Disclaimer: Unfortunatley these characters do not belong to little old us.

Co-written: Kureru & Lambentness

Yuki glanced around 'Where are they?' he thought to himself as he stood in the middle of a bright clearing.

"Hi Yuki-kun!" Sakura screamed as she finally arrived at the meeting place "Are you looking forward to the new ninjas?"

"New ninjas?" asked Yuki looked a bit confused.

"Two new ninjas are joining our group today; didn't you listen to Kaka-sensei yesterday?" Sakura glanced up the road her expression brightening "Sasuke-kun is coming, oh…so is Naruto."

"Do you know if they are boys or girls?" asked Yuki still referring to the unknown ninjas.

"Oh umm…girls I think." Sakura replied still staring at the approaching Sasuke.

"Oh."

"Sasuke-kun you're here! Aren't I pretty Sasuke-kun?" Sakura gushed as she jumped all over Sasuke and ignoring both Naruto and Yuki.

"How are you today Naruto?" Yuki asked in his polite way.

"Oh man I'm great! I had heaps of Ramen. Hey, where's Kakashi-sensei? He's late!" Naruto answered in his hyperactive way.

"He is always late." Sasuke said in an uncaring tone "Sakura! Get off me!"

"Yo!" Kakashi said as he suddenly appeared.

"You're late again Kakashi sensei." Said Yuki.

"Well you see, I was swallowed by a lion and had to fight my way out!" Kakashi scratched his head.

"Hmm…" said Sasuke as he stepped away from Sakura.

"Anyway we have two new ninjas joining us today." Kakashi stepped to the side revealing the new ninjas.

"Um…hi." Said the one with long curly hair, with a nervous wave.

"Hi." The one with red hair said as well.

"It's nice to meet you." Smiled Yuki.

"Hey! More girls' yay!" Naruto yelled jumping around.

"Hmm." Said Sasuke.

"Yay someone I can talk about Sasuke with!" Sakura yelled.

"Hmm."

"Well these girls are going to be training with us from now on and today were focusing on chakra control!" Kakashi smiled pushing the girls forwards "By the way the curly haired one is Kureru and the red head is Miri."

"I am Yuki Sohma." Said Yuki with a smile to the girls.

"And I am the great Uzamkai Naruto!" Naruto yelled still jumping around.

"We know who you all are, we memorised your faces, names, family histories and your abilities and strengths." Said Kureru in a monotone voice looking over their shoulders and into the trees.

Sakura stopped before she introduced herself "Well, it's nice to meet you!"

Kureru nodded and continued to stare at the trees.

"Okay let's go!" Kakashi smiled leading the group deep into the forest.

"Hmm…" said Sasuke as he walked along beside his sensei.

"Okay, so first we just need to determine the level the new recruits are at."

"If we must." Replied Kureru in her monotone "Miri you go first."

"Do I have to?" Miri asked.

"Yes, you do, remember our agreement."

"Ah…fine, what must I do?" Miri asked Kakashi with a guarded expression.

"You said we were going to work on our Chakra control today." Kureru said to Kakashi.

"yes, so I just want you to execute a basic Chakra and build its strength until you can't anymore."

Kureru moved her eyes to Miri as if signalling something.

Miri moved her hands into position and brought out her Chakra controlling the substance perfectly.

"Hmm…" said Sasuke as he watched.

Miri slowly strengthened her Chakra, creating more and more substance with seemingly no end.

"Miri." Kureru said still in her monotone voice that never changed…ever.

Miri quickly stopped, forcing her Chakra to stop and then letting it all go all together.

"You are quite strong." Stated Yuki for no reason whatsoever except to break the uneasy silence.

"No, I'm not." Miri said quietly standing beside Kureru once again.

Kureru stepped forward and had her Chakra come into her hands held out in front of her.

Kakashi was watching her with interest 'these girls are interesting' he thought to himself.

Kureru made her chakra come up to the level Miri had shown and then she dropped it off.

"Well, that was interesting; I know where the others are up to so I'm going to show you how to use pure chakra as a weapon."

"If you believe it necessary." Kureru replied in her monotone still staring at the trees.

"Hmm okay now, I'll show you how to do it first." Kakashi stepped back and braced his legs bringing up a small amount of blue chakra and letting it go at a tree. A burn mark was made on the tree as a result.

"Now I want you to try, remember small amount of chakra, Sasuke you first."

"Hmm" Sasuke replied as he turned to face a large tree. He gathered a huge amount into his hands and threw it at the tree, creating a huge whole in the tree.

"Sasuke!" Kakashi glared at the boy "Just a bit too much."

"Hmm" replied Sasuke with a nod.

"Ok Kakashi sensei! My turn!" Naruto yelled stepping forward and gathering Chakra into his hand and aiming at the tree, letting Chakra fly…blowing up the tree.

"Baka" Sasuke murmured under his breath and he turned away.

"Oh, Kay then! Yuki you're turn!" Kakashi smiled, choosing to ignore his students' incompetence.

Yuki nodded and followed his teachers' example to perfection.

"Finally! Now Kureru!"

Kureru still staring at the tree in front of her, faced her right palm to the right of her and made a perfect mark on the tree not even watching what she was doing.

"Hmm….Sakura" The pink haired girl jumped at her name and quickly did as she was asked, creating a small burn mark.

"Well done Sakura" said Yuki with a smile.

"Thankyou Yuki-kun" Sakura answered staring at Sasuke.

Sasuke just continued to look ahead of him, paying no attention to Sakura.

"Okay, last Miri" Miri stepped forward and made a mark exactly like Kureru had done, although she actually looked at her tree.

"Hmm" said Sasuke for no reason in particular.

"Well, interesting, now I wanna see some sparing using small amounts of pure Chakra used for fighting. Separate into pairs" Kakashi said happy to see some fighting "Or I'll make the pairs myself."

Kureru glanced at Miri and nodded.

"SASUKE-KUN! PAIR WITH ME!" Sakura yelled hanging off Sasukes' arm.

"You are too weak" stated Sasuke "Yuki fight with me."

"But…but…SASUKE-KUN!" Sakura looked around quickly "Kureru fight me please; I don't want Naruto as a partner!"

"Miri and I are already partnered" replied Kureru in her monotone.

"Noooooooooooooooo! Kakashi sensei please help!" Sakura looked to her teacher for help but Kakashi just grinned as Naruto glomped Sakura.

Kakashi stood up "Okay fight!"

There was a blinding flash and a searing heat and as the smoke cleared only Kureru, Miri and Kakashi were left standing; all the others were on the ground unconscious.

"Umm… I think you two and I need to talk" Kakashi said staring at his unconscious students.

"If you wish."

"Ah we'll just leave them here, we'll go to my house" Kakashi stepped over Narutos' limp body and started walking away.

Five minutes later: Kakashi's house

Kakashi opened the door to his house "Make yourself at home" Kakashi walked into another room leaving the girls to sit down.

Kureru walked to the darkest corner of the room and stood facing the middle of the room, totally alert.

"Kureru, you should sit down" Miri said quietly as she sat on the couch.

"I prefer to stand, it is easier to attack and defend from here" replied Kureru actually looking at Miri.

Kakashi walked in quietly unbeknownst to the girls, eyebrows lifting in surprise as he saw Kureru actually looking at someone.

"You should be prepared for the attack as well Miri, just because we are with Hatake Kakashi does not mean we are any safer" continued Kureru.

Miri sighed "That doesn't mean you have to act so indifferently to the others."

"We should not get attached to anyone or them to us; it is too dangerous for them."

"Even so, you should be polite."

"There is no point and in being polite I would be making a friend."

Miri sighed once more "Not necessarily, by acting as you do, you have made us seem suspicious; if you were polite we would be left alone."

"They will leave us alone, if they know what is good for them."

"No, they won't, People who keep mostly to themselves become suspicious, and they will ask questions which could put them in danger and also ourselves, you know I'm right."

"Then you can become closer to them if you wish but I prefer to stay in the shadows thankyou."

"Kureru by doing that you have put us at risk, it is you Kakashi sensei is suspicious of."

"You call him Kakashi sensei like he can actually teach us something."

"It is called being polite."

"I am not polite."

"And that is why we are at risk of being discovered, just sit down alright."

"I will not."

"Kureru for once just listen to reason, sit down and act normal, ease the suspicion for awhile then go back to your normal self."

"I will not change for other people."

"Five minutes. That's all I ask, do you honestly want to put everyone in danger?"

Kureru's eye moved away from Miri "If I change myself now I will have to change every time we are near Kakashi.

"Not necessarily, you can just say that you are jot good with people your own age, but you feel comfortable with a teacher by themselves, you have done it before, just do it for five minutes and we could avoid a dangerous situation."

"For five minutes" Kureru nodded and walked over and sat on the wooden floor besides the couch Miri sat on.

"Thankyou."

Kureru did not respond.

Miri smiled to herself before quickly covering it as Kakashi carefully re-entered the room making sure he was heard.

Kureru's eyes returned to their blank stare.

Miri glanced at her glaring "Kureru."

Kureru sensing Miri's glare returned her eyes to normal and glanced at Kakashi with annoyance.

Kakashi smirked lightly at the girls' antics "Well, I think we all know why we're here don't we? As the bright light knocked my students unconscious I used my Sharingan to see what was happening, so would you care to explain? And before you begin, no, I will not except some well concocted lie and I'll know if you're not telling me the truth" Kakashi looked at them expectantly, his eyebrow raised.

"I believe it would be best for you if you did not know" replied Kureru in a slightly less monotone voice than usual.

"Quite the contrary, I believe if you at least tell me, I would be able to keep people from raising suspicions, and I know one of you agrees with me, judging from the conversation I overheard just before."

Kureru's eyes narrowed and she stood abruptly "I believe it is time for us to leave Miri" Kureru said her voice going back to its full monotone and her eyes going blank once again.

Miri stood up, blocking Kureru's path "Sit down, I don't give a damn if I have to fight you to get you to sit down, but for once shut up, sit down and bloody well listen!"

"I will not subject myself to this or anyone else. We can tell him nothing and you know it" said Kureru remaining where she stood.

"Think about it, if someone who is close to us is informed then they will know why we must go somewhere or do something and at least one person needs to know of the danger!"

"If anyone knows except us the danger will increase threefold."

'How? We are only protecting one person, no one else will know, think about it, it could work!"

"It is hard enough to protect ourselves, let alone someone else."

"We won't be protecting them!"

"They cannot protect themselves."

"We are talking about the Copy Nin Kureru! And just because we warn them about our situation doesn't mean they are in danger, besides isn't that their decision?" Miri looked from Kureru to Kakashi.

"No it is not, it is up to the strongest to decide and they are not the strongest are they?"

"How do you know, I think we should ask him, don't you?"

"We know how strong he is and even you are stronger than him."

Kakashi interrupted them "How do you know this? I don't know what danger you are in but I think Miri is right and I think she'll tell me no matter what you say Kureru so you might as well tell me!"

Miri cut in "What do you mean even I'm stronger? Now you're insulting me?" Miri glared and sat on the couch arms crossed.

"Do not interrupt…please" Kureru said to Kakashi "And I did not mean to insult you Miri but I am trying to make a point, but it does not seem to be working so you can tell him if you wish, but I will have no part in it and do not expect my help if you need it" Kureru walked back to the corner and stood as she had before.

Miri sighed, glancing at Kureru before starting the story "Well Kureru and I were born in the Hidden Snow Village not known to any of the united ones, both of us were born with extraordinary Chakra power and fighting ability, we are both the same age as Naruto, the day the fox demon was sealed in him our powers reacted, and evolved and we took on new powers. Our parents were scared and hid us away with a man named Snape who taught us things ordinary ninjas do not learn. When we were 10, Snape was murdered by a ninja named the boss. He wished to take our powers in order to take over the united villages, so we left. But the boss has many allies and we have many enemies, and more keep coming, the latest being Sasuke's brother Itachi who noticed the seals we have on our ankles, that show who we really are, the power of Kyubbi, literally we are walking demons."

Kureru continued to stare into the distance with her blank look.

Kakashi stared at the girls "Well that explains a lot," Kakashi looked at Kureru "You should sit down and don't worry I'm not going to tell anyone else."

"I prefer to stand, and I know you will not tell anyone because if you even give a hint you are going to say anything I will not hesitate to kill you."

"Kureru shut up! Be polite for a change!" Miri yelled looking up from the floor for the first time since she had told the story "Please, just stops."

"I am only warning him, we cannot have this get out."

"He just promised not to, and then you threaten him, that's just cruel!"

"No, it's being careful."

"Rude."

"I do not know why I bother."

Miri just smiled.

"Now that you know," said Kureru to Kakashi "You will be in danger, so you must be ready for attack 24/7."

Kakashi blinked "I always am."

"You were not prepared 3 days ago at 3:01 pm when you were napping behind the west wall."

Kakashi sweat dropped "I wasn't napping; I was pretending to be asleep, anyway why were you following?"

"You were napping, and I was following you to see if it would be worthwhile being your student and also to see your daily routine."

"Oh you're infatuated! Did you enjoy watching me?"

"I am not infatuated with you. It is dangerous for me to even be friends with anyone other than Miri, and no I did not enjoy watching you, because you are quite lazy and do nothing interesting except teach."

Kakashi smirked "Well teaching Naruto does deserve some rest."

"You rest too much. I survive with 3 hours of sleep every two days and so does Miri, you should be able to do the same."

"Naruto is my student."

"Naruto is no excuse to sleep 10 hours or more per day."

"But…I also have Sakura, she is a handful and Sasuke needs constant watching and Yuki is quite nice, then Naruto makes Iruka and I buy him Ramen."

"Excuses, excuses. Excuses will not stop you from getting attacked or killed."

"Actually it worked with Zabuzza!"

"You used no excuse with Zabuzza from what I remember."

Kakashi was silent, blinking in surprise "You follow Naruto don't you?"

"Yes, he needs stronger protection, if the boss finds out about him he will come after him."

Kakashi was silent once again "Do you have a place to stay?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Well, if you think that I am in so much danger and you don't have somewhere to stay, you might as well stay here, that means you can also watch Naruto from here."

"Miri and I need no place to stay considering we sleep so little."

"Well, stay here anyway; it gives you a chance to 'protect' me."

"I prefer to sleep outside and Miri is the one who is protecting you."

Miri interjected "Kureru it's you who said you and I shouldn't be separated at night in case of an attack."

"You will have Kakashi and as long as you are always on guard you should be fine."

"I would prefer if you were here."

"I would prefer if I wasn't here. You will be fine, in the last battle you didn't even break any bones, you will get stronger the more you fight by yourself."

"I don't want to stay here, there's a book I want to read, please?" Miri looked at Kureru with puppy dog eyes, hoping to crack her harsh exterior.

"We can get the book you want and then you can stay with Kakashi."

"Or we can both stay here."

"There is no need for the both of us to stay here, and I don't sleep inside."

Miri sighed in defeat and looked at Kakashi "Is that all right with you?"

"He has no choice and he offered."

Kakashi sighed "Sure umm…want coffee?"

"It is bad for the body and mind."

"Drink of life!" Kakashi grinned walking into his kitchen to make his drink.

"You will die an earlier death."

"He's not listening."

Kureru moved out of the corner "I will get your book for you, what one is it today?"

"The High Lord."

Kureru walked to the door "I will return in 3 minutes" and she walked out of the door.

TBC

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