More Than a New Friendship

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Me: I don't own Naruto

Sasuke: My kid is stronger than yours is

Gaara: It is not, besides they are both my sons

Sasuke: You wish

Gaara: (Puts Sasuke into sand chokehold)

Me: You two that's enough. You're not a good example for your sons.

Hi- normal speaking

Hi- thoughts

Hi- demon or inner self speaking

Reminder: If you read the original copy of chapter nine where Gaara and Sakura visit Ino, I changed it so you might want to reread it just in case. Some of its different.

Chapter X They are both just different

Twelve years later

"You boys stop fighting. That's not a very good example for your sister!" Sakura said trying to get Akane off Kenichi. Lately the boys have been at it. Kenichi: "Hey squirt, second born second place right. You'll never be as good as me." He said pushing Akane to the ground. "Take it back!" said Akane. "Make me." Akane using his sand control he inherited from Gaara, encased Kenichi in a sand chokehold. "Take it back!" "Akane that's enough." Gaara said waving his hand to release his other son. Akane turned and ran from his father leaving him there with Kenichi. "I've told you not to say that to him. Your mother and I will take care of your punishment. We'll call for you when it has been decided. Now go find Susurie." Gaara said harshly.

"Why do they fight constantly?" Sakura said. "Susurie isn't like that; she's really laid back." "The Uchiha blood and mine are very difficult to work with together. I'm sorry this happens, but I don't think that there will be anyway to stop their sibling rivalry. All we can hope for is for them to grow out of it, if it's possible." Gaara said deep in thought. "You know, I think the only thing they agree on is their love for Susurie. I am positive that they will guard her with there lives. Remember when they first saw her." Sakura said. "Yeah their fighting was at its beginning then. It was temporarily extinguished but it didn't last." Gaara said remembering the event.

Flashback

The two boys were three and already developing some personality. Kenichi was always bullying Akane (as much as a three year old can anyway). Akane was already developing his usage of sand. Akane, who had always hated Kenichi for purposely hurting him, had started to use his sand as defense against his attacks. All was put on hold in the two small boys' lives with the arrival. "Look boys, your new baby sister." Sakura told them. They looked at the small baby with blood red hair sleep in their mother's arms. "Mommy, is she staying?" Kenichi asked. "Of course." She said giggling. "Mommy what's her name?" Akane said crawling into the bed to get a better look. "Well I think we'll name her Susurie. What do you think?" The boys both nodded and ran out the door. Gaara smiled and nodded his approval as well. The novelty of a new sister was shortly lived and they went back to their normal 'Kenichi tripping Akane and laughing' routine of everyday life as they new it. The longing to protect their new sister from each other only intensified their rivalry.

End flashback

With Kenichi and Susurie

"Hey Kenichi." Susurie said waving him over while sitting on a swing. "Where's Akane?" she said. "He ran away again." He said unconcerned. "What did you do to him this time?" she asked. "Basically… called him pathetic." He said. "Kenichi, why would you do such a thing? He doesn't hurt you but you are still mean to him." She said standing up. (She's really smart and matured for a nine year old but it's my story, oh well) He attempted to stop her from leaving but a sand blast caught his hand from reaching her shoulder. She, like her brother, could control sand but was advancing much faster in power and ability than either of her brothers. "Susurie don't be like that. What I said was true. He is a pathetic looser." He said trying to get past a sand barricade she placed between them. "No what you said was mean. Until you can treat him with the same love as me then don't talk to me. And I unlike him, I won't put up with that treatment, so watch your step. Leave me alone." She said tripping him with sand as she ran towards the horizon.

With Akane

"I swear one day I will be stronger than you and then you will have to watch your back." He said pacing in the garden alone. "Akane, are you all right?" she said as she entered the garden. She found him under the old cherry tree, deep on thought. "Yeah I'm fine Susurie. Leave me alone." He said turning away from her, jumping into the sakura tree. "Akane, I know you like to be alone but maybe it's best if we talk." She said jumping onto a near by branch. "I don't want to talk." He said giving her a false death glare. It pained him to do it but he did want to be alone now more than anything. "The two of you have got to put your anger towards each other into something more constructive. Maybe you could ask dad to start training you two. This way you have an excuse to fight him back." She said smiling. "Dad wouldn't do that he knows we'd tear each other apart." "Yes well, learn the techniques that he and the instructors teach you and ask to train with him later." She said. "He'll never buy it." He said smirking at the idea of kicking the crap out of Kenichi. "I already asked dad if I could start training and he said if you two would train with me then we could start next week. Just think about it, okay." She said hopping out of the trees.

That night at dinner

They were all eating dinner together. Kenichi was giving Akane death glares from beside him and Susurie was giving Kenichi her own death stares back from across the table. The offer Susurie made was very tempting to Akane at this time. "Dad… I was just wondering if you'd consider the three of us starting our training." He blurted out without hesitation. Susurie smiled a little and Gaara smiled at Sakura. "Mom, no way am I going to train with him." Kenichi argued. "I think it is a good idea and as punishment for your actions earlier, Kenichi you will train with Susurie and Akane after lessons." Gaara said. "… but." Kenichi started. "No, that's my decision. You three will start training tomorrow of the basics with a teacher and in a few months you will start training for healing from your mother and fighting from me."

Sweet maybe I can kick the crap out of Kenichi while training. This is so awesome! Akane thought as he ate dinner. Kenichi who sat beside him, glared at his food and pouted. Susurie was humming and smiling inwardly, not expressing her happiness to the others. I'll help you Akane, I promise.Susurie thought as she asked to be excused. She went to bed early that night to think about the training they would start tomorrow. Akane and Kenichi, who shared a room, ignored each other as the got ready for bed.

Akane and Kenichi were up bright and early to eat breakfast. Susurie joined them thirty minutes later, fully clothed and ready to train. She eyed her two brothers as they ate because they were both still in their pajamas. She ate breakfast after them while they changed into normal cloths. Akane was wearing a black mesh shirt with a black shirt on top of it, similar to what Gaara wore to the Chuunin exams. Kenichi wore a black shirt with a headband around his hair like Sasuke fashioned his forehead protector (if that's what it was). Susurie wore a red mesh shirt that clashed with her hair. She had a black training dress, like Sakura's old one during the Chuunin exams, and black shorts underneath. Her long red hair was tied up in a messy bun.

They headed out to meet their father out in front of their mansion. "Your uncle, for the time being, will be the one to teach you the basics. When he decides you are ready for further instructions, I will pick up your training when I'm done with work. I'm warning you two, and unsupervised fighting outside of training will be punishable." He said smirking at his two young boys. They looked down and Susurie just smiled at her father. He was happy to see she was enthusiastic about the training. She reminded him of himself when he was young except she was happier than he was at her age (probably because of Shukaku). Kankuro showed up late as usual for these kinds of things. "Hey little bro." he said as he approached. "I'll see you three later. Have fun Susurie. Oh and don't over due it. Your mother had that habit." He said walking away to attend to his Kazekage duties.

After a couple moths of training

Susurie was advancing at a steady yet fast rate compared to her brothers. She had inherited the will to over work herself, like Sakura, and usually came home after training, exhausted. Akane was having difficulties mastering several tasks placed before him but once he figures out how to accomplish it, he was even more powerful than Kenichi. Kenichi on the other hand learned every thing quickly by cutting corners, which later proved a bad decision as Akane became more powerful by taking the time to do things right.

"I believe they are ready for your training, Gaara. Susurie has been ready for some time but I held her back so she could advance with her brothers. Akane has a good work ethic and doesn't mind to do things the hard way to do them right. I'm very impressed with his progress. Kenichi however, would be considered… well… sloppy. He can master things fast but doesn't take the time to do it correct, so many of his techniques are somewhat weaker than Akane's." Kankuro said to his brother reading him the report of their training.

"Good. Tell Akane and Susurie that they will train with me in the mornings and Sakura in the afternoons. Also, tell Kenichi that he is to go to lessons in reverse order. I will work with him separately since not only will her prefer it, but he can't learn the methods on controlling sand. I will also make him do things the hard way so he can reach his full potential." He said. Kankuro nodded and left his brother to work on the mountain of papers on his desk.

Kenichi's training day

"Hey mom where are the other two. It's not like Susurie to be late." He said even though he was five minutes early. "You will be trained separately from Akane and Susurie. I think one-on-one time will suit you better while training. You will get to see them around three though. Eventually you will get to battle each other after training but not just yet." She explained calmly to a confused Kenichi.

"Your first test is to run up one of those three trees. You must focus your chakra to the bottom of your feet to reach the top. This is the basic first step to controlling your chakra. When you reach as far as you can up the tree, make a mark with your kunai to show progress." Kenichi nodded and ran at the middle tree. He made it up three feet before making a mark and falling back down to the ground. He hit the ground hard and began panting. "Your arrogance is not your chakra. You must learn the difference. Your confidence is impressive, but it will get you nowhere. Again, you will do this again until lunch." 'I am so not arrogant.' Kenichi thought to himself. She was shaking her head lightly. Kenichi focused his chakra instead of his anger to the bottoms of his feet. He charged at the tree and made it a little over half way up the twenty-foot tree. He smirked and he came floating back down to the ground. "Good, you're doing fine. Again!" she said pleased that her insults were helping the progress.

After lunch, he joined his father for the afternoon training. "I see you have made progress with your mother. Well as good as that is, you still have a long way to go with me." Gaara said smirking. Kenichi just stared the famous Uchiha glair and cocked his head to show slight confusion. "Kankuro says that you are talented on mastering your jutsus but you take short cuts. You are not living up to your full potential and I want you to learn things properly. You will start by going back to your previous training. I want you to do it the long way just to prove my point." Gaara said to an aggravated Kenichi.

Kenichi nodded but was angry that he was in a way called sloppy. He began performing his jutsus while his father commented on the proper way to do them. At first, he was stubborn but eventually yielded and did the technique his father showed him. Seeing the difference between the strengths in his attacks, he realized that the long way was best. He went through all his previous lessons throughout the day. "Now that you have learned to do things the right way, tomorrow we'll move on." Gaara said dismissing his son, proceeding to his office to tackle the monstrous mound of that awaited him.

The day with Akane and Susurie

Akane and Susurie arrived at the grounds for training with their father. They saw him waiting there for him and greeted him with a smile. "Daddy where's Kenichi?" Susurie asked after finding him nowhere to be seen. "He's training with your mother; you'll see him later. Anyway, your uncle is very impressed with both of you. I have noticed the ability to control sand, I will teach you further on attack strategies and different defenses that you two can eventually master and use." Gaara said staring at Susurie who was playing with sand instead of paying attention. "I'm just curious, Susurie how could you have passed your brothers' abilities without paying attention?" Susurie stopped and looked at him smiling. "Oh I heard you daddy. You are going to teach us how to control the sand for defense and attacks." She said continuing to play with sand. Akane shook his head. "She is always like this during lessons." Akane added to his father, seeing him puzzled. She is a strange one. She's just like I was. Gaara thought grinning inwardly.

He showed them different techniques to control their sand throughout the day. Akane was struggling slightly but eventually got it. Susurie however, did not pay any attention but completed the tasks as if bored. She is much more advanced than her brothers. Tomorrow I will test just how far I can push her and then we'll start there I guess. She is just like me except stronger. It took me years to get like that and she's three years younger than Akane. She probably got it from Sakura, although I've never seen her fight. Oh well. Gaara thought thoroughly impressed with her skill level. "You two go have lunch then meet your mother." He said to them. They ran inside to get lunch; well Susurie ran, Akane dragged his tired butt inside.

After lunch, Susurie was more than ready to begin training. Akane was still tired but he was able to walk without wincing. They arrived in a clearing with three trees there. Their mother was there waiting for them. "Hey guys! Ready to start?" She said. They nodded. "Okay, your first task is to run up one of those trees without using your hands. Send chakra to the bottoms of your feet and you should be able to walk up the side of the tree." She smiled and pointed to the trees. Susurie smirked at the tree. "Pick one of the outside two and you can start." Susurie picked the one on the right and Akane was on the left one. Akane focused on his chakra and ran at the tree. Susurie followed suit. They both ran side by side all the way to the top. They both made it on their first try, impressive. I expected nothing less from Susurie but Akane too. They both got my chakra control, that's for sure.

"Good job. Again! I want to see how long you can continue." Akane made it up the tree four more times and three-fourths of another. He just watched as Susurie continued again and again. She never stopped until Sakura stopped her for the end of the lessons. "I'll see you two at dinner." She said waving them off to enjoy the rest of their day. "If you need me I'll be helping your father with his paper work." She said yelling at their retreating forms.

End Chapter X

Sorry it took so long to up date my account wouldn't show my story in it. I tried to make a new copy of the story but it said I had the story under my account already. Go figure. Oh well hope you like it if you have read the first copy of chapter 9 with the part with Ino then you should reread it I changed it. Sorry 'bout that! R&R

Preview

Chapter XI Sibling Rivalry in action

Three years after they began training (the boys are fifteen and Susurie is twelve)

Akane and Kenichi each have two kunai in each hand pacing around; sizing each other up. They circle around the arena, both giving their own inherited death stare. Kenichi activated his newly formed sharringun. Akane uncorked his sand gourd. "If I win you have to leave me alone." Akane sneered. This was his chance to prove that he was not as weak as Kenichi always made him out to be. Kenichi smirked. "You can't win looser." Kenichi said in reply. "You guys don't fight. You are fifteen and yet you are both acting like you are three." Susurie stated trying to get between them. Akane used his sand to gently push her out of the way.