Naruto rushed home, and immediately started to search through his memories as to what the test is about. What did he find? It was on the transformation and substitution jutsu!
He searched through Naruto's original memories to find out how the jutsu worked, and quickly formed a hand sign.
"Hah!"
*Poof*
Smoke puffed out from him, and when it cleared...he looked the same...
"What is this crap, dammit, he knows the sexy jutsu, let's start from there..." He muttered as he tested out the only jutsu Naruto knew.
*Poof*
Standing in front of the full length mirror, Naruto stared at his own body
"Hm...he can do this so well, the transformation jutsu should use the same concept" He muttered as he transformed back, not flustered at all seeing the jutsu's result.
-1 hour later-
"What is this? F**k, how can Naruto master the sexy jutsu so well, but be so bad at transformation jutsu?" He was stunned, every time he tried to transform into something or someone, he would turn into something else entirely!
At one point, he became half human, half fish!
"There must be something I'm missing" His mind raced, he compared the two jutsu, and began analysing his chakra flow as he did it.
-1 hour later-
"Almost..." He muttered, he was able to successfully transform into Iruka, but he felt that he was still missing something as his face still had his whiskers.
[Want a hint?]
"Of course!"
[Before I give you a hint, how about asking some questions, depending on your answer, the difficulty of obtaining the hint will increase or decrease]
"You cheap b*stard, fine, hammer away" He slapped the table and said
[Do you prefer harem or pure love?]
"Pure love! Also, what type of question is that!?" Naruto was stupefied, why would it ask such a question!?
[Hehe, okay, now go flirt with 3 different girls, if you do it, I'll give you a hint]
"...piece of sh*t!" He may have a low moral standpoint, but how can he tolerate that!
He sat down and decided to focus on analysing the techniques used when initiating the two jutsu.
As he was thinking, a thought occurred to him. He tried to transform into Sasuke, and resulted in his hair turning black, with no other apparent changes.
He then tried to transform into Iruka again, but was able to do so quite well. He attempted this with as many people he could think of, and thanks to Kurama's chakra, his reserve was quite large, allowing him to do so.
"I got it" His lips curled into a smile
"Familiarity and understanding of the character! I've been trying to transform into people I hardly know, all based on knowledge from my memory in this life, but I never knew many people to begin with" He rubbed his chin
With Iruka being one of the few people he somewhat understands and interacted with, he was naturally the person he was best when it comes to transformation.
If that is a case...what about memories of his previous life?
He crossed his fingers and betted on one more transformation...
*Poof*
He opened his eyes and stared at the mirror as a smile crept to his face
"Perfect"
-Next day-
[Hey, won't you consider this mission?]
"No" Naruto replied blankly
[Come on, it'll be fun, flirt with 3 girls, and spank Tsunade's a*s when you see her in the future, I'll directly give you the 4 tail form, 1 tail for each girl]
"I'd rather live" He replied, spanking Tsunade's rear is just asking for death!
That is someone who can fight the f**king Raikage in brute strength! Even with the 4 tail form, he would be slapped senseless! Not to mention, he refused to deviate from his hatred towards harems.
On his way, he ran into someone he knew
"Yo, Shiki" Naruto waved
"Mn, sup" Shikamaru nodded, beside him were his friends, Choji and Ino
Shikamaru being someone he knew somewhat well, he decided to start building up his relationship with more people.
"Is that a new flavour? Pass me one" Naruto saw Choji holding a bag of chips and appeared behind him in a flash.
Seeing his hungry gaze, Choji decided to do what was reasonable, and...
*Munch*
Swallowed everything in one bite...
"The chips are light and crunchy, packed with flavour, that is my ninja way" Choji gave him a nod and said
"..." Naruto looked rather depressed after that as he walked beside them
"It's just chips" Shikamaru said
"Shikamaru, you don't understand the beauty of such food" Naruto said with a straight face
When he said that, Choji looked over. The two suddenly clasped hands...
"Next time, I'll share a piece with you" He said earnestly
The sudden bonding left Shikamaru and Ino at a loss, the former pinched between his brows and sighed.
"This is such a drag" He groaned
"C'mon Shiki, don't be so down, Ino, is Shiki always like this?" Naruto asked Ino, who was surprised he asked her.
"Eh? Most the time" She nodded
Naruto yawned, spending all day yesterday practicing the jutsu left him mentally exhausted, and the night of sleep didn't help because the damn system/assistant won't stop bothering him with that stupid mission!
It even used the audio function just to wake him up!
He rubbed his eyes, hoping this day would end so he can get home and get some proper sleep.
-At school-
"I'm sure everyone already know what you need to do, first up, Sakura" Iruka stood at the front with a pen in his hand.
*Poof*
Sakura swiftly transformed into Sasuke, in which Iruka nodded.
"Pass, next up..."
He called on many people, and soon, it was Naruto's turn. Many turned to him, most of which showing disdain as he was always the bottom of the class. The only one who watched him in positive light was...Kiba...
He was smiling at Naruto as if saying "I'm not in last thanks to him"...
"Naruto, I hope it won't be the same jutsu as last time" Iruka said in a low voice, his brows furrowing, expecting the worst case to happen.
Naruto created a hand gesture
*Poof*
White smoke exploded, and when it gradually dissipated, everyone's eyes boggled.
"Wh-What!" Someone shouted
The person who was most shocked, and shouted out, was none other than Ino...
Because in front of everyone, it wasn't the sexy jutsu they all expected, but...Ino! The transformation was perfect, with no flaw except the grin he had on his face, proud that he was able to pull it off.
"Naruto, pass" Iruka was at first shocked, but a relieved smile appeared on his face as he gave Naruto a proud nod.
Naruto changed back and rubbed his nose, Ino has always been on of his favourite characters in his past life, and with how hazy his memory of the story was, she was one of the few people he could still remember quite well.
"Hehehe, sensei, how was it"
"Heh, I'll buy you ramen later" Iruka said with a smile
"But don't forget that tomorrow, we're testing the substitution jutsu" He added
Naruto's expression dropped a bit, but he maintained his smile.
'F**k, I need to practice something else now!?' He cursed in his heart, but an idea came to his mind.
"Iruka, can I ask who's first in terms of substitution jutsu?"
"That would be Sasuke" He replied
Once class ended, Naruto walked up to Sasuke, and stood next to his desk as he pressed one arm on the table.
"Sasuke, mind if you help out with something?" He asked with a smile
Sasuke looked up at him with an aloof gaze before turning his head aside. This seemed to have made the girls swoon for him as they squealed together.
'F**king fan girls' Naruto cursed in his head
[Mission, kiss Sasuke on the lips]
[Reward: Master substitution jutsu]
"..."
'You see, what you just asked of me has two problems, first, he's a guy, second, how old is he? I was f**king fifteen when I died, it'd be a problem in more than one way'
[Do you believe in fate?]
'Fate?'
[Yeah...fate...]
'What are you-"
*Thud*
As he was thinking, someone suddenly pushed him on accident when they took a step backwards, causing Naruto to suddenly fall onto Sasuke.
!!!!!
"..."
Everyone in the class watched as the aloof and cold boy had his lips taken by the blonde hooligan...
Sasuke and Naruto's eyes both widened as they pushed each other away.
The former covered his mouth as he wiped it intensely, whilst Naruto groaned internally...
[Mission complete, be glad, that one was like a freebie]
'I f**king hate you'
[Not my fault you kissed him, why are you blaming me? And I think you have some more pressing concerns at the moment]
'And what'll that be'
Naruto looked up, and realised that he was now being glared at by every girl in the class with eyes filled with killing intent. It suddenly became quite suffocating for him, but a thought occurred to him.
His brain quickly analysed his situation, and felt that this matter can actually help resolve a problem he's been mulling over since his other life's memories merged with him.
He stood up, and took a step back
"G-Guys? You all know it was an accident, right? Right?" He asked with a wry smile
"Beat him up!" The girls yelled as they charged at him
"Get that b*stard for dirtying Sasuke-kun!"
Naruto quickly mobilised his chakra in secret, and materialised a long tail behind him that was hidden from sight. The tail swept low, and using the massive commotion around him, no one realised it.
The sweep was targeted at one person...Ino
Her legs were tripped, causing her to fall forward, and her two hands pressed forth out of instinct.
As she fell, many moved out of her way out of pure instinct, and her landing spot...well, she directly pushed Naruto back, causing him to topple backwards where...
*Bang*
His head landed against the corner of the desk behind him, and his body fell to the ground with a loud *thud*
This sudden turn of events made the girls panic, especially Ino, who saw traces of blood on the corner of the desk.
"Qu-Quickly, get him to the hospital!"
They may want to beat him up, but who would actually want to harm anyone to such a dangerous degree? And Ino, the person who did this, was now shaking as she watched Naruto get carried out by medics.
"Ino, I think you went a bit far with that one?" Sakura frowned
"I-I didn't mean it, I tripped" She said with a flustered expression
Nothing could be done at this point, so all she could do now was head to the hospital and wait for news to come.
-At the hospital-
"How is Naruto" Ino asked a medical-nin who was in charge of checking on Naruto
"He..." The medical ninja turned to the side with a complicated expression, which made Ino's heart rate increase out of worry.
"It's not what you think" Realising her worry, he hurriedly said
"O-Oh...then what is the problem?" She asked
Behind her, Shikamaru and Choji were also present, wanting to know what happened to Naruto after that incident.
The medical-nin sighed
"It's better for you to see yourself" He said as he opened the door
They walked in and saw Naruto munching on some food, but something felt different to the Naruto from this morning.
His expression was a bit more...fierce?
"Yo Shiki, come to check up on me?" Naruto looked up and waved
'Were we overthinking it?'
Ino stepped forward with a nervous look, she stared at the bandages wrapped around his head, and guilt flooded her heart.
"Naruto, I...I'm sorry!" She bowed her head and said
Her eyes peaked up, and she saw Naruto smiling at her with a playful smile.
"Hey Ino, how bout you treat me to ramen instead?" Naruto grinned
"Huh?"
Shikamaru gave her a nudge and indicated that it was Naruto's way of forgiving her, which made her expression relax a little.
"Yeah, I'll treat you to as much as you want" She said with a relieved expression, but she still felt very guilty, after all, that injury seemed serious.
Wait, so why was the medic acting so weird earlier? But the next moment...
"Hah, f**k, still can't believe kissing Sasuke got me into this sh*t, hey Ino, is Sasuke really that hot when he ignores ya'll?" Naruto leaned one arm on the table beside him and asked
"..." Did he just swear? And his way of speaking...it's much more thug like.
Is this what the medical-nin meant!?
"U-Uh, Naruto, are you okay?" Choji asked
"I'm fine, why?" He asked back
"Nothing..."
To them...it seems that Naruto's personality has been changed a bit due to the head injury...
Of course, that isn't the case. Naruto wanted his head to be hit, specifically for a head injury, as it was the easiest way to hide something. And that something is his attitude.
Ever since arriving here, he was worried, he'd be suspected to be too different to the original, but if he got a heavy head injury, he can pin the blame on the injury.
[That sounds like a very lazy excuse]
'Thanks, I know I'm awesome'
[I didn't say you were awesome]
'I know, I'm awesome'
[...]