In fact, judging from the way Konohamaru and a few others took one look at her as she walked to her new partner's apartment - the look apparently worked for her.
Okay, the short skirt showed a bit of leg. But her black outfit normally showed nearly as much leg. The long gloves and form-fitting boots were of a tough material that was as comfortable and breathed as well as fine linen - and was just as flexible. Yet the material seemed to shed dirt and casual smudges. If she worked at it, the material could get dirty - but seemed at least resistant to such things.
Ninja mesh outfits, like Anko or any number of other kunoichi wore, showed more skin. The frills and ribbons were odd, but she quickly learned how to tuck a few shuriken and kunai and senbon into places where they weren't obvious.
She was a shinobi after all. Having a few extra tools around was generally a good thing.
The yellow crescent on her forehead was easily hidden. All she'd have to do was change her hairstyle a bit so that her forehead was more concealed.
She might be a shinobi, and cold and harsh and capable of being completely ruthless. She was also a girl, and tying a bit of ribbon around her tail was merely decorative flair that added to her disguise.
She felt the tingle about halfway there and realized the time was up and she was turning back into a cat. Temporary though, and that made it bearable.
"Damn, that was... I can still talk?" asked the cat in the alley. She'd thought that the talking ability would run out too, but if it didn't then... "Hmmmm. Possibilities with this." After all, a cat could go just about anywhere simply by adopting the 'I'm a cat, that's all the authority I need' attitude.
Things had altered but MOSTLY stayed inside the general guidelines of Naruto's original past.
Naruto was still the carrier of the Ninetails. Sasuke was still vengeance-obsessed. Sakura, Ino, and a large number of other girls were still Sasuke-obsessed fangirls.
Genma Fukayu was (as far as anyone of the village was concerned) an adult off a minor non-Sharingan-wielding branch of the Uchiha clan whose own village was far enough off the map that Itachi had never hunted it down. He stopped by Konoha (rather more frequently than Sasuke would like) every so often just to make life difficult for the Last Uchiha. One of the changes was a bet made with Hiashi Hyuga that engaged Hinata Hyuga to Naruto, despite neither of the individuals involved having any authority over Naruto to do so.
Naruto had a genjutsu he could cast that created a lantern that actually worked as if it were a real physical lantern. This blew quite a few minds as they tried to figure out how that could work. He also had his 'Centerfold Jutsu' and the now-infamous 'Clown Car Jutsu' where he managed at age eleven to pack a wagon with his class and Academy staff members in order to get everyone out to a countryside field trip for the price of a single fare.
Due to Naruto stealing a scroll of techniques (not the one he'd done in the original universe) from the Hokage Tower and then making copies of the ones he thought were interesting, he'd given out a few techniques to people he thought could use them and who might benefit from such.
Rock Lee - Dragon Palm technique. Which amplified his strength in a single blow which could send shockwaves through whatever he'd struck.
Sakura Haruno - Domination Shibari Jutsu. Which she wasn't likely to use properly until after puberty.
Sasuke Uchiha - Firebird Fist. A small bird-shaped fireball which could be launched and the flight of which was then directed by the caster.
Hinata Hyuga - Pinpoint Defense. Requiring excellent chakra control, one could create a chakra shield on any particular point of the body - floating it a finger's width above the skin to absorb damage.
Ino Yamanaka - Barajutsu. Which Ino DID use now. Throwing roses with pinpoint precision, temporarily enhancing them with chakra so that they essentially became senbon for the few seconds the technique was active.
Choji Akimichi - Watermelon Seed Jutsu. Which apparently Choji hadn't even read.
Kiba Inuzuka - Dog Pack Attack. A genjutsu which included a multi-clone attack which caused a pack of dogs to appear and attack the target.
Ages had been set, then reset, so that they were normal again. Excepting Naruto who'd aged another year when he'd gone off-universe for a year.
Naruto had spent a little over a year outside his universe, returning to his own universe a few seconds after he'd left it. With a Mid-Childan Intelligent Device named Mjolnir and knowing how to cast a few spells with it.
Hanabi had been turned into a cat by an enemy that Naruto had made during that year. Sakura turned into a self-willed puppet much as Sasori would turn out to be. Most of the Rookie Nine had been injured pretty badly during the D-Ranks.
"Aw come on, gramps," said Naruto. "We've been double teaming the D-Ranks. Yeah, I know they're piling up because so many of the teams got sidelined - but they're mostly healed now. Let's have something a bit more awesome than cleaning rivers."
"Or working at Ninja Burger," deadpanned Sasuke.
"Well, there's good news," said the Hokage. "For one thing, Miyuki, I understand you're leaving tonight?"
"Yeah, not that I didn't get to see a lot of your village," said Miyuki Takamichi. "I just somehow never expected catching stray cats and pulling weeds to constitute the average ninja mission."
"Agreed," said Sasuke.
"So true," agreed Naruto.
"Which of course leaves us a problem in that a three-man team is normally required for missions," said the Hokage. "There is a C-Rank available. Guarding a bridge builder from bandits."
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