Chapter 10

They were lead back to the Nekotsume Clan Central Compound. "Well, I am your jonin instructor as well as the leader of the team that will be known as Team 12 henceforth. Today, we'll only introduce ourselves before splitting up. State your name, likes, dislikes and dreams. I'll go first. My name is Himari Nekotsume, I like food, sleep, basking in the sun, the way of the sword, and my master." She said as she shot a look at Karma. "I dislike the cold, and my dream is to..." She blushed. "Ok, next!"

"I'll go next! My name is Kushina Uzumaki! I like ramen, and a certain someone." She said. "I dislike my love rivals, and my dream is to become the first female Hokage and..." she blushed too. By this point she knew being a tsundere wouldn't help her chances with Karma.

Next it was Ailane's turn. "My name is Ailane Nekotsume! I like music, my twin brother, and sleeping." She confidently explained. "I dislike Sasuke Uchiha, and my dreams are to become a great musician ninja and to..." she also blushed.

Naturally, Karma could tell what was going on in all their heads now, but he ignored it. Now wasn't the time for that, besides he couldn't imagine sex or anything being better than sleep. He would have to eventually experience it to know.

"My name is Karma Nekotsume. I like sleeping, milk, and my twin sister." He said, eliciting happy squeals from his sister. "I dislike hardwork, and my dream is... well, I don't really have dreams. I have the current goal to master and transform the Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms into my own technique." He could make anything he wanted happen immediately if he felt like it, so why would he have dreams?

"That's very good. Now that we've gotten to know each other we can disperse, meet me at Training Ground 12 tomorrow morning at 7. Don't have breakfast beforehand unless you want to throw up." Himari said before leaving.

Karma smiled since his first day as a ninja was so easy. As he moved to leave, however, Kushina spoke, "Would you both like to get some ramen with me?"

Karma didn't want to, but he figured if they were going to be a team, he should at least try her likes. They needed to get along to actually work as a team. Ailane was happy to go eat ramen with her friend and brother. She would go even if Karma didn't want to.

Kushina was nervous because she didn't expect Karma to ever agree. She knew he would rather sleep than anything else, but she had to ask. Having been lucky enough to end up on the same team as Karma, she needed to actually make use of it to get closer to him. If she couldn't pull ahead of Sakura, Ino and Hinata with this opportunity, she would be a joke.

"Sure. Lead the way." Karma replied to the surprise of both girls. Kushina was stunned for a moment until Ailane waved a hand in front of her face.

"What?! I-I mean, yes!! Follow me, I'll take you to my favorite ramen shop, Ichiraku Ramen!" Kushina stuttered, proceeding to lead the way to Ichiraku.

They soon entered the small ramen shop, and sat down. "Hey, old man Teuchi, Ayame!" Kushina called out.

"Oh, Kushina! How are you doing? Who are those two?" The middle-age man making ramen, Teuchi, replied.

"I'm good! Me and Naruto both graduated. Now we're ninja! These are my teammates, Karma Nekotsume and Ailane Nekotsume. They're twins." She explained.

"So what'll you have?"

"We'll each have a large bowl of whatever's the best ramen you have." Karma said before Kushina could say anything. As they waited for their food, he decided to start a conversation. "So, the first female Hokage?" He asked.

"You want to compete with your brother for the position?" Ailane added.

"Yup!! Even if one of us gets Hokage first, that won't prevent the other from becoming Hokage later. I have my sights set on being the fifth or sixth Hokage. Naruto can be the seventh!" Kushina explained. "You don't want to be Hokage?" Their food arrived and they began to eat.

"No, I just want to enjoy life." Karma replied. "I don't even want to be Clan Head of the Nekotsume Clan. Our elder sister should be the one being raised for that, but I'm unfortunately going to end up Clan Head. Even if she was being raised for it, my older sister would just end up letting the clan rot while she has fun."

"Yeah, Ibaraki only cares about a few things. Us, the sword, Himari-sensei, and our aunt." Ailane explained.

"Oh. Well, if you just want to enjoy life and you just want to be a musician, then why are you ninja?" Kushina asked.

"I do want to enjoy life, but to do that, I need to be a strong ninja. I need to be one of the strongest there is, even stronger than the Hokage. When I reach that level of strength, I'll be able to protect myself and my family if anything happens. I'll be worry-free!" Karma explained.

"Yup!" Ailane agreed.

"Family, huh? I only have Naruto." Kushina said despondently.

"You're on our team, so you could always move in with us. You can bring Naruto too. Anyway, our sensei also lives with us, so we'll have the whole team together!" Ailane said excitedly. Kushina stopped in the middle of eating, completely stunned.

"Kushina?" Karma asked, receiving no response.

"Hellooo?" Ailane asked, also receiving no response.

"I'll go look for Naruto, you watch her." Karma instructed before departing. Once he left the ramen shop, he entered Sage Mode to enhance his senses, making it easier to tell Naruto's scent from other. Once he got it, he followed the scent until he found Naruto walking through the streets, probably heading directly for Ichiraku Ramen to begin with.

"Naruto!!" He called out as he appeared in front of Naruto.

"Karma, what's wrong? What's with those weird marks on your eyes?" Naruto asked.

"It's a technique, anyway, let's go to Ichiraku Ramen." Byakuya said, grabbing Naruto and using shunpo to reach Ichiraku quickly.

"Naruto! Get your sister!" Ailane said when they arrived. He hadn't even recovered from the shock of Byakuyas speed when he saw his sister.

"What happened?!" He yelled.

"She ended up like this when I said you two could just move in with us..." Ailane replied, making Naruto facepalm.

"Of course she's gonna end up like this if you say that... I'll take care of it. And we won't move in." Naruto said. The Nekotsume duo shrugged before leaving. Naruto shook his head helplessly after they left. He knew how Kushina felt about Byakuya, so he wasn't surprised she ended up like this. However, he supported his sister, so if she did want to move, he would be fine with it. But not yet, they were minors!!

Author's Note: I'm actually rewatching naruto as I write this and I find it funny af that Naruto keeps having to tell Jiraya he's a minor when Jiraya says some dumb shit, so thats a subtle nod to the fact that they're minors.