A/N : Hello everyone ! Here is chapter 6 ! It is longer than the previous ones, hope you like it! I'd like to thank DarkDemonMaster so much for his/her nice reviews, the last one made me want to write more and faster, thanks again!!!!! Thanks to babowonsuni (hope I spelled it the right way ^^') too, I'll give you more explaination at the end of the chapter but for the moment, on with the story, please enjoy!!!!

Disclaimer: As usual kiddos, don't own, never will, but hell if I love it! :)

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Chapter 6 : Namae ? Gai-kun dess ! (My name? It's Gai-kun!)

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They were walking in town. The whole village was decorated with all kinds of flowers, spreading their scent all around them. Sanae was wearing a traditional blue yukata (soft kimono worn in these kinds of ceremonies) with white petals. Her long silky hair was held in a ponytail by a white ribbon. Akane was there too, dressed like her sister, although her yukata was pink. Bored-looking Kakashi was walking next to Sanae, well he was more dragging his feet than walking anyway. He was dressed in his usual outfit, hands in his pockets.

"Cheer up, Kachan! Today's a very special day, ne Akane-chan?" she said, lightly elbowing her sister.

"Ha-hai Sanae-chan! The Flower Festival is our favorite one! Okaa-sama told us our family used their powers ages ago. I-I'm so disappointed we don't do it anymore, I love them so much! Especially lys, they are so pure and beautiful!"

Kakashi glanced at her. He could swear he saw little stars shining in her deep blue eyes. She felt his gaze on her and blushed furiously before bending her head, facing the ground as she usually did. The silver-haired genin was totally unaware of what was happening.

[ She's a weird girl too.] he thought. [ I've never seen such a shy girl, her face always seems to be somehow attracted to the ground and she can't say a whole sentence without stuttering.] He couldn't understand. As sure as they were twins, these two girls were as different as the sun and the moon. One was bright, energetic but refreshing at the same time, a mixure of red, yellow and orange, always smiling and laughing, a small world. The other was calm, shy and frail, she gave out a different kind of light, pure and sweet, white, blue, purple, another, different world. He kind of understood why Sanae acted so protectively towards Akane. He then looked at Sanae, wondering about her eyes and if her sister shared the same 'secret' he still didn't know about. He was still in his thoughts when he was interrupted by one of the girls.

"Kachan, you've droped something from your pocket!"

The young boy saw the piece of paper on the ground and in a blink he had picked it and put it back where it belonged.

"Huh?"

"That's...nothing." Kakashi said blushing.

"Then why are you blushing? Aaaaaaaaah! Matte! Coud it be some love letter? Who is it from? Do you love her too? Do I know her? Don't you think..."

"Baka! It's from my mother."

"Oh...is she...?"

"No, she's on a mission with her ANBU team."

"I see, and what about your father?"

"I never knew him, he died on a mission just before I was born."

"I-I'm sorry, I ask too many questions..." the girl said, lowering her head.

"It's nothing. And if you're wondering, I have no brother or sister. I live alone with my mother."

[ It must be really hard] Sanae thought. [ His mom is his only family and yet she's an ANBU member, which means she mustn't be home very often...I feel sad for Kachan]. Akane said nothing but she felt the same way. As if reading their minds, the young genin added:

"I may not have a huge family or many friends, but even with that I'm glad, because okaa-san is the kindest person I'll ever meet in my life" he said, a small smile on his face. He already was a genin and was going to take his chance as a chuunin soon, but he most-of-all still was a seven-year-old child.

[ Kachan...]

They were still walking in Konoha streets. The sun was setting and people were begining to gather in the marketplace, talking, laughing and singing.

"But" Sanae spoke "since you're a genin, aren't you supposed to have team mates? I thought you had to be a three-member team to take the chuunin exam."

"I used to have teammates my own age. We trained and completed many missions together with our sensei, but he decided they weren't ready for the next step. On the other hand, Hokage-sama insisted that I should take the exam, if I felt ready and agreed of course. I did, so he assigned me in another team that needed a third member. We don't get along very well, teamwork isn't our speciality. They both are 12 and they can't stand a seven-year-old-arrogant-bastard to be around them. Not that I care, afterall I take advantage of them, since being a three-member team is the first condition to take the exam." Kakashi said very calmly.

They all kept silent. The animation made by the different gatherings in the streets of the village was somehow pleasant, even for Kakashi. For the first time he was the one who broke the silence.

"And you?" he asked, talking to the two girls.

"Well, there's nothing much to say about us, really. Ne, Akane-chan?" Sanae asked her sister, smiling. Her twin smiled shyly. "Our mother's family is originally from the hidden Mist Village, she was born there too, but she somehow came to Leaf Village..." Akane once again lowered her head. Sanae glanced quickly at her before speaking again. Kakashi noticed.

"Anyway she met our father and married him. And then Akane-chan and I were born. Okaa-sama told us they weren't expecting twins, but she said it made her twice happier, didn't she Akane-chan?" The discreet girl looked at her sister, then smiled brightly "Hai!!!". Whatever reason she had been feeling bad for, she now seemed to have cheered up. The two girls were now walking holding hands., both smiling.

"Look!" Sanae was pointing at a stand in the opposite street "Ice creams!!! Since I'm in a good mood, I'll treat both of you! Akane-chan, you'll have the usual vanilla one, right?" The other girl nodded. "What would you prefere Kachan?"

"I don't eat ice creams." He said. "I don't like sweet things." [ I'm not a kid anymore afterall! What I need is spicy food...I guess. ] he thought to himself, he took care not to say it out loud.

"You must be kidding! EVERYBODY likes ice creams!!!" Sanae seemed dismayed. Akane giggled softly. "Okay, wait for me here, I'll be right back!" with that said she left her friend and sister, runing towards the sales. She figured out that runing while wearing a yukata was really difficult. She was trying her best not to fall when she bumped into something and finally landed on her butt. "Itaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiii!"

"I'm so sorry! Are you hurt?" A hand was held out to her, offering help to put her back on her feet. She gladly accepted the hand.

"It's nothing! I'm the one who wasn't paying attention." She said, sitting up. Kakashi and Akane had already ran to her by now;

"A-are you all right, Sanae-chan?"

"I'm okay" the girl answered, smiling.

They were facing a young boy who seemed to be their age. He was slim, had silky black hair cut in a bowl-hairstyle, ping-pong ball-like big eyes and abnormally thick eyebrows. He was smiling widely, showing as many shining, pure and white teeth as he could. It almost hurt your vision to look directly at them. [ Funny, he looks like this foreign actor I once saw in one of those kung- fu movies ] Sanae thought.

"You were going to this ice cream stand, right? Please let me treat you and forgive my clumsiness, 'kay? Oh! But let me introduce myself before that. My name is Gai! I'm 7 ! I love strawberries and all kinds of red fruit! I'm totally keen on old kung-fu movies, taijutsu is my favorite class! I'm Jun Lyu's #1 fan!!! (A/N: Jun Lyu is a very famous chinese actor I've just...well...made up :p ) I've seen all his movies a dozen times, and I know all his choreographs by heart! Want to see? Mmmh I guess I'll show you another time, 'kay? Also, I HATE chocolate and ninjutsu, my skills are so low at it....but I still think hard working is the key to improving, don't you agree? One day I'll become Konoha's best jounin, you'll see!"

He paused for a second before adding "I think that's all you need to know for the moment. Afterall a real shinobi has to keep some things secret, ne?"

Sanae raised her brows, dumbfounded. For the first time in her life she was left out of speech. Akane giggled, while Kakashi blinked. [ I can't believe this. ] he thought. [ I never thought someone could speak this much...he's far beaten Sanae who already is an incredible chatterbox...] He was once again cut in his thoughts.

"You're the Kitana twins, aren't you?"

Sanae shook her head to regain her composure. "Ha-hai. I'm Sanae and here's Akane-chan" she answered. "But how do you know?"

"Well there aren't many twins in Konoha, and beautiful ones are even more noticeable" the young boy replied, giving his best smile.

Sanae quickly turned to face Kakashi. "Did you hear THAT, Kachan?" she teased.

The silver-haired boy grunted, turning his head away. "Tch. Baka."

"And you" the other boy said, talking to him. "You're Hatake Kakashi. I also know about you, the seven-year-old genin who's taking this year's chuunin exam. The first one reaching this standard at such a young age in decades."

"Well informed, aren't you?" Kakashi said in a low voice, glaring at him.

"Don't misunderstand me, Kakashi. I'm not a spy or anything, I just like to know about interesting people, and most of all..." he said, grining "...potential rivals."

No one spoke for a few seconds, then Gai cheerfully said: "Well what about eating now? I'm dealing with the ice creams, 'kay?"

"Akane-chan will have a vanilla flavoured one, I'll have a wild-strawberry one, and Kachan...well...seems like he doesn't like ice creams." Sanae said, shaking her head slowly, hands in mid-air, like she was talking about something absolutely unbelievable.

"WHAT?" Gai cried. "But-but EVERYBODY likes ice creams!!!" he claimed.

"That's EXACTLY what I told him" pointed the girl. They looked at each other in a knowing way. Then he left.

"Such a nice guy!" Sanae said happily.

"Tch. I don't like him anyway." Kakashi retorted.

"Why? You don't even know him."

"You don't either" he answered, rather annoyed.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Could you please stop talking about me like I was some crazy fair creature?"

"I NEVER did that!"

"Yes you did!"

[ This is not good ] Akane thought [ I-I have to stop them now. Why are they fighting anyway? Okay, sh-show them Akane!] "P-please..."

They weren't listening to her.

"Ano...Sanae-chan..."

Her sister was way too busy with her quarrel to pay attention.

"I SAID CALM DOWN!!!!"

She had never yelled at anyone before. Ever. And she never would have thought she would yell at her sister. She never thought she'd ever dare...but somehow...she felt relieved. Though the feeling was soon replaced by silly uneasiness. She blushed furiously as she realized what she had just done, and that people were staring in her way. "S-sou-soumimasen" she managed to stutter. "I-I didn't mean to y-yell at the two of you b-but I don't like it when your ar-arguing...anyway, Gai-kun is co-coming back." She finally said.

The other two were now quiet. The young boy sighed while Sanae put her hand on her sister's shoulder. "Iie, we're the ones who should apologize. Arigato, Akane-chan." She said, smiling.

"Hey, hey! Guess who's back! Akane-chan, here's your sweet" Gai said, handing her the cornet. "And..." he added with an engaging smile "Here's yours, Sanae-chan. I see we have the same tastes...wild-strawberry" Both girls smiled and thanked him. "You're so funny, Gai-kun!" Sanae giggled. The black-haired boy threw her a wink, lifting his thumb up. Kakashi grunted. He was thinking about leaving the new born trio since they didn't seem to need him. [ Why do I care anyway? Could it be that I'm...jealous? Nah, stupid me. Stop talking nonsense. But...they're getting along very well even though they've just met...]

"Look, Kachan!!!" he was once again cut in his thoughts by the energetic girl. "They're lightening the Big Tree!" she said pulling at his arm. "Isn't it so beautiful?" she claimed.

"Aha." He said softly, smiling under his mask. He felt so stupid. He didn't think he too could have some childish feelings. [ Can't help it, I guess. ]

"What about having a better view? Akane-chan and I have a secret place where we can see the whole village from. Want to see it?" she looked at her sister, waiting for her approval. The shy girl nodded, smiling.

"Why don't you go there to-together, Sanae-chan? Gai-kun and I wil go to the m-marketplace, are you okay with that, Gai-kun?" Akane asked, looking expectantly at him. He held his arm out to her, inviting her to take it. "Of course." He said, smiling widely. "Ja, Sanae-chan, Kakashi." He added before leaving. "See you later, we should gather right here in two hours, before they begin launching the fireworks, 'kay?"

"Good idea!" Sanae replied. "See you later, then." She waved at them as they were leaving. When they were out of sight, she turned to face her friend. "We shall go too, Kachan. Follow me." He let her take his hand and guide him to wherever she wanted to go.

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About fifteen minutes later they reached a small hill, just before the forest, at the limits of the village. It was indeed a very peaceful place.

"I'd never seen this place before." Kakashi said.

"Look! We have such a nice view of the market place from here, ne?"

"..."

"And the Big Tree is so beautiful!"

"Sanae."

"And we can even see my home, look!"

"May I ask you something?"

"One day, Akane-chan and I got lost in the forest. Okaa-sama was the one who found us and before going back home she showed us this place. She told us that's where she first met otto-sama. Look, there are lys everywhere." She knelt down and picked one of the white flowers. "Pretty, ne?"

"Sanae..."

"Nani?"

"Is there...something wrong?"

"Not really."

"You know..I may not look like it but I think I'm pretty reliable. You can tell me anything, when you feel like it of course." He sat down next to her. "It really is a pretty view. I never thought Konohagure could look so...peaceful." he finally said.

"I know..you noticed. When I was talking about my family. I didn't tell you everything, especially about my mother." She paused. "Remember the first time we met?"

Kakashi nodded. Of course he remembered.

"You were kind enough never to ask me, but I knew you were wondering about it...about my eyes. My mother's family originally was from Mist Village. It was a very powerful and feared clan. My mom's name is Ryuno Sharla (Ryu = Dragon). Ages ago, the first members of the Ryuno clan made a pact with the Protector God of their home village, the Great Dragon. It woud protect them and their descendents, lending them its powers. On the other hand, the God Dragon would every once in a while take possession of one of the female family member's mind and body. Each member of the clan spent their lives fearing their own daughters being the next ones. Each newborn baby girl was carefully examined, and if they found the sign of the cursing on one of those babies, they treated her like a monster, considering her as an outkast of the clan, forgetting this person was the one allowing them a safe and wealthy life."

Kakashi was looking at her intensely. "You talked about a 'sign'..." His eyes widened as he was realizing the true meaning of this. "The...eyes! The sign that showed which girl was chosen by the Dragon was their purple eyes!" Sanae nodded slowly. The silver-haired genin didn't say anything. He sure wanted to know the end of the story, but most of all he didn't want to rush her with all the questions he had in mind, so he remained silent. And she finally went on.

"So...they lived this way for decades until...until the day they were all slaughtered. A powerful clan is a feared one, and sometimes a hated one, and the Ryuno clan was no exception. The whole clan was killed. However, okaa-sama was badly injured, but she still was the only survivor. She fled to Konoha and became part of the village, thanks to Hokage-sama. Though, it was never said she was a member of this cursed clan, even I propably would never had known if I hadn't been...if I hadn't been chosen. The chosen ones come to this world with the demon's eyes, but it doesn't take long before the color fades away. After that our eyes only become purple when we have very strong feelings. You can easily imagine that I rapidly noticed, with my changes of moods." She said, almost ironically.

"Is Akane-chan...?"

"She's not cursed. Even though we're twins, the God Dragon only chooses one person in generations. I'm glad I was born first. Akane-chan has always been very frail. She has poor stamina and easily falls ill, I don't know if she'd have made it through this."

"So that's why you're always so protective with her. You know, she's a Leaf shinobi too, or soon she'll become, she has to learn to rely on herself too."

"With her condition, she knows she won't make it far as a ninja. She's never been interested in all this ninja stuff, she wants to becom a midwife, like our mother. Furthermore she knows about me, of course how couldn't she be aware of that? And I know she worries about this, about me, but she already has enough to worry about with her health! Stupid sister. She feels guilty that she was born after me, once she told me she should have been the one cursed, that since she already had a bad health it would have been better for everyone...I slapped her that day... I can't let her say that! I can't let her THINK that! She's my dear sister and I need her, I 'll never let her down. I have to be strong, for the both of us. I want her to be sure she can always count on me, and since I have power within me, I'll simply use it. No matter how much work and how long it takes, I'll surpass the Dragon's will, I swear!" Her eyes were filled with tears, but she didn't cry. Instead, she swallowed hard and sadly smiled at Kakashi.

"So...now that you know everything...I guess it won't ever be the same between us again, right?"

Kakashi abruptly sat up. "That's right." He finally held his hand out to her "Thank you. Your secret is safe with me, I promise I'll never break your trust. Ever." He didn't know why he was saying all those things; it really wasn't like him, but the words were spilling out of his mouth on their own. He felt he had changed a lot, and he was begining to like what he was becoming.

"We'd better get going now" he added as she took his hand. "Akane-chan and that Gai brat will probably be waiting for us." Sanae nodded at him, blushing lightly. She didn't know why but everytime she got to see his kind side, she felt something growing within her. [ Such a nice feeling ] she thought as they were walking.

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They reached the marketplace just before the fireworks were launched.

"Sa-Sanae-chan!"

"Aakane-chan! Did you enjoy yourself with Gai-kun?"

"H-hai!" the shy girl said smiling. "It really was a long time since I had this much fun, arigato Gai-kun!"

"Same goes for me" Gai said showing his teeth in a huge smile.

"A-and you?"

"The view was very beautiful, ne Kachan?"

"Aha."

"Oh, Akane-chan, this is for you." Sanae said handing her sister the white flower she had previously picked.

"A-arigato gosaimashta! Oh! Everyone! Look a-above you!"

"So pretty!" Sanae cried.

They stood there watching at the show displaying in the night sky. This was the last time they would be able to enjoy each others' company, until Kakashi came back from the exam of course.

"Don't worry Kakashi! I'll take good care of the girls while you're away." Gai said, lifting his right thumb up.

"Tch. Do whatever you want, baka." The other boy replied. The two girls giggled, and Sanae leaned closer to Kakashi, whispering in his ear.

"You'll be back, ne Kachan?"

He said nothing, but gently squizzed her hand. She smiled and looked at the sky again.

-tbc-

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A/N: I'm sooooooooooooooooooooo tired! ***slaps herself. Stop complaining you baka!!!!**** Ok that was chapter 6, I wanted to make it shorter, but when I began making Gai-kun talk, I just couldn't stop myself lol So what did you think of it? Personally I like how Gai turned out ***slaps herself again. And NOW you're complimenting yourself, stupid girl***

Now I'll answer babowonsuni's review: First thanks again for your nice review, I'll explain everything (without spoiling either ^^) For the moment only chapter 1 is settled in the 'present time' ( that is to say when Kakashi is Naruto and co's sensei), the others chapters can be seen as Kakashi's memories of Sanae, as he's in front of her grave in chapter 1. BUT if you attentively read the end of chapter 1, you'll see that among the two unindentified girls who are speaking, one is called 'Sanae'...still don't understand? Don't worry it will soon make sense...hinhinhin... Yeah I know I'm evil. *** avoids whatever is thrown in her way***

Now we know about Sanae's secret, how will she deal with it? And what will happen while Kakashi's away? I think I'll skip the chuunin exam passage, I don't know yet. Anyway things will be going faster from now on. Now please revieeeeeeeee~w ^____^

Oh and talking about reviews, I just removed the "only accept signed reviews" option, I didn't even know it was on....OF COURSE I do accept EVERYONE'S REVIEWS, signed or not!

See ya people!!!