Summary: I was the loner, the quiet girl, and currently the only female ninja in my clan. Yep, that sounds just about right… SasukexOCxGaara.

The cool warm air from the village slowly grazed my unusually pale skin. My face was emotionless less and I kept still sitting on the roof top of my family's home. I could feel my dark hair gently dance around along with the wind. I was in complete peace until I heard a familiar voice.

"Yuka, come downstairs for dinner!" my mom yelled out. I swiftly jumped down from the roof a quietly walked into our home. I was going to walk into the kitchen to help my mother prepare the food but I felt two short arms wrap around my waist.

"Yuka, why aren't you ever home to play ninja with me?" my little sister Ruka said. Her large light blue eyes looked into my grey eyes. I sighed deeply and gently pried my younger sister off of me. I kneeled down to her level and kissed her forehead.

"Listen I'm taking my exam tomorrow to be a ninja. I just don't have the time to be playing ninja." Ruka looked down at her feet and frowned. "Why can't I be a ninja? I want to go to the academy!" She cried out, warm tears ran down her pale skin. I pulled her into a hug and stroked her long black hair.

"When you get older you'll learn why…" It was too hard to explain right now. It was heartbreaking to tell her that she couldn't be a ninja because she wasn't a chosen female. Unfortunately I was the chosen female I had to become a ninja and train with the boys. I rarely spoke to the other females that were my age in my clan.

I stood up and grabbed Ruka's hand and said "come on lets go eat." I put on a small smile and walked with her to the kitchen. Dinner consisted of my parents talking about my exam tomorrow. I was just as worried as they were about it, I didn't know what I was supposed to do yet. Even though I was one of the top ranking students it didn't matter once you took that exam. If you pass then you become a ninja. If you don't then you go back to the academy.

Once we finished eating I walked Yuka up to her room and decided to tell her a story. "Do you know the story about Kaname Sendo?" she shook her small head. I smiled and chose to tell the story.

"He was the founder of our clan. Kaname is still a hero to us today; he was born on the tallest mountain in the village. It was said that when he was born a red dragon entered his soul. When he turned three he trained every day and using a small stick as a sword. Once Kaname became older he became a high ranking ninja in the village. One day the village was under attack Kaname vowed to protect it with his life, he risked his life to protect his daughter, two sons and wife. Within one week he killed 1,275 ninjas, he was known to be a hero to the village. To this day we follow his training strategies and learn his techniques." Her eyes lit up, she loved ninja stories.

I told her a very large lie about Kaname Sendo. He wasn't some kind hero, he was willing to sacrifice his family for freedom and money, and he didn't kill 1,275 ninjas. About half of them that were killed were not ninjas but citizens. That was why our last name was Sendo, it means death for a long time we were feared by many villagers.

I kissed Ruka on the forehead and walked out turning off the light and closing the door behind me. I sighed inwardly and walked to my dark room. I changed into my pajamas and fell asleep quickly.

"YUKA WAKE UP!" my grey eyes quickly opened. I was staring into my 6 year old sisters blue eyes. Ruka began to jump up and down on my bed and started to pull my blanket off of me. I rolled my eyes and jumped out of bed.

"Ruka why are you waking me up this early?" she stopped jumping and looked into my eyes with her head tilted to the right side. "What do you mean? You have 1 hour before the exam starts." My eyes widened and I ran to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready. Once I finished taking a shower and put on my clothes I ran into the kitchen to eat breakfast.

I looked at the clock to see that I had 25 minutes left and ran out of my house. It took me an average of 20 minutes to get to the school. I ran through the nearly empty streets, no one was usually out during this time of the day. Once I got to the school I walked into the class room calmly. Almost everyone was in the classroom, I sat far from anyone.

I was a bit of a loner in the academy; I really didn't have many friends. Most of the people here were annoying and loud. The girls were psychos and were obsessed with a boy named Sasuke Uchiha. I found nothing significant about him he was just another boy, I will admit he was quite attractive but I wasn't interested in boys right now. My responsibility was to become a ninja and a damn good one.

"When your name is called come to the next room. To graduate you'll perform 'Bushin no Jutsu.'" I sighed in relief this was an easy justu I was just hoping I wouldn't mess up.

Names began to be called and students kept walking in and out of the classroom. My heart literally dropped when I heard the very words I dreaded hearing "Sendo, Yuka you are next." I walked out of the classroom and into the room with Iruka sensei and a bunch of other people that were going to judge me.

I took in a deep breath and performed the justu. I closed my eyes tightly smoke began to for around me. When I opened them I looked at both of my clones, they two clones maintained the same expression I had. Their clothes were slightly grey instead of black but overall it was a pretty okay. "You pass Yuka!" I was handed my headband. It was a blue ribbon with the Leaf Village's symbol craved onto a metal plate. I proudly wrapped my headband around my neck. I walked out of the room holding in my happiness and keeping my sullen and cold expression.