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Katsumi sat across from her brother with her mask down and her sharp canines glinting in the dull afternoon sun seeped through their bedroom windows. A bottle of nail polish was clasped tightly in her grip. Kakashi eyed its glittering contents warily as she shuffled closer. After big puppy dog eyes and a small whimpering sound Kakashi caved with a loud resigned sigh.
Their masks were forgotten somewhere in the corner of their shared room. Katsumi's mismatched eyes sparkled with glee as she wrapped her legs around her brother's feet to keep them in place.
Katsumi shook the bottle and giggled as Kakashi tried to tickle her with his toes. She grabbed Kakashi's right foot and opened the bottle with a crack. The scent of polish filled the air but didn't overwhelm their sensitive sinuses. (Katsumi tended to go for the milder smelling polishes).
Katsumi began to paint the toenails on his right foot, covering them in pink glittery polish. Kakashi was not all that annoyed to be honest, if it made Katsumi happy he would gladly take the childish name calling. They were both Chunin now, but with Kakashi's genin team and Katsumi's apprenticeship, the twins didn't have all that much time to themselves, so moments like these were rare. Kakashi watched as his little sister brushed her silver bangs from her face and continued to paint. Her face was glowing in the light of the setting sun and he felt his features soften.
'Done,' she signed after she placed the bottle on the ground. Kakashi inspected his feet and wiggled his toes and watched as the polish shimmered.
'My turn now?' Katsumi signed to her brother. The curly-haired kunoichi hoped he would be kind enough to paint her nails so that they would match.
'Sure, imouto,' he signed back and grabbed the bottle from the ground. With lightning fast hands, he snatched up her small foot and began painting her nails. Katsumi let out a giggle like the peal of bells which caused Kakashi to break out into a smirk.
Kakashi was done in less than a minute and now they were sitting across from each other playing chopsticks while their nails dried. Katsumi had her legs slung over Kakashi's on either side almost as if she was sitting in his lap.
Katsumi reached up and pulled her mask from her face. She was sitting next to her sensei at Ichiraku ramen after a very long workout.
"So my cute little apprentice, Kakashi-kun has joined a genin team. Does that sound like something you'd want to do?" Kushina asked as she thumped Katsumi on the back with a little more force than necessary. It wasn't her fault that she was a very strong person.
Katsumi brought her hands up to sign a very definite, 'No'. Kushina proceeded to ask her ten year old apprentice why she was so reluctant.
'I'm not a people person,' she signed in answer. The young kunoichi picked up her chopsticks and bowed in thanks. Kushina let out a loud laugh.
"Ok, do you want to help Kakashi-kun's team train?" Katsumi's eyes flicked up to her sensei and she nodded her head rapidly with a mouth full of ramen. Kushina grinned from ear to ear, not only was it an excuse to spend time with Minato, but it may also help Katsumi's social problems. Not that Katsumi wasn't a nice girl, there just tended to be a problem with communication when Kakashi, Minato or herself were absent. Katsumi was a dedicated ten year old chunin with a habit of avoiding large crowds. Minato called her an introvert and said it had to run in the family.
"Come on then, short stuff. We'll go and meet them after we finish up here."
Katsumi signed, 'Thank you,' with one hand while stuffing noodles down her throat with the other.
Kakashi and Minato stood in the middle of the training field for the rest of the team to arrive. The yellow-haired shinobi did his best not to laugh as his young apprentice grumbled in frustration.
Rin was the first to turn up. Her smile was as bright as ever while she took her spot beside Kakashi. A good hour later, Obito showed up, panting like he had just run a marathon. Rin rolled her eyes and him and Kakashi straightened out.
"You're late," Kakashi spoke in a monotonous voice; Obito didn't seem to mind though.
"Oh yeah about that, my aunt needed help with some shopping bags so I helped her and it took a bit longer than expected." Kakashi gave him a blank stare, obviously not believing the kid.
Minato shrugged before he spoke, "Alright, we are just waiting on one more." The three teammates all looked at their sensei in shock.
"But Sensei, this is our team," Rin said gesturing to the two boys on either side of her.
"Yes, but I asked someone to come and train with us." Kakashi rolled his eyes not wanting to know what kind of loser Sensei had invited along.
The thud of footsteps sounded from across the field making the kids spin around in anticipation.
A silver streak approached the group at lightning speed. Kakashi's whole face lit up as if someone had flipped a switch inside him.
"Katsumi?!" Kakashi exclaimed as he threw his arms out wide just in time for her to slam into him. Katsumi tucked her face into his neck as they squeezed the life out of each other.
Rin felt a smile tug at her lips, while Obito felt his cheeks heat up at the sight of the other silver-haired ninja.
"Glad you could join us, Katsumi-chan." Minato chuckled at the scene and stopped when he caught sight of the crimson-haired beauty approaching.
"Minato-kun, your students are so cute!" Kushina exclaimed and scooped both Obito and Rin into a bone crushing hug. Rin gasped for air as Obito went blue in the face from lack of oxygen.
Kakashi and Katsumi separated from their hug and moved towards Kushina. Katsumi wrapped her arms around Obito and pulled as Kakashi did the same to Rin. Kushina happily let go and walked towards her boyfriend. Katsumi landed on her butt with Obito in her lap while Kakashi managed to stay upright.
"Obito, you baka, get your butt off my sister!" Kakashi released Rin and grabbed Obito by the collar of his shirt, ripping him off Katsumi. Obito flailed wildly, trying to hide the crimson stain on his cheeks. Kakashi opened his mouth to verbally tear the Uchiha to pieces when a gentle hand landed atop his.
"Mah, mah nii-san, put Obito-kun down." Katsumi's voice was like the tinkling of glass, ringing through the air causing all those near to freeze. Rin's eyes widened as she realised what just happened, in fact everyone but Kakashi and Katsumi nearly fainted from surprise.
Kakashi's hand unclenched and Obito dropped to the floor, all the while still staring at Katsumi in disbelief. Katsumi let out a quiet giggle as she observed the reactions of those around her.
"Y-y-you can talk?" Obito didn't even try to conceal his shock, tripping over his words as he spoke.
"Mhmm, she just doesn't like to," Kakashi spoke for her as she shrugged and reached her arms up in a stretch. Katsumi soon started shifting uncomfortably as the looks continued.
Noticing her discomfort Kakashi growled. "Aren't we here to train?" his voice snapped Minato and Kushina out of their stupor and back into sensei mode.
"Right, let's start with some sparring. Obito-kun and Kakashi-kun, you will spar first." Katsumi moved over next to Kushina and relaxed with a hand on her hip.
Rin stared at the silver kunoichi in awe. It looked as if the brunette would burst at any second. "Do it again," the girl finally popped, which gave her reclusive friend one hell of a fright.
'Do what?' she signed, causing Rin to frown as Kushina translated for her through pure reflex.
"Speak; your voice is really pretty," Katsumi eyed her warily as her eyes flicked from the spar and back to the girl beside her. Rin had her hands clasped in front of her as if she was begging. Obito was obviously paying too much attention to their conversation. His movements slowed as he became increasingly distracted by the silver kunoichi's voice.
Katsumi sighed and placed her hand on her forehead in exasperation.
'What do you want me to say?' she signed.
Kushina rolled her eyes and translated for her student again. She then added that Rin should probably take up sign language if she wanted to keep a decent conversation with Katsumi.
"Hmmm, say our names," Rin gestured to the group. "Please." Her eyes were full of hope and
Katsumi felt her heart clench in an almost maternal way. "Nohara Rin, Uzumaki Kushina, Namakazi Minato, Uchiha Obito and Hatake Kakashi. Oh and Hatake Katsumi, of course." Katsumi hummed after the string of names and tried to ease the tight feeling in her throat. She figured she just needed to practise with her voice more often.
Rin looked hypnotised and wasn't paying much attention to the fight. There was a clang of metal and a thump. Katsumi turned her head forwards to observe Obito on his butt in the grass with Kakashi's kunai to his throat.
"The winner is Kakashi-kun, make the seal of reconciliation." Minato smiled as he motioned for them to finish up. Kakashi reached out two fingers awaiting Obito's own. Their fingers met for a moment before Kakashi dropped his hand and turned back to Katsumi. The silver-haired girl was grinning under her mask as she absently adjusted the Leaf hitai-ate on her thigh. Obito's eyes followed the motion locking onto the leather loop of rope hanging off her hip.
"What is that?" Obito asked, pointing at the foreign object. Katsumi followed his finger and raised her eyebrows.
"Oh that's Katsumi-chan's whip, it's her speciality," Kushina answered the boy, taking the pressure of communication from Katsumi. She knew that her student before was becoming truly uncomfortable with the unnecessary amount of verbal communication.
"Rin-chan, remind me to teach you two sign language," Minato chuckled. Katsumi looked up at her brother's sensei and flashed him the Hatake closed-eye smile.
OMAKE
There was a knock at the door. Kakashi threw the blankets off of himself and yawned. His feet thudded against the hardwood floor as the knocking continued on, getting louder and louder with every passing second. He growled to himself and made his way down the hall still in his pyjamas. He reached the front door and swung it open.
"KAKASHI my cool hip brother-in-law!" Kakashi's jaw dropped as he observed the sight in front of him. Gai stood on his doorstep with a huge shit-eating grin plastered on his face. Beside him Katsumi stood with a sheepish smile, her hands rubbing her bulging stomach in small motions highlighting the fact that she was very pregnant.
"KATSUMI!" Kakashi screamed. Suddenly five little figures moved from behind the two taller figures.
"UNCLE KAKASHI! WE CHALLENGE YOU!" Each child had their beautiful silver hair chopped into a horrid looking bowl cut. Contrary to their silver hair, each child had large thick black eye brows dancing just above their eyes, making it impossible to tell each child's gender.
"Oh, nii-san, don't you just love the power of youth." came Katsumi's small timid voice.
Kakashi fell backwards as the kids jumped at him. A scream erupted from his throat as he fell towards the ground.
Kakashi shot up in his bed screaming at the top of his lungs. Katsumi was awoken violently by her brother's cry. She leapt out of bed and wrapped her arms around him, trying to distract him from his obvious nightmare.
"Imouto, it was so horrible! You and Gai were married and you had a herd of very..." He paused catching his breath. "'Youthful' children," he spat the word. Katsumi pulled back from her hug and looked him straight in the eyes. There was a beat of silence before Katsumi burst into uncontrollable laughter.
"IT'S NOT FUNNY, IMOUTO!"
Some may have noticed that Katsumi acts very much like a kid. Reincarnation is a doozy! She will change the plot quite dramatically, but she doesn't learn why or what is going on with her nightmares for a looong time.
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