The Fabber was very like a Mid-Childan Intelligent Device in some respects - one of which was that it acted like a teaching device. Naruto was learning all sorts of things and constantly, information feeding into him and causing neurons to click and develop.
So Naruto was more intelligent in that he not only had information, but could process it to a greater degree.
Unfortunately he was a bit of an Absent-Minded Professor type due to any question he had ending up in a search of the various databases.
Every year he built a new arm and pair of legs for Tenten to accomodate her growth.
Every year Tenten objected to some of the "upgrades" for one reason or another.
"Okay, before you put those on, explain this stuff," said Tenten, holding up the "upgraded features list" in her human hand.
"Mfff? Explain what?" asked Naruto once he'd gotten the screwdriver out of his mouth
"What is 'Rocket Punch'?" asked Tenten.
"Oh, you activate the unlatch at the elbow," said Naruto, indicating that part of the arm. "Then you point it like so, then you trigger this here."
The arm launched itself, leaving a trail of smoke as it shot across the room and imbedded itself in a wall.
"How do I get my arm back after it does that?" asked Tenten.
"Oh," said Naruto. "Yeah. Hmmm. Okay, Gimee another week."
"What do the legs do?" asked Tenten, looking at them. They were mostly the shape of human legs at least.
"I added a rocket boost in the heels!" exclaimed Naruto. "You click 'em together and they'll give you thirty seconds of jet propulsion!"
"Can't you just build BASIC arms and legs?" asked Tenten.
"But where's the fun in that?" asked Naruto. "Can I at least add retractible claws?"
Tenten gave a long-suffering sigh before nodding.
"Yay!" said Naruto. "You won't regret this."
"I already am," muttered Tenten.
Tenten age: ten, Naruto age nine:
"This year I've got something special for you, Ten-chan!"
"Does this explode for no adequately explored reason?" asked Tenten.
"No!" said Naruto. "I tested this one!"
"Is it a use-once and then never work again gadget?" asked Tenten.
"No, those are just wasteful," said Naruto with a sniff.
"Does it jam up every twentieth use?" asked Tenten, counting off previous attempts.
"Sometimes, but I added a reset that will allow you to recover function at that point," said Naruto.
"Uh huh," said Tenten skeptically as she went over the datasheet she now insisted on when Naruto started talking about upgrades. "What's this one? 'Kinetic Impact Enhacement Pylon'?"
"It's a piston that you can grab onto someone and then slam 'em with extra impact!" said Naruto.
"No. Remove it," said Tenten. "I like the laser though, any upgrades for that?"
Naruto frowned. Nobody understood. Nobody listened. Everyone that DIDN'T ignore him or turn hostile eyes towards him, regarded him as weird!
"I'll show them," said Naruto as he welded parts together. "I'll show them all! They don't want to be my friend? I'll BUILD myself a friend!"
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