tl34lt12: Not bad ideas, but we already have our own animal spirits in mind. Although, a hippo was never considered. Might possibly consider it if we expand the roster to a ten ranger team or so later. :D

DeGamer422 Yep. Tomatoes are Sasuke's favorite, which should be a big win for him to eat at a pizza place.

WolkaiserDrake: Yeah, it's meant to be a bit slow as rushing to give them ranger powers seems really cliche. They are going to have to earn them. Or at least not be given like the Megaforce rangers did with no effort at all.

SPark681: Thank you. We appreciate it.

Naruto: Dai Shi

The Dawning of the Next Hatake/Anko's Fun

By BigBonedNinja and Einjeru Hatake.

Typed out and Beta'd by Einjeru Hatake

The mission after Kakashi's funeral left Einjeru feeling a little drained. 'I feel so empty... This whole mission went wrong and I'm the only thing to show for it. I remember hearing a lot of stories about the copy ninja and his disasters with his old team...' Heaving a sigh, she realizes she's at the cemetery and felt the presence of someone that shouldn't have any reason to be there. 'Of all the times I came here, I was always feeling a presence. Do they never take a break? Oh wait! Did they make the stupid mistake of burying him with the sharingan?!' She makes her way to Kakashi's grave and talks to no one in particular, making sure no one noticed her thoughts.

"Hey dad. I'm pretty sure you had no clue that you had a kid and I harbor no ill will for that. I just wish I could have gotten to know you a little bit and gotten some advice from you." Her voice started breaking and tears started flowing. Remaining silent and letting the wind blow, Einjeru hears the grass ruffling and the sound of a cane.

"Well, well, well. Isn't this a surprise? I never thought the infamous Copy Ninja had someone else that cared about him enough to visit." The gravel in his voice gave it away who was talking to her.

"Lord Danzo, may I ask what brings an elder like yourself to a grave such as this?" Einjeru kind of wanted to gag at her politeness due to the fact she was grieving and the fact that this man couldn't give a damn about it.

"I always visit fallen heroes graves. I feel it does the soul good to be acknowledged." Danzo was trying to be smooth about getting Kakashi's right eye, but didn't expect someone to be visiting his grave.

"I see... I was drawn to this grave for some odd reason, I couldn't say why." Einjeru tried to keep the skepticism and strain out of her voice. She was never one to lie unless absolutely necessary. She also internally groaned at the fact she may have to desecrate her own fathers grave later. 'May the shinigami have mercy on my soul for what I will have to do later... I can feel the grime oozing off of Lord Danzo. I can't let him have dad's eye...'

Danzo looked for any sign of deceit, but couldn't find it. He made some hand signs and summoned his ANBU to him. "I wouldn't stay out too long. It's not good to be in the cemetery after dark."

Einjeru nods. "Of course sir. Have a good evening." Giving a smile, she decided to weave her signs the minute the elder and ANBU disappear. She needed to weave a genjutsu light enough where no one would notice, yet look natural.

A couple hours of chakra gathering and genjutsu weaving later, Einjeru sent a clone to get a shovel, and the items needed for transplanting organs. 'I need to be very quick about this...'

Another couple hours of shoveling leads to her un-earthing Kakashi's grave. A voice sounds off, startling her. "Hey kid, you'd better have a good reason for digging up a shinobi's grave and use a genjutsu while doing so?"

Looking up at the source of the voice she pales. 'Of course a sannin would ask me what I'm doing...' Bringing the color back to her face, she brings out the transplant box. "I'm sorry... But I couldn't... I couldn't let them..."

His white hair flowed gently. "Let me guess, you're grabbing the sharingan?"

Einjeru looked down, abashed. "Yes sir... I couldn't let Danzo get it."

He looked at her, as if looking for some form of deceit and couldn't find it. "You know kid, pillaging a grave is frowned upon, if you do it for the wrong reason. How did you figure he was after it?"

"I've been visiting this grave the last few days, and constantly felt a presence. I just happened to be there during the time that he came to try and claim it, so I couldn't help it. I think that presence was timing a good time for him to come, so I knew I needed to act." Einjeru decided to pull the eye out and store it. The sound of the eye being pulled made her gag. "Oh kami..." She handed the box to Jiraiya, trying to hold back vomit.

"You're not used to this are you kid?" Taking the box and sealing it away, Jiraiya helped her in putting Kakashi back to rest. After resetting the grass and cleaning up the grave/leaving some flowers, he broaches the subject of the relationship to Kakashi. "No one would do something like this unless they know the person kid, so spill it. It's obvious that no one else except those you tell know."

Einjeru sighed and wiped the sweat off her forehead and replaced her headband. "You hit the nail on the head, Master Jiraiya... Also, my name is Einjeru... I'm his kid, but he had no clue I existed. I wanted to keep it hidden, but I may need to take on his name. I already made somewhat of a name for myself as I am a chunin."

Giving a chuckle, Jiraiya nods. "I understand kid, but do you have proof? To say something like this could bring a lot of trouble."

She pulls out some papers out of her pouch which were DNA results and adoption papers. "This was done the year I was adopted. I believe all this goes to the right places but otherwise kept hidden unless otherwise needed. I need to see Lord Third."

Giving a nod, Jiraiya grabs her and teleports to Lord Thirds office and knocks on the door to receive a 'come in.'

Looking at the new comers, Lord Third smiles. "To why do I owe the honor of a visit from my old student and one of our fresh chunin?"

Jiraiya grinned like a mad man and sealed the room. "It's been a long time old man. I was thinking I was going to have to stop a grave robbery tonight."

"I'm sorry sir..." Einjeru looked pretty meek, but knew she needed to stand up. "You made a mistake burying him with his sharingan. Someone was constantly watching the grave."

Lord Third didn't like the fact that someone was so blatant when talking to him, but felt bad because he would have to bring upon punishment. "You know that can be construed as treason, correct?"

Einjeru nodded, but held a gaze. "I may have been a chunin at least 5 months, but I know when to look for shifty behavior sir, and Lord Danzo was exhibiting it. I was going to ask for something, but it could wait."

Lord Third nodded and gave a grandfatherly smile. "I was wondering when you were going to ask about your name. I'm the hokage, I'm always in the know about my underlings. I always knew, even if you were guarded about it."

Einjeru shifted in place before giving a nod. "I want to change it."

After hours of going through politics, spiritual bonding via a new ninjutsu and making arrangements for a puppy, Einjeru heads to her house and prepares for yet another mission, but as Einjeru Hatake. Passing through the village with a grin on her face, she passes by a blonde who was heading to what he calls the torture grounds.

At training ground seven, Anko grins sadistically at her genin victims. "Alright you three. I've gotten a pretty good gist of your capabilities. Pinkie!" She looks at Sakura like a tiger upon its unsuspecting victim. "You have are the weakest one on this squad, both physically and strategically. The only thing you have going for you is chakra control, so unless you want to be a medical ninja, you will continue the physical training and wear these training weights."

Sakura begrudgingly takes the weights, wanting to maintain her girly figure, leaving Anko to face Sasuke. "Uchiha, you are pretty good all around, but your chakra control can be refined as well as your hand to hand, so I want to start you on water walking and alternate with all of the chakra control exercises as well as training in more katas."

Sasuke nods, and asks about jutsus. Anko shrugs. "That'll be up to you guys after I test your natures. Now blondie. You are a chakra monster..." Knowing about the tenant, she continued. "Chakra control can only take you so far in your case. However, your hand to hand is abysmal. I'm pretty sure RJ can help all three of you in that department." She receives a nod.

Back at Einjeru's place, she reflects back on her interactions with Lord Third and Jiraiya. 'Oh Kami. I never thought I would would have the gall to stand up to Lord Third and one of the sannin... Both of them have the ability to end my life.'

Flashback:

Einjeru shifted in place before giving a nod. "I want to change it."

Jiraiya stepped forth. "Kid, I don't know if you thought this through or not, but not only politics come into play, you'd become a major target."

Einjeru met Jiraiya's gaze and stepped forth. "I have thought about it from the moment I attended his funeral and during my last mission, which may have caused my teammates deaths due to my being distracted. You're damn wrong if you think I hadn't!"

Jiraiya let his age and experience show in an attempt to calm down the almost raging girl before him. "Kid, you have no idea what it means to lose almost everything. I lost four students, and all of them were like kids to me."

It was the wrong thing to say to her. Her chakra started to surge and rage. "I don't? I don't know?! My father passed away before I got to know him! My teammates just died on my last mission! I don't even know my biological mother!" She wasn't aware of the sudden surge, and Jiraiya immediately wrote a seal to calm the raging chakra, applying it to her forehead and putting her in a full Nelson hold.

"Relax kid! If you don't I'll have to knock you out!"

Lord Third stood up and kept the grandfatherly look on his face. He seemed completely understanding and grabbed some coupons out of his drawer for the BBQ place. "It's ok. It's natural to react the way she did. Also, she looks as calm as can be due to the drain that the seal is causing. Let's go to eat, it's my treat, and Einjeru, please watch your tongue."

Einjeru went limp in Jiraiyas arms as she acknowledged Lord Thirds reprimand. "Yes sir..." She held back her tears and waited to be let down. Upon Jiraiya letting her down, a knock on the door revealed the village counsel. 'Oh dear... Was my outburst that bad?'

Danzo looked at Einjeru and Jiraiya. "We felt a large burst of chakra. What was going on?"

Lord Third answered before anything could go wrong. "Just a little misunderstanding between underlings, right Einjeru?"

She felt the subtle undertone that meant there was no room for crap. "Y-y-yes." She looked at Danzo before turning to Lord Third and Jiraiya. "I'll go ahead."

Letting her down and removing the seal, Jiraiya kneels down. "We'll continue this conversation at the shop, but go clean yourself up as dealing with the counsel will take a while."

Looking at herself, she nodded. "Yes sir." She walked around the corner and peeked to see the door close. 'I need to hear this. Most likely it's about me. My chakra outburst was unusual. Either way...' "Shadow clone jutsu!" A clone appeared and crawled into the duct work while she ran to wash up.

Her clone crawled through the ducts, suppressing its chakra and listening in on the conversation. She wasn't too fond of what she heard though.

"That burst of chakra seemed like she getting ready to attack someone. This is unacceptable Hiruzen." Homura and Koharu were in agreement. They looked at Jiraiya, whom was holding Einjeru's seal behind his back.

"Honorable counselors, if it were that bad, Lord Third and I could have handled it. She was only a freshly minted chunin." He balled up the seal and stuck it in his pocket while being lectured by Danzo.

"If she's a chunin that only makes it worse. That means she knows better! I saw her in the cemetery only a few hours earlier, and she looked like she was up to something." Danzo's eye narrowed at the sannin and his former teammate. He slammed his cane on the ground. "I already had a peg knocked off by the last Uchiha and the demon brat! I refuse to acknowledge that a civilian brat has that kind of power."

Lord Third unleashed some KI that probably would have popped the clone had it not been for the fact that she needed to stay quiet, she probably would have. "Enough, you don't know a thing about half of our shinobi because you don't give a damn. She may have been civilian raised but that doesn't mean she wasn't shinobi born. Her academy scores rivaled those of clan raised shinobi, and she made kunoichi of the year. We were discussing that before you three interrupted."

Homura interceded at this point. "Our apologies Hiruzen, but you can only understand our concern."

"And you can understand that we had this handled." Lord Thirds eyes drifted up to the duct work in stating that he acknowledged the clones presence. "She is a young, fresh chunin who was mourning the loss of her teammates and biological father. She is human, first and foremost. She has lost her innocence quicker than anyone in her class. Doesn't that resemble a jonin we just lost?"

Koharu gasped. "You mean?"

"Yes, she acts just like Kakashi. Just a little headstrong and a little more rash."

The clone shed the tears it was holding in before crawling away to pop. As it popped, Einjeru was in the bathroom and slid down the door to sob. 'Why? Why did you say that Lord Third?'

A couple hours later, her adopted mom came to the door saying Lord Third and Jiraiya was there to see her. "Einjeru, the hokage and someone else is here to see you."

"I'll be out soon. I just finished my necessary grooming." Einjeru finished brushing her hair and came out. Looking at Lord Third and Jiraiya, she bowed. "I apologize for making you wait. I..."

Jiraiya gave a knowing smile. "It's okay kid. I can tell that you were grieving for at least an hour. Your hair is still wet meaning you spent the past hour cleaning yourself up."

Einjeru was curious before she remembered the window in the bathroom. "Were you peeping on me?!"

"You're not the only to use shadow clones kid. After the counselors left, we discussed someone in the ducts, but when you were in the bathroom, my clone popped, telling me you were getting ready, but sitting on the floor crying, which was roughly when we heard the clone pop in the office."

"It was me, but I couldn't help it. I wanted to hear, but I was afraid of what would happen if I didn't come home to clean up." Einjeru held her right hand, looking at the two of them.

Lord Third sighed. "You have a bad habit of not listening to instructions, but it has its merits. Your were also right about Danzo and I set him straight after you popped. I said what I did having faith in your strength growing and felt it was necessary to have Jiraiya instill the wrath of kami in you hence the following and... even though I don't condone it... peeping."

Jiraiya had a girlish giggle. "You are developing quite nicely though..."

Einjeru didn't hesitate in sending an uppercut to Jiraiya's chin. "I'd appreciate it if you would keep your eyes level."

Lord Third chuckled and gestured towards the door for the dinner he promised.

At the BBQ restaurant, Lord Third encouraged her to order what she wanted, and ended up paying for the ultimate platter. Giving a sigh, he looks at Einjeru and pulled out a scroll. "I had this drafted in case the time arose where you would want to take Kakashi's namesake. I'm sorry it's under these circumstances."

Einjeru kept her voice level and rested her chin on her hands. "It's understandable Lord Third. If my dad hadn't done what he did, then Naruto and the others would have died instead right?"

Lord Third was surprised that Einjeru knew about it. "That's a high ranked secret. How did you find out?"

"No offense Lord Third, but this village sucks in keeping secrets. The rumor mill was very active... Especially when it comes to Naruto... My adoptive mom and I had an argument about him and it was after dad's death that it got worse... She blamed him."

Lord Third looked at her in disbelief. "You know what Naruto is?"

"He's someone in my age group. A kid, but a container." Einjeru shakes her head. "I would never hurt him or share that I know this. I wish I could blame my adopted mother, but I went and researched it on my own."

Jiraiya shrugs. "Well she didn't break your law and she seems genuine in her actions. I did hear about the person who started the rumor about Naruto's tenant."

Lord Third put his hand up and handed Einjeru the scroll. "I'll discuss this with you later Jiraiya. However, Einjeru, when you sign this there's no turning back."

Einjeru pulled out a pen from her pouch and signed without hesitation. "I know this Lord Third, but I feel there's no other way..." As the pen scribble died down, the meat arrived. "At least I'll have some connection to him."

Lord Third smiled. "There is something else. The dog summons was passed down in the Hatake clan and will only sign with those who have the blood. Naturally when someone uses the summoning jutsu without being signed to a contract, either nothing happens, or a representative of a potential summons comes, or the user ends up disappearing from this plane of existence. But in the case of a summoning clan being passed on through bloodline, an animal will appear."

Jiraiya had to chime in at this point. "Are you sure about this? She's the same age as Naruto and his teammates, and they don't have access to summons yet."

"She's a chunin, Jiraiya. Not to mention, the leaf needs their summon clans. Dogs aren't always used for battle."

"I still think it's too soon..."

"Let me try!" Einjeru blurted out before covering her mouth. "Please, it won't kill us."

Lord Third smiles before gesturing to the food. "After you eat. You're going to need the energy."

She looks and sees the meat. "Let's eat."

At the training grounds 45 minutes later, Lord Third and Jiraiya teach her the necessary hand-seals and explain what needs to be done with the blood before leaving her to her own devices. Figuring they'd come back later, Einjeru started training.

Lord Third and Jiraiya decided to pass through the other training grounds. Coming across Naruto and his teammates being trained into the ground had the two impressed. Jiraiya was the first to speak. "He seems to be doing just well without me... sensei."

"He has found friends and people that care about him, but that doesn't mean cut yourself out of the picture. I believe in time you'll be able to have a place in his heart, but let them train for now and prepare for the trials ahead." Lord Third thought about what the shinigami said to him about Naruto changing, and hopes that the blonde never loses his innocence.

"The chunin exams. They're being held here this time, right?"

"Yes. I'm pretty sure Kakashi would have put them up for it, just to help them mature, but now Anko is in charge of them and I have no idea what she has in mind for them."

Jiraiya nods. "Maybe, just maybe I have an idea. Why not have Einjeru go on some missions with them?"

"If only it was that easy Jiraiya. Training with them, maybe, but missions are another." Lord Third felt that Jiraiya's idea would help mend the hole that was undoubtedly forming in her heart.

"She needs to be around others, that understand the pain she's going through. We both know she's suffering in silence because she has no one she can talk to about it. Besides, what's going to happen when Anko is needed somewhere else and an emergency happens. Einjeru is a chunin as you've said and can lead when Anko isn't there."

"Fine, I concede, but not until after the chunin exams. I want to give her some missions that will prepare her for what comes. Shall we go and check on her?" Lord Third starts heading back towards where they left Einjeru to see her meditating. Jiraiya interrupts her and asks how it's going.

"I was waiting on you two to come back. I mastered the hand seals and was building up chakra since I don't know exactly how much is needed."

Lord Third nodded, knowing that the power of a summon is limited by how much chakra is put into it.

She bit her thumb, knowing a blood sacrifice was needed and started calling/forming the signs. "Inoshishi, Inu, Tori, Saru, Hitsuji! Summoning jutsu!" A huge puff of smoke appeared revealing a heno heno moheji before Einjeru disappeared.

Jiraiya panicked. "I knew something like this would happen!" He looked at Lord Third who was calm and expected it. He puffed out smoke and Einjeru re-appeared with what looked to be a puppy in her hands.

"I don't even know what happened. I appeared, was led to a nursery and a puppy crawled into my hands. All they said is 'raise it and it'll come home when its ready.' So I guess I train my ninken?"

Jiraiya had a look of disbelief on his face. "Kid, I don't know how dogs operate, but I'm pretty sure its a test."

Lord Third sighed. "When Kakashi first summoned, he got Pakkun as a puppy. He raised it into a capable delivery pug as well as a great tracker. One day Pakkun disappeared on him and appeared when summoned, along with 7 more dogs. It looks like you received a husky pup."

When Lord Third finished, the pup looked up at everyone with blue eyes and yipped before licking Einjeru's face. Giving a smile and setting it down, she immediately sighs. "Great... Another argument with my mom..." Before anyone can ask why, Einjeru continued. "My adopted mom is a cat person and hoards cats. She will quickly tell me to get rid of..." She looked at the pup and its silver underbelly to find it's anatomy. "Her... She's so pretty..."

"There is the Inuzuka clan. They love taking care of animals and can help you train her and can keep her in their kennels if need be."

Einjeru felt so defeated, but had to rebute. "Thank you sir, but I shouldn't have to ask someone else to house my summon... I think it's time I moved out on my own... But until I do, I guess I can ask them to house..." Thinking of a name for her ninken, her thoughts went to the underbelly. "Shiruba. Well I better get going. Thank you very much Lord Third and Master Jiraiya."

After she disappeared they went on to watch Naruto and the others train.

Present:

They get there to see RJ was giving them a lecture. Figuring they can learn about where RJ came from, they decided to listen.

"Now dudes and dudettes, let me tell you a little something about what I am capable of. As you guys have seen, I am capable of calling forth my inner animal to assist me in battle. It takes time to find your inner animal and sometimes you'll find it quickly and other times it may take the help of others to find. I think I have bored you guys enough for today. I think your leader is here." He turns to see Lord Third come over.

"I see you guys are working hard. I feel one day you guys will truly surpass us." He gives a ginger smile and starts to head back to his office to do some work and get his complete report from Jiraiya.

RJ continued with the others and led them to JKP, explaining along the way what is expected. "I decided to hire you guys and a couple others to help run my shop instead of requesting D-ranks. I feel it is roundabout and since you guys will training there as well, I feel you might want to make up for the lack of income from not taking such missions. Obviously, you'll be fed and will be given breaks as well as critiques. It doesn't stop there, but you guys generally get the gist of it."

They get there and bypass the kitchen to head up to the loft. "You'll be training, working and for some of you sleeping here." When they get in there, they see Haku. Naruto gave a big grin.

"You came!"

Haku gave a minute nod before stepping forward. "I appeared as you asked, but why here if you don't mind me asking."

Naruto chuckled. "I figured since you're still getting your bearings, you might as well have a way to make some money. Plus this will allow us to get to know each other more. Either way, time for my shift. Transform!" In Naruto's place was a 6'2" Brunette wearing a green t-shirt, an orange apron and hat, and some khaki's. "What do you guys think? Think the Civvies will notice?"

Haku ascended his impressed manners to the simple transformation. "I think that the civilians are idiots, but impressive transformation nonetheless."

Sasuke grunts (old habits die hard.) "Hard to believe that the civilians think of you in such a manner and that the goof off in the academy actually pulls off decent transformation."

Sakura smiles. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say the girls would swarm all over you. You have a great transformation."

R.J. nods. "It's perfect Naruto, now go on while I get the others uniforms." Naruto acknowledges it and heads down to the kitchen while R.J. gets the uniforms.

Weeks pass and JKP became a very popular spot in the village. From deliveries like Ichiraku to birthday parties, R.J. ended up running one of the most successful shops in the village due to everything that was offered. It got to the point where shops requested genin to spy for them and find out what was making them so successful. Unfortunately for such shops, Team 7 was advancing so quickly that they were able to detect who was spying, which allowed them to change their tactics and make even more money.

They eventually got the attention of the chunin and jonin of the village. Unfortunately for them, R.J. didn't serve alcoholic beverages, but they enjoyed the pizza regardless. A certain black clad chunin got annoyed by all the teams she was assigned to bragging about this place that she decided to pay a visit. Walking in, she gave a whiff and smiled. "They weren't kidding... It smells great in here." An explosion went off in the kitchen and R.J. emerged, covered in flour to calm down the shinobi clientele before they rushed the kitchen with kunai ablaze.

"Uhhh... You alright?" Einjeru looks at R.J. confused.

"Perfect. Just an experiment gone horribly wrong... At least the kitchen didn't catch fire." R.J. looked at her. "You weren't kidding about the few times I'd see you around. I haven't seen you since the funeral."

Einjeru cringed a little. "At least you recognized me. Either way, since you're one of the..." She struggled to find the right word. "Food makers, what do you recommend?"

R.J. nods. "First of all welcome to JKP. Secondly, I recommend the Thriller Gorilla Pizza with extra banana. Every thing is better with bananas."

Einjeru chuckles and sits at the bar. "I'll take a couple of slices of Thriller Gorilla and a water. I need the energy since I have another mission soon... I swear this village takes its ninja for granted."

R.J. nods. "Have you had a day off?"

"Wish I could afford it. Only time I can take off is when injured, which in my case is few and far between. Also, my adopted mom is making me pay rent and it's totally unreasonable." Einjeru shakes her head. "Sorry."

R.J. shakes his head. "Hard work pays off in time dudette. Someone will be out with your pizza and water shortly." He heads back to the kitchen.

20 minutes later, R.J. emerges with a whole pizza. "I know you only said a couple slices, but I gave you the rest of the pie on the house."

Einjeru looked on in amazement. "I couldn't. Also, I may come back more. This place is so inviting and smells delicious."

"Well you should. It looks like you need it. Please take it." R.J. seemed to feel bad even though he only met her once before. "Besides, maybe your team could use the energy."

Einjeru smirked. "Is this a marketing gimmick?"

"Yes and no. It helps spread the word, but I am genuinely concerned. You look like you're running on fumes. Now have a slice and fuel up." R.J. heads back to the kitchen, leaving Einjeru to eat the pizza.

After their shift, Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke meet up with Anko at the training ground. "Alright brats, I've been talking with one of my friends about doing a cross training, and she agreed. She said that you guys are all from the same year. What they don't know is how hard you guys have been training, so if you guys lose a spar against these guys, you'll wish you hadn't because my boot camp will be worse than before."

She turns to see them walking into the training grounds. With a sigh of content and a look of 'you're so buying me dango today,' Anko announced the beginning of training. "Blondie is sparring against dog boy!" Naruto gave a grin and a brunette with markings on his face scowls at Anko while a white dog with brown on its ears hiding in the hood of the jacket barks.

"Pinkie, you'll be sparring with Hyuga." Sakura nods while an inky blue haired girl with pale lavender eyes touches her pointer fingers together and shyly says 'ok'.

"Uchiha, You're against glasses." Sasuke gives his typical demeanor and a tall for his age kid with a high collar and dark glasses nods.

After the match ups were decided, Kiba and Naruto square up in the middle of the training grounds. "It must be our lucky day Akamaru! We get the dobe as our sparring partner!" He gets into fighting position.

Naruto gives a chuckle. "You obviously have no idea what we've gone through the last few weeks have you? Not that it matters to you. No matter, I'll show why you shouldn't underestimate your opponents."

Kurenai immediately palms her face. "Kiba, you are an idiot..."

Anko starts grinning from her place as the officiator for the spar. "Alright brats... BEGIN!"