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"Hello, Ma'am. I'm one of Shikaku-Sensei's students; Haruka Uchiha," said Haruka as she, Michiru, and Sasuke showed up at the Nara compound.

"Oh, yes!" said the women a with long dark brown hair and brown eyes opened the door. She was wearing a pink dress with a white apron. "My name is Yoshino Nara! I've already set up a few rooms. I wasn't sure if you guys wanted to share a room or not, so one room is big enough for the three of you."

'That's good. I don't want to be away from Haruka-nee right now,' thought Michiru.

'I hope Haruka-nee is okay with us sleeping with her,' thought Sasuke.

"Thank you. This is Sasuke and Michiru. I'm sure we will figure out tonight, but I think we might end up sharing a room," said Haruka with a sweet smile

"Of course," she said as the four walked into the living room. "SHIKAKU! GET OVER HERE! YOUR STUDENT IS HERE!"

The two kids hid behind Haruka as she sweat dropped. They all listened as they heard a set of footsteps run toward the room they were in.

"I'm here," said Shikaku, out of breath. His hair in its signature ponytail that spiked up. He wore mesh and a jagged sweater. He also had some ninja pants on. He then looked at the Uchihas. He was about to say something when Michiru cut him off.

"Can we see the deer?" she asked. She then started to blush when she realized she asked that out loud. 'I didn't mean to blurt that out!'

"Well, the other kids are here for the same thing. Hana came with Kiba to see you three, so might as well make a trip out of it," laughed Shikaku. He then looked at the ceiling. "When did I become a babysitter? What a drag."

"It's alright old man. We can get you a cane if you'd like," said Haruka, making the younger Uchihas laugh.

"Brat," he replied with a smirk. He then turned to exit the room. "Let's go to the others before Hana smells you and jumps you."

"Smell?" asked Sasuke as they followed him, leaving Yoshino behind.

"The Inuzuka Clan has a strong sense of smell," replied the man as he opened up a sliding door to a huge room. He then walked in and moved to the side to let the other three get in. Once in, they saw a group of children and Hana.

"Haruka!" yelled Hana as she jumped to get to her friend. She had been on the floor, playing a game with some of the children. She ran to teammate and hugged her. Hana wore a white jacket, mesh long sleeved underneath it, and dark blue pants that cuffed around her ankle. Her brown hair was in a low ponytail, like always. Her clan markings on her face.

"Hana. I saw you a little over an hour ago," said Haruka with a laugh, though she did hug her friend.

"Well, it's been an hour to long!" she then looked at Sasuke and Michiru with smiles, causing the two to smile shyly back at her. "And how have you two been?"

"We're better now," replied Michiru as she shyly looked at the older girl.

Haruka looked at the children who were watching them with a smile.

"Sup?" she said as the children looked away shyly, causing Hana to laugh.

"Well, let's start!" laughed Hana.

"What a drag. My name is Shikamaru Nara," said a boy the same age as Sasuke and Michiru who wore gray short sleeved shirt with his clan symbol on the front and dark brown pants. His hair similar to his fathers.

"My name is Rei Kumori," said a girl with dark purple hair that stopped at her shoulders and sky-blue eyes. She wore a purple short sleeved shirt and dark blue pants.

"I'm Ami Sora," said a girl with short blue hair and gold eyes. She wore a mint green shirt with brown pants.

"Hi! I'm Usagi Tenshi!" said a girl with long blond hair that she had in pigtails and violet eyes. She wore a light blue shirt with short sleeves. She had on white shorts that went to her knees.

"My name is Choji Akimichi," said a boy. He had brown hair that was spiky, dark colored eyes, and red swirls on his cheek. He wore a green sweater that had a lighter color for its top and dark blue pants.

"My name is Kiba! I'm Hana's brother!" said a boy with the same face markings as Hana. He had short brown spiky hair and brown eyes. He wore a light brown long-sleeved shirt and gray shorts. He then pointed at a white dog with brown ears. "And this is Akamaru!"

"My name is Haruka Uchiha," said Haruka, shocking the younger children. "I'm sure all of you know Sasuke and Michiru already."

"Yeah!" said Kiba with a smile. "We have them in our class!"

"Well then," laughed Haruka. "I hope you will all be friends."

"Michiru would like to feed the deer. Does anyone else want to go?" asked Shikaku. The children buzzed with excitement, except for Shikamaru who was used to it, but went along with it since Rei would pull him along if he didn't go.

"We can?" asked Choji in surprise.

"Of course. Shikamaru, why don't you take the other kids."

"What a drag," said Shikamaru as he moved to go to the back, the others following him. Even Sasuke and Michiru left, excitedly talking to the others about seeing and petting deer.

"I've never seen a deer up close before!" said Usagi with a grin.

"Me either!" said Choji.

"Can we ride them?" asked Kiba.

"No! You can't ride deer!" exclaimed Michiru.

"She's right," said Rei.

"Ah," said Kiba in sadness.

"Michiru, Sasuke, I know the two of you haven't been to school in a while, I can share my notes with you guys if you want," said Ami with a blush.

"Really?" asked Sasuke with a raised eyebrow. 'Why isn't anyone asking us what happened. I know that everyone knows.'

'That's good. At least we wont be behind. I don't want Haruka to be mad at us for being so far behind,' thought Michiru with a smile.

"It's troublesome, but you guys are our friends now. I don't think Usagi would let you go," said Shikamaru as they looked at the blond.

"Nope!" said Usagi with a smile causing the others to sweat drop.

"Anyway, you guys have to be quite," said Rei as they walked toward a clearing in the forest. "We don't want to scare them."

The children all kept quite as they fallowed Shikamaru and Rei toward the clearing. Shikamaru turned around and gave them all some food to keep in their hands.

"Hold it out like this," he said as he showed them. "Don't be scared. Don't make any sudden movements. They will come, slowly."

"Right," said the others, besides Rei, in determination.

The children stood in small groups with their hands out, waiting for the deer to come. They waiting for several minutes and had thought that maybe they weren't going to show up, when a deer came into the clearing.

It walked up to Shikamaru who was standing with Michiru and Sasuke. It bent its head down and ate some of the food. After a minute, it turned to Michiru and ate some food from her, causing her and the other children to gasp.

'He's eating the food!' thought Michiru with a grin. The children then looked in awe as more deer showed up and went to them, eating the food.

'I hope it comes for the food I have too,' thought Sasuke with wide eyes.

After a few minutes, all the food was gone, and the deer were leaving. The children came together and chatted happily.

"Let's play Ninja!" said Kiba in excitement.

"Yeah!" said Usagi.

"Who's it?" asked Choji.

"I can be it!" said Kiba.

"Is that fair? Can't you smell us?" asked Michiru. Kiba just laughed.

"My nose isn't as strong as my sister's or my mom's, but I want to do this to help with training," said Kiba as he rubbed the back of his head.

"That's a good idea! You and Akamaru can try to find us! We can all practice our hiding and other techniques, as long as they aren't dangerous," said Rei with a smile.

"It's a drag, but I have my Shadow Possession. It's not that strong yet," said Shikamaru.

"That's okay," said Ami.

The children then had Kiba and Akamaru count to ten as they ran off. They played for hours, switching who was it and giving everyone a chance. They laughed when Michiru talked Kiba to get him and when Usagi and Rei jumped on Sasuke and Shikamaru when they hid together, apparently getting them back for scaring them.

After some time, the sun started to set. The children all came back, tired from playing outside. Hana took her brother and Ami home. The parents of Usagi, Choji, and Rei came for them. Everyone else had dinner and the three kids fell asleep on a couch, content with how the day turned out.