Naruto: The Life Changer

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"Neither sounds like something that would fool a ninja sensei, not for long anyway." Sakura pointed out, frowning slightly.

"These are D-rank technique Sakura, they're not really designed to beat other shinobi, at least not anyone who's at least a competent Genin." Asuma agreed. "But if you use it on someone with little to no training, like common bandits and mercs, or even other fresh genin; they'd work fine. Besides, a few seconds of distraction can be the difference between life and death in a fight, anything that breaks a foe's concentration, even if its for just long enough for them to concentrate and break an illusion, can be useful.

"Also, Sakura; you should speak to your father and see if has an E-rank Suiton ninjutsu called Suiton: Kasumi (Water Style: Mist) or the more advanced, D-rank version Suiton: Kirigakure no Jutsu (Water Style: Hidden in the Mist Technique). If you use either of those in combination with the genjutsu version of Kasumi, it'll make a very effective tactic."

"Of course! The target would be confused as to whether they were locked in a genjutsu even after doing a dispel that it would leave them open for an attack!" Sakura realised, the pinkette's mind going through the ramification of the combo. "I'll ask my father about that tonight."

"Good. In the meantime, you get to try the Kasumi, and Ino you can work on the Moyamoya." Asuma directed as he tossed each scroll to its intended recipient. "Naruto, make a Shadow Clone for each of them to practice on. It'll give you the advantage of experiencing both genjutsu without actually experiencing them."

"Because of the memory transfer thing, right." Naruto nodded and made the Clone Handsign. "[Kage Bunshin no Jutsu]!"

In a puff of smoke, a pair of clones popped into existence, identical to the original Naruto in every way.

"OK you two, you're playing target dummy for Sakura-chan and Ino." the blond ordered his copies.

"Aw man..."

"This is gonna suck!"

Ignoring the grumbling of his clones, Naruto headed off to do his own practice, pondering which jutsu to work on first. He decided on the three closest to levelling up first, which meant [Dangan], [Kaiten Shuriken] and [Gansetsukon]. They would benefit the most from it, and he would be lying if he said he wasn't curious to see what would happen when they were all maxed out. He'd only maxed out a single D-Rank jutsu, [Katon: Hotarubi], so he had no idea if the reason he got a Mastery Bonus for doing that was because Fire wasn't one of his elements or because it really wasn't a powerful jutsu in the first place.

Using the [Shadow Clone Jutsu] once again, he created thirty more clones and divided them into groups of ten, each of whom practised a different jutsu, while he settled in to do what clones could not and started grinding his stats, doing push-ups, sit-ups and crunches to pass the time.

"I'm breaking a sweat just watching him..." Sakura mumbled to Ino, who nodded in agreement.

"You'll be doing physical training as well, just so you know." Asuma noted to the pair before making a 'hurry up' motion with his hand to get them to start training.

It was two hours later when Asuma called a halt to training. Sakura and Ino were on the ground, exhausted both physically and mentally and out of chakra. Naruto was only sweating slightly from all of the exercise he'd been doing, which earned him looks of disbelief from his teammates.

"Seriously, what the heck is with you? It literally shouldn't be physically possible that you aren't even phased by two hours of non-stop exercise." Ino said to Naruto once she no longer felt like a used dishcloth.

"Hey, don't ask me! I've always been like this" Naruto shot back, thinking of his obscenely high Stamina stat.

"It's because of his chakra, Ino." Asuma offered. "He's an Uzumaki, which means his chakra is exceptionally dense and powerful. Chakra naturally reinforces the body and helps speed up recuperation and healing, meaning that someone with powerful chakra will normally have above-average stamina as well as long as they put in some elbow grease. That holds true with anyone with active chakra coils, from ninja to samurai; the more chakra you have, the better your natural health will be."

"Huh." Ino and Sakura said in unison.

"I think we made some good progress today." Asuma stated, looking around. "Naruto, have you dismissed your clones yet?"

"All the ones I was using to practice my ninjutsu, but I'm a bit hesitant to dispel the ones that Sakura-chan and Ino were using as guinea pigs." Naruto replied, looking quite pleased with himself. He'd managed to max out [Gansetsukon], and was just half a level away from doing the same for [Kaiten Shuriken] and [Dangan] as well.

"Something tells me that dispelling those two will not be good for my mental health." He finished, hiking a finger over his shoulder to indicate the two clones in question. Both were looking rather pale and they were twitching noticeably.

"Yeah, best to do those two one at a time." agreed the jonin, looking nervously at the twitchy clones. "That kind of repeated genjutsu exposure can have some unpleasant after-effects. Clones should mostly diffuse it, but releasing both at once wouldn't be pleasant. Give yourself a few minutes between each to recover."

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