A woman with platinum blonde hair, green eyes, pale skin ushered her two children to the backyard to play whilst she saw to a guest, she spoke to her little cherubs softly as she set them down on the porch.

"Kazumi I know it's a lot to ask of you right now but I need you to look after Chimon while Mummy talks with the guest, okay?" Nodding slowly to the children she began standing.

"Don't worry Mummy, I'm a big girl I can take care of anything!" Kazumi said brightly as she nodded back seriously while hugging her younger brother, Chimon babbled and smiled waving at their mother as she went inside.

Sitting down on a cushion Kumi breathed a sigh looking to her babies as they started to wander around the backyard, or more like Kazumi was helping teach Chimon to stand on two feet, turning to the man opposite her she took a deep breath and spoke.

"So let's hear it then, what made you decide to come all the way out here to our little village? Unless it's something as simple as the local lords moving the front line of their little squabbling match to near us" she spoke about the local lords with a bit of animosity in her voice.

"Err… well, you are right, the Lord Nagisa hired out the Sarutobi's or at least a good fifty of them. He wasn't exactly pleased about the last battle where he tried to push his land over at the border to grass more towards the centre of the land of fire, Man was he furious when he heard that his force was undermined by the Uchiha and Senju who were in the middle of fighting, Lady Minoko had the Uchiha's and Lord Fuushin had the Senju's. Anyway, I'm here with the Fuuma, they're all pretty antsy about the last time someone tried to make a push with the Uchihas and Senju being such big players in the squabble for land." Jun said as he sighed rubbing the back of his head.

"Right. But you didn't answer why you specifically are here, right now." Kumi said her brow arching.

"Oh, right. Well, I'm here because its been something like a year and a half since I last saw you and the kiddo's, thought being nearby on a commission was as good a time as any since we last talked Kumi." Jun smiled softly after speaking.

"Hm, has it really been that long? Time sure disappears on you when you're taking care of children. So how have you been anyway Jun? I can't imagine you've given up on trying to marry Himeno have you?" Kumi relaxed her position from on her knees to sitting cross-legged.

"Heh, well my advancements on Himeno have bore fruit and we're in a relationship at the moment, we've been together about six or so months. On the other hand, not much has happened in my life but I did hear about the Uzumaki's making some scary next level seals, oh and the Inuzuka's have these newer bread of dogs that grow really big, like big enough to ride. Hm, I think there was something else… um, what was it again… Oh! Right the Kurama's have this new style that involves paintings and genjutsu" Jun tapped his index finger against his chin trying to remember if there was anything else.

"Sounds interesting, and I'm glad to hear about you and the princess, I was wondering when you two would actually get together. Anyway you wanted to know about what me, Kazumi and Chimon have been up to, well Kazumi is walking and talking fine she's also gotten really good at Kanji and Hiragana, she even picked up a name around with the villagers she doesn't quite get it yet but I'm sure she will, they call her 'Chibi-Kumi'. It always makes me laugh when I hear it. With Chimon though he's starting to talk a little and whenever I leave him with Kazu she's trying to teach him a lot like standing without falling as well as walking" Kumi had a bright smile on her face whilst she thought about her bundles of joy.

"Sounds like you've had a blast? I heard that kids can be a huge hassle at times and that most are complete brats for a long while. Has it been hard with Kojiro as well as Fuugetsu both not being here anymore?" Jun said from the kitchen, he'd gone into it to make some tea for the two of them while Kumi was reminiscing. He sat down handing her a cup as she started to respond.

"Thanks, Hm I don't know about them being brats they've been really good I haven't had any massive problems, Chi is pretty quiet and Kazu has taken to imitating me as much as she can but really nothing that's super troublesome. Speaking of Ko and Fuu though yeah it was pretty hard to lose the both of them like that especially with how close Ko's was with Kazu's birth and then losing Fuu right within the same week as Chi's birth. I hope those two got to meet each other in the otherworld..." As Kumi started falling off the conversation Jun rested a hand on her shoulder giving her a reassuring smile.

"Hey I'm sure they're at each other's throats over whose kid is better or in Ko's case yelling about how his daughter will be as or more beautiful than her mother, I'm sure Fuu would be going on about how his son takes after him and he's gonna be great with the ladies." Kumi started laughing and shaking her head listening to him about what her partners were surely doing on the other side.

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As the sliding door shut Kazumi and Chimon were on the porch, Kazu held her hand out to Chi who reciprocated the action and went with her onto the grass of the backyard. After a few minutes of playing with her brother, Kazu decided to try and help him stand up without falling and also try walking. After ten or so minutes of helping him find his balance, Chi managed to stand on his own for a few seconds, to which Kazu cheered him on for.

"That's awesome Chimon! I'm so proud!" Kazumi said excitedly to him as he plopped onto the grass smiling up at her.

Kazumi started walking around the garden with Chimon and exploring more of the large backyard. At the edge of the large flower gardens that bordered the area. There were all kinds of flowers, Kuroyuri, Lavender, Roses, Lilies and Daffodils. There was a large zen garden at the back of the right corner of the backyard where there was also a Koi pond with a school of them.

Kazu and Chi sat on a little wooden bench next to the pond watching the fish after feeding them from a little tin that had fish food in them. Hanging over them was a large Sakura tree lending its pink leaves to brighten the area.

After a while of watching the fish Kazumi felt hungry and decided to head inside with Chimon in to, only they didn't make it to the screen door right as they were a metre or so from the porch Kazumi heard some rustling behind them when she went to look at it she was suddenly picked up and before she could make a noise she went unconscious.

Chimon screamed.