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Sisters

"Bunshin no Jutsu!" At that moment, I made my first clone. Gladly, for me, I didn't have trouble learning new jutsu.

"Good job, Yuri-chan. You learn fast," said my teacher, Matsuda-sensei. He's an average teacher, comes and goes, teaches, gets pissed. What I hated about him was that I never really knew what his hair color was for he wore usual Oto attire; I loved hair color those days. It just so happened to include a full head mask, hiding everything but the eyes. Well, his eyes were scary, always staring at your soul. That's how he loved to get us to listen.

During my years in the academy, I was the youngest. Sure we all started at 4 years of age, but I, only 6 years old, was already in the expert class with the kids that were 5-6 years older than me. However, it was really fun to give them these dirty looks and whatnot to scare the crap outta them. I would always play all these pranks on them, always getting beaten up in the end. It was kind of a piss off but I learned to deal with it. Ch. I always let them do that. I mean, it's not like I was weaker than them. They just hated me because I was younger than them and already at their level. Oh yes. I would always get back at them in the dirtiest way possible. I guess it's true that we learn habits since we're young.

"Alright, onto our next lesson: Multi-toned Metallic Plate. It's a piece of metal worn on your forearm, such as this." Matsuda-sensei showed us his very own plate. It wasn't very shiny but it was cool, at least that's what I thought at the time. "It is used as an offensive weapon. The directions to use it are as follows: Hold it up in the direction of your opponent or enemy, like so. Then, the easiest part is to just tap it. Ji-kun, it's coming to you." He tapped it and there was this shill sound in the air that passed through the air and hit Ji-kun, sending him flying into the desk behind him.

Ji-kun is one of those top students with an amazing personality. There's just something about him that made him loved by all of the students in the school. I guess you could say that he's one of the popular guys. I guess you could say that I was one of his "fan-girls," not that I cared much for people.

Matsuda-sensei stopped talking to the class when my brother burst into the room.

"Yu-chan! Come with! Mom's in the hospital!" I quickly got up to leave the class room when Matsuda-sensei called me over. I looked over to him and he was holding a plate out in front of him. I took it and ran out of the classroom with Takeshi.

At the time, Takeshi was 13 years old and already a Genin. I really looked up to him; he was my role model. Sure we weren't together all the time, but I loved him more than I loved my own mother.

Speaking of my mother, she was in the hospital. We were running as fast as we could to get to her.

"What happened?" I asked my brother. He didn't reply. He just looked over his shoulder and smiled. I got so confused that I slowed down drastically. Takeshi, in his skill of running, turned around and kept running - backwards and still at the same speed as when I had slowed down. I gave him a look that showed that I didn't understand, at all, what he was implying.

"Mikuru's coming!" he exclaimed, smiling.

"Eh? But…Wait! Isn't Mikuru inside Mom? And where's Mizuko?" Come on. Give me a break. I was only 6-going-on-7 at the time. I never knew how children were born at the time.

"Mizuko's already there, remember? She was there all night!" Mizuko's our younger sister. She's only two years younger than me – 4 – so she always had to stay with our mother. She was to become an academy student after I graduated.

When Takeshi had told me that Mizuko was on her way here, I sprinted with all my might to the hospital. I was so anxious to meet her.

"Wait, Yu-chan! Stop running so fast!" My mind was leading me so fast that I totally forgot about my brother. Even when he called to me I was still running at full speed.

So I reached the hospital. Takeshi, somehow, managed to keep up with me and was out of breath by the time we reached the receptionist.

"We…We're here to see K-Kuwon…Kamiko," Takeshi said, having trouble speaking and breathing simultaneously.

"Second floor. Room 270." The receptionist said this with such a monotone voice that I thought that she said those exact words to all of the visitors.

Takeshi and I bolted up the stairs, in a hurry to see our baby sister.

When we reached the room, Takeshi and I fought over who would open the door. We came to the conclusion that both of us should open it at the same time.

We did so and walked in to find that Mizuko was asleep on the bed next to our mother. Speaking of her, she was holding a small person in her arms. Was that Mikuru?

"Ah. You two actually came. Come here," said Mom. She looked really tired; I didn't know why she looked that way.

"Mom, you look really tired. What's wrong?" I asked in a little-too-loud voice. This, unfortunately, woke up Mizuko who started screaming when she saw us.

We haven't really been with her since Mom had to constantly get checkups. Then again, it would've made more sense for her to stay with us considering that she will soon be entering the academy. We could've given her pre-training, just like Takeshi did for me.

Well, the screaming that Mizuko had done woke up Mikuru and caused her to start crying. Great. Funny how I had just seen her and I already hated her. I really wished that she would shut the fuck up. I mean, why does she need to cry so much? All that happened was that she got woken up. No need to cry. Especially that much.

"Oh dear. Mizuko, please stop screaming. I'm getting a headache," said Kamiko. She really looked like she was about to blow. There were dark lines under her eyes and her skin was pale. I actually thought that she was gonna die. That is, when she started her weekly checkups. She had told me something about Mikuru's blood not doing much good to her and it had weakened her. But who remembers that? Definitely not Takeshi…

"Why? What's wrong?" my older brother asked. See what I mean? He was always so responsible and mature except when it came to remembering stuff like this. I guess that's the one and only reason that I hated him. He always forgot the simplest things. Then again, I'm not one to talk since I was being told that because I was forced to. Eh…It was more like bribed.

It was a warm summer afternoon…OK. I lied. I have no idea how the weather was that day but it was probably something along those lines. Takeshi and I were outside practicing new jutsu and teaching each other new ones. Mom called us inside, saying it was important. I remember her saying something to Takeshi about him getting someone pregnant...Yadda-yadda. I didn't really care for that shit.

"What the hell, Mom? Like I'll ever do that!" Takeshi had yelled. Mom just sat there, laughing along with me. Mm…I was only laughing because it's really funny when Takeshi swears; his ears go red.

Back to the hospital now.

"Shut up, Mikuru! You're so annoying!" I yelled at the newborn. It was, sadly, the truth. She was really annoying, and I did want her to shut up. Who likes hearing a baby cry?

Upon hearing me say that, Takeshi immediately put me in his special headlock that he apparently saves just for me. I thought I couldn't hear anymore for a few seconds but then I realized that Mikuru was enjoying the fact that I was getting hurt. What the hell was wrong with her?

There you have it… That was how the first meeting of my baby sister, Mikuru, went.

A/N: I know it was short…. I apologize deeply. Just so you know, I won't be posting any new chapters until after exams (which is the June 15.) So sorry, but I reeeally need to study or I won't make it to next year…maybe.

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