There's no new chapter all I did was delete the authors note. Give me three days to post a new chapter. Im moving back into uni.

Kabuto slide the glasses up the bridge of her nose - knowing the action would cause a glare to fall over the lense making it hard to tell where she was looking - before she glanced across the table at the young Uchiha Itachi seated placidly on a cushion.

When they had run into Kushina the woman had been out and about with the Uchiha matriarch - who her mother also knew - and her brood.

Glancing at little baby Sasuke cradled close to Mikoto's bosom Kabuto couldn't help but think how close she was to the start of the series. Her eyes snuck over to the very pronounced curve of Kushina's stomach and she suppressed a shiver at the sight of the pregnant woman because yes, they were so close to the beginning.

Currently eating at a tea house that they were dragged to by an insistent - read: stubborn - Uzumaki on the excuse of the team meeting up again for the first time in years, the young grey haired child was a bit surprised to know that the third person in their team triad was in fact not Uchiha Mikoto.

But really when she thought about it that made sense. An all girl squad was unheard of.

Shifting her eyes to the right she looked at Hyuuga Hizashi and was even more surprised that he was the third to the triad.

"So how have you been Nonou?" Hizashi asked with a kind smile as he held a tiny Neji in his arms. "It's been so long since I've seen you."

"I've been great." Her mother smiled, her jade eyes beaming. "I run an orphanage a little ways outside of the Leaf which keeps me busy and well practiced in my iryo-ninjutsu."

Kushina quirked a brow.

"How busy can you really be with only tiny teeny children for company?" The red haired jinchuuriki asked. "I mean, they can't be hurting themselves that much."

Shaking her head, Nonou tutted.

"This proves to me that you know very little about young ones, which doesn't bode well for the precious bun in your oven."

"Hey!"

"But I'll give you some advice," Nonou continued as she ignored her old teammates exclamations. "where there is a will, there is a way and children do tend to have very strong wills as you can attest to."

The fuuinjutsu mistress looked ready to argue when the Uchiha head lady decided to chime in.

"I agree with Nonou," The woman said. "you wouldn't think young children would be able to do much but there's more than what meets the eyes."

Mischievous black eyes swerved towards purple.

"Besides, you were one of the most strong willed children I've ever meet," Mikoto admitted. "there's just no denying that."

Violet eyes narrowed at her those words and Kushina crossed her arms.

"A girl becomes the sole terror of her graduating class at the academy and no one ever let's you hear the end of it!" She grumbled as she looked off to the side and stuffed a takoyaki cake in her mouth. "I suplex maybe a couple dozen boys and suddenly I'm an expert on rowdy children."

"Oh come now Kushina," Hizashi attempted to placate as he patted his son's back. "I'm sure Nonou and Mikoto were just trying to hint that your future child has the strong possibility of taking after you."

"That is true." The miko nodded with a pleasant smile on her face. "And I can't speak for Mikoto-chan but I was also stating the stone cold truth, Shina-chan was a hellraiser back then and if we're being quite frank, she still is now."

Luckily the red haired woman seemed to have not been paying attention in favor of rubbing at her distended stomach and she gave herself a contemplative look.

"I'm...actually not sure who the baby will take after." She admitted after a bout of silence. "Minato has such a strong personality but the Uzumaki genes usually come up dominant so really it's a toss up."

Suddenly Kushina grinned and gave a shrug.

"Well either way, I'm sure my kid won't be as much of a hellion as I was." She told them. "Not when their father has the temperament of an entire temple of saints."

Kabuto gave a minute smile, too quick for a normal person to catch but too slow for the trained shinobi at the table to miss it.

"Ara Kabuto-chan you smiled!" Kushina gasped as she pointed dramatically at the grey haired child. "I didn't know you had it in you!"

Blinking once at the finger in her face Kabuto lifted the corners of her lips and cocked her head to the side.

"I'm not sure what you mean?" The aspiring medic said. "I smiled at you when we were first introduced."

Kushina seemed to shiver.

"You're doing that same expression Nonou does." She muttered. "It seems you really are her child."

This time it was her mother who smiled and the two other adults chuckled in the background.

"Hm?" The blonde woman hummed. "Now what's that supposed to mean Shina-chan?"

Now let it be said that Kabuto knew what smile Kushina was talking about. She had seen it employed by the original Kabuto in canon many times as well as seen her mother wear it. She even saw it in the mirror whenever she looked at herself.

It was equal parts frightening, endearing, and sharp which was why Kabuto was impressed that Kushina managed to utter what she uttered in the next moment.

"Oh I don't know," The Uzumaki woman grumbled. "it's that cute little Kabuto-chan seemed to have inherited that terrifying grimace you called a smile."

And that made Nonou smile even more.

"Well children do tend to pick up physical quirks." Her mother remarked. "As I'm sure your child will pick up your slightly aggravating speech impediment."

The redhead gasped.

"They will not!" She snapped as she thumped her first on the table, rattling the silverware slightly. "You take that back this instant dattebane!"

"Hm," Nonou hummed. "I refuse."

Kushina seemed to get fired up as her hair waved a fierce banner around her head before her shoulders slumped and she bowed her head.

"Maa maa, you win this round." The jinchuuriki sighed. "You're still as exasperating as always."

"And you're still the same old spitfire." Nonou smiled - for real this time - before her expression shifted towards concern. "But I can't help but ask, are you feeling okay? You're not usually so quick to give up."

Kushina flapped a hand through the air.

"Yeah I'm fine." She grumbled. "Just fatigued."

Hands glowing green, her mother moved over to the red haired woman's side of the table and pressed her palms to Kushina's forehead, chest, and belly.

"Hmm, it appears you're suffering from mild chakra depletion." Nonou noted. "That's average for pregnant woman so it's nothing to worry about but you should eat while we're here to keep up your strength."

Grunting a bit Kushina took a bite of whatever was in front of her and groaned.

"It's times like these where I wish I had taken those medic classes with you." She groused before she turned to look at Kabuto. "Don't be like your auntie Kabuto-chan, learn how to heal while you still can."

Nodding her head once, the black eyed girl held up one hand and let it pulse with energy.

"I've already started my training." She told the Uzumaki woman. "So there's no need to worry."

Looking astonished Kushina glanced quickly at Nonou for an explanation.

"Oh yes, in addition to adopting her as my daughter I have been teaching her my techniques since she was four." Nonou started as she gave Kabuto's hair a ruffle. "She's progressing quite nicely for her age of six."

"I'll say!" Kushina exclaimed. "There are genin out there training to become a medic who can barely summon up the proper chakra to heal and you're little brat barely breaks a sweat!"

"Are you going to join the medic corps like your mother had?" Hizashi asked her curiously and Kabuto weighed her options.

"At this point I would prefer to continue helping out the orphanage." Was what she answered him with. "But maybe in the future I could have a place there."

"I think you would do well there." Mikoto told her. "Of course you would have to enroll in the academy but I think you it wouldn't take you anymore than a year to complete the curriculum."

Kushina perked up.

"Isn't that that same amount of time it took Ita-chan graduate?" She asked and Mikoto nodded proudly.

"Itachi is a genin now so sadly if you enroll you won't have a familiar face there with you." The Uchiha woman said. "But I think you'd have a good time there."

Taking a moment Kabuto nodded.

"I think I can easily see the academy in my future." She hummed. "What is it like?"

Mikoto smiled deprecatingly.

"Well I haven't been there in some time," The black haired woman admitted. "but I'm sure Itachi can fill you in if you would like?"

Sparing the other child a look for the second time since she had arrived at the coffeehouse, Kabuto internally debated the pros and cons of the situation.

Finding nothing that could hinder her if she socialized with Uchiha Itachi for a little part of her day, Kabuto smiled.

"Only if he's feeling up for it."

So I finally updated! I feel like Mikoto, Hizashi, and Itachi barely spoke her. And Sasuke got no screen time. Next chapter it'll change.

I actually really love this story so I'm glad to be updating it.

Also if you guys like Star Wars I made a SI-OC fic called A Force Users Guide To Dealing With The Darkside ( And Also Sith Lords ).

Go check it out!