"No Sayuri, you didn't do anything wrong. I just forgot to tell Sake is all."
The hokage cleared his throat once more.
"Now that all the problems are fixed, any more questions?"
He looked at all three. They shook their head and he turned back to his paperwork, dismissing them. Jun watched the new girl with mild interest, then headed out to find Sake.
I felt....well to be honest I'm not sure what I felt. But I knew it wasn't good. How was it even possible that I could have a younger sister? How? And Saiyuki had obviously known about her, so why didn't she tell me? These questions spun through my head like a wirlpool. And somehow I was certain I would not get any answers.
"Sake."
I realized it was the third time that Jun had said my name. I snapped my head up to meet her gaze. A smile strarted forming automatically at the corners of my mouth.
"Save the fake smile. What's bugging you?"
She sat down next to me and waited expectantly. I sighed. There was no way to avoid this was there?
"Well...I just don't know. I mean, I thought all of my family excluding Saiyuki, were dead. But obviously that was a mistake. And she...hid the fact from me."
"Saiyuki?"
I nodded. Jun looked forward, not meet my eyes.
"Sake, from what I"ve seen of your sister, I can say with certainty that she would never do anything to hurt you. She probably didn't tell you because she wasn't sure how you would react. And also, maybe she wanted to keep you for just a little longer. After all, you didn't exactly grow up together didn't you?"
I stared in shock.
"How did you know that?"
She shrugged.
"I have my ways."
We sat in silence for a few minutes before she stood up to leave.
"Sensei..."
She looked down at me, probably wondering what else I had to say.
"Nothing. Thanks for the talk."
I didn't look up to see her expression. But she walked away to go train my brother. I sat on the bench thinking, trying to figure everything out. I was born in June, but I didn't go to live with Fugaku and his family until the end of December, six months after my birth. No one had told me the exact date that my parents had died, so it's very possible that Chiro could have been kept alive long enough to have another child. But who with? Chiros husband wanted nothing to do with her, she'd slept with the enemy. So who was Sayuris father?
I felt a strange presence. A familiar one...strange, this girl seemed to remind me subconsiously of someone.
"Saaaaake!!!!" Her sing-song voice filled the air.
I turned to me "sister" and waited until she was a few feet away to stand up and start walking, signaling that she could follow. She happily walked next to me. I glanced at her and saw the grin was still on her face. I studied her features. Yes, the eyes were most definetly Uchiha, as was the pale skin. The face structure matched my mother. But the hair? She felt my eyes on her.
"Something wrong Sake-chan?"
I stopped walking. Did she just call me...? Nevermind.
"Your hair. If you're really Uchiha, why is your hair red? Uchihas have black hair."
She thought a moment.
"I dunno Ne-chan. My hair has always been like this. Why does your hair have red in it?"
The curiousity in her eyes was genuine.
"My hair used to be all black, but due to an...accident, I got this bit of red."
She stared at me for a bit.
"Accident?"
"Yeah. Sayuri, when's your birthday?"
She smiled widely.
"In the beginning of June."
"Beginning of..."
"Wanna know the date?"
"No."
Her face fell a little bit. But then she brightened and grabbed my hand.
"Come on. We can go sit by the waterfall."
"Waterfall...?"
"Yeah it's just outside the village. Let's go!!"
And with that we set off. Beginning of June.
Kakashi creased his brow in thought.
"I honestly don't see how you have a problem Saiyuki. Just train them and then enter them into the exams.. Nutthin to it."
Saiyuki crossed her arms and frowned at the silver-haired jounin.
'ther's a small problem with that..I am not a ninja sensei."
Kakashi started to giggle.
"Ninja..sensei...?"
Saiyuki's eyes narrowed at him.
"Stop laughing!"
This however made Kakashi laugh even harder. Saiyuki pounced on him and pinned him to the floor his arms above his head.
"Stop laughing Kakashi!" But even now she wore a grin on her face.
"Or you'll what? Hmm?"
"Or I'll...I'll...I'll pull down your mask!"
Kakashi smirked. Then he pushed her over and switched places. Now she was pinned and he was holding her down. She struggled but Kakashi weighed more and held her where she was. Eventually she huffed at him and a pout covered her face.
"Let me up. You win."
"Hmm..."
He leaned down so his face was barely inches away from hers. Saiyuki's eyes widened and her face turned a bright red. They stayed like that for what seemed like a few hours, but in reality it was only a few seconds. Then Kakashi got up and sat back down on his chair. Saiyuki recovered and stood in front of him, arms once again crossed.
"You haven't really helped you know."
HIs one eye blinked at her.
"Tell you what, we'll have a bet."
Saiyuki raised an eyebrow and looked interested.
"I bet your three won't beat my three in the chuunin exams."
She smiled at him.
"And what do I get when my team kicks you teams ass?"
He returned the smile.
"I'll be your slave for a week."
"You're kidding, right?"
"Nope."
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