He'd met a particularly large and powerful dragon. Which, to his mind, qualified as cool. Particularly when meeting such dragon didn't involve meeting a quick death.
Two, he'd learned that someone LIKED him. Someone wanted to be his friend. Okay, she was a weird girl with weird eyes. That wasn't so bad, was it?
Three, he'd just taken the Hokage to the cavern and switched to his new real form. That of a dragon. A fifty-five foot long, ninety ton, winged and fanged and clawed, hyper-flame breathing, armored engine of destruction and sheer awesomeness.
The Third Hokage had looked him over, patted Naruto on the foreclaw, and said that maybe he ought to hold that back for times when he really needed it. The Hokage had further said that he'd simply put out the information that a genin now had a summons for a big dragon but would seal the details until an appropriate time. That way if Naruto DID transform, a full mobilization of forces attacking said dragon might be avoided. Naruto agreed with that, as having lots of ninja attacking him would be a pain in one manner or another.
He spotted the team and tried to wipe the broad smile off his face, only succeeding in shrinking it down to a smirk.
"Hey guys," said Naruto.
Shock and surprise greeted him, along with a momentary silence before Sakura ran forward with one fist chambered.
"Naruto!" growled Sakura as she swung, "How could you ma-"
CRACK!
Sakura came to a wide tearful-eyed halt, her fist still resting along Naruto's jawline.
"-make us worry like that," finished Sakura in a much quieter and more pained voice.
"Uhm, I had to talk to the Hokage," said Naruto. "My bloodline activated."
Sakura whimpered as she clutched her arm.
Kakashi quickly stepped next to the girl and brought the offending limb where he could look at it. When he touched her hand, there was a muffled scream from the girl in question. "Broken. Come on, let's get you to the infirmary. Just great, more paperwork."
"YOU have a bloodline?" asked Sasuke of Naruto, disbelief evident.
"Yeah, that's what they tell me," said Naruto, a little concerned for Sakura at this point. "I'm stronger and a lot harder to hurt."
Sakura said something involving that she'd noticed and that Naruto should have given some warning. Interspersed with a few obscenities.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow, making a mental note of certain phrases. Depths to Sakura he hadn't known about.
"Stronger?" asked Kakashi.
Naruto used one finger, slapping it down on the rim of a trashcan. Leaving behind a noticeable dent in the metal.
"Infirmary first," said Kakashi. "Then we'll test out Naruto's theory about a bloodline."
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