Authoress Note: Hey everyone sorry it took so long to update. I have a paper to write for my english class and it sucks up a lot of time (I'm actually supposed to be working on it now but I wanted to post this first). Originally chappies 11 - 13 were one giant chappie over 4 thousand words long. I decided to break it up to make it a little easier on me. So that means the next chappie is typed but I'm gonna wait a few more days to post it. Also to me it seems like this chappie moves a little to fast. Please let me know what you think. Now for the reviews! Kalevra: I know Iruka always has a habit of showing up like that lol. Thanks for the info. I knew Ayame but I never put her in and I kept forgetting what Naruto called the old man. DF: Yes it's the dreaded sex talk!!!!!! Poor Naruto lol. Well everyones gotta learn about it sooner or latter right? It was just his time in that chappie lol. Thanks for the cookies!! (Shoves a cookie in her mouth) Der really good:). Konoka: Thanks for pointing that out. I gotta go fix it now...I'm glad you have an easier time reading my stuff now. Sorry it took so long to fix it. Well that's all for now. Oh I almost forgot! There are three new OC's showing up in this chappie. I'll give ya some info on them bellow. Well take care everyone! Enjoy and R and R please!!!

OC Profiles:

---Ruko - sensei (Male)

27 years old

Sandy blond hair

Green eyes

---Zeek (Male)

Same age as Dakota

Black hair

Black eyes

---Cole (Male)

Same age as Dakota

Black hair

Gray eyes

The next morning I arrived at the main gates of Konoha at eight fifty five. I still had five minutes till the meeting time. I was surprised to see a man and two guys my age already there with backpacks.

"Are you Dakota Kano?" The man asked.

"Yes sir."

"Good you're here on time. My name's Ruko and these are my students Zeek and Cole."

"Hey. It's nice to meet you."

"So you don't have a team?" Cole asked.

"Mmm….not in this village."

"Well you're part of our team now." Ruko said smiling kindly at me.

Then sensing someone familiar behind me I turned and saw it was Naruto. Smiling I said "Hey Naru-kun!"

His face flushed lightly as he said "Eh I came to wish you luck."

"Thanks Naruto. But shouldn't you be in class? Iruka will go nuts if he finds out you skipped out again."

"Iruka-sensei said it was OK as long as I came straight to class afterwards."

"Alright then I'll see you in a couple of days." I said giving him a quick hug. "Oh and drop in and see mom sometime. The others are still out on missions."

"Alright." He said returning the hug.

"Dakota time to go." Ruko said.

"OK. By Naruto!"

"By." Naruto stayed there and watched us walk down the path until we were out of sight before turning and heading towards the academy.

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"So Dakota how much experience do you have?" Cole asked.

"Probably the same amount as you."

"I doubt it." He murmured.

I shot him a dirty look but before I could say anything Ruko spoke up. "Alright you two enough of that. If Dakota didn't have much experience the Hokage would have told me and he did no such thing."

"Yeah Cole. Besides we finally got a really pretty girl on our team." Zeek said smiling. My face flushed lightly and I looked away.

"Don't go there Zeek she's already got a boyfriend." Cole said shaking his head.

"What? I don't have a boyfriend." I said frowning.

"Coulda fooled me." Cole said.

OK what was he talking about? It took a few seconds for it to click and when it did I couldn't believe it. "Do you mean Naruto?"

"Yeah."

Shaking my head I said "Oh no! Naruto's not my boyfriend." Cole gave me a non believing look. "Seriously. We're just friends."

"OK OK let's just drop it." Zeek said hoping to avoid a fight.

The rest of the day passed relatively quietly. Seeing as how I didn't know these guys there really was nothing to talk about. After we set up camp for the night the debate over who would cook diner began. "Alright alright I'll cook!" Ruko exclaimed after nearly half an hour of arguing. Not even a second latter two cries of horror filled the air.

"NOOOOO!!!!!" Zeek and Cole cried.

"I'd rather eat dirt!" Cole exclaimed.

All the while I had been sitting there quietly watching. "Um I can cook." All three of them looked at me as if I'd appeared out of thin air.

"You can cook?" Zeek asked.

"Uh yeah."

"Oh thank God we're saved!" He cried. Ruko promptly whacked him over the head. And so I prepared dinner with them watching me closely. I'm not sure why though.

"Ah……you're a better cook than my mom." Zeek said patting his stomach a while latter. I just smiled in return.

"OK you three get some sleep. I'll take first watch." Ruko said jumping in to a nearby tree.

Climbing in to my sleeping bag I looked up at the sky. It was a clear night and the stars were shinning brightly. I watched them until I fell asleep. Several hours latter I was woken up by Cole.

"Your watch ends at three." He said before climbing in to his sleeping bag.

Ugh I hate having to get up to keep watch. I preferred to have first watch that was I could sleep through the night. Oh well there was nothing I could do about it. 'Let's get this over with.' I thought as I settled down on a tree branch. Then with only half an hour of my watch left I felt a familiar presence. "Hey Jacy what are you doing here?"

"Just wanted to drop in." The white two tailed fox said as he appeared on the branch I was sitting on.

"Oh?"

"Mhm…..and I'm worried." Frowning I asked about what. "I'm not sure but something's off." He said as his tails swayed back and forth in a slight breeze.

"You sure you don't know?" Glancing at my team I asked "It's not my team is it?"

"No it's not them."

"I hope it's nothing serous."

"Don't worry Dakota I wont let anything happen to you."

"I know Jacy but I hope my team will be OK to."

"I'll stick around for a while to keep an eye on things."

Reaching out I stroked his snow white fur and said "Thanks Jacy."

Nuzzling my hand he said "We are family and the Fox family always takes care of its own. No matter what." Jacy was very special to me. He wasn't just a summons he was also my brother.

Hearing movement below us I looked and saw Zeek looking up at me. Guess my time was up. "Time to go back to sleep." I told Jacy before jumping down from the tree. "Sorry Zeek guess I lost track of time."

"Nah you still have ten minutes. I woke up because I heard voices. Who were you talking to?"

Looking up in to the tree I saw Jacy was no longer there. I guess he hadn't seen him after all. "Oh I was just talking to myself."

Frowning slightly he said "OK if you say so. Go ahead and get some sleep. I'll take over now."

"OK thanks Zeek."

"No problem."