'I have brothers. Four brothers.'

'I have a mother.'

'The Fourth Hokage was my father.'

'My own father sealed a demon inside of me.'

'I've been lied to my whole life.'

'The Chuunin Exams are tomorrow morning.'

"Agh, I don't need this!" Namaki exclaimed loudly, tossing and turning in her bed. She pounded her pillow with her fist half heartedly before settling down again. She turn to her side, looking out her open window. A pleasant breeze blew into her room, touching her skin.

She had gotten to be early so she could get up bright and early for tomorrow. She didn't need Sasuke on her ass about being late. But no matter how times she shut her eyes, sleep never came.

Too much was on her mind and she didn't know how to sort it out. She didn't know what to do. Being alone, one might think she would be thrilled about having a family. That her hero was her father.

Namaki always wished for a family as a child. Seeing a kid with their parents it was something she wanted more than being Hokage. Namaki would gladly give up her dream of being Hokage if she was able to experience the love of her parents. To fill the hole in her heart that she tries so hard to ignore.

That thought let Namaki to wonder what her mother look like. The old man had said that she looked like her mother but how much? Did she know that Namaki was alive? Was she coming for her? Did she still want her?

Question after question and it just kept Namaki up even longer. Finally, unable to take it anymore, she tossed the cover off of her and got up. She put on a blue sweater and her shoes before heading out, of course locking her door. Namaki thought about going back and closing her window but, eh, she was already outside. Oh well. She walked down the stairs and was soon in the streets.

The walk was silent and Namaki honestly didn't know where she was going. Her feet just moved on their own. The ramen shop has long since closed not like she was hungry anyways.

She turn the corner, almost expected to run into her "brothers" because that's been happening a lot lately. But no one was there to greet her and she let out a sigh of relief. The village at night was rather peaceful.

Growing up, Namaki always feared that angry villagers or ninjas would go after her when she walked home at night. Besides a incident with a drunken man, nothing happen. Also Namaki avoided the bars and anywhere else that might have drunken men lingering around. So alleyways at night were out of the question.

Few minutes later, Namaki found herself tapping lightly on Sakura's sliding, glass door. She was standing on her balcony. After a couple of more taps, a light came on and Namaki smiled a little. A sleepy Sakura walked to her window rubbing her eyes. When she looked up, green eyes widen in surprise.

" Namaki?" Sakura's voice was muffled due to the closed door between them. The blonde's only reply was by sheepishly rubbing the back of her neck with a smile.

" Hello."

Sakura moved forward and with a soft 'click' the glass door slid open." What are you doing here? You know what time it is? Namaki!"

Namaki held her hands up in surrender." Sorry, sorry." She put her hands down and sighed," I just couldn't sleep. And well… I know back in the academy when you and Ino were still friends, you talked to each other a lot. Um, I was kind of wondering if we could do the same. Just this once at least."

U.Z.U.

Sakura was still in mild shock. Well, not shock, more like surprised. Namaki Uzumaki, the trouble maker back in the academy, the hard headed, little Genin, wanted to have girl talk? It was kind of hard to believe that much less that she would come to Sakura.

The girl will admit she wasn't much of a teammate or friend towards the blonde. When Team Seven was formed, all Sakura focused on was getting Sasuke's attention and make sure Namaki didn't try anything.

It was during their journey to the Land of Waves did Namaki laid it out flat that she had no interest in Sasuke, followed by insults to the boy and starting a argument with him about the color orange.

While they trained and worked on their chakra control after the fight with Zabuza, Sakura was able to observe Namaki. How she worked her ass off until she got it. Her competition with Sasuke motivating her. She even asked Sakura for advice since Sakura was already a pro at the exercise.

So now they were both on Sakura's bed. Glass door tightly shut and locked, Namaki's shoes neatly in front of the door and her sweater on Sakura's small desk. The pink haired girl looked at Namaki who sat there crossed legged, drawing random patterns absently on the comforter on the bed. Her fox shaped nightcap resting on her head. Sakura wonder if Namaki even noticed if it was still on her head, but she will admit the short girl looked almost adorable.

It was quiet between them, Sakura was waiting for her teammate to talk and at this rate she was thinking of going down into the kitchen to fix them some tea.

"So," Sakura broke the silence finally." what was it that you wanted to talk about?"

Namaki picked up her head and stared at Sakura with conflicted blue eyes. So many emotions were running through them it was hard to tell what she was feeling. Namaki sighed and shook her head.

"Think is I'm not sure how to start. It's just all jumbled up and scattered in my head." She sighed helplessly before groaning lowly.

Sakura's eyes soften as she placed a hand on the other girl's shoulder. They were teammates, right? It was her job to comfort her even if they had started off on the wrong foot." Namaki," Sakura started off softly." just tell me what's wrong."

Namaki looked up to see the gentle smile on Sakura's face. It was assuring and a lot better then when she went She-Man and chase her down. The blonde nodded and inhaled deeply then let it out.

"Well… I'm confused. Not confuse but… I don't know what to do. I recently learned that I have brothers."

Sakura frown looking lost. How was that possible if Namaki had been on her own all of these years?

"Yeah, I had a similar expression. Though I was close to throwing my weapons at them," Namaki gave a weak chuckle.

"But Namaki, you're a-"

"I know. That's why I thought they were enemy ninja who were after me or something because they were from a different village. But I went to the old-man and he said it was true. They even say that I have a mother."

"Namaki, that's great!" Sakura smiled making the blonde look at her. The girl notice that this was sudden, out-of-the-blue news to her, but she could only imagine what Namaki was going through. But Sakura noticed how Namaki was bother by this somehow, after all she was like a book when it came to what she felt or thought.

"You have a family now. You're not alone."

Namaki sighed and shook her head." I don't know… I don't know how I feel about this, it's confusing and troublesome."

Sakura rolled her eyes and scoffed," Now you're sounding like Shikamaru."

The two girls both exchanged small smiles at the little comment, the tension breaking a little.

"But Sakura can you help me? I don't know what to do."

Sakura's heart clenched seeing that sad, pleading look into big, blue eyes. It was hard to see any emotion besides excitement and determination in those eyes. Now they look almost defeated. But she understood that Namaki was feeling overwhelm and Sakura didn't blame her.

"Well… I must say this sucks. I mean just the whole finding this out when you have to take the exams in the morning part. But other than that it's great. You have a family and they finally found you," Sakura smiled."I can't say how you should act but it might help when you have free time. So maybe when after the Chuunin Exams you can talk to them, get to know them. They are your brothers after all."

Namaki seem to think it over for a moment before nodding, that trademark grin forming on her face again."That makes sense. Thank you, Sakura!"

Sakura smiled and gave a nod,"We're a team, right. It's my duty to help you out."

Namaki blinked, tiling her head to the side looking rather innocent and adorable."But we're friends too, right?"

The pink hair girl gave a nod in agreement."Friends. In fact let's have our first sleepover right now.."

Sakura moved and gave Namaki room on her bed. The blonde crawled over and laid next to Sakura and let out a yawn. She rubbed her eye before closing them.

"Night, Sakura."

Sakura watched how fast Namaki went to sleep before closing her eyes as well.

"Night, Namaki."

U.Z.U.

Namaki burst into her own place, a bagel in her mouth. Waking up early, courtesy of Sakura, she was able to get a quick breakfast and head home so she could get ready. Namaki thanked Sakura for her help and ran off with a small bag of bagels. She walked inside, place the bag on the counter. She tossed her nightcap on the bed before taking a shower.

Nice and clean, Namaki put on her clothes though they weren't her normal orange wear. She put on a simple black shirt along a crop, blue jacket with a white hood. The Uzumaki symbol was on both shoulders and in the middle of her upper back with red accents running down her arms and the bottle of the sleeves and the sides. She then put on her weapon holster on her right leg and pouch behind her. She looked herself over in her mirror and nodded in approval.

She grabbed her headband that rested neatly on her dresser and put it on her forehead. A few strands of her hair getting close and poking out.

"Today's the day," Namaki muttered to her reflection. She back everything that didn't have to relate to this day. Brothers and mothers can wait, she was closer to becoming the greatest Hokage of all time!

"I am so rocking these exams, look out!"

U.Z.U.

"Alright, I want my sister to come out of this in one piece, do you understand! She get's so much as a scratch and I'll tear you a new one!"

"Calm down, bro."

" Yeah, she's out sister too ya know."

Ike and Senji watched as the oldest brother dictated his team as they got ready. The blond made them go over the plan again and again. Simply put: Protect Namaki Uzumaki at any cost.

Now the twins didn't know their sister very well and only saw her in person about twice in two days. But if she was anything like their mother, she would be pissed knowing she had babysitters.

Surprisingly Taizen remained silent about the whole thing and was looking over some files. Apparently he was able to get info on their sister's team. From her sensei to her teammates.

"Apparently our sister is on the same team as Sasuke Uchiha," he stated nonchalantly.

"You mean the Uchiha who survived the Uchiha slaughter?" Yoshio asked looking up from his weapon pouch. He turn to Miru and smirked.

"Hear that, Miru? You can repopulate your clan now."

His comment ended him on the floor. Miru stomping her foot on his head with a irritated look on her face. She still had sleep in her eyes, clearly not a morning person." Shut up, you little insect."

Izumi giggled, amusement in her eyes,"So cute. Young love."

"Shut up, Izumi!" Both of her teammates shouted thought one was muffled. The girl just smiled and held her hands up in mock surrender.

"I have no interest in stuff like that," Miru finally scoffed letting Yoshio get up."And you make a remark like that again I'll make your you'll never be able to reproduce. Just the thought of having your demonic spawn running around makes me shiver."

Everyone beside miru exchanged looks before looking at the Uchiha. Yep, definitely wasn't a morning person. Miru was grumpy along with aggressive when she was barely awake. Her teammates quickly learned not to wake the girl up for anything unless it was very important.

" Well aren't we all peachy," Ike joked breaking the silence.

" Anyways, besides Sasuke Uchiha, there is a Sakura Haruno on Namaki's team as well. She lacks in her fighting skills but her chakra control is very promising. If anything these two help balance out Namaki as you see here," Taizen held up his sister's file," haves a plenty of room to improve."

" Tch those are just files," Kenai rolled his eyes." And if that is true then they failed to probably train her. Who's her sensei?"

There a short pause before Taizen answered." Kakashi Hatake."

U.Z.U.

"Ahaha! He laid your ass out!" Namaki cracked up, pointing a finger at a highly irritated Sasuke.

They were heading towards the room where the exam would be held in when a fellow Genin named Rock Lee challenged Sasuke to a sparring match. More like a Kick-Sasuke's ass-And-Make-Him-Look-Like-A-Sissy-Match!

At first it annoyed Namaki that she was ignored and wasn't the one being asked to fight. It was always about Sasuke. But seeing the ass kicking the Uchiha gotten she loved it. Better than anything she ever seen before. Okay, maybe she was still kind upset about not getting any attention but that was funny.

"Namaki, stop laughing at Sasuke. He did great against Rock Lee."

The blond snorted and laughed again,"The hell he did. Mister You-Don't-Want-To-Fight-Me-Because-I'm-Better-Than-You. He got his ass whooped. He was saved by Busy Brow Senior just now!"

Namaki then looked at Sakura with a grin." And you. I never seen you reject anyone so fast before. Poor Lee, now he gotta run around the village three times in ten minutes!"

Sakura shiver at the reminder of Lee hitting on her. His huge eyes and brows, it was just too much. She ended up shivering once more making Namaki chuckle.

"He was just so… Weird."

"Well I liked him," Namaki chirped in." I found him funny and anyone who can put Teme in his place is a friend of mine and a worthy opponent!"
"Tch, shut up dobe."

"Make me, wuss!" Namaki grinned at Sasuke.

Sasuke was getting even more annoyed especially with Namaki's bantering. She just wouldn't shut up. He knew he lost his match to that Rock Lee guy but he never seen someone move so fast. The whole time he couldn't keep up with was strong, someone Sasuke wasn't to go up against, to test his skills on in a real fight.

Before he could start arguing with the short blonde, their sensei appeared in front of them.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Namaki and Sakura explained.

"Yo," the man greeted.

"What are you doing here, sensei?" Sasuke asked in his cool voice.

"Well I am here to graduate you for making it this far. I am proud of you three and believe you will pass."

He then went on how if the three of them didn't agree to come to this that none of them wouldn't be able to enter the exams. Sasuke looked at his two teammates noticing that one of them could had ruin his chances in making it into the Chuunin Exams. Namaki was unlike since she wanted to jump into the Chuunin Exams the second she learned about them. But Sakura. She was who Sasuke worried about. Well he didn't, more so when he was unaware of this unspoken rule. But there was a good chance she would had ruined this for the other two.

Sasuke looked away and back at their sensei. No reason to think about now. They were all here and that was what mattered.

"Now you three should get in there before it starts," Kakashi gave them a eyed smile." Oh and try not to die."

"WHAT!" Sakura shrieked making Namaki jumped back ringing out her ears.

"Damn Sakura, you got some lungs on you."

"Hehe, I'm kidding, Sakura," Kakashi chuckled," There has been a low percentage of death in these past two years."

Sakura looked like she was going to turn tail and run for the hills. But Namaki wrapped an arm around the girl and grinned.

"Chill. Me and douchebag here got your back. No way we're gonna fail!"

Sakura looked at her teammate before giving a nod, a small smile. She was still worried but Namaki had a way of making her feel at ease.

"As ecstatic as always, huh, Namaki?"

Namaki looked at her teacher and grinned."You know it! I pass this I become Hokage!"

Kakashi chuckled and shook his head."I have to go and take care of something. Good luck you three, I'll see you later."

Kakashi vanished in a gust of wind and leaves, leaving the three alone. It was silent for a moment, all three mentally preparing themselves.

"You two ready?" Sasuke asked.

"Are you ready, chicken head?"Namaki smirked knowingly at the boy. They both nodded to each other and looked at Sakura who nodded with determination.

"Let's getting this over with then." Sasuke walked forward and the three of them open the double doors.

Inside where some rough, intimidating people Namaki had ever seen. A lot of them looked older than her and her team. She felt as if all eyes were on her, judging and seeing what she would do.

Namaki rubbed her nose looking around in the room. She saw familiar faces like the Sand Trio from a few days ago. So many people from different villages as well as from her own.

" Damn you guys are creepy ," Namaki spoke out loudly.

A/N: It's here? It's here! I finally updated! Now some of my loyal readers are probably like ' About time!' And I'm sorry! I have college, I've moved, no wifi and my phone sucks on typing on here!*bow* Forgive me! But here you go I hope this was worth the wait. I'm sorry again for taking so long. How do you like it? I tried to have a Namaki/Sakura moment. Aiming to have Sakura take up the big sister role here. But tell me what you think by reviewing. I hope you enjoy. See ya! :P