Summary: When both Mikoto and Kushina have twins, the world is drastically altered. Sasuke is not the only one consumed with revenge when the Massacre comes and Naruto knows the love of a sibling. Just how will this change things on top of the fact the Sharingan isn't the only Kekkei Genkai the Uchiha have?

Chapter 8: Streaks of Sunlight

Sasuke did a backflip to avoid the huge fireball coming at him. When his feet touched the ground behind him, out of the corner of his eye he saw a roundhouse coming for him. He brought his arms up to block and was nearly knocked off of his feet. Sasuke made a fist and swung it over to Noriko, who caught it. Sasuke smirked, seeing his plan had worked. Noriko's eyes widened as she was thrown a distance away, hitting the ground.

Suddenly, she disappeared in a puff of smoke. Sasuke internally smiled at this but frowned a little. He turned around and around to try to find the real Noriko but he couldn't find her.

Then he heard the whistling of kunai and had a kunai in his hand in an instant to block. The kunai lay on the ground in mere seconds. Sasuke looked around to where his sister was hiding but his vision was obscured by more puffs of smoke, coming from multiple kunai.

Sasuke was forced to block against five Noriko clones. Four disappeared after a few hits, leaving only the original. Sasuke aimed a punch for her stomach but she disappeared and reappeared behind him. Twisting his body and bringing up a leg to kick, Sasuke saw she was in the same position.

The sides of their calves connected and sweat rolled down their foreheads. Bringing their legs back to the ground, they sat on the soft grass and pulled out water from their pockets and downed it quickly. A contented sigh was shared between the two and they saw the sun was about to breach the horizon.

Noriko's stomach growled loudly. She cringed a little as her face heated up. Sasuke smirked and upon seeing his smirk, Noriko glared at him.

"Come on, let's get something to eat," Sasuke sat, getting up.

Noriko swayed to her feet and followed him towards Konoha.

"He's always so late! How come we have to wait for him all the time? I didn't even have enough time to get this nail polish off my fingernails," Mei complained.

Noriko glanced at Mei with a mildly shocked expression and looked at her unpainted fingernails briefly before smirking at the blonde girl. Mei noticed and glared even more harshly at the black-haired girl. Mei looked at her teammate's nails and noticed how Noriko's hands weren't nice and smooth looking despite being the pale color Mei always wanted; they had quite a few cuts on them and looked like dirt hadn't been fully washed off.

"What?" Noriko asked, seeing how Mei was staring at her hands so intently.

"You've ruined your hands," Mei said, as if in a trance.

"I train. Do you not?" Noriko tilted her head in amusement. It was so easy to push Mei's buttons and get her all riled up. It livened up the morning.

"Yeah! Maki-obaachan taught Naruto and I really cool stuff! I bet you haven't learned anything but how lowly you are compared to Sasuke-kun," Mei crossed her arms smugly.

"What did you just say?" Noriko growled.

"Good morning," a familiar voice chimed, interrupting the escalating conflict. "I got lost on the path of life so…"

"Liar!" the two blondes yelled. Kakashi eye-smiled at their antics.

"Alright, so I've recommended you four for the Chuunin Exams. In five days go to room 301 at the Academy if you'd like to participate. Here are your applications. If you decide to go, sign it and then you'll be allowed to participate," Kakashi said. "See ya."

Kakashi disappeared in a puff of smoke. Smirks and grins were shared around the four Genin of Team 7. They walked in a kind of silence where no words are spoken, but the air is thick with resent and smug faces that could speak for themselves.

Mei and Naruto didn't like the way Noriko and Sasuke acted as if every mission they did was nothing and how they already had their Kekkei Genkai whereas the Kekkei Genkai they were supposed to have hadn't awakened. Maki-obaachan did say that it would take time, but with this Sasuke always interfering when I try to impress Noriko-chan and always taking the good parts of the missions, how am I ever supposed to awaken my Kekkei Genkai? I bet its just some legend anyway…

Naruto huffed at Sasuke, trying to cover up his negative thoughts. Lately Sasuke and Noriko had been more and more withdrawn and had more bruises and cuts all over their bodies. During a recent mission, this had proved to stem from more than just thoughts of how others should look.

Flashback

As Team 7 was returning from a mission in a nearby town, night fell and Kakashi decided they should take a break and sleep for the night. He took first watch while the Genin stayed warm by the flames. Then, an argument broke out between the four, the Uchiha vs. Uzumaki (as always). It was mainly about how Naruto complained that he couldn't buy the premium ramen he wanted because Mei's conditioner for her hair was expensive. Mei retaliated, saying how at least she looked presentable while Noriko's hair was teeming with split ends and her hands were rough and her face and legs and arms were marred with bruises and cuts and bandages.

"I look like this because I train. You should be concentrating on training if you've got time and money to waste with hair products," Noriko said, twirling a kunai around her finger.

"I was one of the best students in kunoichi classes!" Mei scowled. "It baffles the mind to think that you, the one with the highest grades, isn't practicing. You see, making sure I have no split ends and how my nails are painted is training. So don't accuse me of not training, idiot."

Naruto didn't say anything, mainly because he knew not to go against his sister, otherwise she'd get…downright terrifying. In his mind, he blamed Sasuke for going so hard against Noriko in training. After all, it looked like Noriko had more scrapes and bruises than Sasuke.

"It's all Sasuke's fault," Naruto blurted. His teammates glanced at him with mixed expressions. Sasuke glared at him.

"What is?" Sasuke asked.

"The way Noriko looks. What's she training so hard for anyway?" Naruto laid back down on the ground, staring up at the stars.

"Revenge," Sasuke said. "We both are. I don't expect you to understand."

"That's stupid. Just forget about revenge. It'll only ruin you and everyone else you know in the end. I don't want that," Mei said, her grey eyes glinting in the flickering flames.

"Then don't get too close. If you don't want to be caught in the crosshairs of my revenge, then stay away. You know what happens when people play with fire," Noriko said, getting face to face with Mei. Mei flinched and scowled at the girl with holes that seemed to peer into her soul and consume it.

"I…" Mei started. Noriko narrowed her eyes, challenging her to continue. "I won't let you continue in your revenge-stained path. You're my teammate, a member of Team 7. If you do reckless things because of your revenge, you'll end up getting me killed. Then all the money I use for hair products will really have gone to waste."

Noriko stared at her, shocked. Is she serious? She hadn't expected Mei to say something even mildly heartfelt, and to even insinuate flickers of friendship or caring was something that caught Noriko off guard, severely.

A small laugh escaped the Uchiha girl. Mei can't possibly be serious. It's impossible.

Mei frowned and was about to ask what was so funny but her words died in her throat when Noriko's eyes turned blood red and its single tomoe appeared.

"Try it. As I said before, you know what happens when people play with fire," Noriko said quietly, her voice sharp and her words dead serious but her thoughts teetering on the edge of uncertainty because feelings of friendship she didn't even know she longed for were surging up to the point where she didn't know what she'd do if it was to break free.

Thankfully, Sasuke grabbed Noriko's shoulder; successfully distracting her, and hauled her back to the tree they were leaning against. Sasuke glanced at Noriko's Sharingan and smirked as it faded to black.

Kakashi and Mei switched to take watch as the others slept. As Mei was keeping an eye out for anyone that could be lurking about, she stared at Noriko's face. Mei wasn't an expert at reading people but only having her brother around for comfort made her attentiveness, especially being one of two village pariahs, for facial expressions and feelings a bit more heightened than the average person. When she saw Noriko's face, she saw pain. She saw pent-up rage that could easily manifest itself into murderous punches or lethal jutsu or an accident with kunai around a downed teammate. There was a thin veil of hesitation, or perhaps reservation. What made Mei nervous was that the veil seemed to be diminishing rapidly.

When she looked at Sasuke, she got a stronger sense of hesitation from his expression. That made her feel somewhat at ease. Mei wanted to believe that Sasuke was strong enough to keep Noriko from drifting but she had a bad feeling that they were on their own island, drifting farther and farther away until you'd simply drown in the vast ocean between them if you tried to bring them back. She glanced at her brother, knowing he stuck fast to her. And, she knew he could swim.

End Flashback

So, Team 7 was beginning to have a rift. History was repeating itself once more and the Uzumaki and Uchiha were at war with one another, even if it was simply in the form of petty arguments. Kakashi sighed as he lay on his bed in his apartment, his book held above his face. He'd tried to read but the thoughts of his team breaking apart, just as his team had before was too distracting and nerve-racking and terrifying.

Five Days Later

All four members of Team 7 had arrived to take the Chuunin Exams. Mei had been reluctant, but Naruto had managed to convince her to participate.

Mei tilted her head, seeing a group of Genin crowded in front of a room with a sign that said '301' but no one was being let in.

"An illusion," Noriko said. "This isn't room 301, it's still the second floor. Undo the genjutsu."

The two proctors grinned and did so. "You're pretty good. But detecting it isn't enough."

One of the proctors suddenly had a kick aimed for the Uchiha girl, who went on the offensive and had a fist sailing towards the proctor. She still had her weights on so her speed wasn't anything special, but perhaps during the fighting part of the exam she'd raise a few brows.

Noriko's punch was stopped by a green spandex Genin: Lee. In one hand he caught her closed fist and the other caught the proctor's shin. Noriko's scream died in her throat, along with the notion that one isn't supposed to kill fellow Konoha nin.

Lee's eyes had turned into hearts as he kissed her hand.

"I love you, Uchiha Noriko! Please be my girlfriend and go out with me," Lee said. At this point, Sasuke had Lee in a chokehold. Noriko didn't even stop her brother from trying to kill Lee; maybe it would be better if he were gone. Lee's body twitched a couple times before Sasuke dropped him to the floor and his teammates poked him awake, confused.

"Are you okay?" Sasuke asked, his black eyes wide with concern. Noriko shook her head slowly and turned to make her way to room 301.

Team 7's four Genin were about to continue their journey up the stairs when a familiar voice called out. Team 7 turned around to see Lee, once more. Sasuke and Noriko glared murderously while Naruto and Mei were trying to stifle laughs. Noriko glared at Mei to shut her up which only served to backfire as hysterical laughter filled the air.

"Sasuke-kun, I would like to fight you," Lee said, jumping down and shifting into a taijutsu stance.

"No, I'll fight him. He's going to pay for that ridiculous proclamation," Noriko said, her single tomoe Sharingan blazing to life. Lee frowned.

"I don't want to fight you. Because I'll win and I don't want to hurt you," Lee said, apologetically.

"Shut up!" Noriko yelled and charged at Lee. A punch suddenly was sailing towards him. He caught her wrist and sent her flying, only for her to twist towards the ground and use the momentum to bounce right back at him. Lee blocked a kick coming from her and pushed her away using her own force. She came charging again and was forced to block when a kick was aimed towards her face. She guarded with her arms, but the kick still connected. She flew back and hit the ground hard a few times before stopping.

Gritting her teeth in pain, she shook as she pushed herself up.

"Noriko, I'll fight him. I don't like him either," Sasuke said, helping her up.

"Don't interfere," Noriko wheezed. Sasuke almost flinched at the coldness of her words. What's gotten into her?

"Noriko-san, I am very sorry I have hurt you. Please, do not fight me anymore," Lee said.

"Shut up, eyebrows," Sasuke snarled. "If she wants to fight you, then she's going to fight you." Noriko glared at Lee and took off her weights. She set them on the ground and was about to charge when a dog appeared.

"Hey, Uchiha. Kakashi said to go to the first Exam. Now, or he'll be forced to be interrupted from his book," a small pug with an apathetic expression on his face said.

Team 7 looked shocked and confused, while Lee simply looked almost awed.

"It…its talks…" Mei muttered, unable to tear her eyes away from the dog.

"It's looking…right at us, ttebayo," Naruto said.

Noriko and Sasuke were silenced simply by shock. They stared, unable to really comprehend what this was. The dog looked back, confused as to why they weren't moving and getting their asses to room 301.

"You're so cute!" Mei squealed and threw herself at the dog, capturing it in a hug. Noriko and Sasuke paled; Mei had really lost it. Naruto raised a finger in protest but was stopped when Mei had suddenly hugged the small dog.

"Lee, what is that? How can it talk?" Noriko glanced at Lee, her eyes turning emotionless, slowly.

"It must be Kakashi's animal summons," Lee said. "Gai-sensei has a summons as well; it's a turtle."

"Hn," the two Uchiha said and followed the dog's orders to room 301.

One Hour Later

The first Exam was over. Noriko and Sasuke shared a similar nod of relief and waited by the door for their slow teammates. The two Uzumaki looked winded simply from the whole ordeal. Well, something a bit scary like this Exam would be taxing for them. Noriko shrugged to Sasuke; they were just different.

All the Genin teams that passed were given a day to rest or to train up. Kakashi greeted them with his usual eye-smile, but without his usual orange book. Kakashi stuffed his hands in his pockets and as they were walking out, three other teams were waiting for them.

"We've been invited to Yakiniku Q," Kakashi explained, seeing the confused faces on his cute Genin.

"Who's paying?" Sasuke asked, eyeing Chouji, who simply ate his chips like he were a vacuum. He did not want to pick up the tab for the fatso. Chouji tilted his head at the Uchiha boy, as if to ask why he was staring at him.

"The Jounin sensei are," Asuma said, seeing Kakashi's denial. "Your respective Jounin sensei, that is."

There was a chill in the air for a moment. Kakashi seemed to stiffen at first but then eyed the two Uzumaki. They grinned devilishly, as if they knew just how to torture Kakashi. The sadder part was that they knew that the next installment of Icha Icha Paradise was coming out and if they managed to clean out the Jounin, assuming he had no savings, they'd be able to make him suffer more. Of about why Naruto and Mei wanted to bring such suffering upon their Jounin sensei was something perhaps Sasuke and Noriko wouldn't know.

Asuma's eyes had a glint of amusement, only to be crushed when Kakashi silently gestured with his eye to Chouji, oblivious. Asuma deflated a bit, leaving only Kurenai and Gai to gloat. Gai looked at his team, almost a bit worried if he was being overconfident, and he was. Lee was on his team, staring at Noriko as the group of seventeen shinobi walked towards the restaurant.

In the end, no Jounin could really claim they wouldn't be in danger of being cleaned out. However, the three Jounin would be able to gloat over Kakashi for having two vacuums.

As the meat and vegetables were cooking, the Genin were mostly silent, keeping to their own teams. The Jounin noticed, of course, but did nothing. It wasn't as if they were going to force their Genin to talk to their fellow peers.

"Noriko, marry me!" Lee abruptly said, his cheeks flushed and his eyes a bit droopy. The Genin froze and stared at the Uchiha girl, who sat emotionless. Lee looked a bit…off. Sasuke was the only one who knew what his sister was thinking: 'Please kill him before I do.'

Before Sasuke could even move a muscle, Lee had suddenly moved faster than Neji had ever seen him move and was making out with Noriko, who was truly trying her best to remove Lee from her.

Naruto and Kiba stared, unable to comprehend what had just happened. No, what is happening. Sasuke was suddenly the epicenter of murderous rage and killer intent. He ripped Lee off his sister and managed to throw the idiot back to his sensei. Noriko shook in Sasuke's arms, terrified. The other Genin had no desire to incite the anger of the Uchiha twins so nothing was said.

For a moment.

"N-noriko-chan," Naruto started. "Are you okay?"

"Does it look like she's okay, dobe?!" Sasuke whirled around to his blonde teammate, pure rage on his face. Naruto shrunk back a little.

"Was that her first kiss?" Kiba asked. Team 7 turned silent, Naruto covering his mouth to try not to laugh. Noriko slowly turned around to look at the dog and his owner. Akamaru promptly passed out simply from seeing the eerie grin on her face. Kiba's mouth twitched uncomfortably and then he found himself thrown out the window of the restaurant with a kunai jammed in his leg.

"Well?" Tenten looked at the younger girl expectantly.

"Yeah," Noriko said shortly.

"Doesn't seem like it," Tenten smirked. "Who was it?"

"There was no one," Noriko insisted.

Tenten held her hands up in mock defeat, still smirking. Mei and Noriko refused to look at one another. Kakashi glanced over and smirked under his mask. He supposed being a Genin at their age must be fun. Well, at least to the spectators.

About half an hour of silence passed until Kiba came back with stitches and bandages strewn around his body. Lee had managed to get over the alcohol in his system, partly because Gai made him drink thirty glasses of water. Presently, the two idiots were back at the table, still confused as to why Noriko wanted to kill them.

"Um, Noriko-san…?" Lee asked. "What…what's wrong?"

Hearing the question, Tenten, Mei, and Ino burst out laughing. The Jounin snickered a little, not affected in the slightest by Sasuke's murderous glances. Tenten, Ino, and Mei's fists hit the table as they laughed themselves sick.

Lee turned to Neji, helpless, seeing Noriko curl up behind Sasuke and melt into his shadow, something the two Uchiha were known to do.

"You kissed her," Neji hissed. "Sasuke is really protective of her so don't say anything else stupid!"

Lee nodded. "Noriko-san, now that we've kissed, will you go out with me?"

"Lee!" Neji said, horrified.

Noriko suddenly had her hands around Lee's throat, choking him for real. Gai and Kakashi looked up, amused. Kakashi separated the two, giving Lee a stern look. Kakashi was mildly protective of the Uchiha girl, who reminded him of his old self, just like Sasuke did as well. He didn't stop the kiss earlier since it was like a fantasy from Icha Icha Paradise. He clicked his tongue. Perhaps that was a rather sick notion. He shook it out of his head and turned back to talking with the other Jounin.

"Noriko-san, please, tell me what I can do to make it up to you!" Lee said, pleading.

"She's not going to answer any of your ridiculous questions, you asshole," Sasuke said, his eyes burning holes into the bowl-haircut Genin.

There were a few minutes of silence with Chouji's eating sounds filling the table. Noriko eventually came out of Sasuke's shadow and ate a few more slices of meat and large green slices. Lee wanted to say something to her but from the way Sasuke was eyeing him, he decided to keep quiet for a few more minutes.

Shikamaru sighed, muttering how the atmosphere was so tense and troublesome because of the troublesome Genin, especially Noriko. Asuma glanced at him, as if a conversation easily said with eye contact, and Shikamaru gave him an incredulous look followed by another mutter of 'troublesome'. Asuma shook his head in something akin to disappointment but said nothing.

Kakashi didn't have a book to drown out the tense atmosphere and his fellow Jounin's conversations, so he was forced to look bored throughout the entire meal. He was surprised, though, to see that the meal had gone over much better than he'd expected. He honestly thought that Naruto and Mei would create such a fuss over something (considering them it wasn't very hard at all), well, anything, that they'd be forced to leave. Not that Kakashi necessarily minded. He hated paying.

Still, he did notice the large spike in Noriko's and Sasuke's chakra level and anger. The anger was clear to see on their faces. Their chakra had changed a bit, though. It had a rather sharp edge to it. Kakashi inwardly sighed; that would mean more teamwork training for them after the Chuunin Exams. Also, their revenge posed a risk to the team. Kakashi narrowed his eye on the Uchiha. They'd be difficult and stubborn to give up their revenge. He glanced at the blondes. Perhaps, perhaps they'd get Noriko and Sasuke out of their stupors of revenge being their only goal in life.

Then, it was time for the Jounin to pay. The clerk looked especially amused at the Jounin, in particular when the Genin rushed out of the doors like a stampede of bulls. Kakashi sighed and coughed up enough money; glad he'd saved up for a few years now. He wouldn't be poor, unless this eating out thing was going to happen often.

He looked at the group of Genin and all he could see was hope. He sighed. They were lucky not to be born in a time of war. When he looked at them, all he could think about was Obito.

If only he knew that the rift in his team wasn't going to be where he had anticipated. And, just how quickly things were going to hasten in just a couple weeks.