Haruno Sakura's first words occurred at 3 months old. It was in the middle of the night. Her parents were sleeping. It was a cry that sounded like a word. No these were words. They had meaning. Feeling. Emotion. Most of which was pure anger.

"GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!" The scream was far too loud. To well constructed and far to menacing to come from a 3 month old pink haired little girl. So her parents thought that it was just a noise she made on accident. That they were hearing things. It was the most perfectly logical thing. Their daughter was loud after all and did keep them up most nights.

It was quite possible Mebuki and Kizashi Haruno were going insane. That's what they told themselves as they looked at their fowning baby girl. Arms crossed on her infant chest. Their daughter's face was one of pure rage. It was just a scream and they were hearing things.

"Son'ov a bitch." Both parents looked down at the baby. Blinking once. Twice.

There was no longer any doubt that their daughter's first words were two swears. Mebuki blamed her husband instantly before storming off to go to bed.

"Hey now." He said sweetly picking up the child. His child. "What's got you so grumpy. Diaper in a lump?"

Sakura stiffened slightly. And then relaxed instantly. She had indeed crapped herself with that mighty scream. That's where the Son'ov bitch came from after all. Allowing herself to be changed Sakura sucked on her binkie in annoyance.

Kurama. The Kyuubi didn't have a gender. Didn't have a sex. Didn't find humans in general to attractive. They were weird with their soft fleshy bodies made out of not chakra. And yet here She. And it was most definitely a she now. She was having taken over the Infant Sakura's body and soul. Sure some small part of the girl's soul still exist in the body. The take over wasn't nearly as easy as he first thought. The girl was wilful after all. But he wasn't expecting such willfulness at such a young age.

"Of all the possible. Couldn't be Sasuke or Naruto, no I got the girly girl." Kurama thought grumply in her mind. "Better than being stuck in that seal again though." she thought padding her stomach. "Suppose I'll be Naruto's Friend again. Heck I'll even be able to hit him." The smile creeped on her face. As Her father finished bouncing her up onto his shoulder.

"There you go baby girl, all better?" He asked placing her back down into her crib.

"I'm hungry." Sakrua. His 3 month old baby daughter said deadly serious.

Wordlessly Hizashi left and then came back with a lukewarm bottle a few minutes later. Before passing out on the floor.

"Guess I shouldn't speak for a while… When do humans talk again?" Kurama thought as she greedily sucked on the bottle. It was almost going so well. Everything was happy and he just had to try and Save that pink hair girl.

XXFlashbackXX

Sakura Haruno Stared at the 99 year old Naruto Uzumaki. Even on his deathbed he seemed so full of life.

"Are you sure about this Naruto, Kurama?" Sakura asked grasping his wrinkly hand with one of her own.

"I always knew you'd be the one to out live us Sakura-chan." Naruto said smiling. "But yea, We think it's best if you Seal Kurama away. He may be a nice guy and all but It's safer if he's in a person."

"I'm still not happy you choose our great grand daughter to be the next one." Sakura said frowning. "But she is still young, and has Uzumaki, Hyuuga, And Uchiha blood in her. So she can probably handle Kurama when he's grumpy."

"Hey don't sell yourself short. She's got Haruno in her too." He beamed at her. They had been married for Nearly twenty years. It was more of a formality thing since Sasuke and Hinata died.

"Right well. I'm going to miss you baka, though I won't be long for gone." Sakura said smiling. He laughed.

"Ha! You got another Twenty years in you Sakura-chan." Naruto's smile was still ungodly bright. "But hey you should do that thing Tsunade used to do and make yourself look younger. Find a handsome young stud to take care of you." Even on his deathbed he was looking out for her.

Orochimaru entered the room. Still looking as young as ever. "Kuku It's such a shame you refused my offer for a new body Naruto-kun" Orochimaru said moving to stand next to Sakura. "But regardless everything is ready for the transfer."

"Thanks Orochimaru, You've been a great help for a while now. With you here I know the leaf will be in more or less not entirely evil hands." Naruto smiled at the immortal snake.

"Yes well will of fire and all that." Orochimaru looked slightly abashed at the blondes compliments.

Suddenly his smile vanished and his body spasmed.

"We should get on with it." Naruto said frowning.

"Yes we should." A redhead voiced from above. Tan skin, dark teal eyes and deep black bags under his eyes. Gaara's Grandson. He'd been missing for twenty years.

"Shin, what are you doing here?" Sakura said standing up as quickly as she could. For a 100 year old lady it was still pretty fast.

"Becoming a god." He removed his cloak reveals dozens of seals along his body. "I have them all. But Kurama. Seal him in me quickly."

And then everything went sideways.

Sakura Naruto, and Orochimaru fought Shin. They were old. They were losing Kurama fought back. And then And then.

They was suddenly being flung backwards in time. They reached for Naruto. But the fool was dead already. So Kurama grabbed for Sakura. Pulling her soul with along.

Kurama tried desperately to Navigate the time streams. Ignoring the crumbling world behind them. That peace they had worked so hard to build and maintain vanishing behind them. It was Sakura, that girl who had perfect control that had Navigated them back on the correct time stream. Decades passed in the blink of an eye.

They couldn't speak going back. But Kurama could tell by her soul that she had her heart set on something. She wanted a second chance. She wanted to change the world.

Kurama smiled. Humans always were so ambitious. Kurama decided to would join her and help her.

And then they crashed into the present. Past… And Kurama was In Sakura Haruno's Infant form.

XXFlashback overXX

A few months or so later. It wasn't like she was able to keep track of time. It was like being sealed. All she did was sleep. Eat and Poop. She liked pooping. Just for the look on her "Parents" Faces. The kyuubi attack had come and gone.

"If only I was in my body I probably would have been able to make sure Kushina or Minato was still alive." That was regret at being powerless. No amount of Pooping was going to make Kurma feel better about that. He had long gotten over the fact that he did it. But knowing the fact that she could have changed Naruto's life for the better. That she actually had a chance to Improve the life of her first true friend in life. But fucked it up by somehow ending up in this useless baby body.

That just sucked.

Depression was quick to give way to determination. As Sakura's Chakra coils came in early.

Life for the Haruno's was Chaotic. They brought Inoichi over to examine their daughter when she began using Chakra to crawl. On the walls. Said Yamaka was amused as he looked at the innocently smiling sakura. The one year old more or less had her parents Terrified. He sighed looking at the formerly retired hokage.

Hiruzen sighed and motioned for him to continue. Inoichi had never tried to mindwalk with a baby. He wasn't entirely certain what to expect. It might not even be possible. However. The last thing he was expecting. Was to get rebounded off the mind so forcefully it sent his body flying into the wall. Knocking him out.

Sakura. Kurama. Giggled and laughed clapping her hands. Kurama was beginning to enjoy being a baby. Making people look stupid was becoming so easy.

Learning to walk proved challenging. But she learned it quickly enough. And then Kurama learned to run. On two legs. She saw why Humans did this now. It was great. She loved running. She loved her legs dearly. They were awesome! And with her hands! She could do stuff with her hands while running! Who ever made humans was a genius!

Kizashi. Had learned to Ignore the random thuds around the house once Sakura had learned how to run. The first couple times he'd run to check on her to see his daughter laugh stand up and start running again. That girl never cried.

Kurama was a genius at Chakra. Largely because she use to be chakra. That and Sakura's body had perfect chakra control. So while he knew what he could do with chakra he was more than surprised that he was able to do it with so little chakra. It was awesome.

However that was roughly all Kurama was good at. She didn't have any knowledge of history despite having lived for ever. She could count to nine. It was the number of tails she once had after all. But She couldn't for the life of her write. And Jutsu was completely lost on her.

Why on earth would you go through all those hand seals when you can just make the chakra do the thing? She often thought.

Hizashi and Mebuki were scared of their beautiful baby girl. Largely because Kurama had no idea how to be a human child. Or even human for that matter. They thought their Daughter was possessed by a demon. Which wasn't wrong.

XXXX

Five. That was how old Kurama was when she finally found Naruto. He was swinging alone on the swing set. The other kids giving him a wide breadth. Kurama wanted to pound each and everyone of them senseless. And she could. She made sure that her body was strong. Especially those glorious legs of hers. Running was fun.

"Hi!" Kurama beamed at Naruto. The sad looking blond boy gave her a look that broke Kurama's heart. She hated the fact that she had one of those now. Naruto attempted to move away clumsily stepping off the swing.

"Oh, did you want to swing?" He half mumbled, meeting her eyes for just a brief second. This was before he decided to be annoying. This was before he wanted attention. This was when he was just a shy five year old little boy.

"Yes." Kurama said happily. "But I want to swing with you." Kurama said happily. Being pleasant wasn't all that bad when she got someone to smile like that.

"You're not afraid of me?" Naruto asked in amazement.

"Are you afraid of me?" Kurama shot him her best feral smile.

"N-No." Naruto almost said yes. This girl almost did scare him.

"Good! Now let me push you!" And so they played. "What's your name?" Kurama asked happily.

"Naruto!" The blond said laughing as Kurama pushed him. "What's yours?"

"I'll tell you my real super secret ninja name." That got Naruto's attention. "You can't tell anybody else got it?" Naruto nodded happily bobbing his head up and down quickly. "It's Kurama. But everybody else calls me Sakura."

"Got it Kurama-chan." Naruto whispered happily. "Do you want to be friends?" The smile was so pure so innocent. Kurama felt herself blush. Her the century old Kyuubi was fucking blushing. That was just plain fucking wrong.

"Fuck yeah." Kurama blurted out smiling brightly. Everything went well. They both made their first friends. Well Kurama re-met her first friend. And Naruto got a different first friend. One that wasn't a ramen stand.

Until her parents came to get her.

"Sakura!" Mebuki yelled grabbing her daughter's hand. "You stay away from him."

Oh bad move.

Mebuki tried to pull her daughter away but found her tiny five year old daughter an immovable object. "Sakura?"

"Why?" Kurama asked glaring at her mother. She had truly started to consider them as such. It was odd having people care for her so. But that did not mean that they were above her wrath.

"Because he's a troublemaker." Mebuki mumbled. She couldn't quite meet her daughter's gaze.

"He's my friend. Now say sorry and invite him to dinner." Kurama wear the pants in the family.

"But he's a demon." Mebuki said practically whining, like a five year old. Naruto tried to sneak away.

"Naruto stay." It was a command. He obeyed.

"Yes Kurama-chan." Naruto said using her super secret ninja name that he wasn't suppose to tell people. Kurama for her part resisted the urge to smack him. Gently!... mostly.

"Inoichi-san thinks I'm a demon." He technically wasn't wrong. "And so do you. Now be nice to Naruto-kun or else I'll show you how much of a demon I can be." Kurama's look was one that could defeat an army. Mebuki withered.

"Naruto-kun, would you like to join us for dinner?" Mebuki said slowly through her teeth hoping Naruto wouldn't say.

"Say yes Naruto." Kurama was bossy. She was use to getting her way by this point. And not being sealed, she was dead set on getting what she wanted with her freedom.

"Yes Naruto." Naruto said dumbly.

From that day on Naruto would dine with the Haruno's once a week. It stopped being awkward by the second week. From that day few were safe from pranks.

"It's no Kushina. But they'll do." Kurama thought happily watching Naruto eat some food. The centuries old demon was having the time of her life.

XXXX

Naruto Uzumaki woke up early. It was the day of the genin test. And while he could do all the Jutsus needed he was still not looking forward to being tested. He was bad at tests. So was Kurama. But that was because the girl wrote. "I punch them." Or "I don't know, kick them?" For almost any question. His best friend and crush was worse at academics than he was. He blushed thinking about her. He knew that if he ever told the girl how he felt he'd end up castrated. Or worse.

"At Least I won't have to worry about somebody else dating her." Naruto chucked to himself as he walked towards the bathroom. The last time somebody asked her out was Kiba two weeks ago. He was also the first.

XXFlashbackXX

"Say Sakura-chan." Kiba began slowly. Almost flinching when her emerald eyes darted over towards him.

"Yes Kiba?" Kurama said with a small smile. She had some respect for the Pack runner. He was a fellow troublemaker at heart. Though that mother of his was one the few things to keep him in check.

"How about we ditch Naruto and go wild on a date?" Kurama twitched. Naruto who was sitting next to her sending warning signals towards Kiba attempted desperately to inch away. Kurama was explosive. And punchy. Very punchy.

"Naruto-kun go get me a lot of rope." Nothing ever good came from a voice filled with that much sweetness. Nor did anything good from when she added that to the end of his name.

The day ended with Kiba being left bruised and battered hanging upside down by his toes and thumbs.

XXFlashback EndXX

Naruto examined himself in his mirror. Something seemed off.

Blond hair. Check.

Blue eyes. Check.

Tan. Check.

Mouth full of smile bones. Check.

Whiskers. Check.

Weird green diamond smack dab in his forhead. Check.

Wait weird green diamond. That was so not there before. Taking his thumb he tried to rub it off. That failed. Using a rag. Failed. Soap, water, and fifteen minutes of scrubbing just left his forehead raw. It was like a giant painless zit.

"Oh hey I can totally wear my goggles to cover it up." Naruto said happily as he bounced to his room. Once he was fully dressed in the orange suit he always wore and with the goggles he sometimes wore. Naruto was ready for a day full of adventure. In the form of tests.

"Alright. Let's go get Kurama-chan!"

XXXX

The Haruno household was up earlier that morning. Largely because of their lovely.

"Where the fuck is this blood coming from?"

Albeit vulgar daughter.

"Blood?" Kizashi asked sitting up in bed. They had long ago grown accustomed to their daughters unique outbursts. "It's my turn. I'll go see what it is." They had long ago set up a turn system for dealing with their daughter. Kizashi moved to get out of bed. Mebuki's firm hand stopped him.

"I think this is a woman's issue." Mebuki half mumbled as she pulled herself out of bed.

"Huh." Kizashi asked frowning. Then it hit him. "ohh... " There was only one appropriate thought at the time. Only one possible reaction to the day that he had been dreading had come to pass. His vulgar idiotic daughter was now becoming a women.

"Fuck." Was all Kizashi could say as His wife walked out of their bedroom.

"Sakura…. Honey?" Mebuki entering the bathroom. She first saw her daughter's beautiful cascading locks of formally pink hair. It was more coral color and growing closer to flames with each day.

"Mom!" Kurama blurted out her face half frantic confusion, half frantic worry. "Are you and dad okay! There might be an assassin I woke up bleeding." She was naked, bloodied paper towels littered the bathroom floor around the trash can. "Or I'm sick." She added flatly.

Mebuki knew it wasn't a good idea to laugh at her daughter. But she couldn't help it.

"What's so funny?" Kurama shot at her glaring evilly.

"Congratulations on your first period." Mebuki said smiling. This brought a pregnant silence between mother and secretly possessed since pretty much birth.

"My first what now?" Kurama, centuries old demonic spirit asked legitimately confused. Humans were confusing. Being an entity of pure Chakra made things so much easier to understand.

"Didn't you pay attention in sex edd." Mebuki sighed at her daughter. Kurama just blinked at her waiting for the women to answer the question herself. "You think you would pay attention to your own body."

"I do! I can name all my muscles, And I know how to punch and kick real good." Kurama beamed then it hit her. The Human upgrade thingy. "Oh this the Puberty thing?" Kurama asked smiling at Mebuki.

"Yes Sakura it's the puberty thing."

"So when does it stop, the bleeding that is." Kurama asked curiously. Mebuki sighed. How on earth did she give birth to such an idiot.

"This is going to take a while." Mebuki said rubbing her still sleepy face. This was why they didn't have a second child.

XXXX

Just as Naruto was about to knock on the door. A shout of pure terror erupted from the house in front of him.

"I'm going to bleed like this every fucking month?!" Nearby bird flew from their trees.

Naruto knocked twice. And Kizashi was at the door in a heartbeat.

"Ahh Naruto right on time." Kizashi said letting Naruto enter.

"Kurama-chan's bleeding?" Naruto inquired. Slightly concerned for his friend.

"Puberty." Kizashi said flatly. Naruto looked contemplative for a moment.

"Ahh the period thing right?" Kizashi briefly wondered how the village idiot, the class clown. Was smarter than his daughter.

"Yep." The two sat awkwardly in the den waiting for Kurama and Mebuki to finish up. "So why do you still call her 'Kurama'? She yelled and threatened my balls when I called her that once." Kizashi didn't find it odd in the slightest that his daughter knew how to threaten a mans privates yet had no knowledge of her own inner workings. It was just something he's gotten used to his confounding daughter.

"I called her Sakura once but she punched me and said 'You're the only one allowed to call me Kurama, And that's the only name you're going to call me' so mostly out of self-preservation." Naruto chuckled rubbing the back of his head nervously.

"My daughter sure is a handful that's for sure." Kizashi said calmly as he began joining in on Naruto's chuckling. "Thanks for putting up with her so much. Not many people can."

"Ahh it's no big deal she's my friend after all." Naruto replied sheepishly, a small blush on his face. "Geeze it's like he's trying pawn Kurama-chan off on me."

Jumping from the second step and stomping both feet on the ground to make the rudest entrance said friend entered the room. Her messy, wild pink-orange hair stretched nearly all the way down her back. She wore a sleeveless kimono-style blouse that was yellow in colour and held closed with a green obi over a short-sleeved mesh shirt with a pair of dark blue shorts and brown shinobi sandals.

"Sup Shorty?" She proclaimed loudly putting her hands on her hips leaning slightly forward as she stuck her tongue out at Naruto. Kurama had called Naruto shorty a few times in their previous life. But he'd just retort that Kurama was just an oversized giant fox. And none of those few times were as satisfying as calling Naruto short now. Just being one or two inches taller than him made the teasing so much more satisfying than being several times his height.

"S-Shut up!" Naruto half mumbled as he stood up to greet his slightly. And it was a very annoying slight. Taller friend. He had a hard time looking at those dancing green eyes of hers. Adjusting his goggles as an excuse to not meet her eyes he turned towards the door. "Ready for the Gennin exams?"

"Hell yea!" Kurama yelled pumping her fists excitedly. "Oh remind me I need to threaten the old-man to make sure we get on the same team." Kurama said as an after thought as she allowed Naruto to open the door for her.

"I don't think threatening the hokage is a good idea!" Mebuki said joining her husband in the den. Their daughter's response was a simple wave good bye.

"Did you know that we're going to bleed every month because of puberty?" Kurama said as the door closed.

"I don't think she's going to last very long as a ninja." Mebuki said exasperated.

"Why not she can already beat me in a fight… Hurts to." Kizashi said rubbing his still bruised chin from a friendly father daughter sparring match.

"Yes but you've been a genin for how long." Mebuki retorted.

"Hey I made chuunin-"

"What do you mean you don't have to bleed every month! You don't get cramps either? What do you get?!" Kizashi was interrupted by the shouts of their daughter as she just found out that females have a much harder time with puberty than males.

"Oh no you get random erections! I FUCKING BLEED."

"I worry about us getting grand kids." Kizashi said laughing.

"We'll get a puppy it'll be smarter than anything those two produce." Mebuki said flatly as she walked into the kitchen her face growing flushed. They may have grown use to their daughter. But nobody was truly immune. "If they ever figure out that they're in love… Or how to have sex for that matter."

Kizashi blushed at his wife's bluntess. "I see where Sakura gets it from finally… That or she rubbing off on us." He eyed where is was standing seconds ago. "Speaking of rubbing." He said to no one as he entered the kitchen.

XXXX

"Alright Naruto, You've done pretty good in most aspects all you need to do is perform the three basic jutsu of the academy. Substitute, Clone, and transformation. Jutsu. I expect you'll do fine like always so just breath easily." Iruka said smiling at Naruto.

"Don't worry Iruka sensei." Naruto said cracking his knuckles. "I got this." He began to form his chakra. "Clone jutsu." dead clone.

"Uh wait. What?" Naruto muttered. Something felt wrong. "Let me try again." Naruto pleaded.

"Sure we can allow you one redo. Just deep breaths naruto. You've done this before." Iruka said calmly.

"Iruka-sensei we can't allow him the redo-" Mizuki was beginning before Naruto interrupted him.

"Clone jutsu!" Dead clone.

"Clone!" Dead clone.

"Clone clone clone clone clone!" Dead clone clone clone clone clone. The room was filled with a bunch of dopey looking naruto clones that couldn't hold their own weight.

"Enough Naruto!" Iruka yelled slamming his hands on the desk. "I'm sorry but if you can't do the clone jutsu right now I can't pass you." Iruka said calmly. Naruto felt his world crumbling to pieces. And he couldn't shake the feeling that this was somehow related to the diamond on his forehead.

"He's done it before Iruka-sensei. Can't we just use his previous results?" Mizuki said bringing up Naruto's hopes. Only for them to be instantly crushed by iruka.

"Consistency is important for a ninja Mizuki-sensei. If Naruto can't do the clone jutsu now he might not be able to when he really needs to." Iruka sighed. Giving Naruto a look of pity. "I'm Sorry Naruto but as of right now you have failed to become a genin."

Naruto clenched his fist and lowered his head before leaving. Fresh tears streaming from his eyes.

He went outside to see Kurama swinging under a tree in the yard as well. She wasn't wearing a headband either. Her pink to orange ombre hair floating easily in the gentle motion of the swing. Oddly enough she didn't seem to sad about it.

"You failed to huh?" Kurama beamed at him launching into a large bright smile.

"Yea, How'd you fail?" Naruto asked walking up to her.

"Never learned the jutsu they seemed pointless. Even if they're used against me I can still beat the tar out of people." Kurama had a great joy of fighting. Good fights, bad fights, fair fights. Kurama loved all fights but a one-sided fight. She craved that sense of tempo of a fight. But as good of a fighter as she was. The centuries old mind of the demon fox refused to use what humans called jutsu. She was no mere ninja. But she was a warrior. "How'd you fuck it up?"

"I couldn't make clones today. My catchra was all over the place." Naruto said glumly lacking Kurama's optimism about failing. "How am I going to be a ninja now?" Naruto sighed bumping his head against the hardwood of the tree.

"It's called Chakra you dumbass." Kurama said smiling. She would know she use to be made of the stuff. "And besides." Kurama said jabbing Naruto in the side. "The first ninja weren't ninja to start with, whose to say we won't be the first of something else" She stuck her tongue out at him. That optimism was contagious.

"Yea." Naruto found himself smiling despite. "Everything will be alright as long as we stick together." he completely believed that.

"Don't get fucking sappy on me you pansy." Kurama never failed to ground Naruto.

"You know there's a secret test right?" Mizuki said appearing next to his two former students. "I don't know if I should even be telling you this." Mizuki smiled as the two failures looked at him with pleading and curious eyes. It was so easy to manipulate them.

"Sounds like fun." Kurama grinned after hearing Mizuki's challenge.

"I have an idea." Naruto said as the two walked off to do the secret test.

XXXX

The two pubescent teens were giddy with excitement as they all but crashed into the clearing mizuki had told them about.

"I can't believe that worked!" Naruto said breathlessly.

"Ha it only worked because the old man was a pervert! I'm Just glad your stupid transformation jutsu still worked." Kurama said slugging naruto in the shoulder. "Now crack that baby open. Let's see what's inside."

"I thought you didn't like jutsu" Naruto stuck his tongue out at the girl as he positioned the scroll so that it would be slightly more difficult for her to read. He plopped down onto the grass with a solid thump.

"I don't, but that doesn't mean I'm not curious." Kurama walked around him and placing hands on his head then resting her chin on her head. "So that's in here… ohh and that." She thought to herself. She only knew two of the jutsu. One of which was used to seal her in Naruto in that previous life of hers. "Which one you going to do?"

"The Shadow Clone Jutsu. I want to show Sensei that I can actually do it." Naruto said happily. It also helped it was the first jutsu he saw.

"It was the first one you saw huh?" Kurama asked smiling as she lightly tapped her fingers on his head.

"Shut up." Naruto said quickly standing up to practice the technique. "Which one are you going to do?"

"Secret." Kurama smiled. "But let's make sure you do yours first. You need to become a ninja to be hokage after all." Naruto blushed as she punched his arm.

"R-right." He mumbled with vigor.

Thirty minutes passed and Kizashi Haruno came bursting through the forest canopy. When he saw the teens smiling at him he smiled back. Then he saw the scroll and took on a more grim expression.

"I was really hoping that I was racing off to prove that you two didn't steal the scroll." Kizashi let out a long sigh. "I mean really what were you two thinking?"

"Huh? We were doing the secret genin test" Naruto said simply. Kizashi blinked at the boy.

"Are you stupid?" The question was flat and carried with it the answer in it's tone.

"Yep!" Kurama replied before Naruto could say anything. "But really what's wrong Mizuki said that if we stole the scroll and learned a jutsu from it we'd be a genin no problem!" She broke out into a large grin, one that slowly spread onto Naruto's face.

"Yea I barely got it down before you showed up Kizashi-san! You're pretty quick." Kizashi scratched his cheek at the blondes appraise. Not wanting to show that he was winded from just running here. Getting old sucked. Something was wrong.

"Move!" Kizashi yelled shoving Naruto out of the way as he shielded his daughter from the flurry of kunai with his body. "You okay?" he asked through gritted teeth looking down at his daughter.

Kurama was silent. She looked nowhere and everywhere at that moment. Peering into Kizashi's eyes. Seeing his blood coming through his clothing. Naruto stumbling back up. Mizuki standing in the trees. She started shaking.

"Naruto take Sakura and run! I'll take care of him." Kizashi yelled pulling out a kunai from his back using it to arm himself.

"Don't listen to him Naruto! They've been lying to you." Mizuki said smiling. "Did they ever tell you? That the Hokage told them to be nice to you? To let you join them for dinner? Oh yes he bribed them, that's why Kizashi doesn't have to go on missions very often!" Mizuki said smiling.

"What?" Naruto mumbled holding on the scroll as he looked back and forth between Mizuki and Kizashi. Kurama had remained silent but she was still shaking.

"Don't listen to him Naruto!" Kizashi yelled still not able to fully move.

"That's not the only lie they've told you. The whole village has been lying to you! You have the Kyuubi sealed inside of you. That's why people ignore you. Hate you and treat you like only reason the Haruno's like you is because of that fat check the Hokage gives them for taking care of you every so often."

"No no no!" Naruto said crying. He looked at Kizashi who said nothing and the still silent Kurama.

"Here I'll just make this easy for you. I'll take your life so you won't have to suffer anymore!" With a mighty hurl Mizuki threw a large shuriken at Naruto.

Naruto flinched preparing for the blow. He heard an Urk. and felt no pain. Opening his eyes he saw Kizashi smiling down at him.

"While it's true we accepted some money from the hokage. That's not the reason why we did we refused it after a year." Kizashi grunted feeling the blood pour from the wound. "We've grown to care for you Naruto. And you are surprisingly good for Sakura." Kizashi said smiling.

"Why are you defending that."

"Shut the fuck up" Kurama ordered. The world listened. "He." She pointed towards Kizashi. "Was willing to risk his life to protect me." a pregnant silence filled the air. "And you fucking hurt him!" With a shout and a roar Kurama's chakra flared. Burning with white hot anger. More than she ever felt as the Kyuubi. "And if you think that dumbass is a demon. Then you I'll show you what a real demon is."

Mizuki could barely dodge as thirteen year old girl launched herself at him. She flew through the air slamming her fist into the tree causing wood to splinter. Kicking off the tree in her pursuit she broke the branch.

"What is this girl?" Mizuki thought frantically as he attempted to block her punch to the gut. "She was always good at taijutsu but this is insane!" The force of the punch sent him crashing into the shed.

"Still think He's the one you should be afraid of? You hurt somebody important to me." She was relishing in this as she stomped over to him. Thirteen years of being a human. And eighty years of being nice had done nothing to quell the fury she could bring.

Mizuki struggled to get up. She grabbed his arm. They heard the pop. Shoulder dislocated. They heard him scream. Arm broken. They watched as She gripped his hand tightly and both hands and began rubbing it. Grinding the bones inside to nothing but dust. Whenever Mizuki tried to speak or run away she just pounded a fist into his skull.

"Kurama-chan is kinda scary." Naruto said finally standing. Kizashi nodded dumbly.

"You're the one stuck with her for life Naruto." Kizashi thought as he prayed for the blondes young soul. To be cursed with such a frightening life partner at such a young age was truly a terrible thing. "You will never know freedom." He turned to see his monstrous daughter placing a foot on Mizuki's back as she gripped his arm she looked ready to pull.

"Sakura stop he's done!" Kizashi shouted stumbling over to his daughter. "I'm okay. Naruto's fine to. You don't need to go that far." She examined the completely useless arm Mizuki now had. He'd never be able to perform ninjutsu again with that hand.

"But I wanted to rip out his arm and beat him to death with it." Kurama's fury turned into the whining of a thirteen year old girl being told she can't go out in that outfit. "Stupid bastard getting me all worked up." Sakura mumbled dropping the arm as she walked away.

"We should get you two to the hokage and me to the doctor." Kizashi smiled. He stumbled. Sakura was there to catch him. "And I won't tell your mother you and Naruto stole the scroll if you don't tell her where I got these injuries."

"I'd rather you not tell her I'm helping you walk." Sakura mumbled as Naruto joined her in assisting Kizashi. Her Father gave a hearty laugh. Only for him to breath sharply. "Can someone remove the thing sticking out of my back?"

"Ahh Kizashi-san you found them!" Iruka yelled landing down in front of the trio. "What happened?"

"Mizuki lied to them to get them to steal the scroll he then attacked up. Sakura then broke his arm." Kizashi said with a hint of pride. Iruka raised an eyebrow at that. "You should take Mizuki to the anbu. But first why didn't you tell them they could test for Taijutsu specialist?"

"I told Sakura about it but Naruto was already out the door." Iruka said blinking. "I know that's how we tested Sakura and after review she passed."

"Why didn't you tell me we could just do a taijutsu test!" Naruto shouted at Kurama… through Kizashi's head.

"I forgot." Kurama said unashamed. Bonk. Kizashi hand thwacked the back of his daughter's head ever so gently.

"And you call Naruto stupid." Kizashi mumbled with exhaustion. Kurama only grumbled something neither could make out.

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After dropping off Kizashi at the hospital Iruka escorted his two students to the hokage's office. And after a brief lecture about not stealing scrolls. He congratulated the two by presenting them with their Headbands. Naruto for learning the shadow clone jutsu and Sakura for passing the Taijutsu specialist exam.

And for beating Mizuki within an inch of his life.

Hiruzen frowned for a moment as he looked over the two fresh genin. "We'll have to watch them closely. Sakura's temper seems to flair when Naruto or her family gets hurt. It probably wouldn't be a good idea to keep put them on a team." The old hokage mused his eyes not leaving the two genin.

"Unless there is anything else you two are free to go. You'll be assigned your teams tomorrow." Hiruzen waved the two off. Naruto looked like he was about to say something but was struggling with it.

"Umm about the fox." Naruto began slowly looking at the ground in front of the hokage's desk. His eyes seemed glazed over. In a rare display of affection Kurama placed her hand on his back. A sort of reassuring quarter hug. Naruto smiled at her. "Why me?" He finally managed to ask.

"You're an Uzumaki, Naruto. The previous containers of the kyuubi were also Uzumaki." Naruto's eyes widened. Kurama's did as well she wasn't expecting the old man to give out that much information. "The fourth Hokage choose you because only an Uzumaki can hold the nine-tailed fox. But I believe there was more to it than that. I believe that he choose you, because he believed in you, Naruto. As do I." The old man was smiling warmly at Naruto.

"Old-man…." Naruto said fighting back tears.

"He's not the only one Naruto. You'll become hokage someday, I know it!" Kurama slugged Naruto in the shoulder. Her usual sign of affection.

"Kurama-chan." Naruto let the tears flow. "Thanks ya know!" The hokage and Kurama chuckled at that.

After a minute to allow Naruto to get his composure back they were about to leave for their homes.

"Hey Naruto let me talk to the old fart alone real quick." Kurama said all but shoving him out hte door.

"What huh? Okay." Naruto said as the door shut on him. "I'll just wait here." he yelled through the door. "Kurama-chan is weird."

"Oh what is it Sakura?" Hiruzen asked as the obnoxiously colored hair girl marched up to his desk before placing a firm hand on it.

"Put me and Naruto on the same team." Kurama said flatly.

"We make teams based off of the test results and" Hiruzen had expected this request and had prepared the usual speech. Half of it was bullshit.

"Blah blah blah." Kurama interrupted him. Hiruzen felt his eye twitch. What was with this generation of ninja not having respect for him. "You put me and him on a team or I tell him who his parents are?" Years of ninja training prevented him from showing even the slightest bit of surprise.

"You found out who Naruto's parents are?" Hiruzen asked raising an eyebrow. He watched as Kurama nodded her head once. "Excellent!" The old hokage said smiling. "I'd like to know who they are as well I'm sure I can arrange a meeting or his inheritance." The girl was bluffing and he was going to call it. "This girl may look and act like Kushina but she is far more cunning." He thought recalling the past.

"A meeting is impossible." Kurama said glumly. Hiruzen frowned. "They're the fourth hokage and the previous container, in case you really didn't know." There it was. He called the bluff and she wasn't bluffing. He was a ninja and a politician. Deceit was his trade at this point.

"Hmm." Hiruzen began slowly as though he was contemplating the idea. "I'll give it to you that Naruto does look a bit like Minato, however he and Kushina, the previous holder of the fox didn't have that relationship. So I'm afraid your theory is false Sakura-san. Now it's late and I am an old tired fart that needs his sleep."

Kurama resisted the urge to call the man a liar, instead she just turned around and left.

"What were you talking to him about?" Naruto asked her worriedly. Hoping it wasn't anything to do with the fox.

"Oh I was just trying to make sure we ended up on a team is all."

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"Sakura wake up you're going to be late!" Mebuki shouted pounding on her daughter's door. A muffled groan was the only reply.

"Yea come on Kurama-chan!" That was Naruto. His voice carried through walls like it did air.

"Shut up I'm tired! Let's just skip class again today!" Kurama shouted burying her head into the soft pillow. She loved beds. Beds were something she didn't get to experience as a biju. But now, she got to sleep in one every night. And she loved it. They were just so warm and fluffy.

"We're suppose meet our team today!" Naruto shouted once again. "We're ninja now we can't be late on our first day." There was a commotion from the other side of the door. Lots of curses and falling and what might be flailing.

"What did she mean by skip class again?" Mebuki questioned the scowl on her face told Naruto that he might be in trouble.

"Uhh." Naruto was spared the wrath of Mebuki as the door to Kurama's room slammed open. Her hand attempting to quell the rage of her hair she bounded out.

"Fine let's get this shit show on the road." Kurama strained as her fingers found a knot.

"Yep let's go now!" Naruto said quickly grabbing Kurama's free hand and pulling her along.

"We're talking about the skipping later!" Mebuki yelled after them. Their reply was a slammed door. "I hope those two manage to survive." She thought frowning. "Well somehow my idiot husband manages to survive as well. So those two should be fine."

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At the hokage tower. Kakashi was rather curious about his assigned team.

"You're giving me three ninja who excel in Taijutsu?" He asked the Third hokage. "And they were all in the top ten of the graduates this year. I understand Naruto and the girl are close friends but why Sasuke he doesn't like either of them." He watched as the hokage knitted his fingers. An ancient frown appeared on the old man's face.

"Sasuke views them both as rivals. They'll be able to force each other to grow much faster than any of the other teams." Hiruzen explained his reasoning.

"Or tear the team apart." Kakashi retorted.

"I also made a team that should be able to pass your test Kakashi given how you failed three teams before this one. Unless you were just waiting for a chance to train him" Kakashi remained emotionless. "Additionally should Naruto and Sasuke become friends he may be able to help him control the kyuubi given the Sharingan's abilities."

"Or use it to seek revenge on His brother." The hokage just nodded at that comment.

"It is certainly a possibility." Hiruzen's frown deepend. "Also keep an eye on Sakura, she knows Naruto's burden and his heritage. Who know's what else she might know."

"How did she find out?" Kakashi asked shock evident in both his voice and face.

"Mizuki, from last night. How she found out about Minato and Kushina however I have no idea. She hasn't told Naruto yet though for some reason." The hokage let out a small grateful sigh. "For whatever reason she seems content not telling Naruto about it, she only used it as leverage to get placed on the same team as him."

"I see." Kakashi said simply. His hand reaching for the file on Sakura Haruno. "I'll be sure to keep an eye on her then."

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Kakashi approached the door to the classroom ever so slowly. He was late he knew. He was a firm believer in being casually late to just about everything he could. Not that it was always intentional. Sometimes he'd spend just a bit too much time here and there and then suddenly he was late.

He saw the slightly cracked door. A small baggy of something or other placed at the top so that when somebody walked through it would likely fall on their head. "I don't want to find out what's in that. At a casually quick jonin speed he opened the door and gently tossed the baggy towards one of his genin sitting in the room. That target he choose was Sakura.

"Heads up!" Kakashi shouted happily. The Baggy would explode on Sakura covering her in whatever it was. To his amusement Sakura was more than ready for the bag to suddenly come flying at her.

"Spike!" Kurama yelled as the bag sailed towards her. With an over handed slap she hit the bag mid air changing it's direction quickly and causing it to rupture. Exploding it's contents all over Sasuke.

Sasuke for his part just blinked as the off white powder covered him. "What was in that?" He questioned. Voice clearly laid with annoyance. When he first heard that Sakura and Naruto would be his teammates he was honestly feeling what could be called happy. They were strong fighters. Almost. Almost. As good as he was in Taijutsu. But they did lack skills in Ninjutsu and leadership qualities. Two dumb thugs that would be able to follow his orders was a wonderful idea to the young Uchiha.

"Itching powder." Naruto said happily. "Might want to go wash it off quick."

"I hate you all." Sasuke muttered as he turned to leave the room.

"When you're done meet us on the roof." Kakashi said resisting the urge to chuckle at the scenario. "Well you are all certainly amusing."

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"So let's get this started with some introductions." Kakashi said as Sasuke joined them on the roof. His hair looking rather damp. It still managed to hold some of it's form.

"What do you mean sensei?" Naruto asked curious. "Besides we all know each other."

"Yes but I don't. I guess I'll lead by example though." Kakashi said readjusting his lean on the railing. "My name is Kakashi Hatake. I like a lot of things and I dislike some things as well. My dream for the future… Well I don't really have a dream for the future."

"All we learned was your name" All three genin thought. Well two did. The ancient Biju spirit was wondering why she felt funny all of a sudden.

"Alright you girly." Kakashi said pointing at Kurama.

"Huh what? Oh. I'm Sakura Haruno." Kurama said with practiced ease. "My likes are fighting things, Naruto, my parents, and Konoha." She said truthfully. Blinking a bit she continued. "My dislikes are, Kekkai genkai, One-sided fights, and being controlled." She shot a dart a sasuke who ignored her. "My dream for the future." Kurama had thought about this one in great deal. What did she want to do with this human body. With the freedom it represented. "My dream for the future is have the freedom to explore the world."

"You want freedom but you decided to become a shinobi?" Kakashi asked raising his eyebrow.

"Yea don't get me wrong though. Konoha is my home and I." She trailed off feeling light headed. And then she fell forward passing out. Naruto was there in a second.

"Dammit did you forget to eat again?" Naruto chided as he reached in her bag for a protein bar. Emergency rations. Because this isn't the first time it's happened.

After a brief moment of Chaos Kurama came back to.

"How do you forget to eat?" Kakashi asked honestly amused.

"It's hard okay!" Kurama yelled. Thirteen years in this body and she still wasn't used to feeding it. Being made of Chakra had it's benefits. "I don't understand how you all remember it!" Kurama whined. She was getting good at whining. It seemed Natural for her body to whine. She took a few healthy bites of the Protein bar.

"Feeling better?" Kakashi asked. Kurama nodded completely unembarrassed by having just passed out. "Right, blondie you're up."

"Right. I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" The Kyuubi container shouted loudly. "I like Kurama-chan, And Mebuki-san and Kizashi-san. I like Ramen to, and old man tenchi and the hokage! I dislike the three minutes it takes for ramen to cool and being ignored. And my dream for the future Is to be the greatest Hokage ever and have the whole village respect me!"

"You can do it Naruto!" Kurama said next to him slugging him in the shoulder.

"Hokage huh? High reaching dream." Kakashi commented before pointing to sasuke. "Moist boy your turn." Sasuke glared at Naruto and Sakura again. He hadn't scratched anything but he was very good at resisting the urge.

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I don't Particularly like anything. And I dislike these two idiots I'm stuck with. Despite how good they are at fighting." Naruto frowned and Kurama seemed happy as she munched on her protein bar. "And my dream… No my goal because it will happen is to kill a certain person and restore my clan." Sasuke finished and the room grew chiller.

"Well then." Kakashi said breaking the tension. "Tomorrow we're going to gather for some survival training. Meet me at Training Ground Three at nine in the morning, Don't be late." He waited for some kind of interruption. But none came. "Oh and don't eat breakfast or you'll puke." He left without another word.

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The next day Kakashi arrived late. He didn't really mean it. It just kind of happened. Honestly. It does take quite a bit of time to go through all of one's regrets in life when you're twenty six.

He examined his genin team impassively as he approached. Sasuke was looking rather annoyed as he stood quite the distance away from Naruto or Sakura. Naruto was doing his best to not look like he was about to explode of boredom as he was rocking back and forth on his feet. Sakura was the strangest as she was simply eating one of the protein bars he had seen her eat yesterday. "I wonder if Sakura is dressing like Kushina to show that Naruto is Minato's son. I wonder how she knows." The truth was far simpler than that. Kurama had zero fashion sense and wasn't going to be wearing a Kimono or an orange jumpsuit.

"You're late!" All but Sasuke shouted at him as he entered the clearing.

"You're eating" Kakashi retorted pointing a relaxed finger at Sakura.

"Eat don't eat. Can you guys make up your fucking mind?" Kurama shouted flailing her arms. "You know what, fuck it! Naruto, you're in charge of my eating stuff. Make sure I don't die."

"Oi what makes you think I want that kind of responsibility?" Naruto shot back looking at her like she just had the worst possible idea ever. He maintained his glare as Kurama looked like she was about to hit him in the not so gentle way.

"Alright, alright." Kakashi interrupted before anything serious could happen. "You have one hour." He said taking out a small alarm clock. "To steal these bells from me." Kakashi dangled the balls shaking them a bit to make sure they knew there was only two. "If you fail to have a bell by the end of the hour, you will be tied to a post and forced to skip lunch." A pause. Dramatic effect. "You will also be failed and sent back to the academy."

The genin nodded staring at their jonin sensei waiting for the moment he said go.

"Aren't you going to ask why there's only two bells?" Kakashi blinked.

"Nah." Naruto said simply.

"It's obvious why." Sasuke followed through.

"Can I start punching you now?" Kurama asked cheerfully.

Kakashi blinked. Once. Twice. Three times.

"Begin!" He expected them to try and hide. He expected them to show some caution. He expected a great many things. In-fighting, Chaos, bickering. But he did not expect for them to all come charging at him at once.

The girl being the fastest went for a wide and powerful haymaker punch. He caught her wrist easily. Instinctively she twisted her body kicking up off the ground her free hand shifting towards his leg. No his belt where the bells were. Kakashi would have to throw her. The bell gave a soft jingle as she grazed it. Positioning himself to throw her away he barely had enough time to block the kicks coming towards his head.

"She has no grace, no style. But she has power and brutality." Kakashi thought calmly as he sent Sakura flying out of the clearing. He got no rest as both Sasuke and Naruto engaged him. Naruto on his right Sasuke on his left. Taking advantage of his blind spot most likely.

"Shadow clone jutsu!" Naruto yelled using the spoke it created to hide his movements. Several clones joined in jumping over each other with reckless abbadon. One clone went high two clones went low. A fourth and fifth went for the flank. The clones were easily taken care of with a gentle love tap, from him or sasuke. The Uchiha was there in an instant floating in the calm of Naruto's storm of clones. Diving in a strike at Kakashi as he made attempts for the bells.

Dodging from the attempted would leave the bells open for a Naruto to make an attempt. So he he deflected instead. Quickly sending a knee into Sasuke's gut Kakashi then sent him hurtling into three Naruto's, two vanished as the real one hit the ground tangling with Sasuke.

"Dammit loser, you're in my way." Sasuke shouted removing Naruto from him roughly.

"I didn't ask for your help either bastard!" Naruto shouted back.

"They're not even trying to work together they're just competing to see who can get the bell first." Kakashi thought flattly.

"Gand fire ball Jutsu!" Sasuke shouted aiming at kakashi. The tree behind him took most of the attack. Two Naruto clones vanished as the flame engulfed them.

"My those are some advanced jutsu you two have there." Kakashi said having jumped into the air to avoid the fireball. "How on earth did you two." He was cut off as he had to catch the foot of Sakura her clothing slightly burnt and a few of her hairs were currently burning gently. She had just charged through Sasuke's fireball to get to him. "And you're way to reckless." Kakashi said blocking her second kick. Watching as she twisted her body to get more blows in.

"And you talk too much." Kurama growled. The grin on her face was anything but angery as she enjoyed the pure thrill of the fight. Knowing that she was out matched in terms of everything. Speed, Skill, Strength. It ignited her passion.

Kakashi felt the girls chakra begin to spike. Adding force to her blows and speed to her strikes. "She may not use Jutsu but she has incredible Chakra control." Kakashi thought blocking another twisting kick.

Naruto charged in from above with a dozen clones. All leaping around one another in a haphazard harmony. The clones moved in and out covering Sakura and Naruto as they attacked Kakashi. "And Naruto can fall into place in just about any situation."

Sasuke came in from the side, a barrage of Kunai leading his way through an opening in the clones. Kakashi easily dodged them, hoping that they would ward off Sakura or destroy one of the clones that kept appearing.

Kurama caught the Kunai. In her mouth. "Great now has even more limbs to hit me with." Kakashi thought dryly as he sent a Naruto into Sasuke to act as a meat shield. Sasuke just powered through the clone and kept up his assault.

"Keep this up and I might just work up a sweat!" Kakashi said loudly without any effort. He got a growl from Kurama as she continued her Assault.

He then became aware of the soft jingling sound. As one of the bells came loose. In One of the Naruto's hands. He quickly dispelled the Clone sending the bell flying up into the air. Kakashi made a grab for it. Kurama using the out stretched arm as leverage kicked the bell with the back of her heel before rounding it back into kakashi's shoulder. "That one actually hurt."

"Got it." Sasuke said catching the bell in his hand and then quickly tucking it into a pouch.

Kakashi fully expected Sasuke to stop fighting at that moment. He even half expected him to start fighting Naruto or Sakura in order to insure his victory. "Expected the unexpected." Kakashi thought as Sasuke rejoined the fray.

An hour later kakashi stood calmly as he eyed the three tired teens. Naruto was on the ground breathing heavily. Sasuke was standing a small smirk on his face but he looked no better than Naruto. And Sakura was tied to the post struggling to get free.

"Congratulations Sasuke, you're the only one get a bell so I guess that means you're the only one to pass." Kakashi celebrated by jingling the leftover bell. He saw Sasuke smile. "But why did you keep fighting when you already had the bell?" Kakashi asked pretty curious.

"They're strong. I'm going to need at least one of them to help me get stronger." Sasuke replied cooly. "Besides if I stopped fighting. Kurama would have won." Sasuke added looking at the girl tied to the post.

"Don't call me that you prick!" Kurama shouted her face red with fury. Or exhaustion.

"And why didn't you two go after Sasuke?" Kakashi asked Naruto held up a finger as he caught his breath trying to get his words right.

"We were allies in that ya know?" Naruto said. "I don't think allies should be attacking each other no matter what happens. Who cares if the bastard gets all the glory in credit." Kakashi almost laughed.

"Coming from the one that wants to be hokage, that's pretty insightful." Naruto gave a weak thumbs up. "And you?"

"You still had a bell." Kurama said plainly as though the answer was obvious.

"But Sasuke is weaker than me it'd be easier to take the bell from him than from me." Kakashi watched as Kurama looked at Sasuke before shrugging.

"I don't want easier." And there it was plain as day.

"What if Naruto and Sasuke got the bells would you fight them then?" Kakashi asked coldly.

"Doesn't matter didn't happen." Kurama said smiling. Kurama had long ago gotten rid of What if's and should have's she had had centuries to ponder such things. And now that she was fleshy and free. She wouldn't spare the thought if she could help it.

"Hmm. Well anybody want to tell me the purpose of the test?" Kakashi asked tossing a bento box at Naruto and Sasuke.

"Is this one of the ninja things where there's a hidden meaning under it like, "Brush your teeth everday." Or "If somebody is late once they might be late again" deal?" Kurama asked still struggling against the rope. "The fuck is this shit made of?"

"Correct." Kakashi said happily. "Now can you explain what the hidden meaning is?" The genin stared at him. And stared at him.

Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare

Staaaaaare.

"Jonin's know their shit?" Kurama took a shot in the dark.

"Well yes but." Kakashi sighed rubbing his hand over his mask. "Okay how was Sasuke able to get the bell."

"I kicked it towards him." Kurama replied.

"And how were you able to kick it towards him"

"One of my clones got it off your belt." Naruto said in between munches.

"And you were able to do that because?" Kakashi was basically holding their hands. Previous teams he'd failed by this point.

"Because Kurama-chan and Sasuke had your attention?" Naruto asked blinking at their maybe sensei.

"Correct so you guys were doing what the whole time."

Silence.

More silence.

Lots of silence.

"Working together." Sasuke said simply.

"Ding ding ding, we have a winner." Kakashi said with complete lack of enthusiasm.

"So the point of the test was teamwork?" Kurama asked.

"Yep." Kakashi shot back.

"Because we figured it out do we pass." Naruto asked excitedly. Kakashi thought for a moment. Then shrugged.

"Sure what the hell." He then entered a dramatic pose giving the team a thumbs up. "Congratulations Team 7 you pass!"

"If you guys even think about leaving me tied up I will rip your balls out through your eyes with a bendy straw." Kurama said after some celebration.

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A/N: Thanks for reading the first chapter of my series. This is going to be my primary focus. My other work: Naruto Is Not a Teddy Bear will be the next one to receive an update however. So if you're coming because you liked that story don't worry I'll be updated soonish. Probably a week or two.

Anyways see you next time on Kurama Goes Through Puberty!