Forgotten Uchiha

The streets in the Uchiha village were as busy as always. A young girl ran through the streets, she couldn't have been more then seven years old. Her long black hair was wrapped up in a messy fashion in the back of her head. She had several bangs coming in front of her face. Her eyes were black but you could see peace in those eyes. The young girl also wore pink kimono with a flowery design on the sleeves and around the belt.

The girl's aunt noticed her run by, "Where are you off too in such a hurry Kioko?" The young girl stopped and looked at her aunt. The older women noticed a paper in her hands, "What's this?"

" It's my report card… and guess what… I'm at the top of my class. My Sensei commented that I'm just like Niisan!"

"That's excellent Kioko.. I'm sure your father will be proud of you… don't let me keep you."

Kioko waved goodbye to her aunt and rushed off to see her father who was back at home. Itachi was walking through the halls when he saw his younger sister running toward him. "I did it Niisan!" Itachi was slightly confused and looked at the paper she was holding. He took a look at it and smiled rubbing her hair. "Great job sis… you did it. I always knew you had talent like me. I'm sure father will be thrilled when he learns about this…come on."

The two siblings walked through the house to where their father was sitting. Their mother was standing over the sink working on the dishes. She turned toward the door and saw her second child walking in with Itachi close behind. "Welcome home Kioko, how was your day?"

"I finally did it. I graduated at the top of my class like Itachi." Their father pulled down his paper and looked over at his daughter and said, "You are indeed my child."

The years went by and Kioko grew up following the footsteps of her older brother. Sasuke was born several years after Kioko had graduated from the academy. Over the years things became increasing hard on her and her attitude began to change. Things appeared to be normal but then one day things changed. That was one day Sasuke would always remember… the day his older sister disappeared.

Sasuke was on his way home from class and like always he was pretty excited. He hoped that his father would at least recognize his talents like he did his older siblings. The skies over Konoha were dark, Sasuke rushed home hoping to avoid the storm. The rain started to come down as he approached his home. He opened the front door and took off his shoes and called out, "I'm home!"

He was expecting someone to greet him like they always did but this time there was nothing. Concern quickly overcame the young boy as he began running through the house calling out to his family hoping someone would respond. As he approached the sitting room where his parents would be most of the time he head crying. Sasuke's mind was racing and he began to fear the worst had happened, someone had died. As Sasuke walked in he saw his mother crying and saw his older brother looking down at the ground. His father was no where to be seen. "Niisan? Mother? What…. happened?"

His mother was surprised when she heard her younger son's voice. "Sasuke, I'm sorry…."

Tears started to run down his face. "Where is father… and Kioko… don't tell me… they…"

Itachi shook his head. "Father is looking for her right now, but she is no where to be seen… the Anbu believe she is dead Sasuke.."

Sasuke fell to his knees, "No that can't be… Kioko she can't be gone…" Their father returned hours later, shaking his head, confirming their thoughts. Sasuke always wanted to know what had happened and who had killed his older sister.

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Years had past since Kioko's disappearance. Kakashi looked out of his window and noticed the skies were just as dark as they were that day so long ago. He was one of Kioko's only friends while she was growing up. He always suspected something had happened but could never really prove it. He looked down at a picture of her that he had kept in his room. " It's been several long years since you vanished… I still can't believe it happened… where did you go Kioko?"

An alarm clock went off around eight in the morning. Naruto moaned as his hand reached over to the end table and grabbed the noisy clock with one hand and rubbed his tired eyes with the other. "Morning already?" As his eyes focused on the clock he screamed as he realized he was late. "AHHH, their going to kill me!" He tossed the clock on the bed and quickly changed his cloths and ran out of his apartment to meet up with his fellow teammates.

As Naruto was running toward the location he was suppose to meet Sasuke and Sakura he spotted a young girl, who appeared to be around her late teens. Naruto's eyes blinked as he looked in that area he saw a wolf running past into the forest and he noticed the girl was gone. He didn't think much of it at the time, "That was a bit strange… Well I better get going."

Sasuke and Sakura were standing on a bridge waiting for both Naruto and their Sensei to show up. Sakura had an annoyed expression on her face, " Why do we even bother coming exactly when Sensei tells us? He's always late and Naruto too… he's such a pain."

Sasuke didn't say anything as he leaned up against a post and simply waited. His mind seemed to be on something other then the meeting. Naruto came running up a few minutes later. "Sorry… I'm late…" He breathed out. He looked around and noticed their Sensei didn't show up. "Hey, hey, where's Kakashi-Sensei?"

"Why do you bother asking such a stupid question moron?" Sasuke questioned in annoyance.

Naruto growled at the Uchiha boy. "SASUKE!!!"

Just as he was about to pound his fist into Sasuke's face Kakashi finally showed up in a swirl of smoke onto of one of the posts. "Good morning. Sorry I'm late…" He jumped down from his landing spot, "We might as well get started, we have a busy day ahead of us…"

Sakura looked over at Sasuke and she noticed that he had something on his mind. ' I wonder what Sasuke is thinking about… I hope he'll be alright.'

Kakashi turned his attention toward Sasuke and narrowed his eye. 'It seems Sasuke's mind in more focused on that day then anything else.'

"KAKASHI!" The Jounin turned around and saw Gai running toward him. The Taijutsu master caught his breath. "The Hokage has asked for you and your squad to report immediately. It seems she has been spotted Kakashi."

Naruto blinked in confusion. 'She? Who is he talking about?' Naruto thought back to a few moments earlier and the image of that girl entered his mind. 'Could they be talking about that girl I saw?'

He turned around to his squad, trying to keep his composure, not letting on that something was going on. "Looks like there has been a change of plans." Naruto couldn't help but be excited. The four of them made their way to the Hokage mansion. Tsunade was surrounded by paperwork. As she looked up she saw them standing in front of her.

"Good you are all here. I have been in formed that one of our missing nin have been spotted in the area. I want you to go after her and return her to the village. Also if you are able gather any and all information you can about her disappearance as well as what has she been up to now. Reports have said that she has been in league with the Akatsuki which could also point to a connection with Orochimaru."

Sasuke's eyes narrowed as Tsunade mentioned the Akatsuki. His mind wondered to his older brother. The fifth Hokage pulls out a photo of the person they were after. " Kakashi I don't have to remind you of how dangerous this could be." Sasuke looked at the picture and his eyes widened as he noticed it was his older sister. ' No that's not possible… my older sister.. how could she still be alive after all this time… it doesn't make any sense…'

Naruto looked at the picture and once again he began to picture the young girl he spotted earlier. He then turned to Sasuke and he noticed that she appeared similar to him. Naruto began to wonder, ' Is it possible that this girl could be related to Sasuke in some way?'

Kakashi nodded as he turned to his squad. " Alright this is going to be a very dangerous mission, even more dangerous then taking on Zabuza and Haku… the person we are after is even stronger… you all should keep up your guard… we better get going before we lose the trail…" The group nodded as they all rushed out, taking off in the last known location.

To be continued….

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