AN: Hi everyone! I'm really excited to begin the story and have you guys read it. I've read some Sasuke "sis-fics" in the past but they've never been like what I've imagined so I decided to write my own. I'm planning on this being quite a long story so I hope you'll enjoy it and be excited for future chapters. Please review and tell me what you think of it! Without further ado go ahead and start reading!
"Sir, are you sure she should be graduating with this class? I mean she is three years younger than everyone else and by no means is she a prodigy of any sorts. In fact her academy scores are below average." Pressed one of the academy teachers. The others seemed to agree but were careful because of the sensitivity of the subject.
"I understand all of your concerns. But for the good of the both of them it's really our only option. She may not be ready to be a serious ninja yet but it would do more harm than good to leave her behind for another three years. She did also fairly pass the graduation exam," replied the Hokage.
"She did but just barley. She only had enough chakra to make one clone. I doubt she could have done it if Sasuke hadn't been teaching it to her for a while now."
"That's exactly my point. Sasuke taught it to her. They are the only two remaining Uchiha's in the village and it would be cruel to separate them. You know that Sasuke will protect her at all costs and with Kakashi as their sensei, I'm sure she will be fine."
The others while still hesitant understood the Hokage's point and silently agreed with him.
"So you're proposing that Team 7 be made up of the two Uchihas with Kakashi as their sensei. But would the third member be Naruto Uzumaki or Sakura Haruno?"
"Both of them"
"Both? But sir that would make a four person team."
"I'm aware of that. While that isn't something the village does, I think we have no choice but to make an exception. There is an uneven amount of graduates this year and I think it's only fair that all of them get to pass. Quite frankly there's already nothing normal about a team filled with the last two survivors of a massacred clan, the Jinchuriki and a civilian girl. I don't see the harm with making it a little stranger than it already is," the Hokage spoke with a tone that left no room for argument.
Sasuke Uchiha doesn't appear to be all that complicated. He trains, keeps to himself, always has a stoic face on and avidly avoids anyone who could be considered a "fan girl". He considers himself to be very simple with clear life goals and a strong motivation. He also has very many dislikes with a comparably shorter list of likes. Sasuke likes to think. He likes having quiet in the morning to collect his thoughts. And he likes not being interrupted during all of this. The opposite of these things are something that he greatly dislikes and the reason why he is in a particularly annoyed mood this morning.
"Sasuke!" yelled a little lump of energy jumping on top of him, interrupting his relaxed state. The lump keep bouncing on top of his stomach until he reached out to hold it in place.
This lump was his little sister who always seemed to enjoy waking him up in this way. No matter how many times he scolds her on doing so, she just can't help herself when she's excited.
"We're gonna be ninja today Sasuke! Real ninja! I don't have to pretend anymore!" she yelled excitedly all while holding up her headband.
Sasuke sighed at her antics but couldn't help but let out a little smile.
"Yes we are but you know real ninja don't jump on people who are trying to have a peaceful morning." Sasuke insisted while lifting her off of him.
Sasuke made the bed while his sister continued to ramble on about how cool it was going to be to get to be a real ninja. He mostly tuned her out but offered a nod every once in a while to at least make her feel like he was listening. He began to make his way to the kitchen when the rambling suddenly stopped and she planted herself right in front of him.
"Wait. We should go out for breakfast this morning since it's a big deal!"
Sasuke could easily see how nervous she was because he spent all of his time with her but the bigger reason probably being that she was awful at hiding her emotions. He ignored her protests about him not going into the kitchen and simply pushed past her to see what all the fuss was about.
To say the kitchen was a mess would be putting it nicely. It more accurately looked like a hurricane had made it's way through there. Sasuke was appalled at the sight considering he was actually very tidy. He turned to look at his sister giving her a glare that made her flinch a little.
"Sorry sorry! I was just trying to make breakfast since it was a special day but everything kept going wrong. I know I'm not good at cooking but I didn't think it would go this badly!"
"It always goes this badly when you try to cook. I thought I banned you from the kitchen."
"Maybe but who was I to know that it applied on days like this!"
"It especially applies on days like this." Sasuke sighed and grabbed two bananas out of the fridge. "Just eat this and you can clean this up later"
"You mean we can?" Haley hoped.
"You heard what I said," Sasuke replied and went to go get dressed for the long day ahead he could already tell he was going to have.
As Sasuke and his sister skipping beside him, made their way to the academy, he couldn't help but wonder for the hundredth time how she was related to him. Haley Uchiha is a very happy and positive person for even the likes of a ten year old. What made this even more astonishing was the fact that she was an Uchiha, who were known for their lack of emotions, and that she had lived through the massacre just as Sasuke had. She may have only been six but he knows that she remembers it well, despite her unwillingness to talk about it.
When they reached the classroom where their future teams would be decided, Haley stopped her skipping and unconsciously moved closer to Sasuke. That never went unnoticed by him but he never mentioned anything about it, as it only seemed fair. Sasuke was a very different person when he was alone with Haley rather than when he was around anyone else. While he still wasn't all too emotional, he didn't act completely devoid of feelings around her. The same could be said for Haley as she is outgoing and hyper when only Sasuke is around or if she is with people she knows well. But as soon as there are other people she isn't familiar with, she becomes shy and sticks to her brother like glue. They both had a silent understanding of how the other worked, thought and felt most of the time.
(Haley POV)
Sasuke and I walked over to our usual seats and we were immediately bombarded by Sakura and Ino who came racing through the front doors.
"Good morning Sasuke-kun! Are you excited to see the teams today? I just know you and I will be on the same team!" Sakura beamed at Sasuke
"In your dreams forehead! Sasuke-kun will be on my team!" Ino yelled back at her
"You wish Ino-Pig!"
"Okay everyone take your seats, I will be announcing the genin teams now!" Iruka-sensei proclaimed and everyone hurried to their spots. He began reading off the names for the teams and I turned to Sasuke about halfway through.
"What if we're not on the same team," I whispered to him trying my best not to sound worried
"We will be" was the only reassurance he responded with.
"How can you be sure," I looked at him doubtfully to which he mumbled something along the lines of "just listen"
I turned back to Iruka and my conversation with Sasuke didn't do much to calm my nerves. I have no idea how they pick teams and only hope the people who did were nice enough to put me and him on the same one. I listened intensely for my name or Sasuke's to be called but it was taking forever! Iruka-sensei has always been a bit slow and boring but I know he's a nice teacher. I just wish he would hurry up already. Team 7 is the next to be announced and he called out Naruto's name and then Sakura's.
"The third member of Team 7 is Sasuke Uchiha," Iruka-sensei called out
I could feel my heart drop and had to stop myself from having a break down. Sasuke was wrong. He and I wouldn't be on the same team and I didn't know what to do. I couldn't even think right until Sasuke poked my cheek to get me to focus. When I didn't look at him he leaned over and whispered in my ear,
"If you would have been paying attention you would know that we're on the same team"
I looked at him in confusion, "What? But there was already three people on the team."
"I know but apparently they're making an exception and we're a four man squad."
I let out a breath I didn't even know I was holding. Everything would be okay now.
(Third Person POV)
"This is so not okay!" Haley pouted to Sasuke.
They were the only remaining team in the classroom and had been waiting for a while now. Sasuke could only convince Haley to remain quiet for the first half-hour they were there.
"Sasuke lets do something," Haley said with no response.
"Come on lets play a game" she tried again with still no response from him
"Sasssuuuukkkkkkkkkeeeeee"
Sasuke's eyes twitched at Haley's seemingly never-ending pronunciation of his name. He pushed a blank piece of paper and a pencil in front of her and she looked at him expectantly.
"Well? What am I supposed to do with this?" she inquired
"I don't know. Draw something, practice writing, anything you can do with paper and pencil" he replied sounded exhausted.
"You're such a grumpy old man! Would it kill you to be a little fun for two seconds!" she yelled at him.
Naruto and Sakura were now both listening to their ever increasingly loud conversation and with Haley's remark Sakura looked offended and Naruto just started laughing.
When Haley noticed that they were paying attention to them she immediately grew quiet and shrunk down into her seat a little bit. Most people in the village put their attention towards Sasuke because of his growing potential. Besides that, the two Uchiha's don't spend much time around anyone but themselves. So she didn't really know what it was like to interact with other people all too much.
"Wow Sasuke! I think that squirt described you perfectly!" Naruto exclaimed while still laughing loudly.
"Shut up Naruto! You don't know anything about Sasuke-kun!" Sakura yelled at Naruto from a different part of the room. She continued yelling at him until a little voice caught their attention.
"Why did you call me that?" Haley hesitantly asked.
"Huh? Call you what?" Naruto questioned
"Squirt"
"Oh! Well I don't know. It seemed to fit. I mean look how small you are, it only makes sense to call you squirt."
Haley may be shy and a bit unsure when it comes to other people but she is also easily provoked which out ways the effects of the first two.
"I am not small!" Haley yelled and was leaning over the desk she was sitting at, knocking over the pencil and paper, now long forgotten.
"What! You so are! People tell me I'm short and you're like half my height!"
"That's not fair you're way older than me!"
"Older or not you're still small!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am- ," Haley was interrupted by Sasuke pulling her back into her seat.
"Would you two idiots stop that," he said sounding extremely annoyed.
Sakura nodded her head in agreement and Naruto and Haley took to glaring at each other. Haley tried to copy some of the faces she had seen Sasuke make but ultimately failed to look remotely mean or intimidating. Naruto grew tired of them glaring at each other quickly and decided to start making funny faces at her. Haley tried her best to keep glaring and not laugh, but that lasted for about ten seconds. She happily returned the funny faces and they were able to entertain themselves like that for a little while. Just as quickly as the pencil and paper were forgotten, their fight was too and Haley thought that she had just made her first friend.
"Hey come over here I wanna show you something," Naruto said with a mischievous look on his face.
Haley quickly made her way over to him, excited about what he had to show her. The two of them huddled in the corner of the room speaking in hushed voices. Every once in a while there would be muffled giggles coming from their direction but they never gave any indication about what they were planning on doing. Sakura tried to ask them what they were planning but Naruto told her that it was a "private meeting" and she couldn't know unless she wanted to come over and join.
Her curiosity almost got the better of her and she was about to head over there until she sparred a glance at Sasuke.
Sasuke was carefully watching the two of them conduct their "private meeting". He might have been happy that his sister was making friends (something he figured she would like to do even though he didn't share the same desire), if it was anyone beside Naruto. Naruto was an idiot in his mind, always pulling pranks and challenging him to different competitions (which he always won). He could care less what he does and if he got into trouble but Haley was a different story. Sasuke loved his sister but he had to admit that she kind of reminded him of Naruto, in the least offensive way he could think of. She was hyper and careless on her own just as Naruto was. He couldn't imagine the headache the two of them working together would be like.
These thoughts all contributed to a strong look of disapproval on his face. Sakura saw this look and immediately halted her walk over to the two of them. She put on her own look of disapproval towards them to try and get Sasuke to notice how agreeing she was with him.
(Haley POV)
Naruto and I were in our private meeting when Sakura tried asking what we were planning. I looked at Naruto to see if he thought we should tell her and he told me only if she came over. I agreed with that since this meeting was in fact private and we couldn't just spill our plans to everyone out in the open.
We were planning on doing something to our new Sensei since he was so late. I probably wouldn't have done something like this under normal circumstances because Sasuke always says you have to make a good impression. I think he's sort of a hypocrite when he says this since I would describe his first impression as serious and uninterested. Anyways it doesn't matter all too much right now since we've been waiting forever.
"I was thinking that we could put an eraser on top of the door so that when he opens it, it'll fall right on his head!" Naruto explained looking pretty proud of his idea.
I giggled at the idea nodding in agreement until a thought struck me.
"Naruto I think I can make that idea better," I told him feeling confident about it
"Really? Well don't keep me waiting what is it?"
"Instead of an eraser, why don't we put a cup of water on the door. That way our new Sensei will be all wet!"
Naruto's eyes widened at my idea and he gave me a high five.
"Wow we're so smart!" he exclaimed
"We are, aren't we!" I agreed happily.
We finally broke up our meeting and went to look for the supplies we needed for the prank. I didn't know where we would find a cup but I would leave that part to Naruto. I went over to my bag to get out the water bottle I had and made my way over to Naruto who had found a cup on Iruka-sensei's desk.
(Third Person POV)
Sasuke was still observing Naruto and Haley while they were in their little huddle. He was annoyed he couldn't hear anything besides the occasional high five or laughter. What could those two be planning?
After what felt like forever, they finally separated and began heading to different sides of the room. Haley made her was over to her bag and pulled out her water bottle while Naruto was looking around the teachers desk until he found a cup. They walked over to the door and Haley poured the water into the cup.
"Okay what are you two doing now!" Sakura said in tone that was mostly demanding but had an underlying curiosity to it.
They both laughed and Naruto decided to finally tell his other two teammates what they were doing, "We're gonna put this cup on the door so when our Sensei get's here, he'll get all wet!"
"You can't do that! He'll be mad at us!" Sakura insisted
"Who cares! He has it coming for making us wait while all the other teams already got to meet their Sensei's!" Naruto shouted with certainty
And with their plan revealed Sasuke felt the beginning of a never-ending headache come upon him.
"Our Sensei is a Jounin. He would never fall for something as stupid as that" Sasuke said to the both of them.
"How would you know? Maybe he's not the smartest Jounin if he can't even show up on time," Haley stated as she took the cup from Naruto and began to fill it with water.
She overestimated how fast the water was coming out and ended up filling it to the very top of the cup. Deciding that the more water the merrier, she kept all of the water in the cup. Everyone was watching as she slowly and carefully made her way over to the door. She was right at the door and it all seemed to be going fine until the door suddenly began to open, breaking her intense concentration. Haley tripped over her own foot and the cup of water went flying in the air, managing to get her and their new Sensei's, hair completely wet.
Everyone was silent until Haley let out a nervous laugh and looked up at her Sensei from her position on the ground, "Opps! Um sorry about that!"
With that Naruto broke out into laughter, thinking about how this turned out way better than their original plan. Sakura stifled her laughter, silently agreeing with Naruto. Sasuke was concerned that this "Jounin" hadn't been able to dodge the water and a bit hopeful that Haley wouldn't conspire with Naruto again since she ended up getting all wet (he unfortunately already knew this wouldn't stop her).
"How can I put this? My first impression is that...you're all a bunch of idiots. Meet me on the rooftop in five minutes," and with that he disappeared leaving a group of dumbfounded genins.
(Haley POV)
We all made our way up to the rooftop and our new Sensei began explaining the things we were supposed to talk about to introduce ourselves. He gave an example but the only thing he actually told us was that his name is Kakashi.
I meant to listen to what the others were saying but I was too preoccupied trying to dry off my hair. I'm still really annoyed that my plan backfired like that. I'm just happy that Kakashi-Sensei ended up getting wet too. I quickly looked over at him so I would feel better about what happened, but his hair was completely dry! I was so shocked. How did he do that? Did he keep a hairdryer around here somewhere? While I was thinking all of this, Kakashi-sensei gave me an infuriating smile that I knew was meant to mock me. I crossed my arms and turned away from him in annoyance. How come we ended up with a sensei like him of all people?
My thoughts were interrupted by Kakashi-sensei looking straight at me and saying "And what about our drenched little genin?"
The audacity he had saying that. I glared at him but stated my introduction anyway,
"My name is Haley Uchiha. I like candy, being a ninja, my brother and games. I hate being clumsy and people who dry off magically (I said as I shot a glare at Kakashi). My dream is to be a great ninja and protect people who can't protect themselves. My hobbies are... well I guess it's training with Sasuke."
"Very good everyone. Now tomorrow morning we're all going to meet a five am for a test," Kakashi said with a smile on his face.
"What kind of test?" Sasuke asked
"A test to see who gets to be a ninja of course!"
Everyone's faces dropped at that and we all looked confused. What did he mean who gets to be a ninja? We already passed!
"Sensei we already passed our graduation exam." Sakura said questioning him
"That's true but not all of the teams that graduated will be accepted as genin. Only three of the teams will actually be able to pass"
Naruto began yelling about how that was unfair and by the look of it, the rest of us agreed with him. I just hope we'll be able to pass. I really wanna be a ninja!
"Oh and one more thing. Don't eat breakfast tomorrow morning. Or you'll puke"
I'm not sure what to think of Kakashi-sensei. First my water hits him; that was good. Then he somehow dries off; that was bad. And now he's telling us we might not be ninja; that was very very bad.
I was pulled out of my thoughts by a towel being thrown in my face. I looked up and Kakashi-sensei winked at me, and then disappeared out of sight. I couldn't help but smile and decide that although he might be really annoying and crazy, I think I like our new sensei.
(Third Person POV)
"Sasuke. Where are you going? Our house is this way," Haley said pointing in the direction of their apartment.
"I know that," he replied and simply kept walking in the direction he was already going in.
Haley huffed and walked after him, "Will there ever be a day where you answer my questions? Where are we going?"
"To dinner"
She perked up at his reply, "Really! We're going out to dinner!"
"We don't really have much of a choice," he said sounding irritated
"Why wouldn't we-," Haley stopped as the memories of a disastrous kitchen came flooding back into her mind, "Oh...I sort of forgot about that"
"Hn"
Sasuke led them to one of his favorite restaurants to go to. It was quiet and secluded and that was exactly the reason he enjoyed it. The owner used to be well acquainted with the Uchiha's so he always offers them a discount when they eat there.
Haley bounced over to their usual booth in the back and couldn't keep from smiling. Although she was dreading having to clean the kitchen when they got home, she was kind of happy she made the mess since it meant they got to eat here.
"Ah Sasuke and Haley! I'm glad to see you back here. I see you two are both genin now," the shop owner said and couldn't keep the pride out of his voice.
"Yep! Did you see my headband Noburu-san?" Haley asked as she proudly shoved her headband in his face.
Sasuke pushed her arms away from Noburu while the man laughed at her expected enthusiasm.
"I did Haley. That's how I knew you had become a genin"
"Oh! That makes sense. Well anyway can I get my usual please!"
"Of course you can. And for you Sasuke?"
"I'll have my usual too."
"Alright! I'll have them right out"
"Thank you Noburu-san," Sasuke replied and nodded at the man in thanks.
As the two Uchihas waited for their food Haley asked a question she'd been meaning to ask Sasuke all day,
"So what do you this test will be?"
"I'm not sure. Kakashi-sensei seems insane so I don't think we could predict what he will do," Sasuke said thoughtfully wondering about it himself.
"Hmm. Well you're definitely right about him being crazy!" Haley stopped to think for a minute "But I don't think I'm going to worry about it"
"Oh? And why is that?" he asked curiously
"Because I think our team can pass any test he gives us! We have you on the team, and you're so good at pretty much everything. Then we have Naruto. I don't actually know what he can do but he's nice and I trust him. Then we have Sakura, who gets high scores on her written test. And finally we have me and I will become a ninja no matter what!" Haley answered passionately.
Sasuke could only laugh at her response but he had to admit that it was pretty could description of Team 7. Haley joined him in laughing and soon enough their food came and they were both in high sprits. Haley nearly jumped out of her seat when Noburu walked over to them carrying a huge slice of cake and some tomatoes.
Sasuke was extremely happy with his tomatoes but sent a glare at Noburu for giving Haley such a huge slice of cake.
"How could you do this to me Noburu" Sasuke asked with despair.
He laughed at the boys look and slid into the booth next to Haley,
"Ah come on! Look at how happy she is," he gestured at her for emphasis.
"You're not allowed to say anything unless you're the one trying to get her to go to sleep," Sasuke replied.
"You've got a point there. Sorry about that," he said while still laughing to himself.
Haley was oblivious to anything around her as she devoured her cake. Once she finished, she returned her attention to the conversation her brother and Noburu were having and immediately had to defend herself as Sasuke told him the story of her tripping from earlier.
They waved goodbye to Noburu and started their walk home. Sasuke developed a frown as he watched Haley literally bounce with every step she took. He knew she wouldn't want to do any training right now so he had to take other measures to wear her out. He suddenly thought of the perfect idea and stopped walking.
Haley turned to him in confusion and he simply told her to come over to him. He gave her a hug out of nowhere and Haley was more confused that ever. Since when does Sasuke ever hug anyone?
Before she could vocalize any of her questions, he pulled away and with a smirk on his face, he dangled her new headband in front of her.
"Hey give that back," Haley yelled as she reached for the headband. Sasuke put it out of her reach and said in the most taunting tone he could manage,
"You'll have to catch me if you want it," and with that he ran off.
Haley was shocked for a second but recovered quickly and sprinted after him. How dare he take my headband!
Sasuke made sure to run too fast for her to catch him until he was satisfied with how tired she looked. He began to slow down and when she caught up, let her jump on him to recover the stolen item.
Haley was huffing and out of breath, "Why did you do that you meanie!"
He shrugged and said playfully, "I don't know? I was bored"
Haley then proceeded to start a fight with him. She poured her remaining energy into the fight and Sasuke stopped her when he noticed how sloppy her moves were getting.
"Come on, lets go home," he said while blocking a half hearted fist
"You think you can get out of this fight so easily. In your dreams!" Haley lightly yelled while making another charge.
Sasuke picked her up before she could hit him and placed her on his back. She was considering demanding he put her down until she felt how comfortable he was. As Sasuke began walking he felt her head land on his shoulder and her breathing even out. Sasuke 1 Cake 0! He happily thought.
When he reached their house, he made his way through the front door and sighed as he saw the state of the kitchen. He carried Haley to their bedroom and lay her down on the bed.
Sasuke turned around to the direction of the kitchen and whispered, "You're lucky you got out of this one kid."
AN: And that's the first chapter. This might get a little long but please take the time to read it because I want to explain some things about the story and the dynamic of it. Firstly I changed the graduation age to 13 just because I wanted Haley to be 10 and for there to be a three year age difference between her and Sasuke. You might not be able to tell yet but Sasuke will be less intense and stoic in this story because having someone else from his family survive the massacre with him made a huge impact on his life. Also Haley being on team 7 will affect Naruto and Sakura's personalities over time. I hate how Sakura is reduced to a "fan girl" at the beginning and I think you will like how she changes within this story. One last thing. As you could see I changed the POV at different points in the story. If you noticed, Haley's POV should have sounded a bit more childish than the regular one and that was done on purpose seeing as she's only 10 right now. Anyway that's all for now and I really hope you enjoyed it. I will be updating as soon as possible and please remember to leave a review. Thanks for reading!