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Chapter 2 - Brothers

The boy in the doorway tensed a bit more and repeated his earlier question with a bit more force then before "Who are you?"

None of Team Seven moved.

The young boy moved into a fighting position, and held the kunai in the respective position. His stance told everyone that he would attack if they didn't answer, and it did not matter to him that he would be fighting four ninjas, all nearly twice his height. But for all the force, and stubbornness in his stance, he was trembling. He may have been ready to fight at a moments notice, but he was still just a young kid.

Kakashi, seeing that this boy meant to protect this house to the death, smiled. Of course the only way to know this was that his one visible eye curved upward. "No one of importance. We were on a mission, and somehow ended up in this place. We didn't mean to trespass or anything. Sorry."

The boy relaxed a little, "You're wearing the hitai-ate of a Konoha ninja, but none of you look too familiar. You two," he said gesturing at Naruto and Sakura, "look a little familiar. You look even more familiar." This time he gestured toward Sasuke. Then looking at Kakashi he said, "Why don't I recognize you?"

Sakura answered this time. She always had been quick at thinking on her feet. "We been on a mission for quite some time now, and haven't been in the village much. You must have seen the three of us around," gesturing to herself, Naruto, and Sasuke, "but our sensei is pretty reclusive, so most people don't see him all that much. Are your parents home so we could talk to them?"

"They're gone on a mission. The only ones here are myself an…." He stopped himself, then started again. "The only one here is me."

Naruto looked at the boy strangely. He knew that the boy had been about to tell them someone else was there, but stopped himself. 'He doesn't trust us enough to tell us of another person being in the house. Could it be a younger sibling, or an older grandparent that doesn't have the skills to defend themself?' The same thought was running through the minds of the others as well.

The boy put away his kunai and gestured towards the door they could see behind him, and undoubtedly that door lead out of the house. "Please leave. Now." There was no doubt that that had been a command.

'Well, he'll certainly make a fine shinobi one day. Doesn't seem like it will be too hard for him to reach jounin, or even Anbu status, after he finishes the Academy. Wouldn't be surprised if he makes Anbu captain someday.' Kakashi's eye curved upwards at the thought of such a good ninja fighting in Konoha someday.

Before anyone on Team Seven could move, the sound of feet above them caught their attention. The boy looked up towards the ceiling with a look on his face that was part fear, and part doubt. Sasuke wondered if he had hoped this person above them would stay out of the picture until they were gone.

The steps seemed to be coming down a set of stairs now.

" 'tashi, whe'e are you?" The voice had to belong to a young kid, a toddler even. Whoever it was sounded tired, like they'd just woken up.

The boy looked from Team Seven to the hallway and back to Team Seven. He was biting his lip, as he tried to figure out what they would do when they met the other person in the house. Deciding that they didn't seem like people who were likely to attack a little kid, he answered the other truthfully, "I'm in the kitchen otouto." He pull out one of his kunai and held it in a loose grip. Whether or not these strangers seemed likely to attack, he was taking no chances when it came to his little brother. Some people called him overprotective, but he wouldn't let anyone lay a hand on his brother without going through him first.

The footsteps padded down the hall and the kid they belonged to called to 'Tashi' again "t'shi, who's wit you? I t'ought I hea'd voices." The kid came into the vision of Team Seven rubbing his eyes with his free hand.

He couldn't have been more then three or four. And he was adorable. Sakura nearly cooed at the sight. He was wearing grey footsy pajamas with pink koalas on them. What really made him adorable though was the hood that attached to the Pj's. It was an extension of the pajamas so it was grey, but without the pink koalas, and it seemed to have been made so that when put on it would resemble a koala head complete with fuzzy grey ears. At this point the hood was up and it fell over the little boy's right eye, making him look a little like Kakashi.

He resembled his older brother quite a bit, from what Team Seven could see. He also had black hair, part of the bangs hanging off to the left side out of the way of the black eyes, and making a stark contrast with his pale skin. He brought to hands up to rub his eyes again, confirming that he had just woken up, and letting the team see the stuffed animal in one of his hands. It was a fox, worn out and a little shabby looking with patches of fur missing, but it was worn in a loving way, just like how a beloved toy gets after years of use.

" 'tashi whos them?" The little boy asked looking up at his brother with a frown on his face, making him look even more adorable.

"Who are they? And I'm not really sure otouto. You're supposed to be going out today right?" 'Tashi' said crouching down nextto his little brother and flipping the hood back revealing the younger boy's hair. It seemed a little wild because of the natural bed head phenomenon, but the hair parted off to the sides while sticking up a bit, and the lift would have been even more pronounced if he had been wearing a hitai-ate on his forehead. The rest of the hair stuck up in the back and off to the right a bit. The hair became even wilder when 'Tashi' rumpled it good-naturedly.

"Hai, I tink he want'd ta take us ot por beakfa't." Sakura swore this kid was the most adorable thing she had ever seen … or heard.

"Then maybe you should go get dressed. Alright?"

"Hai, t'anks aniki." The younger boy grabbed 'Tashi' round the middle and ran off up the stairs leaving behind a very confused Team Seven and a fond older brother.

After his brother had run up the stairs 'Tashi' looked back at Team Seven. Any warmth that had been in his eyes when he was talking to his brother was gone now, and Naruto wondered what he was going to do.

"What are your plans now?" His voice was calm but with an underlying threat. What the threat was, none of the others in the room were certain of.

"We need to figure out how we got here, and how we can get back. If you're worried about us harming you or your brother, I can give you my word as a shinobi of Konoha that we would die before doing something like that." Kakashi fervently hoped that 'Tashi' would take his words for the truth. They were the truth, for the most part. None of his team would harm a hair on the little boy's head, but if 'Tashi' attacked, none of them would hesitate in defending themselves. But they wouldn't kill either, just deal out some minor cuts and bruises.

"Fine. I'm going to change since I have work to do today. But I swear if you harm a hair on my brother's head, I will kill you. I promise." With that 'Tashi' walked up the stairs.

All of Team Seven believed him. There was no doubt in any of their minds that 'Tashi' loved his younger brother dearly and would not think before dying to protect him. His eyes had proved that.

To be continued ...
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In the next chapter there will be more cute little kids, the real names of 'Tashi' and his brother, and a familar face to those who know the characters.

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