A/N: This little guy was inspired during a small bout of insomnia. And here I thought I was finished with this story, but I just HAD to write one more small bit.

Not Fair - Epilogue

Sixteen-year-old Hiromaru perched lackadaisically across the roof of Hokage Tower, enjoying the warm sun, the fresh spring-time breeze that smelled of summer's promise, and the small little purple book he was casually flipping through. Below him, he could hear his father muttering to himself, complaining about Naruto and his diplomat skills. From the entrance of the tower, Hiromaru could also overhear Izumo and Kotetsu trying to delegate work assigned to them from the Sixth Hokage.

It was Hiromaru's day off, his jounin team didn't have any missions that day, and he was free to keep tabs on his family and the other people at Hokage Tower while Hiromaru read the books that his father had written for his mother. It was the perfect day.

CRASH.

Blinking in surprise, Hiromaru quickly readjusted himself to hang upside down above the balcony outside his father's office. He wasn't surprised to see his mother had broken another door and was somehow dragging all three triplets into the room. Hiromaru smiled. Sakura Hatake could do anything, including manhandling the triplets with only two hands, and make it look easy.

Kakashi outwardly groaned and gave each person in front of him the I-don't-want-to-deal-with-this-right-now look.

Hakuoh, the first triplet, had the decency to look contrite. He was rubbing at the back of his neck underneath the high pony-tail that held his shaggy silver hair. His clothes were covered in orange paint. Next to him, Taiga was directing her I'm-completely-innocent look at the Hokage/her father; her pink hair was tied back in a thick fishtail braid that reached her waist. Ryojii was the only one of them all who looked at all genuinely guilty and was anxiously wringing his hands; he had gotten the silver-hair too, which he kept cut short and close to his scalp. All three triplets had the exact same eyes as Hiromaru, the right eye jade-green and the left red with the black tomoe of the Sharingan.

Hiromaru almost let out a laugh of enjoyment at the sight of his younger siblings. He loved it when they were in trouble for their incorrigible pranks. It sometimes seemed as if Hiromaru was the only proper member of the family, the only one who genuinely cared about the rules and policies and proper respect.

"What did they do?" Kakashi finally asked Sakura resignedly.

"These three," she scowled, giving each triplet a glare, "They, ugh, no, just look!" Sakura pointed furiously out the window.

And at the vibrantly colored Hokage monument.

Hiromaru blinked. Then blinked again.

"How..." Kakashi faltered, his eyes widening in increments. "How did three nine-year-olds paint the entire Hokage monument before getting caught?"

The triplets giggled.

"I'm going to take a stab," Sakura glared at the triplets to prove her point, "And say somebody copied a few of Sai's jutsus, and maybe, oh, I don't know, combined a water dragon in there somewhere too."

The proud smiles from the triplets was answer enough.

"And don't think I don't know about that explosion jutsu you created, Ryojji!" Sakura snapped.

Kakashi's palm met his face. Without removing it, he grumbled his instructions. "Hakuoh, you get to spend the rest of the week after the Academy with Hinata in her garden, and you will do *anything* she asks of you."

"Yes, father."

"Taiga, you will scrub off all of the paint, under Guy's supervision, without jutsu. And it better be done before next week's dignitaries arrive from Sand and Mist."

"But-" A look from Kakashi was all it took for Taiga to cut herself off and stiffly nod.

"Ryojii...uhm..."

"You're going to report to me at the hospital everyday after Academy." Sakura interjected, a mischievous smile on her face. "I have some perfect jobs for you there."

"Yes, mother..." the stricken look on Ryojii's face said it all. The youngest triplet knew exactly what his mother had in mind for him.

"Dismissed..." Kakashi sighed.

The triplets ran out the door.

All of the tension left Sakura's shoulders as they left and she moved behind Kakashi's desk. Kakashi pushed back in his chair a little bit, allowing Sakura to hop up on the desk in front of him. She threaded her fingers through Kakashi's hair, eliciting a grateful moan.

"What the hell did we create with those three?" Sakura asked.

Kakashi replied with a grunt.

Sakura laughed.

Kakashi put his head into her cleavage, Sakura's fingers still working at his scalp.

Hiromaru turned his attention to the street, where the triplets were letting out large whoops.

"We totally got off easy!" Taiga exclaimed.

"Way worth it." Hakuoh shouted.

"You guys don't have to clean out dirty bed-pans and massage old lady feet!" Ryojii argued vehemently. "Why am I always stuck with the worst jobs?"

"Dad can never think of enough punishments for all three of us, that's why." Taiga replied, patting her younger brother on the shoulder.

"And mom's evil!" Hakuoh cried out, cursing the heavens. "I don't ever want to get one of her punishments!"

"Let's go tell Uncle Naruto what we did!" Taiga exclaimed.

A giggle brought Hiromaru back to what was happening in the Hokage office.

"Kakashi!" Sakura exclaimed, swatting at her husband as he pressed kisses to her neck.

"What, you don't want another?" Kakashi replied. "Maybe we'll get lucky and just have twins this time!"

Hiromaru hoisted himself back up to the roof, leaving the scene before things could become particularly steamy between his parents. He settled himself back into his previous lounging position and reopened his book.

Hiromaru's siblings were going to be occupied for a week, which was more for their benefit than the three of them realized, and Hiromaru's parents were still screwing like rabbits, and Hiromaru still had the day off to read.

And it was about time for his parents to have another baby anyways, Hiromaru mused, for the triplets would be graduating the Academy in the next year or so (Hiromaru had graduated when he was eight) and his parents would start suffering from empty-nest syndrome. And Hiromaru wouldn't mind having a sibling or two who would actually look up to him, since the triplets made it a point to ignore absolutely everything Hiromaru tried to teach them. And another Hatake was exactly what Konoha needed!

Yeah, more siblings, Hiromaru found himself siding with his dad on that one.

Yep, life was still perfect and exactly the way it should be.

A/N: I just wanted to thank everybody who reviewed and favorites this story! (~20 reviews and favorites over three chapters is good! Thank you all so much!) I decided to post this chapter shortly after posting chapter 3 because I was kinda ready for it to be over. I can't classify this as being anywhere near my best work (maybe that's what I get for choosing an "it's-already-been-done-to-death" trope). It was a fun little idea, though, and I can't say I regret writing it.But I'm looking forward to my next adventure! I have an ItaSaku planned to do for NaNoWriMo this year and I have an idea for an ItaSaku short story (probably between 10,000 and 20,000 words long?) that I might try to crank out before October is over.Thank you everybody who stuck around to read this to the end!