Chapter Three

Orange Genin on a Leash

Disclaimer: I do not own anypart of the Naruto series, that all belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, the author of the manga.

I do own Tsurikeku and Al, her 17 year old brother.

Summeries from the last chapters-

Chapter 1: Enter Tsurikeku, aarive in konoha, enter sakura, enter ino

Chapter 2: Move in begin, Enter Naruto, Enter Al

Enjoy!

By the time all of the boxes had finally been unpacked from all the cars and moving vans, it was 3:30, and everyone was well prepared to leave, especially Naruto. Naruto had never made it to Ichiraku for his lunch, and he was now starving. He also really wanted to leave because of Al, Tsuri's 17 year old brother, who had made him work non-stop for three and a half hours just because he had dropped a box earlier.

By now, Naruto pretty much knew his way around the house, so, when he smelled food, he headed right to the kitchen. He found Tsuri making what looked like a feast.

Tsuri had changed into a different outfit from when Naruto last saw her, and to him, she looked gorgeous. Her hair was still in a ponytail, but the bandana had been removed, so Naruto could see her angled bangs, and they had pink highlights in them, which surprised Naruto. He had never seen anyone with any sort of pinkness to their hair besides Sakura, but it didn't bother him, he thought that the pink suited Tsuri just fine. Silver earrings were also in her ears now. Two studs in her lower ear lobes, and a hoop on her upper right ear. She also was now wearing a different black tank top. It was longer, and instead of 'kunoichi' stitched into the back, there was a sand symbol in silver on the lower left back of the shirt, and lace around the bottom and top, which was still a v-neck. And she had traded in her pink plaid pants for a pair of small patterned silver and black checkered shorts. But what really caught Naruto off guard was she had painted two fine lines, outward on each of her cheeks, which were pink of all colors. They looked very similar to Naruto for some reason, but he couldn't place why.

After he finished gazing at Tsuri, he figured that the feast was for her family and that he should leave, so he began to back out of the kitchen when, BAM! He collided with someone.

This startled Tsuri and caused her to whip around with a spatula, and looking like she was ready to beat someone with it. But she only found Naruto and Al in a huddled heap within the door way.

"Ah!" Naruto yelped when he realized whose body he was sitting on. He jumped up and began to assist Al in standing up. "Sorry. My fault. Sorry…" and continued to apologize as he helped Al up, for he did not want another lecture and did not want to be drug around the house again by his collar.

Al stood there, dumbly, just watching Naruto taking the extra precautions to not be splattered into the kitchen floor if Al became angry. Then, a grin crept onto his face, "Well," he said in a serious voice, "I assume that you know what this means."

Naruto looked up at the scary man and slowly shook him head.

"Well," Al continued, a grin slowly creeping onto his face, "You," he approached Naruto, "Have to stay for supper!" He concluded in a roar as he gathered Naruto in a hug!

"Ahh! Get away from me! Monster! Monster!" Naruto screamed! "Monster! Help! Help! Help, help… Help?" his screaming slowly died and resolved in puzzlement when he realized that he was not being torn to pieces by the scary man. "Wait. What?"

"Hahaha!" Al suddenly began to laugh. "You're staying for supper! You helped out so much it's the least we can do!" Al chuckled, releasing Naruto from his bear hug.

"Really!?" Naruto asked, his eyes wide.

"Yes, really," Al said, shaking his head at the celebratin Naruto, thinking 'what a pathetic kid.'

Tsuri just laughed at the two. She still thought that Naruto was kind of annoying, but he was very helpful today, so she'd let him stick around.

"Yeah, well no one's going to get supper if you guys keep interrupting me!" she commanded and shooed both ninja out of the kitchen. "Actually," she paused in her pushing, "bring me more fire wood."

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"Sakura!" a voice called up the stairs.

Sakura looked up from her book, "Yeah mom?"

"Ino's here to see you! I'll send her up!"

"Ok!"

Ino pranced up the stairs, like some kinds of antelope on a sugar high, and shut the door behind her. "So, you met the new girl yet?" she asked hopefully.

"Yeah." Sakura replied glancing up from her book. "Her name's Tsuri, and she's from Sunagakure."

"From Suna? Cool!" Ino replied.

"Yeah, and she's a genin and," she looked up from her book with a grin on her face, "she has Naruto on a leash."

"Huh?" Ino asked.

Sakura nodded at the window, and Ino peeked through the cheery blossom colored curtains to find Naruto carrying a heavy load of logs into the new neighbor's house while being told something about how it was so much easier to find wood in this village from some older man, who had dark long, spiky hair and was wearing a large tan shirt and long, black paints with many pockets for shuriken and kunai. Ino also saw a sand headband tied to the older guy's forehead, and red lines, from what looked like paint, drawn from the corners of his eyes towards his ears.

"She has Naruto doing chores for her?" Ino asked in amazement.

Saukra shrugged. "I guess. All that I know it that she is a kunoichi, and she can cook."

Ino looked over at Sakura puzzled. "And how do you know that?"

"Because Naruto was on his way to Ichiraku Ramen Shop when he met her, and he hasn't left her house in over three hours, meaning that he never made it to his lunch of ramen." Sakura replied, grinning.

"Oh." Ino said, "However stupid a theory that sounds, it is Naruto, so I guess that you're right."

"Mm hm." Sakura agreed.

"Well," Ino started as she headed for the door, "I'll get outta here, but you keep an eye on her. Sand people creep me out."

"Duh," Sakura said, and dove back into her book.

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Kakashi sat in the Hokage's office, waiting to talk with her about the urgent news that she demanded that he hear at once. Well, the Hokage was no where to be seen at the moment, so he pulled out his favorite actibity to pass the time; reading small, orange, perverted books.

Just as he was coming upon one of what he thought to be a good part, Tsunade burst through the door. "I am so sorry Kakashi!" she exclaimed. "I just got out of a meeting." She said as she collapsed in the chair behind her desk.

"You asked to see me?" Kakashi asked as he hid his small square orange friend in his kunai pouch.

"Hm? Oh, right. The news!" she exclaimed. Kakashi thought that she seemed quite excited, so he began to pay attention.

"As you probably have heard, there is a family that has just moved here from Sunagakure," she said eyeing Kakashi. He shrugged. "Well," she continued slightly annoyed, "There is a young genin in the family, Tsurikeku. Starting tomorrow, she will be joining squad seven on missions and in training!" she ended happily.

The smiling Tsunade looked at Kakashi with a 'aren't-you-happy-' stare for a moment before Kakashi took the hint.

"All right then," Kakashi finally said, slightly scared of Tsunade if he didn't "I am going to need her mission profile, and then I'llbe off."

"To meet her of course," Tsunade said as she handed him a few sheets of paper with the ninja information Kakashi wanted about Tsurikeku.

"Sure," Kakashi agreed, and then left the room to find a place to write a scroll his new teammate to tell her to start her training with squad seven the next day.

Thats chapter three! yay! I spent all day writing it! i hoped that you liked it! please write your reviews! thanks! thats all for now, until next time!

teaser: so, what will commence in Chapter 4? How will dinner go over at Tsuri's house? what will Sakura find out next? and what does Kakashi have planned for the squad seven? Wait until next time!

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