Surane: Yo…This is the third to last chapter…

Muffn: It's almost over! I'm happy as a squirrel!

Surane: SQUEAK!! (HEY!)

Muffn: Jeez…sorry!

Surane: As I briefly mentioned in the last chapter, there is a new writer on the block and she is Shita Uchiha. I definitely recommend her reading material…its pretty good…

Muffn: Well, I'm sure that it's good…

Surane: You've never read it…

Muffn: Disclaimer: We don't own Naruto.

Squirrel: Squeak… (Yep)

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Recap:

"I'll go get the medical corps and Lady Tsunade. Could you stay here and watch everybody?" inquired Sakura.

"Sure, No problem…" smiled Surane.

As the pink-haired kuniochi ran off to find help, Surane did what was told to do. She stayed with all three males and waited for Sakura's return.

Now:

Surane leaned against a tree, watching her comrades being bandaged up and taken to the hospital. Odd enough, Naruto was completely okay after the major hit he took against a tree. He and Sakura were the only ones not needing to go to the infirmary. Kakashi was just like new again when they bandaged him all over the torso. Unlike, Sasuke who had to be taken to the emergency room.

She just stood in the shade and felt guilty for everything she did. If Surane just left the fighting up to the boys, then they would only be left with minor scratches. Instead, Kakashi Sensei and Sasuke had scars that probably would stay for the rest of their life.

Surane felt her curse mark becoming warm again. She used so much chakra that the marks might as well cover her body and reveal her true form, but now Surane knew how to keep it at bay. Her emotions… Every time it came out, she was in a life threatening situation that made her emotions go panicky. Feeling upset and scared at the same time triggered it. That was why she was so happy at certain times.

Sakura came up to Surane.

"The doctors wanted to check you out, make sure that you don't have any fatal damage."

"I'm fine…"

"You sure? It did seem that you escaped without a single scratch."

"I'm am amateur medic ninja. It's just that sometimes, violence is used as a last resource."

"We could always visit them in the hospital…I'm sure that Sasuke would like that…"

"Maybe…later."

Just then, the official platinum blonde of Konoha came up next to the fellow kuniochi.

"Where's Sasuke-darling!?" she screamed, where the Land of Waves could hear her.

"He's on the way to the hospital…" mumbled Surane.

"Oh, well then, Surane, you might need some comfort now that your handsome-err, I mean, your wounded brother is in there. Because you don't have any other family members to help you through this."

Surane instantly remembered the massacre and Big Brother, Itachi.

"Please don't remind me…" she responded.

"Great, now she's acting like Sasuke-kun…" said Sakura. She rubbed her temples vigorously.

Ino instantly put her brilliant plan into action. She walked over to the now depressed Uchiha and began to work. With an arm on her shoulder,

"Well, how about this: I'll escort you to the hospital."

"Sakura already offered, plus I don't really feel like it."

"Then, we could become the best of friends, forever! How about that?"

Surane threw her arm off, nearly sending another person to the hospital. She shuddered and began to jog back to the village.

"No! No more friends please!"

Everybody still there watched her run, questioningly, even the leftover medics. Sakura wanted to run after her comrade, but didn't want to risk hurting her more. Ino merely blinked.

Thing was, If the readers remember from chapter 5, Surane mentioned that everybody that she tried to meet would always want to be her best friend ever. In the end, most of them would always put her in a life threatening spot. All those times ended up the people mysteriously disappeared or dead. The only friends Surane could trust were Kami and Kyoko. They never did try to hurt her emotions, but they did tough her up, a little.

Anyway, Surane ran back home and burst inside the mansion. She threw herself on her bed and cried into a pillow. The day couldn't get any worse than that. Her clock said half past 3pm and when she closed her eyes.

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It was hours later, when Sasuke woke up in the hospital. After getting out of the emergency room, he was placed in the infirmary until his shoulder healed. When the fight against Kisame came, Surane had healed most of Sasuke's injury by replacing the torn flesh, dramatically decreasing the days of needing hospital attention.

Anyway, He was stuck in the infirmary for a least a week. Nothing to be very worried about. Except that he had to miss training that would be vital for helping his goal and more importantly, defeating Naruto.

Sasuke opened his eyes to a white ceiling. He sat up and finally realized that he was in a hospital. The middle Uchiha glanced around the room for anyone.

'No one's here…' he thought.

That second, a nurse came in and set out his dinner. She smiled at him and opened a window.

"Hello, Sasuke. You've had two visitors ever since you got here. Call that lucky."

He narrowed his gaze that said, 'And I care, why?'

"Anyway, you should be healed enough to feed yourself. If the two girls come back, I'll tell them you're eating. Visiting hours is over anyway."

Sasuke stared at his dinner: Vegetables with a buttery sauce; Partially frozen. He pushed the food away and stared in another direction.

"Not hungry, I guess. Well, if you need anything else, just tell anyone who work here and they will help you."

She began to walk out, until Sasuke called to her.

"Nurse! Who was it that came here?"

"Well, one girl had bright blonde hair and the other had, been it pink or black?"

Pink meant the annoying Sakura. Brown meant the beloved Surane. Sasuke was basically on the edge of his seat, finding out who it was.

"It was pink…but they both said that they would bring another girl later. They also said it would be your sister. I didn't know you had a-"

"That's enough to go by. Please leave." he rudely interrupted.

"Suit yourself…" she mumbled.

The woman left without another word. Sasuke glanced at his food again and poke it with his index finger. It was definitely ice cold. While making a face of disgust, he heard the nurse talk to someone outside the door.

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"Is this Sasuke's room?" asked the female.

"Why, yes it is. Who are you?" said the nurse.

"Well, I'm his sister, Surane."

"I never knew that you existed! Neither did most of the village…"

"Yeah…I know…"

"Why is that?"

"Uh…I don't really want to tell you."

"All Uchihas must be rude. Your brother interrupted me just a few minutes ago."

"Can I see him now?"

"He's eating right now. Its best you don't jump in on him."

"Alright, fine. I'll just wait."

The nurse fake smiled and walked down the hallway. Surane waited until no one was in the hallway and entered Sasuke's room.

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"Brother?"

Surane popped her head in the room and look around. Sasuke looked up from his dinner with a piece of frozen broccoli sticking out of his mouth. She giggled and went right on in, with a bright container in her hands.

Sasuke only mumbled with the food he had in his mouth. He figured that if the vegetables were in his warm mouth, then it would melt. Plus, the melted ice would make a nice drink.

Surane came over and placed the container next to his bed. He gave a confused look.

"Its just food, no one really likes hospital chow, no matter where you go."

He spat out the vegetable and was still confused about the food item in the container.

"What type of food is it?"

"Sweets, in other words, Cake."

"I hate sweets." he put, plain and simple.

"You never told me that. I would have made something else."

She went over and took the container back. Sasuke lunged forward, with a large amount of pain to follow, and gripped it.

"Well, I guess a few years of not tasting sugar should be a fresh start."

In truth, he didn't want Surane to leave.

"Alright then. How are you doing?"

He placed the cake next to his leg and continued the frozen dinner. Surane sat on the edge of the white hospital bed, as he ate.

Just then, Kakashi came in. He walked with the straightest back anyone had ever seen. Even Sasuke and Surane was staring at him with awe and dropped jaws. Sensei came over to them and stopped, taking in deep breathes.

"Hello…"

"Hello, Kakashi Sensei." responded both students.

"Alrighty then, where are Sakura and Naruto?"

"Well, Sakura was unharmed from the fight and Naruto just got up and walked away like it was nothing." said Surane.

"Good, well Surane, how did you exactly beat Kisame? Hardly any 'genin' can do that, Hm?"

Surane was stunned. If that was the case, then maybe beating Kisame was a bit too much for a first timer.

"Uh…I left something on at home! Bye!"

Kakashi, with great difficulty, blocked her only sensible way out. Surane knew better than to jump out a window. She took a few steps back and pointed in a random direction.

"Look! A Distraction!" she screamed.

To her surprise, the jounin turned and looked in that same direction. She tried to run past him, but he caught her right arm and swung her back inside the room. Meanwhile, Sasuke was basically on the edge of his seat, chomping the frozen vegetables fast, and waiting for what might happen next.

Kakashi kept a good grip on her right arm and hand. Surane kept her emotions at bay while trying to snatch her hand back. He came to the glove and started taking it off. Now, it was serious.

"Hey! Maybe you could just please stop trying to take off my glove and we can go back to our house and let Sasuke get some rest."

"Well, I'm not tired." countered Sasuke. He too was curious about Surane's hand.

"So much for help" Surane mumbled, inaudibly.

Kakashi took the dark glove off, and there, in plain sight, was the curse mark. It was its normal black state, so no one could tell what it really looked like. Trust the writer on this, when the curse was unleashed, you'd need to do more than duck.

Anyway, Kakashi took a good long stare at the black Uchiha symbol in the middle of her palm. Sasuke shifted in his bed, trying to get a glance at his sister's curse mark. Surane finally managed to snatch her hand back.

"Well, I guess that little miss Uchiha here is not normal at all."

Surane walked over to the window. Sasuke stood up and walked over toward her.

"Sasuke, you shouldn't get out of bed."

"Surane, show me your hand."

"Please, don't make me. You should already know anyway."

"Forgive me, if I forgot. Now let me see it."

She back up into a corner. Kakashi felt that he wasn't needed and left quietly.

"Surane! I'm your older brother, and you should listen to me!"

Now, it was time to give in. She gave her hand over to him and he glanced at it. His face turned from surprise to repulsion. He walked back to the bed, remembering all about the years of the family keeping her shut away from the world.

"Sasuke, I thought you remembered and wanted to start new, happy memories. That was one of the first sweet things you said to me. What happened to that brother?"

"It doesn't matter, that Sasuke is long gone. Now, I will avenge the clan and destroy our older brother, Itachi."

"Why must it end with violence? Can it just be forgive and forget?"

"Surane, he murdered the entire clan! He left me alive to avenge them. Your lucky to still be alive! I wouldn't be surprised if he is coming just to kill you!"

The shouting could be heard and echoed throughout the halls of the hospital. Any louder, and the whole village could hear them.

"Sasuke-"

"It was my fault that everyone died!"

"What are you talking about? I admit that it was Itachi's fault, but we were only 6 and 7 years old. There was nothing we could do, even if we did try."

"You know what!? Just go back home, Surane. I thought you could help me with the avenging but now it's best that you go back home."

"Gladly."

Surane started walking out of the room. Sasuke waited a second and yelled out to her in the hall.

"I don't mean back home in the Uchiha Plantation! Go back to the Hidden Village or whatever, you cursed little sister. You don't belong here anyway!"

Sasuke slammed the door to the room and got back in bed. He threw the cake at the wall next to him and stared ahead. Slowly, he went over the recent events. His expression went from fierce loathing to settled sadness.

Sakura came in with a bag of apples on her arm. She sat next to him and tried to talk.

"I saw Surane running past me, crying. What happened?"

He didn't answer, he couldn't hear the rest after the word 'crying'.

'What have I done?'

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Surane pushed herself off the wall and continued running.

"Surane? I thought you were-"

She past the confused Sakura and ran downstairs to the main room. She couldn't believe that Sasuke would say that, even though it was true.

"Little, Cursed Sister."

The last few words kept ringing in her ear like an echo. It must have been true, she didn't belong here in Konoha. Nor back with Kami or Kyoko in the Hidden Village. It was hopeless…

As soon as she got home, the house was a mess. Most valuables were broken and stuff was either overturned or destroyed. Someone had come in, looking for something obviously.

Surane hurried to her own room and the first thing she noticed was that her otter was torn into shreds.

The first second she realized this, Surane picked up the remains and threw it at a picture on the wall. Apparently, it shattered into a million pieces and the wooden frame was split.

She walked over and inspected the damage.

It was a family portrait. Father on the far left, Sasuke in between him and Mother, with Surane standing next to her and Itachi on the right. The day of the photo was really memorable. They had to wipe the memory of the photographer as soon as the prints came.

Now, the picture meant nothing to her or Sasuke…their family was now, indeed, broken…forever…

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Surane: Well, we are getting some jitters now…

Muffn: Where are we in the episodes?

Surane: We are at the part when Naruto comes to the Hospital and Sasuke challenges him to a battle and they go to the roof and fight

Muffn: Ah…

Squirrel: Squeak!! (What about the next chapter?)

Surane: In the next chappie, we'll be just after Sasuke talks to Orochimaru's minions of darkness and he goes home, before he talks to Sakura

Muffn: Okay, so were just going a few hours after this…

Surane: Yep! All you readers out there, Review as soon as possible! We just need three more for Muffn to update the tail of the mermaids story!