I've decided I'm going to skip over all of Naruto's training and the details on his change but I will recall it from time to time when people ask about it. From now on Naruto will be referred to as a girl; Sasuke will come into the story eventually, I'm still debating on two possible situations, anyways on with the story.

Quick note – Might Guy's true name is Might Guy; not Maito Gai, it is pronounced that way but the true name is Might Guy unfortunately. If people prefer reading Gai instead of Guy I'll change it, post your opinion in a review.

Misunderstanding – Chapter Four

Naruto approached the gates to Konoha; it still appeared that Izumo and Kotetsu were the Hokage's personal slaves Naruto noted as she watched them running around frantically carrying sake. Walking in, Naruto noted that there were two new gate guards; they appeared to be Chûnin and seemed to be alert to their surroundings, with that in mind Naruto assumed they had to be fairly new and still believed that watching the gate was a very important job, Naruto snickered to herself at the thought of seeing these two in a few months, they would practically be pulling their hair out of boredom.

"Yosh! I will run 500 laps around Konoha if I cannot find Naruto within a week!"

Naruto sweat-dropped at that. She was right there yet nobody knew who she was. Honestly Naruto didn't think she seemed much different after becoming a girl; she didn't even think it was that terrible, her speed seemed to slightly improve, her balance seemed to improve far faster than it ever had when she was a boy, her flexibility improved greatly; she was now able to learn multiple fighting styles that relied solely on flexibility, and most of all her strength hadn't seemed to diminish nearly as much as she had determined it would.

"Lee! I will also run 500 laps if you cannot return with Naruto within a week!" Guy said while grinning and making a disturbing, self proclaimed "good-guy" pose.

By now Naruto had reached the gates only to see the two guards gaping at the sight before them. Naruto waved her hand in front of their faces which seemed to snap them out of their daze, this didn't last long however as they kept glancing around her.

"Name and business ma'am?" The shorter of the two asked.

"Uzumaki Naruto, I was on a long term training trip." Naruto said while also turning to see Lee standing immediately behind her.

"Naruto?" Lee questioned, his huge eyebrows raised in confusion and disbelief.

"Lee! Don't bother that girl! Surely that cannot be Naruto!" Guy yelled from about 30 feet away.

"Guy-sensei! I believe I heard this young lady say she is Uzumaki Naruto! Surely there cannot be more than one Naruto in Konoha by that name!" Lee reasoned, looking back and forth between Guy and Naruto.

Naruto just looked at them bewildered, they hadn't changed at all. Here she is, a girl she was told that her personality had changed so much in the past three years. She gained a whole new level of self control and logic. She still had trouble controlling her emotions in battle situations but she always considered this as "being human," this however didn't help much in battle situations but she believed that ninjas weren't tools to be used by the village and grew up under the same beliefs of the Sandaime Hokage who always told her that the Will of Fire was always based on the love for the village; love is an emotion so she believed that this was a subliminal way of saying not to give up her emotions. Now what the Sandaime never predicted was that she would become a girl; honestly Naruto never thought she would either, but in the end it seemed it was probably best for her and for the good of Konoha. Overall however she wasn't entirely sure how her friends would react; now that she thought about it did Tsunade and Jiraiya know about this before she left for training? She placed that question somewhere in the forefront of her mind and decided to ask one of them soon.

"Guy-sensei! I believe this young lady may be ill! Perhaps I should take her to the hospital?"

"Lee, you're so thoughtful, however you have a mission! I will escort her to the hospital!"

"Guy-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Guy-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"…" Naruto finally decided to just walk away, she already had been confirmed as Naruto Uzumaki and was allowed to leave; she decided to go directly to Tsunade.

Sakura had just gotten back from a mission with Kakashi and she was tired. She lazily strode through the streets of Konoha, her destination: home.

Naruto was lost in thoughts, she had already run into Lee and wasn't recognized, would that mean nobody else would recognize her either? She truly believed she looked very similar, she was well built for a woman and would be clearly recognized as female to anyone, but she still believed that her close friends would immediately recognize her. Glancing down at herself and blushing, she still wasn't used to having breasts; they seemed so big and threw off her balance for a long time.

Without noticing Sakura walked around a corner close to her apartment; picking up the pace towards her apartment subconsciously.

Naruto was so lost in her thoughts she didn't see Sakura walking directly towards her, nor did Sakura notice Naruto walking directly at her.

"Umph... Hey! Watch where you're goin- Naruto?" Sakura was stunned, this had to be Naruto. The girl in front of her had blonde hair going a few inches below her shoulders, whisker-like scars that were in the exact same locations as Naruto and was wearing so much orange a blind person could see her.

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto was too excited to see her teammate that she forgot that Sakura didn't know that she was a girl.

"Naruto! It is you!" Sakura just got out of her stunned state and was now looking Naruto up and down. It seemed he was using one of his perverted jutsus, the question was: why?

"Sakura-chan, sorry I didn't write to you … or anyone while I was gone, I never got a chance and I don't think I would be allowed anyways."

"Why are you using your 'Sexy no jutsu?'"

"Huh? … Oh! Sorry, I forgot. Can I explain later? I have to go see Baa-chan now."

"Uhh…."

"Sorry Sakura-chan, can we finish this over ramen around 7, at Ichiraku Ramen?!" Naruto was already about 20 yards away running towards the Hokage tower.

Sakura just nodded, still in slight shock of what just happened to her.

Naruto burst into the main office of the Hokage tower through the window, landing on Tsunade's desk and knocking over multiple piles of paperwork and sake.

Tsunade woke up to see a bright orange blur fall right in front of her face that had been plastered to her desk after she passed out.

Naruto turned to Tsunade, grinning and said "Baa-chan, I'm home!"