Sasuke's almost good mood had vanished by the time he had to open presents. He glared suspiciously t Kiba and Naruto, who were grinning so wide it looked like their faces would split.

"Open ours first!" Naruto shouted, shoving a poorly wrapped gift into Sasuke's arms. The raven scowled and glanced at Kiba. His older brother gave a lopsided grin in return, and Sasuke was not reassured.

Sasuke carefully and slowly unwrapped the gift, bracing himself for an explosion that never came. He stared down at the objects in the small box with an expression of disbelief.

He gingerly picked up one of the hair bows and lifted it to eye level. "You got me," he said quietly. "Hair bows."

Kiba nodded. "Yep."

"I'm going to kill you!"

Sasuke lunged at his brothers, but Kakashi stepped forward and wrapped and arm around his waist, lifting him off the ground.

"Dad! Let me go!"

"No."

Tsume laid a hand on Kiba's shoulder and her son stiffened. Sakura grinned on the other side of the room.

"Why don't you three go outside and fight it out?" the Inuzuka suggested. Kiba and Naruto were gone within seconds and Sasuke soon followed when Kakashi let go of him.

Sakura pouted and slid down the wall to pull Coco into her lap. She really wanted to see her brothers get into trouble.

/\/\

The next day, Tsume woke the kids up. Kakashi had already left to prepare for his new Genin team, and Tsume had to leave for a short mission that day. No one would be home all day.

Sakura yawned, tying her ninja headband. She glanced at her outfit again before leaving her room.

"Bye, Mom!" she called as she walked out the door, Coco at her heels. Tsume lifted a hand in goodbye.

Her brothers were still getting ready; she could see them through their window. She sighed and started walking; didn't want to be late for meeting her new sensei.

The Academy courtyard was filled with students and Genin waiting to learn who their sensei was. Sakura picked Coco up so she wouldn't get lost.

The pink-haired girl pushed her way through the crowd to get to Iruka's classroom. There were three other Genin besides her—Hinata, Choji and Shikamaru. She sat down in her usual seat, setting Coco in her lap.

Iruka glared at the dog. He had had several bad experiences with the boys and their dogs; he didn't trust Sakura and Coco anymore.

More kids filed into the room, and Ino sat down next to Sakura just as Iruka called for attention.

Sakura had seen Sasuke and Ino walk in together—she made a mental note to ask Ino about that—but no Kiba or Naruto. She rolled her eyes and scratched Coco behind the ears. Of course they would be late.

"Students," Iruka started. "You are now Genin. I will be assigning you your Jonin senseis. You—"

Kiba and Naruto burst into the room, Akamaru and Ramen in their arms. They were both panting, faces red from their run.

"Sorry, Iruka-sensei," they chorused. Iruka glared at them. They meekly sat down in the only two seats left.

"As I was saying," Iruka continued. Kiba and Naruto glanced at each other innocently. "I will send you to where your Jonin senseis will be meeting you. Now," Iruka plucked a piece of paper off of a stack on his desk.

"Shino Aburame, Choji Akimichi, and Hinata Hyuga," Iruka said. "You have Kurenai Yuhi. Sakura Hatake, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shikamaru Nara, Asuma Sarutobi. Finally, Naruto and Sasuke Hatake, Ino Yamanaka, Kakashi Hatake."

Iruka dropped the paper on his desk. "Team Kurenai, you will meet at the memorial stone. Team Asuma, you will meet at Ichiraku's Ramen. And Team Kakashi," Iruka stared at Sasuke and Naruto with hard brown eyes. "You will stay here to meet your sensei."

Sakura could tell that Iruka had to force himself to collect his stuff and leave the room. She couldn't blame him; she wouldn't want to leave her brothers alone with each other either.

She got up and set Coco down on the floor, marching over to Kiba and grabbing his arm. She pulled him out of his seat, walking out of the room with Coco and Akamaru at their feet.

/\/\

Kakashi was a half hour late. In that time, Naruto and Sasuke had managed to fight three times.

Naruto was sitting on a desk near the door, waiting for his dad. Sasuke was sitting next to Ino, who had finally separated them and distracted the raven by talking to him.

The door finally creaked open. Naruto leaped to his feet and pointed an accusing finger at his father.

"You're late!"

Kakashi blinked at the blonde before laughing. "I'm late because your mother decided to leave her bag at home. I had to bring it to her, and it took longer than I thought."

"You could have sent a note," Sasuke said.

"I sent Pakkun. Are you telling me he never got here?"

A tiny brown pug hopped into the classroom through the window, freezing at the sight of Kakashi.

"Oh, Kakashi," Pakkun said. "No need for that message now, huh?"

The dog jumped back out the window. Kakashi sighed.

"Oh, well." He turned back to his students. "We know each other. Now, Ino, why don't you tell us a little about yourself?"

Ino stared up at the much taller shinobi and said, "But you know me."

"Sure I do. Fine, don't share," Kakashi said. "Okay, we'll meet at training grounds 3 for your test."

"You're still testing us?" Naruto screeched.

"Of course. Just because you're my son doesn't mean that I can just automatically pass you."

Naruto pouted and scooped up Ramen. He stomped past his dad and out the door. Sasuke stared at Kakashi.

"Now you've made him mad," the raven muttered. Kakashi shrugged.

"He'll get over it when I buy him some ramen."

A/N: So there's the rest of his party. Next chapter will be Sakura and Kiba meeting Asuma and probably the kids telling Tsume about their day. Not sure yet. Anyways, please review? It makes me happy.