about a Kodachi or a pair of Tantō?"

Iruka looked thoughtful at that. "You do seem like the kind to get up-close and personal with your enemies, where the tantō blades would do quite a bit of damage…and the Kodachi can be used for when you need a bit of extra reach. Yeah, those three sound like a good investment to make."

"Yosha!" Naruto declared, "Now to start saving up for them! Err…how much do Tantō and Kodachi cost anyway?"

"Well…" Iruka looked thoughtful as they approached Naruto's building, "At an average shop, an ordinary pair of Tantō is about ten-thousand Ryo, with an ordinary Kodachi being about double that. At Higurashi's the stuff is pretty good for only five-hundred Ryo more."

"This might take a while." Naruto concluded, "Well, thanks for your help to- oh for the love of Kami. Again?!"

Naruto and Iruka stopped outside Naruto's apartment window, which was, once again, smashed to pieces, with the stench of rotting dog turds wafting out from within.

"Great." Naruto grumbled, "Well, I'd better deal with this. See you tomorrow, Iruka-sensei."

The chunin nodded tightly as he watched his student enter his apartment and close the door quietly. Iruka started towards the Hokage Tower via the rooftops.

He had yet another interesting report to give to the Military Dictator of Konohagakure no Sato, one that he doubted the leader of the village would be happy to receive.

With Naruto…

Once he had dealt with the dog crap (again!), Naruto set about repairing the window…again. At the end of it, he levelled up his [Glass Cutting] Skill to level 28.

"Right…that's that…" Naruto huffed as he dismissed the window and sat down on his crappy sofa, "Now…why the heck did I get such a good break with Higurashi's? Most weapon shops chuck me out as soon as they see me."

Thinking about it, he remembered the [Guide] had mentioned something about this kind of thing.

"{Guide}" he commanded, making the desired screen appear in midair before him, "Now lessee here…ah-ha! {Reputation}!"

The box popped up almost immediately, so Naruto started to read the description.

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