The Uchiha Clan Survivors
Kodoku - Hello! I don't like most OC's either...they just kinda...screw things up, huh? -small smile- I'm glad you like my story though! Thanks for your review and I hope it stays good enough that you'll keep reading.
Vans - -ahem- Uh...Vans...dear...DUH! Of COURSE I know Itachi killed them! -calm- Hokage-sama tells Kakashi that Itachi didn't know them, so he didn't kill them. Also, I meant that I didn't know the whole story...like...Sasuke's role really, and how Itachi killed them, or the real reason why...ya know? Anyway, I hope this chapter is good.
Pink-Kitty - Thank You! I'm so glad you liked it! I know her age is one year less than Itachi when he passed, which will be noted later, but unfortunately...she hasn't been back to the village since then so no...she's not Jounin level...sadly still thought of as Genin...-sigh- um...also...Sharingan...I uh...when I wrote this story...I mentioned my lack of knowledge last chapter...thankfully I know now but...when I wrote this...-pause- Ididn'tknowaboutSharingansonoshewon'tbeusingitinmystory! -takes a deep breath- hope you don't mind...but I don't think I could go back and make the Uchiha's use it in this story...I'm not so talented...
P.S. To all people checking this thing looking for my excuses...THAT is the reason Of Blue and Silver Hair isn't up yet. -contemplating pose- Yes, my mother bought me the first 5 dvds of Gundam SEED but my first version was so screwed up...it'll take me awhile to fix it...and my laziness...
Ok, enough of this! I'll let you read now!
Chapter 2 - Search for Truth and Companionship
She walked along the edge of town, not yet entering it. She watched how fun and happy everyone looked, but none of them were of the Uchiha blood line. 'I can just tell...' she thought. The rumors must've been true, a young assassin had come and killed everyone off, when she was nine. Satsuki sighed, sitting behind a house on the edge of town.
A little ways away she could hear the kids laughing and playing ninja. The Uchiha's never played ninja, they were ninja. 'I've looked this whole town over, I still haven't seen him. Is it possible that he left before I got here? Did I arrive to late?' She looked up, the sky was darkening, and usually she didn't sleep till midnight or later, but she decided to get up early and ask the Hokage. So she went to sleep.
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"Hello?" Satsuki called into the darkness that now surrounded her. Something about this place was making her tense up, but it felt familiar too. Laughter filled her ears, her head, her heart. It was cruel and unforgiving.
"Die!" Said an evil voice, then came the screams of many people. Women, children, men, screams filled her head. Satsuki covered her ears and closed her eyes. She wish it to stop, and suddenly, everything became eerily quiet.
"Foolish little brother. If you want to kill me, then hate, spite, and survive pathetically." He said. She heard the whimpers on a small boy, then they stopped and he yelled. It was full of anger, sadness, loneliness...
As she opened her eyes she now saw the floor covered in blood, corpses laid everywhere, and a boy was crouched near a female.'His mother...' Satsuki thought. "I've never met him." Her words echoed around her, though she hadn't spoken.
Everything went black, everything was gone. Except the silent tears of a boy she never knew. It seemed she was standing in the middle of a lake on the surface of the water, the lake made of tears and cries of sadness from people who suffered echoed softly around the water, making ripples.
The cries slowed and dimmed, until they were no more. But the ripples continues, as if invisible feet were walking on the water towards her. A voice resounded as they came closer. "I've never met him." her words echoed again. Then her voice, but more evil, sounded and Satsuki's gaze fell upon the rippling water.
"You've never met him." the invisible female said. Semi-transparent feet appeared, followed by the body. She wore a long black dress that looked as if a 5 year old had snipped the bottom and had no real sleeves. Her hair hung to her shoulders and her black pool eyes showed hate beyond all else.
"If you've never met him, or seen him, how do you expect to find him?" she said, her mouth not moving.
Satsuki tried speaking, but no words came out. "You are so slow." said the voice, the girl's mouth still did not move, but she made movements as if she were talking. "Your voice is not present here, only your thoughts. Speak with them, instead of with your mouth or fists." Satsuki glared.
"Who are you?" she thought, her voice now echoing in the dark.
"Me? I'm you. Or, somewhat." she started walking, making the same ripples as before. Satsuki noted that if she let her hair down from it's boyish look, that her hair would indeed be that long. And if she wore that dress and shown that hate, then they would be twins.
"How?" Was all she asked.
"You. Your stupidity. You fell asleep, thinking you would find your half brother, our half brother. Yet you have no clue where to start." Shadow Satsuki said. She raised her hands and the voices of villagers filled the area.
"Did you hear? The Uchiha clan was killed!" "No, I heard there was one survivor." "Yea, a 9 year old kid." "I kinda feel sorry for him." "I hear some assassin killed them off, 13 years old!" "I guess they weren't that strong" "Are you nuts? They were a great family, known for a great distance." "Yea, this kid's gotta be a super mutant ninja or something." "You idiot, he was trained well." "Well, I hear he was a Uchiha himself." "No way!" "Yea, killed everyone but that little kid. I suppose he wanted someone around to feel the pain." "Poor boy. Orphan now I suppose?" "Yep."
"The rumors." Satsuki whisper thought.
"Yes, they traveled almost as fast as you. Strangely, I think your dying mother was trying to outrun them. So were you." Shadow Satsuki taunted.
"Shut up. I was not running away. I'm a strong ninja. I've trained in almost every place I've been, never really becoming a ninja. I could beat anyone." Satsuki said, trying to stay calm.
"Anyone? How about me?" Shadow Satsuki challenged, Satsuki accepted. They fought for what seemed like forever. "You can't beat me Satsuki! I'm you! I know every one of your moves!" S. S. (Shadow Satsuki) yelled, her voice echoing loudly.
"You may know my moves..." Satsuki hit S.S. in the gut, making her pause, then hit her in the back of the neck. S. S. was now sprawled on the surface of the water, only giving off small ripples. "But you're not me. I told you, I'm going to find Sasuke, and I meant it. No one, not even me, is going to stop me."
Shadow Satsuki looked up at Satsuki before her head fell and she sunk beneath the water. Satsuki fell down into a sitting position and closed her eyes. She then heard birds chirping and some whispered boys' voices.
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"You think he's dead?" a boy with short black hair asked.
"Who knows." said one of his friends, a female.
"Hey looks like 'the man,' doesn't he?" Konohamaru said, examining Satsuki. She moaned as she began waking up.
"Ah!" the smaller boy with the stick jumped back in surprise. Satsuki opened her eyes. "Hey! It's a...girl!" he cried.
She glared. "Who are you?" she asked. Konohamaru, though scared out of his wits, stepped up to answer.
"I am Konohamaru! These are my friends! We follow 'the man!'" he declared. She stood up, Konohamaru shrank. She seemed so much taller than him now.
"Who's the man?" she asked.
"That's none...none of your business lady." Konohamaru said before ordering a retreat and running. His friends stared for a second and then ran after Konohamaru, screaming. Satsuki covered her ears.
"Man, their loud..." she muttered before walking towards the Hokage's place. She noticed that her headband had fallen down and wasn't visual anymore. Which was probably why they were afraid of her. She pulled it around the front but didn't put it on.
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Sasuke had this weird feeling since yesterday night. Like someone or something from his dreams, or nightmares, had come out. He was standing in his room, back to the window, he got that feeling again as a girl passed by and so he turned around.
But, like the last time he did this, no one was there. The girl had passed out of view before he could turn around. He walked to the window and looked out, he saw the center of town a little ways away, and a figure dressed in dark colors walking towards the Hokage's office. His worst fears seemingly realized, Sasuke grabbed his coat (for today was unusually cold), some shoes, and headed out.
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Satsuki had not turned around when she felt something. But she thought for a moment that a Uchiha blood relative had been nearby. She wasn't sure, so she kept on her path. Soon she reached the building and knocked on the door, she was greeted well and when she asked to see Lord Hokage the secretary Lady had her take a seat.
Sasuke stood outside near a tree, if this was Itachi, why wasn't he killing everyone and getting it over with. He hadn't seen the front side of his "prey" but he was almost positive that their name was Uchiha. (not exactly wrong is he?)
Satsuki sat in the room for what seemed like hours, but the clock said that it had only been thirty minutes, when a man with black hair that looked like he was boasting about being the emperors right hand man walked in.
"Are you the one who wished to see the Lord Hokage?" he asked.
"Yes." she nodded. She had taken her hair down after sitting there for ten minutes so it now hung to her shoulders, how she kept it up without the appearance of a hair tie is beyond anyone's knowledge.
"Name?" he asked.
"Satsuki."
"Last Name." he corrected.
"Oh. Uchiha."
"Uchiha? Don't joke around girl. I don't have time for these pranks. Get out of here!"
"But..."
"I'm serious. Don't make me call in Lord Hokage."
"I understand. Good day." and she walked out of the door. Wait, wasn't her intention to see the Lord Hokage? Oh well, she walked past the secretary, giving her a smile, before somehow putting her hair back up like before and opening the door.
Sasuke was about to fall asleep, or bust in to see if everyone was dead, when the door opened. He jumped up and looked around. Coming out of the door was...him? Wait, no. This person's clothing was different, and their eyes...He was snapped out of it when they looked in his direction. Sasuke hid quickly behind a tree and they kept walking.
As they left Sasuke's breathing became ragged. Someone was here that looked like him. Was it a new plan to ruin his life even more? (maybe. heh heh) He jumped from behind the tree and into town.
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Satsuki remembered how she felt someone's chakra. She had turned her head and looked, and they had hidden. They were worried, scared almost. Could it have been her half brother? Was he surprised to see another Uchiha? This thinking made her hungry. Satsuki walked into the ramen shop and took down her hair.
"Hungry? What'll you have?" The owner asked.
"Just some ramen." she said softly. He got her a bowl and she began eating it.
"I haven't seen you around here before. You a visitor?" He asked.
"Yea..." she said softly.
"Something seems to be bothering you. What's wrong kid?" he asked.
She sighed. "I came here looking for someone. But I can't find them. I've tried asking the Lord Hokage, but his pompous assistant stopped me." The owner shook his head.
"Don't mind him, he thinks he rules the world. If Hokage the Third had been there, he would've gladly spoken with you."
"So, he wasn't there?"
"I'd guess not. Who are you looking for anyway?" He asked, giving her a cup of soda and taking up her bowl.
"Uchiha, Uchiha Sasuke." She said, drinking her soda.
He wasn't phased. "Oh, well. His house is at the edge of town, but he doesn't like to be bothered. You'd probably have a better chance if you tried-"
But the soda then fell to the counter. "He actually lives here? He didn't leave?"
"Uh...no...he didn't move." He said. She seemed really happy.
"For a moment I thought he'd moved away before we got a chance to talk."
"Ok, try the forest. He's usually training east of town." He said. Just as the words left his mouth she was gone.
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Sasuke was in the forest, he had long since given up trying to train. The fact that there was someone who looked just like him kept popping into his head and he couldn't concentrate.'If they're an assassin, they're taking their sweet time killing me...' he thought.
Sasuke found himself staring at the sky, watching clouds go by. He didn't hear the soft stealthy footsteps approach, or see the girl as she put her hair back up.'Don't let him underestimate you.' she said to herself.
"I was told I'd find you here training." she said. Sasuke's head snapped down and stared at the person that looked like him. Her head was a little down, so the eyes weren't visible. "Not lounging around."
Sasuke jumped down from his low tree branch seat and got a defensive pose. "You are Uchiha Sasuke, right?" she seemed to be having trouble talking.
"Yes, why?" He answered. She lifted her head, eyes brimming with tears. He was surprised, dropping his guard. She ran up to him, hair falling down and tears falling from her eyes, hugging him, which nearly knocked him over.
Sasuke was now surprised well beyond his normal, preset limits and his head hurt. "Who?" he managed to get out. Satsuki raised her head and looked up at him.
"I'm Satsuki. And as far as all information goes, you're my brother." she said, standing up.
"What?" Sasuke's head still hurt.
"Well, half brother anyway. I've been looking for you for awhile." she seemed pretty happy. "Come on, let's go into town." she grabbed his arm and made him walk. Sasuke began walking on his own.
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Sasuke was walking through town with Satsuki. He was trying to keep a low profile like usual but it seemed every girl in town that had a crush on him (that means every girl!) was glaring in his direction. Why? Because Satsuki was clinging to his arm and he didn't seem to mind.
Sakura walked out of a store, a bag in her hand. "I'm sure Sasuke will like...this?" she saw Satsuki clinging to Sasuke, Sasuke just walking and blushing, and dropped the bag. She fell to her knees and looked about to cry. Inner Sakura, "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? Lemme at 'er lemme at 'er!"
They walked quickly past everyone and when they walked past the ramen shop the guy stuck his head out. "Found him I see."
"Yep! Thanks a lot!" and they kept walking. They soon got to Sasuke's house where Sasuke then pried Satsuki off his arm.
"Stop clinging to me." he said shortly.
"What's wrong?" she asked, not clinging anymore.
"Wrong? I still don't believe we're related, that's what's wrong. My entire family was killed when I was nine. And now you appear claiming to be my half sister." he refrained from yelling.
"I am. I am of the Uchiha bloodline!" she yelled. Sasuke didn't look as if he believed her and went inside. She followed him.
"Go home." he said shortly.
"I can't."
"Why not?"
"Because I don't have a home." she said slowly.
"What?" Sasuke turned around to look at her. She did look like him...No! Stop thinking like that! "What do you mean? Why don't you have a home?"
"Konohagakure is the closest thing I've ever had to a home. My mother...and your mother too, they were cheated by our father. When my mom found out, she packed our things and we left the village. When she died three years ago, she told me I had family elsewhere. I couldn't really remember more than brief glimpses of the elders and other kids. She said I'd feel like I was the only one, but that I had a brother, two half brothers actually." Sasuke grimaced. "So, I traveled and trained. When I heard rumors that the Uchiha clan had been murdered and that you were the only survivor..."
"You came looking." Sasuke finished. "Well, that would explain why you're alive. But my entire family was made of Konohagakure ninja. If you left, then you're not a ninja, or at least not one from Konohagakure village. You'll have to pass the test before I'll acknowledge you." he said, looking for something to eat. Satsuki smiled.
"Great"
"What?" Sasuke was confused. He brought out some leftover chicken.
"You see, I wanted to be a ninja that represented my hometown, so when mom said we were leaving soon...I practiced till I nearly killed myself. Mom saw how important it was to me, so she waited before leaving. I took the test..." Satsuki reached in her shirt and took out her headband. She smiled. Sasuke nearly dropped the chicken. He sighed and cooked it.
"Fine, you're my sister." When it was done heating up he took it out. He paused just as he took it out and, glancing over to Satsuki, asked "Dinner?" She nodded and they ate.
"So..." Satsuki said during dinner.
"What?" Sasuke asked, not looking up.
"Well, you see...I don't...have a place to stay..." Sasuke stopped eating and looked up slightly to look at her. "I was wondering if I could stay here?" she asked. Sasuke finished eating, cleaned up his plate, and headed for his room. Satsuki looked sadly after him.
"I don't care..." was barely audible as he closed the door behind him. She smiled and cleaned up her plate. Satsuki got out some extra covers, which she was amazed he had, and laid down on the couch.
'Now I've met him.'
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