The Uchiha Clan Survivors

Chapter 15 - Where We Belong

Sasuke paused in running as it began to rain.

"Strange weather..." He muttered. He was on his last lap around town...he'd head home, that way he would finish his training and get out of the rain at the same time.

He was running through the part of town that he used to live in, with his parents and a lot of other Uchihas. He saw the building he'd hidden behind when he'd first seen Satsuki, as she left with her mom. He rounded the building and suddenly heard laughter, talking, the rain had stopped.

All around him Sasuke could see people, people who had been dead for years. They were the Uchihas that had been walking around he day he'd first seen Satsuki..What was this? He could no longer feel the rain, see the dark clouds. He walked toward the building near the edge of the town. And Sasuke saw...Satsuki.

She was a younger version, the one who had left with her mother. Her mother was no where in sight, but she was wearing the same clothes as that day...Something about her seemed, magical...foreboding possibly. He took a step towards her and mini Satsuki turned to face him. He knelt in front of her.

"Hello. Were you waiting for me?" the girl asked. He nodded. "Yay! Let's play a game, okay?"

"Game?" he asked.

"Yep. Let's play tag!" she took off into the woods.

"Hey! Satsuki! Wait!" Sasuke took off after her.

He kept running, but Sasuke soon lost track of the girl. She was no where in sight.

"Satsuki? Satsuki! Where'd you go? Come back Satsuki!" he called, then he stopped running. "Why am I calling for the memory of someone who isn't coming back?" he asked himself. Sasuke began walking towards his house. The illusion like vision that had enveloped him disappeared, and the rain began to fall once again.

Sasuke got to his house 5 minutes later. He put his hand on the doorknob when he heard a noise. He went around back but didn't see anything. He turned to go in through the back and saw Satsuki's coat was hanging in the window.

"I forgot to put that up..." he muttered.

One footstep...two footsteps...someone was behind him...he turned around and saw her. The sound of the rain was dulled. Her hair was longer than the last time he had seen her, but her eyes were still the same. Just as deep, just as noble looking as ever. Was he imagining things? He'd imagined her returning before, why would now be any different?

She dropped her bag off her shoulder, it hit the ground with a small splash. Sasuki ran towards her half brother, crying. Before Sasuke knew what was happening, he was being hugged by her.

"Sat-" he began.

"I'm sorry Sasuke." she broke in. "I never should have left. I can't protect you from a distance. The uncertainty of whether you're still alive to protect...I don't want that anymore. I'll stay here okay? I'll protect you from here...I'll never forget..." she fell to the ground, bringing Sasuke down too. Now they were sitting on the ground, Satsuki hugging Sasuke.

"Satsuki." Sasuke said as the rain began to soften. "You'll never forget?" he asked.

"I heard...in my head. 'Never forget the past'...like a secret bond of some sort to the earth maybe...It helped me decide to come back..." she looked at his astonished face.

"I heard it the day you left." he muttered. She looked surprised, so Sasuke changed the subject. "I kept your jacket." he pointed to the jacket that was just out of the rains reach.

They went inside and Sasuke gave her the jacket. "Sasuke..." she mumbled, holding the jacket.

"You're a Uchiha. You have the headband of the Konohagakure village of Hidden in the Leaf. You are my sister. You've survived Itachi Uchiha. You deserve and must wear this jacket. Unless you don't want to were it in town, that's fine also." Sasuke said in a serious tone. Satsuki smiled.

"Thanks." 'You want me to know that I belong to your family. But you don't want others to know.' she thought as she put the jacket on. Satsuki smiled.

"Go take a shower and get changed. You're all wet with rain water." Sasuke ordered monotonously and went to sit in a chair with a book.

"Alright." she walked down the hallway and to the bathroom. "Huh?" next to the bathroom was a calendar, It hadn't been there last time she was here...

The day she left was marked on it, she saw this while flipping through it. The page fell down to reveal the current month. Her gaze fell upon a date two days from now and she gasped softly. Satsuki smiled a wide smile as she went to take a shower.

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Satsuki and Sasuke walked to the bridge together at 8 the next day. The rain had made everything muddy and smell funny. They sat at the bridge for a few hours in silence before Sakura showed up.

"Hey Sasu...ke? Satsuki! You're back!" Sakura hugged her friend. Satsuki smirked and Sakura's eyes widened. "What?" Sasuke looked over and Satsuki glared at Sakura, but then smiled.

"Did I hear the word Satsuki?" Naruto jumped up. "You're back!" he hugged her and got slapped. "Ow!" she leaned near his ear and hissed at him.

"Never, hug me." she hissed something else, and Naruto jumped back from her.

"What's going on?" Sasuke asked. Naruto jumped away from Sasuke too.

"Nothing! A-absolutely nothing...Don't hit me." he hid behind Sakura.

"Why are you hiding behind me?"

"Because Satsuki will hurt me too."

There was a poof as Kakashi appeared. "Morning! Ah, I see she's here today."

"What do you mean by that?" Sasuke asked in a dangerous voice. "You sound like you know something."

He smirked. "We sensed her chakra coming back to the city. She wasn't exactly hiding it." when he got worried looks from all of them he continued. "Don't worry. It wasn't spanning out. Just, flowing. It was like she was...sending a signal!" he used the idea to make an example.

"A signal?" Satsuki asked.

"Yep." he smiled. "Chakra signals can send out S.O.S. messages, messages to fellow ninja on your team, and more. I think you were focused fully on your trip back, so your chakra was sent out." he smiled wider, if you could tell from the mask.

"Ah..." Satsuki stared at Kakashi and focused on her thoughts. Kakashi blinked, then turned to everyone else.

"10 laps, then I'm taking you out to help Mrs. Rotu so hurry up." he ordered. All four of them began, but Kakashi grabbed Satsuki by the wrist. "Satsuki excluded sense it's her first day back." he smiled.

Sasuke glared at his sensei, expecting his perverted-ness. Satsuki gave him a look that said she could handle herself, wrenching her wrist from his grip. Sakura glanced worriedly from Satsuki to Kakashi, then nodded and ran off, knowing that Satsuki could handle herself by the look on her face. Naruto was already gone.

Sakura and Sasuke took off, Sasuke soon taking a bit of a lead on Sakura. Kakashi turned to Satsuki and smiled. "Great. You can send signals." he laughed a bit, then shut up.

"Are you done?" Satsuki asked.

"Yep." he nodded. "So, what did you want to talk about? Something about a calender?" She half nodded.

"Sasuke's birthday is tomorrow. I saw yesterday on the calender near his bathroom. I wanted to throw him a party, even if it's small, just the team. But we can't hold it at our house...hm...our house...sounds strange." she sat on the railing to the bridge.

Kakashi smiled at the simplicity. "Sounds like a great idea." he placed a hand on her shoulder. "You go train, I'll talk to Hokage."

"Hokage?" she asked, looking up at Kakashi.

"Mm-hm...I've got an idea." he then poofed away.

"Hmph, old man." she scoffed, but smiled and ran off.

Preview : "Where?"

"That cute little stable on the edge of town. They have horses, pigs, chickens, you name it." Satsuki smiled after swallowing her cereal.

"And you want me to meet you there today, why?" he asked. She just smiled.

"No reason. Who knows, I might have a surprise for you." she hinted, then stood up and went to leave. "See ya later B boy!" she then left.