Chapter 1: Metamorphosis

Hey guys this is my attempt at a fanfic. I will be uploading 2 new chapters every weekend. Please review and let me know what i can improve on.

metamorphosis

ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs,ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊsɪs/

a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one

General POV

A sparrow took off from its perch on the roof of a tower it called home. It circled around the large structure, taking in the large kanji for Fire on the side of the building. As it reached the front door at the base of the tower, two figures standing still beside the door flicked their wrists, sending a couple of kunai in the direction of the bird. In an expert display of speed, the bird flitted past the miniature knives and took off down the nearest street. It sped past the various shops and humans walking about. A blob of pink fluff caught its peripherals and it turned to identify the anomaly. A female human came into view and it immediately turned its head back to continue down its original path. From what it remembered about this human, she was quick to anger and had the strength of an elephant. Many of its now destroyed nests could attest to her strength. The sparrow briefly remembered a boy with dark spiky hair. It was a pity it never spotted the boy after that one time a few years ago. His hair would have made the perfect nest. Suddenly, the bird met its demise by crashing against a large structure at the end of the road and cracking its neck in the process.

At the base of the structure, two chunins snapped their heads up, sharply awakened.

"Hey Izumo, what do you think that was?" one of the chunins asked blearily.

"Probably a bird or something. Just shut the hell up and go back to sleep, Kotetsu" the chunin named Izumo replied and leaned his head back onto the table.

"That was how Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki entered the village. You're lucky the Hokage's seat was unoccupied at the time or we would be in jail right now." Kotetsu chided and looked around.

Two shadows loomed over them and Kotetsu immediately tensed, expecting a repeat of the last incident.

"Hoho! So that's how those two managed to get in. After interrogating our barrier team for so long, I can't believe we forgot to check with the guards at the gate." The larger of the two men stated haughtily.

"Uh-huh. Can you imagine what Tsunade will do when she finds out about this? Ufufufufu!" the shorter one cackled.

By this time, Izumo had awoken and heard everything that had been spoken. Once he recognised the person who was addressing them, he turned to Kotetsu and nodded. Both of them prostrated before the two figures.

"Forgive us Jiraiya-Sama!" they shouted in unison.

"Ufufufufu that depends! Do you still have those pictures of Mitarashi Anko I told you to take?" Jiraiya asked, his eyes becoming starry.

Suddenly, the shorter of the two pulled out from his back a two-foot wooden stick with iron ends and swung it like a golf club… right into Jiraiya's nuts. A loud crack was heard along with a feminine shriek.

"Ero-sennin! Don't you dare talk about Anko-chan like that! Like she's just a slut anyone can take advantage of!" the teen yelled.

Jiraiya immediately jumped up from his foetal position and gave a serious look to the teen.

"Relax, gaki. I was just kidding. I know for a fact that she's still a virgin." Chuckling at the teen's gaping face, Jiraiya continued "Sarutobi-sensei, Kakashi, Kurenai and I have been keeping an eye on her ever since we rescued her from one of Hebi-teme's labs. Everytime she got wasted, either Kakashi, Kurenai or I will be close by to bring her home. So don't worry. You can still share your first time with your girlfriend ufufufu."

The teen pulled back his hood and revealed sunkissed blond hair reaching down to his shoulders.

"Yeah yeah whatever. My bad." He grumbled. He then looked straight at Jiraiya and pointed at him. "Wait! What did you mean when you said you were keeping an eye on her?!" The tall man started laughing nervously.

"Now, now, Naruto. It wasn't what you think.."

"You perverted bastard! You were peeking on her weren't you?!" Naruto yelled. He then charged at the man who took off running towards the large tower at the centre of the village.

Izumo and Kotetsu turned to each other and thanked whatever god that took pity on them that Jiraiya and Naruto forgot about their incident. As they took their seats beside the gate again, a pink haired girl came running up to them, followed by three other shorter kids.

Sakura POV

Haruno Sakura left her house with a skip in her step that morning. The reason? Her favourite blond was returning that day. She had stared at her reflection for almost half an hour that morning, flattening her dress and smoothing her hair. As she delivered her medical reports at the hospital, she reminisced on the past three years without the blond. It had taken her a while. But after she had registered the fact that Sasuke was gone and was not coming back, her attention had turned to the one who had been vying for it ever since she remembered. She had gone over her memories of Naruto and had realised that while he had saved her many times without expecting anything in return, she had done absolutely nothing for him. Tears still filled her eyes every time she remembered beating on Naruto when he asked her out or even spoke to her as she had viewed it as a way for Naruto to distract her from Sasuke.

However, the most drastic wake-up call had been when she had gone to the post office to check if she had received her monthly letter from Naruto. What she didn't expect to find, was Anko Mitarashi, the Snake Mistress of Konoha, opening up a letter addressed to her but with Naruto's easily distinguishable handwriting writing on the envelope. She tried to sneak a glance at the contents of the letter but the purple-haired jounin easily noticed it and pulled the letter back.

Flashback Start

"What do you want, Haruno?" Anko sneered.

"Is that a letter from Naruto?" Sakura ignored the rude question and asked.

"So what if it is? I think I am entitled to receive letters from my boyfriend"

Sakura's mouth was hanging open and her heart stopped beating for that moment.

"B-b-boyfriend?"

"Oh relax, Miss Hokage's Apprentice. He's not my boyfriend…"

Sakura let out a sigh and relief flooded her heart.

"…yet" Anko finished.

Sakura returned to her gaping expression again but this time was able to voice out more words.

"W-why? Why would you want to date Naruto?!" She more or less yelled.

"Why wouldn't anyone? In fact I was quite surprised to find out that he was single during the chunin exams. He had a nice personality, a cute set of whiskers, a little short but he more than made up for it with his muscular body." Anko smirked and replied

Sakura could not come up with a retort to everything Anko said and had to admit that it was true. However, she wouldn't back down. She was the Hokage's apprentice and she would be damned if she let some random woman catch Naruto before she did.

"Well then I guess you've got some competition after all. Because if you think that I'm just gonna let Naruto go without a fight, you're in for a big surprise." Sakura replied and walked out of the post office, leaving a wide-eyed Anko behind.

Flashback End

"Sakura. Sakura!" Shizune yelled, shaking Sakura out of her thoughts.

"Sorry, Shizune. I guess I'm just excited about Naruto's return" Sakura whispered the last part which did not go unnoticed by the black haired woman.

"Well then, what are you waiting for? According to Tsunade-sama, he should be back anytime now."

*Zikt*

Shizune blinked as Sakura vanished in a flash.

"I need to check with Tsunade-sama if she let Sakura look at the Hiraishin scrolls while she was drunk" she muttered and made her way to the next ward.

Konoha Gate

After running into the Konohamaru Corps, she continued down to the gates where she caught sight of Izumo and Kotetsu dozing off at the guard booth. As she neared them, both of them lifted their hands and pointed towards the Hokage tower saying "The blond menace is heading towards the Hokage tower. You just missed him." In unison. In another flash, Sakura was gone again leaving the three genins and two chunins blinking.

Once again, they failed to notice another shadow walking past them as the hooded figure entered the gates. The robed figure made its way into the village, blond fringes with red tips splaying out over his forehead. The aura he was emitting ensured that any civilian made sure to stay out of his way while some shinobi looked at him, concerned and curious as to his identity. Suddenly, he took off with a leap and landed on a chimney near-by. Looking up at the large cliff with five faces engraved onto it, he smiled, revealing large canines and whisker marks on each cheek.

"Hehehe! I guess it's time for the people of Konoha to realise why they should fear the Kyuubi eh, Yondaime~tou-san?" the teen cackled and turned to face the Hokage tower.

Roof of Hokage Tower

Naruto finally caught up with the Gama-sennin and tackled him onto to roof. It had taken him a while and he could sense that he was running out of chakra. Apparently Jiraiya had the same thoughts.

"Careful, gaki. You're only a shadow clone. You don't wanna dispel while briefing Tsunade-hime do you?"

The shadow clone just grumbled in acknowledgement and turned to look at the village. A speck of blond caught his eyes and when he turned to look, an evil grin spread across his face. He realised that the figure was looking up at him as well. With an imperceptible nod to each other, they proclaimed out loud.

Roof of Hokage Tower/ Chimney of random building

"Look out, Konoha! Uzumaki Naruto has returned!" the boisterous voice merged with the evil cackle scaring many villagers out of their wits