Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN NARUTO. But… I wish I did -GoesEmo-

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"Mom…" Came the timid voice of a timid 14 year old "I have a date tonight and…"

"OH!" A female voice came over the sizzle of cooking sushi "Is it that Kimoto girl?" She cooed "I just a-dore her! Is she coming over here? She's so polite! Should I clean the apartment a bit?" And like any embarrassed teen, Dai, the 14 year old, groaned.

"Mom, pleeeassee stay out of this tonight. I want to go alone. You're just so…. Well…"

"Embarrassing?" His mother laughed. Dai nodded. He loved his mother very much, and she was nice, but enough was enough. Last time he had brought his girlfriend over, mom had gone through so many questions. She had always wanted a daughter, and she had just recently gotten one. Well, not really recently. 4 years ago was not recent. 4 years ago was forever, or so it seemed to Dai. His younger sister, Sachi, was quiet and timid, like himself, but she was a girl (his sister) so they never talked.

4-year-old Sachi lied on the floor, staring at the ceiling. She was tired, and desperately needed a nap. Her mom was making dinner, but it was only 4. It was because she had… appointments. Sachi didn't fully grasp what her mom did, but she had an idea.

Her mother left during the night, and came back in the mornings, extremely tired and loaded with cash. She'd drop Sachi at daycare while her brother walked to ninja school. He was almost a graduate! Sachi was always curious of her brother, and very proud. She wanted very badly to be like him. Everyone liked him, he had a girlfriend all the time, and he was a perfect ninja. Sachi wouldn't know what to do without him or her mom.

At night, Sachi slept on the floor. Her brother got a couch, and so did her mom. Sachi didn't mind sleeping on the floor- infact, she loved it. She could roll around all she wanted to, and she wouldn't fall off anything. Her mom couldn't afford a bed, but she did her best to support the kids and encouraged them in everything they did.

Sachi loved drawing- more then anything in the world. She was constantly drawing things, and her mom was constantly buying her paper. Her brother would always shake his sandy-blonde hair and laugh when he saw Sachi writing on the walls when there was no paper around. He had jade green eyes- filled with loneliness, no matter how much he laughed- usually. But even his eyes turned excited and joyous when he saw her little etches of fairies and whatnot on the walls. He, personally, never liked drawing, but he also encouraged her with his laugh- even if he didn't know it.

(A/N: Back to the current events… -.-)

This particular night was special to Dai, though. His girlfriend and him were going out to dinner together. But he didn't have anything to pay for it with. So here he was, asking his mom if he could borrow some.

"But anyway, seriously mom," he said, his voice fading. He hated asking his mother for money. Unlike Sachi, he knew exactly what she did to get it. "I need something to pay for dinner with…" There. He'd said it.

"Oh sure!" she said, reaching for her purse. She pulled out a wad of paper money and placed it in his hand. "That should cover it!" And she smiled.

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Sachi woke up and cried out. What happened next? It was all she could remember. She looked around again. She was still in that red-haired boy's house. But what about her old house? Where was it? Where was her mom and he brother? Did they need her? Or was the truth really, she needed them...?