Chapter 10: Fateful Meeting

I sit alone on my bed. It's been three weeks since Kakashi and I's mission at The Land of Snow. He still hasn't returned. I'm worried he was... No, he wasn't. Still, the mission would be over by now, right?

It's lonely without him. I pace back and forth when I wait for him to come home. Something's not right...why is it taking so long for him to return? The Third Hokage is starting to think he was killed, but until a report arrives, he's not confirming that thought. Everyone in the village hopes that he does come back. The ANBU are especially worried that the Sharingan will be in enemy's hands...and that would spell disaster.

I look down to see a little boy sitting on the dock below. He wore plain black clothes with the Uchiha symbol on it. As I remembered who the survivors were, I realized this was my little brother Sasuke. But to his knowledge, I didn't exist. And maybe it was better that way, since the Akastuki kidnaped me and that I wasn't spoken of in the clan. Still, I wanted to meet the little boy that was my brother.

Summoning up my courage I decide to go out to him but will keep my identity a secret. As I walk out to him I hear whispers of "The only survivor," "That poor dear," "Who's taking care of him?" Who is taking care of my little brother? He turned when I approached him.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"My name is Hatake Azelea," I smile and sit down beside him, "What's yours?"

"Uchiha Sasuke," he turned back to looking at the water.

"I lost my family too," smooth Zel...

"You did? What happened?" Sasuke whirled to look me in the eyes.

That was good, right? "I was kidnaped by an evil organization and taken far from here. After a few years I was able to escape and come back home. By then my family was gone."

Sasuke threw his arms around me, "My family, my entire clan, was murdered by my brother, Uchiha Itachi," I suppressed a gasp, "I was betrayed by the brother I so looked up to."

My heart felt like it was torn. Itachi, but...but why? I held Sasuke close to me. It was a feeling I wanted to know again, to be a big sister. Yet, Sasuke couldn't know my identity, not yet. Not until my name was cleared and I was free from hate. I couldn't let him think his sister was evil.

Soon Sasuke was called by a young man to go home. As I watched him run away I hoped he would become a fine shinobi. I then turned to go to the Hokage's office. Slamming the door open and marching across the room to him I nearly broke his desk grasping it to control my anger.

"Yes Azelea?" used to the way I announced myself he just sat there calmly.

"I knew my clan was killed. But why the HELL wasn't I told that ITACHI, my own BROTHER, committed this genocide?"