** ((TIME SKIP: Two ½ Years later. Naruto's age: 12, Luna & Silver age: 13)) **

** (Skipping the Mizuki incident. You know what happens.)**

** (At the Academy. Team assignment day. Luna's POV) **

"Team seven; Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha." Iruka-sensei finishes. That's when I raise my hand. "Oh sorry there Luna, Silver. Umm… you're both on Team 7 as well." He sweats as he realizes his mistake. Several, okay ALL, of the girls outburst in yells of denial as to why we're put in Sasuke's team. I've spoken to Silver and we can't really figure out what's so interesting about him. I'll admit he's alright looking, top of the boy's class, but there's nothing about him that's special. Yes he lost his entire clan, but we lost Morgan. Silv and I are at the top of our class, yet we don't have boys chasing after us. Not that we're complaining of course. I sigh as we're all dismissed. Now it's time to meet up with our sensei.

((Two hours later))

"Past… present… future…" I lay down three rows of three cards before Sakura. The pink-haired girl asked us about the Tarot cards and about her future. More likely, if she'll be with Sasuke.

"Past: Education, love-struck, determined. You're smarter than most, in love with someone and determined to have said person." I don't look up from the cards as Sakura nods. "Present: distracted, sought-after, tests. Future: it will be a tough road to travel, you'll be worried and you'll show you care about someone." I finish. "Nothing about Sasuke." The pink-haired girl sighs and looks over to the duck-ass-haired kid, whom is getting his cards red by Silver.

"Past; you're smart, and you've trusted someone in your family. Present: you're determined, a loner, and ignorant of those around you." Sasuke looks ready to argue when Silver pulls up the last three cards. "Future: It will be tough, you'll be tempted and you'll have an important choice to make." That's when the door finally opens and our sensei steps in, after getting conked by an eraser on the door. It's the one-eyed masked man from Morgan's funeral, the one with the grey hair blown to the side.

"My first impression is… I hate you. Meet me on the roof." He says before leaping away.

"Alright introduce yourselves. Names, likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams." Kakashi then introduces himself in the vaguest way as possible. (Cannon of Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke)

"Okay green-eyes. You're up." "I'm Luna Longpaw. My hobbies are tarot reading and training. My likes are Silver, Naruto, Twilight and learning new fighting moves. My dislikes are those who believe they should be given something without earning it and those who cheat in training. My dream is to be in the ANBU like Morgan was and to protect those important to me."

"Now you grey-eyes." "Silver Longpaw. Hobbies are training and tarot reading. Likes are Luna, Naruto, Kitsu and learning new jutsu. Dislikes are same as Luna's. My dream is also the same as Luna's." My sister says.

"Alright. Meet me at training ground 7 at 09:00 sharp. And don't eat breakfast." Kakashi says.

** ((Time skip: Next day. Training Ground 7, 11:00hrs, Luna's POV)) **

"You're late!" We all say when Kakashi appears two hours late.

"I'm sorry; I got lost on the road of life." He replies with a wink. He glances at the seven of us; we had brought Twilight and Kitsu with us, before he places an alarm clock on one of the posts.

"This alarm is set to go off at noon. You have one hour to get these two bells. The three without bells will be sent back to the academy. You are free to use any form of tool, technique or familiar at your disposal. I'll give you guys a little tip; aim to kill or you'll never have the chance. GO!" All of us move in different directions. Silver and I take a perch up in a tree while Twilight and Kitsu crouch in the undergrowth. Naruto stands out in the open, making us all face palm when he wants to face Kakashi 'fair and square'. Then the knuckle head charges at him.

"Ninja tactics number one; taijutsu." Kakashi mutters while one hand pulls out an orange book, Make out Paradise. Naruto continues his charge, angry at how Kakashi's mocking him with the book. I swear that he doesn't even look up as the cyclops ducks and dodges everything Naruto throws.

"One Thousand Years of Death!" Kakashi yells out as he thrusts two fingers up Naruto's rear. The blonde ninja suddenly goes flying into the air. Silver and I both look at each other with disgusted expressions. WTF? We both think and turn to watch a dozen Naruto's suddenly charge from the water. He's using the Multi-Shadow Clone jutsu he said he learned two nights ago. Suddenly Naruto ends up in a tree with some rope tied to his leg, a trap from Kakashi. Silver and I look at each other and decide to move to another position in the training ground.

"So you really think you can take me?" Kakashi asks in a bored tone to the duck-ass-haired kid.

"I'm not like the other weaklings." Sasuke scoffs. From in the undergrowth, Silver and I secure our clawed gauntlets, getting ready to make our move. As Sasuke charges at Kakashi, so do we.

"Kitsu, help Naruto. Twilight, try to get Sakura over to us." We order, both partners heading off to their tasks. Then we speed up to Sasuke, ready to back him up.

"I don't need you losers." The Uchiha scoffs as he spots us before landing a few hits on Kakashi. The bastard's got determination, I'll give him that. Even though Kakashi blocks every blow he lands. When Sasuke gets thrown off, Silver and I go in for the kill. We charge up lightning in our gauntlets as we prepare our first lightning jutsu learned. The cyclops goes wide-eyed at how we're able to use elemental jutsu at our age.

"Longpaw Style: Lightning Paw!" We cry out as we strike our claws at Kakashi. We manage to make him actually dodge and block our attacks instead of ignoring us like he did with Naruto. Then something inside our heads goes off, like a sixth sense warning us of danger. I look behind and see Sasuke finishing off two hand signs. Dragon? Tiger? Oh no! I realize what he's going to do as he exhales a breath. My clawed hand grabs Silver and I send both of us to the side as a gigantic fireball flies at us. Kakashi sees the fireball too, but from our position we don't know what he's going to do next. Silver helps me to my feet, her arm sporting five cuts from my claws. Then she points over to Sasuke. I look over my shoulder just in time to see him get dragged into the earth by Kakashi's jutsu. My sister and I draw kunai and rush at Kakashi when we all hear Sakura scream. Twilight comes into the clearing, dragging a pale-faced Sakura on her back. Realizing Kakashi is distracted, Silver lunges forward to close the distance between her and the bells. Her outstretched metal claw makes the bell ring just as the alarm clock goes off. We all head back to the three posts and see Naruto tied up with Kitsu trying to bite at the ropes.

"I've decided something. You're not going to go back to the Academy. You'll all be dropped out of the program entirely!" All of us are shocked by what Kakashi tells us. Sasuke, possibly in anger, charges at Kakashi with a kunai. The silver-haired ninja moves quickly and ends up on top of Sasuke with his own kunai to his neck.

"Sakura, kill Naruto or Sasuke dies." Kakashi says with a cold tone, moving the kunai closer to Sasuke's neck. The Haruno girl looks like she's ready to carry out the order, but stops when she has her arms up behind her back. When she looks around her shoulders, she sees Silver and I glaring at her with fires in our eyes.

"That's the thing. In the ninja world, you may have to make a choice between two evils. Why do you think squads are put in groups of three, or in this case five? Teamwork." Kakashi explains, letting Sasuke up. "Naruto, you rushed at me without any plan or back-up. Sakura, you were more focused on Sasuke and even when Twilight came to help you still were focused on him. Sasuke, you thought your teammates to be below you. Even when Luna and Silver came to help, you threw them off. And a ninja isn't one to put their comrades in such an obvious line of fire. The twins worked together perfectly, yet their only fault was that their teammates were unavailable to them; a result of those teammates going off on their own."

"Without teamwork, a ninja's mission ends in failure, and in someones death. Now I have four lunch boxes here. Eat what you can and I'll give you ONE more chance. Just DON'T FEED NARUTO!" Then Kakashi vanishes in a swirl of leaves.

The four of us eat our lunch, me and Silver giving some to Twilight and Kitsu since they can't really hunt in this short time span. That's when Naruto's stomach growls for the third time.

"Here Naruto, let me feed you." I get up and put some chicken onto a chopstick. "We'll need you ready to go if we're going to get those bells." Naruto looks a bit uncertain, but then takes a bite. Suddenly the sky gets dark as black-grey clouds cover the sky. Kakashi appears before us, an angry gleam in his eye. I get into a defensive stance in front of Naruto, with two kunai in my hands.

"YOOOUUUU… … pass." The clouds vanish along with the sensei's angry look. "You did exactly what I wanted, you put your teammate first before my orders. 'Those who don't follow the rules are lower than garbage, but those who don't care for their teammates are even lower than that. Remember that for the rest of your lives. But now to treat you to some lunch."

"Hey! What about me?" Naruto complains before Kitsu cuts the rope.