Dedicated to Yami-No-HikariBre for being the 100th reviewer of my story Underneath the Underneath. :D

No, I do not own Naruto. Or Pokémon. XD

Blue eyes shot open. Today was the day!

Naru raced around her room, grabbing her bag (that had been packed for three weeks now) and the kit that her parents had given her that included a whole bunch of useful things.

"Mom! Dad! Mom! Dad!" she ran down the stairs all ready for the day already.

Minato looked up from the paper he'd been reading with a grin, "Hey Naru, I don't think that you're excited enough about this. We might just have to keep you home."

"What?" she screeched, throwing herself into her father's arms and pleading, "No! let me go!"

Minato laughed and hugged his daughter warmly, "I was joking, sweetheart."

"Dad! That was mean!" Naru huffed and crossed her arms.

"Minato, stop torturing your daughter." Kushina walked out of the kitchen carrying breakfast (and by some miracle it wasn't burnt).

Naru looked suspiciously at the immaculate eggs, bacon and toast. Her dad leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Don't worry. I cooked most of it. Your mother just put it on the plates."

Naru hissed back, "That's enough for her terrible cooking skills to contaminate anything!"

They both turned to see a seething Kushina with her long red hair flying behind her by some psychic power (her Ninetales was feeling rather mischievous that day and was sitting behind her with a foxy grin), "What did you say?" she said threateningly.

"E-eh… Nothing dear," Minato rubbed the back of his blond head sheepishly.

"Oh!" Naru suddenly realized something, "Why are you home, Dad? Didn't you have a challenger for the Elite Four today?"

"Don't worry about it: I have Jiraiya-sensei filling in for me. Being here today was much more important."

"Thanks, Dad."

Naru grinned and Minato grinned back, Kushina smiled at the two of them as she set the breakfast plates down.

"I can't wait to go see the Professor!" Naru started as they all sat down to eat, "I know just the pokémon I want!"

Minato and Kushina shared a smiled, "That's the thing, Naru-chan" Kushina said, "You're not going to the Professor to get a pokémon."

"What? But Dad said he was just joking that I was staying home!"

"I was, sweetheart," Minato chuckled, "Let your mother finish explaining."

"Okay."

"Well," Kushina was nearly jumping up and down in her excitement, "Your father and Me and Kyūbi here," she nodded to her main pokémon (Ninetales), "thought you deserved something special to start your own pokémon journey," Kyūbi nodded resolutely from Kushina's side and strode purposefully out the back door doggy-door, "So we went out to a breeder a while ago so we could give you a special friend," Ninetales came back into the kitched carrying a small orange pokémon in its mouth, "This is Vulpix, her egg just hatched a few days ago," Kushina finished proudly.

Naru nearly fell out of her chair in haste, "For me?" she asked kneeling in front of Ninetales.

"Just for you, sweetheart," Minato confirmed. He stood up and put an arm around his wife to watch their daughter's first interactions with her first pokémon.

Kyūbi set the small Vulpix down gently in Naru's lap. It was so small that it only had one tail (it would soon grow into all six as it got a little stronger), "This is way cooler than those lame starter pokémon the Professor has!" she exclaimed. The baby Vulpix purred in her lap and nuzzled up to her hand. Ninetales yipped proudly and rubbed its nose against Naru's cheek, "Thanks, Kyūbi. Thanks Mom and Dad!"

"You're welcome, sweetheart," Minato smiled and hugged Kushina (who was trying her hardest not to cry) a little closer, "Now let's finish breakfast and get you on your way."

"Yeah! Believe it!"

Aww! Cute family moment! :) As of now this is completed, but it will eventually be a series of one-shots (becoming so when I have time and the muses attack) But please do leave a response as to what you thought!

Another congrats to Yami-No-HikariBre for being the 100th reviewer for Underneath the Underneath!