Uh, first fic, so I don't know how this works very well/at all.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, like, at all.

Now, we all know the story about Naruto's past, right. (If you don't and you're reading this you must be fucking retarded) So I won't get into to it. Kyuubi comes, yatta yatta, sealed into baby, blah blah, everyone hates him… Insert silent angst here . My version, however takes place the day after the bell-test; on team seven's first D-rank mission. So without further adieu, I present to you the first chapter of Hawk Eyes. Oh, Warning: I don't like Sakura or Sasuke nor do I like NaruHina or NaruSaku.

High above the noble, ninja city of Konoha, atop the roof of the Hokage Tower, three figures could be seen. Not from the ground mind you, they are far too high up for that. These figures, cloaked in mystery at this point, consisted of a loud pink headed howler-monkey of some type; a raven haired girl whose aura of superiority could be felt from miles around; and an orange-clad boy who happens to be the star of this story.

The girl and the loud monkey seem to be in some sort of argument with said orange protagonist. If one listened, one could make out these words.

"NARUTO YOU DUMBASS!! HOW CAN WE FIND THE CAT FROM UP HERE IF WE CAN'T EVEN SEE PEOPLE FROM THIS HEIGHT!?" Screeched the monkey who had somehow managed the ability to from coherent sentences. In fact it yelled so loud that it was impossible to tell she was still winded from scaling such a gargantuan structure. A skill mastered through years of practice one would assume.

"Hn, she's right dobe. Not even I could see the cat from up here" said the girl in a surprisingly mannish voice. 'Even if I had the sharingan.' The princess of the shadowy locks added.

"Aww, come on Sakura-chan, it seemed like a good idea at the time." Our citrus hued hero defended. He had honestly thought the vantage point of the building would be the perfect roost to find the elusive pet of the daiyamo's (sp?) wife.

"Whatever dobe. I'm getting down and finding it the right way."

"I'll come too Sasuke-kun!" The newly dubbed Sakura-chan exclaimed with greta vigor. Vigor so great in fact that, "Sasuke-kun", had to fight back the tears of unimaginable pain that resulted from the bursting of his eardrums; "He" has an image to uphold. The two agitated squad-mates made their way down the building using the incredible ninja skill called: using the stairs. A difficult procedure for the inexperienced, but the rookie of the rear and the smartest kunoichi of the same class felt they were more than up to the daunting task. Ignoring the grumbling protest of leaving their teammate's brilliant perch or as he would put it "really high place so we can see the stupid cat."

Naruto still had the idea in his head that this was the perfect plan, and in his quest to show up his unwilling rival and impress his equally unwilling "future Mrs. Uzumaki" decided to stay put and try anyway. Now, anyone would be hard pressed to find a quiet Naruto, but there he was, just sitting and watching the bustling city below him. To those who knew him, the number of which could proudly count to with both hands now, they would find this sight HIGHLY disturbing.

Truth be told, the sun kissed dynamo didn't exactly like being loud; but it was an easy way to achieve the one thing he truly wanted. Acknowledgement. Albeit negative, acknowledgement all the same. Being seen, noticed, not just thrust aside glared at and then forgotten. It gave him some semblance of what he thought to be kinship with the villagers he's sworn to protect with his life. The villagers that he was looking over right now like a Shepard over his flock. Muttering a soft "Don't worry, you're safe." To his beloved home he was roused from his proud musings by a thought that had struck him. Sakura had said that they couldn't even see the people in the village, he however could, with quite some effort; pick out the largest of details on the faces of people he knew. It baffled him.

"Maybe Sakura-chan needs glasses?" he wondered aloud. She did read a lot in class. But, hadn't she passed the mandatory eye test in class during their last week with perfect 20/20 vision? They all had, save for the strange Hinata whose eyes were slightly above the rest of the class thanks to her family's kekki genkai, the Byakugan. Then why could he see what they could not? While pondering on these things he thought he spotted a small brown dot on the roof of the Yamanaka flower shop. He liked it there, it smelled nice, and the owners would ask him politely to leave, they wouldn't even threaten him! Realizing his train of thought was running off track he concentrated once again. Turning his eyes to the dot with enhanced fervor he tried to make out what it was. He'd heard of using chakra to increase your visibility at night so he channeled the ethereal substance to his eyes. Unbeknownst to him his eyes changed, ever so slightly, something amazing. The pupils first dilated almost threatening to swallow his iris entirely. When his once radiant blue eyes where almost completely black with pupil the black mass began to change shape. On the outer edge four points began to pull towards the center of his iris reveling, once again, his cerulean discs. When the four point finally met they left his pupil in a shape reminiscent of a cross or plus sign, although the lines were incredibly thin making his eye look almost completely devoid of pupils. Completely oblivious to the dull soreness akin to being fatigued in his eyes at the time, Naruto stared in awe as his vision became clearer and crisper and to his amazement the brown dot he had been eyeing with relentless interest seemed to blur out of focus and zoom to greet him. Before he had time to wonder what happened to dot refocused and he could clearly see his mission's target as if it where right in front of him. The cat was lying on its side idly pawing its own tail while enjoying the warmth of the sun.

Not caring, or noticing for that matter, that he had just changed his life Naruto jumped to his feet absent-mindedly canceling his eye's transformation, and with a loud proclamation of "YATTA!!" with his fist held high. He turned on his headset and began inform his team of the slippery cat's position. Meanwhile, In the Hokage's office Sarutobi looked up from his ever-present paper work into the now glowing eyes and smiling face of the Yondaime Hokage's portrait and, with a big smile, he said, "It is time." While the glow promptly faded, however the smile remained.