A/N: Changes tofirst couple ofchapters. Alright, so I changed Yume's name to Naru, 'cuz I kept getting confused. Also, she never told them about the Kyuubi or Yondy, and the Sand siblings weren't there to hear her explanation about being a girl, so they don't know. Finally, I hope you enjoy this chapter 'cuz I had to rewrite it about three times because I kept getting writer's block, and it is almost as long as the first two chapters put together so the thing is a monster.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Sasuke lay in the bed, staring at the sterile white ceiling above him. It was three months after he had tried to leave Konoha for Otogakure. Manacles covered in seals bound him to his hospital bed. The same hospital that he had been dragged back to by Naruto.

Naruto.

Sasuke had heard that Naruto was being released from the hospital today; the wounds Sasuke himself had inflicted upon him had finally healed. There was a click of the lock at the door, and Sasuke sat up and turned his head to face his 'guests'. In walked the Hokage, followed closely by Kakashi, and the other Sannin Jiraiya. These three he had been at least expecting, but not the next two. There, in the doorway, standing next to each other, were

Iruka and Naruto. Naruto whispered something to the adults, and they left the room.

"Oi, teme!" the blonde belted out. Sasuke glared, and the blond quieted down a bit. "I'm leaving the village to train with Ero-sennin tomorrow, but I thought that I should come by and visit, seeing as I know you'll miss me and all, past that 'Avenger' mask of yours."

Sasuke scoffed. "Please, dobe, I've seen past your mask as well, or did you forget that little discussion we had?"

The blonde's face slowly smoothed out to become perfectly blank. "You may have seen past that mask I made, but you have never, could never, see past them all. Your mask was good, though it was noticeable since most others like us usually opt for the type of mask you wore, but mine were better, are better. So stop fooling yourself." This caused Sasuke to scowl.

"I'm not the fool here, dobe. It's you. It always was you. You think that you can get strong sitting around here with these people?" Sasuke gave a sardonic laugh. "Don't kid yourself, dobe."

"Kid myself?" Naruto gave a laugh of his own. "You wanted to run off to Orochimaru, who was going to steal your body, for a little bit of power? Regardless of the consequences? Well, let me ask you this, Sasuke; where did Orochimaru get that power in the first place? Where did he grow up? Who were his teammates? Where did your beloved brother Itachi get his power? Hmmm?" Sasuke gaped, but soon glared at the mention of Itachi. Naruto was turning maniacal, almost shouting the words. "That's right, baka. Right in this very village, because last I checked both of them were Konoha missing-nin." Naruto closed his eyes and took a deep breath, suddenly calm again.

Sasuke stared into space, mind racing through his justifications for leaving. In less than a minute, Naruto had shot over 75 percent of them down. He narrowed his eyes at the blonde, "The Naruto I grew up with in the Academy would never have thought of those things. Just what the hell happened to you that could make you change so much?"

Naruto snorted and turned his back on Sasuke, facing out the window to the view of the village. "That 'Naruto' never existed." Sasuke frowned, confused. "Hell, even the 'Naruto' I'm showing you now isn't real. I'm not who you think I am. I never was, and probably never will be."

"What the hell are you talking about, dobe?" Naruto turned back to Sasuke, a strange light in his eyes.

"You want to see past a few more of my masks, teme? Very well." Naruto sat in a chair next to Sasuke's bed, leaning back to lounge in it. As if that were some sort of signal, the adults silently filed back into the room. It probably was. "Tsunade-obaachan, permission to break the Sandaime's Second Law." Sasuke's brow furrowed even further in his confusion, while the Hokage also frowned and looked like she was going to refuse. "Please Hokage-sama." Naruto almost whispered. Everyone looked a little surprised at that, and the Hokage nodded her assent, while Kakashi moved to shut the door.

Naruto stood up and began to pace the room. At one point when he passed Sasuke's bed, he gave a look that clearly said 'no interruptions, or you're not getting anything from me'. "First off Sasuke, I want to tell you that when you said that you were more special than me, you were wrong. I am and always will be much more special than you.

"So!" Naruto chirped, clapping his hands, his mood changing suddenly, "I have one thing to show you. It should be a surprise to a few other people as well." Naruto looked at Sasuke expectantly. Thinking that nothing about the other boy would be able to surprise him, Sasuke nodded his assent.

Naruto smirked, and Sasuke could have sworn he winked. "Thanks Sasuke-chan." With a flurry of movement, the blonde went into a chain of seals, Sasuke counted twenty in all, and said one word, "Kai!" Sasuke felt a spike of chakra, that was quickly followed by a lot of smoke that filled the room.

"Well, what do you think?" said a voice, as the smoke cleared. Sasuke looked over to where the blonde had been standing, and all he could think was: Why the fuck does Naruto look like a girl?

Iruka and Jiraiya both stared at what was undoubtedly a female version of Naruto, who was even wearing the boy's clothes, which were hanging off her frame. She was different than the 'Sexy no Jutsu' version of Naruto though, most noticeably lacking the other version's large 'assets'. Her face was slimmer, less baby fat clung to the cheeks, and her hair, though just as long, was down, pooling over her shoulders down to her waist. Still, she was thirteen, unlike her counter part who looked older because of her general stature. Her eyes weren't the wide innocent one's of her 'sexier' version, but were still large and set slightly oblique in her face. Framing them were thick luxurious lashes, underneath well arched eyebrows. The whisker marks still showed on her cheeks though.

She placed a hand on her hip, and glared. Suddenly, a choking noise filled the room, and everyone turned to notice both Kakashi and Tsunade trying to stifle their laughter at the looks on the men's faces. Tsunade finally broke down and started laughing till tears ran down her face.

"H-Hokage-sama! What's the meaning of this? Why does Naruto look like a girl?" Iruka finally had the courage to ask.

"Because she is a girl. She always has been a girl." Kakashi replied, because Tsunade was still unable to do so. She looked like she was about to pass out from lack of oxygen.

"You knew?" Sasuke growled through his teeth. When he thought of all of the times they had sat together in the hot springs… he tried to banish those thoughts out of his head, while Jiraiya tried to rid himself of very similar ones.

"I was one of the people who helped develop the jutsu that allows her to change into a boy, though I didn't know it at the time. I was told it was for kunoichi who were going undercover." Kakashi replied, settling down a bit.

"Kaka-sensei," the female Naruto whined, and everybody could tell the voice was definitely feminine.

"Gomen." Kakashi replied with a smile, scratching the back of his head.

"B-but why?" Iruka asked desperately. 'Naruto' sighed.

"It's a long story. And since you all know about it, I want to tell everyone else. That way I can get it out all at once." 'Naruto' turned to the Hokage. "Tsunade-obaachan, can you get everyone else while I go change? These clothes are way too big for me."

"Sure, gaki," Tsunade replied with a smirk. The blonde girl stuck out her tongue, before deftly jumping out of the open window. "Alright, everyone out of the room. We'll meet back here in an hour. Until that time, Sasuke why don't you sleep?" Sasuke barely had time to register what she had said before black obscured his vision and he slumped back into his bed.