Hikari- hi people I'm back!
Audience- -groans-
Hikari- -sniffs irritadedly- so rude!
Audience- -shrugs-
Hikari- FINE! Sasuke?
Sasuke- hn. I'm no slave!
Hikari- Naruto?
Naruto- too chomp busy chomp eating chomp ramen.
Hikari- -sighs- Sakura? –no answer- Hikari- o.0 er…Sakura?
Kelea- I'll do it Hikari!
Hikari- oh, thanks Kelea.
Kelea- Hikari doesn't own Naruto. She only owns the Cordeni family, and other random OCC characters, which she'll identify when they appear.
Hikari- YUP you said it! Okay, onto the story!

Gasping, covered with cold sweat, Kelea snapped her eyes open, trembling. She sat up, looking at her white hands, and looked at the clock. It read '6:52', and she sighed.

"Well, I might as well get up," she said softly, stretching and padding down the hallway to the bathroom. She sighed contentedly as the steamy water hit her back, loosening her tense shoulder and neck muscles.

"Kelea?" a male voice reached her ears.

"Hm?" she responded.

"Kelea, are you done yet!" Sasuke said impatiently. Kelea smiled; she knew Sasuke was standing outside the door. It had been six years since she had last seen her brother, Kiso. Kelea Cordeni was now 13 years old, Sasuke Uchiha was 14, and his older brother, Itachi Uchiha was 18. Kiso had given instructions for Kelea to go see their uncle, Cordeni Misoruda-sama, and he had reread the note Kiso had given to Kelea. Smiling, Miso-san had taken the young girl to the Hokage of the Land of Fire, and Tsunade had welcomed Kelea with open arms.

Flashback

"Kelea-chan, these are the Uchihas. This is Itachi-san, and Sasuke-san," Tsunade-sama had said.

"Ohayou, Kelea-sama," Itachi greeted the pale konoichi politely.

"H-hai." (me: she sounds a bit like Hinata right now, so deal with it :P) The older boy, who was then only 12, nudged an 8-year-old Sasuke, hard, in the ribs.

"Oww… nii-san, that hurt!" Kelea's eyes filled with tears at the sound of 'nii-san', which made her think of Kiso.

"Hokage-sama, where is my nii-san?" the little girl pleaded, tugging Tsunade's kimono. The older woman's heart simply broke, seeing the lonely little child so desperately worried for her brother.

"Oh Kelea-chan… I'm not sure, but he's safe!" she added quickly, seeing Kelea's eyes widen, which was a now-familiar danger sign. Kelea nodded, her jaw tightening.

"Come on, Kel-chan." Again, Kelea swallowed, that had been her brother's nickname for her. But Sasuke approached, and took her small, pale hand in his warm own.

"Itachi-san and I will take care of you now," he said seriously, concern in his dark, dreamy eyes. Kelea nodded shyly, and Sasuke gently hugged her and guided her to Itachi.

"Well, you're certainly making her feel at home, aren't you outouto?" Sasuke grinned and nodded at Itachi.

"Hai nii-san. She'll be our sister now!"

End of Flashback

Kelea smiled, remembering the first time she had met the two Uchihas.

"Kelea!" and there's Itachi… Kelea thought, giggling, and rinsing her soapy hands.

"Yes, Itachi-kun?" Kelea called back, stepping out of the shower and wrapping her towel around her chest, letting it dangle down to her knees. She grabbed her pajamas and unlocked the door. Sasuke burst in, face red, breathing heavily. He shoved Kelea out, and slammed the door shut, locking it. Kelea looked at the closed door in surprise, and then turned suspiciously towards a chuckling Itachi. He shrugged, and still laughing said,

"Well, Kel, when you gotta go, you gotta go."

Later…

"Kelea, today you are going with Sasuke to his training session," Itachi said, wrapping sandwiches, and shoving them in three separate brown paper bags. Kelea looked up from her eggs.

"I am?" she asked. "How come, don't I usually just stay home?" Itachi smiled.

"Yes, but I have an important mission out of town, so I need you to stay with Sasuke and his team for today and tomorrow. I believe Sasuke will stay at Uzamaki Naruto's house, and you will be at Haruno Sakura's." he explained. Kelea nodded.

"Ok…nii-san," she said quietly. She picked up her dishes and headed up to her room to get a couple things to amuse herself while watching Team 7. Itachi watched her leave, then smiled to himself while finishing making lunches.

"I wonder when that kid struggled enough courage to call me her nii-san? So kawaii; the kid's got a lot of heart."

Even later…at Sasuke's training -

"SHADOW-CLONE JITSU!" Kelea winced at busy-boy Naruto's loud, booming voice. She sighed, trying to tune out the battle cries of now not just one Naruto, but six.

"NARUTOOO…" Sakura seemingly became 10 times her size, and poor Naruto hid himself behind Kakashi. Sasuke had briefly introduced her to his team. Sakura had made the shy girl feel welcome, Naruto scared her, and Kakashi baffled her. Sigh… whatever. She studied Sasuke's fighting style. He seemed so…different when he was training. Much more intense.

BOOM! A humongous crash of thunder ended practice early; the sky had been looking gray for a while, but now the rain really started coming down hard. Kelea raised her hand instinctively, and the rain began to swirl and dance away, leaving her completely dry. Only when she saw Kakashi, Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke staring at her did she realize they were wet and she was dry.

"H-how did you DO THAT?" Naruto said loudly, making Kelea flinch. Her eyes glittered with tears.

"…I-I d-don't k-k-know…" she whispered, stuttering. Kakashi came over and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"We'll find out, don't worry. In the meantime…" he gave her a meaningful look. Kelea smiled and opened her little bubble. Soon, all of Team 7 was warm and dry from the rain. Sakura looked around at the heavily falling rain with wide eyes, apparently awed by Kelea's sudden power. Naruto was being an immature brat; he was crossing his eyes and sticking out his tongue at a poor, sopping wet squirrel. Sasuke rolled his eyes at Naruto, muttering "Baka…" under his breath.

"K-k-Kakashi-s-sam-ma…d-do you know h-how I-I am d-doing th-this?" Kelea stammered shyly, blushing. Kakashi smiled reassuringly at her.

"Well, you came from the Land of the Waves, right?" Kakashi asked, and Kelea nodded. She had, indeed, come from the Land Hidden in the Mist, so she had control over water. Kakashi's explanation seemed to satisfy Kelea, Naruto, and Sakura, but Sasuke was still suspicious.

No one has that much control over water Sasuke thought, staring disbelievingly at Kelea, who was quietly chatting with Sakura, all the while keeping her little bubble up. Not even Haku could do that, and he had his kekkai-genkai to aid him…

"Well, isn't this a cheery group? Why don't you guys get out of the rain?" a tall, slender girl seemingly appeared out of nowhere, her chakra swirling around her feet. Sasuke blinked in surprise; how did she get under his guard?
Dang… my chakra's so out of it, I didn't even sense a little kid? Sasuke thought, irritated. (Me: haha Sasuke-kun)

"My name is Hanajima Yuna," she said, with a warm, sweet smile at the group. Her hair was, though wet, glossy and smooth, and reached her lower back. The tips of her hair were blood red, and stood out beautifully. But thing that Sasuke noticed the most were her eyes. The were jet black with glints of pink in them. They lit up when she smiled, but there was loneliness and grief haunting them subtly… like his. Sasuke shook his head.

I know this girl… but how? Where do I know her from? Then, Sasuke's eye caught something shiny that hung around Yuna's neck. There was a silver locket, with the Uchiha crest on it…

Ha, sorry about the cliff-ish thing. Oh, and Hanajima Yuna is another OC character, based on Sakuya-Kaname Uchiha.

Yea, so that's who that is, and thanks Sakuya-Kaname Uchiha, because you gave me a great plot for later with your character! I'll update soon because I have the entire week off next week, so…

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