Kyusuke was overly eager. He had not been able to have a spar with anyone except for his dad ever before. He had never beaten his dad, even though he knew for a fact that Angel was go way easy on him, and he didn't think he would be able to beat these opponents either, but he was excited for the different opponent. Angel always tried to be a different person each time they fought, which always kept Kyusuke on his toes, but there were some things that just couldn't be changed about a person's fighting and Kyusuke had learned all of Angel's little ticks. At least all of the ticks that he gave off when he was going easy. Kyusuke had never seen his dad fight completely seriously, but he had the feeling that the same ticks wouldn't be evident at that point.

Before Kyusuke could go off and challenge one of the guests to a match, however, Angel grabbed his arm and made him look at his now crouching dad. Angel waited until he had his son's full attention before he brought his hand up to Kyusuke's face to cover his eyes for a short moment.

"What?" Kyusuke exclaimed. "But I wanted to show them my awesome skills."

Angel did not answer that. He simply stood and gestured to the three others who were waiting for Kyusuke to join them.

Kakashi watched the interaction thoughtfully. If his suspicions were correct, then he could assume that he knew exactly what Angel was saying to his son. He couldn't be sure, though, so he looked to Sasuke to see what he thought, but Sasuke seemed to be even more perplexed about the conversation than he did. Apparently this was the one symbol that Sasuke had never had to encounter from Naruto.

"Why don't you start off with Sakura," Kakashi suggested as the young boy made his way over to them. Angel stayed in his same spot, but he continued to keep an eye on all of them. It was obvious that he didn't really trust them, but Kakashi couldn't really blame him. Especially if the man behind the mask was the person that he though he was.

"Okay!" Kyusuke said excitedly as he and Sakura moved to the center of the clearing

"Sasuke," Kakashi muttered when he knew the child was out of earshot.

"What?" Sasuke asked quietly. He could tell that Kakashi was planning something and didn't want their hosts to hear so he only spoke in a whisper.

"When you fight Kyusuke," he said, "I want you to use your sharingan."

"He's just a child," Sasuke protested.

"Go easy on him," Kakashi agreed, "but use your sharingan."

"Fine," Sasuke sighed.

"Stop that!" Kyusuke yelled from his spot while fighting Sakura.

"Stop what?" Sakura asked.

"Stop going easy on me," Kyusuke whined.

"But," Sakura frowned. "You're still a child."

"I am not a child!" Kyusuke protested. "I'm a ninja just like my daddy."

No one, but Sasuke noticed when Angel jerked back and looked down and away when these words left Kyusuke's mouth so he decided to be the one to respond. "You are a child," he said calmly. Kyusuke looked like he was going to protest again, but Sasuke continued. "That doesn't mean that you aren't a ninja. It just means that you are still young. Take advantage of that. Don't grow up to fast."

"What would you know about it?" Kyusuke pouted.

"I miss it," Sasuke said. "I miss my childhood. I grew up too fast and now I can't go back. Take advantage of being young."

"I am a ninja," Kyusuke said. "I'm not a child."

Angel stepped forward now. He couldn't listen to this conversation anymore. He knew that he was practically forcing his son to grow up way too soon, but he had hoped that the boy would have a little more time of childish laughter before he gave that all up. He wanted his son to be happy, but it seemed that the only thing that he ever did was force his son to act in ways that a child should never have to. Before anyone could move, Angel dropped to his knees before his son and enveloped him in a hug.

"Daddy?" Kyusuke asked cautiously, but, as always, he didn't get a response from him. What he did realize, however, was that there was a slight shaking to Angel's shoulders, so he wrapped his own smaller arms around his dad. "It's going to be alright daddy," he tried to comfort his dad, but that just seemed to make the man's shoulders shake even more.

"What did you say to him?" Kyusuke asked the group that was now staring at him and his dad.

"We didn't say anything," Sakura said with a worried look in her eye.

"It's not what we said," Sasuke answered. "It's what you said."

"What?" Kyusuke's eyes widened and he looked back down at his dad who was still shaking.

"Your father," here Sasuke stopped just in time to correct his mistake, "your dad wants you to be a child. He doesn't want you to try to grow up so soon. He wants you to continue being a child for as long as you can."

Kyusuke frowned, but hugged his dad closer to him. He knew his dad wanted him to remain as a child, but he wanted to be grown up so that he could stand by his dad's side and fight with him. He wanted to be a grown up so that his dad would stop looking so lonely when he went and did grown up things. He wanted to be a grown up for his dad and Angel knew that, which is why it made him so upset.

After a moment Angel loosened grip and stood up. He motioned towards Sasuke before stepping off to the side. Kyusuke nodded and turned to Sasuke. "Anyway," he said with a childish grin. "I want to challenge you now."

Sasuke nodded and only stopped long enough for Kakashi to whisper in his ear. "Remember what I said," Kakashi whispered.

Sasuke waved him off before standing opposite of the child. He closed his eyes and opened them to reveal the simplest form of sharingan and Kyusuke gasped.

"That's not fair," Kyusuke turned to Angel as he pointed an accusing finger at Sasuke. "Why does he get to use his kekkei genkai but I don't?"

Angel, who had tensed up the moment Sasuke closed his eyes, was immediately in front of Kyusuke with a kunai in his hand, ready to attack anyone who came near.

"Now now," Kakashi said as he put on his most comforting voice. "We don't want to hurt each other. This is just for the sake of training." He got a kunai thrown at his face for his troubles and he was only barely able to dodge it. "Though it does beg the question of what kekkei genkai Kyusuke has doesn't it?" This time he wasn't able to dodge because a barrage of shuriken went flying towards him. None of them hit anything critical, but they put scratches all alone his body.

"What are you doing daddy?" Kyusuke asked even as he pulled out one of his own kunai and got ready to fight off the people that had been guests in his home.

Angel didn't answer. He just began to move backwards, forcing Kyusuke to move with him, but then he stopped, grabbed Kyusuke and jumped away from where they were. He was only just in time to dodge another barrage of weapons, but this one didn't come from anyone in the team.