The Uchiha Clan Survivors

Kodoku - Sorry about that. I hope this one is better than the last. Sorry for the late update, BLAME MY COMPUTER! It hates me...I just got online again today...

Vans - heh heh. Well, I can't say much to that. I hope you like this chapter.

Now that I look at it, a bit of this chapter is so cheezy...but at the time, I guess I thought it was great. Heh. Hope it doesn't suck too bad. Also, I hope Naruto doesn't act too stupid for your liking, at the time...I actually saw him as acting like this constantly...-sweatdrop-

Chapter 6 - A Secret Kept, Now Leaks Out

Satsuki was walking through town again. It was around noon, so she decided to go to the Ramen shop. She sat down, a man in a cloak sat at the opposite end. He was eating a bowl of plain ramen and what looked like a salad without anything on it. Satsuki stared at the counter until the owner came up and asked for her order.

She sighed. "I don't know...Chicken Ramen I guess..." her gaze didn't move much from the counter top.

"What's the matter? You found Sasuke didn't you?" He asked, making her ramen as he spoke. The cloaked man stopped eating, then continued slowly.

"No...I found him...you saw that." she was still looking at the counter, but she had noticed the man's pause. "It's just...I don't know. I was so happy, but for some reason, I feel so weak and ...unhappy now." she closed her eyes half-way, her right arm was on the table.

"Ah. Maybe you're tired. You did say you were from out of town. Were you traveling a lot?" he set down the ramen, she began to eat.

"Yes...I've been traveling a very...very long time. Since I was 6." the owner was surprised. "No...not really. I lived with my mom until I was 9, but we had left the village and traveled a far distance away to another town." She ate slowly. Her strange sadness started to ebb away, and she ate a bit faster.

He whistled. "Wow. I've lived here my whole life. Most people have. The Uchihas have...or, did. They were all-"

"Killed." Satsuki interrupted. "No, murdered. My mother died when I was 9 of a mysterious illness. After that, I came back here...or, I traveled and trained first, but I still came back."

"I don't mean to interfere...but how does the death of your mom mix into the conversation about the murder of the Uchiha clan?" the owner asked, sitting on his chair across from her as she finished. She looked up at him.

"It's a secret, so you can't tell." she smiled.

"Ok. I won't tell a soul." he got closer to her so she could whisper it to him.

"I'm a Uchiha too." she whispered in his ear.

"What?" he gasped. The man in the cloak got silently off the chair and ran off. Satsuki noticed this and glared in that direction for a moment. Then she decided that he had heard her, but wasn't going to tell anyone in town.(smart one) She would have gone after him but the owner caught her in conversation again.

"Wow. I thought Sasuke was the only one left. Are you sure?" he smirked.

"Yep. That's what my mom said to me before she died. I mean, I knew I was a Uchiha, but I didn't remember much about the rest of the clan. So she told me about my..." she leaned in a bit. "My half-brothers." she whispered.

"Oh! So that's why you were looking for him. Well, only Sasuke is left. So your other half brother is probably dead." he cleaned her bowl.

Satsuki glared at the table and balled her hands into fists. She got up, paid for the food, and left with a thanks. He didn't think anything of it.

-

Sasuke wiped the sweat from his forehead and took a deep breath. He looked around him. The trees had tons of marks on them now, some were laying on their sides, or bent. Throwing knives lay all around him. It was well past lunch now, and he hadn't had anything to eat since his breakfast with Satsuki. Hmm...with Satsuki. It sounded strange.

Speaking of which, where was Satsuki? He got his answer when some leaves rustled and he saw her shoot past through the trees. "Satsuki?" he asked, jumping into the nearest tree and following her.

She ran through the trees as if she were air almost. Sasuke had trouble keeping up. But he persisted and then...she stopped. It was sudden. She stopped, jumped down, and landed on the ground in a clearing. Sasuke stopped and looked down at her, keeping his chakra hidden.

He was surprised when he heard soft noises coming from her. She was laying halfway on the rock, her head in her arms. She was...crying...He nearly fell off the branch. Then she began to mumble to herself.

"Itachi..." this is when he nearly fell off again. "You bastard." he smirked. "How could you do it? They were your family..." she cried harder than ever. "And Sasuke..." Sasuke listened closer. "You left him alone..." she cried.

Sasuke jumped down quietly. She mumbled just a bit more. "But...I will not let you win...You won a battle, Sasuke will win the war. All I can do...is help him..." she cried. Her crying was replaced by silent tears and a gasp as Sasuke placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Satsuki..." he mumbled. She wiped away her tears.

"Oh...Sasuke. How long have you been there?" she was blushing slightly. "I was uh...well..." she looked down at the rock.

"It's ok. I was here the whole time." He said, looking away. She gasped softly again and blushed harder. "Thanks..." he took his hand off her shoulder and stood there, staring off in just some direction.

Satsuki stood up, grabbed Sasuke's hand, and led him off. She smiled softly and led him back to his house. "Take a break. Tomorrow, we train together."

"You just want to see how bad I can beat you." He mumbled in a amused sort of way. She just smiled.

-

That night, Satsuki and Sasuke had a small dinner, made of leftover-leftover chicken and some rice. Sasuke was about to go to bed when he remembered that Satsuki didn't have a bed.

"Hey." he called softly to her. She was still sitting at the table. She looked over at him. "T...Tomorrow...We'll get you an actual bed." he stuttered. She smiled softly.

"Ok. See you tomorrow." she got up, waved slightly, and went to get the bedding out of the closet. Sasuke went into his room.

"Hmm..." he looked around his room. "She'll have a bed...but what about a room?" his eyes were widened slightly at the thought. He shook his head, they'd figure it out tomorrow.

-

Satsuki got up first, took a bath, wrote a short note for Sasuke, and left. Sasuke woke up about 20 minutes later. He yawned, stretched, and got ready. When he found the note he didn't get it. He read it aloud to himself.

"Good morning Sasuke...I've gone out for a minute...I'll be back in about an hour...Signed, Satsuki Uchiha, 6:11 a.m." He yawned silently and threw the note out. "Ok. See ya later then..." he got some breakfast.

-

Satsuki walked through town, she had her hair up like Sasuke's again, and wore her hood like usual. That shadowy guy from yesterday was no longer here. She had a small bag with money in it. All the money she had earned and not spent while traveling.

She walked into a store and looked around. There were many types of food and other products. The walls were basically white or brown. It was small, but nice. She went down each of the few aisles, picking up some stuff. A toothbrush, toothpaste, a bottle of shampoo + conditioner, an outfit like Sakura's only darker, and a hair brush. She walked up to the check out and put her stuff down.

"Welcome." the cashier yawned. "A bit early isn't it? In fact, if it weren't for our 24/7 policy, I'd still be asleep instead of taking this early shift..." he seemed to be in a bad mood, but rang up her stuff without even looking at her. She paid, thanked him, and hurried off with the bag in her hand.

Naruto yawned and looked out his window. A hooded person ran past in the direction of Sasuke's house. He stared out his window for a minute, wondering who the heck was going in that direction. He had heard that someone had come into town yesterday...or the day before that...when was it again? Oh well, time for breakfast. He totally forgot about it after leaving his room to eat.

"I'm home!" Satsuki called as she opened the door and ran into the house with her bag. She laid the bag at the end of the couch, and looked around for Sasuke. He walked out of the bathroom, a smirk on his face.

"Well, time to see who's stronger." he said, walking towards the back door. It led straight into the forest, so they didn't have to take the long way. They started training as soon as they got to the clearing where Sasuke usually trained. It is around 7:30 a.m. when they started.

-

About 2 hours later. Two people jumped from opposite trees and met in midair. They landed with their backs to each other. One turned around, soon followed by the other. Then they both fell on their butts. They both wore basically the same thing, and had almost the same hair style. One looked girlier than the other.

The girlier one laid down on her back. "Whew...I'm bushed..." she sighed. The boy smirked, then fell back. Their clothing was covered with little rips every few centimeters.

"Your...shirt's left sleeve...is gone..." he mumbled. "You'll...need a new shirt..." he moved closer to the nearest tree and laid against it.

"It's alright..." Satsuki said softly, messing with what was left of her sleeve. "I bought a new outfit while I was out..." she was still laying on her back, staring at the sky. Sasuke laughed once.

"You're stronger than I thought you'd be." he wiped the sweat from his face.

"And what were you expecting? A girl who just sat on the side lines, watching the world go by?" she asked.

"Huh? No. Well, kinda." he laid his head against the tree.

"I do." she mumbled, barely audible. "I do watch the world go by...I've sat on the side lines my whole life." she sat up and looked around. Sasuke stared at her.

"Huh?" he didn't understand what she meant. She watched the world go by? She always seemed to be out there, taking life head on. Cracking leaves caught their attention as Naruto walked in.

"9:30! Breakfast is done and waiting time is over. Yep! I usually get up and out here earlier, but I kinda slept in." he said to no one in particular. He was lying, but he lied well. He then noticed them. "Whoa! Two Sasuke's? I can't handle this! I have enough trouble with one!" he started to freak out.

Satsuki laughed. Naruto stopped freaking out and stared at her. "Girl?" he mumbled. Satsuki stopped laughing.

"Of course." She said it like it was obvious. Naruto walked cautiously over to her and began to circle around her. She was still sitting down. "Um...what are you looking for?" she asked, watching him carefully.

"You...don't look like a girl. I mean, your clothing is so baggy. No one can even tell you have breasts." he said plainly. He then had a large red mark on his face and a footprint on his back. "Ow! You slapped me!" he yelled at Satsuki. "And you kicked me!" he yelled at Sasuke.

Sasuke ignored the yelling and leaned against the tree again. He had stood up to kick Naruto of course, so he was leaning against it, not laying against it. "Idiot..." he mumbled.

Satsuki was glaring at Naruto and had her hands across her chest as a girl wearing a thin bathing suit would. "Pervert." she muttered angrily, blushing. She stood up and walked over towards Sasuke.

"Well, you sure act like a girl when it comes to stuff like that." Naruto muttered. Satsuki went to slap him again but he ducked...ok, he tried dodging and fell down. "Geeze! Calm down!" he jumped a few times to get away from her.

"You deserve it!" she yelled. Her blush was gone and the glare was deeper than ever. "You know, they only guy my age that I've met that hasn't been like you...is Sasuke!" she turned around and walked off.

"You?" Naruto pointed to Sasuke. Sasuke kinda...glanced up at Naruto, then watched his half-sister walk off. Naruto laughed. "Oh yea, that's right. So many girls hang around you, and you don't even glance at them." He then had the biggest smile on. "Heh heh. Looks like you finally picked one." Sasuke glared.

"Shut up, idiot." he said shortly.

"I am not an idiot! Oh yea, why was her shirt missing a sleeve? And why were you out here alone?" he asked, dirty thoughts mixing in his head.

"Training. We were sparing." he answered shortly. Naruto's dirty thoughts evaporated.

"Oh." he seemed disappointed. "Well then! How about you and me spar?"

"No." Sasuke said coldly as he walked off. Naruto's jaw dropped 10 in.

"No? But why not? You'll spar with a girl but not with me?" he yelled after him.

"She's stronger than you!" Sasuke yelled back, then began to ignore him.

-

Satsuki was up in the trees, jumping from one to another. She still had on a glare.

"Pervert." she said. "Wait till I meet him again. Wait, what's his name?" she stopped jumping and sat down on a tree branch.

The wind picked up and blew a cold breeze everywhere. Leaves rustled and her left arm began to get cold.

"I should get back and change this shirt." she said softly, jumping down and heading off towards Sasuke's.

-

"Master!" cried a man with a raspy voice.

"Hmm?" asked a man sitting in the shadows. He sat on a large chair, holding a glass. The glass was filled with a strange dark liquid.

"I hear of many strange things while in town yesterday." he said. The smaller man was nearly laying on the ground.

"Hmm? What kind of...strange things? I believe you were in Konohagakure village, yes?" he asked, leaning forward slightly, but still in shadows.

"Yes master. I in Kono...haga-kure village." he stuttered. "many strange things going and coming there." he looked shiftily around the room.

"Hmm..." the taller man said with amusement. He leaned back in his chair. "Explain, Goshi." he twiddled with the glass in his hand, nearly tipping it over.

"I at ramen booth when kid dressed in black come up and order. They is speaking to ramen shop owner guy. You say you only Uchiha left sides brother yes?" he seemed very nervous. "This person say they Uchiha too!"

"What?" he stopped twiddling his glass and glared at Goshi. "What is this Goshi? Some kind of game?"

"No master sir! Never! I eating when they is whispering to owner. Say they is Uchiha!" he groveled.

"Hmm...But I killed all the Uchiha..." he took a sip of his drink. Goshi began explaining himself.

"I would have taken them there and then. But you is saying that Uchiha were strongest ninja. But you stronger! So me come back to see what you think." he said in a scared voice. The man hadn't even listened to the explanation.

"How could this...Child have escaped me when so many others died by my hands?" he muttered to himself. Goshi jumped a the chance to be of service.

"They is saying they was traveling sir!" he got the man's attention. "They says they traveled with mother sir! Saying when mother died they come to find brothers!" He gasped when the man threw his cup down and it shattered on the hard floor.

"Brothers?" he stood up. "Who is this person? Goshi! How did you get this information?"

"Me is eating ramen sir! They is talking very much to owner of ramen shop! Whispering in his ear. Many things going on, talking in quiet voices...I hear of Uchiha and leave, then come back to hear more. Make sure there is no mistake. They is saying they is sibling. Very talkative when no one around..." he snickered, then flinched backwards as the other man began to talk.

"This is inconceivable. How? Show me Goshi!" he jumped down from his chair's spot atop 4 stairs. He has black hair, red eyes, and a look of pure evil.

Preview : "You look like..." he started. Satsuki blushed slightly. "A girl..." she glared at him.

"Of course I look like a girl! I am a girl!" she yelled, punching the table right next to her plate. The table shook.