Naruto looked around the small room, pure white walls, ceiling, beds, everything. The thought of spending the next four days in here was utterly depressing, even if had Ino to keep him company. He sighed and walked over to one of the beds, kicking off his sandals and plopped down on it.

"Right. Naruto, Ino, this is your temporary residence while Naruto's hair growing. I trust that you know what to do, Ino?" Tsunade looked at Ino, who nodded. "I'll bring you guys meals 3 times a day, and I have also told the staff in the hospital not to come in here no matter what. You two are not to come out unless it's a dire emergency. The bathroom is over there." She pointed to a far corner of the room, where a door stood, just as white as the rest of the room. "Do you guys need anything before I go?"

"Yea. Why do we need to spend four days in here? It's going to kill us of boredom! Why can't we stay at my house? There's no-one there." Naruto blurted while Ino nodded in agreement with him.

"Precautions, Naruto. There is less risk of discovery, which means questions. If that's all, I'm leaving now." Tsunade turned to the door behind her, opened it, and walked out, closing it behind her. Her footsteps were audible, fading away as she walked down the hall outside.

"Man, this sucks…What are we supposed to do here?" Naruto whined, lying down on the bed.

"I couldn't agree less, but we might as well get started on your hair." Ino said, walking over to the bed.

Naruto grumbled and sat up scooting closer to Ino. She placed her elegant hands on his head, closing her eyes and muttered something under her breath. All at once, Naruto felt a sharp tingling all over his head, which quickly faded away to something barely noticeable. There was a pause, and then Naruto suddenly took in a sharp breath as quick wave nausea rolled over him, and put his hand up to his mouth.

"God, Ino. What have you down?" He said weakly.

"Hmm? What's wrong?" She asked worriedly.

"I'm-"another wave of nausea and he clenched his teeth, waiting for it to pass before he continued. "I'm not feeling so well…"

"Oh. That's most likely my chakra going into your system. It doesn't react well with some people. Has no one else ever transferred some of their chakra to you?" She asked in disbelief.

"Even if they did, I never felt like this."

"Well, it'll pass quickly. Your system just has to get used to mine. Of course, if I kept my chakra in you for a long time, there would be some side effects, or permanent changes. I don't know what though." She removed her hands from his head and took a step back, examining him. "You should probably lie down, if you didn't know." She added, seeing him turn a bit green.

He shot her a glare. "Thanks for your advice, captain obvious…" He mumbled, rotating himself on the bed and then lying down. "So, what's going on? Is it growing now?"

"Yea. I've established a connection of sorts, which keeps a small stream of my chakra steadily flowing into the roots of your hairs. You didn't think that I would stand there, holding your head all day and night, did you?"

"It's not like anyone has ever done something like this to me before. How am supposed to know what to expect?"

"Yea, whatever. I'm going to back to bed. If you feel sick again, try not to wake me up, okay?" Ino turned around and walked off to her bed, on the other side of the room.

"What a great roommate…" He muttered sarcastically, looking up to the ceiling. Luckily, she didn't hear him.

True to her word, Tsunade continuously brought them meals, which were good enough. Apparently she got them from the hospitals cafeteria. Naruto, who had recovered from his temporary sickness, would shovel down the food while Ino gossiped with Tsunade.

Three days later, when Naruto asked her about what their friends thought about their disappearance, she replied that she had told everyone that she had sent the two of them of on a mission together, and that they might want to think of a convincing story to tell in case anyone asked.

"You couldn't think of anything better, Obaa-chan?" he said playfully.

She responded by chucking a crumpled up wad of paper at him.

He opened up the paper ball, after Tsunade had left, and smoothed it out, thinking perhaps she had written some important note or hint on it. He was sadly disappointed, as it was just a blank old piece she had crumpled up.

"Thanks, Tsunade. You're so helpful." He said angrily, crumpling it back up. He tossed it a wall, and then looked away innocently as Ino glared at him.

"Be quiet, will ya? You're not the only one who tired of being stuck in here," She snapped at him, "but at least we only have to wait one more day!"

"What?" He asked, surprised.

"Lose track of time?" She snorted impatiently. "Tomorrow morning is when ill cut the connection and deal with your make over, so settle down."

True, he had lost track of time, but he was just so tired of this little room. Ino would always snap at him if he was too loud, fidgety, anything that caught her attention, and there was nothing to do here. He ran his hand through his hair, which was about halfway down his neck, and pulled out a couple of knots in it. Having long hair was such a bother, as it required a thorough brushing every day, and it always fell into his face. He didn't blame Ino for wearing hers in a ponytail all the time. Once he completed his mission, he would definitely revert back to his old hair.

Naruto was rudely awakened the following morning by being roughly shaken by a grumpy Tsunade. He mumbled incoherently and rolled over, away from the source that had disturbed him.

"Get up! Up! Up already you lazy bums! If I had to get up early this morning, so do you." She growled.

Naruto's jerked under his blankets open as something squishy hit him on the cheek. He yawned and slowly sat up rubbing his eyes, mumbling some more. He opened one eye, still rubbing the other, to see Tsunade now whacking Ino with the pillow, telling her to get out of bed. When Ino continued to sleep peacefully, Tsunade put the pillow down and put her hands on Ino's shoulders, pushing her out of her bed. As was to be expected, Ino let out a small yelp as she hit the cold floor, eyes flying open.

"Oww." Ino rubbed her side ruefully, and then looked apprehensively at Tsunade. "Yes, Tsunade-sama? What is it?"

"It's Naruto's test day, remember? While Naruto go takes a shower," Here, she glanced meaningfully at him, "you and I will get the stuff we planned for him. I've already bought what you told me to, so well just go pick it up from my office."

Ino nodded, getting up to change into her day clothes, while Naruto got his stuff for his shower and went into the bathroom.

Around an hour or two later, Ino had finally finished with him. It had been a long process, as she had to style his hair, dye it, run around collecting different clothes for him too change into, and then to finally do his makeup and the finishing touches. So now, Naruto was standing in front of a tall floor mirror, staring at his reflection.

"It's not exactly the Goth look, but it works out rather well." said Ino smugly, hands on her hips and examining him with a critical eye.

"Ino, its…it's really amazing! I can't believe it's me!" Naruto said in disbelief. He continued to stare at himself, soaking in his reflection. He was wearing tight black leather pants, with a couple silver studs in them, which showed off his long lean legs, finely honed by years of training. His feet were encased in knee high, black, plat formed boots that had intricate silver designs in them, winding around his calf, and when he moved his leg, the buckles that run all the way up the outside of the boots glinted in the light. His torso was being hugged by a sleek, midnight blue, V-necked, sleeveless shirt that rippled along his skin, catching the light and throwing it around. Around his neck was fine silver chain with a silver miniature ninja star hanging from it, a dark blue sapphire in the middle, and in his ears he wore a matching set of earrings. Ino had layered his hair from the ears down so that it lightly framed his face, and matched the curve of his neck. She had died the ends pure black with the very tips died metallic silver, fading quickly from blonde. He still had bangs, though they were longer and were slightly brushed to the side. Ino had covered up his whiskers so that they were no longer visible. He reached up a finger and lightly touched the place where they had been previously. He felt a small pang of sorrow, but quickly brushed it away. They were still there, and it was important that they weren't seen during this mission. He looked at his eyes in the mirror, which were thickly lined with black, and accented with silver around the corners. The bright blue of his eyes was strongly brought out, and was almost mesmerizing. He looked away from his reflection and turned to Ino.

"Whats with the high heels? Isn't it a little...feminine?"

"Youre creating your own style. Ill teach you how to put on the makeup later."

"Oh...That works. So, you want to go show people now? Walk around the village and see if I'm recognizable?" He asked, grinning mischievously.

Ino grinned back at him. "Hell yes. I've been waiting for this for four days." She grabbed his arm and pulled him towards the door that led to the waiting world outside.