"Good," rumbled Terutora, the mecha-panther not even raising his head up from where he was sprawled. "You need to get some sleep."
"How can I sleep with all this?" asked Naruto, hefting the shotgun-like device. "With this, I can load a shell and fire off any number of interesting effects. Nets. Fireballs. Shrapnel sprays. Smoke bombs. Armor-piercers. Knock-out darts. Slippery stuff. Sticky stuff. If only I'd had this in my pranking days."
"You speak as if those are behind you," noted Terutora.
"Well... I guess they are," said Naruto, only realizing it at that point. "Since I'm working with the ANBU and all now, it's just kinda odd to do anything to put them out."
"From what I've overheard," said Terutora, "if you make genin - then you'll have to do a lot of common labor work around the village. Hold off on making the ANBU too many of those - that way you'll get missions to supply them."
Naruto considered that. "So then they'd be in my mission record as successful missions, continuing to make me look better as a ninja?"
"Exactly," said Terutora, stirring to look directly at Naruto.
"That's sneaky," said Naruto.
"Well, I am a panther," noted Terutora.
"Perfect," said Naruto as he went back to fitting things together.
"Is that the one for 'Cat'?" asked Terutora, looking at the device on Naruto's worktable.
"Yeah, small body, suitable for sneaking around and observing things," said Naruto, pointing to a side-table. "That'll be a video monitor, allow her to tap into the cat's eyes and ears at a distance. The cat's tail will act as an antennae."
"No stealth or flight?" asked Terutora.
"No room, normal-sized cat, not intended for assault or anything, but from what she said she normally just gets jobs within Konoha guarding people or stuff," said Naruto as he worked. "Extra pair of eyes and ears would be better. Besides, I'm having to make several of these things for the ANBU and Ojiisan and they ain't gonna be as multi-purpose as you are. At least at first. Maybe later I can add stuff."
"Still you need to sleep before you take the exams," chided Terutora.
"Too much to do, too little time," responded Naruto.
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