"QUICK, CATCH HER BEFORE SHE GETS AWAY!"

"COME BACK HERE, YOU LITTLE RUNT!"

The girl ran as quickly as her legs would allow her. Panting, gasping, and nearly exhausted she slowed, until the three men were stood around her. Surrounded. She took note of her surroundings, the trees, now bare and daunting in the autumn weather, the leaves littering the ground, dancing on the wind that howled through the forest. Then something else caught her attention, a glint of light, reflected off of something that was quickly growing bigger………. Then there were several of them.

"Don't worry, this won't hurt for long" the largest of the three said to her with a sickening grin. As they closed in on her, a shuriken flew past each of them, cutting one's hand and the other's face. They spun around just in time to see a flash of orange and blonde, before falling to the floor in a heap of blood and bruises.

"HEY, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, LOSER!?" The girl exclaimed, making the boy jump away several feet. "I HAD THEM EXACTLY WERE I WANTED THEM AND YOU JUST RUI(NED MY PLAN!" and she pointed above were the boy was standing, to the explosive tag that was slowly smouldering away to itself.

"HEY, I THINK IM THE ONE WHO JUST SAVED YOUR BUTT, YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH ME THEN BRING IT ON, BELIEVE IT!" he retorted. The girl simply closed her eyes, grinned to herself and quickly made a tiger seal, drew in a breath and exhaled a huge fireball towards him. He dodged it, barely, and landed on a nearby tree branch. An instant later, she was behind him, and whispered in his ear,

"Miss me?" As he spun to see her, she threw a fist into his face, sending him flying towards the floor. Just before he was made into an orange pile of mush on the forest floor, an old man, with long white hair made the save.

"Hey, Naruto, you're not being beaten by a girl are you?" he asked amused. 'Naruto' simply squirmed in his arms, yelling,

"LET ME AT HER I'LL TEAR HER APART!" Shortly before being chopped on the shoulder and passing out.

"Sorry about him, he gets carried away WAY to easily hahaha. Hey, you look familiar..." he said. "you look alot like someone we know...."

'Surely it's not' the girl thought to herself, 'It CAN'T be him'. She threw a smoke bomb and ran..........

Kiyoki awoke to the sound of rustling leaves, and instantly grabbed a Kunai and took a defensive posture. It had only been a dream, but it had her in a cold sweat of excitement and anticipation.

'I had defeated 'THE' Toad Mountain Sage's student so easily, I MUST be an Uchiha then. She slowly let out a deep breath and stood up, carefully surveying her location. All around her, there were trees, as far as her eyes could see, and her eyes could see far more than any normal eye. She picked up her pack, threw it on her shoulder and set off, yet again, in the direction that felt most like going home. There's that certain feeling you have, when you've been away from home for so long, that when you're on your way back, it just feels so good, and that's what dear Kiyoki felt. Every day she travels gets her closer to her family, and most importantly her brothers. She longed to see them, to know if she belongs with them. to train alongside them, maybe even beat them every now and again.

it took her nearly 2 weeks to get were she wanted to be, and when she saw the sheer size of the walls of Konoha, she was awe-stricken. 'How could something so large be so well hidden' she thought.

Unfortunately for Kiyoki Uchiha, the younger twin of Sasuke, the happiness will be short lived.....