Kakashi looked over his new genin squad curiously as they sat on the roof, soaking up the sunshine. To say they were not what he expected upon reading their files would be something of an understatement.

First was Sasuke staring at an odd short sword, it wasn't the normal tanto blade most shinobi used; instead it was an odd design that bulged out near the tip of the blade, and narrowed near the hilt. It also seemed to have a faint blue hue to it.

Sakura was looking at the odd pink gemstone on the ring she had on her left pinky. It was a simple heart design, but Kakashi could tell there was a lot of power in it that wasn't chakra based. He was sure that there was a story about why she was nervously adjusting it every now and then.

Finally was the one he really didn't want to look at for too long. According the file, Naruto Uzumaki was a male, blonde-hair, blue-eyed loudmouth shinobi wannabe that couldn't be bothered to read if you duct taped his eyes open and held the book in front of him. Of that list... only blonde-haired fit. She was sitting quietly, in what appeared to be a white satin outfit with a strange crown-like object pulling her long shimmering blonde hair back down along her back. In the place of blue eyes were sparkling, mirthful and warm golden eyes that drew him in and made him want to believe in goodness again. And finally, her eyes the color of the sun were casually perusing a strange book on her lap, looking at the cover, he could just make out a strange emblem on the cover that looked like two snakes twisted into several knots and then biting each other's tails. This should be interesting.

To start with he decided that the one least likely to cause him to beat his head into the nearest wall. "Maaa... how about introductions... just your name, and a bit about you... maybe about those objects you hold..."

As the students looked up he pointed to Sasuke, indicating he go first. "You first, oh token male student..."

Kakashi barely noticed the wince from Sakura and Sasuke at this, but oddly enough, no reaction from Naruto.

"Hnn..." Sasuke began with an annoyed grunt. "I'm Sasuke Uchiha, and I'm going to kill my brother that betrayed my clan... my sword Sting here shall aid me in that."

"Does it have some special properties that will help you with that?" Kakashi asked mildly.

"Yes," Sasuke answered with a smug smirk to the others.

Instead of pressing on, he just continued to Sakura. She promised to be somewhat sane according to her profile.

"I'm Sakura Haruno," she began with a pleasant smile her thumb rubbing the ring on her pinky idly. "I hope to be a proud and brave Kunoichi of Konoha... my object is this ring which puts me in contact with me other half..."

"Other half?" Kakashi prompted, to which Sakura nodded.

"Yes sensei... my other half is a part of me... she is not human though... instead she's a race called Djinni. Her name is Kiyohime," Sakura explained calmly with a faint blush, "Apparently she can grant me any wish I ask for, so long as it's in rhyme, and doesn't violate the three absolute laws. No killing people, no bringing people to life, and no making people fall in or out of love. If you'd like I could demonstrate for you..."

Kakashi paused to look at her for a few minutes before shrugging and leaning forward. "Could you make a fish fall from the sky?"

"I can try..." Sakura said quietly before turning the ring on her finger three times. "Kiyohime, please hear my wish. From the sky I ask of a fish. Make it fall, in front of us all."

A second later, Kakashi felt something cold, wet, and wriggling smack him directly on the head. Reaching up, he plucked the fish from on top of him and looked at it curiously. "We'll work on your aim I suppose..." Tossing it over his shoulder, he could have sworn he heard some gennin team cuss at him for making Tora run away. But that was impossible, wasn't it? He had been given the Tora missions when he was a genin.

Finally he turned to the last person in the group, noticing that Sasuke was frowning and looking between Sakura's ring and his sword. Envy was evident on his face over the ring of wishes. "You're up Naru..." Kakashi started, before being distracted once again by the shining gold eyes that made him think of the first time he had accepted Rin and Obito, such warmth and acceptance. It made him feel loved.

He barely heard the blonde's melodious voice speaking up. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, the latest childlike empress of Fantasia..." this got the attention of the other two, and a blush from Naruto's cheeks. "I kinda wanted to be Hokage, but now I just want to be a wise and just ruler of Fantasia. Umm... recently I moved into a new apartment over Mr. Koreander's bookstore... he's the one you got that book from sensei..." she stated while indicating a bit of orange poking out of Kakashi's pocket. He was glad for his mask to hide his blush as he tucked it away better.

Something odd was coming over him, instead of tormenting her like he originally planned, he wanted to cuddle her and protect her from the world around her. She was breaking through his walls without even trying! At this rate, he'd show her what's under his mask with just a smile and a please. He had to keep distant from her as much as possible.

"My book here is linked to me, allowing me to rewrite the world around me as I'd like to... it's called the Neverending Story. Like Sakura's ring, there are also limits on what I can do... I cannot force people against their nature, nor can I kill or raise the dead. Also... only I am allowed to write in this book, and only if Fantasia remains a haven of hopes and dreams."

Kakashi saw Sasuke's eyes glaring at his sword, which at first had seemed so impressive, but was turning less and less so in the boy's eyes apparently. Before Kakashi could ask, Sasuke muttered "My sword only glows around enemy and is eternally sharp...I was ripped off..."

Sakura had one question that was on her mind since Naruto had arrived. "Umm... Naruto, what happened to your blue eyes? And weren't you a boy?"

"My eyes? Oh yeah... when I was given my book for the first time, it turned them gold as a mark of me being the childlike empress... it also slowed my aging..." Naruto explained with a faint blush and a slight laugh that rang like silver bells. "As for being a boy... I never was one... but talking with an older kunoichi I decided to skip out. And as a boy I was able to..."

A few blocks away, Anko sneezed while waiting for her dango. Shrugging it off, she wondered what had happened to that blonde girl that was disappointed about the kunoichi training being a lot of flower arrangements.

"And then in my first year, I found another girl that was just skipping the flower arrangements to go work at the target range, she was fun!" Naruto finished explaining with a sparkling smile, which stunned the minds of three people on that rooftop.

Tenten sneezed in mid-launch of a kunai. She hoped she wasn't getting a cold; it would be bad since Gai had finally gone off with Lee after four incidents of their sunset genjutsu. Meanwhile, with Gai and Lee, both shivered and looked at each other. After a moment Gai spoke up, "What you just felt Lee is the source of all youthfulness, it would appear that the childlike empress has awoken. Come we must away to find her!"

"Yes Gai-sensei!" And together the two of them ran off, not sure where they were heading.

Kakashi shook his head as he felt like someone had just defecated on his grave. He was going to tell them all to depart, when Sakura asked another question. "What about your crush on me?"

Naruto blushed so deeply that Kakashi wanted to rush over and hug her close, and then she let out that playful giggle again. "Love is love Sakura-chan... My love knows no gender, just that I hold deepest love for others. If you do not reciprocate, I suppose I won't pursue so adamantly..."

Somewhere deep under the Hyuuga household, Hinata felt something in her heart leap up. And then she began dancing around with the first doll she grabbed. Which just happened to be a blonde-haired blue-eyed orange clad ninja doll she was working to change to Naruto's new look. She felt like the universe had just given her heart a second chance.

Kakashi looked at the blushing Sakura, who was hiding her lips behind two fists, like a girl with a crush or something. Sasuke on the other hand... was drooling with a subtle nosebleed. Apparently the genius would make for a good pupil for Kakashi after all, now to just get him a mask.

"Maa... well that's all for today... meet me at Training ground seven tomorrow at ten for your final genin test... oh and don't eat anything for breakfast, you'll likely only throw it up..."

Kakashi vanished, landing on the rooftop across the street from the trio, just in time for something that looked like a cross between a dog and a oriental dragon to dip out of the sky and after encouragement from Naruto, take the three new gennin off for supper somewhere. Kakashi decided that now would be a good time to go to the Hokage, and ask for assignment as the training dummy for the academy's kunai training grounds.

Yeah, that sounded like a plan.