This is chapter 2 of Dragons? I renamed it, so meh to all of you who want it to go back. I do not own Naruto in any way. Enjoy this chapter! By the way, the beginning of this story takes place between the Zabuza Arc and the Chuunin Exam Arc. Like 9 weeks in between.

Chapter 2

The next day, Naruto woke up to find himself laying on a sunbathed bedroom floor. Feeling the warmth from the sun-warmed hard floor, A deep hum came from his chest. He rolled over and pressed his stomach into the warm floor, then closed his eyes in pleasure as the humming got louder.

But someone rang the doorbell, causing the humming to stop. Naruto let out a reptilian hiss in aggravation. He reluctantly got up and went to his front door. The young gennin opened it to reveal Team 7. "Yo, Naruto! Feel any better?" asked Kakashi. Naruto let loose another hiss before he turned to let them enter his home as he went to go get dressed.

Kakashi shut the door after Sasuke and Sakura. Sakura noticed the empty cough medicine packets that littered the kitchen table. "Naruto, did you take all of the medicine?" she yelled. Naruto came back, and from the floor under their feet came a couple of thunks and a shout of, "Shut the Hell up, Demon Brat!" Naruto hissed and stomped his foot, causing a dent to appear in the floor. Naruto threw his shirt onto the table and grabbed the pad&pen. Sasuke noticed the black jeans Naruto was wearing as the sick blond wrote on the pad.

"Just one didn't help. Now I'm feeling better. Thanks for worrying, though."

"But what about overdosing?" she asked.

"Don't worry about it." He wrote back. He went over to his fridge and opened it, then pulled out a huge chunk of sausage meat and put it on a plate. Naruto glared at them before putting the plate in the microwave.

"Now, you can't be mad at us for worrying," Kakashi stated. The microwave dinged and Naruto took out the plate. He put it on the table before picking up the pad/pen.

"I'm not mad at that. I'm mad because I was woken up. Asses."

"Sorry, but it was the first time Kakashi was early," Sasuke told him as he sat down at Naruto's table.

Naruto shrugged and dug, literally, into the meat. Tearing out big pieces with just his teeth and swallowing them whole shocked and scared his teammates. But finishing the whole thing in less than two minutes scared them even more. The entire plate was clean and was placed in his dishwasher before the blond gennin put on his burnt orange t-shirt.

"There go my hopes for you not wearing any orange today." Naruto glowered at Sasuke before leaving for the bathroom to go brush his teeth. Several minutes later, Team 7 left Naruto's apartment and was at their training field. Naruto, for some reason, had the feeling that someone was watching him. He glanced around, only to find nothing.

"All right, we have no missions today, so we're training instead. Naruto, since you're sick, you don't have to participate." Naruto did the hiss thing again. "To start, run 5 laps around the field. Now go!" [A/N: And they're off! Sorry, could not resist. Back to the story]

Several minutes later, Sakura was barely keeping pace with Naruto. 'Is this how pathetic I am? I can't even keep pace with a sick guy?'she thought to herself. But as Naruto began to run even with Sasuke, pain wracked through his chest. Naruto cringed in pain and began to huff as his lungs felt like they were being filled with Greek Fire.

"Naruto!" Kakashi shouted as the boy fell to the ground. Naruto hacked and wheezed as he tried in vain to get more oxygen into his lungs. His vision dulled and everything went black…

Kakashi felt his heart stop in cold fear as Naruto fell unconscious. The retired ANBU picked up his deceased sensei's son and Shushined to the hospital. He quickly ran inside. "I need Dr. Hemming NOW!"

No sooner than he yelled it, Hemming came up. "What's wrong with Naruto?"

"I don't know! Do something!" Hemming nodded quickly and made a nurse go get a gurney to take Naruto to an X-Ray room. Naruto was placed on a gurney as he hacked and puked up some blood. Dr. Hemming began barking orders as he wheeled Naruto into the Surgery area of the hospital. Several minutes later, Sasuke and Sakura finally arrived at the hospital to see Kakashi pacing the lobby like a worried parent. He kept pausing to stare at the spot where Naruto had puked up blood. Some nurses had already cleaned it up, but Kakashi could still see the crimson liquid on the white tile in his mind.

"Kakashi-sensei!" He turned to see two tired, worried preteens. "Where is he?" panted out Sakura.

"In surgery. He was puking up blood when they wheeled him to X-Ray," Kakashi elaborated.

Sasuke paled a bit and Sakura brought her hands up to her mouth. Sure, they disliked Naruto, but they didn't wish for this to happen to him.

A nurse soon came after a couple of hours. Sakura had sat down, crying into a handkerchief as Sasuke sat next to her, an arm lying across the top of her seat. Kakashi had not stopped pacing the entire time they were waiting. "Who is Naruto Uzumaki's family?"

Kakashi stopped pacing and zipped over to the nurse. "What room is he in?"

"R-room 314 on floor 3, second hallway."

Kakashi took off to the stairs like a dog after a cat. Sakura and Sasuke hurried after Kakashi, only pausing to say thanks to the nurse. They finally arrived at Naruto's room, a bit tired.

They saw Naruto lying on the bed in the room. Tubes shoved in his mouth to regulate breathing were plugged to machines that made Sakura feel horrified. Wires and IVs were plugged up to their blond teammate. Sasuke could tell that the usual warm tan that Naruto always had was almost gone, leaving the jinchuuriki a pale, sickly color. Kakashi turned his head to Hemming. "What is wrong with him, Hemming? And you better not lie to me or you may be in surgery yourself."

"It seems that he is having an allergic reaction to some medicine he took. He also has some pus within his lungs that we pumped out."

Sakura looked at the floor, feeling guilty. "Dr. Hemming, I gave Naruto some cough drops yesterday."

The older man smiled. "You didn't know he was allergic to Night-Quil. Your heart was in the right place, young lady. I am just thankful Kakashi-san got him here in time. Now, he'll stay with us for the next few days to make sure he can fight off the infection within his body." As Dr. Hemming continued to explain, Sakura noticed that Naruto was sweating. She went to the bathroom and took a paper towel and wet it with some cold water from the sink. She came back out, and what she saw made her jaw drop. Kakashi was singing a song to Naruto.

"There was once a little fox who lived all alone.

Then one day, he met a Dog who made him his friend.

Then the Dog and Fox went on a trip and met an old Monkey who gave them treats.

The little fox found another family member in his little journey through life.

After meeting the Dog and Monkey, the little Fox met a Weasel.

And they both would color and color until the sun went down."

As Kakashi continued to sing, Sakura handed him the wet paper towel. He took it and began to wipe away the sweat from his secret God Brother's brow. She let Kakashi do his thing and stared out the window. On the tree branch in the tree across from Naruto's hospital window was a red taven. Its gold eyes gleamed with knowledge. As she stared at the bird, Sakura remembered what she discovered after her strange encounter with Chaine last night.

'Dragoons are terms that humans gave to half-human, half-Dragon creatures. Their correct name is Dragonlet. There are many symptoms of a young Dragonlet coming Of Age…'

Sakura was snapped out of her musings when Kakashi said, "…Now, let's give Naruto his rest. Sakura, we're leaving." She turned and followed her other teammates out the door. She paused and gave Naruto one final look before shutting the door behind her.

Outside the hospital, the red raven flew over to the window and pecked its beak on the window. Dr. Hemming opened the window and the raven flew inside. It landed on the floor in front of Naruto's bed, and transformed into the girl, Melissa. The girl's golden eyes ran over Naruto's sleeping form.

She walked over to him and placed her hand on Naruto's forehead. "Sheshima Khal," she whispered, and Naruto's fever lowed for a moment before it faded. "That should have dealt with the pain and fevers. Now, we wait. The Heritage has begun…

It was several weeks later, and Naruto was waiting outside the cinnamon bun shop to meet with Hinata. Aside from Team 7, Old Man Sarutobi, the Ichirakus and The Konohamaru Corps, Hinata was the only one who visited him. She brought him sweet treats and stayed with him a lot during his many stays in the hospital. He couldn't help but remember his now almost secret abilities. After the whole lung escapade happened, back problems erupted. Then eye problems and other serious health problems. [A/N: I would name them all, but it's like, 1:30 am here, and I'm still trying to fight off these sleep-inducing pain killers to write this for y'all.] Now, Naruto could see further, infrared, and in the dark, he could hold his breath underwater for 3.5 hours, run up to 50 miles without getting winded, and with the help of Hinata, managed to clock his maximum speed: 95 mph. His skin was so tough that not even diamond-encrusted or chakra-covered kunai could cut it. He could hear a mouse's footfall from 1.5 miles away, and his appetite grew with his height.

Naruto now could eat an entire cow's weight and still be hungry. His now 5'8 build was complemented by his burnt orange wife beater, a black Shinobi pant that was littered with pockets that had special seals on them to hold almost anything. Black combat boots accented his feet. His headband was dyed back and was tied around his neck like a choker. A huge hunting knife was strapped to his left bicep. His hair hung in his face as he looked for the girl who was slowly but surely stealing his heart.

A pair of dainty hands covered his eyes. "Guess who?"

Naruto smiled before saying, "Hinata-chan." The giggle and removal of the hands gave away his answer. He turned to see the Hyuuga Heiress standing there, wearing a tight t-shirt that had an orange heart on it, a short black skirt, and a pair of wedged sandals. Her hair had grown a bit since they graduated from the academy, and a piece of it was tucked behind her ear. The lavender flower hair clip Naruto had gotten her was keeping the hair in place. Naruto felt his heart swell when he saw her.

"I'm glad you're finally out of the hospital, Naruto-kun."

Naruto grinned before saying, "The only reason I miss it was for those one-on-one visits from you. Your homemade treats kept me sane, seeing as the hospital banned the Ichirakus from bringing me ramen."

Hinata laughed and held out her hand. Naruto took it and let her into her favorite food shop behind them. "One last cinnamon roll as Gennin feel good right now?" Naruto asked. Hinata giggled before kissing Naruto on the cheek. "For dinner we'll go to Ichiraku's. I'll pay."

At that, Naruto frowned. "Like hell you're paying." Hinata laughed again, and for a moment, Naruto forgot how to speak.

As Naruto was on his date with Hinata, Sasuke and Sakura were waiting for both Naruto and Kakashi to arrive at their meeting bridge. Sakura was reading another book based on Medical Ninjutsu, and Sasuke was doing as he usually did: brood. "Hey Sakura?"

"Hm?"

"Why have you stopped bugging me bout dates?"

"Well, after Naruto stared to get sick, I decided to learn Medical Ninjutsu. It really is a fascinating subject." Sasuke could only stare at the girl who was his number 1 fangirl.

'Well, as long as she isn't pestering me for dates, I'm good,' he thought as Kakashi finally showed up.

"Yo... Hey, where's Naruto?" His question was answered by two people laughing.

Coming up the street were Naruto and Hinata. Hinata was hugging Naruto's side, and Naruto had his arm thrown over her shoulders. He was smiling at her, and her, at him. Sakura didn't know why, but her heart felt heavy as she saw Naruto kiss Hinata bye. "Remember Hinata-chan, Ichiraku's at 7, and I'm paying!"

Hinata laughed and kissed Naruto once more before saying, "It's a date, Naruto-kun. See you then, and I'm paying!"

Naruto hissed playfully at her and let her go. He watched her until she disappeared from his extended eyesight. He turned to his team and saw that all of them were staring at him.

Naruto scowled at them. "What?"

"H-how long have you and Hinata been dating?" Sakura asked.

"Officially? Um, since I had that stomach issue about 2 months ago. Why?"

"Well, she's had a crush on you since the Academy," said Sasuke.

"Yeah, I know. She told me. I felt like the biggest asshat for a while."

The other members of Team 7 looked at him weirdly until Kakashi said, "Okay, there's a reason why I called this meeting on our day off. I signed you all up for the Chuunin Exams tomorrow." He handed them all single sheets of paper. "Meet in room 301 tomorrow at 10 am to enter. It's up to everyone of you if you want to take this test."

They all nodded and Kakashi continued, "That's it. You're all free to go."

Naruto grinned before turning to run after his new girlfriend, leaving his other teammates alone as Kakashi Shushined away.

"So, Sasuke?"

"Hn?"

"Wanna train?"

"Sure."

Sasuke and Sakura both turned and headed off to training field 7.

It was later that night and Naruto was going to Ichiraku's Ramen Stand to have his final dinner as a Gennin with his girlfriend. He pulled at the collar of the dress shirt he picked out to wear. It was a deep navy blue. He left the top two buttons undone and had rolled up the sleeves. He was also wearing a pair of black dress pants, a black belt, and black dress shoes. He managed to somehow tame his hair with a bit of help from Sakura. Okay, so it took three bottles of Rave hair gel, an hour with a hair straightener, and three-and-a-half combs, but Sakura did it.

He turned the corner, and what he saw made his heart do a million and five back flips. Hinata was wearing a simple but elegant white dress with faint ice blue flowers dancing around the hem then dancing up in a swirl on her left side. She was wearing a hairstyle similar to the one earlier today, but it curled up and the flower clip matched her dress. On her feet were some white sandals. She turned her head at him and smiled. Now Naruto was sure he was seeing a goddess. He smiled and walked up to her. Hinata held out her hand and Naruto took it. They both entered the ramen stall, feeling like the happiest people in the world…

It was the next day, and Naruto found himself on the floor again. He curled up and began to hum in joy. Not only was he warm, but around his neck was the heart shaped locket Hinata had given him last night. Inside was a picture of her and a little loving phrase that said, 'I shall love you to the end of Infinity.'Naruto, then, gave her a necklace that had a lavender stone with an explosion of cerulean blue in the middle. It was one of the many gifts he had received from Wave Country, and Naruto thought it would be perfect for her.

He frowned as the alarm clock began to go off. He turned to it and kicked his foot out like a tail. It slammed into the noise maker and sent it into the wall, where it died a horrible death. Naruto got up and went to go prepare for the Chunin Exams that were today…

It was a few hours later that he was walking with Sasuke and Sakura towards the Academy. They entered the building and went up the first flight of stairs. What they saw made them pause. A guy hit a girl with two buns in her hair. Naruto, unknowingly, did his hiss and went over to the girl.

"Are you alright?" he asked. A red mark was beginning to show on her cheek.

"Yeah, fine. Thanks for asking." Naruto helped her up and noticed what she was wearing. Blue ninja pants, a pink Chinese style shirt, typical Shinobi sandals and her headband was on her forehead, claiming she was from Konoha. Her brown eyes stared at him with curiosity.

"Tenten!" said a boy with black hair that was in a bowl cut, who had thick eyebrows and was wearing something that made Naruto's eyes hurt.

A green jumpsuit with orange legwarmers and a red headband that was tied around his waist like a belt. Naruto's eye twitched. "You are this kunoichi's teammate?"

"Hai! I am Rock Lee, HANDSOME GREEN BEAST OF KONOHA!"

He did a nice guy pose that made Naruto wish he was still on those pain killers from Hemming.

"Lee, you're going to scare him with…whatever you're doing." said Tenten.

Sasuke decided to speak, "Hey, you two Chuunin. Drop the-" Sakura noticed what was happening, decided to do the only thing she could think of to shut him up: She. Kissed. Him.

The boys in the hallway stared at her mixed curiosity and wonder, while some of the girls looked at her with hate. Sakura put her arms around Sasuke's waist and slipped a piece of paper into his pocket. She broke away from the kiss and began to walk down the hallway to the stairwell that led to the third floor. Sasuke had the whole deer in headlights look on his face. Naruto clapped him on the shoulder, forcing the Uchiha to come back to the real world.

"Come on, let's go." said Naruto, noticing Tenten's team following them. They all soon arrived at a door with Kakashi and a bigger version of Lee standing there.

"CONGRATS MY YOUTHFUL STUDENTS!" yelled the strange man, causing Naruto to cover his ears.

"Well, my congrats to Team 7. I see you met Team 9- Tenten Higurashi, Rock Lee and Neji Hyuuga. This is their sensei, Might Gai." stated Kakashi.

"YOSH! My youthful students, this is my eternal rival Kakashi Hatake! These are his students, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto Uzumaki!" Lee stared at Sakura with wonder in his eyes.

"You all can go in now," said Kakashi. Sasuke put his hands in his pockets and felt a piece of paper in one. He pulled it out and read it. It said, "I think Naruto may have a bloodline. Talk to me before the next Exam. Sakura."

Naruto walked in first and stared across the room, which was near full capacity with Chuunin hopefuls. The rest walked in, and Sasuke was glomped by Ino. "Sasuke-kun! How have you been, cutie? I missed you!"

"Hey, get off of him, Ino! He needs to focus on the Exam, not rebuilding his Clan!"

"Sure, says the one who was lip locking with him not even five minutes ago," said Tenten.

"WHAT?" Ino screeched, but Sasuke didn't hear her.

'Sakura just kissed me to stop me from putting my foot in my mouth'he thought to himself.

"Yahoo! Looks like all of the Rookies made it." Teams 7, 9, and 10 turned to see Team 8 walking up to them. Hinata shoved out from behind Kiba and ran to Naruto, who had his arms open for her. "Naruto-kun!" She launched herself at him and he chuckled as he caught her.

The other Rookies, aside from Sasuke and Sakura, stared in absolute shock as Naruto and Hinata began making out right there in front of them. Neji asked the question on everyone's mind, "What…the…fuck?" The two soon-to-be lovers [A/N: Not until Shippuuden era people!] broke apart and turned to the now silent Rookies.

"What? Do I have something on my face?" asked Hinata.

"Do you all mind keeping it down?" a new voice asked. All of the Rookies turned to see a new guy. He was wearing a purple outfit, had grayish-white hair, and had glasses.

"Who are you?" Kiba spoke, clearly mad about something. [A/N: we all know what :3]

The stranger adjusted his glasses. "My name is Kabuto, and I suggest you kiddies keep your voices down. Those Mist Shinobi behind you look rather pissy."

Naruto snorted, and his nose picked up trace amounts of snake scent floating around Kabuto. 'Either he has a pet snake, is the crazy dango lady's apprentice, works at the vet, or knows someone with a petsnake,'he thought as Kabuto explained his Ninja Info Cards.

"Get me Rock Lee, Sabaku no Gaara, and Naruto Uzumaki," Sasuke told Kabuto. Naruto stared at his teammate. 'I hope to Kami that it doesn't say that I have the Kyuubi sealed within me.'"You already know their names. You're no fun! Anyway, up first is Rock Lee of Konoha. [A/N: I be skipping Lee and Gaara's info, since everyone knows it by now, and it's like, 3:40ish am and thanks to that damn surgery, no coffee to stay awake for you loyal fans. Anyway, here's Naruto's info]

"Naruto Uzumaki of Konoha.

Age: 13

Born: October 10, XXXX, same day as the Kyuubi no Kitsune Attack

Blood type: o

Height: 5'8

Genjutsu: Weak, but can break up to 'A' Ranked Genjutsus.

Taijutsu: Moderate. Preferred to the Strong Fist Style

Ninjutsu: Great. Creator of the Sexy Jutsu; can perform 'A' Ranked Kage Bunshin no Jutsu.

Has completed:

32 'D' Ranked missions

1 'C' Ranked mission

1'B' Ranked Mission

1'A' Ranked mission

Defeated: Zabuza Momochi, and his apprentice, Haku.

Team: 7

Leader: Kakashi Hatake

Teammates: Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha."

Everyone stared at Naruto. "Yeah? What's your problem?" He crossed his arms over his chest and Hinata wrapped her arm around his waist. But before anyone could reply, a smoke bomb went off at the front of the classroom.

Everyone turned to see the Head of Konoha's T&I Unit standing there with an entourage of Chuunin Examiners. "OK maggots, listen up!" [A/N: skipping rules again, since I am too damn tired to write out a bunch of rules everyone knows by now. If not, then stop reading this fanfic and go read Naruto manga.] After the explanation of the Exam, Naruto found himself sitting in between Hinata and Sakura.

During the explanation of the rules, Naruto felt Sasuke and Sakura burning holes in his head. 'If I fail, Sakura will castrate me with a fucking plastic spoon!' When the tests were passed out, Naruto noticed how hard the questions were. He glanced around and all the sneaky Gennin were getting away with cheating! 'Wait… That's it! The whole point of this test is to get information without getting caught!' Naruto, very careful, allowed his eyes to shift for seeing farther. Naruto copied answers from several different people. When he was finished, he flipped the paper over and put his head down. Deciding to take a quick nap, he closed his eyes.

But now, he was dreaming of a strange red haired woman with sea green eyes who smiled at him. Her facial structure looked similar to his own. She smiled at him before she began to transform bit by bit into a humanoid lizard. Red scales covered her body, her under belly being a light beige color.

Ivory colored talons sprouted from her fingertips, her hair shrunk back into her skull, and spikes, horns, and a tail shot out of her spine. Her ankles became inverted and she hunched over a bit. Her eyebrows disappeared, and in their place were two mini spikes. Her face grew elongated, and massive fangs gleamed when she opened her mouth.

When she was done, her reptilian eyes stared at Naruto. "What the hell?" Naruto whispered. The woman smiled and pointed a finger at herself, then at Naruto. "Wait, are you saying that I can transform into that?" She nodded and gently hugged him. Naruto felt consciousness pulling at him. "Wait! Who are you?"

Before he left, he heard, "My son, Naruto."

"Naruto-kun, wake up." Hinata gently pushed him and he shot up like he got zapped by a taser.

"Now it's time for the final question!" Ibiki barked out. {A/N: I'm skipping the rule thing again. Too damned tired. Fast forwarding to Anko's appearance.}

Naruto, faster than before, took out a butterfly knife and held it against the neck of the person who flew in in the black cloth ball. "Heh heh heh, well if it isn't Foxy Boy," said the person.

"Grand, it's the crazy snake lady," replied Naruto, who put away his butterfly knife.

Anko laughed "Ah, how I've missed your cracks, Foxy-kun. Now on to business: All those who passed the First Exam, meet me at Training Ground 44 in 30 minutes, or you fail! See you then!" She disappeared in a plume of smoke and leaves. They all filed out of the room, Team 7 walking with Team 8.

Sakura asked Naruto, "How do you know the proctor?"

"Well, once, at a festival, she stole my dango, and I had to chase her to get it back." Both teams nodded, as they all knew that Naruto was extremely territorial over his food.

Even more than any Akimichi, and it scared Choji the first and only time he tried to swipe food from the blond. Choji still has the scar from where Naruto had bitten his arm. Hell, Iruka and Mizuki had a hard time calming Choji down and keeping Naruto from harming Choji even more.

It was the only time Sasuke grew more scared than Itachi. The reptilian hiss Naruto made and the look in his eyes gave Sasuke no doubt that Naruto would have killed Choji. Sasuke was snapped out of musings as Sakura jabbed him in the arm. They all had arrived at the Forest of Death…