Later that day after cooking something for lunch for her make shift family, and having Genma help wash the dishes. Uzu went into the living room with a glass of juice to see how Gaara and Kakashi were doing with cleaning the living room and smiled when she caught the two boys pretend fighting with the two vacuum cleaners.

"Kshk, kshk, you are strong young Skywalker. But I am stronger." Kakashi said between funny breathing sounds to make himself sound like Darth Vader from the Star Wars movies. Gaara grinned at him and faked a lunge that Kakashi blocked with his hose and tripped his younger brother, who promptly tried to kick his legs out from under him.

"Don't bet on it Vader." Gaara mock growled at Kakashi as he jumped to his feet and attacked. They wrestled around for several seconds before Kakashi pushed Gaara down on the couch and pinned him in place with the vacuum hose.

Gaara snickered as Kakashi said his dialog. "You fight well young Walker, but you cannot win."

Gaara giggled. "Yes. I can."

"No-" Kakashi shook his head and caught sight of Uzu standing across the room holding two glasses of juice and winked at her before shifting his attention back to Gaara. "You cannot." He said again as he leaned down a little bit and ran his fingers along Gaara's ribs causing the younger boy to squirm and giggle louder.

"Y-Yes I-I c-can!"

"No. You cannot-" Kakashi said sagely as he straitened his spine and stopped tickling Gaara so that they could finish their little play. "For I am your father."

"Noooo!" Gaara shrieked as he shook his head. Kakashi snickered and waited for Gaara's voice to die down as Iruka came walking into the room. Kakashi quickly ran across the room and grabbed him up and then ran back to the couch and set the younger boy down and then continued his horrible dialog.

"Yes! It is true. I am your father. And this-" Kakashi picked Iruka up by the back of his shirt and looked him over for a second and quickly said. "Scruffy looking, flat chested person is your mother. She's been living with the Ewoks and probably doesn't remember you, but I no longer need her so you can have her back." Then practically tossed Iruka at Gaara who caught him and flipped him so that he landed on his side on the couch then pounced on him.

"Mommy!"

"Get off me right now you punk!" Iruka growled as Kakashi laughed evilly and switched off both of the vacuums and walked over to Uzu and took one of the cups of juice from her as Iruka yelled and screamed for Gaara to get off of him.

Kakashi whistled and Gaara peeked over the top of the couch at him. "Don't forget to give mommy kisses Skywalker."

Iruka jerked himself upright on the couch and glared at him as his face turned red and he stuttered. "Y-You b-bastard-" A mere second before Gaara pushed him down and leaned over him and started kissing his cheeks. Iruka screamed like a little girl and swore bloody vengeance on them as Kakashi laughed.

Uzu was laughing so hard that she was doubled over holding her sides when Kakashi sobered up and whistled again and told Gaara to run before the Iruka monster ate him. Gaara was off of the couch and out the front door before they could blink as Iruka sat up slowly and glared at Kakashi then hissed."This isn't over you son of a-"

Kakashi's good humor faltered a bit as he took a dangerous step forward and growled. "Watch your language, Iruka, there's a lady present."

"Whoa there cowboy, don't involve me in your little squabble." Uzu said as she put her hands up and slowly backed away. Kakashi turned his head and glared at her through narrowed eyes then hissed.

"Coward." As Kankuro came down the stairs whistling happily.

"What's up Kankuro?" Kakashi asked, automatically suspicious of his older brother's happy expression, though he hid it fairly well.

"We are having a party tonight and another one Friday night." Kankuro said cheerfully. Kakashi cocked his head and studied his brother. He looked stoked, so he must have gotten permission from their father. But still there were certain things that Kakashi needed to know.

"How many people did dad say that we could invite?"

"Thirty." Kankuro said without hesitation. Kakashi gave him a narrow eyed look that practically screamed, Don't-make-me-hurt-you, and Kankuro's smile faltered and he sighed and quickly amended his earlier answer.

"Fine. Twenty."

"And who will be coming to this party?"

"Ten guys and ten girls."

"For what purpose?"

"It's so Uzu can socialize with some kids her own age. She's been here a month and haven't been able to make any friends because we aren't in school right now, so her friends are sort of limited to us. I figure that we could have a party, unwind, let her meet some people, and we could all have fun." Kankuro said as he looked at Uzu.

Kakashi was right, he was a pig.

But he could be a decent guy if given the chance and had come to like Uzu as a member of the family. She was a nice girl. Quiet, and a bit shy, but nice never the less. And he really had suggested this party to help her make friends because he was a little bit concerned that she might be lonely being stuck around the lot of them all the time. After all, they were guys, and she might miss having another girl to talk too.

Kakashi looked thoughtful for a second. As much as he hated to admit it, he knew Kankuro enough to know when he was lying and when he wasn't, and could tell that his older brother was genuinely concerned about Uzu. And he did have a point.

The only friends that Uzu had made so far was the lot of them. He sighed and crossed his arms over his chest, carefully, since he was still holding a half full glass of juice. "Alright. Who are you planning to invite?"

"Kiba, Shika, Neji, Lee-"

Kakashi nodded his head. "All decent guys that can be trusted."

"Hina-chan, TenTen-chan-"

"Both very lovely girls, and would make good friends for Uzu-" Kakashi said with another nod of his head.

"Sauske, Itachi-" Kankuro watched as Kakashi started to nod his head again when he stopped and growled and handed his juice to Uzu and gently turned her around and asked her to leave the room then waited until she was out of earshot before snarling.

"What! No way, those two guys are the neighborhood gang bangers! You can't invite those bastards here!" Kankuro looked puzzled for a second. What was Kakashi so pissed about now?

"What? Why not?"

"Because, brother mine, it would be like inviting in a pair of serial rapists to a spot where there is going to be loud music, and plenty of little chickie's to victimize."

"Oh come one Kakashi, they can't be that bad."

"Yes, Kankuro. They are." Genma said as he came walking up to join the conversation.

Kankuro looked at his third brother and shook his head. He hung out with Sauske and Itachi from time to time and they didn't seem like such bad people to him. They didn't do drugs. They didn't drink. "How would you know Gen?" Kankuro asked curiously as Kakashi glanced at Genma.

"You know that one party dad said I couldn't go too? Well, I snuck out and went. I had a little bit to drink, but not enough to completely impare my mind. And I saw Itachi talking to this girl, someone bumped into her and she turned her head to look at them, and Itachi slipped something into her drink. Ten minutes later he and Sauske were helping her back to the bedroom to lay down, and they didn't come out for almost two hours."

"Did you tell someone?" Kakashi asked curiously. Genma nodded his head. Of course he had told.

The girl who had been raped that night had gotten pregnant then committed suicide.

Genma remembered walking up to Sauske and Itachi at the girl's funeral and punching the both of them. Then told them both that he knew what they had done and he was going to make sure that it never happened again. And to enjoy their freedom while it lasted since he was going to make it his personal quest in life to put them behind bars.

In hind sight it wasn't the smartest move that he had ever made. Especially since they had gotten even sneakier in their mischief.

Still, Genma remembered every detail from that night as if it had happened just yesterday. He figured that he owed that poor girl who's life had been ruined by the two Uchiha's, because he hadn't done anything to really help her.

It wasn't the type of mistake that he would ever make again.

Kakashi reached out and ran his fingers through Genma's shoulder length dark brown hair and gave him a sad smile. "The Uchiha's aren't welcome here Kankuro. If you want to hang out with them, then do it in the usual place."

"Oh come on Kakashi, you know that if we have a party and don't invite them, they'll come to crash the party."

"If I see them trying to cross the threshold of our home Kankuro, I'll get dad's gun and I'll shoot the fuckers. Do I make myself clear?" Kakashi said in a dangerously low tone. He meant every damn word.

If he saw those assholes trying to come into his home-the same home that he was responsible for. With the kids, one of whom was a very pretty and sweet and innocent girl-then he would kill them. He didn't want that type of people sniffing around his home or his siblings in any way.

Ever.

"Now. Who else were you thinking of inviting?" Kakashi asked as Kankuro opened his mouth to argue with him. Kankuro started to say something, stopped himself. Shook his head. Then started listing names again.

"Ino and Sakura-"

Again Kakashi shook his head no. Again, Kankuro wanted to know why.

"Okay, what's wrong with Ino and Sakura?"

"Their the school sluts Kankuro. If they come here, they'll only have one thing in mind. And if they see Uzu-" Who was by far prettier and more appealing sexually than the two of them. Then their catty personalities would come into play and they would tear into Uzu for no reason at all in an effort to destroy her sense of self worth and confidence. "They'll fight. They will try and destroy her self esteem, her self worth. And if that doesn't work then they'll try to ruin her reputation in some way."

Kankuro sighed. God Kakashi had gone from fun, to a total hen in the past month. Not that Kankuro hadn't expected this pattern of behavior from the younger male, he had. He just hadn't expected him to be so damn territorial when it came to their sister.

He was like her loyal dog or something.

Anytime he smelled someone that posed a threat to Uzu, he snapped and snarled and attacked until they backed off.

It was the damndest thing!