A/N: While reactions were not overwhelming [Didn't expect them to be.] I did get a good sample of what people felt about my work and it seems to have moderate acceptance. I didn't receive any complains besides someone agreeing with me that the start to the Fic felt a bit… Scrambled and confusing. So I formally give my thanks to the anon that goes by Lazy and Crazy for the bit of input given.
Now to important matters, while I've been writing bits and pieces for the first chapter, I've been thinking about something. Time Travel is when you Travel through time IN YOUR OWN TIME LINE. And here comes the problem, while Naruto indeed traveled through time, he is not in his own Time Line, pretty much both Time Lines are almost identical to the point in which he comes into the picture, if not for the fact that Naruto was born a Female and the few changes that said fact will bring into his new context.
Why is this important if it has already been stated in the summary? Because I think it's important to note that at no point whatsoever I'll go through the motion of talking about the consequences his changes will bring. Normally in a Time Travel story everyone notes that it's important to not change things because one never should mess with the order that has already been imposed, but Naruto is not in his own Time Line, for all he knows there could be far more changes in the place he ended up in, so any actions he takes for example saving someone who should have died, will not bring any catastrophic consequences to his world.
After going into this small rant about my decisions for the Fic, I think I have nothing else to note right now, I wish you will enjoy the first chapter, I can't promise it will be great, but I can promise it will have my passion and love for the series poured into it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the projects that had been born out of it. His rightful owner is Masashi Kishimoto.
Wind passed through, and this time it was something else entirely that had picked his attention, the one bit of information he hadn't seen this whole time since he had woken up, why his body felt smaller than it had been when he was eleven years old, his orbs trembled with unshed tears as they stared to the side, his face still facing the Hokage monument, he gulped loudly as his vision was suddenly covered by blonde hair, so long that it resembled the one his mother had when he saw her in his seal, he was almost hypnotized by it, his eyes following every movement that it made with the wind, and as it stopped, it slowly started to fall, soon resting on his body, he didn't want to look down, yet his eyes couldn't be stopped, they followed a single strand of hair that started near his forehead and fell onto his shoulder past his chest, the straight strand was only interrupted by a healthy looking mound that was located in the place his pectorals should have been.
He could clearly see how most of his hair had pooled over his right side, the wavy straightness to it only interrupted by that 'bump', he didn't really need corroboration as he could see that his left pectoral was suffering the same fate, he didn't dare to touch, there was little to no doubt, those were breasts, they weren't big or impressive, just enough to make his clothes bulge, but those were a woman's, or in this case the breasts of a girl who will soon enter the first years of puberty.
Naruto's shock was more than visible on his face, his hands hovered over them in fear, his stomach felt absolutely sick, he could feel his last meal coming to haunt him that morning, but he pushed through it, swallowing the regurgitation that had been so close to fly out of his mouth. Trying to calm himself he breathed in deeply. 'One… Two… Three…' He thought before darting down the post, he was able to feel it, his legs felt awkward as he ran, every few steps Naruto could feel his balance disappearing, and whenever he wasn't able to regain his posture it was his hands being hurt as he tried to avoid making his face meet the ground once again, a particular sharp rock made sure to scratch the palm of his hand in a deep way, and he hissed deeply, as he looked at the red stain that was forming, his hands weren't as rough and calloused as they used to be, that was clear seeing as a tiny piece of sharp rock had been more than enough to produce a wound.
He didn't bother with it, he was a seasoned ninja, and Kurama would easily make up for it, something as insignificant as that wound wouldn't last more than a few minutes. Lost in thought, or to be exact, in the lack of it he entered his apartment, closing the door behind him, there were a few conclusions he could come up to so far, his little dream of last night might need to be taken at face value. The future he had worked so hard for had been ripped away from him, nothing more and nothing less. And he was tasked with a new mission of sorts, to struggle his way past his life once again.
Naruto in his mussing had entered the bathroom, the wound in his hand already healed and just needing for him to clean the blood and dirt off, his eyes purposely had stayed down, staring at his small and girly feet, he gave a low chuckle, but that made him wince, the corner of his eyes ached with unshed tears at how feminine it was, slowly he dried his hands with a small towel and he brought his slender and delicate looking fingers towards the first button of the light blue pajama, this was quickly pushed through the hole as the top of his clothes became that bit more loose, the second one found the same destiny, it was quite the robotic action as he pushed through every single one of them and allowed the piece of cloth to slid off from his body, of his very feminine body.
"A girl uh?" Naruto stared at the image reflected on the mirror, same skin tone, same shade of sunny blonde hair and the same shade of sky blue orbs adorning his big eyes, those were the only remaining features of his past self, the rest he couldn't recognize, the shape of his face was very much the same of his mother if not because of the baby fat that would disappear with time, gone was the square jaw line that he was so proud of because it spoke of his masculinity, in place he had a more sharp and defined chin that ended in a delicate point. Gone were his broad and square shoulders, smaller ones were in their place now, there was a certain lack of curves, mostly because he was just an eleven years old if his calculations were right, there was the slight hint of growing hips already, and just like he feared, he was observing attentively to a pair of healthy mounds in the place of young but slightly worked pectorals.
"This really is one sick joke… " It was at times like these that he wondered if Neji had some semblance of truth in the words he used to recite as if they were a mantra, maybe there was a destiny for one and each of them, maybe there was a certain amount of things one could change, but at the end the result was the same, it was like he was never meant to have the happy ending he had worked so hard for. But Naruto was stronger than that, he spent his life fighting for his beliefs, and he wasn't about to stop now.
Turning around he stripped completely, a shower was needed to push all thoughts aside, Team 7 could wait for him, or he could always say he had fallen sick, one hit from Sakura or an insult of a brooding Uchiha wouldn't change a thing by now. Naruto wondered if he should have been shocked after seeing his lower member disappear, certainly it was the final nail in the coffin. Uzumaki Naruto, Seventh Hokage of Konohagakure, Husband to Hyuga Hinata and Father to Bolt and Himawari Uzumaki was no more, in his place stood a small, frail looking girl, and while it did to a certain point, he was still riding this roller coaster, it was one hit after another, so he didn't really had the time to delve into everything that shocked him before he was struck once again.
His hands were quick, a soap bar brushed against his skin, he wasn't shy of touching his newly found body, not because he was a pervert who wouldn't mind touching a child, it was more so of the fact that he was a father originally, he had explored a woman's body in Hinata and had helped bathing Himawari until she was 5 years old, at that point he had out grown any sort of lust and only had eyes for his wife after all, and he should had been one sick man to lust after the body of his five years old daughter or in this case an eleven years old Naruko.
He continued his task almost like a drone, finding that disconnecting his mind was helping him deal with things a lot easier, every so often he would form a small plan of actions, or add bits and piece to it. It started with the need to find time to speak with Kurama, the fox had been very unresponsive so far; Naruto thought his friend would have been quick to react to their newly appointed situation, but contrary to his train of thought the fox had remained quiet until now.
Second was to adapt to his new body, whatever was the case, he couldn't really get back into action if he was falling over every time he tried to do something with the much smaller limbs, and not only that, he knew females had special needs during a certain period of the month, he will have to find someone to instruct him of how to deal with them.
The third and for the moment last stage to his series of little plans and appoinments, Naruto needed to find himself an answer and possibly some help to every problem that would surface, while Sarutobi might lend him an ear and hear him out, Naruto didn't know what to make of it, give proof wouldn't be too hard since he himself had access to all and every village record as the Hokage, he knew the village secrets as well as any previous Kage, but he failed to see if it was the wise decision, he doubted that any amount of time and experience would ever tell him the right decision to be made in his current circumstances.
Just when his internal musings and thoughts had come to an end that he noticed that he was done, dried and dressed, he looked at his clothes and wasn't too surprised to notice that nothing had changed in that department; the same orange jumpsuit adorned his body, just a size smaller, he was a bit affected by the sight though, adding another piece to the puzzle he needed to fill, a change in clothes was needed, while he loved orange and would definitely use the color somehow, he couldn't go around doing missions with such an endearing color, he would definitely funnel some of the first payments from the D-Ranked missions towards adding darker shades to his wardrobe.
'Now… I should tell my team that I need the day off…' He thought while working on putting his sandals on, he hardly had felt any hunger, his stomach still too affected thanks to the sudden realization of his newly found situation, it was at that moment that he heard the loud knocks on his front door, frowning he slowly walked towards it and there wasn't a single doubt when he opened it, standing right in front of him was Iruka, the old Iruka, the one that had been his sensei.
"Iruka?" It was the first time he actually heard himself talk out loud, the previous times had been barely registered by him, or had been too soft to take effect, it showed in his face that he disliked his new tone, but there was no time to worry about that, not when Iruka seemed to be about to explode.
"Iruka?..." Soon the brunette's fist bumped on the top of her head, it was harsh, but not hard enough to cause prolonged damage. "It's Iruka-Sensei to you Naruko!" He berated her immediately, the brunette grabbed her ear and started pulling while closing her door behind them, he did wait for Naruto to pick up her pace since she was so short, but he did not relent his pulling. 'W-What is going…!' Naruto was about to yell, but he realized something, there had been no forehead protector in his apartment, there hadn't been a screaming Sakura in his door for being so late, in her stead was an angry Iruka, and the only reason why the man would have taken his time to go and pick her up was because he was late… Late for class that is.
"Could you explain me how do you manage to not be ready 2 hours after you needed to be in the academy? We're just 3 months from your graduation exams! Don't you know how important is this period of your life Naruko?" Iruka continued his rant, while having his ear being pulled like that across the village was both embarrassing and quite painful, he allowed it, it wouldn't do to slap his Sensei's hand away, in the eyes of him he was still that precious little sister and troublesome student.
"I-I'm sorry sensei it's just that…!" 'Think quickly you idiot!' He tried to think on an answer, and the only possible one he could think of to appease the man and not get a punishment afterwards brought a soft blush to his cheeks, one thing was to be a bit used to hearing it from his wife and the other to try and say it himself. "I… I woke up a bit stained in the morning." If the careful selections of words didn't make the teacher realize what he tried to say, then Naruto, or in this case Naruko would make sure to punish Iruka for even trying to make her say things in a more clear way, thankfully for him and his pride, Iruka had the decency to let go of her ear and sport his own blush once he realized what Naruko had meant. "Ah… I… I see… Well… Are you ok for today's program?" Iruka asked while scratching his nose, something Naruto remembers seeing quite a lot in the past whenever his older brother figure was embarrassed.
Iruka's words left little information for the blonde to pick up, but the small girl debated if she should say yes or no, if there was something Naruto would want to eliminate as soon as possible was the notion that he was the Dead Last and obnoxious kid he used to be more than two decades ago, sure he didn't want to take the Rookie of the Year spot, but he certainly didn't want to be considered a nuisance anymore. Swallowing Naruto nodded, he wasn't so resolved into doing whatever was what they were doing that day.
The pair of teacher and student walked in silence the rest of the way and with a steady pace they soon walked into the academy, for some reason Iruka had avoided the main building and guided her to the back of the academy where the training grounds were, there she found herself staring and the circle of students from her class surrounding one of the three fighting areas, she swallowed, so it was tournament day, an instance in which students would be tested into the basic E-Rank Ninjutsu and Taijutsu in the form of brackets Thanks to a quick glance to the black board where the brackets were done with white chalk and the advancement had been painted over with pink chalk, it seemed like most of the fights had already been done, Sasuke's side of the bracket had already finished and as expected, the scion of Uchiha was in the finals waiting for the results from the other bracket, if only Naruko had been in time or Iruka just ignored her lack of attendance the tournament might have finished already.
"Well, Naruko It's your turn… Good Luck!" Iruka patted her on the back while pushing the blonde kunoichi in training into the 'ring'. The blonde was cursing inside of his mind, while walking with Iruka and taking a shower had actually helped a bit on his process to regain some control of his new body, he didn't know if he was prepared to fight someone, sure most of this people were Academy students who haven't even graduated yet, but some of them were his future friends, heirs to the most important clans of Konoha, slowly he started to jump on the spot to warm up a bit, a brunette boy who he couldn't really remember the name of walked into the ring as his first opponent.
"What's this Naruko? Change of hairstyle? Trying to look pretty without the twin tails?" As soon as the boy took his faulty Taijutsu stance he tried to taunt Naruto before the fight even began, everyone expected to see the blonde explode, even Sasuke had shifted his glance from his brooding to see if the worst student of the class would explode and annoy everyone with her endless rant of how she would become a Hokage someday and that she had only forgoten about making her twin tails that day, to the surprise of everyone, the simple fact that Naruko only looked at Iruka and nodded telling him she was ready to fight was enough to make them look expectantly.
Unlike the Naruko everyone were used to, the one standing before them actually had a proper Taijutsu Stance, nothing complicated or easy to recognize like the Soft Palm of the Hyugas or the Interceptor of the Uchihas, but rather something that could be called effective.
'Ok… Taijutsu, I can do this…' Naruto at 32 years old had become many things, besides the obvious ones like a Father and the Hokage of a nation, he had become a wise and experienced man, he was definitely far more mature than when he was 11, but there was something about being surrounded by only kids and being treated like one that made his personality recede a bit, he had a confident smirk on his face for the very first time in the day, his newly found problems forgotten in the back of his mind as he charged forward.
It wasn't the same amount of speed he was capable of during his teenager years, but there was one thing that was very clear, he was fast, very fast for an Academy Student or your average Genin, it was just after Naruko felt Iruka's hand lowering and cutting the wind that she charged her legs with a bit of chakra, maybe it had been too much, but Chakra control was never her forte and it was something she would have to work on once again.
One second she was standing in one side of the ring, and in the time it took someone to blink the blonde girl was in front of the boy, right hand on his chest and right leg behind his own right one, a push was all it took, she might have used a bit too much force because once he landed outside of the ring he had a few problems to breath, but nothing more than that.
"T-The winner is Uzumaki Naruko!" 'Was she always this fast?' Iruka had doubted for a second, but soon he called the winner and motioned with his hand to another civilian student to fill the spot for the next fight, a very slow round of applause filled the back of the Academy, most of the students perplexed by the very sudden show of speed of the girl had made for them.
"Bring it!" Naruko suddenly yelled, he certainly lacked enough maturity to remain acting like a 30 years old for long when surrounded by kids, and probably he was forgetting his problems too easily, but it was better that way, because nothing could prepare Naruto for the consecutive hits his aching heart would go through in the next couple of days after seeing a certain face he had missed so dearly and encountering a problem that would literally take years to be solved.
A/N: This was quite an uneventful chapter, I guess most of you might have expected an explosive show of ability or something exciting, but like I said, this Fic is far from action packed and I'll need to take my time with Naruto/ Naruko. Our favorite blonde will go through a hard transition from his Masculine and mature self into a Feminine bundle of young energy. Hormones, current body and surroundings will play a big part on how his mentality and personality molds itself with his previous self and new context.
Now I imagine you guys will be able to easily spot the thematic of the next few chapters, the next one will easily be filled with the fights, reactions and what happens on Naruto's first week as Naruko, and well, it's very easy to see what I meant by 'An old face he so dearly missed.'
You might also notice that inside the chapters there's a lot of shifting between the use of Him/He and She/Her. That's because there's still not a clear point in which Naruto accepts himself completely as Naruko and outsiders view is very important when it comes to describing a scene.
With that I think I'm done for today, you might expect another update by the end of the week or the weekend, I'm not too sure, if you enjoyed it, then I'm very pleased, do leave your reviews, tell me what you thought and what I could improve. Until then, see you next time.