This story is based on Naruto written by Masashi Kishimoto

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews. My update schedule will not be consistent so don't worry when a chapter hasn't come out in a while i'm just taking longer to write it. And to answer the question of why a Hyuga would be a good medic. I didn't really think of it in the context of their eyes. They need a certain level of chakra control to use gentle fist effectively right? And neji was able to break out of that sticky web cocoon because he could expel chakra through every chakra point in his body which probably took a lot of control, which is something you need to be good at for medical ninjutsu. Those were my thoughts.

I hope you enjoy this longer chapter :)

Sakura glanced around the room, many of the previous occupants had already been picked up by their sensei. This included Ino and her team being picked up by a jounin with a goatee, and Hinata's being picked up by a jounin with black hair and a unique dress.

The last team besides her own just left with their sensei. she wondered when this Hatake Kakashi would finally show his face. Deciding it might be awhile before he gets here, she pulls out her bento.

The movement caught Kiba's attention. "Do you really think that's a good idea? What if he comes before you finish and steals the rest of your food?"

Sakura pauses, would their sensei really bother stealing their food? jounin are known to have weird eccentricities, so maybe?

She shrugs her shoulders. "Only part of it is better than nothing, I want as much energy as I can get for whatever he has planned for us." She glances out the window to see if she can spot an approaching figure. "Besides, if he's this late already, I'm sure I can finish before he gets here."

Kiba shrugged helplessly and pulled out a few protein bars. While he munched on his food, Shino pulled out his own bento without comment.

Sakura was soon proven right after another hour of waiting and no jounin in sight, their lunch long since finished.

Kiba released an irritated sigh before climbing onto his desk and sitting down, his legs crossed. After a moment of Sakura and Shino staring at him blankly he pouted. "If we're going to be a team we have to tell each other about ourselves."

Sakura blinks, visibly confused, she asks, "What do you mean? We've been in the same class for years. We already know at least some stuff about each other." She looks back and forth between Kiba and Shino. "Right?"

Shino adjusted his glasses. "Doubtful, why? I have kept mostly to myself."

Sakura sagged in defeat, that was also true for her. Having spent most of her time around Ino, even when they were on bad terms.

Kiba continued. "Do you know anything about the Inuzuka clan?" They both nodded. "Then you know how bonds are a big deal for us. Others have described it as a pack bond, but it's not really like that." Kiba thought of how to phrase it for a moment. "It's like a less intense version of it. Behaviors tend to rub off on us from our ninken partners." Kiba gave a light scratch to a napping Akamaru.

After a moment of silence Sakura decides to ask, "So pack would normally be family and close friends?"

Kiba scratches his head in thought. "Yeah you could put it that way. The main things to keep in mind are that we don't live and breathe for the pack, but to say we care deeply is an understatement." He gave Sakura and Shino a pointed look. "For an Inuzuka, their genin team is family."

Sakura frowned in thought. "I see your point." Then she grins at them. "There's no rush so might as well start with the basics. What are your favorite colors?"

Kakashi took his time as he made his way to pick up the genin hopefuls.

He had just finished visiting all of their homes with the Hokage. Probably in an attempt to endear them to him. At least he got free food out of it, courtesy of the Haruno household.

Kakashi slowly walked towards the classroom door, hoping to make them wait a few extra seconds.

He slid the door open and was promptly met with a piece of chalk flying toward his face.

Reacting on instinct, Kakashi snatched the chalk out of the air. He lowered his hand and took in the frozen expressions on his students faces. They were a mixture of horror, surprise, amusement, and disbelief. Though the glasses and jacket make it harder to spot on The Aburame.

He wonders how much better their expressions would have been, had he let the chalk hit him in the face or something like that.

Taking in their positions, he notes that they are spread out in a sort of triangle. Haruno is the furthest from him with her arm outstretched towards Inuzuka, who happens to be the closest to Kakashi and the door. Inuzuka has a hand up as well. Aburame is standing to the right of the entrance, visibly tense.

All three of them snap out of there shock and Haruno quickly shouts, "Sensei! I'm so sorry, I wasn't aware you had arrived."

He shrugs. "Mah, it's no big deal." He glances over at Inuzuka. "Though you should probably work on your reflexes."

Predictably, the boy's face reddens and he starts growling in indignation. Kakashi tosses the chalk back into the room absentmindedly. "Meet me on the roof in 30 seconds." As soon as the words are out of his mouth he shushins up to the roof.

Kakashi giggled to himself quietly. That was a unique first impression.

It wasn't long before all three of them came tumbling onto the roof. All in various states of disarray.

"Mah, Mah, no need to run over each other." Kakashi gave them an eye crinkle as they all took a seat in front of him. They gave him an incredulous glare, but wisely said nothing. "Why don't you introduce yourselves? So we can get to know each other better."

Shino is the first to speak. "You should go first, why? How else are we to know your expectations?"

Well, Kakashi couldn't really argue with that. "Alright, I'm Hatake Kakashi, Kakashi-sensei to you. I like plenty of things, some of which are too mature for your ears." Haruno's eyes widen, looking suitably scandalized. Inuzuka looks confused for a second before realization strikes. Thanks to the jacket and sunglasses all he can see is the erratic twitching of Aburame's eyebrow.

Giggling on the inside, Kakashi continues, "I dislike some things, hmm, I have plenty of hobbies, every ninja should have some. Dreams for the future, hmm." At his pause they all lean forward as if it would help them hear his words clearly. "A doggie door that won't just let intruders into my house."

All three of them slumped in disappointment simultaneously. Genin are always so cute.

"Alright you next!"

All of them took a few moments to think of their answers.

"I'm Inuzuka Kiba! I like Akamaru, Ma, Sis and pranking. I dislike it when merchants give Akamaru dirty looks, as if he would steal any of their food." He huffs before continuing, "My Hobbies are pranking, listening to Ma and Sis gossip, and training. My dream is for me and Akamaru to become the best Ninken/Ninja duo in the entire clan."

"I'm Haruno Sakura. I like hanging out with Ino and reading. I dislike being rudely interrupted and bullies. My Hobbies are studying plants, playing shogi, studying the scrolls in the library and practicing chakra control exercises. My dream is…" A pause. "To become someone others can depend on."

"I am Aburame Shino. I enjoy maintaining my different insect colonies and cooking with father. I dislike noise and unnecessary killing of insects. My hobbies are studying my clan's scrolls, cooking, and documenting different insects I see. My dream is to become a medical ninja and use my colony of kikaichu to heal from a distance."

Haruno perks up at that. "Like what Lady Tsunade does with her slug summons?"

Aburame merely nods.

Well, Kakashi thinks, those are certainly unique dreams.

"Now, with that out of the way, tomorrow meet at training ground 3 at 0600, bright and early for survival training."

Cue the confused faces. Haruno voices their shared thought, "Why have survival training first?"

Kakashi crinkles his eye, "Contrary to what you thought, your testing isn't over yet."

Horror dawned on all of them.

Kiba stood up and shouted, "There's more testing!? I thought we were done!"

Kakashi decided to start explaining. "After you graduate you are assigned a jounin sensei to give you a final test of their choosing. Whether you pass or fail is also up to your sensei. You should be expecting a test with a 60-70% fail rate."

He jumps up onto the rail behind him. "Don't forget, 0600 training ground 3. And don't bother eating breakfast, you'll just throw it up later." with a cheery wave he takes a swan dive backwards and out of sight.

It'll be entertaining while it lasts.

All three of them just stare at the railing where their weird sensei was seconds ago.

Shino clears his throat. "We should go to the tea shop nearby, why? To continue our discussion from earlier."

The other two nod in a daze before snapping back to reality.

They walk back inside and make their way down the stairs. Sakura turns her head towards them. "Do you guys want to continue the chakra control exercise from earlier too? It was good practice." She wondered if they could hear the hopefulness in her voice.

Kiba nods. "Yeah it was fun, way better than that boring leaf exercise. This time we can use a rock instead of chalk."

Shino nods in agreement and they continue on to the tea shop.

From their earlier conversation they learned that each of them couldn't really decide on a favorite color. But in a strange coincidence they had the same top 3.

Blue, green, and purple.

It's not much but it's a start.

Kiba woke up groggily the next morning before shocking himself awake when he remembered where he needed to be soon.

He rushes to get dressed and ran downstairs to the kitchen.

He obviously remembered what his sensei said earlier and he has, in fact, puked before after some intense training.

But, as Ma always says, some food to build energy that you may throw up later is better than none at all.

The odds the others decided to listen to their sensei even though they know it's a bad idea, is pretty high. On that note he grabs a few ration bars and some apples before running out of the house and down the street. With Ma's voice echoing down the street after him saying, "Knock 'em dead brat!"

He jogs all the way to the training ground to warm up a little.

Coming up to the training ground he crosses over a red bridge before seeing his team up ahead. Sakura is leaning against a tree with her legs crossed in a meditative stance, eyes closed with a scroll open in front of her.

Shino is sitting at the next tree over, actively reading a scroll. As opposed to what Sakura appears to be doing.

Kiba nods to Shino before sitting across from Sakura. With a grin he snaps her out of her thoughts. "You do realize you need to have your eyes open to read right?"

To her credit the only movements that revealed her shock were the widening of her eyes, and lifting her hands as if to smack him in the face.

Once she really noticed him she calmed down before pouting at. "Don't startle me like that."

Kiba just grinned. "Gotta keep you on your toes." He looks back down at the scroll. "What are you doing anyway."

Sakura looks at the scroll too. "Oh, right. Meditating after I read helps me memorize the information faster, and I almost never forget anything this way."

Kiba sits down between them. "Whoa." He looks over at Shino and his scroll. "Do you do that too?"

"I usually read before bed for a similar effect." It's hard to tell if he glanced up from his scroll. "Why? So that I can use sleep for more than just rest."

"Whoa, you guys are intense." Remembering the bag of food he brought, he dug out a ration bar and apple for each of them. "Here, I have a feeling neither of you ate. Some energy now is better than nothing."

Just as he thought, Sakura laughs in embarrassment before accepting the food. "Thanks Kiba."

Shino nods. "I had brought some rations for later on, why? I though eating food now wouldn't be worth the risk." Despite his words Shino also accepted the food.

Finally Kiba pulled some of Akamaru's favored food out. Said puppy, having smelled it, decided to finally wake up and crawl out of Kiba's jacket to eat his breakfast.

They all sat there quietly, eating their makeshift breakfast in peace.

Once finished, Kiba stands up and puts the leftover trash back in the bag. Sakura and Shino follow suit.

"Want to continue the exercise from yesterday? Just for a small warm up."

Sakura grins as both her and Shino roll up their scrolls and put them away in their pouches. "Sure, only for a few minutes though." She starts some light stretches. "We don't want to have chakra exhaustion before Kakashi-sensei even gets here."

A nod of agreement and they move into a triangle formation.

Kiba pulls out a small rock and tosses it towards Shino. Hand out with his palm facing Kiba, Shino concentrates on the amount of chakra he thinks appropriate to put in his hand. The rock finishes it's arch and hits Shino's palm. It sticks for a single second before falling and Shino catches it normally with his other hand.

They continue the process for a few more minutes. Sakura is the only one capable of making it stick for longer than a second, and that caps out at around 3 seconds.

Only once they feel they have used enough of their chakra, do they stop.

After that, it takes about 30 minutes of waiting for Kiba's patience to run out. The other two don't look very surprised.

"Is he going to be doing the same shit everyday? It shouldn't be possible for someone to be this late! What could he be doing?" He ruffles his own hair in agitation and Akamaru barks in agreement.

Shino stands back up and stretches. "I am not surprised, why? Because Father informed me that Kakashi-sensei is notoriously late and lazy."

All Sakura can do is sigh in resignation.

Kiba sighs along with her. Looks like they would have to figure out how to pass the time.

"Wanna see who can hold a handstand the longest?"

3 hours later they're still thinking of things to do to pass the time. They have been sticking to things that won't exhaust them before their sensei can get there.

Because of this they have mainly been sticking to balance and flexibility.

Shino being the best at balance so far and Kiba being the most flexible. Though all three of them are close and Sakura comes in second in both categories. They differ in tiny margins, but a tiny edge is all it takes to win.

Kiba finally drops from what seems like his 20th handstand. Sakura only seconds behind him followed by Shino.

Kiba stretches before scratching his cheek. "Geez Shino how are you doing that?"

Shino shrugs and tries to limber up for their flexibility round. "It is and unintended side effect of my Kikaichu, why? Because their presence makes me slightly more aware of my body and its position, even after years of getting used to them."

Sakura looks at Shino with what seems to be amazement before looking at Kiba. "What about you?"

Kiba frowned in thought. "I guess Inuzuka need to have a certain amount of flexibility to use the clan jutsu."

Sakura hums in thought as they all finish up their stretching.

The criteria for this round is how fast and how deep they can do the splits.

They do them one at a time. Shino ends up being the slowest, though he's around the same depth, maybe off by a centimeter or two.

Sakura and Kiba are tied for speed but Kiba ends up a centimeter deeper.

They ponder for a moment, thinking about what they could do next.

Sakura snaps her fingers. "How about we do continuous cartwheels to see who can last the longest before they get dizzy? We haven't done that yet."

The others agree and all three of them line up. Giving each other enough space so as to avoid a kick to the face.

Kiba counts them down, "3...2...1 go!"

And as they're mid cartwheel with their hands already on the ground, they hear a, "yo!" From behind them.

All three of them stop in their surprise, and they end up in heaps on the ground.

Kiba and Sakura jump up first, and almost in unison shout, "You're late!"

Shino isn't far behind, his eyebrows twitching up a storm as he stares their sensei down. He chooses to seeth inwardly.

Standing in front of them is their, very late, Kakashi-sensei. "Ma, ma is that how you should be greeting your precious sensei?"

They just continue to stare angrily. Even Akamaru growls a tiny bit.

Kakashi just chuckles and doesn't bother with an excuse. "Well I guess I should explain the test."

They drop their glares and listen attentively.

"This is what I like to call the bell test." He pulls two bells out of his pocket. "The objective is to take a bell from me." He then reaches into his pouch and pulls out a small alarm clock. "You have until the alarm goes off at noon." He sets the clock down on a post next to him.

The genin look up at the sun and Sakura exclaims, "But it's already almost 10!"

Kakashi's eye crinkles. "Well, than we better get started." He ties the bells to his waist. "Come at me with the intent to kill, otherwise you won't succeed. And those that fail will be sent back to the academy."

They all look dumbfounded for a second before Kakashi interrupts their thoughts. "Start!"

All three scatter and Kakashi randomly picks one to follow.

Kiba lands on a branch and immediately takes off for his closest teammate.

There is no way any of them can beat or trick a jounin on their own.

And while the fact that there are only two bells worries him a little, it doesn't really matter to him much.

Inuzuka spend most of their life looking forward to their genin team. The fact that all Konoha genin teams are 3 man cells is very well known.

The closest sent happens to be Shino.

Kiba lands down beside Shino who didn't seem at all surprised to see him.

"Come on, we need to find Sakura."

Shino nods and points slightly to the left of where they came from. "Both of them are over there, how do I know this? I planted female Kikaichu on everyone for my male Kikaichu to track."

Kiba nods relieved. While he has a good sense of smell and can follow a trail, he can't pinpoint an exact location if they are too far away. And his range isn't that far yet.

They start making their way towards Sakura, and Kiba wonders why Shino hasn't bothered to bring up the bells.

Though now that he thinks about it both Sakura and Shino had some of the highest test scores in their class. They probably realized that, jounin or not, he wouldn't be able to fail just one of them. It was all or nothing.

Shino glances to the right quickly. "Kakashi-sensei is moving back towards our starting position while Sakura has remained stationary, why? Because their confrontation is over and she is possibly incapacitated."

They arrive at Sakura's position and the curiosity and slight worry Kiba was feeling evaporated. He tried very hard to contain his giggles, but ultimately failed.

Sakura just pouts up at them, cheeks puffed out in indignation and buried neck deep in the ground. "It's not funny."

Kiba just keeps giggling as he and Akamaru start digging her out. "Yeah, it is."

Sakura's glare morphs into a look of betrayal when she hears Shino cough into his fist. It's the most amusement he's shown them openly. "Not you too Shino!"

Shino clears his throat. "My apologies, Sakura-san." And for once, he leaves it at that.

Sakura and Kiba stare in amazement, even Akamaru pauses in his digging to stare. They choose not to mention it.

Sakura smiles lopsidedly and Kiba resumes digging. "Just Sakura is fine, we're gonna be teammates after all. And we haven't been calling you Shino-san."

Kiba nods. "Yeah just call me Kiba." He grins to himself as he finally gets one of Sakura's arms free. "Maybe we'll even give each other codenames."

Sakura sniffs and pulls another arm free. "As long as it's not something stupid or obvious." She starts shimmying her way out of the hole.

Kiba smirks. "Then I guess Pinky, bug boy and dog boy are out of the question."

Sakura brushes off her clothes. "Damn straight."

Shino interrupts quickly. "Lets save code names for later, Kakashi-sensei is moving again."

"Let's brainstorm a plan on the way."

They all nod in agreement and try their best to slowly and quietly make their way towards Kakashi.

Sakura starts. "For abilities, I have above average chakra control, and you've both seen my skill in acrobatics."

Kiba nods. "I'm pretty decent at some clan jutsu. Akamaru and I can keep up Fang over Fang for 5 seconds." He takes a brief moment to explain before they move on.

"Other than tracking and information gathering, my Kikaichu are able to drain a person of their chakra." Shino lets a few out to show them. "And if there are enough of them, they can lift small objects."

"Akamaru and I can be the distraction."

"I can attempt to subdue Kakashi-sensei and retrieve the bells."

"I'll try to bring Kakashi-sensei to you Shino."

Curious, Kiba asks, "You sure?"

Sakura nods with a grin. "I'm stronger than I look."

Kiba doesn't bother trying to hide and just walks cautiously into the clearing. Kakashi hadn't moved from here since leaving Sakura.

And according to her that whole exchange was a genjutsu that she was able to break out of and a very short taijutsu match. She didn't mention what the genjutsu was though.

Kiba looked at Kakashi and mentally facepalmed.

He was just standing there relaxed and reading the perverted book that Ma and Sis hate with a passion.

Kiba tried to shake it off and stick to the plan, distraction. "Hey! You pervert! The hell do you think you're doing reading at a time like this!"

Kakashi glances up half-heartedly. "I don't need both of my hands to take you down."

Kiba doesn't even have to force his growl. Akamaru jumps out of his jacket and they both get into ready stances.

Kakashi gives his attention back to his book and Kiba charges.

Claws extended, he runs low to the ground and swipes at Kakashi's ankle. Allowing Akamaru to use Kiba's back as a springboard into Kakashi's face. Kiba spins around him and claws at his back.

He thought he had landed the hit for a second before, in a poof, a log was in Kakashi's place.

Kiba and Akamaru started to sniff the air. Akamaru found him first and started barking at a tree.

Kiba threw a handful of shuriken at the tree and hoped they got close.

Kakashi casually hoped out of the tree, book still in hand, and the previously thrown shuriken on the index finger of his other hand.

"Looks like you found me." With a flick of the finger Kakashi launches them back at Kiba.

Kiba barely dodges in time and jumps back at him again.

They continue like this for a while. Kiba trying his best to get Kakashi into position, and Kakashi infuriating him at every turn.

And then he's finally in position.

Kiba and Akamaru jumped back and crouched in a ready position.

"Fang over Fang." They flew at his legs, spinning so fast they looked like twin cyclones.

It wouldn't last long, but they didn't need it to.

At the same time Kiba shouted, Sakura launched herself from the tree she was waiting in. Kakashi, being slightly preoccupied, didn't immediately notice her or Shino, Who also appeared a distance behind him.

Sakura reached Kakashi at the same time Kiba and Akamaru did.

She plants both of her hands on Kakashi's shoulders in a sort of handstand. She grips onto his flack jacket and the rest of her body continues it's trajectory.

Due to Kiba and Akamaru, Kakashi Jumps up to avoid them. They fly past, canceling the technique.

Sakura, close to landing and now facing Shino, tightens her grip. As soon as her feet touch the ground she braces herself and uses every ounce of strength she has, using her arms and bodyweight she launches Kakashi at Shino with a shout. It's just barely enough.

Shino braces for the impending collision. As Kakashi slams into him a cloud of insects explode from where Shino had just been. An insect clone.

But as they cocoon around him, Kakashi poofs into a log. Another Substitution jutsu.

With an angry shout Kiba and Akamaru frantically sniff out his location.

Sakura readies herself and tries to come up with a better plan B than their original, 'Let's just wing it.'

Shino sends a wave of Kikaichu at Kakashi's discovered hiding place.

The alarm clock still sitting on the post starts ringing.

The genin stand as still as statues for a few tense moments.

Surprisingly, it's Shino who finally breaks the silence with a choked sound that could have come from a dying animal, before sitting down heavily.

Sakura and Kiba both deflate and Akamaru whimpers softly. In almost eerie unison, they walk towards Shino in a daze and sit down, creating a sort of huddle.

With a sudden poof Kakashi was in front of them. "Well, that was something. For a minute there I didn't think you guys were going to make a serious attempt."

Snapped out of their daze, Sakura and Kiba grab onto Shino and Akamaru crawls back into Kiba's jacket, head sticking out of the top. Shino doesn't try to shake them off.

All four of them look up at Kakashi with sad and pleading puppy eyes, one of them being an actual puppy.

Kakashi stood frozen before flailing his hands a little. "Mah, don't look at me like that, I haven't even gotten to my explanation yet."

Their pleading stare seemed to intensify, their eyes watering ever so slightly.

And that was checkmate for Kakashi. Puppy eyes? Fine Pakun uses them all the time. Tears? No way, he was not qualified.

"Alright, you passed! I was going to draw this out a little more but you passed! Okay?"

As soon as the words were out of his mouth Sakura fist pumped and let out a yell that sounded kind of like, 'We did it!'. Kiba fell back with a relieved shout, and Shino deflated with a sigh.

Kakashi sits down in front of them. "Now." They all contain their excitement and give him their attention. "It was a decent plan in your circumstances."

Before they can get too excited he continues. "But there were plenty of flaw. The bulk of your plan relied on Kiba and his ability to corral me. It ultimately worked out, but I could have easily overwhelmed him."

"With that, if you had more time to regroup and try again or had come up with something else, you might have gotten the bells." Kakashi shrugs. "But time isn't always on your side."

"But we still passed?" Sakura asks, and all of them are as equally confused.

"Yep." Kakashi said cheerfully. "The bells weren't the point of the test. The point was to test your teamwork and your willingness to work together."

Sakura blinks. "Oh, well Iruka-sensei always talked about how three man cells were important to teamwork. So I didn't really give the number of bells much thought? I figured it was just a distraction or something."

Shino nods in agreement. "Going after the bells alone would have been foolish, and a two man cell would be less effective."

Kiba nods along. "Yeah that'd be dumb."

Kakashi slumps forward in disbelief. "Well, I'm glad you realized this so early, my genin team... wasn't so lucky."

Confused, the genin waited for him to continue. He didn't really want to but felt they needed to hear it. "You know the K.I.A and M.I.A monument not far from here?" They nodded, worried. "The rest of my team Uchiha Obito, Nohara Rin and Namikaze Minato are all on that stone."

The genin look suitably stricken. "Obito was the first and I learned the most important lesson from him that day." Kakashi had their full attention.

"Those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum."

Those words hit them hard, especially after Sakura and Shino understand What Kiba said about their team being a pack and what that means in a basic sense.

Though hearing the gravity in Kakashi's voice makes them think they don't understand enough.

Kakashi claps his hands and says cheerfully. "But, like I said, you guys are off to a much better start."

There's a sniffle and all of a sudden Kakashi has an armful of teary eyed students. The exact situation Kakashi wanted to avoid not even a few minutes ago.

All he could think to do was pat their backs and hope they calm down.

After a while they do.

Kiba rubs his face a little. "Hey Shino, why'd you stop asking those rhetorical questions when you talk?"

Shino clears his throat. "This is how I talk normally. I tend to speak strangely to keep others at a distance until they have proven themselves tolerable. A sort of screening process." He shrugs. "Seeing as you are now my teammates and I have deemed you tolerable, this is how I will talk amongst ourselves."

They both stare at him wide eyed and Kiba asks, "So you've been hazing us for like 6 years?"

At his nod Sakura dramatically grabs Kakashi. "Save us Kakashi-sensei! Shino is a Master of the long con."

Kakashi pats her on the head and chuckles. "Impressive my cute student, but you have much to learn."

He reaches into his pouch and pulls out a certain book, flipping it open to a random page, he turns it towards them.

Instead of the lewd pictures they had been expecting they are faced with the picture of an Iwa nin and his stats. He keeps a bingo book disguised as porn in his pouch.

With a whale Sakura flops onto her back. "Not you too sensei!"

Kiba looks at the book, amazed. "That's so cool!"

Kakashi scratches his head sheepishly. "Ah well, I still have the actual copies at home, it wouldn't do to bring those around with me. They might get shredded and then where would I be?"

All three of them groan in disappointment. "I knew it."

"I thought you were cool for a second there."

"I see, the best deceptions have a hint of the truth."

Kakashi just giggled and ruffled their hair, listening to their indignant squawks.

His genin were so cute.