Another twin fic, I know jump on the band wagon much. Oh well I hope you like, let me know. Originally inspired by catch my breath.

OK Edit for 2019- The first 5 chapters of this fic are old and written in my old writing style. I will be going through and fleshing them out later. So sorry about the pacing. Things pick up into my knew style at chapter 6. so until then, thanks for struggling through. I will be changing these first chapters up eventually. But Im glad to be back from my 4 year hiatus. I haven't abandoned my babies yet!

Original chapter betad by Malicethroughthelookingglass.

Currently Beta edited by the incredible katydid001 in 2020

Death wasn't swift or painless. It definitely was not glorious. In fact, my death was the slow painful sort. The rubble pressing down on my spine and my blood seeping from my flesh. I remember that last cold intake of breath before I closed my eyes one last time.

Hatake Katsumi was born on September 15th a whole five minutes after her twin brother, Hatake Kakashi. She was a quiet child, even when placed in her mother's arms she remained silent.

The twins were hard to tell apart in the beginning. Their cheeks were plump and rosey, while their hair curled upwards in thin tufts of silver. The only way to tell them apart was eye colour. Kakashi's eyes were a dark grey while Katsumi had one light-blue iris. Her other eye however was a beautiful emerald-green.

Even as babies the twins were inseparable. Everytime Katsumi was picked up without Kakashi, it was like the world was ending for the little boy. Even though Katsumi was a strangely quiet child, whenever Kakashi was out of her line of sight she would struggle uncontrollably in protest, trying to make her way towards her brother's cries. The worn out parents simply adapted, though Sakumo was called away on missions a lot, so a lot of their care fell on their mother.

They grew up side-by-side, learning to read and write together, training together. Kakashi and Katsumi were twins through and through.

Katsumi played happily on the fluffy rug her mother had placed her on, blocks clacking as she stacked them in front of her. Kakashi sat behind the wall of blocks attempting to make their structure higher.

"B-b-bl-ock." Kakashi struggled through the word before staring at his sister expectantly. The chubby toddler shook her head before holding out the cube in her hands, pushing it towards her brother.

"B-b-block. Katsu-nee." The young boy frowned as his sister shook her head once again, tapping her the block in her hands. Katsumi tapped the block and then tapped the wood against her mouth. Her mouth opened and she made a tiny squeak before shaking her head violently and gumming down on the toy.

Kakashi's head snapped up as he felt a familiar weight slip in behind him. The action flung him backwards causing him to land on his father's stomach. Sakumo huffed at the impact before smiling down at his son.

"Having fun, pups?" The tired shinobi dragged his finger through his son's hair as he waited for a reply.

Kakashi sat back up and grabbed one of their wooden blocks, holding it up to his father. "B-bl-ock."

Katsumi clapped at her brother with a closed-eye smile. Kakashi held the cube out to his sister once more, trying to prompt her into speaking. A frown pulled at her lips before she tapped her mouth and then tapped the toy in her brother's hands. She curled her hand into a fist, shaking it around before tapping it to her chest.

Sakumo felt a jolt of inspiration while watching his daughter flail her chubby arms around. "Hey, Princess?" he put his hands out in front of him, catching the toddlers' hawk-like attention. Without explanation he formed the hand sign for the word block. The little girl followed his motions flawlessly before letting out a triumphant giggle and clapping in excitement. "Amazing! That hand sign means block." He emphasised the word with the hand motion once more before tapping the wooden toys in between the twins.

She formed the sign over and over again before tapping a block in front of her brother and signing it to him. The little boy marveled at the ease in which she followed their father's motions. He smiled at his sister before slowly mimicking her movements, eager to match her new skill.

This epiphany spurred Sakumo and his wife on to teach the twins every sign they knew, even going as far to research every word they didn't know. Katsumi's natural affinity for the language both baffled Sakumo and made his heart swell with pride.

All the barriers in communication between the twins and the rest of the world slowly deteriorated as their vocabulary grew.

At three years old their mother passed and it hit the twins both very hard. Having your first experience with death at three was hard, no matter how commonly it occurred in the ninja world. Sakumo took it upon himself to train them hard as soon as they managed to toddle precariously from one side of the room to the other.

Katsumi was lucky to have been reincarnated in the first place, but to be the twin sister of Kakashi Hatake was something special. She trained long and hard, determined to be just as good as Kakashi and to keep up with his prodigy status. Though as the years went on she slowly lost touch with the memories of her past. Fleeting memories seeping into her subconscious as vicious nightmares.