"Yo wake up you little lazy butt! It’s 8:30!” Pyre said, poking a sleeping Kitsune.

Kitsune let out a whinny groan and swatted the poking finger away, “Aw c’mon! Five more minutes!” she whined burying her head in the pillows.

Pyre rolled her eyes. She seemed to be as about as awake in the morning as her father. Speaking of Naruto... she had to wake him up too.

"It's your Orientation today, you should be excited! You can see what team you're on!"

“…Snore…”

Pyre sweat-dropped, “Geez and I thought Shikamaru is a lazy ass…”

“…Snore…”

Pyre took a deep breath and cracked her knuckles. "You're making me angry," she said in a teasing voice. "You won't like me when I'm angry."

Kitsune snorted.

"That's it little missy!" Pyre growled playfully, and scooped her up. Kitsune wrapped her ankles around the bedpost with an iron grip. Pyre started to tickle her, “Come on you!”

Kitsune meeped as her number one weakness was used against her, “Gah! Mom no! No! Don’t!” she laughed.

Pyre laughed, setting her down. "Some ninja you are huh? Breaking not from torture, but from tickling."

Kitsune rummaged through her clothes drawers, pulling out a few items of clothing. "Hm, I suppose if we run into a sadistic ninja who intends to get information from us through tickling, I'll be pretty screwed."

“retty much. Now hurry up and get dressed while I get your father up.”

“Good luck on that one mom.” Kitsune snickered.

Pyre rolled her eyes, “Gee thanks.”

It wasn't till several minutes later that Pyre emerged from the bedroom, dragging a still yawning fox behind her.

"Getting up this early in the morning..." he yawned, "Is ungodly."

"Hn."

"Dad, dad! Will you teach me some of your jutsus now that I'm a real ninja?" Kitsune asked eagerly, and sweat-dropped at her mom's injured expression. "You too mom!"

Naruto tousled her hair, earning him a pout. "Someday hun, but for now, let's focus on getting you to Orientation in one piece!"

"Can we ride on your toads dad?" she asked, smiling endearingly. Must... resist... puppy-face! Naruto thought, steeling himself.

"Eh... Sure!"

Kitsune whooped punching a fist in the air, “YAY!!!”

Pyre wrapped an arm around Naruto's waist, and gave him a chaste kiss, earning a disgusted look from Kitsune. "And then Daddy has to go to work."

Naruto grumbled something about paperwork, and put on his Hokage hat. "Can't we just take the day off, you and me? The house'll be empty..." he said with a impish grin.

"Eh!! Keep it PG guys, I'm still here!" Kitsune cried, arms crossed.

"Mm, I don't think so," Pyre laughed. "Mommy has work to do too, you can't become an ANBU captain and take the day off to have fun with the Hokage."

Kitsune wrinkled her nose. "Are we leaving or not?"



"Kitsune is going to be late for the Orientation..." Hari said worriedly.

Karen rolled her eyes, "She's always late, Hari."

The whole class suddenly turned in surprise as great rumbles shook the ground. A large toad came into view, Naruto sitting with Kitsune in front of him, who was squealing with laughter.

Karen nearly fell, “Holy crap…!”

"Kitsune-chan, you really outdid yourself," Hari laughed, and sweat-dropped.

She scratched her neck, and dismounted the toad. "Bye Dad!" she called, waving, and he bounded off towards the Hokage Monument.

“That was… kinda creepy…” Karen said.

Kitsune smirked, “Hey I’m on time though right?”

“…It was still creepy…”

Kitsune shrugged, still beaming.

"Alright students, you may all come inside and take your seats. Forehead protectors will be given out and you'll be put on your teams."

“Come lets go!” Kitsune yelled before rushing towards the building, only to run into a certain emo-bicth, “Gah, it’s YOU!”

Hana glared at her, “Wow, you actually figured that one out did you?”

Kitsune growled, but stopped noticing something. Hana had a black eye, “Hahaha! Nice face! Looks like I improved it a lot yesterday!”

Hana spread some bangs over the bruises marking her face self-consciously, just as her mother used to conceal her huge forehead. "Yeah well, looks like I improved your arm too!"

Kitsune snorted. "That was so lame." Even so, she looked at her arm. "What're you talking about anyways?"

Hana looked at the unmarked arm. "I- I bit you there yesterday. I thought-" She couldn't finish her sentence. She sniffed and turned on her heel to take a seat.

Hari looked at Kitsune with interest. "She did bite you there, I saw her. Where did the mark go?"

Kitsune sort of half-shrugged. She was a little confused herself.

“Did Aunt Kia visit at all?” Hari asked, “Maybe she healed it without you knowing?”

Kitsune shook her head, “Nope. I didn’t see her at all yesterday.”

Karen sighed. "We going inside or not?"

The two girls followed Karen and took their seats. Graduates from several other classes were also there, some that the girls didn't recognize.

“What the!?” Kitsune nearly yelled when she saw a boy teen with silver and black hair and a tiger-like tail, “Hey Hari look!”

Hari looked over and her eyes widen. The boy was fairly tall, and had brightest blue eyes she had ever seen. He wore a red shirt and with gray and black hoodie over it, and dark blue jeans. But what caught her attention was the tiger tail that Kitsune mention, and the tiger markings under his eyes… Is he a…?

"Go talk to him!" Kitsune urged, giving Hari a nudge in the back. Hari blushed madly. He had the bluest eyes she had ever seen, and he might be a- a-

Kitsune gave her a push, and Hari stumbled forward. "Er- uh, hi," she stuttered. The boy glanced up briefly, disinterested, then looked back towards the board.

“Come on! Keep trying!” Kitsune whispered.

Hari gave a small nod, “Um… what’s you’re name…?”

“…Nekko.” He said simply, his eyes still on the board.

Hari was terrified, and made to sit down again. A look from Kitsune made her turn back to the boy.

"So... uh, you have a tail!" She almost smacked herself. She was making a fool out of herself.

"No shit."

Hari felt crushed. This time she did sit down, Kitsune seeing the look on her face. Hari then almost had a heart attack when someone tapped her shoulder, and she whipped around.

"Hey. You have raccoon ears," Nekko said quietly.

Hari smiled weakly. "No shit." Then she giggled, making sure he knew she wasn't serious.

Nekko smirked slightly at her, “So, what’s your name?”

“M-my name…?”

“Yeah you do have a name right?”

Hari nodded, “Yeah I do… It’s Hari.”

"Last name...?"

"Tell me yours first," Hari challenged, this boy screwing up her life-long nervous and shy personality badly. He bristled, but seemed to relish the mistrust.

"Kuro. Kuro Nekko."

"I am Sabaku no Hari," Hari replied, and then turned to the board before he saw her flushed cheeks.

Kitsune grinned, "See? That wasn't so hard now was it?"

Hari shrugged, her face still bright red.

"You guys are all genins now," Shikamaru announced, and everyone fell silent. "Hitoshi here will pass out your forehead protectors, while I list off the teams. Also, I'd like you all to welcome Kuro Nekko, who has transferred from the Rain Village."

Everyone turned to glance at Nekko, some pulled remarks about his tail and ears, (at which he slumped further down in his seat) and gave their attention back to Shikamaru.

Kitsune frowned at what just happened, "That wasn't very nice..." She whispered.

Hari didn't frown. It was what she had expected - in fact, better than she had expected. Sometimes she hated her beast chakra, it made her so blantantly different. But all the same... she wanted to reach out and hug him, he looked so desolate.

Shikamaru started to read the list of teams out loud, "Team 1: Uzumaki Kitsune, Subuku No Hari, and Nara Karen."

Kitsune grinned huge, "ALRIGHT!"

"Yes!!!" Karen punched a fist into the air

Hari beamed, and clutched Kitsune's arm happily when she hugged her.

"Team 2: Inuzuka Shi, Inuzuka Kiki, and Koha Sei."

Kiki glanced at her brother in both annoyance and amusement, then batted her eyelashes endearingly at Sei.

Sei sweatdropped and sighed, "Whoopie..."

Team 3: Uchiha Hana, Minukimasu Nozomi, and Rock Sumi."

"YOOSH!" Sumi whooped, "This shall be a great team! Right Nozomi!?" Sumi exclaimed. It was pretty obvious who her dad was. Her hair was black just like her dad's but but was longer and in a high ponytail. Her clothing was all green, her shirt showed an inch or two of stomic, and had a camo exclimation point in the middle.

"Uh..uh...s-sure!" Nozomi stuttered both shyly and nervously. She was the comlete oppisite of Sumi. Completly shy, and timid. She had brown hair, starnge swirling yellow eyes and wore red dress-like outfit.

Hana merely moaned and slammed her head onto the desk, "Why do I gotta be in a team filled with Bakas?"

"Team 4: Shikyo Mayumi. Ranah no Katan, and Kuro Nekko."

A boy with red and black spiky hair and black eyes knowen as Katan snorted, "Oh great I'm stuck with the Kitty-Cat."

Nekko narrowed his eyes and glared at him, "Don't call me that..."

Mayumi looked at her teammates and sighed 'Well, at least they're kinda cute...' She thought as she pushed some of her blonde hair out of her blue eyes.

"And Team 5 is Hyuuga Tynan, Hyuuga, Mitsu, and Sujuman Biri."

Biri's new teammates, the Hyuuga twins, eyed her warily. She had cat-like things coming from her head, but they were as hard as rock. Sallow, blue eyes blinked, uninterested, and she pushed some crimson-pink hair out of her eyes. There seemed to be a drifting, eerie presence about her that made other students take caution.

Biri noticed them staring at her and gave them a look of annoyence, "Take a picture. It'll last longer."

Tynan and Mitsu snapped back around, embarrassed they had been caught staring.

Hari smiled warmly as Hitoshi finally came to her, reached into the box he was carrying, and handed her a forehead protector. "Congratulations, lady Sabaku," he said courteously. Hari blushed again - she hated that title. But she accepted the forehead protector politely, and tied it carefully around her neck.

Kitsune grinned when she revieced hers, "Hmm I wonder who our sensei is gonna be..." she thought outloud as she tied her forehead procter around her upper right leg.

Shikamaru sighed very, very loudly. "I have been assigned to be your team's sensei, Kitsune."

Karen looked over, eyes widen as she tied her foredprocter around her waist, "Sersiously!?"

Kitsune blinked then started laughing, "Ahahahaha! You're stuck with us for good!"

Shikamaru looked about ready to growl at her, but restrained himself.

"Hehehe Shika and Mom are gonna get a kick out of this when they find out." Kitsune snickered.

Hari nodded, her eyes curved upwards in a quiet smile.

"You guys can hang out and talk or whatever until each of your senseis come," Shikamaru said, sat down at his desk, and pulled out a book.

"It's too bad we weren't on the same team," Hana purred, sidling up to Nekko. "You and I could have had lots of fun together." Nekko's eyes flashed with annoyance, but he remained impassive.

"Oi vae! I think I'm gonna gag after witnessing that..." Kitsune shuddered.

Hana shot a glare at Kitsune, "Shut up you stupid fox."

Meanwhile Kiki had slinked over next to Nekko as well, "My aren't you a cute like Kitty-Kun."

Nekko bristled more visibly this time. "Don't call me that."

"What? Kitty-kun? But you're adorable," Hana laughed lightly, and made to playfully cup his chin. He stopped her hand, disgusted, and moved to a table clear across the room.

Just as he sat down, Sumi was by his side, smiling a huge grin, "Hehehe..."

Hana quickly went over "Back off, Yoosh-brat! He's mine!" she hissed, clinging to Nekko's arm.

"No way! He's my little Kitty-Kun!" Sumi yelled as she grabbed his other arm.

"Hell no. You're both wrong!" Kiki growled, "He belongs to me!"

"You're all wrong," Nekko said, his voice a low growl. They all blinked in confusion. "I belong to no one but myself, and that will never change. Now get. Your. Paws. Off me."

"BUT KITTY-KUN I LOVE YOU!" Sumi yelled and glomped the poor guy, "YOOSH!"

"Get off my Kitty-Kun!" Hana yelled.

Mayumi suddenly tackle-hugged Nekko just as he managed to pry Sumi off,"NO HE'S MINE!!!"

Karen looked tempted to jump on the bandwagon, but Hari grabbed her wrist and glared at her threateningly.

Nozomi wacthed with wide eyes as the girls all started to jump onto Nekko in a dog-pile style, "T-they're gonna k-kill him!

Hari and Kitsune both frowned. They would get that poor boy out of it somehow...

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Kitsune whispered, and a perfect clone appeared beside her.

"That jutsu's forbidden!" Hari gasped. Kitsune shrugged, and had the clone transform into Nekko. "Go tell Nekko to use Substitution Jutsu."

Hari obeyed, and slipped away just as Nekko disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving a log behind.

"Hey! Where'd he go?"

"That way!" Kitsune cried, pointing after the Nekko-clone running out the door.

"KITTY-KUN!!" The girls shreeked and ran after the Nekko-clone.

Kitsune grinned, "Hehehe suckers..."

Hari laughed lightly, and even Karen watched in amusement as the girls stampeded after a clone.

"Thanks." Nekko dropped from the ceiling. He was as unreadable and impassive as ever, but his hair and clothes were ruffled from the fangirl-molestation.

"A-are you o-o-okay?" Nozomi just managed to stutter out, blushing slightly.

Kitsune blinked. Nozomi remindered her of Hanatia with the way she stuttered and would be so shy around people.

Nekko merely sighed, "I'll live..."

Shikamaru finally noticed the uncommon silence, and looked up.

"Hey... Where'd everyone go?"

"They went stampeding out of the classroom, and making an extremely large amount of noise," Kitsune scoffed. He had really not heard anything.

"...Where you sleeping again Sensei?" Hari asked.

Kitsune snorted, "If he wasn't then he must be deaf since he didn't notice almost everyone molesting poor Nekko."

Right then Nekko noticed that somthing or rather someone had attached themselve to his arm. He looked down and sweatdropped. It was Karen.

"Hehehehe hi..." Karen giggled.

Nekko made a weak attempt to shake her off, but she detached herself of her own accord. "Hehe, just felt left out."

"Whatever. Just... don't start calling me 'Kitty-Kun'..." Nekko sighed

"Hehe okies."

There was a light knock on the door, and Shika and Tenten both walked in.

"Hi there!" Shika beamed, and she faltered as she found a room with only a few children in it, but she was completely aghast when her eyes came to rest on Nekko.

"Y-you there..." She approached him, surveying him carefully. Then she ran her hands over his ears, as if measuring something, stroked his tail in appraisal, a calculative look on her face. Nekko seemed unfazed by this check-over - Shika was doing it in a way that a real tiger would.

"Where are you from?" she demanded.

"The Hidden Rain Village." He answered.

Shika looked as if she were about to speak again, but kept her mouth shut. "Uhm, anyways, where's my fantastic ANBU-quality butt-kicking team?" she asked, looking amped. "I hear I got some Inuzukas!"

"Kikki is with the other girls chasing that Nekko-clone." Shi said.

"I give them all half-hour before they realize they're chasing a clone." Sei snickered.

Shika raised an eyebrow, but turned on Sei. "So, you're one of my students? Sei was it?"

"Hai, sensei."

"And where's the Inuzuka boy... Shi?"

The short Inukuka sibling tugged on her shirt, "I'm right here..."

Shika glanced down to find a small boy, blushing in embarrassment, his mother's pale lavender eyes staring up at her.

"Now aren't you just the cutest thing!" Shika gasped. "Kiba knew what he was doing!"

Shi blinked, "Uh.... thanks...?"

Kitsune yawned in boredom then looked at Tenten, "What team are you in charge of?"

"Oh! I'm in charge of... Hana, Sumi, and Nozomi," she said, and smiled warmly.

"Emo-Hana and Sumi are part of the stampead that left." Kitsune giggled, "But Nozomi is still here!!!" She pointed to the very, very shy Nozomi.

"H-hello S-sensei TenTen..."

Tenten looked down at Nozomi, and smiled. "Hi there! So you're Nozomi huh? Glad to see at least one of my pupils is well-behaved and not totally boy crazy."

There was a light knock on the door, and Shikamaru opened it.

"Uh, er, Hello there Kakashi," he stammered, looking confused.

"Yo. I just came to see the new teams, I heard one of my own was taking a team." Shika smiled at that.

Kakashi then sank into the shadows to observe, and whipped out his trusty book.

"Whatcha got there?" Kitsune asked, peeking over Kakashi's shoulder.

Before He could ansewer Kitsune yelled, "GAH! IT'S THE LITTLE PREV BOOK YOU READ TO ME!!!"

Kakashi winced. "A little louder, Kitsune?" he muttered sarcastically. "If you don't want a repeat of last time, I suggest you hush it."

"Hey Kakashi! What're you reading?"

"Oh, nothing, little fox."

"You're reading something, I know that much," a younger Kitsune huffed, tired of being babied.

Kakashi rolled his eyes, handing her the book. "Don't say I didn't warn you.

The little five year old sweatdropped, "I'm only five years old! I can't read bigs words yet!" She looked at the book then back at Kakashi,"It's a story right? Why don'ts you reads it to me?"

Kakashi sighed, flipped back a few pages, and read a paragraph from his hentai book.

Kitsune's eyes got so wide they looked like they were going to buldge out. And it was during this time that her parent walked in.

"What the f... KAKASHI!!!" Pyre yelled.

Kakashi blinked, and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"That meddlesome..." Pyre cut herself off when she realized her young daughter was still in the room. She didn't want Kitsune's vocabulary of 'colourful' language increasing anytime soon.

"Hey mommy, what's a threesome?"

"I'm gonna kill that masked baka..." Pyre muttered. She then nudged Naruto, "That's more of a question you ask your dad."

Kitsune looked up at her dad, "So what is it?"

Naruto blanched. "Hey, don't throw this on me!" But the curious and disappointed look in Kitsune's large eyes broke him. "Well, when three people love each other very much... they... wrestle. Yeah, they wrestle.

"Oh, like in the pictures in Kakashi's book!" Kitsune exclaimed.

The parents both sweat-dropped. "... Pictures...?"

"Yup! It was really realistic. That person must've beena great artist!

"Kakashi is going to die..." Pyre growled.

"Mommy! Can Kakashi show me how-"

Pyre and Naruto were both gone, burning with bloodlust, before Kitsune could finish her sentence.