Uzu caught sight of the other rookies staring at her out of the corner of her eye and tried not to let herself be seen shaking, she was terrified by what may happen, but with Sauske out for her blood there was little that she could do at the moment. Her body was still healing from the massive amount of blood that she had lost, and while she was feeling a little better, she was in no condition to fight Sauske, or anyone else. Iruka had stopped speaking when he realised that Uzu was'nt listening, and turned his head slightly to see the other kids all staring at them; no not them, her. They were staring at her. And from the looks of some of them they were'nt happy. Ino looked like she was about to throw a fit. While Kiba and Neji both seemed to be nothing more than curious. Much like Lee, and the others. Shikamaru looked at Uzu as he left the group and stopped in front of her. Iruka looked at her when her small hands gripped the fabric of his vest. Kakashi had turned around to watch the interaction just to be safe. Shikamaru sized her up and checked out her features, he could tell she was freaked, and it bugged him that she looked like she was afraid of him. He had never purposely hurt a girl before in his life outside of life threatening situations that is, and he was'nt going to start now.

"Wipe that look off of your face, I've never hurt you before, why break my record and start now. We're friends aren't we?" Shikamaru said in his usual lazy tone. She looked like she didn't believe him even though she nodded her head. Kiba and Shino appeared on both sides of Shikamaru making the boy jump a little. "So this is the real you, hugh? You look really cute as a girl." Kiba said with a smile. Everyone in the village knew that the Inozuka heir like every female in the village. As the only male in the clan that was constantly around females he had been raised by his mother and older sister to protect those who were too weak or hurt to protect themselves. Uzu would be no exception to this rule since she was a female, and hurt. Shino said nothing, he just put his hand on the top of her head and mussed her hair. Trying to convey his affection through touch. The kid was just like his father. Kakashi mused as the others all surrounded Uzu and acted like they had known all along. Even Neji seemed more at peace. Choji offered Uzu an unopened bag of chips. She smiled slightly before taking them, while Tenten and Lee both teased her about how girly she looked, causing her to blush and look down at herself.

While Shino, Shikamaru, Kiba, Neji, and Lee all stood off to the side just a bit closer to their sensei's. They were curious about why she had bandages around her neck, and why Kakashi had chosen now of all times to bring her into public as she was. "Kakashi, sensei; why is her neck in bandages? And why did you bring her here when she's hurt?" Shikamaru asked quietly enough for only the ones close to him to hear his question. Kakashi looked at Shikamaru curiously for a second. Just how sharp were these kids? And why had'nt someone been feeding them lead paint chips? Kakashi looked at his mistress and thought for a moment. He could tell them but Iruka would kill him for touching his little sister, and being accomplices to a murder was the last thing the kids needed. So he opted to tell of the lesser evil and told the boys everything about Sauske trying to kill her in her weakened state.

Shikamaru, Shino, Neji, Kiba, and Lee all remained quiet before each of them let out a soft growl. How dare that bastard try to hurt their friend when she was hurt! Kakashi looked from one face to another and sighed, well he certainly had'nt expected this to happen. Damn it, the last thing he needed was compitition for Uzu's affections. Okay, dont panic, even though it was entirely your own fault for bringing her out here. It's only natural that the boys would think her cute, and want to.....ahhhhh! Kill them all! Kakashi thought as he slowly started to slip his hand into his weapons pouch, just as his fingers closed around a kunai Asuma appeared and grabbed his wrist. "Dont you dare, Kakashi." He said in a dangerously low tone that only Kakashi could hear, as he wrapped his other arm around Kakashi's neck and put his hand over the man's mouth and excused himself and Kakashi and vanished.

As soon as they were on the roof a few houses down from the gathering Asuma let go of the struggling man. "What the hell do you think your doing, Asuma!" Kakashi snarled. Asuma looked at the kunai that he had taken from the other Jounin and took a drag on his cigerette. "I could ask you the same thing, man. What were you doing going for your weapons?" Asuma asked as he stared at the silver haired man and had to bite back a grin. Kakashi was knashing his teeth and hissing like a wild cat. Yeah, he's got it bad. That poor girl, I wonder if she knows. Asuma thought as Kakashi paced back and forth, there would be no point in trying to run at this point, Asuma had placed a barrier between him and his mistresses new beau's. Goddamn it, he wanted blood!

"I was thinking of slimming the compitition. Is that so bad?" Kakashi snarled. Asuma's jaw dropped for a moment before he started to laugh, he had actually thought of doing things to the kids just to keep them away from his master. "You know you have turned into a real freak since you developed your lolita complex." Asuma laughed then got quiet as they both heard loud screams coming from where the kids were. Running to the edge of the barrier Kakashi and Asuma watched as Sauske was fighting with Neji and Shikamaru who were blocking him from his prey, while Shino, Kiba, Choji and Lee all stood in front of the girl just in case Sauske got past the first two. Kuranai was down. And Iruka was pinned down by shiriken, and bleeding from several injuries. "Shit." Asuma hissed as he let the barrier down and he and Kakashi ran as fast as they could to get to the kids before someone ended up dead.