Me: Chapter 3 had it's delay, poor, poor chapter 3... But, here it is! So be happy!!

Kakashi: I'm in this chapter again, aren't I?

Me: Yar. Ya pirate. Sorry, I mean pirate ninja.

Kakashi: Why do you hate me?

Me: I don't hate, I'm just angry I can't get your character right.

Kakashi: Ah.

Me: Say my precious disclaimer, Sasuke.

Sasuke: Why me?

Me: Because I don't like you, now say it.

Sasuke: Game-girl209 does not own Naruto.

Me: Thanks, now go and die MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!

The heavy panting of three worn out siblings had rang through the area. Erina had advised them to stop for the night, and move at dawn again. Which Sekitan and Suru gratefully complied.

One of key factors of why Erina wanted to stop was her worry over her brother's leg. She guessed she noticed it before her sister because she ended up lagging behind the two other siblings. Fitness was not her strong point. How she kept up with Kakashi for so long, that year ago, she had no idea.

Once they had reached to the point, that they were sitting around a fire, Erina asked Suru, "Suru, how's your leg...?" She watched his reaction, yet oddly enough he was just staring into the dancing flames of the fire, and looked at her with a clueless expression.

"What?" he asked, looking like he had just returned from dreamy thinking.

'Day dream would probably be a more suitable word...,' she thought, as she repeated the question.

Suru answered, "Huh? Fine, I guess... Why?"

"You're leg was burnt. When it's burnt it's usually sore, right? Don't lie to me that it doesn't," Erina pointed her index finger at him.

He raised an eyebrow. "Look, it's not that sore. It's just burning slightly. Nothing that could stop me from running, OK? Stop stalking my poor leg!" he finished, with exclaiming.

It was Erina's turn to raise an eyebrow. "How is that stalking your leg? I was merely examining it's condition," Erina questioned. It was often that she put effort into her vocabulary, when she argued.

"It's like constantly watching over my leg, never letting it have it's time alone. It's stalkering!!" her overly active brother replied

Silently giving up, Erina asked, "Where's Sekitan? She was here a minute ago..." she frequently moved her head around, in search.

A voice called over her shoulder, "Here," which made the brunette jump, and the other two siblings laughing at her misfortune.

After that short event, Sekitan spoke up. "We need to know what to do when we get there, to Konoha," she began.

Erina was puzzled. "What do we need to know? We go to the Hokage, ask her what the fiddle sticks happened, and there soblem prolved!" she said, purposely making that mistake in her sentence.

"Yeah, but, what about after. Where do we live? How do we live? What will we do to get money?" her sister explained.

"Easy. I go become a ninja, get paid. While you two get normal jobs there," Erina spoke up.

"It's not that simple..." Suru told her, as he shook his head.

"Yeah, you have to go to this school before you become genin. So, what about before then? And, how are we going to find jobs? What talents do we have?"

Erina frowned at this. "But..., you both have talents, and I don't think stocking up stuff in a shop needs that much talent. Or possibly, something else. I mean, we won't know until we get there," the youngest explained.

Sekitan shook her head, and smiled ever so slightly, "You make it sound so easy, Erina," she commented at which the girl grinned.

"We should get moving then if we want to continue, I suppose," Suru advised. The females nodded.

The group had reached the entrance to Konoha a half of an hour after. The sun now shined it glow as it rose. Annoyingly, for Erina they had been stopped. "Halt! What is your purpose for entering this village?" asked a man with a bandage across his nose.

"We used to live outside the village, but our house was burned down..." Erina said quietly, while having a feeling her siblings were inwardly smirking. "Our house... was burned down, and soon after, we received a letter from the Hokage, that our parents we've known most of our lives were imposter's... We just came here to find answers!" Erina whimpered slightly.

"Uh... you just needed to state your name and where your from," the man replied. "And... uh... that's it," the man coughed, obviously feeling uncomfortable, with the matter.

Erina wanted to smack herself on the head, after being informed, but kept up the act. " Hehe... Sorry... my head is in another planet today," she said.

There was one other man there too, who asked their names. "Kinasaki Suru."

"Kinasaki Erina."

"Kinasaki Sekitan."

The two men let them proceed, to the Hokage tower, which they so kindly pointed out.

On their walk there Erina encountered someone familiar. "Hey, Kakashi!" Erina smiled, as she saw the sliver haired man.

The man looked up from his book and looked at the girl with a clueless expression. "Hello, someone I don't know," he replied. "Who are you?"

"Um... Girl who met you about a year ago, when your student, Naruto was unconscious and bruised and looked half-dead and-" she was cut off.

"Ah, yes, I remember now. You're Kinasaki. Why are you here?" Kakashi asked.

"House burned down. Parents turned out to be imposters, and found out by a letter from the Hokage. So we're just here to get answers," Erina said bluntly.

"Oh, have fun with that," Kakashi walked off.

When Suru asked who was that man Erina just replied, "Man who is odd." Which got Suru frustrated. Erina found it odd that Kakashi had basically no reaction to that, even when she recalled him knowing her sir name. It had taken over her thoughts, until they reached the Hokage tower.

Once, Erina and her siblings entered they looked around gingerly, trying to figure out where they're destination was. The building was pleasantly simple, slightly colourful.

When they had reached what looked like a door to the room the Hokage was in, they knocked. They heard a strong, loud, "Come in," they entered.

There was an appearance of a woman in her late twenties, with blood hair and fierce look, sitting in a chair. "What is it?" she asked impatiently.

"We're of the Kinasaki family, and we want some answers about our parents," Sekitan informed.

The woman sat a little straighter, when she heard the name. "Kinasaki, I see. I expected you to come," she sighed, and ruffled through the stuff on her table, until she pulled out a long scroll.

"This is names of the people who were killed during the time the Kyuubi was here. The name of your parents are on here. There was several people who witnessed their death. I'm sorry, but it's true. You're parents are dead."

There was an eerie silence for a few seconds, until Sekitan spoke up. "Then... who were those people that took care of us? They look exactly like our parents."

"An easy henge jutsu, where the ninja can transform their were probably ninja protecting you from people who'd want to kill you," Before any of them could ask why she continued, "When you all were young, even you," she pointed at Erina, "a few months old, there was a jutsu your parents put on you. The jutsu's function was when your parents die, one third of their power, and chakra would go to you all.

"You're parents were strong, very strong. People envied their power of teamwork or just their power alone. Once they found out you gained their power, they got their hopes up, thinking they can finally kill that power before it became a threat.

"The Sandaime, probably hired the ones you thought were you're parents, to protect you. Though I can't be sure," she finally finished.

Erina felt nothing towards what the woman said, and would probably have to wait to let it sink in. She glanced at her brother. 'He looks like he wants to punch someone or someone...' Erina thought, as brother was glaring the floor.

"Our house burned down, just the previous night. Could that have been someone trying to kill us, while our... caretakers were on a mission?" Sekitan asked, acting calmer than Suru.

Erina gritted her teeth at the word 'caretakers.' 'They're still Kaa-san and Tou-san, no matter who they are. They still cared for us all those years...'

The Hokage closed her eyes, like she was preparing her answer. "I know... That proves your guardians are dead. They must have died before then."

Erina began to shake. This whole thing was consuming her. Her house burned down, her real parents dead, the people that had taken care of her all her life dead too... She had no home to turn to. No parents to greet. It was just to much for her. Not being able to reach for the touch her parent, not being able to find the comfort of her home. Never seeing her parents or hearing their voices ever again... She wanted to walk out and cry, forget about everything and cry, to her hearts content. Even though, this made her feel so weak, she wanted to just give in.

"Hokage-sama, may I excuse myself for a second?" Erina asked cautiously.

"Not yet. I know this is hard for you, but that is what happened. In the mean time, I'll sort stuff out with a land owner and see if we can get you a place to sleep.

"There is one question I must ask all, are any of you becoming a ninja?"

"I want to, but..." Erina trailed off.

"We'll things sorted out with the academy, as well then. For now, I''m going to send you to an inn, and let you all settle there for the time being. I will notify you once I'm done. Dismissed." the female Hokage, quickly added, "Kakashi will show you the way," as soon as she said them words, Kakashi popped out from the window, with one hand waving, and him greeting, "Yo."

"Were you there the whole time?" Erina asked, still overwhelmed by everything.

Kakashi ignored her question. "I'll take you to the hotel," gestured them, to follow him, out the door.

They followed, and walked through the crowds of people talking and buying. Erina caught a glimpse of ninja running on the rooftops, but only a glipse, and silently praised herself that she was able to see them.

Yet, the information they had found in their previous destination, still was fresh in her mind. She wanted to cry again. She, for some reason, felt the pain of crying gave her comfort. The feeling of claustrophobia, she was getting at that minute was not one of comfort though. She was not used to crowded places.

The girl shook her head, trying to prevent herself form thinking so much about everything. She wanted to talk to Kakashi about something, so she asked, "How's Naruto?" she still felt a longing to see that boy, even if he only spoke to her once. She wanted to be a part of his life, yet she did not know why.

"I wouldn't know. He's on his 3 year training trip with his other sensei. He should be back around a year and half. I had to guess, I'd say he's beating himself up with trainning at the minute," Kakashi replied, not looking up from that book he always seemed to carry.

"Okay," she was disappointed. "Watcha reading?" Erina asked trying to pry over his shoulder.

Kakashi coughed a bit, and answered, "Nothing for your eyes."

Erina raised an eyebrow, "Oh, and what is for my eyes?"
"Not this," the jounin quickly replied.

At this Erina fell back into step with her siblings again. She would glance at them, every now and again, hoping to see a reaction. There was none, that's what worried her. They merely looked ahead, or glancing around the place.

Erina sighed, and hoped things would be better soon, as she saw the inn coming into her vision.

Me: UGH! I can't do long paragraphs!! Oh, and suggest stuff all ya want.

Kakashi: You can, you're just too lazy.

Me: Says you, Review. Hehe, that rhythms!

Sasuke: -Rolls eyes-

Me: -Glares- You're a fagot!

Sasuke: What?!

Me: A fagot, fool.

Sasuke: -Glares-

Me: -Glares-

Kakashi: -Sigh- Remember to review, or we'll all stop being in the clutches of the authoress. Wait, how is that a bad thing?