The change in Naruto didn't go unnoticed by the higher-ups in Konoha. Tsunade, the Hokage, watched him closely, her sharp eyes assessing the boy who had returned from the Land of Waves. "He's not the same," she murmured to Shizune, her trusted aide. "Something about him is... different."
Shizune, ever the concerned one, nodded. "His power... it's as if he's been changed."
Tsunade wasn't sure what to make of it, but one thing was clear—Naruto Uzumaki had become more than a mere child of the Hidden Leaf. He was someone destined for greatness, whether he realized it yet or not.
