A/N OH MY GOD ANOTHER ONE! I have got to stop coming up with new stories...Ah who cares I don't. On with it...
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto...
Summary: What if Sasuke was born a girl? But tried to hide that fact after the Uchiha Massacre? Why would she do such a thing? Who know's, but what happens when the people around her find out? How will Sasuke tell her friends? Kakashi seems to already know...
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Chapter one: Thin Ice
Konoha was quite, it being the middle of a very snowy winter people were keeping warm in their own homes, even a few Shinobi stayed indoors. But that was some...
"K-K-Kakashi s-sensei! It's s-s-so c-c-cold!" chattered Naruto as he hugged Sakura close to him, who wasn't really refusing as she was hugging him to, desperate to keep warm. Sasuke just stood with her hands in her pockets, shivering but trying not to show it. Kakashi...being Kakashi had warn something warm...telling his students the day before not to for some reason...
"Yes it is isn't, but I'm so snug and warm." he said as he eyed his shivering students, smiling when he saw Naruto and Sakura clinging to eachother for dear life. Sakura had tried to grab Sasuke but said Uchiha had simply stayed out of her reach, amusing Kakashi to no end.
"H-how come y-y-you get to wear s-s-something w-warm while we f-f-f-freeze!" chattered Sakura, who's face was pink from the cold. Sasuke just tried to breath normally, keeping her shivering to a minimum.
"Why are w-we out here a-again sensei?" she said not chattering as much as the other two. The Jounin smiled again, his only visible eye turning up.
"Well I thought it would be great to learn something different today!" Naruto brimed slightly.
"Like what!" he said, not chattering once as energy suddenly warmed him up momentarilly.
"You know how to walk up trees and on water, but how about skating on ice!" Everyone looked at Kakashi as if he had removed his mask.
"W-WHAT!" they all shouted. Kakashi just laughed.
"Well it sounded like a good idea to me, so lets do it!" Naruto blinked.
"But s-sensei, i-if we wanted to s-skate on i-ice we could j-just get some s-s-skates!" he snapped. Kakashi just sighed at his students lack of imagination.
"Well if you were on a mission in Snow country or anywhere else there is snow and ice would you have skates handy? No I don't think so, instead we're going to learn how to skate on ice, with Chakra...barefoot." Everyone froze, even Sasuke.
"B-bare foot?" she asked, eyes widdening at the mere thought. Kakashi nodded.
"Yup! And guess what! When you learn it and get a feel for it, there's going to be a test." everyone blinked. Test? As if reading their minds Kakashi held up those two acursed items... the two gold bells from back when they were Genin...probably the same ones too... Naruto faultered.
"Hell no!" He yelled. Sakura just glared at the blond as she detached herself from him and snuck over to Sasuke, who hadn't noticed her until it was to late. Kakashi laughed as Sakura latched onto the Uchiha, who just remained still, eye twitching as she restrained herself from knocking the girl into the snow and burning her to a crisp. As Sakura tightened her grip around Sasuke's arm she pulled her shirt down to the side slightly, revealing a small portion of pale flesh. Kakashi blinked when he noticed a black strap slowly revealed as the shirt slid lower. This cought his curiousity...
"Is that what I think it is?" He thought to himself as he cocked his head to the side. Sasuke noticed this and yanked her arm off Sakura, pulling her shirt right as she did so. Kakashi blinked, then just shrugged it off. Sasuke sighed in relief when Kakashi turned to Sakura, who was latching onto Naruto again with a pout frozen to her face...
"Ok, lets get going sall we? There's a frozen dam just down the track." With that Team 7 followed their teacher, never saying a word on the way.
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When they reached the frozen water they couldn't help but stare. The ice strecht on for yards! Piles of snow dotted the smooth surface every here and there, looking like fluffy clouds in the blue sky. Kakashi turned to his team and smiled again.
"Remove your foot wear." he stated simply. Everyone blinked, but complied. Sasuke removed her shoes and yelped slightly when she placed her feat back down.
"The grounds freezing!" she snapped as she tried to keep her feet moving. Kakashi grabbed her arm and dragged her to the ice, all but slinging her across the ice. Sasuke wobbled as she tried to gain her balance as she kept sliding along the freezing glasslike surface. She could hear Naruto's laughter as she went, then a sudden yelp as he was thrown onto the ice as well. Sakura just threw herself in Sasuke's direction. As Sasuke regained some sense of balance she tried molding Charkra to her feet. Then something knocked her on her ass. She looked up to see...the most weirdest thing in her life...this could compare to Might Guy's little habbits...She watched as Kakashi skated across the ice like some kind of wacked figure skater, turning and swerving. Soon he turned around so he was moving backwards, his feet moving from side to side under him. (You know when you go roller blading and you skate backwards, how you need to like swerve your feet to keep moving, think that)
"Go sensei!" she heard Sakura's voice echo over the ice. Kakashi slid to a halt before Sasuke holding out his hand. Sasuke blinked, then took it in her own and was hoisted to her feet, which by this point were completely numb...
"Try molding a small amount of Chakra into your feet, like tree climbing, only you want to slide not stick." he said as he skated off to help Naruto, who was moving his legs as fast as he could...succeeding in running on the spot as the ice sliped under him giving him no traction. Sakura was skating like Kakashi by now, staggering every now and then but she was doing it none the less. Sasuke sighed and pulsed some Chakra into her feet. Something about this day reminded her of something. Oh yeah...she hated ice...for a very good reason...
Flash back:
A young Sasuke squeeled in delight as her mother pulled her along the ice of the frozen river, using Chakra to keep herself moving. Sasuke laughed again when her mother turned on the ice, accidently letting go of her hand. Sasuke struggled to keep her balance as he mother tried to grab her hand back in her own but she was moving to fast and Sasuke was slowing to a near stop. Sasuke stood still, wobbling slightly, trying to keep her balance, she was only five give her a break.
She looked up to see her mother slowly making her way back, but a sudden crack made them both freeze. Mikoto's eyes darted to the left of Sasuke, seeing a large crack making it's way towards the little girl. Sasuke didn't move, she was shaking with fear, she could here her mother shouting out her name, telling her to remain still as she slowly krept closer, trying not to make the crack worse. But before she got close enough the ice under Sasuke's feet suddenly gave way, sucking the little girl into the icy water belowe. The last thing she heared before the water surrounded her was her mother's screams, then a sudden splash. Strong arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her close, strong legs kicking through the water and towards the surface, and with a burst of Chakra they both flew through the second layer of ice, landing on the bank with a wet slop. Sasuke shivered uncontrollably as she saw her mother running towards her and her savior, being none other then...her aniki, Itachi. who had wrapped himself around his sister to keep her some what warm. Telling her she was alright...
End flash back:
Sasuke blinked when she noticed a hand waving infront of her face. She followed the arm to see Naruto looking at her weirdly.
"What?" she said flatly. Naruto just glared.
"Hey come on you haven't moved an inch since you stood up! What's wrong with you?" Sasuke noticed what the blond was talking about. She was standing with her feet shoulder wisth apart, her hands held out before her for balance, as if she had no balance at all, and she hadn't even budged...
"I..I..." She couldn't finish her sentence when Sakura suddenly popped up beside her.
"What's wrong Sasuke?" she asked. Sasuke sighed.
"I.." Again she was interupted. This time by Kakashi.
"Oh...Please forgive me Sasuke, I had forgotten what happened when you were a kid...sorry...Uh..I guess you can just skip this one..." Sasuke sighed in relief, how did he know about that? Naruto and Sakura blinked in confusion.
"What happened when you were a kid Sasuke?" asked Naruto. Sasuke hesitated, then sighed in defeat.
"When I was five I fell through the ice of the Oto River...I almost drowned..." Sakura gasped.
"How'd you survive?" Sasuke hesitated again.
"My brother saved me..." she said through gritted teeth. Sakura blinked.
"You have a brother! What's he like?" This question struck a nerve in Sasuke. Thankfully Kakashi was there to clear things up.
"Uh Sakura, that's something best left alone..." Naruto blinked, eyeing Sasuke for a while. Then an idea struck him... pay back for the shit Sasuke said to him. (Ok this will be crule on Naruto's part...) When the others turned to leave, Sasuke trailing behind, he pulsed a heavy amount of Chakra into the ice beneath him, splitting it in Sasuke's direction. Said Uchiha froze when he heard that crack. Her eyes narrowed when the Ice belowe her feet suddenly gave way, but just before her feat even touched the icy water strong arms encircled her chest, holding up. She looked up, eyed wide with shock and fear, to see Kakashi holding her up, who was currently glaring at Naruto, who was laughing his head off.
"NARUTO!" shouted Kakashi, in a tone she didn't think he possessed. Naruto froze. Kakashi was pissed, how could his student do something so dangerous! "How dare you endanger your teamate like that! Something like that would have been traumatizing to some one so young! How crule do you want to be! I've got half a mind to send you straight back to the Academy!" Naruto's face paled, as did Sakura's. "Now get out of my sight before I drown you!" he snapped. Naruto was gone before she could blink, as was Sakura, she was terrified. As for Sasuke, she was still dangling over the hole with Kakashi's hands where they shouldn't be. Then just to confirm her fear, Kakashi paused, his hand moved a bit, then squeezed...Sasuke's face went red
"...Ah...Can you shed some light on this development Sasuke..." Sasuke's face was as red as a tomato.
"Can we start with you not GROPING ME!" she screamed. Kakashi instantly removed his hands and put her down safly.
"Last time I checked guys don't have...er..." Sasuke's face went red as she adjusted the bandage under her shirt that was wrapped tightly around her chest.
"It's complicated." She said, her voice was that of a guys, and so was part of her appearance. She had been using a jutsu to change her voice and some what hide her girly side, possing as a boy for the last five years... But for some reason she couldn't get the Jutsu to hide all of her chest...sure they'd shrink slightly...enough to not see if she wore shapless clothing but...yeah...she was unfortunatly gifted in that area...she was terrififed she might end up like the Legendary Sucker Sennin Tsunade with a huge bust one day...Scary thought... Kakashi eyed his student for a second, then shrugged.
"HA! That just confirms it! I new you weren't a guy! I was stumped for a while after I read your file...Your name sure...But gender being Female? That confused me, I thought it was a typo..." Sasuke looked at Kakashi as if he had grown a second head. Said Jounin just smiled under his mask, then seemed to frown. "Well, are you going to tell the others? They deserve to know..." he said. Sasuke sighed.
"No." she said simpy. Kakashi sighed, then just waved his hand.
"I won't tell them, I'll just wait until your covers blown and laugh in your face..." Sasuke sweat dropped. That was easy...
"Wait, you don't care?" Kakashi seemed taken aback by that.
"Your reason for doing so is none of my concern, I respect that, I'm just a bit surprised you hid it so well..." Sasuke smirked.
"A ninja is a master of deseption." Kakashi laughed and nodded.
"Yes very true, but your only a Genin...You managing to desieve other Genin, no shock there, but several Jounin? Hell I'm still wondering how you did it..." Sasuke sighed.
"When you practise the Jutsu I did that many times, it becomes second nature...Call it a routine." Kakashi laughed, then blinked.
"Who tought you that Jutsu anyway?" Sasuke blinked, then thought. Was it the Sandaime ...Oh yeah.
"The Sandaime...After the Massacre he said...Some things that made me think, so I asked him for a favoure and, well you know the rest. I'm a girl mascerading around as boy big deal can I go home now?" Kakashi blinked, she had suddenly turned a bit hostile...
"Yup...female alright...your to moody to be a guy." Sasuke's eye twitched, but before she could react Kakashi laughed and went 'poof'. Sasuke gritted her teeth. She needed a nice hot shower or she'd both freeze and go insane... then she noticed her situation...she was still stuck on the ice, alone...
"Hey teme! Move your ass I wont to talk to ya!" Sasuke's head shot up to see Naruto on the other side, he looked slightly guilty or something... Sasuke took in a deep breath, then molded Chakra into her feet. She took one step forward, then another, then in no time she was standing next to a surprised Naruto. "Whoa, you managed it..." Sasuke sighed, returning to her cold self...no pun intended. She dug her hands into her pockets and went back to brooding mode, this annoying Naruto to no end.
"Move it Dobe." she said as she started walking off. Naruto bristled.
"Don't call me that you bastard!" Sasuke just kept walking.
"Why, you are a dobe, so move it, dobe." Naruto fumed.
"Bloody Uchiha prick, why is he always such a jerk! One of these days I'm gonna nock him flat!" With that Naruto followed his teamate grudgily. Until Sasuke asked something.
"Whay did you want to talk about anyway?" she asked. Naruto blinked. Then said something under his breath. Sasuke smirked when she heard it. "What was that?' she asked.
"I said I'm sorry." he ground out. Sasuke sighed.
"What ever." Naruto's blood boiled.
"Hey listen here you ass hole! I just apologised to you and you just say what ever! I didn't have to say it you know! Gah why did Kakashi sensei have to save your sorry ass!" Sasuke glared at Naruto from the corner of her eye.
"What ever." she said. Ok that did it. Sasuke gasped when she suddenly felt something hard collide with her back, sending her flying across the snow. She rolled to a stop, eyes wide with shock. Did he just round house kick her? Sasuke growled as she climbed to her feet, dusting snow off her clothes. Naruto just smirked. "If that's how you want to play Naruto." With that Sasuke vanished, reapearing behind the blond with a downwards kick to the head, driving Naruto to the floor with a crack. Sasuke smirked when she noticed he seemed shocked. But suddenly lost her breath when she found herself flat on her back with Naruto sitting on her waist with a kunai pressed to her throat.
"I am sick of your shit you bastard! Every day it's the same! Your a selfish prick you know that! Never once did you stop and consider your teams situation, the troubles they go through every day, the shit they have to do in order to survive, no, your just a spoiled brat with not a care in the world aren't you Sasuke, you don't even care about us!"
"Selfish? You call me selfish! Well look her mister 'I'm gonna be Hokage', your right about one thing, I don't care, I've my own troubles and shit to worry about, so don't go accusing me of being care free and spoiled!" Naruto blinked when he noticed something in Sasuke's voice.
"Oh yeah, what troubles and shit do you go through every day huh bastard!?" Sasuke glared daggers at Naruto.
"More then you think Naruto Uzumakai." she hissed. Naruto blinked, then growled as he stood and walked off, leaving Sasuke lying in the snow.
She felt like crying, but that would be a sign of weakness. "Stupid Naruto, assumng he knows everything about me, the prick doesn't even know I have to give up my Chakra just to stay the way he knows me every damn day! No wonder I can never give training 100! Maybe Kakashi sensei's right...maybe I should tell them...No, I won't give in, I've come to far to blow my cover after a stupid fight like that...I'll never give up." With that in mind Sasuke pulled herself to her feet, her back cracking as she did so. She groaned, her back was killing her, stupid Naruto, why did he have to kick her so hard! If he new she was a girl he wouldn't have even considered hitting her...Hn, just goes to show why she hides herself in the first place...Men always underestimate women, and being a girl draws unwanted attention from perverts. Not a day went by in her child hood that her mother was so strict on not leaving the house at night, claiming some man might take advantage of her, even Itachi warned her about it...
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Kakashi sighed as he stood in Sarutobi's offce, waiting for the damn guy to stop smoking his pipe. Then as if he had been reading the Jounin's mind the old man withdrew from his pipe.
"So, you know about Sasuke?" Kakashi nodded. "How did you find out?" Kakashi blinked, mind running back to the groping incident.
"I had my suspisions in the first place after reading her file...But an incident in trainng comfirmed it..." Sarutobi choked on his pipe.
"Yes I saw that..." he said glancing his crystal ball thingy... Kakashi's eye twitched, and people call him a pervert...when this old guy was watching people with his ball! Stupid Pedophile... "But now you know...And I take it her run in with Naruto wasn't pleasant..." Kakashi blinked.
"Run in? What do you mean?" Sarutobi sighed, thinking it wise to change the subject.
"It's nothing to worry about, though I must say Naruto had no idea what he was talking about...He isn't the only one going through some rough times..." he said as he puffed and other smoke ring. Kakashi blinked, but then knowing Naruto he probably confronted Sasuke for a chalange or, more then likely to say something about the previous events... He sighed, some times that hyper blond went to far, he ment well most of the time, but when it comes to his rival, he's merciless, and visa versa for the Uchiha.
"What should I do? Should I say something or just go on like nothing happened?" Sarutobi stood on thought, going over possible events that may occur if he were to say something. For one Sasuke's little fan girl problem might turn into a cyclone of confusion and un needed questions, plus some scarred for life girls... then if he were to not say any thing. It would be easier on Sasuke in many ways, but then again he was worried about the all round effect of the situation.. Using that Jutsu every day does take it's toll on her, she did always need breaks to regain some strength, but if she slipped up with Kakashi after five years of perfect deseption, then it is taking more of a toll then he thought, sooner or later she'll loose control of the Jutsu and end up revealing herself, that or she might go insane from the stress... Sarutobi sighed again.
"I think Sasuke should be the one to decide, but she will need some help finding the right course of action. She might never make up her mind, I know perfectly well why she does it, and frankly I'd be surprised if she revealed herself, so lets just leave her alone for now." Kakashi nodded, finding sense in the Hokage's words.
"What should I do about Naruto, I'm sure you saw what he pulled on the ice?" Sarutobi nodded, that had angered him slightly to, but like they say, shit happens.
"I think it wise to let them sort it out themselves." Kakashi nodded.
"Very well then, I'll keep an eye on the two, the last thing that girl needs is another close call... or she'll end up with hair like mine before she hits 18." Sarutobi laughed slightly.
"Just look out for your team, that should be enough, Sasuke can handle herself for the most part." Kakashi nodded and disapeared ina puff of smoke. Leaving the Third to think over what has happened in the last few days. First his grandson reaking havoc in his office then Jiraya shows up? What next Akatsuki drop by for Ramen?
Sarutobi sighed to himself, taking a long drag of his pipe. "I'm getting to old for this. He muttered to himself as he watched his village through the window of the Hokage Tower.
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Sasuke sighed in relief as she stepped through her front door, closing and locking it behind her. She raised her hands in a seal and muttered a silent Kai. A faint cloud of smoke later Sasuke walked down the hall, looking pretty much the same, but seemed slightly more feminine as she walked. She walked into her room, closing the curtains and locking the door. The last thing she needs is a repeat of last month when she was getting dressed, Naruto had all but broken down her door, thankfully he had tripped and face planted the floor while she quickly raised her Jutsu, she had been fixing her bra when he had barged in. Thankfully seeing nothing and being none the wiser. She slipped off her large shirt and turned in the mirror, she winced when she saw a large purple bruise adorning her pale flesh right where Naruto had kicked her. She slowly slipped the bandages from around her chest revealing, the item Kakashi had suspected seeing before, a black bra... Very intelagent wearing a bra while trying to hide the fact your a girl! She brushed a hand over the bruise, wincing again when a twitch of pain ran over her shoulder. She sighed then walked into her bathroom, her room being the master bedroom of a three room apartment had it's own bathroom. She pulled a towel from the cupboard under the sink and slipped off her shorts. She was about to take off her bra when a sudden knock on the door made her freeze.
"What now!" she growled in her mind. She tried to raise the jutsu, but blinked when nothing happened, she was low on Chakra! "Shit!" she hissed. Then a voice reached her ears, she sighed in relief, well, semi relief.
"Sasuke? You in there?" it was Kakashi. Doesn't anyone use the door bell any more? No they have to let themselves in and barge into her room while she was practecly naked!
"What!" she shouted, her voice laced with annoyance. She blinked slightly, not use to hearing her own voice. Her voice was girly, not musclulen like most of the days. She winced when she heard Kakashi open her bed room door, hadn't she locked it? Kakashi was about to walk into the bathroom when she suddenly slammed the door right in his face. "DO YOU MIND! First you grope me then you try to barge in on me while I'm half naked! Try ringing the doorbell next time!" she barked, her voice again annoying her. She was to used to hearing her male voice, she had almost forgotten her own voice, since she never spoke with it, because only Sarutobi new about her.
"Ehehe, sorry about that Sasuke, I just need to talk to you about Naruto." Sasuke glared at the closed door. She needed to relax, and no one was letting her!
"I can't even have a shower anymore!" she snapped. She wrapped a towel around her body and yanked the door open, revealing an amused Kakashi. "What?" she snapped. Kakashi's eyes ran up and down her for a second, then he just smiled like always.
"I just spoke with the Hokage about you, I hear Naruto gave you some trouble when I left?" Sasuke stared at him blankly, then span around pointing to the large bruise just under her shoulder blade.
"You call this some trouble! The jerk attacked me!" Kakashi eyed the bruise, Naruto's stupidity list just keeps growing.
"That's quite a mark...But I doubt he acted for no reason Sasuke, you must have said something to anger him." Sasuke turned back around and glared at her teacher.
"He was annoying me, and all I wanted to do was come home and relax for a minute! Maybe even take a warm shower, but then you showed up!" Kakashi blinked at her raise in voive.
"Wow, must be that time of month..." He thought to himself. Sasuke waited for Kakashi to reply, after a minute or two of standing in a cold room, wearing nothing but underwear, a bra and a towel... Kakashi sighed.
"I'm not blaming you Sasuke but it kinda is your own fault, maybe if you weren't so...how should I put this...neglective of your comrades, then maybe-"
"I sugest you leave." she hissed. If there was one thing she hated most, it was people critisising her about the way she acted around others. She doesn't want people nosing around in her business, and they know that, but they do it any way! Kakashi looked at Sasuke for a moment, then just sighed.
"Maybe Naruto should call her 'Bitch' instead of 'jerk'..." He looked up at the ceiling for a moment, then back to his student.
"Just think about telling them the truth ok? Sarutobi and I both agree it would be easier on you... your already to low on Chakra to even throw a punch let alone use that Jutsu of yours." With that said Sasuke watched her sensei exit her room, closing the door behind him.
"Maybe he's right..." she whispered to herself. She sighed as she closed the bathroom door, removing the towel and the rest of her clothing. She turned on the hot water and stepped under it. "I'm so tired...to tired to think about this...Kakashi wont tell any one that much I'm sure of, but what should I do? Should I just tell Naruto? No, he'd be furious...and Sakura is out of the question, she'd probably die of shock...Then again she does seem to understand a lot of things...Though I might be giving her to much credit, for all I know she'd run off and tell the whole village. But still, I need to tell someone at least, before it's to late. Dammit Sakura, she you better hear me out..." With that in mind Sasuke tried to relax, but soon gave up as the feat was holpless, so she just had her shower and went to bed, as it was getting dark she didn't want to eat... Tomorrow she'd tell Sakura... oh god what the hell is she thinking...
A/N And that ends the first chapter! I'd like to read your comments on it please, Idea's are welcome as always, as are flames, but please no BBQ's...
Now please forgive me if I wrote 'he him' instead of 'her she' for Sasuke, it is confusing...
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