AN: So sorry for the long er...update my muse tends to jumps from one to the next too many ideas in my head and I just had to write my other stories. I don't just make fanfic, I do have some originals. On with the next chapter then.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

POV: Obito

Iruna-chan isn't normal just like how Kakashi isn't. How can a six year old balance their time on training, making seals, and spending time with her twin? I've seen the dark shades under her eyes, even Kushina-san noticed, which leads to the scene in front of us.

"How many hours did you sleep?" Kushina-san demanded.

Iruna-chan swallowed fear showing on her face. "Uhm, I don't—I'm not sure. I only noticed it was brighter in the room from when I started working."

Kushina-sans' eyes flashed in anger. "UCHIHA IRUNA! I TOLD YOU TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF! YOU ARE STILL GROWING! IF YOU DO NOT SLEEP AT THE RIGHT TIME I WILL TELL YOUR MOTHER!"

Iruna-chan paled at the mention of her mother. Wow, so she fears her mother and Kushina-san. I can admit to fearing Kushina-san, but I can't imagine how Mikoto-san gets angry at her children.

"No not my mother. She'll take my sealing equipment!" Iruna-chan pleaded.

"If you don't want anything confiscated you do well to listen to me Uchiha Iruna." Kushina-san had a hard look in her eyes.

"Yes, Kushina-sensei." Iruna-chan answered dejected.

"Now, you will march on to your house and sleep."

"But—"

"That's an order from your sensei, Iruna." Kushina-sans' voice was as hard as steel. "You will not touch your sealing items or I will find out."

"Yes, sensei."

"Obito" I was surprised as Kushina-san called me. "You will go with Iruna and make sure to tell her mother that her daughters' mission is to sleep for the day."

I nodded and left the training grounds in step with Iruna-chan. I glanced at the six year old next to me. She lost her childhood too early, at that age I was still playing, why was she—

"You've been having missions outside the town lately." Iruna-chan said.

"Oh, yeah, we've been gathering information on the situation nearby."

"We're in the midst of a war." She said softly.

"Yeah." Being a chuunin means more danger for us. "Don't worry" I smiled reassuring her "we'll come back after every mission, alive and…well."

Iruna-chan nodded. After a while of silence I added.

"Er, Iruna-chan, be sure to think of your health. Our body is the most important for us shinobi. You won't be of much help if you're not."

"I know." She sighed. "It's just I want to finish my seal when I do I can test it out and remove any kinks in it."

I smiled down at her and ruffled her hair. "I'm sure you'll finish it in time."

We entered their house with Iruna-chan calling out she's back. Itachi-kun ran out to meet his sister with a hug their mother following moments later.

"Welcome back, Iruna. Oh, Obito-kun, what brings you here?" Mikoto-san said.

"Kushina-san told me to tell you that Iruna-chans' mission is to sleep for the day."

"What a strange mission. Well, head on up to your room Iruna. Itachi, make sure your sister does sleep and keep her away from her seal corner."

"Yes, mother." Itachi-kun answered as he held his sisters hand and pulling her with him.

"Gah! Itachi! I know where—"

I smiled watching them as they disappeared to the upper floor. Mikoto-san had a fond smile on her.

"Anything else I should know?" Mikoto-san asked me.

"Nothing" I answered shaking my head. "I better get back." I bowed a bit before jumping onto the roofs to get back faster.

POV: Kushina

Iruna-chan has been working hard ever since she got over her depression on failing the chuunin exam. I was worried for her like Mikoto. She's almost like my own daughter. I also failed on one aspect of being her sensei, I didn't think about her chakra reserves if it was enough to get her through the exams and her body as well. I'm going to help her become stronger and make sure she's used to her speed with and without the seals on her wrists and shoes. She had been making a seal inspired from the chuunin exams. She told me about the seal she wanted to make and have a sort of safety feature on it. The base seal would be easy. She wanted to add where when the scroll is handed to the shinobi their chakras' would be read by it and would keep track of the holders' health and even the surroundings of the holder for a good of four meters away.

"That can take a while to make Iruna." I told her.

"How long do you think it would take me?" She asked.

"Years" I answered "Minato took years to make the hiraishin and he's just used it just a couple of years ago. That was only a time-space seal. Yours is quite complex. The seal you're saying Iruna also need to be tested a lot of times."

After I told her that she seemed to have deflated, and she looked close to tears.

"I can't give up on this seal, if I do, then—"

"Then what Iruna?" I asked her concerned.

She shook her head. "I guess I'll have to make that one a project I'll finish after I learned more about chakras. I'll still work on it, but I'll have to think of something else to add to the summoning seal."

I nodded, but couldn't help wonder what she wanted to say earlier. It seemed important.

"Alright, now, then remove your restraining seals. You're getting too used to them, and not your real speed. We'll have you used to your real speed and your normal one, the normal is with the seals."

"When will I even remove these seals?" She asked me.

"When I tell you to" I replied.

"What if you're not around to tell me?" That one surprised me, her voice was a bit softer when she said that.

"I won't just kick the bucket. I'll go down fighting before that happens." I said to make her smile.

She did but her eyes were a bit sad before she shook her head and a steel resolve in her eyes. I wonder what she was thinking when I said that. It seems like I won't have to worry about her just giving up. She almost gave up after failing the chuunin exams, and was I close to losing her. Thank kami that she was okay, I don't know who or how, I was just glad to have my eager apprentice back.

After two months, we were sent out of the village for a reconnaissance mission by rice country. We were to pose as a mother and daughter fleeing from the war, rice country had to be affected, but passing through it would bring us close to the borders of the land of fire. On the day we were about to leave was also the start of the jonin exams. Iruna-chan was angry. She didn't want to miss seeing Kakashi-kun before his exam. Still we had to leave the village before daybreak.

"Keep safe Kushina. Look after Iruna-chan." Minato said as he hugged me and looked at me at arm's length. He was worried that I can tell.

"Don't look at me like that" I shook my head "We'll come back. I swear it on my clan. I'll keep Iruna-chan safe. She's almost like a daughter to me."

"Only a year and she's already grown on you." Minato laughed.

"Not like she hasn't grown on you too." I said raising an eyebrow at him. "Kakashi adores her, as Rin and Obito do."

"Don't let him hear you say that, he'll scowl."

"I won't." The said boy with his arms folded as he stood next to us.

"Kaka-nii!" I heard Iruna-chan shout and jump at Kakashi crushing him in a hug. "You came! You came! I thought you weren't!" She said grinning widely at the grey haired boy.

"I had to. It will be your first time leaving the village and you won't be around to spar with." Kakashi said.

Mikoto by then approached me while Iruna-chan spoke to Kakashi.

"Kushina, I know you'll keep my daughter safe as her master." Mikoto said smiling sadly and tears were just near the edge of her eyes. "It's hard enough that their father isn't here and she'll be leaving as well."

"You can bet on that Mikoto." I told her before turning to the pair of kids with us.

"I don't have to wish you luck, Kaka-nii." Iruna-chan said. "I know you'll be a jonin once the exams are over!"

"Yeah, thanks." Kakashi-kun had a hint of a blush on him.

"Just don't let your big head get in the way." She added causing Kakashi-kun to scowl at her.

I had to laugh at that. The two turned to me then. "Come on, Iruna, time to go." I said smiling.

She nodded hugging Kakashi-kun again as well as her mother. Before we left I kissed Minato by the cheek before we left heading out the gate and in the direction of the small town nearby. There we'll be changing to our proper attires and in our disguises.

"We dyed our hair! Why do I have to wear contacts?!" Iruna-chan whined. "I do not want to wear those! They'll irritate my eyes!"

"Iruna-chan, you're an Uchiha, if your eyes suddenly turn red we'll be trailed after."

"I can control my sharingan perfectly." She replied.

"It's a precaution." I answered. "We are outside our village Iruna. Out here we're targets even if we don't see enemy shinobis. I am your master and the leader here you will do as I say, Iruna." She pouted at that and I just knew I won.

POV: Rin

Me and Obito together with Minato-sensei had been doing some exercises with only the three of us. Kakashi was in the middle of his Jonin exams, he's the youngest that will be taking the exams and we have no idea how he's doing. Minato-sensei won't tell us how his exams went, saying it was to be kept a secret.

Iruna-chan hasn't returned with Kushina-san from their mission. It's already a month, and I had gotten used to have Iruna-chan with us. She's become a sunny person, almost like Kushina-san or Kushina-san had rubbed off on her apprentice.

"Rin-san!" I heard from behind me. I turned around to see Shisui-kun running towards me with Itachi-kun following at a more leisure pace.

"Hello, Shisui-kun, Itachi-kun" I greeted them "Where are you two headed?"

"To the park!" Shisui answered "Itachis' been sulking in their house, he needs to get out more."

Itachi looked at his cousin frowning or it's just his usual expression? I would have thought he's Iruna if he smiled more.

"How are you doing, Itachi-kun?" I asked him.

"I am well, Rin-san." He answered almost in a monotone.

"Where are you headed to Rin-san?" Shisui-kun asked.

"I was just headed to the hospital." I replied that seemed to make the boy wonder.

"You're not sick! Why are you going there?"

"Oh, I go there to help around. I'm learning to be a medic-nin like Tsunade-sama."

"What are medic-nins?" Shisui asked.

"We heal our comrades during battle." I answered. "Would you like to see what medic-nins do?"

"Yes!" Shisui answered eagerly. I giggled, wondering if he knew what he was getting himself into.

POV: Itachi

After visiting the hospital with Shisui and Rin-san, it made me remember the times my sister had to go there. While I knew hospitals helped people recover, I didn't like it there. It would have been fine if my sister was like Rin-san a medic-nin she has a reason to go there. The only other reason you would go there is because you're injured or visiting someone. I hope I don't have to go there when Iruna-neesama returns from her mission.

I came across Obito-san on the way home from the library and he had greeted me.

"Hi, Itachi" He said. "On your way home?"

I nodded.

"I'll walk you to your house then."

"There is no need." I shook my head.

"I'm okay with it just think of when you and Iruna-chan stayed over at my place." He replied. I accepted his offer and walked in step with him. "How are you and your mother?"

"We are doing well." I answered. "Mother sometimes sings me to sleep."

"Nightmare?"

"I haven't been sleeping well since Neesama left."

"Oh, she'll come back."

"I know."

Obito-san joined me and mother for dinner that night. It was nice having someone else with us for dinner. Obito-san had told us about his day and shared stories about his missions before becoming a genin. Mother had joined and also told him that he had to be earlier.

"Obito-kun, you're a kind soul, but as a shinobi you also have to be aware of the time." Mother scolded him.

And Obito-san had mentioned the first time we met him.

"Itachi and Iruna left their caretakers?" Mother stared at Obito-san in surprise.

"Yes, I bumped into them and they told me they left their caretakers somewhere in the village. Iruna-chan said they weren't watching them properly."

Obito-san stayed at the house until half to nine before he left bidding me and mother a good night. Mother by then had turned to me with her sharingan on.

"Uchiha Itachi, what did I tell you and your sister about behaving?" She said her voice flat. "Don't tell me when I leave you and your sister with Obito-kun you have been giving him trouble?"

"No." I shook my head insistently. "We only left our caretakers once. We didn't trouble Obito-san."

"I couldn't leave you two with your aunt, you two are—"

Neesama is lucky she isn't here right now, or she would have been scolded by mother for leaving our caretakers in the dust.

POV: Obito

I'm late. I'm late. I'm late again! Argh! Why did my alarm have to die out on me?! I rushed off to our meeting place. Minato-sensei, Rin-san, and Kakashi were already there when I arrived.

"Let's hear it, what's your reason for being late?" Kakashi said.

"My alarms' battery died on me." I answered, and he shook his head. I want to punch him right now!

"Okay, team" Minato-sensei said patting Kakashi on the shoulder "Kakashi, here has just passed his Jonin exam. He's officially a jonin. Here you go."

Minato-sensei handed Kakashi one of his hiraishin kunai. Rin-chan handed him a medic kit and he turned to me with his hand held up. I stared at it in a confused stupor.

Rin-chan whispered into my ear. "I told you we were going to hand him gifts, it's also his birthday."

I completely forgot! I wailed inside. I stared at Kakashi as he expectantly waited for me to hand my gift.

"I'll hand it to you after we come back." I told him.

"You forgot" Kakashi said without inflection and like he didn't care if I did have a gift for him or not!

"No, I didn't. I just haven't found the right gift for you."

"Alright, team, you have a mission. You're mission will be to destroy Kannabi Bridge."

POV: Iruna

Me and Kushina-san went over to the gate guards to have our identification checked while we were there I had to ask if Team Minato had left the village.

"They just left an hour ago."

No! No! No! This can't be happening! I should have handed them the seals before I left with Kushina-san. Kakashi was right there before we left! I should have given it to him! Argh! I'm an idiot! If only we came back faster to Konoha. I turned in my heel to try and catch up to them. I have to give them the scrolls! But Kushina-sensei stopped me, pulling me by the back of my clothes.

"Where do you think are you going?" Kushina-sensei asked me her eyebrows scrunched up.

"I have to catch up to Kaka-nii and the others! I haven't given them the scrolls!" I struggled to get my clothes free.

"What? Why?" She asked.

"Please, sensei, we have to catch up to them! Please!" I pleaded. I made the effort of making those scrolls, if I don't catch them, then it's all for nothing! Obito! Kakashi!

"You have to tell me why!"

"Team Minato will lose a team member." I answered softly it was a gamble to tell her, but it was a risk I had to take.

"Do you have those scrolls with you?" She asked.

"Huh?" I looked at my sensei.

"Do you have them with you?"

"Yes. I have them in a storage scroll." I replied confused as she lowered me onto the ground.

"Do you know where Minato and his team went?" Kushina-sensei asked the guards.

"Team Kakashi is to destroy Kannabi Bridge while Minato-san will back-up the front lines."

Kushina-san nodded before she turned to me a hard look in her eyes. "You will explain about this later on. Remove your restraining seals."

I nodded, and with that we left running with the boost of our chakra. I heard someone shout my name as we turned and left. I didn't look back to see it who was, we had to hurry. Oh, kami, please, please, let us get there on time!

POV: Obito

After Minato-sensei told me about Kakashis' father, the White Fang, I think I can understand Kakashi for a bit. Kakashis' father only did what he thinks is right, I don't think the White Fang was wrong. If it had been me, I would have chosen my comrade. We're only human aren't we? We may have chakra, but before we even unlocked our chakra we were normal.

"Alright, this is where we split up. Kakashi will be your team leader." Minato-sensei told us. "I will meet with you after you accomplish your mission."

"We'll continue with the mission." Kakashi said right as I was about to chase after the two Iwa-nins.

"How can you say that?!" I turned and shouted at Kakashi. Didn't anything Iruna-chan say get into his thick skull?! "Rin's our team mate!"

"Our mission is more important." Kakashi answered. "They'll try to find out our aim."

"Are you saying Rin isn't important?"

"Rin comes after we accomplish our mission. Rin is a medic-nin, they won't just kill her off they would have done it with along with the two of us."

"Rescuing Rin is more important than the mission, now!"

"A shinobi must always put the mission first. If the war goes on, there will be more lives lost."

"If it wasn't for Rin we'd long be dead, Kakashi! When we got injured she was there to make sure we were fine!"

"That's what a medic-nin does."

I punched Kakashi there on the cheek. "Do you hear yourself, Kakashi!? Rin wanted to be a medic-nin, it's not just her duty it's her purpose in life. She wants to save people and help them. She cares for all of us, damn it! Did anything Iruna-chan tell you even get through your head? Isn't it because of her you changed even for a bit?"

"I'm the captain, Obito, what I say goes. We're shinobi we shouldn't let our emotions get the better of us. Emotions are useless when it comes to missions."

"Fine, YOU can finish the mission yourself, I'll go save Rin!" I said turning to the direction the two shinobis took Rin. "The White Fang was a true hero. Shinobi that break the rules maybe called trash, but those who leave their friends are worst than trash."

POV: Kakashi

While I stared at Obitos' back as he walked away, there were echoes of what Iruna told me before I had teammates.

"If it were me I would forget about the mission, either it was someone precious to me or merely a team mate, I would save them. Those who break the rules are trash, but those who don't care for their comrades are much worst. I mean, if I were to become team mates with someone who saved their comrades, and in exchange abandoned the mission. Then I can be sure that they have my back and they won't abandon me. Being abandoned by anyone is the worst a person can ever feel. Don't worry Kaka-nii, if I would ever be your team mate I won't abandon you, I'll save you. I won't let you die. As a shinobi, shouldn't we look underneath the underneath?"

The reason I acknowledge Irunas' words then, it wasn't because of her belief, but she wouldn't abandon anyone. 'I won't abandon you', those words rang in my head for days as I thought of my father. My father killed himself of humiliation and didn't even think of me. That time Iruna was depressed after failing in the chuunin exams got me angry, why couldn't she get up herself like I did before? I didn't have anyone to help me when my father left me. He abandoned me. But I had enough of Iruna sulking around and I told her to just give up if just a simple failure will get her down, she didn't have the strength to uphold her beliefs. I didn't know why I did that, I left her alone to come to terms herself, but I didn't. I didn't abandon her. I care for Iruna and I care for my team mates as well. Turning now and leaving Obito to save Rin alone is the same as father did to me, he may have saved his comrade, but he left me.

The mission can come later.

POV: Iruna

I recognized the large bamboos we were by and on the river there were traces of burnt bamboo floating above the river.

"Sensei, which way would take us to the bridge?" I said as we stood on top of the water.

"That way" She said pointing northeast "Didn't you say we should hurry?"

"Yes, but, something must have happened on their way to the bridge. There is burnt bamboo here."

"Sensei, can't you detect any nearby chakras like how Minato-san does? We can catch up to them before anything else happens."

Kushina-sensei merely closed her eyes and seemed to concentrate. I don't know what she's doing, but I do hope it would help us get to them faster.

"This way" she said rushing off towards the right, and I followed suit.

Please! Kami-sama let us save them in time. Don't let all of this be for nothing!

My heart was racing as we heard fighting nearby, and I glanced at Kushina-sensei to see her do the same. I nodded in understanding, and made sure to be alert as I followed behind her. We just arrived just as Obito and Kakashi were fighting against three jonin shinobis. Kushina-sensei impaled the other two shinobi with her katana and cutting them by the neck (not chopping the head off). I went over to Kakashi and Obito covering their mouths, they almost shouted senseis' name. I was surprised to see Obitos' sharingan and Kakashi sustained an injury to his eye.

"Don't, we've already alerted the ones inside with the fights you two made and the bodies dropping to the ground." I told them.

Kakashi bandaged up his eye and I turned to Obito as he looked around us.

"I'll be sure to tell father you have your sharingan, Obito-nii." I said as I pulled out the scroll where I placed the seals I made and gave them three.

"What are these for?" Obito-nii asked.

"Keep them on your person, and give the extra one to Rin-san." I replied. "I'll stay here. Kushina-sensei will go with you."

"No, we can't leave you out here." Kakashi said looking at me straight in the eyes. "There might be other jonins nearby."

"Sensei, what will I do?" I stared right back. I know Kakashi has learned his lesson, but I can't allow my emotions to rein right now. I know that my life could be at risk even using the seal is a risk. I'm scared for them and for myself, but someone has to do this.

"The seals they need to have another point, don't they?" Kushina-sensei said.

"Yes." I replied.

"There's no arguement then. Stay hidden Iruna." I nodded, she believes in my skills. I won't let her down. "I expect for you to know what to do."

"You can't—" Kakashi started but my sensei gave him a hard look.

"Iruna is under my command, Kakashi while Obito and Rin are under yours." Kakashi froze at her words. "It was due to your lack of awareness are you even in this situation. Come on, best get this over with."

Kushina-sensei nodded to me and with a hand sign, I made sure to be around but out of sight.

POV: Obito

We entered the cave with Kushina-san leading. Kushina-san rushed at the jonin inside, just like earlier she impaled the iwa-nin in the stomach as fast as possible, but it had been decoy. It crumbled away to the ground.

"What are two standing there for!?" Kushina-san shouted at us.

Me and Kakashi released Rin from the genjutsu she was under. There was a shout outside, and we all heard Iruna-chan shout in pain. Kushina-san met Kakashis' eyes, before she went outside. We were about to follow but the iwa-nin appeared in the middle of the cave.

"Doton: Iwayado Kuzushi" The iwa-nin slammed his hand onto the ground before he disappeared.

Stones from the ceiling started to fall as we rushed towards the exit. I was running as fast as I could towards the exit. I just got my sharingan! There's no way I'm dying here!

"Kakashi!" I heard Rin shout. I stopped and turned around to help him up it was almost in a slow motion when I saw the large rock falling down on us. We wouldn't be able to avoid it. I threw Kakashi away as strong as I could and...

POV: Kakashi

I groaned as I opened my remaining eye. I could see the canopy of the leaves above me, as everything rushed back. Obito! I sat up right away looking around the clearing Rin was tending to Iruna, who was lying on her back unconscious. Kushina-san was right next to them a grave look on her. I didn't see Obito.

"Are you okay, Kakashi?" I heard Minato-senseis' voice, I looked to my right to find sensei leaning against the tree.

"Yes, where's Obito?" I asked swallowing, oh kami please don't let the idiot be dead.

"Obito" Minato looked above us "is up there."

AN: Please don't kill me! I have a very good reason to do that.