A/N: Well another day and another chapter. I'm going to be extremely busy this next week so this will be my update until May 8th or later. I will update sometime that week.

Now time for the age updates:

Naruto: age 4

Shiisin: age 9 (genin)

Sasuke: age 4

Itachi: age 9 (genin)

Hinata: age 4

Neji: age 5

Gaara: age 4

Kankuro: age 5

Temari: age 6 (academy student)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did I wouldn't be writing this:p

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Chapter 5

Two years have passed since that day that the Kazekage was killed. Since then, with a "little" memory modification, Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari were happily living with their adopted family. They celebrated with Itachi and Shiisin when they became genin at the age of six, and when Itachi mastered the Sharigan at the age of eight. They had also been there to celebrate a surprising new member to the family.

Miki had become pregnant against all odds. When the fateful day came to add the new member to the family, they all waited at the hospital. When the news came that the baby had been born, they all rushed in to meet their new baby sister, Kiki.

Shiisin and Itachi had grown into the unbreakable duo. It didn't help that they were on the same genin team. Temari had her own group of friends her age. She could always be seen with them giggling like all girls. Neji and Kankuro couldn't stand each other so they had their own set of friends. Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and Gaara had become known as the demon four. They were a handful for any adults, accept their parents, it didn't matter how many or how skilled anyone that tried to baby sit these four were lucky to escape with their sanity and their lives.

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It had been a long day as the duo and the demon four were walking back from training. The duo had been showing them how to throw shuriken. They all seemed to grasp the concept but putting to use was another story. Sasuke seemed to have finally been able to do it by the end, when it seemed out of the others capability.

There was a slight mist in the air but nothing out of the ordinary for the Lightening Country. The first sign of anything weird was the animal behavior. They were all panicky like they sensed something the humans didn't. Then they felt and heard it a soft rumble and shaking of the ground.

It took the two genin just a second to realize what was going on. "RUN!" They both yelled. "THIS WAY!"

"WHAT'S GOING ON, ANIKI?" asked the startled and surprised children.

"No time to explain." Itachi answered while activating his Sharigan. They all started running the older two were running at the younger children's pace knowing that they couldn't carry all four of them at once. It would slow them down more then this.

Shii was running in the lead. Showing the way to everyone. Itachi was in back. Making sure they all followed Shii in the rush. To make sure they were taking a safe path, Itachi and Shii kept a mental connection between each other, something they had been perfecting for the past two years. No one could have expected what happened next to happen.

All of a sudden, the ground was shaking more fiercely then ever. Shii and Itachi were doing everything in their power to keep themselves standing let alone the other children. The only choice they had was to hold on to the children desperately. Then Itachi noticed a crack forming between Sasuke and Naruto's feet. He looked at Shii and pushed him to where he'd be safe to get help for them.

Then there was no longer ground under their feet. Itachi instinctively grabbed for a handhold with one hand and reached out for one of the children's hands while yelling, "Grab hold of each other!" They needn't ask what he meant. They just did, accept Naruto who was too afraid to move.

The next thing they knew, they had formed a chain. Itachi held on to the wall created by the earthquake where a small cliff had been made. From Itachi's other hand was Hinata. From Hinata's other hand was Gaara's left leg. From Gaara's hands was Sasuke's waist. From Sasuke's hands was a shaking Naruto's waist.

"Naru-chan, are you okay?" asked Itachi. He had noticed the boy's shaking and was trying to shake the boy out of it.

There was no answer. "Naruto!" Itachi said sharply. This brought the boy back. "Grab a hold of Gaara-chan's arms." Naruto did as he was told. They all heard a grunt from Gaara and Hinata for the change in weight.

"Now Sasuke-chan, let go of Naru-chan's waist. Naru-chan, move your legs on to Sasuke-chan's back. Use that to reach up to Hina-chan's legs." Sasuke quickly let go of Naruto's waist. Naruto then moved his legs to rest against Sasuke's back. He then grabbed a hold of Hinata's legs. "Now Naru-chan, as soon as you can reach my legs, grab hold of them by my knees." The children all of a sudden felt themselves moving up towards safety. Naruto could soon reach Itachi's legs, but not Itachi's knees. As soon as he could, he slowly moved one hand from Hina-chan's legs to Itachi's knees. He then moved the other hand.

"Naru-chan, now climb up my legs until you reach my waist. Sasuke-chan, I want you to shift your body so that you are facing Gaara-chan." Both boys slowly did as they were told. Sasuke was now situated to what looked like him and Gaara hugging each other. Naruto was still trying to climb up Itachi's legs.

"Is everyone okay?" asked a belated Shiisin as he looked over the edge to see what was going on.

"Shii-kun, go get dad!" Itachi answered. "We might not be able to climb out of this without him."

"Alright! I'll be back as soon as I can." Shii replied as he pulled his head away from the edge. They then heard his footsteps fading away until they were gone.

By then Naruto had reached Itachi's waist and was on his back. "Naruto, now I want you to climb to where you can reach the cliff. Then pull yourself up." Itachi said.

"Aniki, I'm scared!" Naruto said shakily.

"Don't worry Naru-chan. We'll catch you if you fall." Itachi replied with sincerity.

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After they all got up to safety on the cliff using the same process, Itachi rested and then looked to see if there were any handholds and footholds. He didn't find many. Not enough for the four four-year olds. They would have to wait there for their dad and Shiisin to help them.

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A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Please review with any ideas or suggestions. Like I said I probably won't update until May 8th. I'll try to answer reviews as soon as I can. Review!