Chapter Three: Welcome back

Months went by as normally as they could after the whole kidnapping incident. Jin grew closer to Hannah and her family, and soon met their new baby sister Eve. She also grew closer to her new mother figure Anko. Soon Jin, Hannah, and Ethan graduated from the academy and became a real ninjas.

~five years later~

Jin smiled to herself as she looked up at the tree she was standing under. Securely tying her ninja headband around her waist she put chakra into her feet.

'Ready... one... two... three!' she thought running up the tree since she was in the forest just outside the village.

"Nice one Jin!" someone said from below said girl as Jin looked down and smiled when she saw her teammates, Kenji and his cousin Lamue. Kenji had brown hair and brown eyes while Lamue had blonde hair and green eyes. Kenji wore his headband on his right leg, and Lamue had hers around her neck.

"Thanks Kenji, how are you guys today?" she asked staring at them. It still amazed her that even though they are related Lamue's eyes are more cat like then Kenji's. Lamue, the oldest one of the two, looked up from her drawing book to acknowledge Jin.

"We're fine, just came looking for you!" she said smiling. Jin looked at them confused. "Do we have a mission?" she asked. Kenji shook his head and grinned. "No we just came to tell you your friends are back!" he said.

Kenji only knew about Hannah and them because he caught her writing a letter to them once. Jin's eyes widened a little at the news. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?!" she cried jumping off the tree, landing in front of her teammates. Kenji looked at Jin and laughed. "We didn't want to ruin the nice moment we were having!" Kenji said.

Jin glared at him. "Oh by the way happy early birthday... I have a present for you." Kenji said digging in his pocket. Jin looked at Kenji surprised. "Here it is," Kenji said. Jin screamed and hid behind Lamue.

"Dang it Kenji you know I hate bugs!" she cried. Lamue sighed and looked at her laughing cousin. "Yeah I know! It's funny how you react!" he said trying to calm down. This caused Lamue to smack him with her drawing.

"Leave her alone Kenji!" she said calmly. Kenji growled, holding the back of his head. "Well this was fun and all but I got to go bye guys!" Jin said walking away. "Oh wait Jin! Sensei wants us to meet at the barbeque place so we can eat together for your birthday seeing as you will probably be busy tomorrow!" Lamue said.

Jin looked at her friend and nodded. "Okay then we'll go together!" she said smiling. Lamue smiled back and looked at her cousin. "Let's go," she said walking towards Jin. Kenji grumbled, following the two girls.

"Can you believe we have been gone for five years?" Jin asked as they began walking. Kenji and Lamue looked at Jin and shook their heads. "I still can't believe Sensei wanted to train us outside the village for five years." Jin continued. "Yeah that sure surprised us" Kenji said chuckling.

~flashback~

"Now since you are all still pretty young I have asked the Hokage if I could train you outside the village for about five years," a woman with maroon hair and pink eyes said. She was a fairly pretty woman Jin noticed, who looked about the same age as her dad; she had a white shirt with the Jounin vest and wore brown shorts with her headband on her left arm. Six year olds Jin and Kenji looked at her shocked. "But first let's get to know each other, let's start by telling our name, birthday, likes dislikes and our goals in life." the woman continued smiling.

"I'll go first... My name is Hanako Kazune, I was born October 20th, I like teaching my students, meeting new people, and making new friends, I dislike people who don't give their all, my goal in life is to watch my students grow up to be fine ninja" Hanako said smiling.

"I'm Jin Hatake, I was born May 1st, I like sweets, making new friends, and improving my medical skills, I dislike bugs, bad people, and hot foods, My goal in life is to be a brave and strong ninja like daddy!" Jin said smiling brightly. Kenji looked at Hanako and grinned.

"I'm Kenji Shiba, born July 22nd, I like pulling pranks, and spicy food, I dislike pranks being pulled on me and my brother and cousin hitting me, my goal in life is to be a great ninja like my dad!" he said still grinning.

"I'm Lamue Shiba, born November 14, I like drawing, cards, and training, I dislike my cousin being an idiot and bugs. My goal in life is to watch out and protect my friends and family!" Lamue said smiling.

Hanako looked at her students and smiled. 'They are only six and yet the already know what they want,' she thought. "Alright team go pack and meet me at the front gate in one hour!" Hanako said standing up. The three kids nodded and did as they were told, soon they were ready to set off for what Jin called their adventure. It wasn't until today that they actually got back.

~end flashback~

"Hello earth to Jin!" Kenji said snapping his fingers. Jin snapped out of her thoughts and looked at Kenji.

"Oh sorry Kenji I was thinking," she said smiling guiltily. Kenji laughed at her. "We could tell... let's go!" he said grinning and walking.

Jin grinned back and followed. 'I wonder how Hannah and her family are doing?' she thought. Jin sighed happily as she walked with her two friends. Kenji heard this and looked at Jin confused.

"Jin!" three voices shouted coming out of bushes knocking Jin to the ground, knocking the air out of her lungs. Once Jin was able to breathe again she looked at her attackers and smiled. "Hannah! Millie! Eve!" she cried sitting up and hugging her friends. The three sisters hugged Jin back and smiled.

"We haven't seen you in forever!" Millie said.

Jin smiled sadly and nodded. "Where's Ethan?" she asked once they were done hugging each other. "He's being a party pooper." Hannah said.

Jin looked at Hannah and laughed. She was so glade nothing changed about Hannah besides her getting taller and a few more scars, most likely from missions and of course her clothes.

"Hey I can hear you!" a boy's voice said from behind Jin. Jin jumped and turned around quickly to see Ethan.

"Ethan!" Jin cried glomping said boy. Just like Hannah, Ethan remained the same besides growing and his clothes; Jin didn't see any scars though. "Hi Jin" Ethan said patting Jin's head. From what Jin could tell Millie looked the same. The only one who changed was Eve seeing as the last time Jin saw her was when she was a baby.

Heck she was surprised Eve even knew who she was. Jin smiled and let go of Ethan.

"You look different Jin." Millie said looking Jin over. Jin of course grew a little taller and let her hair grow out a little more; she also now wore a short black skirt with fishnets underneath and a red short sleeved shirt with her head band on top of her head.

"I could say the same about you guys too… how old are you now Millie, Eve?" Jin asked smiling.

"I'm eight now!" Millie said grinning. "I'm 5 now!" Eve said mimicking Millie. "Wow" Jin said smiling. Hannah looked at Jin and smiled.

"So where is the purple dress you had in the photo you sent us?" she asked. Jin looked back at Hannah and laughed. "My dress got ruined!" she said looking over at Kenji.

"Hey not my fault we were training!" Kenji said looking back at Jin. The siblings looked at Jin confused. As if sensing their confusing Jin looked back at her childhood friends. "Oh yeah you guys never really met, guys this is Lamue and Kenji Shiba they are my teammates, Lamue, Kenji meet my childhood friends Hannah, her twin brother Ethan, her little sister Millie, and her baby sister Eve Torres." Jin said.

They all said hello to each other and shook hands, well except for Kenji and Ethan who were glaring at each other. 'Uh-oh' everyone thought staring at the two boys. "U-um anyways we were just on our way to the barbeque place to eat dinner with our Sensei for my birthday!" Jin said hoping to distract the boys.

Which it worked, much to everyone's relief. "That's today?" Ethan asked. Jin shook her head. "No I'll be turning thirteen tomorrow." she said.

"Happy early Birthday!" the three sisters said in unison. Jin smiled and thanked them before turning to the two boys, who were back to glaring at each other, and put her hands on her hips. "Are you two done having a glaring contest?" she asked giving them her own glare. Sadly the boys seemed to ignore her and continued to glare.

This cause Jin to get annoyed and grabbed Kenji by his ear. "Come on Lamue sensei is waiting... bye guys I'll see you later" Jin said walking away with a protesting Kenji and a silent Lamue. Once they were out of eye sight of Hannah and her siblings Jin let go of Kenji and glared at him. "What was that about?!" she yelled, causing people to stare at her.

"I don't like him." Kenji said calmly. Jin glared at him more. "Why" she asked. "U-uh Jin maybe we should do this somewhere more private people are staring." Lamue said hoping to calm down her friend. Kenji shrugged at Jin. This caused Jin to scowl at him.

"So seeing that he is Hannah's twin brother you are basically saying you don't like Hannah and since they are both MY friends you are saying you don't like me!" Jin said fuming. Kenji looked at Jin shocked. "That is not what I was saying... I just don't like him." he said. "you don't even know him!" Jin shrieked tears coming into her eyes due to frustration.

"Come on Jin let's go Hanako-Sensei is waiting!" Lamue said soothingly. Jin sighed and started to walk away with Lamue. Lamue looked back at Kenji with a sad face. Kenji sighed as he followed after the two girls feeling stupid.

~At the Restaurant~

"Hello Hanako-sensei!" Jin and Lamue said seeing their sensei at a table. Hanako looked over and smiled at her students until she saw Jin's slightly puffy eyes. She was about to ask what happened, when she looked at Lamue, who shook her head. Hanako sighed and moved over for Jin to sit next to her.

"Hello guys," she said remembering she never really said hi. The students smiled and sat down, with Jin sitting next to Hanako and Kenji and Lamue sitting next to each other. "Happy Birthday Jin I have a present for you," Hanako said once everyone was settled in.

She then dug in her pocket and pulled out a small box wrapped in red wrapping paper. Jin took the box gently and smiled at her Sensei.

"Go on and open it Jin!" Hanako and Lamue said together. Jin opened the box and gasped. Inside was a beautiful blue pendent necklace.

"Hanako-Sensei I don't know what to say… thank you." she said taking the necklace out. Hanako smiled and took the necklace from Jin, motioning for her to turn around. Jin turned around and felt the cool feel of the necklace on her neck. "There you go," Hanako said. Jin smiled and turned back around.

"Let's eat!" Lamue said smiling. Everyone nodded and began to eat. "Have you seen your dad today?" Hanako asked Jin. Jin sighed and shook her head. The rest of their dinner was filled with so much laughter that Jin for a bit forgot about the whole Kenji and Ethan issue.

"Well bye guys I'll see you guys later!" Jin said as they all left the restaurant. Everyone waved good-bye and left in opposite directions. Jin smiled to herself as she walked towards her house. 'I'm so happy to be home' she thought.

~Home~

"Daddy I'm home!" Jin called walking in the room. There was no answer, which made Jin worry. She quickly took her shoes off and walked to Kakashi's room to see if he was there. Jin sighed in relief when she saw him sound asleep on his bed.

'I could use some sleep as well.' she thought shutting the door softly, so she didn't wake him up. She yawned when she walked in her room. She went to her bag, which she brought home earlier that day, and pulled out a white tank top and black shorts. She put them on and took her hair out of her ponytail before she went to her bed and fell asleep.