"Uh, hello?" His voice cracked at the worst time and he really sounded more timid than he wanted to, but the woman looked him up and down all the same.
"Hmmm, first time in here yes?" Adjusting thin glasses while consulting a book on her desk, she pushed aside a scroll and looked at something out of his sight while Naruto nodded. "Genin are allowed everything unrestricted D rank and below. C rank scrolls and books are allowed with either sensei or hokage approval. Under normal circumstances anything B rank and above is not allowed to Genin outside of very special circumstances. Noise is to be kept to a minimum and there will be no jutsu practice inside. Training scrolls can be released, but copying of scrolls is out of the question." Looking at the boy in front of her, the older black haired woman raised an eyebrow,
"Any questions?"
He had a ton for the tall but rail thin woman. But decided to keep it to the basics for now. He was already happy enough that he would be allowed in. "Uh...my sensei leaves me on my own a lot, do you have an area for training scrolls?"
Nodding and motioning behind her and to her left, his right, she pointed down a dark hallway,
"Training scrolls for basic jutsu, chakra control, and jutsu theory are that way. Again keep to your rank. Your hitai-ate was pinged as soon as you walked in, so we'll know if you pick something up that you aren't supposed to, understand?"
"Ah, that's why you didn't ask for my id. Wait, what else did you ping?" That was new, he didn't know they could id him with just his headband.
Blinking for a moment, the woman looked him over again before nodding, "This is a protected building, so as soon as you walked through the door you were checked for genjutsu, hitai-ate forgery, or cosmetic applications. Anything else?"
Shaking his head in the negative, Naruto walked past the reception desk and made his way down quiet rows of book shelves and desks. There weren't many people in here today it seemed, and the few that were present were all head deep in books or scrolls. "Sakura probably comes here a lot.." Muttering to himself Naruto paid attention to the labels on the shelves he walked by.
"Training scrolls, training scrolls, ah, training." Finding the section he wanted, he starting browsing down the rows with carefully labeled scrolls and books. Realizing just how many there were, he decided to stick to what he kind of knew and work from there. He had already been warned he couldn't go straight for the high level stuff but maybe there were some D level scrolls that could help him out. Walking further down this particular row and finding the D rank training scrolls and seeing multiple copies of everything, Naruto browsed a bit before picking out 4 that might be able to help him out. It didn't take him nearly as long to reach the front desk again, where he presented the scrolls to the book keeper. "Can I take these?"
Taking the scrolls and looking them over, the woman nodded, "Chakra control, clone theory, and basic exploding tag seals? Boys and their explosions..." Looking him over again she handed them back, "If I may ask, why the clone theory?"
Caught off guard as he wasn't prepared for anyone to be interested in his actual thoughts, he let a small grin hit his face,
"I've never been able to make normal clones, but I can make shadow
clones. So I wanted to see if maybe there was a reason why..."
"Wait, you can make shadow clones?" At Naruto's nod, the woman frowned, "If you would, show me please."
Shrugging and putting the scrolls back on the desk, Naruto formed the cross shaped seal and pumped chakra into it. With a puff of smoke, there stood a dozen copies, along with the appearance of several ninja with frantic looks.
"Tanaka-san, is everything okay?"
Waving the group off, the now named Tanaka nodded, "Everything is fine, I asked him to demonstrate his skill. Please, go back to your duties." Sighing as the group of 5 elder ninja blurred away the librarian sighed and handed all the scrolls back to Naruto. "Some advice, if you would like it?"
Naruto nodded, "Uh, sure." Dispelling his clones, he was absolutely ready to get out of here. oid your teacher mention the special skill of the shadow clones, or did you learn this on your
"On my own."
"Then no one has probably mentioned to you, but shadow clones have the special ability of sharing information. Anything a clone learns, you'll learn once they are dispelled. That also includes chakra control and techniques. Just, something to keep in mind." Giving the genin an appraising eye, she would have to make a visit to an old monkey once her shift was over today.
Suddenly learning that his one good skill was even more super awesome than he thought, Naruto was beaming as he bowed to the woman who actually took some time to teach him something.
"Thanks Tanaka-san, uh, when do I need to have these scrolls back?"
Waving the boy away, she was already turning back to her work with a smile on her face,
"Those are D rank scrolls, keep them as long as you need, but usually we'd like them back within a month. But if you do lose or damage them it isn't such a big deal." At least the boy was polite she noted as he waved and ran out the door.