"Oh, hello there." Kakashi stuck his head through the door, watching the three Gennin with interest. "My first impression is… you three are rather boring, no?" Sakura shrieked at him, Sasuke glared, while Naruto face-palmed. "Well, meet me…" He was interrupted by Kagura, without her mask, flickering to existence in the classroom.

"Hey." She waved to the occupants with a small smile, which Naruto returned grinning. "Here, Kakashi, new orders from the Hokage." She handed the scarecrow a slip of paper.

"Hm… blah, blah, blah, by order of Hokage…. Team Seven a three-man cell… apprenticeship under…" He looked at Kagura for a moment before shrugging. "You two, let's go, Naruto just got drafted into an apprenticeship. Luck bastard." He muttered under his breath.

"What! Why should that dobe…" The Uchiha found himself dazed outside the classroom, with his shirt on his legs and his pants on his torso, while Sakura walked out, glancing nervously at the female Jonnin who sent Naruto and innocent grin.

"So, what did you do?" Naruto asked his new Sensei when the two were left alone.

"Well…"

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Kagura appeared in front of the Hokage, who was currently staring at his paperwork with a thoughtful look.

"Hello there, Lord Hokage."

"Wolf?" The old man looked up at the seemingly-stoic woman. "Can I help you with anything?" He asked her after a few moments of silence.

"I'm quitting Anbu." Sarutobi raised an eyebrow?

"And why would you do that?"

"I want to become a Sensei." Sarutobi's other eyebrow joined the first.

"Oh? What brought this on?"

"I want to be Naruto-kun's Sensei."

"Ah. Well, I'm sorry to say that it's already decided that Naruto will be with Kakashi."

"But I want Naruto-kun." She said with a fake sad voice. "Please."

"As I told you he will…"

"Please." She stressed the word, making Sarutobi a little uneasy.

"Well, I don't know…" The uneasiness he felt grew. "On second thought, I think you'll be a good Sensei for him. Your other teammates will be…"

"Just Naruto-kun, please." The uneasiness was back, full force.

"Alright, fine." Sarutobi said quickly. "Take this note to Kakashi, he should be at the Academy about now. And leave your mask." She threw the mask on the table and, taking the piece of paper, disappeared in a swirl of red petals. Sarutobi breathed a sigh of relief, before returning to his paperwork.

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"And now I'm your Sensei." She grinned at him. "And you're my cute little student. Will you be good for Sensei?" She leaned in, sending a hot breath of air against his ear.

"No way." He grinned, doing the same.

"Good. Now, since I already know where you live, want some tea?" He nodded and she grabbed his hand, flickering them to her house, where she set out to make the tea. "Preferences?"

"Jasmine." He answered, sitting at the table, scanning the house. It was relatively simple but feminine, and the scrolls and weapons all around betrayed the fact that a Ninja lived here. The colors she seemed to prefer were all various shades of red, from lightest, rosy-red to crimson. She brought out the tea pot and cups, breaking him from his thoughts.

"You like?" She made a little pose that made Naruto wonder whether she thought the apartment or her. So gave an answer to both questions.

"Very." She nodded, seemingly satisfied, and poured them some tea. "Shouldn't we introduce ourselves now?"

"But we already know each other." She took a sip and then thought for a moment. "Do you really want to?" He nodded. "Ok then, I'll go first. My name is Kagura, previously Wolf of the Anbu corps. I like tea, the color red, wolves, dancing, and my Sparrow." Naruto brushed the engraving on his vest lightly. It was a sparrow in flight. "I dislike anybody who hurts my Sparrow. My hobbies are dancing, drinking tea and training, and my dreams I'll keep secret for now."

"Your Sparrow?" Naruto raised an eyebrow, grinning.

"Shush now. Your turn.

"Very well. My name is Naruto. I like my weapons and gauntlets, shooting, the color blue, sparrows and my Wolf. I dislike most of the villagers, as well as morons. My hobbies are shooting things and training. And I think I'll keep my dream a secret as well." Kagura nodded her head, taking Naruto by the arm and leading him to her velvety red sofa in the middle of the living room, right in front of the fireplace. She sent a small ball of fire from her throat to light the wood and sat Naruto on the couch, before lying next to him and putting her head on his lap.

"Kagura, are you coming on to me?" His question drew a grin from her.

"Depends. Is it working?"

"Maybe…" He leaned in.

A couple of weeks later Naruto and Kagura were walking slowly to the Hokage's office. The day after the Team Placements they went to the Hokage and struck a deal with him: they would do no D-Rank missions, but would stick to C-Ranks in the radius of ten miles around the village for one month. It was now a month and one day, and they went to the old man to see if they could pick out a more challenging assignment.

"Well, believe it or not, I have just the thing for you two." Both Naruto and Kagura raised an eyebrow. "You see, some three days ago I sent Kakashi's team on a C-Rank mission to the land of Waves, which, according to the letter I got from Kakashi's summons this morning, turned into a High B-Rank at least. So I'm sending you two to help out."

"You sent an undermanned team to a C-Rank mission to a foreign country?" Naruto had an incredulous look on his face.

"Well, in my defence, they were very annoying, and I just wanted to shut them up." Sarutobi scratched the back of his head sheepishly. Kagura sweat dropped, while Naruto gave a face palm.

"Hm… ok, we'll go." Kagura said after a minute of thought. "We'll leave in an hour, Naruto-kun. Go get ready." Naruto nodded and disappeared in a swirl of feathers. "You know, Lord Hokage, if Naruto-kun gets hurt because you're withholding something from us, you and me are gonna have a little talk." She smiled a little too sweetly at the old man.

"Oh, I didn't realize you two were dating now."

"Maybe we are, maybe we're not. That's the least of your concerns." She smiled again and disappeared in a swirl of petals.

Yeah, I decided to use a sparrow for Naruto's animal in this fic, because of the PC in the second Fable. He'll be getting a summoning scroll later on, too.

Also, I have a new Twitter acount, on which I will be posting updates and maybe even new ideas. Check it out, the name's Drakai07, the pic is the same as my profile for FanFiction.