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A/N: Another OC here! So, to the story then……….

Chapter 1: Saisho no Kioku

A black-haired boy sat on the roof of his house. Moonlight shone down on him, revealing on his back, the Uchiha fan. He just couldn't sleep.

Sasuke sat thinking. There was a dead silence throughout the Uchiha grounds. He was the only one outside. She was inside, just below him.

Sasuke sighed and looked at the open below him. It was his sister's room. He knew Minako was fast asleep. Sasuke jumped down and hung at the roof's ledge overlooking the window. Minako was fast asleep, just as he had hoped, her blanket up to her waist. Her long black hair was thrown messily on her pillow. Every once in a while, she would mutter "Sasuke………nii-san………".Looks like she's dreaming about her big brother. Sasuke gave her a small smile as he climbed back up.

On the roof, Sasuke began to think about Minako. His only sister. Him and her, the only survivors of the Uchiha clan, aside from Itachi. Minako was the only family Sasuke had now. She shared his thirst for revenge. She was not as strong as him, but she was agile and fast. And Sasuke cared for her and protected her whenever he could. Minako was also a genin, advanced even though she was one year younger than Sasuke. She was also in his team, Team 7. As far as Sasuke was concerned, he was lucky he had Minako. He could even remember, for some reason, his first memory of her……………………

Flashback. Sasuke was one year old, Itachi was 6. Although he was only a baby, Sasuke was aware of what was happening around him. But not too aware. Sasuke noticed his mom, Uchiha Mikoto, seemed to play and talk to him less and less. He noticed his mom's tummy was getting bigger. What's happening? Sasuke thought. Everybody in the clan was talking about somebody that was coming in a few months. But who?

Finally the day came. Sasuke's mom was rushed to the hospital. Sasuke wondered if she was sick. Itachi said their mom was going to have a baby. What's that? Sasuke thought. New food? (A/N: Do you really think he was that aware of what they call him?!)

Hours later, Sasuke heard a baby's loud cry. It was like his, but it was more high-pitched. A doctor emerged from the operating room, carrying a crying (read: bawling) thing in his arms. What's that? Sasuke wondered for his primitive brain could not figure it out. Is that the baby? It's alive!

"Uchiha-sama, congratulations," the doctor said holding out the baby, which was wrapped in cloth. "It's a girl."

Uchiha Fugaku picked Sasuke up and they looked at the new baby. The baby continued to cry.

"Look Sasuke, it's your new sister," Fugaku said.

"She's cute," Itachi said jumping up and down to see his new sister.

My new sister? Sasuke thought looking down at her.

"Her name will be Minako," Fugaku decided. "Uchiha Minako."

"Nice name," Itachi commented. "It fits her."

Hello………Minako, Sasuke thought but said in baby gibberish.

Minako stopped crying. She looked up at her dad and 2 brothers. Then she looked straight at Sasuke and, almost as if she understood his greeting, she smiled and laughed. And Sasuke smiled back.

The memory faded and Sasuke smiled, remembering that day. He and Minako had been very close for as long as he could remember. Now that their clan was gone, Minako needed guidance and someone to be there for her. Sasuke slept on a bed near Minako's, so he could watch over her.

"Nii-san?"

Sasuke looked back. Minako was standing a few feet from him, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She was wearing her usual outfit: a short-sleeved, white top and short skirt with the Uchiha fan on one corner of the hem. A blue ribbon was tied around her waist, the ribbon that held her little ninja bag in place. Minako was barefooted and her long, shiny black hair blew in the wind, rather than being pony-tailed.

"Minako? Why did you get out of bed?" Sasuke asked as Minako walked over to him.

"I sensed you left," Minako said softly, still a bit tired. "Why did you leave, nii-san?"

"I couldn't sleep," Sasuke said as Minako sat down beside him. "But I think I could go back to bed now."

"Okay, nii-san," Minako said. "Let's go back to bed."

As they started to go down to their bedroom, Sasuke noticed Minako was wearing her favorite necklace. The leaf-shaped pendant that he had made himself, hung on a cord. He had given her that necklace for her birthday 4 years ago.

"Don't you ever take that off?" Sasuke asked.

"Never. It's a reminder," Minako replied as they each settled in their beds. "A promise is a promise and I wear as a reminder."

"Well, it was promise made," Sasuke said as he closed his eyes.

As Sasuke drifted off to sleep, Minako looked at the leaf pendant. She lay back and tried to remember that day…………

To be continued…………