NOTICE: I do NOT own Naruto, or its plots and characters. I only own the plot of this story.
Naruto runs through the streets, the shouts and curses of the villagers getting closer. He quickly ducks into an alleyway only to realize that it's a dead end and the Villagers catch up to him. Paralyzed in fear, Naruto sobs and curls into a ball, that doesn't stop the people from shouting horrible insults at him, or throwing things at him. He is injured. They cut, burn and scar him, it goes on for hours despite his screams and pleads for them to stop. Nothing stops them, and soon enough the little boy of six, passes out.
When Naruto wakes up, he's in his room and all his injuries are healed or bandaged. He glanced around the small apartment and spotted his Jiji, the Third Hokage. "Jiji?"
"Ah Naruto, your awake. How are you feeling?" The elder man smiled.
Naruto sighed and pushed the blankets aside. "Im fine JiJi, it's not the first time this has happened. Probably won't be the last."
Sarutobi sighed, disappointed that the civilians of their village would hurt such a young innocent child. Though they would surely freak if they found out that the young boy was a prodigy in seals and jutsu, enough to rival Itachi of the Uchiha clan. Suddenly an idea came to the older male as he sat beside the six year old.
"Have you thought about changing your appearance Naruto?" He suggested gently.
Naruto shook his head, but thought it was a good idea. "Maybe I could pretend to be a girl? They wouldn't hurt a girl right?"
That wasn't exactly what the Third Hokage had meant, but he wasn't going shoot it down. "Very well, if that is what you wish, I support you. I'll have Iruka drop some clothes off for you okay?"
Naruto sighed and agreed, at least they wouldn't be bright orange, stupid shop owners. Though now that he would be a girl to the general public, he could change his name and no one realize it was him. So maybe now he could eat healthy and buy normal clothes and gear. The Third left and Naruto got to work on his gender change, crafting it into something that would grow with him until he was at least in the Academy, then he'd have to redo it. Another perk would be not getting beat within an inch of his life every year. Jiji was a god send.
When Iruka arrived, it was hours later than either expected, arms full of bags and other items. Knocking with his foot, he is shocked when a female version of his little brother opens the door. "Iruka! Please come in."
The shocked Jounin follows behind, not sure what's going on. "Naruto?"
Said child turns around a grins, before giggling. "Yep it's me, Iruka-san. Jiji told me I should change my look, and then maybe the villagers will be nice to me."
Iruka set all the bags and boxes on Naruto's front table, before facing the kid. "I'm not sure this is what he meant Naruto."
The boy turned girl, groaned and sighed. For the past few hours, he'd really enjoyed being a girl, he especially liked playing with his hair. "But I like this Iruka-san. I like feeling pretty, do I not look okay?"
The older jounin sighed, now the clothing made sense. "You look cute, it just confused and surprised me is all. If this is what you want, then I will support you like always. What about the Academy in two years?"
Naruto shrugged, pulling out all the clothes and accessories from the various bags or boxes that littered his front room. "Until I feel comfortable and safe in this Village I have decided to be a female outside of this apartment, inside the apartment I will be myself. These are all cute clothes. Did you pick these out?"
Iruka sighed, "Nope, the Hokage's assistant did. What name are you thinking of going by? Have you even thought of names? What about your last name?"
Naruto thought for a moment, he could just pretend not to have a last name, a lot of orphans did that. "I'll just pretend not to have a last name, other than that, I haven't thought of any names. What do you think, Iruka?"
The teenager sighed and sat on the floor across from the young girl who was admiring a lovely pale blue kimono top. "What about Narumi? It is similar to your real name."
Naruto thought for a few minutes, throwing the names around. "I think I like it. It's easy to remember."
Iruka chuckled as his little brother removed the seal from his neck. Making his appearance return to that of a young boy. "That's good. Maybe next week you can come with me to view the stars on top of the Hokage monument?"
Naruto's eyes lit up as he nodded frantically. "You'll help me pick out an outfit right? Please Iruka?"
The Jounin rolled his eyes as he stood. "I promise, I've got to go now. I'll see you in a little while."
Naruto sighed as he moved all his new clothes into his empty closet, he was so excited to wear them. Now he had an excuse to indulge in girls clothes. He fell into bed, squealing into his pillow. Everything would be different from now on, he could feel it. This was going to be a good change for him, and it was not too soon.
