The Uchiha Clan Survivors

Kodoku - Heh heh, so much for fast updating. In full truth, I forgot to update this story. -sweatdrop- I hope you like this chapter.

Magick Kiss - I know...And it will definitely seem as such at points in the story...

Vans - Sorry for not updating. I'm glad we cleared that up. I hope you like this chapter to. But it's not as...'dramaful' as the last one I don't think.

Chapter 4 - Sakura Encounter

Sasuke woke up and it took a moment to remember. But in truth, had it all been a dream? That he had a sister? He stood up, got dressed, and opened his bedroom door slowly. He looked around, not expecting to see anything. He couldn't see anyone...the hope he had when he slept dispersed.

His gaze fell slowly on the edge of a quilt, laying off the couch. He slowly walked over to it, his heart rising in his chest. His eyes saw the peaceful face of a girl. She wore the clothes from yesterday, but she now wore a smaller black shirt.

Sasuke put his hand out as if to touch her face. But it moved instead to her hair. He ran his fingers through her black waves, enjoying the moment. He really had a sister. This fact lightened his heart and the world seemed better in the smallest way.

He was surprised when Satsuki lightly grabbed his wrist and hugged it to her in her sleep. He had to sit down so not to either break his wrist or violently wake her up. He was about to pull his hand away when he realized that he could feel her heart beat from where his hand was near her Pulse Point. It was steady and was like a slow dance that he would be avoiding. After a few minutes he slowly removed his hand from her grip. Her hand held his as he pulled away and only when her fingers no longer touched his hand did she pull her hand back in.

Sasuke sighed. This was very unlike him. Usually he would have probably shook her up and kicked her out. He stared out the far window at the slowly rising sun and smirked. He then turned, with his hands in his pockets, and headed to make some breakfast...for two. He shook his head, made it sound like he was married or something. But...it was nice to know he wasn't alone...

Satsuki woke to the smell of bacon, eggs, and leftover chicken from dinner. She yawned silently and opened her eyes as she stretched. She turned her head and saw that Sasuke was making breakfast. She was so happy. Satsuki was no longer alone. She no longer needed to walk around endlessly without a destination. She had a brother, a home. Or, she hoped it would be a home.

She sat up and moved the covers. She silently folded them and laid them at the end of the couch. Afterwards, Satsuki pulled her day shirt overtop of her night shirt and stood up. She headed for the bathroom. After using the bathroom, washing up, and swishing her mouth out as best as possible until she could go buy a toothbrush, hers was old and needed replacing, she headed out to the kitchen just as Sasuke took the bacon and others off the stove.

"Oh! You're...awake." he said, startled. She smiled, he wasn't used to there being another person in his house.

"Good morning Sasuke-san." She said brightly, not in the least bit tired. "I overslept." After a strange look from Sasuke she explained. "Usually I am up before the sun. Watching the sun rise is a wonderful thing." As she took a bite of her breakfast Satsuki looked to the window where the sun had already crept above the horizon line enough to light the area.

Although a bit surprised by her politeness in addressing him, Sasuke continued as if he hadn't heard it. "So. Do you plan on staying here the whole time, or are you going to go get a room at the inn?" he asked. Part of him wondered why he had asked, it wasn't like he cared. But the other part of him was hoping she would stay.

"Well..." she held her fork in a downwards position as she curved her hand and put her chin on the back of her hand. "I thought about it. And I was hoping I could stay here." When Sasuke stopped eating, like last night, she added, "Oh, but if you don't want me to, I can always go to the Inn..." she began eating faster than usual.

"No..." Sasuke mumbled, running a hand through his hair. He wasn't used to this. "I didn't mean anything by that..." he sighed and made a noise that said he was becoming frustrated. "It's just...I've never even cared if anyone was living here or not. If you want you can stay here, just do what you want. Besides..." he ate a little before continuing. "You don't exactly look like you have money enough to live at the Inn for more than an hour." he pointed an accusing fork at her.

"Well, I guess...I did spend my money before I got here...I'll have to find some way to earn money..." she finished eating and cleaned up her plate as Sasuke finished. "I'm going out. I'll be back later, I think I'll go meet Lord Hokage...I had been meaning to talk to him yesterday." He watched as she put her hair up in the fashion that made her look like him and then walked outside. Sasuke sighed and cleaned up his plate.

'I'll have to ask her why she puts her hair up like that some day...' he thought as he left to the forest to train.
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The day before yesterday - 7:46 p.m.

"Lord Hokage!" Kakashi said, entering the Hokage's office.

"So. She has arrived." he said, lighting his pipe.

"Yes sir. What do we do now?" he asked. Hokage shrugged as if he knew but didn't care.

"Let her be I guess...No use putting it off." he said in a slightly mystic voice.

"Lord Hokage? You seem...to know more than you're telling." Kakashi inferred. Again, Hokage shrugged.

"I always seem that way to people." Now his voice sounded slightly strained as he leaned back a bit in his chair. "But we do not have right to place ourselves in between in a matter of heart." he smirked at Kakashi.

"I understand, and I agree. So, I shall let her find him?" Kakashi asked.

"If she can find him, then let her find him. This is her journey. She chose to walk this path, and now she will follow it until it ends, or turns down another." he said, staring solemnly at the ceiling. Kakashi bowed and disappeared.- - - — — —
Today

Satsuki walked down the street. She had pulled at the back of her shirt/jacket and unfurled a hood. She then had placed it on her head, and entered town. No one seemed happy about her being here yesterday, and all the girls were angry.

'Sasuke is popular among the ladies...he must've thought me to be just another boy crazy fan...maybe he still thinks of me that way...' she shook her head to rid herself of the thoughts. Then she heard a yell.

"Stop right there!" Satsuki turned around to see a pink haired girl with a slightly large forehead pointing to her. She walked closer to Satsuki, and was shaking with anger. "You..." she said through gritted teeth when she reached arms length of Satsuki.

"Me." she said, letting her hood drop. None of the girls were in sight except Sakura, so she figured it was safe. When she dropped her hood, Sakura stopped and stared.

"You...you...it's not you..." she said, then shook her head. "Yes it is! You're the girl from yesterday that was holding tight to my Sasuke-kun!" she yelled, pointing again.

"I'm not denying that I was holding Sasuke's arm yesterday. I do not doubt that you, as well as all other girls in the village, have a crush on Sasuke. But I do not remember Sasuke-san saying anything about having a girlfriend." Satsuki said, her expression betraying no emotion.

Sakura had heard nothing past 'Sasuke-san' and burst. "Why are you so friendly with him? Why do you call him -san? Who do you think you are huh? Argh! If I stay here any longer I'll kill someone!" she yelled, turning and walking off. She then turned around and punched at Satsuki, who caught her fist. "Huh?" she asked, surprised.

Satsuki's face showed a bit of annoyance. "If you want to fight, I advise you to get a little stronger first. This punch has nothing behind it. No chakra, or fighting will. All you have now is anger, and while that is a powerful tool, you need more than that to win a battle. Control your emotions towards Sasuke-san, and then come back to face me." she threw Sakura's fist to the side, turned, and continued walking towards Hokage's.

Sakura was now sitting on the ground, Satsuki had thrown her fist away, and it had unbalanced her, knocking her to the ground. Now she sat, staring after the ygirl as she put her hood back up. "Who...who is she?" she asked herself. 'Wasn't she my age? She's so powerful...'

Inner Sakura - Curled into a ball, rocking back and forth, "Am I really so weak? Sasuke-kun would like her better I suppose..." shakes self,"No way! Sasuke-kun could never like someone stronger than he was!"

Regular Sakura. "Maybe that's why...when we were climbing trees...he wasn't impressed..." she stood up, brushed herself off, and hoped no one had seen that.

Kakashi looked on from the bushes. "Hokage was right, this will be interesting. My students may have their work cut out for them..."

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Preview : She nodded, "Hokage-sama, who murdered my family?"

"Ah. You believe it was done by another clan! No, it was done by a Uchiha." He looked like he would laugh.

"What? That would mean Sasuke...no, he's the only survivor. But that would be a reason why...Hokage-sama! Please explain!" she stood up.