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The Next Morning:

"I know you're awake! Get up!" a voice screeches followed by a loud smack.

Shikamaru rolls out of bed holding his face. "Troublesome Sister! Why do you always have to wake me up by hitting me and shouting at me?" he yells at her angrily.

"Because you're too lazy to get up any other way! Water doesn't work, electric shocks don't work, pulling or pushing doesn't work, and jumping on the bed doesn't work! Only hitting and yelling works!" Ino snaps back, her hair still uncombed. "Not even daddy's yellow flash jutsu will wake you up!"

Naruto and Sasuke fall off the bed, trying to pin the other down with their beds looking as if a tornado ran over them. Sasuke rolls on top and gets Naruto into a headlock. Naruto wheezes, "She has a point!"

Sasuke growls playfully, "You're losing focus!" He flips Naruto over his shoulder onto his back, his arm never leaving his brother's throat.

Shikamaru retorts, "Not helping!" He sighs and scratches his head. "This is such a drag! The most troublesome women in the world are Mommy Yoshino and Ino!"

"What was that, Shikamaru?" a mature female voice inquires.

The shadow-user groans quietly, "Such a drag."

After a short lecture and a few more smacks from Ino, Shikamaru is dragged into the kitchen by his sister and thrown into a chair.

Ino sits in her chair beside Choji at a large table and says excitedly, "Today we start the academy! Isn't it great?"

The chubby brother gobbles down ramen, crackers, and bacon as quickly as his father who sits across the table from him. Kiba answers for him, "Definitely! We're going to so totally kick everyone's butts!"

"Kiba! You will not be starting fights at the academy," Kushina states firmly with a glare.

He shrugs and looks at her with puppy dog eyes, "I was only joking."

Kushina is completely unaffected by the puppy dog eyes. "Make sure that you are, dear. You should know by now that puppy dog eyes don't work on me."

"They work on Mommy Yoshino," Hinata says quietly, her blood red eyes taking in everything. She calmly takes another bite of her pancakes.

Kushina serves Shikamaru a plate of eggs and bacon and replies, "No, they don't."

The darker-haired mother walks into the room and instantly notices Kiba's puppy dog eyes, enforced by Akamaru's matching gaze. She wraps Kiba in a hug and says, "Oh, how cute!"

Hinata looks up at her red-haired mother. "I rest my case."

Kushina sighs and thinks, 'Yoshino, we're going to lose face at this rate!' Ino giggles and eats her large pile of waffles. "Honey, didn't you say you were going on a diet?" she inquires.

Ino shakes her head and takes another bite of waffles. She swallows and says, "I was going to, but Shikamaru says that ninjas are going to be using all the energy they get to do missions! If he's right, and he always is, then I'm going to need to eat even more! But, mommy, you already did lose it." Shikamaru tries to ignore the praise but can't stop a small smirk from appear across his lips. He takes a bite of eggs and mutters under his breath. Their mother sighs again, remembering Ino's mind-reading ability. Naruto and Sasuke finally are pulled out of their room by Sakura. She drags them backwards across the floor by the backs of their shirts.

The pink-haired Uzumaki states, "I am not going to be late going to the first day at the Academy because you two knuckleheads didn't eat breakfast!"

Sasuke whispers to Naruto, "What's her problem?"

Naruto whispers back, "Woke up on the wrong side of the bed?"

They both grunt when Sakura releases them in the middle of the floor. They rub their heads and Sasuke whispers, "Wrong side of the bed!"

Naruto scratches the back of his head and whispers, "But, Sasuke, her bed is against the wall. There's only one side to get up on!"

"Shut up, dobe!" Sasuke retorts with a scowl.

"Duck butt," Naruto smirks.

Sasuke responds quickly, "Ramen head." Sakura stalks to the table with a triumphant smile upon hearing their grunting and whispering and cooks herself a bowl of oatmeal.

Shino mutters to himself, "Idiots."

Half an Hour Later:

Everyone finishes their meals and Kushina and Yoshino put the dishes in the sink for washing later.

After the children finish changing for school, Minato announces, "Who wants to go to school with the flying thunder god technique?" The children quickly raise their hands and cheer. He gets out of his chair and says, "Everyone grab your backpacks and grab onto either me or your mothers!" Kushina and Yoshino lean down as well. Naruto and Sasuke cling to Minato's legs while Choji and Sakura grab onto Yoshino's legs. Shino calmly grabs onto Kushina's legs with Shikamaru and Ino. Kiba and Hinata grab onto Yoshino's legs. Akamaru hops off Kiba's head and walks over to the Hokage. He barks and sniffs the air with his tail wagging. Minato chuckles and pulls out a small dog treat for him. He places it in Akamaru's mouth and picks him up. He places the puppy on top of his bright blonde hair and says loudly, "Let's go!" His fingers and those of his wives form into a familiar hand sign and the house windows light up with three bright yellow flashes.

They appear in a flash of light in front of the Academy. Each of the Uzumaki children has the swirl symbol on the backs of their shirts, each a different color swirl to match the shirts. The other kids stare at the Hokage and his wives in awe. "That's the Hokage," whispers one child.

Another responds with stars in her eyes, "He's so awesome!" The Uzumaki children let go of their parents and Minato sets Akamaru back on the head of his master.

Naruto, Sasuke, Kiba, Shino, and Choji put their hands together in a circle. The blonde knucklehead says loudly, "We're going to be the best ninjas ever!"

"Number one ninjas!" they all shout, with Shino being the exception, who is saying it in a quiet and monotone voice. Shikamaru mutters something about it being troublesome to do the cheer with the others. Hinata shakes her head slowly at their antics with a smile on her face. Sakura and Ino giggle at their brothers' silliness.

"The females of your species are eyeing the Family's containers with lust," Koan growls in Sakura's mind. "None of these pathetic weaklings are suitable for the Family's vessels!" Ino listens in on their conversation telepathically and the two girls get identical evil smiles on their faces.

Sakura stalks forward with Ino. The pink haired girl pops out her claws on her gloves and glowers at the fangirls menacingly. Ino draws her sword while the claws pop out. They snarl in unison in deep voices, "Stay away from our brothers!" Their red slitted eyes make the surrounding girls shiver in fear and run away into the Academy. They sheath their weapons and their eyes and voices change to normal.

"Was that necessary?" Yoshino asks them with her hands on her hips.

Sakura turns around and smiles widely, "Not really."

"But it was fun!" Ino finishes. Hinata stares at the few brave fangirls who remain in the vicinity. Her bright red eyes bore into them. The fangirls stare back and then look at Sasuke and Naruto again. They keep glancing back at the Hyuga-born Uzumaki but her gaze does not falter.

One of them say in a snobby tone of voice, "What are you looking at?"

"My prey," she states in a monotone voice.

Another girl stammers, "Y-your what!?"

"I am looking at the humans foolish enough to go after my brothers. I eat fangirls like you for breakfast," Hinata says slowly. "A little stringy, but still edible." The fangirls scream and run away. She smiles and calls after them, "I'll see you in class! I hope we can still be friends!" They run faster. When they are out of earshot, she grinds out, "Not."

Sasuke sighs gratefully, "Thanks, sisters! I don't know what I'd do without you!"

"Probably get mobbed by fangirls, just like dad did when he was younger," Kushina says with a knowing smile while Yoshino and Minato laugh at her intimidating speech.

Naruto, oblivious to what just happened, scratches his head and turns to his dad. "Daddy, what's a fangirl?"

"At this rate, I pray that you never find out," Minato says solemnly. A smile brightens his face once more. "I'd love to stay, but I've got to get going to the office! Have a great day, everyone!" He vanishes in a flash of light.

The two mothers stalk up to the dual instructors waiting at the doors. "Iruka," Kushina says politely. "Our children are going to be attending your classes today. I assume that they will be treated correctly and punished justly if their pranks get out of hand. Are my assumptions correct?"

"Of course, Lady Kushina!" Iruka smiles at the beautiful woman. "All children here are equal in my eyes! Nobody gets special treatment."

Yoshino takes a step forward and stares coldly into Mizuki's eyes. "I am glad to hear it. I would hate to inform the Hokage that there are prejudiced fools working at the Academy. Heads would roll if that were to happen. Isn't that right, Kushina?"

"Most definitely, my dear Yoshino," the other woman smirks mischievously. "He might even let us do the job ourselves."

"That would be so fun," Yoshino replies with a wide smile. "Luckily, you two have nothing to worry about. Right, Mizuki?"

The now pale Mizuki stammers, "O-of course, Lady Yoshino! I wouldn't ever disrespect the Hokage's children!"

Yoshino pats him on the cheek as if he were a child. "That's a good boy." She turns around and walks a short distance away. Kushina joins her and they grab each other's hand. They press their hands together and go through the hand signs, using each other's hands to perform the seals. "Home," they state. Glancing a mischievous grin at the two instructors, the two women press their lips hard against each other's. They disappear in a flash of light. Iruka pinches his nose to hold off the bloody nose that threatens to leak while his imagination runs wild with what happens in the Uzumaki household at night.

Mizuki wipes the sweat off of his forehead and Iruka says, "It was so good to see them again, and in such good health too! It's time to go introduce ourselves to the students. Ready, Mizuki?"

The silver haired man nods quickly with a fake smile, "Yeah, it was good to see them. Let's go." 'I'll get you demons even if you are the Hokage's children! I just have to figure out a way to do it without getting caught!' Ino frowns from just inside the doorway and hurries down the hall to their class. She hops into her desk, surrounded by her siblings.

She whispers, "Scarred-face is good, but silver-head is bad. He thinks that Koan and the others are evil! Which, they are, but that's not the point! He wants to hurt us!"

"Got it," Shikamaru states with unusual sternness in his voice. "He's going to try to mess with the Family?" His shadow seems to have glowing red eyes and the outline of sharp teeth for a moment before going back to normal.

"Yes, he is," Hinata replies coolly. "We will just have to teach him that is a bad idea."

Choji sets his bag of chips down and cracks his knuckles. "I don't like meanies."

Naruto grins, "Then we're going to sink the boat!"

"Sink the boat?" Sakura asks curiously.

Naruto grins wider and nods. "Silver-head is going down!"

Sasuke palms his brother in the forehead. "You dobe!"

"Dobe or not, I'm good at it!" Naruto smirks. "Teme." Sasuke growls and dives at his brother to start another fight.

Ino pulls the two boys apart and wacks them both upside the head. "Settle down or he'll suspect we know!" She sits down and faces forward with her fingers interlocked on her desk.

Sakura looks at her brothers and sisters with determination, "Ino's right. We can take care of this big loser without moms and dad's help! We're going to show them that we're real ninja!"

Shino pushes his sunglasses up on his nose and the bug hive inside his coat buzzes from the frenzy that the information put them in. He crosses his hands across his chest and they quiet down.

The two teachers walk into the room and behind the desk. Iruka picks up a clipboard and says, "I am your instructor Iruka. You may address me as Master Iruka or Instructor Iruka. This is my assistant Mizuki. You may address him as Master Mizuki or Instructor Mizuki. Now, I'm going to have role call and see if everyone that is supposed to be here has arrived."

Mizuki gazes over the assembled children and stops at the group of Uzumaki kids. 'You,' he thinks harshly.

He is surprised when the children simultaneously run their fingers over their necks in a slicing motion before folding their hands in front of them and smiling at him. Their knowing smiles unnerve him almost as much as their actions. 'What's going on? It's as if they know…' he thinks.

Ino smirks and thinks, 'Oh, but we do. We do know, Mizuki-teme. You'll see soon enough what happens to those that mess with the Family!' For some reason, a chill goes up the instructor's spine.

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