Disclaimer: I asked Santa but he wouldn't give me Naruto so I guess I have to write a disclaimer… I don't own Naruto, it belongs too… I don't even know. Whatever! On with the FIC!

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Chapter one: A New Home

(The big brother's POV)

"Onii-san, where were you?" Shizuka asked her dragon brother curiously. The now thirteen year old half-blind girl was always curious like a small child. She'd traveled her whole life but never been to this area of the world before, though she knew why. The land of fire was host to the village where her mother had been born, but her mother was a rogue ninja in her time. The people of Konoha most certainly would have heard of her. She was born into the two strongest clans in the village hidden in the leaves. The Hyuuga clan's Byakugan and the Uchiha clan's Sharingan had both been in her possession before she died.

"I think, I may have found you a home." Tatsuhiro told her, smiling at her calling him big brother. "Really? Where?" She asked animatedly. "In Konoha. I spoke with the Hokage, she going to allow you to live there as just another kunoichi. She said that she wouldn't put you in the normal class but she'd have the youngest of the genins help you out and eventually you can go out on missions and such as a normal ninja. She agrees that even though you are of another villages blood you are still an Uchiha and a Hyuuga, despite holding the Kurotori name. I spoke to some of the genins too and they seem like a nice bunch for the most part. Among them are also those considered to be the Hyuuga clan's and Uchiha clan's prodigies they can help with your Byaringan perhaps." The dragon in a human form told her.

"In Konoha… where my mother was born… But where will we live?" Shizuka asked him. "You will be living in a small apartment that I've managed to get. It's no resort but you're used to that anyway."Tatsuhiro replied putting extra emphasis on the "you". "You're not coming with me are you, Onii-san?" The young teenager asked. "No. I'll drop you off and I'll come to visit but that's all. I won't be living with you any longer. You're old enough to take care of yourself. You're mature enough. Plus if you have any trouble the Hokage is willing to help out and if you really need me then you can asked her to send someone to find me, but don't ask simply because you miss me. She a nice woman, a little hardheaded and tough but she'll always be around to help if needed." He told the sad looking girl.

Shizuka wasn't surprised by the fact that her brother wasn't going to live with her. It's true she was only thirteen but she, despite acting like a young child most of the time, was very mature. She only acted like a child to push away all the bad memories for she had felt the hardships that sometimes occurred in the Shinobi life. She was the last Kurotori, Shizuka Kurotori, and jinchuriki to one of the twin dragon demons. She new thing went wrong sometimes, and once things going wrong saved her life. When the dragon was sealed inside her she should have died but she didn't now did she?

(Switching to Tsunade's POV)

It was about an hour before sunset when the young girl and her fake-brother approached the gates of the village hidden in the leaves. The gates were open and in the middle stood none other then the Hokage, Lady Tsunade, herself. She smiled when she saw the young girl half hiding behind the dragon demon.

The girl was small, though average height she was super skinny. She wore a light grey blue kimono with cherry blossoms for a pattern and a silt up the side for easier movement and a partially open back. Her hair was a dark brown which was nearly black contrasted nicely with her light kimono. Her bangs covered her left eye, it's lavender-white color barely with beneath the dark fringes. Her right eye was a vibrant blue-green though and her lashes long.

Her posture was stiff signaling that she was shy. Tsunade smiled, Tatsuhiro had told her all about the young Kurotori. She was only shy in till she's know your name then she as happy-go-lucky as if you were an old friend.

"Hello, nice to meet you Shizuka. I'm Tsunade but most call me Hokage or Lady Hokage. You can call me whatever you like though." Tsunade introduced herself. Shizuka waved, still hiding behind her brother.

"HEY! Grandma Tsunade! Is that the new girl?" Naruto yelled from behind them running up. "Stop calling me Grandma!" Tsunade fumed, obviously angry. Shizuka giggled, making them turn their attention back to her. "Naruto, why don't you make yourself useful and show Shizuka here around?" Tsunade told the hyper blond genin. "OK!" Naruto yelled loudly. "Let's go Shizuka!"

(Switching over to Shizuka's POV, I know this is a lot of switching but I promise that it won't normally be like this)

The young teenager looked at her brother. "Go on. I'll find you later and show you the apartment, but right now I've got to go talk to Tsunade. I'll see you later." He said to her. She nodded and walked over to Naruto's side with unparalleled grace.

The crazy blond began to drag her around the village, pointing out random things. Finally he decided to show her the view from the top of the cliff on the head of the previous Hokages. "You're really the quiet kind of person aren't you Shizuka-san?" Naruto asked after they sat down at the top, noticing that he was supplying the entire conversation. "I guess so, I'm not normally this quiet but… I haven't lived in a ninja village in nearly five years so I'm still trying to imagine what it's normally like around here. It was always really hectic where I used to live, then again that could have just been my status above the others of the village." Shizuka giggled.

"Your status? And where did you used to live anyways? Grandma Tsunade never did tell us." Naruto asked curiously. "I'm the niece of the Raikage, but I didn't like it in the village hidden in the clouds so I left." She answered simply not wanting to go into detail. "Niece of the Raikage? Cool!" Naruto yelled loudly, again. Shizuka merely shrugged, not saying a word.

Her uncle was not a "cool" thing to talk about. He had first exiled his own clan, including her, and then had sent one of the twin dragon demons to kill them off. She and her uncle were the last living Kurotori's.

It wasn't long after that her brother came up with a grin on his face. "Onii-san, why are you grinning like that?" She asked. "I'm just happy. Come on I'll show you the apartment, Naruto you can come too if you'd like." Her brother said. "No thanks, I was supposed to meet Kakashi-sensei half and hour ago anyways." Naruto replied calmly. "Half and hour ago?" Shizuka questioned, surprised. "Trust me Kakashi-sensei's always so late that he's probably not going to be there for another half hour anyway, but I'd best get going just in case he comes earlier then normal. See you later, Shizuka-san!" Naruto laughed before hoping the railing and running along the roofs of the buildings to wherever he had to go.

"Come on Shizuka." Her brother called already a few meters away. "I'll race you." He laughed before he started running. "Cheater!" The young teenager yelled bolting after him. They laughed the whole way there, and some people that didn't even know them laughed too seeing the too teens racing like small children. It wasn't long before Shizuka caught up with him but she still couldn't past he for he kept increasing his speed. Tatsuhiro suddenly stopped and Shizuka went flying past him. She flung herself around to a stop and stared at her brother. "We're here." He smiled.

Her brother led her up the stair to the third and top floor of the building. It wasn't a large building, only holding twelve units but it was a nice place on the outside. He led her up to the door that was numbered nine and pulled out a key. "I'll let you do the honors, Shizuka." He said handing it to her.

She opened the door slowly. She took a couple steps into her new apartment. It was amazing, small but amazing. Huge windows at the far end over looking a small lake, a small couch and TV, an oval-shaped coffee table, a good sized kitchen for one who liked to cook. She gasped at her brother he'd told her that the apartment was nothing much, but it was perfect. She wandered around and found a clean little bathroom with a tub and a bedroom. The bedroom was just as pretty, with a small balcony that wrapped around the corner and also had a door to the living room. It had a view of the lake from the glass door to the balcony and a double bed covered in beige and white sheets with a tree like pattern and simple light purple walls. A white dresser replaced the lack of a closet, but Shizuka didn't have that much stuff anyways.

Taking a few gentle steps onto the balcony Shizuka looked out onto the small lake, watching how the slowly setting sun danced on the waters surface, igniting it in a fury of sparkly color. She eyed the lake that seem to be turned orange noticing for the first time the boy who sat at the end of the small dock. He had his legs in the water, his shoes sitting beside him. She couldn't see his face, only his spiked raven hair and blue clothes. He look deep in thought, but not deep enough to not notice her staring. He looked up revealing a sharp face and obsidian eyes that showed no emotion. They merely stared at each other like that for a while, obsidian and teal clashing silently.

It was Shizuka who pulled away, rushing inside when she noticed a pick-haired girl approaching the boy on the dock. "What were you staring at Sasuke-kun?" The rosette asked him. "Hn. Nothing." The raven-haired boy mumbled, sparing a last glance at Shizuka's empty balcony before leaving with the girl following right behind him. Shizuka sighed happy that he hadn't said anything for some reason she couldn't understand.

Shaking her head at her worry she return to the living room, to find her brother sitting on the couch with a plate of onigiri on the coffee table in front of him and the TV on. She smile at her brother who had obviously made her favorite food. "I'll be leaving in the morning, but I wanna know, what do you think of it here?" Tatsuhiro asked his little human sister.

"I love it…" was her only response.

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AN!:

Just saying this now, Shizuka and the rookie nine are 13 at the beginning of this fic. It all starts right after the Chunin exams. And since they didn't say specifically how long their was between then and when Sasuke ran off with Orochimaru I'm saying that it was a few months, like four or five k? I will explain more and have pictures up of what Shizuka and her brother look like and such later. (AKA once I get off my lazy ass and draw them :D )

Oh, and because I know the prologue was really confusing I'll probably redo it but for now I'll explain the twin dragon demons.

Ryoto is the one who got sealed inside Shizuka when she was ten. I won't say why he killed the village she lived in at the time because it will pop up later.

Ok, then there's Tatsuhiro, or as Shizuka calls him "Onii-san". He's Ryoto twin brother and the nicer one of the bunch. When Ryoto killed Shizuka's mother he dedicated himself to taking care of Shizuka. His human form makes him appear to be around 19 but he's really a few hundred year old dragon.

The twins also have human forms which they run around in, and together the twins have about the same strength as the nine-tailed fox, but alone half of that. The two were once considered to be gentle demon, simply avoiding contact with humans as much as possible, but in the past few years they twins have faded into myth, people refusing to believe that they were the cause of the Kurotori clans death, instead believing that it was simply those who killed them trying to cover themselves up.