The next morning...

Kireina woke up groggily trying to remember what had happened. The last thing she remembered was defeating the Cloud shinobi and trying to go after her parents...her parents! She bolted upright only to hit her forehead against something hard.

"Itai," she whimpered rubbing her head.

She peered at the offending object she had hit only to find a silver-haired, half-masked man rubbing his forehead. Her first reaction was to scream and scream she did.

Kakashi put his hand on the back of his head and sweatdropped. Seconds later, three figures burst through the door. Ayume and Toshi rushed to their daughter to see what had distressed her. Tsunade moved to check her vitals.

"That's the thanks I get for saving you?" he mumbled to himself.

Unfortunately for him, Kireina heard him.

"You saved me? You're the one who brought me here?" she asked.

Kakashi nodded, smiling sheepishly as his right eye turning into a little arc. His left eye was covered by his slanted hitai-ate.

A smile slowly spread across Kireina's face. She beckoned towards him. Kakashi looked at her parents and Tsunade unsure only to find them tip-toeing out the room. He sweatdropped again and uneasily edged toward the young woman in the bed. To his surprise Kireina reached up and gave him a hug.

"Thank you."

"Um...yeah...anytime," Kakashi answered awkwardly.

Kireina laughed, "I'm Namino Kireina. Daughter of Namino Toshi and Sumiko Ayume."

"Kireina? That's an unusual name. Where'd you get it from?"

Kireina made a face, "My parents took the words 'Kireii Hana' and smushed them together to get Kireina."

"Hm, pretty flower. Well...um...Hatake Kakashi. Son of Konohagakure."

She nodded approvingly, "Good answer. If you put it that way, I am a daughter of Sunagakure."

Kakashi looked at her in surprise, "You know Gaara then?"

Kireina grinned, "Of course I know that brat. His sister's my best friend!"

"Temari?"

"Mm-hm. You know them?"

"Not personally, but Gaara of the Sand was a very famous shinobi in Hidden Leaf 3 years ago."

"Soo ka..."

There was an awkward silence until Kakashi finally spoke, "I better get going. My team will get mad at me if I don't show up soon."

Kireina brightened up, "You have a genin team?"

Kakashi sighed, "They're not really genin anymore, but yes."

"Can I come with you?" she asked tentatively.

Kakashi was surprised by her for the second time that morning, "You...want to?"

Kireina nodded wistfully, "Back at the Sand I'm not allowed to train genin or belong to a team because the brat likes to send me on suicide missions frequently. I think he's trying to get rid of me. He's still miffed about the fact that I beat him in shoji and managed to put a scratch on him without the use of chakra."

Kakashi raised his eyebrows, "The brat?"

Kireina grinned sheepishly, "It's a habit I have."

"Well, if you don't mind dealing with more whiny brats, then you're welcome to come."

Kireina cheered and quickly removed the medical equipment attached to her. Kakashi politely left the room while she changed. When she left the room she was in her usual outfit except instead of pink, it was red. The two left the hospital and went to the training grounds to meet Kakashi's team.

"YOU'RE LATE!"

Kakashi's eyes curved and Kireina's eyes widened at the loud outburst.

"Gomen ne everyone! I was on my way here when I met a lady in distress and I had to help her—"

"USO! (Liar)"

"Good morning everyone," Kakashi sweat dropped, "This is Kireina-san. She'll be joining us for a while. She is a kunoichi of the Hidden Sand village."

The three chuunin greeted them. Kireina observed them noting physical features as well as facial emotions. They didn't look to be more than 16 years old and they were a little bit shorter than her too.

"Hidden Sand?" the blond-haired young man in black and orange eagerly pounced on the words, "Do you know Gaara? Ne, ne?"

Kireina sweatdropped, "Yes, I know him..."

"These three are all chuunin. The blond loudmouth is Uzumaki Naruto. He is also a student of one of the Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya. Haruno Sakura is the pink-haired kunoichi and she's training under Tsunade to become a medic nin. Uchiha Sasuke is the dark-haired one who likes to act cool. He was apprenticed to Orochimaru for 2 and a half years then dragged back here by the loudmouth a year ago," Kakashi introduced.

Sasuke flinched at his introduction but said nothing. Kireina noticed but ignored it. She had perked up at the words "medic nin" as well as the name "Uchiha".

"A medic nin, huh? That requires a lot of hard work. Are you up for it?" she asked Sakura.

Sakura looked up at Kireina, "I hope so. Are you a medic nin?" (Inner Sakura: What do you MEAN am I up for it? of COURSE I'm up for it! I must succeed and impress Sasuke-kun! After all, Hinata-chan is a medic nin and SHE captured Sasuke's attention. Good thing she doesn't know that. I must prevail!)

Kireina nodded, "Hai. It took a lot of hard work to get there, but it's definitely worth it. Good luck! Especially with Tsunade as your teacher! She's quite famous for her toughness."

Sakura smiled at her, surprised Kireina hadn't discouraged her.

Kakashi glanced at Kireina, "I didn't know you were a medic nin."

Kireina laughed, "Well, I've only known you for about a day, Hatake-san. So there's a lot you don't know about me."

Kakashi nodded in reply. Kireina turned to Sasuke.

"So, an Uchiha eh?" she asked.

Sasuke stared back at her, "What of it?"

Kireina shrugged, "I've always wanted to meet my cousins. Are you from the main family?"

Sasuke's Sharingan automatically activated, "You're an Uchiha?"

Kireina waved her hand impatiently, "Sort of, but you didn't answer my other question. Plus, you need to get more training for that Sharingan of yours. You obviously can't control it well enough yet."

Sasuke quickly deactivated his Sharingan, "Yes, I am from the main family."

Kireina grinned, "Do you know anyone by the name of Uchiha Kumiko?"

Sasuke frowned, "She was my great grandmother's sister. She ran away when she was 18 and was presumed dead."

Kireina's eyes turned into arcs, "You're my cousin then!"

Sasuke was shocked.

Kireina introduced herself, "My name is Namino Kireina. Great granddaughter of Uchiha Kumiko."

Naruto and Sakura's eyes widened at this news. Kakashi was surprised too. He knew Kireina was the Bloodline Ninja, but didn't know exactly what her bloodlines were. Now he knew one of them.

Sakura snapped her fingers as it hit her, "Namino Kireina? That's the name of the famous Bloodline Ninja!"

Three pairs of eyes turned to her questioningly. Kakashi pulled out a certain book and waited for the questions to bombard Kireina.

"Are you her?" "Why are you here?" "What's your relation to me?" "What are your bloodlines?"

Kakashi raised an eyebrow at the last question. He was actually quite curious about the answer as well.

Kireina sweatdropped, "One question at a time please."

Sasuke was first. "What happened to Kumiko-sama?"

"Well, she ran away and married Hyuuga Hitoshi who changed his family name to Namino. The two had a boy and a girl. The boy had two boys, one who had me."

"My turn! What are your bloodlines?" Naruto piped up.

"Well, I have the Sharingan as well as the Byakugan. My other two bloodlines are from my mother's side. I was unlucky enough to have received all the family "blessings". My mother's clan was gifted with large amounts of chakra and stamina along with perfect chakra control enabling those with both bloodlines to use raw chakra and perform one-handed seals," Kireina answered, "Is that it?"

"Why are you dressed like that?" Sakura blurted out then quickly covered her mouth, horrified at her rudeness.

Kireina laughed, "Believe it or not, it's quite easy to move in this and I've got quite a few things I'm able to hide in this ensemble. Also, it helps me blend in more when doing undercover missions without me having to change."

The three chuunins nodded.

"Can you show us?" Sasuke asked suddenly.

A smile lit up her face, "I'd be happy to battle any of you, but no I won't show you my secrets unless you make me."

The three chuunins turned toward their sensei who was leaning against a wooden pole lazily reading his book. Kireina's eyes widened as she saw what the book was. With a furious shriek she was by Kakashi's side in a second. The three chuunins blinked at her speed. They hadn't even seen her move!

Kireina snatched his book away, "Hentai! How dare you read THIS, this FILTHY BOOK in front of them! They can't be more than 16!"

Kakashi protested and reached to get his book back, but before he could move Kireina was already far away from him. She smirked causing Kakashi to frown.

"Fine, I won't read it in front of them anymore," he grumbled.

"Or me," Kireina threatened.

Kakashi paused, "Sometimes."

Kireina shrugged, "Good enough for me."

With a poof the book disappeared and a second later Kakashi felt his pocket get slightly heavier.

"Kakashi-sensei! Will you spar her! We want to watch!" Naruto begged.

Kakashi put his hand on the back of his head and his eye turned into a half moon, "Er..well.."

"Oh come, Kakashi. Don't tell me Copy Ninja Kakashi, ANBU at the age of 16, is scared," Kireina taunted.

Kakashi's visible eye widened, wondering how she knew all this about him.

"Yes, you are a legend," Kireina laughed as if reading his mind.

Kakashi pondered over this. He could either, spar her and lose with dignity, or he could not spar her and still get beaten by her but without any dignity. He sighed. He really had no choice. He pushed up his forehead protector to reveal his Sharingan. His students immediately perked up. That he had revealed his Sharingan already meant that this was going to be a good fight.

Kireina grinned, "Good boy."

With that, she disappeared in a puff of smoke and reappeared behind Kakashi. However, instead of attacking, she slammed her palm to the ground sending up sharp rocks, among the rocks appeared another Kakashi looking grumpy.

"Another Tsunade? One was bad enough. Now Sakura's training to become one and here's another one," he grumbled jumping out of the mass of boulders.

The Kakashi in front of Kireina disappeared. Sasuke raised an eyebrow. She hadn't even activated any of her bloodline limits and she still saw through the Kage Bunshin. Kakashi raised a right hand sparkling with blue electricity. Kireina's face lit up.

"So THIS is the famous Chidori? I can hear why it's named that," she grinned.

Instead of running away, she performed a number of seals and activated her Byakugan as well as her Sharingan. The only reason they knew was because she had deliberately performed her seals slowly so they could tell what she was doing. Sasuke looked at her eyes and didn't see a difference. He turned on his Sharingan and was able to detect the faint color change as well as the three spinning commas.

"Incredible," he whispered, "She has the same eye as my brother. But that means she killed her closest friend."

Kireina grinned, "This is where the fun begins."

She sped at Kakashi her hand also glowing, similar to the Chidori, but not. It looked more like...

"Rasengan?" Naruto gasped.

Kireina turned her head and winked at them, "Not really, this is my other bloodline. The ability to use raw chakra."

Kakashi ran to meet her and the two hands met resulting in a bright light filling the training ground. When the smoke cleared. Both were gone. The chuunins looked around wildly to find them and looked up when they heard the sound of metal against metal. Kakashi and Kireina had taken to the trees and were now fighting with kunai.

Kakashi grinned, "So you use henge on your kunai to make them chopsticks, eh? Clever."

Kireina smile in return, "Very observant. You're the first one to find out that I'll let live."

Kireina returned the kunai to her hair then dropped out of the trees landing gracefully on the ground. Kakashi followed landing with a light thump behind her.

"Aw, is it over?" Naruto whined.

"Hai. It's time for me to go find my parents," Kireina said apologetically.

"I'll walk you," Kakashi said to her.

He turned to the chuunins, "I'm sorry we didn't train. I'll meet you guys sometime later this week when Kireina and her parents are settled in."

The chuunin nodded then went their separate ways.