"So, Naruto," asked Otulissa casually, "what were you before you came here?" She had managed to catch him in one of the hallways, and was now attempting to get information out of him. After all, she felt like she could use a good laugh.

"I was a human, of course!" cried the young blond owl with pride. (Yeah, I'm just going to call them owls.)

"Human?" asked Gylfie, coming up. "What is a 'human'?"

"Human..." muttered Otulissa. "Ah! 'Human' is what the Others called themselves! I read it in one of the books they left behind." She and Gylfie stared at Naruto, then burst out laughing.

"What's so funny?" demanded Naruto. "So, we were humans! What's wrong with humans?"

"They're extinct, of course!" said Gylfie, still trying to contain her laughter. "That was a good joke!" She good-naturedly slapped Naruto on the back with her wing. "Keep up the good work! You could be a regular comedian, just learn some good wet poop jokes!" She flapped away, still chortling.

"Seriously! Wet poop jokes!" Otulissa shook her head in disgust, and flapped off as well. After all, she had a class to teach!

Naruto was left alone, standing by himself. Poor guy.

Sasuke wasn't faring any better. In the village, he had been the center of attention, and a whole lot of girls had chased after him. Here...he was a clumsy owl who couldn't even handle battle claws appropiately. Owls would whisper about him, shaking their heads sadly. He hated it. For a moment, he wondered how the others were faring.

"Hey, Clumsy, watch it!" snarled a she-owl, passing him by.

"Clumsy? Humph!" he muttered. "Where I came from, I was the CENTER OF ATTENTION! So shut up!"

"Oh, put a mouse in it. Must've been a pretty sad place you came from, then." She hurried on-Strix Otulissa got angry if she was too late.

Sakura sighed. The other owls were all ignoring her. She just didn't get why it was so important to sit around learning about things but doing nothing. This was not the way she was brought up and taught! However, whenever she fidgeted or moved around, the sensei-she'd never call them rybs!-got angry. And truthfully, she often remembered practically nothing about what was being taught. This was stupid. Very, very stupid.
Later, Team 7 met in their hollow. They were even more depressed now. Why did they have to turn into owls and be sent here, where people...well...owls didn't even believe in humans?

"Um, Kakashi-sensei, how did you fare?" asked Sakura, looking at him.

He turned away. "Don't even ask." He didn't want them to know that he had made a friend...a perverted friend.

"Hiya, there! What's that you're reading?" asked the Snowy. He walked over to Kakashi, who was reading his Icha Icha Paradise book in a corner.

"Um...eh...what are you reading?"

"Er...it's a book?"

"What kind of book?"

"Um...a human kind?"

The other owl guffawed loudly. "Hey," said Kakashi uncomftorably, trying to change the subject, "what are you reading?"

"Eh...heh heh heh..."

After a brief exchange, they discovered that the books were both perverted. This pleased them greatly, since they were kinda tired of the ones they always read. What's more, they didn't want to be alone in their pervertedness.

And so, they exchanged books and settled down to read.

"Huh...terrible," muttred Kakashi. "Just terrible."

"Aw..." sighed Sakura sympathetically. "We've all had a rough day."

"Night," said Naruto.

"Whatever!"

"Well, I'm exhausted," said Naruto. "Good night."

"Good light!"

"Whatever!"

There was quite a long pause as they all settled down. Suddenly, Naruto spoke up.

"Can we still use jutsus?"

"SHUT UP!" yelled everyone else.

"Fine..."

And...my loyal readers...I have a question for you! Do you think they should still be able to use jutsus? Or not? I need your opinion, please!

This is Griffon-chan, signing out.

Until next time!