~For a while now, reviewers to the main story have received some "bonus content" as thanks for reviewing. Since I can't PM anonymous readers, I decided that I'd post all bonus content exactly a year after the corresponding chapter was posted. This short was the bonus for Chapter 19. Now, on that note:

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS if you haven't finished Chapter 19!

Time: Prologue

Kakashi's apartment, Konoha. Two years after Kyūbi.

Warning! If you don't know who their mother is, DO NOT READ this yet.

Kakashi—

Believe me, I didn't want to send this letter. We might have been on opposite sides of that marriage assassination mission, but, well, we carried through and consequences happen. You're a hard man to pin down, Kakashi.

In case you didn't realize who I was when I dropped my henge, I'm Terumī Mei, a jōnin from Kirigakure. We've met before, but not on good terms. Quite frankly, I hated you. I might still hate you. I had goals and dreams, and you were content to just be a weapon. You ruined my life.

I thought I'd get past it, you know? I'd steel myself. People have done worse things, and death is hardly something to get worked up over in our lives. But when I learned there were two, I knew I couldn't do it.

My village is corrupt. Our Academy students are told to butcher each other, and even our civilians vote for the slaughter of our remaining bloodline limits. My dream was to change that. Perhaps I could work my way into a position of power and fix the unacceptable brutality of my village. But that dream has changed.

I will take control of my village through any means necessary. Kiri will become a village where children can be raised without fear or prejudice. But that isn't possible for my children.

Please beg the Hokage for sanctuary for your children, and I promise that my village will never ask for their loyalty. I will renounce all contact with them. I can't promise anything yet, but if my goal is fulfilled, Konoha will never have difficulties from Kiri again. Any fool can see that a Kiri with new administration will seek allies, and you are no fool, Kakashi. These children are precious resources. The Sandaime is hard, but I have never seen him to be cruel. I beg you, Kakashi. We were young and reckless, but these are unborn children. Your children.

It shouldn't escape your notice that you have until late February or early March. I have requested a long-term mission, and I will send the appropriate location to you when that time draws near. Whatever method I use to get this to you will be reversible.

I will keep my pregnancy a secret. If you try to get out of this, I will make sure you care for these babies. Maybe that doesn't scare you, but believe me when I say I will do anything to keep these children safe. If I have this shred of humanity left, then so do you. Please, just give them a chance.

~I think we can safely assume that this letter was nearly the cause of a heart attack. Beyond that, though, I think it explains a lot. (And by the way, it's no mistake that Kakashi lives in an apartment here. Little details are so much fun!)

Reply to Guest: Ack, just don't ask me to update KK. That's actually hard and requires effort.

On the off-chance you didn't know, there's a Q&A going for the main story. Really, I'd love to hear your questions and completely avoid answering them. Ask me or the characters anything you like and I'll answer one way or another. You can ask from right here. And you don't have to, but it could be lots of fun to read!

Not that I'm super thrilled to get certain clamshell characters to answer personal questions . . . well. Enough confession time. Happy self-insert!

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