Okay so i dont own anything naruto! except kohaku.

Naruto was glad to be back in the village that he loved. The blond haired boy was ginning because his 0visit to see Gaara the Kazekage had gone really well. Gaara was way easier to tease now that his seal was fixed. He even shot his own jabs at me! Naruto gave a little chuckle. Now he was on his way to see Tsunade to talk about his jokes he pulled. The blond wondered if anything interesting had happened when he was gone, but he doubted it. The village was pretty boring when nothing dangerous was going on.

Naruto made it to the Hokage Tower in only 20 minutes, and walked up to Tsunade's Office.

"Hey Granny, I'm back and you'll never believe the jokes I played on Gaara. Haha… Uh why are you giving me that look?" Naruto's grin slowly left his face as he stared at Tsunade's stern eyes. The woman just continued to gaze at Naruto with a thoughtful look. Finally after a long sigh she sat up straight and moved a couple papers from her desk. Narito sat down when he heard the sigh scared that he was going to get a lecture about pranking people.

"Naruto, I have great news for you, though you might not really believe me, but it's true all the same."

Naruto stopped looking guilty and sat up quickly and focused on the Hokage.

"2 weeks ago I sent Kiba Inuzuka on a recon mission. We got word on Orochimaru's first base that was said to be abandoned, Kiba went to make sure it really was, but aside from 5 sad excuses for guards there was no one there."

"Uh, what does that have to do with me?"

"IF you would let me finish," Tsunade gave a faint glare that caused Naruto to stiffen. "As I was saying, Kiba was almost done when Akamaru caught faint traces of familiar Chakra patterns. Yours and Sakura's to be specific." Naruto's brow lifted in a confused expression.

"No, they didn't belong to you or Sakura, but a different girl. She was in that hidden base for 16 years straight. The interesting part thou is who she is, though I know you don't know who she is. She has strong bonds with you and Sakura," Tsunade gave a knowing look to the bewildered boy. "She is your elder cousin, as well as Sakura's."

Naruto sat there with a glazed look in his eye. Cousin? He has a Cousin? Family that was her in the physical world. He couldn't believe it, after meeting his father and mother only in his mind; he never thought he would have more family. His mind just couldn't grasp it.

"You must be in shock. She's related to you through your mother's side, almost looks exactly like her. Currently she is living with her other cousin." Naruto looked up in surprise. "Didn't I say that she had Chakra similar to you AND Sakura? The girl's father is Sakura's elder brother. Kohaku, that's her name, is currently living with Sakura now. I'm pretty sure you can go catch them at their home." Tsunade explained with a small grin. Naruto just nodded numbly and slowly walked out of the door.

Sakura was just finishing the light dinner for her and Kohaku. They had finished getting her some extra stuff that they hadn't got earlier that week. The pink haired girl turned off her stove and brought the pan of ramen, yes ramen to the table. The bowls were just placed on the table when a knock came to her door.

"Come in!" She yelled; she knew it was Naruto cause of the way he knocked. Guess he finally got back from the Sand Village.

"Sakura! Sakura! Tsunade told me a crazy story about some girl that was related to us and how she looked like my mom and she was living with you and Kiba found her brought her back and I don't know if I believe it or not!" Naruto's hands had found his way to his blond hair and were pulling it from his head.

"Naruto calm down, and take a breath." The pink haired girl put her hands on his shoulders and gently pushed him onto the living room couch. At that moment the room that Naruto knew to be the guest room opened and… his mom stepped out?

"Naruto? Naruto! Snap out of it." The blond gave a fierce head shake to get the dazed look off his face. The boy looked from Sakura's face to the girl that looked like his mom. Well now that he was paying more attention, she only looked slightly like her. Wow, he still couldn't believe that this girl was his cousin. His… cousin? He didn't think he would ever get used to that.

The older girl walked over to the front of the couch and slowly brought a hand up to Naruto's cheek. The boy was slightly startled but slowly relaxed under the touch.

"Naruto. I know you don't know me that well, and I've heard about all that you went through when you were younger. I hope that soon you can accept me and we can be close like we were supposed to be, and Sakura too. Thou I wonder why my parents never told me about you." She questioned as she turned to the pink haired girl. Said girl just shrugged with a small smile on her face. "If you guys have any questions for me, I'll be happy to answer any of them." Kohaku sat down on the left side of Sakura's long couch.

"I have a question." Sakura peeped as she sat on the right side, placing Naruto in the middle. Kohaku turned to her giving her a smile. "I know you told me that you were meant to come to Konoha when you were only two, but why didn't your parents come with you. Why were you going to live in the village by yourself at that young of age?"

Kohaku gave a small chuckle. "Well, Aunt Aki didn't really approve of my parents getting together- Hey Naruto." Kohaku leaned in to whisper in Naruto's ear. "Does Sakura know of the illegal thing about you?" The blond's eyes grew wide, but then he nodded his head. Sakura just gave them a confused look. "Okay then, Aunt Aki didn't approve of Father going out with the sister of the Kyubi container." The younger girl gave a knowing look. "She despised Aunt Kushina, thou I'm not too sure why, but because of it Father and Mother separated from the villages to live in the Tea Village. They didn't want to get in a confrontation with Auntie back then."

"Why I came thou, I was meant to be the Kyubi Container." Both Naruto and Sakura gave startled looks. "When Mito-sama was pregnant, the Kyubi almost escaped. Aunt Kushina asked me to come, just in case the Kyubi broke free when she was delivering. I didn't make it though, because Orochimaru got word of my departure somehow." Kohaku turned away from the two. "I'm sorry Naruto, because I wasn't there, you became the new Container. It's my fault your childhood was ruined."

Naruto was shocked. His hand had unconsciously gone to rest on his seal. "It's okay." Kohaku turned to the boy. Naruto just grasped his jacket. "I wouldn't have wanted you to have to deal with this burden. You are not to blame. That snake Orochimaru is." Naruto started to glare at the coffee table in front of him.

The three cousins just sat in silence. The ramen was lukewarm right now and probably wouldn't have tasted good. Sakura interrupted the silence by turning towards Kohaku "When is your test? I thought it was supposed to be last week?" Naruto turned his confused look towards the red head.

"Ah, it was, Tsunade said she was busy but they finally got things ready for it. I take it in two days. I'm not quite sure what I'll be doing for it though."

"You have to take a test?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, since Kohaku was only two, she doesn't have a ninja license. Tsunade-sama is going to give her a test to put her in the ninja ranks." Sakura answered.

"Will we get to watch?"

"I think so."

Kohaku stood up from the couch and turned to the two. "Well now I am starving, Sakura can we go out to eat. I know you made food for us, but I think it's kindof cold."

The pink haired girl just giggled, and nodded her head with a smile.