I refuse to put a disclaimer here cause everyone should be bright enough to know that I don't own Naruto. I'm pretty sure that's why this is called FANfiction.

├Part Thirty-Five┤

"Shhh it'll be alright," she cooed to her youngest daughter, "It's ok…"

Miya sniffled and looked up at her mother, "So he isn't coming back?" she asked in her innocent manner.

She only shook her head sadly. She was now much calmer than before.

"Hey mom?" Midori asked quietly from the doorway, "Is it alright?" she asked.

She looked confused for a moment, "Oh you mean…how?" she asked and her daughter nodded, "Yeah, come over here. It about time I tell you two anyways. Miya might forget though."

"I'll never forget!" Miya said defiantly, tears still in her eyes.

"Uh huh," Midori said as she came in the room, "Right," she sat down on the couch beside the two of them.

Their mother sighed and closed her eyes. After a moment, she opened them and looked down at her children wearily.

"You know what you can do, right? With your markings and all," she asked and the two of them nodded, "Well when you get really experienced with it, you can start making more and more things explode. Did you notice that Midori?" she asked.

She nodded.

"And do you notice that as you become more experienced, the colors change?" she asked and again they nodded, "Well it becomes darker and darker. Do you know what you can do once they glow black?"

"No…" Midori answered, looking slightly confused, "I didn't even know it could turn black…"

"Well what happens when it turns black is…you can…blow up yourself," she answered while taking deep breaths as to not become hysterical, "And if you do this, it is incredibly strong. Stronger than having a ton of exploding tags strapped to you."

"Like a suicide ninja?" Midori asked with wide eyes.

She nodded, "Yeah, that's what the people with the exploding tags strapped to them are called. Our family is special, but no one lives very long. The Hokage sent me a letter and it said that Uncle had done exactly that in order to protect our village," she said.

Miya and Midori were staring at their mother with wide eyes.

"So Uncle basically…killed himself?" Midori asked, "In order to protect Konoha?"

Again, she nodded, "But don't think of it as a suicide ninja. We're different. If there's no way you can avoid it, then you usually do it. If it's for the sake of the village, then you do it. Not for anything evil, remember that," their mother said and looked at them sternly.

"I'm leaving!" she yelled, her voice echoing throughout the house.

"Bye!!" Miya and Midori yelled from the kitchen.

"I packed both your lunches and their on the counter. I'll be back in time to make dinner but don't freak out if I'm not there right away, alright?" she asked while slipping her shoes on.

"Okay!" they two of them yelled again.

"And don't fix around your lunches," she said while rolling her eyes, "Trust me, I'll know."

"Okay!" they yelled.

"Bye!" she said again opened the door, smiling to herself.

"Bye!" they shouted and she left. Midori finished her breakfast and hopped on the countertop. She opened the lunch sack with her name on it and dug around in it.

"Hey, you want an apple?" she asked her younger sister and held up the red fruit.

Miya looked up silently and shook her head, wrinkling her nose.

"Yeah I know," Midori said while laughing slightly, "Well then I'll just have to get rid of both of them," she said and retrieved the other apple from her sister's lunch bag.

Their mother had explained to them that their Uncle had been providing the income that they needed for food and such. Since he was gone, she needed to earn money somehow. So the Hokage had asked her to take the place of her deceased brother. She had gladly taken the job.

"Hurry up," Midori said, "I have to meet my team at nine. It's almost eight and you still have to get dressed."

Miya only rolled her eyes and continued to eat her breakfast. When she was done, she silently left the room to get dressed.

"Don't forget your gloves!" Midori yelled after her.

When the two of them were done and ready to leave, they slipped on their shoes and left. Simple as that.

As the two of them reached the Academy, Miya suddenly slowed her pace and hid behind her older sister.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Midori asked. When she didn't answer, she left it alone. After a while, she asked, "So uh point out that Sasuke Uchiha kid."

Miya glowered and pointed across the area where the kids would play to a dark haired and dark eyed boy standing near a tree with a wooden swing.

"Ohhh," Midori said with a smirk on her face. The boy had his hands shoved in his pockets and wasn't talking to anyone, just staring off at the side.

"That's him," Miya said quietly and rolled her eyes.

"Hmm," Midori said and crouched down to look at her little sister, "Well you know what I think? I think he looks sorta cute."

Miya's eyes widened, "WHAT?!" she said quite loudly and went after her sister.

"In fact, you make a cute couple!!" Midori said while running away, laughing evilly, leaving her little sister standing there, mouth agape, with a bright red face.

Read and Review, please! Anything extremely negative will be ignored, any real good advice will be appreciated and considered seriously

-Jen-