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Hana stretched and walked around a bit, her muscles stiff from watching the two rivals go at it for some time now. They had made quite a bit of progress, though, making it a little over halfway up the trees before taking a short break for water. Hana smiled a foxy smile when Naruto fell behind Sasuke's attempts and redoubled his effort. No one could say he didn't try.

After settling down again she noticed something in the tree above her. She glanced at the two ninja still working hard to beat each other and then up in the tree again. She backed up and ran up the side of the trunk, applying chakra to her light paws. She didn't bother just walking, as she wanted to get up quickly.

Hana crept forward on the limb and held around it with her paws. She started shrinking down in size, and by the time she was at the bird's nest she was she size of a baby kitten. Or fox kit. She tilted her head and examined the bird that was glaring at her. She didn't more, save for the fall and rise of her chest as she breathed, and soon enough the black crow was back to staring at Sasuke with beady eyes.

The white fox blinked rapidly. Where did she know that look? She thought of a few people who liked to use ravens in battle…She nearly fell off the branch. She held on and bared her teeth at the dark feathered bird, growling loudly. Her pelt fluffed up and made her look twice her size.

The black bird slowly turned back to her. Its eyes were not the normal black color. They were red, and they were slowly spinning in their sockets. She closed her eyes so that she didn't get hypnotized and sniffed the air. She knew that it wasn't good if Itachi was already checking up on his brother. It meant he would expect him to somehow battle him soon. And Hana knew that Sasuke was nowhere near ready to kill his brother.

She made sure she locked onto the scent of the bird before jumping. She had her claws outstretched and she went quickly. It's loud cawing alerted the rest of the forest of what she was doing. The noise drowned out the cawing of this particular raven, and it started to fly off, knowing it wouldn't be good to die. She opened her eyes and launched herself at it again, smelling the blood and fear scent rolling off its feathers in large waves.

She grew in size faster now, lending more chakra to her growth. It was slightly painful, but it was worth it when she caught it in-between her claws, sinking her teeth into it's neck.

She panted hard and went back to where Sasuke and Naruto had been training. Both of them were on the ground, still standing, staring at her like she was crazy. She had the bird in her mouth and she gingerly set it down in front of her, sitting down and wrapping her tails around her innocently. She gave them a cute look.

Naruto shook his head at her and gave her head a quick pat before turning back to the trees. Sasuke smiled at her, the slight curve of his lips lighting up his entire face. She almost lost her amused look. He really had been so deep within himself that even the tiniest smile made him look ten times brighter. She nodded at him and, after he gave her a pat as well, picked up the bird again and left. She figured that he would go back to training as well.

She started running as soon as she was out of sight from the human males. She switched to a sprint once she spotted the house that they were staying in. She ran up the side of the house and into an open window. They kept it slightly open so she could get into their team room.

Kakashi was resting, but when he heard her drop lightly to the wooden floor he sat up. A puzzled look rested on his face. She went over to his bed and dropped it into his outstretched hand. Her face was strangely solemn as she sat and curled her tails around her fluffy body, watching him carefully.

He still looked confused, because he didn't say anything. He just stared at the now dead animal. He looked back at her and tilted his head. She let a small grin slide; he was quite cute for a human when he didn't have his mask on. She let a tail stray from her body and touch his skin. Her memories of that moment flooded into his mind and he slid forward a bit, startled.

He nodded at her in thanks and she got up slowly, again stretching her sore muscles. She had shifted her form very quickly in too short of a time. She shoved some chakra into them and instantly felt better. She let out a soft yip to Kakashi-sensei and ran out the window, sailing down to the ground with all four paws aimed at the ground. She rolled and ran towards the forest, stopping only a moment to check something else out.

The boy named Inari was sitting against a tree, holding a picture in his hand. Tears were going down his face, and she couldn't help but feel bad. She was only there for Naruto and his friends, and the previous night he had called the younger boy names, but…she shook her head. That didn't count. He was only angry at the boy for not having courage to do what's right.

She crouched low to the ground and crept up to him. By the time he noticed she was present, her head was pressed into his hand and he was rubbing her soft fur. He smiled a little and she slipped around behind him, letting him lean against her like a pillow. She licked the side of his face and he laughed, petting her fur with one hand absently. She waited for him to fall asleep.

Hana didn't want to wake him, so she made a shadow clone and let it go off to watch Naruto and Sasuke train. If they got too overworked she wanted to be there to take them back home.

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NOTE

So because chapter four SUCKED I wrote this. Chapter five is my favorite chapter so far. I like writing detail chapters.

Not much actually went on in this chapter, but it helped us with the character of Hana (and maybe some of the plot, too!)

I hope you like it, even though it's short! Tell me if you didn't understand part of it.

Also, the reason I didn't have any dialog was because I think that at least one part of a story (fanfic or not) there should be a chapter where no on is talking.

It gets in the way and clutters the story up. = P

Anyways, I hope you like it! 3