Naruto had picked up Jack nearly five days ago now. The little gemstone/Intelligent Device was teaching, but it was also learning.
Naruto had some problems with attention and short term memory. Jack was designed as a teacher and could address those issues.
As for fitting into the setting and the ninja-lifestyle, Jack had decided that wuxia provided the best grouping of similar abilities.
"Why a 'wha-zia'?" had asked Naruto when the subject had come up.
[You wish to be a leader of your people and one whom they look up to and admire. A powerful warrior. This fits within the wuxia concept and is adaptable to what I can determine of this setting.]
"Huh, what about the rest of this stuff?"
[The wuxia code is such that several noncombat skills are indicated for times that a violent solution is less than optimal.]
"Huh?"
[Learning this now gives you more options in the future.]
"Oh, I guess..."
[There's also a code of behavior. Yi or righteousness, and Xin or honor. I shall instruct you as we cover other lesson material. Warning: large carnivore approaching - distance twenty meters and direction is to your right.]
Naruto gripped his makeshift spear. "Can I take it?"
[Allow me to guide your limbs. Ready. Begin.]
"Hokage-sama!"
"If this is about Anko and Kurenai sunbathing on the roof of their apartment again," began the Hokage with a frown.
"Uhm, they are?" asked Dog.
"Well, what did you want to see me about if that wasn't it?" asked the Hokage. "Dog? Hello? Kakashi!"
"What? Oh, right," said the ANBU captain, his attention yanked back from picturing certain things. "Naruto is learning treeclimbing with chakra while practicing spear techniques. He's also killed one of the giant tigers after it attacked him."
The Hokage blinked. "A six year old boy defeated an eight-hundred pound tiger?"
"Yes, it was actually quite impressive," said Dog. "I was ready to strike it down but the boy managed to do it without assistance."
"He did it without..." the Hokage wanted that particular point confirmed.
"There were odd flares of chakra, but nothing like the Kyubi," answered Kakashi. "The oddest thing is - using my Sharingan I pinpointed the source and it appears to be an incredibly dense fuuinjutsu inscribed on a gemstone."
"Have the surveillance continue, but I want to see if a Hyuuga is available for some of the time - and to see if more can be learned about that fuuinjutsu," ordered the Hokage.
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