"Chi-Chikari Haruno is it?" Sasuke asked as he walked Chikari back to the camp site. "Yes, What of it?" Chikari asked. "Well, What happened between you and Sakura?" She simply answered, "I'll tell you when we get to your camp site. By the looks of it, I believe we're here." Sasuke looked up, and said, "You're right." Looking to his left, he also heard Kakashi snoring underneath his orange colored book. "Kakashi-sensei," the raven haired boy called out. The silver haired jounin slept on. Trying again, he called out, "Kakashi-sensei." Kakashi stretched, then slumped over to his right. Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Oh look, it's another copy of Icha Icha Paradise!" "Where? Where?" Kakashi said as he shot up. Chikari giggled, she could clearly see that Kakashi was blushing as soon as he saw her. Naruto's ear perked, "Sakura-chan?" he asked hopefully, but that woke up Sakura who said, "Naruto! I'm trying to..." Sakura saw Sasuke with almost a mirror image of herself. "Sasuke-kun, who is this?" She asked with a hint of jealousy in her voice. "Sakura-chan! You've grown so much I hardly recognize you!" Chikari ran over and hugged her sister. Sakura just sat there with a quizzical look on her face. "Um...who are you? Although I can..guess...we must be related somehow." Sakura said, mumbling the last part of her sentence.
"Sisters?" Naruto asked. They were all fully awake now, even if it was still 3 in the morning. Sitting around a newly formed campfire, Chikari began her story with a heavy sigh. " We were a happy family. Mama, Papa, Sakura, Motoharu, and I." Stunned, Sakura asked, "Mo...toharu?" Chikari sighed again. "Yes, Motoharu. He's our brother. He's my twin brother. Anyway, Mo and I, we were just 3 and Sakura was just born. We were all at the park and Mo and I were playing in the sandbox. There was a tall dark haired man with a beard who knocked us out with something, and I guess he carried us away. We woke up in a dark room a long time later, and we were scared. We looked around and all we saw were grey walls. Nothing on them. The cold floor below us was cement. Mo started to cry, and so did I. The bearded man told us to stop crying, but it only made us cry harder. 'Stop crying or you will both die!' he said to us, but it didn't do any good. So we were knocked out again. This time I woke up alone. I tried to call out for Mo. 'Give it up little girl. Your brother has been sold.' A voice said to me bitterly. I asked him, 'What...do you mean sold?' It was a slave trade. I was going to be sold as a servant and as I grew older, a prostitute.
But two days before, while the guard fell asleep, I escaped. They kept me for over a week and during that week I wasn't given anything but water, so it made me thin enough to go through the bars. Seeing no guards outside, I ran for a boat that was headed towards the village hidden in the mist. I stayed and graduated there. But as a 3 year old staying by herself...it wasn't easy. I had to teach myself how to cook, and since I was without parents, the other kids looked down on me which also meant I was without friends. I made a vow to myself, I'd find my family, and be reunited with them once more." Chikari finished. Sakura had tears in her eyes, Naruto had hearts in his eyes, Sasuke had closed his eyes, and Kakashi was struggling to stay awake with the rest of his team. Naruto, after hearing Chikari's story, said, "Y...your childhood reminds me...so much of my own.." Sakura wiped away her tears, and saw Naruto's expression. She felt a hint of jealousy, even if she didn't like Naruto. But as soon as Sasuke looked at Chikari, Sakura's aura turned green with envy. Sasuke was wearing a look of admiration, and said, "We share a similar goal." "Similar goal?" Sakura thought, "You're trying to KILL your brother! Not be reunited with him!" Chikari smiled, "What is your goal?" Sasuke's cheeks tinted pink. "She's smiling at me..." He thought. "It's not exactly like yours, but it's to see my brother again." "Hopefully we will meet them soon, neh?" She said. Kakashi, who was still struggling to stay awake, said, "Touching...why don't we all sleep to regain our strength for the morning? Naruto, you had enough sleep. You stand guard." Naruto began to whine until Chikari said, "I don't mind staying up with you, Naruto-san." "Naruto-san? Who's she trying to kid?" Sakura thought mentally pouting. Naruto blushed, and said, "O-o-okay..." Then Sasuke turned green with envy. "Dobe, you should go sleep. I don't think you could handle staying up until morning!" Sasuke spat. "What are you saying Sasuke-teme?" Naruto retorted. The two got in a quarrel until Sakura said, " I will stay up! My sister and I have a lot more catching UP to do!" "As long as SOMEBODY stays up..." Kakashi mumbled. "I heard that!" Chikari sighed, making Kakashi sweat drop as he fell asleep.