"Oh, Little Naruto! Good morning! I've got some kunai need pounding out, do you remember how to do it?"
"Sure! Morning, Tenten!"
"Too... early... Need coffee."
"Teuchi-sensei! Got any deliveries need doing?"
"Not right now, Naruto, Ayame has that handled."
"Okay, see you later!"
"Hiya Toshi-san! Can I help you with those packages?"
"Oh, Little Naruto! Are you sure you can handle them?"
"No problem!" THUD! "Uhm, okay, maybe just one."
"There goes that demon brat."
WHAM!
"Owwww. Asako! What the hell was that for?!"
"That 'demon brat' helped me get home the other day. He's a nice kid, so lay off him already!"
"B-b-but."
"And you know old man Reichi? Kid helped him fix his melon cart the other day or the guy would have missed a whole day of sales. Kid helps out dozens of people, so lay off that 'demon' talk or you'll taste my 'Fist Of Justice'."
"...'dozens of people'?"
"Himura the fish seller. Old man Reichi. I've seen him running deliveries for Ichiraku Ramen and that confectioner who sells the dango. Pon-san the weaponsmith. He's even run messages for the Hokage when the chunin are busy. He's been working with Denri the carpenter and Eiko the baker too, offering to help out all over the place. Does THAT sound like a 'demon' to you?"
"He could be trying to lull us into a false sense of security?"
"FIST OF JUSTICE!" KA-POWIE!
"See here, Naruto? If you make the join like this, it won't slip easily later on. We call it 'dovetailing' because it's shaped like the tail of a dove."
"Oh, I see! Let me try it!"
"Keep pumping the bellows just like that, it'll keep the heat even while I pound the impurities out of this metal."
"Sure thing, Pon-sensei!"
"'Sensei' huh? I kinda like the sound of that."
"Oh, that's very good Naruto. Keep cutting the vegetables thin and even just like that."
"So what do we do with them after I'm done?"
"We wrap the meat and vegetables in the dough that I'm making, then we toss them in the oil to cook later on when the stall is open. That way the smell of the cooking meat pies will draw potential customers and let them know it's ready."
"Oh, cool!"
"Wow, Naruto, you're getting pretty strong for a sprout your size!"
"Yeah! Pon-sensei says working the bellows is good exercise for someone my size."
"Hmph, is that so? Well, let me show you how a fish-seller has to be in good shape too! Help me with these nets would you?"
Naruto blinked as the memories bubbled up.
"You see?" said Inari, currently Inari-chan. "So we've got the basics of dozens of skills and professions. We're not doing so good in the Academy because we can't do the bunshin very well, and we miss a few homework assignments here and there, but we're not absolutely pathetic either. We've also got some techniques that make up for it."
"Techniques?" asked Naruto, interested.
"Yeah, because we're like this, we can do things no average genin could do," said Inari-chan, grinning. "Not only that real transformation, substitution, and we've got a good stealth-jutsu. We've also got:"
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