Two jounin were sitting at the gate to Konoha village. It was a boring job, merely because no one came in the village, and even if they did, they will only be Konoha shinobi. So two of them were just sitting and doing nothing.

Suddenly they saw someone walk towards the gate on the dusty road. It was a man, who seemed to be twenty or twenty five years old, handsome, blue eyed, blond, wearing orange coat with black flames at the bottom. The only thing that amazed the two jounin was that he was wearing the Konoha headband.

He was walking at a quiet pace, not hurrying, not running, as if he was enjoying the nature. Under his orange coat he had a black shirt with a necklace consisting of three sapphires tied together. The only thing that ruined his handsomeness were whiskers on his cheeks. The man resembled the fourth hokage, but the whiskers reminded them of Naruto. But this man couldn't be the fourth hokage, who died sealing the Nine Tails, and he couldn't be Naruto, who was a dobe and never was so cool, and was aged fifteen.

"Hail, who goes there?" asked one jounin from curiosity. The man answered with deep, calm, almost musical voice "It's me, Naruto, don't you remember me?"

The jaw of the second jounin flew open when he heard the man speak "Are you out of your mind?! Have you ever seen Naruto before? He is fifteen, and wears weird clothes. If you want to be Naruto you could have come ten years earlier, then maybe we would believe you."

Naruto didn't understand what the jounin meant. It was him, THE Naruto, THE only Naruto Uzumaki. "I bet they have something in their eyes, cause if they can't see me that means they are blind!!!!!"

Poor Naruto didn't see himself in the mirror yet.

Naruto was walking through the well known streets of Konoha. Same kids played in the same playgrounds, same shops sold same things. "Nothing changed I see. Well that's better. What could have changed in one month?"

Suddenly he heard a whisper behind his back "Sakura, SAKURA LOOK! Do you see what I see?" from the tone and the voice Naruto guessed that was Ino.

"Do you see that guy in front of us? HE IS HOT!" on those words Naruto almost choked with a dumpling that he was chewing while walking through the shop street.

"I never saw that guy here before" he heard Sakura saying "But I must admit, he IS COOL AND HOT!!!"

On those words Naruto reacted with shock. "Sakura LIKES me? She hated me all the time! What happened now? Can't she see that I am Naruto?" suddenly Naruto realized "Oh snap! It must be HER, Senna, who made me unrecognizable for others. Ok, now I really need to see myself in the mirror!"

But before Naruto could do anything of the sort, he felt something, or rather someone jumping at him from the back. It was Ino.

"Hey, handsome," said the blond girl "What's your name hot stuff?"

Naruto still couldn't adapt to the shock of being suddenly popular, so he just continued eating a dumpling as never before. Well that didn't make Ino get off him. Instead she just stared at him with seductive eyes and hugged him even more.

Naruto felt as bad as he never felt before "Is this how Sasuke feels all the time?" But Ino got off him pretty fast, and as he guessed later because of Sakura. Instead of Ino she just walked next to him eyeing him with such intensity, he even thought that she might eat him alive right now.

"So, what is your name?" all of them kept asking. Finally Naruto said "I am THE NARUTO UZUMAKI, the one who likes ramen, and the dobe you all know. That's it…"

Ino and Sakura seemed shocked by what he just said, but nevertheless kept hanging on him like they did on Sasuke, and then Ino said "No way you can be Naruto, he is a retard and you are so hot my eyes are melting, and you are so cool, that I dream to be your girlfriend!!!!"

That was the last line for Naruto, he couldn't hold himself anymore. He took Ino's shoulders in his arms, while Ino started blushing. Then Naruto bowed down…and…

He ran…

He ran… leaving the two frustrated girls behind…

But not for long…

As they ran after him…not letting him get out of their sight…

Naruto's breath came out with short bursts. His feet were almost flying above the ground. "This is wrong. This entire place is wrong! It shouldn't be that way! Even in my wildest nightmares I didn't dream of THIS…"

He didn't dare to turn around, as he still heard footsteps of two girls running after him. "Stop running from us! We can't keep up that way!'

"The point of me doing this is…?" answered Naruto and added more speed.

Suddenly, when Naruto turned to the corner, he bumped into something. Something furry and hard breathing. After a minute he realized that it was Kiba, with his dog Akamaru."Guys, thank god, please, save me… I beg of you save me…" Naruto couldn't talk anymore, as he was out of his breath.

"Who are you anyway?" asked Kiba.

Naruto remembered that no one seemed to recognize him, so he simply said "I am Naruto Uzumaki! I know I don't look like it but I am! So now Kiba save me, please!"

"From who?" asked Kiba when Sakura and Ino came out behind the corner with a wild war cry as they spotted Naruto "There he is! Don't let him run away Kiba! He is ours!!!"

Kiba raised an eyebrow in wonder, then turned only to find Naruto on the other end of the street, running wildly and shouting " I don't want…to die…like…this!!!"

Ino swore with such words, that Kiba only dreamed of knowing. "Well thank you, KIBA! Now we lost him!" said Sakura and both girls resumed their chase. "What could Naruto possibly do to make them go after him like that?!" thought Kiba and looked back at them.

Meanwhile Naruto struggled as he ran. "Blast it! I am running out of energy! I…can't…run…any…more…" and he stopped, panting heavily and leaning himself to the wall.

When Naruto wanted to resume his running, he suddenly saw that he is next to the Huyuga house. "I bet Neji will help me!" he thought and knocked at the door.

The door was opened by Neji after somehow two minutes. "What took you so long, man?! I am going to be killed any second, so just let me in!

Neji was shocked but still managed to say "Who are you, stranger? We can't let a stranger penetrate our Huyuga ho… "

"No time you blasted idiot! Are you going to talk to a dead man rather than let me in and listen to me normally!" shouted Naruto with outrage, because he thought he heard rapid footsteps behind the corner.

"Oh my…. Anyways, come in." said the dark haired boy and let speechless Naruto inside.