Disclaimer: As I said… I don't own the Ronins or Naruto… But I do like to have conversations with Cale and Sage!

:Sage walks into room: Hey, Cale said…

GDW: Ah! Sage :hugs Sage:

Sage: could you let me go? I mean, I love it when you hug me, but you have a story to write, and they want to read it…

GDW: No, I don't get reviews…

Sage: Yeah, Cale was telling me that he was checking the stats for this and you had 51 hits, but no one reviewed… The least they could do was say 'hey.'

GDW: Oh well, I'm having fun!

A/N: So, do you guys like it so far? Or do you hate it?

Chapter Two

Cooper screamed in pain as Kento sent her flying into a tree, causing the tree to fall as she slammed right through it. Kento quickly jumped to her side, his eyes full of worry, "Cooper, I thought you were paying attention! Oh man, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have hit you that hard!"

Cooper bit her lip, keeping her tears at bay, "Shut up, Kento. You're making me feel like I am weak!" She stumbled to her feet, swaying greatly, "Come on!"

Kento turned to look at Ryo and Sage, who had been watching their match, "Uh guys, I don't want to do this anymore. She is no match for me, and I will end up killing her…" After he had said that, something collided with his cheek, sending him spinning around. He put a hand to the offended area, looking at an angered Cooper, "What?"

Cooper yelled at him, "Don't just brush me off like that! I'm still standing! I am not weak!"

As she lunged for him, Ryo quickly grabbed her feet, sending her spinning around and then letting her hit a tree. As she moaned and sat up, trying to decide which way was up, Ryo smirked at her, "It's my turn." He nodded, "Let's see how much you have actually learned from your training!"

Cooper shook her head, trying to clear her vision. She then pushed herself to her feet, stumbling forward as she held her fists up, "I might not be strong, and I might not fight well, but my pride won't let me back down!" She glared at him, "Come at me, Wildfire! Let me see what you can do!"

As Ryo raced towards her, she spun out of the way, narrowly missing his fist. She laughed lightly, "Hey Ryo… You're mother wears army boots!" She then laughed harder, falling on her ass.

Ryo watched her closely, noticing that she sprawled out on the grass beneath her, starting to laugh uncontrollably. She had quoted him from one of his battles. And she found it quite amusing, for some odd reason. He shook his head, watching her closely to see if she was alright.

When she didn't move an inch, but continued to laugh her head off, he walked forward, kneeling down beside her and sitting her up in a sitting position, "I think it's time we stop for now… You need a rest, Cooper."

Cooper quelled her laughter, looking into Ryo's tiger blue eyes, "Yeah, but I still can't get over how you said that to them!" She then sighed, coming down from her adrenalin rush, "Remind me never to agree to sparring against Kento again…" She whimpered as her back killed her, "I'm going to die! It's broken! I swear it is!" Tears came to her eyes, but before they could fall, she bit her lip, trying to divert her pain.

As she tried to stand, she cried out in pain and fell back to the ground, her back flaring with pain unimaginable for her. It had been three weeks of training, and Kento had made a remark about how she would never be able to beat him, and her pride had gotten in the way, once again.

Sage quickly ran to her side, helping her stand. He then looked at Ryo and Kento, "She's done for the day…" As Ryo opened his mouth to say something, Sage continued, "Would you like Cale to kill us for bringing her back like this and then having her train some more later today? Ryo, her back is destroyed! I wouldn't be surprised if there is extensive damage from that hit Kento gave her!"

"Life sucks," Cooper moaned as Sage helped her back to the house.

As they came into the living room, he eased her down onto the couch, making sure not to hit her back, "It sometimes does, Cooper, we all learned the hard way."

Sasuke came walking in from the kitchen, sitting down beside Cooper, looking up at her, "How was training?"

Cooper moaned as she glared at Sage, "Could you move him to the other chair? I'm going to lay on my stomach so my back isn't killing me?" Sasuke got up and quickly moved to the other chair, watching intently as Cooper lay down on her stomach, stretching out and wincing every now and then.

Sage smiled at her, sitting down on a section of the couch that she wasn't occupying, "Now let me check to see what is wrong with it…"

As he pulled her shirt up to check her back, he winced himself. It was already bruising, and Sage knew it must have pained her greatly. Her entire back was one big bruise, but it was to be expected when she was slammed through a tree. Sasuke leaned closer, looking over Sage's shoulder, not bothering the bearer of Halo at all, "That must hurt…"

"You have no idea, Sasuke," Cooper moaned as Sage lightly placed his hand on it. She then hissed, swatting her hand back at him, narrowly missing him, "Would you fucking stop it! That is killing me!"

Sage turned to look at Sasuke, "Why don't you go get some ice for her, Sasuke? I would greatly appreciate it…" Sasuke quickly ran back towards the kitchen, leaving the two alone.

Ever since the first time the boy came to eat dinner with them and then watched as the Ronins and Warlords had started to teach Cooper how to fight, Sasuke had almost lived at the house, becoming best friends with Spoons. The girl loved the Academy, and found that she actually excelled at everything there, including different things that involved Chakra.

Cooper closed her eyes, "Sage, how am I going to get to sleep tonight? There is no way that the pain is going to recede enough for me to even think of it…"

Sage leaned towards her face and kissed her cheek, "You'll see, don't worry…"

Cale froze mid step as he saw Cooper sprawled out on the couch, her back one big bruise, "How did this happen?"

Cooper smiled up at him. He had truly become her father in the past three weeks, and Cooper had enjoyed it. "I fell into a tree and straight through it… literally."

"Training with Kento," Sage grunted as Cooper swatted at him again as he attempted to check her back some more. "He slammed her straight through a tree, and then Ryo threw her into one…"

"I just have bad luck with the things…" Cooper sighed, closing her eyes once again, "I'm getting some rest before dinner. I don't want to be pissed off when everyone is happy."

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Cooper winced as she stretched, "This sucks! I only have two more days until I have to fight, and I am still not as good as the guys…"

"Relax," Cale smiled at her, watching her closely as he sat up in a tree. "You will be fine when you fight. Your instincts will take over, do not worry, alright? We have taught you everything we could."

"Cale is right," Dais appeared in front of her, not startling her at all, only receiving a half-assed glare. He smiled at her, "You are getting better at not showing fear at sudden surprises…"

Cooper stuck her tongue out at him, causing him to laugh, "Yeah, well, Dais, at least I can see through your hard ass façade that you so love to hold over everyone in this village! And I have only known you truly for three weeks!"

"That was irrelevant to my earlier statement." Dais laughed.

Cooper frowned at him, pointing, "Shut up!" As he laughed even more, she blushed, causing Cale to join in with his laughter, "Please?" As they didn't stop, she crossed her arms over her chest, "If you don't stop I'm going to dress up and go out to the bars tonight, get drunk, and maybe go have sex with some unknown ninja…"

This caused both of them to become silent at once, looking at her with a protective glint in their eyes. She smiled sheepishly, and Cale jumped from the tree he was in, "Alright, that is the last time I let you go to the bar on your own! If I would have known that you are no longer a…"

"Cale!" Cooper yelled, blushing even more, "I'm still a virgin! Besides, Sage followed me and made sure that I didn't do anything!" Her blush grew even more than it had, her voice lowering, "Besides, you would freak out if I ever had a boyfriend…"

"The only boyfriend I would allow would be Halo, and that is because I know he cares about you and I also know that he is strong. He would be able to protect you if something happened," Cale stated, crossing his arms over his chest.

Cooper smiled at him, hugging Cale tightly, causing the Warlord to seem confused, "Oh thank you! I wasn't sure if you would approve of Sage and I!" She let him go, jumping up and down in her place, "Wait until Sage hears! He is going to be happy!" She turned to the house, "I better tell him, then both of us can go pick up Spoons and Sasuke!" With that she was gone, leaving the two Warlords standing there in shock.

Cale looked at Dais, "Did you know?"

Dais shook his head, "No, I was just going to ask you the same thing."

They blinked, walking towards the house, muttering to themselves about how they had been tricked into this by Cooper. "I'll admit, the girl is good in making people do what she wants them to do. She is conniving, very conniving, I will say that," Dais chuckled. "That could help her in a battle, does she know that?"

"No, or she would have used it before. She could win any battle if she wanted to." Cale chuckled as well, shaking his head.

Cooper launched herself at Sage, who had been sitting on the couch, reading a book. He grunted as she landed on him, causing him to almost loose his place in the book. As she looked up at him, her eyes caught what the title of the book was. She grabbed it from him, her face blushing, "Where did you get this?"

Sage smiled, "Spoons gave it to me. She said I would enjoy it, and I most certainly do…"

"These are my books!" Cooper yelled, glaring at him. "I didn't want anyone from here to read them! Especially you!"

"I love the main character. He reminds me of someone, I just can't place my finger on it, and his twin… hmmm…" Sage smiled at her. He then wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer to himself, "How did you get those amazing ideas?" As he placed a kiss on her forehead, she blushed a deep red.

She blinked, trying to think of how to word it without scaring him. She closed her eyes, sighing, "Well, it all comes from watching the Ronin Warriors episodes out of order. Like I'll start with episodes twenty to twenty-four and then I'll switch it to thirty four to thirty-nine. It keeps my mind moving with all the possibilities and all the places that I have to fill in the blanks."

He nodded, "I see. Now why did you launch onto me?"

Cooper seemed to become happy once more, her eyes lighting up, "Cale says we can be a couple!" She then jumped off of Sage, handing her book back to him, "Come on, we have to pick up Sasuke and Spoons. We don't want to be late…"

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Spoons squealed with joy as Sasuke and her waited for Cooper to pick them up. The reason for the squeal was sitting on a swing, looking around at everyone. She grabbed Sasuke's hand, "Come on, let's go meet him!"

"That's Naruto, the dobe." Sasuke stated evenly, even though he let his best friend drag him over to the swing holding Naruto.

Spoons smiled sweetly at Naruto, tilting her head to the left. "Who are you waiting for?" She knew that he was waiting for no one, that he had no one, but she wanted to appear that she didn't know.

"I'm not waiting for anyone. I am just waiting. I don't have any parents. I don't have anyone," Naruto replied to them, looking at both of them carefully.

Spoons smiled even more at that, squeezing Sasuke's hand that was in her own, "Well, neither does Sasuke! His family was killed! And I only have…" She started holding up fingers, "Cooper, Sage, Uncle Cale, Uncle Sekky, Uncle Dais, Rowen, Ryo, Cye, and Kento!" She nodded, "Yeah, I only have them!" She started to swing her arm back and forth, causing Sasuke to look at her as his did the same.

"Spoons…" He started.

Spoons giggled, "You want to join Sasuke and me for dinner with my family? It will be fun! Uncle Sekky is great!"

"Spoons! You pipsqueak! What are you up to now?" Cooper's voice brought Sasuke and Spoons spinning around, only to see Cooper and Sage standing there.

Sage smiled, "How was school?"

Spoons smiled, "Great!" She then let Sasuke's hand go, skipping over to him. She then leaned forward, causing him to kneel down and listen to her. She whispered, "I met someone new today." She pointed at Naruto, "His name's Naruto, and he doesn't have anyone." She then looked up at her older cousin, "So I invited him to dinner, Cooper!"

Cooper walked forward, placing her hand on Sasuke's head, ruffling his head, "Sure! I'm sure Cye won't mind cooking for one more person! You know how much he loves cooking!" She smiled at Naruto, kneeling down to his level, "What do you say? You want to join us? We have an extra spot at the table that has your name on it…"

Naruto held hope in his eyes, "Really?" At Cooper's nod, he jumped off of the swing, smiling, "Oh yes! Yes!"

Cooper laughed at that, looking up, only to see Spoons' teacher watching them closely. She knew him to be Iruka, and she also knew that Naruto would become like a little brother to him later on. But for now, Cooper was loving the little boy.

Spoons grabbed Sasuke's hand again, and then grabbed Naruto's hand, swinging both around as she started back towards the house, skipping. She was singing, "I got another friend! I got another friend!"

Sage chuckled as they followed the three children, "So, are you going to continue to let kids into our house, or are you going to stop somewhere?"

Cooper smiled slyly at him, walking in front of him and swaying her hips suggestively, "I don't know, Sage, what do you think?"

Sage smirked at her, grabbing her hips and pulling her back against him, halting their progress for a little bit. He then kissed her neck, "If you continue to tease me, I won't be able to control myself. It is hard enough with what you wear everyday…"

"My plan," she mumbled, closing her eyes. She started walking again, smiling as Sage followed her, "You know, Sage, I don't think Kakashi likes you that much…"

"Why would he?" Sage asked, causing Cooper to look at him, "I have you, and he doesn't, and Cale approves of me and not him. It's because of you." He shrugged, "It doesn't matter. I don't like the way his eyes travel over you when he sees you."

Cooper smiled at that, "A little protective, aren't we?"

"So is everyone else at the house!" Sage tried defending himself.

"I think it's romantic," Cooper giggled as they caught up with the three children.

Sasuke looked back at Cooper, "Are you going to be training today?"

Coooper smiled at the boy, "Yeah, I have two days left until I have to fight, so I have to." She then nodded, "You want to watch, don't you?" As Spoons and Sasuke nodded, she laughed, "Well, you might as well bring Naruto with you then, both of you. He will enjoy it when I beat Kento's ass finally!"

"Maybe you should fight him before dinner then, because he is weaker before he eats," Sage laughed along with her.

Cooper shook her head, "No, I don't want an advantage. I want to beat him fair and square." She then walked ahead of all of them, smiling as Cale opened the door to their home, "Hey Cale! We're back! And we've brought another tagalong!"

As Cale looked at Naruto, causing the boy to squirm in his place, Spoons leaned over to him, giggling, "Uncle Cale is always like that, but don't worry, he isn't as mean as he looks. He is Cooper's papa after all."

Cooper walked over to Cale, hitting him in the arm. She then lowered her voice, "Be nice, he doesn't have anyone, he is alone…"

Cale looked at her quickly before walking over to the boy, kneeling down and examining him. He then nodded, a small smile playing at his lips, "Alright, Cooper, you've picked another good one. I can see power in this one." Naruto smiled, and Cale chuckled, "So, what is your name?"

"Naruto Uzimaki!" Naruto smiled happily, looking from Cale to Spoons and back. He then lowered his voice as he looked at Cooper, "Are you really her father?"

Cale laughed out loud at that, nodding his head, "Why yes I am! Is it that obvious?"

Sasuke smirked a little at that, walking inside the house with everyone as they moved to the inside. His smile grew as he saw Ryo running around the living room, chasing Kento, who had taken something from him.

"Kento! Give my orb back! I mean it!" Ryo yelled.

Cooper walked forward, not even paying attention to all of them. As Kento came into her way, she pushed him, causing him to fall down into the couch. She then quickly swiped Ryo's orb out of his hands, giving it back to a panting Ryo, "There ya go, Ryo, enjoy!" She then pointed at Kento, "Tonight after dinner, both of us!"

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Rowen stood with the three children, watching over them. Spoons smiled up at him before turning back to Naruto, who had been staring at him, "This is my big brother Rowen!" She then giggled, "He is really protective!"

Rowen frowned at that, looking down at her, "Hey!"

Spoons giggled even more, grabbing Sasuke's hand, "Well you are!" She stuck her tongue out, "You wouldn't train Sasuke and I. You said it was too dangerous!"

"Well it was! Especially at your age!" Rowen mumbled as Sekhmet came towards them, smiling.

Spoons forgot being mad with Rowen, squealing with delight, "Uncle Sekky!" She ran to him, lunging, and he caught her easily, swinging her around before putting her on his back and continuing to walk towards all of them. Spoons giggled as Sekhmet eyed Naruto, causing the boy to once again squirm under the intense gaze of a Warlord, "Uncle Sekky, this is Naruto! He's my friend! He's having dinner with us!"

Skehmet took Spoons off of his back, kneeling down in front of Naruto putting his hand on the boy's forehead, "Well then, if Spoons thinks you are a friend, then I guess you are." He smiled, "Welcome to the family, kid." He then looked up at Rowen, "They're going to start soon, you might want to bring the kids."

Spoons grabbed both Sasuke's and Naruto's hands, pulling them along with her as she ran into the forest, giggling nonstop. Rowen sighed, running after them, and Sekhmet followed casually behind.

As they came into the clearing, Cale and Dais were standing on the side, Spoons running over there with her two friends. She poked Dais, causing him to look down towards her. She smiled up at him, "Uncle Dais, meet Naruto!"

Dais turned his attention on the small boy, his gaze just as calculating as the other two Warlords. Spoons stuck her tongue out, "You are going to scare him away, Uncle Dais!" She then pouted out her lip, "Uncle Cale and Uncle Sekky did the same thing! I don't like it!"

Dais smiled then, his eye without the patch holding mirth, "We just want to see if he is the right type of friend for you. Sasuke had to go through the same thing." He then laughed, "Welcome to the family, Naruto!"

Naruto nodded silently, something that made Spoon's jaw drop. This wasn't the Naruto she knew from the episodes. Sasuke smirked at her and pushed her jaw back up, "What are you trying to do, catch flies?"

Spoons stuck her tongue out at him, tackling him to the ground and wrestling with him. She giggled and he laughed, both thrashing around desperately to outdo the other. Naruto watched in fascination, never having had anyone to play with. Spoons quickly jumped up, puffing out her chest and holding her head high, "I win! I win!" She then smiled at Naruto, "You can play with Sasuke now!" She giggled at his clueless look, "Go on! He won't hurt you, too much, that is…"

Sasuke sat up, a small smile on his lips as he watched Spoons skip over to Sekhmet. He then looked at Naruto, nodding, "Come on!" As Naruto just stared at him, he nodded, "Well, aren't you going to have some fun?"

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Cooper fidgeted around on the ground, not liking to wait for the Third and their competitors. She moaned as Sage sat down beside her, "I hate all this waiting! I don't want to fight, and I don't think I can hold my own if we do a one on one fight. I'll just end up making them mad, and then they'll kill me!"

"We won't let them," Sage smiled at her, putting his hand on her cheek. "Just you watch, you will be great!"

As the Third walked into the clearing, a bunch of Konoha ninja behind him, Cooper jumped to her feet, shaking slightly from excitement. She smiled, "Well, can we get this thing going? I really don't have all day…"

One of the ninja watched her closely, "We start when the Third tells us to…"

"But I don't have all day!" Cooper glared at him, holding up a fist. "Spoons, Sasuke, and Naruto need to be picked up from the Academy, and then I need to go grocery shopping with Cye so he knows that Kento won't try to eat us out of house and home, and then I need to train with Cale and Dais. Not to mention we start the kids' training today with weapons…"

"Easy, Cooper," Cale laughed, watching as her glare intensified at the ninja, "he is only doing as his job instructs him to…"

Cooper crossed her arms over her chest, "Yeah, well, his job sucks, that's what I have to say to him…" She then smirked, "Oh, and guess what…" As everyone looked at her, she flipped up her middle finger, sticking her tongue out at him as well, "Take that, hotshot! What do you have to say now?"

The ninja glared at her, and the Third tried to contain a chuckle, "Well, if you are so eager, Cooper, then I shall have you battle first. And I would like you to meet your opponent, Izumo Kamizuki."

Cooper's eyes went wide, and her jaw dropped. She shook her head, looking at the Third, "You just waited for me to anger him and then picked him as my opponent! You stupid old man!"

"If he is old, then what does that make us?" Dais asked Sekhmet, causing the Warlord of Venom to laugh.

Izumo walked forward, glaring at Cooper, "Well, are you ready?"

Cooper looked from Cale to Sage and then to Izumo, "I just want to warn you ahead of time… You see those two. Make sure that you don't kill me, for they will kill you without a second thought if you do." She then shrugged off her coat, showing that she was wearing a green tub top that accented her body, "Man, is that a load off my shoulders."

Izumo stared at her for a moment before shaking his head. He cleared his throat, causing the Ronins and Warlords to laugh, "Well, shall we start?"

Cooper smiled sweetly at him, batting her eyelashes, "Well, alright, if you want, but I just want to apologize for my actions beforehand. I'm in a bad mood right now." She then ran at Izumo, launching herself onto him.

As both slammed into the ground, she smirked, straddling him. Ryo looked over at Sage, smiling, "Isn't this the way that she beat you, Sage?"

Sage blushed lightly, "Yeah, except she…"

Cooper leaned down closer to Izumo's face, smiling sweetly at him, "Izumo, you know, I can't fight very well, but when you provoke my pride, then you have a problem. Right now you have a hell cat on you with a fire that is burning deeply. What are you going to do?"

As Izumo flipped her, smirking, he leaned closer to her face, "That is what I am going to do…"

Rowen winced visibly, "Oh, he is in for it now…"

Cooper smirked at him, grabbing his upper arms and bringing her knee up, only to connect with his groin, causing him to roll off of her and moan. Cooper jumped up, glaring at him, "Now I'm pissed!" She launched herself towards him, only to have him disappear in a cloud of smoke. She coughed and looked around wildly, "Fuck you then! If you want to play dirty than I can too!"

She looked up just in time to see Izumo dropped down on her. She screamed in fright and fell to the ground, putting her hands over her head, waiting for him to slam down on her. It never came, and she opened her eyes and looked up, only to see Sage standing over her, Izumo pinned to a tree by Cale.

"If you think I am going to let my daughter get injured in the slightest when I am around, then you have another thing coming!" Cale growled, slamming Izumo into the tree even more.

Cooper stood up shakily, grabbing Sage, "See, you play dirty, I play dirty. Alls fair in war!"

Cye shook his head, smiling lightly, "Did they actually think that Cale was going to let her get hurt right in front of him? What idiots! They really don't know the Warlord of Darkness."

Cooper stuck her tongue out at Izumo as Cale let him go, "I guess that means that I win, eh?" She crossed her arms over her chest, "I have an army of armor bearers behind me that will attack anyone that comes near me with the wrong look in their eyes! What do you have?"

The Third laughed lightly, "Well, it wasn't what I thought it to be, but she is right. She does not have moves like us, but she has her family behind her."

Ryo smiled, walking forward, his sub armor appearing around him, "Alright, my turn!"

Cooper smiled at him, giving him a quick hug, "Good luck, Ryo! Do your best! Show them what the armor of Wildfire can do!"

Another ninja stepped forward, smiling, "Alright, I guess I am to be your opponent. I am Raido Namiashi."

Ryo smirked, cracking his neck, "The name's Ryo Sanada, and I'm the bearer of the armor Wildfire." With that, he summoned his armor, quickly unsheathing his katanas, "Be ready for a fight you won't forget!"

"Get 'em Ryo!" Cooper giggled, sitting down and leaning against a tree.

As Raido rushed towards Ryo, he just jumped out of the way, smiling. "You are going to have to do better than that, let me tell you! We defeated Talpa in my world! And this is just too easy!" With that, he lunged at Raido, only giving him enough chance to pull out a kunai and guard from his katanas.

Ryo smirked, swiping his foot under Raido's causing the ninja to fall into the ground, Ryo standing over him. Ryo shook his head, "I told you, you can't take it this easy on me. Or it will just end up like this!"

"Too bad Spoons wasn't here to see my Ronins beat the shit out of her ninjas," Cooper laughed lightly, watching as Ryo, placed his swords at Raido's throat. "That's two for us, zero for them!"

She closed her eyes, quickly falling asleep as the others started their battles. She didn't know how much time had passed before someone grabbed her and she was flying through the trees. She screamed, "Sage! Cale! Help me! Gods! Let the hell go of me, now!" She started struggling in the figure's grip, but they wouldn't let her go.

As she looked up at see who had her, she paled considerably. She didn't understand it. A mirror image of herself was holding her tightly. She screamed loudly, causing her twin to wince. As they landed, she looked around, only to see that they were in the same clearing where everyone was.

The twin nodded, smiling. As she spoke, she sounded exactly like Cooper, "That should do it! He won't know which is which!"

As Cale came barreling into the clearing, wearing his armor, Cooper screamed and started attacking her twin. Her twin screamed exactly as she had and started attacking her back. Cale watched the two intently, not understanding what was going on. "Cooper?" Both young women looked at him, pointing at the other one.

"That's not the real one!" They both yelled in unison.

Cale looked at the Third, and the Third smiled, "The Transformation Technique, something every ninja should be able to do."

Cale growled, walking towards both Coopers. They both stood strong, glaring at once another. Finally one turned towards Sage, pointing at the other, "Sage, that's the fake one!"

The other Cooper glared at her, flipping her off and sticking out her tongue, "Fuck you! You think I am the fake one? Ask us questions that only I would know! Ask me about the Ronin Warriors! That is for sure the only way!"

Cale smirked at that, "Alright, who is the oldest of us all?"

The Cooper looking at Sage rolled her eyes, "Dais, duh."

The other Cooper seemed shocked, nodding, "That's right, but…"

"Next question," Cale mumbled, taking another step towards them, holding up his no dachi, "What is Sage's kanji symbol."

The second Cooper smirked at that, jumping forward and flipping the first Cooper off, "Ha! I know you won't know this one! I never said it at all, and neither has anyone else!" She then crossed her arms over her chest, "His kanji symbol would be Rei, commonly known as wisdom, or grace, whichever you want to choose!"

Cale smirked, knowing for sure that she was indeed the real Cooper, "Nicely done, Cooper, I should have figured you would jump at that and know right off the bat!" He then turned to the other Cooper, "Now, reveal yourself!"

The first Cooper glared at the other one, "Not fair! How do I know you didn't read my thoughts?"

Cale looked between the two, growling lightly and holding his no dachi up higher, causing the first Cooper to wince. He then smirked, "That's how I know who the real one is. The real Cooper knows that I would never raise my sword against her, so she shows no fear! I know my own daughter well enough to know from the beginning who was who. I just wanted her to get excited." He nodded to the real Cooper, "Just as I thought you would do."

Cooper giggled as the other one seemed to become Mizuki. Her giggling stopped at that, and she shivered, quickly running over to him and punching him across the face. She growled, "If you ever touch me again like that, I am going to kill you, you fucking pervert!" With those words, she walked back over to her tree, sitting down and wrapping her arms around herself. Sage sat down beside her, smiling as Cale and Mizuki started their fight again, this time with Cale not backing off or caring if he hurt Mizuki.

Sage smiled, "You know, Cale was worried about you when you left the clearing with Mizuki…"

Cooper yawned, looking into Sage's eyes sleepily, "Yeah? What about you? Did you fight yet? Did I miss it?"

Sage smiled, "Yeah, you were asleep, but I had to battle Kakashi. Too bad he didn't fair too well when you started mumbling my name in your sleep…" At that, Cooper blushed, and Sage laughed, "I beat him with no problem then, fueled on by you and the thought that I had to beat him to protect you." He wiped the hair out of her face, smiling as she blushed even more. "I love it when you blush, it adds to your beauty…"

"Alright! Alright! I concede! You win!" Mizuki yelled, causing Cale to snarl even more.

"I don't think so! You aren't getting out of this so easily!" Cale yelled at him, raising his no dachi into the air.

Everyone turned to Cooper, and Sage mumbled, "Aren't you going to stop him?"

Cooper stood, stretching, "Nope, not now. I want to see Mizuki's scared face…" As Cale brought his no dachi down, Cooper took another step towards him, smiling, "Enough, Cale, I think he has the point…"

Cale's no dachi landed inches from Mizuki's head, causing the ninja to go wide eyed and forget to breathe for a couple of moments. Cale smirked, looking back at Cooper, "You enjoyed that, didn't you?"

"Oh, greatly. I loved to see his scared face! It was payback for making you think that I wasn't the real Cooper!" She walked over and knelt down to look at Mizuki, smiling devilishly, "Maybe next time you will think twice to mess with my father and to steal me to play a little game with him!" She flipped him off before turning away from him and looking back at Sage and the others, a smile on her face, "Well then, whose next?"

"Cale was the last one, Cooper, you slept through everyone else," Sekhmet laughed.

"So, uh… what's the score?" Cooper asked, "I want to know so I can rub it into Spoons' face that my warriors are better than her ninjas!"

"It's what you think it is," Dais replied, a smirk on his face.

Cooper smirked back, stretching some more before looking down at her watch. Her eyes went wide, and she quickly ran out of the clearing, "Oh no! I'm late! Those poor kids! What an idiot! Goddamn it! I can't even be on time to pick them up from the Academy!"

Sage laughed lightly before running after her, "I'll meet you guys back at the house!"

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Alrighty then! Another chapter down! So, how do you like it, huh? Huh? Tell me.

Sage: Well, I personally like it, but that's just me…

GDW: You like it because you are winning with the points system! And because your sexy!

Sage: Alright, so you got me, but it is pretty good… A little crazy, but good. I kind of like the Naruto world. It's interesting.

GDW: It gets better! Much better! Just wait!

Well… until I update again… keep reading and please review!