Author's note: Sorry I've been gone for awhile. College is crazy but I'm on break right now and trying to write as much as I can. Thank you for reading and please review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Emiko is my character.
Chapter Four
Emiko-neesan had been there for as long as Rin could remember. She knew they were not related by blood but they acted like they were and that was more than enough for Rin.
Emiko's mother had been on the same genin team as Rin's father and the two had developed an close, family-like bond. Rin's mother had been on the same genin team as Emiko's father and they too have also developed a close bond. That was why when Emiko's parents were killed on a mission, Rin's parents did not hesitate to take their best friend's three year old daughter into their care and they treated her like one of their own.
While Emiko had struggled at first, she soon adapted to her new family and Rin became the younger sister she never had.
She helped Rin with everything from academy homework to her personal troubles, and Rin looked up to her in the way any younger sibling would to an older sibling.
There was a time when the two were joined at the hip and when Emiko started going on longer missions and harder missions, Rin found herself lonely despite having her parents and Obito.
Rin knew her sister's work was important and knew that Emiko tried everything she could to spend more time with Rin. However the mission requests never slowed down and Rin started to see less and less of her sister.
During the time when Emiko-neesan was working for the ANBU full time, Rin and her parents had grown increasingly worried that Emiko would collapse under the pressure and in the worst case scenario she would self destruct. Emiko's normally bright brown eyes looking hollow and empty with every mission she returned from. Emiko stopped eating meals with the family and rarely smiled or laughed anymore. Whenever she was home, she would spend most of her time either in the hospital or locked in her room. Rin had never said anything, Rin wished every night upon the stars that Lord Hokage would allow Emiko a break from her duties.
So when Emiko announced that she would be working at the hospital for a few months, Rin has burst out crying from relief. It wasn't a break, not really, but anything was better than having her sister go on back to back ANBU missions. Rin noticed that working at the hospital had replenished Emiko's energy and spirit in a way because her sister looked visibly better. Rin thought it made sense, she would not be able to heal others if she wasn't in the condition to do so.
It was around the same time that Emiko had started offering Rin to work with her at the hospital and began to seriously teach Rin everything she knew. It was during those moments when Rin felt the closest to Emiko.
It was times like those that Rin thought she had the best sister in the whole world, and learning medical ninjutsu had been one of their few sister bonding times that Rin could remember given Emiko's hectic schedule.
The other time was when Emiko had taken Rin to the small lake near their house to look at the night sky and make wishes whenever they could. Even now, Rin could hear Emiko's whisper to her, Hope is the most important thing, never lose it Rin-chan.