Author's Notes:

Disclaimer(s): I do not own Naruto or 6TEEN. Any original ideas that aren't familiar in any or the series mentioned do belong to me, etc, etc (rolls eyes). You get the point.

"I don't like them."

The Jounin sighed. "Look, Sasuke, if we're going to go undercover, we've got to blend in."

They were currently in a cheap hotel. It had lousy furniture and really sucky television, but it was all they could afford.

Kakashi was seated on a bed and was having a discussion/argument with Sasuke about the gang. Sakura was flipping through the channels on the television while Naruto was seated at a small desk.

The hyper Genin was clutching an enormous book tightly and scanning its pages like a robot. On the cover of the book, the words 'English/Japanese Dictionary' were printed in big, silver letters.

Naruto paused to adjust his Konoha headband, and then proceeded studying with stubborn determination. One thought kept repeating itself in his mind. I'm going to become the greatest bilingual Hokage ever! Dattebayo! He smiled then stuck his head closer to the pages.

Sakura gave him a glance then turned her attention back to the television. Well, the remote actually. You see, as I mentioned before, it was a really sucky television, and even if her eyes were staring at the screen and he fingers were repetitively pressing the same button on the remote, she was actually paying attention to Sasuke and Kakashi.

The Jounin scratched his head. "Look here, we might be on a mission, but we have no idea where this Kenji is, so let's just go with the flow, okay?"

The Uchiha grumbled something.

&&&

"Hey, here comes Kakashi and his students!" exclaimed Caitlin.

Wyatt took a sip of his latte. "Well, I regret to inform you that you won't get any time alone with him today. You've got to work, remember?"

"Awww…"

"Yo." said the voice of the white-haired Jounin.

"Oh! Hey, Kakashi! Remember me?" exclaimed Caitlin, jumping up and down giddily.

"Ah… how could I forget you?" responded the Jounin.

Caitlin didn't notice the disappointment and resentment in his voice. "Hey, aren't you glad it's a Sunday?"

Jonesy groaned and answered for him. "No, we've got school tomorrow."

Caitlin frowned. "I wasn't talking to you, Jonesy."

The Jounin hurried off to get away from Caitlin, followed by his three students.

As soon as they were well out of earshot, the gang began talking again.

Wyatt took another sip of his coffee. "What's wrong with school, Jonesy?"

Jonesy pouted. "Kenji Hirai. He's so annoying. I mean, he gets all paranoid whenever we ask him anything about himself yet the remainder of the time he's the tough guy. And all the chicks like him…"

Nikki grinned. "Oh… look who's jealous-"

"Am not!"

The whole gang except Jonesy burst out laughing.

"What? Oh, never mind. Oh, look at the time! I'm going to be late for work!"

The tall teen sped away from the table so fast any passerby would have thought he had a pack of wild hyenas chasing him.

The gang waited awhile before Nikki spoke. "He was blushing."

Wyatt chuckled in agreement. "Yep. Red as a tomato."

Nikki blinked. "Hey, is our bet still on?"

Wyatt grinned. "You bet."

Nikki and Wyatt snuck off after Jonesy.

&&&

"Hey, Kakashi-sensei! Look, its Jonesy-san, Nikki-san, and Wyatt-san."

Kakashi gulped. "Okay, Naruto-kun, but is stalker with them?"

"Nope."

The Jounin sighed in relief. "Good. Comeon, let's go greet them."

"Hai!"

&&&

Jonesy raised a hand. "Hey there."

Kakashi nodded respectfully. "Where are you going, Jonesy-san?"

Nikki answered for him. "Oh… this new job at a sushi place… care to join us?"

Kakashi shrugged. "Yeah, sure, why not?"

Naruto scowled. He had hoped to get Jude to teach him skateboarding today, not go watch someone make sushi. Then, he had an idea. Which isn't a good thing.

"Eh, I be back."

With that, the hyper ninja darted into the washroom. He was pleased to note that the washroom was empty. "Which means no one will see me."

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! (Shadow Clone Jutsu)"

Instantly, a perfect copy of Naruto appeared before him in a puff of white smoke. Naruto grinned. So while the real Naruto walked off to beg Jude to teach him skateboarding, the clone walked off to join his team.

&&&

Jude looked up from washing his skateboard.

"Hey, little dude!" he greeted.

Naruto laughed. "Eh… Jude-san… mind teaching me how to skateboard?"

Jude grinned. "Not at all, little dude! But do you have a board? Cause you can't skateboard without a board, little dude."

Naruto grimaced. "Eh… I hoping you borrow me one."

Jude frowned. "But I never lent Sally to anyone…"

"Please?"

"I dunno…"

"Please?"

"…"

&&&

The moment he saw Naruto's clone approach, Kakashi knew something was wrong. Lifting his headband just a tad to allow his Sharigan to actually see something, he observed Naruto.

Sakura blinked. "What's wrong?"

The Jounin cursed. "Let's just say Naruto has a liking for clones."

"Wha- oh…"

Kakashi sighed. "This is going to be troublesome…"

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