"O-kay, everyone." Kakashi states as he arrives on scene at the checkpoint near the village of Konoha, making Naruto turn sharply to look at him and point accusingly.

"You're late again, Kakashi-sensei!"

"You're surprised? He's always late, Naruto." Sakura almost scolds them both, putting her hands on her hips.

Seeming thoughtful, the Jonin just shrugs and then slips his hands into his pockets as he walks toward them. "You say that so often, but I wonder if you ever actually know when I arrive anyway." Pausing a moment as he comes to stand with Sai, Naruto and Sakura, the older shinobi looks into the trees. "They should be here soon, so everyone put your best foot forward, okay? These four have never been to Konoha and we want to make sure they're welcomed warmly."

"That being the case, Captain, if we're putting our best foot forward, maybe we should hide Naruto." Sai offers with a sly grin, making the blonde frown and grunt at him.

"Hey! I've got more people skills than you, Sai!" Before he is promptly thumped in the top of his head by Kakashi.

"Ignore it, Naruto. The last thing I want is for them to walk up on the two of you arguing like genin."

A few silent minutes go by before Team Seven can see the group approaching; three young kunoichi and a young man all around the age of the other team members. All of them are brunette, though with a slight varying grade and color, as well as all different heights and body-types. As they come closer, more specific details can be made out.

The shortest female wears her protector about her waist. It is black in color and bears a symbol of the fire village from which the group hails. Her hair is pulled back and hangs in a very long brown braid down to the small of her back. She has a fair complexion of a light tan and hazel colored eyes. Her style of dress is copasetic with that of a standard medic nin. Her gait makes her seem somewhat shy, though friendly and approachable.

The lone male of the group is shorter than the tallest female, though taller than the other two if only by an inch. His shoulders are fairly broad and he wears his red forehead protector fairly typically with the symbol framed by the bangs that hang down to his eyebrows. His hair is cut at a slightly layered effect like a grown out bowl cut. His eyes are also hazel, and his features seem to point to the shortest kunoichi making them obviously related. He walks with his head mostly down, seeming introverted but alert.

The tallest female is also almost as tall as Naruto with a broad frame and brown hair down to the middle of her back with a somewhat untamed appearance. Her eyes are a dark brown, and seem warm and inviting albeit intelligent and even somewhat daring. She does not seem to have her protector visible, despite how hard they might all look. Her body is shapely, with large curves that match in the movement of her steps that are a determined stride and one hand on her hip.

The last is only a bit shorter than the woman before her is. Her hair is just a bit straighter although it is the same color, and her eyes seem a bit darker and colder as well. It is obvious again that the two are related, but as the previous pair only look like brother and sister, this two are identical despite the darker eyed kunoichi's slimmer physique and black sash she wears about her waist. Her pace is somewhat careful but relaxed with a gentle hip-sway as she moves.

Blinking alittle, Sai just raises a brow. "Aren't they a bit of a motley crew…"

"They're supposed to be a very talented group." Kakashi states thoughtfully before hmming and putting his chin between his fingers.

As the tallest female steps forward, seeming the obvious leader of the group, she offers a bit of a carefree grin, raising a brow as she looks out over the group. "We're Team Lucky Thirteen." She offers, putting out her free hand as her relative bows gently to the group.

"..You must be Kakashi and Team Seven, Leader Naruto." The second girl offers with a smile and a wink to the young blonde.

"The Jinchuriki, of Kyubi." The leader offers with a bit of a sly grin.

Blinking back and forth for a minute, Naruto frowns somewhat before grinning sheepishly and rubbing the back of his head. "Uh.. That's right, Naruto Uzumaki! Welcome to the Village Hidden in the Leaves."

Putting out her hand, the tallest female again speaks, shaking the blonde's hand as Sakura seems to sag a bit. "Senka Kido-Morimoto. This is my twin, Rinsu Morimoto," As the shorter girl stares off a bit, seeming to take in what she can see of the village beyond, barely seeming to pay any attention to the conversation at hand. "that's Daisuke Shimizu," as she speaks his name, the brunette young man lifts two fingers to his forehead and flicks them off slightly at Naruto, "and his twin, Kiyoko." Who bows slightly. "It's a pleasure to be in your village." She states, though her words sound slightly practiced.

Nodding a bit, Naruto grins and opens his mouth to speak before he blinks as she turns from him and bows to Kakashi.

Smiling mostly with his eyes, Kakashi just waves a bit. "No trouble getting here I imagine."

"We're actually two days ahead of schedule." Senka states, putting out a hand. "I'm kinda surprised you're here to greet us."

Gacking in surprise, Naruto turns to Kakashi sharply. "Wait a minute! They're two days ahead?? How'd you know they were coming anyway?"

"Naruto…" Sakura murmurs in warning before Kakashi answers easily.

"I have my ways." He shrugs lightly before looking back to the others. "The others are Sakura Haruno, our medic nin; and our ANBU black op agent Sai."

"I'm sure you've heard of me, if you know about Naruto." The black haired young man grins a bit.

Blinking between themselves a moment, seeming generally to come to an agreement, Kiyoko shrugs gently.

"Not really, no. Sorry."

"We've heard of Kakashi… And the first nin Team he ever graduated." Senka offers with a soft frown.

"Not to mention the powerful…but kinda troublesome Naruto Uzumaki." Rinsu offers, folding her arms under her sizable breasts.

Blinking, furrowing his brows a bit, Sai seems to push this aside as he shrugs. "Well, c'mon is it really so good to be a known ninja?"

"Among other ninja? Yeah." Daisuke points out. "Like she said," He motions to Senka with a nod. "We've heard of Kakashi, former ANBU captain… Kakashi's known. So… are you trying to say you're better than that?"

"I sort of like this group already.." the jonin utters as he crosses his arms and smirks softly beneath his mask. "You've got… good taste."

"Heh! Definitely." Naruto grins, folding his arms behind his head, putting one foot before the other.

Still smirking slightly, Daisuke looks to Sai. "Don't worry; I'm sure if you stick with this group, you'll make a name for yourself some day."

Pouting alittle, the ANBU ninja just grunts and then sighs before the blonde offers. "You guys want the tour now?"

"I'll find my own way around, thanks." Senka states, shaking her head a bit as she waves out a hand slightly, already starting past the others and on in towards the village, making Sakura grunt once, leaning in to whisper to Naruto.

"Who does she think she is??"

Striding to catch up, Kakashi puts a hand to the younger girl's shoulder and states smoothly. "While I appreciate your enthusiasm, we're here to escort you and your group to the Hokage before letting you loose."

"It's pretty easy to tell where the Hokage's place is from here." She answers back matter-of-factly before raising a brow with a gentle smile. "You wouldn't want to make me feel, gasp, distrusted in my new home, would you?"

Raising a brow, Kakashi puts up a finger. "I have my orders, and I tend to follow them through to the end." Then he smiles again with his eyes as he straightens. "Not an issue of trust, I can assure you."

Narrowing her eyes once, she sighs before turning off and only nodding once, crossing her arms gently. "..Understood, sensei.."