Written by Bonesboy15 & Engineer4Ever, aka The KrossKings

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Numbuh 9-Tales

Operation: P. A. R. E. N. T. S.

Paralyzing

Assault

Round

Earth

Needs

To

Stop


"Mm, no, no!" Naruto tossed and turned in his bed. He'd broken out into a cold sweat, his eyes squeezed together and his brow furrowed. "My ramen! Give it back, Rachel! It's innocent!"

A small clump of strawberry blonde hair could be seen at the edge of his bed, along with a pair of violet eyes. The eyes watched as the blond twisted around in his bed. They narrowed sharply in thought and the owner's body crouched down before it all of a sudden sprung onto the sleeping KND operative.

"Wake up, big brother!" The violet-eyed attacker cried out as it landed on the blond's stomach.

"Gah!" Naruto grunted at the impact and glared at the one who woke him up from his ramen dream. The smiling face of a little girl was the focus of his ire. The blond boy growled at his giggling little sister. "Kanon..."

"Mom says it's time to wake up, big brother. It's breakfast time!"

"...What's for breakfast?" He asked through a yawn as he rubbed at his eyes.

"Not ramen!"

"Then I'm going back to sleep."

"Nu-uh! Mommy said she'd give me an extra cookie for lunch today if I woke you up. So get up!" Kanon said, pulling his orange comforter off of his form. The older boy curled up into his sheets, but those were soon taken from him as well.

"Ugh, fine!" Naruto complained and pushed her off his bed as he got up.

"Yes! Cookies, you are mine!" The giggling girl proclaimed as she jumped up and down on his discarded sheets.

Naruto rolled his eyes as he went to get dressed for the day, pulling on a pair of jeans. "Sugar fiend."

"Takes a fiend to know a fiend! Bleh!" Kanon stuck her tongue out at him, and Naruto retorted with the same as she ran out the room giggling. With a sigh, Naruto threw his pajamas into his hamper and pulled on a white T-shirt with an orange flame on it before he went out into the kitchen.

Seated at the breakfast table was his dad, who was reading the paper and eating some sort of adult soup-breakfast, while his mom stood at the stove, making some fresh eggs if the smell was anything to go by. Naruto sat down across from his sister, who sat on their father's left, which put him on their father's right.

"Naruto, you should have woken up earlier." His mother scolded him gently as she put the eggs on a plate that had some toast already set on it. She placed the dish in front of him and kissed the top of his head. "Good morning, my little fishcake!"

"Mom!" He whined at the stupid nickname that was the bane of his current childhood. Naruto pouted as his mother merely giggled and went back to the stove, leaving him to poke at his food with his fork.

"Oh, come on, Naruto." His dad gave him a small grin. "It's not that bad. Your mother gave me a much more terrible name when I was your age."

"Yeah, not many can take being called Girly Boy on a daily basis with such grace." His mom winked at her dad.

"Kushina…!" The blond man whined just like his son.

"Mommy and Daddy are silly." Kanon giggled at her parents' antics as she ate her Rainbow Munchies.

"See, Minato? Kanon thinks we're silly!" Kushina purred at her husband. "I think I can handle that."

Minato gave his wife a small smirk as she walked over to stand beside him. "I suppose I can, too."

"Ugh, disgusting." Naruto blanched at his parents' actions. He gagged when they shared a brief kiss. "Eww! Can you guys stop being all lovey-dovey? It's so gross!"

"Lovey dovey made you." Kushina pointed triumphantly. Naruto's face turned red, he remembered the time he had to get what they called "The Talk" and it was not pleasant. Especially because of what he walked in on. There was a reason Naruto had started to regularly go to talk to Numbuh DSM-5 when he had a chance.

He could never look at his parents the same ever again. Sometimes not at Kanon, either.

"Great, now I've lost my appetite." Naruto mumbled as he pushed his plate forward.

A knock on the kitchen door drew the parents' attention away from their embarrassed and grossed out ten-year-old son. The family turned to see a familiar blonde haired neighbor. Kushina walked over and opened the screen door with a smile on her face.

"Good morning, Rachel!" She greeted the girl with a wide smile on her face. "Come in, come in. Would you like some fresh breakfast?"

"No thank you, Miss Kushina," Rachel said with a small smile. She walked over to Naruto. "Just need to ask Naruto something about our homework that's due today."

Minato raised a brow and looked at his son. "Really?"

"Hey! I get it done!" Naruto protested with a frown.

"Miss Charity says otherwise," Kanon said around a bite of cereal.

"...Kanon, don't make me put bugs in your bed." Naruto glared at his baby sister.

"Ha! I'm not some sissy! I like bugs!" Kanon smiled broadly, which earned her a laugh from Rachel. Rachel ruffled the strawberry blonde's short hair, making the girl smile at her. "Morning Rachel!"

"Morning, Kanon." Rachel smiled at the little sister of her fellow KND operative. "Good going standing up for us girls. Sometimes boys forget that we're super tough."

"Darn right we are." Kushina nodded and grinned at her children. "I train both my babies to be strong after all!"

"Ninja power!" Kanon raised her fists in the air with a cheer.

Minato sighed happily and turned the page in his newspaper, content with the world around him. His little girl was never going to be a girly-girl that oogled boys and went ga-ga over boy bands. He'd sooner become an evil Dad-tator and destroy them all under his heel than let that happen. And no one, not even that Father of those Delightful Children from Down the Lane, would be able to stop him. Especially with his son at his side. Together, they'd protect his princess from those rude, crude, bad, evil, and just plain no-good boys that'd want to do her harm.

"Eh, Mom? Dad's snickering evilly again." Naruto pointed out as his and Rachel's hands slowly reached for their on-hand 2x4 Technology.

"Oh don't worry, he's just thinking of the new episode of Rainbow Monkey's, right dear?" Kushina asked him sternly.

"Huh?" Minato blinked and look at his children and neighbors child. At their stares, he laughed awkwardly and rubbed the back of his head, "Yes, that's it. Going to go a little...darker in the new one."

"In Rainbow Monkey's?" Naruto asked dryly.

"One of them leaves the island, to never return."

Rachel and Kanon gasped in horror, the former's skin pailing. In fact, she looked ready to faint. Kanon's bottom lip trembled and her eyes watered up.

"Daddy, no! Which one is it?!" Kanon hugged her Rainbow Monkey backpack to her chest. "Is it Dandy-Monkey? Happy-Smiling-Day Monkey!?"

"I cannot say." Minato said solemnly.

Naruto rolled his eyes and slumped down in his chair. "Like it matters. It's just another ploy to get another monkey more spotlight and sell more du-er, dolls."

"You're definitely going into marketing when you grow up." Minato mused.

Naruto paled. "But I hate ties!"

"How about a bowtie?" Kushina asked and smiled. "You looked so handsome in your little orange and blue bowtie for our family reunion."

Naruto blanched while Rachel snickered.

"Mo-om!"

"Come on, Naruto, let me see that homework." Rachel nudged her friend with a smirk on her face. Naruto sent her a thankful look as he stuffed some toast in his mouth and fled to his room with his best friend. Upon opening the door to his room, Rachel blanched.

Old ramen cups were scattered around the room, and hundreds of dirty clothes covered the surface area. There was even what looked like a snake slithering under Naruto's bed. The lampshade was hanging upside down on the closet door as a makeshift basketball hoop, stuffed to the brim with clothes.

"Seriously, Naruto, how do you live in this filth?" She asked.

"What? I cleaned it. You can totally see half of my floor."

"Not the point, dunce." Rachel rolled her eyes and moved to his desk, "Now, where's our history homework? I didn't finish it last night since I had to babysit Harvey."

Naruto grimaced. "You mean you had to suffer alone with your bratty brother? Ouch. Hope they paid well."

"He's not that bad." The blonde girl weakly defended. Naruto raised one of his eyebrows. Rachel sighed in defeat. "...Okay, so he's a little bit of a brat. But... I got him to sign up for the KND, hopefully Numbuh 60 can set him straight."

Naruto crossed his arms and closed his eyes in thought. "True, Patton can really turn a brat into a soldier, that's for sure. Still, Harv is a special kind of brat."

"Just show me the homework." Rachel groaned.

Naruto smirked and pulled it out from his desk. "One history homework from the nerds. They do good work."

"You mean you use their brains in return for satisfying their "nerd vengeance" against their bullies."

Naruto held up his hands in his defense. "Please, I am doing a service. It's all business."

"...Your dad's right, you're definitely going into marketing once you grow up." Rachel joked. She tapped her chin. "That or you're going into the CIA."

The blond boy frowned. "Either way, I'm not wearing no stinkin' tie."

Rachel stopped copying the paper and grinned at him, "Aw, but you'd look cute~"

"Puh-lease!" Naruto scoffed and crossed his arms over his chest. "I'm devilishly handsome."

"...You're only saying that because your mom says that." Rachel pointed out.

"...Shut up." Naruto retorted and looked away with a smaller pout while his friend snickered. Naruto tapped his foot on the ground impatiently. "Now, you finished with that or what? We got to get to the bus stop in," he paused to look at his watch and his eyes went wide, "In one minute! Go go go!" he rushed her.

"I am, I am!" Rachel said as she jotted on her paper faster. Naruto grabbed his backpack, slung it over his shoulder, grabbed Rachel by her wrist and rushed for the kitchen door.

"G'bye! Love you guys!" The boy shouted as he barged through the door, nearly yelling in Rachel's face as she was still trying to write while they ran. The shout made her look over her shoulder and wave at the family.

"Bye Mister Minato! Bye Miss Kushina! Bye Kanon!"

"Bye, big brother! Bye Rachel!" Kanon waved with her spoon in hand, unintentionally letting a few drops of milk fall on the floor.

"Bye kids!" Kushina waved them off, smiling widely. She leaned against the door and let out a small sigh of content.

"Dear, you're letting your shipper out again." Minato drawled before he took a sip of his coffee.

"Hush, Min. I'm plotting, I'm going next door to see Samantha."

Kanon blinked as she swallowed a spoonful of her sugary cereal. She turned to her father. "Daddy, Mommy's a little weird."

"Yes she is, sweetheart." Minato patted his daughter on the head. "Yes she is."


Naruto and Rachel breathed out a sigh of relief as they reclined into the seats on the back of the bus.

"Just in time." Rachel smiled a little as she stuffed her homework into her backpack. "Thanks, Naruto."

Naruto flashed her a grin and gave her a thumbs-up. "Don't mention it, Rachel."

"...So, I've been thinking." Rachel started off slowly and earning Naruto's attention from where it drifted to the window. "When do you think Kanon will join the KND?"

Naruto blinked in surprise. "Wow, um, I never really thought about it."

"What, never?" Rachel asked, her eyes wide.

"Well," Naruto rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "Our job can get pretty dangerous, y'know? I wouldn't want her to get hurt."

"...Naruto, your sister can take down 6th graders that are twice her size and three times her weight. With a spork." Rachel deadpanned.

"I told her to use a spoon but she says a spork has less air resistance." Naruto told her. He rubbed his chin. "I wonder if there's any truth to that. ...Well, I know what I'm using next time we have to face off against Grandma Stuff'em.

"The point is, your mom has been training you two since you could crawl." The blonde girl pointed out. She had seen some of the things Kushina did to her children, and it made the KND training look like Pre-K stuff in comparison. Rachel had to fight back a shiver and remain strong as she looked at her best friend. "I think she'd be an amazing Operative, don't you?"

"Yeah, but…" Naruto looked around before he leaned in and nervously whispered. "But what if some stupid boy in her sector starts to crush on her?"

Rachel looked amused at his question. Naruto was super protective of his little sister. It had once gotten to the point that he had tailed her when a boy had the audacity to want to color with her. That poor kid wound up with a sore behind after he was punished by the nocturnal vampiric villain that roamed the night sky. Or, at least, that's what the official report says. Rachel, however, knew the truth and, due to a pinky promise, had to keep it close to the chest consequently.

After being questioned on it, Naruto still swore to this day that 'coloring' was a code word for something and he would do two things: A) find out what it was code for and B) keep any boy that tried away from her.

Her friend could be such a dunce sometimes.

"I think she can handle herself." Rachel argued. Naruto looked dubious at this.

"She can barely tie her shoes, let alone handle being a KND operative."

"At least talk to her about it, for me?" Rachel asked with a pout and big, brown, and watery eyes. The boy shifted in his seat, visibly uncomfortable by the face.

"Well, alright. But I'm only asking!" Naruto said firmly. He crossed his arms and looked out the window. "I'm not going to guarantee anything."

"Yes!" Rachel pumped her fist in victory. She gave her friend a grin and gently punched his arm. "Thanks, Naruto. Trust me, it's going to be awesome."

"Yeah, sure, no promises…" Naruto mumbled, still a little sour over the prospect of his sister being in the KND.

"Good morning, Naruto," Said a honey sweet voice seated in front of them. Both KND operatives turned to see a girl with pale skin, short purple hair, and lavender eyes. A gentle smile was on her face as she looked at the boy. The smile fell into a frown as she looked at his neighbor. "McKenzie."

"Hey Hinata!" Naruto cheerfully greeted while Rachel's face looked sour.

"Hyuuga." The girl greeted with a cordial nod. Their gaze became fixed on each other, intense and unblinking as their wills silently did battle.

As the two girls had a small stare off, Naruto looked between them, confused. Rachel and Hinata always acted like this whenever they ran into each other since the end of last summer. They really used to be pretty close. Or, anyway, that's what Naruto thought.

"So...you get that history paper done?" Naruto asked, trying to end the out of nowhere tension that had filled the air. Hinata broke away from the silent stare-off and smiled at him.

"Of course! I get my work done on time." She said and waved her hand while she sent a sly look at the blonde girl seated beside him. "It's not like I copy off my friends or something like that."

"That's funny. You have friends?" Rachel sniped back. A resounding 'Ooh' left the lips of the other kids around them and Naruto blinked.

"Of course I do. At least I don't order mine around." The lavender eyed girl said in return.

Rachel bristled and clenched a hand into a fist. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"I think you know what that's supposed to mean," Hinata said coyly.

"The Princess of Burn returns~"

"I heard that Nelson!" Rachel barked, making the boy cow under her wrath.

Hinata giggled and put a finger on her lip. "Oh, is someone having a fit?"

"Uh..." Naruto simply looked between the two girls, sweat trickling down his neck. He didn't know what to do here.

"No, but I think someone's going to need a Kiss Boo-Boo Away Rainbow Monkey soon." The spy operative commented with a dangerous edge.

"Humph, well if you're going to be such a ruffian, then fine." Hinata turned back to Naruto and smiled. "Naruto, if you'd like a proper bus companion, I have a free space next to me."

The lavender haired girl ducked down with a giggle that was shared with her posse. Rachel clenched and unclenched her hands into fists.

"Oh, that-What I wouldn't give to turn her into a Pretzel Knot…" the blonde girl grumbled.

"Um, hate to be the bearer of bad news, but..." Naruto leaned over and whispered, "Rachel, you can't use KND CQC on other kids."

"She's asking for it!" Rachel hissed back.

"Maybe, but-" Naruto was about to retort until an alarm from his pocket cut him off. Naruto pulled out the modified Speed Stink deodorant communicator. Both KND operatives looked at the device as an image of Numbuh 274 popped up. The screen and message was slightly out of focus, so Naruto smacked the 2x4 technology against the bus' window. The image and audio cleared up immediately.

"Warning! Warning! Being pursued. Do not follow. I repeat. Do not follow."

"What's going on?" Naruto asked at the distress on their Supreme Leader's face in the urgent message.

"Naruto, contact Moonbase, now!" Rachel urged him as the other blond nodded. He called to their moonbase and it was picked up by Numbuh 65.3.

"Herbert, dude, what's happening?" Naruto asked. "The boss man's send out a global alert message to all KND on the planet!"

"Oh, Numbuh 9-Tails, Numbuh 362!" The large nerd was ready to burst into tears. "Thank goodness that you guys are still around!"

Naruto and Rachel shared a look before they returned their attention to the communicator.

"What do you mean?" Rachel asked, confused. "Of course we're still around!"

"All the other operatives on Earth have gone...silent. They've been taken down by some crazy force we can't identify!" He wailed, "Moonbase is on total lockdown. And with Numbuh 274 down there, well, not a lot is getting done about it." He finished lamely.

"And we're just now hearing about this?" Rachel asked angrily, her eyes narrowed. She was still a bit emotional after the confrontation with Hinata. "Who else is around?"

"I, uh, think Sector V is still active, but we can't be sure!" Numbuh 65.3 answered meekly.

"What about Numbuh 274? Can you give us a location?" Naruto asked quickly.

Numbuh 65.3 started to type rapidly on his console. "Yeah, sure. One second, I've got to triangulify his broadcast radio-mominter and then isolate his flux-frequency with-"

"Enough of the science lesson, just do it!" Rachel ordered.

"Gulp, y-yes ma'am." Numbuh 65.3 nodded and furiously typed away at the console. A broad smile spread across his face. "Got it! The airport between sector's V and W!"

Naruto nodded. "Alright, wish us luck Numbuh 65.3."

The husky nerd gave him a salute. "Yipper speed, Numbuh 9-Tails!"

With that, the signal cut out. The two operatives turned to each other and nodded. They weren't going to school today. Adjusting their backpacks, they pulled a cord and wings flew out of them with hairdryer rockets on the ends. They launched right through the roof of the bus, leaving four trails of smoke on their seat. The other kids on the bus stared at the hole for a moment before they returned to their previous conversations.

"Man, they are so cool."

"Shut up Nelson." Hinata grit out as she crossed her arms over her chest and slumped down in her seat. She looked forlornly out the window. Oh, why did he have to look so dashing when he was going off to fight adult tyranny?


The two KND operatives landed just as a large freighter airship flew away. With their J.E.T.P.A.C.K.s (Just Enuff Thrust Propels And Carries Kid) useless, they let the gadgets fold away into storage mode and began to examine what looked like a battle zone.

"It looks like Sector V was here," Numbuh 362 said as she held up a ruined V.E.G.G.I.E. (Vegetable Ejection Gun Guarantees Infuriated Enemies) and showed Numbuh 9-Tails the underside. There was a crude number five carved into the barrel of the gun. "And that K.O.L.O.S.S.A.L.I.N.E.R. (Kuite Obnoxiously Large Oversized Super Ship Allows Landing In Nefarious Enemy Region) had a V painted on the side."

"Aw man, we just missed them!" Numbuh 9-Tails whined, kicking a nearby rock.

"Well, at least Sector V will look out for Numbuh 274...I think." Numbuh 362 said dryly as she tossed the V.E.G.G.I.E. to the side.

"What do we have here!" A voice called out and they turned to see an adult woman brushing her ruined dress and wearing some kind of helmet that looked like a head with typical mom-bob blonde hair. Her helmet's face was set in a teeth-baring scowl and her eyes were narrowed. Her blue gloves started to glow with energy. "More no good Brats Next Door?"

"Who're you callin' a brat, lady?" Numbuh 9-Tails asked, prepared to jump into action. He and Rachel jumped, all right, but it was to dodge the energy that fired from the woman's glove. The initial blast struck a mound of debris and made it explode. Numbuh 9-Tails and Numbuh 362 shared a look before they looked back at the flying adult.

"So...Got a name, or do we get to give you one?" Numbuh 9-Tails asked.

"I am Mega Mom!"

"...That's lame. What? Did you come up with that in five seconds with one of your coupons?" Numbuh 9-Tails scoffed. He looked over at Numbuh 362. "Dibs on giving her a better name in our report!"

"Seriously, not the time, Num-Er, Nathan." Numbuh 362 gave him a pointed look.

The meaning flew over Numbuh 9-Tails' head completely. "Who? Rachel, you know that my name's-"

"Nathan, yes, I know." Numbuh 362 repeated firmly, her eyes narrowed. She looked back at the villainous adult.

"Nathan and Rachel...Nathan and Rachel...Hmm…" Mega Mom tapped the chin of her helmet thoughtfully. She looked back at the two kids suspiciously, her gloves glowing with power. "Well, Nathan and Rachel, if you're not members of the Kids Next Door, then why aren't you in school today?"

"We're, uh, um...Joining our parents at work, today!" Numbuh 362 said quickly. Numbuh 9-tails and Mega Mom gave her dubious looks.

"We/You are?"

Numbuh 362 gave Numbuh 9-Tails a quick elbow in the side.

"Ow!" Numbuh 9-Tails complained and rubbed his abused ribs.

"Yes!" Numbuh 362 nodded, ignoring the hurt look her friend sent her. "Nathan and I are writing a report about our parents, who fly planes together."

"Oh." Mega Mom blinked and her gloves stopped glowing. Her hands intertwined at the side of her head, which tilted to the side. "Well, now I feel just awful! Look at you both, being productive and trying to get good grades in school! Oh, you remind me of my little boy, why just yesterday-Oh, foo, I knew I was forgetting something. So long, kids! Listen to your parents or else I'll come back and 'ground' you!"

Mega Mom then shot off in the same direction that Sector V had flown off in earlier. Numbuh 9-Tails sent Numbuh 362 a confused look.

"Wanna tell me what that was all about?" He asked. Numbuh 362 gave him another look and then punched him in the arm. "Ow! What was that one for!?"

"How are you one of the best agents in the KND? How!?" Numbuh 362 asked aloud as she stormed past him.

Numbuh 9-Tails rubbed the arm that she punched and frowned. "What'd I do this time?"

"Just shut up and c'mon, Numbuh 9-Tails." Numbuh 362 grit out as she activated her J.E.T.P.A.C.K. and shot off into the sky, going in the same direction as Mega Mom.

"...Man, girls are so weird." Numbuh 9-Tails mumbled before he activated his J.E.T.P.A.C.K. and followed after her.


"Okay, we go in hot and don't give any mercy, right?" Numbuh 9-Tails said once they landed on the airdock of Sector V's treehouse. He pulled his S.C.A.M.P.P. out and prepped it for a battle. Numbuh 362 scoffed and followed suit, priming her S.C.A.M.P.P. as they ran for the door.

"Oh, so now we're on the same page?" she asked snidely.

"What?"

"Never mind," Numbuh 362 sighed as they braced themselves outside the door. "Just watch my back, all right?"

"Don't I always?" Numbuh 9-Tails asked with a playful grin. Numbuh 362 moved in first and Numbuh 9-Tails followed after her, covering her corners and checking her blind spots. They came to a stop outside of a door that led into the main room. Through the door they could hear shouting. Numbuh 362 put a finger to her lips, motioning Numbuh 9-Tails to remain silent as she pushed the door open.

What they saw, shocked them.

All of the operatives stationed in Sector V, Numbuhs 1 through 5, were piled off to the side, frozen in place by a weird blue orb. Two adults, one helmetless Mega Mom (who looked just like her helmet) and what the two KND operatives assumed to be the 'Dad' of the pair, stood proudly by the bodies of their fallen comrades. One figure opposed them.

"Numbuh 274-!" Numbuh 9-Tails was pulled back by Numbuh 362.

"Shush! We don't want to get in his way on accident," she said to her partner. Numbuh 9-Tails grimaced, but nodded and settled down into a kneeling position. His sights locked on the big-nosed dad.

"I got the Dumbo-Dad. You got Matricide?"

"...Yes, I've got Mega Mom. Now be quiet, I'm trying to listen!"

"You… You… You're going to pay for this!" Numbuh 274 exclaimed as he flew into the air, "You're gonna pay!" he said, pulling out a communicator cellphone and dialed, "Hello, Coach Wedderhan...I'm quitting the football team."

Mega Mom and the Dad looked as though they had been struck face.

"Chad, what are you doing?!" Mega Mom exclaimed in shock.

"Hello, Honor Society? I quit."

"No!" His mother cried.

"Drama Club? Give the lead part to someone else."

Both parents bent over as if they'd been kicked in the gut.

"Young High Society Society? I quit."

Mega Mom and Destructo Dad's heads twisted to the side as if getting slugged.

"Hello, Piggy? Still need a bass player for the Scum Bucket Punks?" Numbuh 274 grinned.

"No!" Both parents wailed as they lost their footing and fell.

"Hello, Joe's Tattoo Parlor?"

"Okay! Okay, okay!" Both parents begged their son on their hands and knees. "We'll give you anything, just stop! No more!"

A small smirk played across Numbuh 274's face and he shut his communicator. "Heh."

"Cool, can I get a tattoo?" Numbuh 9-Tails said, disclosing their hidden location.

Then a resounding "NO" echoed around the world. Children everywhere started to feel disenchanted until they realized the one who spoke wasn't their parent. They then pitied whoever's parent that was.

Numbuh 362 turned to her friend with a small smirk. "...Naruto, your mom said no."

"Yeah, I heard that, Rachel. Thank you." Numbuh 9-Tails grumbled and let his shoulders fall. "Dang it...how does she always do that?!"

"Ancient Motherhood Art," Mega Mom said once she had stopped fretting over her son's outlandish actions. She blinked and scrutinized the two with squinted eyes. "Hey...You two look awfully familiar. Have I seen you before?"

"Uhh...Numbuh 274, dial something, quick!"

"Noo!"


"Seriously guys, sorry for what my parents did." Numbuh 274 bowed his head in shame as he stood before a de-stupified Sector V, Numbuh 362 and Numbuh 9-Tails. His parents' had flown around the world, undoing their wrongs to the KND, while he remained at Sector V with his communicator ready to cancel any other parental-pride-filling activities.

"Aw, it ain't your fault." Numbuh 5 said as she crossed her arms.

"Yeah! I mean, parents? Whatcha gonna do?" Numbuh 4 agreed, his hands up in a shrug.

A horn blared outside. "Come on, Chad! You don't want to be late for your violin lessons, do you?"

"Chad?" Numbuh 362 asked, a brow raised as a smirk crossed her face.

Numbuh 9-Tails snickered. "Wow, violin? Nice one, Boss."

"Uh, gotta go!" Numbuh 274 said quickly, flying out the Treehouse. He gave the kids a wave. "See ya!"

"In a while crocodile!" Numbuh 3 waved goodbye. The other waved along with her until the flying SUV was out of sight.

"Man! I know parents are crazy, but his parents are freaks!" Numbuh 4 exclaimed, getting nods of agreement all around. Numbuh 362 scoffed and pointed at Numbuh 9-Tails.

"Please, you should see Numbuh 9-Tails' mother," she said with a smirk on her face. "Miss Kushina makes Mega Mom look tame."

"My mom's not crazy," Numbuh 9-Tails protested with a frown. "She's just insane!"

"That's the same thing!"

Sector V watched the two friends walk out of the room mid-argument. Numbuh 2 nudged Numbuh 1.

"Hey, you know Numbuh 362 and Numbuh 9-Tails better than us, Numbuh 1, what's their story?" he asked. Numbuh 1 adjusted his sunglasses and sighed.

"That, Numbuh 2, is a complicated story. And it isn't mine to tell."


Engineer4Ever: It would be a Naruto fic without a Hinata Hime-bichon. What? She's important! In her crazy girly way.

Bonesboy15: And, being the big fans we are of the Number One Knucklehead, we love to make his "love" life hilariously complicated. Not to mention we introduced his family life in this one!

Engineer4Ever: Waka Waka! And yes, no Mito this time, we picked Kanon instead to be original plus her being a strawberry blonde instead of a redhead. We are original, hear us roar!

Bonesboy15: Oh yeah! And next time, we get even more complex...maybe...Eh, you know we want you to do!

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