"This… this is awkward…"

The whole team were staring at a very familiar-looking pair. It reminded them of horrible memories…

It reminded them of the death of their beloved team captain.

The pair was somehow nervous, too. They don't just look nervous. They really WERE nervous. Why? Well, who else killed the beloved team captain of Konoha's team 10?

But despite the similarities, Ino wanted to act all motherly around the boys.

"Wow, you guys look SOOOO cute!"

She quickly hugged Kakuzu, who DID NOT like being hugged.

And worse, he's being hugged by a female ninja.

Tsunade shot him a look that meant 'go on. Act like a kid'.

"You think I'm cute?" asked Kakuzu.

"Awww…" said Choji. He is already being captivated by the kid's charm.

Kakuzu was wearing a soft, white jumper with a long-sleeved black shirt under it. Hidan, however, was wearing no top, just a pair of ninja pants. Oh, and he changed his hairstyle too. He no longer combed it towards the back, and he just let his hair go every direction. He looked like a wild little boy.

"Um… how could I say this… uhh… may I know your names?" asked Shikamaru.

And yes, he wasn't so good at being friendly to kids.

Hidan just faced him with a big fake smile. Not like Itachi's, though. His smile kept twitching.

"My name is Hid… Hideki!"

"F***."

"That's a cool name *crunch*. Doshunt it mean shomething?" *crunch, crunch*

"Yeah," said Ino. "It means 'splendid opportunity. Hey, Choji! Stop eating like that! You'll mess the floors of the Hokage!"

He then quickly hid his chips behind him.

"Why, Tsunade?" thought Kakuzu. "Why THIS team?"

"What about you, kid?" asked Kakashi. "Do you have a name?"

"Ano… my name is Kazu!"

"Kazu-chan? Oh, what an adorable name!"

Ino hugged Kakuzu again.

"Kazu-chan? What was I thinking?" thought Kakuzu.

While his partner seemed to hide the agony he's feeling, Hidan was enjoying the situation Kakuzu was in.

The he realized, that she never gave him a hug.

"Ino-nee, I want a hug too!" cried Hidan.

"Come closer, b****. Come on, hurry up!"

Ino quickly squealed and gave Hidan a power hug.

Her hug could be compared to the power of two rasengans.

"AAAAH… Ah… AH!" was all Hidan could say.

"Ino! Careful, you're hurting the poor kid!"

The silver-haired brat was fighting the URGE to trashtalk. He HAS to trashtalk. But all he did was 'trash thought'.

"******censored******!"

Kakashi was getting very bored.

"Um, so Hokage-sama, that's all? Watch over the two kids? For how long?"

"I just said it earlier. Were you listening, Kakashi?"

"Hai… hai…"

Shikamaru sighed. Oh, how he missed Asuma. "We have to teach them all the ninja tricks, and once they learned a lesson, we drop one gold coin into the money box they're holding. And this mission will be finished right when they collect 500 coins."

"500 COINS? WTF?"

Hidan looked wide-eyed with worry at Kakuzu.

"I know exactly how you feel," was all he could think back.

Ino seemed to notice the worried faces of the two boys.

"You look worried. Is something wrong?"

Hidan quickly dropped the fearful face, and replaced it with a cheerful one.

"Nothing's wrong, nee-chan! It's just that… 500 coins?"

He then shot Tsunade an angry stare. Tsunade just returned the action.

"Don't worry, kiddo!" said Choji. He bent down and patted Hidan's head. "We'll take care of you. That is, if you guys are willing to cooperate with us and all."

"We are!" said Kakuzu in an eager manner.

"We aren't," he thought sarcastically.

"All right… now that that's over with, we could start our mission –"

BANG!

Down went the door number 2. And this time, it was even more battered than before.

Shizune looked helplessly at the door, then at the one responsible for destroying it.

"We, the youth of Team Gai, are ready to receive the mission, Lady Hokage!" cried Lee, with a very promising touch of emotion in every word he just said.

"That's my Lee," said Gai. "always ready to do anything for Konoha and it's young people."

"Gai-sensei…"

"Lee…"

"GAI-SENSEI!"

"LEE!"

(Insert sunset background here)

Team 10, Kakashi, Tsuande, and even the two former akatsuki all sweatdropped at the scene they were currently looking at. Even Tenten and Neji were disgusted by the sight, despite the fact that they see it all the time.

That's when Hidan felt so happy.

"Shika-nii! I'm ready for training! Let's go!" he said, as he ran towards Shikamaru and hugged his legs.

"I am so blessed to be in this team. If I were with that other f****** team, I don't know what I'd do!"

"Whoa. Somehow I don't regret being hugged by this lady," thought Kakuzu. He even hugged Ino tightly, which gave her a good feeling.

"We're the last two, danna, yeah!" whispered a certain blonde.

"Shhh! Someone came inside the room!"

Sasori watched closely to see who came into the Hokage's room.

"Danna, what's happening, hmm?"

But the redhead was too stunned to answer the blonde's question.

He was staring at the guys in green tutus.

"Danna? Is something wrong, un?"

"Oh no. I have a bad feeling for us, Deidara," muttered Sasori.