It was just barely past sun rise, and everything seemed nice and quiet, a bit too quiet for some. Iruka unlocked the door to the school, and walked into the class room. He always got there an hour before the students, but today got there two hours earlier, since he still had to figure out who would be on what squad. It normally was very easy, but this year it wouldn't so simple. He sat at his desk, and looked at the seats in front of him.

"Naru- no... I keep mixing the two up, they look too much alike" he stopped himself from yelling at who he thought was Naruto.

A twelve year old boy, who many mistook him for Naruto, was asleep in his seat. He had been in his seat since the night before. The only thing that was different from Naruto about this young boy was that he had no whiskers on his face, and his eyes were purple like his mother's eyes.

Six years earlier.

"Why did you call me in here?" Iruka asked.

"As you know, another set of kids will begin their training at the academy, but you also have to know who will be one of those young kids. Keep a close eye on Kitsune; we both know he acts a lot like his father. And also, as of next Friday you won't be reporting to me. I've decided to retire, I've been Hokage long enough" Tsunade replied.

"But then who will be the Hokage?!" Shizune asked in panic. No one knew about this at all.

"I told you not to carry that heavy box!" "But I couldn't just have you carry everything up all these stairs alone!" "Fine whatever- hey can someone open this door our hands are full!!" they all heard.

Shizune ran to open the door, only to have Naruto kick it open. He and Hinata both had huge boxes in their hands for an unknown reason. A very small three year old girl hid behind Hinata. She was a perfect copy of her mother. Once Naruto put down the box he was holding, the top began to move. A six year old box had managed to stuff himself inside the box. He was a copy personality wise of his father, but had the looks of both his parents. His hair was blond and spiky like his father's, but his eyes were the clouded purple of his mother's.

"Kitsune!! What happened to the stuff I put in there?!" Naruto yelled.

"I was able to leave some of it in here, but I threw the rest at Ryuk! He didn't seem to mind" Kitsune replied. Ryuk was their dog given to them by Kiba.

"I've told you not to throw things at the dog before, do it one more time and I'll give him back" Hinata threatened. Right there Kitsune apologized and climbed out the box.

"Everyone, meet the sixth Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto, and his assistant Uzumaki Hinata. Those two kids of theirs may be a slight handful, but I think they'll be no problem after a week or so of getting use to everything. Naruto seemed like he'd be good for the job and if anyone says otherwise they can answer to me" Tsunade said as she grabbed a couple of items and put them in a box.

"If Dad's gonna be the sixth one I'll be the seventh one, I bet the job is easy as cake!" Kitsune said in a laugh.

"Nii-san get in wine, I'll be da sevunth one, not you" Kina, Kitsune's little sister said in protest to his comment.

Present.

After a couple of hours other students showed up. Kitsune woke up once everyone was there. The other students were: Kiba's and Hanabi's twin children Anju and Okami, Neji's and TenTen's daughter Tsuji, Sai's and Ino's son Mizuru, Shikamaru's and Temari's son Shiromaru, Rock Lee's and Sakura's twin children Ayame and Kamijo, and then Kosuke. He was held back by a year by his mother, Sakura. His younger siblings have no clue that Kosuke is only their half brother. He's the outcast of the village because of who his father, and to make it worse he's a perfect copy of him.

"Ok class, today you'll be put in three man cells. After this you will get to meet your sensei, just try to be as nice as possible to them! Ok, squad 29 is Tsuji, Okami and Kamijo. Squad 30 is Anju, Shiromaru and Kosuke. And then squad 27 is Ayame, Mizuru and Kitsune" Iruka said as he glanced down at the paper in his hand from time to time.

Within minutes the three groups had left to meet their new sensei. Things had changed since Naruto became Hokage. Originally each student was put in a squad, and then if they passed they would go on to become Genin. This time, the final cut is made, leaving only nine students for the three squads. He thought that this would be easier on them, since doing it the other way would get their hopes up for nothing.

"Why did I have to get stuck with such idiots?! I should have been put on a squad with my brothers instead" Ayame complained. She was long black hair, dull green eyes and slightly thick eye brows. Her outfit was merely an old looking shirt and a dark green skirt.

"Then that squad would destroy all hopes for this generation" Mizuru muttered. He had pale skin, dark eyes and light blond hair, which made an odd combo. His outfit looked like a plain long brown coat.

"I'd have rather been put with my cousin Anju, she knows how to fight! You on the other hand... not so much" Kitsune replied. His outfit was one that made it worse on people who mistook him for his father. He wore his father's old orange jacket, and plain black pants, so from far away it seemed one of Naruto's clones got away.

"I'm with ya on that cuz, this Shiromaru dude seems a tad odd" Anju whispered. She had long dark blue hair put in pig tails, and clouded purple eyes like her cousin Kitsune. Her outfit was a tank top that had faux fur on the edges, and short shorts that also had the faux fur on the edges.

Shiromaru only shook his head at his new teammate. He had medium golden hair that always fell in his face, and very dark eyes. His outfit was an extremely long black coat that he always kept closed, as if he was hiding something.

"I say that you guys should have been on my team, we could have won any battle we pleased!" Tsuji boasted. She had very long brown silky hair that everyone loved, and clouded purple eyes like her cousins did. Her outfit was a tight fitting cream shirt and baggy maroon pants.

"Tsuji, think about it this way, our parents were on the same team! Think of how rare that is!!" Kamijo said in voice that matched his father's. His hair was pink like his mothers, but in the same style as his father's, and his eyes were a dull green as his sister's. Somehow Rock Lee had found another green suit lurking in a back closet, so Kamijo wears it.

Okami couldn't help but laugh at his teammate's comment. "You think that's odd, were you paying attention when he said who was in squad 27? Kitsune's dad was in the same team as Ayame's mom and Mizuru's dad. That one is rare, not yours" Okami said in a laugh. His hair was a wild mess of brownish black dog like fur, and his eyes were the same as his sister's. His outfit was a blue coat that had fur on the ends, and long pants that also had fur on the ends.

The last one of the group didn't say a single word. For some reason not a single person liked him, not even his own mother. Many kept away from him, and when he was younger, they didn't even let their children walk in his direction. His sister at times was nice, but not even she could warm up to him. That generation was only like that because they copied their parents, who acted worse to him. Everyone from the generation before knew something he didn't, and because of it they hated and feared the young child. His looks matched his father's perfectly, making it worse on him. The only difference was there wasn't an evil look in his eyes; only loneliness filled them. After a couple of minutes the squads went in different directions to meet their new sensei. Not one of them wasn't excited to meet him or her, but also was slightly nervous at the thought. Soon Kitsune's squad stopped at the spot they were told to go to, but there was a sign sitting on the ground saying "back in five".

"Why does this ring a bell?" Kitsune muttered.

"A cat with a bell collar walked by, maybe that's the bell you're thinking of" Mizuru said as he pointed to an orange tabby walking along the road.

"No, no, really this reminds me of something... but what?" Kitsune replied. Finally it clicked what that signed was tied to, but before he could say it their sensei appeared.

He recognized him in two seconds flat, and asked "Shouldn't you be retired by now?!"

"I should be, but your father had other plans for me. I now see why, it looks like he made a copy of his own squad" Kakashi said as he looked at the young Genin in front of him.

The other two had met him a couple of times before, but didn't know much about Kakashi. Kitsune laughed for a second, and then realized something; Okami mentioned that his squad was similar to his father's, but he had heard very little about Naruto's squad, the most he knew was that Kakashi was his sensei, that was all. Naruto never even mentioned a thing about his old squad from years ago, not even to Hinata. Was there a secret he was trying to hide?

By night fall Kitsune returned home. It was his turn to buy food, and yet again more people mistook him for his father, since the only thing he bought was boxed ramen. The thoughts of his father trying to hide something about his old squad filled his head to the point that he got lost four times on his way home. Finally after getting lost for the sixth time he managed to get home. Kina attacked him the second he walked thru the door. She couldn't stand how he gets to be a ninja, while she couldn't, even though she's three years younger than him. Even after six years she was a perfect copy of her mother, she even had the same quiet sweet voice Hinata has.

"Hello Ryuk" Kitsune muttered as he walked by the large gray dog that was sleeping on the floor.

Once he got to the kitchen he dropped the bags of ramen on the floor, and was ready to fall asleep where he stood, until Kina jumped on his back and yelled "mush!" He managed after twenty minutes to get her off, and noticed how they were the only ones home.

"Sis, where's Mom and Dad" he asked as he tried to keep her from jumping on him, and also tried to open a soda at the same time.

"Dad had to work late, and when he works late so does Mom, so for now it's just us! Now fight me as if I were a super tough ninja!!" Kina replied as she tried to move his hand off her head.

"Once you are one, I will fight you like that, until then, leave me alone" Kitsune said as he let her go and walked away.

Kina flatted her hair back down, and then chased after her older brother. He had never once not taken her up on an offer to play fight; something wasn't right. She caught up to him quickly, and grabbed him by his jacket.

"Nii-san what's wrong you always play fight we me at night!" Kina said.

"Something Okami said has me thinking, that's all" Kitsune replied.

"What? Most things he says only makes people think that he needs help!" Kina laughed.

"Has Dad ever once mentioned his old squad to you at any time? I don't remember him ever mentioning it to me, but he might have to you" Kitsune said as he managed to break away from her grip.

"Not that I know of. Mom has talked about hers, but you're right Dad never says a thing about his old teammates, I wonder who they were" Kina replied, now in the same thoughtful voice Kitsune had.

Neither ever gave it much thought until now, and the thought seemed odd. What parent never spoke of their time with their teammates? Most would boast about how theirs was the strongest of that generation, but none ever had kept it a secret from their children. That all the more made it even stranger. What was the big secret? After a couple of hours of trying to come up with the answer, and then Kitsune telling Kina all about his team, the door creaked open.

"Sorry we had to work late, but geez you'd think they were trying to bury me in all that stupid paper work, I'm gonna throw it back at them if I have to stamp one more piece of paper" Naruto said as he walked in.

Hinata was right behind him, holding the remaining paper work he had refused to deal with, leaving her to have to either finish it, or as he requested; burn it. Once Kina saw the amount of paper work the thought of a nice fire popped into her mind, since she has a slight thing about fire.

"Kitsune-kun, who are your new teammates and sensei?" Hinata asked after she found a place to put the stack of papers.

"Mizuru and Ayame are my teammates, I can stand Mizuru but I hate Ayame! And my sensei is Kakashi, I thought he stopped mentoring Genin a long time ago" Kitsune replied.

"He did, but I convinced him to mentor you three, after that though he said he couldn't deal with annoying brats. And sadly you'll have to deal with Ayame, unless you can find someone else who isn't in a squad" Naruto said.

"Ok, I'll find a girl who isn't part of a squad! Kina you wanna be a ninja now?" Kitsune threw back as he turned to face his sister.

Before she could reply Naruto growled "I sat there for six hours trying to pair up good squads, sadly Ayame is the best one for your group, as of now she is the only one out of all nine of you who knows any medic jutsu, so deal with her"

Kitsune hissed at him like an animal and went to his room. Even though there was no one else that could fill in for Ayame, he still tried to come up with a way to get rid of her. She was extremely mean to both him and Mizuru, and at one point tripped Anju on purpose. That was what angered Kitsune the most. He was close to all three of his cousins, and the second anyone messed with them he would make sure that person never even looked their way again. Every possible way of getting rid of Ayame ran threw his mind, until one of them sounded perfect. The only thing Naruto had ever mentioned about his squad was that in the very beginning Kakashi had them try to take bells from him. If Kitsune and Mizuru got the two bells, then there was a chance Ayame wouldn't be in their squad anymore.

"To do that I have to be able to beat a Jonin" Kitsune muttered to himself as he stared out the window.

Later that night Kitsune slinked back out of his room. He knew that by now Kina was asleep, and that Hinata might also be, but he also knew that Naruto would still be awake. Every night he could hear him sneak back into the kitchen and take out the tub of ice cream. Kitsune slowly walked into the kitchen, hoping that he was quiet enough not to be heard.

"If you're calling yourself a ninja then we really have problem" Naruto said as he put down the huge tub of chocolate ice cream.

"Ok, so I'm not the best but cut me some slack I just became one two days ago" Kitsune replied slightly embarrassed.

"Either grab a bowl and take some ice cream or something it's getting awkward" Naruto said before Kitsune managed to sit beside him on the counter top.

After a minute or so of the two fighting over the amount of ice cream each had, the two sat there somewhat crying after dropping every last bit of the frozen treat. Luckily neither had to clean the mess thanks to Ryuk, who was a vacuum in dog form.

"Ok, you must have down here for some reason" Naruto said.

"I noticed something... Mom has told us about her squad from when she was younger... but you never have, I don't even know names. Is there some secret you're trying to keep from us?" Kitsune replied.

He hoped that the comeback would be that Naruto had merely forgotten to mention them, but instead Naruto didn't answer for some time, and then finally said after almost leaving the room "That's none of your business Kitsune" After he said that he had left.

Kitsune sat there for a second, now wondering even more what this secret was that his father was trying so hard to keep from others. He shook his head to clear his mind, and then went back to his room. The whole night he couldn't sleep one bit. Each time he got close to it another version of what the secret could be popped into his mind. By morning he had twenty nine versions to deal with.

"Nii-san!!!" Kina yelled as she jumped on him.

"Kina I just want to sleep!!" he yelled back as she threw her back to her side of the room.

"But you said last night you needed to wake up early because of something with a bell" Kina said in her normal quiet voice.

It clicked then that he still hadn't done his first idea; get rid of Ayame. Today was the bell test, and if he and Mizuru got the bells Ayame would have no hope. Kitsune thanked his sister and then jumped out the window. By the time he got to the training ground everyone else was there, including the always late sensei.

"You're late... that's the first time I've said that in years" Kakashi said, in awe the he wasn't the one late for a change.

"Sorry! My alarm clock broke so I had to wait for the back one to wake up" Kitsune replied embarrassed.

"At least you got here. Ok, here are the rules, you guys have to get these bells from me, and if you fail to do that you go back to the academy. There are only two bells, so one of you will fail" Kakashi said.

Each one nodded, and then in seconds they were hidden in the bushes and trees, waiting for a chance to attack. Ayame and Mizuru were ready to pounce at any moment, while Kitsune had his plan already going. If Ayame could get a bell before him, he could easily take it from her. Within minutes Mizuru got a bell as if it were nothing. He twirled it around in pride as he walked by Kitsune and Ayame. Ayame let out a low growl, and then tried to get the last bell. Easily Kakashi fought her off while working on his book. Soon she gave up and slinked back over to the bushes. A second after Ayame came back Kitsune found the perfect opening. Kakashi was too busy writing in a note pad to be paying attention to a single thing around him.

"Mizuru, mind helping your friend?" Kitsune asked. Mizuru and Kitsune had been friends for many years, and he knew that his friend would help him.

"Sure, let me guess, you want me to draw you a small animal to take that bell, already done" Mizuru said as a mouse walked over his foot with a bell in its mouth.

Kitsune thanked him, and then leaned down to take the bell, only for Ayame to grab it first. She laughed in his face and then said "Just as pathetic as your family is!"

Before she had hurt his cousin, and this time attacked his family; here was the chance to get back at her in one attack. Without a word he went into byakugan mode, and hit her in the throat. While she was in shock he hit her again in the chest, and right there she was out for the count. For a second the two thought Kitsune had killed her, until she blinked. He took the bell out of her hand and high fived Mizuru. The two both hated the girl, and if Kitsune had done enough damage then she would never be on their squad, or anyone's for the matter, again.

Two hours later.

"Ok, let me get this straight, Kitsune hit Ayame twice, and now she's in the hospital" Naruto said as he looked back and forth at the three ninja in front of him.

"He could have killed my Ayame! I say you make sure he never becomes a ninja, send him to another village for all I care!!" Sakura yelled.

"You so much as try to send him anywhere you'll never wake up again" Hinata growled as she glared at Sakura. The two glared at each for some time, and then turned back to Naruto, who was thinking the same thing Hinata was.

"And you never saw a single thing?" Naruto asked.

"They hid themselves in the bushes to the point no one could see them. I didn't even hear a single thing. It seems you have a silent killer on your hands" Kakashi replied.

"At least he's gotten better at hiding. For now I'll make sure he never leaves our house, as for Ayame once she's out of the hospital I want her side of this as well. But before that send Kitsune in here" Naruto said as he turned away from them.

Hinata nodded, and left to get Kitsune. Sakura was ready to spit fire at his decision, but left before Hinata came back with Kitsune, since she knew she would probably kill him if she saw him. Everything went silent for some time.

"You should know that Sakura is trying to find a way to have all three of her children on the same squad" Kakashi said before he left.

"It seems she's not letting the past die" Naruto muttered to himself.

Kakashi nodded and left. Naruto knew that Sakura was trying to expose the secret he had kept hidden so well. Only five people knew the secret, and already that was too many. And if Kitsune ever once got into his office, he'd be the sixth one to find out the dark secret. And if he did become the sixth one, it wouldn't be long before everyone else found out, and then most problems would begin in a blink of an eye. Why did I ever even go thru with that anyway? Naruto thought as finally Hinata came back with Kitsune in front of her. It looks like that problem is going to begin again, Hinata thought once she could see the look on Naruto's face.