Chapter 04: This just in: New Abilities Reported!

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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, it is the property of Masashi Kishimoto

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Naruto never felt as violated as she curled up under the covers in her assigned Maximum Security Room in the basement of the Hospital. Those smiling fiends that called themselves nurses had taken a sadistic pleasure in poking and prodding her body. The physical that they forced her to go through to determine that she was now fully female was downright mortifying. She shivered in fear as the door opened once more.

"How are you doing, Naruto?" Hiruzen chuckled as the neo-girl stuck her bandaged arm out from under the blanket and flipped him off.

Hiruzen picked up the medical report sitting on the table next to the bed. It had been a rough six hours for both Naruto and the nurses. The other three medical reports were in his hands from the boys, and the elderly leader patted the boy-turned-girl on the head now that she had pulled the covers down to see him.

"Now Naruto, don't worry. At least we fixed your arms, and we will figure out how to turn you back." It was Iruka who had figured out how to get the muscles in Naruto's arms to return to normal. It was a combination of being able to mentally picture the form you wanted and that the transformation itself took the energy to fuel it from her Yang chakra. They had found out that while it physically exhausted her, she maintained her mental acuity. They tried to get Naruto to transform into her male form, but all it did was tire her out, which they had suspected would be the case. As a nurse bandaged her arms, after applying a muscle relaxing lotion, they had discussed the possibility that Naruto had to eat and rest to replenish the energy lost from the ability and how the transformation persisted without any additional chakra.

When they told Naruto that they would try again tomorrow, she had thrown a hissy fit, which had driven Iruka into his 'Over-protective Big Brother' mode with her adorable angry face. Considering the young chuunin saw Naruto as a younger sibling, the Hokage pitied anyone who would inevitably try to 'score' with the tiny girl. He had left to check on the others as Iruka was muttering plans on how to train Naruto during the next month, not knowing that the Hokage already had something in store for the pain in his ass Uzumaki and the instructor.

"Well Naruto, you will stay in this room for the next five days if you want to be one of my shinobi. This is an order."

Naruto grumbled out an 'Okay Old Man' before she shifted around on the bed and settled against the pillow, her braided hair resting on the pillow. When he had asked why her hair was now braided, Naruto grumbled 'A nurse wanted to torture me.' After the incident earlier on in the day that required him to seek medical attention for the mild anxiety attack Naruto caused, he was perfectly fine with forcing the child to get used to people treating her like an 'adorable little girl' whether she liked it or not.

Hiruzen nodded to the two ANBU standing guard outside of the room. Both men saluted as they bolted the doors and stood in front of them to prevent access. Hiruzen chuckled as Asuma fell in step with him. Getting Naruto to apologize to his son and Guy was like pulling teeth. She had felt perfectly justified for belting Guy, Bird, and Kiba for going into the bathroom, though her reasoning for hitting Asuma was slightly off, mainly because she insisted that because he 'looked at me like an idiot' was more than reason enough. The jounin realized that he wasn't going to get a reason for why she hit him, and resigned to never know.

"Asuma, I'll be in my office for quite a while tonight, let Konohamaru know I'm sorry." Hiruzen said as he removed his helmet.

"Of course Pop. He'll be upset though."

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"Hmm, let's see here," the old Sarutobi looked at the first medical report, puffing on his pipe.

'-Patient: Aburame, Shino-... blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda... here we go, -Sudden rise in chakra levels and reserves, Aburame Entomologist called in, the beetles seemed to be feasting on less of his chakra than normal, but were more energized from his chakra. The beetles seem to hold small pools of chakra to feast on at a slower rate as well. Preformed Chakra Crystallization Test, the crystal is three times larger and several ounces denser than the average genin clan members. Reserves are expected to increase exponentially over time, possibility of supporting a K-15 level mixed species hive as well as learning and preforming D to C ranked Ninjutsu.-' Hiruzen read as he lit his pipe, "He's lucky that that's all that happened. His reserves will grow with his natural growth rate and when his skill increases, this young man will be powerful."

'Let's see, next is... -Patient: Uchiha, Sasuke- Same old same old, everything looks normal, what's this? -Note: Due to being the last member of clan... put to every genetic test... Discovered that the genetic code for the Sharingan can only be passed on through female carriers-?!' Hiruzen choked on his tobacco smoke as he reread the line, "The villagers are not going to be happy that their 'savior' can't pass the Sharingan on. I'll need to double the guard on both him and Naruto just in case they try to seduce the boy to prove this wrong or blame Naruto. I don't want to be forced to start executing idiots again. Though, now that I see this, it's no wonder the Uchiha were so withdrawn and secretive. If this had been public knowledge they would have died out years ago. Itachi truly wanted to end his clan's curse."

There was, as far as he could remember, never a child born to the Uchiha clan from a woman outside the clan that activated the Sharingan. Of course, of the clan of nearly three hundred strong, only about forty had ever activated it at a time. When the Shinobi Police had been established during the reign of the Second Hokage, all Uchiha had a choice given to them by the clan head of the time, they could join the Academy and go through their shinobi career knowing that they could retire to the police or join up if they failed the exam. They could also choose the Shinobi Police as their only career path.

"I'll have to break it to the boy gently. Part of his dream just became unachievable, and who knows what else could happen." Sarutobi drew a long breath before blowing a smoke ring, before continuing, '-There is also an anomaly attached to the genetic sequence that carries the code for the Kekkei Genkai, believed to be caused by the Kyuubi's chakra, has made a slight change that might cause unknown effects. The change is in the segment that carries an unmapped portion of the strand, though it should activate as normal.-'

"What a cluster fuck," Hiruzen sighed, putting the file down. One of his most promising genin would now be balanced on a thin wire, and saying the wrong thing could cause unimaginable results. Picking up the next file, he hoped it would be better.

'-Patient: Nara, Shikamaru- Hmm, Let's see... negative... negative... negative... negative... positive... neg... Wait, positive? Hmm... -Put to acid test, catalyst alongside the long successive line of selective breeding carried on by Nara clan has activated elemental manipulation like abilities. Shares similar sequences and marks as the First Hokage's Mokuton. Currently dormant?-' Hiruzen bolted to his feet in excitement, "Ha ha! Finally, some good news!"

The old man did a little jig that left the ANBU on guard in the room chuckling and wondering what he was happy about, but didn't leave their post.

'Now for Naruto. Heh heh. Let's see. -Fully female, blood tests confirm Uzumaki blood. Heavy influx of the Kyuubi's chakra caused bloodline like abilities to appear, the 'Shape-shifting' seems to have a preset transformation that is determined by unknown factors. Side note: Seems to act like Kushina Uzumaki in current form. Possibility of Mother-Child relation rather than just a clan relation?-'

This wasn't good, people were starting to figure it out. It was too soon for Naruto to know who his parents were. Kumo and Iwa would try to kill him, or even worse, kidnap her and force her to breed.

'Though, it may be too late now.' He thought. A knock on his door caused him to look up. It was a little past midnight and he didn't know who would be knocking at this hour. Signaling his ANBU to standby, he called out for them to come in. A young teen with silver hair and glasses quickly entered and knelt before the desk, an outdated gesture which was primarily used ANBU and older jounin, but he recognized Kabuto through the gesture.

"Lord Hokage, Doctor Misato sent me to tell you that around midnight, Naruto Uzumaki returned to his original form. She requests your presence to control the boy, whose enthusiasm seems to have put a dent in the doors to his room."

Hiruzen winced as he pulled the Hokage robes on. Those doors were reinforced steel and very expensive to replace. Whatever it was about those of the Uzumaki and Namikaze families that caused them to hate hospitals with a vengeance had been inherited by Naruto in full and then some due to the previous treatment he had received.

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Six Days Later, Hokage's Office

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While waiting on Naruto's tutor for her 'special class', Hiruzen sighed as he watched Naruto adjust her belt for the third time in as many minutes, cursing the fact her clothes didn't fit her new female form. The past week had been an interesting one to say the least. When Naruto had suddenly turned back into a girl two days after the first fiasco, everyone had been more prepared for it, and had strapped her down to the bed to keep her from injuring herself and others, seeing as she had another panic attack.

Since then they had gathered data that suggested that the timeline of this particular transformation was not up to Naruto, and from her grumbling it was most likely the demon fox's doing. They came to a rough conclusion, Naruto would spend forty-eight hours in his birth form and at midnight after the second day, he would shift into the female form. Dreading the thought of an innocent and naive female Naruto being taken advantage of, Iruka had demanded that he find someone to teach the neo-girl everything that she needed to learn in such a way that it stuck. Hiruzen knew that they would both regret it if anything happened to Naruto, so he called in the one kunoichi that had been banned from giving this lesson at the Academy.

It had taken considerable bribing and a promise to strike her last streaking incident off her record, but she finally agreed to do so, even if it meant hitting Naruto with a wooden club until it stuck.

"Hey Gramps, when is this lady supposed to get here?" Naruto asked as she sorted out the B and A rank missions. Things like escorts, assassinations and so forth. It may have been a security risk, but he could trust Naruto to keep her mouth shut about the contents. She wanted to be Hokage one day after all, and he could use the help at the moment. There was something he needed to take care of later tonight, and he couldn't be late.

"When she gets back from the mission I sent her on three days ago. It was a simple delivery mission that shouldn't take too long. So she should be back here soon." the old man cackled silently as he made sure to keep the D ranks close to him. Wouldn't want to spoil the surprise for Naruto, now would he?

"Mission success, Lord Hokage!" A jubilant voice cried out, causing Naruto to look up, "Now, where's this brat you want me to teach?"

Naruto stared dumbfounded at the lady that had just barreled through the open window. She had brown eyes and purple hair, clothed in only a mesh body suit, a brownish-orange mini skirt and a trench coat.

'This is supposed to be my sensei for my special training?' Naruto thought as the purple haired woman and the elderly Hokage argued over something, moving her head back and forth trying to follow the conversation about something that she didn't understand before the woman looked at Naruto with a predatory gleam in her eye.

"Well, it looks like you're with me for the rest of the day, Ichigo-chan! I'm Anko Mitarashi, your teacher on the art of being a woman!"

'She called me... Strawberry?' was all Naruto could think of, not hearing the rest of it, "What are you teaching me?"

"Basic feminine hygiene, how to act like a girl, move like a girl, what to expect about your girl body and...THE TALK." Anko loomed over the terrified neo-girl.

Naruto let out a screech and darted into the hall, and was attempting to scoot past Team Guy on the staircase when a weighted chain wrapped around Naruto's ankles. Team Guy watched in morbid fascination as the girl that had brained their sensei a week ago was dragged into the shadows of the Hokage's office, screaming and clawing at the floorboards. When the girl disappeared through the Hokage's door and out the open window, the team slowly moved into the room. Nothing looked out of place except for the trail of scratch marks that were etched into the wooden floor.

"Ah yes, Team Guy." the Hokage said, straightening his papers as if a breeze had blew them out of order, "I hope you remember Naruto, because your next mission involves him."

"Question, Lord Hokage!" Tenten said, hand in the air. She was slightly disturbed by the fact that the Hokage had steadfastly ignored the little red-haired girl screaming bloody murder as she was dragged out his window.

"Yes Tenten?" the elderly leader asked as he steadfastly ignored the damaged floorboards as if they had always been like that.

"Isn't Naruto a girl?" the budding Weapons Mistress asked, confused and slightly terrified over the entire thing concerning the red-haired girl.

"Naruto has a unique ability that, so far, has only been recorded in him, or in this case, her. In essence, we are both correct. Naruto has come into possession of an ability she has named 'Tenkan (Change)', which allows her to change her form at will, though there seem to be some preset forms that she has no control over. But it is the boy you will be working with on the first day of the mission and the girl on the second day. Afterward you will be at Iruka's beck and call to help Naruto during his and her training." Hiruzen sipped a cup of tea as he leaned back, "It is partly my fault for what happened, with the joint mission I put Iruka and Naruto on, his skills had to suffer for the ruse to be perfect. Your job is to help him, and her, purchase and learn how to use and care for his new equipment. He also needs appropriate attire for as both a shinobi as well for his new feminine form, though he probably will fight tooth and nail over his jumpsuits. This mission is going to be done in tangent with Iruka, who was forcefully volunteered to keep him from moping over the unfairness of life in general. Meet with him tomorrow and he will tell you what else he may want you to do."

"Yes Sir! We won't fail!" the four shinobi cried.

"Guy, all I truly foresee happening is Tenten and Neji working on this one for a few weeks, while you and Lee maybe only there to assist with his Taijutsu. Please keep this in mind."

"Yes, Lord Hokage, I understand." Guy said as he left the room, allowing his team to locate Iruka while he pondered the meaning and usefulness of Naruto's new ability.

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That Night, in the abandoned Catacombs under the Hokage Mountain

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Hiruzen sighed as he walked through a supposedly collapsed tunnel, mimicking the needed techniques to bypass it quite easily. It was time to deal with Danzo, and he hoped his old friend and rival would back down without a fight. It was time for the 'Shinobi no Kami' to fully come out of retirement. Seeing as he maybe had a year or two at most before he was forced to relieve his post to a younger more qualified person, now was the time to begin cleaning up his mistakes. Starting with these upstart ROOT Operatives that appeared in front of him.

"No time to chat children, I have an appointment to keep." Hiruzen said as he brought his staff to bear. He was quick and efficient in taking the men down with non-lethal blows, leaving two mud clones behind to restrain them. He had to keep moving.

Three more times he was attacked, and three more times he quickly dispatched his attackers with non-lethal tactics and precision. Then he met a pale skinned boy whose black clothing and hair stood out against the candlelit wall. Two scrolls were spread out in front of him as the elderly Sarutobi sensed he was channeling chakra. He watched in amazement as a group of ink constructs in the form of lions rose from the paper.

"Choujuu Giga." the boy intoned lifelessly. The lions attacked, but Sarutobi slipped around them and struck at the boy, and with him losing consciousness the ink constructs fell apart. Hiruzen knew the boy had no name, which was how Danzo operated. A name was only earned through extraordinary deeds, though one would temporarily be given one for a mission, but very few ROOT Operatives ever got a permanent name. The boy himself was low chuunin in level and carried himself like an ANBU. Hiruzen knew the boy's life could be spared if Danzo had to be dealt with as he was too young to have the seal placed on him.

Hiruzen finally made it to the heart of the base, Danzo sitting in front of him with his back turned. The war-hawk was flanked by two senior members of ROOT if the lack of masks meant anything, and on the wall in front of him was a map of Konoha, marking all the entrances to this facility.

"Hiruzen, you are still too soft." Danzo said as he studied the map, placing a marker over the hospital, the Uchiha District, and Naruto's apartment complex, "Torune, send three squads to lock down these locations. No one outside of Konoha is allowed near those genin."

"I refuse to kill my own men for believing in you. Especially since I have been passing them orders for all these years." Hiruzen said as he picked up another marker and placed it over a temple on the outskirts, "You there," Hiruzen said pointing to the remaining unmasked ROOT agent, "Guard this location. Only Naruto is allowed in."

Fu hesitated. Danzo had looked surprised as the Hokage walked up, and didn't know how to take the command. He was loyal to Danzo, and Danzo was loyal to Konoha. But the Lord Hokage was Konoha's Dictator. It didn't matter how kind hearted he acted, so when Danzo gave a slight nod, Fu left to assemble a team to do as he was told.

"Why are you here, Hiruzen?" Danzo asked as he tapped his cane on the ground, calling out another ROOT Operative.

"I have made many mistakes in ruling this village and I need to start fixing them." Hiruzen said as he stood shoulder to shoulder with his old rival, "I have maybe another one or two years at most left in me before I am forced to retire. There are too many mistakes and I can't fix them on my own. Ever since I retook my throne I knew that I couldn't be seen with my hands on certain incidents, I needed a way to keep my fingerprints off of them, even though they threatened Konoha and its citizens."

Hiruzen turned and walked to the center of the room and looked up, seeing a ceiling composed of the roots of the forest that acted as a natural barrier for their village. It seemed to be too idealistic of his rival, causing him to chuckle, "I knew you never shut ROOT down, so I found out a way to pass the information to you without anyone knowing. Not even you."

"I suspected. Sometimes you were a little too free with your words." Danzo said, sighing, "What is it you want with me, Sarutobi? You didn't come here for a simple talk or to kill me."

"I think it's time for us to open a direct line of communication for these missions Danzo," Hiruzen turned and glared at the bandaged man, "You are still under my command. Either you comply or I your tenure as the head of ROOT will be at its end, and you will be removed by any means necessary."

Danzo stiffened at the casual way that his old rival spoke of terminating his life. He knew about knew about almost everything he had done, all to further Konoha as the strongest village.

"We will explain the truth to Sasuke. With the information I have received about his clan after Iruka's mission, he needs to know everything. That is the first mistake we will correct." Hiruzen then blasted his rival with high levels of Killing Intent, immobilizing him and the rest of the Operatives in the room, "Do I make myself clear, Shimura!"

Danzo struggled to throw off the effects of the Killing Intent, which wasn't easy when he couldn't use his hidden Sharingan without tipping of Hiruzen, "Of course, Lord Hokage."

Hiruzen turned on his heel and left, though he stopped at the door of the room, "People revere me as the 'Shinobi no Kami', a god amongst men. But if I am to remain that way, I shall need someone to support and drive me from the darkness, a 'Shinobi no Yami' so to speak. Let me know if my old partner is ready to act Danzo, for I have shed my shell once more, but from what I can see, you have not."

The Sarutobi patriarch left just as he had come, with a steady and measured pace. Danzo punched the wall next to the map. Hiruzen was right, they had both grown weak over the years. Both of them would need someone to replace them soon. It was time for him to start rectifying his mistakes as well, starting now.

"Bring me the boy, it's time to give him his next mission." Danzo said, "And to bestow him a name."

As the old warhawk moved to the meditation chambers to think on what had happened, he only had one thought, 'We have both grown weak, my old friend, but I am still stronger. If you fail, I will take the reins.'

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The Next Day

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Iruka watched as Naruto sat on the roof of his apartment, staring at the ground and people below him with a muted horror etched across his face. His lesson with Anko had lasted through the night and Iruka had seen Naruto stumble out of the classroom that she had commandeered for the lessons that she gave Naruto early that morning. Even then he had an almost blank, horrified look on his face. Even though not many people were out and about that early in the morning, people actively moved out of his way.

Iruka had been confused when Naruto had staggered up onto his roof after several tries that had left large bruises because he couldn't focus enough on what he was doing, only what he had learned under the crazy woman. All of the while, Iruka had only one thought, 'What had Anko done to him?'

Iruka had been watching for over two hours before Naruto quickly stood up. The blond had suddenly developed a very worrying twitch that shook his whole right side as he flipped onto the balcony next to his apartment and rushed inside.

"Iruka, what's wrong?" Iruka jumped as he turned, a kunai drawn and to his assailant's throat. Or so he thought, as his arm was quickly grabbed and he was then flipped over the assailant's head and landed on his stomach. Before he knew it, an old man was sitting on him.

"Sorry, Lord Third."

"Of course Iruka. Now, what's wrong with Naruto?" Sarutobi asked as Iruka groaned as he was helped up.

"Anko's training is what happened. Combine with it the fact it's generally something that most men never learn until later in life, the fact that he's normally a twelve year old boy and how in depth Anko probably went, I think it might have been too much!"

Hiruzen sighed, for what seemed like the hundredth time in the past week and a half, before turning to the apartment, "Well I better go talk to him."

The two men walked over to the building and knocked on the door, but they got no answer. Opening the door, they saw a giant hole in the opposite wall with words relating to what he had learned from Anko scrawled around its edges. In the distance they saw him wearing his jacket inside out and his pants were missing. Hysterical laughter sounding in the distance as he danced around in the streets with a terrified cat whose owner was screaming in horror as the blond menace proceeded to waltz down the street with her beloved pet.

"ANBU!"

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Author's Notes: All right, here's tonight's chapter. Not much for me to say tonight, only one mini rant.

1) Naruto's apparent age in his female form is a direct correlation to the fact I believe to be the fact that I have never seen him eat anything besides Ramen unless he was at a festival. Growing up on his own with no one giving him proper nutrition resulted in his short stature, but he at least had muscles to back it up. So short boy turns into tiny girl, with almost no muscle definition but a good amount of baby fat to up the adorableness, this will be fixed by Iruka the best he can.

Alright, before I finish off for this chapter, one last thing. At the end of Chapter Six there will be a poll/questionnaire to see what you want to happen for some parts of the fic I'm torn on. I literally cannot decide one way or another. It will cover several topics that will come up later, but I will be posting it with Chapter Six.

This is Dingo saying goodnight!