"Haaa? We have to watch over kids?" asked a rather upset Kiba.

"K-kiba-kun… I-it's a mission g-given to us by the Hokage… so… so…"

"So we need to do it, no matter what," said Shino.

Kiba just stared at the two cute kids beside him.

One was looking very serious, and looked like a miniature copy of Sasuke. He was wearing what Sasuke was wearing 3 years ago, and the boy looked so well in those clothes. His whole image says 'Sasuke', except for the long hair and eye troughs on his face. That, was Itachi's.

"Just look at this little guy! He makes me think that Sasuke and Itachi love sleeping together in one bed every night," said Kiba.

Kisame gave Itachi a wide, toothy smile.

Itachi almost choked up on his saliva.

Tsunade/Shizune seemed to be mentally telling Itachi to "do domething!"

He had no choice.

Finally, after how many years of maintaining an emotionless face, Itachi turned to Kiba and gave him…

A warm, cute little chibi smile.

"Ne, Nii-chan, who is Sa..sake? And who Ita…i…ichi? Tell me nii-chan!"

"Jeez, my voice has become too high pitched!"

He grabbed hold of Kiba's pants and looked up at him wide-eyed.

"Who is Sake and Ichi?"

Kiba nearly cried while looking at the very-cute Uchiha.

"Waaaaah! I'm so sorry I insulted your appearance, Little Satachi! (Sasuke and Itachi)," he said, while picking up the boy and hugging him tightly. "I'll never insult you again! I swear to protect you with all my life, and never give you a hard time during your stay with us and blah blah blah…"

"Why does it have to be THIS team assigned to us?" thought Itachi. "Damn that Tsunade."

"Hehehe… the scene's so cute, I regret not having a camera with me!" thought Kisame.

"Kiba, put the kid down! He can't breathe with you hugging him like that!" instructed Kurenai.

"Oh! Sorry little fella!"

He carefully put Itachi down, and the Uchiha gave him a very friendly smile.

Kiba couldn't take his cuteness anymore.

"E-excuse me…" he said. Then, he went to a corner and cried tears of joy. Never did he see a genuine smile like the one given to him.

"And to think, that was one of my fakest smiles. That guy is too emotional," thought Itachi."And with that, my famous 'emotionless' reputation is ruined."

Even though he complained a lot inside, Itachi was actually… enjoying himself.

"These people would be too easy to control with my cute looks and charm… what am I thinking about?"

They all stood there for a while, listening to Kiba sobering. Shino then spoke up.

"I demand you tell us your names, kids."

Itachi turned to face Shino and gave him one of those smiles. He then said to him…

"My name is Daisuke! But you could call me by the nickname Nii-chan gave me earlier… Satachi!" said Itachi in a really cute voice.

"Jeez…" sobbed Kiba. "Even his name rhymes with Sasuke…" He then turned around for he saw that smile again.

Shino's insects were captivated to his cute smile…

"This would be a problem," thought Shino.

He then motioned his head towards the weird, blue-skinned boy. He was wearing a black sweater with an oversized collar that nearly covered his entire face. He hasn't been talking for a while now…

"What about yours?"

"Aaah… my name is… is…"

'Kisame' was the only name that kept coming into his mind.

And yet he blurted out…

"SAMEKI! My name is Sameki!"

Tsunade stared at him in disbelief, yet Hinata seemed to be amused.

"Sa-sameki-kun? I-I like that name…"

She then patted his head softly. Kisame felt like a kitten being caressed by his owner.

Kurenai just observed her team.

"Jeez, they're such a cute pair…" she thought to herself.

"So… you know what to do, right?" asked the Hokage.

"Yes, Hokage-sama," answered Shino. "We will train the pair until they are worthy of receiving the 500 bronze coins."

"500… coins… sheesh, that's a lot!" thought Kisame.

"Don't worry little fellas! We'll teach you all that there is to know about ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu!" said Kiba. He was getting excited, for he wanted to know how being a big brother felt like.

"Really? I'm so excited, Kiba-nii!"

"Kiba-nii…" thought Kiba. "This is going to be AWESOME!"

"Ne, ne, Shino-nii…"

Kisame tugged Shino's pants and looked up to him with cute eyes…

"May I ride on the big puppy? Pleaaaaase! Pretty please!"

"Ask Kiba first."

The blue-boy then went towards Kiba, but before he could say anything…

"Sure, kiddo! I'll let Akamaru carry you!"

"A…amaru?" asked Kisame.

"Boy, this is soooo dumb," he thought.

"His name is Amaru?"

"No, it's Akamaru."

Kisame ran towards the big, white dog. The dog motioned to a defence pose, but Kiba told him that 'Sameki' was a friend.

"WOW! Amaru has soft white fur!" marvelled Kisame as he touched the confused dog. Then, he hugged Akamaru tightly. "I love you already, Amaru!"

With that, Kiba cried again.

But 'Tsunade' was impressed.

"They're good." she thought.

"WHEEEEEEEEEE!" shouted Kisame.

He was seated on top of Akamaru, and they were running around the Hokage's building. They were also knocking down some ninjas in the process.

"Woah, boy!"

"WHOSE DOG IS THIS?"

"Careful, brat!"

"OMG, you might fall of, kid!"

But the pair didn't care. They were friends now, and they were having fun!

"This may not be so bad after all!" thought Kisame.

"Whoa, kid! Stop!" cried a voice. But they were too fast and passed them without hearing the warning.

"Jeez, how troublesome," said Shikamaru. "Kiba shouldn't be letting kids ride on his pet."

"Aw, come on Shika-kun! Let the dog boy do what he wants to," said Ino.

"Come on, hurry up guys," said Kakashi. "There's this certain book I have to finish."

"You know what Kakashi-sensei, I always wondered what's inside that book," said Choji.

"Too bad. I won't tell you. You have to be at least 18 years old before you read books like this."

That just made Choji even more curious.