When he got home later that night he checked in with the Third before going to his room to prepare for the Graduation exam. Little did Naruto know that his study habits would not be the only thing to change that night…
Naruto's Transformation
Naruto began to toss and turn in his bed like he was having some kind of weird nightmare. In fact, he would learn that this nightmare wasn't just happening in his head…
Naruto found himself surrounded by darkness; he could barely even see his hands in front of his face. He was starting to get a little scared but he kept his composure, at least until…
Grrrrr… Booom… Booom… Booom… Booom!
Grrrrr… Booom… Booom… Booom… Booom!
Naruto heard some kind of creatures' growling followed by a few booming thuds coming from both in front and behind him.
Grrrrr… Booom… Booom… Booom… Booom!
Grrrrr… Booom… Booom… Booom… Booom!
To Naruto's horror he heard it again but this time they sounded closer. It continued and it kept sounding like it was getting closer and closer until… they were right on top of him.
Naruto could only watch in horror as, what appeared to be a fox with nine tails and a winged dragon clashed time and time again.
It was a fierce battle and Naruto didn't know whether to run or to try and find some popcorn or, better yet, ramen and enjoy this spectacle. But before he knew it, the dragon had been snatched from the air and laid out on the ground.
At this point the 9-Tailed fox turned its attention towards Naruto and charged. Naruto decided to high-tail it out of there, but it seemed like no matter how hard he ran he wasn't getting anywhere.
Naruto knew he was done for as the fox closed in, opened its monstrous jaws, and…
Just then some other creature appeared from the darkness and began to fight with the 9-Tailed Fox. Naruto didn't know what kind of creature it was and no matter how hard he tried he couldn't get a good look at it…
"Just what is that thing? I've never seen anything like it before."
Then both the mystery creature and the dragon ganged up on the fox as Naruto awoke from his strange nightmare. To his surprise, Naruto awoke to chaos. Everything around him had been decimated, destroyed, and any other word you wanna use for disastrous mayhem.
Naruto jumped from his bed in surprise. Looking around, he hoped to figure out exactly what happened. The entire side of the building that contained his room, or what was left of it, had been demolished.
Naruto walked outside, err…uh was already outside, and around the building but he was not quite ready for the shock he was about to receive…
Naruto caught a glimpse of something that nearly made him jump out of his skin. In one of the windows Naruto saw a reflection that appeared to be… him. He quickly ran back into the building and into the bathroom to look in the mirror.
"NARUTOOO! WHAT WAS THAT?! WHERE ARE YOU?!" questioned the Third.
"I'M IN THE BATHROOM!"
"WHAT Was thaaa…t?"
The Third was surprised to see Naruto, at least he hoped it was Naruto. He turned around so that the Third could get a good look at him…
"Well… Aren't you gonna say anything?"
"Naruto… your hair turned white… and your eyes… they… look like gold… Your monkey-tail… looks like… a lizard's… and you… You Have Horns!"
"Yeah, I kind of already noticed that old man…"
Naruto's hair had turned as white as a cloud, his eyes were no longer their usual cerulean blue but gold, his tail resembled that of a lizard, and two horns were protruding from the top of his head.
"I look like some kind of freak, don't I?"
"I wouldn't say that… It's actually pretty interesting looking. But all that aside, what happened here, are you alright?" the Third asked with concern in his voice.
Naruto said that he felt a little funny, a little different, but proceeded to tell the Hokage about what he did the night before, his nightmare, and up to the current situation.
Upon hearing everything the Third figured that he knew what the mysterious creature in Naruto's dream was and even had a name for it, but that wasn't important at the moment. The Hokage then began to tell Naruto about what he thought happened, at least to him…
"Naruto, one of the clans that you come from is a sister clan to the Inuzuka clan. Both utilize animals in their techniques, jutsus, and lifestyles. The difference between them is that while the Inuzukas use their animals to gang up on opponents, your clan is basically both the person and their animal counterpart. For a couple of years after your birth, we thought that you were just an ordinary cougar or something, but it turns out that your dragon-self was probably lying dormant and just hatched, or emerged or awakened. This may explain your current appearance."
Naruto looked at himself in the mirror…
"The only thing that I can't make heads or tails of is your room, but don't worry I'll get someone on it and you'll be sleeping in your bed with four walls by tonight," he said with a smile on his face.
"Now you should hurry or you'll be late for class."
Naruto's horns then sunk back into his head and his tail changed back into its normal monkey-tail form as he slowly got up to get ready...
Next chapter: A Choice...