(A/N) Alright, so the thing is that I'm pretty sure this doesn't count as a crossover yet. At least, not much of one. As such, I will not have it marked as a crossover until it reaches the point of a proper crossover. Yes, the egg is from Jurassic Park, and the very fact I have to tell you that is kinda a sign this isn't really a crossover. So yeah. They will go see Jurassic Park though, so there's that. So, uh, y'know how in Jurassic Park people get eaten? That, uh, will probably occur here, I'll warn at the start of chapters if it happens, but yeah, just be warned that a velociraptor's eating habits aren't exactly...child friendly. Or weak stomach friendly…

The first words out of tiny eight-year-old Naruto's mouth when he bounded into the Hokage's office to tell him about his day, were, "I want a ninja animal! It would be soo cool! I'm taking really good care of those plants you gave me, they're all still alive, and happy, and stuff, so can I? Can I?"

Hiruzen chuckled, quickly jotting down a note for the research division. A shinobi had found an egg of some sort, and he could trust his ANBU to request it. He'd just make extra sure Naruto could be trusted with it. "Animals require a lot of care, you know that, right? And ninja animals need a lot of training. It can be patience-testing."

Naruto nodded solemnly. "Like waiting for the fruit to turn ripe? Or pretty flowers to properly bloom?"

Hiruzen chuckled, walking beside Naruto as they walked to the child's apartment. "Sure, like that. But a bit more like waiting for it to ripen, then it goes green again, or the flower curls back up."

Naruto thought about that. "That is annoying, but waiting is important! The nice lady at the flower shop said flowers have to be just right if they wanna sell them!" Inoichi's wife, a nice lass, would talk about flowers with anyone, including the Kyuubi jinchuuriki, apparently. It was good, he knew Naruto gave the Yamanaka Flower Shop his flowers when they were blooming, as Inoichi had come in to make extra sure it was okay. They were chakra plants that Naruto was growing after all, better for shinobi to grow, less inclined to die when a shinobi went on a mission. They were hardy little plants and known for storing extra water in underground reservoirs, they could take in lots of water in a short amount of time, and the level of the reservoirs was signaled by the color of the leaves. In addition, they were chakra plants, so they used chakra instead of fertilizer, and thus were slightly cheaper to keep. Civilians couldn't really channel chakra, so they couldn't keep chakra plants.

Hiruzen smiled as they walked into Naruto's apartment and flower buds waiting for him.

"They aren't blooming yet, but they will be in another day or two!" Naruto said proudly, gently cradling one of the buds and channeling chakra into it.

They were hardy plants, that was true, but they only bloomed with proper care. To have this many blooms, it signaled the plants trusted him to take their flowers. They were a breed of plant made by Hashirama Senju, and a good section of people thought they were just slightly sentient. If only because they were prone to producing more flowers when being taken care of by people they liked. The flowers could reabsorb blooms in just under three days and were prone to showing their dislike of certain people. Hiruzen personally knew that chakra plants had liked Minato, but weren't too fond of most Uchiha. Obito had been a happy counter to that one, as had Shisui, who grew them and ended up with this many blooms.

"You've done well," Hiruzen praised, gently touching one of the buds. "What color are the blooms?"

Naruto screwed up his face, then grinned and ran off into the room that was his bedroom. He came back out a minute later with a book. He opened it, flipping a couple of pages before settling on one, and handing it to Hiruzen. "See, Jiji?! The nice lady at the flower shop showed me how to press flowers!"

Hiruzen stared down at the vivid red flower, shot through with bright white and a touch of blue at the center. A not commonly known chakra tester was chakra plants, as they took a long time to bloom, but they were fairly accurate. The red was the Kyuubi's chakra, of course, with a fire affinity. Naruto's chakra, the white and touch of blue signaled his primarily wind affinity and minor water affinity. "They're very beautiful, Naruto."

Naruto grinned. "Some are just red, and some are just white, but most of them look like that!"

Hiruzen nodded. An ANBU signaled to him that the egg had been placed in his office, and he smiled. "One of my shinobi found an odd egg if you'd like to try hatching it-" he didn't get any further as Naruto latched onto him in a hug.

"Thank you thank you thank you!" He said, detaching and bouncing slightly.

"If you can take good care of it, we'll see about getting you a nice cat or dog so you can have a proper ninja animal."

Naruto nodded quickly. "Okay! But I can keep the thingy in the egg too?"

"Of course," he reassured Naruto.

Naruto beamed at him, and Hiruzen decided this was certainly the right choice. He could always switch Hatake from jounin sensei to watch him and the egg, whatever it was, for a bit, not like he passed any teams anyway. "Come, let's go to my office, it's there, and then we can get the right stuff for it, alright?"

Naruto nodded enthusiastically, and he and Hiruzen walked back to Hokage Tower.

The egg hatched three weeks later, beginning to hatch just as Naruto was heading out for the Academy. He debating whether to stay with the egg, but ultimately just grabbed it from the incubator and hurried to school with it cradled carefully in his hands.

The other students were very surprised to see him with the egg, especially when he pulled a towel out of his backpack and settled the egg on it. He then settled down in the seat, and rested his chin on his hands, staring at the egg.

"What's that, dobe?" Sasuke asked, vocalizing the question the entire class had. Iruka had been warned that at some point Naruto would bring a small creature to class, but he hadn't thought it would be hatching in his class.

"Oh, I don't know," Naruto replied distractedly, gently picking the egg up and rotating it in his hands to find the place where the creature was going to come out. "We'll see when it finishes hatching."

He got a lot of strange looks for that one, and Sasuke actually sat down next to him, curious beyond measure. Shino, quiet, but didn't glare at him, sat on his other side, watching the egg curiously.

Naruto tried paying attention to Iruka he really did, but the man had quickly realized that the entire class would be distracted to no end by the egg, and just taught a lesson they'd already had. He knew when he wasn't going to get anything from the kids.

The first cracks appeared in the egg about 20 minutes into class, and eager children crowded around Naruto and the egg. Iruka gave up teaching and used his superior height to see over the children.

A piece chipped away and a bloody red eye stared at Naruto. He stared right back, clear blue eyes staring into the red. The eye blinked, and the tiny creature resumed its struggling.

The rest of the egg fell away, revealing a small creature, about the size of a chicken, for now, standing bent over with a tail swinging behind it, and smaller arm-like appendages with a nice set of claws. The feet had large claws as well, and its tiny mouth was full of very sharp teeth.

Naruto pulled a container out of his bag, opened it, and offered it to the creature. It examined the contents, half of it was assorted greens, the other half was a variety of raw and cooked meat. The creature went straight for the raw meat, wolfing it down with a happy chirp. With a good half of the meat gone, it chirped at Naruto rubbing its head against his fingers.

The class blinked.

"So, what it is?" Sakura asked.

Iruka frowned. "I believe it's a creature called a velociraptor. They supposedly went extinct millions of years ago though. We've found a few bones, but the Shinobi Nations are rather oblivious to them. We only know what a few are called because of missions that went outside of the Shinobi Nations."

Naruto put the container aside and started petting the tiny velociraptor. "Are they intelligent?"

Iruka shrugged. "I just remember what it's called, you'd have to ask for a book on dinosaurs. We only have a couple."

Naruto nodded, tapping the tiny velociraptor on the nose. It sneezed adorably.

"Y'know, if I hadn't just seen it wolf down raw meat, I would be cooing at it," Ino decided. "The eating raw meat wins over the adorableness of what just happened."

Shino watched the creature curiously. Feeling his gaze on it, it turned to him and chirped. Shino tilted his head slightly, and the creature tilted its head too. "Do you eat bugs?" He asked it.

The velociraptor seemed a bit confused, so Shino allowed one of his kikaichu bugs to climb onto his finger, and showed it to the creature. It looked at the bug with such revulsion and shook its head. Shino took that as a no and allowed the bug to crawl back into his sleeve.

Naruto rubbed its little head. "Those bugs are off-limits, they belong to people." The velociraptor chirped and trotted over to rub against Shino's jacket. "Uh, how do you sex a reptile?"

"You put them in with another reptile, I'm pretty sure they do all the work," Sasuke deadpanned.

"No, sexing something means finding out the gender, or sex, of the animal," Iruka explained. "Perhaps ask Hokage-sama."

Naruto nodded, giggling a bit as the velociraptor thoroughly rubbed its head all over what parts of Shino's jacket it could reach. "I think it likes you."

Shino stared at the creature. "I believe you are correct."

"Taron."

"Huh?" The class asked as one.

"Taron, it's a name. Or maybe Taroko if its a female."

"Alright, now that it's hatched…" Iruka trailed off as the velociraptor appeared to finish with Shino, hopped up onto Naruto's head, and jumped onto Sasuke's, sitting down on his head.

"Really? You like the teme?" Naruto asked incredulously. It chirped at him, getting more comfortable on Sasuke's head. Naruto gave it a very unimpressed look.

(A/N) Like it!? A couple of people were curious about it. Dinosaurs are very cool.