Chapter One; The New Girl In Town

Note; Hey everybody! I just wanted to give a quick shoutout to my friend Yui Heart from that came up with the character concept of Keiko and gave me permission to use her. Her real name is Savanah and if she is reading this then I hope she knows just how good I really think she is! I might have come up with the name, but the character is completely one hundred percent hers, I've just been allowed to borrow her. So keep in mind that she's only twelve years old, but she came up with the character all on her own! I hope you enjoy the story and please leave a review down in the comment section and tell me what you think!

By the way, I do believe that the original Keiko had her hair tied up in pink ribbons and wasn't wearing a dress, but even though I want to be faithful to her character, I also want to change her up just a tad and I sure hope that Yui doesn't mind. And Keiko's name is pronounced (Kay-Ko with the long O sound)

It was hot summer day and Sakura was busy walking down the street when all of a sudden Naruto stopped her. "Hey wait a minute Sakura! Wait up!" he cried before he quickly sped towards her.

"What is it Naruto?" Sakura asked him irritably. "And whatever it is it better be good." She told him. "I was just about to go and meet Sasuke." She told him.

"Well all I was going to tell you is that this letter came for you in the mail, but somebody accidentally put it in mine by mistake." He said before handing the letter over to her.

"Really?" Sakura began while raising an eyebrow at him. "That's rather strange, but thanks Naruto. I'll go ahead and take a look at it." She told him before she turned around and ran back down the street towards her house. Naruto smiled at her as he watched her go but that's when suddenly he heard a soft peaceful voice from behind him.

"Umm,.. excuse me sir." She began while tapping him on the shoulder. That's when suddenly he gave out a horrified shriek and leapt up off the ground.

"Hey!" he exclaimed before he quickly turned back around to face her and realized that it was only a child not much older than seven. She had bright blue eyes and her hair tied up in pigtails with purple ribbons and was wearing a tiny purple dress with matching flip-flops. Naruto also observed that she had pink hair like Sakura's. "Oh,.. I'm sorry sis, but I don't think I've seen you around here before." He began while scratching his head at the same time. "Do you know where your mommy and daddy are?" he asked her.

"I never even met my mother before but my father told me that he lived here, and that's where I could also find my sister." She replied.

"Huh?" Naruto questioned her while widening his eyes with complete and utter astonishment and disbelief. "Just what exactly is your name?" he wondered.

"Keiko. Keiko Haruno." She replied. "My sister's a member on your squad." She told him.

"No way! I don't believe this! Are you saying that you're Sakura's little sister!?" he inquired. "Just exactly how old are you anyway?" he asked her before she held up both of her hands.

"Ten." She responded.

"Does Sakura know about this?" Naruto asked her but Keiko just simply shook her head in response. "No, that's why I wanted to go and find her. A letter was supposed to have been sent to her explaining everything." She told him. "Do you know where I can find her?" she asked him.

"Yes, she's just down the street. Here," Naruto began before he took ahold of her hand. "let me go with you." He told her.

"Alright, what's your name again?" she asked him.

"Naruto Uzumaki at your service!" he exclaimed excitedly before he led her straight up to the doorstep. "Now no offense or anything, but this might come as quite a shock to her." He told her.

"Oh I know. I'm already well aware of that." She said before she knocked on the door. A few moments later Sakura walked over to answer it.

"Hello?" she questioned her. "Have we met?" she wondered but Keiko just simply shook her head.

"No not yet." She began. "Is your name Sakura Haruno by any chance?" she questioned her back as Sakura nodded at her.

"Yes I am, may I help you?" she asked.

"You might want to let us in so that you can sit down for this one Sakura." Naruto told her before Sakura nodded again and held open the door and allowed them to step inside.

"Alright, come on in." she told them before they both walked inside and over into the living room. Sakura quietly shut the door behind them before she went inside to follow them. "Umm,.. I don't mean for this to sound rude or anything, and I seriously hope that you aren't offended by this, but just who exactly are you?" she asked the little girl before she sat down on the couch a crossed the room from them.

"My name's Keiko Haruno. I'm your long lost little sister." She explained.

"Wait a minute, what?" Sakura questioned her while widening her eyes with complete and utter disbelief and astonishment.

"I'm your little sister. Mom had me before Dad left her and neither one of them told either one of us about it." Keiko told her.

"See? I told you that you would have to sit down." Naruto told her.

"Didn't you get your letter?" Keiko wondered.

"Yes,.. I just got it this morning." Sakura replied. "Naruto gave it to me because it was accidentally sent to him by mistake." She explained. "Of course, I thought it was only a prank."

"Well it wasn't. I was sent back to find you and Mom. Now we need to go to the sand village to go to Dad's funeral." Keiko told her. "I mean, I would really like you to go even though you never really got a chance to see him all that much." She said.

"It's alright, I want to go and pay my respects." Sakura began. "There's just something I've got to do first." She told her.