Kakashi took a few moments to regain his cool after absorbing the newfound information.
"So, Uzumaki Naruto is back huh? Last I heard of him he freaked out in the hospital and ran away"
The Hokage nodded solemnly.
"Except he's going under the name Uruhada Nonori"
There was a brief silence as Sarutobi emptied the remnants of his pipe into a nearby trash bin.
"Filling out that report was the hardest thing ive ever had to do…"
Kakashi averted his gaze to the mountains on the horizon. In the light of the sunset it was truly a sight to behold. The one eyed jonin sighed in his growing age…things were so much simpler back then…
Naruto sat comfortably on a park bench Sora stood vigilant upon his shoulder, as always. The bird always seemed to be interested in something…as if he could stare into the very soul. He gave the bird an affectionate nudge and as always Sora pulled at a stand of his hair as if to say 'Not now, baka. I'm watching something…' He seemed to always be looking for something these days… In the distance was a girl who looked like she was trying to take down one of the countless tall, proud oak trees of Konoha. With an inward chuckle Naruto strode calmly towards the girl to get a better look at her methods. At a closer look she was doing nothing at all…just kinda slapping it…Again he laughed at the girls futile attempts when something caught his attention.
"…You're…eyes…"
"E-ecs-scuse m-me, b-but i-m t-t-raining f-for an e-examination…"
She quickly glanced at him from the side of her eyes to see if he'd left, her stance became tense as Naruto watched in curiosity.
"You're training…? For what, un? Whaddya a lumber jack?" the question seemed to intimidate her...or something as she quickly pulled her arms to the side.
"A-act-tuall-y…i-im t-training t-to become a-a…"
Naruto slowly looked from the tree to her hands, still confused.
"Well ya aint getting nowhere with those pansy-ass slapps" he dug into a pouch which hung loosly by a strap to his left which caused the timid Kunoichi-in training to instinctively reach for the kunai pouch strapped to her leg.
"Hey, hey. Relax. Im just getting summa this stuff, un." He showed her what seemed to be a palm full of white colored clay. She examined the clay with her own paled eyes
"W-whats t-that?" She asked taking a shaky step back.
"This…" He exclaimed proudly causing her to jump "Is my C-4 explosive clay"
This time the girl completely paled and stumbled back against a fallen tree, holding herself and anything around her for dear life..
"W-what a-a-re y-yo-u g-going-t-to d-do with t-t-hat" her voice cracked at mid sentence.
"Whaddya think. Im gonna help you out, un. This tree has obviously done something to deserve your little love taps" with that he focused chakra into the clay forming it into a small spider-like creature which instantly dropped to the ground and crawled under a lose set of roots.
"Well, that's all set…might wanna get a few feet away…The girl nodded dumbly and followed and simply watched in astonishment as the blonde gave the tree its final goodbyes
"Im sorry, tree-san…But you're fate has been decided!" "Yuuku!" With what seemed like a delayed blast the fiery destruction ripped itself from within the trees trunk followed by the sound and impact of the blast itself. Nothing but smoldering remains rained down from above casting an orange glow over Naruto's paled eyes, his hands triumphantly rested on his hips.
"Well, how was that!? Not only did I take out the tree…but check it out I got some of that statue too, un!" The statue of the lonely maiden was now ten times more lonely…as her entire left side along with most of her head had been blown clean off and fused to the cement walkway below.
"Hahahaha! So beauti-WHA?!" in his own adoration…the girl had slipped away.
"Tch, bitch. Can't appreciate true art…"