Naruto groaned, opening his eyes for the first time in what felt like years. He groaned again when he saw the disturbingly-white ceiling and a bunch of doctors that were crowded around his bed, muttering something illegible to Naruto.
"If you're trying to use that foreign language to beef up your bill, don't bother. It won't work." The doctors all looked at him and, as one, snapped their fingers and cursed in defeat. Then one of the doctors stepped up, fixing his stethoscope.
"How are you feeling, kid?" He asked Naruto, listening to his heartbeat. Naruto's stomach grumbled.
"Hungry." He deadpanned. How long have I been out?"
"Five years. We were wondering if you'd ever wake up."
"I need to go talk to the old man." His stomach grumbled again in protest. "Right after I get something to eat." He got up and, ignoring the mass protests of the doctors, walked out of the room.
After stopping by Ichiraku's ramen stand, and being glomped by Ayame, the resident waitress, he went the Hokage's office.
"And that's what happened." Naruto leaned back into his chair when he finished the tale, watching Sarutobi, who was behind the desk, deep in thought.
"Are you sure that's everything?"
"Yes." Naruto sighed. Sarutobi nodded to himself.
"Aliens…" He muttered in wonder.
"Not really. They're from Earth."
"Whatever. We cordoned off the lab you were found in and left everything untouched."
"I need to go there, see what I can dig up."
"Like that?" Sarutobi inclined to his state of dress.
"And what's wrong with the way I'm dressed?"
"Nothing. If you were dressed. You're wearing a hospital gown." Naruto looked himself over, blinking.
"Would you look at that. No wonder everyone was staring at me on the street."
"Yes, it's not every day you see a guy in a hospital gown walk down the street in broad daylight, whistling." The old Hokage sounded amused. He grabbed Naruto by the shoulder and poofed them both out of there.
When the smoke cleared, Naruto found himself in front of the same tube he was in only yester… erm, five years ago. The glass was shattered and the place was dark and dusty, but overall, it was still the same room he was held in by that one-eyed bastard. Great, now he felt like shooting something.
Before Naruto had time to re-focus on his surroundings he saw his hands shimmer and his skin break. Standing in front of a mirror that was, conveniently enough located in the room, he gaped at his new look.
His eyes turned completely white, but there was still a black outline where his pupil used to be. His hair turned a very light blue, borderline white, color. His skin turned to a darker, but still light-blue, with white veins running through.
"The hell?"
"Oh, yeah, you had a Genjutsu placed on you. I forgot about that."
"What the hell did you do that for?"
"You were blue. Blue." The Hokage deadpanned. "I couldn't very well have you walking around the village after waking up like that."
"And, what, you didn't think I would notice?" Sarutobi just motioned to his state of dress. Naruto groaned. "When's the Gennin Exam?"
"Oh that. Yesterday." Naruto groaned again. "You passed, by the way. Congratulations on doing such a fine job, considering that you were, you know, in a coma." Sarutobi said, brandishing a headband from his pocket. "Team Placement's in a week. I hate go and, you know, do Hokage-type stuff. See ya." He poofed away.
"Crazy old man." Naruto shook his head, moving to the nearest computer console. "Well," He cracked his fingers. "Let's get started." He let his fingers fly over the console, raising an eyebrow every now and then.
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