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Time Skip~

Five years later.

First Person Alice!

"You've been cleaning the same spot for half an hour, Alice." Kisame stated, grabbing my hand and taking my towel from me.

I looked up at him and frowned. "I need something to occupy my mind."

"Obviously this isn't doing the job." Kisame chuckled, tossing the rag away from me. "Calm down. Tiburon is fine."

I huffed and crossed my arms. "I hate it when he's out of my sight."

"I know." Kisame smiled, rumpling my hair. "But he needs to pass his test, and he can't do that if you're breathing down his neck."

"I know, Kisame." I sighed, running a hand through my hair. "I will probably die during the Chūnin exams."

He laughed. "We all probably will. Hopefully Sanaa passes the test too and they'll be on a team together."

I sighed and thumped my head on the kitchen table of the hotel we were staying in. "Why does my baby have to be a ninja. This is not good for my mental stability."

"What mental stability?" A horribly familiar and sarcastic voice demanded.

I groaned into my arms. "Fuck off Sasori."

Sasori chuckled. "Relax Alice. Sasuke is the one giving Tiburon his test. Itachi has been watching over the Academy all day. Tiburon will be fine."

"I know." I huffed. "But I can't help it." I crossed my arms. "I need my puppy."

"She isn't a puppy anymore." Kisame commented.

I glared at him. "She will always be my puppy." I whistled. "Sable, come here baby."

A bark was my answer before Sable came trotting into the room. She was nine years old, and she was just starting to gray on her muzzle. Just so you know, wolves in captivity are known to live well into their twenties. Therefore, I was going to make sure my baby lived to her forties.

Yes, she'll double the norm.

"There she is!" I smiled, throwing my arms open for her. Her tail wagged violently and she hurried towards me, lifting her paws to put them on my lap so she could lick my face. I hugged her neck and smothered her with affection.

"That poor animal." Sasori chuckled.

"Whatever. She loves it." I stated. "And it's either her, or I go and find Itachi and rape him in the street."

"I'm pretty sure he would not appreciate that." Kathryn commented with a smile as she skipped into the room.

"The key word was rape, Kathryn." I sighed. "What are you doing?"

She shrugged. "I'm bored." She tossed her hair over her shoulder before sitting at the table. "And I heard Tibby and Sanaa are almost done with their tests. Itachi sent me in here to get you guys and tell you to meet him by the Academy."

I frowned. "If he's by the Academy, how did he tell you that?"

"He sent one of those nifty crow clone thingies." Kathryn told me with a grin. "Come on, let's go."

I nodded and stood up. "Come Sable."

Sable gave a short little howl before trotting after me as I marched out of the kitchen. I wanted my weasel and my baby shark. I already had my big shark.

We had just reached the school building when Itachi arrived before us in a flock of crows. He extended his hand towards me without a word and I took it, smiling at him. He returned my smile with his extremely sexy smirk and kissed me gently.

"They will be out soon." Itachi told me. His eyes flicked towards the others. "Thank you for passing on the message, Kathryn."

She smiled at him. "Yep! Where's Dei?"

"The last time I saw him, he was with Hidan and the pair of them were talking with a few Jōnin from the village. The Inuzuka and the Nara boys were among them." Itachi told her. "Their chakra is approaching, however. They will be here in a moment."

"Kakuzu?" Sasori wondered.

Itachi pointed to a bench near a line of trees and indicated Kakuzu who was reading a tattered old book boredly. Kakuzu looked up at us and raised his eyebrow. "What?"

"I didn't even see you there." Kisame stated.

Kakuzu shrugged. "It's not my fault you're oblivious to your surroundings."

Kisame pouted.

"Hey Kakuzu." I greeted, my eyes briefly flicking towards Kathryn when she attacked Deidara. Hidan informed her she was weird with obscenities, but otherwise their antics were expected.

The miser grunted at me before returning his attention to his book. I smiled at his indifference before turning my attention to Itachi who was watching me calmly. "What?"

He shook his head and kissed my forehead. "Nothing. I was just looking at you."

"I suppose that's alright. Considering I do it to you a lot." I mused. He chuckled but didn't say anything else as his eyes flicked to the Academy to my left and his right. I raised my eyebrow. "What now?"

"Tiburon and Sanaa are coming." Itachi informed us.

I turned towards the academy, adjusting my hand in Itachi's so our grip was more comfortable. Sable sat at the ground by my side, her tail wagging and her ears perked as she watched the school and the kids that were beginning to emerge from the building.

"I see them." Kisame stated from behind me. "They're with Sasuke."

"And Naruto!" Kathryn giggled as she waved excitedly at them. Naruto waved back enthusiastically while Sasuke just dipped his head in greeting, his hands in the pockets of his pants.

Sanaa jumped at seeing her mother and sprinted towards us while Tiburon hung back to walk over with Sasuke. Both of them had Konoha forehead protectors already on their heads.

"Looks like they passed." Kakuzu commented, closing his book and standing up from the bench to join us.

"Of course they did." Itachi stated. "Tiburon is an Uchiha. I was seven when I passed."

"Sasuke was thirteen though." I stated.

Itachi glanced at me. "I graduated early."

"I know." I told him, kissing his cheek before looking down at Sable who was wiggling excitedly by my side, eager for Sasuke and Tiburon to reach us. "Go say hi, puppy."

Sable's ears tucked back before she darted forward. Tiburon yelped and tried to avoid her, only to egg her on. She tackled him into Sasuke and smothered him with kisses.

I smiled. "So cute."

Sasuke helped Tiburon extract Sable from his person so they could reach us. Tiburon walked over to me and Itachi when they were close enough and he smiled up at us. "I passed!"

I bent over to hug him tightly and kiss his nose since his forehead protector prevented me from kissing his forehead. "Good job Tibby. I'm so proud of you."

He hugged me back. "Thanks mom. That test was easy though."

Itachi stroked Tiburon's hair gently when I released him. "You've done well, Tiburon. I am proud of you. I expect nothing less from my son."

"Thanks Dad." Tiburon grinned.

Itachi dipped his head silently before looking at Sasuke. "How did he do?"

"He got a perfect score." Sasuke informed his brother, rumpling Tiburon's hair.

Naruto scoffed. "I could have done that."

I stared at him. "You do recall that you only passed out of sheer luck right?"

He stuck his tongue out at me. "Don't be mean, Alice."

"Forgive me, Naruto." I smiled. "How did Sanaa do?"

Naruto, who I had learned was the one testing Sanaa, smiled. "She missed one of the Shinobi rules, but other than that, she did perfect."

"Which one?" Sasori asked, looking around at Naruto.

"The one about not showing emotions." Naruto explained.

Sanaa huffed. "It's the easiest one, but all the ninjas I know cry." She paused. "Beside the Akatsuki."

I smiled at her. "They're more of guidelines than actual rules, love."

She stuck her tongue out at Naruto. "See, Naru?"

Naruto laughed. "Yeah, I see what you mean." He elbowed Sasuke. "I'm jealous that you get Tiburon and Sanaa on your Genin team."

"You did, un?" Deidara asked, hugging his daughter tightly.

"Yeah." Sasuke nodded. "Pein requested it since he doesn't want some stranger going to the base. It was either me or Naruto, but because of my connections, I was chosen."

I nodded. "Naruto can come over whenever he wants."

Naruto grinned at me and hugged me tightly, proving that he will forever be the friendliest person in the world. "Yes!"

I patted his head. "Down boy before you freak the Uchiha brothers out."

Naruto snickered and set me down before elbowing Sasuke. "Who was the third kid on your team again?"

Sasuke shook his head. "There wasn't one. Pein said he had someone from Ame that he wanted to fill the spot on the team."

"That's stuff we can worry about later." Kathryn said dismissively, prying Tiburon from Itachi so she could hug him and praise him. "We need to celebrate! And Momma isn't cooking!"

I stared at her. "You want to bring all of these idiots to a restaurant?"

"Yep!" She nodded. "Ichiraku's here we come!"

I rolled my eyes, knowing Ichiraku's was Sanaa's favorite restaurant and one of Tiburon's. "Fine. Let's go. Hopefully Ichiraku can handle all of your antics." I looked around. "Sasuke, Naruto, do you two want to come?"

"Sure." Naruto grinned. Sasuke answered with an Uchiha grunt.

And so off we went. Zetsu met up with us when we made it there and he joined our party. Ichiraku paled a bit at our numbers, but was internally pleased that he would be getting paid. However, he announced Naruto, Sasuke, Sanaa, and Tiburon would be eating for free as a celebration. Kakuzu was pleased with this and he forked over some money so I could pay Ichiraku in advance.

There are reasons why we never take the Akatsuki into public, especially when Pein is not here to enforce my orders. Since he was still at the base with Konan, I was left to handle the idiots on my own.

That is not fun.

By the end of the night Deidara was knocked unconscious, Itachi had used Tsukuyomi on Hidan's decapitated head twice, and Sasori and I were prepared to kill everyone. Tiburon and Sanaa had to be carried back by Kisame and Sasuke because they had crashed from their hyperness.

I'm getting too old for this.

Third Person!

Tiburon smirked to himself as he slunk stealthily into the main room of the hotel room he, his parents, and Kisame were staying in. Said shark was kneeling on the floor, having just finished doing some early morning pushups to help him wake up for the day.

And that meant he was open for attack.

Grinning, Tiburon launched himself at Kisame. "Kisa!"

Kisame smirked and grunted a bit when Tiburon collided with his back. He raised his eyebrow and looked over his shoulder towards the nine-year-old, amused and unaffected. "Hey Tibby."

Tiburon pouted. "You didn't move."

"It'll be a few years before you're strong enough to knock me over, Pup." Kisame teased. "Now I, on the other hand, have no issues with throwing you around like a stuffed animal." He reached around and wrapped an arm around Tiburon's waste before pulling him around.

Tiburon yelped. "Ah! No!"

Kisame grinned and pinned Tiburon to the floor, tickling him incessantly.

"Kisa!" Tiburon laughed. "Q-quit it! Let go! Ha! It tickles!"

"I know." Kisame nodded, still ticking him. "That's the point."

"You both are lucky I find this adorable or else I'd scold you for waking me up."

Kisame paused in his tickling and looked around with Tiburon to see Alice standing in the doorway to the bedroom she was sharing with Itachi and Sable. He grinned at her. "Hey kid."

"Morning." She greeted. "I'm surprised Tiburon's up this early."

"Kisa threw me in the tub when I didn't wake up." Tiburon deadpanned.

Alice smirked. "Well done, Kisame."

He snickered and stood, pulling Tiburon to his feet as well. "Is Itachi up?"

Alice shook her head. "No. And don't go trying to throw him in the tub. He'll rip your arms off."

"Never even considered it." Kisame chuckled. "He's always been rather cranky when it comes to sleep."

"I never would have guessed." Alice mused. "I'm going to go make breakfast. After that, we need to start preparing to go home. We're leaving the hotel before noon."

Tiburon made a face. "Can we stay?"

"No." Alice told him. "I want to go home. Sasuke's your new sensei. You'll be seeing enough of him as it is." She patted her leg. "Sable."

"Fine." Tiburon sighed.

Alice waved away his sighs dismissively as she left the hotel room, Sable at her side. Tiburon watched her go with Kisame at his side before grinning.

"What is that grin for?" Kisame asked, looking at Tiburon skeptically.

Tiburon snickered. "I'm gonna go wake dad up."

Kisame chuckled. "Good luck.'

Tiburon rubbed his hands together. "Revenge." He darted over to the bedroom door that led into his parent's room and he tiptoed inside the dark room, heading straight for the bed that his father occupied.

Itachi was sleeping, Tiburon could tell from his dormant chakra and the fact that he didn't move to look at him. He crept around the bed until he was on Itachi's side and he grinned before leaping on top of his father.

"Dad!" Tiburon shouted. "It's time to get up!"

Itachi's Sharingan whirled and he moved with incomparable speeds to pin Tiburon to the mattress beneath him, a frown on his face. He narrowed his eyes at his now shocked son and tightened his grip slightly on Tiburon's arms.

"Tiburon." Itachi said menacingly.

Tiburon shivered a little at the irritation flowing from his father. "Morning." He gave Itachi a hopeful smile, being sure to keep his Sharingan deactivated.

Itachi released one of Tiburon's arms to free his own hand. "I will teach you now why you should never wake me up before I am willing to rise."

Tiburon paled. "D-Dad?"

Itachi began tickling him.

Tiburon burst out laughing, shaking and wiggling under his father, trying to avoid his dancing fingers. "Dad! Quit!"

Itachi's irritated expression shifted into an amused smirk. He continued torturing Tiburon for a moment before ceasing his assault. He patted Tiburon's head before letting him run away. Tiburon raced away from his dad, panting and glaring at him.

"Butthead." Tiburon gasped.

Itachi raised his eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

Tiburon yelped and ran out of the room.

Itachi chuckled as he shook his head, and got up, heading to the bathroom. Kisame jumped when Tiburon sprinted out of Itachi's room and hid behind him, glancing fearfully at the door.

"Is he that bad?" Kisame asked with a chuckle.

"He tickled me." Tiburon said in a horrified voice.

Kisame laughed and rumpled Tiburon's hair. "It could have been worse, Pup. Let's go get some breakfast."

"Kay." Tiburon said willingly.

Sasori flexed his fingers boredly, checking his joints for any stiffness just in case he needed a tune up. Satisfied that nothing was wrong with himself, he turned his attention to his next task.

The little girl curled up in a ball on his bed.

Sasori smirked and walked over to the bed he never used and he placed his knee on the edge of the mattress as he loomed over the nine-year-old sleeping on it. He reached forward and gently brushed loose blond locks from her face before stroking her cheek with the back of his knuckle.

Sanaa shifted slightly at his touch and she smiled, snuggling further under the blankets. Sasori's gaze softened and he used his thumb to gently caress her cheek bone. "Sanaa."

"Sori-Danna." Sanaa mumbled tiredly. She opened her eyes and blinked up at him sleepily. "Morning."

"Good morning, Brat." Sasori greeted. "It's time for you to get up."

Sanaa started sighing only for her sigh to turn into a yawn. She stretched before sitting up. She looked at Sasori and her smile returned. "I love you Sori-Danna."

"Me too, Brat." Sasori assured her. "Go and get ready for the day so you can wake up your parents."

Sanaa nodded. "Kay." She rolled comically out of the bed before hopping over to her bags, extracting some clothing and hurrying to the bathroom.

Sasori rolled his eyes before leaving his room and venturing to the room two of his older brats shared. He walked inside it before going to the bed. He grabbed Kathryn's ankle and pulled her away from Deidara before picking her up.

He carried her still sleeping form over his shoulder to the bathroom before he dumped her into the tub. He closed the door and set up a sound barrier swiftly with his chakra before turning on the shower.

Kathryn's scream would cause the average persons' ears to bleed.

"Quiet down you brat." Sasori snapped, rubbing his ears. "You could wake the dead."

Kathryn scrambled to her feet and glared at Sasori. "Danna! That's cold!"

"I know." Sasori stated. "I told you if you weren't up before or at a certain time, I was going to throw you in the shower." He gestured around the bathroom. "I do not make idle threats."

"So mean." Kathryn whined.

"Hush." Sasori said dismissively. "Take a shower, do whatever it is you do in mornings and then go to the kitchen for breakfast. I'll work on waking Deidara up with Sanaa."

Kathryn giggled, still shivering. "Alright Danna." She shooed him towards the door. "Out. I'm getting naked and I don't think you want to see that."

Sasori rolled his eyes and rumpled her hair before slipping out of the bathroom and dismantling his sound barrier.

He looked at the clock on the wall before glancing towards the door, nodding when Sanaa bounced into the room. "Just in time, brat." He gestured at Deidara. "Do you want to wake him up?"

Sanaa nodded enthusiastically. "Yep!"

Sasori dipped his head. "Good girl. I'll meet you in the kitchen. Make sure you tell your father I said to get up if he resists."

"Kay, yeah." Sanaa giggled. She watched Sasori leave the room before she crept over to her father's bed. She slid onto the mattress with him before slipping under the covers and sneaking over to him.

She prodded his sides, snickering when he jerked at the contact. She tried again, giggling when he grunted and wiggled away from her.

She poked her head out of the covers to see if he was awake or not. When she saw he was still sleeping, she prodded his hand-mouth, smiling victoriously when it opened. She stuck part of his blanket into the open mouth, smothering her giggles with her own hand when his hand-mouth began eating the blanket.

Satisfied, she began tickling Deidara's sides, giggling when he protested in his sleep and wiggled away from her. She didn't realize how close to the edge he was or how much he was moving until he rolled off the bed and onto the floor.

She snorted and hid under the covers again, hoping he didn't notice it was her.

Deidara groaned and rubbed his head. "Ouch un." He glared at his hand. "Why are you eating that? Spit it out, hmm." When his hand obeyed him, he pushed away the slobbered blanket before getting to his feet. "How did I fall off the bed, yeah?"

The lump on his mattress caught his attention.

"There are two possible people that lump could be, yeah." Deidara mused aloud, a smile on his face. "Unless Danna was drugged un."

It giggled and Deidara's smile widened.

Deidara tossed himself on his mattress beside the lump before picking it up, wrapping it up in the covers as he did so. "When did my bed start giggling, un?"

Sanaa continued to giggle. She poked her head out of the blanket and kissed Deidara's cheek. "Morning Daddy yeah."

Deidara grinned his cocky grin at her. "Hey baby, un." He kissed her forehead gently. "I don't suppose you know how I ended up on the floor, un?"

She shook her head, grinning.

"I think you're lying." Deidara mused. "Do you know what I do to lying babies, hmm?"

She shook her head, still smiling.

Deidara scooped her up in the blanket again before tossing it over his shoulder with her inside it. He carried her to the bathroom where Kathryn was standing with a towel around her person. "We have a lying baby, Kathryn yeah."

A smile broke out on Kathryn's sleep. "Well we'll have to remedy that, won't we handsome?"

"Just what I was thinking, un." Deidara smirked. He set Sanaa on the floor in the blanket before he and Kathryn both pounced on her, tickling her without restraint.

Sanaa filled their rooms with laughter.

"Oi! If I have to come in there and get you three, you'll regret it." Sasori called ominously from somewhere in the main room.

All three of them paled at the threat in his voice.

"Coming (Sori) Danna (un)!" All of them called.

Sasori sighed, rolling his eyes from the living room. "Kids."

Fun Fact: I got a new puppy. His name is Bowie and he's a German Shepard/Husky/Collie mix. He's freaking adorable.

Answer: Winter. I hate the heat that comes with spring and Summer is hell. Fall is a close second to Winter because it's cold. But, I prefer snow to leaves because my yard is always covered in leaves.

QotC: Dogs or Cats?

WotC: Oscuro - Dark

This chapter was going to be shorter, but I disliked having such a short chapter so I had to add in some antics and filler like stuff.

Btw, baby sharks are called Pups, hence why Kisame is calling Tiburon Pup. He can't call him kid or squirt because those are Alice's names. :)

Some Random Dude: Hora is actually hour, though it is a synonym for time.

Yes, I do speak Spanish. It is not my native language, but I have no issues speaking with native speakers or understanding them. I'm majoring in Linguistics at Ohio State University, and I passed the Spanish placement test with an almost perfect score so... yeah.

Yes, Tibby and Sanaa will be going through the Chunin exams. And yes, D-rank missions to piss Tiburon off.

Someone else asked me something, but I can't remember what the question was... So yeah, feel free to ask me whatever.

Toodles.