yoooohooo! hello :) okay. I'm done. It just felt a little weird not having anything up here.

Last chapter...

"Ano, Reina-nee-chan, when you use your Sharingan, I noticed that it's fully formed and you have the Mangekyou Sharingan. Who did you kill?" Sasuke asked.

Kireina smiled, "I didn't kill anyone. I just trained very hard, but I suppose you could say I killed nature. I loved nature and while I was training, I always trained near rivers and against trees. So I killed quite a few trees and bloodied a few rivers before I achieved Mangekyou Sharingan."

"Does that mean I can get it too, without killing my closest friend?" Sasuke asked.

Kireina smiled, "It requires much dedication and hard work, but I believe you can do it."

Sasuke smiled back at Kireina.



Kireina and the others returned to their journey. Sasuke was pretty quiet the entire way. When they reached the gates of Konoha they were surprised to see two ANBU waiting for them at the gates.

"Kakashi-san. Kireina-san," one ANBU bowed, "Hokage-sama sent us to look for you, but it looks like we don't have to."

"Hai. We'll go see her now," Kakashi said.

Team 7 and Kireina quickly made their way to the Hokage tower and enter her office.

Tsunade let out a sigh of relief as they entered, "I'm glad you're all safe. Did the Cloud give you much difficulty?"

Kakashi shook his head, "Iie. However, Hokage-sama, we met up with Itachi on our way home."

Tsunade smile slightly, "How is the little punk? He hasn't come to visit me in awhile."

The others minus Kireina looked surprised, "You know about him and Akatsuki?"

Tsunade nodded, "Hai. Gomen, Sasuke-kun, your brother asked me not to tell you. He said he wanted to tell you himself."

Sasuke shrugged, "It's okay."

Tsunade smiled, "Anyway, Kireina, how would you feel about becoming a permanent part of Team 7?"

Kireina's eyes were shining, "Could I?"

Tsunade smiled, "Of course."

Naruto clapped his hands and whooped, "Yosh! Our team is the strongest team now!"

Kireina turned to Naruto with a stern face, "That means that everyone will train even harder from now on. Kakashi, if you don't mind, I'd like to help train your team as well as you."

When Kakashi nodded his consent she continued, "I'll teach Kakashi whatever jutsus I know that he doesn't know yet. In return, he trains my taijutsu, which, quite frankly, still sucks. Sasuke, I'm going to train you in the use of the Sharingan and teach you some Uchiha family specials. Kakashi will train your ninjutsu and taijutsu. Sakura, I've heard your genjutsu is your best area so I will help you with that as well as help with your medical training. Kakashi will train your taijutsu and ninjutsu. Naruto, I'm going to train your manners and the way you act."

"NANI!" Naruto exclaimed, "How come I don't get to learn any cool jutsus!"

Kireina looked at Tsunade and asked, "Do they all know?"

Tsunade nodded.

Kireina turned back to the rest, "Because you have Jiraiya as your sensei as well as Kyuubi inside you."

Naruto looked surprised at this, "How did you know about Kyuubi?"

Kireina smiled. She bit her thumb and smeared her blood on the inside of her left arm before yelling, "Kuchiyose No Jutsu!"

'Why is she summoning something?' Sasuke wondered.

The smoke cleared to reveal a beautiful silver fox with purple eyes and, to everyone's surprise, nine tails.

"Everyone, this is Kyuune. She is Kyuubi's little twin sister, that is why she, too, has nine tails. Because she was born a few minutes after, she wasn't chosen to be one of the youma. So instead, she became one of the most powerful summonings as well as the queen of the beast summonings as well as all foxes. She's one of my favorites. Although Kyuubi is inside Naruto, Kyuune is still able to communicate with Kyuubi," Kireina introduced.

"She's gorgeous," Sakura whispered, "Is this what Kyuubi looks like?"

To everyone's surprise, except Kireina, the silver fox laughed, "Heck no. Kyuubi is a boy! He's red with gold eyes and the tips of his tail are black to signify him as the most powerful youma."

"Why did he attack Konoha?" Sasuke wanted to know.

Kyuune shook her head, "He didn't attack Konoha. Some stupid villagers from Cloud attacked him and he ran to Konoha to seek refuge in hopes of losing the Cloud ninjas. Instead, it turned out the Cloud had planned for this and sent scouts ahead to tell the Yondaime a demon was coming to destroy the village. So instead of finding peace, he discovered an army of shinobi and kunoichi waiting for him at the gates. He had no choice but to fight."

"Oh."

Kireina placed the three chuunin on Kyuune's back and instructed her to take them home. Kyuune nodded and leapt out the window.

Tsunade gasped, "We're at the very top of the tower! Those children will fall off!"

Kireina shook her head, "Kyuune will use her chakra to stick them onto her back."

Tsunade nodded, "Now. What do you need? I know there's something or else you wouldn't have sent the children away."

"I want to adopt Sasuke as my little brother," Kireina said.

Tsunade looked surprised, "Are you sure?"

Kireina nodded, "That boy has lived most of his life without any family. It's time he had some. I also want to adopt Naruto. He's gone through enough having Kyuubi inside him and the villagers shunning him."

Tsunade smiled, "I'll write up the papers for you right now. When do you plan on telling them this?"

Kireina smiled, "Sasuke's birthday is in 3 days. I'll tell them then. It can be Sasuke's birthday present. I understand Naruto hasn't had much of a birthday his entire life, so I'll tell him on Sasuke's birthday as well. Maybe Naruto will start to see that day as his birthday and we can celebrate it all together."

Tsunade nodded then reached into her desk and pulled out a bunch of papers. She quickly filled them out then handed them to Kireina to sign. After Kireina signed, they had Kakashi sign the witness line. The only thing left was the two boys' signatures.

Three days later...

Kireina woke up with the feeling of excitement bubbling up in her. Today was her little cousin's birthday! Hopefully he would like her present for him. She jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom to brush up. Then she went to the kitchen to make breakfast. As she passed by the living room she noticed Kakashi on the couch. He had a pillow over his face and his hitai-ate was off. The blanket he had been using had somehow ended up on the floor. Kireina frowned. It was cold today, he might get sick. She picked up his blanket and covered Kakashi neatly. Kireina wandered into the kitchen and looked through the cabinets to see what she would make for breakfast. She decided she had better make breakfast for the rest of Team 7 as well, they would be training hard today before taking Sasuke out for a birthday dinner. Within minutes she had breakfast laid out on the table right as Kakashi walked into the kitchen done with his morning rituals but still yawning. The two adults sat down to eat and when they were done, Kireina grabbed the adoption papers and well as 2 lunch boxes for her and Kakashi and 3 other boxes with breakfast for Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. Kakashi and Kireina leisurely made their way to the training grounds. Due to Kireina's insistence, the two left early for training now that they didn't have to rush around the village disrupting everyone. Along the way, the two ran into Gai and his team heading out to the training grounds.

"AH!" Gai cried, "IT IS RARE TO SEE SUCH A LOVELY SIGHT THIS EARLY! THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE SPRINGTIME OF YOUTH! IT MUST HAVE BEEN FATED FOR US TO MEET!"

Kireina edged away from the exuberant man who was obviously hitting on her but doing a bad job of it. Neji and Ten Ten looked away in annoyance but Lee was looking at his sensei with obvious awe shining in his eye.

Kakashi coughed lightly, "Yes, anyway. Namino Kireina, this is Maito Gai, one of Konoha's top taijutsu masters. The one with the hair in a ponytail is Hyuuga Neji, the girl is Ten Ten, and the Gai look-alike is Rock Lee."

Ten Ten waved tentatively at Kireina, while Neji merely nodded in acknowledgement. Lee gave her a welcome almost equal in exuberance to Gai's.

Kireina looked at Neji with interest, "A Hyuuga, eh?"

Neji stared right back at her, unabashed.

Kakashi nodded, "Hyuuga Neji was the number one rookie in his year and is known as the Hyuuga genius. He mastered the Hyuuga main family taijutsu style on his own at the age of 13. It is possible that the Hyuuga heiress, Hyuuga Hinata, may give up her position to him or share it with him. He is part of the branch family although his skills surpass most of the main family and are almost equal to Hiashi's."

Kireina nodded in approval, "I'd like to spar with him one day."

Neji snorted, "You're a kunoichi?"

Disdain was obvious in his voice. Over the last 2 years, Neji had changed and the main family and branch family had made amends, but he could still be arrogant towards those he thought were less than him. It didn't help that he had grown much taller and was now 5 feet 8 inches and all but towered over Kireina.

Kireina raised an eyebrow at this. In a flash she was behind Neji with his hair in her hands wound around his neck. One hard yank and Neji's neck would be broken. Ten Ten was amazed. Neji hadn't even had a chance to defend himself much less avoid the attack.

"Do you still want to challenge my position as a kunoichi?" Kireina asked in a deadly voice.

Although he didn't show it, Neji was surprised and impressed by this young woman.

He smirked, "I'd like to see how well you would do against my Byakugan."

Kireina hid a smile and released him turning to Gai, "Would your team be interested in training with Team 7 today?"

In a heartbeat, Gai was next to her holding her hands with hearts in his eyes. "We'd be happy to."

Kireina and Kakashi sweat dropped and the now enlarged group headed towards the training grounds. Sasuke and Naruto were sparring when they reached the place and Sakura had her nose buried in a book about medical jutsus. Surprisingly, Kurenai and Asuma's team were there as well.

Kakashi grinned, "Why don't we have a sparring day today? Then afterwards we can all go out to eat dinner together and celebrate Sasuke's birthday at the same time."

The other teams were quick to agree and within seconds, sparring partners had been paired up. Sasuke was with Hinata, Sakura against Lee, Kiba and Shikamaru, Ino and Ten Ten, Kakashi and Asuma, Kurenai and Gai, Chouji against Shino, and Neji was against Kireina. Much to his displeasure, Naruto had been told to practice walking with a stack of books on his head without dropping them. Soon, the training grounds were whirling with dust, kunai, and shuriken.


This chapter was a little shorter. Anyway, I love Neji. He's my favorite character but I had to have him be a little snotty so Kireina could put him in his place. She owns him in the next chapter :P