*Raven's P.O.V*

I sat at the side of the Hokage, staring at the Jonin in front of me. The faces of strangers stared back at me. I only recognized three faces in the whole room. The familiar cigarette hanging out of the mouth of the rough and tough Asuma. The long, black hair that Kurenai wore past her shoulders with pride. Last, but not least, the spiky, silver hair of the man with the Sharingan, otherwise known as the copycat ninja, Kakashi Hatake.

The Hokage spoke before any of us. "I've brought you all here to assign you your new Genin teams. As I say your name please step forward. Kurenai Yuhi." As her name was spoken she stepped forward. "You will have the following students; Shino Aburame, Hinata Hyuga, and Kiba Inuzuka joined by his Ninken, Akamaru." Kurenai stepped backwards and bowed to the Hokage.

"Asuma Sarutobi." Asuma stepped forward. "The following students will be joining you; Choji Akimichi, Shikamaru Nara, and Ino Yamanaka." Asuma stepped into the line with the other Jonin and, as the next name was called, I completely tuned out.

I was snapped out of my zoned-out state when I heard my name being spoken. "Raven." I could hear the faint sound of my name over my daydreaming. "Raven... Raven... RAVEN!"

I looked over at the Hokage in surprise. "Sorry Lord Hokage."

The Hokage continued to speak. "Kakashi Hatake." Kakashi stepped forward. He was the last of the Jonin to be assigned Genin. "Kakashi, you will be assigned the following students to form team seven; Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha."

When I heard the last name of the final kid that was announced I jumped out of my seat. "Lord Hokage, did you just say Uchiha?"

"Yes, I did, an addition to your team." He continued to speak to Kakashi like I wasn't standing with my mouth gaping open. "Kakashi, I called someone here to help you, you're going to have your hands full with this team. You will have a second person to help you lead team seven. Raven Momochi will be joining you."

A hundred thoughts went flying through my head. I thought that I had been the last of the Uchiha Clan after my younger brother, Itachi had wiped us out. Hearing my youngest brother's name spoken was surreal.

The Hokage clearly sensed that I was tense. "Is something wrong Raven?"

I was known as Raven Momochi. I had changed my last name when I was 19 so that my brother couldn't track me down as easily. My worst fear was Itachi finding me again, even if I was much stronger than I was before. I glanced up at the Hokage. "No, my lord, just thinking.

"Thinking about the Uchiha boy, aren't you?" The Hokage turned to see my reaction. "We all thought that the clan had been wiped out as well, but now you get the pleasure of seeing firsthand what the Uchiha Clan had for power. Sasuke was brought back into the village right after the attack. He had been found wandering aimlessly, looking for someone. He was taken care of by a couple that were unable to bear children, they stop by his apartment every day and take care of him. We never figured out who he had been searching for, he never told us."

I bowed to him and walked forward to see Kakashi. Kakashi may be my biggest headache sometimes, but he was the only one that knew the truth about who I was. He's the only person that knows I'm an Uchiha and not truly a Momochi. I turned and watched the Hokage leave the room before I began to speak to him. Kakashi could tell I was about to freak out so he grabbed me by the arm and dragged me out of the room so that I wasn't being stared at by everyone.

When we were out of the room and in the hallway Kakashi pushed me up against the wall, hard, to try to snap me out of my funk. He raised his voice as he spoke. "Raven, you need to get a hold of yourself and relax."

"But... I... My brother... I thought Sasuke... Was dead..." I couldn't spit anything out into whole sentences and felt like I was hyperventilating. "I could have... He's been alone..."

"It's not your fault Raven." Kakashi tried to comfort me. He put his hands behind my head on the back of my neck and pushed me forward, kissing my forehead.

"I spent too much time in the Village Hidden in the Mist... and Sasuke was here the whole time..."

"I know Raven... I know." He held my chin in his hand and tilted my head up so I was looking at him. When we locked eyes, he put his lips on mine, even though his black mask was in the way.

We had been doing this long enough now that the sensation of the mask on my lips was something I longed for. I was the only person that Kakashi had ever let see him unmasked. He may be a pain, but he's the one person I trusted the most, we just weren't ready to make our relationship quite so public yet.

"I have to see him before we meet the other two." I stopped and pictured Sasuke and his goofy grin as a kid. I wondered how much he'd grown. "I want you to be with me... Please."

I could tell by the way Kakashi's eyes squinted that he was smiling. "Of course, wouldn't even hesitate."

I approached the door step of the apartment that was listed on Sasuke's academy paperwork. I couldn't bring myself to lift my arm and knock. What if Sasuke didn't want to see me? What if he was mad that I hadn't searched harder for him? Kakashi stood behind me and when he noticed that I hadn't knocked yet he reached around me and knocked on the door. Before stepping back, he kissed the back of my head and whispered in my ear. "You can do this Raven. I'm right here."

The door began to open and my heart began to beat out of my chest. A small lady with graying hair stood in the doorway in front of me. "Can I help you sweetie?" I opened my mouth, but no sound came out. I swallowed hard as the lady gave me an odd look. She looked behind me at Kakashi. "Kakashi-Sensei, are you looking for Sasuke? I heard he's going to be on your team."

Kakashi stepped forward. "This is Raven, she's going to be helping me teach my three students. She's an Uchiha and wants-"

I cut Kakashi off. "Can I see my brother?"

The lady's mouth hung open and she opened the door wider. "Of course you can. You must be the Raven that Sasuke speaks so highly of." She paused for a moment. "He speaks of Itachi too, but not nearly in the same way."

At the sound of someone else saying my brother's name I cringed.

The lady stepped back in the apartment and spoke. "Sasuke, there's someone here to see you."

I heard footsteps and my heart felt like it would come barreling up my throat and out of my mouth before I could even see him. When the door opened, I felt like I would stop breathing. A young boy stood in front of me. Same black hair as me, same body language as me as well. Sasuke had always been my mini me. People would constantly mistake him as my child since I had always looked older than I was.

Seeing the leaf symbol on his headband made me gleam with pride, even if my headband had a different symbol. He stared for a second before realizing who was standing in front of him. He stuttered as he spoke. "Ra-Ra-Raven?"

I could feel the tears start flowing from my eyes before I could even tell that I was crying. It had been five years since I had seen him. He had grown so much. I couldn't believe that he had been here this whole time and I had been somewhere else. I nodded to him and he jumped into my arms. I squeezed him as hard as I could, afraid that if I let go he would disappear again. "Sasuke, you've grown so much." I could feel my shoulder getting damp and I knew he was crying. I loosened my grip and held him out at arms length, wiping the tears from his eyes and smiling at him. "You're like a whole new person."

He started speaking again. "Where have you been?" He had his eyes on my headband.

I knew this conversation would be one of our first. "Why don't we go get some ramen and talk?" I looked up at the woman in the doorway. "Do you mind?"

"No, not at all." She smiled. "Call me Emori." She held her hand out for me to shake it.

I grasped her hand in mine. "Thank you Emori. Thank you for everything you've done for my brother."

The three of us sat at the local ramen shop. I looked over at Sasuke. "I'm sure you're wondering why I never came to the Leaf Village before to look for you." Sasuke nodded while taking a bite of his ramen. "I was at the Village Hidden in the Mist for a long time. I wandered there not long after the incident that night, full of hatred and rage. A man there took me in and took care of me. He became more than a friend and I couldn't let myself leave. He was the first person that I had been close to since I had lost you and everyone else in the village. I didn't even know you were still alive." I sighed.

"I was summoned back here by that Hokage not that long ago, maybe six months ago. I've built quite the reputation for myself in my training. I'm known to most as Raven Momochi. No one except a select few people in this world even know I'm an Uchiha. When I got here Kakashi let me stay with him. I'm sure you remember how close the two of us used to be. There's where I've spent most of my time now."

"So what about this guy?" Sasuke stared at me intently. His protective brother side was showing.

"It doesn't matter. That's over. There's someone new in my life and that's all that matters." I put my hand on Kakashi's knee from under the table.

"Have you found Itachi at all?"

"No, Sasuke, I stopped looking. I didn't want to find him anymore. After what he did and after I wasn't blinded by my rage anymore, I just never wanted to see him again. I could never hurt him anyway, look at how close the two of us were."

When we were younger Itachi had been my best friend, next to Kakashi that is. We were only six years apart, with me being the elder and he was my rock. When Itachi turned on us and tried to kill Sasuke and I after killing our parents, I went crazy. In a fit of rage, I sent Sasuke running for safety and attempted to take Itachi down, something I should never have done. Itachi had always been so much stronger than me and I was trapped in Itachi's Tsukuyomi. When I came out of it I tried to hunt Itachi down, but had no such luck, and in the process, I had lost Sasuke. I searched for Sasuke repeatedly for weeks before finally coming to the realization that when Itachi got away from me he must have found Sasuke.

Kakashi spoke up after being silent for so long. "It's getting late Sasuke. Shouldn't we be getting you back, you have your first day of ninja training tomorrow."

I agreed. "He's right, we should be getting you home."

"I don't want to go home Raven. I want to be with you." Sasuke gave me pleading eyes. "I can come stay with you now and get rid of that apartment, right?"

"Sasuke, we'll figure it out. I can't just take you in right away. We have to get a room ready and I have to talk to Kakashi about that in the first place, it's not my house." I wanted him with me as badly as he wanted to be there, but Kakashi and I needed to have a discussion about this first.