Chapter 3: Naruto: Help? No, That Kind of Help Isn't Cute at All
"Ahem..."
When the Third Hokage saw Kakashi instinctively take a step back, he immediately realized that what he had just said was a little inappropriate. So he coughed awkwardly to cover it up, then asked again with concern what exactly had happened during the mission.
"All I remember is that I was struck by a sudden bolt of lightning before I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I had already become like this."
Seeing that, Hatake Kakashi lowered her hands and deliberately put on a gloomy, sorrowful tone.
"Wasn't your Raikiri said to be named for cutting lightning itself? So how did you end up getting struck by lightning?"
The Third Hokage couldn't help showing a puzzled expression.
"Uh... the situation was urgent at the time, so I didn't react in time."
Kakashi explained with an embarrassed look.
Then she said that she had been in the middle of fighting an enemy at the time, and there had also been a violent storm, which had interfered with her movements. She suspected that the reason she had been struck by lightning was because she had used Raikiri during the battle, attracting the lightning from the storm clouds above.
"You got struck by lightning, and when you woke up, you had turned into a girl...?"
After hearing that, the Third Hokage frowned deeply. No matter how he thought about it, something that unreasonable simply shouldn't be possible.
Under normal circumstances, if someone got struck by lightning, they would either die or be severely injured. How could they possibly turn into a girl?
Could it be that after Kakashi was struck by lightning, she had been gravely injured and then saved by a passing doctor, but because most of her body tissue had died, she had needed full-body surgery, and in the end even her sex had been changed?
But in the entire ninja world, who could possibly possess medical skill that advanced?
Tsunade? Orochimaru?
No, no, no. Tsunade's medical skill was indeed incredible, but she probably still couldn't do something like that. And even if she could, there was no way she would heal Kakashi and then just throw her back into the wilderness.
As for Orochimaru, he certainly liked all kinds of strange research, but he probably... maybe... perhaps... still couldn't turn someone into a girl either.
The Third Hokage was deeply suspicious, but he didn't dare be certain of anything.
No matter what, the fact that Kakashi was still alive was already a blessing.
So the Third Hokage stopped dwelling on it and immediately arranged for someone to take Kakashi to the hospital for a full examination.
The result was that even the hospital's machines could not detect any injuries on Kakashi's body. In the end, they only drew a little blood before letting her leave.
The blood test results would take three days to come out, so during those three days, Kakashi was told to stay home and rest properly.
That same night, some of Kakashi's blood test results had already come back.
They showed that aside from being a little weak, there was nothing else wrong with her body.
The most important point was that according to the genetic testing done on her blood, Kakashi now truly had female genes.
When he saw the results, the Third Hokage smoked for quite a while, yet still couldn't understand why this had happened.
Under normal circumstances, even if someone's appearance changed, their genetic chromosomes should not change.
But now Kakashi's genetic chromosomes were female.
Originally, he had even planned to bring Tsunade back later and see whether she could somehow turn Kakashi back into a man.
But now that even her genes had completely become female, how could she possibly be changed back?
At that thought, the Third Hokage couldn't help sighing. Kakashi was one of the younger people he valued most, and now that she had become like this, he had no idea whether her strength had been damaged or whether she could still serve as a Jonin instructor.
After all, among the Jonin in the village, the one most suitable to lead those two little troublemakers was still Kakashi.
The next day.
Since there were no missions for the next three days, Hatake Kakashi slept lazily until after eleven in the morning before slowly waking up.
She didn't know whether it was because of this body, but she felt as though she had no motivation at all right now.
Her eyes drooped slightly, and her expression still carried traces of drowsiness. She had the urge to stay at home, lie around, and read novels instead of going anywhere.
Still, Kakashi rubbed her stomach and eventually got out of bed, planning to wash up, go out to buy something to eat, and then come back home to lie down again.
But after washing up and changing out of her pajamas, she suddenly realized something was off.
Because of the slight softness on her chest, the friction against her clothes while walking felt somewhat unfamiliar. She had been a little tense yesterday, so she hadn't noticed this at all. Only now, after relaxing completely, did she realize something was wrong.
"Only... an A... no, almost a B..."
Hatake Kakashi lowered her hands with a faint blush on her face. Although they were a little small, it still didn't feel quite right to go out without wearing a bra.
But going out alone to buy underwear felt a little embarrassing too.
After thinking it over, she decided to use the Transformation Jutsu to change her appearance before going out to buy some.
Very soon, with a puff, Hatake Kakashi instantly turned into a black-haired girl.
"She looks a bit like... a female Sasuke? No, that must be my imagination."
Kakashi looked at herself in the mirror with some surprise. When she formed the hand signs just now, all she had done was imagine a black-haired girl from Konoha, yet somehow she ended up looking like this.
Whatever. Buying clothes and food came first.
Two and a half hours later.
Hatake Kakashi had finally bought some underwear and finished eating lunch.
"Since I'm already out, I might as well stop by the bookstore before heading back."
As she was preparing to return home after eating, Kakashi suddenly remembered that when she had wanted to read something last night, she had discovered there were barely any proper manga or proper novels in the house. Most of them were things like Icha Icha Paradise, slightly suggestive novels that were far too monotonous.
Soon, when Kakashi arrived at the entrance of the bookstore, she just happened to see a little blond brat getting thrown out from inside, with another little brat following behind him.
Orange jacket and pants, spiky blond hair, and three whisker-like marks on each side of his face.
Wasn't that Uzumaki Naruto?
And that little brat behind him was Konohamaru, right?
"Sasuke?"
The moment Uzumaki Naruto got kicked out and looked up, he saw a somewhat familiar figure and instinctively blurted it out.
But in the very next second, he realized something was wrong, and his face immediately turned red.
Looking more closely, the person in front of him was really beautiful, and just like Sasuke...
No, no, no. She was way prettier than that arrogant jerk Sasuke!
"Sasuke? Big Brother Naruto, do you know her?"
Seeing Naruto's reaction, Konohamaru asked in confusion.
Uzumaki Naruto also came back to his senses at that moment and hurriedly shook his head, saying he didn't know her.
Hatake Kakashi snapped out of it as well and simply walked around Naruto into the bookstore.
She really hadn't expected to run into the protagonist here. Judging from the goggles on Naruto's forehead just now, he hadn't become a ninja yet.
That made sense. Naruto's future team leader was Kakashi, after all, yet she had no such memory in her head. Which meant the story hadn't reached that point yet.
Still, according to her memories, the Third Hokage had already told her a week ago that she would be assigned to lead this year's graduates.
Most likely, it would begin after she returned from this mission.
And yesterday had been the day she returned from completing that mission.
In other words, it was about to start very soon.
She wondered whether, now that Kakashi had turned into a girl, the Third Hokage would still let her become Naruto's Jonin instructor.