Chapter 11

The next day team 9 meet in training ground 3 ready for anything… well Kitty was at least, she knew what was going to happen, at least if all the jounin had the same bell test that Kakashi had.

"All right guys I want to say something before Kurenai sensei comes" Kitty said quickly.

"Yeah?" Hinata and Naruto said turning to Kitty.

"I have heard some rumors, I don't have the time to tell you what, but I want you to remember this. No matter what Kurenai sensei says, teamwork is vital, ok?"

"Of course, no matter what happens we're a team" Naruto said holding out a closed knuckle.

Kitty and Hinata smiled and held out their knuckles too. The three smiled gently then turned as Kurenai showed up in a flash of smoke.

"Morning guys, how are you?"

"Getting more and more hungry by the minute" Kitty said gently. "So why don't we get this show on the road Kurenai sensei."

Kurenai smiled.

"Right… first of all, I congratulate you for finishing the academy exams… however; you aren't out of the woods quite yet."

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked.

"The academy exam only tells us who is technically qualified to become shinobi, the final test to determine whether or not you are shinobi quality will be tested now. Of the 10 teams elected, only 4 teams will pass and become true shinobi."

Kurenai smiled. "The test I am going to give you is simple to understand, and hard to do. I will hide in a genjutsu field, you need to find me… in 3 hours. Also, I will be moving around. Good luck."

And with that Kurenai did a bunch of hand signs and disappeared into smoke.

"Right" Kitty said beckoning for Hinata and Naruto to get to her. "Unless anyone mind I have a plan."

"Go for it" Naruto said.

"Right, here's the plan."

NARUTONARUTONARUTO

Kurenai frowned. She had been standing still for 5 minutes and the three young people in front of her hadn't moved away from their circle. Obviously they were planning something… and with Kitty in the group… well let them have their fun, if they intended to become skilled ninja they had to learn thinking on their feet. The 3 turned and faced in her direction.

"Right then" Kitty said. "Let's get this show on the road."

Naruto grinned and did a few hand signs which Kurenai recognized.

"Shadow clones? What is that going to he…?" She stopped talking as Naruto produced enough clones to make for one long line.

Suddenly the clones started running towards Kurenai in one long row.

Smart Kurenai thought to herself. The clones will run and I have to defend myself showing my location… at least in theory. If I jump over him…

Kurenai looked up just to see Kitty in a tree starting to shoot senbon needles. Right… the sky is a no then… which leaves the ground.

Kurenai did a bunch of hand signs and disappeared into the ground. Nice try young ones Kurenai thought for herself, when suddenly the ground cracked. Kurenai jumped and looked in amazement at Hinata who had just made a huge crater in the ground. Hinata looked up and Kurenai noticed that she had activated her Byakugan.

Shit she can see me Kurenai thought just as Hinata cried out.

"KITTY, TO YOUR LEFT."

Kurenai turned a second too late to find that Kitty had jumped on her back and held up a too familiar hand sign.

"Kai" Kitty called and Kurenai had to smile as her genjutsu was dispelled.

She and Kitty landed on the ground with a thud and Kurenai rose to see that all 3 of her young charges where on the ground panting.

"Not bad. A little direct, but not bad."

"We accomplished the mission did we not?" Kitty asked.

"That you did. Congratulations, you are now officially genin."

"YATTA" Naruto said pumping his fist into the air.

"The next few months will be spent on D rank missions and maybe, if you impress me, I will ask for a C rank mission in the near future."

Kitty smiled gently and hugged both Naruto and Hinata.

"Now however we need to deal with something important." Kurenai sighed.

"In this team there are 2 S rank secrets that are being held. The Sandaime said that it's important for everyone to know everything about each other, and therefore you can reveal your secrets to each other."

Hinata looked confused, Naruto looked sad and Kitty looked downright emo.

"Right… shall I start?" Kitty asked.

"You want to?" Naruto asked?

"Better to jump than to crawl" Kitty said gently. Kitty sighed and rose and stood up in front of Naruto and Hinata.

"I… I am not who you think you are."

Kitty explained her story, showed her rings power and answered any question Hinata and Naruto asked. When she was finished Naruto and Hinata just stared at her.

"Wow Kitty… that's some secret."

Kitty smiled gently. "Yeah… hope you guys aren't mad for not telling you."

"Of course not" Naruto said. "Now for my own secret."

Kitty smiled. "Go for it Naruto, we're here for you."

Naruto nodded and turned to Hinata. "I'm the jinjuriki of the kyubii no Kitsune."

Hinata was quiet for about 10 seconds, and then she hugged Naruto closely.

"Oh Naruto, I'm so sorry that you had to think that you had to keep this a secret from us."

"A secret from you maybe" Kitty said smiling. "I knew all along remember."

Naruto still didn't look happy.

"Ah lighten up Naruto, if you turn more emo now you'll grow duck butt hair and start ranting about your family's honor."

Now that made Naruto laugh and Kurenai shaking her head.

"That's mean Petro."

Kitty smiled. "No it's not, you just wait and see what kind of bastard the Uchiha whelp will become, trust me, you won't like him either. All right then, we are officially shinobi and kunoichi, shall we celebrate?"

Kurenai smiled. "I know just the place, the bills on me today."

"Wo ho, hooray for Kurenai sensei."

Hinata smiled at Kitty and Naruto. They were impossible. They started to walk, when suddenly Hinata opened her mouth.

"Hey Kitty, one small question."

"Hai?"

"You said you turned young by your magic ring to be with us… how old are you really?"

Kitty frowned in deep thought. "Around 30-31… I think. Math was never my thing. How so?"

"Nothing… just wondered."

"I have another question" Naruto chimed up.

"Hit me with your best shoot foxy" Kitty said sighing when Naruto looked depressed again.

"Oh come on now, don't give me that look. Do you know how strong you have the possibility to become? You have twice the chakra than normal shinobi, heal at a breakneck speed and because of your chakra reserve you can train and master new techniques at least twice as fast as the rest of us."

"Yeah… but still."

Kitty sighed. "It's not like you are the demon… you are a walking prison for a very dangerous demon that could kill us all if it got loose. You have no idea how grateful I am that you control that thing every day."

Naruto smiled gently.

"OK, I get the point."

"Good" Kitty said smiling. "So, that question?"

"Well you aren't from our world. In your world, who would the genin teams look like?"

Kitty smiled. "Well there were only 3 teams that lasted through the 2nd exam. Team 7 had Sakura, Sasuke… and you in it."

"Ouch" Naruto said. "Me on team with that teme. Not good."

Kitty smiled. "Team 8, consisted of Kiba, Shino and Hinata."

"Sounds like one hell of a team" Kurenai said smiling.

"Yeah, they were quite the trackers" Kitty said smiling. "And then the last team, team 10, Ino, Shikamaru and Choji. They are the same team now."

Kitty smiled as Kurenai led them towards a barbeque place.

"Sweet, barbeque, arigato Kurenai sensei."

Kitty smiled as Kurenai ruffled her hair and let her 3 charges in through the door.

Kitty smiled as she entered. "Hey there is team 10, maybe we should mingle."

Hinata smiled. "I'm all for. The more the merrier right?"

Naruto nodded, agreeing with his two team mates. And as soon as they walked towards team 10 Kitty turned to Kurenai.

"Asuma likes you."

Kurenai blushed. "Hush Kitty let's not be foolish."

Kitty smiled and gently grabbed Kurenai's hand.

"Sensei, Asuma LIKES you."

Kitty smiled and looked deep into Kurenai's eyes. "And if I were you, I'd make my move fast; a shinobi's job is full of danger… right?"

And with that helpful advice and a smile on her face, Kitty walked over to Team 10 and the rest of Team 9 and sat down chatting with Shikamaru about cloud gazing, leaving Kurenai standing and blinking, blushing gently as Asuma turned to her asking what was wrong.