"And not to mention you're a dirty little piece of asswipe who always finds joy in messing around like a damn kid," she heaved, but refused to stop picking at his flaws one by one. "You darn weasel! I can't believe you; pancakes?! You think pancakes will cut it, don't you?!"

Itachi lay on the couch at the Uchiha manor, idly watching her pace around frustrated.

"Where the hell is duck butt!" She randomly yelled between insults.

"Mother took Ai and him to Okinawa. Bonding she said."

She regarded him with narrowed eyes. "Why? Just why?"

Itachi sighed and sat up with a small smile, before pulling her down next to him. "I am completely over you and completely in love with Ai." He stated, poking her shoulder.

"Well woohoo for you," she rolled her eyes, "but you can't jump into marriage like it's that easy."

"Yes, I can."

"No, you can't."

"Yes,"

"No,"

"Yes,"

"No, and I'm stubborn and I will keep this going till you agree."

Itachi slumped down and chuckled a bit. "I could never imagine myself with someone other then you and now look at me, engaged.."

Kushina frowned, "I never said you could kick me out of your life; I am still going to abuse you while you're married, but in the sidelines."

An eyebrow rose, "Is that you're way of saying you'll be there for me?"

"Puh-lease, I have better things to do then babysit-"

"Thank you Kushina," he cut her off and embraced her gently with a smile. She relaxed onto the couch and closed her eyes, ignoring the sudden movement next to her when he let her go.

"I got you this," Itachi said after a while.

"What is it?" Kushina asked evenly.

"See for yourself."

The redhead stared at the contents of an open box, as a sly smirk played on the Uchiha's face.

"Mother also told us to bond while she was gone, and this came in mind."

Kushina grinned; this shall be an amazing experience.

"This sure beats any of those bonding exercises you made me do years ago,"

"Sasuke is going to-"

"What the hell are you doing to my girlfriend!" Sasuke's angry voice brought goosebumps to everyone in the room.

They hadn't done anything scandalous; just her and Itachi in boxing gear and shorts wrestling.

"Hey I made her wear protection!" Itachi retorted, avoiding a timed punch to his shoulder.

"Uzumaki-"

"I'm busy kid," she did a roundhouse kick and Itachi caught her ankle.

"Mother!" Sasuke yelled aghast when all hope was lost.

Kushina twisted her ankle and used her other to flip him over, subsequently impressing all the workers and spectators.

"Sasuke dear let them have some fun," she said, watching in awe and taping it all.

Itachi, to Sasuke's complete horror, was fighting her like she was some 200 pound male who wore leather jackets and had billions of tattoos when in reality she weighed about 90 something and was a head shorter than himself.

She could pass as an angry pixie of sorts.

He winced when his brother landed a kick to her ribs, and let his jaw dropped when she (completely unaffected) caught his ankle and swiped hers on the floor, laughing as he dropped like a sack of potatoes before pinning him down.

The referee started his countdown "1! 2-" and Itachi pushed her off.

"Yeah! Go Itachi!" Ai cheered, as Sasuke's eye twitched.

No way was he letting this continue.

He got into the ring and pulled her away as soon as he caught her while the ref rung a bell and disqualified her at the intervention.

"Damn I was totally going to win!" She whined and punched his chest, before a bewildered look crossed her face when she found herself in the parking lot.

Sasuke shoved her inside his car and locked her in, before striding over to the garage to get her stuff.

"They are so cute together!" Ai gushed to Itachi, who had a smug smile.

"She so would've won," his mother said, laughing when his smile morphed to a frown.

"Yes, she is stronger then both of you," Ai pointed to Sasuke and him.

She is, of course. None could have so much power over the both of us.

Kushina, for the very first time in her entire life felt childish and elderly all at the same time, and she knew they had the same idea. Their mothers had sent them off to a convenience store with a $50 bill to split between the five of them, and it made them nostalgic.

How long has it been?

"I call Kushina!" Naruto said, snatching a twenty from Itachi. Sasuke pulled out a ten from his confused brother's fingers and stocked off in pursuit of the Uzumakis.

Why would Naruto want to-

He shook his head when she bought chocolates worth about $4 and gave the rest to a booming Naruto.

"Woah I get like, sixteen dollars to myself!"

"I'm surprised you calculated correctly brother, and even more so at myself for calling you brother." She stared ahead in deep thought.

"I don't want anything," Ai said apologetically, shaking her head at Itachi.

"Girl, you did not just refuse." Naruto put a hand to his hip while wagging his finger in her face.

"I don't get the hip thing," Kushina muttered to Sasuke. "Girls think it's haughty, when in reality they look like a damn teapot."

Sasuke smirked whilst pulling out a bag of Doritos from a rack.

"Licorice makes you fickle-ish," Ai sweat-dropped and put down the pack, before lifting- "Chips, with a side of whips."

Ai shied away from Naruto's penetrating gaze, waiting for her to pick another snack and remark on it.

"Aren't you gonna do something?" Kushina asked Itachi, watching curiously.

A pregnant pause. "No..."

"Gummy bears, or chummy hairs?"

Chummy hairs?

"He is high.." Sasuke commented, pulling Kushina away to the cashier.

"Wait, it's getting good!"

"Come on Kushina."

She huffed and slapped his extended hand away, "You never let me do anything fun."

Sasuke chuckled, "Do you know how childish you sound?"

She mimicked him in the munchkin voice, before yelping when Itachi magically appeared next to her with an expectant look.

"Hehe munchkins..."

She looked between them, calculating the safest escape route when something called her.

"Hey," a male voice said.

"Oh no."

Behind the cash register sat Ren with a smug look, as he beckoned for the redhead to come closer.

"What got you out so late, unless.." Ren raised a brow when Sasuke cut him off by weaving a hand around her waist possessively. "Uchiha has a leash on you already?"

"Instead of picking a fight with customers," Itachi said, putting a hand on his brother's shoulder to silence hi "Do your job without the unnecessary remarks."

"Uchiha Itachi," a silhouette came into vision, morphing into someone Kushina loathed to the core: the annoying physics teacher.

Itachi blinked, "do I know you?"

Hahahahahah burn!

Sasuke looked down at her with horror.

"Please tell me I did not voice that?" She whispered to Sasuke.

"You did."

"Oh god what did I do?"

"Enough!" Shouted the physics teacher, "it doesn't matter if you know me or not, because I will be seeing you at the PTM next week and inform you of your brother's shenanigans."

He walked out after that, leaving Itachi who merely shrugged without a care and Sasuke scoffing with all the arrogance in the world.

"Hehehe, he said shenanigans.." Kushina sighed, before dumping all her chocolates on Sasuke and leaving him to go through Ren.

"Good girl." He whispered with a smirk.

"You're such a jerk," she retorted, pressing a sweet kiss to his lips in full-view of a fuming Ren, "but I am simply evil."

She traced his jaw with her thumb before leaving to wait outside.

Sasuke on the other hand, shot a smug look to Ren and muttered a curt, possessive word with fire in his eyes.

"Mine."