XD hellooooooo! n.n Me again! XD this chapter's really short, i'm afraid. Anyways, alot of this will probaly sound OOC... but remember, they're supposed to be six XDD

A huuuuge hug to you guys reading this. Seriously, it's these nice little reviews that make me want to keep my stories going n.n It means alot to me that someone'd take the time to tell me if they liked it. ( or better still, why XDD) but XD enough of my rambling.

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Kotone's heart skipped a beat in anticipation, before there was some movement from the cluster of children. As she had guessed, it was a boy who got to his feet, from somewhere off on the edge of the group. He wandered over, quickly enough to avoid a scolding from the jonin dotting the room, but not appearing to be in any particular hurry.

The girl examined him in the short time it took him to reach her. He was small, perhaps a hair or so taller than herself, but dangerously scrawny, his dark eyes, half hidden by dark, dishevelled hair, showed more disinterest than fear. They had all suffered, to be sure. But somehow, Kotone got the feeling that fate had been unusually cruel to this one.

She beamed, waving unnecessarily, as he was right next to her. "Hi!" She chirped, as brightly as she could manage. They moved to the side of the room as the instructor with the list told them, her partner giving her only a small glance of acknowledgement. Upon reaching the back of the room, he sat against the wall, legs and arms crossed, head turned directly away from her. It had taken a moment for his behaviour to sink in, but now, Kotone realised, the action she could most closely relate this to was pouting.

"Hey, are you alright?"

The boy shifted, still refusing to look at his new partner. "Why did I have to get stuck with a girl?" Came a small grumpy reply after a moment.

"What's wrong with that?" The six year old asked angrily, frowning.

"Girls are wimpy." He replied, sounding vexed, getting to his feet as the jonin began to move, saying something about showing the Academy students around. Zabuza was jarred out of his sulking, as something connected with the side of his face. It was feeble, clumsy, and unfocused, but a punch all the same. This time it was Kotone looking sulky, glaring at him, as he stumbled from the hit. In a moment, he had returned the punch, refusing to be outdone. So what if it was weak? After all, it was the thought that counted.

Kotone kicked him in the stomach awkwardly, and in a moment, the two were wrestling. Very unskilfully, the jonin noted uncaring. By the time one actually decided to pull them apart, Zabuza was tenderly poking at a bloody lip, and the first signs of a black eye were showing on his partner's face.

He was scowling at her, and Kotone had begun to sob, in the irritating childish way one would expect of a six year old. "No fair! He pulled my hair!"

"Hey! She scratched me!"

"He bit me!"

The jonin rolled his eyes, dismissing the comment and trying to shepherd them back to the group of academy students. "But he has really sharp teeth!" She managed, almost incoherently between sobs, before giving up, and following the group with the other ninja trainee.

The mist nin who had shut them up smacked himself in the forehead, gritting his teeth. "Why I hate little kids."

"It's hopeless for weaklings like that." Another nodded, stroking his chin thoughtfully."Those two won't last the year. I'd bet you anything."

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