Minato sat in front of the chamber where his wife's incarnation slept, his blue eyes studying the outline of her body. He was trying to distract himself from worrying about Naru and so far it was'nt working. He was about ready to pull his hair out when he got an idea of sorts. A way to check up on his grand daughter without getting into trouble for it. He had some vacation time that he had'nt used yet.

He could use it to go to earth, check up on the girl, crack some heads together-no. That would'nt work, the leaf village was supposed to be the place he had been born and died in. Walking around where everyone could see him would raise many unanswered questions and cause trouble.

So that was sort of out.

But that didn't mean that he could'nt send someone else to do his dirty work for him. And he knew just the guys too.

The other three Zero Units. The bloody triplets themselves.

He figured that they would be dying to go once they heard that their little sister had been deployed. Hell they might even tear the base apart piece by piece with their bare hands if Sauske didn't let them go. He grinned evilly and rubbed his hands together then stood. Oh this was going to be fun.

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Kakashi turned to look at his teammates and their friends. It looked like it was finally time to wake up and face reality.

He needed to tell them what he knew. "Sakura. Everyone...there is something that I have to tell all of you and I'm not really sure what to say-" Mainly because he only knew a littel bit about the clones and the transfurrance of Naruto's soul from one body to another.

Sakura wiped her eyes and looked at him. Shizune, Hinata and Ino stopped wailing for a second and quieted down as everyone else gave Kakashi their attention. Even Yukimaru was giving the man his rapt attention.

"W-What is it sensei?"

Kakashi took a deep breath, his heart thudded in his chest and he felt shaky. He didn't want to do this. Facing reality, the truth, was painful. The kids could have lived their entire lives not knowing that their friend was a fake. They could have lived out their lives blissful and unaware.

Happy and guilt free of their sins towards Naruto. But unfortunatly, it was time for them to realise just what Naruto had sacrifised for them all.

And what he had left behind.

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Minato walked into the rest room and paused in the door way and cocked his head as he stared at his three grand sons. They were an odd group. Had been from the very moment of their creation all the way up to their birth seven years ago.

When they had awakened.

"Dealer calls. What you guys got?" The middle boy asked as he gave his elder and younger brother an evil smirk.

The elder took his ciggerette out of his mouth and and exhailed as he laid down his cards. "Royal flush."

"Damn it." one of them muttered as the other two glared at their older brother. He grinned back at them and collected his winnings and asked,

"And what did you two dip shits learn?"

"That your a cheater." One growled.

"And an asshole." The younger one snapped as he pouted a bit.

Yup, definatly odd.

One of the boys looked up from shuffling the cards and noticed Minato standing in the door way and set the cards aside as the other two looked at the man curiously too. "Hi guys, hows the game?" Minato asked nervously. Honestly who would'nt feel just a bit nervous when they werre being stared at so intently?

The elder boy leaned forward in his seat and laced his fingers together and rested his elbows on the poker table and stared at him. His turqouise eyes staring a hole right through Minato's face. His long turquouise, green and blond hair slipping over one of his broad shoulders. "The game is good."

"Only because your fucking kicking our asses." One of the others, a kid with red highlights to his hair, snapped, earning a glare from the older teen as another with teal streaks in his hair snickered.

Minato's lips twitched. "What can we do for you grandpa?"

"I've got a job for you three."

One of them-the middle brother rolled his eyes. "What? No hi, how ya been? No I've missed you? No bloody hug or question about our last mission?" Minato thinned his lips and glared at the boy as his elder brother reached out and smacked him in the back of the head. Deciding that it was far better to simply reach out and touch him than to lecture him on his manners.

The teen yelped as his head connected with the table and his younger brother cringed and quickly scooted his chair back away from his other two brothers. Deciding that it would be much safer to stay out of his elder brothers reach if he said anything snide.

Minato snorted as the elder brother looked back at him, apparently happy with the face that he had almost cracked his younger brother's head open.

"What's the job?" The teen asked curiously.

Minato hesitated for a second or so too long, and noticed the obvious way the teen tensed and got ready to stand up. It the man would'nt tell him what the job was, and what it entailed then he would beat the information out of him. "Your baby sister has been deployed." Minato said as the teen took a dangerous step towards him. The kid froze and his other two brothers jumped up out of their chairs.

"What?"

"When?"

"Why?"

"What the fuck? We have a system, why does'nt anybody freaking use the damn thing?"

Minato ignored their questions. "I need you three to-"

The elder brother held up his hand and Minato found it fascinating how quickly the room got quiet. Apparently the eldest boy was like the other two's god or something. He must have beaten the shit out of them daily since their birth to command such fear and respect from the other two.

"Say no more. We understand our job." He said as he turned to the other two and nodded hsi head and watched as his younger siblings scrambled to do what they needed too and grab their things.

They may be a lot of things.

Clones, outsiders, cold blooded killers, but their was one thing that they understood perfectly.

And that was that no one fucked with their baby sister.

They would go to earth and keep a careful watch on her, like they had promised too when their father died.

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Sorry I cut out Kakashi's conversation, but I just was'nt sure what to put in that part of the chapter.

And I need help coming up with names for the bloody triplets.

Anyone with ideas should feel free to share them.

And just for clairification-

The guy with the turquoise eyes and turquoise/greenish blond hair is the leader of the group. He's the most savage, and the oldest. Though he hides his violent nature much better than most.

The kid with the teal in his hair-is the middle brother. He's rash, sarcastic and a bit of a clown.

And the one with the red straks in his hair-is the youngest. He's a calm person who hates hurting others but that won't stop him if he see's something that he does'nt like. The rest of the time he's trying to avoid being picked on by his older brothers.