A/N: Here's chapter eleven.

Chapter Eleven:

Learning the Truth

Liyenn awoke to the sound of rushing feet and cursing. "What the?" she muttered so quietly that even she couldn't hear it. She pushed herself up to get a look at what was happening in the room around her. Her eyes squinted as the blankets slid off her shoulder, trying to adjust to the sunlight in the room.

"Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!"

When Liyenn's eyes finally adjusted, she saw room Naruto racing around the room with only his boxers and black T-shirt on. He had a cup of noodles in one hand and a toothbrush in the other. Liyenn couldn't help but giggle.

Naruto stopped what he was doing when he heard the giggling. He looked and saw Liyenn looking at him. "You're awake." Naruto said. He then realized that he was still in his boxers and ran to find his pants. When he got his pants done up, he returned his gaze to Liyenn. "How did you sleep last night?"

"The best I've slept in years." Liyenn smiled. Her smile faded slightly and her expression turned into a questioning one. "What's wrong anyway?"

"Oh, I over slept. I'm suppose to be meeting Kakashi-sensei in five minutes." When he looked, he noticed that Liyenn's pajamas were a size too big for her and that her sleeve was sliding off her shoulder, revealing the skin underneath along with a black mark. He gave her an inquiring look as she quickly pulled her sleeve up. He didn't want to seem nosey, so he just passed it off. "Hey. You should come with me."

"Huh?"

"To meet with Kakashi. He'd probably like to know that you made it here ok, since you did say you were coming."

"Ok." Liyenn nodded and got up. She stretched before moving and darted to the toilet room to get changed. She came out and went over to her suitcases. She hulled out a brush and pulled her hair back into a half ponytail. She turned, faced Naruto. "Ready." she stated.

Naruto blinked and hulled on his jacket and moved to the door. He let Liyenn out first and then left himself, locking his door behind him. They left the apartment and Naruto led Liyenn to the area in which they were to meet Kakashi and the others. They approached a bridge where they saw Sakura and Sasuke.

"Naruto! You're late!" Sakura yelled at him.

"Sorry, Sakura-chan." Naruto gave a nervous giggle. "I over slept."

"I'm not buying it Naruto! Why are you late?!"

"Sorry, it was my fault." Everyone stopped and looked at where the voice came from.

"Liyenn?" Sakura asked in disbelief. Naruto just looked Liyenn. He was wondering why she was taking the blame for this.

"Hi everyone." Liyenn smiled. "I got here last night and Naruto was showing me around. We didn't get back 'til late, so that's why he over slept. Sorry if he kept you waiting." Liyenn said, trying to look as innocent as possible.

"Well, I guess if that's the case, it's ok. Besides, Kakashi-sensei isn't here yet." Sakura said, seemingly believing Liyenn.

"If Kakashi-sensei's not here yet, then why did you yell at me?!" Naruto yelled.

"It doesn't matter if he's late if we are already gathered, but if he got here before you showed up, then there would be trouble." Sakura answered.

Naruto huffed as Liyenn looked around at the scenery. It was beautiful. The stream underneath them trickled quietly, the gentle breeze ruffling the trees and grass around them. She was about to give a small smile, but she realized how familiar this place was to her.

"It's pretty, isn't it?" Liyenn looked up and saw Naruto grinning at her.

"Yeah, it is. But..."

"But?"

"I can't help it, but I got this feeling that I was here before." Naruto blinked and was about to say something when he was interrupted.

"You were." said a familiar voice. Liyenn looked up on top of a archway and saw Kakashi sitting there, smiling at her. Or, at least, she thought he was smiling at her. "It's good to know you made it alright, Liyenn."

Liyenn nodded in thanks, and continued to think hard about the place she was in. She perked up as she said, "I remember now. I was here some time, a while ago. When Daddy was still alive. You and... and..." Liyenn stopped to think. "And Kohaku brought me here." Liyenn finished.

Kakashi beamed at her. "You remembered." He turned to his students. "I have your new missions for you. I want you to take a look at this list of things to do while I take Liyenn somewhere. Make sure you finish your missions and try to get along." Kakashi sighed his last few words. He hopped off the archway and handed a piece of paper to Sakura. "Come with me, Liyenn. Someone wants to see you."

Liyenn followed Kakashi after she gave him a puzzled look. He walked with her to the centre of the village, asking her about her travels; When did you get here? Did you get here alright? - those kind of questions. Kakashi stopped in front of a building and turned to Liyenn. "This is the Administration Building. This is where all of the shinobi missions are given out, as well as where the Hokage lives." he explained.

"You're taking me to see the Hokage?" Liyenn asked.

"Mmmhmm. I told him yesterday when we got back that you were coming to stay in our village. He told me to bring you to him as soon as I found out you were here."

Kakashi led Liyenn up the stairs to the Hokage's office. Kakashi slid the door open and indicated for Liyenn to go in. Liyenn walked in and saw two groups of people; one sitting at a long table, another waiting for their next mission. Liyenn looked at the group waiting for their mission and realized that three of them were only about her age. They were with a female that wore what appeared to be white strips of cloth wrapped over her fishnet undershirt.

Liyenn turned her attention to the other three in the group. There was a girl and two boys. One boy was wearing shades and a overcoat that covered the lower half of his face. The second boy was wearing a hooded jacket with a fur trim. He had a small white dog with him, who bark when Kakashi and Liyenn walked in. The girl was wearing what looked like a winters coat. She gave them an incisive look before the older female spoke.

"Kakashi! What a surprise! Thought you'd be with your Genin?" the woman said to Kakashi.

"I would be Kurenai, if I didn't have something more important to do." Kakashi said, walking over to the woman and the other three. "So, these are the Genin you were paired with." Kakashi inspected the three Genin, who looked at him nervously.

"Yeah. These are my Genin. What's more important than looking out to your Genin?" Kurenai eyed him suspiciously.

"Who that with you, Kakashi?" Iruka piped up.

"Oh, this is - " Kakashi began.

"Ogokasi Liyenn, daughter of the late Ogokasi Kenshin and the late Ogokasi Yokomo." the Hokage said in a rough voice, cutting Kakashi off. Both Kakashi and Liyenn nodded. "Kakashi told me of your coming. Please, tell me your purpose for coming here." the Hokage ordered gently.

"Well, Momma died, so I had no reason to stay home." Liyenn began to explain.

"Is that the only reason?" Liyenn gazed at the Hokage. He seemed the be a fairly nice man, someone that had many friends and few enemies. She knew she could trust him.

"Well, Momma and I were going to come here anyway. I heard that the medic-nin were really good and that they'd be able to cure her illness." Liyenn looked down. "Besides, I met someone who really wanted me to move here." She heard the old man chuckled and she looked up. He was looking at her with a soft smile.

"It was Naruto, wasn't it?" Liyenn flushed slightly, which gave the Hokage his answer. He then gave her a more serious look. "It's time to discuss some more important matters." he stated, taking a puff from his pipe. "One of our ANBU has informed me that you worked for a certain man we were after for sometime now. You were the one involved in the Tsukiko massacre, weren't you?" Liyenn's eyes widened with shock. How did he know that? The Hokage answered her question by getting Iruka to show her some scrolls.

"These are scrolls from..." Liyenn stopped and looked up at the Hokage.

"The same ANBU member found a cottage a great distance from here that had burned down recently. Yesterday, in fact. He found these scrolls in a safe along with five, barely recognizable corpses." The Hokage saw Liyenn frown. "We studied these scrolls very carefully, especially the ones that was signed by someone named Yoshi."

"Yoshi?" Liyenn repeated quietly.

"Does that name mean anything to you?" the Hokage asked her.

"Well, he was my sensei." Liyenn looked down at the floor.

"We understand that you felt like you had to be working there. Why?"

"Master-sama... he promised to pay for Momma's treatments for as long as she lived or until she got better. We didn't have a lot of money, since Momma was too sick to work."

The Hokage nodded. "So, tell me this. Why did you kill your master? Your employer?" he asked her.

Liyenn was silent for a moment. Kakashi nudged her and she looked at him. "You should really answer Hokage-sama."

"I know." Liyenn said quietly. Her eyes were watering when she looked at Kakashi.

"Liyenn." Liyenn looked at the Hokage. "I know this is difficult for you, but I need to know your reasons before we make a record for you."

"He... he had my Momma murdered. He had Yoshi-tou-san killed for trying to set me free. Master-sama didn't deserve to live!" Liyenn stated. The anger rolled off her tongue like a foot would slip on butter.

The Hokage smirked and took another puff from his pipe. "I know how much you must've hated the man. I would actually have to thank you." Liyenn blinked in shock. "We've been after that man for some time now. A man from your village came and asked if we would try to get rid of him."

"A man from my village?" Liyenn asked, sounding confused. Who would come all the way from her village just for this?

"Yes. I believe you would know him. He came here requesting that someone get rid of that man so you and Yokomo-chan could live a more comfortable life. He never trusted him. He told us that he was a friend of the family."

Liyenn perked in realization. "Daiki-san!"

"So, you do know him?" Liyenn froze. Daiki had travelled the road to Konoha by himself just so he could help Liyenn get free. "Now that we've got that done, let's move on." The Hokage finally realized that Kurenai and her Genin were still in the room. "Shouldn't you be on your way?" he asked them.

"Oh, sorry Hokage-sama." Kurenai gave a nervous laugh.

The Hokage looked annoyed, but then looked thoughtful. "Maybe you should stay, just for a few more minutes." he said.

Kurenai looked surprised. "Um, okay." she said.

The Hokage turned his attention back to Liyenn. "Now, Liyenn. I'm going to need a demonstration of your abilities."

"Oh?"

"Yes, it'll also be in your records."

"Okay."

"Perform a henge." the Hokage ordered.

"Okay." Liyenn performed hand signs and yelled, "Rinji Henge no Jutsu!" She disappeared in a cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared, Liyenn stood there, completely transformed. She looked at her hands and noticed something wasn't right. Her skin was dark, her hair was a fiery orange and she was wearing a red, sparkling dress.

'I'm sorry, Liyenn-chan. I couldn't let you do it. You'll hurt too much. Especially since you went through so much trouble with her.'

Phoenix...

"Impressive." When Liyenn looked, Iruka was walking around her, scribbling on a clipboard.

"Very." Kurenai said, sounding amazed.

Liyenn looked at the Hokage with a panicked look. "I'm sorry, this wasn't suppose to happen. My technique was... interjected."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I was suppose to turn into a blonde... not this."

"Who are you then?"

"Well, I'm someone I've never seen before. I transformed into the Phoenix. She said she couldn't let me turn into what I wanted. She said she was afraid I would hurt too much."

The Hokage smiled, while everyone just looked at Liyenn like she was crazy. "Well, I guess we all know that you're telling the truth. At least we know what the Phoenix looks like now." The Hokage chuckled. "Tell me a little bit about your technique."

"Well, it takes a lot of chakra control. The reason for this is that you can keep it activated for however long you want to. You can even sleep with this technique on if you have enough control." Liyenn explained.

"Very interesting." the Hokage commented. Kurenai murmured in agreement and Iruka scribbled on his clipboard again. "Ok, now perform a clone jutsu." he told Liyenn, who was now back to normal.

"Does it matter what kind?"

"No, just perform one."

"Alright." Liyenn performed another lot of hand signs before yelling, "Yougan Bunshin no Jutsu!" After a few seconds, lava came up from between the floor boards and formed into a prefect copy of Liyenn.

"A lava clone?" Iruka's eyes glowed in amazement. He had never seen anything like this before. "When a normal clone or shadow clone is attacked, they pop into a cloud of smoke or simply disappeared. What will happen if I attacked your clone?"

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Iruka. You'll end up in the hospital." Liyenn warned. "I'll show you." she offered. She walked over to her clone and gave in a powerful kick to the stomach. She had dented the clone's exterior and lava started to form around her leg. The clone melted away slowly before their eyes and disappeared from sight. "I have so that my clones will burn my opponents before disappearing."

The boy with the dog looked at Liyenn's leg. "Hey! She got out of it without a burn mark! How did she get around that? I didn't see her perform another jutsu!"

"Yes, how did you do that?" the Hokage asked her with interest.

"It's a natural trait I inherited from the Phoenix when she entered my body. I'm immune to fire damage."

The Hokage smiled at her. "I've seen enough. You are free to go. Kakashi, I would like to speak to you. You too, Kurenai."

Liyenn nodded and left the building. She walked out onto the street and felt lost. Phoenix, help me. Where do I go?

'That's something you'll have to figure out on your own, Liyenn-chan. I can't help you with everything.'

Thought Liyenn couldn't see it, she could tell that the Phoenix was smiling at her. Some help you are...

"Hey? Do you need some help?" a gentle voice called out to Liyenn.

"Huh?" Liyenn looked to see who it was. She saw a young man with navy hair coming towards her. He looked to be around Kakashi's age.

"You looked a bit lost." the man said, chuckling.

"Yeah. I'm suppose to meeting Kakashi at some bridge, but I can remember which way to go." Liyenn confessed. She frowned at the man. He looked familiar to her.

"The bridge where Kakashi tells his Genin to meet him, probably. I know where that is. I'll take you there."

"Thanks." Liyenn said with a smile.

They started walking and Liyenn searched and searched her memory to figure out where she seen him before. Even though she had a good memory, the Phoenix still found a way of keeping some things hidden from Liyenn. Like before her father died, before the Phoenix was sealed inside of her, and when the Phoenix fell from the heavens. Then it hit her.

"You're Kohaku, aren't you?"

"Huh?" The man looked at Liyenn. "How did you know my name?"

"I remember you. You and Kakashi babysat me for a week when I was five."

The man froze. "Liyenn?"

"Yup." Liyenn smiled. She liked Kohaku when he babysat her all those years ago.

"How old are you now?" Kohaku demanded.

"I'm thirteen." Liyenn looked at Kohaku and her smiled faded. "What's wrong?"

"Liyenn, we need to talk. There's something you need to know." Kohaku stated. "Follow me."

He led her away to a different area that Liyenn knew she never seen before. "What's going on, Kohaku?" Liyenn demanded. He was scaring her, but she didn't want it to show.

"Why are you here? In Konoha that is. Why aren't you in your village?"

Liyenn looked offended by this. "I had nowhere else to go. Momma died and Naruto offered for me to stay with him until I can find a place to stay."

"Yokomo's dead?" Kohaku asked quietly, taking a seat on a set of nearby steps.

"Yeah. She died yesterday." Liyenn answered quietly. She then gave him a hard stare. "What does it matter to you if she's gone or not? You never knew her."

Kohaku sighed. "Liyenn, I'm not who you think I am."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you remember when you told me that we had the same eyes?" Kohaku asked her. Liyenn thought about it for a moment and nodded her head slightly. "Well, there's a reason why we do have to same eyes."

"Huh?"

"Liyenn, my name isn't Kohaku. It just something I go by so I don't get hurt by the past, by what people had done to me." Liyenn was still giving him a confused look. He sighed. "Liyenn, my name is Ogokasi Habu."

Liyenn took a step back. Was this some sort of joke? "You can't be. Habu's-"

"Dead?" Kohaku finished her sentence for her. "That's what the villagers told Mother and Father." Kohaku sighed before continuing. Liyenn wasn't going to believe him, but he had to try. "The night that the thunder cat-demon attacked, I was the first one out to battle him. I wanted to keep him from you. We almost lost you, I couldn't bare the thought of you not having a life. The cat attacked me, and when he did, he transferred a piece of his soul into my body. Some of the villagers saw this and threw me out of the village without consulting the Elders first. They said that the demon was only going to use my body to attack the village again. They told me that from that day on, I was dead to them and everyone else in the village. I came to Konoha and spoke to the Hokage. I told him that my name was Kohaku, and requested that he give me a test to prove what rank I should be. He gave me test after test until I became a Jounin and finally, an ANBU member."

"Who else knows your secret?" Liyenn asked him quietly.

"Only my pet, Kailin."

"Kailin?"

"Yeah. She's my pet cat that I sometimes summon to help me in battle."

"You talk to a cat?" Liyenn was laughing at the idea.

"I wouldn't make fun of her if I were you. She a fair size black panther. Besides, she saved you once."

"Really?"

"I've been sending her to watch over you for sometime now. She reported to me once that a young boy had attacked you by the river outside your home. She told me that she jumped out and attacked the boy, scaring him off of you." He raised an eyebrow as Liyenn's eyes widened. She hadn't told anybody but Naruto and Sasuke about the attack, how else would he know unless what he said was true? "Do you believe me now?"

Liyenn nodded, unable to speak. She thought she was alone, and now she had found out that the people of her village had lied to her and her family, and that her brother was actually alive. Tears started to build up in her eyes. "All this time, and you haven't forgotten me?"

"How could I? I risked everything I had to make sure you were going to be ok. I was even the ANBU Hokage-sama sent after your master."

"Really?"

"Mmmhmm. He gathered the ANBU who were still in the village at the time and asked us which one of us wanted to case. When he explained it, I automatically volunteered. That obviously raised a few eyebrows, especially Kakashi's, but I didn't care."

Habu stood up and dusted himself off. "We've got a lot of catching up to do." he said, putting his ANBU mask on top of his head. "But, we can do that later. Kakashi's probably getting worried about you now. Probably wondering where the hell you went." He laughed. He stopped when he looked at Liyenn. He saw the tears streaming down her face. "What's wrong?" he asked her, sounding worried.

"All this time I thought that I was alone, that I had no family left." Liyenn's face was in shadows. Habu could hear a small whimpering from her. "Daddy left me went I was too young to understand, and now Momma's gone too. I never knew my uncle or cousin, and both of them are dead." She looked up at Habu and gave him a smile through her tears. "Now I have my big brother back. I have someone."

Habu smiled. Liyenn ran into him and gave him a hug. He returned the hug, and gave her a tight squeeze. "I've missed you, Liyenn."

"I'm just glad what the villagers said was just a lie. Not that I liked it, but I'm glad I finally met you."

Habu smiled. "C'mon, before Kakashi has the entire village out looking for ya."

Habu led Liyenn to the place he was suppose to take her. They talked and laughed at silly things. They saw Kakashi waiting impatiently. "I've gotta leave now, Liyenn. I promise, we'll talk more when I get back. I'll take you to the dumpling stand."

"Ok."

Kakashi saw Liyenn with his friend, Kohaku, and released a sigh of relief. He began to walk to meet them. Liyenn stopped and waved to Kohaku. "See ya later, Habu-onii-chan!" she called out to him. Kohaku glanced over his shoulder, smiled, positioned his mask, and left.

Kakashi gave a blank stare. "Well, what did I miss?" He looked at Liyenn and noticed that she was glowing. "Well, it seems like you just had a good day."

"How can I not will I realized that I'm not the last of my line." She beamed.

"Kohaku? No, that couldn't be."

"Yep." Liyenn couldn't stop smiling. "He's my brother. He's Ogokasi Habu."


People Introduced:

None

Jutsus Used:

Rinji Henge no Jutsu(Special Transformation Tenchique) - This techinque is similiar to the Henge no Jutsu(Transformation Technique), as it allows the user to hide thier true identity. The only different between Chouon and Henge is that Chouon allows the user to become a person they created in their mind, thus creating a new ID for themselves. This technique is difficult to master, considering the user needs to heva complete control over their chakra. It can be considered an A ranked technique.

Yougan Bunshin no Jutsu(Lava Cloning Technique) - This technique is know to the Phoenix and Liyenn alone. When this tecnhique is being used, molten lava flows from the ground and creates a copy of the user. Unlike other clones that simply disappear after being hit, these clones does the maximum amount of damage possible before melting away.

A/N: Aren't brothers awesome? Well, that was the end of chapter evelen. Hope you all liked it. And thanks for reading this far. Lemme know wha cha think please!