It was only natural that people wanted to be recognized, not just for their skills, talents and accomplishments, but as individuals with thoughts and feelings of their own. The people in this world were social animals, always eager to communicate, always eager to show off and always looking for attention. This boy standing before them must have gotten tired of being labeled as something that had been forged by his grandfather and wanted nothing more than to be just a normal kid like all the others.
Naruto understood this. He'd sought acknowledgement as a person and wanted the villagers to recognize his existence and not look away from him when he passed them on the streets. This boy was like him in a way. The only difference between them was that while the kid was starting off from the top, he himself started out life at the bottom of the food chain.
Tayuya also struggled through a lot of her early life after being left alone in the cold with no one to acknowledge or to take care of her. That was until she met Naruto. He pulled her out of the gutter and gave her a new purpose. His kindness instilled a belief in her that she could get more out of life by living for something or for someone, and had since been setting herself numerous goals to reach, giving herself purpose.
For that reason Tayuya smiled up at the jinchuriki and nodded down towards the boy still standing between them and looking at his feet. Acknowledging her gesture, Naruto smirked and looked back at the Hokage's grandson and clicked his fingers to get the youngster to glance up at him.
"Okay then," Naruto answered with a smile, "I'll help you out. Although… I'm not really sure if there's anything I can actually teach you." He scratched his head thoughtfully before folding his arms. "Do you know any of the academy techniques like Henge, Bunshin or Kawarimi?"
Konohamaru shook his head but then smiled when he realized Naruto was going to teach him something.
Seeing his expression brighten had the jinchuriki chuckle. "Good. That means we can start off with something simple." He then laced his fingers together and stretched his arms above his head. After limbering up, Naruto then formed a hand seal that Tayuya had never seen him use before, crossing the two fingers of his left with the fingers of his right, forming a plus sign in front of him. "I think this is a good enough time for me to get some practice with this."
"What the hell kind of sign is that, shithead?" Tayuya asked in surprise. "What are you doing?"
"Something new. You're gonna love it," Naruto smirked before concentrating. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."
The area was once again filled with white puffs of smoke bursting up around the trio, signifying the execution of a technique. Konohamaru and Tayuya did well in waving away the excess fumes and when the veil eventually cleared, their jaws dropped when they saw standing around them a swath of Naruto doppelgangers. No joke.
When there had previously been one, there now stood six.
The real one placed his hands on his hips and acknowledged each and every one of the clones as they stretched and got used to their newly created forms. "Awesome… it actually works." He then pointed at them and then down at Konohamaru. "Take him around the village and show him the ropes. I think the Henge is the perfect thing for him to start off with."
"You got it boss," one of the clones saluted before hurrying off along with the others. One stayed behind to pat Konohamaru on the shoulder to get him to snap out of it. When the boy did, he nodded dumbly at his harrier before following after the squad of copies. Soon enough, Naruto and Tayuya were the only ones left in the area.
Letting out a yawn, Naruto grinned at the still gawking red head and waved for her to follow. "Come on, I'm starving. Let's get some ramen already." He was about to head off, but stopped when he saw his friend wasn't budging an inch. "Hey. What's wrong, T-Tayuya-chan?"
The girl pointed at him in amazement. "Since when could you use the Bunshin no Jutsu? I thought you flunked that exam." Not only that, but how the hell was he able to make so many.
Realizing her stupor, the jinchuriki gave her a lighthearted chuckle. "Oh that's right. You didn't know I could do that. To be honest I didn't know I could do it myself. That was the first time I used that technique." Naruto smiled at her, "It's called Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. I got it from the big-ass scroll that Mizuki swiped a couple of nights ago."
"Kage Bunshin?" Tayuya blinked. "That's… really… incredible."
"Yeah. It says that I can create living, breathing, solid copies with the technique and not illusions like with the conventional one," Naruto exclaimed before slipping his hands into his pockets and giving a sly smirk. "Guess that bumps me up a couple more pegs, huh?"
"But… isn't that technique dangerous?" the girl asked, pointing down the road Konohamaru and the entourage of copies had disappeared down. "You got it from the Scroll of Seals, right? That makes it a kinjutsu."
"It says it's dangerous because it divides up the chakra of the user evenly between each clone created and it can supposedly kill you if used too many times, since it takes a big chunk out of your reserves," Naruto said but then shrugged. "Honestly though, I'm feeling fine. It didn't take anything out of me and I've still got plenty of energy to spare."
Hearing what it took to execute that technique had the red head stare at the jinchuriki for a good, long while. But after processing the information and seeing that Naruto was still alive and well, shining with the same magnificence he always did, Tayuya then breathed out a sigh and rubbed her eye. She gave the kid an amused smirk. "I forgot that you were a stamina freak. Guess this makes up for your lack of a Bunshin no Jutsu, eh?"
"Damn straight." Naruto replied before reaching out and grabbing the girl's hand. Tayuya responded with a light blush and squeezed back when he started pulling her along. "Come on. Let's have lunch."
It was mind-blowing discovery that Naruto waved off so easily. While anyone else would have been left staggered and asking thousands of questions, particularly the nearby villagers who had just been watching, it was no skin off of the jinchuriki's teeth. For some strange reason the jutsu just came naturally to him. He didn't even need that much practice with it and was able to successfully perform it.
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