Author's Note

Okay, it has been a ridiculously long time since I posted, though I have kept writing and rewriting as needs must thanks to crashing computers or lost information cards. I have been through stretches of writing nothing and am currently enjoying a stretch of writing a lot.

This current spree is a by-product of the love and respect I have developed for the character of Hatake Kakashi of the Naruto series. The true story stretches back into a tale I have written and spider legged off from where Tsukino Usagi was reborn as the older twin sister of Briefs Trunks. In the Majin Buu Saga, Dabura focused on her Super Saiya who had the potential, as all Saiya seemingly do, to take her Saiya to their maximum levels, which should work to open the seal on Majin Buu.

That was a whole other tale on its own and it took me a few years to realize that the way I wrote it, left it open to vast interpretation, because at the end, Usagi was Buu's friend, and he asked her to kill him, before he was the reason she died, an unforgivable act to his mind as I wrote him. She could literally go traveling to any world I felt like placing her in after that, when she stormed away from the celebrations her twin was trying to involve her with, revolted to celebrate what she saw as the murder of her only friend.

That then leads to this, where the warping portal she tripped into sends her rolling through other realities, and she comes to a stop in Fire Country, where she sees an opportunity to expand the company of her mother, she knew capsules like she knew how to throw a punch, and knew how to use chi to create them.

Learning about chakra was another kettle of fish, and rather iffy when her chi is her focus more than anything else she can do, and in the start she can only barely do the basic Academy three taught in Konoha.

But knowing a slew of other languages gives her a leg up in the village during the Second War, she graduates at the same era in which Kakashi does, but her skill lay in communication and making it secure.

Wow, this is a long lead in and it's not done yet, gah! But basically she keeps Sakumo from suiciding, leaving notes where he alone finds them, talking over the idea of Heroes and her view of them, and her talk stays his hand, and she becomes the equivalent of support and therapist for Sakumo, Kakashi and Orochimaru, later marrying Kakashi via contract.

Legal issues, I do not own Naruto, Dragonball, nor Sailor Moon, make no profit from them or this, monetary or otherwise, this is just a story that has been decades in motion with my head cannon for Usagi, my head cannon for Saiya that makes them age in eight year intervals, the equivalent of every full moon on their home world, and my new fascination with Hatake Kakashi's character.

I still can't finish a story, but I can pick out scenes that I feel are complete, so this will work... I think.

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"Team 7!"

They weren't the only ones to look up, though they were the only ones to rise.

"Hey wait, you're the language teacher!" Kiba protested.

Blue eyes slanted his way. "Thank you for stating the obvious," she said dryly. "Don't make me call you out again brats," she turned on heel and left the room.

Team 7 hurried after her, finding themselves going to the roof.

She perched on the edge of the roof as they spread on the stairs. "I refuse your life stories," she told them bluntly. "I am not your mother, your aunt, grandmother or sister and will never accept being labeled as such. I am one of two teachers for you brats, because I am time conscious where my husband only worries about what he calls important. Three brats who have yet to prove to him they are worth naming Genin, are very low on his scale."

Sakura puffed up. "But this team has an Uchiha!"

"Great for you," the blonde said dryly, unimpressed. "His Genin team had an Uchiha as well. No dice pinky. Seeing as you like to talk so much, you can start introductions."

Sakura spluttered. "Show us first!" she finally demanded. "What you want to know!"

That made the blonde smile. "My name is Briefs Usagi, and you haven't earned anything else. Whiskers?"

Naruto jumped up, furious. "Uzumaki Naruto! And I will make you eat those words when I turn Hokage, dattebayo!"

She ran her eyes up and down his form, disinterested. "Joker then," was all she said, looking at Sasuke blankly.

"Uchiha Sasuke," was his only statement.

"Great," she drawled. "Okay rats, here's the deal," She clapped her hands together.

"Rats!?" Sakura shrieked. "Where?"

"You three Banshee," Usagi shot back. "Tone it the fuck down before I gag you," Sakura flushed, sitting back down carefully. Usagi watched her for a moment. "Alright, get this through your heads first and foremost. The tests to get here only proved you would not die in the first five minutes on the field. Now you have to pass one of our tests to prove yourself worth our time, because training you means we cannot take B and A rank missions until you shits are on level for it, which really eats into our profits at home."

Sakura raised her hand, then had to dodge a senbon which almost pierced her palm. "One of?" she asked shakily.

Usagi swung the senbon back to her hand. "The husband will meet you at area five at seven in the morning for his test. But if you choose my test? I require you to go on a hunt, and give me the basic stats for a Jounin who is not popular in the Bingo Books, level B rank at worst. How you get your information is entirely up to you, I don't give a damn, I just want basic height, eye color, hair color and Shinobi ranking. If you are truly inventive and can learn their chakra nature then I will teach you an E or D rank jutsu of your choice, customized to your nature."

Naruto perked up. "When do we have to do it?" he asked intently.

"I will meet you three at the field he has set, and the time he has set you to," she answered, rising. "Oh, and he suggests you do not have breakfast, seems he's had too many upchuck on him before," She smiled at them. "Have a good night!"

——-

"As lackluster as before?" he asked, keeping his focus on the vegetables he was chopping.

She shrugged, leaning against his right arm long enough to kiss his bicep. "Entitled bastards, as always these days," she muttered.

He snorted. "We weren't?" he asked dryly, finishing with the eggplant and washing the knife.

"We were six and nine asshole, we had shit to prove," She levered herself up to the counter.

"Which exam do you think they will take this year?" he asked her, putting the vegetables into the fry pan before leaning over to steal a kiss.

"Dumb question," she huffed. "I promise a jutsu, of course they will take that shit up."

He grinned at her. "Are there any second chances this year?"

"The Council will have my hide if I don't," she sighed.

He stepped up to stand before her, scattering kisses over her jaw. "So I do get a chance…"

"They are predominantly your team," she retorted.

He hummed, pulling his mask down to kiss her thoroughly.

"Our team," he breathed against her lips when he pulled back.

It was her turn to hum as he massaged her thighs, edging his finger tips upward…

"Mama…?"

She snickered, leaning her head on his shoulder as he replaced his mask, glancing back over his shoulder. "Aren't you supposed to washing your hands?" he asked mildly.

The child flushed pink, dragging the another at their back. "We did," the first pouted, gray eyes peering through damp silver locks. "But Dashi no make dinner wrap!"

Kakashi sighed, lifting Usagi off the counter via her thighs and letting her slide down the front of him to stand.

She smirked up at him, rolling onto her top toes to kiss his cheek, before she slid around him to approach the two children. "Vegeta Bardock," she said precisely, watching the three year old wince. "What are you wearing?"

The girl stepped aside, and the boy scowled at the floor. "I no' Dai-jisan! No s'ndex!" He stomped his right foot petulantly.

She sighed. "Did you forget to throw your dirties into the hamper again?" she asked him.

He turned away, scowling mightily at the floor.

She quirked a brow. "No beni azuma tonight then?"

"No!!" he shrieked desperately, lunging for her. "No ta'y away!"

"Then talk to me as I require of you, face me and look at my face," she told him sternly. Damp ebony eyes glared at her as he sniffled. "These fits are not acceptable, and you very well know this. Your father sent you and Ayeka to wash your hands for dinner. Now you are stripped to your pants? Why?"

He scrubbed his face, making a point to look at her after. "You 'amen no take me! Not fair!"

She blinked at him, while his sister gasped. Kakashi arched a brow at her as he stirred the food.

"I never even went near Ichiraku today," she said clearly. "Even if I had, that is no excuse for this attitude you are showing right now, not by any lines."

Vegeta blinked up at her, put off by her statement. Then he leaned closer, sniffing deeply. She held out a wrist obligingly, and his cheeks brightened in color. "…oh," he muttered.

"Yeah, oh," she scoffed. "For that your serving of beni azuma is less and your adzuki will double."

He whined, but said nothing in return. He knew his actions warranted some punishment, even if he hated it being his food that was altered. "Yes Mama," he pouted at her.

She looked to Ayeka. "His preferred pullover is in the bottom drawer of my dresser. There will be no complaints this round," she warned them both. "Dinner is nearly done, you will be at the table. Go."

Kakashi smirked. "Well, they will at least have excellent manners when I take over their training," he said dryly after they scurried down the hall.

"Che," she scoffed, going to help him strain the rice. "They have two years to prove that to me. Your darling Princess was trying to give him hints, as if I can't hear that little whine you both like to use when you think I am being mean. Don't forget he loves his veggies and he is going to recall how much he wants to grow as tall as a bean stalk one day, like Jack and the bean stalk?"

He laughed shortly, pulling the food from the pan and draining the oil into the bottle. "Yes, and how much I must have loved my own beans… when will you remind him beans encourage gas?"

"That is left for you to remind him when he gains that deplorable teen-boy sense of humor," she shot back dryly, putting the food aside to get the plates out.

He put the platter down with the rest and came up behind her to slide his arms around her. "Oh, but you found that as hilarious as I did," he purred in her ear.

She jerked a shoulder. "Hey now, glass dishes," she yelped.

He helped her set them down, smirking as they worked together to dish out the food.

The kids came back, fully dressed now, and they let the conversation fade away, settling to enjoy dinner with their family.

——-

She rocked slowly, reading the page she held without waking the toddlers leaning against her.

Three chakra signature crept closer, but she didn't acknowledge them beyond a quick glance at her watch.

"Sensei?" Sakura spoke softly.

"You still have five minutes," she answered softly. "Use your time wisely, but quietly."

"Who are their parents?" Naruto asked quietly, looking over the little ones with a soft look in his eyes.

"Redundant question," she retorted, giving a droll look. "They are my twins."

Sakura squeaked, clapping her hands over her mouth.

Sasuke frowned. "But they're different ages," he objected.

Usagi smirked. "They actually are not," she corrected. "My boy just looked three years old at three days old. My bloodline came through him stronger than his sister and she took after their father instead."

"Shouldn't he be here with you?" Sakura asked, blinking.

Usagi chuckled deeply. "My husband used to be the number one rule supporter," she told the teen, eyes glittering with mirth. "Time and life have taught him differently by this point. Now, if you do not hold a position of office higher than he does, and do not have a really great reason for it? He is as on time as he cares to be. Additionally, he must respect you and your time. Just to be a—" Her eyes shot down to the toddlers. "—pain in the areas not talked about in polite conversation,"she said carefully. "He is late on purpose to given meetings. Because I am here, he will not be later than two hours. If I was not here, he would likely not show up until an hour before noon. Because the kids are here we might even shave another hour off his time, it depends on how soon he recalls that I need his fathers awake."

The three Genin perked up. "Fathers?" Sakura questioned.

"Plural fathers," Sasuke breathed out, eyes widening.

Her lips twitched, watching the news begin to hit him.

"Wait," Naruto suddenly realized. "You introduced yourself as Briefs Usagi yesterday, but Iruka-sensei said our sensei was Hatake Kakashi!"

The other two suddenly looked a combination of ill and terrified.

Two more signatures flashed into being some distance out, one hissing obscenities under his breath as he stalked closer with a poisonous look at the Genin, who went white.

Usagi couldn't even look at the men, gagging on her air as she tried not to burst into peels of laughter.

The dark haired, gold eyed man stood imperiously over them. "How dare you even consider taking MY babies anywhere NEAR untried Genin?!" he demanded.

The children began to stir, the boy rubbing his eyes. "Papa?" he asked tiredly.

"Give me my baby," the dark man growled, holding out his hands.

"Sorry about this," the other man, with gray eyes and white hair, apologized to Usagi. "We kind of had a late night last night…"

His voice saw the girl straighten up in a heartbeat. "OJIICHAN!!" she squealed.

The white haired man acted surprised. "What? You see Ojiichan?" he asked her. "Well here, maybe you can show me where he is—" He held his hands out for her, but she smacked them aside, lunging to grab him around the neck in a tight hug. "Ow! You have gotten abusive my love," he complained at her, poking her belly.

She squirmed. "Silly Jiichan," she told him sternly. "You are Jiichan and he," she pointed at the other man who was gently lifting her brother, "is Papa!"

"Oh good," Jiichan sighed in relief, placing a messy kiss on her cheek. "I thought we had a meeting with a pretty little girl and her brother, but their Daddy was just waking up when we stopped by, I was worried something happened…"

Usagi finally cleared her throat, managing to breathe. "I brought them with me," she wheezed. "Because they have my energy levels, 'Kashi was not nearly awake enough to handle them."

"You could have woken me," the darker man lectured.

She arched a brow at him, as his partner cleared his throat. White cheeks tinted crimson as she dryly replied, "No. I really could not. Age six is truly far too young for exotic bee pollination stories."

The little girl twisted to look at her doubtfully. "Exotic bees?"

"Stories?" the boy lisped.

"I never did tell you the story of Ojiisan and Papa tracking down the killer wasps did I?" Usagi hummed thoughtfully. "Maybe if you behave for them, they will tell you a tale…"

The two children looked perfectly innocent as they faced the two males. "We behave well," the boy promised earnestly.

"We work as you ask," the girl vowed seriously.

The white haired man squeezed her with sparkling eyes. "So many promises they make…" he cooed.

"Enjoy it while you can," Usagi told them flatly. "Academy starts in two months, and you will NOT be talking me into registering them early!"

"Won't even try," the darker male promised.

"See you!" They both scampered with the kids.

The three Genin stared blankly at where they were, stunned.

"…was that…?" Sakura breathed in disbelief.

"Hatake…" Naruto started.

"Orochimaru?!" Sasuke squeaked.

"Sakumo?" Naruto finished.

Usagi burst out laughing at them, tucking her papers away. "Dear Lord you really are dorks, are you not?" she asked them, grinning as they flushed. "So my first port of call will be immunizing you to both of my Father-in-Laws? And nix the idea of asking either one to replace me as needed, you would be useless puddles of flesh…"

That gave them laser focus on her, and in an eerie mimic of the two toddlers, they knelt seiza before her with their hand placed on their knees and perfectly respectful looks on their faces.

"We are ready to learn," Sasuke said firmly.

"We will meet every task you set," Naruto promised.

"You asked for a B-rank listing from the Bingo Books?" Sakura asked her. "I have the ninja I looked up last night."

Usagi smirked. "Then list them," she instructed.

Sakura nodded, but Naruto jumped in. "Kotetsu Hagane, Chuunin rank, Earth element, black eyes and hair, height of one hundred seventy three centimeters!"

"Wrong," she agreed mildly, arching a brow at him. "I asked for a Jounin listing, Kotetsu-kun is Chuunin."

He toppled over with a noise not unlike a deflating balloon.

She looked back to Sakura, who flushed deeply. "I, um, asked after you sensei," she stammered.

"And you learned?"

Sakura breathed out slowly. "Sasuke-kun and I worked together, and we learned that you are a B-rank listing. Blonde hair, blue eyes, height of one hundred and fifty cm, and your element is water."

Usagi propped her chin on her fists, gazing at the two calmly. "You almost had it," she said quietly. "I will give you a B for effort. But my element is ice, not water, and my rank is A, not B. Piss me off and the game changes," Her eyes burned green suddenly, as her tenor voice deepened a notch. "Then I reach flee on sight order. They're all yours 'Kashi," She stood smoothly.

"Any deets?" The Genin spun in shock, not having realized another Jounin stood against the tree behind them.

"Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto," she replied with a sigh. "That's all I let them tell me because I won't give them any ammunition against me if they fail your test."

He smirked peeking at them over his orange book. "How did they take meeting Dad and Papa?"

"Fans, as always," she scoffed, leaning up to kiss his cheek. "Just recall we are still paying off the psyche bill from the last group of kids, okay?"

"They were all civilian," he pointed out.

She paused. The nodded sharply. "Right, the father of the blond is your sensei, so spend the morning organizing your psyche exam if he leaves anything of you to examine after the fact," She patted his chest reassuringly. "I will go start making sure Dad is prepared."

Kakashi pressed his fingertips to his forehead as she flickered away.

——-

"Why did you feel the need to warn him?" an exasperated voice asked her as she reached her desk.

"Warn Hell," Usagi scoffed. She placed the folder she held down and tapped a seal. "That was a friendly reminder. Warning would have been using his mother's name instead. Hokage-sama will leave ashes at least. You will never leave that much."

Kushina punched the air. "Dattebane!!" She snarled. "When were you going…?"

"Dad knew last night," Usagi shrugged, digging out another file from her desk. "He began the paperwork just in case. Your son has the unique ability to piss off the wrong people at the worst time and 'Kashi is not always the easiest of mind to get along with."

Kushina gave her a wry look. "He is also an asshole," she agreed dryly, and the blonde only nodded, heading for the Standby Station while the redhead peeled off in another direction.

——-

"Meet here at six tomorrow morning," Kakashi sighed, flickering away to mutter to himself as he went. "She will not believe this…"

He stepped into the office where the other Jounin waited.

When it came time to announce whether teams passed or failed, he had the vindictive satisfaction of saying very deliberately, "Team 7 passes," and watching the dominoes fall from there.

It took a good fifteen minutes to restore order, and he had a lovely time reading Icha Icha in the meantime.

Minato sighed, once the others left the office. "Maximum impact?" he asked dryly.

"Precisely," the other nodded seriously.

Minato propped his head up. "How? In all seriousness, how did they manage to pass your standards?"

"They finally figured out teamwork after failing twice," his former student said dryly.

Minato thumped his head on the desk repeatedly.

——-

Usagi held herself in seiza, reading over the papers before her as Team 7 slowly massed around her.

When Naruto finally dropped to the ground, she snapped the file shut and sealed it. "So that was fun, for a given definition of fun," she said loudly, looking between them. "You assholes had to fail twice to get the meaning of the exam, but, kudos to you, it did actually click. Lord knows they have been trying to stick my husband and I with a team for ages now and the little rat bastards have failed the teamwork exam every single chance they get…"

"We rock!" Naruto cheered.

"Something," she agreed. "Now I will give and accept the biographies you were so eager to shovel over me yesterday," She rolled her eyes when waiting a bit did not encourage them. "My name is Briefs Usagi, veteran of the Third War, age thirty, my skill lies primarily with taijutsu and I generally work in Intelligence. You?" she pointed at the only other girl.

Sakura startled, and stammered a bit before she could straighten herself out.

Usagi watched them go around, feeling very lackluster when a hero obsessed blond, a fan girl and what was looking like a very hard case of Mama's boy, were unveiled.

Sometimes, she really felt offended just to be human…

"Okay!" She clapped her hands, breathing slowly. "Lord only knows why but the higher ups really truly wanted us to have a team, so this is how it works. You three truly are still just snot nosed rugrats so 'Kashi is yet to hold you in any sort of higher esteem, so you are stuck with me for the mornings. I start my morning routine at three o'clock in the morning."

Sakura squeaked. "Will we…?"

"In time," the blonde nodded. "Right now I want a full workout, twenty-five reps apiece for sit-up, pull-up, push-up and lunge. Spread out and work."

She instantly had to twist Sakura around. "You already make me insulted to be female," she said sternly. "Don't make it worse. The Academy had a rep score, what was your own?"

Sakura's face matched her hair. "Five."

"Not bad," Usagi told her. "It's a starting point, and any starting point is great. Don't shame yourself over it, you come from a civilian background and so do I. Make it work for you and make the asses eat their words. As a Civvy they do not have a clue what you are great at, you have no long list of dead relatives to live up to. So take your pick, the Academy marked you as a brain, so use it. What do you want to do? What draws your interest?"

Sakura blinked slowly. "I don't know yet," she admitted. "What drew you?"

"I have to exercise," Usagi said baldly. "From one day to the next I just have too much energy, I have got to do something with it. Other than that? I love languages, and I have all but revamped the Cipher division, Uzumaki Kushina is a good friend of mine and we wrecked my desk in the office, it has seals all over the piece of shit and to this day? Kushina-chan cannot open the seals and get my paperwork, I wrote them in different languages so if you don't know what it says, you are not getting to my treasure trove."

Sakura nodded slowly. "I don't think languages will be my thing," she admitted shyly.

"And that's okay," she was told. "Just look around and find what is your thing, then go for it. In the meanwhile, give me five reps while your brain percolates," When she had the girl started, she wandered over to check on the boys.

Naruto was getting started on his push-ups while Sasuke was already going.

"You wake at three?" Sasuke asked, continuing to move.

"I literally cannot sleep longer, and trust me, 'Kashi has tried to wear me out," she said dryly. "I end up wearing him out long before I start to sweat. He has resorted to sending the kids at me to try and wear me out first."

"They can wear you down?" Naruto gasped.

"All four of them maybe," she said dryly. "Keep working," she barked, when they stilled to stare at her. "As a twin myself I am genetically engineered to have twins, I had our first set at sixteen, the next at twenty four. The first ones are currently out on missions which made it so I could not leave the youngest at home yesterday. 'Kashi really is a bear to wake in the mornings if he had a late night, and these two really prefer my early morning routine."

"Wait, they join you that early?" Sasuke asked, startled.

"One more," she reprimanded, watching him do another push-up before she spoke again. "Ayeka joins in, Vegeta is not yet capable of doing all of the exercises that I do so I keep him at a reasonable limit for his age and size. Ayeka does not do as many either, but she tries to work up to my levels. I have yet to tell her even her siblings have not gotten there, they swear and curse me to high Heaven but being older really does make difference, Maito-kun has had twenty years to know what my rep level is and still he aims for that goal."

Naruto huffed a laugh, switching to sit-ups. "Maito-kun, isn't that the known Taijutsu Master?"

"Because I refuse to learn other styles," She shrugged. "What I have works, and being struck by me is a train wreck, I kill enemies with one strike when I don't even try," She smirked when they blanched. "My weights would be maxed out with you kiddies, it would slow me down and make it hard for me to even bruise you."

Sakura could only listen, the effort to finish her workout too much for speech at the same time.

She could have cried at the stark difference between reps, that the boys were doing twenty five and she was struggling to do five!

But she finished her reps at the same time as the boys, so there was that silver living…

"Okay, now is the time for your hydration," Usagi clapped sharply. "Everyone have a water bottle?"

They were embarrassed to admit not to have one.

"Keep this in mind tomorrow," she told them sternly, unsealing a case of water and handing them each one. "I will not offer this then, it is your responsibility to take care of your needs, not my own. I am your temporary teacher, I fill in when your instructor has better things to do than wipe your asses."

Naruto squawked. "You are NOT following me there!"

"Great," she smiled thinly. "My youngest outgrew diapers five years ago. So sort yourselves out, come here ready to start working whether we are present or not. Your reps are your wake up routine, hydrate as you need, and move on with your life instead of freezing and molding. You found it too easy to do the reps I gave you? Add more, only limit yourself to fifteen minutes total, then put your asses on the track and do your laps. For your age and fitness levels you should not find the equivalent of one lap around the village to be a problem, that will be five laps of this field. Run and listen to me," she ordered.

Sasuke started, which encouraged the other two to cap their bottles and start as well.

Usagi jogged at their tail end, not letting Sakura fall too far behind the boys. "This is your life now," she told them. "You are Shinobi of the village hidden in the leaves. At any given time a mission could arise and demand you to step it the Hell up, you could arrive on this field only to find one of your sensei geared for war with the orders in hand that say you are also being called. Fun fact? 'Kashi and I always geared for war, every day of the week, month and year. You see us kicked back at the barbecue grill and bar? We are armed for any eventuality, we roll out of bed and get ready for anything the day might hand us, up to and including the notice that our eldest are MIA on what should have been a routine C rank. You shits have the double curse of being Team number seven, that has never been a lucky number. Trace it back to the Genin years of the Sannin, then Jiraiya-sama's team, to the Yondaime's team, and now you three. Seven is bad luck on any but the most base of missions, a C rank can turn into an A rank, anything higher can clear an S rank. Shit happens and you will have to roll with it to the best of your ability, you know? I had the luck of saving Obito-kun from being crushed, saving Rin-chan from an explosive that would have killed her and flattened the surrounding five miles of wherever she was."

Sakura shuddered. "Can I trade teams?" she whimpered.

"No," was the unsympathetic answer. "What you can do is prove you won't let something like luck be your end, your fortune is your's to command and determine. Should you have the skill and the luck to reach the ranking of Chuunin and Jounin you will be assigned the name of Team Kakashi, but that means all of you have to be strong enough, be good enough, to be awarded that name."

"Maa," a bored voice drawled. "This is why I leave the motivation shit to you."

"Enjoy it while you can dickhead," she shot back. "I have an A next week, the Towers need their yearly adjustments."

He grimaced. "Lap number?"

"This is lap three," she answered with a shrug.

"Sweet, we can get to the Tower after two more laps," he cheered with false enthusiasm.

"Lovely D ranks," she sighed at him, fluttering her lashes. "Don't jump for the higher ranks yet, idiot, they are not ready for Seven Hell on their first day outside the Academy."

"But it builds such character," he reminded her.

"Right," she agreed dryly. "I shall let Obito and Rin remind you of the character they built in Seven Hell and see how eager you are for it."

"That's alright," he said quickly. "I can live a lifetime without that, thanks, and you know Rin-chan is into her seventh month now with their girl…"

"So she will have no issue cheering Obito on as he kicks your ass," she retorted.

He subsided with a dark mutter, finishing out their laps with them.

When they did end, the Team found themselves collapsed in the ground, heaving for air.

The two sensei traded looks over them. "We have a ways to go with this," he said dryly.

"Think of it like training the kids," she suggested. "Only not as cute and their parents did not start as early as we did."

"They are nowhere near the levels of my angels!" he refuted with a look of horror. "Never insult them like that again!"

She raised a hand and opened her mouth… before thinking about it again, and lowered her hand. "If either of the girls comes up to you with a boyfriend, you are not allowed to kill them from the get-go, nor will I arrange chastity belts to put on them," she said firmly.

"If they come up to me with them I will remand to T under Morino's purview," he said with a revulsed look.

She laughed. "True enough, but you have yet to convince them that you never hung the moon and stars," she giggled at him. "Where I have convinced them that I will wrap them in so many pages of contract it isn't worth their while."

"Fuck," he muttered, giving her a slant-eyed look. "You don't play fair at all, you really want to stick me with their first boyfriends?"

She grinned sharply. "My next fertile year is coming around," she hinted broadly. "And you did flush out your contract with me, giving me 'Geta this last round…" She gave him a saucy smile. "Think about that for a while, hm?"

His eye clouded. "Two more years, less than…"

She tossed her head. "In the meanwhile, Yamanaka-sama is waiting for my rendition of what the notices are saying, so I am gone for today, so I will see you all bright and early tomorrow at a beautiful seven in the morning," She wiggled her fingers at them, blew a kiss to her husband, and flickered away.

——-

Usagi did not come around the following week, and used the last three days of the week to get them used to the idea, she simply would not be there and neither would Kakashi without a damn good reason. What they could rely on was him showing up before noon, nothing more than that.

Usagi would give them training tips, but she would not reiterate unless she had to.

That reason was scarce and the excuse happened never, she loathed excuses with a fierce and furious passion, as she demonstrated the one time Kakashi gave a lame one for his tardy appearance after noon.

He didn't do so twice.

The following week her curt answer for what she had been doing began and ended with 'mission', she did not otherwise answer questions on what she had been doing.

When they qualified for their first C rank, they had to deal with another shock.

"There's no one to watch the kids, so I cannot go with you."

Kakashi frowned. "I know dad and Papa are busy, but what about Umino?" he asked.

She scoffed. "He and Mitarashi are staying quiet as of yet but not so quiet that I don't see them. Mitarashi is very much off the list of week long babysitters, she hates little ones. I won't foist them on her when she and Umino are still figuring out if they even work together as two."

"You mean one?" he asked.

"He will be in two pieces if he ever says any such stupidity," she corrected. "If not more."

He shuddered. "Right, good point," He cleared his throat. "Okay, so we will see you when we come back, this is just a guarding—"

She slapped her hand over his mouth. "You are taking Seven," she reminded him flatly. "Gear for guerilla war and say no thanks until all four of you get back in living, breathing pieces."

He swallowed. "Right."

"If I wouldn't have to bring the twins I would say fuck this noise and be on your ass, but I am not bringing what looks like three year olds on a Seven mission," she told him. "If Dad or Papa come back sooner I will be after you shitheads, make no doubt about it, the easier the mission looks the more it will fuck up," She paused to breathe, holding his eye with her own. "I am trusting you to be safe with not just them, but yourself as well Hatake, no fucking heroics, no showing off. I know that shit is genetic but please!"

He nodded, eye gentling as he took her hand from his face, nuzzling it with his cheek. "My belt holds my pants up," he quoted softly. "My belt loops hold up my belt. So who is the real hero of my modesty?"

She burst into tearful laughter, closing her eyes to lean against him.

"Come the fuck home or I will hunt your ass," she breathed.

He chuckled. "Don't threaten me with a good time," he joshed, kissing her forehead.

"Together, we will all make sure that we all come home from this C turned A rank mission," Sasuke promised her.

"Dattebayo!" Naruto cheered.

"We will be here," Sakura agreed with a smile.

"Have faith in us," Kakashi encouraged her.

"I believe in you," she agreed, drawing in a long breath. "All of you. You'll come back," She met their eyes individually, saving her husband for last. "I believe in you," she promised him.

He snapped a genjutsu up to hide their faces as he pulled his mask out of the way and leaned in for a very thorough kiss.

Then he put it back, letting the chakra fade away and smirking rather smugly at the dazed look she wore. "We will be back."

She waved to them as they signed out, her gaze out of focus.

Two fingers poked her ribs, making her jump in shock, and she glared at the purple eyed redhead who laughed at her. "Nara-sama is looking for you," the redhead sang out. "The brat will be back before you know it!"

——-

Five days later, she was part of the team sent out to back them up, swearing at the usual luck of the Seven disaster.

Her main purpose was to loot Gato, make up for the lack of what Wave could give them, and get Wave back on its collective feet.

If, in the process, she happened to reroute some of his company, that was just business, her company was always in need of contracts and this could place her in the perfect spot to begin diving under water and claiming some drowned treasures.

The Uzumaki were there more to keep Uzushio treasures to themselves and the remaining team were to make sure any bounties came to the heading of the village and any which way you took it?

Konoha still made out.

That she had the privilege of bringing her teenage twins was just fortune on her part.

They leapt from the shore to the half finished bridge.

"Pretty solid, 'ttebane," Kushina mused, craning her head to look around.

"But it is rather empty," Rina pointed out, frowning as she looked around closely.

"Other end of the bridge," Maki answered her twin, jerking her chin that way.

Usagi was already looking at the mist covering that end, pushing chakra into her eyes to hunt down the signatures she could feel over there. "This is still their mission," she said to all of them. "We do not interfere unless needed. Find us a road around it."

Rina moaned about missing Dad in action, but Maki pointed out a hiccup. "There are mercenaries crowding the other side, with a familiar fat pig who IS our mission here."

"Well that just writes our missives out, now doesn't it?" Usagi purred, sending a gale force wind at the mist right as a pack of dogs pinned someone else.

Zabuza spit out a mouthful of blood. "Didn't take you as one in need of backup Copy-Nin," he snarled.

"Oh we aren't here for them, they can have fun with you and your little friend," Usagi said airily. "I am here for the fat tub of lard over there. I would say nice to meet you Gato… but it's really not."

"What brothel did I dump you at?" he asked rudely.

"You only wish you had the chance!" she burst out laughing. "I am just too expensive for that trash, seduction corp denied me the lead only because I already lead other departments."

"Ew," Rina pronounced. "If you ever tapped that, I would remand you to T ! Just gross mom, really?"

"I would not even tap that if I was dying love," Usagi scoffed. "Deal with his twerps, I have paperwork to get through."

Rina and Maki cheered, and then two giant wolves took their place, rampaging through the screaming mercenaries.

Usagi knocked out Gato before he could make any noises, dragging him through the crowd without noticing the bloody chunks.

The mirrors suddenly shattered just as Kakashi lunged at Zabuza.

A blur raced across the bridge.

And Kakashi's eyes widened in horror as the being in front of him suddenly switched to his startled wife, still towing Gato.

The Sharingan recorded the sequence.

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I don't know why... but this just felt like a great stopping point, rather than have a run-on paragraph? At least I already wrote the next one...