"Tsunade-sama, the latest test results are in." said one of the researchers.
"Let's see it then," replied the Hokage.
"Well, as you know, there are two from the sand village here. We tested their DNA to see how it differs from that of one of us. Since there was one male and one female, we thought the results would be accommodating."
"And?" the blond male was getting anxious. How long would it take for them to figure this all out? Maybe this could finally be the revelation they were looking for!
"Negative" the scientist sighed.
Tsunade banged his head against the table. This was getting extremely aggravating.
At the same time, a third sand sibling was on his way to Konoha. His dark teal eyes scrutinized his area as he passed, getting closer and closer to the gender confused city. Gaara was greeted by two kunoichi (female ninja) that he didn't recognize. He wondered where the regular ninja who took this post were. Speaking of which, why didn't he recognize anyone else as he walked by? He knew he hadn't been in Konoha in a while, but not long enough for the whole population to change! As he got closer to the Hokage's building, he felt as though he began hearing things and people saying his name. Was he going insane? In truth, he was not. Many he passed on the way had stopped and looked at him.
"Is that Gaara?" one said.
"Oh, he's cute!" another stated before clasping her mouth shut.
Gaara was about to enter the building when he heard his name being called.
"Gaara! Ne, Gaara!" called out a blonde with familiar whiskers.
"Hello." said the red head, trying to think back to how he knew this girl.
"Are you here to pick up Temari and Kankuro?" she asked.
Okay, so she definitely knew his siblings. But then why didn't he recognize her? He tried to rack his brain but not matter what, it came up null. He scratched his head awkwardly. This girl obviously knew him and he was starting to feel bad.
"The Hokage called me over here as well, but once I'm done, I will probably head back along with them," he replied, acting as if he wasn't confused.
"Oh, okay. I'll come with you. Tsubase-basan needed to see me soon anyway," the blonde smiled.
Gaara almost laughed. This girl held a resemblance to Naruto, he noticed, and she even called the Hokage the same thing. He wondered if they knew each other.
"Ah, Naruto, you're early," said a strange blonde male seated at the desk. Who was he and why was he sitting in Tsunade's seat? And did he call that girl Naruto?
"Yeah. Gaara's here so I came up with him," replied the whiskered female.
"What's going on?" Gaara said, entering the room. This was making no sense what so ever.
"Right, you haven't been informed yet, have you?" said the Hokage, "Naruto, come back in an hour and we'll discuss was I called you here for."
The blonde nodded and left the room.
Tsunade spent most of the next hour explaining the situation Konoha was in. Gaara definitely was not expecting that.
Kakashi was walking through the village when a green figure jumped on her back.
"Kakashi!" yelled the enthusiastic Gai, "Just because we are now female, doesn't mean you stopped being my rival!"
The silver haired ninja sighed, "What do you want now?"
"Oh no Kakashi. This is not my turn this time. I called our competition last time so it is your turn. Let us have a match of wits and strength! Name your challenge and if I dare lose I will do 5,000 one-handed handstand push-ups. No, 10,000!" Gai had stars in her eyes as she exclaimed all this.
"Alright. Let's see…" she thought, trying to figure out an activity that wouldn't take any effort and just get Gai off her back. "A quiet contest."
"A quiet contest? What is this, children's games? This is a man-to-man rivalry! Well, woman to woman it seems!" she retorted.
"Um…it will show how much endurance you have if you don't say a word."
Gai was convinced and the competition began.
The two ninja walked down the streets, Gai flaunting her ability not to utter a word at every opportunity she could. Kakashi wanted to walk over to the brick wall and just hit her head on it over and over and over again.
They stood outside a shop when they saw Tenten pass by Neji.
"Neji, bear my children!" the brunette blurted out before clasping his mouth shut. He was noticeably embarrassed but he was laughing at the same time. He couldn't believe he just said that statement. Nor could the bewildered Neji.
The two jounin could hear these words with ease from where they stood. Gai couldn't take it anymore.
"Ah, the power of youth!" she called out, her eyes glistening.
"You lost. See you later," said Kakashi, already walking off.
No one saw Gai for the rest of the day. That is, except Lee who eagerly asked to join in to her activity.
Back in the Hokage's office, Tsunade just finished telling Gaara everything he knew. The red head was surprised in such a way that he couldn't even reply.
"I'll let it sink in." Tsunade continued signing papers as he waited.
The clock ticked loudly as teal eyes stared at the floor going over everything he just learned.
"Okay. What do you want me to do?" asked Gaara wondering if the Hokage had a personal request of him. It was still so weird to see her as a male. Every time he looked up there would be a quick second he'd wonder why a stranger was in the Hokage's chair before remembering that him and the woman he was used to seeing was one and the same.
Just as Tsunade was about to answer, the door to her office opened and all focus turned to that.
"Here's more paperwork you need to sign," said Shizune as she walked into the room and placed a stack of papers on Tsunade's desk.
He thanked her and she turned to leave the room. Gaara was about to ask why she hadn't turned into a male but something stopped her. As she walked past Gaara, his eyes widened. Why did he sense an evil aura coming from her?